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6 www.DesertMessenger.com February 17, 2021 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 OWNER/EDITOR/PUBLISHER GRAPHIC DESIGN/ AP AR MARKETING EXECUTIVE/CLASSIFIEDS Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Jackie Deal CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE DESIGN Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2020 © 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 By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear QUARTZSITE ROCKS! Licensed & Insured BLM Approved! 27 Years Experience 27 Years Experience Miller RV Repair is BACK IN QUARTZSITE! 406-212-0155 Donate rather than pay taxes! DEADLINE : WED FEB. 24 TH for march 3 rd edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Wouldn't You Rather Donate To The Food Bank Than Pay Your AZ State Taxes? WELL YOU CAN! It is not too late to donate and still take a credit on your AZ State Taxes up to April 15, 2021. With Arizona Charitable Tax Credit, you can donate up to $800 to Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank and not have to pay your AZ state taxes. Your gifts to the Quartzsite Food Bank COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU! The Arizona Charitable Tax Credit is a wonderful opportunity for YOU and FQFB. Take a credit on your Arizona State tax return –Up to $400 for individuals and $800 for couples! Help us help people who need a hand up in Quartzsite. Qualifying Charitable Organization Code 21044 use IRS form 321. Also you can still use your donation as a tax deduction! For more info or to donate go to QuartzsiteFoodBank.com and click on Donate. To Donate: Mail a check and make it out to: FQFB PO Box 4671 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 480-286-8373. Food Bank Hours Tues & Thur 8- noon Picture Id needed Thank You from FQFB and all our hard-working volunteer On a lighter note in our stressed out world: March 2nd is Dr. Se- uss's birthday! It's a great time to sit down and read a good book with a person younger than yourself. National Education Association's Read Across America Day is a na- tionwide reading celebration that takes place annually on Dr. Seuss's birthday. While he is no longer with us, his legacy lives on in the pages of his books. He forever changed the way children's books were writ- ten and continues to inspire gen- erations. In 1984, Dr. Seuss won an award for his contribution to children's literature. In his years as a cartoonist and chil- dren's writer, Theodor Seuss Geisel created some of the world's most famous books and illustrations, in- cluding Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Cat, and The Lorax. As children, we learned many life lessons from those great books. Dr. Seuss taught us to look at the world from a different perspective. Maybe it would be good for us all to take a break from all the mad- ness and anger in our society; let's just remember to play a while. His books consistently reveal his sympa- thy with the weak and the powerless and his frustrations with bullies and authoritarians. His books teach chil- dren to think about how to deal with an unfair world. Asked to explain his political views, Theodor Geisel once said that he was "against people who push other people around." "UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get be� er. It's not." Lesson learned: Individuals can make a difference. But it starts with caring and taking responsibility. "Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." Lesson learned: There is only one you! Be yourself! "Think le� and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!" Lesson learned: You are capable of enormous creativity. "We're all a li� le weird and life's a li� le weird." We learned it's okay to be silly. "Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." ~ Dr. Seuss