Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Evans Senior Center Feb. 20, 2012

by Betty Grauberger –   With sights set high, we are eagerly awaiting the final verdict…..as of now we believe that we will be starting up our Friday Lunch Program with Weld County Senior Nutrition beginning on Friday, March 1st…..keep tuned in and we will advise you by next week as to our progress. (and [...]

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Historic district to celebrate 10 year anniversary

GREELEY — The Greeley Historic Preservation Commission and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) invite all Greeley residents to an event to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the designation of the Downtown Greeley Historic District on the Greeley Historic Register (GHR) and the removal of Downtown Greeley from the Colorado Preservation, Inc. (CPI) Endangered Places List. [...]

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Weld County announces department reorganizations

WELD COUNTY, CO – During Monday morning’s Board of County Commissioners meeting, three department-head appointments were announced and passed unanimously by resolution.   Trevor Jiricek, formerly the Director of Planning Services, will move into the position of Director of General Services while maintaining his role as the Director of the Environmental Health Services, a Division [...]

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Free services to be offered at Island Grove Friday

GREELEY — All Weld County residents are invited to take advantage of free services offered at the 2nd annual Weld Project Connect event on Friday, September 28 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Island Grove Regional Park Events Center in Greeley.   On one day, in one place, at one time, over 50 services [...]

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Evans Senior Center 8/5/2012

Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger   CALLING ALL VETS….Our next meeting will be August 4th at the Golden Corral in Evans/Greeley at 7:30 a.m.   Come and join us for fellowship, fun and breakfast. Next dining around with Donn and Bev will be A SURPRISE….A MYSTERY TRIP….ALL OF $2.00 FOR TRANSPORTATION.  DATE WILL BE AUGUST [...]

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Evans Senior Center 7/22/2012

Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger   Next dining around with Donn and Bev will be to the Little Bear Inn north of Cheyenne on Wednesday, July 25th leaving Evans at 3:40 p.m.   Cost for transportation is $10.00 with dinner on your own.   You may sign up at the Rec Desk at the Evans Community [...]

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City to install sewer line at 47th and 16th St.

Staff Reports – The City of Greeley has contracted with Connell Resources to install a sewerline near 47th Avenue and 16th Street. The new sewerline is replacing the current one that is too small during peak flows. The new sewerline was size to serve any future development in the area. The entire project will take [...]

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Evans hiring lifeguards for Summer

Staff Reports –   The city of Evans is currently hiring lifeguards, swim instructors, front desk attendants, assistant managers and a pool manager. The Evans City Council has decided to open the Evans Municipal Pool for the 2012 season. Our re-opening party will start at 4pm on Friday, May 25. More information will follow. Memberships [...]

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Becky Safrik to be new Assistant City Manager

Staff Reports – Greeley City Manager Roy Otto has selected Becky Safarik, the City’s Community Development Director, to serve as the City’s Assistant City Manager.  This change as well as the promotion of Brad Mueller to Community Development Director will officially occur on April 1, 2012.  The Assistant City Manager position has been vacant since [...]

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Evans Senior Center 3/20/2012

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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Evans Senior Center 3/7/2012

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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Rodarte Community Christmas party to be held this weekend

Staff Reports – The Rodarte Community Center will host the 20th Annual Community Christmas Party on Saturday, December 10 from 10am-12pm. The event will be held at the Rodarte Community Center, located at 920 A Street in Greeley, and is free. The event will include a visit from Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Pancho or Pancha [...]

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Help for the homeless has arrived in Greeley

  -   The Guadalupe Community Center is north of Island Park by Craig Masters    – The generosity of Weld County residents is being prudently invested and professionally managed at the new Guadalupe Community Center. The result is a chance for a fresh start for men, women, and families who might otherwise be living in the [...]

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Feds hold off ruling whether Weld County must print election materials in Spanish

Requirements for affected counties would include active outreach to minority communities     by Jack Minor –   Weld County has learned that data indicating if it is one of 16 counties in Colorado that will be required to provide election materials in Spanish will not be available in time for the 2011 elections. Weld County [...]

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Ride for twenty-five cents

Greeley/Evans reduces transit rates for the summerby Vanessa Dominguez  Tuesday, May 31, 2011 through Wednesday, August 17, 2011 children 19 and under will only be charged twenty-five cents to ride the city bus. Children five and under will  be free. Brad Patterson, transit service manager with the City of Greeley, said that the city does [...]

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Domain Name phishing against Pirate and Greeley Gazette

Editor’s note: When this story was first posted, the websites theGreeleyGazette.com and 1047pirate.com  linked to the official KKK website. These websites are now forwarding to Black in America which is a “social network for socially conscious African Americans.” For the record Brett Reese and or any management of the Greeley Gazette and Pirate Radio 104.7 FM [...]

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Evans Fire Department to hold fund raiser to assist victims

Be part of the solution in your communityby Vanessa Dominguez The Evans Fire Department will have their annual pancake breakfast on May 7, 2011. The pancake breakfast will be held at 3918 Denver Street and proceeds go to the Evans Fire Safety and Assistance Fund. The Evans Fire Rescue Department partners with the Community Foundation [...]

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Free Easter Fun in Greeley

Events this weekendStaff The Family FunPlex celebrates their 5th Anniversary with a Free Community Day on Saturday, April 23 from 11am-8pm. Visitors will be able to workout at the Willie Morton Fitness Center, play games in the Fieldhouse, swim in the Adventure Island Aquatics Center or golf at the River Run Adventure Mini Golf Course. [...]

