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26 www.DesertMessenger.com December 3, 2014 DRINKS FROM PAGE 16 ATTENTION DIABETICS on Medicare Accredited by the Joint Commission 435274 CASA MEDICAL 480-941-9493 Please join CASA MEDICAL (A Participating Medicare Provider) Find Out How You Qualify for DIABETIC SHOES at No Cost to You! (In most cases) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10 TH IN SALOME CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY CENTER 9:30 am - 11:00 am Also Receive a FREE PAIR of Diabetic Socks when you sign up for a Complimentary Diabetic Foot Assessment and Diabetic Shoes TUESDAY, DEC. 9 TH IN QUARTZSITE QUARTZSITE SENIOR CENTER 10:30 am - 11:30 am - Dining Room IN BRENDA DESERT GOLD RV PARK 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Rec Hall BLACK ROCK RV PARK 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Rec Hall WAGON'S WEST 3:30 pm - 4:30 am - Rec Hall Food bank seeks donations Quartzsite Food Bank is asking for do- nations during this busy winter season. Demands are increasing as more fami- lies go without. Please drop off your non-perishable food items at the Quartzsite Food Bank on Moon Mountain Ave., just north of the Senior Center or in convenient drop boxes at participating Quartzsite busi- nesses. Thank you. • Old Costume Jewelry • Old Fountain Pens • Silver & Gold Coins • Sterling Silverware • Gold Filled Jewelry • Old Watches • Gold & Silver Jewelry Any Condition • Gold Nuggets • Dental Gold BUYING Hi Ally Swap Meet ~ Front Row Main St., Quartzsite He asked if I knew what the mess was all about up at the Crossroads and I launched into the funny scene of people fi ghting over broken crates of booze. Charles said, "That must be it. Our honeybee 'gatherers' had been making off with the oozed booze on the ground, being attracted to one of the ingredients in liquor, sugar." For the rest of the day, we kept an eye on the bee yard. By evening there was little or no change, just a constant low hum from each hive. By morning, all the bees were back in their hives although there was little or no fl ight activity. Bees were not com- ing and going from their hives in their usual pursuit of nectar from the early spring plants that were just beginning to bloom. I joked to Charles that per- haps our honeybee girls were experienc- ing something like a hangover. Charles' sideways glance told me that he didn't think my diagnosis carried much water (or booze). Later Charles went to get the news- paper and came back saying that the usual crowd that hung out on the bench in front of Scott's Store wasn't there. I laughed to myself, "Yep, with all those free drinks up at the Crossroads I'll bet, like our honeybees, they've got a bit of a hangover too."

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