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The Yuma Daily Sun from Yuma, Arizona • Page 10

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fe flf gdy SUN fflSjtt Oct. 13, 97 4 Scholarships Studied by Committee ByNELLKVLP The Yuma Daily Sun PARKER The Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Committee is asking for opinions on the committee's goals for this year. Since 1970, the Chamber has solicited donations from townspeople to provide scholarships for graduating Parker High School seniors. Two S500 athletic scholarships were given in 1970 and 1971. In 1972, (he Chamber increased its program by adding a $500 scholastic scholarship.

Last year a $250 fund-raising goal for the Sunshine Center School was made a part of the scholarship program. Committee Chairman Taylor CritU'iiili'ii would like to hear how the community feels nlxmt Among the points tvitis considered are one larw scholarship for for one stu- For Parker News Call NELl KULP 669-8807 P.O. Box 7324 For Home Delivery Lois Kelly 669-8253 dent, two smaller scholarships for two students and continuation of the Sunshine Center fund raising. Anyone interested in expressing an opinion on the program is asked to call Crittenden or the chamber office. Census at Parker To Ask Questions on Education FA.KKB.K The Bureau of the Census will interviewing several households here next wwi as part of its annual survey on education.

According to a A. Freeman director of the bureau's regional office in Denver, interviewers will visit thfe homes to obtain information about the of school years completed by household members. There will also be questions concerning the number of children attending nursery school and kindergarten. The questions on education will be in addition to those a i a monthly survey on unemployment. Gulf Coast Yields Oil To Mexico WASHINGTON A Mexico apparently has struck rich oil formations on land along the Gulf of Mexico, the Washington Post said today.

The newspaper said an American oil company geologist who has been analyzing industry intelligence about the find described it as "exciting enough to be another Persian Gulf of petroleum." President Ford is expected to discuss additional petroleum shipments when he meets with Mexican President Luis Echeverria on Oct. 21 although State Department officials say this was not the reason for the meeting in the first place, the Post said. The newspaper said the new Mexican oil discovery was in the states of Tabasco and Parker Chamber Chatter By Dottie Randall We are van pleased to welcome a relatively new business in our area ami a brand new member of our Chamber of Commerce. The Detail Shop, located al 120S Laguna. The a i Shop is owned and' operated by Barbara and Jack Thunemiui, they do all kinds of detail work, washing, waxing and steam a i on boats, cars and trucks.

Western Week gets under way in IVki-r, un Monday. The Doc's Bull Pen will lie manned by local Doe cowgirls, selling their City Slicker tons. Tuesday night the Parker Kotarinns, us a part of Western Week are sponsoring the Pink Panther all girl basketball team playing a team of local fellows, which includes several Rolarians. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Parker High School gym and have i a Chamber office.

Wednesday nisli! nt p.m. is the annual Whisker Contest. Judging will take place at California and Arizona Avenues. Cash prizes have been donated this year by The Hull Pen. Parker Medical Center and Hetty Hunter Realty.

Contest Chairman. 1'aye Williams, tells us there will be 2(i whiskered laces lor the judges consideration. Hustler Buck Bnekman warned us. their may be a bunch of "bad men" show up at the whisker contest looking for an old fashioned shoot-out. Thursday night at p.m.

the old-lashioned western street dance i et started and Friday night at p.m. al the rodeo grounds is i a a Saturday morning lit 11 a.m. the big vodeo parade. Parade Chairman Winnie Mi-Daniel already has lots of entries, one all the way from Howe. Okla.

i second and third place trophies i bo awarded in eight catagories. plus a stakes and theme trophy. Kn- triesfor the parade need to Iv relumed 10 ihe Hustlers by Wednesday in order to he in the official parade line up. Pete Homer grand marshal for the rodeo parade, fits the theme of the parade perfectly. "Life along our river 1924-1974" and the Hustlers were delighted that Pete accepted their i i a i to be this years grand marshal.

loading the parade this year i be our own a Sheriff's Posset' and they will also post the colors for the grand at the rodeo grounds at '1 p.m. Saturday evening at the rodeo barbecue in the up-river parking lot at Blue a Marina. Tickets are S2.SO for the barbecue and will ho available beginning Tuesday morning from any Hustler. i a Lawrence Welk orchestra and his Champaign Country Band i be playing for the big rodeo dance. Along with Neil, will be Avn Barber, featured western a lis i Ihe Lawrence Welk Show ami recording artists Hoger Sullivan, Lyle and Al Vescovo.

The Hustlers owe special thanks to their country cousin, Ken Newby, who has a homo on the river, for putting (his great group together for our rodeo dance this year, along with the special sound equipment that will be provided and installed by Mitchell Music Systems of California. The rodeo dance will be at Blue Water Marina, and three areas i be set up for dancing, ihe Pow-Wow Room, the dining room and the outside patio area. Dance tickets arc $3 pereon. Hiiss Williams, candidate for the office of governor is taking part in the the Candidate program in Lake llavasu City on Thursday and he i be visiting in Parker in the late afternoon. Mr.

