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February 7, 2018 www.DesertMessenger.com 15 Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews Follow on Twitter @DesertMessenger @QuartzsiteRain Ellie's Boutique formerly Sandy's Apparel Fine Ladies Apparel • One-of-a-Kind Items • Vests Lots of Bling! FRONT ROW at Rice Ranch (next to Gambler's) • Open 10am-3pm 55 E. Kuehn St. Quartzsite GENERATOR REPAIR Bob Dummer 623-224-7655 James Bradley 602-622-2893 70 E. Main Street, Quartzsite, AZ RVs • Portables Onan • Generac • Honda 208-290-5102 BUILDING PROJECTS? Builder with 40 years experience in satisfied customers! High quality workmanship Design/Build Call Rich! not a licensed contractor Art show planned Feb. 23 & 24 The 8th Annual End of the Season Southwestern Roundup Art Show and Author Signing will be held at the Mountain Quail RV Park 490 Moon Mountain Ave. Quartzsite, AZ. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 100% of the raffl e funding -plus 10% of artists' sales- go to local charities. Purchase raffl e tickets for: jewelry donated by Har- dies Beads & Jewelry, Pizza night out from Silly Al's Pizza, an original painting from Christine Schlageter as well as many other items. Door prizes will be given away by our ghostly guest from the Cemetery Walk Buck Connors (Mayor Norm Simpson) and our Show Sheriff (Butch Klein) each half hour free of charge for visiting the show. Attend- ees can win additional door tickets for playing the Artist Scavenger Hunt, where you match an item in a painting to the artist. Or, bring any canned item for the food bank and get one additional ticket per person. The featured artist Bonnie Cass can be seen for the fi rst time in our area. Bonnie's unique stained glass on stone, bright and cheery works of art make for a great address en- trance piece, patio decor and table toppers. A must see. Refreshments will be served throughout the day, and artists will be working on projects for viewing. Authors will also sign their books. Big fun in a small space make for a good time. This is your chance to wear your best western costume or miners get-up to win a costume contest. Thank You, Steve and Pat Estes, for sharing your Recreation Hall at the Mountain Quail RV Park, each year. For more information, contact Oney Budge 208-317-2315 or Linda Klein 509-475-9600. Thank you to all the folks who helped operate our booth at the Big Tent this year and to the many members, residents and visitors who stopped by to say hello and/or visited the Museum. It was a very busy month! We've heard many comments about volunteerism taking a back seat to other activities, especially for the younger generations. As our pioneering members have grown older and been less able to help we've found that there are fewer willing to join in to keep the museum operating. At our Big Tent booth we had lots of folks who indicated "We live here!" and "We love the museum." Several of our volunteers are seasonal volun- teers and we hope to fi nd more. We've talked about needing help for a variety of activities within the museum, but perhaps that didn't interest you. We also need help with our special events, which only requires a commitment for specifi c days. For example, for next winter we need folks willing to work a half day or 2 at the Big Tent booth, baking goodies for the bake sale or helping on the sale day. For this year we need help for the Cem- etery walk on February 24, where we will have a sales table. Other activities that benefi t the museum are folks who put out a recycling can for aluminum, plastic, etc. in their park, invite their neighbors to contribute and then deliver their collections to the museum. What better way to help us and the planet at the same time! Can you help us? If you are a winter resi- dent please sign up now so we can plan on your help. Trivia Question of the Week: We got lots of response about last issue's photo question. Can you answer this one? There is a building on our grounds that was moved from another loca- tion that is labeled "Assay Offi ce". Where was it moved from and what is its signifi cance to Quartzsite? Come by the museum to see the building and answer the questions (no phone calls please). By the way, for the last issue in March we plan to reveal the answers to the ques- tions, in case you missed them. The issues can be seen on-line, if you have left town by then. We have a variety of books and postcards relating to Quartzsite for sale. We are continuing to recycle plastic and aluminum, which can be dropped off any time at our front gate collection can. We are a non-profi t historical society. Visiting the Museum is free, although donations are always welcome. The Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 4 pm and is located at 161 Main Street (parking in rear). Phone (928)927-5229. E-Mail QHS@TDS.net. Quartzsite Museum news

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