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January 3, 2018 www.DesertMessenger.com 33 too much junk? CLEAN OUT THAT GARAGE List your items in Desert Messenger CLASSIFIEDS Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com or CALL RAIN @ 928-916-4235 The Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank has several boxes around town for collecting food items. These busi- nesses have been generous enough to let us have boxes: Dollar General, RoadRunner Market, Family Dollar, Silly Al's Restaurant, Horizon Com- munity Bank, Quartzsite General Store and the Town Hall/Library. Some items we need are canned, boxed or packaged food including meat, vegetables, dinners, pasta, peanut butter, snack bars, water and other beverages including juice. The Food Bank is open on Tuesday and Thursday 8AM to Noon to ac- cept donations of dry goods and fresh food. Go to FQFoodBank.com to make a donation online or mail a check to Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank PO Box 4671 Quartzsite, AZ 85359. Easy way to donate to Food Bank Quartzsite Beauty Salon Perms, Colors, Haircuts. Men & Women HOURS 9-5 Monday thru Saturday Walk Ins Welcome! 250 E. Main Street Quartzsite, AZ 928-927-6664 THRIFT STORE Benefitting the La Paz County Animal Shelter in Parker Supported by your generous donations! 455 E. Main St. Quartzsite Open Tues. thru Sat. 9-3 928-927-4223 Quartzsite Historical Pageant--"A Walk in the Past" set for Feb. 24, 2018 by Joanne Winer The Quartzsite Business Cham- ber of Commerce will be hosting the Quartzsite Historical Pageant-- A Walk in the Past on February 24, 2018 at the Hi Jolly Cemetery. The pageant was fi rst started in 2010 by Dinice Ross, Cemetery board li- aison to the town. She got informa- tion from other places who had done what they called "spirit walks", where people dressed up in historical cos- tumes and played the parts of some of the past residents of their town. It was a lot of fun, so she decided to do it here, and organized it for several years before her health stopped her from all the work it took to do, and it was not done for a year. Since 2017 was the 150th birthday of Quartzsite, the Quartzsite Business Chamber of Commerce asked Dinice and the Cemetery Board if they could restart the pageant for the birthday celebration. It was approved and the pageant was done last February for the birthday celebration. It was sug- gested that since the season was in 2018 as well, that it would be done again this February, and it is set for the 24th starting at 1 p.m. Many of the people who played characters in the past pageants will not be able to participate in this year's pageant so the Business A Walk in the Past set for Feb. 24 Chamber is looking for several peo- ple who want to do some acting (ev- ery easy) and get dressed up and be- come a part of the pageant this year. It is not known yet if someone else or some other group would like to take over this event in years to come, but for this year at least the Business Chamber will do it again. It's a lot of fun for everyone, and gives people a good idea of what it was like in the 1800s and early 1900s here and who some of the pioneers are who are buried in the cemetery. The pageant will also be helped by the Quartzsite Historical Society, the Hi Jolly Cemetery Board and the Town of Quartzsite. Volunteers are needed for tour guides, set up and break down, etc. So please let the Business Chamber know if you can give some time to help. If you want to be a character in the pageant, or can help in other ways, please call the Business Chamber 927-9321 or drop in to the offi ce at 110 W. Main St. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mark your calendars for this wonderful look in to the past of Quartzsite and come have some fun with us!! Quartzsite Elementary School (QES) news School Board Meeting Thursday, Jan. 11 at 6pm in Quartzsite. No School on Monday, January 15th in observance of Martin Lu- ther King Jr. Holiday. 100th Day of School Celebrations will be in the classrooms. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday & Friday January 26. Students will be on half day schedule both days. Quartzsite Elementary Awards Assembly will be held on Tuesday, January 30th. Concessions will begin at 5:30pm. Awards Assembly begins at 6pm. Upcoming events: Take a Kid Fish- ing Seminar _Wed. Feb. 7th from 1pm-2:30pm. No School on President's Day Mon- day, February 19th. Take a Kid Fishing Field Trip will be on Monday February 12th. Remember this is a school zone. Please drive the appropriate speed limit. All visitors will need to stop by the school offi ce and present their I.D. to receive a visitor badge. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook! www.Twitter.com/QESD4, www. Facebook.com/QESD4 January & February can be cold! Please be sure your student wears a jacket. Mittens and beanies can keep them warmer in the morning. Lost and Found items are in the front offi ce. If there's an important message regarding your student and the bus transportation, please call the offi ce by 2pm on regular days and 12 noon on minimum days. This will eliminate confusion and delays at dismissal time. Attendance is very important. Please make sure your child is in school. If he/she is absent, please call the school at 928-927-5500. Parents will be contacted by a rep- resentative of the La Paz County Attorney's Offi ce for chronic atten- dance. QES news

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