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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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I initially approached the question of 3A with an open mind. But when I read the measure’s description I made up my mind real quick. The repayment cost for this is outrageous! Worse, going into debt could have easily been avoided. The actual cost of the new school to taxpayers is $14.5 Million (Plus our [...]
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Cost of asbestos removal for John Evans $900,000 if bond issue passes by Jack Minor – Officials with School District 6 say the district had received funds for asbestos abatement for schools such as John Evans some years ago from a lawsuit, but now there is no record of the settlement or how the [...]
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by Jack Minor – The Greeley/Evans District 6 Board of Education appears to be going into a full blown campaign mode in an attempt to get voters to approve a bond issue this November. At September’s Parent Teacher Organization at Scott Elementary, board member Judy Kron made a pitch for a bond issue [...]
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Says Obama has power to punish Colorado if he didn’t ‘play ball’ with Health Exchange Planby Craig Masters On August 9, State Senator Kevin Lundberg (R-dist 15) reported that Representative Bob Gardner, (R- dist 21) Chairman of the Legislative Health Benefit Exchange Implementation Review Committee circumvented the Committee to approve action to allow another $43 [...]
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by Jack Minor – A local leader of a conservative group says while he agrees that John Evans Middle School needs to be torn down, if voters do not pass a bond issue this November school board officials will have no one to blame but themselves. The District 6 board of Education will [...]
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by Jack Minor – Acknowledging there is a trust issue with the Greeley/Evans District 6 school board and the community, the board approved the official language for a November ballot question asking voters for a bond issue that would help the district obtain $29 million to replace John Evans Middle school. Prior to [...]
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by Matt Lacy – While some have blamed lax gun laws for suspect James Holmes’ massacre at an Aurora Cinemark theatre last week, it now appears federal money may have been used to purchase his ammunition. On Monday, officials at the University of Colorado disclosed that the unemployed Holmes was being paid $26,000 [...]
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by Brett Reese – After reading the Greeley tribune story of July 20th about raising property taxes to tear down and rebuild John Evans Middle school, I was convinced the three lattes a year sacrifice each of us would have to make for this school was an easy decision. And, as always, The Tribune couched [...]
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GREELEY- The Greeley Farmers’ Market at the Depot announces a new program that provides increased benefits to residents who are on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The new “SNAP it up!” program, funded by a grant through the Wholesome Wave Foundation, will double the value of SNAP benefits redeemed at the Market for [...]
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by Jack Minor – In what some have said is an attempt to assert more local control over local schools, the Obama administration has said individual school districts can now apply for Race to the Top funds if they are willing to subject the school board to government evaluations. Greeley/Evans District 6 board [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Following Obama’s defiant stance on traditional marriage, Governor Hickenlooper decided he would not take “no” for an answer and ordered the Colorado state legislature back into session instructing them to vote on a civil union bill which would grant homosexuals the legal benefits of marriage after it failed to pass [...]
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Denver station discovers story Gazette covered last year by Jack Minor – Former Greeley/Evans District 6 school board member Brett Reese says a recent story by a Denver television station was a perfect example of the type of fiscal mismanagement he tried to fight while serving on the board. In a May 3 article [...]
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Bill allows illegals to get lower tuition rates than American citizens by Matt Lacy – A bill that would grant illegal aliens lower tuition rates than other US citizens passed the Colorado state Senate Monday on a strict party-line vote. The bill passed 20- 14 without a single Republican voting in favor of the bill. [...]
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Gabriel by Jack Minor – The recent decision by Pennsylvania Judge Mark Martin to throw out assault charges against a Muslim man who assaulted an atheist who insulted his faith reveals the need for anti-sharia laws, a pro-national defense activist says. American Atheists Pennsylvania State Director, Ernest Perce was attacked by a Muslim while dressed [...]
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School Board fails again – Maybe students need to ‘Occupy’An opinion in support of students by Craig Masters After reviewing performances of the schools and the December District 6 school board meeting, I submitted an op-ed calling for the board to immediately fire Superintendent Lang and set the priority of the district away from its [...]
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Wilson by Jack Minor – An employee with an architectural firm that was recently given a contract by the Greeley/Evans school board to conduct a study on school renovations also sits on the state board that will approve the grant for the project. At a Dec. 12 meeting, over the objections of board member Brett [...]
