FIRES IN GOLDEN SHORES
 Four fires in less than a week - 1. Last week there was a grass fire east of town which consumed a trailer. Fortunately, no one was in the trailer, yet it was determined that the fire was intentionally set and the trailer was destroyed.
2. Ron Wilson, Broker and owner of Golden Shores Realty, said he returned from a trip Saturday night only to be awakened Sunday morning by a call that his office was on fire. He said it was apparently arson. Someone had put something flamable thru the mail slot on the front door. The call came into the fire department Sunday morning around 5:40 a.m. A local lady was reportedly driving by and saw the smoke. She went to the fire department and found no one there, so she went to a phone and called. By the time firefighters got there, there was already extensive damage to the inside of the office. Work has already begun to get the office rebuilt and should be ready for occupancy in a few days.
3. On Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m. the fire department responded to Kayenta street where a fire had been started in a boat. The fire spread to a 5th wheel trailer and then to the home structure. Fortunately the fire department was able to get the fire out before there was any major damage to the home, but the boat was destroyed.
4. Wednesday night, again around 9:30 p.m., the fire department responded to Pecos street where the fire had been started on the front porch. Fortunately the fire department was able to get the fire out before the fire got inside the home and before there was any major damage to the structure.
All the above fires were intentionally set and are under investigation by the fire department and the Mohave County Sheriff's office. Anyone having any information about who set the fires should contact the fire department or the sheriff's office.

ARSONIST AT WORK  
Topock - Mohave County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence in the 8800 block of Polaris in reference to an Arson that took place late Thursday night. According to reports, the victim stated that he was outside oh his residence and observed a vehicle park infront of his residence. The driver then moved the vehicle striking a post with a no trespassing sign infront of his house. The driver the reportedly exited the car and set the inside of the victim’s truck on fire. The deputies observed fire damaged to the inside of the truck, and found molding from a car near the post. The victim stated that the suspect had gone to a nearby residence. Deputies contacted the subject at the residence, identified as Robert James Dyer, 38, who matched the victim’s description of the suspect. The molding found at the scene matched the suspect’s vehicle as well. He was arrested without incident and booked into the District II Substation in Mohave Valley on the felony charge of arson.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT!
 G.S. - With the rash of fires in the past few days in Golden Shores, the fire department and the Mohave County Sheriff's office have warned that local residents should be on the lookout 24 hours a day for any suspicious activity. If you see or know about any suspicious or illegal activity, you can contact the fire department at 768-4546 or the sheriff's office at 758-0700. If it is an Emergency, CALL 911.

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MCSO SAYS BUCKLE UP
Tri-State - The Mohave County Sheriff's office has announced plans to participate in the Buckle Up America campaign. The Sheriff's office will run targeted patrols to verify that people are using their seat belts, as well as ensure that children are in proper safety seats. Program runs May 19 through June 1 and last year's national campaign resulted in a 10 percent increase in seat belt usage. More information can be found at the Sheriff's office website, at www.co.mohave.az.us/mcso.
The California Highway Patrol will also conduct a seatbelt crack down. Patrols will be out in force making sure everyone is buckled in properly and all children are in appropriate safety seats. In December, the last time the seatbelt checkpoints were operated in San Bernardino County, CHP cited more than 1,500 drivers.

SNAKES ON THE PROWL
Mohave County - Warmer weather means more than people are heading out and enjoying the sun - it means snakes are out too. And officials are warning everyone to keep a close eye on the area around them. The best thing you can do, if you do get bitten by a snake, is just get yourself to a health care facility where you can be assessed. Virtually anything else besides that can be just as harmful - if not more harmful - than the snake bite itself. Almost a dozen snakes have been spotted in the Golden Shores over the past few days.

AIRLINE SERVICE GROWING
 
LAKE HAVASU CITY - On Friday the city received word that a $200,000 state air service grant was authorized. Combined with a federal grant, the city has over $600,000 to increase air service. The grants are being used to subsidize Mesa Airlines, the air carrier currently serving the community. Mesa Air has announced plans to add an additional round trip flight daily to Phoenix and two new round trip flights to Ontario, CA.
Members of the Tourism Bureau and Chamber of Commerce heard about plans for expanded air service into the community from Mesa Airlines' Crystal Houston. "I think people are really excited about the Ontario market, even more excited than we knew previously," she said. Ms. Houston also said a special July 4th promotion, charging $76 round-trip to encourage the public's use of the flights to Phoenix, will begin taking reservations Memorial Day weekend.

SMART VITAMINS
Coming Soon... - Smart Vitamins! The Vitamins That Other Vitamin Companies Hope You Never... Ever Find Out About. Watch this column for the best news in the Vitamin industry.

A BIG SUCCESS!!!  
G.S. - As most of you know, I am the owner and publisher of this weekly E-News as well as the Editor of The Civic for the past 3 years. The GSeXtra is the result of an attempt to start a weekly paper in G.S. about 18 months ago. That attempt failed because of the enormous cost of having it printed by NewsWest (Mohave Daily). I checked numerous other printing facilities and finally decided on email for now since most people now have email.
This has been a huge success! I have people subscribing from all over and, as best I can tell, readership is becoming greater than The Civic. The problem I have is there is a need for someone to contact businesses for advertising. Businesses are contacting me to run ads, but I have no one to go see them.
The Civic also has no one to contact businesses. The Civic Association does not pay, as it is a volunteer organization. But this publication can pay someone. So perhaps you would like to make some extra cash by helping this publication and help the Civic Association at the same time. If so, please contact me at 768-1400 or email ys@goldenshores.net.