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March 20, 2024 www.DesertMessenger.com 19 Quartzsite Events Online: www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com CRAFT & YARD SALE, April 20, 8am til 1pm. Quartzsite Senior Cen- ter. Come see unique artists, craft- ers and yard sale vendors. Live mu- sic & Hot Food. 2 rooms indoors & outdoors. 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Quartzsite. Questions? Call or text 725-203-8447. KPIVA ROCKS & QUARTZSITE ROCKS EVENTS: *ROCK PAINTING with Cheri Owen All Supplies provided, just show up $2.00 @ Quartzsite Senior Center Thursdays 9am to 11am fb @ Quartzsite Rocks Cheri @ 602-330-7536 *DOT PAINTING with Kathy Piva All Supplies provided, just show up Bring your tools if you have them $10.00 @ Quartzsite Senior Center Thursdays 10a to 12 fb @ Kpiva Rocks and Dots Kathy @ 503-318-1198 QUARTZSITE MASTERS DES- ERT GOLF TOURNEY Hosted by: VFW Post 769 and Auxiliary and American Legion Post 113. Saturday, March 23, 2023. Tee Time: 8:00 A.M. Registration: 7:30 A.M. Quartzsite Tuff Desert Golf Course, North Boyar Gap Road, Quartzsite. Entry Fee: $50 (One round of Desert Golf, One Tee-Shirt, Lunch, Bever- ages, and a REALLY GOOD TIME!) Contact VFW Post 769 for details. 928-927-7697. QUARTZSITE QUILT CLUB meets every Tuesday from 8 - 3 at the Quartzsite Senior Center, 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Quilters of all skill levels are invited to join in the fun. Bring your projects to show or to work on. Final day for the season is last Tuesday in March. MOVIE NIGHTS at Community Bible Church of Quartzsite 375 E. Sunrise St. Wednesdays at 6pm. Inspirational movies. Come and join us, donations welcome. SPLIT RAIL RV PARK Come join us every Thursday from 1-3pm for our Annual Jam Session. Bring your singing voices and wear your danc- ing shoes or just come and enjoy the good music and fellowship. SENIOR CENTER BINGO Quartzsite Senior Center every Wednesday & Saturday. Doors open @ 5pm. Early bird bingo @ 6:30 Sales end at 6:15 and Bingo starts @ 7pm. We have healthy snacks, din- ners, hot dogs and sandwiches. 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Last day of the season is March 30th. DESERT SINGLES Please join us. We meet briefly each Friday morning at 10 AM in the din- ing room at the QIA. Following the meeting we typically take our chuck wagon into the desert for a break- fast or lunch cookout. All Singles are welcome. Meets thru March. JR'S RV PARK CARD BINGO every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. DANCING at JR's R.V. Park with Smok- ing Joe Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. MUSIC JAM NIGHT Friday OPEN MIC. 6:30 pm. TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS Quartzsite Town Council meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7pm at Town Hall, 465 N. Plymouth Ave. Quartzsite. All meetings are open to the public. www.QuartzsiteAZ.org TOWN MANAGER MEETINGS The public is encouraged to attennd the monthly Quartzsite Town Man- ager's Meetings, which will be held at 1:00pm on the Wednesday im- mediately following the FIRST Town Council Meeting of every month, usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Bring your questions and concerns. The meetings are held at the Quartzsite Library Meeting room, 465 N. Plymouth Ave. For more in- formation contact Town Hall 928- 927-4333. TOWN HALL HOURS Town of Quartzsite facilities is now on permanent 4-day work week hours. Town Hall including Quartzsite Li- brary, will be open Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Quartzsite Town Hall is located at 465 N. Plymouth Ave. For more de- tails call 928-927-4333. Or visit www. QuartzsiteAZ.org. QUARTZSITE PLANNING AND ZONING Commission meets the THIRD Tuesday of each month at 5:00PM at Town Hall, 465 N Plym- outh Ave. All meetings are open to the public. www.QuartzsiteAZ.org. COUNTY SUPERVISORS La Paz County Board of Supervi- sors are now Live streaming their meetings! Meetings are the first and third Monday of each month, 10am. 1108 S Joshua. Parker, AZ. Check current and past videos at http:// co.la-paz.az.us/587/Live-Stream- and-Archived-Meetings. UPCOMING EVENTS? Are you planning a Quartzsite area community event, sale, dance, work- shop, class, music jam, show, yard sale, meeting, swap meet, fundrais- er, seminar, etc. for next season? Check for open dates before sched- uling and LIST EVENTS FOR FREE at www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com It's easy! Click "Submit Event" tab and just fill in the details. (Spon- sored by Desert Messenger News) COUNTRY AIN'T COUNTRY ANYMORE Country ain't country anymore No longer a story at the core. No words of wisdom, sadness or pain Just empty phrases over and over again. Gone are the masters that we all love Now only echoes from the air above. Whispery songs we hold in our heart Clinging to the era, we were all a part. Country morphed into a different category Lost in the new way of singing – no story. Doomed to die in the face of progress Beloved music the new tries to repress. Sing on Willie as long as you can You were there when it all began. Keep it alive in the voice of your son A legacy we need, we are not yet done. By Ruby Bonham HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE Some people question the nomadic life Thinking it aimless or filled with strife, But those involved see it differently In places we've loved and friends so free. Measuring time by sun and moon Or destinations to visit soon, Seeing sunsets in a lovers eyes Or being alone under star-filled skies, Sharing a campfires warmth and glow Or a six-pack of beer we come to know ..... Souls who find pleasure in simple things Loving the sounds that nature brings. As diverse and light as shifting sand Knowing no boundaries to roam this land At home in a forest or on a beach With lakes and canyons in easy reach, Just a ribbon of asphalt lies between The last desert wash or a mountain stream. We're present-day gypsies here and there And our free loving spirits go everywhere. By:Ralph Cherrier

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