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July 12, 2017 www.DesertMessenger.com 3 MONSOON FROM PAGE 1 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 Meet new LPRH physician July 19 SPECIAL SUMMER EDITIONS: Wed. Aug. 9 DEADLINE Aug. 2 RETURNING TO TWICE/MONTH PUBLISHING ON SEPTEMBER 6 th Desert Messenger Summer Publishing Schedule Call 928-916-4235 E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com Nature's Nuggets BUYS & SELLS GOLD Nuggets - Jewelry- Coins- Silver Call Richard 928-927-5479 Quartzsite YEAR ROUND! Desert Messenger offers FREE Classifi ed Ads! Here's the small print: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Garage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com On Thursday, July 19th, La Paz Regional Hos- pital will be hosting a Meet & Greet for the new physician at La Paz Medical Services (Quartzsite Clinic). Dr. Gochnour moved to the area with his wife and kids from Idaho in February. They chose this community in the hopes of escaping the cold winters and also to be closer to his parents who have wintered in Quartzite for years. "Finding a full time physician for the Quartzite Clinic has been a priority for me," says La Paz Regional Hospital CEO, Kevin Brown. "We know Dr. Gochnour will be a great addition to the La Paz Medical Services team in Quartzsite." La Paz Regional Hospital would like to say thank you to the Quartz- ite community for being patient through physician search process. Please stop by to meet Dr. Gochnour and the entire La Paz Medical Services staff. FREE ice cream sundaes will also be served! The Meet & Greet will be hosted at the Quartzite Community Center from 1:30pm-3:00pm on Thursday, July 19th. Everyone is welcome! Get a lifetime senior pass from the National Park Service before the cost soars. Currently, any US citizen 62 or over can buy a lifetime America the Beautiful pass for $10. The cost starting August 28, 2017, will be $80, the same cost as a standard annual pass. The pass allows entrance to more than 400 national parks. If you purchase a pass online (store.usgs.gov) or through the mail, you pay an additional $10 fee for document processing, which you can avoid by getting the pass in person at one of the National Park Service sites listed at the same website. For details on the changes visit https://www. nps.gov/planyourvisit/senior-pass-changes.htm Senior Lifetime Pass deadline Pull Aside, Stay Alive Strong monsoon winds can create large downbursts of air, creating dense blowing clouds of dust and reduce vis- ibility to near zero in seconds. If you are caught in a dust storm pull your vehicle off the roadway, place your vehicle in park, turn off your vehicle's lights, and take your foot off the brake. Remain inside your vehicle with your seatbelt fastened and wait for the storm to pass. When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors Typically summertime leads to fam- ily vacations and outdoor activities. Whether it's swimming, hiking, biking, or any other outdoor activity pay at- tention to changes in the clouds and weather updates. Summer storms can move quickly and can be deadly. Lightning can strike from 10 miles away and can spark fi res which spread quickly if accompanied by high winds. If you can hear thunder, lightning is close enough to strike. If a storm ap- proaches, head indoors or seek shelter, and remain indoors for at least 30 minutes after a storm passes before going back outside. This allows for a safe distance to be created from light- ning or storm conditions to dissipate.

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