Posts Tagged ‘farming’

Following Suthers snub, commissioners turn to senior water holders

by Jack Minor –   Following a refusal by the state attorney general to review a decision by a member of his office over allowing area farmers to use wells to prevent a possible economic disaster, the county commissioners are now asking senior water right holders for assistance.   After the county commissioners issued a [...]

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Protestors in search of a protest…Teachers join in

The campers calling themselves protestors against corporate greed and the unfair influence by businesses in politics around the world are having a wonderful time in New York this fall. Identified in the media as an ‘organization’ named Occupy Wall Street, the group is characterized as leaderless, frustrated and misguided students who refuse to accept fault they [...]

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Local Farm Offers Family Fun, Fresh Vegetables

Photos and story By Jack Minor With a display of vintage autos and airplanes a local farm offers family fun and the ability to gather fresh vegetables. Miller Farms, located at 9040 Hwy 66 in Platteville, started their 15th annual Fall Harvest Festival on Labor Day, with a variety of family friendly events for all [...]

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Carl Allen Luther

Carl Allen Luther, 89, of Greeley, CO died June 24, 2010 at Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado. Carl was born on March 6, 1921 in Shenandoah, IA to Ellis H. and Emma (Hinze) Luther. The family moved to Colorado while he was an infant and began farming. Carl graduated from Kersey High School [...]

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Kenneth Rolland Meintzer

Our dad, Kenneth Rolland Meintzer, 61, of Evans, passed on to eternal life on June 1, 2010 at the Hospice Inpatient Unit with his family by his side.  Dad was born on December 22, 1948 in Greeley, CO to Rolland and Mollie (Kerbel) Meintzer.  He spent most of his childhood years in Johnstown farming and [...]

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