I Saw You, You Saw Me

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin in Jibber Jabber

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Sat. At Smiths: To the women in camo, at smiths Saturday, we made eye contact in the fruit dept as you chose the right tomato. Lets talk. I was the one in the black jacket LHC

Long Hair & Tight Pants: Safeway around 3pm on Thanksgiving. We made eye contact a few times and I asked how you were. You seemed really nice. Kind of interesting how it all flowed. Don’t know if you live here or just visiting but if you ever read this, it could be another sign that we should meet. I had the red scooter, you had the tan Toyota LHC

Havasu Fitness between 9-10 am: To You had a white shirt, cut to fit, (very HOT), Red shorts, tats, nice set of guns,overall package was turning me on. Your a few years younger then I, we made eye contact a few times. Not sure how open you are, but I’d be interested in finding out. If interested I have pics to share or we can meet up at a discreet place, I need to keep this on the DL. LHC

Smiths & Green Tea: I ran into you and I’ll let fate decide if you might respond or see this. I was very attracted to you and thought you were very beautiful.

Girls at the bar on Thursday evening: There were two girls at the bar at Chilis in Kingman around 630 or 7. Had tattoos and were petite girls. Im not from Kingman but was visiting family in town. We made eye contact a few times and I thought you both were cute. KINGMAN

Jacks Auto Part Driver: You come to the shop I work at on Saturday’s I think your very cute if you would like to get some coffee or dinner sometime hit me up LHC

Lady At The DMV: I came to get title transferred On 1/3/12 you were the nicest person I’ve come across since moving, along with being very attractive, I notice no wedding ring, unfortunately it was a day after the holiday and you all were packed, I would love a chance to take you to dinner! If you see this reply back or if you know this girl tell her I’d like to meet her LHC

The Story Of The Goatheads

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin in Road Warrior

Come on, you have seen them on Thursday nights gathering at the local watering holes. Cagers by day, Goatheads for life. Back in 97 two guys decided to take their motorcycles for an innocent weekend ride. A day later, a third joined in. The three of them had a blast! They told their friends of the good times and decided to do it again in six months. By the next run they had doubled in size! Joking around one day, they came up with the roadname “Goatheads” for the group. They have been taking that ride twice a year since. There are more than forty in the group now! They insist they are not a club or an organization, just a bunch of lone wolves that travel in a pack you might say? They describe themselves as a social group with a motorcycle problem. You can catch these biker addicts most Thursdays evenings at Chili Charlies as they begin the migration to other venues such as Mckee’s, Jake’s and Mad Dog’s. They are quite an eclectic group from doctors and engineers to contractors and restaurateurs. Their common thread is their zeal for bikes and their driven zest to explore the open road. Even though they are not an MC (biker slang for motorcycle club) they still try and support local motorcycle clubs around them, like the RiverRiders M/C, the Desert Road Riders M/C, the Choir Boys M/C, etc. They enjoyparticipating in various runs and fund raisers. The Goatheads have ridden thousands of miles on their hogs making memorable trips to infamous locals such as Sturgis, New Orleans, Hollister and Northern Californiaww just to name a few!

Havasu Speedway Calendar

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin in Road Warrior

February 11, 2012
West Coast Vintage Racers, Street Stocks, Sam Nichols Bandoleros, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks. Gates at 4pm, Racing at 6pm

February 25, 2012
Street Stocks, I Love Legends Series, Sam Nichols Bandoleros, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 4pm, Racing at 6pm. No test and tune

March 10, 2012
Modifieds, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 4pm, Racing at 6pm

March 24, 2012
Lucas Oil Modified Series, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 4pm, Racing at 6pm

April 7, 2012
ASA Tour Trucks, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 4pm, Racing at 6pm

April 21, 2012
Gene Price Late Models, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 5pm, Racing at 7pm

May 5, 2012
Street Stock 50 laps, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 5pm, Racing at 7pm. No test and tune.

May 19, 2012
Waterless Boat Race, Sam Nichols Bandoleros, Factory Stocks, Team Factory Stocks.
Gates at 5pm, Racing at 7pm. No test and tune.

Against Identity Theft

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin in Entrepreneur

Everyone loves lists–number one restaurant, favorite food, top ten travel vacations–the list is endless. And everyone enjoys being at the top of the heap, well, most everyone. Unfortunately, the state of Arizona has the dubious distinction of also ranking at the top of a list: according to the findings of the Federal Trade Commission, Arizona has ranked a solid #1 for identity theft out of all fifty states for a number of years. Not exactly a statistic you’ll find in Chamber of Commerce brochures throughout the state.

