Desert Messenger

WHAT'S INSIDE 3 Carol's Cupboard Dedication 5 Operation Hero Comfort 6 Editorial 7 Letters to the Editor 8 Food Handler Classes 11 Restaurants 14 The Salvation Army happenings 14 LDS Family Search 16 HerbMama 17 Shop Small Saturday 20 Around Town 22 Gypsy Jane 24 Nancy's Kitchen 25 Calendar 26 Churches 28 Puzzles 30 Classifeds 30 Paul Winer's Cartoon www.DesertMessenger.com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 928-916-4235 WEDNESDAY, November 15, 2017 VOL. 14 # 267 Now in our 14 t h YEAR! Alwa y s FREE! SEE FESTIVAL PAGE 8 Where's Humpy? Santa's Workshop Arts & Crafts Festival Nov. 25-26 Public's help sought in finding runaway teen Quartzsite Police Department is asking for the public's help to locate a missing teen. Rhiyanna Nicole Timberlake, 17 was reported as a runaway juvenile on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 after she left her home in the early hours of the morning. Timberlake is a white female who is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and has brown hair, but was dyed red at the time of dissappearance. She has hazel eyes and weighs about 185 lbs. Her mother believes she is in Blythe, Ca. Timberlake has been entered into a national database as a Runaway Juvenile. She is believed to be in the Quartzsite, Ehrenberg or Blythe area. Anyone with information about her whereabouts should con- tact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644 or call 911. By Joanne Winer Make sure to come in to the Quartzsite Business Chamber offi ce to pick up your application to reserve a booth for the annual Santa's Workshop Arts and Crafts Festival that is being held at Tyson Wells Showgrounds on November 25 and 26. There are still some indoor spaces available but they are going fast. There is still plenty of room outside as well. This crafts festival, which is totally handmade items for sale, has been growing every year, and there are new crafters this year with some wonder- ful new items for you to choose from. Crafters come from all over the country and even from Canada when they come for the winters here in the Southwest, and it is always great to see them again every year. They spend their summers doing all their unique craft items and bring them to the Santa's Workshop to bring more Christmas spirit to the holiday spirit!! If you are a crafter and want to sell your things at this festival, just pick up an application and be sure to get it in as soon as possible since the festival is only 2 weeks away!! Crafters will be able to set up on Friday afternoon from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and again at 7 a.m. on Saturday morning to be open by 9 a.m. The festival runs from Sat. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and again on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. SEE HUMPY PAGE 9

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