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40 QUARTZSITE 2013 - 2014 Show Schedule www.DesertMessenger.com TYSON WELLS MARKET SQUARE Oct 1, 2013 - March 30, 2014 QUARTZSITE SHOWGROUNDS Oct. 1, 2013 - April 31, 2014 Annual RICE RANCH "Yawl Come" SHOW Nov 1, 2013 - Feb 28, 2014 MAIN STREET TRADERS OPEN YEAR ROUND Nov 1, 2013 - Feb 28, 2014 HI ALI SWAPMEET Nov 1, 2013 - Mar 28, 2014 MARKET PLACE SHOWGROUNDS Nov 1, 2013 - Feb 28, 2014 PROSPECTOR'S PANORAMA Nov 1, 2013 - Feb 15, 2014 GREASEWOOD SWAP Nov. 1, 2013 - April 1 2014 AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS EXPO Dec. 13 - Jan. 21 Quartzsite Showgrounds Main St. OPERATION HERO COMFORT SILENT AUCTION Dec. 14, 2013 10th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHT PARADE Dec. 7, 2013 SANTA'S WORKSHOP ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2013 Tyson Wells Showgrounds ANTIQUE ENGINE & TRACTOR SHOW & SALE Dec. 28 - 29, 2013 QIA DESERT GARDENS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL GEM, MINERAL & JEWELRY SHOW Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2014 23ND ANNUAL HI JOLLY DAZE PARADE TBA TYSON WELLS ROCK & GEM SHOW Jan. 3 - Jan. 12, 2014 QUARTZSITE ART GUILD SHOW Jan. 10 - 11, 2014 Senior Center THE MAIN EVENT Jan. 11 - Jan. 26, 2014 TYSON WELLS SELL-A-RAMA Jan. 17 - Jan. 26, 2014 BIG TENT SPORTS, VACATION & R.V. SHOW Jan. 18 - Jan. 26, 2014 48TH ANNUAL Q I. A. POW WOW Jan. 22 - Jan. 26, 2014 TYSON WELLS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR Jan. 29 - Feb. 9, 2014 QUARTZSITE FLYERS RC FLY-IN, TOWN PARK Feb. 6, 2014 QUARTZSITE QUILTERS QUILT SHOW Feb. 7 & 8, 2014 Senior Center GOLD, TREASURE & CRAFT SHOW, QIA Feb. 14-16, 2014 DESERT BLOOM RALLY Quartzsite Events Online: www.VisitQuartzsite.com DRY CAMPING $6/night Dump & Water $12 In the rear of Silly Al's Bar Ask for Mike D & B Leather BERTHA IS BACK! Leather as low as 50¢/ft! 5,000 sq. ft. upholstery 3-4 oz brown! 5 diesel loads Garment Leather! Belts & Buckles Scrap Hides $2.00/lb. Two Big Locations QUARTZSITE, AZ Main St. and Tyson Wash (behind Dorothy & Toto Ice Cream) Open 7 days/week Nov. - mid-March 928-927-4077 BROAD ACRES SWAP MEET - LAS VEGAS, NV 2930 N. Las Vegas Blvd. (corner of Pecos) Every Sat. & Sun. Buffalo, Elk, Deer, Goat Furs New Zealand Sheep Skins, Tooling Ladigo For Mail Order Call: 775-751-5351 Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 Bouse Genealogical Society Meetings are 9:30am-2:00pm every other Friday. Bring a bag lunch. Our goal is to have more time for sharing and learning. Everyone is welcome to join us. You do not need to be a member to attend. Regular meetings held at Bouse Community Building at 44031 E. Plomosa Rd., by Bouse Public Library. The Bouse Genealogical Society "Genealogy Study Group" (GSG) meets on the third Monday of the month in the Bouse Community Building. It is open to everyone who wishes to attend. Non-member attendance donation is $5/person per session. You must let the Bouse Genealogical Society know if you are planning to attend these meetings. A copy of the genealogy related article being analyzed and discussed will be emailed to you. Start planning now for the "Genies in the Desert" Workshop which will be hosted with the Lake Havasu City LDS Church on Feb. 22, 2014. The meeting schedule for the rest of the year is: 6 & 20 December 2013. For more information contact Bouse Genealogical Society, PO Box 624, Bouse, AZ 85325-0624 or Email BouseGenies@gmail.com. for the Jan. 15th edition QUARTZSITE MASTERS TUFF GOLF Feb. 15, 2014 THE GRAND GATHERING MARCH 6-9, 2014 Four Days of fun! www.TheGrandGathering.com • AVTT Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall March 6-9 • Music, GRAND Bingo, & more at QIA & Senior Center • Senior Fair March 8, Town Park • Rockin' in Quartzsite Rock Auction March 8 Town Park www.DesertMessenger.com Bouse Genealogy DEADLINE IS WED. JAN. 8 February 14- 16, 2014 Provided by the Desert MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper January 1, 2014 Desert Messenger Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com Follow on Twitter @DesertMessenger @QuartzsiteRain Phone: 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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