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March 7, 2018 www.DesertMessenger.com 3 Need Someone to Talk to? Problems with Drugs? Alcohol? Depression? Mental Health? Suicidal Thoughts? Serving Quartzsite 24 hour Crisis Line 1-866-495-3735 Quartzsite General Store, LLC Beer & Wine Fresh Retail & Wholesale Meats Arizona Lottery & Pick Accept EBT, Debit & Credit Cards HOURS 9am-5pm Quality Meats at VERY Affordable Prices! For all your GROCERY NEEDS & MOORE! Fresh Produce Daily! Hamburger Ground Fresh Daily! GREAT LOW PRICES! GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE! EVERYTHING MUST GO! 410 E. Main Street, Quartzsite • 928-927-6310 Easter Egg Hun t S aturday MARCH 31 st 9am sharp Quartzsite Town Park Sponsored by Town of Quartzsite Parks & Recreation Board Party in the Park planned Celia's Rainbow Gardens Party in the Park set for March 18 By Joanne Winer The annual Party in the Park to celebrate Celia's Rainbow Gardens will be held at the dance pavilion at the park on Sunday, March 18 from starting at noon. There will be a free lunch of burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, macaroni salad, beans, drinks and desserts. There will be a raffle as well, and donations are welcome to help with the cost of the lunch. The entertainment will include Nick Waite and the Rock't Band who will be starting off the show, followed by Paul Winer and his All Star Sweet Stomp Orchestra. These guys will put on a great show for everyone! Be sure to mark your calendars for this wonderful event and help celebrate Celia's Rainbow Gardens and what it has become in all the years it has been worked on. Several work sessions are being planned, now that all the busy season is winding down. So please come out and help with the Heroes Bell Gardens area that we are hop- ing to get finished by next year. We will having a special day set aside for first responders by next spring and are hoping to have this area completed by then so we can have a big celebration to honor those who put their lives on the line for us every day. We are also looking for a couple of guys with grills who can come out to the park that day and cook burgers and hot dogs for us. Please call Joanne at 927-6551 if you are available to volunteer to cook or to help serve at this event. Hope to see you there! U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposes a multi-purpose release water from Alamo Dam in order to facilitate required maintenance ac- tivities.. The proposed flushing flow release would occur as a flood pulse hydrograph designed to mimic a typical rain event in the downstream wa- tershed released with appropriate seasonal timing. Alamo Dam is located on the Bill Williams River (BWR), 39 miles (62.8 Corps to release water from Alamo Dam km) upstream from the Colorado River at Lake Havasu The dam is on the border of La Paz and Mo- have Counties in Arizona. Main access to the dam is from the town of Wenden on US Highway 60, ap- proximately 36 miles to the south. The Peace Trail crosses the Project Area in two places, one just west of Planet Ranch and the second in the Swansea vicinity. At these two loca- tions, the Peace Trail has low-water crossings across the Bill Williams River. A detour Off Road route from Lake Havasu City to Quartzite is posted on their website arizonapeacetrail.org. The release schedule is as follows: 1) The release will begin on March 12, 2018. 2) Ascending limb of the hydro- graph will be moderate. 3) Maximum release will not ex- ceed 5,000 cfs. The maximum re- lease will not occur for more than 12 hours and will begin starting the evening of March 14. 4) Descending limb of the hydro- graph will initially drop steeply, followed by a gradual return to base flow. 5) The release will end on April 1, 2018. 6) The final target elevation of the lake is 1100 ft. The Corps can be reached for questions or concerns regard- ing Alamo Dam via email at: AlamoDamSPL@usace.army.mil

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