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Calling all downtown merchants

KINGMAN – This year’s Veterans Day Parade, the Very Merry Display of Lights, and the Mingle Jingle Holiday Bazaar are on the calendar for this year! The Kingman Downtown Merchants Association (KDMA) is inviting the community to participate in these events. For the Veterans Day Parade, entries are free to all veterans, veterans’ groups, and their businesses/associations in downtown. The Very Merry Display of Lights will have vendor spaces on Beale St. free to all merchant businesses in downtown. A window decorating contest will also be held where downtown businesses can win cash prizes. Registration to enter will be $100…

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RICHARD DAZZO

Richard Dazzo of Wikieup, passed away on Monday, Sept. 6. Born on Sept. 12, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, he was 69 years old. He is survived by his wife, Terry Dazzo, who is also the family contact. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home in Kingman.

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Stop the unjust taxes now

Dear Editor, Please don’t think I am against paying taxes, because I’m not. But certain politicians seem to think taxpayers should be overwhelmed with paying tax. If you take the time to look at your bills, they read state, city, and county, in addition to the taxes you pay on food and clothes. Here’s some food for thought: with all the taxes we all pay into, why should we taxpayers have to pay extra? It is unjust to overtax when others are deprived of justice and kept from serving their country, etc. I say, enough is enough! We taxpayers are…

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Sizing up the magnitude of the American problem

Dear Editor, None of you are going to like a thing I have to say about any of this. As much as I hate to say and explain what my thoughts are on this, the truth and reality must be stated. So here we go, folks. Brace yourselves! First, let’s start with the employee size of all the “major” government depts: DOJ: 113,114; DHS: 247,000; FEDERAL DEPT OF EDU.: 4,400; FBI: 35,000; CIA: 50,000; PENTAGON DEPT.: 26,000; DEPT. OF ENERGY: 104,000; ENVIRONMENTAL DEPT.: 13,758; DEPT. OF HEALTH: 79,540; FEDERAL JUDGES: 890; ALL LOCAL CITIES/TOWNS GOV. EMPLOYEES: 14,200,000; ALL STATE GOV….

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Day of Peace events cancelled

Dear Editor, It is with heavy heart that we share with you that due to COVID-19 again this year Kingman’s annual 9/21 International Day of Peace observance, also called World Peace Day, is cancelled. Next year, after we have all survived COVID19, we can again resume the annual 9/21 Kingman observance of this most memorable and precious of days. Until then do stay well and go in peace. Organizers of the Kingman event encourage you to take a moment of your time at noon on Sept. 21 to symbolically ring a small bell if you have one and to reflectively…

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BLM approves UNS Electric 230kV line project

KINGMAN — The Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field Office has issued a Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on the analysis provided in the UniSource Golden Valley 230kV Line Project Environmental Assessment (EA) DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2018-0012-EA.  The Decision Record approves the preferred E1 East Cerbat alternative, which allows for the construction of a 17-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV), electric transmission line and substation in the Kingman and Golden Valley region. This project has been designed to help improve reliability, replace aging equipment, and support the future energy needs of customers in Mohave County. The new transmission line would supply…

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