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March 2, 2016 www.DesertMessenger.com 13 Read Desert MESSENGER E-edition online @ www.MyQuartzsite.com FREE CLASSIFIEDS Desert Messenger offers FREE Classifi ed Ads! HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Ga- rage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com Salome High updates Spring is coming and softball, baseball, and track have begun! The coaches and players are very excited for the upcoming games. The softball team has nineteen girls playing this year. They have their fi rst game next Wednesday at Arizona Charter. The boys baseball team has 22 young players who are excited to play. The team also has six returning starters. Their fi rst game is also on Wednesday at Arizona Charter. Track is also starting and Coach Slucas is very hopeful for a successful track season. Their fi rst meet will be at Wickenburg High School on March 2nd. On Tuesday, February 2nd, Salome High School held a sports banquet. FBLA will be fundraising once again for March of Dimes. Look for their coin collection boxes at your local retailers in March and drop in your spare change! They will also be going to the March for Babies event on April 9th to donate all money that is collected. There will also be a Border Pa- trol assembly for the freshmen at Salome High School on the fi rst of March. Students who have been awarded honor rolls this past semester will go to the Renaissance Fair on Thursday, March 3rd. Student Council will be having a spaghetti dinner on March 15th. On Friday the photography class and culinary class will be going to Yuma for the Skill USA Com- petition. They will be competing against Cibola, Mohave, and River Valley. The menu for the culinary competition is a composed salad with emulsifi ed dressing, and clear soup. A sautéed chicken with mushroom pan sauce, brown rice pilaf, green vegetable and Juli- enne carrots. The students who are competing in this competition are Guadalupe Balderrama and Ruby Bautista. Maria Burris will be observing. For the photography competition, the competition is divided into two parts: a written exam based on photographic knowledge, and skill performance. The written test will quiz the competitor's photographic knowledge on a 10 multiple-choice test. The contest will also have competitors use photographic me- chanics. They will go outside, take pictures, and use Photoshop to edit them. The students who will be go- ing are Angelica Pantoja and Emily Carnevale. Brought to you by Now accepting advertising for the 2016-2017 edition of ~ The premier AZ RV Travel Guide is direct-targeted to 200,00 snowbird RVers by extensive continuous circulation throughout Arizona in RV Shows/Rallies in 30 northern states and Canadian Provinces. ~ Take advantage of Special Co-op Advertising rates in the featured Quartzsite grouping presentation in the West Coast Region in this year's AZ RV Travel Guide! ~ Desert Messenger will be assisting with merchant participation to showcase all Quartzsite has to offer. ~ Call Shanana Rain BearCat at 928-916-4235 or ~ Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com www.DesertMessenger.com "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." ~ Walt Disney Quartzsite Events Online: www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com GRAND GATHERING HEALTH FAIR MARCH 4 7:30am-noon QIA OFFICE - NOW OPEN 9am-12 noon Mon-Fri • BINGO FRIDAY NIGHTS Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds at 6:30pm • CRAFT FAIR 1 ST SATURDAY 9am-1pm Yard Sale/Swap Meet in parking lot. • DANCES 2nd, 3rd, & 4th WEDNESDAYS 7PM Barefoot & Boots • DANCE SATURDAYS 7PM Western Strings • DESERT JAM 6:30pm 1st & 3rd Thursday • GOSPEL JAM 6:30pm 2nd & 4th Thursday • PANCAKE SUPPER 5 - 6 pm (or until food runs out) • Mar 2 Pancake Supper & Special • Mar 9 Pancake Supper & Special • Mar 16 Pancake Supper • March 4 HEALTH FAIR 7:30am-noon • March 5 Dave & Vickie Show & Dance • March 8 Freddie & Sheila Show 7pm $8 www.QiaArizona.org www.Facebook.com/QIAPowWow MARCH 19 LAST DAY QIA OPEN QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite

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