KINGMAN – During WWII, more than 1,000 women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time of the war. The WASP ferried planes from factories to embarkation points, performed engineer test flying of repaired aircraft, and did target towing for gunnery training. By the spring of 1944, every P-51 Mustang flown in combat had already been flown by a WASP. Join Sounds of Kingman for the Our Time, Our History Series: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, presented by Natalie J. Stewart-Smith. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for more than…

Recently, the Kingman Evangelical Ministerial Association (KEMA) recognized Reverend George Carey for his year of service as the President of the KEMA. KEMA serves and supports pastors throughout the Kingman community as well as seeks to create opportunities for shared ministerial events. Pictured on the left, Pastor Kent Simmons and, on the right, Reverend George Carey.

KINGMAN – Mohave County Tobacco Use Prevention Program, MCTUPP, is putting on tobacco cessation at Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC). They are taught by Mohave County Department of Public Health Tobacco Coordinator, Susan Williams. The classes are free and open to the public. The classes follow Freshstart curriculum, a tobacco cessation support program offered by the American Cancer Society. The Freshstart curriculum takes students through the decision to quit using tobacco, properly planning to quit, assigning a quit day and continuing to remain tobacco free after successfully quitting. The curriculum provides ‘tips and tricks’ to aid smokers on the road…

BULLHEAD CITY – January 28  through January 31, 150 participants from around the country gathered in Bullhead City, attending the Arizona Fire and Burn Educators Association (AFBEA) annual Risk Reduction through Education and Characterization Conference. The conference focused on Community Risk Reduction education and provided an opportunity for fire and life safety professionals to develop new programs, network with other CRR educators providing a forum for exchanging ideas, tips, and suggestions for those involved in the front-line delivery of Community Risk Reduction. Students at Mohave Accelerate Learning Center were treated to a Fire and Life Safety clown show on Tuesday,…