5 Celia's Rainbow Gardens
6 Editorial
7 Letters to Editor
8 Christmas Parade
9 Operation Hero Comfort
11 Restaurants
12 Traveling with Gypsy Jane
14 Rotary
15 Adventures w/Rocks
16 Around Town
26 Thrivent Action Teams
30 In Memoriam
32 Arrest Report
33 Astrology
34 Churches
36 Classifed
37 Paul Winer Cartoon
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www.DesertMessenger.com • "Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper" • 928-916-4235
WEDNESDAY,
December 2, 2015
VOL. 12
#
226
Now in our
12
t
h
YEAR!
Alwa
y
s
FREE!
Soup
&
Chowder
Festival
Dec.
5
IMS
Urgent
Care
Ribbon
cutting
SEE
IMS
ARTICLE
PAGE
12
The
second
annual
Soup
and
Chowder
Festival
will
be
at
the
QIA
on
Saturday
Dec
5,
from
3
to
5:30.
All
funds
raised
will
go
to
the
Friends
of
Quartzsite
Food
Bank
a
new
Non
Profit
Org
in
Quartzsite
to
help
support
our
food
bank.
This
is
a
Thrivent
Action
Team
event
and
thanks
to
Thrivent
almost
every
penny
taken
in
will
go
to
the
Friends
of
Quartzsite
Food
Bank.
We
are
looking
for
people
to
enter
the
competition
of
the
best
soup
or
chowder.
This
year
there
will
be
a
People's
Choice
award
and
a
First
Second
and
Third
place
award
that
will
be
given
out
to
the
winners
who
will
be
judged
by
some
members
of
the
Thrivent
team
coming
up
from
Yuma
and
a
few
more
selected
judges.
What
is
needed
is
anyone
who
has
a
food
handlers
card
to
come
to
the
QIA
on
Friday
to
cook
their
soup
or
chowder,
or
it
can
be
done
outside
in
an
commercial
kitchen.
The
Quartzsite
Police
Dept
have
volunteered
to
make
a
pot
of
something
and
it
would
be
nice
to
Crowds
enjoy
Santa's
Workshop
Craft
Show
last
weekend
see
a
few
other
organizations
or
groups
to
get
in
the
fun
and
stew
something
up.
We
are
also
look-
ing
for
volunteers
to
help
serve
and
to
set
up
and
clean
up
after
it
is
over.
Last
year
$1,200
was
raised;
they
hope
to
do
even
better
than
that
this
year.
As
a
community,
we
can
do
it
if
we
try
hard.
Also
seeking
for
donations
for
Raffle
items
for
the
Soup
and
Chowder
Festival.
For
more
information,
call
Pamela
Caskey
at
603-834-0647
for
more
information.