Desert Messenger

July 13, 2016 www.DesertMessenger.com 7 Opinions expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily represent those of the Desert Messenger. letters to the editor Corner of Moon Mt. & Cowell • Quartzsite • 928-927-5400 QUARTZSITE'S ONLY YEAR ROUND SALON Cheyanne, Debbi, and Sandy ARE HERE FOR ALL YOUR OPEN YEAR ROUND! Hair, Nails, and Pedicure Services READER'S OASIS BOOKS 690 E. Main - Quartzsite (one block east of Family Dollar) 928-927-6551 FREE ICE CREAM SOCIAL My name is Dr. Christina Anas- tasia and I'm looking to become the next Mayor of Quartzsite. I would like to meet with you and there is nothing more fun than an Ice Cream Social. I would like to hear your concerns and would like to share my views on these topics with you. Come to the Quartzsite Com- munity Center on Saturday July 23rd and talk with me. The time is from 2:00pm to 5:00pm and the root beer floats are on me! Come and join me and meet some of the other people running for local of- fice, too. See you soon! Until then visit www.DrChristina4Mayor.org Dr. Christina Anastasia Quartzsite Free program to connect veterans The "My La Paz" Project and Gunny's Military Museum are an- nouncing the launch of a program named "Vet Net" that will begin providing our local military veter- ans with an exciting new service that will allow them to stay con- nected with other veterans, veter- ans issues and friends across our region even from the comfort of their own homes. The program includes training classes, learning materials, license tests and a hand-held amateur radio all free-of-charge for any military veterans who live in La Paz County who have served honorably in the armed forces of the United States and complete the class. With our extreme heat and rural lifestyle, life can be especially dif- ficult for those living in isolation and can even more difficult for many of our military veterans who rarely leave their home or property because of mobility or other health problems they suffered while in service of our country. After com- pleting the class the participants will be able to listen to regular Vet "Radio Nets" that help them stay in touch with veteran issues, speak with other military veterans and friends in the region to discuss what is interesting and important to them, or get involved with emer- gency communications and ama- teur radio activities in their towns. Even when the power is out and the internet, telephone and other com- munications systems are all down, Vet Net will continue to operate and provide uninterrupted emer- gency communications capability to and from our military veterans in their homes whenever needed. It will also give their friends who are also amateur radio operators a very easy way to stay in touch. Vet Net will be available for use 24 hours a day and seven days a week on a new amateur radio network that is already in operation and being expanded. The network has already connected eight towns in the region and is expected to ex- tend to 14 towns before the end of this year. Classes will begin in the first week of August. To learn more or to sign- up for a class in your town please contact Dave by phone at 602-616- 8338, email Dave@MyLaPaz.org or contact or visit Gunny's Military Museum. If you are already an am- ateur radio operator and interested in volunteering to help us all make this program a success, please con- tact us. We would welcome any and all support. Dave Anderson FREE CLASSIFIEDS Desert Messenger offers FREE Classified Ads! HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Garage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com THANK YOU HOLLY The Arizona Peace Trail, Inc. owes a debt of gratitude to HOLLY IRWIN, La Paz County District 3 Supervisor. The Arizona Peace Trail is a 750-mile plus off-highway vehicle (OHV) loop trail system between Bullhead City and Yuma, Arizona. Trail development has been un- derway for two years and is off to a good start; however, to make the trail viable, a comprehensive master plan is needed to expedite development with issues such as signage, maps, staging areas and access to public facilities. The master plan is also essential to get national recognition of the trail which will be a valuable tourism resource for western Arizona. The nonprofit corporation work- ing on the trail was struggling to identify resources to fund the de- velopment of a master plan. Holly stepped up and applied to the La Paz Industrial Development Au- thority (IDA) and received funding needed to initiate the master plan process. She immediately recog- nized the positive impact the trail will have on the future economic development of La Paz County as well as the state of Arizona and has been actively involved in the trail development from its inception two years ago. Many thanks Holly for all your support. J.C. Sanders, Chairman Arizona Peace Trail, Inc.

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