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10 www.DesertMessenger.com January 15, 2020 www.QuartzsiteVideos.com Watch Quartzsite Council meetings @ HOLLYWOOD PETS Pamper your pet in our state-of-the-art fully mobile grooming parlor Mobile Grooming Professionally groomed by Robin Barbour Award winning groomer! 26 years experience! Best Rates in Town! 218-426-5317 NOW OPEN! TYSON RV PARK - 350 W. Main SQUARE & ROUND DANCE LESSONS AT THE QIA (Quartzsite Improvement Assoc.) 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite, AZ SQUARE DANCE LESSONS MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 1-3 PM $4 Per Person ROUND DANCE LESSONS MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 3-4 PM $3 Per Person Callers/Instructors Rick & Kathy Utter 208-267-5315 Tonia Craig is now at Cactus Curlers Beauty Salon! Call 928-927-5400 for an appointment or visit the Salon at 735 W. Cowell St., Quartzsite, Az. Tonia is a color specialist and former educator for a large hair color company. Tonia has twenty-eight years experience in the hair care business! GFWC Quartzsite Woman's Club is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Monday January 20th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Community Center. Schedule your appointment to give blood at www.bloodhero.com and pick your site as Quartzsite or call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825). Please bring your photo ID and do- nor card, if you have one. Free cho- lesterol testing with every donation. Find the Hero in You and schedule your appointment. One unit of blood that is donated can provide for 3 blood transfu- sions, so, in essence, you are help- ing 3 patients with your one unit (approximately 1 pint) of blood. It is estimated that 80% of the US popu- lation will need a blood transfusion in their lifetime. The blood you do- nate at your blood drive is tested, processed and delivered back into our local community hospitals to provide for surgery and chemo- therapy patients, people who have blood disorders, newborn babies, expectant mothers and - of course - traumatic situations, such as ac- cidents, shootings, etc. Several factors affect our commu- nity blood bank's supply of blood for hospital patients: 1. Donors have moved away or are traveling or working and are unavailable to donate in their com- munities 2. Many donors are deferred due to low iron, dehydration, high or low blood pressure, medications, elevated pulse rate, blood disorders (anemia), or have traveled to re- stricted areas outside of the United States 3. Apathy - "someone else will do- nate, so I don't need to" 4. People assume that they are not eligible to donate due to age or health issues. For instance, dia- betes does not always defer an indi- vidual from donating. Donor requirements: 1. Donors must be at least 17 years of age - ??? (no age limit) and in good health. 2. YOU MUST BRING A PICTURE ID WITH FIRST AND LAST NAME TO THE BLOOD DRIVE 3. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds (height and weight restric- tions pertain to donors between the age of 17-22. 4. If you received your Tattoo from a shop in AZ it just needs to be healed before you can donate. The at least one year old rule no longer applies. 5. Donors must wait 56 days after their last donation before they are el- igible to donate for a single donation 6. Donors, who gave a double, must wait 112 days after their last donation before they are eligible to donate 7. Expectant mothers cannot do- nate 8. Donors must be in good health i.e., no cold, fl u or fl u like symptoms 9. Surgery patients are also tem- porarily deferred from donating. Call 1-877-827-4376 for specifi c in- formation on the wait time between donations. Blood Drive planned for January 20th DID YOU KNOW? Take a credit on your Arizona State Tax Return – Up to $400 for individuals and $800 for couples! With AZ Charitable Tax Credit, you can donate up to $800 to Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank and get all of it back in your Arizona tax refund. Your gifts to the Quartzsite Food Bank COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU! The Arizona Charitable Tax Credit is a wonderful opportunity for YOU and FQFB. Help us feed the hungry in Quartzsite. Info at QuartzsiteFoodBank.com or 928-927-5479 Town of Quartzsite will host an Open Meeting Law overview on January 21, 2020 at 3:00pm at Town Hall. The Open Meeting guides the public body when structuring a city or town council meeting, advisory group, subcommittee or work ses- sion and offers a reminder that any ambiguity in the law should favor transparency to the public. It is public policy of this state that meetings of public bodies be con- ducted openly and that notices and agendas be proved for such meet- ings which contain such informa- tion as is reasonably necessary to inform the public of the matters to be discussed or decided. Accord- ingly, Arizona's Open meeting Law must be construed in favor of open and public meetings. The training will be conducted by the Town's Attorney, Susan Goodwin and is open to the public. Anyone in- terested in learning more about Ari- zona's Open Meeting Laws are wel- come to attend this free training. For more information, contact Quartzsite Town Hall, 928-927-4333. Open Meeting Law training planned

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