2 National Drug Take Back Day
3 Pickleball
4 Constable fi les complaint
4 Gosar visits Parker
5 Arbor Day
6 Editorial
7 Letters to Editor
11 Traveling with Gypsy Jane
15
Adventures w/Rocks
15 Restaurants
16
Voices from the Past
17
Arrest Report
18 Churches
20 Puzzles
21 In Memoriam
22 Classifi eds
22 Paul Winer Comic
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631
GRANDS
&
Great
GRANDS
formed
the
World's
Largest
Human
Letter
at
the
Finale
of
The
GRAND
Gathering,
March
9,
2014
By
Shanana
Rain
Golden-Bear
Quartzsite,
AZ
–
It's
offi
cial!
Quartzsite
GRANDS
&
Great
GRANDS
set
a
new
GUINNESS
WORLD
RECORD
for
the
Largest
Human
Letter!
Organizers
of
The
GRAND
Gathering
re-
ported
that
631
people
participated
Sun-
day,
March
9,
2014
during
the
GRAND
Finale
event,
the
Guinness
Record
At-
tempt
of
the
World's
Largest
Human
Let-
ter
"Q"
at
Quartzsite
Improvement
Asso-
ciation
(QIA).
Guinness
told
organizers
they
needed
at
least
501
participants
to
be
considered
for
the
record.
The
GRAND
Gathering
events
were
geared
for
GRAND
Parents
and
Great
GRANDS
and
their
families
to
create
memorable
moments
together.
Verifi
cation
from
Guinness
arrived
via
email
Monday,
April
7th,
2014
which
stated,
"We
are
delighted
to
confi
rm
that
you
have
successfully
achieved
a
new
GUINNESS
WORLD
RECORDS
title
for
'Largest
human
letter'.
We
would
like
to
congratulate
you
on
your
record-break-
ing
achievement.
You
are
OFFICIALLY
AMAZING!"
Guinness
World
Records
certifi
cation
requires
independent
witnesses
from
the
local
community
and
extensive
documen-
tation.
Horizon
Community
Bank's
new
manager,
Judi
Clark
and
Council
Mem-
ber
Mark
Orgeron
served
as
offi
cial
wit-
nesses
along
with
12
Stewards
from
the
community.
The
GRAND
Gathering
sets
new
GUINNESS
WORLD
RECORD
for
Largest
Human
Letter!
