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10 www.DesertMessenger.com May 1, 2019 FREE CLASSIFIEDS Desert Messenger offers FREE Classifi ed Ads! HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Ga- rage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com First locally-owned and operated music station in Quartzsite, Arizona. Proudly serving the communities of Quartzsite, Bouse, Brenda, Rainbow Acres, La Paz Valley and beyond, since 1988. Quartzsite's Favorite "CLASSIC HITS" Local Information Weather 24 Hours Day / 7 Days Week! 928-927-5111 By Jackie Deal TO DRIVE OR NOT TO DRIVE SKREESH, SCRASH, SCRUNCH! The sound of screech- ing, rending metal! It was rush hour traffi c and I was trapped behind stopped cars in the intersection. Attempting to get clear I scraped the pick-up in front of me. And then the traffi c swept me onward. Oh, no! I was leaving the scene of an accident. You don't do that! Oh, no, you don't! Frantic to pull over I rolled, ever so gently, into the car in front of me at the next stop light. It was the personal car of the off-duty-Chief of Police! Take my advice: don't do that! The upshot of it all was I had to take a complete, written and actual drive test to retain my license. I haven't taken a driving test since I was sixteen years old. I studied the driver's manual, oh yes, I did. The written (com- puter) test was simple. I needed 28 of 35 question right to pass. Once I made 28 answers, the computer obligingly said, "That's it. You're done. You've passed." Whew! Then came the driving test. I elected to take it in a small town about 35 miles away from the Chief of Police's town. (I wonder why?) Since I wasn't really familiar with that town, I arrived early and drove around. I got lost! Totally! Completely! Absolutely lost. No, I don't have a GPS; what do I need that for? Google on my phone rescued me; maybe I should consider a GPS? In order to take the test your car must fi rst pass muster. Just the week before I discovered my horn wouldn't honk (or whatever it is that horns are supposed to do). The mechanic fi xed a lose wire. Did I check the horn before going for the test? No, of course not. The horn wouldn't honk. No horn, no test. The examiner agreed that if I could get the horn fi xed within 20 minutes I could still be tested. I raced (within the speed limit) to a nearby auto parts store and an ingenious young man fi xed the horn. So now, slightly frazzled, for the test. Fortunately, during my lost drive- around I had noticed a school zone where the speed limit of 20 was enforced every school day whether there were children present or not. Oh, was I smart, I complied with it perfectly. Feeling rather smug I fol- lowed instructions to back up two cars lengths, only to run into the curb! I didn't look over my shoulder and I scraped my tires against the curb. The examiner told me afterwards that if I had run a tire up onto the curb I would have automatically FAILED. I PASSED! I did! I passed. Talk about relief, I took the fi rst deep breath I had taken all morning. I've learned a few things from the experience. A few driving tips I shall do my best to follow and I realized how important a driver's license is to our modern way of life. I promise to be a model driver for the rest of my days! Travelogue 2019 Ladies meet for Lunch monthly A group of ladies getting together to "do lunch" sounded like a great idea to organizer Lynda Goldberg and her friends last summer. Well, the ladies have been gathering the 1st Tuesday of the month for lunch at various local restaurants ever since. The ladies order off the menu and share a little bit about themselves or current events. It's been a great way for newcomers to meet oth- ers. Tuesday, MAY 7th the Ladies Lunch will again be held at Grub- stake Grill at noon. The Grubstake is located at 725 N. Central (Hwy. 95), Quartzsite. For other events check out Quartzsite Chatter on Facebook. Try not to become a person of success but rather a person of value~Albert Einstein

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