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October 7, 2015 www.DesertMessenger.com 3 DUMP THE DRUGS In Quartzsite! Do you have expired or unused medications? Dispose safely at QUARTZSITE POLICE DEPT. Mon - Fri. 8am-5pm Sponsored by Town of Quartzzite & Quartzsite Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ www.MyQuartzsite.com CALL TO ORDER 928-927-6715 Stop By 510 South Riggles Ave. INSIDE AL'S RV PARK TEXT ORDERS TO 719-649-1250 Order 7 days a Week Closed on Sunday East Side Breadery Home Baked Breads TO ORDER See us at the FARMER'S MARKET Wednesdays • 10am - 2pm Dec 2nd 2015 - March 2016 WE'RE BACK! RVs Autos Residential Commercial Bonded - Insured BLM Approved Serving Quartzsite and Surrounding Areas C & B LOCK & KEY Betty Crenshaw CML Owner 39 Years Experience 928-927-6589 MOBILE SERVICE ONLY Passport to Adventure Kick-Off planned Corner of Moon Mt. & Cowell • Quartzsite • 928-927-5400 QUARTZSITE'S ONLY YEAR ROUND SALON Sandy, Debbi, Cheyanne ARE HERE FOR ALL YOUR OPEN YEAR ROUND! Hair, Massage, Manicure and Pedicure Services Quartzsite General Store, LLC Beer & Wine Fresh Retail & Wholesale Meats Homemade Sausages Arizona Lottery & Pick Fish & Game Licenses A.P.S. Pay Station Accept EBT, Debit & Credit Cards 410 E. Main Street, Quartzsite • 928-927-6310 Open Daily from 8am to 6pm Sunday 8am to 4pm Quality Meats at VERY Affordable Prices! For all your GROCERY NEEDS & MOORE! Fresh Produce Daily! Hamburger Ground Fresh Daily! GREAT LOW PRICES! Welcome back Winter Visitors! "Passport to Adventure - Explore La Paz County" is a project of the La Paz Economic Development Corporation Focused Future II Tourism and Hos- pitality Task Team. The "Passport" is a promotional 24-page calendar booklet intended to entice locals and winter visitors to attend community events throughout the La Paz County area. From October through mid-March the Passport Book will be available for distribution throughout La Paz County. At each community event the participants can have their Passport stamped with the stamp unique to that community. The Team is planning a luncheon on Oct. 14th to kick off their "Passport to Adventure" program. The luncheon will be held at the BlueWater Resort & Casino. 50,000 brochures, or "Passports," will be distributed throughout the county starting in October 2015. This is the first Focus Future II - Tourism/Hos- pitality Brochure being distributed county-wide. As explained by the Team's Chairper- son Lynda Goldberg, people will be able to take their Passports to "stam- pable" events and attractions around the county. When a participant gains stamps for at least 3 events in any community they earn a "Boarding Pass" ticket into the prize draw- ing which will be held at the La Paz County Fair in March. Winners need not be present to win but will need to make arrangements to pick up any prizes won. Quartzsite events that are "stampable" include the Santa's Workshop Craft Show, Soup & Chowder Festival, Food Truck/Music Festival, Hi Jolly Parade, QIA 50th Annual Pow Wow, BBQ Competition, QIA Gold Show, Stage Stop Museum, Gunny's Military Museum, & lots more! County-wide events include: Best in the Desert Racing Association off-road races in Parker, the CRIT Museum, the Camp Bouse Dedication in Febru- ary, the Great Arizona Outback Chili Cook-Off in February in Salome and much more! Goldberg said local RV Parks, organi- zations and businesses dealing with our winter visitors will be attending. Businesses are encouraged to bring handouts, graphics and any other in- formation to portray their activities. Members of the Tourism Team in- clude the Parker, Bouse, Quartzsite and McMullen Valley Chambers of Commerce, the Colorado River Indian Tribes, individuals, and the La Paz Economic Development Corporation. For more information, contact Lynda Goldberg at 951-312-1910 or Shanana RAIN BearCat at 928-916-4235. More details will be online at www.LaPazCountyPassport.com

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