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SAN DIEGO CHARGER IN BLYTHE Eric Parker of the San Diego was in Blythe today for an appearance at Palo Verde High School, Parker will address Palo Verde High School students and the public is welcome for the 2:15pm meeting at PVHS cafeteria. The event is a fund-raiser for the Palo Verde Yellow Jacket Football Autographs will be avaliable to see this tune to channel 11 yuma news at the 8:00 o-clock showing and another at 10:00.

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BREAKING NEWS IN BLYTHE CALIFORNIA:Helicopter goes down in desert A helicopter that left Torrance Airport about noon Monday, crashed in the desert west of Blythe a little more than two hours after takeoff, killing both men on board. Riverside County Sheriff deputies from the Colorado River Station in Blythe responded to the crash just south of Interstate 10, approximately 30 miles west of Blythe around 2:40 p.m. Upon arrival, deputies located the wreckage and the bodies of the two men killed in the crash. While the Riverside County Coroner’s office hasn’t released the names of the victims, Renee Verellen of Chatham, Ontario, Canada, identified her father-in-law, Frank Verellen, 64, also of Chatham, as the pilot of the aircraft. Renee Verellen’s uncle, Leo Stratham, was said to be the second victim. “Frank was known around the (Chatham, Ontario) area as being ‘the best pilot,’ Renee Verellen said about her father-in-law, who would have turned 65 Thursday. Frank Verellen left behind five children and 14 grandchildren. “This is a shock,” she said. “They were a very close family, raised on a farm, with lots of grandkids. They really miss him.” Renee Verellen asked that anyone who might have witnessed the helicopter crash while traveling along I-10, to contact her at 1-519-354-6711 or verellen@mnsi.net. The aircraft, a brand new Robinson 44 Raven II, was recently purchased by Zimmer Air Services of Ontario, Canada, an aircraft company which provides services to the agricultural, forestry, mining, transportation, and public health sectors. Verellen, who has flown for 28 years and worked for Zimmer, was sent by the company to Torrance to pick up the aircraft and deliver it to Zimmer’s home base in Ontario, Canada. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) took over the investigation on Tuesday and on Wednesday, shipped the remains of the aircraft to Palmdale, Calif. Where they plan a more detailed inspection of the wreckage. According to Zimmer’s Web site, the Raven II is a three-passenger, one pilot aircraft with a cruise speed of 135 mph.

BLAZE LEVELS HISTORIC DEPOT Marty Bachman Palo Verde Valley Times Blythe volunteer fire fighters battle a fire at the former Santa Fe Depot south of Hobsonway, Tuesday. In the center is a metal light pole melting from the heat of the fire. The historic Santa Fe Depot, a Blythe landmark that has graced the city since 1926, was destroyed by fire the afternoon of May 2. No one was injured in the fire. Witnesses told police they saw sparks from overhead electrical wires and that is believed to have been the cause of the inferno. Despite being closed for years, the depot still had electric and gas turned on. Jim Green, manager of the Blythe Food Pantry, which sits adjacent to the former depot, said he and a friend were working on his car out back of the Pantry facing the depot when they smelled smoke. “I said ‘darn, it smells like rubber burning,’” Green said. “I ran around to the other side of the car and was fixing to look at the vehicle when I noticed the smell coming in from the southwest. I looked at the dock of the building and flames were coming up from under the loading dock.” Green’s friend dialed 911 and Blythe Volunteer Fire responded. Fire Chief Billy Kem said it was the first big fire he’s been on since being appointed to the position last month. “It was a shame,” he said about the fire that took down the 80-year-old building. “It was just an old wooden structure-type building that had been there a long, long time. We don’t know the cause and there was no putting it out — it got up into the top real quick.” Kem said the blaze started at the south end of the building and burned through to the front. Located at Rice and Commercial streets, the building was first constructed in 1926, 10 years after rail service first came to Blythe. The depot was listed in Riverside County’s Historic Resources Inventory by the Riverside County Historical Commission in 1983.

Kids are back in school Palo Verde School break is over and Palo Verde children are back at school. Many of the youth stayed home for the week, while others left town to be with friends and relatives. Imperial County officials are asking that residents be careful when buses stop to pick up or drop off children of the town. Locals are also urged to watch for suspicious activity by anyone loitering around the buses. Most residents realize that there are those out there who would harm our children. If anyone has any questions about behavior that seems odd, contact the local deputies or call the Imperial County Sheriff’s office in El Centro. According to local fishermen, the fish have been biting recently. Horace Green pulled in his limit of bass within one hour. It has been a week for babies. Willie Smith is the proud father of an eight-pound baby boy this week. His name, of course, is William Smith III. Former resident Irene Harrison had twin baby girls on April 19. Dominick Bishop had his three-month birthday on Saturday. According to his mother, he wears a one-year-old’s clothes. Three lucky children walked away from the Easter party with very special gifts. Crystal Gerard and Taylor Ritchie won two large bunny rabbits. Dakota Donavan carried a huge Easter basket home. Special thanks go to Kathy Broadwell, Kathy Sanders, Lana Gorman, Barbara Hopton, Eveline Patrick and Joan Easley for their dedicated work at the Easter party There are lots of exciting events being planned for May by the Palo Verde Improvement Association members. Casino Night, always a favorite here, will be held on May 6 at the Improvement Association clubhouse. There will be all kinds of games, including poker, 21, dice and three tables, plus finger foods, and some very cool refreshments. On May 12 and 13, the Flea Market will be held at the Palo Verde Improvement Association clubhouse and grounds. All are welcome and can rent a space for $10 and sell anything that will bring the highest price. This to include crafts, rummage, foods, antiques, and memorabilia. Usually there is a large turnout and customers look forward to this sale. Do not forget the Peach Blossom Ranch. Barbara Lindsey will be holding her annual craft sale on May 20-21. This year Barbara has grown an unusual variety of strawberries, artichokes, and lots of fresh vegetables. With the cool weather still holding, many gold hunters were in the area over the week. With gold over $600 per ounce, many are trying to pan some of the bright metal from the washes south of town. For those that are brave enough to try panning all day, be sure that you get ready for some very sore arms. In fact it might be smart to stop by Kinney’s rock shop and get some directions on how to pan from the owner or look up an old prospector. It is also wise to take plenty of water before entering the deserts and alert someone where you will be hunting for the gold. Ned Hyduke III graduated from the Riverside County Sheriffs Academy this week. He is the son of Ned Hyduke II, who was a resident deputy sheriff in Palo Verde for a number of years. Young Hyduke will be stationed in Blythe at the county jail in Blythe. It is usual for new deputies to spend two years after graduation in the jail. Hyduke has had a very busy time in his young life, as he returned from a two-year mission overseas last year.

