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SNAP benefits eligible for farmer’s market shopping

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Did you know that your supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits can be used at Lake Havasu’s Farmer’s Market? The Lake Havasu Farmer’s Market is a nonprofit by way of Havasu Together.

March of this year is when the nonprofit began accepting SNAP payments at our local farmer’s market. The choice worked out well since in the previous month, the farmer’s market started accepting the Double Up Food Bucks program.

Community Health Fair set for Saturday, Oct. 5

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Don’t let the warm temperatures of Lake Havasu fool you, autumn is here, just in time for the Havasu Health Foundation’s annual Health Fair. The foundation is all about spreading health care options throughout the community with their ongoing events.

With several healthcare Mohave County vendors expected to be in attendance this year, the event will have over fifty health and wellness vendors ready to share information about their products and services. The Havasu Regional Medical Health Center will be present showing the latest in cardiology care.

‘Tip a Cop’ will support Special Olympics

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department will be spending a few hours at one of our local grocery stores to help raise money for Special Olympics Arizona. The beginning of the Special Olympics program was founded by American Philanthropist Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1962.

Shriver created summer day camps at her Maryland home for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. The camps highlighted the athlete’s capabilities with sports and physical activities.

Her idea soared, and by 1968, the first International Special Olympics was at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.

Patriotic nonprofit offers after school program to students

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago2 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – From preschool through high school graduation, schools all over the United States have developed clubs, activities, and programs outside of classroom curriculums. Everything from athletics, music, drama clubs, and student government, are normally the extracurricular activities to ensure that students can build character and become well rounded individuals.

But what about American Patriotism? In 2010, Lake Havasu residents Diane Klostermeier and Bill McMahon, took the initiative to create Patriotic Americans for Constitutional Education (PACE)

Sailley gets 15 years in domestic violence assault case

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago3 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – His attorney promises an appeal will be filed in the case of a Lake Havasu City man convicted of an attack upon the mother of their five-year-old daughter 19 months ago.

Havasu Pioneers remember Hussongs’ historic nightlife

Pam Wanner2 years ago2 years ago6 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – If you put yourself in a time machine in Lake Havasu City dating back to about 45 years ago, the town may look a little unrecognizable to the newer residents. Rather than making a stop at the Aquatic Center for a swim, the lake was the swimming pool and aside from the bowling alley, the drive-in movie theater, and having only one video arcade, there really was not much of a nightlife. It wasn’t until the opening of the historically famous restaurant bar and nightclub, Hussongs, that residents finally had something to look forward to on the weekends.

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SNAP benefits eligible for farmer’s market shopping

Community Health Fair set for Saturday, Oct. 5

‘Tip a Cop’ will support Special Olympics

Patriotic nonprofit offers after school program to students

Sailley gets 15 years in domestic violence assault case

Havasu Pioneers remember Hussongs’ historic nightlife

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