Quartzsite Town Council to hold special meeting Friday, June 20th at 3:30pm

Quartzsite Town Council will hold a Special Meeting Friday, June 20 at 3:30pm at Town Hall. The meeting was called after Town Manager Skylor Miller presented council members with a Memo updating them on meetings held with WIFA and USDA regarding the sewer expansion project and the case of Mayor Ed Foster v. Town of Quartzsite.

The full memo is below:

Memo TM to Council 6-18-14.pdf




http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=171285788

Quartzsite Police to host meeting regarding Missing Person Eric Stapleton Thursday 5pm

PUBLIC NOTICE

Quartzsite Police Department

Hosting a Community Update and Awareness Meeting in regards to the recent Missing Person Case of 

Eric Stapleton

This meeting is for informational purposes and giving the community an update in the on-going investigation only, tips and information will be taken at that time. Please understand limited information may be given. 

When:        THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014 

                   AT 5:00 pm

Where:      Quartzsite Town Hall, 

                   465 N. Plymouth, Quartzsite

Who:          Friends and Family, Media and 

                    anyone interested

Why:          To inform the public of the 

                    current status in the case

For questions, please call Quartzsite Police Dept. 

at 928-927-4644.

Missing Person in Quartzsite

ERIC PAUL STAPLETON

June 3, 2014 - Quartzsite, AZ - Quartzsite Police Department issued a Missing Person Notice early this morning. Eric Stapleton was last seen May 18, 2014 at his residence off Riggles Road. Eric failed to report for work on May 20, 2014 has not been seen or heard from since. He is 58 and has grey hair, about 5'10 or 6' tall. His cell phone & car was at the house with front door open.

If you have any information of the whereabouts of Eric Stapleton or any information pertaining to this flyer please contact the Quartzsite Police Department Officer Conley or Officer Tanakeyowma at 928-927-4644 or Dispatcher 928-669-2281

Political Advertising Policies for Desert Messenger- Quartzsite, Arizona

It's political season again in Quartzsite. As a courtesy to political candidates, Desert Messenger is posting the requirements for advertising published by Arizona Newspaper Association and ARS Statutes regulating advertising for candidates.  SEE BELOW: It is the candidate's responsibility to know the law.

DESERT MESSENGER POLICY:

Political advertising, advertising on public policy questions and controversial issues will be prepaid. These ads must contain “Paid for by...” the name and contact of person(s) or organization(s) responsible for the advertisement.

CANDIDATE ADVERTISEMENTS

Any advertisement by a candidate or political committee that advocates the election or

defeat of any candidate or solicits contributions to a political committee shall state that it

was paid for by the candidate or the candidate’s campaign committee, if that statement is

accurate, or shall state the name of the political committee that paid for the

advertisement, identify the chairman of the political committee and provide a telephone

number for that individual.

If the literature or advertisement is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s

campaign, the advertisement shall so state. If the advertisement is an independent

expenditure (i.e., an expenditure by a person or political committee, other than a

candidate’s campaign committee, that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a

clearly identified candidate, that is made without cooperation or consultation or at the

request or suggestion of any candidate or committee or agent of the candidate) by a

political committee, the advertisement shall also state the names and telephone numbers

of the three political committees making the largest contributions to the political

committee that paid for the advertisement. If an acronym is used to identify any political

committee, the name of any sponsoring organization of the political committee must also

be identified.

The required disclosures must be printed clearly and legibly in a conspicuous manner in

the advertisement. In printed advertisements, the disclosure must appear in a font that is

at least 3/32 inches tall in a dark type on a light background surrounded by a dark box.

§ 16-901(14), (19). Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

14. “Independent expenditure” means an expenditure by a person or

political committee, other than a candidate’s campaign committee, that expressly

advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, that is made without

cooperation or consultation with any candidate or committee or agent of the candidate

and that is not made in concert with or at the request or suggestion of a candidate, or any

committee or agent of the candidate. Independent expenditure includes an expenditure

that is subject to the requirements of section 16-917 which requires a copy of campaign

literature or advertisement to be sent to a candidate named or otherwise referred to in the

literature or advertisement. An expenditure is not an independent expenditure if any of

the following applies:

(a) Any officer, member, employee or agent of the political

committee making the expenditure is also an officer, member, employee or

agent of the committee of the candidate whose election or whose opponent’s

defeat is being advocated by the expenditure or an agent of the candidate whose

election or whose opponent’s defeat is being advocated by the expenditure.

