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June 13, 2018 www.DesertMessenger.com 21 Road improvements SR 95 in Parker UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE VFW VFW Post 769 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 305 N. Central, Quartzsite, AZ, 928-927-7697 VFW Members & Guests are encouraged to join us for these activities SUMMER HAPPENINGS: EVERY MORNING: Breakfast 8 am to 10 am. Biscuits and Gravy -- $3.00/ 2 Biscuits; $2.50/1 Biscuit; Eggs and Sausage $4.50 Donation – members and guests. (Possibly more options added later during season) NO BREAKFAST will be served on VFW and Auxiliary meeting days (2nd Saturday each month). SANDWICHES AVAILABLE in the Canteen EVERY FIRST SATURDAY (thru summer season) ACE OF SPADES GAME 4:00 TO 6:00. Drawing at 6pm.Food will be available EVERY SUNDAY – CANTEEN BINGO – 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm WIN Prizes. First card free. Food will be avail- able. FATHER'S DAY - Sunday, June 17: RIB EYE STEAK DINNER 11:30am-2pm. Raffle drawing for Schwinn Bicycle. JULY 4TH - Burgers and Hot Dogs at the Park! Hot dogs are free to the kids! Starts at 5pm . Check at the Post or on the VFW Post 769 web site 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. 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 Restaurant, 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 same locations as coupons. Your vacation should be a pleasant experience for you and your family. Take a few simple steps to reduce the possibility of becoming a victim of a burglary or other criminal acts against your home. Before you leave for your trip No- tify local police of the departure and return dates of your trip and provide the name and telephone number of a neighbor or relative to notify in the event of an emergency. Vacation Watch Request Form is available online at http:// c i . q u a r t z s i t e . a z . u s / i m a g e s / P o - lice_Department/QPD_Vacation_ Watch_Request.pdf Going on vacation? Notify QPD The Bridge "There are times in life when we are called to be bridges, not a great monument spanning a distance and carrying loads of heavy traffi c, but a simple bridge to help one person from here to there over some diffi culty such as pain, fear, grief, loneliness, a bridge which opens the way for ongoing journey. When I become a bridge for another, I bring upon myself a blessing, for I escape from the small prison of self and exist for a wider world, breaking out to be a larger being who can enter another's pain and rejoice in another's triumph. I know of only one greater blessing in this life, and that is to allow someone else to be a bridge for me." Joy Cowley, New Zealand from Aotearoa Psalms The Arizona Department of Trans- portation is beginning an improve- ment project on Colorado River Indian Tribe reservation lands out- side Parker at the intersection of SR 95 and Mohave Road, and drivers should plan for restrictions in the area. Work includes widening lanes, in- stalling new traffi c signals, and pave- ment improvements. The $798,591 project aims to improve traffi c fl ow and safety at the intersection, which experiences high traffi c volume. The following restrictions will take place in the work zone 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, be- ginning Monday, June 18 at 4 a.m. - SR 95 will be narrowed to one lane of traffi c in both directions between 21st Street and Shea Road. - A 12-foot-vehicle width restriction will be in place. *Note: Restrictions will be lifted be- ginning Fridays at 5 p.m. and end- ing on Mondays at 4 a.m.* - Drivers should allow extra travel time and plan for delays while con- struction is underway. - Drivers are asked to use caution, obey posted speed limits and traf- fi c control devices, and use caution around construction personnel and equipment. - SR95 at Mohave Road intersection improvements are scheduled to be completed by fall 2018. Schedules are subject to change based on weather and other unfore- seen factors. For more information, please call the ADOT Project Informa- tion Line at 855.712.8530 or email Projects@azdot.gov. For real-time highway conditions statewide, visit ADOT's Traveler Information Site at www.az511.gov, follow ADOT on Twitter (@Arizo- naDOT) or call 511, except when driving.

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