Desert Messenger

November 16, 2016 www.DesertMessenger.com 5 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 Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Thanksgiving! HOURS 8am - 6pm every day! Quality Meats at VERY Affordable Prices! For all your GROCERY NEEDS & MOORE! Fresh Produce Daily! Hamburger Ground Fresh Daily! GREAT LOW PRICES! Order Your Holiday Turkeys Today! 410 E. Main Street, Quartzsite • 928-927-6310 WE'RE BACK!! TRANSPONDER AUTO KEYS (Electronic Chip Keys) Jeep, Chrysler, Ford Chevrolet, Toyota & many more! Betty Crenshaw, Owner C & B LOCK & KEY 41 YEARS EXPERIENCE 928-927-6589 Mobile Service Only ROCKS IN MY HEAD The World's Greatest Rock, Prospecting & Outdoor Education Company RICE RANCH SPACE A37 Quartzsite, AZ OPEN Nov. thru March GOLD, SILVER, BUY & SELL Unique Rocks & Fossils Cabs - Rough - Slabs METEORITES-PETRIFIED WOOD Dino Bone & Mammoth Ivory Animal Parts & Leather Native American Artifacts Jewelry - Supplies - Beads GOLD PROSPECTING ROCKHOUNDING - LAPIDARY New-Used-Parts-Supplies Books-Maps-Local Site Info CONSIGNMENTS - RENTALS CLASSES - DEMOS QUARTZSITE PROSPECTING T-Shirts, Totebags, & More! Outdoor & Emergency Supplies EQUIPMENT RENTAL Specializing in Unusual & Hard to Find Items www.RocksInMyHead.com 605-376-8754 Call Don 928-927-3080 208-255-6955 Don's Rocks Decorative Landscaping Hauling, Dumptruck & Backhoe Services WE'RE BACK! Looking forward to seeing our Friends! The new Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism is proud to announce our participation as a Neighborhood Champion for "Small Business Saturday®" which is set for Saturday, Nov. 26. This is a day to celebrate and sup- port our small, local businesses in Quartzsite and all they do for our community. When we shop local we support the businesses owned by our friends and neighbors. We contribute to the investment in our community. An article published by the American Independent Business Alliance indi- cates that "for every dollar we spend locally, three dollars comes back to our community". Small Businesses are also more likely to donate to local charities, sports teams and non-prof- its. They, like you, are invested in our community. Small Business Satur- day is our chance to thank our small businesses for all that they do for us through out each year. Please join us this Shop Small Sat- urday Nov. 26 from 9am at the Quartzsite Area Chamber of Com- merce & Tourism offi ce for our second annual Shop Small Saturday kickoff. Small Business Saturday Nov. 26 The newly renovated building is lo- cated directly across from McDonald's at 1240 W. Main Street. Be sure to pick up your FREE "Shop Small" Canvas Shopping bag (while sup- plies last) as you are enjoying your FREE coffee and refreshments. Enjoy visiting your favorite local Quartzsite businesses and start your Holiday shopping off right this season by giving back to our community. Be sure to visit Santa's Workshop Arts & Crafts Festival for great deals too! Don't forget to take a lunch or dinner break from all that shopping as well and enjoy a meal at one of our great Quartzsite restaurants. Never has giving back to the com- munity been more fun! We hope to see everyone out this Holiday season shopping small, and shopping in Quartzsite! For more information on shopping lo- cal call the Chamber & Tourism offi ce at 928-927-5200. Visit www.QuartzsiteTourism.com. Bring Your Own Bags! The next time shoppers go to a grocery store in Blythe, California, they might want to remember to fi ll their cars with reusable bags – or it could all add up to a pretty penny when they go to check-out. California voters narrowly ap- proved Proposition 67 Tuesday, the nation's fi rst statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. The restric- tions apply to large food retailers, pharmacies, corner markets and liquor stores but not restaurants or department stores. Businesses can still offer paper bags and thicker plastic bags as long as they charge at least 10 cents for each of those items — a move crafted to encourage folks to tote Blythe shoppers: BYOB their own reusable sacks. The new law, which environmen- talists say is vital in reducing litter and ocean pollution, takes effect in about fi ve weeks after the Califor- nia Secretary of State certifi es the election Dec. 16. However, many stores are already imposing the plastic ban. The California Grocers Associa- tion released a statement that read in part: "California's grocers plan on complying with the will of the voters in their passage of Proposition 67. As an industry we are always look- ing for ways to reduce waste and be environmentally conscious, as it benefi ts both store operators and consumers. This measure will help further those efforts."

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