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38
Paul
Winer
Cartoon
Santa's
Workshop
Arts
&
Crafts
Festival
planned
Nov.
28-29
By
Joanne
Winer
The
4th
Annual
Santa's
Work-
shop
Arts
and
Crafts
Festival
will
be
held
at
Tyson
Wells
Show-
grounds
Saturday,
November
28
from
9
a.m.
to
4
p.m.
and
on
Sunday,
November
29
from
10
a.m.
to
3
p.m.
The
show
will
be
held
at
the
2nd
metal
building
from
the
corner
on
W.
Kuehn.
All
the
indoor
spaces
have
been
booked,
but
there
are
still
some
outdoor
spaces
available.
This
festival
has
been
a
huge
success
for
the
past
three
years,
and
it
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
even
bigger
and
better
this
year!!
Crafters
from
all
over
the
coun-
try
and
locally
are
planning
on
being
there
to
show
you
all
kinds
of
unique
items
for
your
Christ-
mas
shopping,
a
gift
for
family
or
friends,
or
just
something
you
might
want
for
yourself.
There
will
be
several
art-
ists
showing
their
artwork,
and
demonstrations
of
painting
as
well.
Santa
will
be
there
to
greet
the
children,
and
a
big
raffle
of
homemade
items
donated
by
the
crafters
will
be
held
over
the
two
day
event.
Come
on
out
and
see
what
you
can
find!!
The
new
Quartzsite-opoly
game
will
also
be
available
for
sale
at
this
event,
since
it
also
is
a
fundraiser
for
the
Quartzsite
Business
Chamber
of
Commerce,
sponsors
of
the
Santa's
Workshop.
For
further
information,
please
call
the
Quartzsite
Business
Chamber
at
928-927-9321.
Small
Business
Saturday
Veterans
Day
events
draws
crowds
The
new
Quartzsite
Chamber
of
Commerce
&
Tourism
partnered
with
local
businesses
and
Ameri-
can
Express
to
participate
in
the
first
Small
Business
Saturday
Nov.
28
in
Quartzsite!
See
the
ad
on
Page
3
for
the
list
of
business-
es
and
their
One
Day
specials.
For
details,
see
the
article
on
Page
8.
