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January 18, 2017 www.DesertMessenger.com 21 T��� ����� ������� �� D����� M�������� Welcome Back Snowbirds! QIA OFFICE NOW OPEN 9am-12 noon Mon-Fri Please come by and pick up a schedule & VOLUNTEER! • 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. $5/table. • DANCES SAT NIGHTS 7-10pm $4 Donation Jan. 28 Western Strings • DESERT JAM 6:30PM 1st & 3rd Thursday • GOSPEL JAM 6:30PM 2nd & 4th Thursday • PANCAKE SUPPER 5 - 6 pm Jan. 25 Breakfast items only $6 • JAN 31 6PM Special Dinner Pork Rib • JAN 24 7PM Laughing Bird Show $7 • JAN. 31 7pm Belinda Gail Show $7 QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite QIA is happy to announce: We're the New QUARTZSITE OFF ROAD HEADQUARTERS! Traveling with Gypsy Jane "Your mission, should you choose to accept it; is to eat Key Lime pie at ev- ery opportunity throughout the state of Florida." I hesitated about two seconds before committing to this awesome assignment. I LOVE KEY LIME PIE! (In spite of the fact that every time I write Key Lime, I never know whether to capital- ize it or not.) I had my fi rst piece of Key Lime pie when I got to Everglades City, which is in southern Florida. The last piece was two days earlier at the Key Lime Store in Key Largo. Then there was the fantastic Key Lime cheesecake I had at Chili's in Naples and the fabulous Key Lime milkshake at Robert is Here produce stand -- my favorite of his 20+ milkshake fl avors. (Strawberry, made from strawberries picked from his fi eld out back, is a close second. No, I think it's a tie.) I ask myself why I waited so long af- ter arriving in Florida to eat Key Lime pie because when I think of Florida and food, Key Lime pie is the fi rst thing that comes to mind. While I love all of Florida (especially Tallahassee and the three Everglades areas), north- ern Florida is quite different from southern Florida. I never thought of Key Lime pie until I got to the south- ern part -- maybe because it's close to the Florida KEYS, and the word KEY is in both. So this trip, my search for the Key Lime pie is going quite well. What you have to remember about Key Lime pie is that it can be different every place you eat it. Most of the time it has a creamy, cheese-cake-like base, but in the city of Key West, it was like a lemon meringue pie. Yesterday, on my way north up the Keys, I ate my fi fth piece at the Key Lime Store in Key Largo. Magnifi cent! I will say one thing, no, two things about Key Lime pie: 1) It is my favorite pie (although I'm also partial to lemon meringue IF it's made with REAL lemons which it hardly ever is, and 2) I've never met a Key Lime pie I didn't like! P.S. See recipe for Key Lime pie on the "Food" link on my home page. ~*~*~*~*~*~ Happiness is not getting what you don't have but the ability to enjoy what you've got.... KOMO TV, Seattle, Washington ~*~*~*~*~*~ Jane's book is WANDERINGS: Living 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 Desert Messenger (desertmessenger.com) beginning March 5, 2014 (contact: janefi nley@yahoo.com). by Jane Finley writer * artist * teacher (stretching, exercise, relaxation, meditation) Mission: Key Lime Pie Marathon, Florida 51st Annual Pow Wow Gem & Mineral Show Jan. 18 - 22 Better Business Bureau Offers Free Presentation in Quartzite Better Business Bureau Serving Cen- tral Northern & Western AZ (BBB) will be making a free presentation at the Quartzsite Improvement As- sociation on Friday, January 27 at 1 p.m. Elaine Cullen, Regional Director for BBB, will share how businesses and consumers can use BBB's free re- sources to make informed decisions in the marketplace. Attendees will learn how to check a company's rat- ing, complaint history and reviews. The presentation will also cover the latest scams in the area and tips on how to avoid becoming a victim. Consumers and businesses are en- couraged to attend BBB's quarterly presentations and get timely an- swers to questions. BBB offers Free presentation HCB supports the arts Horizon Community Bank (HCB) supports the Arts all year round. Every two weeks an Artist from our local Quartzsite Art Guild, displays their work on the walls for the pub- lic's enjoyment and for sale. The Art Guild would like to thank the staff for all the support and en- couragement over the years. HCB the originator of supporting the Art in Quartzsite. If you would like more information on the Art Guild call 208-317-2315 Oney Budge www.facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews

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