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S�������� 1, 2010  LETTERS FROM PAGE 4 This new employee (backed up by owner) took us to court to throw us out. This owner and manager lost their case, but my father and I are done! My father died in July this year, but this town still is the best place to live. Let’s all stop being angry, never bigoted and mean! “WE’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE!” My son and I moved here just 5 months ago from Indiana, where the police never helped anyone and there are shootings all the time. Now we really feel safe here in Quartzsite! When the power went out on Wednesday, Aug. 23rd, the Quartzsite Police Dept. and Fire Dept. helped out so much I just had to tell someone. They came to our RV park and checked on everyone to see if we were all ok. I’m on insulin and was worried, because it can’t get hot. They told us about the dry ice being given out at the Shell Station. One of the police officers had us follow him to the police station and gave us a bag of ice to keep the insulin cool. We’ve never seen this before! We really appreciate what they have done for us. We’ve never met people so friendly! Everybody waves and says hi to each other! Thank you to the Quartzsite Fire Dept. Ambulance, and Police Dept. Audrey Dillon & son, Myron Joe Ketcherside, Quartzsite ���.D�����M��������.��� CAREFUL RELUCTANCE Surprisingly there wasn’t a huge turnout for the Public Ad Hoc Ethics Committee Meeting last Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 4 PM. Most notably missing was the Mayor himself. Ed Foster asked that the Meeting be public and wanted time to discuss things with his attorney, yet he did not appear. He was invited to several different meetings and refused to appear. This meeting was finally held by Jose Lizzaraga and Bob Kelley, the 2 senior Council Members, and chaired by Barbara Cowell, the Vice Mayor. They met on the validity of lax Mayoral duties and improper ethics and procedures by the Town Mayor, Ed Foster. The subject matter was filed into a binder at least 3 inches thick and covers issues and factual evidence brought up by the Town Council, the Town Manager, the Chief of Police, and other State Agencies. The meeting will continue and finalize Monday, August 30th. With “Careful Reluctance”, the Ad Hoc Ethics Committee has a very difficult task to clean up the Town Council on any possibility of improper actions or lack thereof. It is never easy to pick out one of your own to do such a thing. The above parties took on the responsibility to review questionable/improper behaviors Want a little? Place an order. Want a lot? Have a party. Want it all? Become a Consultant! Now in Quartzsite! RV & TRUCK REPAIR BEST AUTO SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON! 585 N. Central Quartzsite Open Mon-Fri 8-5 928-927-8787 Johnny DelPino, Owner Lisa Finch Independent Consultant 928-554-7555 LFTupperware@gmail.com Order online at: www.LisaFinch.net or procedures of our Mayor. One pointed piece heard over and over was a total arrogance of misusing the title, “Mayor”. It was apparent he misused the title on letters and articles to get personal attention when there was no true representation of the entire Town Council, Town Management AND all of the Townspeople of Quartzsite in those matters. Does Foster have a hidden agenda to discredit Quartzsite and cause its UN-incorporation? I commend the Town Council, in particular the Ad Hoc Ethics Committee, for doing a most difficult but needed task. Violet Kiss Quartzsite Resident P��� 9 HELP QUARTZSITE FOOD BANK Our local food bank needs donations and volunteers. Please help when ev- ery you can, in any way. Ever little bit helps. The food bank is open Tuesday and Thursday mornings, from 8-noon. The Quartzsite Food Bank is located on Moon Mt. just north of the Senior Center. Desert Messenger has FREE Classified Ads for items under $999! Call Today! 541-218-2560 ARTIST APPLICATION Rockin’ in Quartzsite! A Celebration of the Arts! There is no application fee! No fee to join PNQ! (See Page 13 for details) ARTISTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE AVAILABLE ON SAT. OCTOBER 23, 2010 AND SAT. NOV. 6, 2010. Painting will occur at the Rock Motel, 100 W. Kuehen, Quartzsite. Times will be made available upon acceptance. Submission of Application and Acceptance by Proud Neighbors of Quartzsite Constitutes an Agreement of performance of artwork at the Rock Motel, 100 West Kuehn St. Quartzsite, AZ. Submissions must be postmarked by Sept. 20, 2010. 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I understand that the Festival reserves the right to require me to remove any work that does not meet its standards. I agree to allow Proud Neighbors of Quartzsite &/or Rockin’ in Quartzsite Festival to utilize promotional materials taken during the Festival for the purpose of promoting the Festival this year and in future years. I agree to allow the Festival to release my name, address and telephone to the public for sales/promotion. COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGREEMENT I, the undersigned artist grants to PROUD NEIGHBORS OF QUARTZSITE Committee permission to photograph me (and use my picture, silhouette and other reproductions of my physical likeness) and my original art submitted on behalf of PROUD NEIGHBORS OF QUARTZ- SITE, ROCKIN’ IN QUARTZSITE. Furthermore, this license extends to the Committee, permission to utilize me and my original artwork, in connection with the exhibition of said art, theatrically, television, in the media and Digital media, or otherwise, for advertising and/or publiciz- ing for PROUD NEIGHBORS OF QUARTZSITE. Also, it is understood that this is a release for any likeness of persons or property shown in images. All copyrights are assigned to PROUD NEIGHBORS OF QUARTZSITE. All copyrights are assigned to, and ownership of the artwork remain the exclusive property of PROUD NEIGHBORS OF QUARTZSITE. Signature :_________________________________________________________Date: _______________________________ Send application to Proud Neighbors of Quartzsite, Rockin’ in Quartzsite! DEADLINE: SEPT. 20, 2010 P.O. Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359. www.ProudNeighbors.com For more information contact Rain at 541-218-2560, or Email: proudneighbors@yahoo.com This space donated by Desert Messenger. 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