Posts Tagged ‘High Plains’

Jaguar Supercharged XJL “Saloon”

Photos & Review by Stu Wright     I received my 42nd new car for review this past week, and it was a big one, the 2012 supercharged Jaguar XJL long-wheelbase rear-wheel drive sedan.  It came with jet black leather interior and the paint was an out-of-this-world Lunar Gray metallic.  It presented quite an imposing image [...]

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“Rocky Mountain Driving Experience” – 2012

by Stu Wright Author at High Plains Raceway     This last week I had the pleasure of participating in the 2012 Rocky Mountain Driving Experience, which kicked off in Denver, near DIA.  It was the third annual edition of the affair, but my first.  About three dozen journalists from four states attended, and 32 cars and [...]

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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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D.R.E.A.M. holds community drug recovery forum

By Jack Minor A local drug recovery group working closely with the Weld County drug court will hold a community recovery forum on September 23 rd to provide information about substance abuse and treatment. The organization Devoted, Recovering, Empowered, Achieving Miracles (DREAM) began as a way for participants in drug court to have something sober [...]

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Students hope to earn scholarships with shooting skills

By Jack Minor This past weekend area students attempted to earn scholarships by using their skills on a shooting range. The local 4-H shooting sports program held a competition at the High Plains Shooting Range in Eaton to determine which members would go on to the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo on Aug. 27. The [...]

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Robert D. Phillips

Robert D. Phillips, 67, of Greeley, died on June 19, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Inpatient Unit.  He was born on May 29, 1943 to Charles A. and Florence Lucille (Kimpel) Phillips in Greeley.  His grandparents and great-grandparents homesteaded in northern Colorado near the town of Carr, where he lived for 2 [...]

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The more you read the more you succeed

BOOKMOBILE TAKES TOOLS OF SUCCESS TO THE PEOPLEPhotos and Story By Jim Frazier “The more you read the more you succeed,” says Rita Kadavy, Outreach Manager for the High Plains Library District based in Greeley. “We take books to the towns without libraries,” she said. People who can’t get to a library obtain books, CD’s, [...]

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Children learn firearm safety at shooting expo

By Jack Minor Families from all over Northern Colorado had an opportunity to learn firearm safety and test fire various firearms at the 4th annual Family Shooting Sports Expo last weekend in Galeton. The event was hosted by the Weld County Fish and Wildlife Department at the High Plains Shooting Range. The range, a members [...]

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