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            In This Issue
        A Better Deal for our Vets-Sen Kyl
                  Boating Safety Message
      ANWR-Artic National Wildlife Refuge
                City Offices Closed July 4
                 Declairing Independence
           DUI Task Force out for Holiday
               Hualapai Mountian Rucus
             Motorcycle Accident Fatality
          News From Around the Country
        Possible Double Homicide/Suicide
    Proposed Water Conservtion Ordinance
              Sound Economic Philosophy
       Law Enforcement Awards and Dinner
           SR95 Re-alignment Presentation
                 Students in Washington
     Youth Flag Football & Jr. Cheerleading

Lake Havasu City business offices will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

Havasu Area Transit will NOT be running Friday and will resume normal business hours Saturday.

The Aquatic Center is available for open swim Friday from 12 Noon to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Police and Fire personnel will be on duty throughout the holiday weekend.

 THROUGHOUT JULY 4TH HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Holiday Traditions, Hot Temperatures Could Raise Number of Impaired Drivers, Crashes

July 4th is celebrated as "America's Birthday," and many people commemorate with an alcoholic beverage, so many in fact that more beer is sold and consumed on this holiday than any other. To combat the high number of drunk drivers on the roads, Arizona's DUI Task Forces will be removing impaired drivers with sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the extended holiday

weekend beginning, Thursday, July 3.

"We want people to enjoy our nation's birthday weekend, but celebrate safely," said Richard Fimbres, Director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). "Be smart and plan ahead. If you drink alcohol, use a sober designated driver, call a cab or a sober friend, or find another safe way home."

During the 2007 July 4th DUI detail, 519 motorists were cited for DUI. While just one person was killed on July 4 last year, 33 people were killed during the 10-day extended Holiday period from Friday, June 29-Monday, July 9 (July 4 was on a Wednesday); 12 of those fatalities involved alcohol. With 34 million people nationally expected to drive more than 50 miles this holiday weekend, the roads again will be crowded.

"No matter what you drive, a passenger car, pickup or motorcycle, if you're caught driving impaired, you will be arrested," Fimbres said. "Don't let this Fourth of July blow up in your face. Do your part to make our roadways safer, don't get behind the wheel of a vehicle or operate a motorcycle if you've been drinking."

In Arizona, the penalties for impaired driving include: mandatory jail time, thousands of dollars in fines,

installation of an ignition interlock device for all offenders, suspended driver's licenses, and other costs (like lawyer's fees, increased insurance rates, etc).

Registration opens Monday for Lake Havasu City Parks & Recreation Department's Youth Flag Football and Junior Cheerleading program for children in grades one through six.  Games are played Saturdays beginning October 11.  Fee for each program is $40 per child.  Flag football participants receive a team shirt and trophy.  Junior Cheerleaders receive a cheer shirt, pom-poms and trophy.  Registration begins Monday, July 7 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturdays 12 to 3 p.m. at the Aquatic Center located at 100 Park Ave. 

Attention dads, moms, aunts, uncles, big brothers and friends; volunteer coaches are the most important part of this program's success.  Please call Janice Brown in the Parks and Recreation office for more information about volunteering.  453-8686

Students from Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson recently met with Senator Kyl in his Capitol Hill office. The students were in Washington to compete as a team in the National Science Olympiad Competition.

On May 30th, 2008, the Governors Office of Highway Safety and Mother Against Drunk Driving hosted their 4th Annual Statewide Law Enforcement Recognition and Awards Dinner honoring members of law enforcement who
have dedicated their lives and careers towards public safety.
The dinner, held at the Marriott Buttes Resort in Tempe, honored members of the law enforcement community whose committed efforts in 2007 have made Arizona safer. Glynn Birch, MADD National President was keynote speaker at the event. Also on hand to assist in the
presentations were Arizona MADD Executive Director Ericka Espino, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations Regional Director, Dr. David Manning.
Mohave County Sheriff's Deputy Chaun Williams received the state award for Outstanding Sheriff's Officer in a rural area.  Deputy Williams worked diligently in 2007 at searching for and apprehending impaired drivers. Throughout the year, he handled more than 1,200 calls
for service and made 48 DUI arrests on top of that.
Sgt. Don Bischoff, MCSO Task Force coordinator, accepted the state award for Outstanding DUI Task Force Unit. The Western Arizona DUI Task force is comprised of many small agencies in Mohave and La Paz County.
In 2007, this task force conducted 135 details, in the two counties. Mohave County SO conducted 53 details, 10 of which were sobriety checkpoints. Both county Sheriff's Departments conducted nearly 75% of the details reported by task force agencies in 2007.

    Deputy Chaun Williams               Sgt. Don Bischoff    

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Proposed Water Conservation Ordinance

A new city ordinance designed to promote water-saving habits by local residents and businesses is scheduled for additional review by the Lake Havasu City Council at their work session this Tuesday evening.  This meeting follows a series of prior public meetings wherein citizens in attendance learned about the purpose and intent of the new ordinance and the water-use restrictions it contains.  The input city staff received at those meetings will be presented for Council's consideration and discussion.  No formal action will be taken, however, the public is invited to attend and encouraged to provide commentary.

For more information contact Doyle Wilson, Water Resources Coordinator 928-453-6660.

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Annual 'Stella Awards'!

For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck, who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico where she purchased the coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right?
That's right; these are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy.
Here is one the Stella's for the past year:

 

                                 4TH PLACE
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock , Arkansas , garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt  by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard.
Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked  at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.
Grrrrr . Scratch, scratch.

