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The Monument Fire, as seen by La Paz Co. DPS

Arizona Department of Public Safety officers from La Paz County were dispatched to the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista last month. These photographs were taken by them as they attended the emergency in that area, helping firefighters to save many homes. The fire burned over 20,000 acres before being contained. (Via Chad Hinderliter.)

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In the air with Ted & Gil

Some great aerial photographs from one of our resident pilots Ted Sutton and a fellow local pilot. You’ll recognize the Colorado River, of course; some of the other shots depict a location near Alamo Lake called Artillary Peak. (Click photo for larger version.)

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It’s Tube Float weekend!

The annual Parker Tube Float continues with this year’s theme, ‘Let it Ride’, with prizes for various categories including groups, teams, megateams, theme floats and single floaters of various age ranges. The cost is $15 per person and the first 1,000 floaters to register get an event T-shirt. Boaters and PWC riders are asked to be careful around floaters and …

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Pleased to meatcha, Randy

Further to Randy Hartless’s recent column commenting on Lady Gaga’s meat dress, we received this incriminating photograph of Mr. Hartless himself engaging in the wearing of cuts of meat. Thanks to Keith Moses, who clearly had a beef with this column.

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Woman in car crash doing well

This is Shera Webb, of Parker, who was pulled from the back of her rolled-over vehicle last Thursday by paramedics. She was thrown from her driver’s seat to the rear of the vehicle by the impact of the accident, which happened at the intersection of Arizona and California Avenues. By all accounts she is doing very well, especially considering the severity …

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Don’t worry…

That big plume of black smoke at Cienega Springs north of Parker is a controlled burn. Thanks Michael Collins for the update.

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“Hobo with a house”

In light of yesterday’s debut column Off The Wall with Randy Hartless, in which Randy mentions the new film Hobo With A Shotgun, this mockup by Keith Moses imagines Randy as the hobo.

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