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4 www.DesertMessenger.com May 20, 2015 To Donate $10 to American Red Cross - Text "REDCROSS" to 90999 Blythe River Blues Festival returns May 23 Sheriff Task Force arrests Special to the Messenger BLYTHE, Calif. - Blythe Cham- ber of Commerce and the City of Blythe presents Blythe River Blues Festival 2015 scheduled for Saturday, May 23 at Quechan Marina & Park. This year's organizers announce tickets are on sale now for $10 (gen- eral admission) and for Palo Verde Valley residents, tickets are just $5. Tickets can be purchased in person at Blythe Chamber of Commerce or online at blytheriverblues.com. In its fourth year, Blythe River Blues Festival 2015 features performers from previous festival including Eric Gales (from year two), Deacon Jones (fi rst year), Fran Banish (every year), and South Main Blues Band (every year). Also in this year's line-up is Christone "Kingfi sh" Ingram, a 16- year-old prodigy who is an up and comer who got the White House's attention, playing for the First Lady Michelle Obama at age 13. The festival's gates open at 12 p.m. at Quechan Marina & Park. There will be food, beverage, beer, and other vendors with the Palo Verde High School JROTC program presenting the colors at 2 p.m. This is an outside event at the Colorado River, bring lawn chairs, blankets, and other seating since seating will not be provided. Palo Verde Valley Transit is also offering transportation to and from the event. For more information on this service call 760-922-1140 or visit www.paloverdevalleybus.com. Vendors are also welcome to set-up and sell their product. Pre-registra- tion and $25 is required for those wishing to have a booth. In addi- tion, the festival is also accepting sponsorship opportunities from businesses and individuals who wish to be a part of this event. For more information on this year's festival, vendor registration, spon- sor opportunities, or tickets call Blythe River Blues' Festival Com- mittee member Jaclyn Randall at 760-989-9560, Blythe Chamber of Commerce at 760-922-8166 or visit blytheriverblues.com. THRIFT STORE Benefitting the La Paz County Animal Shelter in Parker Supported by your generous donations! 455 E. Main St. Quartzsite Open Tues. thru Sat. 9-3 928-927-4223 585 N. Central Quartzsite Open Mon-Fri 8-5 928-927-8787 Johnny DelPino, Owner BEST AUTO RV & TRUCK REPAIR SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON! We sell U-HAUL BOXES The La Paz County Sheriff's Offi ce Narcotics Task Force, serves a search warrant on the home of a Parker (up river) resident. Parker, AZ On 05/15/15 at ap- proximately 1:30 pm, the Task Force served a search warrant on the home of Robert Burrer. Dur- ing the course of investigation, the Detectives located a little over a half pound of methamphetamine for sale in Burrer's residence. This investigation is the result of a series of arrests and events that provided information leading the detectives to Burrer's home. Burrer has been suspected of dealing methamphet- amine in the Parker/La Paz County area for several years. Burrer is currently in custody at the La Paz County Detention Facil- ity and is awaiting his initial court appearance at the Parker Justice Court. He was booked into jail for being suspected of "possession of dangerous drugs for sale", a class 2 felony. Sheriff John Drum is very happy with the results that Task Force has had on the CRIT Valley, Town of Parker and La Paz County over the past few weeks. We believe that the last three arrests of Ruth Bartley, Jose Hernandez and now Rob- ert Burrer will have a signifi cant impact on methamphetamine sales throughout the entire County/ CRIT Reservation. The La Paz County Task Force asks that you please remember that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. If you have informa- tion regarding any illegal activ- ity please contact your local Law Enforcement Agency or you can call the Task Force directly at 928 669-9645. You can also email information anonymously at www. lapazsheriff.org �����| L� P�� C����� S������

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