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A Better Deal for Our Vets
By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl

Congress recently sent the President an emergency funding bill dedicated to providing resources for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan; but unfortunately, $80 billion in other non-emergency spending unrelated to our nation's security was attached to the bill. I voted for the troop funding and against the unrelated funding.

For example, the bill included $178 million for prisons; $8.2 billion for a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits (and $178 million to administer it); $400 million for "science initiatives"; $210 million for the census; $150 million for the Food and Drug Administration; and $73 million for Katrina housing vouchers.

And the worst part: to pay for some of these initiatives, $3.6 billion was taken away from funding for the war against terrorists.

The bill also included an expansion of G.I. benefits, a program created after World War II to provide financial assistance to veterans to help them pursue higher education.

While I support expanding G.I. education benefits, this bill spends $62 billion to expand the program but only for service members on active duty since September 11, 2001, and it does so in a very inefficient way and at a cost in mandatory spending far more than necessary to pay for the benefits.

The bill also treats veterans with the same amount of active duty service differently. Monthly G.I. benefit payments are calculated according to the cost of the highest public tuition in the state where the veteran goes to school. For example, a veteran with three years of active duty service who attends the University of Arizona would receive about $15,775 per year, while a veteran with three years of active duty service who attends a college in New York would receive about $29,360 per year.

As I discussed in a recent column, I would have preferred adopting the proposal I cosponsored with Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Richard Burr. Our proposal would have expanded education benefits for all veterans who are eligible for G.I. benefits, including those who served on active duty prior to 9/11, and would have saved taxpayers over $24 billion in the way it is administered. It also would have eliminated the disparity of veterans benefits based upon where a veteran lives, and instead distributed benefits based upon length of service. And, unlike the bill included in the emergency spending package, the McCain-Graham-Burr alternative bill would have also increased educational benefits to all National Guard and Reserve members and allowed service members to use up to $6,000 per year of their education benefits to repay federal student loans. For those reasons, I believe that the McCain-Graham-Burr alternative was a much better option than the bill that passed the Senate, and a better deal for our veterans.

By delaying the previously passed emergency war funding bill for our troops and then attaching this $80 billion in unrelated spending, congressional Democrats force the President to either sign a bill bloated with unrelated mandatory spending initiatives or risk withholding the resources our troops urgently need. The President should not have to make that choice, but he will obviously not let the troops down.

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Something is happening in America as this July 4th approaches. On the internet, they call it "going viral" when a video or an article begins to spread rapidly and widely with no promotion, just through the strength of its timing and message.

This Fourth of July week, the idea that Congress is failing the American people when it comes to high energy costs, the idea that America can and should produce more of our energy needs and the idea that there will be political consequences for the elected officials who ignore this sentiment, all these ideas are going viral.

An Explosion of Interest on the Internet

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In just two hours last Friday, an amazing 15,000 people watched this video on YouTube in which I discuss three ways Congress could act now to lower the price of gas. As of today, over 1 million people have viewed the video.

Over 1.2 million Americans have now signed American Solutions' "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" petition calling on Congress to act immediately to lower gas and diesel prices and help achieve energy independence.

American Solutions' new video on YouTube, "Energy Independence Day" was posted just yesterday and has already been viewed hundreds of times.

And here's something that just crossed my desk. John Bredeson is a trucker who is sick and tired of higher and higher diesel prices but little action from Congress. So he's turned his trucks into moving billboards to encourage real change in our energy policy, including a massive "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" logo! Watch the video here.

Our Chance to Make This Friday Energy Independence Day

The challenge now, our challenge is to take this spontaneous outpouring of energy and concern and translate it into action in Washington.

So I'm calling on everyone one last time to act now, while there's still time. Call or email your representative or senators and let them know what's happening online.

If they're coming home for the Fourth of July holiday, catch up with them in person at a parade or a backyard barbecue and ask them why they aren't taking these three simple steps to lower gas prices.

Ask them if they know the facts about offshore drilling, America's vast reserves of shale oil, and how opening up new areas to environmentally safe drilling would have an immediate impact on gas prices.

We All Know What Happened the Last Time an American Declaration of Independence Was Ignored.

However you're most comfortable doing it, make sure you deliver this message: This 4th of July isn't business as usual. Not this time. Not this year.

This Independence Day the American people are declaring our independence from high energy prices, from foreign dictators, and from pathetic excuses for inaction in Washington.

This 4th of July we're declaring our energy independence.

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MOTORCYCLE INJURY ACCIDENT
Mohave County Sheriff's deputies responded to an accident that occurred on Highway 66, approximately 10 miles south of Oatman, Monday (6/30) morning.  At about 10:10 a.m. deputies responded to the scene of
an accident where a driver of a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle towing a trailer went off the right shoulder of the road. The motorcycle was traveling westbound on Oatman Road at about milepost 34.  The injured
driver Michael Frederick, 39, of Osceola, Indiana, was transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas by Guardian Air.  Michael Frederick did not survive his injuries and he was pronounced deceased early Tuesday afternoon on July, 1, 2008, at University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

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Celebrating 50 Years Together

At Saint Mary's Catholic Church they have a weekly husband's marriage seminar.  At the session last week, the Priest asked Luigi, who was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years.

Luigi replied to the assembled husbands, 'Well, I've a tried to treata her nice, spenda the money on her, but best is that I tooka her to Italy for our 20th anniversary!'

The Priest responded, 'Luigi, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here!  Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary.'
Luigi proudly replied, 'I'm a gonna go and get her.'

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