East County Highlights 12-27-12
• Holiday closures — All east county libraries, banks, post offices and the Wellton town hall will be closed on Tuesday to celebrate New Year's Day. Post offices will observe special early closing times on Monday.
• Cowboy church — The Assembly of God Church will have a cowboy church at 10:45 a.m. and singspiration at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 6.
• Wellton Library — Conversational Spanish class is 10:30 a.m. today, baby time at 1:30 p.m. Bilingual computer class is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, a holiday movie at 1 p.m. Fitness for fun is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, teen time at 1:30 p.m., story time at 2 p.m., a representative from Amberly's Place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Wellton Rose Garden — The next work session is 9 a.m. Jan. 16. Meet at the garden in front of the Wellton Elementary School. Wear gloves for the cleaning and pruning project, bring garden tools and water to drink. This is a Desert Sands RV Park community project. All community members are invited to volunteer. For more information, call Sherlee at 785-8404.
• Foothills Branch Library — Foothills drumming circle will meet at 1 p.m. today. Foothills quilters meet at 10 a.m. Friday. “The Amazing Spiderman” will be shown at 1 p.m. Saturday. Ingles basico is noon Wednesday, yarn over Yuma at 2 p.m.
• Dobson Museum — Tours are by appointment only Monday through Saturday. For a tour or more information, call Windy at 785-4013.
• Veterans assistance — AmVets 2, 9E and South Frontage Road, will offer veterans assistance at 10 a.m. every Tuesday. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served every day starting at 7 a.m. Karaoke will be 5-7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Pull tabs available. For more information, call 726-0102.
• YCAT — This public transport offers services from Wellton to Yuma and connecting services to many places in Yuma County including AWC, Yuma Palms mall, Cocopah Casino, YRMC and Walmart stores.
• Wellton Senior Center — Senior nutrition lunches are served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily. The center, 10234 Dome St., is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
• East County Optimists Club — Regular meetings of the club begin at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at Dusty's Pizza and Wings in Wellton. For more information, contact Coleen at 785-4355 or 1-480-586-0744.
• VFW Post 6790 Men's and Ladies Auxiliary — Happy hour is 4-7 p.m. every day. Biscuits and gravy 8-11 a.m. Sundays, barstool bingo at 3 p.m. Hamburgers/cheeseburgers and fries with all the trimmings 4-7 p.m. Mondays, except Dec. 31. Eight-ball pool tournaments are 1 p.m. Tuesday, ladies darts at 2 p.m. Waffles served 8-10 a.m. Wednesdays, nine-ball pool tournaments at 1 p.m. Lunch from noon to 3 p.m. Thursdays, meat draws and live music 2-4 p.m. Fish 5-7 p.m. Fridays. Breakfast 8-11 a.m. Saturdays, live music with Gila River Band 2-5 p.m., steak dinner with all the trimmings 5-7 p.m. New Year's Eve party is 6 p.m. Dec. 31 with live music with Country Fever. All VFW and American Legion members and their guests are welcome.
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