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8 www.DesertMessenger.com January 21, 2015 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! BLM OPEN HOUSE JAN. 21 3-6PM BLM holds Open House at Quartzsite Community Center, Wed. January 21st from 3pm - 6pm. regarding pos- sible trail closures. See article page 3. YE OLD TIMERS AUCTION JAN. 22 January 22 at 7pm. Ye Old Timers Auction, Senior Center, Moon Moun- tain Rd. Quartzsite. ALAA MEETING JAN. 23 7PM The BLM Management has been invited to the annual ALAA meet- ing Friday January 23, 2015 at 7pm at the Alliance Church in Quartzsite, Arizona. BLM is in the fi nal stage of deciding 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 vendors and town offi cers are all planning to be there as well in order to preserve the economy of this entire area. PAUL WINER CONCERT JAN. 23 Boogie Woogie/Blues concert at QIA Friday, January 23rd at 7pm. Call Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. offi ce at 928-927-6235. PANCAKE BREAKFAST JAN. 24 Queen of Peace Catholic Church will host their monthly Pancake Breakfast Sat., Jan 24, 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 YARD SALE FUNDRAISER JAN. 24/25 Support the Troops Yard Sale Sat and Sun 1/24 and 1/25 7:00 am - 3:00 pm in the Community Room of the Las Casas de Quartzsite and Quartzsite Senior Apartments 1615/1617 E Quail Trail Drive. Sponsored by Operation Hero Comfort. If you have gently used items you would like to donate for this sale you can drop them off at the offi ce of the apartments or call Anita cell 763 639-9330 or work 928 927-4410 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. For more information call Paul at JR's on 425-418-5377 or artist rep Wendy on 678-549-9450. CHAMPION FIDDLER JAN. 31 FRED LOHMANN & Friends will perform at Gold Star, Jan. 31, 7pm. Old time Fiddle & Country Music with Bernie Seely, Barbara Larsen, Terry Swindt. 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 "winter" growing season. For more information 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. 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 al- ways have lots of fun, so stop in and check us out! Hope you can keep all your stitches in the ditch! CORRECT NUMBER 425-210-6468 Corner of Moon Mt. & Cowell • Quartzsite • 928-927-5400 QUARTZSITE'S ONLY YEAR ROUND SALON Sandy, Debbi, Cheyanne, Beth, Linda, Jo, Sheryl & Janna ARE BACK WELCOME BACK SNOWBIRDS! FOR ALL YOUR Hair, Massage, Manicure and Pedicure Services QUARTZSITE COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE 177 W. Main St. (end of Showplace Lane) Behind Silly Al's Pizza SUMMER HOURS April thru October Thurs. Fri. Sat. 9am-1pm Call us and schedule a donation pickup 928-927-6039 or 928-916-7338. 100% of our proceeds remain here in Quartzsite! WINTER HOURS November thru March Mon- Sat 9am-1pm QUARTZSITE COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE

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