Desert Messenger

WHAT'S INSIDE 3 Coronavirus update 4 Voting information 5 Heroes Appreciation Day 6 Editorial 7 Letters to Editor 7 Museum updates 8 Blood Drive 9 Restaurants 10 Saga of inept ukulele student 11 The Salvation Army Updates 12 Around Town 13 Walk for the Earth 15 Party in the Park planned 16 Walk in the Past success 17 Two acoustic jams 19 Well workshop 20 HerbMama 22 In Memoriam 23 Nancy's Kitchen 24 Puzzles 26 Churches 27 Memories are made of this 28 Classifeds 28 Paul Winer's Cartoon 31 PHOTOS www.DesertMessenger.com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 928-916-4235 WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 VOL. 16 # 316 Now in our 1 6 t h YEAR! Alwa y s FREE! Nancy's Kitchen SEE COUNTY FAIR PAGE 8 QUARTZSITE I It's County Fair Time! The annual La Paz County Fair March 12, 13 & 14, 2020. The theme this year is "Bloom It & Groom It, We Have It All!" The fair celebrates all of the youth in the community who work hard all year to show off their talents through the La Paz Youth Live- stock Show & Auction, 4-H indoor exhibits, the schools in La Paz County, the Miss La Paz County Scholarship Program and Pag- eant, and the Mish Mash Studios productions. So grab a corndog or some cotton candy and enjoy the show! Make sure to visit all the local organizations, schools and departments in the exhibit hall that work hard to provide in- formation, artwork and so much more. Daily Passes-Adult $9 and Child/Senior $7. The 2020 Sea- son Passes are $17 for a Child/Se- nior (6-12/65+) and Adult $25. The La Paz Youth Livestock Show & Auction will be held Thursday and Friday all day. Round Robin will take place on Saturday morn- ing. The livestock auction will start at 1:00 p.m. Saturday. There is no charge for parking, On Friday and Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the West- ern Railroad Express will be shut- tling people from their vehicles to the main entrance if needed. When is the La Paz Youth Livestock Show & Auction? The show will be held Thursday and Friday all day. Round Robin will take place on Saturday morn- ing. The livestock auction we start at 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Is there FREE PARKING? There is no charge for parking, On Friday and Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the Western Railroad Express will be shuttling people from their vehicles to the main entrance if needed. Can we dry camp? Dry Camping and Handicap Ac- cess RV Parking are available upon request please contact the Fair Of- fi ce for more information on dates and times. ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE: Thursday March 12, 2020 8am La Paz Count Fair opens 12 noon Exhibit Hall Opens: 1880's Review-Old Times Experience 12 noon On the Fairgrounds: The Pirate's Parrot Show, Western Express Railroad. 12 noon: City of Fun Amusements Opens Livestock Arena: 8:45am 4-H Opening Program 9am Judging begins for Large Livestock; Market Class-Swine- Sheep-Beef 8am Judging of Small Stock meat & Breed Classes 1pm Small Stock Championship Drive TBA Animal Costume Class 3pm Large Livestock Champion- ship Drive Rotary Stage: 8am Miss La Paz County Practice 1pm TBA Live Music 4:30pm Dave & Vicki Trezak – Live Music 6pm Most Beautiful Tot of La paz County; Beautiful Tot, Little Miss La Paz Jr., Miss La Paz & Teen Miss La Paz Friday, March 13, 2020 8am La Paz Count Fair opens 12 noon Exhibit Hall Opens: 1880's Review-Old Times Experience 12 noon On the Fairgrounds: The Pirate's Parrot Show, Western Ex- press Railroad. 12 noon: City of fun Amusements Opens 5pm-7pm Free Train Rides in parking Lot Livestock Arena: 9am Showmanship: Swine – Sheep-Beef 8am Small Stock Showmanship 1pm Small Stock Championship Drive 3pm Large Livestock Champion- ship Drive Rotary Stage: 1pm Dave & Vicki Trezak – Live Music 2:30pm TBA Live Music 5:30pm Dave & Vicki Trezak – Live Music 8pm Miss La Paz County Out- standing Teen pageant & Miss La Paz County Scholarship Pageant

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