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by Jack Minor – A Planned Parenthood program in New York that employs teenagers required them to attend a homosexual pride parade as a condition of employment, causing some to question the organization’s use of taxpayer dollars. The Planned Parenthood program, Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex (STARS) employs teenagers as “peer educators.” According to the organization’s [...]
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Reese expresses concerns over whether expenditures are best use of taxpayer dollars by Jack Minor – District 6 board member, Judy Kron, had some sharp words for Brett Reese after he asked questions regarding a $137,000 expenditure that could eventually lead to a bond issue. At Monday’s board meeting, the agenda was filled [...]
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Group owes over $1.7 million in back rent Landing gear from a 9/11 aircraft that crashed through property at 51 Park Place by Jack Minor – Utility provider Con Edison, has asked a New York judge to grant them permission to evict the developer of a mosque at ground zero over $1.7 million in [...]
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States taking any federal money lose 11th Amendment protection by Jack Minor – The President’s jobs bill would effectively repeal the 11th Amendment for any state that receives federal funding anytime after the bill becomes law. During the healthcare bill, Nancy Pelosi said Congress needed to pass the bill so we could see what [...]
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by Jack Minor Last month the Government Accountability Office reported the Health and Human Services Department had granted nearly 1,400 waivers exempting organizations from Obamacare coverage requirements. The waivers were granted for mini-med plans that have annual coverage limits. Under Obamacare requirements, companies can no longer offer these types of plans. The regulations would cause [...]
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Come on guys, turn off the hormones and help these little girls! By Odil Macias – David Grant, founder of Project Rescue, an organization to help unfortunate prostitutes in India, came to speak to the Greeley community about his ministry and how locals from small communities can help these women. David Grant was at New [...]
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Opening day at Poudre Ponds Staff Reports Bring your fishing pole and get in on the action as we celebrate the opening of Greeley’s newest park facility: Poudre Ponds Recreational Fishery! Poudre Ponds is located in the south east corner of the intersection of 35th Avenue and the Poudre River. If you didni’t join us [...]
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By Mike Bauman DOW Insider The Colorado Division of Wildlife is seeking grant applications to help distribute up to $1.5 million for three types of outdoor recreation activities in Colorado. The Division is offering matching grants for projects in the state that benefit fishing,shooting ranges or motorized boating. “In the past five years, these programs have leveraged millions of dollars in matching [...]
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The Board of Education will meet Monday, Oct. 11, at the District 6 Administration Building, 1025 Ninth Ave. The agenda includes a public work session at 4 p.m., and a regular business meeting beginning at 7 p.m. The regular meeting will be televised live on Comcast Cable channel 16 in Greeley and Evans. 4 p.m. [...]
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Story and Photo By Jack Minor Prior to the beginning of this school year the Colorado Department of Education passed a resolution adopting common education requirements that are more in line with the majority of other states hoping to compete for more federal funding. After hearing nearly four hours of public testimony which was mostly [...]
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By Jack Minor While much of the media attention has been recently focused on the case involving the New Black Panthers and the Department of Justice’s handling of that case, another voting rights issue is raising concerns for this coming November. The past several election cycles there been cases of military ballots that were discarded [...]
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By Jack Minor A registered sex offender in Evans convicted of sexually assaulting two children he was living with was given 48 years to life in prison Friday, July 2. Officers were dispatched to a home in Evans to investigate a 911 hang up, which is standard procedure. Upon arriving at the house officers learned [...]
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Hubert Stroh of Pahrump, NV, formerly of Greeley died May 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Hubert was born May 7, 1932 to Henry and Mollie (Kobobel) Stroh in Gill, Colorado. Hubert was raised in Weld County and attended school in Gill. He was employed with Garnsey and Wheeler Ford (Hesco Manufacturing) for thirty-two years [...]
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by Vanessa Dominguez for the Greeley Gazette Frontier Academy, a Greeley charter school, was recently selected from over 1,100 schools to receive a $92,280 grant from State Farm Insurance. The grant will be used to build a cutting edge “green roof” on the school. The state of the art “green roof” will eventually cover the [...]
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