Desert Messenger

WHAT'S INSIDE 3 Sgt. Mike Rudd Remembered 3 Halloween Event 3 AmeriCorp Meeting planned 4 Museum News 4 HAM News 5 Town Manager Meeting recap 6 Editorial 7 HCB UPDATE on new accounts 9 West Nile found in Ehrenberg 9 The Salvation Army updates 9 Music Jams 9 AA Meetings 10 KBUX owner dies 10 Gardening with Dennis 11 Camels return 12 Veteran Stand Down 13 Small Business Saturay 15 Restaurants 15 Sons of the Desert 15 QES Students of the Month 16 Around Town 17 Salome High updates 17 Borders open up 18-19 In Memoriam 19 BLM Your Pass 20 Puzzles 21 CLASSIFIEDS 22 Paul Winer's Cartoon DesertMessenger.com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 928-916-4235 October 20 October 20 October 20 October 20, 2021 VOL. 18 39 Alwa y s FREE! SEE CUNNINGHAM PAGE 8 N�� �� ��� N�� �� ��� 18 t h YEAR! Quartzsite Council Member Beverly Cunningham dies SEE ECV PAGE 8 E Clampus Vitus install plaques Quartzsite, AZ- Members of the Ancient and Hon- orable Order of E Clampus Vitus® (EVC) installed a commemorative plaque Saturday, October 16, 2021 on the site of Tyson's Well Stage Station Museum. The all-men organization is known for a little absurdity but preserving history is the serious part of what they do. 121 members of the Lost Dutchman 59117+4 showed up in Quartzsite for a weekend of fun and install- ing the newest monument in Quartzsite. The group had previously installed two monuments at Hi Jolly Cemetery, honoring Hi Jolly and Buck Connors. ECV boasts more than 20,000 members with chapters in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Oregon and Colo- rado; in both California and Nevada it is the largest historical organization dedicated to preserving West- ern and mining history, having placed more than 1,300 plaques in hundreds of historically interesting locations throughout the West. October 11, 2021, Quartzsite, AZ- Quartzsite is October 11, 2021, Quartzsite, AZ- Quartzsite is mourning the loss of a beloved member of the com- mourning the loss of a beloved member of the com- munity Council Member Beverly Cunningham after munity Council Member Beverly Cunningham after being diagnosed with an inoperative brain tumor in being diagnosed with an inoperative brain tumor in June. For over 20 years, Beverly has been involved June. For over 20 years, Beverly has been involved with Community Service work, giving her heart and with Community Service work, giving her heart and soul to anyone needing help. ����� | S���� B���C�� ����� | C������� M��� G������� PHOTO: Noble Grand Humbug Jeremy Murphy and Lynn Stimson, Museum OHV Staging area opens in Quartzsite Quartzsite, AZ A ribbon cutting was held Tuesday, October 19th for Quartzsite's new OHV Staging Area, located on E. Quail Trail, across from Town Hall. SEE OHV STAGING PAGE 8 Beverly Cunningham

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