Desert Messenger

6 www.DesertMessenger.com October 16, 2019 DESERT MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper Proud to be a Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-916-4235 O� T��� - E���� T���! Founded by Walt Akin October 1, 2004 P�������� �� P���� R��� P��������� C�. P.O. Box 3185 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 P�������� ����� � ����� 1st & 3rd Wednesday Sept. thru May with Special Summer Editions June, July & August EDITOR/PUBLISHER Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer GUEST COLUMNIST Gypsy Jane Finley CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE LETTERING Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2018 © Copyright All Rights Reserved Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Neighborhood Watch to meet Quartzsite Neighborhood Watch meets the fi rst Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM. The next meeting will be THURS- DAY, NOV. 7TH, 2019, at the Quartzsite Community Cen- ter. For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644. County Landfill Transfer Station 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. For more info call the Main landfi ll 928- 916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854- 9152. The transfer station is locat- ed north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treatment Plant. By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear DEADLINE : WED. OCT. 30 TH for the Nov. 6 TH edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Read Desert Messenger online! Sign up for free email alerts when the Desert Messenger becomes available online! Join thousands reading the paper online at: www.DesertMessengerOnline.com LETTERS TO EDITOR POLICY Desert Messenger encourages letters from its readers. Letters should be no longer than 300 words, and may be edited for grammar, content and length. OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THOSE OF THE DESERT MESSENGER. We invite you to not only see a problem, but search for the solution to share with the community, keeping the benefit of all in mind. Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published. Third party letters will not be accepted. To avoid confusion over people with common or similar names, writers must provide a full name and indicate the name they are known by. Writers must provide a full street address and phone number. Rvers can provide the location of park/BLM land, etc. Street addresses will not be pub- lished. Phone numbers are for verification only and will not be printed. Mail letters to: Desert Messenger, P.O. Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359 or E-mail to Editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 "Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together." ~ Jesse Jackson Leaders can be found everywhere. Some are at the highest levels of government, while others are right here in our community. Some of our local leaders usually don't think of themselves as leaders, though. They are the ones who give of themselves, always thinking of the needs of oth- ers and how they can help. And Quartzsite is blessed to have many caring and ethical leaders. Certain leadership qualities never go out of style. The ability to connect with and inspire others will always make for great leaders. Remember the Transformational Leadership theory from the 1970's? According to James MacGregor Burns, trans- formational leadership can be seen when "leaders and followers make each other advance to a higher level of morality and motivation." Some would say, "those where the good 'ol days." Transformational lead- ers create an ethical climate (share values, high ethical standards); en- courage followers to look beyond self-interests to the common good; and promote cooperation and har- mony. Nelson Mandela used trans- formational leadership principles while working to abolish apartheid and enforce change in South Africa. Today, we are witnessing a seri- ous breakdown in leadership at the highest levels of government. Lead- ers should support values which build up fellow human beings-not tear people down; they should live with integrity-not get caught in lies every day. Successful leaders show compassion and encourage us to be caring toward each other. Leaders demonstrate how we take care of those in need-not based upon their skin color nor religion; and should make decisions on the impact of future generations. Leaders should recognize the importance of ethical behavior, and inspire others to be the best of who they can be. Imagine the uproar if a local busi- ness owner lied about you to every customer who came in? What if a local business owner allowed an- gry customers to disrupt your quiet meal, because you were just wearing a cross around your neck-or a scarf on your head- or you spoke another language? What if you were turned away at a business just because of who you loved? These are risky business practices and should be not acceptable period. This is not how a business succeeds and it's not how a nation thrives. Well, that's my two cents. Just something to think about, as we cel- ebrate our local ethical leaders and volunteers. You all ROCK!

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