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Last December, Julie Jones-Eddy (formerly of Craig and now from Colorado Springs) sent me her mother’s recipe for “Pumpkin Chiffon Pie.” Margaret E. Jones always made the pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The general consensus this week in the “man about town” suggests Craig football fans have discarded the notion of the Broncos making the playoffs.

When I was little, my Grandpa drilled it into my head that if a person couldn’t pay cash for something, he couldn’t afford it. Unfortunately, along came credit cards and too many people seem to have lost the ability to assess what they can and can’t “afford.”

For some, a car’s engine is a mystical force propelling them down the road. If a problem were to arise, keeping it running could be a bewildering challenge.

Mendylon Paige Strickland, 45, of Craig, was booked into Moffat County Jail on suspicion of violating conditions of release.

With about 25 percent of pledges returned, and results out from several large donors, it’s still too early to tell whether the Moffat County United Way campaign will reach its $475,000 fundraising goal.

A friend recently mentioned that few individuals in our circumstances (50-plus years old and with grown children) seemed to speak in favor of the school bond issue, 3A.

Financial projections indicate The Memorial Hospital is on pace to earn $1 million net profit by the end of the year, the hospital’s highest profit margin since at least 2002.

The Hayden High School football team has proved that it can win when it must win.

The next distribution day for the Love INC coat drive is Saturday at First Congregational Church, 630 Green St. Volunteers will be available to assist people needing a coat from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wander up around Maybell, a little more than four miles northwest on Highway 318, and you might find a family trying something new.

Today

7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The second eight-hour “crash course” for temporary hunter educations cards takes place at the Maybell Community Center. This class will be the last day before the start of the third season. Call 272-3238.

Ever since 7-year-old Katie had the miraculous discovery that her two front teeth were lose, part of our bedtime ritual includes me wiggling them and then predicting when they’ll fall out.

The head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources stirred up a tempest Wednesday in the Legislature’s interim Water Resources Review Committee with a suggestion that two big pots of money used to pay for water projects be merged into one.