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January 6, 2021 ww.DesertMessenger.com 7 The Salvation Army happenings too much junk? CLEAN OUT THAT GARAGE List your items in Desert Messenger CLASSIFIEDS Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com or CALL RAIN @ 928-916-4235 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 Craft Fair 1st Sat. of every month! Daily Activities! QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite BINGO FRIDAY! Opens at 5pm. Early Birds 6:30pm. Main 7pm. Concessions Available A humongous thank you to all in- volved with our Bell Ringing, Angel Tree and Santa Event. Thanks to everyone for your awesomeness of time, energy and dedicated efforts. You are all very appreciated, as it takes a real group effort for these large events to be so successful. Thank you all so very kindly. There were 160 plus happy chil- dren that had a special Christmas because of all the hours of hard work of our volunteers as well as many Quartzsite community workers that assisted. The drive-in Santa event was exceptional this year. Looked like a Norman Rockwell picture with Santa behind the window. When we are closed, if there is something specifi c you need, I can do a curbside sale with exact cash payment. Please don't hesitate to call. We will remain on a three-day open schedule for shopping through January. Urgent Service Center needs, always obtainable with a phone call. Thanks for your understanding and following our safety protocols of sanitizing and holding donation items on our porch area. At this time, we cannot take large truck loads of items. Yes, masks are re- quired when donations are ac- cepted. Our amazing volunteers are processing donations as quickly as possible. Please mask up at the sign before walking up the ramp. We will limit the number of shop- pers when the store is crowded. Face coverings are required with nose and mouth covered, and we are do- ing the one camel six-foot safe dis- tancing. Hand sanitizer is available around the store. We so appreciate your patience and compliance. We will all get through these times to- gether with patience and love for one another. If you can't hear me, maybe you recently lost your hearing aids at the store. Probably when you took off your mask, they popped off??? Call and describe. Never measure your life by your possessions. Measure it by the hearts you touched, the smiles you created and the love you shared. Be happy. We made it through the Christmas season with amazing events and touching memories. Lee-Ann Henle, Manager Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Quartzsite Salvation Army Thrift Store & Service Center, 928-927-3636 store or 360-921-7571 cell Follow us on Facebook, Salvation Army Thrift Store, Quartzsite AZ Vice Mayor's husband and popular business owner dies Quartzsite, AZ - Ed Warner, of Ironwood Outpost and Ironwood Accounting and husband of Town of Quartzsite Vice Mayor Loretta Warner died January 1, 2021. The Town of Quartzsite issued the fol- lowing statement, "Ed passed away Friday evening January 1, 2021. Ed was determined to have had a heart attack earlier in the week. He died at the hospital in Lake Havasu. We offer our sincere condolences to Vice Mayor Warner for her loss. There are no more details for re- lease, at this time." Ironwood Outpost & Account- ing has been a staple in Quartzsite since 2011, offering post offi ce box- es, shipping and receiving services and accounting. An employee posted on Facebook, "Dear clients and customers of Iron- wood Outpost and Ironwood Ac- counting, we are announcing a con- fi rmed case of Covid-19 among our staff. If you have visited us recently, please monitor yourself for symp- toms and get tested, if necessary." After being told by several reliable sources that Ed had been diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to his death, Desert Messenger reached out to the vice mayor for clarifi cation and received the following response: "Ironwood Accounting and Iron- wood Outpost has had an occur- rence of COVID. We want to assure everyone we are fully aware of the seriousness of this disease. To that end we are doing everything we can to keep our customers safe. - We completely sanitized the offi ce af- ter learning of the COVID occurrence. - We sanitize the offi ce frequently throughout the day. - We have touchless sanitizers avail- able at the front desk for anyone that wants to use them. - We are requiring masks to enter the building. - We require social distancing (6') between patrons. - We are restricting the number of patrons to two (2) in the offi ce at a time. - We have implemented new short- ed hours—10:00am to 2:00pm. - - Our target date to open again at full hours is Monday, January 11th, but is subject to change. -Currently we are limiting access to the building to post offi ce box hold- ers and package pickup. -We have made arrangements with Horizon Community Bank and Quartzsite Town Hall to handle our notaries until we can get back to normal hours. -Above all, we have been tested for COVID and anyone found to be pos- itive is self-quarantining. -As you may also know we will be closed on Monday, January 4th. We are doing this in remembrance of one of our employees who passed away of a heart attack over the weekend. -Thank you for your patience in the diffi cult time. Loretta Warner and The Staff of Ironwood Accounting & Outpost" Memorial Service information has not been released as of press time. Desert Messenger offers sin- cere condolences to the family and friends during this diffi cult time. For updates visit www.Facebook. com/DesertMessengerNews.

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