Williams, his wife Libby and Mr. Mrs. Cushing Loril i arriving at the Parker airport about 4 p.m. and will lcat the home of Mr. mid Mrs.

Doug Hunter from 4:30 to (i p.m. for an hour and half open house. Mrs. Hunter tells us they would be most happy to have anyone who wishes to meet and talk i these two candidates, slop bv their home at SOS Navajo Avenue. congratulations to Fnye Williams and Vernon Kidd, of whom have been named directors of the Parker Community Hospital.

Episcopal Bishops May Seek Lifting Of Ban on Women Parker Weather PARKER A A Fair western border, otherwise widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Mostly fair Monday. Little change in temperature. Overnight lows mostly SOs. Highs both days in the 80s.

MEXICO CITY A scopal bishops are expected to call for a special general con- i i a luirch i an eye to lifting the han on i a i o'f women an official spokesman said tod The ISO a to the House of Bishops, most of them trom the I'nited State-; open a six-dav meetiim Stmd.iV mpht inOaxtepee. A conference spokesman Itierc are many bishops who feel a a special meet- Iv called to reconsider the i a i anil maybe call off the ban on the ordination of women." The general convention is the ixilicy-making body of the Episcopal Church and its two million members. The House of Bishops can make recommendations to the. convention. Eleven women were ordained as Episcopal priests July in Philadelphia in a ceremony later declared invalid by a special August meeting of the House of Bishops.

SMILE, YOU'RE ON CAMERA Chuck Spain cameraman for the Lakeview Channel 6 Cable Television Co mans the camera dunng a video taping session of a Chamber of Comment shov, Th Chamber show one ol several local programs broadcast every Saturday on Channel (SunfoLo) Chiapas, some 800 miles south of Houston. The Post said preliminary estimated place the potential yield at up to 20 billion barrels of high grade oil double the amount believed to be under Alaska's North Slope. U.S. experts, the newspaper said, estimate that Mexico could boost its current exports of oil from 200,000 barrels a day in 1975 to almost two million barrels a dav bv 1980. Ehrlich's Date Shop OPEN WEEKDAYS 8 TO 4 DATE CROP BEING HARVESTED Fancy and Economy Flacks Shipped Worldwide ORGANICALLY GROWN ARIZONA DATES Bulk Dales-Pecans-Date Uulicr- Dale Candy-Date Cakes EhrItch's Date far den icvst on lllli Si.

to r'. li one blnch 783-4778 783-7237 Y)ur new dream house may be storing a legal nightmare, Unrecorded liens, hidden assessments, or zoning ordinances you dont even know about have created costly headaches for thousands. Worst of all, part of your home may not even be on your land. Now there's a way to protect yourself. "What do you mean the carport is on my neighbor's land?" horrified homeowner who's I confronted with this news moves quickly from anger and disbelief to a feeling of helplessness.

And it isn't just a feeling. Escrow has closed. The house belongs to him. There's no recourse to the former owner. The problem is his and his alone.

Legal costs run high. Costs of removing part of run even higher. Once you're hit by this nightmare, there's no easy answer. A survey would have revealed i problem. But surveys may run several a And even a doesn't reveal some of these other potential problems: For a if a i owner didn't pay for work or materials on vour home, there may be an unrecorded lien on your house tor this work.

And a lien foreclosure court action could cost you your property. Again, there are local ordinances that may require your home to be set back a certain distance from the boundaries: or to conform to astatcd height. If you were unaware that your house didn't conform to these rules when you bought it. compliance could cost you a bundle. Until now.

no standard title insurance policy offered such protection. Now, Pioneer National Title Insurance has changed its standard title insurance policy for homeowners to include i a new kinds of protection. The new policy is called T.I. PLUS. It doesn't take a i away from the protection you've always received from standard title insurance.

But it adds substantial protection against these painful problems: Lack of access from your property to a legally established public street. Unrecorded liens for labor or materials. Enforced removal of your house or other improvements (excluding perimeter fences and a i due to (a) encroachment onto adjoining land, encroachment onto recorded easements or unrecorded subsurface easements, (c) i a i of covenants, conditions or restrictions, or zoning ordinances, and (d) the exercise of a holder of reserved mineral rights to come upon your land. In addition, T.I. PLUS is the first standard title insurance policy that a i a i a i protection.

Most homes increase in value every year due to inflation. And a title policy issued today may not offer you adequate protection five years from now. T.I. PLUS automatically increases the a i amount of coverage each year by an amount established by the U.S. Department of Commerce Construction Cost Index.

And you get these automatic increases up to an additional of the original face a of the policy. If you're going to buy a home, you owe it to your peace of mind to get the full story. And you can do that in one of three ways: 1.) Ask your Realtor about T.I. PLUS. Remember, it's available only from Pioneer National Title Insurance.

2.) Call your local office of Pioneer National Title Insurance. 3.) Go to your phone and dial 362-1965 for a recorded message a gives you I further details. I. I. PION66R NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE A11COR COMPANY.

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