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Page 8 Around Town Oct. 5 & 6 Cactus Sale Hi Jolly Cemetery Plant and Cactus Sale will be Fri. Oct. 5 from 4-6pm & Sat. Oct. 6 from 9am-3pm at Quartz- site Bakery. See Page 10 Oct. 27 Spaghetti Feed Sponsored by Covenant Lutheran Church, Isaiah 58 and Quartzsite Food Bank will be held Oct. 27th at Isaiah 58, Moon Mt. Rd. Quartzsite. The time is from 3:00 - 6:00 pm (corrected) There will be dinner, music and free prize drawings. Oct. 27 Spirit Walk Hi Jolly Cemetery's Spirit Walk will be held Sat. Oct. 27 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Cemetery. See Page 10 Nov. 3 Rockin' in Quartzsite The 4th Annual Celebration of the Arts will begin on Sat. Nov. 3rd 6-8pm at the "Rock Motel", 100 E. Kuehn, Tyson Wells Showgrounds. Be among the fi rst to see the Rock Art before it hits the streets! Meet the Artists, Mu- sic, and Hors d'oeuvres. See Page 11 Nov. 10 Harvest Festival Harvest Festival will be held by the GFWC (Quartzsite Women's Club) on BUYS & SELLS GOLD Nature's Nuggets We pay 80% of Spot & Up Gold Sand Concentrates Placer Gold 24 Mesh Size up to Nuggets In Quartzsite over 15 Years! Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-927-5479 Call Richard www.DesertMessenger.com Sat. Nov. 10 from 4-8 pm at 100 West Kuehn at Tyson Wells! This will be a Wine and Beer Tasting Extravaganza! Munchies galore, door and raffl e prizes. There will be tasting from breweries and wineries from our State of Arizona and possible others. $10 per ticket and all proceeds will go to the GFWC Scholarship Fund. Karon Robertson for further infor- mation phone: 928-927-3909 Nov. 24 & 25 Arts/Crafts Festival Sponsored by Quartzsite Business Chamber of Commerce, Santa's Village Arts and Crafts Festival will be held at Tyson Wells Showgrounds on Sat. & Sun. Nov. 24 & 25. Get a head start on you Christmas shopping. For more information contact 928-927-9321. Dec. 1 Holiday Boutique There will be a Holiday Boutique on Saturday, December 1st at 49513 Pearl Ave., Rainbow Acres. Time is from 9am- 4pm. Beautiful Handmade Gift Items, Scarves, Jewelry, Cards, Cookies, and Much More. For more information, contact: Maggie (360) 490-8175. Dec. 1 Silent Auction December 1st is the Operation Hero Comfort Silent Auction Annual Fund- raiser. Dec. 7 & 8 Art Show Quartzsite Art Guild's Annual Art Show will be held Fri. & Sat. Dec. 7-8 at the Senior Center. Call Jo Stoltz at 928-915-6549 for more information. www.MyQuartzsite.com Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ September 19, 2012 40th Annual Native American Days & Pow Wow Oct. 1-7 Parker, AZ Thurs., Oct.4, the grand opening begins at 12 noon, with a community barbecue. The health fair begins at 1:30 p.m. It's FREE ADMISSION DAY and the carnival opens from 3 to 11 p.m. The Miss CRIT Pageant begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 Fair opens at 12 noon and features entertainment and carnival. At 4 p.m. is the annual Baby Regalia Contest. From 6 to 8 p.m. is the Rodeo at the PIRA rodeo arena and livestock show weigh-ins at the livestock arena. At 6 p.m. the 6th Annual Cecilia Mar- iscal Memorial Softball Tourna- ment gets under way. At 7 p.m. Pow Wow Grand Entry at Manataba Park, located at Second Av- The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) hosts the 40th Annual Na- tive American Days Fair Expo, Oct 1 to 7 in Parker, Arizona. Admis- sion is $5 per day or a three-day pass is $10. This year's theme is "Harvest, Gather & Celebrate." Sat. Sept. 29th: Preliminary events begin at 4 p.m. with the Annual Fry- bread Contest. At 7pm: The Native Visions Film Festival will be at Bluewater Cin- emas featuring the fi lm "More Than Frybread." The faux documentary has fun with a fi ctional Arizona fry-bread competition, in which all 22 Native American tribes in the state are repre- sented. enue and Mohave Road. Host North- ern Drum will be Cree Confederation from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Host Southern Drum will be Yel- low Hammer from Ponca City, Okla. Gourd Dance Drum will be Buc Wild from Chinle, Ariz. Head Gourd Dance will be John Emhoolah, from Denver. Northern emcee will be Terry Fiddler, from Red Wing, Minn.; and Southern emcee will be Edmund Navaquaya from Sutton Bay, Mich.Arena Direc- tor will be Darrell Goodwill, from Window Rock, Ariz. Saturday, Oct. 6, the livestock show begins at 9 a.m. The Parade starts at 10 a.m. At Manataba Park ,Gourd Dancing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. At noon the carnival gets under way. From 4 to 6:45 p.m., Bird Dance Contests. At 6 p.m. Softball Tournament will begin and at 7 p.m., the Pow Wow will start. The rodeo will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 Livestock show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. At the Manataba Park stage, entertainment will be held in honor of Hispanic heritage. 11 a.m. Gourd Dance will begin followed by a Drum Contest at 12 noon.Horseshoe Tournament begins at 3 p.m. and a tug-o-war contest gets under way also. At 5 p.m. Shin'nee Tournament will be held. Get ready to Zumba® this fall Quartzsite - Arizona Western College (AWC) will host Zumba® Classes this fall. Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That's exactly what the Zumba® program is all about. It's an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burn- ing dance fi tness-party™ that's moving millions of people toward joy and health. Classes held at AWC in Quartzsite. $40 per session (8 classes) Tues- day and Thursday 6-7pm. 10/2/12-11/1/12 (No classes on 10/16 or 10/18) Register Today! AWC Quartzsite, 695 N. Kofa Ave. Call: 928-927-8299 RV & TRUCK REPAIR BEST AUTO SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON! 585 N. Central Quartzsite Open Mon-Fri 8-5 928-927-8787 Johnny DelPino, Owner LIVE SMOKE-FREE Second-hand smoke kills 53,000 people a year. It's no longer a business issue; it's a public emergency. Report Smoke-Free Arizona violations anonymously at www. smokefreearizona.org or call 928-669-5912.