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6 www.DesertMessenger.com February 3, 2021 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 OWNER/EDITOR/PUBLISHER GRAPHIC DESIGN/ AP AR MARKETING EXECUTIVE/CLASSIFIEDS Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Jackie Deal CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE DESIGN Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2020 © 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 By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear QUARTZSITE ROCKS! Licensed & Insured BLM Approved! 27 Years Experience 27 Years Experience Miller RV Repair is BACK IN QUARTZSITE! 406-212-0155 The Quartzsite Gold, Treasure and Craft Show will be held on February 12-14, 2021. The three day show will feature lectures and seminars, pan- ning competition, product demon- strations, metal detecting coin hunt, book signing, door prizes, vendor booths, food and more. Hours: Fri- Sat 9am-4pm; Sun 9am-3pm The Quartzsite Gold Show along with the QIA, Miners Depot, Cham- ber of Commerce and Tourism and The Quartzsite Metal Detecting Club present the Gold, Treasure & Craft Show will be held at the Quartzsite Improvement Associa- tion (QIA) located at 235 E. Iron- wood St. Quartzsite, AZ. Entrance Fee Good For All 3 Days! $5 Entrance includes 1 raffl e ticket or $10 Entrance includes 12 raffl e tickets. Your entry ticket is good for all 3 days of events and speakers. Raffl e prizes include metal detec- tors, gold nuggets, silver rounds and more. Drawings are all day ev- eryday! Need not be present to win! Check for updates on Facebook Quartzsite Gold Show page. For more information or Vendor de- tails call 651-587-6136 or email: Qu artzsiteAZGoldShow@gmail.com. Gold Show returns to QIA Feb. 12-14 DEADLINE : WED FEB. 10 TH for Feb. 17 rd edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Food is available at the deli 5:00 pm. Come and have dinner and play bingo or just come and have dinner. Quartzsite WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY Doors Open at 5:00 pm. Early Bird at 6:30 pm. 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Quartzsite Senior Center One of the things I enjoy doing be- fore starting the layout of each edi- tion is to look at editions from the same time last year. I found the fi rst article I shared about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (originally called 2019- CoV) Yes, it's been quite a year, one that we will never forget. I knew I had been posting updates on Face- book, but didn't think I had an arti- cle before March. Here's an excerpt from the February 5th, 2020 edition: "The number of confi rmed cas- es of the coronavirus rose to 20,630 on Tuesday, and Hong Kong reported its fi rst death from the virus, which has killed at least 425, all but one of them in mainland China." Over the past year, there has been so much heartache, too many lives lost, denials based upon fear, and then came the lies and deceit - enough to make our heads spin. Last week I spent over two hours at the vaccination clinic held in Quartzsite, documenting the experi- ence for the future. Elders came to help stop the spread of the virus. The challenge for our County Health De- partment was that they didn't receive much of a notice that the vaccines were arriving. They posted the clinic dates on their Facebook page just one day before appointment lines were opened up. It was the fi rst mass vaccination for our county work- ers. Considering all the challenges involved, they did a great job of ad- justing to the situation. I witnessed so much hope in the faces of those who were lucky enough to receive the vaccinations. As with any fi rst time event, there were a few glitches, but workers overcame the obstacles with ease. As we look upon the next year, my hope is that we, as human beings, continue to have hope in our hearts, knowing our healing journey is not over, but just beginning. Let us not be so hard on each other or ourselves. Let us remember we all have differ- ent viewpoints, based upon our own experiences. No one's pain is worse than anyone elses. No one wins the Pain Olympics. When we're feeling a bit overwhelmed by life, especially the losses experienced over the past year, it's good for us to take some time for our own healing. While at the chamber recently, I met a gal who was planning on taking one week to unplug from social media and the world; taking time to recharge. Yes, it's important to be considerate and to care for others. But we need to put on our own oxygen masks fi rst. It's okay to acknowledge our emotions and challenges over the past year. It's okay to just be you. It's okay to not be okay, too. Remember to breathe, from your belly, deep and slow. I hope you can continue recharging your batteries for the next year.

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