(b) There is any arrangement, coordination or direction with

respect to the expenditure between the candidate or the candidate’s agent and the

person making the expenditure, including any officer, director, employee or

agent of that person.

(c) In the same election the person making the expenditure,

including any officer, director, employee or agent of that person, is or has been:

(i) Authorized to raise or expend monies on behalf of the

candidate or the candidate’s authorized committees.

(ii) Receiving any form of compensation or

reimbursement from the candidate, the candidate’s committees or the

candidate’s agent.

(d) The expenditure is based on information about the candidate’s

plans, projects or needs, or those of his campaign committee, provided to the

expending person by the candidate or by the candidate’s agents or any officer,

member or employee of the candidate’s campaign committee with a view

toward having the expenditure made.

19. “Political committee” means a candidate or any association or

combination of persons that is organized, conducted or combined for the purpose of

influencing the result of any election or to determine whether an individual will become a

candidate for election in this state or in any county, city, town, district or precinct in this

state, that engages in political activity in behalf of or against a candidate for election or

retention or in support of or opposition to an initiative, referendum or recall or any other

measure or proposition and that applies for a serial number and circulates petitions and,

in the case of a candidate for public office except those exempt pursuant to section 16-

903, that receives contributions or makes expenditures in connection therewith,

notwithstanding that the association or combination of persons may be part of a larger

association, combination of persons or sponsoring organization not primarily organized,

conducted or combined for the purpose of influencing the result of any election in this

state or in any county, city, town or precinct in this state.

§ 16-912(A)-(E). Candidates and independent expenditures; campaign literature and

advertisement sponsors; identification; civil penalty

A. A political committee that makes an expenditure for campaign literature or

advertisements that expressly advocate the election or defeat of any candidate or that make any

solicitation of contributions to any political committee shall be registered pursuant to this chapter

at the time of distribution, placement or solicitation and shall include on the literature or

advertisement the words “paid for by” followed by the name of the committee that appears on its

statement of organization or five hundred dollar exemption statement.

B. If the expenditure for the campaign literature or advertisements by a political

committee is an independent expenditure, the political committee, in addition to the disclosures

required by subsection A of this section, shall include on the literature or advertisement the names

and telephone numbers of the three political committees making the largest contributions to the

political committee making the independent expenditure. If an acronym is used to name any

political committee outlined in this section, the name of any sponsoring organization of the

political committee shall also be printed or spoken. For purposes of determining the three

contributors to be disclosed, the contributions of each political committee making the independent

expenditure during the one year period before the election being affected are aggregated.

C. Subsection A of this section does not apply to bumper stickers, pins, buttons,

pens and similar small items on which the statements required in subsection A of this section

cannot be conveniently printed or to signs paid for by a candidate with campaign monies or by a

candidate’s campaign committee or to a solicitation of contributions by a separate segregated fund

from those persons it may solicit pursuant to §§ 16-920 and 16-921.

D. The disclosures required pursuant to this section shall be printed clearly and

legibly in a conspicuous manner or, if the advertisement is broadcast on a telecommunications

system, the disclosure shall be spoken. For printed material that is delivered or provided by hand

or by mail, the disclosure shall be printed in a font that is at least 3/32 inches tall in dark type on

light background surrounded by a dark box. For communications that are broadcast on a

telecommunications system or other medium that can provide a viewable disclosure and a spoken

disclosure, the disclosure may be made in printed format only and a spoken disclosure is not

required.

E. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to three

times the cost of producing and distributing the literature or advertisement. This civil penalty

shall be imposed as prescribed in § 16-924.

For all your Quartzsite Advertising needs, contact 

Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear, Publisher of Desert Messenger, 

Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper 

at 928-916-4235. 

Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com.

