Quartzsite, AZ - Desert Messenger is once again proud to coordinate with Quartzsite Chamber & Tourism and the Town of Quartzsite in publishing the 2021-22 Quartzsite Visitor Guide & Business Directory.

With the acclaimed success of 2021 Oscar's Best Picture #NOMADLAND, it's going to be a great winter season! Since the Visitor Guides were not printed last year due to COVID, everyone will surely want a copy of this year's Visitor Guide. Be sure to reserve your ad space now!

• The Visitor Guide will debut at the Arizona League of Cities and Towns Annual Conference in August 2021 and will be distributed to many Chambers around the state.

• The Official Guide is widely distributed with 25,000 copies for excellent circulation PLUS the Guide is available online at www.QuartzsiteVisitorGuide.com

• Advertising is a real bargain! You can’t beat the cost per thousand! Don’t miss this opportunity!

• A great selection of full color Ad Sizes offers something for every advertising budget.

• In addition to promoting your business, your advertising dollars will help to promote #Quartzsite as a tourism destination.

• The Visitor Guide is distributed to your target audience. Your message is getting into the hands of those who request information on Quartzsite, specifically through the Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, Quartzsite Town Hall.

• The entire E-Edition will be posted to multiple high traffic websites & Social Media, including TOWN OF QUARTZSITE, DESERT MESSENGER, QUARTZSITE CHAMBER & TOURISM, etc.

Email Rain at Editor@DesertMessenger.com to reserve your space today!

DEADLINE is JULY 23rd, 2021. Or call 928-916-4235.

Buck Connors Western Days Nov. 9-11, 2018

Time to Get your Yee Haw on!

Quartzsite Plans Buck Connors Western Days Festival 

Veterans Day Weekend!

Buck Connors Western Days festival comes to 
Quartzsite, Arizona  ~ November 9, 10, 11, 2018. 

FREE Admission! FREE Parking!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: (subject to change)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018

 8:30am...........................Quartzsite Pioneer Tour

 High Noon.....................OHV Cattle Drive Parade 

 Noon-6pm......................Vendor Row & Delicious Food

 Noon-6pm......................Chamber Saloon Beer Garden

 2pm-dusk.......................UTV Challenge

 6pm................................Buck Connors Outdoor Movies

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Dr. Buck Montgomery is bringing his WILD WEST SHOW to Quartzsite! Get ready for the Wild West Time of your life, as you enjoy Wild West Stunt Shows, featuring Real Hollywood Stuntmen, World Champion Trick Roper and Gun Spinner Will Roberts, Old West Magic by Mysterioso,  Nationally Known Cowboy Historian, Lee Anderson and his Wonder Horse Concho and more! 

Special Celebrity Appearance by Award Winning Actor/Author Michael Dante, too!

 8am...............................5K Run, Walk, Rock & Roll Register @ 7am

 9am-3pm.......................Branding Iron Art Gallery & Show

 9am-3pm.......................Show off Your Horse Power Car Show

 9am-5pm.......................Live Music & Entertainment

 9am-6pm......................Vendor Row & Delicious Food

 10am-5pm....................Dr. Buck’s WILD WEST SHOW!

 9am-5pm......................Special Celebrity Guest! Award Winning Actor/Author Michael Dante

 11am-2pm....................Cowboy Chili Cook Off

 Noon-6pm....................Chamber Saloon Beer Garden

 10am-4pm....................L’il Buckaroos Corral & Petting Zoo

 10am-4pm....................Gold Panning

 6pm...............................BBQ Dinner at Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA)

 7pm...............................Dr. Buck’s Wild West STAGE SHOW at QIA

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2018 VETERANS DAY

 10am............................Cowboy Church

 11am...........................Veterans Day Ceremony

 10am-2pm...................Vendor Row & Delicious Food

Organizers are now accepting Vendor Applications for the three day festival to be held at Quartzsite Town Park. 10x10 booth $45. 10x20 $75. Food Vendors & Park & Sell Booth 20x40, $100. (Booth fee includes Town of Quartzsite Special Events Vendor Permit) If you, or someone you know, is interested in being a vendor at this exciting event on November 9, 10, and 11, 2018, please download the application online at www.BuckConnorsDays.com.

