Desert Messenger

6 www.DesertMessenger.com January 1, 2020 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, JAN. 2ND, 2020, 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 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 com- munity, 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 Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published.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 loca- tion of park/BLM land, etc. Street addresses will not be published. 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 928-916-4235 DEADLINE : WED. JAN. 8 TH for the Jan. 15 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com www.QuartzsiteVideos.com Watch Quartzsite Videos @ Happy New Year! I love this proverb: "The Best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Not that I totally agree with this proverb; maybe the second best time would have been 19 years ago! But, anyhow... If you planted that tree all those years ago, you'd have a beautiful mature tree today. We can't go back in time, but we can start a new proj- ect, make goals, (or plant a tree) today that will grow and fl ourish... so what are you waiting for? As we begin the new year, many of us use this time to refl ect upon the past and make an effort to im- prove ourselves. Susan Weinschenk Ph.D. of Brain Wise, offers easy steps when making New Year's resolutions; "You MUST pick a small action. "Get more exercise" is not small. "Eat healthier" is not small. This is a big reason why New Year's reso- lutions don't work. If it's a habit and you want a new one it MUST be something really small. For ex- ample, instead of "Get more exer- cise" choose "Walk 1/3 more than I usually do." These are relatively small actions." "You MUST attach the new ac- tion to a previous habit. Figure out a habit you already have that is well established, for example, if you al- ready go for a brisk walk 3 times a week, then adding on 10 more min- utes to the existing walk connects the new habit to an existing one. "You MUST make the new action EASY to do for at least the fi rst week. Because you are trying to establish a conditioned response, you need to practice the new habit from the existing stimulus from 3 to 7 times before it will "stick" on its own." If you take these three steps and you practice them 3 to 7 days in a row your new habit will be estab- lished. Let us resolve to live a good life, a full life, a loving life – a life that is worthy of having said at the end our days, "Yes, I have lived." Let us all resolve to live; to be as happy as we can be; to do as much as we can with what we have, to endure what we must, and to enjoy this gift that we have been given. So what are you waiting for? "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." – Chinese Proverb The Quartzsite Fire District will be burning the Brush Pile located at 2054 N. Central Blvd. near the Waste Water Treatment Plant. On JANUARY 2nd, 2020 starting at 8:00pm. Please stay home and not congest the area with looky loos. Planned burn Jan. 2

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