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The most significant part of your Christmas story

Dear Editor, We often reflect on past Christmases. We look back to the past because we have experienced the past. We haven’t experienced the future. We have hopes and dreams for the future but we don’t know what the future will bring.  Each day we create new memories. What you will remember next Christmas is happening now. Therefore, do the best you can do this month and then you can reflect on another good memory next Christmas season.  Christmas is a time of misery for many who have deceased loved ones. We miss parents, spouses, children and other family members….

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The most significant part of your Christmas story

Dear Editor, We often reflect on past Christmases. We look back to the past because we have experienced the past. We haven’t experienced the future. We have hopes and dreams for the future but we don’t know what the future will bring.  Each day we create new memories. What you will remember next Christmas is happening now. Therefore, do the best you can do this month and then you can reflect on another good memory next Christmas season.  Christmas is a time of misery for many who have deceased loved ones. We miss parents, spouses, children and other family members….

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Symphonic Winds brings Sounds of the Season

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Celebrate the season while listening to classic holiday tunes performed by the Lake Havasu Symphonic Winds. The Lake Havasu Symphonic Winds was formed in 1998 by former Lake Havasu High School band director Wesley Humphrey. High school graduates urged the director to put together a band for adults.   Eventually, a band was formed and began rehearsing every Thursday in the bandroom of the high school.  What started out as a group of adults performing together and sharing their love of music, transformed into live community concerts. The band’s first performance was in the Spring of 1999.  All…

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MCC Adult Education faculty receives Poet of the Year award  

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community College Adult Education Faculty member, Susan Foster, has been named the 2023 Utah State Poetry Society’s (UTSPS) Poet of the Year.   Her poetry book, The Falling Water Calls It Grief, received the Society’s Book of the Year Award, and has been published this year by the UTSPS. This award has been a top honor in Utah’s literary circles since 1965, when it originated. Foster is the 56th poet to receive the award.  “I was ecstatic, humbled and very surprised. I have been aware of this award since I was a young person and have…

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Street of Lights Festival

KINGMAN – The Street of Lights Festival was held last Saturday in downtown Kingman. The event included a static light display, Mingle Jingle Christmas Bazaar, food court, and Christmas train, snow machine and visits with Santa provided by the City of Kingman. Winners of the static light display are as follows: Best Overall-  City of Kingman, Train, Snow and themed construction equipment Best Lighted: * Group- Kingman Middle School Cheerleaders * Vehicle- City towing, Lake Mead Reg Fire Dept and Great West towing * Static display- Dot Foods, Swire Coca Cola  Most Creative- Kingman Academy High School, Renaissance Club  Best…

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“Comedy at the Edge” offers packed lineup

LAUGHLIN, Nev. – LA Comedy Club has announced its December lineup at the recently opened Dragon’s Edge showroom at Edgewater Casino Resort. Comedy Club at Edgewater offers shows at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. nightly from Wednesday through Sunday. The L.A. Comedy Club presents James Michael’s Redneck Comedy Show at 5 p.m. nightly. A hilarious lineup will take the stage nightly at 7 p.m. in December, including whose combined credits span Hulu, HBO, Comedy Central, TBS and more Wednesday through Sunday:   * No shows Wednesday, Dec. 20 through Sunday, Dec. 24  * 5 p.m.: James Michael’s Redneck Comedy Magic Show   No 5 p.m….

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