Also, identity theft is not at the top of the list of reasons for wanting to move to the state of Arizona. Unless, of course, you happen to be Kristine Novinskie. Chances are you won’t find another person amongst the 6,392,000 people living in the Grand Canyon state that used the high incidence of identity theft as a reason to move here—at least not legally. Applying an entrepreneurial spirit, Kristine, a Colorado native, moved from Grand Junction, Colorado to Lake Havasu City in February of 2011. “When I saw the numbers for identity theft in Arizona I knew it was a place that I needed to be,” Kristine stated.

The reality is that Kristine has always had a true entrepreneurial spirit. Back in Colorado she owned a successful hair salon keeping herself and 6 other stylists busy. “I always enjoy talking with people. Doing hair allowed me to learn about people while helping to change their appearances. My clients, my friends, always felt better about themselves after visiting my salon and having a haircut, perm or some other service that made them look and feel better about themselves,” Kristine noted.

It was through her business that Kristine learned about the need for an attorney as well as protection from identity theft. “I signed up for a protection plan that also provided access to attorneys, and they were very helpful in running my business.” From there Kristine soon learned that her friends and clients help with identity theft issues. “I did my research and soon became an independent associate for Legal Shield and through word of mouth started signing up my hair salon clients.” Kristine found that she had real answers for peoples problems, and soon her income marketing legal and identity theft plans soon equaled, then exceeded, her income from her hair salon. Within a year, Kristine traded her scissors and perm rods for a career change helping people deal with identity theft issues — the fastest white collar crime ever to hit North America. “It was hard to do, many of my clients had been having me cut their hair for well over a decade.”

Now a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist, Kristine spends her time educating people about the risks, “Before I helped people feel better about themselves by changing their outward appearance, now I do the same thing, but I help them from the inside out by giving them hope and piece of mind that if they have a legal or identity theft issue, there are solutions, and that gives me a great feeling inside.”

What’s The Deal With Identity Theft? Anyone wanting to know more about how they can protect themselves and their family from identity theft can contact Kristine for solutions. Kristine’s office is located in the Springberg McAndrew building at 430 El Camino Blvd., and can be contacted at Identity-heftLady@hotmail.com.

Western Pyrotechnics

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin in Arts And Entertainment

23rd Annual Winter Blast

Who says you have to wait for the Fourth of July to enjoy fireworks? Once a year the Western Pyrotechnic Association comes to Lake Havasu City to show off their latest and greatest products. Thousands of spectators come from around the world to watch the clear desert sky become a canvas for this spectacular kaleidoscope of colors.

Sara Park is the place to be to watch this treat for the senses. The show takes place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m., although sporadic displays occur after sundown up until the show begins. Friday night is Product Demo Night, Saturday night is the Grand Public Display and Sunday is the Members Showcase. Parking is offered in Sara Park for $5 each night. Motor coach parking is $25 per day. The parking fee for dry camping sites in the RV park area at the rodeo grounds is $25 a night. RV camping is available Wednesday night through Monday morning for $100. Contact Sandi Nagel @ 928.208.2093 or email sandi.nagel@frontiernet.net or visit the website: www.havasufof.com.

The raceway grandstand is the place to be if you don’t want to miss the spectacular ground effects displays. This main viewing area can fill up fast so get their early and bring a blanket. Additional seating is available in the rodeo arena grandstands. For those that just hate crowds, go Sunday and sit in the rodeo grandstands. Chances are you can park within 50 yards and have plenty of space to sit and enjoy the spectacle of the convention members having to fire off all that they have left before they leave town. Just saying!

Grace Arts Live

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin in Arts And Entertainment

A Main Street Performing Arts Theatre

Think you have to head to Broadway in New York to see live theater? Well, did you know that outside of the McCoy Rigby Entertainment touring company’s musical presentation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Grace Arts Live was the only other place in the United States you could see the 2010 production of Peter Pan, the musical? Grace Arts Live opened at the current location on McCulloch Blvd. in 2007, thanks to the hard work of Grace Ann Etcheberria-Jacobs, a top talent with Fine Arts degrees (both Bachelor and Masters), from the renowned United State International University: School of Visual and Performing Arts.

Grace’s love for the arts was instilled by her mom at an early age. Growing up in the Basque culture of the Mission Viejo area, Grace soon fell in love with the arts. If you know nothing about the Basque people (from the northern Spain/France border) all you need to know is that the culture is rich in dance and song. Immersed in the arts culture, Grace produced/directed live shows for the Moonlight Amphitheater in Vista, California. In early 2000, she was involved in a production that included a young, undiscovered Adam Lambert (8th season runner-up of American Idol) playing Captain Hook. Thankfully, Grace decided to relocate her talents to Lake Havasu City and has never looked back. Thanks to the hard work of over 100 volunteers— from actors, ushers, production and technical people, Grace Arts Live continues to thrive in bringing quality, live productions at prices that are definitely below a Broadway production. Also owner of the Arizona Coast Performing Arts Dance Studio, Grace continues to cultivate homegrown talent, and quite possibly tomorrows Broadway stars!

