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October 18, 2017 www.DesertMessenger.com 17 • 9/27 "Blank" reported a found revolver firearm. Upon arrival, QPD seized the firearm and three .22 caliber live rounds. The revolver appeared stained with an unknown substance, therefore the brand, make, model and serial numbers were not visible. The revolver and the three live rounds were submitted into QPD evidence room as found property for destruction. • 9/27 Richard MURKLAND was camping in the State Trust Land located north of Tyson St. and Kofa Ave. Murkland did not have a valid 14 day permit and has been warned/trespassed from this area multiple times. Murkland was arrested and his ve- hicle was towed. Murkland was cited and released for violating ARS 13-1502.A.1 (Criminal Trespassing the 3rd degree.) • 9/27 Theresa THOMASON was stopped by QPD for a civil traffic violation (Illegal window tint.) Thomason was contacted on Riggles Ave. upon investigating, Thomason was found to be in posses- sion of approx. 2.5 grams of marijuana. Thomason was subsequently criminally cited and released on scene for Attempt- ed Possession of Marijuana. • 9/28 "Blank" called QPD to report a computer crime. QPD spoke to "blank" and he reported an unknown suspect(s) hacked into all his email and social me- dia accounts and was trying to speak to women. He reported no monetary loss and was referred to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3. This re- port is for informational purposes only. • 9/28 "Blank" drove to QPD station and reported her son is acting out of control and struck her in the face with a curtain rod. The juvenile was arrested and the Ju- venile Probation Center did not meet the minimal credits needed to be booked into the Juvenile Detention Center. "Blank" was fearful for her life and the Dept. of Child Safety was contacted. The juvenile was transported to QPD sub-station and entered into the Juvenile Detention Log book. Dept. of Child Safety arrived and took custody of the juvenile. • 9/28 QPD seized a usable amount of marijuana and paraphernalia. This oc- curred after a male subject was contact- ed with a disabled vehicle in the Tyson Wash near W. Kuehn Ave. The usable amount of marijuana and paraphernalia were seized for destruction. • 9/29 David DOWNES was seen by wit- nesses driving recklessly in a brown Ford van on Kuehn St. Downes was located about 25 feet from the unoccupied van with the door open and keys in the igni- tion. Downes was extremely intoxicated and his driver's license was revoked. Downes was arrested and booked for ARS 13-1383.A.1, aggravated DUI. QPD BULLETIN CON'T FROM PAGE 16 Sherri's Turn Salome High updates Homecoming week was October 2nd through October 6th here at Salome High School. There were a lot of exciting activities going on throughout the week. There's no better way to start out the week than by wearing pajamas to school on Monday. Tuesday's theme was tourist day. On Wednesday, students came dressed in either their best or their worst clothes for "Bum and the Ballroom" day. Thursday was a day devoted to the memory of Jose Lozano, so students came to school in his favorite color: red. On Friday, students displayed their school pride by wearing green and white, the school's colors. All this excitement led up to their victorious Homecoming football game on Friday, October 6th against Anthem Prep. Academy, with a final score of 72-14. After the game, the student body celebrated their win with their traditional Homecoming dance. All in all, it was another successful Homecoming week! On October 5th, Salome High's students were excited to welcome the governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, to their campus. Everyone strived to be on their best behavior for the visiting politician. Seniors gathered around the baseball field to watch the governor touch down in a helicopter. After his dramatic arrival, Governor Ducey visited the school's CTE classes among others, including the Building Trades class, the Business class, the Culinary class, and the Recreation- al Games class. To finish off the visit, he met with the class and student body officers in the library to answer questions. After his visit, the governor's staff was heard saying they were impressed with how social the SHS students were with them and Mr. Ducey. This year at Salome HS, the volleyball players started out with lackluster lift- off into the season. However, with plenty of practice and two matches to pick up traction, they started taking games back and giving their opponents a real chal- lenge. They had a particularly memorable game with Baghdad on September 29th, which was a victory. The final score was 3 - 2. Moriah, a varsity player, says one of the most exciting parts of the season was that game. "We started the game falling behind by two sets, but during that time we built up confidence and had a come- back, taking the game." Off the court and out on the field the football players are working really hard to have a triumphant season. Mr. Lee, the assistant coach, says the season is go- ing well. The team consists of mostly freshmen and sophomores, with only two seniors and a few juniors. On September 22nd, the Salome Frogs played against St. David and came out with a lead of 54 points. On September 29th, the frogs suffered a loss by 36 points against Bagdad. According to Mr. Lee, the team is going to prepare better for their next games and try to get more practice time so they can hopefully pull out another win in the playoffs. With the aforementioned win on October 6th, they are looking set to do just that. The first playoff game is on October 20th. He came home from the war a differ- ent man. It was the 1970s. It wasn't his first tour of duty in Viet Nam, but it was his worst. He left behind friends. Some known dead, some presumed and some simply missing. His duties in that war on that particular assignment caused him to witness horrors many of us will never know. He was known to have a drink or two before this cruise. He was known as an alcoholic afterwards. He came home to war protesters on the streets and the university campuses. Shortly after his return from this last deadly cruise, he left his family and sought happiness elsewhere. Just walked off one day. Never said good-bye. Never said sorry. But then, who had said "Sorry" to him? Sorry for what you had to see over there? Sorry for what you had to see once you returned? Not the protesters. No, they were on to more important things to worry about. They had an abused environment to protect. Who could be bothered with the needs of people? I hadn't heard from him or even about him in a number of years until a phone call quite a few summers ago. Made from somewhere in Nevada. A gam- bling town. He was out of of money. Said his wife was sick. Said he was go- ing to be put out on the street. Wanted me to send him some money. Some checking around proved what I suspected. He had gone through sever- al thousand dollars in the previous two weeks. Besides being addicted to drink, he was also a compulsive gambler. I think long and hard about the cli- mate protestors. Some aging hippies. The ones who protested the war before they protested our treatment of "Moth- er Earth." Some just uninformed or misinformed millennials who protest probably just for the fun of it. And I wonder, do they care about this man's life as much as they care about imaginary climate change? Oh, surely not all war veterans turned out the way this man did. In fact, a goodly portion of them turned out okay in site of what they experienced. But do the climate protestors care that the things these men and women experienced while serving our country pushed some of them over the edge? Yet they didn't run out. They didn't burn the flag or curse their country. They didn't take the side of the enemy. They served anyway. Many paid the price with their lives. Some dying and in a grave, others just dying a little more every day as evi- denced by their wasted lives. When I called him back that summer after doing some research, he scoffed at the phone numbers and addresses I wanted to give him for emergency shel- ter and medical assistance. I never even got far enough down my list to tell him about the church I found. But as much as he wanted to convince me that send- ing him money would solve his prob- lems, I knew it wouldn't. It was a hard decision to make, but I said, "No, I can't send money." He wasn't much interested in further con- versation. And, somehow, I knew that was probably the last time I'd ever hear from him. But I had one more thing I'd like to say to my dad and to all the vet- erans of all the wars. "Thank you for sacrificing for my free- dom." A high price was paid by the liv- ing and the dead; by the men and wom- en who served and by their families. Let's not take our country or our free- dom for granted. It cost way too much to do that. Sherri Kukla is the editor and co- publisher of S&S Off Road Magazine. She along with her husband, the guy- in-the-garage, are also the founders and directors of Thundering Trails off road camp for inner city kids in Southern California. She can be reached at ssormag@gmail.com or www.ssorm.com

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