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First, I want to thank everyone for making the first Red Ribbon Week Planning meeting a HUGE success.  We had over 60 people in attendance which is amazing. Our next Red Ribbon Week Planning Meeting will be held here at Players 9th Street Youth Center on Wednesday, August 31st at 12:00 noon.  We will be finalizing logos and slogans for …

Saturday’s Quartzsite Liberty Festival made its mark on Quartzsite Saturday as planned, despite temperatures of 114 to 117 degrees. The rally was arranged to protest the actions of the town’s council and police chief, most conspicuously the treatment of Quartzsite police officers who were suspended or fired in what the protestors say was retaliation for bringing formal allegations against Chief …

Two Arizona state legislators are among those set to attend a demonstration march and rally organized for this Saturday, August 27th in Quartzsite. The ‘Quartzsite Liberty Fest’ is being arranged by organizations sympathetic to the cause of the town’s mayor, embattled police officers who have been suspended or fired recently, and local activists including Jennifer Jones. Representative Carl Seel, House …

The Quartzsite town council voted today to remove many of the powers currently held by the town mayor and give them instead to the 7-member council. This action will be seen by many as part of an ongoing feud between the council and Mayor Ed Foster, who alleges that the council and police chief violated open meeting laws, refused his …

You all know him. He’s been here forever. It’s Richie Peters from Bradley Chevrolet right here in Parker, AZ. Richie was honored today with a pot luck lunch, a cool certificate and some cold hard cash. Richie has worked for Bradely Chevrolet for 32 years and what was so great were all the very cool things everyone said about him. …

Two killed and two injured On Monday, August 15, 2011, at approximately 4:34 pm, a two-vehicle collision occurred on Interstate 10 between exit 1 and the California state line. A silver Toyota sport-utility vehicle was driving westbound on Interstate 10 when it collided into the rear of a red Nissan minivan. The collision forced the Nissan into a concrete barrier …

A report by the Arizona Ombudsman agrees with Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster that the town wrongfully denied his request for access to information about the town’s finances and payroll. Foster has alleged that the town blocked his access to information about where town money was going, speculating that there were more people being paid by the town than there were …

In front of a packed courtroom Monday, Judge Randolph Bartlett allowed a hearing on the Quartzsite police officer firings to continue, despite a motion from an attorney for the Town of Quartzsite questioning the legality of the proceedings. The hearing followed a temporary restraining order issued by Bartlett in recent weeks which ordered the town to reinstate two police officers …

It’s time to begin Planning for Red Ribbon Week 2011.  Red Ribbon Week is scheduled for October 22-30 and will be here before we know it.  Please join us for lunch (hosted by PAACE) on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.  We’re meeting at Players 9th Street Youth Center 1309 9th Street, Parker.  Lunch will be available at 11:45 and we will …

The Parker Lions with the help of the Parker Area Tourism Office has requested that the 29 Palms Marine Corps. Band come to Parker for a concert.  We will let you know as this develops.  We hope to utilize the BlueWater Resort and Casino amphitheater.  This will depend on the availability of the site and when the band would be …