Why Is Theatre Spelled So Funny? Who Cares? All you really need to know is that the 2012 Spring Season at Grace Arts Live kicks off February 17 with the production of Cabaret and is followed by West Side Story in March and Fiddler on the Roof in April. Single or season ticket information can be obtained by calling 928-505-ARTS, or stop by the box office at 2146 McCulloch Blvd.

Needles Boat & Car Show

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin in Road Warrior

4th Annual Needles Route 66 Hot
Boat & Custom Car Show

The Needles Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the return of a premier boat show/car show event along the banks of the famous Colorado River! Each year the numbers keep increasing, these boats and cars are hot, hot, hot! The 4th Annual Needles Route 66 Hot Boat & Custom Car Show to be held at Jack Smith Park (1000 River Road) will be held on February 24-26, 2012 and we want you there!

Our event kicks off on February 24, 2012 with a golf tournament at the Rivers Edge Golf Course (144 Marina Drive) in Needles. Shotgun start time is 8am(pst), cart and lunch is included. An Early Registration Mixer will be held at Juicy’s River Cafe, 2411 W. Broadway from 12pm(pst) to 3pm(pst). Line up begins at 3:30pm(pst) for a boat and car parade on Route 66 through town, open to all, followed by a kick off bbq dinner with music at the downtown Santa Fe Park at Front and G Streets. Saturday and Sunday, February 25 and 26, at 10am(pst), will be the show on the river, showcasing big block boats showing off their stuff on the water! V-drive, twin hull, competition boats of all kinds can be seen. We are expecting over 220 boat and car entries as the event keeps growing. Cars, boats, music, beer garden, vendors, raffles, 50/50, awards and plenty to do and see makes for a great day at Jack Smith Park in Needles, California. This year, get in on the “Mystery Poker Walk” and you might win a prize!

Entry fee for the boats and cars is $30, which includes an event shirt. The golf tournament is $80 per player. Community bbq is $8.00 per plate and the parade is free! Spectators for Saturday and Sunday are $3 per person, $10 per carload, or two day wristband for $5 per person. Parking is free! Volunteers are needed to make this a successful event. For more information please contact the Needles Chamber of Commerce at 760.326.2050 or visit www.needleschamber.com.

AZ Dumb Laws

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin in Jibber Jabber

Red Mask
In Arizona any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.

Donkey
In Arizona it is illegal to let a donkey sleep in a bathtub.

Brothels
No more than six girls may live in any house. The zoning ordinance was intended to crack down on the proliferation of brothels. However, lawmakers did not foresee cultural changes such as groups of girls living together in a sorority house.

Dental Hygiene
In tombstone it is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.

Fake Dealer
It is illegal to sell fake Cocaine in AZ. If you are a drug dealer makes sure your products are legit or you will go to jail.

Camel Killers
It is illegal to kill a camel in AZ. As strange as this law is in the desert, the government brought a group of camels in for an experiment and let them go in the desert.

300 Mile PWC Race

Posted on February 19, 2012 by admin in In The Wake

This is the longest PWC (personal watercraft) race in the world, covering a total of 300 tough miles in 30 successive laps of a ten mile course, starting off the beach at Crazy Horse and running north along the Arizona shoreline, turning towards Havasu Landing and running down the California shore nearly to Site Six, and back to Crazy Horse to complete a lap. The race features the only true Le Mans start currently in motorsports of any type. In this, the racers are lined up along the beach, holding up their safety “key” while their crew chief holds their PWC in the water with the engine off. At an undetermined time during a two minute window, a shot gun is fired and the riders run to the water, jump on their PWC, start their engine (hopefully quickly) and race off toward the north turn, a few miles up course. This start not only adds excitement (the atmosphere is so heavy with adrenalin before the starting gun that you can cut it with a knife) it also provides a level of separation for the racers adding a safety factor.

Like the Baja 1000, this is a team competition unlike any other PWC race. You need a real pit crew because like NASCAR, this is the only race where the boat is brought onto the shore and refueled during the race–multiple times. One team will walk away with the coveted Sea-Doo Team X Pit Crew award in recognition of their efforts. This is the endurance race to end all endurance races and here you will earn the ultimate bragging rights. Most competitors share the riding duties as it is terribly punishing for the five or so hours it takes for the first boat to complete the 300 miles of the race. School chums, father and son, and husband and wife teams abound.

