GREELEY, CO) – Traditionally, Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all the fun in the sun. Outdoor Pools and Splash Parks in Greeley open on Thursday, May 23 this year, the day after the last day of school. Over Memorial Day weekend there will be many events and facilities you can visit [...]
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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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Photos & Review by Stu Wright 1st The first impression of this car was good. Front visibility! Nimble and quick, I had to check the specs to see it had no turbo. Black everywhere, but that’s OK; it looks pretty. The leather front buckets are supportive, and in the back there appears to be [...]
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by Craig Masters A search for an update on the status of the American Marine Jon Hammer – being held in a Mexican prison for ransom - revealed an article posted on the New York Times web site that I believe was dated May 9, 2012. I was interrupted before reading the whole article and when I returned [...]
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by Mike McCune – Have A Happy Thanksgiving. The normal Friday Rant is replaced by this one, three days early, as we will be taking a long holiday break. See you again, Monday, Nov. 26–Mike Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker is known for swimming upstream against most of Chairman Ben Bernanke’s wild [...]
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Union chose to ignore company’s warnings to return to workby Jack Minor – An American icon announced it will be closing its doors and laying off 18,500 workers as Hostess, the makers of Twinkies and Wonder bread, announced they will be going out of business following a crippling strike by union members. Hostess [...]
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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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By Craig Masters Recovery slope for US is still rising Friday, as expected, Ben Bernanke announced that the Fed would need to take action to adjust the markets. Analysts who study the language of the Bernankes of the world so they can interpret for the rest of us have said that Friday’s remarks were especially [...]
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The Town of Windsor on Monday closed Windsor Lake until further notice after swimmers there reported becoming ill. Melissa Chew, director of Parks, Recreation and Culture for the Town of Windsor said samples taken from the lake outside the beach out-of-bounds area Friday tested positive for the E. coli bacteria. She said additional testing was [...]
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The solicitor knocking at the door of your Fort Collins home could represent a local dairy or youth sports team. Or it could be someone traveling the country under bizarre, shady circumstances. A year after the city lifted its ban on door-to-door salespeople, 43 companies have obtained permits. The change has created opportunity for legitimate [...]
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by Mike McCune – The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 200 points Friday led by the financial sector. But missing was a solid reason for the move. If anything the DJIA should have been flat at best because a host of key reports were pending within hours. Any one of those [...]
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by Jack Minor – Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to announce his decision today at 1 p.m. on whether to allow Weld County farmers to turn on wells and allow them to pump a miniscule amount of water from the Alluvium Aquifer in order to save their crops and avoid an economic disaster. [...]
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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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Staff Reports – GREELEY – Greeley Blues Jam Sod is available for purchase! 40,000 square feet of sod from this year’s Greeley Blues Jam is for sale at $0.15 per square foot. You must purchase a minimum 300 square feet and pick it up on Sunday, June 10th between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. [...]
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by Matt Lacy – A recent and extensive Federal Communications Commission report reveals that Greeley’s Pirate 104.7 FM is ranked number 4 out of 1,000 radio stations nationwide in its class. Several criteria and measuring mechanisms were used in the study, including official Arbitron ratings. Pirate Radio is a Low Power FM (LPFM) station and [...]
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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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Staff Reports – Students and staff at Chappelow K-8 Arts Magnet School proudly present The Pirates of Penzance, playing this Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $2, and are available at the door. About 50 middle school students are involved with the production, under the direction of teachers Will Pharis, Andrea [...]
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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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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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Staff Reports – January 19, 2012 (GREELEY, CO) The Union Colony Civic Center inGreeley presents world renown dance company Pilobolus on Friday, January 27 at 7:30 pm. Pilobolus began in 1971 as an outsider dance company and quickly became celebrated the world over for its imaginative and athletic exploration of creative collaboration. It has [...]
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Staff Reports – by Betty Grauberger Be sure and check out the new Dining Around Schedule for this year. Dennis and Donna have retired, however Donn and Bev Reid are continuing on with the fun. You can check the schedule and register for the program by calling the Rec. Desk at 475-1125. Senior Friday Lunches [...]
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Current exhibit shows history of flight in Colorado James Webb Space Telescope By Jack Minor- Spinning off of the new Aerospace exhibit, the Greeley History Museum, located at 714 8th St., will be holding a monthly series of lectures during 2012 on various stages of development in the aerospace industry. On Dec. 10, [...]
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Durbin holding up funding over pork barrel project by Matt Lacy – A government committee on religious freedom will be forced to shut down Friday if the Senate does not re-authorize their funding. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is an independent, bipartisan that reviews the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom [...]
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by Betty Grauberger Senior Friday Lunches are back. These are in the format of soup/salad/baked potato type lunches where it is not necessary to make a reservation. We will be serving from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and the cost per person will be $4.50….catering done by Randy Millsap. We hope you will take [...]
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Staff Reports – Greeley West High School Theatre presents the classic play, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Nov. 11, 12, 18 and 19. This powerful drama, based on the 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, still prods our national moral conscience to this day. The Greeley West production is told from the point of view [...]
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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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Staff Reports – Frontier House and Mental Health America will be sponsoring Northern Colorado LEAD Day 2011, this Friday. Colorado Insurance Commissioner Jim Riesberg will be speaking on health care changes as a result of “Obamacare” this Friday, Oct. 14. Northern Colorado Legislative Education and Advocacy Day will be providing grass roots training, information [...]
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Monfort Park and Greeley Central HS played host to the Andy Meyers Invitational cross country meet Friday afternoon. The weather was ideal as 8 high schools and 10 middle schools from northern Colorado competed their boy’s and girl’s thinclads in 5k and 3k runs. The highlight of the high school meet was the outstanding and [...]
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Forest Desmond Name: Forest Desmond Age:18 School: Greeley Central Grade: 12th GPA: 3.5 Parent’s name: Brenda and Boak Desmond Interests: weightlifting and football Other sports: Track Favorite music and artist: Drake, Tech 9 and Lil’ Wayne Favorite Movie: [...]
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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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By Mike Bauman As of April 1, 2011, there had been 52 police officers killed in the line of duty in the United States this year. Compare that to 48 by this time last year. The Greeley Gazette salutes the people who daily lay it on the line for their communities. Deputy Sheriff Suzanne Hopper [...]
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