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KINGMAN – Saturday evening at Moose Lodge #1704

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Marine Association provides boating safety

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Over the past 30 years, the Lake Havasu Marine Association (LHMA)has provided a clean and safe boating environment for boaters in the community. The assocation encourages infrastructure developments  and conveniences needed for a secure boating atmosphere.  They also dedicate their motivations for the sake of the marine industry, the boating public, and their members. LHMA communicates to the public through their educational programs and events. One of the most commonly known programs is to preserve the beach and lake to ensure that they remain trash free and clean.  Similar to the National Wildlife Refuges End of Summer Cleanup, LHMA…

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Marine Association provides boating safety

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Over the past 30 years, the Lake Havasu Marine Association (LHMA)has provided a clean and safe boating environment for boaters in the community. The assocation encourages infrastructure developments  and conveniences needed for a secure boating atmosphere.  They also dedicate their motivations for the sake of the marine industry, the boating public, and their members. LHMA communicates to the public through their educational programs and events. One of the most commonly known programs is to preserve the beach and lake to ensure that they remain trash free and clean.  Similar to the National Wildlife Refuges End of Summer Cleanup, LHMA…

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The New Drug Dealer

I met the most recent iteration of drug dealers the other day and you will not soon believe who it is. Most of us have serious and legitimate concerns about the quantity and deadliness of modern illegal narcotics plaguing our nation. Everyday countless citizens poison their bodies with these substances provided by nefarious individuals in every community. However, I never guessed I would see the newest version of peddlers. Who am I speaking of? Parents! Stay with me. I am not talking about the prescribed medications that are often controversial among both doctors and parents; I am talking about a…

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Grace Women’s Ministry providing warmth in the community

KINGMAN – The Grace Lutheran Church Women’s Ministry has had a long commitment to those in need in the community.   Every quarter, quilts and layettes are blessed and distributed. Layettes go to Kingman Regional Medical Center and to the Advice and Aid Pregnancy Center. Extra baby blankets and clothing and sometimes diapers go to the Pregnancy Center as well.   In support of the literacy program started at Grace last year, every layette contains a baby’s book. Hundreds of books were blessed and distributed through Head Start and other agencies in the community.   October 8, the Grace Women’s…

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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Police Department will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28.      On this day, law enforcement agencies across the country will provide a venue for people who want to safely and anonymously dispose of their unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family or friends and often from the home medicine cabinet.      A prescription drug drop-off site will be set up outside the Bullhead City Police Department, 1255 Marina Blvd., on Saturday, October 28 from 10…

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Groundbreaking held for BCSD employee housing neighborhood

BULLHEAD CITY – Representatives of the Bullhead City School District and other community leaders broke ground Monday for the first phase of a new neighborhood that will feature housing for some employees priced out of the area.  The “District Employee Neighborhood” (DEN) will provide payroll-deduction rental homes. Phase One of the five-acre development is covered by a bipartisan Congressional grant known as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER).  The third and final component through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, known as ESSER III, was designed to assist local recovery needs for school districts impacted by COVID. …

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