Via Kilian Hamlin at Race-Dezert.com Long-term Parker resident Bob Steinberger, better known as ‘The Weatherman’, has been inducted into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. Living in Parker, AZ is a good fit for Bob, who is well-known for founding PCI Race Radios, his role at the Baja 1000 race every year and being a general presence in the sport. …

The Hemet Productions short film at the centerpiece of the CRIT-funded “Live: Campaign” premiered to an enthusiastic local audience at BlueWater Cinemas in Parker Thursday night. Two theaters were needed to hold the crowd that wanted to see the 15-minute portrait of Parker area young people, intended to celebrate the achievements and positive lifestyles of the film’s subjects. Included in …

The following is a note I received from one of the volunteers at Parker Animal Shelter: “A good news story for you, we just live trapped a female chihuahua mix in the Walmart parking lot. She had been living in the back of Walmart since July after being thrown out of a car. Walmart employees were feeding her dog biscuits …

Via Wheeler Ranch.

Hi all, Sydney Freeland, a filmmaker who visited Parker last month as part of the Native Visions film festival, is looking for funds to finish her feature film Drunktown’s Finest. Sydney has a $30,000 goal set on Kickstarter, with various incentives offered in return for your help. So go check it out! The movie is about life on the reservation …

The contract of Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert, for years the subject of attention while clashing with a faction of town residents who opposed him, was terminated Tuesday by the Quartzsite Town Council. At the regularly scheduled council meeting, members convened in an Executive Session to discuss Gilbert’s contract. They reconvened in public session and voted to terminate his contract …

Via Darcy Holt.

Pumpkin Patch at Parker United Methodist Church. Photo via Maggie Leivas.

Monday afternoon express.

Our country began in debt. In 1776, the most important task facing the Founders was to win the Revolutionary War. If they had lost, the leaders would have been executed for treason. As Benjamin Franklin said “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately,” As we have all seen over the past decade, wars cost money, …