  

You can also pick up a Vendor App at Quartzsite Town Hall Monday thru Friday, 8am-5pm. Or at the Chamber: Wednesday, Thursday or Friday from 10am-2pm.

For more information contact Town Hall at 928-927-4333 x5.

Visit www.BuckConnorsDays.com for more details.

International Space Station Contact for La Paz County Youth Jan. 11, 2017

NASA ARISS

International Space Station Contact with youth in Quarzsite is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2017. The contact will be first thing in the morning at 9:10am  in the morning. Students should arrive as early as possible. There will still have informational stations, presentations, awards and lunch, so the event will run until about 12:45pm.

Event will be held at Quartzsite Improvement Association (QIA) 
at 235 W. Ironwood, Quartzsite.


Ever since the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, hardware was first launched aboard space shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 and transferred to the space station for use by its first crew, it has been used regularly to perform school contacts. With the help of amateur radio clubs and ham radio operators, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the station have been speaking directly with large groups of people, showing teachers, students, parents and communities how amateur radio energizes students about science, technology and learning. The overall goal of ARISS is to get students interested in mathematics and science by allowing them to talk directly with the crews living and working aboard the station.

The ARISS conversations usually last for about 10 minutes. During that time, chosen students on the ground ask a preselected set of questions, which the crew answers from aboard the space station.

In order for ARISS to work, the station must pass over the Earth-bound communicators during amateur radio transmissions to relay signals between the station's ham radio and ground receivers. Other issues, such as weather and crew availability, also factor into the timing of the transmissions. During this pass, an average of 18 questions can be answered, depending on the complexity of the query. To date, the space station has held more than 600 ARISS sessions with students around the world.
On December 14th, 2016 the United States Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), American Society for the Alexander Technique (AMSAT) and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) accepted our communities’ joint proposal for youth from seven towns in La Paz County to make a radio contact to speak with astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) next week!  The towns include Quartzsite, Ehrenberg, Bouse, Brenda, Hope, Wenden and Salome, AZ.

This program created opportunity for youngsters to explore the many wonders and possibilities that exist in radio science, amateur radio and space research, delivering fun and engaging learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and work hand-in-hand with local schools, communities, families and amateur radio clubs to create new opportunities to inspire and lift our youth up.

Students, teachers, supporters and the community are invited to share in being part of listening to students from across the county,  chosen by their schools,  to speak via radio with the Astronauts on the International Space Station.

“It has been amazing year; we have had had wonderful success and outreach. We are so grateful for all the support received. It has been truly a county effort in making this program such a success,” said Heather Caton of My La Paz dot org.

 

Please visit www.MyLaPaz.org for further details as they develop. 

To learn more about the NASA program visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/benefits/ARISS_youth.html

Bouse Pastor / Former Quartzsite Teacher arrested in sex sting

MESA, AZ -

A Baptist Pastor from Bouse, Arizona was among several others arrested in a sex sting operation in Arizona, according to the Mesa Police Department.

Mesa Police detectives completed another operation targeting sexual predators trying to engage in sex acts with underage juveniles. Operation Home Schooled utilized undercover detectives posing as 13- and 14-year-old juveniles and traffickers chatting on commonly used internet sites where suspects seek out illegal sex acts. The suspects solicited and/or brokered deals for various sex acts with the minor and were arrested when they responded to the location where they were supposed to meet the minor for sex.

The suspects in the latest operation ranged in age from 23 to 66 years old, including Finkbeiner, age 66. Finkbeiner faces charges of Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor, a Class 3 Felony. Finkbeiner retired from Quartzsite Elementary School last year after teaching 7th & 8 graders in Quartzsite. He is also a minister of Bouse Baptist Church. 


UPDATE: Statement from Theodore Finkbeiner received Thursday afternoon: 

"As a point of clarification, this report does not report that the allegation was not substantiated, and no charge has been filed. Therefore, it is incumbent upon you to report the full story, which is that the allegation has not been substantiated." Upon further questioning he responded, "I am innocent of the allegation. On adice [sic ] of counsel, I will add nothing to this statement."

Each year the Mesa Police Department conducts operations of this type in a continuous effort to remove these predators from our community. Suspects willing to solicit sex acts with children are some of the most dangerous criminals in our society. 

