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8 www.DesertMessenger.com May 18, 2016 QES graduation planned for May 24 The Quartzsite Elementary School (QES) 8th grade gradu- ating class will be holding their ceremony on May 24, 2016 at the gymnasium at the school on Quail Trail. The ceremony will start at 7 p.m. It will be led by a procession of the graduates, speeches by teach- ers and board members, and the giving out of diplomas to the graduates. Come on out to the school and show your support for the students who have completed their 8th grade studies and are going on to high school. For more information, please call the school at 927-5500. Quartzsite's Tyson's Stage Stop Museum is taking applications for Docents for the 2016-2017 season. Benefits include paid full hookup with free wifi and an opportunity to learn about and give something back to our wonderful community. A sti- pend is available for office duties. To learn the responsibilities and/or submit an application and resume call or stop by the Museum next to Silly Al's across from the Post Office on Main Street. Phone 928-927-5229 Museum seeks docents next season ME HOW TO BUILD A LASTING RELATIONSHIP: 1. Cut on dotted line 2. Rotate 180 degrees IF YOU WANT A STRONGER BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WORK TOGETHER Join the Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism 1240 W. Main St., Quartzsite • www.QuartzsiteTourism.com • 928-927-5200 By Joanne Winer The Grand Gathering coming up next March seems like a long way away, but the time sure goes fast once one season is over and the next one is coming up in just a few months. One of the things that is being done for the Grand Gathering next year is a special 50th anniversary quilt made with squares of all kinds of Quartzsite t-shirts from different events that have gone on or from groups that spend their winters here and have t-shirts for their groups. Donated t-shirts are needed for this quilt, which will be put together by local quilters and some who come back every winter. They will get some of the preliminary sewing done over the summer and fall, and the quilt will be put together on a huge quilt frame at the Grand Gathering to be finished there and presented to the Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA). Some T-shirts have been given already, but many more are needed. Please check out your clos- ets and drawers, and anywhere else you might have them stored, and see if there are any Quartzsite shirts you would be willing to donate for this project. We are looking for anything from the past 50 years that has the name Quartzsite on it somewhere and if possible the year--example: chili cook-offs, poker runs, dance groups--anything that would fit the theme of Quartzsite or the Q.I.A. You can drop off any T-shirts at the Quartzsite Business Chamber of Commerce, Reader's Oasis Books, or the office at the Senior and Family Apts. - La Casas de Quartzsite at the east end of town. The finished quilt will be presented to the Q.I.A. at the end of the Grand Gathering and will be hung on one of their walls in the main hall. For further information, please call Joanne at 927-6551. EdOptions High School Quartzsite Learning Center will hold their graduation ceremony on 7pm Friday, June 3rd in the Community Center. The list of graduates are: Bradly Sorensen Brandon Dias-Quintero Melissa Hunter Gina "Bobby Sue" Moreira Tinoco See photos on back page! Quilt project needs more T-shirts EdOptions graduation planned for June 3 The Town of Quartzsite is ex- pected to receive approximately $195,000 in FY 16 federal Com- munity Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Arizona Department of Housing Regional Account. A Public Hearing will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday May 16th, at the Quartzsite Town Hall Council Cham- ber to gather citizen input on the use of the CDBG funds. For more infor- mation please contact Quartzsite Town Hall at 928-927-4333. CDBG hearing planned for May 23 Quartzsite Town Hall has a new phone system. There are now only three phone numbers. The number of the Town Hall Offices is 928- 927-4333 (including the Library, Utilities, Planning & Zoning / Com- munity Development, and Transit Services). When prompted, make a selection from the list of options. The number did not change for the Police Department 928-927-4644 nor the Magistrate Court which is 928-927-7477. Phone numbers for Town Hall DEADLINE : WED. JUNE 8 TH for the june 15 Th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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