REP. Patrick Kennedy. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference, Friday, May 5, 2006 where he said he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication, a decision made after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol that the congressman said he cannot recall . (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns Over-Budget, Behind Schedule Wonder White House Denies Bush Lost Faith in Goss Talk Politics: Join the Debate By NANCY BENAC WASHINGTON May 6, 2006 (AP)— Rep. Patrick Kennedy likes to say he's blessed to have a great family name. That name also can be a curse. Just as each achievement by one of the Kennedy clan adds luster to what be may the closest thing to American royalty, so each misstep is dissected in the public eye and chronicled in a family archive that contains much evidence of tragedy and human frailty. Kennedy's early morning car crash on Capitol Hill this week was grist for comics and conservative bloggers even before the Rhode Island Democrat and police could sort through the particulars of what had happened. Kennedy initially blamed the accident on a reaction to prescription drugs that he was taking under a doctor's orders for a bout of stomach flu. But he announced Friday that he was battling depression and an addiction to prescription drugs, and said he would immediately enter treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "I've been fighting this chronic disease since I was a young man," he said at a Capitol Hill news conference. The six-term congressman, who was treated for alcohol and cocaine abuse as a teenager, in years past tied his problem to the pressures of growing up as a Kennedy. "It was me hitting the wall and coming to grips with a lot of unanswered questions about who I am, where I came from, and how I was going to be accepted," he told The Boston Globe in 1999. "I didn't feel like I measured up to my family and who I was supposed to be." For Patrick Joseph Kennedy, named after a great-great-grandfather who was the first Kennedy elected to office in America, there is so much to measure up to. President John Kennedy was Patrick's uncle; so was senator and attorney general Robert Kennedy. His father is Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. A cousin, Joseph Kennedy, served six terms in Congress. Another cousin, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, served two terms as Maryland's lieutenant governor. "Being a Kennedy is a double-edged sword," said Brown University's Darrell West, who wrote a biography of Patrick Kennedy. "You have opportunities that other people don't have but you live your life in the public spotlight and I think that's really been very hard for the younger generation. "They have to live up to John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. Those are tough acts to follow." Along with the record of public service, the Kennedy legacy is marked by addiction and other problems. Edward Kennedy's name will forever be tied to the Chappaquiddick scandal of 1969, when his car ran off a bridge, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy did not immediately report the tragedy, and later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. Patrick's mother, Joan Kennedy, has long struggled with alcoholism and has been arrested several times for drunken driving. In 2004, her children took temporary guardianship of her affairs. Last year, she was found sprawled on a Boston sidewalk in the rain, and was hospitalized with a concussion and a broken shoulder. One of Robert's sons, David, died in 1984 of a drug overdose. Robert Jr. was arrested in 1970 for marijuana possession and again in 1983 after nearly overdosing on heroin. Another of RFK's sons, Michael, was accused of having an affair with his family's teenage baby sitter. Michael died in 1997 when he ran into a tree while playing touch football on skis. John Kennedy Jr. was killed in 1999 when his small plane crashed off Martha's Vineyard, Mass. William Kennedy Smith, another Kennedy cousin, was tried and acquitted of raping a woman in 1991 at the family's Palm Beach estate. On the weekend of the alleged rape, Edward Kennedy had roused his nephew to visit some nightclubs. The senator, who testified at the rape trial, apologized for "faults in the conduct of my personal life." In his book "Sons of Camelot," Laurence Leamer wrote that of all the Kennedy grandsons, "none seemed less able to compete than Ted and Joan's youngest son Patrick." As a youth, Leamer wrote, Patrick had an asthmatic condition that "if not psychosomatic, was clearly exacerbated by the tensions within his family. He had a father who he feared might be assassinated, a mother who moved in and out of an alcoholic haze, in and out of rehab, and in and out of emotional constancy." Still, Patrick Kennedy forged ahead with a political career, serving as a state legislator by age 21 and a congressman by 27. He passed up a chance to run for the Senate in 2006, despite encouragement to do so from his father. On Friday, as he announced plans to seek treatment, the family talk was all about rallying around one who was in trouble. Patrick thanked his "loving family" for standing by him. His father said he felt "pride and respect for a courageous man who has admitted to a problem and taken bold action to correct it."

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