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All around us are the sights and sounds of Christmas. Carols or Christmas classics are being played over the sound systems of department stores. Trees and decorations are displayed as some boast a ‘50% OFF’ sale before Christmas has even arrived. The ‘holy-day’ has become so commercialized that all attention has been turned away from the true purpose of Christmas. It is difficult for me to believe, but in America, there are so many people that have no idea as to the true origin of Christmas. Nor, do they know what Christ is about. Several years ago, my wife Lynda…

BULLHEAD CITY – D’Angelos Italian Restaurant will host a free Christmas Eve dinner (for those in need) at Bullhead City Community Park, 1251 Hwy. 95 (under the Big Ramada, near the Red Schoolhouse) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until the food runs out. Please consider donation blankets, gloves, socks, jackets, gift cards, etc. Items can be dropped off at D’Angelo’s Restaurant, 2141 Clearwater Dr. For more information contact Toby at 928-201-2987 or Kim at 928-234-0036.

Former U.S. Marine corporal, Vietnam veteran and Golden Valley resident John Hoeft displays the quilt with attendees of the Community Organization of Meadview (COM) after receiving a gift from the Meadview Red, White and Blue Quilters. Many military veterans attended the COM meeting to witness Hoeft receive his quilt and “little prayer pillow” for his three years of military service in the Marines and his tour of duty in Khe Sahn, Vietnam, during TET of 1968. The quilters of Meadview have designed and made more than 1,000 quilts in past years and have presented them to deserving people. Photo courtesy…

KINGMAN – Take the family and visit Santa’s Hualapai Wonderland at the Hualapai Mountain Park on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15. Visit Santa, go on an old-fashioned hayride, drink hot cocoa, eat cookies, and roast marshmallows. The event will be held at the Hualapai Mountain Park, 6250 Hualapai Mountain Rd. from noon until 4:00 p.m. Admission is $7 per vehicle. For more information call the Hualapai Mountain Park at 928-681-5700.

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Barbara Cross, a Lake Havasu City resident, has organized a fundraiser and is looking for the community’s support to fund a K-9 program for the Lake Havasu City Police Department. These funds will be solely dedicated to the LHCPD’s K-9 program and are used for the purchase of the dog, training and equipment. The initiative was jump started by multiple community members wanting to support the police department by donating money to a K-9 program. The department did have a K-9 named “Cliff” from 2006 – 2012. “Cliff” was a Belgian Malinois and served with the…

BULLHEAD CITY – Mohave High School’s award-winning choirs will celebrate the holiday season with their last concert of the school year Friday night, December 13 in the Mohave Auditorium.  Tickets are $7 at the door for the 7:00 p.m. performance. Numbers include an eclectic mix of holiday classics such as “We Need a Little Christmas” from Mame, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” from Meet Me in St. Louis, the Austrian Christmas carol “Still, Still, Still” and the humorous “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.” There will also be contemporary Christmas music, according to Mohave’s choir director Cameron Pruett. …