Desert Messenger

6 www.DesertMessenger.com March 20, 2024 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 NOW PUBLISHED ONCE/MONTH on the 3rd Wednesday of each month OWNER/EDITOR/PUBLISHER GRAPHIC DESIGN/ AP AR MARKETING EXECUTIVE/CLASSIFIEDS Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE DESIGN Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.DesertMessengerOnline.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2024 © 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! EDITORIAL 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 Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published.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 Street addresses will not be published. Phone numbers are for verification only and will not be printed. Send letters to: Desert Messenger, P.O. Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359 or E-mail to: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 "Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~ Melody Beattie Around Quartzsite, there are hun- dreds of miles of designated off- road trails with many old mining cabins. Sometimes folks get so ex- cited they want to leave just a little bit of themselves etched on a small brick of a cabin. Just think though, if every person visiting that cabin did the same thing, it wouldn't be long before the whole cabin was covered with graffi ti. It's good to be mindful of our actions even when in this vast desert, thinking about how our actions will affect the fu- ture generations. "Leave No Trace" is a set of out- door ethics promoting conservation in the outdoors. It consists of seven principles (Quartzsite-style): 1. Plan Ahead & Prepare 2. Travel & Camp on Durable Surfaces 3. Trash Your Trash & PICK UP YOUR DOG POOP 4. Leave it as You Find it 5. Minimize Campfi re Impacts 6. Respect Wildlife 7. Be Considerate of Others The idea behind the principles is to leave nature as unchanged by our presence as possible, so that future generations can enjoy it too. In essence, the purpose of Leave No Trace is to keep the wilder- ness wild. Finally, remember that the outdoors are for everyone. The more people who learn to love and respect public lands, the more land stewards there will be. Learn more at LNT.org It's that time of year I'm going to remind our winter visitors to be sure to Leave No Trace of your visit. The desert is a wonderful place to visit; let's make sure it stays a wonder- ful place for your grandchildren's grandchildren to visit for years and years to come. It is the tradition of Native Ameri- cans to honor Nature in all its forms. While attending ceremonies on the Pine Ridge Rez, we were taught by our elders to leave our camping area in such a manner that no one would be able to notice where we had camped. This allows someone enjoy- ing a walk in nature in the future, not be distracted by the traces of humans or garbage left behind. Everyone was conscious about our every action, including walking to and from the main camp, to keep our impact mini- mal. Even walking in a grassy fi eld, we were taught to split up, so not to create new walking paths. Paul Winer concert was a lot of fun for everyone By Joanne Winer Special thanks to the QIA (Quartzsite Improvement Assoc.) for hosting an afternoon video show- ing of the fi rst concert Paul Winer played there in 2011 to over 1000 people. Paul would have been very happy to know that so many still wanted to see his performance and get some great music and laughs. A special thanks to Brenda from Coyote Fresh Foods who ordered the pies and actually baked until 2 am some homemade ones plus the wonderful apple cobbler!! She also donated some of the pies and a couple more were donated by ladies from some churches in town. And thanks to Candy the new owner of Dorothy and Toto's Ice Cream store for donating the ice cream!! Mark Goldberg set up and showed the video and had a cutout of Paul that he made so people could take a picture with him—he was known to take thousands of photos with peo- ple at the store. Mark also helped pay for some of the pies. Great friends to Paul and me. Mayor Norm Simpson read the speech he made at Paul's memorial service. Gary and Louise Rhinevault helped with the set up and tear down of the event along with some great volunteers from the QIA and my friends Kris, Krissy and Taylor. It was a fun afternoon for everyone. Paul Winer video SKYHAWK would like to thank all the dancers and music lovers who came to our dances and supported us this season. We had a good time playing and singing for you. We hope you all have a very nice sum- mer and will see you in November!! Thank you, Sonja, Norm, John & Jan, (Wayne & Cecil) Skyhawk thanks community

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