Desert Messenger

DESERT MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper Proud to be a Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-916-4235 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 Jedidiah Free GUEST COLUMNIST The late Rosalee O Wheeler 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 Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Copyright 2014 6 www.DesertMessenger.com November 5, 2014 By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear OPINION 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 Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published.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 Street addresses will not be published.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 Welcome back snowbirds! We're so grateful for your return! Quartzsite is re- ally hopping now with new and signature events planned in the next few months. The QIA is now open with a full sched- ules of events, and Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club is ready for gemstone creations. The Senior Center, QIA & Desert Gardens are all holding Bingo games. Craft Fairs are happening and of course, the popular music jams at local RV Parks are just getting started. Check out the fun starting Wed. Nov. 5th with a new weekly Farmers Market opening at Desert Gardens 8am-noon. next weekend with the new Rotary Fun day, Sat. Nov. 8th. Gunny's RV Park & Military Museum will host their 3rd annual Veteran's Day BBQ event on Nov. 11th. Then the very next weekend is another new fundraiser for the Food Bank, Fall Festival and Com- munity Roundup on Sat. Nov. 15th. Be sure to attend the Celia's Rainbow Gardens famous fundraising Spaghetti Feed on Tues. Nov. 18th at QIA. Add some yard sales, new and return- ing vendors opening up all around town, and Quartzsite is fi lling up with "Happy Campers!" This edition was diffi cult to complete with so many new ads and all the exciting events happening. Plus Halloween Walk proved to be a new suc- cessful event for our youth and families. Response online express families really appreciated the work of all the volunteers. If you missed it, be sure to see the photos on the back page. Someone said the RV Parks are half empty; my response was I say they're half full. It's all in your per- spective. My perspective is that of grati- tude...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 Just Rambling... Provided by Elmer London, Quartzsite and Desert Messenger While conducting a training exercise for search and rescue, the Army base sent us a rescue helicopter with a three man crew, to teach us to safely operate around the helicopter. While we were inspecting the chopper, the young army men were across the field. Happily checking out our horses. DEADLINE : WED. NOV. 12 TH for Nov. 19 TH edition Desert Messenger Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Holiday recycling program begins By Maggie Ross Through a special Action Team pro- gram sponsored by Thrivent Lutheran, Covenant Lutheran Church has been given funds to do a holiday recycle program. Gene Ross, has placed sev- eral containers out in Rainbow Acres, where he resides, to collect aluminum cans and food donations. He will also be at the New Farmers Market on Wednesdays from 8 AM to 12 Noon collecting cans and any donated food items. All funds and food will be used to help the Quartzsite Food Bank dur- ing the next two months in helping low- income folks and the needy to have a blessed holiday season. Please save your cans and bring them to a drop off point and don't forget to buy an extra food item next time you are out shopping. It all helps and pro- motes "Community Unity". Many of us are blessed with far more then we need--it feels really great to be able to pass it forward. Thank you to those of you who are already contributing. The Quartzsite Museum is now on their winter schedule. Now open Wed thru Sun 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Free admission! They offer membership for $10.00 per person for the year. All are welcome to join. Check out their new website at www. QuartzsiteMuseum.org. Or call 928-927-5229 for more infor- mation. Museum now on winter schedule

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