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May 3, 2017 www.DesertMessenger.com 3 Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ www.MyQuartzsite.com Quartzsite General Store, LLC Beer & Wine Fresh Retail & Wholesale Meats Homemade Sausages Arizona Lottery & Pick Fish & Game Licenses A.P.S. Pay Station Accept EBT, Debit & Credit Cards HOURS 8am - 6pm every day! Quality Meats at VERY Affordable Prices! For all your GROCERY NEEDS & MOORE! Fresh Produce Daily! Hamburger Ground Fresh Daily! GREAT LOW PRICES! Get your delicious steaks HERE! Shop with us all summer long! 410 E. Main Street, Quartzsite • 928-927-6310 Local author dies after lengthy illness DATES DEADLINE Wed. May 17 May 10 SPECIAL SUMMER EDITIONS: Wed. June 14 June 7 Wed. July 12 July 5 Wed. Aug. 9 Aug. 2 Desert Messenger Summer Publishing Schedule Call 928-916-4235 E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com Note date changes! "Gypsy" Jane Finley, a renowned traveler, speaker, and author died Monday, May 1st at the age of 80. Finley was born in Memphis, Ten- nessee and shared her stories about her travels across the country and also about what it was like to have a black nanny who she loved as a mother. A graduate of University of Washington-Seattle, she taught creative language arts in Mt. Eden, CA; toured Europe, visiting ten countries; taught 6th graders in Daly City, CA & Lynnwood, WA; volunteered at Children's Hospital in WA & San Francisco, CA. "Gypsy Jane" started traveling in her small, solar-equipped camper on February 12, 2000. She de- scribed her life as a great adven- ture. She gave programs and taught classes at YMCAs, senior centers, libraries, and churches along the way. Her NON-business card reads teacher (exercise, stretching, relax- ation, meditation). Jane said she has everything she needs or wants; so her programs were free to the public. She added, "If you have freedom and health, you have ev- erything." Jane was a teacher (preschool through college) and then owned her own business "Jane of All Trades (sense of humor, some ge- nius)". The year it rained 90 days in three months, she sold her home and almost everything she owned and left Seattle, Washington. 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 believed 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 lived a very simple life, realizing early on that acquiring more and more things doesn't make us happy. Jane named The Peace Pilgrim, who lived a life of service, as her spiritual guide and gave away the Peace Pilgrim booklet "Steps to In- ner Peace." She described 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 fi rst book is called WANDERINGS: Living the Ordi- nary Extraordinarily (Stories from the Road). Gypsy Jane and Author Jack Wiley, another long-term RVer, have teamed up to publish books from Gypsy Jane's discontinued website: WANDER- INGS: Living the Ordinary Extraordi- narily (Stories from the Road). To or- der visit amazon.com. Gypsy Jane was excited to be able to live long enough to see the books published. She gave Desert Messenger permission to con- tinue publishing her articles - Let the stories live on! Gypsy Jane Finley Nature's Nuggets BUYS & SELLS GOLD Nuggets - Jewelry- Coins- Silver Call Richard 928-927-5479 Quartzsite YEAR ROUND! DEADLINE : WED. MAY 10 TH for the may 17 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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