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August 8, 2018 www.DesertMessenger.com 7 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 Opinions expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily represent those of the Desert Messenger. letters to the editor Community sale Sat. Aug. 18 THRIFT STORE Benefitting the La Paz County Animal Shelter in Parker Supported by your generous donations! 455 E. Main St. Quartzsite Open Tues. thru Sat. 9-3 928-927-4223 585 N. Central Quartzsite Open Mon-Fri 8-5 928-927-8787 Johnny DelPino, Owner BEST AUTO RV & TRUCK REPAIR SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON! Quartzsite TOPS Chapter 0078 Meets at the Quartzsite Alliance Church, 720 W Desert Vista. Tues- day mornings. Weigh-ins starting at 6:30A.M. Meeting begins at 7A.M. - 8A.M. For information call Nancy at 928-210-6564. TOPS meets FAMILY SEPARATION I just read Representative Gosar's Facebook page (see his post below), and I am saddened by the alarm- ingly callous way he characterizes families. When we speak about family sepa- ration let's step back and see what is taking place. The administration forcibly took children from their parents and put them into deten- tion centers. That's fact, as federal judges have confi rmed. To use statistics to build a phoney and distorted interpretation of the wrenching emotional trauma suf- fered by these parents and their chil- dren is cruel and dishonest. I have news for Mr. Gosar: the parents do care, the people who don't care are this administration and its enablers. Americans have overwhelmingly re- jected this shameful policy, and the courts have ruled it illegal. Support- ing family separation is turning your back on the principles that made America great in the fi rst place. Rep. Gosar, writing on Facebook: "The data shows that of the 2,551 adults who were recently separated from children age fi ve and older at the border, 917 are 'either not, or not yet known to be eligible, for re- unifi cation;' 130 waived their right to be reunited because they wanted their children to get refugee status; and for 463, 'case notes indicated adult is not in U.S., under review.' This likely means that in addition to the 130 who didn't seem to care about reuniting with their children, an additional 463 left the country without explicitly waiving their right of reunifi cation, but still left their kids behind." David Brill, MD Prescott Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com /DesertMessengerNews Follow on Twitter @DesertMessenger @QuartzsiteRain Community craft and an inside- outside YARD SALE will be held Saturday, AUG. 18, from 8am - 12 at the Quartzsite Senior Center. 40 N Moon Mountain Ave. Quartzsite, AZ SEEKING ARTISTS & ... Artists, crafters, and all you awe- some talented folks - please help support Carol's Closet big Fall Frolic Fundraiser planned for Friday, Oct. 5th. You can help by donating one of your creations for the Silent Auc- tion portion of the fundraiser. Con- tact me at 360-490-8175 and I will make arrangements to pick them up. This will be one awesome ladies luncheon at Riggles Event Center and your talented support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Maggie Ross, head volunteer. AUGUST 28, 2018 Chamber & Tourism on summer hours The Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism is now on summer hours. The offi ce is Open WED, THURS & FRIDAY from 10am-2pm. Drop in and see what's happening! Check out the Facebook page for updates: business and so- cial media tools, current events, etc. The Chamber & Tourism is located at 1240 W. Main Street, Quartzsite, directly across from McDonald's. For more info visit www.QuartzsiteTourism.com or call 928-927-5200.

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