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ber 12 vs San Pasqual at home, Oc- tober 15th vs Mohave ALC at home, October 19 at North Valley Chris- tian, October 21st at Tonopah Val- ley, October 26th vs Antelope Union at home, and October 27th at North Phoenix Prep. We asked senior vol- leyball player Katie Watlington what her favorite part of this season was and she responded, "Being able to watch new members of the team grow." Sophomore Jezi Ortiz echoed that sentiment when she said she was glad, "to see us get closer as a team." Out on the football fi eld, the Salome High School Frogs will be having their next games on September 24th at Desert Heights, their homecoming game on October 1st vs Anthem Prep, October 8th at Bagdad, and October 15th vs Mohave ALC at home. The fi rst round of playoffs will be on October 22nd the location is TBD. We caught up with coaches McCarty and Crown to get their in- sight into the rest of the season. Both coaches said that the team stood a real chance to end up in the playoffs this year! What's more, if they win their remaining games they will get a fi rst-round bye, and may even play their round two playoff game at home. Coach McCarty emphasized that if they keep showing up and doing their best this team can go far! While looking forward to wrapping up our current football season, we'd like to take this opportunity to highlight a huge collaboration in school improve- ment here at SHS. Our football fi eld suffered last year because we weren't able to put enough water on it. We were fortunate to be able to properly water our fi elds this year due to the generosity of several local businesses. Salome High School wants to give a huge thank you to Al Dahra Farms for the use of their pump and irriga- tion equipment, LKH Farming for the water, and Dave Prefl ing for his ex- pertise in turf management. Thanks to their generosity, our football team has a nice green fi eld to play on this season. It has made a huge difference and we cannot thank them enough! October 20, 2021 www.DesertMessenger.com 17 BOOKS 690 E. Main - Quartzsite (one block east of Family Dollar) Salome High School updates Salome High School held its home- coming volleyball and football games on October 1st vs Anthem Prep. The JV volleyball team plays fi rst at 4:30 pm, the varsity will play at 5:30 pm, and then the football game will kick off at 7:00 pm. After the game, we will be having the homecom- ing dance that will start at 8:00 pm. To drum up school spirit for the big games, Thursday, September 30 we will be holding a BBQ here at the high school. Entrance is free, the student coun- cil will be selling bacon- wrapped hotdogs along with other sides and drinks. There will be lots of fun activities and every- one is invited. Each year, leading up to homecom- ing night, we have our annu- a l spirit week with dress-up days and activities. Matching/Mismatched Monday, Teams Tuesday, Way Fanc- ey Wednesday, and the traditional School Spirit Thursday! This year, homecoming will be unique because of a special alumni event. Salome High School will be having a reunion for all of its for- mer students ranging from the class of 1955 to 2021. Events will be held on October 1-3. Everyone is encour- aged to meet up Friday, October 1st at 7:00 pm at the football game! Since we will have all these return- ing alumni on campus, the Salome High School yearbook class will be selling previous yearbooks to give them the chance to relive those great high school memories. Look for their booth at the games. After the game, alumni are encouraged to meet up at Salome Restaurant or Don's Cactus in Salome. For more information on what they have planned check out FROGtober Fest 2021 on Facebook. Beyond the homecoming games, Salome High School will be fi nishing their volleyball season with games on Friday, September 17th vs Moun- tainside and Wickenburg at home, September 21st vs Bagdad at home, a tournament on September 24-25th in Tempe at ASU, homecoming Octo- ber 1st vs Anthem Prep, October 5th vs PDSD at home, October 7th at San Pasqual, October 8 at Bagdad, Octo- watch new members of the team grow." Sophomore Jezi Ortiz echoed that sentiment when she said she was glad, "to Licensed & Insured BLM Approved! 27 Years Experience 27 Years Experience Miller RV Repair Miller RV Repair is BACK IN QUARTZSITE! 406-212-0155 The U.S. will reopen its land borders for fully vaccinated travelers reopen- ing the doors of the United States to tourists and separated family mem- bers who have been sealed out of the country during the pandemic The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, end- ing historic curbs on non-essential travelers in place since March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a state- ment the administration next month "will begin allowing travelers from Mexico and Canada who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the United States for non-essential purposes, including to visit friends and family or for tourism, via land and ferry border crossings." The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to non-essential travel since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Canada opened its border to U.S. travelers in early August. Unvaccinated travelers will contin- ue to be banned from crossing the borders with Mexico or Canada, of- fi cials said. Those who were never banned from traveling across the land borders, including commercial drivers and students, will also need to show proof of vaccination when crossing starting in January, giving them some time to adjust to the new rules, offi cials said. U.S. will accept Canadians with mixed vaccine doses The U.S. Centers for Disease Con- trol confi rmed late Friday that it will consider people with mixed doses fully vaccinated, as long as the vac- cines are authorized by either the Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization. That means Canadians who received any combination of the AstraZen- eca, Pfi zer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines will be allowed to cross the border when it reopens on Nov. 8. "While CDC has not recommended mixing types of vaccine in a primary series, we recognize that this is in- creasingly common in other coun- tries so should be accepted for the interpretation of vaccine records," s a i d C D C s p o k e s p e r s o n K r i s t e n Nordlund. The existing border restrictions were set to expire on Oct. 21, but will now be extended until the new rules go into effect. The U.S. land border restrictions have not barred U.S. citizens from returning home. US Opens land borders

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