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6 www.DesertMessenger.com February 19, 2020 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 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 THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2020, at the Community Center. For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927- 4644. 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 Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published.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 Street addresses will not be published.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. FEB. 26 TH for the March 4 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Michael Cullipher final shows of season The fi nal Quartzsite Michael Cul- lipher Show of the 2020 Tour will be held at the Quartzsite Senior Center on Monday February 24th at 7PM. This will be a variety show featur- ing country music and old time rock n roll. This show also features Michael's Dad, Ed Cullipher. There will be plenty of room for dancing. Doors will open at 6 PM. Tickets are $10 and available at the door. The Senior Center is located at 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Quartzsite. On a lighter note in our stressed out world: March 2nd is Dr. Se- uss's birthday! It's a great time to sit down and read a good book with a person younger than yourself. National Education Association's Read Across America Day is a na- tionwide reading celebration that takes place annually on Dr. Seuss's birthday. While he is no longer with us, his legacy lives on in the pages of his books. He forever changed the way children's books were writ- ten and continues to inspire gen- erations. In 1984, Dr. Seuss won an award for his contribution to children's literature. In his years as a cartoonist and chil- dren's writer, Theodor Seuss Geisel created some of the world's most famous books and illustrations, in- cluding Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Cat, and The Lorax. As children, we learned many life lessons from those great books. Dr. Seuss taught us to look at the world from a different perspective. Maybe it would be good for us all to take a break from all the madness and an- ger in our society; let's just remem- ber to play a while. His books con- sistently reveal his sympathy with the weak and the powerless and his frustrations with bullies and author- itarians. His books teach children to think about how to deal with an unfair world. Asked to explain his political views, Theodor Geisel once said that he was "against people who push other people around." "UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get be� er. It's not." Lesson learned: Individuals can make a difference. But it starts with caring and taking responsibility. "Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." Lesson learned: There is only one you! Be yourself! "Think le� and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!" Lesson learned: You are capable of enormous creativity. "We're all a li� le weird and life's a li� le weird." We learned it's okay to be silly. "Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." ~ Dr. Seuss

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