Theodore Finkbeiner, 66
Bouse, Arizona
Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Class 3 Felony

James M Lanta, 54
Gilbert, Arizona
Sex Trafficking, Class 2 Felony
Child Prostitution, Class 2 Felony

Kelly T Davis, 52
Mesa, Arizona
Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Class 3 Felony
Furnishing Harmful Items to a Minor, Class 4 Felony

Jason M Garcia, 50
Mesa, Arizona
Sex Trafficking, Class 2 Felony
Child Prostitution, Class 2 Felony

Anthony Kueneman, 41
Gilbert, Arizona
Sex Trafficking, Class 2 Felony
Child Prostitution, Class 2 Felony
Failure to Have Sex Offender ID, Class 6 Felony

Faisal El Samaryi, 41
Mesa, Rziona
Sex Trafficking, Class 2 Felony
Child Prostitution, Class 2 Felony

Cam R. Chambers, 39
Las Vegas, Nevada
Sex Trafficking, Class 2 Felony
Child Prostitution, Class 2 Felony

Kyle J. Pierce, 26
Mesa, Arizona
Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Class 3 Felony
Luring a Minor for Sex, Class 3 Felony

Logan Duran, 23
Gilbert, Arizona
Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Class 3 Felony
Furnishing Harmful Items to a Minor, Class 4 Felony

Timothy W. Eastman, 45
Avondale, Arizona
Child Prostitution, Class 2 Felony
Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Class 3 Felony

Unofficial Results from Nov. 8th election Quartzsite, AZ

Unofficial Results for La Paz County election November 8, 2016

Results do not include Provisional Ballots or Late Earlies

Quartzsite Mayor: Norm Simpson leads Dr. Christina Anastasia 63.60% to 36.40%.

Quartzsite Fire Board:  With 3 seats open the winners are Dave Bear Collier with 533 votes-29.93%; Dennis Dole with 480 votes- 26.95%; Johnny Delpino with 449 votes-25.21%. Hall Davidson had 309 votes-17.35%

La Paz County: 

District 1 Supervisor: DL Wilson leads Missi Gilbert 54%-46%.

District 2 Supervisor: Duce Minor leads Luke Marler 68%-32%.

District 3 Supervisor: Holly Irwin leads Gary Zak 65%-35%.

County Sheriff: Bill Risen leads Frank Vidrine 64%-35%.

County Attorney: Tony Rogers leads Kathy Field 53%-47%.

School Superintendent: Jacque Price leads Armando Heredia 58%-43%.

For details visit http://www.co.la-paz.az.us/Unofficial%20Results%20-%20No%20Provisionals%20or%20Late-Early%20Ballots.pdf 

Seeking Comments for/against Wenden School Dist. override

PUBLIC NOTICE

WENDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 19

SPECIAL OVERRIDE ELECTION—NOVEMBER 8, 2016

REQUEST FOR ARGUMENTS "FOR" OR

"AGAINST" THE SPECIAL BUDGET OVERRIDE ELECTION

La Paz County School Superintendent, Jacquline Price, hereby makes a public notice of the opportunity to submit supporting or opposing arguments that may be included in the Wenden Elementary School District Information Pamphlet for the November 8, 2016 special election.

Wenden Elementary School District No. 19 of La Paz County, Arizona (the "District"), will hold a

special 15% maintenance and operation budget override election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The total 15% budget override amount for the first year of the proposed override is estimated to be $98,998 and would be funded in that year by an estimated $0.68 tax rate per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The La Paz County School Superintendent will prepare an informational pamphlet that will be mailed to households containing one or more registered electors within the District. Any persons wishing to submit an argument "for" or "against" the proposed 15% budget override (not to exceed 200 words) may do so by mail or hand delivery of the argument to the La Paz County School Superintendent's office, 1112 Joshua Avenue, Suite 205, Parker, AZ 85344; telephone: (928) 669-6183.

To be included in the informational pamphlet, such argument must be received in the office of the La Paz County School Superintendent on or before 5:00 p.m., August 8, 2016. 

Such argument must be signed and include the name of the District, the author's name, the name of any person or entity submitting an argument, address and telephone number. The person or entity and author's name will be printed in the informational pamphlet. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 10, 2016. 

