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10 www.DesertMessenger.com July 13, 2016 FREE CLASSIFIEDS Desert Messenger offers FREE Classified Ads! HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Ga- rage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ www.MyQuartzsite.com 2 of 5 school board members resign DEADLINE : WED. AUGUST 3 RD for the aug. 10 Th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Election Dates Aug 1, 2016 Voter registration deadline for Primary Election Aug 3, 2016 Early Voting begins for Primary Election AUG 30, 2016 PRIMARY ELECTION Oct 10, 2016 Voter registration deadline for General Election Oct 12, 2016 Early Voting begins for General Election NOV 8, 2016 GENERAL ELECTION To influence the primary election outcome, You must be registered to vote; Independent voters must choose a party ballot. Arizona has an open primary law which allows any voter who is registered as independent to cast a ballot for one of the officially recognized political parties. To change your affiliation, you must re-register to vote at servicearizona.com/voterRegistration Or contact La Paz County Elections at (928) 669-6136 La Paz Regional Hospi- tal and Yuma Regional Medical Center are proud to announce a new affili- ation between the pair of not-for-profit community hospitals. Beginning in August, Yuma Regional Medical Center will col- laborate with La Paz Re- gional Hospital to provide supportive Emergency Department care (physicians and nurse practitioners) and supportive hospitalist care. "As the community hospital for Parker and the surrounding areas, La Paz Regional's primary mis- sion is to provide the very best care possible to our neighbors. This move will not only bring emer- gency and hospital physicians here from Yuma, but we will be able to tap into Yuma's highly successful primary care residency program," said hospital Board Chair Norm Simpson. "The Yuma providers will be partnering with current La Paz specialists – our general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and cardiolo- gists, to name a few – to main- tain the high quality standards for which La Paz is well known for. Our goal is to keep patients in Free community picnic planned The annual free Community Picnic will be held Friday, August 21st The meal will include free ham- burgers, hot dogs, beans, chips, dessert and beverages. Everyone is invited. Watch for more infor- mation to be in the next edition of Desert Messenger, August 10th. As in years past, Desert Messenger will offer all candidates running for positions of Quartzsite mayor and council members an oppor- tunity to answer questions which will be published free of charge in the August 10th edition of Desert Messenger. Please email your current email ad- dress to Editor@DesertMessenger. com so you may be included in this free service. Or contact Rain at 928-916-4235. Parker for care rather than trans- ferring patients outside of the com- munity." La Paz County was once a part of Yuma County until residents voted to create a new La Paz County in 1983. "When the Board of Direc- tors elected to pursue a new physi- cian group to staff our Emergency Department, it was easy to see how our two hospitals could team up," said Simpson, "Yuma Regional shares our non-for-profit mis- sion. And Yuma Regional has been our go-to hospital for years. They helped train our first cath lab staff and brought their own people here to oversee the initial cases." Yuma Regional will begin staffing Emer- gency and Hospitalist physicians at La Paz in August. La Paz Regional Hospital announces new Emergency Department physician group Notice to local candidates On Thursday, June 7, Dani- elle Miller resigned her position as Quartzsite Elementary School (QES) Board Member. On Sunday June 10, Board Member Carrollynn Henshaw published her resignation letter on Facebook effective June 11, 2016 9 am. Henshaw was elected in November 2014. Miller was ap- pointed to fill the vacant seat of Yes- enia Jackson in July last year. These actions came shortly after a July 7 special board meeting re- garding a public complaint against Superintendent Raquel Burton re- garding the alleged mishandling of an incident in February involv- ing Henshaw's autistic son. Lilian Houston resigned after allegations of child abuse were brought to the attention of administration by classroom aids. Ms. Houston chose to voluntarily surrender her teach- ing certificate after Henshaw filed complaint with the state. Turmoil at QES resulted in the re- cent resignation of 6 employees, and Henshaw and Miller voted for appoint Sally Kelley as Board President, who was sworn in just two months ago. As this is a developing situation at press time, be sure to check online at www.QuartzsiteBlog.com for updates.

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