Archive for Friday, April 29, 2005

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On the road again
Colorado State Patrol captain to work highways near Denver
April 29, 2005
Once, Capt. Gary Torgerson’s co-workers switched a ceiling tile in his office for a mirror. A different time, his cohorts played another joke on him by issuing a false warrant for his arrest.
Trapper Mine injury free for 2 years
April 29, 2005
For the past two years, Trapper Mine has not had a single lost-time injury.
Man to pay $18K for road damage
April 29, 2005
A Steamboat Springs man who bulldozed a road into a wilderness study area must pay $18,000 to repair the damage he caused.
Track talent on display
April 29, 2005
The weatherman is predicting an 80 percent chance of rain or snow; coach Vicki Haddan is predicting some quality racing.
David Pressgrove: What a difference a year makes
April 29, 2005
In the final week of the girls soccer season last year, I wrote a column about the struggles of the team. The thesis wasn’t so much about the team’s record, but more about the team’s poor attitude.
Shot-put queen the team’s only qualifier
April 29, 2005
Moffat County senior Brittani Weber shot onto the throwing scene last year with a state-qualifying throw at the North Park Invitational in Craig. She threw another personal best two weeks later at the Clint Wells Invitational. She went on to finish seventh in the shot put at state and is one of the top returning throwers this year. Although her throws haven’t been what she’s hoped for, Weber did qualify for state last week with a throw of 34 feet, 10 inches.
No way to live’
Meeker soldier grateful to be home after a year in Afghanistan
April 29, 2005
Kevyn Mack stops to take a heavy breath while recounting the nightmares of his time in Afghanistan. He looks to his aunt.
Colorado’s uninsured top 300,000
April 29, 2005
If Jeannie Carranza had�—n’t found the Colorado Indigent Care Program, she doesn’t know how she would have paid her medical bills.
Datebook for April 30
April 29, 2005
8 a.m. St. Mark Episcopal and Luth�—eran Church of Grace are having a rummage sale until 2 p.m. at 657 Green St.
Briefs for April 30
April 29, 2005
Kindergarten round-up for Moffat County will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at all three elementary schools.
Police Blotter for April 30
April 29, 2005
Moffat County Jail Friday, April 29 No incidents reported.
Our View: The road less traveled
April 29, 2005
There’s a process for everything — getting a liquor license, obtaining a building permit, securing a bank loan — and there is a process for resource management. The Northwest Colorado Steward�—ship and the Bureau of Land Manage�—ment are in the lengthy process of updating a nearly 20-year-old resource management plan. The plan, which encourages the public’s input, could mean that off-highway vehicle users have significantly fewer acres of accessible terrain for recreational activities.
Planting seeds for the future
April 29, 2005
Students in the Moffat County High School horticulture class don’t exactly reap what they sow, but the program does.
Getting it write
School newspaper recognized
April 29, 2005
Two members of the Moffat County High School Postscript staff will travel to Denver on Monday to be honored for winning four Colorado Press Association awards.
Education calendar
April 29, 2005
3:15 p.m. Craig Intermediate School choir group “Kids from the Country” will travel to Sand Rock Ridge to present a concert for the residents.
Star Student: Laura Secules
April 29, 2005
You don’t have to look too closely to see that second-grader Laura Secules is shy — she’ll tell you straight out.
Edwin S. ‘Shorty’ Cromer (1927-2005)
April 29, 2005
Edwin S. “Shorty” Cromer died March 24, 2005, at his home after a long illness.
Gene Bruce (1925-2005)
April 29, 2005
Gene Bruce of Craig died April 27, 2005, at the VA Medical Center in Grand Junction. He was 80.
Haslem-Rockwood
April 29, 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Verla Haslem of Craig are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Haslem, to Thomas Rockwood of Seattle, Wash.

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