Desert Messenger

February 5, 2020 www.DesertMessenger.com 15 PUBLISHER'S NOTICE: All real estate advertised herein is sub- ject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national ori- gin, or intention to make any such pref- erence, limitation, or discrimination." Learn if you are at risk with RightPath Health Screenings' Options: Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer... THIS SCREENING COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENINGS Heart Ultrasound Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Screening (Carotid Artery Ultrasound) Thyroid Ultrasound Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) All 11 Screenings for only $200.00! Blood Pressure, Pulse and Blood Oxygen Saturation Level are included FREE with all health screenings. Comparable screenings in a clinical setting would cost $2,000-$3,000 ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND SCREENINGS Liver Kidney Gallbladder Pancreas Spleen Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Once annual screening opportunity Monday, February 10 th , 2020 at the QIA Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. 235 E Ironwood Dr., Quartzsite Appointment Necessary Call 800.770.0240 www.RightPathScreenings.org RightPath Health Screenings has been providing options in preventive health care since 1986. RightPath Health Screenings is a nonprofit organization. Is Your Health At Risk? By Jackie Deal Grandma Sheila Dutton laughs, "It's not like we ever planned to be a musical family. We never meant to be professional musicians. We just wanted our kids to learn dis- cipline. So we started them on dif- ferent instruments and they had to practice." The kids soon formed their own bluegrass band and they insisted their parents join them. "Mom, we need a bass player, you can do it." And so Mom learned from her 11 year old son. Dad was a tenured professor of economics at BYU but he had learned guitar as a youth. So he "dusted off his guitar" and joined them. And thus started "The Duttons." Three generations of fun Their first "big" tour was a tour of Europe; they went nine months without going home. Soon they had toured every state plus Canada and four European countries. Now the third generation has joined them. They were finalists on "Americas Most Musical Family" contest. They had 7 children and all were involved at first; four are still involved full- time. The other three appear fre- quently as "guest artists." They ad- opted 7 more children who help in "the business." The business started when they were renting Box Car Willie's studio and he passed away. His wife sold the studio but insisted it include a hotel and gift shop. Somewhere along the line, they thought perhaps they "could go back to being ordi- nary people. And stop touring the upper Midwest in January." They found touring "was a chal- lenge with babies on the road." The youngest regular performer now is 8 years old. Touring has its fright- ening moments too. Recently they had an accident and the bus went off the road and rolled over with all 23 aboard. No one was seriously hurt, "just bumps and bruises and a sprained ankle." Sheila says they "feel really blessed." They can relate to our lifestyle because they have become "snow- birds" too; they have a studio in Branson and one in Mesa, Arizo- na. And it's from Mesa that 20-23 members of the three generations will come to Quartzsite on February 12th with two shows: 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. with a range of prices. To be assured of your choice, buy your tickets in advance at the Quartzsite Improvement Association (QIA) of- fice or tickets will be available at the door. You don't want to miss them; they do much more than just sing and play instruments. They're all- around entertainers.

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