Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, Veterans in Mohave County need our support. Many of our clients are military veterans. Our Wednesday Distribution is for Veterans Only. We want to do more to help those who served. Between 2015 and 2019, 11.1 percent of working-age veterans lived in food-insecure households, and 5.3 percent lived in households with very low food security. Your Ideas Please email us with your ideas for how we can better help our local veterans. Our email is exdir@kingmanareafoodbank.org Our mission is simple: To provide food to those in need in Mohave County until EVERYONE is fed. Kingman Area Food Bank

Dear Editor, Many years ago I took out a second mortgage on my home. The house had grown in value and had at least $30,000 of equity. At that time, I had multiple reasons.   The second mortgage added a second monthly payment to my already very tight budget. I made both the original payment and the second mortgage payment for a couple years until I was able to refinance both loans into a ten-year fixed interest rate loan. Fortunately, I was able to pay off the ten-year loan in about six years.  Let me hasten to say I would never want…

Dear Editor, Many years ago I took out a second mortgage on my home. The house had grown in value and had at least $30,000 of equity. At that time, I had multiple reasons.   The second mortgage added a second monthly payment to my already very tight budget. I made both the original payment and the second mortgage payment for a couple years until I was able to refinance both loans into a ten-year fixed interest rate loan. Fortunately, I was able to pay off the ten-year loan in about six years.  Let me hasten to say I would never want…

Dear Editor, Another year is in the books. MCSO POP Candy Crawl was an enormous success. The members of the MCSO POP would like to extend their gratitude to all those who made it the success that it was. Sheriff Doug Schuster for supporting and believing in the program from the very first year. All the volunteers who put in countless hours to get everything organized and set up. The sponsors who donated services, time and support to make it as big and successful as it was. KUSD#20 and specifically, Kingman High School for allowing us the opportunity to hold…

Dear Editor, Another year is in the books. MCSO POP Candy Crawl was an enormous success. The members of the MCSO POP would like to extend their gratitude to all those who made it the success that it was. Sheriff Doug Schuster for supporting and believing in the program from the very first year. All the volunteers who put in countless hours to get everything organized and set up. The sponsors who donated services, time and support to make it as big and successful as it was. KUSD#20 and specifically, Kingman High School for allowing us the opportunity to hold…

Dear Editor, Please consider making a donation, no matter its size, for former Kingman resident Glenn Jordan’s inspirational journey from his near fatal experience into charity for others. Glenn and his wife Cindy remain closely connected to Kingman with family and friends in town and a history of community involvement. Glenn was badly burned and nearly died from injuries sustained in an Aug. 26, 2021 natural gas explosion that also critically injured three other men at a commercial strip complex in Chandler. I’m both thrilled and proud to report that 27 months later, after a painful healing and recovery process,…