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November 15, 2023 www.DesertMessenger.com 9 "We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful." ~ Taylor Swift Quartzsite Elementary School District #4 Students of the Month Quartzsite Elementary STUDENTS OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2023 Kindergarten - Luna Kness 1st grade - Elias Molina 2nd Grade - Stella Collier 3rd Grade - Mia Soto 4th Grade - Keigan Barnett 5th Grade - Emma Tucker 6th Grade - Misha Sato 7th Grade - Lukus Sariano 8th Grade - Lola Alaniz SEASONAL MARKETS Open Daily 9-5 October thru March Main & Central Corner Marketplace Hi Ali Swap Meet Tyson Wells Market Centre Vendors on Main Street SHOWS Open Daily 9-5 Desert Gardens Int'l Gem Show January 1-February 29, 2024 Prospector's Panorama January 1-February 29, 2024 Tyson Wells Rock & Gem Show January 5-14, 2024 58 th Annual QIA Pow Wow Gem & Mineral Show January 17-21, 2024 Tyson Wells Sell-A-Rama January 19-28, 2024 Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV Show (Big Tent) January 20-28, 2024 Tyson Wells Arts & Crafts Show February 2-11, 2024 Gold, Treasure & Craft Show @ QIA February 9-11, 2024 PLAN AHEAD FOR QUARTZSITE SHOWS! January 1-February 29, 2024 SAVE THE DATES! 2023-2024 DesertMessenger.com QuartzsiteCalendar.com is a FREE service to list your special events, workshops, classes, music jams, bingos, entertainment, pot lucks, picnics, gatherings, fundraisers, ice cream socials, meetings, etc. SUB- MIT your events for FREE today! www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com Election Results Correction Notice The article "New Quartzsite Business Organiza- tion Founded" on Page 3 of the October 18, 2023 edition of Desert Messenger, referred to the Quartzsite Business League, Inc. incorrectly as a non-profi t organzation. The exact wording was provided by Loretta Warner in a press release, however, according to the Legal notices pub- lished in Parker Pioneer and information pro- vided by the Arizona Corporation Commission, Quartzsite Business League, Inc. is a FOR Profi t business corporation with 2,000 shares; the "par value of each share of stock is one cent." Desert Messenger reached out to Quartzsite Business League Directors via email for clarifi cation, but as of press time, has not received a response. Response received just prior to press time from Loretta Warner: "The process used by the Quartzsite Business League to become a non- profi t organization is on the advice of an Enrolled Agent with the IRS who has set up many non- profi t corporations. According to LegalZoom an organization must either be a corporation, asso- ciation or LLC. Once it has been created as one of the above a form is fi led with the IRS to become a non-profi t organization. However, it has to be one of the above BEFORE it can be designated as a non-profi t. LegalZoom and other companies like it, set up the for-profi t corporation, followed immediately by fi ling for the non-profi t status so it appears to be one task to the consumer. In our case, we chose to be a corporation and fi le our request for Non-Profi t status ourselves instead of using a company such as LegalZoom because it is far less expensive. The form to be designated as a non-profi t has been fi led. Once the form is fi led, the non-profi t designation goes back to the date of the fi ling." Desert Messenger News strives for accuracy and apologizes for the error. Due to late timing, Desert Messenger has not verifi ed these claims. Town of Quartzsite held an election on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The total number of regis- tered voters was 1,921. The total number of bal- lots was 444. The number of ballots cast by un- qualifi ed voters was 0. The Unoffi cial Election Results are as follows. Referendum 301 question was "Shall the Town of Quartzsite repeal Ordinance No. 23-01, which made modifi cation to Section 30.09 Qual- ifi cation of Council Candidates?" The votes cast for approval of Referendum 301: YES, 244. NO, 185. Proposition 401 was for the approval of a one-time override of $1,100,000 in excess of the Town's expenditure limitation for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025. The votes cast for approval of Proposition 401: YES, 319, NO. 125.

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