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4 www.DesertMessenger.com October 19, 2016 UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE VFW VFW MEMBERS AND GUESTS NOTE: VFW Auxiliary is collecting coupons you may have that you won't use. These go to the military families who can use them up to 6 months after expiration. Please help us in this endeavor to assist our Veterans. Coupons can be left at Post. We are also collecting labels for the school and National Home for Children. Can leave items at Post Lobby. VFW Post 769 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 305 N. Central, Quartzsite, AZ, 928-927-7697 Oct. 24 Monday Night Potato Bar 4pm till gone. $5 donation Oct. 31 Monday Night Potato Bar 4pm till gone. $5 donation Nov. 5 VFW Auxiliary Community Wide Yard Sale in Post parking lot 8am- 3pm. Bring items you wish to sell & join us for a day of fun. Spaces $5. Proceeds Youth Services Program. Nov. 11 Veteran's Day 11am at the Planes at Town Park Please attend to remember our Veteran Heroes. Nov. 12 VFW & Auxiliary meetings 10 am Men's Auxiliary 12 noon PLEASE CHECK AT POST AS ADDITIONAL EVENTS MAY BE SCHEDULED Check at the Post or on the VFW Post 769 website for information on additional activities being planned. www.vfwpost769.org Comrades meet –2nd Saturday each month – 10:00 a.m. at Post Auxiliary meets – 2nd Saturday in the dining room area at 10:00 a.m. House Committee meeting – 2nd Saturday each month -9:00 a.m. at Post Men's Auxiliary 2nd Saturday each month - 12:00 noon at Post Sign up for Christmas Parade & Craft Show Portions of Road Crossing Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Closed to Through Traffic YUMA, Arizona – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was notified that a portion of Castle Dome/McPher- son Pass Road crossing through the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge will be closed to through traffic. The section of road closed is on pri- vately-owned lands. A locked gate was installed by the private landowners at the Castle Dome Museum on the southern end of the Castle Dome/McPher- son Pass Road, and at the northern end at the Hull Mine property line. Currently there are no other roads that bypass these privately-owned lands; however, the Service will continue to look into options. With this road closure, vehicle ac- cess to McPherson Pass and Castle Dome Peak will only be possible from the King Valley Road off high- way 95 past the Border Patrol check station at mile post 76. Visitors wishing to access that part of the refuge are advised to allow for ad- ditional time and fuel to backtrack through the King Valley rather than making a loop through to the Castle Dome refuge entrance . No portions of Castle Dome/ McPherson Pass Road man- aged by the Service will be closed. No other roads are im- pacted; vehicle access to the Big Eye mine area remains unchanged. The Service asks visitors to respect the road closure at the private inhold- ings. Please remember that travel- ing off road is not allowed anywhere on the refuge. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov Kofa Wildlife Refuge road closure We can get the Shih tzu out of your carpet! 520-255-9081 MD CARPET CLEANING SERVING QUARTZSITE - BLYTHE Let's Talk Dirty! Applications ready for Christmas Light Parade and Craft Festival By Joanne Winer The Quartzsite Business Cham- ber of Commerce will be hosting their annual Santa's Workshop Arts and Crafts Festival to be held at Tyson Wells Showgrounds on No- vember 26 and 27. Applications are now being taken for spaces for the festival, and they are only $25 for the two day event. Crafters from all over have been coming every year to set up and show off their beau- tiful and one-of-a-kind handmade items. There are still some spaces available for anyone new to come this year. There is limited space indoors now, but lots of outdoor spaces available. Spaces are going fast so please call and reserve yours as soon as possible to be included in this great event. The 13th Annual Quartzsite Christ- mas Light Parade is also coming up on Saturday, Dec. 10th this year. Hopefully it will be bigger and bet- ter than ever. With this being the 150th birthday of Quartzsite com- ing up, it is hoped that more floats will be included and also many groups. The theme is Christmas in the Desert as always, and trophies will be given out in many catego- ries. The parade starts at 7 p.m., lineup on Mesquite St. just east of La Mesa RV. The parade will travel down Main Street east to Plymouth Rd. and end up at Town Hall for trophies and refreshments. Please get your thinking caps on and come up with an idea for a float or lighted vehicle and join in all the fun!! Applications for both these events are now available at the Quartzsite Business Chamber of Commerce so please come in and pick yours up dur- ing business hours Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. AWC hosts Geoglyphs workshop "Guardian of the Geoglyphs" Arizona Western College (AWC) is excited to offer a new workshop Guardian of the Geoglyphs. Alfredo Figueroa is known as the "Guard- ian of the Geoglyphs." Don't miss this opportunity to join us for a two hour presentation on Tuesday, November 1st from 9am - 11am and a tour to follow the next day 10am-3pm. The power point presentation at AWC Quartzsite Learning Center will provide us with the history and legends of the local intaglios. Mr. Figueroa will meet us at the sight for a guided tour to see the Intaglios in Blythe providing us with more of the history and leg- ends surrounding them. Workshop is only $59. Please contact us at Arizona Western College 928-927-8299 to register.

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