WELD COUNTY, CO – The seasons have changed, and the numbers are in. During the 2012-2013 winter, Weld County Department of Public Works snow plow drivers (including graders with plows) drove approximately 100,000 miles clearing the roads for the traveling public – which equates to driving approximately four times around the Earth at the equator. [...]
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Craig Masters Israeli security forces have determined with what they describe as nearly 100% certainty that the Syrian government forces, under the direction of President Bashar al-Assad, have used chemical weapons against U.S. supplied muslim brotherhood affiliated rebel forces. The evidence, presented Tuesday, April 23, in Tel Aviv during securities briefings, included photographs of victims [...]
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GREELEY –Beginning Monday April 15th Homestead Park located on 29th Street west of 35th Avenue will be closed for construction. The park will be receiving a new playground, outdoor classroom, shelters, and concrete walkways and landscaping. This Quality of Life project has received a $6,000 grant from the XCEL Energy Foundation/Colorado Tree Coalition (CTC) [...]
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GREELEY — In preparation for road improvements to 65th Avenue that will begin later this spring, the City of Greeley will close 65th Avenue from 29th Street to US Highway 34 from April 8th to April 14th, 2013. This closure is necessary in order to replace a bridge structure across the irrigation canal before water [...]
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by Mike McCune – Let me be precise on my position on gay marriage: I abhor the concept with every fiber of my soul. That this is not a universally-supported position I understand but if it were, please explain how the human species would continue? The feel-good children’s medical crowd disagrees with me and, [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Following the Supreme Court’s upholding of ObamaCare, negative opinions about the court has reached an all-time high. When the ruling upholding ObamaCare was upheld, a large segment of the population, including members of the media where shocked by the decision. The split decision was stunning partly because of how [...]
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GREELEY – On Friday, a Weld County District Court Judge sentenced Anthony Mendoza to 15 years in prison after he pled guilty on April 13 to one count of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injuries. According to police and court records, Mendoza showed up at a hospital with an injured infant on Jan. [...]
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by Mike McCune – The disappointing March jobs’ report released on Good Friday started a new round of political bickering in Washington over the effect Barack Obama’s and Ben Bernanke’s policies have had for the past three years while the stock markets gave their first reviews of the report by slumping badly. The stench from an old, moldy, sewer [...]
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by Mike McCune – Governments continue to churn out regulations, many allegedly enacted to protect the average person from his greatest enemy–himself. Enforcement of the myriad regulations is becoming increasingly hard to achieve since there are many subtle conflicts within the regulations between various agencies, conflicts which can develop into major conflagrations. The regulation [...]
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by Mike McCune – The sucking sound of money going into the debt wasteland is coming from Europe again. This time the sound has shifted to the Iberian Peninsula but it has a eerily familar sound and carries the same dire consequences as the put-off Greek tragedy. The only question for central bankers is [...]
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When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out Catholics, he has equally targeted [...]
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Staff Reports – by Betty Grauberger What a wonderful response we have had to our upcoming Fall Color trip to the beautiful ISLE OF COUDRES in the Charlevoix Region of Quebec, Canada in the St. Lawrence Seaway. If you have never been to this area, we would encourage you to come along especially [...]
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by Mike McCune – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke remarked on the U.S. unemployment rate early Monday to the National Association for Business Economics. He noted the economy must grow much more quickly than is its current pace to make any dent in the percent of unemployed individuals in the U.S. Bernanke’s remarks, closely followed by [...]
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April 2, 2012 (GREELEY, CO) — DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play theUnionColonyCivicCenter inGreeley, on April 15 at 3:00 pm. An entirely new musical, which opened on Broadway on December, 2009, SHREK [...]
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Staff Reports – Brentwood Middle School presents a spring musical, Into the Woods, Jr., April 4—6. The fractured fairy tale follows the story of a baker and his wife, who have been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door. The pair set off on a quest in search of four special objects [...]
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Staff Reports – by Betty Grauberger Senior Breakfasts are once again on the first Thursday each month here at the senior center. $4.50 for all you can eat and no reservations required. See you on the 5th of April. There will be NO LUNCHES ON FRIDAY in April. We will resume in May on [...]
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Staff Reports – Because it has been such a dry winter and warm in March, Greeley residents will be able to water their lawns early. Beginning on Friday, March 23, the Water and Sewer Director is authorizing a citywide variance from watering restrictions (day of the week and time of day) until April 15 [...]
