Desert Messenger

WHAT'S INSIDE 2 Desert Messenger DEADLINES 3 Election Results 4 First Things First 4 QPD activities 5 Meet the Candidates Oct. 4 6 Editorial 6 Town Texting 7 Council Meeting Recap 8 The Salvation Army update 8 Food Bank updates 10 Gardening with Dennis 10 Storm Damage 11 Chamber Volunteer of Year 12 Shop Small Bingo 15 Save on Infl ation 16 Changes to Medicare D 16 Shop Small Bingo Winner 17 Used Car Sales scam 18 Puzzle Page 19 Camel Trivia 20 Bill Williams Opens 20 AA Meetings 21 Classifi eds 22 Paul Winer's Cartoon 22 Puzzle Answers 23 Photos DesertMessenger.com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 928-916-4235 August 17, 2022 VOL. 18 # 349 Alwa y s FREE! N�� �� ��� 1 8 t h YEAR! SEE QES PAGE 9 ����� | Y��T���- B���� P����������� QES receives $47,000 in donations Special ceremony to remember 9/11 planned at Celia's Rainbow Gardens by Joanne Winer The annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony will be held 6 p.m. Sunday, September 11th. 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 and will be a tribute to SUN-MAID® FEEDS IMAGINATIONS WITH YOUTUBE ICON MRBEAST AND BEAST PHILANTHROPY FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL VIDEO FRESNO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its kid-led Board of Imagination program – now in its second year – Sun-Maid is debuting their fi rst philanthropic effort to turn creativity and imagination into back-to-school support. The iconic snack company and its innovative Board of Imagination partnered with one of the world's biggest YouTube celebrities, MrBeast, through his Beast Philanthropy channel to deliver around $200,000 in school supplies and Sun-Maid snacks to four schools in epic fashion. Quartzsite Elementary School District #4 (QES) Teachers received the surprise of a lifetime thanks to Mr. Beast Philanthropy and Sun-Maid. Annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony planned those who lost their lives that day. There is a monument honoring the 9/11. The ceremony will also honor all the fi rst responders who put their lives on the line every day for our communities. This ceremony will include special speakers from many of the groups being honored. Re- freshments will be served after the service, and everyone will get a chance to ring the two huge bells hanging from the arch. Chairs will be provided. For further informa- tion, please call Joanne Winer at 928-662-8592.

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