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December 3, 2014 www.DesertMessenger.com 9 East Side Breadery 928-927-6715 • No Job Too Small • Commercial • Residential • Remodeling LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED Call Roy and Bob 928-345-5616 928-916-3109 AZ License #13-1743 (Not a licensed contractor) RJK CONSTRUCTION Welcome Back Snowbirds! QIA OFFICE NOW OPEN 9am-12 noon Mon-Fri Please come by and pick up a schedule! • BINGO FRIDAY NIGHTS Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds at 6:30pm • CRAFT FAIR 1 ST SATURDAY 9am-1pm Yard Sale/Swap Meet in parking lot. $5/table. • DANCES WED & SAT NIGHTS 7pm - 9:30pm $4 Donation • PANCAKE SUPPER 5 - 6 pm Dec. 3 Meat Loaf Dec. 10 Lasagna or Mac & Cheese • SOUP & CHOWDER FESTIVAL Dec. 6th Fundraiser for Food Bank 3pm - 5pm • JIMMY JACK WALKER Show at 7pm $6 Donation • CHRISTMAS CONCERT Dec. 16th, with Jack Jackson 7pm $7 Donation. QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite Rotary Doings INSIDE AL'S RV PARK 510 S. Riggles, Quartzsite Corner of Riggles and E. Kuehn FARMERS MARKET Every Wednesday thru March Desert Gardens Showgrounds East end • 8 am-12 noon STORE ON THE PORCH will be open Mon - Sat • 8-4 Starting Dec.1st through March Sundays order and pick up only. May make exception to bake when ordered by 10am Sunday Morning. Closed the last Sunday of month. Sourdough Breads Cinnamon Rolls Artisan Breads Fudge, Cakes and Goodies on hand in store every day! Check out our menu on Facebook and at www.EastSideBreadery.com Contributed by: Violet Kiss Wow, are the Holidays in full gear! I've noticed the Holiday lights going up all over Quartzsite, a beautiful sight. The Post Offi ce has started getting lon- ger lines. The stores are busy and RVs are coming in from all directions. And gas costs are down. Yay. It's winter season once again. Welcome everyone! We are all happy to have you come for a visit, stay for a while, or just plain old move in! Enjoy our great weather, the shows coming up and all of the many activities our quaint, quirky town has to offer. If you ever have any questions on the how, who, what, and where, we have the newly turquoise-painted Busi- ness Chamber to go to and if your see one of our Rotarians around town, feel free to ask them. We are here to help our community. On that note, if there are any visiting Rotarians, please come to our meetings on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 5:30 PM at the AWC (Arizona Western College) at 695 N Kofa at West Quail Trail. Please call us fi rst at 928-927-6111 to let us know you're coming and so we can have the right number for our "light" dinners at meetings. Do you remember the Chili Cook Off that the Quartzsite Business Chamber held several years ago? Well, keep your eyes and ears open, tell your friends…and save the date. On Satur- day, February 28, 2015, the Quartzsite Rotary is bringing back the CASI As- sociation (Sanctioned) Chili Cook Off and People's Choice at Tyson Wells Showgrounds! It's going to be a fun, busy day, we guarantee it. In the next few editions of the Desert Messenger, we'll be giving some "tasty details" on the upcoming events going on all day and a few new surprises for the evening also. Stay tuned…until then, we hope you had a warm and fuzzy Thanksgiving weekend with friends and family all around you! AARP FOUNDATION SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR FREE TAX ASSISTANCE AND PREPARATION PROGRAM With nearly 50 million low- to moderate-income taxpayers helped and growing, there are always opportunities for new volunteers. Lack of experience shouldn't stop anyone from volunteering. Tax vol- unteers must complete a tax prepa- ration workshop from the Internal Revenue Service prior to working with taxpayers. Volunteers are also needed to provide technical sup- port at the sites and as greeters to provide language assistance in Spanish. This important work cannot be accomplished without volunteers, ordinary citizens with a willingness to lend their neighbors a hand. Ar- izona's AARP Foundation Tax-Aide sites are in need of new volunteers to join forces with those already working to serve our communities. For more information contact Har- ry Cleveland hlcleveland33@att.net 928-927-5329 or 801-726-6175 Seeking volunteers for tax assistance 2nd Annual Chiknik Bar-B-Que will be held Saturday, Dec. 6th from 12 noon - 4pm. Bar-B- Que Chicken Hindquarters and Fixin's. Rose & Gary Fraser Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser will be held at the Quartzsite Fire Station. Donation of $10. All proceeds go to the Memorial Fund sponsored by VFW Post 769. $4,500 has already been awarded. Chiknik Bar-B-Que Dec. 6th December 11th We are having a Christmas Book Sale from 8am to 5pm. Lots of new books. Magazines, DVD's, VHS. Lots of children's videos.Something for everyone. December 18th Evening program at 7 PM at Town Hall. Our speaker will be James Hogan. Subject: The Arizona of Joseph Pratt Allyn, Letters from Pioneer Judge, Observations and Travels 1863-1866. Refreshments will be served. This program is free to the public. Please come and join for a nice evening out. Library events

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