The public is invited to attend a K-12 Advocacy Training Workshop on Monday, Nov. 16.
Members of the community with a commitment to supporting public education are invited to attend a free K-12 Advocacy Training Workshop on Monday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. at Quartzsite Elementary School, 930 Quail Trail in Quartzsite. The workshop is being [...]
Entries from October 2009
Education workshop announced
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements / Events
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Message from BSD
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements / Events
Buckskin Sanitary District has a new website address: www.buckskinsanitarydistrict.org The old website will still be working through the end of the month.
The Board would like to encourage District customers to attend our monthly meetings. They are held at the Boating Safety Center the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
Thank you to all [...]
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Christmas for the Troops 2009
October 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · News / Happenings
Last year, the Parker Lions’ Bill & Barbara Risen spearheaded an initiative to send gifts from the people of the Parker area to U.S. forces stationed in Iraq at Camp Anaconda for Christmas. This year, they hope to repeat those successes, by which hundreds of items were shipped to Iraq in time for the holiday [...]
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Photo radar returns…
October 27th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Opinion / Discussion
Hey, it’s not like we want people to speed or anything. But, despite the assurances that former Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano gave KLPZ when we asked her about the rollout of state-wide photo radar speed enforcement, traps have begun to spring up even in our own neighborhood in the form of these mobile DPS [...]
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Windy Sunday
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Opinion / Discussion
Gusts of up to 50 miles per hour made for a windy day yesterday. Thankfully, most of the weekend’s events were on Saturday, including the Chili Cookoff & Classic Car Show, the Enduro 300 powerboat races and the wedding of race community legend Weatherman Bob Steinberger at the Nellie E. Saloon.
We’re expecting another windy day [...]
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This weekend…
October 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · General
Fri, from 12pm: Fry Bread Sale in support of the Lew Reed Spinal Cord Fund @ The Eagles
Sat, all day: 300 Enduro boat racing @ BlueWater Resort & Casino
Sat, from 11am: 2nd Annual Colorado River Chili Cookoff & Car Show, including balloon bounce, sledgehammer car smash, horseshoe tournament, river diva bar, cash prizes, car giveaway, [...]
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Man About Town
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements / Events
Who will be the first?
Sponsored by: Soroptimist International of Parker
Proceeds benefit: Local Community Service Programs
NOVEMBER 7TH, 2009
7:00 pm ~ La Paz Co Park ~ Don T Pavilion
Marks the kick-off of a 5 month campaign
for these 3 prestigious gentlemen to vie for the title of
Man About Town 2010/2011
Candidates:
Wayne Gordon of Chino Hay Market
Kirk Daniels of Kirk Construction
Keith Learn of KLPZ Radio
Tickets are $20 per [...]
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Win a laptop with the Crisis Shelter
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements / Events
Colorado River Regional Crisis Shelter
Board of Directors Raffle
Acer Aspire Laptop Computer
(1.3 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache)
15.6 HD Acer CineCrystal LED LCD
(720P, 1366×768)
3 GB DDR3 Memory
DVD-Super Multi DL drive
10/100/1000 Base T
Wireless: Acer Nplify 802.11 b/g/Draft-N
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Tickets Available at the CRRCS Administration Office
1301 S. Joshua Avenue, Suite C
(928) 669-8620
Ticket price: [...]
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Lady Broncs volleyball tonight
October 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Announcements / Events
The Lady Broncs Volleyball Team play their final regular season home game tonight against the River Valley Dust Devils. JV-A at 4pm, JV-B at 5pm, and Varsity at 6pm.
You will be able to see the varsity one more time this Saturday (October 24th) at 5pm when they take on the Chino Valley Cougars in a [...]
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Parker community survey
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Announcements / Events
PAACE wants to know what you think.
The Parker Area Alliance for Community Empowerment is in the process of asking community members to answer several questions regarding alcohol and drug use by youth in the Parker area and about efforts to prevent these problems. PAACE will use the information to guide the development of future prevention [...]
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Message from Switzerland
October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Photographs
A few weeks ago, a couple visiting Phoenix from Switzerland were driving through Parker, Arizona and stopped by the Chamber/Tourism visitor’s center to ask for some help. They mentioned that the airline had lost their luggage, and they were talking to the airline about getting it back. As they were talking, local real estate agent [...]
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Arizona Department of Transportation Budget Roadmap
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · General
I thought you all might be interested in seeing this information as it really affects rural Arizona. The Bouse Wash and Ehrenberg rest stops will be affected.
Please forward all complaints regarding rest area closures to LeRoy Brady at lbrady@azdot.gov
With a weakened economy, a decline in revenues and the legislative transfer of more than
$530 million in [...]
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Workshop postponed
October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Announcements / Events
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Swine flu vaccine arrives in La Paz County
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · News / Happenings
H1N1 VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR TIER 1 INDIVIDUALS
La Paz County, AZ- The La Paz County Health Department has received a limited supply of H1N1 vaccine from the Arizona Department of Health Services and will begin vaccinating individuals in the first tier group as required by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health department will continue [...]
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Speed camera!
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Photographs
Photo enforcement spotted at milepost 157 north of Parker (in the 45mph zone along the river portion of Hwy 95).
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