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8 www.DesertMessenger.com December 18, 2019 We knew we could get you to read this ad! For effective advertising, contact Desert Messenger today! Call Rain at 928-916-4235 Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com or visit www.DesertMessenger.com We have great lunch menus, serving at 12 noon sharp! Suggested donation is only $3.50. There's cards, books, games, puzzles, Wi-Fi available. Community Services, Volunteers Needed! Come join the fun at Quartzsite SENIOR Center 40 Moon Mountain Ave. For more information call 928-927-6496 Senior Center open all year! Monday - Friday, 9am – 3pm Transfer station on Winter hours The Quartzsite Transfer Station is now on their WINTER hours. They are open Sunday thru Wednes- day, 7:30am to 2:30pm. Dump your trash for free at the Transfer Station. Please cover your load. For more info call the Main landfi ll 928- 916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854- 9152. The transfer station is locat- ed north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treatment Plant. NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO? 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE: 1-866-495-6735 Arizona Complete Health - Complete Care Plan Licensed & Insured BLM Approved! 27 Years Experience 27 Years Experience Miller RV Repair is BACK IN QUARTZSITE! 406-212-0155 Quartzsite Museum news The Quartzsite Museum is OPEN and there is a lot happening! Our latest addition in a fun fam- ily photo op stagecoach, celebrating our heritage. Bring your family and friends with a camera! Look for an article about this new addition in this newspaper. Don't forget to check out our new displays: The History of the Colora- do River Indian Tribes, "The Secrets of Camp Bouse and Local Animals." Watch for more new activities and displays coming soon! Save the dates for this year's lec- ture series at the Community Cen- ter, 295 E. Chandler from 7 to 9 pm, sponsored by Arizona Humanities: December 19: Gregory McNa- mee, The Gila: River of History January 9: Laura Tohe, From "Chief" to Code Talker: Four Profi les of the Navajo Code Talkers. Laura is Dene', holds a PHD in Indigenous American Literature and an excel- lent speaker. She has fi rst hand knowledge about these men who had a signifi cant impact on WWI. January 23: Natalie J. Stewart- Smith, The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WW II February 6: Kevin Schindler, Theodore Roosevelt Slept Here February 13: Steve Renzi, Barbed Wire, Windmills and Rail- roads – The Technology that Really Won the West TOMORROW: The December 19th presentation by Gregory Mc- Namee features the Gila River. Six hundred miles long from its source in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico to its confl uence with the Colorado River above Yuma, the Gila has been an important avenue for the movement of birds, animals, plants, and peoples across the desert for millennia. Many cultures have sprung up on its banks, and mil- lions of people depend on the river today – whether they know it or not. Gregory, author of the prizewinning book Gila: The Life and Death of an American River, will present a biog- raphy of this vital resource, drawing on Native American stories, pioneer memoirs, the writings of modern naturalists such as Aldo Leopold and Edward Abbey, and many other sources. Think of it as 70 million years of history packed into an en- tertaining and informative hour! Our fi eld trips are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, and are free to members and $3 for non- members. Watch for announce- ments of trips and save the dates! We will be going to the Planet Ranch in January. Contact Lynn Stimson at 928-916-4562 for more information. We are again preparing for a booth at the Big Tent and would welcome help from volunteers to help oper- ate our booth and share information about our Museum and Quartzsite in general. Please call the Museum is you are interested in helping with that activity or volunteering for a wide variety of needs to help keep the Museum a viable and fun place. Our regular meeting of the Quartzsite Historical Society is on the second Tuesday of each month at the Quartzsite Library at 2 pm. The next meeting is January 8. We hope you will consider attending and pos- sibly joining our organization! We are no longer collecting cans and bottles for recycling. Check with the Food Bank, the last we heard they were able to process them. Membership of $10 for a year is encouraged. As a member you will receive e-mail notices of coming events, have free admission to our fi eld trips and have a vote in de- cisions being made regarding the Historical Society and Museum, in addition to helping fund the free Museum. We are a non-profi t historical so- ciety. Visiting the Museum is free, although donations are always welcome. The Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm through March 31. We are located at 161 Main Street (parking in rear). We are next door to Silly Al's. Phone (928) 927-5229. E-Mail QHS@TDS.net. "Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division." —John Lewis

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