Parker Rotary Club is to sell bags of ice at the Tube Float Saturday morning. The organization is to provide up to 2500 bags of ice and sell them at $2 per bag at La Paz County Park at an ice booth. They’ll also accept donations of over $2 for local fundraising causes. Visit Parker Rotary Club on the web …

Via Josh Savino

Parker Area Chamber of Commerce hoists a tube up its flagpole, a sure sign that the Tube Float 2014 is close!

Parker radio station KLPZ 1380am is running its infamous FLOG tournament (‘GOLF’ spelled backwards) at Emerald Canyon Golf Course north of Parker on July 12th, 2014. Participants – called ‘Floggers’ – play a ‘best ball’ version of golf with baseball bats in teams of 3 people. There are typically prizes for winners and runners-up and some prizes for best dressed …

Parker’s former Chief of Police Rod Mendoza has lost his certification by POST, the Arizona police officers’ certification authority. Mendoza resigned his position in mid-December almost 4 months after being placed on paid administrative leave in relation to accusations of harassment from the wife of a subordinate police officer. Lorrie Thompson alleged in July 2013 that Mendoza was sexually harassing …

A former mayor of the town of Quartzsite was piloting a plane that crashed near Parker Airport Thursday. Both he and his passenger are not believed to be hurt. Richard Oldham, founding mayor of Quartzsite and the owner of a small air strip on the west side of the town, is reported to have crash landed a small aircraft with …

A Parker bar legendary for its waterfront parties decades ago is reopening for Memorial Day weekend 2014. Rumors of Sundance Saloon’s reopening have swirled for years, with several false starts over the past year. But according to a tribute Facebook group (HERE), the riverfront saloon was ready to reopen Friday after over a decade shut down, and welcome nostalgic and …

This is Eric Stapleton, a 58 year old from Quartzsite, AZ who didn’t show up for work on Wednesday and was declared missing. According to the Desert Messenger, Eric has grey hair, is about 5’10” or 6 feet tall and has not been seen since Monday morning. His cell phone and car were found at his house with the front …

Wednesday I made an appearance on Voices of La Paz, on AWC Channel, to talk about the Tube Float, June 7th, 2014. For all things Tube Float, including information on how to register, where to go, what to do, and how to do it, watch the segment below, with interviewer Kathy Ocampo.

Here’s a photodump of your pictures posted on social media Thursday evening as an unexpected storm cell moved through La Paz County northwest and over the town of Parker, AZ. It brought with it thunder, lightning, rain and a huge dust cloud. Thankfully, everything is bright and sunny Friday morning in Parker ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and the weather …