Posts Tagged ‘October’

Voter fraud canard, really! Never in Minnesota.

Voter ID law defeated when voters see through GOP liesBy Craig Masters Did you hear about that democrat candidate who was ask to resign after it was learned she had repeatedly voted in two states? How about that congressman’s campaign manager who gives voter fraud instructions – on video! That story was reported on CBS by [...]

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Is Working Worth it anymore?

by Craig Masters Any economic recovery will have to overcome a resistance from the population created by the welfare system that depends on the very recovery it has now begun to destroy. An ever rising percentage of the half of college graduates from the past few years who have been fortunate enough to find jobs [...]

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Extended closure planned by airport for Weld County intersection improvements

WELD COUNTY, CO –  Beginning October 22, 2012, the Weld County Department of Public Works will begin working on road improvements at the intersection of County Road 53 (formerly State Highway 37) and County Road 60.5 (formerly State Highway 263). The improvement site is located two and a half miles north of Kersey and three [...]

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Red books Blue books, Good books Poll books

Honest books Cooked booksby Craig Masters Amazon.com updates one of the season’s most interesting polls daily. But in this poll there are no pollsters. This poll tracks no demographic, no ‘likely voters,’ no registered party members or other selected group. This poll tracks shipping addresses of purchased books classified as either liberal or conservative in [...]

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A Preview of the Ballot and some candidates

Learn more at local meeting in Campionby Craig Masters The 2012 general election ballots will be mailed in just a few weeks. Here is a preview of some of what most Americans (and others who vote) will be seeing on those ballots. Under “Presidential Electors” the list of candidates includes 16 names from various sectors [...]

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Greeley “brown bag” session to be held

GREELEY — The Greeley Historic Preservation Commission continues the free History Brown Bag Series held on the 4th Thursday of each month that began in February and continues through October.  The eighth Brown Bag session will be on Thursday, September 28th, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. at 701 7th Street at local artist Susan Herold’s [...]

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Evans Senior Center 9/16/2012

by Betty Grauberger–   EVANS — Dining Around with Donn and Bev on has been changed to October 3rd leaving at 10:00 a.m. to have lunch at the Mount Vernon Country Club.   Transportation $10.00 paid in advance upon registration and Brunch is on your own.   Sign up early as these events fill quickly. Next trip…..BRANSON, [...]

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Greeley Fire Department to offer free CPR classes

GREELEY — The City of Greeley Heart Safe City Project and Greeley Fire Department will be offering free American Heart Association, Family & Friends CPR training to the citizens of Greeley and the Western Hills Fire Protection District. This is a short non-certified course to teach Greeley citizens CPR and understand the use of an [...]

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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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Housing Market Still Shaky, FHA Problems Multiply

by Mike McCune –   Over the past few months the media has been painting a rosy picture of the housing market. The Administration has been suspiciously quiet and reticent about the housing sector though. That means trouble somewhere.   It was the bursting housing market that initiated the economic downturn in October 2007. Those [...]

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Musuem to offer free classes about Greeley history

Staff Reports –   GREELEY – The Greeley Historic Preservation Commission continues the free History Brown Bag Series held on the 4th Thursday of each month from February through October, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., at the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th Street.  The fourth Brown Bag session will be on Thursday, May 24th, during which [...]

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October Baby lead actor says film was “eye-opener”

by Jack Minor – The lead actor for a movie that came to Greeley last weekend says the experience was an “eye-opener” for him. “October Baby,” starring veteran actor John Schneider, is a film about Hannah, a 19 year old girl who discovers she was adopted after surviving a botched abortion. Along with some friends she [...]

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“Oh, Lord,” – 2012 “Mercedes Benz” C350 Coupe

Review & Photos by Stu Wright I left the hyphen out of the brand name of the car I drove last week because that is what Janis Joplin did when she wrote, and titled, her song in 1970.  Her lyrics read “Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?”  In the song, she also [...]

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Greeley Gazette reader 20 minutes ahead of CBS News release of Operation Ghost Click

By Craig Masters Monday afternoon February 20, the Greeley Gazette posted an informative article about the possibility that many computer users might lose their access to to the internet when, not if, the FBI shuts down servers it put into place last November to replace rogue computers operating malware called “DNS Changer.” Almost immediately readers [...]

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2012 Toyota Prius V Auto Review

by Stu Wright       The new, bigger, Toyota Prius V (vee) was introduced in our country in October of 2011. It was designed as a station wagon/multi-purpose vehicle to complement the Prius lineup.  The Prius has been around since 1997 and is America’s number one selling hybrid.  In fact, it accounted for almost 51% [...]

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District 6 “bans” sodas from school lunchrooms

by Jack Minor – Parents have expressed concerns over a recent notice advising them not to allow their children to bring sodas to school. In a recent newsletter, parents were told that as, per a policy passed by the school board last October, “soda is no longer allowed in the cafeterias at the elementary and [...]

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Republican candidates commit to enforcing pornography laws

by Matt Lacy – While three of the Republican candidates have told an organization that fights against pornography they are committed to enforcing the current pornography laws, Obama has not yet made the same commitment. In October, Morality in Media began to contact the 2012 presidential candidates from both parties, which included Barack Obama, in [...]

