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May 21, 2014 www.DesertMessenger.com 17 CONNECTING: Service Members • Veterans • Family Members Organizations • Community Members www.ArizonaCoalition.org/network RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER thank you! QPD Arrest Report The following arrests were made by Quartzsite Police Department April 30 - May 17, 2014 5/1: Jayson Gonsalves, 43, from Mission Viejo, CA was cited and released for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 5/1: Auguie Pallotta, 42, from Long Beach, CA was cited and re- leased for DUI, combination of Al- cohol and Marijuana. 5/2: Dean Taylor, 75, from Quartzsite was cited and released for Disorderly Conduct. 5/10: Denise Manning, 44, from Maricopa, AZ was booked into jail for an Active Warrant out of the Arizona Department of Corrections for Parole Violation. 5/10: Rick Bower, 42, Transient was booked into jail for Three Counts Aggravated Assault on a Peace Offi cer, Resisting Arrest, Possession of Marijuana, and Two Counts Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 5/11: Rigoberto Nunez, 42, from Quartzsite was cited and released for Driving with a Sus- pended License. 5/13: Chester Hasbrouck, 48, from Quartzsite was cited and re- leased for Trespassing on State Trust Land. 5/13: Everett Nystrom, 74, from Quartzsite was cited and released for Trespassing on State Trust Land. 5/13: Jean Raynald, 71, from Parker was cited and released for Trespassing on State Trust Land. 5/16: Timathy Luna, 46, from Quartzsite was cited and released for Threatening/Intimidating. All persons included in this report are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. Jane Finley writer * artist * teacher (stretching, exercise, relaxation, meditation) FATHERS' DAY: THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE... Payson, Arizona I plunked down my folding chair in the shade by my camper at 4:00 in the afternoon. Time for my afternoon tea, I thought, and a home-made, cran- berry, apple and oat scone smeared with chunky peanut butter. I looked forward to it, this simple pleasure. While I ate, I enjoyed the expanse of the large, green park where I attended a free, outdoor concert last night, a weekly occurrence on Saturday nights during the summer. For me, a reward for the hot, HOT, four-hour drive from Quartzsite earlier in the day. "How contented I am," I thought, and "What could be better than this?" It is blissfully quiet here with only an occasional walk- er doing laps around the park and its beautiful lake -- all ages of people whom I admired for their effort to exercise. Soon a couple of girls appeared to be placing base markers at measured distances on the green. They were fol- lowed by perhaps two Spanish-speak- ing families, or maybe it was a Father's Day gathering of grandparents, their grown children, and their grandchil- dren, the youngest appearing to be about three. Everyone participated in the game of kickball, a game I remem- ber loving as a kid -- racing into dinner and gobbling down my food; so I could rush back to the game, which only end- ed when it was too dark to see the ball. (I had the same passion for jump rope, especially double dutch and fl ies.) I watched the game (still going on as I write): The younger children were the "pitchers" while the three-year old just wandered around. I didn't understand the directions shouted in Traveling with Gypsy Jane • Birth • Obituary • Anniversary Place it FREE in the: Desert Messenger! 928-916-4235 Got something to share? First locally-owned and operated music station in Quartzsite, Arizona. Proudly serving the communities of Quartzsite, Bouse, Brenda, Rainbow Acres, La Paz Valley and beyond, since 1988. Quartzsite Radio • Quartzsite's Favorite "CLASSIC HITS" • Local Information • Weather • 24 Hours Day / 7 Days Week! KBUX 94.3 FM 928-927-5111 http://kbuxradio.com SEE FATHERS PAGE 19

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