3 Transit Changes
5 Calling all Crafters
6 Editorial
7 Letters to Editor
8 Rotary Doings
8 QES Updates
11 Traveling with Gypsy Jane
14 Publishing Schedule 2014-15
17 In Memorium
18 Churches
19 Arrest Report
20 Puzzles
22 Classifi eds
22 Paul Winer Comic
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Paz
County
Supervisor
testifies
on
Capitol
Hill
Paid
for
by
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"Dedicated
to
serving
with
fairness,
dignity
and
respect"
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of
the
Peace
JP4
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Aug.
26,
2014
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County
Offi
cials
Testify
on
Capitol
Hill
on
Energy
Pro-
duction
on
Federal
Lands
and
Revenue
Sharing
with
Local
Governments
On
July
29,
three
county
offi
cials
testifi
ed
in
separate
Senate
and
House
hearings
on
bills
that
would
provide
revenue
sharing
for
counties.
D.L.
Wilson,
Chairman
of
the
La
Paz
County
Board
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County
Supervisor
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in
Washington,
D.C.
of
Supervisors,
testifi
ed
on
behalf
of
National
Assoc.
of
Counties
(NACo)
and
La
Paz
County
before
the
House
Natural
Resources
Subcommittee
on
Energy
and
Mineral
Resources
at
a
hearing
to
consider
three
bills:
"Public
Lands
Renewable
Energy
Development
Act
of
2013"
(H.R.
596),
"Exploring
for
Geothermal
Energy
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