Desert Messenger

February 5, 2020 ww.DesertMessenger.com 7 Free Tax preparation Opinions expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily represent those of the Desert Messenger. letters to the editor WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY at the Quartzsite Senior Center Doors open 5:30pm Early Birds 6:30pm Food available for purchase 40 Moon Mountain Ave. 928-927-6496 • Wire Wrapped Jewelry • Umbrellas • Aromatherapy • Concealed Carry Handbags • Wallets • Canes • Boonie Hats & Western Hats • Dichronic Jewelry • Rock Scenes We have one of the largest selections of hand forged, hand crafted Damascus knives in Arizona Anita and Jim welcome you to come on in, browse and say hello. Besides a huge selection of Damascus knives, we carry a large selection of other knives: Switchblades, Out-The-Front, Butterfly, Easy Open, Lockback, Pocket, Tactical, Hunting, Sword-Crane, Schrade, as well as other self defense items. Rice Ranch 55 E Kuehn St, # A-7 A-J's of Quartzsite THANK YOU To everyone who came by our decorated home during the holidyas, we wish to thank you all for sharing our love of Christmas. We hope to see everyone next year at 670 Olinger. John and Celia Quartzsite FROM ISAIAH 58 Dear readers, Pastors Wayne and Linda Babcock and all the volun- teers at Church of the Isaiah 58 Project of Arizona would sincerely like to thank all of you wonderful people who have donated so gener- ously to the ministry for the less fortunate this season. Your contri- butions are so important to us as they help us to provide to those in need. Sometimes a little help can make a life changing difference. When that occasionally happens we consider it a payday for us! Just last week a sweet lady came in specifi cally to thank us for the help she received last season. I believed I've shared before that all monetary contributions go di- rectly 100% into the working of this ministry. There is no money paid to staff or the pastors. We are all working voluntarily here at Isaiah and we all tithe to this ministry. We do not ask for or receive any government funds or grants. This is truly a faith based ministry and I personally love to watch the good Lord working in the hearts of His people to help those less fortunate. To those of you who give of your time, labor, fi nances and prayer, thank you does not seem to be suf- fi cient enough to express how very special you are. May God bless you and yours in this new year. Among the many people and or- ganizations we would like to thank are: Precision Painting 1st Baptist Church of Quartzsite 1st Southern Baptist Church of Quartzsite The Alliance Church The Salvation Army Quartzsite Metal Detector Club Jerry and Michelle at the Eatery Branding Iron Art Gallery Oney Budge Mountain Quail Gift Shop Norm Simpson QIA Thanksgiving event and many others too numerous to mention... You helped us provide: Show- ers, clean clothes, over a hundred food boxes a month, hundreds of fresh cooked meals - including 160 Thanksgiving dinners and 158 Christmas dinners, as well as other services. We're sorry if we've forgotten anyone, but God saw and took note of it. To all of you - THANK YOU!!! Congratulations to the Quartzsite Art Guild Raffl e Winners of 2020. $50.00 in coins gifted from the Art Guild Artists went to Mike Raybo. Set of four books by Buddy Hannah will be enjoyed by Mary Schweiger. Pam Caskey's Pine Needle Basket went to Gloria. Beaded Pheasant by Sharon Nollar was won by Ines Gabbs. String Art Painting by Linda Klein went to Judy Gaforth. And an acrylic western painting by Chris- tine Schlagetter was won by Lucy Stillson. The Quartzsite Art Guild would like to thank all who partici- pated. The Artists donated 10% of their sales and 100% of the Raffl e funds are donated to local Chari- ties. AARP Tax- Aide offers free tax preparation from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM each Wednesday and Thursday from February 5 thru April 9, 2020 at the Quartzsite Public Library, 465 Plymouth Ave., Quartzsite AZ. Important documents to bring to the Tax-Aide site are; previous year's tax return, all income docu- ments, photo ID for taxpayer & spouse, Social Security card and/or ITIN notices/cards or other docu- mentation that show the taxpayer identifi cation numbers for every individual on your return. To schedule an appointment call 928-662-8788 or stop in during our working hours. Art Guild raffle winners Walk-ins Welcome 928-916-9790 1349 W. Main, Quartzsite (Behind Daniel's Jerky) at Sandra D's Beauty Parlour Beth Evans & Loni Peterson are back in Quartzsite! Sandra D's Beauty Parlour Beth Evans & Loni Peterson are back in 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.

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