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LUCILLE BARBARA RICKS

Lucille Barbara Ricks, of Kingman, died Monday, February 10, 2020. She was 85. Mrs. Ricks was born Feb. 15, 1934 in New York City, Queens, New York. The family contact is Mrs. Rick’s son Dan C Ricks, Jr. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

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My, Aren’t We Fortunate?

Dear Editor, For those of us who have chosen to reside here in beautiful northwest Arizona, there is almost an overabundance of things for which to be thankful. As most folks who live here are immigrants from other states, it might be interesting to examine the contrasts between here and those other places and to examine just why folks have chosen to live here. Now, with my tongue planted very firmly in my cheek, here are some descriptions of those other places. Northern tier states offer lots of greenery and fishing and hunting and opportunity for gardening and sometimes a…

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No BOS meeting on President’s Day

KINGMAN – Due to Presidents’ Day falling on Monday, Feb. 17, the next Mohave County Board of Supervisors Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 18 at 9:30 a.m. in Kingman at the county’s administration building at 700 W. Beale St. There will be no Monday, March 2 meeting due to the annual National Associations of Counties Conference. Meetings will resume on Monday, March 16 at 9:30 a.m. in Kingman. It is the only scheduled meeting in March. April features two meetings: Monday, April 6 at 9:30 a.m. in Kingman and one in Lake Havasu City on Monday, April 20…

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Trump doesn’t know the difference

Dear Editor, Never was the divisiveness in American politics more evident than the display at President Trump’s State of the Union address. It began with the refusal to shake Pelosi’s hand, and culminated with the shredding of the “speech”, which was labeled a “manifesto of mistruths”. “I” lost count of the number of times “me” or “I” was used, but for “me” the most egregious insult to the intellect came when Trump lambasted education, by alleging students are trapped in failing “Government Schools”, and advocated for “School Choice”. As we Arizonans know, funding for school choice often comes from dollars…

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Hommel’s letter full of hate; reader demands apology

EDITOR’S NOTE: While we at The Standard do not agree with Mr. Hommel’s opinion, we do believe that all citizens have the right to express themselves in print. To censure Mr. Hommel’s letter to the editor would be in direct opposition to America’s values of freedom of expression. Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to you and my friend Jack Hommel on his column, “Who killed the Democratic Party”. It was hard to read this rant about Jack’s feelings regarding his victimhood that made him demean and degrade good Americans, especially women of accomplishment, who simply have a different…

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Trump doesn’t know the difference

Dear Editor, Never was the divisiveness in American politics more evident than the display at President Trump’s State of the Union address. It began with the refusal to shake Pelosi’s hand, and culminated with the shredding of the “speech”, which was labeled a “manifesto of mistruths”. “I” lost count of the number of times “me” or “I” was used, but for “me” the most egregious insult to the intellect came when Trump lambasted education, by alleging students are trapped in failing “Government Schools”, and advocated for “School Choice”. As we Arizonans know, funding for school choice often comes from dollars…

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