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February 1, 2012 Stage Station Museum Quartzsite Historical Society Museum hours: Wed - Sun • 10 am to 4 pm 161 W. Main (Next to Silly Al's) Free admission - Donations Accepted FIELD TRIPS (2011-2012) • Quartzsite Historical sites; includes the Gum Museum and Gunny's Military Museum. • King of Arizona Mine. • Giant Intaglios, Poston Monument and Japanese Internment Camp site. • Cocopah Museum, Century House Museum. • Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, AZ. ($3 field trip donation for non-members) These are tentative field trips for this sea- son, subject to change. You need to bring a brown bag lunch, water and chair. Some- times a small fee will be charged to enter the various places. Please check with the Museum for time and meeting place. 928- 927-5229 or www.quartzsitemuseum.com ACTIVITIES Arizona History Programs co-sponsored with the Quartzsite Library Highway Clean-up Quartzsite Historical Society Meets 1st Wed of Month @2 pm at the Quartzsite Li- brary. Membership is $10 per person www.quartzsitemuseum.com Bouse art sale Feb. 3 - 4 The Town of Bouse is host to the Des- ert Brushes Fine Art Sale on February 3rd and 4th, 2012, at the Bouse Com- munity Center. Artists from Bouse, Quarzsite, Salame, Hope, Brenda and Parker will be showing and selling their art. This a great chance to buy quality art at great prices and enjoy lunch at the show by the booster club. Bouse has several events going on at the same time - the Parker 425, yard sales, Black Powder Event. So come to Bouse and have a great time and support your local artists and have a great lunch. Tyson's Well www.DesertMessenger.com RV totals for 2011 According to RV Business, RV wholesale shipments for all of 2011 reached 252,300 units, up 4.1% over 2010's year-end to- tal. Towable RVs were higher while motor homes totals were slightly lower. All towable RVs climbed to 227,500 units in 2011, up 4.8% compared to one year ago. During the same period, all motor homes were slightly less in 2011 than 2010, finishing at 24,800 units for all of 2011, off 1.6% from their an- nual total one year earlier. For December, wholesale shipments of all RVs were reported at 16,900 units , 3.6% better than November's total but 7.7% less than this same month the prior year. Ship- ments of both towable and motorhome cat- egories were less in December compared to one year ago with only travel trailers greater than December 2010. On a seasonally ad- justed annual rate basis, December ship- ments were just over 283,000 units, slightly lower than the November rate. For more in- formation visit www.RVbusiness.com MESSENGER Desert "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" Published the 1st & 3rd Wed. of the month, Sept. thru May monthly during Summer The MOST READ Paper in town! ON TIME � EVERY TIME! www.DesertMessenger.com QIA Craft Fair 1st Sat. of every month! Daily Activities! ROD ERICKSON MUSICAL Tues. Feb. 14th • 7pm $6 Donation 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite Don's Rocks Decorative Landscaping Hauling, Dumptruck & Backhoe Services Call Don 928-927-3080 208-255-6955 BOST Family Traditions Sunday, Feb. 5th at 10:30am Southern Gospel Bluegrass The Bost Family Traditions sound has developed into a unique, stylistic blend characterized by powerful, 'western-style', vocal harmony superimposed over the hard-driving instrumental tradition of Appalachia. Arizona's First Family of Entertainment is a nine piece, family entertainment company from Cochise County, Arizona, described by the Sierra Vista Herald as the "quintessential family band". Church EVERYONE IS WELCOME! 665 W. Tyson, Quartzsite, Arizona • 928-927-5808 Page 35 With a week like yours, you need a church like ours! Please Join us for these CAMP MEETING EVENTS Paul & Cindy Talley Ministering in Music and The Word thru Feb. 3rd Paul and Cindy are musicians and evangelists, traveling around the country sharing their gift of music and their faith with churches along the way. Fire Station