Desert Messenger

March 5, 2014 www.DesertMessenger.com 25 • No Job Too Small • Commercial • Residential • Remodeling LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED Call Roy and Bob 928-345-5616 AZ License #ROC 211721 RJK CONSTRUCTION Across from McDonald's • Quartzsite NEED CASH? Jim Buys GOLD! Broken Jewelry, Old Teeth, Coins, Nuggets, etc. 1240 W. Main Street DUMP THE DRUGS in Quartzsite! Do you have expired or unused medications? Dispose safely at Quartzsite Police Dept. Mon - Fri. 8am-5pm Sponsored by QSAPC Quartzsite Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition Sunday, March 9th at 10:30am Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA) 235 E. Ironwood, Quartzsite The GRAND Gathering Community Service www.TheGrandGathering.com Local Resident • FREE Estimates Larry - Cell 928-273-3719 DAY NIGHT SHADES REPAIRED GUARANTEED WORK! Factory Parts! Factory Chords! Desert Messenger presents a new column by Jane Finley (Gypsy Jane) writer * artist * teacher * traveler Jane Finley (Gypsy Jane) started traveling in her small, solar- equipped camper on February 12, 2000. She describes her life as a great adventure. She gives programs and teaches classes at YMCAs, senior centers, libraries, and churches along the way. Her NON-business card reads teacher (exercise, stretching, relaxation, meditation). Jane says she has everything she needs or wants; so her programs are free to the public. She adds, "If you have freedom and health, you have everything." Jane was a teacher (preschool through college) and then owned her own business "Jane of All Trades (sense of humor, some genius)". The year it rained 90 days in three months, she sold her home and almost everything she owned and left Seattle, Wash- ington. Jane had a wake-up call several years ago when a Unitarian Minister said, "We have less than 1,000 months to live." Think how fast we tear those months off our calendars! She strongly believes in the phi- losophy of Zorba the Greek, who lived each day as if it were his last, and Auntie Mame who said, "Life is a banquet, and some poor fools are starving to death!" Jane lives a very simple life, realizing early on that acquiring more and more things doesn't make us happy. Jane names The Peace Pilgrim, who lived a life of service, as her spiritual guide and gives away the Peace Pilgrim booklet "Steps to Inner Peace." She describes herself as "young at heart -- other parts slightly older." Her favorite T-shirt says, "I'm retired; this is as dressed up as I get." Her book is called WANDER- INGS: Living the Ordinary Ex- traordinarily (Stories from the Road). This column consists of stories from the book. Traveling with Gypsy Jane TOPS in Quartzsite Quartzsite- TOPS- Take Off Pounds Sensibly is now meeting Tuesday mornings at Quartzsite Alliance Church Fellowship Hall on Desert Vista. Weigh in at 7-8am. Meeting is from 8:15am to 9:00am. For more information call Ruth at 928-927-8352. DEADLINE IS WED MAR 12 for March 19 th edition Desert Messenger Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com Phone: 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com CHECK OUT THE EVENTS AND PHOTOS AT: www.QuartzsiteArizona.com

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