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April 9th, 2011……Mark your Calenders!  Soroptimist International of Parker presents our 15th Biennial Ladies’ Choice Night Out.  This year we are giving you the choice of bringing your favorite Escort or Not!  Some Like It Hot!  Roaring 20’s Jazz Club & Back Room Gaming!  $125 per Person includes: Fine Dining, Gaming Chips, Gangster Auction & a chance for the Grand Prize!  …

Richard Oldham, a former mayor of the town of Quartzsite, says he has “no intention” of foreclosing on the Quartzsite church whose tax lien he bought without realizing who the property belonged to. The church, whose primary ministry is serving meals to the needy, was sent a property tax bill for $50,000 by La Paz County Assessor George Nault in …

We’ve spoken with APS about the current power outage affecting the Town of Parker. Crews are on scene at the site of the problem and have it diagnosed. They’re working to resolve the issue now, and will have power restored as soon as possible. APS advises that power could be restored anytime, and does not anticipate the outage lasting longer …

PAACE Coalition will be meeting at Players 9th Street Youth Center Tuesday, January 11th at Noon.  The public is welcome to attend.  Coffee and cookies will be served 🙂

January 11th, 2011 is the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness. Towns, Cities, Groups and organizations around the world are planning Celebrations & “Freedom Walks” to raise awareness about the millions of people that are enslaved and trafficked each year around the world. Many people still don’t know, OR believe that slavery still exists today.   We still have a long way …

There has been a lot of talk about creating a bill that aims to take away the automatic citizenship for children born to non-citizen parents. It now appears that the language to be used in the bill has been drafted as follows: BILL (a) A person is a citizen of the state of [Arizona] if: (1) the person is born …

The Bureau of Reclamation has started its draw down of the water level on the Parker Strip. We are told that the drop in water level should be about a foot. The Strip will return to normal level by January 18, 2011. For more information: 760 663-3712.