Desert Messenger

WHAT'S INSIDE 2 Taco Bout It 3 BLM Fire Restrictions 4 Hunger Action Month 4 Vets Don't Forget Vets 5 Family Fun Fair 5 Bill Williams Tours 6 Editorial 7 Letters to the Editor 7 Pavement Preservation 8 Explorers Fundraiser 9 The Salvation Army 9 Restaurants 10 Non-Resident OHV Decals 11 First Things First 13 QPD FBI training 14 Desert Blues Rock Fest 14 Rock Paining 15 Blood Drive 16 Puzzles 17 Travelogue 17 Salome High 18 In Memoriam 19 Arrest Report 20 Churches 22 Classifeds 22 Paul Winer's Cartoon 23 Sam Saxton www.DesertMessenger.com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 928-916-4235 WEDNESDAY, September 4, 2019 VOL. 16 # 304 Now in our 1 6 t h YEAR! Alwa y s FREE! September 4 Paul Winer's Cartoon ����� | S������ RAIN G�����-B��� SEE LEAGUE PAGE 18 ����� | S������ RAIN G�����-B��� Special ceremony to remember 9/11 planned at Celia's Rainbow Gardens by Joanne Winer The annual 9/11 Memorial Cere- mony will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11th starting at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and honor those men and women who lost their lives on September 11, 2001--a day that should never be forgotten. The ceremony will be at the Heroes Bell Gardens in Celia's Rainbow Gardens in Town Park again this year, and will be a tribute to those who lost their lives that day. There is also a monu- ment that will be going in this winter in memory of that event. The ceremony will also honor all the fi rst responders who put their lives on the line every day for our communities, and we are planning monuments to them as well as the military in this area. This ceremony will include spe- cial talks from many of the groups being honored. We will also have the Freedom Riders and Jr. Honor Guard. Operation Hero Comfort will also be represented. Refreshments will be served af- ter the service, and everyone will get a chance to ring the two huge bells hanging from the arch. Chairs will be provided. For further information, please call Joanne Winer at 928-927-6551. Annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony planned Town of Quartzsite officials gathered in Tucson Quartzsite, Ariz. – More than 1,000 city and town offi cials, legisla- tors, business leaders and guests from across the state gathered last week for the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Annual Conference, held August 20-23 at the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, AZ. Among those in attendance were Mayor Norm Simpson, Vice Mayor Loretta Warner, Council Members Starr BearCat, Steve Schue, Lyn- da Goldberg, Beverly Cunningham and Karey Amon. Town Manager Jim Ferguson also attended. Mayor Simpson carried the Town Flag during the Parade of Flags at the Opening Session. The conference is held annually in late summer and provides a unique opportunity for local offi cials to gather together to attend training sessions de- signed to aid in more effective and effi cient management of Arizona's municipalities, to hear from state and legislative offi cials, as well as share common concerns and ideas for problem solving. Conference highlights included: • An opening general session on Wednesday, August 21, which in- cluded a keynote address; the president's report; and the annual Pa- rade of Flags, highlighting Arizona's cities and towns. Speakers for this session were: • Maricopa Mayor and League President Christian Price • City of Tucson Host Mayor Jonathan Rothschild • The University of Arizona President Robert Robbins • National League of Cities First Vice President and Los Angeles Councilmember Joe Buscaino • Keynote speaker and author John O'Leary

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