Dolan Springs News

County Public Works crews have a number of projects this week. In Dolan Springs, crews will be repairing fencing along 23rd Street and blading roads.

Toys for Tots area coordinator Norman Burns stands amidst assorted empty boxes in a former car showroom at Martin Swanty Kia, 2610 E. Andy Devine Ave., which has been reworked into a distribution center for the charity.

KINGMAN Former state Sen. Brenda Burns, a candidate for the Arizona Corporate Commission, is the guest speaker at Monday's Kingman Republican Men's Club meeting.

DOLAN SPRINGS Dolan Springs will take a step back in time Saturday during Dolan Days.

Dolan Springs will celebrate National Trails Day Saturday. There will be a pancake breakfast starting at 7 a.m. at the Ranch Club on Pierce Ferry Road.

KINGMAN Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Station #1, 2485 Northern Ave.

Lois and Herman Reimer and their daughter, Jeanette Price, pose with Robert Long and Doug Bacon with the Central Arizona Council on Developmental Disabilities.

MOHAVE COUNTY Mohave County road crews will be out making repairs next week. Crews will be applying a new gravel surface to Diamond Bar Road in the Meadview and Dolan Springs areas.

About seven years ago, Jerry Baker was driving out of Las Vegas on the way home to Dolan Springs, Ariz., when he turned to his wife and said, 'Uh oh.' 'She asked me what was wrong and I told her, 'There's a car sitting outside that pawn shop and I know darned well I'm going to buy it,'' Baker said with a laugh.

About seven years ago, Jerry Baker was driving out of Las Vegas on the way home to Dolan Springs, Ariz., when he turned to his wife and said, 'Uh oh.' 'She asked me what was wrong and I told her, 'There's a car sitting outside that pawn shop and I know darned well I'm going to buy it,'' Baker said with a laugh.

Robert Haas, Jr., of Dolan Springs, AZ and formerly of Sleepy Eye, died at his home from heart failure on July 14, 2009.

Goldman Sachs and finance bank CIT have reached an agreement with Las Vegas-based Riviera Broadcasting Group to take control of the limited liability company pending FCC approval, expected in 60-to-90 days, after the company failed to make its loan payments.