Northern Arizona Writers group meets this Saturday

WILLIAMS—The Northern Arizona Writer’s Association meets this Saturday in Williams at 10 am. The meeting will be held at the Branding Iron Restaurant in the Wild West Junction on historic Route 66. Bring samples of your work to read or ideas for your project.

The Writers Association helps each other with suggestions on writing, how to self-publish and other writing tips from their experiences.

Temperatures rising

WILLIAMS—After a 20% chance of thundershowers today, the long-range weather forecast shows the temperatures rising to the 70s into next Wednesday. Lows will be in the upper 30s for the better part of the week rising to the 40s by next Wednesday. Light winds are forecast off-and-on, throughout that period, with no hazardous weather conditions.

Carnival starts today at 5 pm

brown-01WILLIAMS—The carnival is back in Williams. Brown’s Amusements set up in the Visitor Center parking lot across the street from Circle K and next to the Recreation Center on Railroad Avenue. Advanced all day ride passes can be obtained through the Chamber of Commerce in the Williams Visitor Center for $18.

brown-02Tickets are $1 each and each ride takes 3 to 5 tickets. No cash is accepted at the rides or for the games. Wristbands are available, but only good on the rides. Wristbands are not valid if they have been removed. They are only good on the day of purchase.

There are no refunds for tickets or wristbands.

For safety reasons, no pregnant women or people with casts are allowed on the rides. All riders must be at least 36″ tall and some rides require the rider to be up to 52″ tall.

The carnival runs through Saturday at 11 pm.