Desert Messenger

December 2, 2020 www.DesertMessenger.com 15 Keep Quartzsite Clean and Beautiful As snowbirds return home to their favorite winter nests, the Desert Messenger wishes to remind everyone not to put their trimmings/ brush in the washes. Please dispose responsibly, anytime, at the Town's chipper yard, near the transfer station on Hwy. 95, 1/2 + mile north of the Firestation. THE TRANSFER STATION IS OPEN SUN. - WED. 7:30AM-2:30PM. Also please remember coyotes are wild animals... please don't feed the wildlife! Covenant Lutheran Church is having a YARD SALE on Dec. 4, from 9 to 1. It will include lots of gently used Christmas decorations, lights, etc. PARKWIDE YARD SALE 88 Shades RV Park, 575 W. Main St., Dec. 4 & 5, 8am-2pm. QIA Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA) Craft Show & Yard Sale is 1st Saturday of the month thru March, 9am. 235 E. Ironwood. Office is open Mon - Fri. 9am-noon. 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite. 928-927- 6325. www.QIAarizona.org. SENIOR CENTER The 3rd Friday of each month, starting in Novem- ber, the Senior Center will hold Arts/Crafts Community Sale be- ginning at 9.00a.m. 40 N. Moon Mountain Ave. ROCK CLUB The Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club, located at 65 Iron- wood. QRGMC.org. Stop by M,T,W 9am-12pm & 1pm-3pm to renew your membership or learn how to become a member. You're invited to our meetings every Thursday 2pm at the QIA. CHAMBER HOURS Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism is open Wed. - Sat. 10am - 2pm. 1240 W. Main St. www.Quartzsite- Tourism.com 928-927-5200. COWBOY DESERT CHURCH: The service at BLM LTVA La Posa South and the Lord's Supper will be done according to the CDC guide lines. SPLIT RAIL RV PARK will have its first jam on November 5th from 1 - 3 pm. 928-927-5296. DESERT SINGLES Meetings are every Friday at 10 AM in the din- ing hall at the Quartzsite Improve- ment Association (QIA.) Make new friends and enjoy lots of activities. All singles are welcome. The QIA is located at 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite. All singles are welcome. Join us. FARMERS MARKET open Thurs. Fri. Sat. Looking for vendors food related and single item vendors. Fees are $10 a day 3 for $20. Special deal for a produce vendor. Info 801-403 9964. Vendors fees go to the Quartzsite Food Bank. 960 W Main near Ken's Grocery Outlet and K&B Tools. COUNTRY CONNECTION start- ing Nov 27 will be playing music for your entertainment, please come and enjoy. Senior Center 7:00 till 9:30 every Friday. We will have seating for social distancing. MUSIC JAMS are not be happening at Community Bible Church this season. 375 Sunrise St, Quartzsite. (928) 927-5035 JR'S RV PARK 982 N. Central Blvd. Quartzsite. Jams 6:30 pm. BINGO at Quartzsite Senior Cen- ter: 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Every Wednesday and Saturday, Doors Open 5:00pm, EARLY Bird 6:30pm, Deli 5:30pm. Come and have din- ner and play bingo or just come and have dinner. Available to everyone. NA MEETINGS Mon. Wed. Fri. 7pm at Alano Club behind Silly Al's Pizza. Dave, 442-273-7323. BRENDA RV RESORT Hwy 60 Brenda No Music Jams or Dances until further notice from manage- ment. All activities are for park resi- dents ONLY. Brenda RV Resort is located at 46251 US-60, Salome, AZ 85348 Phone: (928) 927-5249. Win Win Bingo Hall and Commu- nity Center now open Wednesday through Sunday. Win Win supports the food bank. There is live bingo, amusement machines, pool table, dart boards and more. They offer free water, soda and snacks. Locat- ed at 510 E. Main St. Quartzsite. Saga #10 - A revitalized recalcitrant ukulele student By Jackie Deal UBIE! Ubie! You're back. Five months of hibernation and you're finally back! For five months you've slouched in the corner and pouted; hey, maybe that's it. You were pout- ing not hibernating. I've known teenagers who pouted longer than that but you're probably not a teen- ager. It does seem strange that Ubie chose to hibernate in the summer, doesn't it? But facts are facts. Yes, I realize you can prove almost any- thing by "facts." A few years back they proved that bathtubs caused cancer in Britain! Do you think the statistics might have reflected that more people with bathtubs, i.e. wealthy, were interviewed for the study than poorer people who didn't have access to health care and so were underrepresented? For those of you who don't have a clue what's being talked about - I mean about Ubie, not Great Britain - Ubie is my ukulele/banjo. Definitely a female; she has a long elegant neck and a smooth round bottom. And af- ter nine episodes of "Saga of an Inept Ukulele Student," she was more-or- less retired. Had I given up? Well, more-or-less, sorta... Okay, Yeah. But her real owner in Quartzsite in- sisted I take her north with me for the summer. Travel is good for the soul, right? (If there isn't such a say- ing, there should be.) She might still be slouched in the corner but a wonderful lady Kathy said she'd read one of my sagas on the Desert Messenger website. She called me and said, "It's obvi- ous you don't know the first thing about playing a ukulele."(Well, Duh!) "I'm starting a class, are you interested?" I missed the first two classes due to self-quarantining but now I've gotten started. Ubie is as willing as ever; she really deserves a better foster-Mother than I am. She now reposes in a little basket right beside my chair. As Kathy said, "If you keep her by your side you're more likely to play her." My fingers are still recalcitrant, "You expect us to bend that way? Huh!" But I did find some finger stretching exercises on the web; they'll probably help. I don't see how they could hinder. Now all you wonderful musicians in Quartzsite (and Oregon too) you can prepare to laugh at my expense. You think you're so smart 'cuz you can play 8 stringed instruments and actu- ally sound good. (It will be awhile before Ubie sounds good.) I've watched; your fingers absolutely come unhinged, and float over the strings. No strings attached. What better time to enjoy music than during a pandemic? Do you have an old instrument that's re- posing behind the couch? Or do you have access to an instrument of any kind? Well, get going. It may lift your soul, raise your spir- its. Sure, the neighbors may snicker and even try to get you evicted but when you're serenading traffic from under the bridge….just think, you might become famous!

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