3 Joanne Winer Go Fund Me
5 Adventures with Rocks
6 Editorial
7 Letters to Editor
8 Marketing scams
9 Candidates Answers
13 Hi Jolly Summer Camp
15 Traveling with Gypsy Jane
17 Restaurants
16-17 In Memorium
18 Puzzles
19 Arrest Report
20 Churches
22 Paul Winer Cartoon
23 Classifeds
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WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 10, 2016
VOL. 12
#
240
Now in our
12
t
h
YEAR!
Alwa
y
s
FREE!
WHAT'S
INSIDE
Huge
turnout
for
Meet
the
Candidates
Forum
Quartzsite
Youth
Council
hosted
their
2nd
Annual
National
Dance
Day
(NDD)
on
Saturday,
July
30th.
NDD
was
created
by
Nigel
Lythgoe,
the
co-creator
of
So
You
Think
You
Can
Dance
and
co-president
of
the
Dizzy
Feet
Foundation.
National
Dance
Day
Please
DRIVE
CAREFULLY
Children
are
Quartzsite,
AZ
-
Over
30
State,
County
and
Lo-
cal
Candidates
attended
Meet
the
Candidates
Forum
held
Tuesday,
August
2nd
at
the
Senior
Center.
The
Forum
was
hosted
by
Quartzsite
Area
Chamber
of
Commerce
& Tourism,
Quartzsite
Rotary,
and
Quartzsite
VFW
Post
769.
The
public
browsed
the
candidates'
tables
set
up
in
the
small
hall
before
moving
into
the
large
hall
for
the
question-and-answer
forum.
Due
to
the
overwhelming
response
from
can-
didates,
they
had
2
minutes
for
an
introduc-
tion
and
2
minutes
to
answer
predetermined
questions.
Candidates
for
Federal
and
State
spoke
first,
followed
by
candidates
for
La
Paz
County
Board
of
Supervisor
District
2
&
3
races.
Can-
didates
for
County
Sheriff,
Assessor,
Attorney,
School
Superintendent,
Recorder
were
fol-
lowed
by
candidates
for
Quartzsite
mayor
and
council.
Following
the
forum,
residents
visited
with
candidates.
Organizers
wish
to
thank
all
the
volunteers
who
made
this
a
successful
event.
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