Category: Community News

KINGMAN – The Soroptimist International of Kingman will be hosting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a free book-gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five. There will be a kick-off event on Sunday, Nov. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kingman Elks Lodge, 900 Gates Ave. This will be an open house where parents and grandparents will have an opportunity to sign up and register their children for the free program. Books are delivered to registered children each month from birth to age five. Residents are urged to bring their children to the…

The citizens of Mohave County can expect the following activity from Mohave County Public Works during the week of November 11: Arizona Strip: Cattle guard maintenance on Mt. Trumbull Loop. Hackberry: Road grading on Hackberry Rd. working south. Yucca: Road grading on 1) Highland Rd., 2) Planet Ranch Rd., 3) Juniper Dr., 4) Mesquite Dr. and 5) Roy Rogers Rd. Wikieup: Road grading on 17 Mile Rd. Kingman: Road grading on 1) Falcon Valley Rd., 2) Jane Ave. and 3) Parker St. Hualapai Mountain Area: Road grading on Silver Springs Rd. Meadview: Road shoulder maintenance on Stockton Hill Rd. from…

Christina Henslee is a student at Mohave Community College and like other students she has goals to complete before walking across the stage and getting her diploma. Just recently she achieved one of the biggest goals she had, which was to get something she has written published in a national journal before she graduates from college. Henslee will be published in the Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society online literary journal, Nota Bene. “As an experienced writer, getting published was a pretty big deal,” Henslee said. “That was the thing, getting published and now I have obtained that goal.” There…

My wife, Lynda, and I have been married for 49-plus years. The first year we were married I marked the calendar, along with other important dates I wanted to remember. Some months later when she was looking at the calendar, she asked, “Why is September 10th marked on the calendar?” I replied, “It is our wedding anniversary.” Oh, how easily we sometimes forget! Anniversaries, birthdays, memorials and other dates we may circle on the calendar are very important to us – so important that we don’t ever want to forget them. Shortly before those important days arrive, we plan and…