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DoD to investigate filmmakers’ access to bin Laden film

Movie originally scheduled to be released in time for Nov. elections by Jack Minor – The Pentagon has opened an investigation into accusations by a member of Congress that a liberal Hollywood filmmaker may have been given access to classified information for a movie on the death of bin Laden. Rep. Peter King, (R-N.Y.), chairman of [...]

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Exposing secrets for better government

by Craig Masters – Transparency is a popular buzzword for politicians these days. But if the thick black smoke of the Wyoming state legislature’s transparency is allowed to spread south over Weld County – God help us all. According to a report posted October 26, on the website of the Wyoming Liberty Group by JP [...]

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Reapportionment an opportunity for more governmental control

Court to set new district boundries Reapportionment web is being spun in Denver By Craig Masters After ten years of knowing they would have the job to do, Colorado legislators have finally reached the deadline for turning in their “homework.” The Supreme Court ruled October 31, that oral arguments regarding reapportionment of the Colorado General [...]

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Food Day event to be held at University schools cafeteria

Staff Reports – Greeley- Food Day, October 24, 2011, is a nationwide grass roots effort to promote healthy eating and raise awareness of food issues within communities. Each Food Day event is individual to its host site and no two events will be exactly the same.   Weld County School District 6 will celebrate Food [...]

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Greeley man sentenced to 18 years in prison

Staff Reports –   GREELEY, Colo. – On Wednesday morning, October 19, 2011, in Weld County District Court, Ernest Williams (DOB 06/15/83) of Greeley was sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison for two separate criminal cases. On November 9, 2009, Williams was arrested for case involving kidnapping, aggravated robbery, assault and extortion. [...]

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Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger

 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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District to host citizens academy

Staff Reports –   Community members in Greeley and Evans who are interested in learning more about the operation of local schools and the school district are invited to participate in the 2011-12 District 6 Citizens Academy. The Academy begins on Monday, Oct. 17.   Academy participants will meet six times during the school year [...]

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VA to offer free flu shots for verterans

Staff Reports –   The Cheyenne VA Medical Center is conducting an aggressive seasonal flu campaign again this year. Free seasonal flu shots will be given to all Veterans on October 22 at the Fort Collins VA Clinic. The flu shot clinic will occur from 8:00am to 12:30pm at the Fort Collins VA Clinic, 2509 Research [...]

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Greeley “monster maker” gets own reality show

    by Jack Minor – A local businessman who is well-known for masks and other monster paraphernalia has been featured in his own reality show. The show, “Making Monsters” is currently showing on the “Travel Channel,” Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. and features Ed and Marsha Edmunds, founders of Distortions Unlimited and their team. [...]

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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 so she will not have to stay there forever…..now, now…..I know some of you think that would be a good idea, but it is an even better [...]

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Evans Senior Center

by Betty Grauberger Senior Breakfasts are back on the first Thursday of  each month at 9:00 a.m….of course that means November 3rd for our next big one!  The Pikes do great things cooking for you and the cost is just $4.00 for all you can put in your little tummies…….it is good down home cookin’ [...]

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County to offer free men’s health screening

Staff Reports – The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) will offer a second free Men’s Health Screening event that includes cholesterol, body mass index (BMI), blood sugar, and blood pressure. WCDPHE’s goal is to increase awareness about men’s health issues and to educate men and their families about the importance of [...]

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Greeley Unites Against Abortion / Untold Post Affects

On October 2, 2011 at 2:00 in the afternoon, the annual Greeley life chain took place on 23rd street. About 200 pro-life advocates expanded the line. Mary Jane Kuhn, a District 6 paraprofessional has coordinated this event for ten years but notes the city of Greely has been gathering for these life chains since the [...]

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“Win a Wedding” winners to be announced October 4th

One of ten finalist couples to win a $ 15,000 wedding package sponsored by Greeley Events GroupStaff Reports A newly formed group of Greeley professionals, dubbed the “Greeley Events Group”, is sponsoring an on-line contest with the prize being a $ 15,000 wedding package for the winning couple.  The local couples entered the contest via [...]

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Evans VFW to raise money for cancer research

Staff Reports – Evans Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 6624 is holding their annual spaghetti dinner and auction on October 8th to raise money for cancer aid and research. The Dinner will be at the Evan’s VFW 3501 state st in Evan’s. Come eat and have fun while helping to raise money for Cancer Aid [...]

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Circulation decline prompts new charges for Greeley Tribune

Denver television station KDVR reported Tuesday, that faced with a shrinking number of print subscriptions, The Tribune, Greeley’s largest daily newspaper, has announced it will begin charging customers for much of its online content starting in November. Tribune Publisher, Bart Smith, in an article posted on greeleytribune.com this week, stated the paper has made the [...]

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Evans Senior Center – October

by Betty Grauberger Senior Breakfasts are back on the first Thursday of  each month at 9:00 a.m….of course that means October 6th for our next big one!  The Pikes do great things cooking for you and the cost is just $4.00 for all you can put in your little tummies……..some of the choices are pancakes, [...]

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Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger

Senior Breakfasts are back on the first Thursday of  each month at 9:00 a.m….of course that means October 6th for our next big one!  The Pikes do great things cooking for you and the cost is just $4.00 for all you can put in your little tummies……..some of the choices are pancakes, sausage, biscuits and [...]

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