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by Betty Grauberger New York City participants……your pre-trip meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27th at approximately 12:30 p.m. at the City of Evans Community Complex. You will need to attend or have someone pick up your paperwork on that day. Senior Breakfasts are once again on the first Thursday each month here at [...]
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by Stu Wright Remember when Peter Noone called out, “Second verse, same as the first!” between the choruses of “Henry the Eighth” by Herman’s Hermits? The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965.It was a revision of British music hall star Harry Champion’s 1910 smash hit. I’ve made some modifications [...]
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Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger Betty Grauberger is going to Jail! Yup…..on October 27th to raise money for MDA….please help by donating on line or by calling MDA and donating in her behalf. You may also donate at La Mariposa Restaurant at 11:30 a.m. on October 27th or at the Senior Center from now [...]
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By Mike Bauman On Friday, April 6, 2011 Fannie Mae reported to the government that it has lost $8.7 billion in the first three months of the year. These losses were due to the large numbers of loan defaults on mortgages guaranteed by the company. Fannie requested the government give them $8.5 billion in additional [...]
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January 9, 1929 ~ April 5, 2011 LaSalle, Colorado Walter Schooler went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, after a year-long battle with health issues. He was born on January 9, 1929, to Paul and Mary Schooler in Fall City, Nebraska. He grew up living and working on the family [...]
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December 24, 1924 ~ April 8, 2011 Ella Mae Freauff formerly of Johnstown died Friday, April 8, 2011 in Ft. Collins. She was born on December 24, 1924 in Longmont, to Conrad and Edith (Kaiser) Lesser. In 1947, Ella married Kenneth “Dutch” Freauff in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They worked in housecleaning. He died [...]
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July 24, 1922 ~ April 11, 2011 Lester O’Neil Ebersole, son of Roy A. and Bessie (Brenneman) Ebersole, was born in Tuleta, Texas on July 24, 1922. He grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, and graduated from Elkhart High School in 1940. After working a year, he attended Goshen College for one year. Because [...]
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March 29, 1935 ~ April 11, 2011 Neil Downing Bostick of Evans, Colorado died Monday, April 11, 2011 at his home. He was born on March 29, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama to James Thomas and Juanita (Cherry) Bostick. He attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, graduating in 1961, making him a Golden Eagle [...]
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June 22, 1920 ~ April 12, 2011 Dorothy L. Lionberger, age 90, of Joplin, MO, a former Evans, Colorado resident went to sleep at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Spring River Christian Village and woke up in the arms of Jesus. Dorothy was born June 22, 1920 in Eaton, Colorado. [...]
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September 22, 1925 – April 14, 2011 George Roland Zimmerman, 85, of Kersey, passed away peacefully, April 14, 2011 at Fairacres Manor in Greeley. George was born September 22, 1925 in Alta Vista, Kansas to Reinhold and Emma (Wahl) Zimmerman. He grew up in Alta Vista, Kansas and graduated from High School [...]
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May 12, 1935 – April 17, 2011 Francis O. “Fran” Towns, 75, of Greeley, died April 17, 2011 at Bonell Good Samaritan Center in Greeley. He was born May 12, 1935 in Palco, Kansas to Clarence Almer and Ida May (Burgess) Towns. The family lived in Kansas, and then moved to Evans when [...]
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Ronald (Ronny) Edmund McGee Sr., October 6th, 1935-April 17th, 2011. Resident of Greeley, Colorado. Ronny passed away peacefully Sunday surrounded by loving family. Ronny was born in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He enlisted in the US Air force in the early 1950’s, was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, and [...]
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January 1, 1929 ~ April 22, 2011 Antero G. Alaniz, Sr. of Greeley died Friday, April 22, 2011 in Hospice of Northern Colorado inpatient unit. He was born January 1, 1929 in Cameron, Texas to Lucas and Juana (Garcia) Alaniz. He worked all of his life farming in Eagle Pass, Texas and [...]
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June 7, 1932 – April 21, 2011 Norma Jean Lanning, 78, died April 21, 2011 at Bonell Good Samaritan Center in Greeley. She was born June 7, 1932 to Charles and Irma (John) Kelly in Springfield, Illinois. On July 3, 1953, she married Russell B. Lanning in Cheyenne, Wyoming. As a child [...]
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February 18, 1924 ~ April 23, 2011 Woodrow (Woody) Russell, 87, of Greeley, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011. He was born February 18, 1924, to William and Margaret (Branson) Russell in Slaughter, Kentucky. Mr. Russell was reared and educated in Nashville, Arkansas, graduating from Nashville High School. At the age of [...]
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