Posts Tagged ‘Richard’

Weld Peace Officer’s Memorial Ceremony to be held Wednesday

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 a ceremony will be held at the Fallen Officer’s Memorial at Bittersweet Park located at 16th Street and 35th Avenue .   The event will be held at 10:00 a.m. and will recognize seven dedicated troopers, officers and deputies who served their communities and gave their lives in service to [...]

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Weld County dedicates Fallen Officers Memorial

by Jack Minor –   Saying he hopes never to add another name to the list, Weld County Sheriff John Cooke dedicated the Weld County Fallen Officers’ Memorial Monday morning at Bittersweet Park.   The timing of the dedication came at a tragic time. Last evening, Denver Police Officer Celena Hollis was murdered while attempting [...]

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T.J. Maxx to open Greeley store

Turning Greeley Fashionistas Into MaxxinistasStaff Reports –   FRAMINGHAM, MA (March, 2012) — T.J.Maxx, the nation’s largest off-price retailer, will open a new store in Greeley on March 18th. The 25,000 sq. ft. store will be located at Centerplace of Greeley, 4110 Centerplace Drive. The Greeley location will feature a stylish, easy to shop layout [...]

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Courts says schools within rights to prohibit Christian displays, allow other religions

by Peter Grady – In a blatant admission that the “establishment clause” only applies to Christian beliefs, a California court has ruled that a school district was within its rights to order classroom banners proclaiming God in quotes by American’s founding documents, while allowing references to Eastern religions to remain in other classrooms. The Ninth [...]

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Disgraced Greeley schools need immediate changes across the board

by Craig Masters It is no longer possible for second and third rate schools to hide. Greeley schools have clearly demonstrated consistent performance – in the bottom third and worse. But the news for Greeley isn’t all bad. The readily available public access to Colorado schools’ ratings in clear and easy to understand terms is [...]

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Canadian artist to star in UNC comedy “Harvey”

Staff Reports – Guest artist Peter Krantz will be staring as Elwood P. Dowd in The University of Northern Colorado College of Performing and Visual Arts presents a comedy, Harvey, Directed by David Grapes. Harvey runs December 1-3rd at 7:30pm and Sunday December 4th at 2pm in the Langworthy Theater in Frasier Hall on central [...]

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Broughton, Elliott, Rankin, Pike – right choices for schools

B E R P – Acronym – Courage to provide change Greeley Gazette  Editorial Board  Greeley schools are not exemplary by any stretch of the imagination.  The current SB doesn’t admit even this. City leaders and local Realtors often hear from businesses and individuals that refuse to move to Greeley because our schools perform so poorly. [...]

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Decision time for District 6

Candidates offer new visions or status-quo  By James Courant The current and future direction of our public schools has sparked much interest and not a little passion within our community in recent months. Now with the election of school board members fast approaching, voters have their choice of fourteen candidates vying for the four available [...]

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Who are the school board candidates?

    By James Courant   The field for the upcoming Greeley/Evans school board elections is a crowded one. With fifteen candidates vying for the four open seats, the Gazette will be doing a series of articles on meeting the candidates.   In this article we will be providing some basic information on each candidate [...]

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Richard “Rick” Phil Futch

August 22, 1962 ~ June 4, 2011 Rick Futch, age 48, passed away on June 4, 2011. He was born August 22, 1962 to Nyrene (Eby) and Phil Futch in Sterling. He attended school in Sterling. He moved to Greeley in the early 1990’s and in 1998, he married Debra Cashatt Bowman. Rick worked in [...]

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Richard “Dick” Rolfness

  January 3, 1933 ~ March 12, 2011 Residence: Greeley, Colorado   Richard “Dick” Rolfness of Greeley died Saturday, March 12, 2011 in Hospice of Northern Colorado Inpatient Unit.  He was born January 3, 1933 to Samuel and Eleanor (Manning) Rolfness, in Bremerton, Washington.   Dick grew up in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Jefferson [...]

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School board plans to violate state law and ban “legal” guns at meetings

Wants to craft policy apart from community engagement meeting Story and photo By Jack Minor Emotions ran high at the emergency work session held by the District 6 Board of Education to discuss ways to prevent Board-member Brett Reese from legally carrying a weapon to board meetings. Reese informed John Gates, head of district security, [...]

