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8 www.DesertMessenger.com September 7, 2016 Get your Amateur Radio License! Join an Action Team Event "Welcome Aboard" Organizers for the Annual Soup & Chowder Festival are planning a meeting at Silly Al's on Monday September 26th at 1 pm. Enjoy some tasty treats at Silly Al's and help get things organized for the Third annual Soup and Chowder Festival, combined with Operation Hero Comfort to be held on December 10th at the QIA. All community residents are invited to join us beginning Monday Sep- tember 12 at the Quartzsite Community Center. My La Paz, Inc. is spon- soring FREE classes for any resident, young or old, to prepare and take their amateur radio license exam. Having an amateur radio license allows anyone to have communications even when other systems are not within range or even when all other systems fail. It's also a great way to meet new friends and serve your community. There is no cost to attend the class and license exams are also totally FREE. Military veterans and also children under the age of 18 will receive study books at no charge. Free study materials are available online but if other adults would like a copy of the book they will be offered for $10 each. There will be six classes, running each Monday and Wednesday from 5:30pm - 7:00pm beginning on Sep 12th through Sep 28th followed by an FCC license exam on Saturday, October 1st. In addition to sponsoring the classes My La Paz, Inc. will be providing FREE dual-band radios to all military veterans and youth who pass their FCC License exam. Youth who pass will also be given free membership in the AZARA Youth Radio Club. If you have questions, please call Dave at 602-616-8338 or email Dave@MyLaPaz.org. Nature's Nuggets BUYS & SELLS GOLD Nuggets - Jewelry- Coins- Sivler Call Richard T 928-927-5479 Quartzsite YEAR ROUND! GOLD SHOW Feb. 10, 11, 12 2017 Thrivent Action Team event planned QPD's K9 Woden gets body armor Quartzsite Police Department's K9 Wodan will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organiza- tion Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. K9 Wodan's vest is sponsored by Little Wolf Paracord of Rochester, NY and will be embroidered with the senti- ment "Donated by Little Wolf Para- cord - Blue Lives Matter". Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is a 501c (3) charity located in East Taunton, MA whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law en- forcement and related agencies throughout the United States. The non-profit was established in 2009 to assist law enforcement agencies with this potentially lifesaving body armor for their four-legged K9 of- ficers. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provided over 2,000 protective vests, in 50 states, through private and corporate do- nations, at a cost of over 1.7 million dollars. All vests are custom made in the USA by Armor Express in Central Lake, MI. The program is open to dogs active- ly employed in the U.S. with law en- forcement or related agencies who are certified and at least 20 months of age. New K9 graduates, as well as K9s with expired vests, are eligible to participate. The donation to provide one pro- tective vest for a law enforcement K9 is $1,050.00. Each vest has a value between $1,795 – $2,234 and a five-year warranty, and an average weight of 4-5 lbs. There are an esti- mated 30,000 law enforcement K9s throughout the United States. For more information or to learn about volunteer opportunities, please call 508-824-6978. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provides information, lists events, and accepts tax-deductible donations of any denomination at www.vik9s.org or mailed to P.O. Box 9, East Taunton, MA 02718. Any folks coming to the Welcome Aboard will be expected to help with the plans and getting ready for that day. We are hoping to keep this go- ing as an annual event and that it will grow larger each year. Thrivent is providing the funds to Pay for the Pizza as a thank you for agreeing to help make this year's event SUPER. We would like to get the commu- nity involved and make it an annual community event for the good of all. And also to provide funds and ma- terials for the two charities. Limited space is available, so please contact Pam Caskey if you would like to reserve a space for some wonderful pizza. Call Pam 603-834-0647. NOTICE OF VACANCY TOWN OF QUARTZSITE COUNCIL POSITION The Town Council of Quartzsite is soliciting applications from the public for consideration of appoint- ment to a vacant Town Council po- sition. A vacancy for a Town Council position has occurred. The Council approved the acceptance of appli- cations of potential candidates and may conduct interviews of eligible applicants for appointment to the vacant Council position. Pursuant to Arizona Revised Stat- utes § 9-235, the Council shall fill a vacancy until the next regularly scheduled Council election as the vacancy occurs more than thirty days before the nomination peti- tion deadline. Qualifications for Council ap- pointment are found in Arizona Revised Statutes, A.R.S. §9- 232(A), which states in pertinent part the following: "A. A person shall not be a mem- ber of a city or town council unless, at the time of the election [appoint- ment], the person is eighteen years old, is a qualified elector residing within the city or town at the time of the election [appointment], and has resided in the city or town for one year next preceding the election [appointment], . .." All applications shall be submit- ted to the Quartzsite Town Clerk for consideration by the Town Council. Acceptance of applications shall be discontinued as of 5:00 p.m. December 1, 2016. The Quartzsite Town Council will be provided with all the submitted applications. They will review them and possibly select one or more ap- plicants for interviews for the Coun- cil appointment. For more information visit the Town's website at www.Quartzsite- AZ.org or call 928-9274333. Opening on Town Council

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