For more information concerning the election, please contact the 

Wenden Elementary School District No. 19, 

71001 Santa Fe Avenue, Wenden, AZ 85357, 

Telephone: (928) 859-3806. 

Gloria Dean, District Superintendent 

Quartzsite Shows and Calendar of Events 2017

Come join the fun as Quartzsite celebrates its 150th! Check out the list of Shows, events, swap meets, craft fairs, ATV rallies, Off Road Swap meet, Entertainment and more! It's going to be Rockin' in Quartzsite for 2017! We look forward to seeing you soon!

QUARTZSITE SHOWS & SWAP MEETS

October 1, 2016 -March 31, 2017 

Tyson Wells Market Center Swap Meet

October 31, 2016 - March 1, 2017

Quartzsite Market Place Street Fair

November 1, 2016 - April 1, 2017

Rice Ranch “Yawl Come” Show

November 2016 - April, 2017

Grease Wood Swap Meet

December thru Mid-March, 2017

Prospectors Panorama

1st Sunday Deember thru March

Off-Road Swap Meet - QIA 9 am - 1 pm

January 1 - February 28, 2017

Desert Gardens Int’l Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show

January 6 - January 15, 2017

Tyson Wells Rock & Gem Show

January 18 - 22, 2017

51st Annual QIA Pow Wow Gem & Mineral Show

January 20 - 29, 2017

Tyson Wells Sell-A-Rama

January 21 - 29, 2017

Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV Show (The Big Tent)

Febrary 3 - 12, 2017

Tyson Wells Art & Craft Show

February 10 - 12, 2017

Gold, Treasure & Craft Show - QIA 9 am - 5 pm

Quartzsite Annual EVENTS

October 31, 2016

Annual Halloween Party, Haunted House - Community Center

Wednesdays, December - March 2016

Farmer’s Market Desert Gardens Swap Meet 8 am - 1 pm

November 11, 2016

Veterans Day Ceremony VFW

November 11, 2016

Gunny’s Museum Annual Veteran’s Day BBQ

November 15, 2016

Spaghetti Fundraiser for Celia’s Rainbow Gardens - QIA 5 pm

November 20, 2017

Chili & Cornbread Fundraiser - Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank

Tyson Wells Showground Building

November 26, 2016

Shop Small Saturday - Quartzsite Chamber & Tourism 1240 W. Main

November 26 - 27, 2016

Santa’s Workshop Arts & Crafts Show - 9 am - 5 pm

Tyson Wells Showgrounds

December 3, 2016

VFW Fraser Chik Nik Fundraiser & Rally 10 am - 4pm 

December 10, 2016

Operation Hero Comfort Silent Auction - 1 pm - 4 pm - QIA

Soup & Chowder Festival - 3 pm - 5 pm - QIA

Christmas Light Parade - Main St. 7 pm

January thru February 2017

Author’s Fair Readers Oasis

January 13 - 14, 2017

Quartzsite Art Guild Art Show - Senior Center 9 am - 5 pm

January 14, 2017

Annual Hi Jolly Daze Parade - Town Park

January 14, 2017

New Christy Minstrels - QIA 2 pm & 7 pm

January 15, 2017

Paul Winer Show - Senior Center 2 pm & 7pm

February 2, 2017

Paul Winer Show - QIA- 2 pm & 7pm

January 22 - 28, 2017

QuartzFest Amateur Ham Radio Convention

February 3 - 4, 2017

Quartzsite Quilt Show 9 am - 4 pm

February 4, 2014

VFW Ground Hog Rally

February 10, 2017

Desert Flyers RC Fun Fly - Town Park

February 10 - 12, 2017

Gold, Treasure & Craft Show - QIA 9 am - 5 pm

February 18, 2017

Quartzsite Masters Tough Golf Tournament VFW

February 24 - 25, 2017

Southwestern Art Show Roundup

March 3 - 4, 2017

The GRAND Gathering - QIA

CRAFT FAIRS - November thru March

1st Saturday at QIA 9 am - 1 pm

3rd Friday at Senior Center 9 am - 1 pm

For the latest updates visit www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com

Quartzsite Calendar of Events:

Supervisors seek comments re: proposed 114 mile transmission line near Quartzsite

SUPERVISORS SEEK LOCAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM BLM PROJECTS

