Desert Messenger

SPECIAL SECTION December 20, 2023 www.DesertMessenger.com 41 December 5, 2012 WHAT'S INSIDE 2 Editorial 4 Letters to Editor 6 Council Updates 8 Around Town 12 Voices from the Past 14-15 Restaurants 19 Adventures in Rock 23 Thoughtbuster 32 Church Directory 34 ROCK MAP 35 MUSIC JAMS 36 Puzzle Page 37 Astrology 38 Paul Winer's Comic 38-39 Classifi eds Christmas Light Parade this Saturday ����� | J����� W���� www.DesertMessenger .com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 541-218-2560 N�� �� ��� 9 th YEAR! 9 Quartzsite General Store celebrates 40 years in business SEE 40 YEARS PAGE 2 MAIN ST . MONDAY TUESDAY LUNCH Specials DINNER SPECIALS • 4-7pm WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY By Joanne Winer The 9th annual Christmas Electric Light Parade will be coming up this Saturday evening, Dec. 8, start- ing at 7 p.m. Lineup for the parade will start at 6 p.m. on Mesquite Ave (just east of La Mesa RV on Main St.) The parade will go east on Main Street to Plymouth Rd., then north on Plymouth Rd to Town Hall, where there will be a tree lighting ceremony and trophies will be given out in several catagories. Refreshments will be available at Town Hall after the parade. Applications are still available to be included in this great event--just come into the Business Chamber offi ce at 110 W. Main St and fi ll one in--join in all the fun of this wonderful community event!!! Get some friends ����� | J����� W���� together and put lights around your vehicles, ATVs or build a fl oat!!! The more the merrier!!! There will be several catagories for the trophies, so get your ideas going and join in!!! Judges are needed to help decide who gets the tro- phies--if you have time and would like to be a judge for the parade, please call the Business Chamber at 928-927-9321 The judging stand will be in front of the General Store again this year and chairs will be provided.The rules for entering the parade are with the applications. Please join in and make this a bigger and better parade than ever!!! If you can't be part of the parade, come and watch as it goes by and join us at Town Hall later. For more information, please call or come into the Business Chamber offi ce. By Joanne Winer The Quartzsite General Store was originally owned by Wayne Slocum, and was built in 1967. Don and Lois Moore bought the store in 1972, and is has been operated by their family ever since--40 years!! Don and Lois retired in 1999, and the store has been run by their daugh- ter Sherrie and her husband Rick, along with their son Nick (and some- times other family members helped out) ever since. Don and Lois came out of retirement this fall and are back working at the store again as well as Sherrie, Rick and Nick and staff. The General Store has been a won- derful business for this community, and the past 40 years the Moores and Garlows have been running it show their commitment to this town, even though they live in Parker. The store is open 7 days a week, now on winter hours 8 am to 7 p.m. every day.

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