If you like riding your PWC fast this may be the ultimate personal adventure for you! No special training or experience is required. And a factory stock PWC is the best bet for racing. Stock reliability usually trumps high horsepower custom hot rods in this race. You have to be still running 300 miles after the start to finish the race, let alone win. This is a single-day event, running on the last Saturday in February (the 25th in 2012) and is in its 8th year. It is run in honor of the late Mark Hahn of Phoenix. He was a PWC endurance racer of note who died during a race at Parker of a non-race related circumstance. It features a great awards banquet hosted by Mark’s long time friend, Mike Follmer. Just to sweeten the pot, there are great giveaways and even a cash purse for the winners to go with the biggest serving of bragging rights in “JetSki” racing world wide.

Although the event was born here in Havasu it is covered by international boating media enhancing the bragging rights even more and our field of 48 racers competing in the 2011 event included an amazing 20 percent from foreign nations. These are people who left their country on a ticket purchased just to come to Havasu to compete in this race! We had entries from France, Belgium, Indonesia, Japan, the UK, Slovakia, Australia and believe it or not Russia! How do you even get a ticket from Vladisvostok to Lake Havasu?

When the shot gun fired signaling the end of the race in 2011, the overall winner was the team of Jean Bruno Pastorello and Pierre Carlier from France. The next boat to finish was the team of Sylvain Ente and Roland Maeck of Belgium. The first US team to finish was the entry of Ross Savage and Andrew Myers of California in third place. So the crowns for the top two positions were taken home to Europe, along with the prize money generously posted by Hot Products, the title sponsor of the event for the second year with help from Days Inn, Sea Doo, Budweiser, Radio Central and more. Perhaps the US riders can regain the title in 2012.

Hot Products Mark Hahn Memorial 300 Mile PWC Race

It’s Happening Here

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin in In The Wake

Everstart Western Division
Coming to Havasu!

The EverStart Series is headed to Lake Havasu Feb. 23-25 when as many as 300 pros and co-anglers take to the water for the second of four stops in the Western Division. Anglers will take off from Lake Havasu State Park at 7 a.m. Saturday. Weigh-ins will be held daily at the take off site beginning at 3:00 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public. Pros will fish for a top award of $35,000 plus a Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup guidelines are met. Co-anglers will cast for a top award consisting of a Ranger 177TR with a 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $5,000 if Ranger Cup guidelines are met.

The EverStart Series consists of five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western. Each division consists of four tournaments and competitors will be vying for valuable points in each division that could earn them the Strike King Angler of the Year title along with $5,000 for the pro and $2,000 for the co-angler. The top 40 pros and co-anglers from each respective division will qualify for the EverStart Series Championship that will be held on the Ouachita River in Monroe, La., Nov. 1-4. The EverStart Series tournament on Lake Havasu is being hosted by the Lake Havasu City Convention & Visitors Bureau. For complete details and updated information visit FLWOutdoors.com or Facebook.com/FLWFishing 0r via Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

Bluegrass On The Beach
Coming to Havasu In March

Bluegrass on the Beach returns to the beautiful shores of Lake Havasu celebrating 10 years of southwest bluegrass with this year’s festival again being held March 2-4 at Windsor #4. L&S Promotions is bringing another incredible line-up of world-class award-winning bluegrass music to the shores of Lake Havasu. This year’s line-up brings The U.S. Navy Band, Country Current performing their superb music with 2 great sets, one Fri and one Sat. Also scheduled for both days is one of the hottest & exciting bands in the business today, IBMA’s three Time (including 2011) Male Vocalist of the Year Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. They have been Vocal group of the year 7 consecutive years. One you don’t want to miss.

The Bluegrass Brothers. Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, The Spinney Brothers , Brand New Strings, Arizona’s own Thomas Porter & Copper River, The Central Valley Boys, Belle Monroe & Her Brewgrass Boys and more fill out the awesome lineup for the weekend.
To wrap up this great line-up you better be ready for some wonderful fun, laughter and a great act with the Cleverlys who will bring you to your feet or have you laughing with their one of a kind entertainment. This is another one you don’t want to miss! The wonderful southwest sunshine brings the best out in everyone along with great traditional bluegrass music in the Arizona desert. With sights and experiences you will not forget, such as beautiful sunsets against the rocky terrain of the desert mountains to the smooth sights of beautiful Lake Havasu, with the sounds of guitars, mandolins, bass’s, banjos and more in the background.

In addition to the wonderful music and beauty of the lake, we will again feature great band workshops. Our superior art’s & crafts
show returns with dynamite vendors along with the tasty food vendors. With the nice big layout of the park jamming is again expected to be at major levels. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for grass seating and most important have FUN!

Tickets can be purchased on-line via www.landspromotions.com. Or at the gate For additional festival information and/or questions call L&S Promotions ~ Larry & Sondra Baker (209) 480-4693 or e-mail us at roaddog@caltel.com