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You Bet Your Life

“You Bet Your Life” was a TV series from 1950 through 1960 starring the inevitable Groucho Marx where he always asked the operative question, “What is the Secret Word “?
When it comes to your life as an average citizen in Kingman what would be the “secret word” for our town and its people?

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letter to the editor

Rebuttal to “Defending my father”

Dear Editor,
Ms. J.M., I believe your father was a good, strong, and very brave man as you describe him. By the way, so was mine. My father so much wanted to join the military when WWII began but was too young at the beginning. My grandmother needed him to help support their family as my grandfather was ill. He left school to go to work to help ends meet.

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Vindictive behavior in Golden Valley

Dear Editor,
Recently, Golden Valley fundraising guru Greg “Butch” Meriwether who is acting as a moderator for debates between candidates and is supposed to remain impartial submitted an article to several Mohave County news outlets regarding a defense of a supervisor candidate Jennifer Esposito and also decided to publicly attack Supervisor Jean Bishop following in the footsteps of Esposito.

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Summer months require hydration!

Dear Editor,
We need more plain drinking water. For our volunteers in our warehouse preparing for our distributions. For our clients who need more water sources in their lives.
You can drop off water at the Kingman Area Food Bank Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 2930 Butler Avenue, Kingman.
Please email us at exdir@kingmanareafoodbank.org with questions or suggestions.
Kingman Area Food Bank

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It’s the Little Things

Dear Editor,
Not everyone is happy with the “same old, same old” status quo. I am a “man of the people,“for the people” and “by the people”, having the will and political courage to get things done.
Our Local Establishment could have always done better for the people but never really did.

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