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4 www.DesertMessenger.com July 12, 2017 FREE CLASSIFIEDS Desert Messenger offers FREE Classifi ed Ads! HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Ga- rage/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 Readership of free community papers is now higher than paid daily papers and continues to grow. And more than 70 percent of readers make their buying decisions from free paper advertising and editorial. Your free community paper, promoting connections at a local level – right under your nose. 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 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, Mt. Quail Cafe, General Store, Community Thrift Store or Lutheran Church. We are also collecting labels for the school and National Home for Children. You can leave items at the same locations as coupons. VFW Post 769 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 305 N. Central, Quartzsite, AZ, 928-927-7697 JULY 21-26 VFW & Auxiliary National Convention in New Orleans JULY & AUGUST - No Auxiliary meetings. Next Auxiliary meeting Sept. 9 VFW Comrades will be having regular scheduled meetings in July & August. August 26 - Training session for Auxiliary Members 10am at Post 10726, 8889 Riverside Dr. Parker Sept. 9 VFW & Auxiliary Month Meetings 10am Sept. 10 - District 1 VFW & Auxiliary Meeting at Parker Sept. 11 Patriot's Day- Fly your flags Sept. 15 POW/MIA Day - Fly your flags Planning is underway for other events and will be posted in the next issue. 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 House Committee meeting – 2nd Saturday each month -9:00 a.m. at Post Deedra Abbound, US Senate candidate in Quartzsite June 25 Quartzsite, AZ - Deedra Abboud, 45, is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. She will be visiting Quartzsite Tuesday, July 25, meet- ing Town Council at their 7pm meet- ing. The public is invited to meet Deedra from 5pm-7pm at Mountain Quail Cafe, 490 N. Moon Mountain Ave., Quartzsite. A Phoenix-based attorney and founder of the leadership consult- ing fi rm, the Global Institute of Solution Oriented Leadership, she is highly respected for her com- munity leadership and advocacy. Deedra is a recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Award in Tempe and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award presented by the Human Relations Commission in Phoenix. Originally from Little Rock, Arkan- sas, Deedra moved to Phoenix in 1998. After 9/11, she launched and served as director for the Arizona chapter of the Council on Ameri- can-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) from 2001 to 2005. She was direc- tor of the Arizona chapter of the Muslim American Society's Free- dom Foundation, a Washington- based civil rights group, from 2005 to 2009. Deedra has also served on the boards of the Tempe Com- munity Action Agency, Voices for Civil Dialogue, and the AZ Coalition on Migrant Rights. She has volun- teered for Girls for Change and In- terfaith Worker Justice. In 2009, Deedra entered Summit Law School, graduating in 2012 and practicing immigration and estate planning law for nearly fi ve years before deciding to return to com- munity advocacy work during the 2016 election. "When I saw fami- lies, friends and neighbors being torn apart by the verbal attacks….I needed to be part of the movement to unite our communities, and move us forward with the American values that have always made us the most inspiring country in the world." For updates and more information visit deedra2018.com

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