Desert Messenger

March 2, 2016 www.DesertMessenger.com 7 TV ANTENNAS Authorized Dealer Works in Quartzsite - Lake Havasu City - Yuma All over the USA, Canada and Mexico OLD MOVIE CHANNELS NBC • CBS • ABC • FOX • PBS • WEATHER •MORE! 18 TO 36 CHANNELS GUARANTEED TO WORK - SETUP ASSISTANCE PARTS & REPAIR TYSON WELLS MARKETPLACE SPACE #4 FRONT ROW 2 spaces west of K B Tools AZ • Quartzsite • Military Caps Rhinestone & Quartzsite T-Shirts Solitude Miles ~ John ~ 605-431-5028 Over 25 years in Quartzsite, Parker, LHC NOW OPEN! See Celia SEE AROUND TOWN PAGE 35 Dave's DIESEL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE David Atherton 605-999-0720 • Pat Atherton 816-797-5460 Located at Quartzsite Marketplace 50 E. Kuehn WELDING & FABRICATING SERVICES Mobile Shop - Machine Shop Services - Hydraulic Hose Repair - Antiques • Collectibles • Teacups & Teddy Bears See's Candy Fundraiser for GFWC in season 455 E. Main St. Quartzsite Open Tues. thru Sat. 9-3 928-927-4223 Dottie's going to the fair again! Opinions expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily represent those of the Desert Messenger. letters to the editor GOOD NEWS! By state law, Quartzsite property taxes for 2017 should decline 20- 50%. Quartzsite property values have declined that much in the past few years. The beginning Febru- ary the La Paz County Assessor has just sent out notices of the actual cash value of your property. This is the amount the assessor states that your property would sell for today -for cash. If you disagree, fi ll out the Appeals Form on Page 8 of this edition and send to the Assessor's offi ce in Parker. Dale Hart Quartzsite, AZ TOPS UPDATES We of TOPS AZ 0078 were ex- tremely lucky again! Our Area Cap- tain, the great Ms. Carol Knobbs, came and gave us a wonderful pro- gram. Thank you Ms. Knobbs! Like always you did a great job. We so much appreciate you and your tal- ents; always very awesome! Glenda Kae Hines, year round resident by Joanne Winer Dottie Palmer, now in her 70s, is an avid recycler, and last year, she decided that she would approach the La Paz County Fair coordina- tors to see if she could get their permission to go through all the trash barrels at the Fair to pick out empty cans and plastic bottles that could be recycled to raise money for some non-profi t group. She was all by herself, and spent long hours every day of the fair gathering the recyclables and getting them ready to sell to the recyclers. She ended up raising $100 that she donated to the Artisans from the C.R.I.T. tribe who were selling their wares at the Fair. She had hoped to do it again this year and fi nd some young peo- ple who were willing to help. This year, she approached the Fair coordinator again with her idea for recycling, and she also asked the C.R.I.T. Youth Council for their help. Her ideas are to pro- mote recycling and teaching the young people how important it is to help their community by decreas- ing all the recyclable materials that end up at the landfi lls. The Youth Council will have students coming to the Fair all four days to gather all the cans and bottles and will sort and crush them to take to the recycler. They have voted to again donate the proceeds to the artisans (who are also non-profi t). Dottie also got some help this year from APS--they are supplying 30 cardboard containers with lin- ers that will be set up next to all the regular garbage cans at the Fair and it is hoped that everyone who buys canned sodas or bottled water will throw the empties into these special containers once they are done with them. Dottie stated, "Making more cans from used cans saves 70% of the cost of new cans. Recycled plastic is made into indoor-outdoor carpet fl eece fabric and many more items, saving the cost of petroleum." Not only does recycling decrease the piles at the landfi lls, but you can make some money from it at the recycling centers. It is just one of many ideas to help save the en- vironment, and one that is very im- portant to Dottie. She is so happy that this year she will not be alone in her efforts and looks forward to teaching the students of the impor- tance of recycling, and hopefully they will pass it on to others. Jane Silva, Director of the La Paz County Fair again this year, said, "We are thankful that Dottie is dedicated to helping improve our community. It is wonderful to see someone teach the younger genera- tion how to give back to their com- munity. We appreciate her help at our County Fair each year." Dottie thanks the Fair and its staff for all their support for this program, and wants to thank everyone in ad- vance for recycling at the Fair. She hopes that it will start people doing it in their homes and businesses, as well as other events around the county. She is thrilled to have the students involved and her goal is to spread the word and get more and more people involved in recycling-- she has made it her mission.

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