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MBA basketball season beginning

Sports briefs

December 1, 2006

All fifth- through eighth-grade students are invited to attend a parent/player meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Craig Intermediate School cafeteria. Any interested students must attend the meeting.

Rookie no joke in rodeo

MCHS graduate gets honors for barrel racing

By Melanie McDaniels

December 1, 2006

It has been two years since Tia Brannan competed in high school rodeos for Moffat County, but the Laramie County Community College sophomore hasn’t stopped doing what she loves.

Born to race

Sunbeam residents breed, train quarter horses

By Dan Olsen

December 1, 2006

In the 1980s, horse racing was still a big part of Northwest Colorado, with a fair circuit holding races in Craig, Rifle, Rangely and Grand Junction.

Year-round giving

Samuelsons honored by Craig Boys & Girls Club

By Melanie McDaniels

December 1, 2006

Mark and Shannon Samuelson’s generous spirit doesn’t just come around during the holiday season. The Boys & Girls Club of Craig is honoring the pair with the Man and Woman of the Year awards because of their desire and commitment to give back to the community.

Team effort

Local couple credits business of the year award to employees

By Joshua Roberts

December 1, 2006

J.B. and Paula Chapman shucked aside any credit for themselves Friday when asked about the Boys & Girls Club of Craig Business of the Year award the couple will receive this evening. Instead, they doled out praise to the people who really make a difference in the community — the 10 employees at Chapman Automotive Service Center.

Local teachers awarded literacy scholarships for master’s work

By Michelle Balleck

December 1, 2006

Three local teachers have been selected to receive literacy scholarships to help offset the costs of earning master’s degrees.

Extra! Extra!

Ridgeview Elementary School students publish monthly newspaper

By Michelle Balleck

December 1, 2006

Heather Young usually skims the newspaper for stories that interest her. Now, she’s the one trying to catch the readers’ attention.

Shootout suspects facing life in prison

Four local teens, two adults charged in Wyoming

By Joshua Roberts

December 1, 2006

As teenagers, their lives had just begun. As defendants, they face spending the rest of their days behind bars. On Thursday, four Craig teenagers — Daniel Merwin, 16, James Gore, 17, Steven Liljedahl, 15, and Johnathan Milligan, 16 — were charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, armed robbery, concealing property and conspiracy to commit murder.

‘A chance to be a good example’

Katie Morris thanks the Boys & Girls Club as it honors her with Youth of the Year award

By Michelle Balleck

December 1, 2006

With two older brothers, Katie Morris never felt she had the opportunity to make a difference in the life of someone younger. That’s why volunteering at the Boys & Girls Club of Craig was a perfect fit for her.

As Hemingway put it…

Jerry Raehal

December 1, 2006

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “We’re all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes the master.”

Kyle Richard Gannon

Military

December 1, 2006

Kyle Richard Gannon, son of Debbie and Mark Gannon of Craig, recently completed Recruit Training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes in Illinois.

On the Record for 11-30

December 1, 2006

On the Record for Nov. 30, 2006.

Bulldogs lose wrestling opener

No. 2 Broomfield solid against Moffat County

By Melanie McDaniels

December 1, 2006

It took 31 seconds for Moffat County senior Nick Navratil to down his Broomfield opponent Friday night at Moffat County High School.

Just something you do

Donating time to others comes naturally for Volunteer of the Year

By Joshua Roberts

December 1, 2006

Instead of relaxing and enjoying the evening, Tanya Ferguson — the recipient of the Georgina McAnally Volunteer of the Year Award — will once again be donating her time to a worthy cause. She will work as a bartender at tonight’s Cowboy Christmas fundraiser, an event where she’ll be honored.