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DESERT TIMES The Voice of Southwest Tucson
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Volume 35 • Number 11
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event. The Celtic festival features food and drink, as well as performances by Tempest, Celtic Nova and Traveler on Friday. The Circus Farm Fire Dancers will toss around flaming sticks. For families, there’s a kid’s corner, which will be full of jumping castles, arts and crafts, games and pirates and merSee CELTIC P2
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Expect to see plenty of men in kilts at the 36th annual Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games, Friday, Nov. 4, to Sunday, Nov. 6, at Rillito Raceway Park. (Celtic Festival/Submitted)
Fling a hammer, wear a kilt at annual games By Karen Schaffner Tucson Local Media
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lizabeth Warner’s life is invested in the Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games, which come to Rillito Raceway Park Friday, Nov. 4, to Sunday, Nov. 6. “My parents helped start the Tucson Celtic Festival,” said Warner, the festival president.
“My mom was their secretary and helped sign in their constitution and bylaws when they incorporated. I’ve been involved my entire life.” The event is the largest Celtic festival and highland games in Arizona, she said. “We’re bigger than Phoenix, and we are one of the last ones in the country for the season,” Warner added. There are two parts to the
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he city of Tucson is asking applications from nonprofit partners for its homeless work program. Applications are due November 15. The Tucson Homeless Work Program provides day labor/temporary employment opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. It simultaneously addresses municipal clean-up needs. The program is administered by the city of Tucson’s Housing and Community Development Department, Environmental and General Services Department, and not-for-profit organizations. The Tucson Homeless Work Program supports pathways out of homelessness through work, community coopera-
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