Desert Messenger

16 www.DesertMessenger.com September 19, 2018 SEE QPD PAGE 17 By Jackie Deal Summer Activities Winding Down in The Coo-oo-ool Northwest Yes, it's time for Timber Valley Oregon's Escapees Park to have its Fall Rally. Now for years the rally has been informally known as "the Crab Rally" but the faint-hearted offi cers of the group are always afraid there won't be enough crab for everyone so they call it the Fall or Coast Rally. Does 112 crab for 63 people sound like enough? That's what our intrepid crabbers caught: 112 crab and all legal size and sex. There was much grumbling the fi rst day because the channel was being dredged by heavy equipment (very heavy) and this disrupts the crabs' dwellings, known as crab beds. But with 4 boats the fi rst day and 3 boats the next day, they managed. It seems Ed Bonham (a Sutherlin winter resident and also a Quartzite musician) had problems with his boat's motor (about $400 worth!) so there was one less boat on the second day. The rally site on the Oregon Coast is about 101 miles from Sutherlin where we reside in the summer. It's a beautiful drive along winding rivers and beneath green trees, lots and lots of trees. Sometimes they hang over the road and make a complete canopy of green. I love the green, but I've also learned to love Quartzsite's purple mountains and desert browns and since I can have each for 6 months I have the best of all worlds. The fi rst day of the rally was getting settled in and hugging. Lots and lots of hugging, you'd think we'd come across country to meet folks we hadn't seen in years instead of just 100 miles ago! We had a pulled pork dinner the fi rst night polished off with a dessert pot-luck. Have you any idea how many deserts that could possibly mean? We had dessert three times a day for the next three days! And someone had the audacity to buy a gallon of ice cream to top things off. One night we went to the Indian casino, Three Rivers at Florence, Oregon and there we gave back to the Indians part of what our forefathers might have taken from them. Some of us gave back more than others and very few of us were takers! The casino is probably about the size of Blue Waters and the machines are just as tight! We had our annual business meeting where it befell my lot to be secre- tary of the group (again), some people just don't learn. The evening was completed with a "White Elephant" sale; no elephants but there was a frog with a very annoying croak. The highlight (for me anyway) was the auctioning off of a one week's condo stay on Waikiki beach; yes, that Waikiki beach in Honolulu. I WON IT!! Well, with another retired nurse friend: we bid and won. Airfare has been arranged and I'll be leaving on a real trip Sept. 22-29, fl ying from Eugene, Oregon to LAX (Los Angeles) to Honolulu. Get packed, you're going with me! Travelogue read Desert Messenger MyQuartzsite.com E-EDITION: online DEADLINE : WED. SEPT 26 TH for the oct. 3 rd edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com All persons included in this report submitted by QPD are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. QPD ARREST REPORT Provided by Quartzsite Police Department JULY 5 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 07/06: ALICIA FERRELL, 26, of Chandler, AZ was arrested for Felony Failure to Ap- pear Warrant issued by Maricopa County Superior Court and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/07: NATHANIEL REID, 24, of Lub- bock, TX was arrested for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Narcotic Drugs for Sale, and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/08: DANNY ROBINSON, 42, of Moreno Valley, CA was arrested for Pos- session of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/09: LARRY MOBLEY, 67, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Disor- derly Conduct per Domestic Violence, and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/13: BILLIE CUSHMAN, 37, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Threat- ening/Intimidating and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/17: ADARIUS WRIGHT, 23, of Glen- dale, AZ was arrested for Possession of Marijuana for Sale and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/17: DERRICK CAVER, 37, of Waco, TX was arrested for Possession of Mari- juana for Sale and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/17: RONDRELL SMITH, 23, of Waco, TX was arrested for Possession of Marijuana for Sale and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/18: JOSEPH DURGIN, 18, of Phoe- nix, AZ was arrested for Possession of Marijuana for Sale and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/18: JESSE IBARRA, 20, of Mesa, AZ was arrested for Possession of Marijua- na for Sale and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/18: JUDY BERRY, 74, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Disorderly Con- duct and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/18: MATHEW MANYGOATS, 28, of Quartzsite AZ was arrested for two Failure to Appear Warrants issued by Quartzsite Justice Court and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/18: MATHEW MANYGOATS, 28, of Quartzsite AZ was arrested for Pos- session for Drug Paraphernalia and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/18: DONNA SOCKOL, 42, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Disor- derly Conduct per Domestic Violence, Assault per Domestic Violence, and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/19: THOM RUSS, 68, of Blythe, CA was cited and released for Possession of an Open Container in a Vehicle. 07/20: MELISSA MADDING, 56, of Quartzsite AZ was arrested for a Fail- ure to Appear Warrant issued by Mo- have County and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/22: BERNIE ROGERS, 29, of Phoe- nix, AZ was arrested for Possession for Marijuana and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/22: STEPHAWN GREEN, 27, of Phoenix, AZ was arrested for Posses- sion for Marijuana and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/23: DONNA HOLODYNSKI, 30, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Disor- derly Conduct per Domestic Violence and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/23: ZELDA WATKINS, 56, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Felo- ny Probation Violation Warrant and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/27: DANTE BRITTON, 22, of Sierra Vista, AZ was arrested for Possession for Marijuana for Sale and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/27: DANIEL HUGHES, 47, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Assault, Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility. 07/28: CORY DODSON, 30, of Quartzsite, AZ was arrested for Con- tributing to the Delinquency of a Mi- nor and booked into the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility.

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