114 Mile Transmission Line near Vicksburg/Quartzsite/Ehrenberg

The La Paz County Board of Supervisors requests immediate input from the public, local environmental organizations, tourism/recreation focused businesses and other stakeholders to comment on ways that La Paz County can better benefit from the multitude of federal actions that continue to deteriorate the County’s limited tax base. Projects under federal ownership have a history of contributing little towards the County’s financial vitality yet they still require services paid for by taxpayers including fire, police and other social services. The Board of Supervisors seeks local support in demanding additional revenue streams from all governmental or commercial entities benefiting financially from the County’s finite resources to ensure that such projects are fairly contributing to a sustainable environmental or economic future for La Paz County.

The Board of Supervisors seek constituent written or emailed comments prior to the BLM hosted community meeting on June 14 in Quartzsite to discuss social and economic impacts specifically related to the Ten West Link, a large transmission line that has been proposed by a California regulatory entity to bisect one hundred miles through the center of La Paz County to connect a substation in Maricopa County with one outside of Blythe CA.  The $300 million proposed transmission line comes shortly after the BLM proposed a Solar Entitlement Zone (SEZ) that designates thousands of federal acres east of Brenda to host a solar project for the federal governments’ benefit --- property identified to support future residential growth.  In addition, the US military has requested several hundred acres be added to the Yuma Proving Grounds. And without any communication with local stakeholders, the Bill Williams River area was recently removed by the federal government from the tax base with current efforts to isolate the area from recreational use.

La Paz County Board of Supervisors is requesting cooperation from the State of Arizona’s congressional delegation as well as State legislators to assist the County in enacting legislation whereby BLM would deed some of the 70% plus land owned by the Federal Government for local ownership to support economic development.  In return, La Paz County could lease some of the property and participate in the revenue generated from renewable energy projects instead of receiving little to nothing for the resulting negative impacts created.  A location where this approach has worked has been in the City of Boulder in Nevada that expects to receive more than $600 million in local revenues from over several solar projects’ expected lifetimes for leases on property deeded to them by the BLM.

Proponents of proposed renewable energy projects within La Paz County tout jobs and multiplier effects from services purchased locally. But research has shown that most of the construction jobs with these projects are temporary with unionized workers being bused in from California.  Full time jobs are few. Cheap energy is delivered to California but not available locally.  Taxes are collected on expensive services and equipment but typically at California Ports outside of our jurisdiction.  While only minimal amounts of goods and services are purchased locally in the form of hotels or products. The negative impacts from these massive projects will forever change our desert aesthetics with impacts potentially including noise, safety concerns, possible health impacts and changes to allowed recreational use which may lead to the removal of land for residential, commercial or industrial development.

It is time for the federal government to recognize the incremental negative impacts to our financial sustainability and instill fairness in dealing with La Paz County’s ample natural resources and geographic placement.  Please email your Supervisor or mail your comments about Ten West Link to:

EMAIL

District 1         Supervisor D. L. Wilson - dlwilson@co.la-paz.az.us

District 2         King E. Clapperton - kingclapperton@co.la-paz.az.us

District 3         Holly Irwin - hollyirwin@co.la-paz.az.us

          MAIL

La Paz County Board of Supervisors

BLM COMMENT

1108 Joshua Street

Parker, AZ 85344

 

Plan to attend the meeting in 

Quartzsite on June 14 at 12:30-5:00 at Senior Center 

 40 S. Moon Mountain Ave., Quartzsite

RSVP to: Joe Incardine, at (801) 560-7135 or jincardi@blm.gov. 

If you are unable to attend, please send comments to:

Ten West Link Project, c/o Joe Incardine,

BLM Arizona State Office

One North Central Avenue Ste. 800

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Jennifer Jones Loses Appeal & is NOT Affiliated w/Desert Messenger

https://www.facebook.com/DesertMessengerNews

Greetings!
This blog has been inactive recently, but I've noticed there's been hundreds of views over the past few weeks. (...not sure why, but it could be the political season..see below) I just want to remind folks you can get updates on Quartzsite news, events, and entertainment on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DesertMessengerNews.