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Jennie Adams

October 24, 1925 ~ October 5, 2010 Jennie Adams of Greeley died Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at Denver Health Medical Center.  She was born October 24, 1925 in San Bernardino, California to Florian and Margaret (Jaramillo) Fajardo. Jennie grew up in Commerce City, and throughout her life, lived in Hawaii, San Francisco and the Philippines.  [...]

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Lucille McKee,

Lucille McKee, 80, of Greeley, died on August 25, 2010 at NCMC.  She was born December 21, 1929 in Greeley to John R. and Freida (Grosskopf) Sitzman. Lucille married W. Richard McKee on September 26, 1948 in Greeley. She was a homemaker and business partner and enjoyed participating in the A-Z bowling league, Worthwhile Workers [...]

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Richard A. Flitton

Richard A. Flitton, 71, of Greeley, died on Friday, August 20, 2010 at his home.  He was born April 17, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Curtis and Louella (Rawson) Flitton. He married Judith A. Fredericksen on April 8, 1961 in Spokane, Washington and she died on September 20, 2009. Richard worked as a [...]

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Richard E. Davis, Sr.

Richard E. Davis, Sr. February 13, 1930-June 23, 2010 Residence:  Greeley Richard was born in Waterville, Kansas to Lewie and Lily Davis.  His early years were spent in Waterville until the family moved to Topeka, Kansas, where Rich graduated from Topeka High School and then worked for the Santa Fe Railroad until joining the Air [...]

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Jill Yanklowitz Shannon

Jill Yanklowitz Shannon, 63 of Evans, Colorado died on Monday, June 14, 2010 at her home with her family by her side. She was born on September 28, 1946 in Glens Falls, New York to Harold and E. Beulah (Slater) Yanklowitz. Tribute: Jill married Richard Shannon on July 12, 1986 in San Diego, California.  She [...]

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Doris Jean Early

Doris Jean Early March 26, 1922 – May 13, 2010 Doris Jean Early was born March 26, 1922 passed peacefully May 13, 2010.  Her parents were Flora Belle and Charles Smith Cantrell who raise their family in the Barnesville and Gill Colorado area until they retired to Eaton, Colorado.  She married the love of her [...]

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Richard Max Valencia

Richard Max Valencia, 67, beloved son, brother father and grandfather, lost his battle with cancer an Wednesday, MAy 12. He was born March 10, 1942 in Trinidad, Co. to Faustine and Ida Valencia. The family moved to Greeley when Richard was two. He attended school in Greeley and worked for several companies before he retired. [...]

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Raymond F. Hergert

Raymond F. Hergert, 85, of Greeley, CO died Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Grace Pointe Continuing Care Center in Greeley. Ray was born February 3, 1925 in Russell, KS to Frederick and Marie (Wassemiller) Hergert.  As a young boy, Ray moved with his family to Colorado where they farmed in the Greeley area.  He was [...]

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Virginia G. Onorato

Virginia G. Onorato of Greeley died on Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Northern Colorado Long Term Acute Hospital in Johnstown. She was born on February 22, 1941, in Greeley Colorado, to Henry and Edna Grace (McCarty) Moser.  She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Milliken Colorado.  In July 1959 she married James [...]

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Doris Stanley

Doris Stanley, 92 of Greeley passed away on April 17, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Inpatient Unit. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 25, 1917 to Eric and Florence (Karschnick) Schultz.  She graduated from high school and married Robert Stanley on March 31, 1934. Doris worked at US Rubber Company [...]

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Darlene F. Garrett

Darlene F. Garrett March 8, 1935 – April 15, 2010 Darlene F. Garrett, 75, of Greeley died April 15, 2010 at Centennial Health Care Center.  She was born March 8, 1935 in Colorado Springs, CO to John and Verna (Thomas) Morrison. She married Robert Garrett in Colorado Springs on March 11, 1954.  He preceded her [...]

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What’s Up With The Wampler’s

by Rise Wampler for The Greeley Gazette My name is Rise (Reesa) Wampler. I am the 46 yr old wife of Rich Wampler and the mother of 11 adopted, special needs children. We recently moved to Colorado from a small suburb outside of Atlanta, Georgia. We were given a wonderful, new 9000 sq ft home [...]

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