Also from January 4
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- Our view: Agency asked; you gave
- January 4, 2005
- Pound for pound, Moffat County is one of the most generous communities on the Western Slope.
- Health initiative in final year
- Healthy People 2010 is making a difference, extension agent says
- January 4, 2005
- Nearly 1,000 Moffat County residents are living healthier lifestyles because of the Healthy People 2010 initiative.
- Got snow?
- Lack of the white stuff leads to relocation of snowmobile races
- January 4, 2005
- Everything was in place for the Mountain States Snowmobile Racing circuit’s first races of the season this weekend in Craig. Everything except one necessity — snow.
- Datebook for Jan. 5
- January 4, 2005
- Today 3 p.m. Quest Bible-based activities program for children grades kindergarten through fourth will meet at the First Congregational Church, 630 Green St., until 4:45 p.m. Stories, activities and snacks will be provided. Call 824-3039.
- News briefs for Jan. 5
- January 4, 2005
- The Colorado State Department of Human Services is under an order of District Court Judge John W. Coughlin to assure timely case processing for clients with emergency needs. If any client who has submitted an application and all required verification for food assistance, Medicaid, Colorado Works, old age pension, aid to needy disabled or long-term care is not approved or denied within 45 days of application and is in an emergency situation defined below, the Colorado Department of Human Services will force a payment within five working days despite the computer system’s inability to generate a payment if all eligible criteria have been met. Emergency situations include: n Immediate hunger n Client is without medication or medical treatment when such absence endangers the applicant’ or recipients’ health or life n Client is without shelter or is facing imminent risk of eviction or foreclosure. n Client is without utilities or is at imminent risk of utility shut off n Client is facing any other circumstance that puts the applicant or recipient in imminent peril pf physical injury, harm or extreme hardship. The Moffat County Department of Social Services closely monitors all applications that are past the 45 day limit. As of Thursday, 52 applications are overdue. If anyone applied 45 days ago or more and eligibility has not been determined or is a recipient whose benefits have been reduced, terminated or suspended in error and is in one of the emergency situations listed above, they may call 1-800-536-5298 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. They also may call the local department at 824-8282.
- Police blotter for Jan. 5
- January 4, 2005
- Michael Eugene Homan
- January 4, 2005
- Michael Eugene Homan of Rifle, Colo., owner of the Timberline Sports Shop, died Dec. 30, 2004, in Rifle. He was 51.
- County’s first baby of 2005 arrives home
- Dylan Marie Herndon was born Monday in Steamboat
- January 4, 2005
- Moffat County’s first baby of 2005 was born three days into the new year in Steamboat Springs.
- VNA funding for Haven approved
- Commissioner Les Hampton casts swing vote
- January 4, 2005
- A personal experience caring for his aging mother prompted Moffat County Commissioner Les Hampton’s decision to contribute $2,500 in county funds to the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association’s acquisition of The Haven, an assisted living facility in Hayden.
- County library lagging
- No filtering computer software installed
- January 4, 2005
- Five days have passed since the state mandated that Internet filters be installed on all public library computers, and the Moffat County Library still is not in compliance with the law.
- Man injured while hunting
- Police say bullet fragments struck Dale Skidmore’s face
- January 4, 2005
- Police say there are no charges and they don’t suspect foul play in a hunting accident Saturday that sent a Craig man to The Memorial Hospital to remove bullet fragments from his face.
- Public lands meeting today in Craig
- January 4, 2005
- People interested in the future of 1.3 million acres of public lands in Northwest Colorado have a chance to influence their management from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Shadow Mountain Clubhouse in Craig.
- Member of TMH advisory board resigns
- Melinda Bobo: Process is biased and not best use of my time
- January 4, 2005
- A 16-member advisory board committee chosen to recommend one of three sites to hospital officials to construct a new facility is one person short after a member resigned. Melinda Bobo said she thought the process was biased and members weren’t given enough information to make an informed decision. Bobo said by phone Tuesday night that being on the committee wasn’t the best use of her time.
- Local DUI arrests decrease
- Law enforcement had quiet New Year’s
- January 4, 2005
- Local law enforcement said they heavily patrolled areas in Craig during the New Year’s holiday, but officers reported only one drunken-driving arrest.
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