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December 07, 2016

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December 7, 2016 www.DesertMessenger.com 31 Provided by the Desert MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper www.DesertMessenger.com Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 QUARTZSITE 2016 - 2017 Show Schedul e TYSON WELLS MARKET SQUARE October thru March QUARTZSITE SHOWGROUNDS November thru February Annual RICE RANCH "Yawl Come" SHOW November thru February MAIN STREET TRADERS OPEN YEAR ROUND November thru February HI ALI SWAPMEET November thru February MARKET PLACE SHOWGROUNDS November thru February PROSPECTOR'S PANORAMA Dec. thru Feb. 15 DESERT GARDENS ANNUAL INT'L GEM, MINERAL, & JEWELRY SHOW January thru February THE MAIN EVENT November thru February QUARTZSITE MARKETPLACE November thru February GREASEWOOD SWAPMEET November thru February DEC. 10, 2016 Soup & Chowder Festival DEC. 10, 2016 2nd Annual Chicknik at the Fire Station DEC. 10, 2016 Operation Hero Comfort Silent Auction DEC. 10, 2016 Annual Christmas Light Parade AUTHORS FAIR Jan. and Feb. at Desert Oasis Bookstore JAN. 6 - 15, 2017 Tyson Wells Rock and Gem Show JAN. 13-14, 2017 Art Show JAN. 14, 2017 25th Annual Hi Jolly Daze Parade JAN. 18-22, 2017 51st Annual QIA Pow Wow Gem & Mineral Show JAN. 20-29, 2017 Tyson Wells Sell-A-Rama JAN. 21-29, 2017 Quartzsite Sports Vacation & RV Show - AKA BIG TENT FEB 3-12, 2017 Tyson Wells Arts & Crafts Show FEB 3-4, 2017 Quilt Show, Senior Center FEB. 10, 2017 Flyers R/C Fly-In FEB 10-12, 2017 Quartzsite Gold, Treasure, & Craft Show at QIA FEB. 18, 2017 Quartzsite Masters Tough Golf Tournament MARCH 3-5, 2017 Grand Gathering Annual Event MARCH 9-12, 2017 La Paz County Fair in Parker D & B Leather BERTHA IS BACK! Leather as low as 50¢/ft! 5,000 sq. ft. upholstery 3-4 oz brown! 5 diesel loads Garment Leather! Belts & Buckles Scrap Hides $2.00/lb. Two Big Locations QUARTZSITE, AZ Main St. and Tyson Wash (behind Dorothy & Toto Ice Cream) Open 7 days/week Nov. - mid-March 928-927-4077 BROAD ACRES SWAP MEET - LAS VEGAS, NV 2930 N. Las Vegas Blvd. (corner of Pecos) Every Sat. & Sun. Buffalo, Elk, Deer, Goat Furs New Zealand Sheep Skins, Tooling Ladigo For Mail Order Call: 775-751-5351 DRY CAMPING $6/night Dump & Water $12 In the rear of Silly Al's Bar Ask for Mike too much junk? CLEAN OUT THAT GARAGE List your items in Desert Messenger CLASSIFIEDS Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com or CALL RAIN @ 928-916-4235 • Old Costume Jewelry • Old Fountain Pens • Silver & Gold Coins • Sterling Silverware • Gold Filled Jewelry • Old Watches • Gold & Silver Jewelry Any Condition • Gold Nuggets • Dental Gold BUYING Hi Ally Swap Meet ~ Front Row Main St., Quartzsite the ailing dog. On their front porch, while Kay strug- gled to hold Twister, Ernie pulled the cactus away from her leg; then he start- ed pulling the spines out of her leg one by one. Next he started on her face. The area around her mouth was covered with painful spines. Doing her mouth was not easy. Twister was hurting so much, she snapped at Ernie. "Perhaps we should call a vet," I suggested. "I think she needs to be sedated." When we noticed the spines in and under- neath her tongue, we all agreed that was the best thing to do. It was about 8:00 p.m. on a Sunday night, but I grabbed the phone to give it a try. It couldn't have been a worse time: a weekend, at night, and a Sun- day. I reached a recording which gave an emergency number. I called that number and amazingly, a person an- swered. When I told her the situation, she said she would try to fi nd a vet and call back. There was nothing to do but wait. I asked Kay and Ernie if there was anything else Barbara and I could do. When they said there wasn't, we left, wishing them well. The next day I heard from Barbara that Kay and Ernie had driven to Blythe, 20 miles away. The vet sedated Twister, and Kay held her while the vet removed all the spines, including the ones under her tongue. There's no way we could have done that. It cost about $100. A couple of days later, I stopped by, and Twister was her usual active, happy self, and her relationship with Ernie (the one with the pliers) was ALMOST back to normal! ~*~*~*~*~*~ "Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more." ~ Agatha Christie ~*~*~*~*~*~ Jane's book is WANDERINGS: Liv- ing the Ordinary Extraordinarily (Sto- ries from the Road). For an update on Jane's travels and writing, visit her website (janefi nley.com) and/or read "Traveling with Gypsy Jane" and "Poems from the Road" in The Des- ert Messenger (desertmessenger.com) beginning March 5, 2014 (contact: janefi nley@yahoo.com). GYPSY FROM PAGE 15

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