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Sunshine Boylan’s path to becoming a member of the 2019 All-Arizona Academic Team, as well as an honors society member, student council officer and university scholarship recipient has not been easy. At age 15, family financial struggles forced Boylan to drop out of high school in California and get a job. Over the years she became a single mother of four, and dreamed about becoming a registered nurse. The lack of a high school diploma and college degree limited her options, but when she met her fiancé she said an opportunity opened up that gave her time to further her…

The most since 2005; INRIX predicts record delays on Wednesday More than 55 million travelers are making plans to kick off the holiday season with a trip of 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving. This will be the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume on record, the most since 2005. Overall, an additional 1.6 million more people will travel compared with last year, a 2.9% increase. The vast majority of holiday travelers will drive to their destinations and, INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, expects Wednesday afternoon to be the worst travel period nationally, with trips taking as much…

KINGMAN – A free seminar, sponsored by Kingman Force on Force will be held Sunday, November 24, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Kingman Force on Force, 3001 Stockton Hill Rd., Suite 1. This seminar will prepare children to avoid and deal with being bullied, and if necessary, how to defend themselves while asking for help. Parents (or at least one guardian must attend the class). The anti-bully self-defense classes are based on the real-life experience of self-defense and firearms instructor Gianluca Zanna, who grew up in Italy in the national boarding school “Convitto Nazionale”. He joined the elite…

KINGMAN – The public is invited to the Kingman Mohave Lions Club meeting Thursday November 21, at noon, whereat a representative from the Mohave County Tobacco Use Prevention Program (McTUPP) will be speaking about the Great American Smoke Out which is recognized each year on the third Thursday in November. This meeting is at Calico’s Restaurant, 418 West Beale St., Kingman, AZ 86401. There is no admission charge to attend the meeting. Calico’s offers lunch to attendees, the cost of which will vary dependent on what is ordered. For questions contact Danette Myers at 928-753-4505, email lions@kingmanlions.org or contact Mari…

KINGMAN – The Board of Supervisors is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of the renovation and expansion of the Mohave County Library – Kingman at 3269 North Burbank Street. Dignitaries will make brief remarks during the event scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. next Monday, November 25. Local contractor T.R. Orr is handling the $4.3-million project with completion scheduled in late 2020. The groundbreaking is open to the public.