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May 2, 2018 www.DesertMessenger.com 7 T��� ����� ������� �� D����� M�������� Desert Messenger offers FREE Classified Ads! Here's the small print: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Garage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com LIVE SMOKE-FREE Second-hand smoke kills 53,000 people a year. It's no longer a busi- ness issue; it's a public emergency. Report Smoke-Free Arizona viola- tions anonymously at www.smoke- freearizona.org or call 928-669-5912. READER'S OASIS BOOKS 690 E. Main - Quartzsite (one block east of Family Dollar) Carol's Closet updates Carol's Closet, which is an exten- sion of the Quartzsite Food Bank (Carol's Cupboard) has now been up and running for three months. The Closet is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 8 AM to 12 Noon, the same days and hours as the Food Bank. This new addition to the com- munity has been operated by some amazing volunteers who have spent countless hours sorting clothes, set- ting up racks, organizing donations such as toiletries, infant and chil- dren items and so much more. We are located in the big white building across from the Senior Center. If you need assistance, check in at the Food Bank and Jason Moore will be happy to provide you with a pass to come over and see if we have what you might need. The Closet has helped many young families with new babies and children, the elderly and the marginalized. They have been amazed that everything we of- fer is free. It is solely dependent on donations of both material items as well as financial. Many families in the community just need that extra little boost that both facilities now provide. The summers, here in Quartzsite, can be a real challenge because of the heat and lack of businesses being open. Employment drops and folks have their hours cut back. We are here to give you that helping hand you may need. We have just received a donation from Covenant Lutheran Church. $500.00 of which will be spent on providing bottled water for folks during the hot days. In addi- tion $200.00 was given to the Clos- et to be utilized for needed items or to go towards paying the building utilities. THANK YOU for this gen- erous donation. We would also like to thank the folks out in Rainbow Acres for their continued support in filling the food donation basket at the entrance to the development. We are blessed that this commu- nity is as generous with their love, caring, donations and assistance as they are. They say it takes a village but I know from experience that it takes a community like ours to make sure that folks are taken care of. We are anxiously awaiting the re- turn of our Marilyn McFate, who recently had surgery and is home "behaving herself", we hope. Mari- lyn has done so much for so many that it is now time for us to love and support her during her recovery. We miss her sorely. Many of you have provided financial support and items for the Closet. Without your continued support we would not be open and operating. A huge THANK YOU, to all of you. Maggie Ross, Volunteer Carol's Closet Bouse, AZ - Just like the scientists at NASA, students at Bouse Elementa- ry School are completing their own robot rover designs and will soon be launching them to explore an artificial planet setup in the Sonoran Desert. Twenty eight (28) students are par- ticipating in the "APS Arizona Rover Project." It is a 5-month long pro- gram to promote science, technol- ogy, engineering and math (STEM) through the many remarkable ca- pabilities of amateur radio that also prepares youth to earn their own FCC amateur radio license. "I have observed our students to be fully engaged, collaborative, and critical thinkers as they have completed their rovers," Superintendent, Dr. Greg Sackos, Bouse Elementary. For launch day, youth will be challenged to complete different missions using only amateur radio technology for remote control, data and video feeds. Just like NASA's Mars Rover scientists, youth will have to complete these missions from a remote location with no visible sight of their robots. This special event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 22nd from 8:30am to 12:00pm at the Bouse Elementary School and is expected to be a fun-filled family event. It will include launch activities and also interactive science exhibits, family team challenges, indoor rover races, design and art com- petitions and special guests. The APS Arizona Rover project has been made possible through the team- work of Arizona Public Services (APS), Bouse Elementary School, the Amer- ican Radio Relay League (ARRL), My La Paz, Inc., and community volun- teers in an effort to lift up and inspire our youth into science and learning. For more information please contact Superintendent Dr. Greg Sackos (928-851-2986) or Dave Anderson (602-616-8338). La Paz youth to explore unknown world

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