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Volunteer training seminars will be held at the Red Rock Canyon Visi- Editor
tor Center during the months of February and March. You may attend any Barbara Wolin
part of a session. If you plan to stay for morning and afternoon classes, be
Contributing Writers
sure to bring lunch. Lunch break is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. daily.
Louis C. Kleber
Please call 702-515-5350 to reserve a place in your selected classes.
Tom Pfaendler
Coffee,juice, donuts, and bagels will be provided each morning.
Jack Ryan
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S c a l h g r e t e
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claim for the land. He was tried, found fauna and flora, the Desert Studies Cen- fact that he possesses an ardent desire
guilty, and spent a short time in jail, but ter, operated by the California Desert to be of benefit to mankind, that his life
vowed never to give up the fight to clear Studies Consortium on behalf of Cali- is and has been dedicated to bringing
happiness and contentment through
his name. fornia State University, offers wide good health to the many afflicted and
On his arrest, the Bureau of Land facilities for research, and study. aged of our society. His condition of
Springer died in Las Vegas in 1986
Management stepped in and confiscated living reflects not that of a person who
at the age of 90. Was he a quack and a
the facilities at Zzyzx Springs and, in has realized vast financial gain over the
huckster? Perhaps his epitaph should be
1976, signed a cooperative management past years, but rather one of frugality.
the following extract from the report by His single-handed accomplishments
agreement with the California State
San Bernardino County Probation Ser- must be admired. Zzyzx, without
University Desert Studies Consortium to
vice in 1969 following his arrest: splendor, is an enviable achievement for
manage 1,280 acres at Soda Springs. one person to attain.” (Duffield-Stoll
Based on the defendant’s assertion and
Under the terms of the current agree- 1994: 55; ZZYZX: History of an Oasis)
agency reports, Curtis Springer is either
ment, the Consortium has use of the land the most saintly, misunderstood person in
and facilities. the land, or a salesman of unequaled
Nestled there in an area rich in desert ability. Mr. Springer can justify vocally the
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