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Victor Raymond Guerrieri

Victor Raymond Guerrieri, age 68, of Kersey died at his home April 7, 2011. He was born in Gunnison, Colo. on September 7, 1942 to Jim and Mary Guerrieri. He graduated from Gunnison High School in 1960. He married Linda Faye Whitley on July 27, 1963 in Gunnison. Vic worked at OK Tire Shop in [...]

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Many turn out to reach District 6 board members at Chappelow

Story and photo by Jack Minor  An unusually large crowd turned out this week to share  concerns, opinions and express frustration with the school system.   The District 6 board of education held a community engagement survey at the Chappelow K-8 School on Monday evening. The district is currently facing an additional $9 million in [...]

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Community input on budget priorities

conversational meeting with board on Feb. 28  The District 6 Board of Education invites the public to a community meeting on Monday, Feb. 28, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Chappelow K-8 Arts Magnet School, 2001 34th St. in Evans, to have conversations about the district’s funding forecast and budget priorities for the upcoming 2011-12 [...]

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Council member started out with English as a second language

Hard work has paid off as she leaves Greeley City CouncilBy Vanessa Dominguez Maria Secrest was thanked for her dedication to the city of Greeley at her last City Council session. Secrest will be working with Congressman Cory Gardner, and is very excited. Husband Gary said, “I wish her mom and dad would have lived [...]

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Two Greeley schools lockdown campuses after man robs bank

By Vanessa Dominguez A robbery occurred at Cache Bank on 47th avenue last week causing two Greeley school campuses to go into lockdown. Aims Community College sent out e-mails and phone calls to students stating, “Aims has been notified Cache Bank on 47th Ave was just robbed and the perpetrator is on foot and armed. [...]

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Cameron School Facility for FREE???

By Mike Bauman Union Colony Preparatory School’s charter expansion application lists two different possible locations for the proposed new school.  The first, near Boomerang Golf Course on the west end of town, is no longer available according to Union Colony Prep’s Principal Pat Gilliam’s comments at a recent School Board meeting. The second proposed location [...]

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Ricky Lynn Kottwitz

April 26, 1966 – November 1, 2010 Ricky Lynn Kottwitz, 44, of Evans, died November 1, 2010 at his home in Evans.  Ricky Lynn was born to Donald and June (Patterson) Kottwitz on April 26, 1966 at St. Josephs Hospital in Denver, Colorado, along with his identical twin brother Ritchie Lee.  He was baptized in [...]

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Eleanor Dorrit Green Ambrose

Eleanor Dorrit Green Ambrose, 90 of Eaton, died on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the Life Care Center of Greeley. She was born November 6, 1919 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Joseph Wood Green and Mattie H. Dunnington Green, the fourth of six children.  She was raised in the Colorado Springs area.  She graduated high [...]

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Walter Leon “Poppy/Daisy” Coffman

Walter Leon “Poppy/Daisy” Coffman, 92 11/12th’s, of Apache Junction, AZ joined The Lord on Oct. 4, 2010. He was born in Eaton, CO, Nov. 1, 1917 to Walter S. Coffman & Nancy “Nannie” Susan (Gibson). Walter was #2 of 5 children. He proudly served in the Army Air Corps and was in the W. W.  [...]

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Evans Senior Center

by Betty Grauberger Senior Breakfasts are back on the 2nd Thursday each month…..please join us for a Fun, fun time…..$3.50 at the door for all you can eat. The menu varies monthly….could be waffles next time they tell me. That’s October14th at 9:00 a.m. October 17th we have those “rascals” Dennis and Donna on their [...]

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Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger

God willing and the creek don’t rise….we are heading for Nederland on Monday, September 20th for our Fall Color Trip and to visit the Carousel of Happiness. The Carousel is a 1910 Loof carousel with 58 plaful animals carved by creator, Scott Harrison. There is also a fully restore 1913 Wurlitzer Band Organ for you [...]

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Jeanne Helen Bedinger

Jeanne Helen Bedinger, 92, of Greeley and formerly of Estes Park died on August 7, 2010 at Grace Pointe in Greeley. She was born on May 11, 1918 to Ethel (Chipman) and Merrick Hipson in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she spent her early years. The family moved to Savannah, Georgia, when she was a teenager. She [...]

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Lois Elaine Rosenberg

August 31, 1928 ~ August 4, 2010 Lois Elaine Rosenberg of Evans died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at North Colorado Medical Center.  She was born August 31, 1928 in Bloomfield, Nebraska to Zachary Taylor and Caroline Henrietta (Berner) Mefford.  She was raised and educated in Bloomfield, Nebraska where she graduated from high school and worked [...]

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Bill May heads up United Way Campaign Cabinet

United Way of Weld County Resource Development Director, Christi Smith has announced the 2010 United Way Campaign Cabinet membership. Chairman this year is Bill May, Briggsdale rancher, retired faculty from Greeley-Evans District Six and long standing member of United Way’s Board of Directors. According to Smith, “Bill May is a long-time community advocate and he [...]

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2010 Stampede Independence Day Parade

Award Winners Horace Greeley Award (Best Overall Entry) Winner: Evans VFW Independence Award (Best Community Float) Winner: Dayspring Christian Academy Grand Marshall’s Award (Most Creative) Winner: Flags on Parade / Weld Veteran’s Memorial Longhorn Award (Best Equestrian Entry) Winner: Priefert Percherons Patriot Award (Best Marching Band) First Place: Colorado Masonic Band Camp Second Place: Mankato [...]

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Dismal weather did not prevent DA volunteers from updating safehouse room

By Jack Minor Despite chilly temperatures and constant rain, the spirits of seven Weld County District Attorney’s Office employees were not dampened on Saturday when they arrived at A Woman’s Place to update a room. A Woman’s Place serves victims and survivors of domestic violence in Weld County by providing safe housing, crisis support, legal [...]

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