Hemet Productions’ premiere screening of ‘Goatman: Search for the Legend’ on Friday night was many times more popular than anticipated. Estimates ranged from 250 to 300 people who showed up to watch the short documentary film on the local legend, most of them standing or sitting on the floor for the duration, which included an introduction by the group at …
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Goatman film screening this Friday
A short documentary investigating the Parker legend of the Goatman can be seen this Friday at 9 p.m. at the vacant retail store next to the CRIT Museum on Arizona Avenue. This is the final preview trailer. Film is 42 minutes and contains material at approximately PG-13 level.
Read More »VIDEO: BlueWater Desert Challenge
Last week’s new race from Best In The Desert in Parker was a great success, as this clip from Tuba Art Films makes clear:
Read More »Where is Utting?
Arizona Public Service’s scheduled power outage includes the towns of Parker, Quartzsite and Utting, according to APS. This led many hearers to ask where Utting is, a town most of us have apparently never heard of. According to Google Maps (above), Utting is located between Bouse and Hope along Highway 72 east of Parker. It even has an airstrip. (According …
Read More »Is Native blood enough to be tried in CRIT court?
An interesting turn of events in the domestic violence case of Parker Town Councilwoman Ramona Duran. After the case had been turned over to La Paz County Attorney Sam Vederman, Duran claimed she is a Native American and, although not enrolled as a tribal member with the Colorado River Indian Tribes, now wishes her case to be heard in CRIT …
Read More »Plane en route to Parker crashes, kills 3
A small plane on its way from Van Nuys to Parker crashed yesterday, killing 3 on board and 3 horses on the ground, according to multiple news reports. The Associated Press says: The cause of the crash was under investigation. The skies were overcast at the time of the crash. The plane was registered to a Calabasas company, Gregor said. He …
Read More »Local film screening
Our locally-produced film on the old Parker legend about the Goatman is almost ready to watch, with a free screening in Downtown Parker on Friday, October 29th at 9pm. “Goatman: Search for the Legend” can be seen at 1009 Arizona Avenue, courtesy of Chuck Baker and Associates who are allowing the use of the building. Myself, Joaquin Vences, Josh Savino …
Read More »Parker Broncs unstoppable?
The Parker Broncs football team appears to be all but unstoppable after tonight’s away game in Chino Valley. The Broncs came away with a 19 – 7 win after an exciting game of twists and turns. At the end of the third quarter the score was still 0 – 0, so it was an incredible last quarter with the Broncs …
Read More »BlueWater Challenge stats
The debut of Best In The Desert’s latest race, the BlueWater Desert Challenge, is this week in Parker, AZ. We’ll be bringing you continual news from the race at Parker Live this week, including a live broadcast from the Downtown Experience this Thursday afternoon. In the meantime, here are a few facts about this week’s race. 14 different states will …
Read More »States vs Feds: on immigration
The best defense of Arizona’s right to enforce federal immigration law that I’ve seen thus far comes from the Tenth Amendment Center, whose article by Bob Greenslade says this: The battle raging between the federal government and the State of Arizona over its so-called anti immigration law has raised some constitutional issues that will ultimately be decided by the United …
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