Recently, I've been receiving multiple calls asking if Jennifer "Jade" Jones works with, or for, me. And then just today,  a stranger told me, "Jade really does a great job with the Messenger." After introducing myself, he seemed a bit confused saying, "Well, she said she submitted articles or something." I explained that she publishes her own paper-- sometimes. He still seemed confused saying, "But she helped sign me up to get the Messenger on my phone." My response was simply, "That's nice." 

I want to make it perfectly clear, AGAIN, that 
Mrs. Jennifer Jones is NOT affiliated with Desert Messenger.  

Jones is a candidate for Arizona House of Representatives Legislative District 5, covering La Paz & Mohave Counties. In the past Jones identified herself as an experienced dog groomer, but now she simply identifies herself as a publisher of the Desert Freedom Press. Jones published only 3 editions of her tabloid in all of 2015 and just one edition in 2016 to date. 

In 2014, Jones filed a civil rights lawsuit against me (and Towns of Parker & Quartzsite) in U.S. District Court for Arizona Under Section 1983 for posting an official government Press Release focusing on her alleged actions. To prevail in a claim under section 1983, the plaintiff must prove two critical points: a person subjected the plaintiff to conduct that occurred under color of state law, and this conduct deprived the plaintiff of rights, privileges, or immunities guaranteed under federal law or the U.S. Constitution.

The case was DISMISSED in the 

United States District Court of Arizona-Phoenix 

but Jones filed an appeal in 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

On April 4, 2016, the US Court of Appeals AFFIRMED the District Court's judgement.

 The short ruling reads:

"A review of the record and the responses to the court’s November 17, 2015 order to show cause indicates that the questions raised in this appeal are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th Cir. 1982) (per curiam) (stating standard).

Accordingly, we summarily affirm the district court’s judgment. AFFIRMED"

The appeal went before Circuit Judges CANBY, LEAVY, and IKUTA.

(Affirmed – In the practice of the court of appeals, it means that the court of appeals has concluded that the lower court decision is correct and will stand as rendered by the lower court.)

Original Case: D.C. No. 2:14-CV-01907-SPL

U.S. District Court for Arizona, Phoenix
On May 29, 2015 Honorable Steven P. Logan, United States District Judge 
dismissed the case in its entirety with prejudice.

Here are some excerpts from Judge Logan's judgement: 
"3. Defendant Shanana Rain Golden-Bear
Lastly, Plaintiff names Golden-Bear as a defendant, the publisher of a free newspaper, “Desert Messenger,” a rival to Plaintiff’s free newspaper, “The Desert Freedom Press.” (Docs. 1 at 9; 35 at 1.) Plaintiff alleges that Golden-Bear violated her civil rights when she printed a press release issued by the Town of Quartzsite, which Plaintiff describes as “libelous and defamatory.” (Doc. 1 at 9.) This claim equally fails.

"Plaintiff does not bring a cause of action for libel or defamation; she brings a §1983 action. To survive a motion to dismiss under §1983, Plaintiff must show that: (1) a constitutional violation occurred; and (2) that deprivation was committed by a person acting under color of state law.” West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48 (1988) (citation omitted).

"A person acts under color of state law when the person has “exercised power possessed by virtue of state law and made possible only because the wrongdoer is clothed with the authority of state law.” Id. at 49 (citation omitted).

"Here, Plaintiff does not allege that Golden-Bear is employed by the Town of Quartzsite, [however in her appeal she indeed did falsely claim that I was an employee of the Town] nor does she allege that Golden-Bear is an elected official for Quartzsite. Furthermore, even if assumed true, the publishing of a press release is not “made possible only because the wrongdoer is clothed with the authority of state law.” Id. Golden-Bear did not publish the press release under the color of state law and is not liable under a §1983 claim."

"DISMISSED in its entirety with prejudice."

Jones' only option now is to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. 

I've posted the court documents so readers can see for themselves her claims made to the Federal Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals. The PDF's are located at www.DesertMessengerNewsBlog.wordpress.com

I really appreciate all of your support during this long process! 
Finally JUSTICE IS SERVED!
~RAIN

Shanana Rain BearCat (AKA Golden-Bear)
Editor/Publisher
Desert Messenger - Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper - Now in our 12th Year!
PO Box 1385, Quartzsite, AZ 85359
Editor@DesertMessenger.com  www.DesertMessenger.com