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KHI announces Krystal Burge as Board Chair

KINGMAN – Kingman Healthcare Incorporated (KHI) has announced the election of Krystal Burge as Chairman of the KHI Board. Burge became involved with Kingman Regional Medical Center when she joined the KRMC Foundation Board in 1997. For over twenty years, she has worked with fellow Board members on many projects to benefit Kingman and the larger Mohave County community. Notably, Burge’s leadership was instrumental in raising funds for the development of the Joan and Diana Hospice Home, which provides end-of-life care to terminally ill patients. The $3 million project was completed in 2010. In 2012, Burge became a member of…

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Left-wing responsibility

Dear Editor, Dems, especially liberals and progressives, should look in the mirror. Yes, Jan 6 was wrong and should be dealt with, but should also the BLM and ANTIFA riots of 2020. These folks burned law enforcement vehicles and police stations down and even businesses as well and lives were lost and none of it was condemned by the left. If liberals, or Dems in general, want to keep the legislatures then abandon the left and get back to sane society because fiscal conservatives and sanity will keep this society intact not insane policies and upside-down idiocy from either side….

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Request of The Standard’s readers

Dear Editor, Currently underway is an effort to establish a Hillsdale College-affiliated charter school in Mohave County, and its name is the Kingman Needs Hillsdale (KNH) Charter School project and its Chairman is Sgt. Hobert C Wehir, USMC (retired). A fairly recent arrival (escapee?) from Southern California who—after knowing him close to 50 years—will be scouring Mohave County recruiting people dedicated to classical education. On Monday, Sept. 27, Hobert C Wehir drove to the Founders Classical Academy Of Las Vegas, at the invitation of FCALV’s Principal, Ronald Fick. And I know my friend, Hobert, has brought back oodles of really…

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Good, Bad, Ugly

Dear Editor, Right now, there are three groups of Property Owners who want to start up a Valle Vista Fire District, which would include Valle Vista, Hackberry, Valentine, and Truxton. They want to break away from Northern AZ. Fire District and the Fire Board and the Fire Chief. The first group is for the Northern AZ. Fire Dept. and has received good and prompt service and they have saved lives and property and they are very happy with NAFD. The second group are Property Owners that have had bad service and have lost lives and property because they got lost….

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Good, Bad, Ugly

Dear Editor, Right now, there are three groups of Property Owners who want to start up a Valle Vista Fire District, which would include Valle Vista, Hackberry, Valentine, and Truxton. They want to break away from Northern AZ. Fire District and the Fire Board and the Fire Chief. The first group is for the Northern AZ. Fire Dept. and has received good and prompt service and they have saved lives and property and they are very happy with NAFD. The second group are Property Owners that have had bad service and have lost lives and property because they got lost….

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Dear Editor, The month of October is designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The overall goal is to bring awareness to the severity of every act of domestic violence. Domestic violence can affect any race, gender, and social status. The abuse can exist in many aspects of a relationship, which can include isolation from society and families, emotional abuse, economic abuse, using children, abuse with technology, and sexual abuse. Recognizing different forms of abuse can help bring awareness and relief to all victims and survivors of the horrific incidents and relationships that have caused so much damage to individuals. Statistics…

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