2013-2014 Rate Card is available at www.DesertMessenger.com. 

Quartzsite Police joins Special Olympics Torch Run April 30

The Quartzsite Police Department (QPD) invites you to come out and support the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics on Wednesday, April 30, 2014.This is the first official run and participation by the Quartzsite Police Department, who will escort the Special Olympic Torch through the Town of Quartzsite by running and riding bicycles. Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Officers from the QPD, along with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and other Public Safety agencies will be running and carrying the torch on Highway 95/Central Avenue from the Quartzsite water treatment facility north of Quartzsite. The Torch will be carried through Quartzsite on Central Avenue to Main Street then to Riggles Road. The Torch will be escorted to the next leg where it will be handed off to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.  On May 2^nd, the Torch will reach downtown Phoenix at the Capital, where a special ceremony will take place.

The event is estimated to take place from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. From this day forward donations will be accepted along with Torch Run T-Shirts will be sold for Special Olympics Arizona. For more information, call Officer Hilario Tanakeyowma at 928-927-4644. To learn more about Special Olympics Arizona or to make a donation online, go to www.SpecialOlympics.com

Quartzsite Town Employees Pay It Forward Today

Pay It Forward Day comes to Quartzsite today! 

Quartzsite, AZ - For the 2nd year in a row, Quartzsite Town Staff will be participating in Pay It Forward Day in a variety of ways around town today by...

Public Works staff will be helping clean and hand out food at the Food Bank
Police officers will be holding a BBQ at Senior Apts.
Quartzsite Library is giving away FREE Books & Cookies.
Magistrate Court & Office Staff will be cooking lunch at Senior Center
Parks Dept. staff will be cleaning & trimming trees at Post Office & Annex
Town Staff will also be Visiting Shut-ins,  Handing out cookies to Transit riders.

• Staff will be visiting Quartzsite Elementary School with suggestions to Help a Friend, Help your Teacher Clean up the Room, Do Extra Chores at Home, Pay Attention to Someone You've Ignored,  and Coupons for FREE Ice Cream Cones from Burger King. 

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• Pay for someone’s cup of coffee
• Get the next person’s food, toll, petrol, etc.
• Help someone out in need
• Be creative!!! Click here for more ideas.
• While Pay it Forward Day focuses on marketing the concept of selfless giving for just one day a year,  everyday can be Pay it Forward Day by connecting to the Pay it Forward Foundation at http://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/

La Paz Co. Health Dept. offers Tdap vaccinations in Parker, AZ

NATIONAL INFANT IMMUNIZATION WEEK

La Paz County, AZ- La Paz County Health Department is pleased to announce National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW); an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases, April 26th-May 1st.  Whopping cough (pertussis) is a fast growing concern in the United States and Arizona where rates are at an all-time high since 1950. Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that causes severe coughing in all ages, but it is more likely to kill infants. The Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine) is the best way to protect against pertussis but vaccination rates are staggering low among the group that spreads it the most: adults.

“56% of infant pertussis cases can be traced back to an adult spreader because only 14% of adults were vaccinated for pertussis in 2012 ,” said Diana Grazier, Director of Nursing for La Paz County Health Department. “In order to protect the youngest in our communities, adults should come in for a Tdap vaccination, especially if they are pregnant, live with an infant or care for an infant.”

Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe. After fits of many coughs, someone with pertussis takes deep breathes which result in a "whooping" sound. Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than 1 year of age. Each year, 10,000 to 40,000 cases of pertussis are reported. Out of those cases, many lead to hospitalization. Infants are at greatest risk for getting pertussis and then having severe complications from it, including death. About half of infants younger than 1 year old who get pertussis are hospitalized, and 1 or 2 in 100 hospitalized infants die.

“Infants are especially vulnerable. That’s why we target the adults in order to create a cocoon of protection,” said Grazier. Adults need just one Tdap vaccination and La Paz County Health Department has it. Tdap is $40 at the health department or free to adults with no insurance but it is in limited supplies so please call ahead, 669-1100. Residents can also talk to their healthcare provider about the Tdap vaccine. For more information, visit www.lpchd.com.