Community Spotlight

On September 24, 2010, starting at 9:00 a.m., at the Parker Area Alliance for Community Empowerment (PAACE), 1309 West 9th St., the Arizona Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (AADEC) will be conducting a training seminar to provide technical assistance for Drug Endangered Children issues. The training seminar will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Read on for more information.

Parker Water Buffalos elected a new Grand Poobah, Keith Douglas, and Great Poobah, Frank Goodyear for the 2010-11 year in August. The September meeting of the Buffalos, the purpose of which is to “meet, eat and beat feet”, will be held tomorrow evening at Dumas Walker. Prospective members of this crazy club should simply show up to try it out. …

On Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at 6 a.m., fire restrictions will be lifted for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands administered by the Lake Havasu and Yuma Field Offices. This includes public lands in the La Paz, Yuma and Mohave counties in Arizona and Imperial, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties in California. Sufficient moisture has been received throughout these areas, …

A question about site features. Q: I miss the old feature which allowed me to see the most recent comments on Parker Live articles. Can you maybe bring it back? A: Actually, it’s been here all along! On the right-hand sidebar, you can choose from a row of icons allowing you to see categories, tags, monthly archives, most popular posts …

Helping Cardiac Pacemaker, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) recipients meet, share news, information, and provide support: September 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Parker Senior Center, 1115 West 12th Street in Parker. Please call if you plan to attend: Dr. Frank Kresock’s office at (928) 669-8161 or Brad Church, RT, CVT at (702) 266-5779.

As 2:08 p.m. “Thank-you customers for your patience and great job crews for completion ahead of schedule!”

College courses for the fall semester through Arizona Western College (AWC) have started this past week. Registration for classes has been extended through August 26th. The La Paz County campuses in Parker and Quartzsite offer subject matters in higher education and life enrichment. Well qualified teachers/professors are used throughout the college district. Transferable credits through core subjects like English, Math, …

Most of power is restored in Wenden, about 60 families without power. Most of power should be restored by Noon, the rest throughout the day because of lack of access to some areas. Anyone without power please go to Basha’s in Wickenburg and purchase 10 lbs of dry ice & mail receipt to APS, P.O. Box 53933 STA 36108 Phx., …

APS tells Parker that the Bouse area is experiencing a storm-caused power outage, and that it is working to solve the problem. In addition, the Wenden area may experience some interruptions as APS deals with many downed power lines in the area. The number for enquiries about service is 1(800) 253-9405.

The Arizona Secretary of State will be posting information on a new website in next week’s Primary Election. The tool is called Election Night Reporting (ENR), and it will display results from Arizona elections on the website azsos.gov. The Web interface provides visitors with a graphical view of in-depth state and county results. You are presented with a breakdown of …