3 9/11 Special Ceremony
5 Volunteers head to Texas
6 Editorial
7 Letters to the Editor
7 Solar Eclipse
9 Restaurants
9 Ham Shack
10 Traveling with Gypsy Jane
14 The Salvation Army happenings
15 Adventures with Rocks
16 Sherri's Turn
16 Salome High updates
17 Tiny House
17 Nancy's Kitchen
18 Puzzles
20 Churches
22 Classifeds
22 Paul Winer's Cartoon
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WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
VOL. 14
#
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WHAT'S
INSIDE
HCB
supports
Hunger
Action
Month
in
Quartzsite
SEE
HCB
PAGE
19
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Mayor
Norm
Simpson
with
Chamber
&
Tourism's
Monica
Timberlake
at
the
Quartzsite
booth
at
League
of
AZ
Cities
&
Towns
Annual
Conference
SEE
CONFERENCE
PAGE
19
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Quartzsite,
Ariz.
–
More
than
1,000
city
and
town
offi
cials,
legisla-
tors,
business
leaders
and
guests
from
across
the
state
gathered
in
Oro
Valley
last
week
for
the
League
of
Arizona
Cities
and
Towns
Annual
Conference,
held
August
22-25
at
the
Hilton
El
Conquista-
dor
in
Oro
Valley,
AZ.
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Horizon
Community
Bank
to
work
with
Friends
of
the
Quartzsite
Food
Bank
during
Hunger
Action
Month
Nearly
one
in
four
children
in
La
Paz
County
are
"Food
Insecure"
meaning
they
don't
always
know
where
their
next
meal
is
coming
from.
With
little
money
to
spare
for
food,
many
in
our
com-
munity
—
friends,
family,
coworkers
—
often
go
with-
out
food
for
meals
at
a
time
and
have
no
other
choice
than
to
purchase
the
cheapest,
sometimes
expired,
groceries
to
feed
themselves
and
their
families.
Children
who
face
hunger
are
more
likely
to
struggle
in
school
and
experience
developmental
setbacks.
Kids
who
struggle
to
get
enough
to
eat
also
face
high-
er
risks
of
health
conditions
like
anemia
and
asthma.