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Changes on the horizon of local veteran healthcare

Pam Wanner4 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, One of the major headaches that local veterans have encountered over the years is geography. This impact is mostly felt in selecting which VA Healthcare system to enroll in, Prescott (VIZN 22) or Las Vegas (VIZN 21). Doesn’t sound like much of a difference unless you have been bounced around in trying to get the health care you need. Good news! The VA is now looking to review the assignment of the Mohave County from Prescott to Las Vegas. They have established an AIR Commission to review the suggested changes. More information about the commission can be found…

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Democracy requires getting off our butts

Pam Wanner4 years ago1 mins

Dear Editor, In Athens, young adults spent two years in public service. Many over 30 formed a huge city council to make laws for the population. In Rome, citizens had extensive and regular civic duties. Elected officials served only one-year terms, so many would have the opportunity of being leaders. In Israel, land-owning parents administered the law among all relatives, boarders, and workers on their land. Parents taught law and literacy to their children. In England, families contributed labor to the castle guard, just as in America, men rotated duty as night watchmen. Both democracies had extensive militia and jury…

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Ukrainian and American pain: We must unplug from Russia and China

Pam Wanner4 years ago3 mins

Dear Editor, America is no longer buying energy or vodka from Russia. Russians can no longer buy a McDonald’s hamburger. They can’t pay for their gasoline with a Visa, Mastercard, or even an American Express card. One thousand Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants have ceased operations in Russia. How tough can life become? For a better picture of a tough life, watch some of the news clips played daily on most television stations. See what the Russians are doing each day to Ukraine. Hospitals are bombed. Babies are murdered. Cities no longer exist. Tens of thousands have been killed by the Russian…

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From the desk of District 1 Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter: Testifying before Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee

Ron Martin4 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, I’ll be testifying on Mar. 16 before the Arizona Senate Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee in strong support of HB2389: S/E River Water Transfer (Dunn), which prohibits huge hedge funds back East and elsewhere from further commoditization of Colorado River communities’s water to sell to the highest bidder in Central Arizona. Mohave County and the entire Colorado River community are currently fighting the latest such 4th priority Colorado River water transfer attempt by GSC Farm (a subsidiary of Mass Mutual out of Boston) which is pushing to transfer 2,033 acre-feet (662 million gallons) to the Town of…

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From the desk of District 1 Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter: Testifying before Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee

Ron Martin4 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, I’ll be testifying on Mar. 16 before the Arizona Senate Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee in strong support of HB2389: S/E River Water Transfer (Dunn), which prohibits huge hedge funds back East and elsewhere from further commoditization of Colorado River communities’s water to sell to the highest bidder in Central Arizona. Mohave County and the entire Colorado River community are currently fighting the latest such 4th priority Colorado River water transfer attempt by GSC Farm (a subsidiary of Mass Mutual out of Boston) which is pushing to transfer 2,033 acre-feet (662 million gallons) to the Town of…

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The great spectacle of God’s creation: Part 3 of 3

Ron Martin4 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, Oddly enough, just 101 years after the Great Flood, and while Noah was alive, Nimrod, “the son of Cush, and therefore a great-grand son of Noah,” having a reputation of greatness, rebelled against God, got plenty of help, and started building the Tower of Babel to go to Heaven. Then the Creator came down to view the tower and confused their language so they could not communicate with each other and relocated them all over the Earth. There are other examples in the “Word of God” where God relocated even his favorite nation of Israel. They were punished far…

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Changes on the horizon of local veteran healthcare

Democracy requires getting off our butts

Ukrainian and American pain: We must unplug from Russia and China

From the desk of District 1 Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter: Testifying before Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee

From the desk of District 1 Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter: Testifying before Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committee

The great spectacle of God’s creation: Part 3 of 3

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