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12 www.DesertMessenger.com April 20, 2022 Ellie's Boutique PALM PLAZA - 225 N CENTRAL BLVD. - QUARTZSITE (Formerly Located at Rice Ranch) 360-907-9997 NOW OPEN YEAR ROUND! We are the Exclusive Outlet for Painted Sky Apparel in Quartzsite! Is your small business open this summer? Let's have some fun! Is your Quartzsite small business open this summer? Would you like to be included in the Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's Summer Bingo community project? Do you have prizes you would like to donate? Please contact the Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism via email QuartzsiteTourism@yahoo.com or call 928-927-5200. Beginning May 1st, the chamber will host a Shop Small Summer Bingo project. Let's celebrate our local businesses that stay open year-round! How it works: 1. PICK UP A BINGO CARD at the Chamber, participating merchants, or download from Quartzsite Shop Small Facebook page. 2. COVER 5 BOXES IN A ROW TO GET A BINGO. Purchase, donate and/or document your visit to these locations with receipt, photo or drawing. You can get additional points for including a receipt and photos of unique items you fi nd in the stores (Something someone else hasn't already posted.) Each point allows you an entry into the free raffl e. 3. SUBMIT YOUR COMPLETED BINGO CARD. Post your pictures on the Quartzsite Shop Small Facebook page, email to QuartzsiteTourism@yahoo. com or drop them off at the Chamber offi ce. Please identify which stores your pictures represent. (Need help uploading photos? Drop by the Chamber.) 4. TUNE IN FOR RAFFLE RESULTS. There will be a free drawing for prizes for Bingo, Blackout Bingo and the most completed squares for the season (May - September). We will announce the winners for May on June 4, 2022 on the Quartzsite Shop Small Facebook group and in the Desert Messenger. Please pick your prizes up at the Chamber offi ce. 5. WATCH FOR "HUMPY, the Quartzsite Camel" to show up for the June bingo fun! Be sure to join the new Facebook Group Quartzsite Shop Small for all the details or visit www.ShopQuartzsite.org. Bob Bartelsmeyer is the new Elections Director for La Paz County. Bar- telsmeyer assumed the duties on Monday, April 4, 2022. He has over 30 years of county government and elections experience. He told Desert Messenger, "I was elected County Clerk in Missouri for 23 years and has served in election supervisory roles in AZ, FL, NM and CO. I will ensure that elections are secure, transparent, accessible, free, and fair that inspire public confi dence in the election system. I am thrilled to have this opportunity to join La Paz County." Desert Messenger asked, "What would you like the voters in Quartzsite to be aware of the most about you and/or the County elections depart- ment?" Bartelsmeyer responded, "I have a listening ear for any concerns or suggestions that will make the elections fair, honest and transparent. We always need good people to volunteer as election poll workers to help make that happen." When asked, "What questions do you answer from the public the most?" Bartelsmeyer replied, "Is the election equipment the same as Maricopa County? No it is not as we have ES&S and Maricopa has Dominion." And what is the best part of your job? Bartelsmeyer stated, "Free, Fair, and secure elections are essential to the American way of life, and it is my honor to take on this responsibility." If you have any elections related questions, please contact Bob Bartels- meyer Elections Director at 1108 S Joshua Avenue, Parker, Arizona 85344 Phone: 928-669-6149 ext: 1200. La Paz County has new Elections Director, Bob Bartelsmeyer • Birth • Obituary • Anniversary Place it FREE in the: Desert Messenger! 928-916-4235 Got something to share?

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