Posts Tagged ‘tree’

Obama breaks with tradition, refers to Christ as just “good man” not “Son of God”

Previous presidents acknowledged Christian belief of Christ’s divinity during Christmas proclamationsby Jack Minor – While we acknowledge there are many different religions in America, and believe in the Constitutional right of people to choose to believe whatever they want to about their god (or choose to believe nothing at all), the Christmas holiday is traditionally [...]

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Greeley tree limb pick up completed

Greeley City crews have completed neighborhood curbside pick up of storm damaged tree limbs and will not be back to pick up limbs curbside. For those who missed the City pick up, they can take their tree limbs to the free drop site near Island Grove Park through December 9.  The site, located at the [...]

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Greeley is trunk of Al Qaeda family tree?

The Muslim Brotherhood appears to be on the verge of gaining power within the Egyptian government. With the addition of power in Egypt, this group of what too many Americans consider a small group of Islamist extremist will add to the power they have already gained in other recent government overthrows across northern Africa. Perhaps [...]

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Obama Grinch to ax Christmas tree tax, for now

image courtesy of Walter and moonbattery.com by Jack Minor – Following criticism by conservative media outlets and the public, the Obama administration has decided to delay a tax on Christmas trees. The 15 cent tax on each Christmas tree was intended to support a new government program that would create a new bureaucracy. David Shipman, [...]

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Greeley to offer free tree limb removal for residents

    Following the season’s first snow storm which downed tree limbs througout the area, the city has said they will be providing free limb removal for residents.   Karen Bothwell with the Public Works department, told the Gazette that the city will remove any downed tree limbs by Nov. 7 if residents can get them [...]

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Evans Council expresses concerns with Cave Creek

story and photo by Jack Minor   The Evans City Council expressed deep reservations about the Cave Creek mobile home park’s current compliance of existing regulations as they held a public hearing that would allow more homes into the area.  Under current requirements, new residents must have a home that is no more than four [...]

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Christian DeBaun

Christian DeBaun, 46 of Longmont, Colorado died on Tuesday March 15, 2011 in Wellington, Colorado.   He was born on August 17, 1964 in Cooperstown, New York to Peter & Patricia (Burger) DeBaun.   Christian graduated from Canon City High School in 1983.  He later attended Northeaster Junior College in Sterling, Colorado where he earned [...]

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Genghis Khan “green” conqueror?

Mongol invasions reduced carbon footprint by 700 million tons – By Jack Minor – A new report claims that one of history’s most ruthless conquerors was a “green” warrior who helped reduce global warming. The Carnegie Institute’s Department of Global Ecology conducted a study comparing carbon impacts of a number of historical events including the [...]

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A Voice Crying in Greeley

By Rev. Brad If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The same question could be asked of many churches in our area. Sunday after Sunday, week after week, churches all over this country preach from the Word of God to a congregation [...]

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Evans celebrates Arbor Day April 16

by Jack Minor, for The Greeley Gazette Mayor Lyle Achziger issued a proclamation declaring April 16 as Arbor Day in the city of Evans. Arbor Day first began in 1872 when J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees. The first [...]

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