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- Home school offers faith-based education, family values
- December 5, 2003
- The Longwell children are learning Greek. They also may be learning mathematics and reading at a faster pace then their public school counterparts. Regardless of any comparisons, David and Laurie Longwell said their children are receiving a Christian education — one of the reasons why they chose to homeschool their11 children. “I like my kids and enjoy being around them,” Laurie said in the living room of the Longwell’s rural home. “I think it’s sad when parents say they’re happy to drop their kids off at school or happy to see the summer over.”
- Stress, fatigue, finances can contribute to depression
- Individuals who are alone during holiday season most affected by depression
- December 5, 2003
- This December, Americans will be bombarded with images of families snuggling around a warm fireplace, singing carols on Christmas Eve, and unwrapping presents around the Christmas tree. For many people, television specials, catalog ads and shopping mall displays demonstrate the ideal Christmas, and when the holiday season doesn’t meet expectations, depression sets in.
- Bulldogs sweep competition at Green Valley Duals
- December 5, 2003
- Las Vegas — The main worry after the first day of the Green Valley Duals for Moffat County High School wrestler Scott Garoutte was that he didn’t get enough time on the mat. “I didn’t even work up a sweat,” said the 215 pounder. “I’m right around my weight and I wanted to work a little hard to lose some weight today.”
- Sappy endeavor
- Unique shape, size, detail key to perfect pinyon tree
- December 5, 2003
- Glenn Pritchard is serious about Christmas trees. He’d hate for a family to end up paying too much for a tree loosing its color and its needles because it was cut too long ago, too far away. In the thirty years he’s been cutting Christmas trees, he’s seen some strange tactics from the competition, including green spray paint. Pritchard takes pride selling trees cut from nearby forests.
- Flu worst in century
- December 5, 2003
- The flu has already struck more than 6,300 Coloradoans, long before the flu season has reached its peak, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported Wednesday. More than twice as many confirmed flu cases have been reported this year than during the entire season last year, and this year’s total alone makes up almost half of the cases reported this century.
- Library faces myriad of options
- December 5, 2003
- Maybe nobody would care if the library closed its doors. Or perhaps no one would notice if it shortened its hours, cut back on open days or laid off staff members. Moffat County Library officials will soon have to make some tough choices — but they’re not sure what choice of options will be the most palatable for patrons.
- County refinance plan not ideal
- Commissioners to decide Monday on future budget
- December 5, 2003
- After much anticipation, the results of a loan refinancing proposal for the Moffat County Public Safety Center are in, but they aren’t ideal. At a teleconference Friday afternoon, financial group George K. Baum & Company offered the commissioners a refinancing loan for the Public Safety Center that would redistribute the payment of $700,000 in debt over the next 12 years.
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