🌱 Ancient desert carving west of Ajo damaged by border wall work

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• Ancient desert carving west of Ajo damaged by border wall work

Also on today's calendar: Ajo Poetry Circle.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Sunny and seasonably warm, temps: high: 96, low: 73.
• Saturday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 98 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph (newsbreak.com) — A newly dated 6,500- to 7,300-year-old geoglyph just west of Ajo in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was partly destroyed by border wall construction this spring. Federal officials say the damage to the fish-shaped Las Playas Intaglio was inadvertent, while conservation advocates and Indigenous groups call the loss irreparable and are pressing for stronger protections at other sacred desert sites.
   

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Thursday October 1
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  Maricopa Library & Cultural Center, 18160 N Maya Angelou Dr, Maricopa
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  Maricopa Community Center, 41614 W Smith-Enke Rd #100, Maricopa
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  Casa Grande High School District (Casa Grande), 845 S Crismon Rd, Mesa
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  Legacy Traditional School – Goodyear, 16060 West Lower Buckeye Parkway, Goodyear
  5:30 pm
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  Legacy Traditional School – Maricopa, 17760 Regent Drive, Maricopa
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  Legacy Traditional School – Casa Grande, 1274 East O'Neil Drive, Casa Grande
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  Legacy Traditional School - Goodyear, 16060 West Lower Buckeye Parkway, Goodyear
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  Casa Grande, AZ Calendar, 510 E Florence Blvd Council Chambers, Casa Grande
  6:00 pm
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  Millennium High School, 14802 W Wigwam Blvd, Goodyear
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  Casa Grande High School District (Casa Grande), 5225 E Buena School Blvd, Sierra Vista
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🗞 Nearby News

Goodyear

• American Heart Association's West Valley Heart Walk (abc15.com)
• 10 Hospitalized after Goodyear Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-10 and Bullard Avenue (pacificattorneygroup.com)
• Goodyear bee attack sends person to hospital with more than 100 stings (fresnobee.com)

Maricopa

• Motocaddy to Power First-Ever Electric Caddies Used at Regular-Season NCAA Event (golfdaily.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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