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8 www.DesertMessenger.com October 20, 2021 CUNNINGHAM FROM PAGE 1 too much junk? CLEAN OUT THAT GARAGE List your items in Desert Messenger CLASSIFIEDS Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com or CALL RAIN @ 928-916-4235 NOTICE to Advertisers: Please check your ad(s). Errors/corrections must be submitted before deadline, to be published in the next available edition of the Desert Messenger. DEADLINES are S are S printed - in multiple printed - in multiple printed locations - in EVERY issue of the Desert Messenger! For rates and deadlines visit www.DesertMessenger.com County Landfill T County Landfill T County Landfill ransfer Station County Landfill ransfer Station County Landfill Transfer Station T County Landfill T County Landfill ransfer Station County Landfill T County Landfill now on Winter Hours The Quartzsite Transfer Station is now on their WINTER hours. They are open Sunday thru Wednes- day, 7:30am to 2:30pm. Dump your trash for free at the Transfer Station. Please cover your load. Please cover your load. For more info call the Main land- fi ll 928-916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854-9152. The transfer station is located north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treatment Plant. Art Guild updates A new Season and a New Location! The Quartzsite Art Guild will be meeting on the FIRST THURSDAY of the month. Meetings will be held at Mountain Quail RV Club House, located at 490 N. Moon Mountain Ave. and start at 6pm and usually end by 8pm. If you'd like to become a member of this fun group, the annual fee is only $10. If you have acrylic or wa- tercolor paints and brushes, please bring to this meeting. Please bring a canvas or watercolor paper. (We can provide some supplies if you have none.) We'll have a class on paint- ing a gorgeous fl ower. Yes, YOU can do this! Beverly volunteered at the Quartzsite Food Bank, Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, donated clothing and school supplies to children in the Quartzsite Elementary School, providing Christ- mas gifts and holiday meals to lower income families with children in the community. She also volunteered on various town boards where she felt she was in service to help the Town be better and stronger. Beverly was an active member of Quartzsite Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also enjoyed "clowning around," bringing smiles and laughter to youngsters during local parades and holiday events. Beverly and her hus- band George managed La Mirage RV Park for many years. Most re- cently she was offi ce manager at Q Mt. Vista Mobile Estates and volun- teered at the Quartzsite Chamber. Beverly Cunningham was appoint- ed to Quartzsite Town Council on June 11, 2019 and was elected to her seat in the 2020 election. Quartzsite will truly miss her bright eyes and sweet smiles, bringing joy to everyone she met. A GoFundMe has been set up to help with medical and funeral costs. A Celebration of Life for Bev- erly Cunningham will be Saturday, erly Cunningham will be Saturday, November 6th at 11:00am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, 455 S. Riggles Road, day Saints, 455 S. Riggles Road, Quartzsite, AZ Quartzsite, AZ https://www.gofundme.com/f/ medical-and-funeral-costs-for-bev- erly-cunningham?member=14467 687&utm_campaign=p_cp+share- sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_ all&utm_source=customer The men's-only order is thought by some to have originated in the Southern states before being carried to California during the Gold Rush; other scholars argue the order origi- nated in California. It is known the group was founded in Sacramento in 1849. According to ECV's semi-offi cial history, rowdy miners of the period were often treated somewhat disap- provingly by more traditional frater- nal organizations that also migrated to the region, such as the Oddfel- lows, Elks and Masons. Clampers, as ECV members are known, took to making fun of the regalia worn by members of those organizations through cutting tin can lids into odd shapes and pinning them to simple vests, most often worn over bright red union suits. Life for the miners was often hard and sometimes short; rather than add to its burdens, Clampers sought to lighten hard times by looking on the absurdity of life as something to be cherished — the group's motto is Credo Quia Absurdum, generally interpreted to mean, "I believe it be- cause it is absurd." Badges, ribbons and enameled pins have taken the place of tin can lids, but the tradition of taking things lightly remains. CVC FROM PAGE 1 OHV STAGING FROM PAGE 8 In attendance were Quartzsite Town Manager Jim Ferguson, Mayor Norm Simpson, Vice Mayor Loretta Warner, Council Members Starr BearCat, Lynda Goldberg, and Karey Amon along with many OHV enthu- siasts. Congressman Paul Gosar is- sued a Certifi cate of Appreciation to the Town of Quartzsite for "The Off Highway Vehicle Staging Area which will benefi t the citizens of Quartzsite and surrounding communities." Most of the $600,000 cost was provided in a grant from Arizona State Parks & Trails. Crews were busy all summer working on the new paved parking lot for off high- way vehicles(OHV.) Improvements on the 1.5 acre parcel include new restrooms, drought tolerant land- scaping plants, a camp host site, and shade structure. The Town is looking for a full time camp host for the staging area. The new Quartzsite OHV Stag- ing Area will serve as a central lo- cation for folks riding the Arizona Peace Trail and other trails in the Quartzsite area. The Arizona Peace Trail was fi rst initiated by the Bu- reau of Land Management (BLM) and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) in July 2013. With vast amounts of open desert, thousands of miles of old mining roads, and other dirt roads and tracks to manage combined with the growing popularity of motor- ized off-highway recreation in the area, the two agencies felt it would be able to create a connector trail between Bullhead City, AZ in the North and Yuma, AZ in the South, a distance of nearly 210 miles if trav- eled along route US95. At the same time, BLM and AZGFD began their effort, the Arizona Sun Riders ATV club based in Quartzsite, AZ had been working with La Paz County since 2011 to create a loop OHV trail system around the Quartzsite area. Additionally, the Bouse Ghost Riders ATV club based in Bouse, AZ was working with the La Paz Coun- ty Board of Supervisors to develop OHV recreation opportunities with the hopes of attracting more winter visitors to their small town. Nearly all of the Arizona Peace Trail is now open and has been marked. The trail is in its fi nal stages of approval. It has already drawn off-road enthusi- asts from around the world. To learn more about the Arizona Peace Trail, visit their website, Ari- zonaPeaceTrail.org.

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