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8 www.DesertMessenger.com January 7, 2015 YOUR SATELLITE SYSTEMS EXPERT & SERVICE TECHNICIAN! Ask us How to Watch 2 TVs on 1 Receiver Competitive Rates - Dependable Service High-Tech Satellite Call Bob Today! 605-391-2842 High-Tech Satellite FREE INSTALLATION! Serving Quartzsite Area! AROUND TOWN 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! ART SHOW JAN. 9 - 10 The Quartzsite Art Guild is having their "Fine Art Show" on January 9th and 10th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Quartzsite Senior Citizens Center, 40 N Moon Mountain, Quartzsite, AZ. PANCAKE BREAKFAST JAN. 10 Queen of Peace Catholic Church will host their monthly Pancake Breakfast Sat., Jan 10, 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/per- son. Join us every 2nd Saturday dur- ing the winter season. Cactus syrup is also for sale. 500 E Mockingbird St. Quartzsite, north of Exit 19 BAKE SALE JAN. 10 Quartzsite Historical Society is having a Bake sale after the HI JOLLY PA- RADE on Saturday January 10th at the VFW parking lot.There will be home baked cakes, cookies, rolls, bread pudding etc. All the money will go to support the Tyson Wells Stage Stop Museum. Our museum, at 160 East Main Street is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 4pm. CANADIAN POTLUCK JAN. 17 The Annual Canadian Potluck will take place Saturday, January 17th at the Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA) 11am-3pm. Last year we had 238 people and we're going to top that this year! Each person should bring a Pot- luck dish for 8. Meat, gravy, potatoes & buns supplied. Please bring your own place settings. Veggies, salads, desserts are needed for the potluck. All Cana- dians are welcome! Please pass the word to all your Canadian friends and neighbors. There will be lots of door prizes, too! There is a donation of $2 per person. See you there! MEET THE AUTHOR JAN. 20 Glenn Rice, author of Call The Note, will be doing a book signing on Tues- day, January 20th from 2pm - 4pm at Holiday Palms RV Resort Club House, 855 W. Main, Quartzsite BLM MEETING JAN. 23 7PM The BLM Management will hold a public meeting Friday January 23, 2015 at 7pm at the Alliance Church in Quartzsite, Arizona. They are in their fi nal stage of decid- ing what trails to close in the entire La Paz District. All travelers, miners, rockhounds, ohv riders are needed to attend if possible to fi nd out what they want to do and to tell them what the public really wants. All business ven- dors and town offi cers are all planning to be there as well in order to preserve the economy of this entire area. ARVEL BIRD JAN. 24 International award-winning Celtic Indian violinist Arvel Bird will perform at JR's RV Park in Quartzsite on Sat- urday January 24th, 2015 from 7pm to 9pm. Tickets are $5 per person. All are welcome. This is a fantastic chance to see this Nashville recording artist right here in town. Arvel's fun fi ddling has something for everyone and his performance will be another smash hit for JR's. For more information call Paul at JR's on 425-418-5377 or artist rep Wendy on 678-549-9450. BINGO IN QUARTZSITE • Desert Gardens RV Park. Bingo games start at 6:45pm Tuesdays & Thursdays through March. 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 AND Saturday 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. 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. 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 "win- ter" growing season. For more infor- mation call Lynn Stimson 928-916- 4562. 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 projects we sew, we want to remind you that we do much more than that. We meet here to share our skills, knowledge 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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