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    1) Local city council candidate Mark Bolliger has secured $10,000 per year in funding from a local cannabis company for a youth drug treatment program. 2) Bolliger approached the cannabis investors about the community's concerns with drugs and asked them to contribute to a rehabilitation program. 3) The cannabis partners agreed to the annual funding after Bolliger challenged them to put their money toward helping the community's issues with drugs.

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    &Quartzsite Times

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    92nd YEAR Facebook.com/BlytheNews
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    Valley Times
    $1 serving blythe,california Wednesday, September 6, 2017

    Local gets funding for anti-drug program


    City council candidate Mark Bolliger secures $10K per year for youth rehabilitation
    By Uriel Avendano developers to the cannabis investors in asked, ‘What are you going to siders’ and needing to prove
    Times Editor Blythe Culti- an effort to highlight the issue do for us?’” ourselves in the community.
    vation Part- and addressing the problem. According to BCP partner In essence, Mark said, ‘Are
    Blythe local and city coun- ners (BCP), “The concern of some in the Steven Gregory, the dialogue (you) willing to put your mon-
    cil candidate Mark Bolliger LLC. community and a lot of the was a welcome and frank dis- ey where your mouth is?’”
    has secured a $10,000 per year According churches is: drugs, period. So, cussion which ultimately led stated Gregory to the Times.
    contribution toward the for- to Bolliger, I basically talked to (BCP) and to their communal commit- “I asked him what he had in
    mation of a local youth drug the city’s said, ‘If you really want some- ment. mind. That’s when he pro-
    Mark Bolliger
    treatment, prevention and re- concerns thing like this, you’ve got to “(Bolliger) said he read posed a youth drug education
    habilitation committee from and local clergy’s trepida- help our community,’” said my comment in last week’s and rehabilitation program.
    vested commercial cannabis tions led to his reaching out Bolliger. “I talked to them and PVVT about BCP being ‘out- See funding/A5

    4th District
    Sup. Perez to
    host Blythe
    open house
    Event scheduled for Thursday
    By Uriel Avendano day, my
    Times Editor staff and I
    Riverside County 4th are always
    District Supervisor V. available to
    Manuel Perez will be our constit-
    hosting an open house uents.”
    meet-and-greet for his Sup. Manuel During
    Blythe constituents Perez his first trip
    Thursday, Sept. 7, from to Blythe in
    11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., late June, Perez met with
    at his office on 260 North various agencies, offi-
    Broadway. cials and departments to
    Photo by Uriel Avendano/Palo Verde Valley Times Perez’s second public get a more holistic view
    Three of Blythe’s own Icehouse MMA fighters  will be stepping into the mixed martial arts RUF (Ringside Unified Fighting) trip to the city of Blythe of the consensus con-
    cage this coming Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Blue Water Resort & Casino in Parker, Ariz., doors open at 6 p.m. Pictured, left to right: since being appointed to cerns currently affect-
    Shawn Garrett, Esteban Valdez, Tyrell Black, and Eric Jauregui. the 4th District seat will ing the city — citing the

    Blythe’s Fighting pride


    serve as a welcome op- economy as the “number
    portunity for community one” issue.
    members to get first-hand With Blythe’s only big
    dialogue and questions box department store
    answered regarding the shutting its doors, the
    issues impacting local issues concerning jobs
    friends, neighbors, and and the short, mid, and
    families. long-term future fiscal
    By Uriel Avendano
    Times Editor
    Icehouse MMA set for representing their hometown in
    front of a live, loud and ready
    “Throughout my career viability of the city will
    in public service I have undoubtedly come to the
    “To hell with circumstances; I RUF 21 event crowd.
    Of note, touted blue chip
    strived to be as accessible forefront again.
    “I am looking forward
    create opportunities.” — Bruce Lee to the people I represent
    first-hand regional showdown at Blythe prospect – and Palo Verde as possible. In my view, to my second trip to

    W
    the Blue Water Resort & Casino High School’s only consecutive it is more important for Blythe since being ap-
    ith the entertaining in Parker, Arizona, this coming two-time CIF wrestling champion me to meet with constitu- pointed in late May. It is
    high-profile spectacle Saturday, Sept. 9. (2015 and 2016) – Garrett will be ents than public officials important to me that the
    of Conor McGregor and The RUF (Ringside Unified making his debut on the night’s or agencies,” stated Per- residents of Blythe know
    Floyd Mayweather’s Fighting) 21 event, doors sched- undercard. ez to the Times. “I will I am here for them and
    fight behind both the boxing and uled to open at 6 p.m., will show- “My MMA transition was hard listen to anyone’s con- will work tirelessly to ad-
    mixed martial arts worlds, a trio case a solid fight card to include at first — being comfortable on cerns and take as many dress the economic and
    of local mixed martial artists are Blythe natives Shawn Garrett, my back, overall, didn’t come questions as I can. If we jobs concerns that they
    gearing up for a more tangible Tyrell Black, and Eric Jauregui See mma/A5 can’t get to them all that have,” said Perez.

    Charlie Goodloe, a homeless man with a mission


    Eighty-four-year old walking across America to
    advocate on behalf of homeless
    By Cathyleen Rice walk, Goodloe said, “I and has been stopping
    Times Reporter was out in Oregon look- along the way to share

    S
    ticking his feet in ing for a place to live the need of subsidized
    the Pacific Ocean and I decided to go to the housing across the
    beach. Walking down to country.
    in Newport, Ore.,
    the beach, I came across Goodloe said his
    three years ago,
    this telephone pole that path to homelessness
    Charlie Goodloe said he
    had posters on it saying, stemmed from not being
    took it upon himself to ‘Walk for breast cancer,’ able to afford health
    walk across America to ‘Walk for Alzheimers,’ care, prescriptions,
    advocate on the behalf of walk for this cause and utilities and rent living
    homelessness. walk for that cause, so off the one-time monthly
    Hoping to walk the I thought, how come check he’s given at the
    2,300-mile distance from there’s nobody out walk- beginning of the month.
    Oregon to Myrtle Beach, ing for the homeless? “I don’t have the
    S.C., the 84-year-old Ken- And since I was home- money. I only get $745
    tucky native said due less at the time, I said, dollars on my Social
    to unexpected tragedies I’d do it!” Security check, and like
    in his life, he was never Homeless for the past a lot of senior citizens, I
    able to quite make it to six years, Goodloe said don’t have the money,” photo by cathyleen rice/palo verde valley times
    the Atlantic Ocean. without a sponsor and Goodloe said. Eighty-four-year old Charlie Goodloe  said despite what doctors told him over three years
    When asked what led without asking for help, Although his efforts ago about his chronic health problems, there was nothing stopping him from walking sea to sea
    him to do a homeless he began his journey See walk/A5 to advocate on behalf of homeless people everywhere.

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