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6 www.DesertMessenger.com May 4, 2016 OPINION 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 EDITOR/PUBLISHER Shanana "Rain" BearCat CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer GUEST COLUMNIST Jedidiah Free GUEST COLUMNIST Gypsy Jane Finley CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE LETTERING Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 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" BearCat Kudos to Kym Scott, owner of Tyson Wells Showgrounds, who brought to everyone's attention that 2017 is 150 years since the founding of Quartzsite. Sometimes folks get so busy with day to day events, some things fall through the cracks. A small group of folks from the Quartzsite Business Chamber of Commerce, Quartzsite Area Cham- ber of Commerce and Tourism and the Town of Quartzsite met with Scott to discuss options of celebrat- ing this once-in-a-lifetime event. Then they held a meeting last month with over 20 interested peo- ple in attendance and more ideas were shared. A core group has been meeting weekly to brainstorm, categorize, plan, coordinate dates, and pool resources for over a year's worth of events. The group is asking every orga- nization, club, group, church, and anyone planning upcoming events to include the 150th celebration into their events. Events should be sub- mitted to www.QuartzsiteCalendar. com to be included in the online cal- endar of events. The group will create a listing of events to be marketed throughout the state and the nation. The events will also be added to the Passport - Cel- ebrate La Paz County marketing bro- chure, so please send in your dates as soon as possible. It's so much fun to be participating in a group focusing on positive and productive ideas for the betterment of our community. Sharing ideas with creative folks is such an awesome ex- perience...I highly recommend it! The group is working on ideas for a Lasting Legacy Project also. What would like to see for a Quartzsite Lasting Legacy Project? A Legacy Project accurately portrays a signifi- cant aspect of Quartzsite history, is educational and lasting. Some things to consider: the project should 1) ac- curately portray a significant aspect of Quartzsite history; 2) be accessi- ble to a large number of visitors/us- ers; 3) produce an enduring prod- uct that will live on after 2018; 4) include an educational component So get your thinking caps on and LET'S HEAR YOUR IDEAS! You can email your ideas and calendar submissions to QuartzsiteTourism@yahoo.com. LETTERS TO EDITOR POLICY Desert Messenger encourages letters from its readers. Letters should be no longer than 300 words, and may be edited for grammar, content and length. OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THOSE OF THE DESERT MESSENGER. We invite you to not only see a problem, but search for the solution to share with the community, keeping the benefit of all in mind. Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published. Third party letters will not be accepted. To avoid confusion over people with common or similar names, writers must provide a full name and indicate the name they are known by. Writers must provide a full street address and phone number. Rvers can provide the location of park/BLM land, etc. Street addresses will not be pub- lished. Phone numbers are for verification only and will not be printed. Mail letters to: Desert Messenger, P.O. Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359 or E-mail to Editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 DEADLINE : WED. MAY 11 TH for the may 18 Th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Rose Acres Farm taking applications Rose Acres Farm is now accepting applications for a variety of posi- tions at their new facility south of Bouse on Hwy. 73. They hope to open in the late summer. Rose Acre Farms, the second-larg- est egg producer in the United States, celebrated the groundbreak- ing of its 2,600-acre farm with 3 million laying hens. The ceremony was held June 13, 2015 and hosted by the La Paz Economic Develop- ment Corporation (EDC). The proj- ect includes a 3 million bird layer farm, a pullet farm, a rail spur and a feed milling operation. "This was a great day for the people of La Paz County," said La Paz EDC President Skip Becker. "Rose Acre Farms will invest $100 million in create 80 to 100 jobs in La Paz County." Chips Everhart, a representative of Rose Acre Farms, described the future facility as the embodiment of the American Dream: to stop by a lonely site in the Arizona desert and envision an egg farm contrib- uting to the local economy. Job applications must be filed online. Check their current job openings and apply online, visit http://careers-goodegg.icims. com. Click on the job title for more information, and apply from that page if you are interested. For those who don't have Internet access, visit the Quartzsite Library Monday thru Friday to use their computers and free Internet ser- vices. Quartzsite Public Library is open 8am-5pm. The Library is lo- cated at 465 N. Plymouth at Town Hall. 928-927-6593. Rose Acre farms jobs "I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives." ~ Nadia Comaneci

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