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March 5, 2014 www.DesertMessenger.com 5 Across from McDonald's • Quartzsite NEED CASH? Jim Buys GOLD! Broken Jewelry, Old Teeth, Coins, Nuggets, etc. 1240 W. Main Street DPS nabs speeders from the sky Saturday, March 8 at 6pm First Assembly of God 665 W. Tyson St., Quartzsite Love Off ering Pastor Bruce Swart • 928-927-5808 Eight Arizona DPS Highway Patrol offi cers, working in conjunction with a DPS fi xed-wing aircraft and crew, conducted 71 traffi c stops in La Paz County in a 9.5 hour period on February 25th along Interstate 10 and February 26th along State Route 95 north of Parker. Among the 71 traffi c stops, 65 were initiated and directed by the crew aboard the DPS fi xed-wing aircraft. During the traffi c stops, offi cers issued 48 speed citations, 10 hazardous citations, and two child restraint citations. Offi cers arrested one driver for driving un- der the infl uence, and one driver on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. All of the speeders stopped on In- terstate 10 traveled up to 23 mph over the 75 mph posted speed limit. The highest average speed of one of the cited motorists was 98 mph. All of the speeders stopped on State Route 95 were traveling up to 22 mph over the 45 mph posted speed limit. The highest average speed of one of the cited motorists was 67 mph. The traffi c enforcement operation was conducted in an effort to save lives. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is planning more of these targeted traffi c enforce- ment operations in an effort to get motorists to pay more attention to their driving. DPS said they would like to thank the Governor's Offi ce of Highway Safety (GOHS) for its support of this traffi c safety program. Quartzsite TOWN WIDE YARD SALE Fri. & Sat. March 7 th & 8 th , 2014 Sponsored by Desert Messenger www.DesertMessenger.com PO Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359 See Map on Page 39 of this edition of Desert Messenger. The Mountain Quail Cafe and RV Park " Southwestern Roundup" Hugh Suc- cess. Norn Simpson, the Authors and Artists would like to thank everyone who attended the show with foods in hand for The Food Bank of Quartzsite and the local business that donated gifts for door and raffl e prizes. All who purchased art and played Artist Scav- enger Hunt received additional raffl e tickets along with their food dona- tions. The food and proceeds will go to the Food bank to help replenish the summer supplies. Again Thank You for your donations. Don't forget before you leave this season to take any non- perishable food item to the local food bank located on Moon Mountain Rd. next to the Senior Center. Winners to be announced next issue. Mountain Quail Cafe Gift shop winner for February is Lucky Wilson. Lucky picked out a Mug as her prize. Mountain Quail Cafe Art updates Showing Artist for March will be Christine Schlageter, showing through March 15th followed by Charlene Morrison March 15th - March 29th. Charlene is new to the Mountain Quail Cafe Showing Artist...Be sure to stop by and view the work on the cafe walls, shop while you dine in the gift shop. We appreciate your business.

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