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10 www.DesertMessenger.com December 3, 2014 Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ www.MyQuartzsite.com AROUND TOWN CHICNIK BAR-B-Q DEC. 6 2nd Annual Chiknik Bar-B-Que will be held Saturday, Dec. 6th from 12 noon - 4pm. Bar-B-Que Chicken Hindquarters and Fixin's. The Rose & Gary Fraser Memorial Scholar- ship 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. SOUP & CHOWDER FESTIVAL Soup and Chowder Festival Benefi t for the Quartzsite Food Bank will be held Sat. Dec. 6th from 3pm-5:30pm at the QIA. The cost is $5/person CRUISE-IN Join the fun 2nd & 4th Saturday nights at 6pm at the Shell Station. Great cars, cool motorcycles. Everyone welcome. 50 cent hot dogs & drinks. Plus Raffl es! COVENANT LUTHERAN BAKE/YARD SALE December 6, 2014 8:00 am to 1:00 PM there will be a yard sale and bake sale at Covenant Lutheran Church on Cowell Street. There will be all sorts of treasures! Craft supply items, appli- ances, tools, clothing and much, much, more. At 9am, there'll be a free show- ing of "Frozen"! There will be holiday goodies for sale by our church ladies at the bake sale. Be sure to join us. I am sure there will be something for everybody. See you there!! PANCAKE BREAKFAST DEC. 13 Queen of Peace Catholic Church will host their monthly Pancake Breakfast Sat., Dec. 13, 7:30 to 9:30 am. All you can eat pancakes with our signature cactus syrup. Sausage, eggs, juice, cof- fee or tea served with meal. $5/person. Join us every 2nd Saturday during the winter season. Cactus syrup is also for sale. 500 E Mockingbird St. Quartzsite, north of Exit 19 PTA CHRISTMAS DINNER/SHOW PTA is having our annual Christmas Dinner sponsored by the PTA on Dec 18th at 4:30 followed by a Holiday Pro- gram from by our enthusiastic children at 6 pm. The cost for the Ham Dinner with all the fi xings and dessert is only $3. We want to invite the town to come have an evening out with dinner and a show. All proceeds will go back to the children for athletic uniforms, books, playground equipment. Hope to see you there! GEM CLUB MUSIC BENEFIT Skyhawk hosts a music benefi t for the Quartzsite Roadrunner Gem & mineral Club's Scholarship Fun on Dec. 30th at the QIA, 6:30pm Dance, listen, fun, raffl e prizes! Bring your friends! BINGO IN QUARTZSITE • Desert Gardens RV Park. Bingo games start at 6:45pm Tuesdays & Thursdays through March. (excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas Day & New Year's Day). Bingo cards are sold from 5:15pm - 6:30pm. Open to all ages 18 & up. • Quartzsite Senior Center! Doors open at 5:00 pm. Early Bird is at 6:30 pm. Regular session starts at 7pm. Bingo will be held each Wednesday through March, 2015. • QIA (Quartzsite Improvement As- sociation) Friday nights. Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds at 6:30pm QUARTZSITE ART GUILD MEETS The Quartzsite Art Guild meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at the Senior Center located at 40 N Moon Mountain Ave, Quartzsite, AZ. The meeting time is 6:30 PM. Info 727-460-1948. We have great lunch menus, serving at 12 noon sharp! Suggested donation is only $3.50. There's cards, books, games, puzzles, pool table, Wi-Fi available. Community Services, Volunteers Needed! Come join the fun at Quartzsite SENIOR Center 40 Moon Mountain Ave. For more information call 928-927-6496 Senior Center open all year! Monday - Friday, 10am – 2pm GRIEF SUPPORT Hospice of Havasu offers a free grief support group the 2nd and 4th Tues- day of each month from 1 to 2pm at the Quartzsite Library. For further information please call Rosalinda at 888-468-2111. HOLIDAY BAZAAR DEC. 12 9 AM to 4 PM at 49513 Pearl Avenue in Rainbow Acres. Beautiful hand- made items by local artists and craft- ers. Come have free cookies and apple cider and do some of your Christmas shopping here. If you are interested in setting up a table and selling your items please contact Maggie Ross at 360- 951-7820. SILENT AUCTION DEC. 13 Operation Hero Comfort will be having the annual Silent Auction on Saturday 12/13/14 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Community Center Building. GARDEN CLUB MEETS We meet at the Quartzsite Library at 4:30 pm. every 3rd Monday of every month until April 2015. We have pro- grams and group discussions about gardening here in the dessert. Come join us and fi nd out about our "winter" growing season. For more information call Lynn Stimson 928-916-4562. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY JAM MINISTRIES of Quartzsite First Assembly of God will be holding a Christmas Party for the children of Quartzsite on Fri. Dec. 19th 3-6pm.The party will be held at the Community Center. It will be a fun afternoon with games, prizes and cookie decorating. Each child will receive a gift. If in- terested in donating or volunteering, contact 928-927-5808. FREE CANASTA! CANASTA! It's fun...It's easy...We'll teach you how. Every Monday 6:00 p.m. at the Quartzsite Senior Center (40 Moon Mountain Road). Bring cards, shuffl ers, and card holders if you have them, plus pen and paper for notes. Everyone welcome! QUILTERS MEET TUESDAYS The Quartzsite Quilters meet every Tuesday at the Senior Center on Moon Mountain Rd. from 9am to 3pm. We have been having a good time sewing up "fi dget quilts" for the memory unit in Blythe, Calif. It's hard to make just one! In addition to all the charity proj- ects we sew, we want to remind you that we do much more than that. We meet here to share our skills, knowl- edge and friendship. We always have lots of fun, so stop in and check us out! Hope you can keep all your stitches in the ditch!

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