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18 www.DesertMessenger.com March 19, 2014 The splendor of the Grandmas and Grandpas Is their shining gray hair - or lack thereof! As they gather for this historic occasion in Quartzsite, We are blessed with the Creator's sunshine from above. With Guinness World Records looking over our shoulders, We form a human Q, over five hundred persons strong! The largest manned letter of this description Is formed by cooperation of this varied, international throng! Coming from the far reaches of continental U.S.A Hawaii, Alaska, and islands of the sea, too! We welcome Canadians, Brits, and Frenchmen - A worldwide mix is part of this celebration stew! With open arms, we welcome locals and visitors - Vendors, merchants, RV park owners, and town servants, are here. What a wonderful, diverse group of human beings Make up this week's gathering of grandfolks, so dear! Thank you, Quartzsite, for your warm and hearty welcome - Thank God for the pleasant memories you weave! The carefully laid plans, and the thorough preparations, Will bear fruit in grateful hearts of guests, as they leave! - Ralph A. Jones A Poem by Ralph A. Jones The GRAND Gathering Quartzsite, Arizona March 6-9, 2014 Call Bud 928-583-3905 bUD'S Desert HANDYMAN Services Residential & RV Services FREE Estimates! Quartzsite Business Licensed Services All Work Guaranteed! Plumbing Electrical Carpentry Yard & More! THRIFT STORE Benefitting the La Paz County Animal Shelter in Parker Supported by your generous donations! 455 E. Main St. Quartzsite Open Tues. thru Sat. 9-3 928-927-4223 Benefitting the La Paz County Animal Shelter in Parker La Paz County Animal Shelter WITH THIS AD! Sandy Andreason of The GRAND Gathering announced Sunday the cou- ple attending with the Most GRAND children & Great GRAND children was Barbara and Darwin Burnett with 45 Grandchildren and 30 Great Grandchildren. Congratulations to all our GRANDS! nated to our raffl e prizes. Herb's Hardware, The Eatery, Crazy Jer- ry's Pizza & Wings, Silly Al' s Pizza, Delights Antiques & Gifts. And the Desert Messenger, thank you Rain for rescuing the advertising and promoted this wonderful event. And a special thank you to the Village Indoor Market (VIM) Place in Blythe, owner Eric Egan, and and VIM shops; Cowboys and An- gels, Sharon Dutro, Kris Gilsillan Smarty Pants. Another group of people on the thank you list are: Carol Kelley for hats, ribbon, lace and advice. Sherrie Garlow at the General Store for hand decorating the bird- houses. To Daddy Gene Swallow for building the birdhouses...a big hug and kiss!!!! to Betty at Silly Al's for buying 5 tickets and helping with getting the word out. Jamie, thank you for the beautiful home canned goody basket. Kim Garza and Brenda at Sew Busy Quilters for the quilted table topper. Leona Kucera for the AWESOME GOR- GIOUS BEADED NECKLACE SHE MADE ! A big, heartfelt thank you for the awesome talent of Shelly & Dennis Carder of Rhythm and Romance for their music. To all the wonderful people that donated money to this important cause. A very sincere Thank You!!! To Becky Hastings and Ethel Colwell for the quilted handbags. They were lovely. To all of the RV parks that lets us put up fl iers for advertising: SPLIT RAIL JR'S RV PARK QUAIL RUN THE SCENIC ROAD AMERI-CAN LA MIRAGE COYOTE PASS TEW'S SHADY LANE DESERT DOGS RV PARK To all the great women in our VFW Auxiliary at Post 769 in Quartzsite as Cancer Chairman I sincerely thank you for the work and support it has taken to put together this Garden Party. To MaryAnn Peck, Roxanne Cole, Phyllis Rohe, Jean Braa and the ladies from Covenant Lutheran Church, Tamara Ragsdale, Velra Fish, Joyce Snyder,Carol Kelly, and a special thank you to Mary McAlister for using her home as the staging and preparation area for all the raffl e gifts and prizes, her Husband Jim can now move around the house again !! If I missed anyone I sincerely apologize, it was a great effort by everyone. Sincerely, Dona Dole PARTY FROM PAGE 3 Most GRANDs & Great GRANDS honored

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