Desert Messenger

6 www.DesertMessenger.com November 6, 2019 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" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer 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 2018 © Copyright All Rights Reserved Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Neighborhood Watch to meet Quartzsite Neighborhood Watch meets the fi rst Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM. The next meeting will be THURS- DAY, NOV. 7TH, 2019, at the Quartzsite Community Cen- ter. For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644. County Landfill Transfer Station now on Winter Hours The Quartzsite Transfer Station is now on their WINTER hours. They are open Sunday thru Wednes- day, 7:30am to 2:30pm. Dump your trash for free at the Transfer Station. Please cover your load. For more info call the Main landfi ll 928- 916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854- 9152. The transfer station is locat- ed north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treatment Plant. By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear Read Desert Messenger online! Sign up for free email alerts when the Desert Messenger becomes available online! Join thousands reading the paper online at: www.DesertMessengerOnline.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 Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published.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 AUTO & RV REPAIR Jump Starts, Semis 575-626-5845 BURRWOOD RV PARK 29620 N. 53 rd St. 928-927-6661 LOW RATES! Located in BeautifulLa Paz Valley OHV TRAILS EASY ACCESS TO BLM LAND GREAT ACTIVITIES! Welcome back snowbirds! We're so grateful for your return! Quartzsite is really hopping now with new and signature events planned in the next few months. The QIA is now open with a full schedules of events, and Roadrun- ners Gem & Mineral Club is ready for gemstone creations. The Se- nior Center, QIA & RV Parks are all holding Bingo games. Craft Fairs are happening and of course, the popular music jams at local RV Parks are just getting started. Add some yard sales, new and return- ing vendors opening up all around town, and Quartzsite is fi lling up with "Happy Campers!" Quartzsite sure is a quirky place and each year folks seem to compare it to previous years. I'm not sure if it's fear of the unknown, but I do know we can get caught up in uncertainty very quickly. I'm fully aware that our world is full of anger, frustra- tion and fear, however focusing on those emotions just breeds more of the same. However, Gratitude and Peace of Mind breeds more of the same, so... just sayin'! Gratitude is actually a shortcut to fi nding peace of mind. There's always going to be something to be angry or sad about, but if we let it run our lives, we lose out on all the joy of being alive! Count your blessings, enjoy family and friends, and share your bounty with others. If you're having a hard time fi nd- ing gratitude, just start a list with, maybe, 10 toes, 10 fi ngers, 2 eyes, 2 feet, 2 hands, kindness of strangers, having a few coins in your pocket, and go from there. It is really pret- ty simple. Now, get out there and share your gratitude with others. Remember, focus on the journey, not the destination. Well, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Hope you're having an awesome day! "You could Be Anywhere, Doing Anything, and You are Here Doing This, Thank You" ~ Robert Greygrass (thank you from me too!) Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William Arthur Ward

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