Category: Community News

The Alldrins played multiple instruments and sang at College Park Community Church in Kingman in May while on their tour. They entertained with violins, penny flute, mandolin, guitar, viola, cello, piano and heavenly voices.  It has been a while since they passed through, but their story begs to be told. Loren Alldrin, and his wife, Kristen, met in a college music program, married, and started a family of four girls, Mackenzie, 21, Anneliese, 18, Emily, 17, and Jullian, 14,  A nice sized family, but they had friends who had adopted internationally, which made the Alldrins become aware of the great…

Matthew Romer of Lake Havasu City graduated from the University of San Diego on May 26. Romer earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance. The University of San Diego sets the standard for an engaged, contemporary Catholic university where innovative Changemakers confront humanity’s urgent challenges. With more than 9,000 students from 77 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest, independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States.

AzMODD is sponsoring a re-dedication ceremony to commemorate the restoration of the WWI memorial statue at the Mohave County Courthouse. The event will be held at noon Saturday, June 29. Come early to enjoy complimentary hot dogs and patriotic music. RSVP is not necessary but appreciated to 928-237-9358.

Governor Ducey has signed SB 1456, a bill sponsored by Senator Sylvia Allen that directs schools in Arizona to provide vision screening services to students. Hearing evaluations have been performed in schools for decades by the Department of Health Services. SB 1456 will now provide a framework to bring vision screenings into schools. “When a child can’t see properly, they will of course struggle in school,” said Senator Allen, Chair of the Senate Committee on Education. “And young children don’t necessarily know they have vision issues. They may think what they’re seeing is normal vision.” The bill directs schools to provide vision screenings…

Toward the end of this past state legislative session, Governor Ducey signed into law HB2467 (committees; west basin water users), which establishes a 10-member Mohave County West Basin Water Users Study Committee and a 10-member La Paz County West Basin Water Users Study Committee to analyze groundwater withdrawal data and make recommendations to the Arizona Department of Water Resources on programs and policies for the basins. Each Committee is required to submit a report of its recommendations to the department, the Governor and the Legislature by December 31, 2021. The Committees self-repeal on July 1, 2022. Representative Regina Cobb (Legislative District…