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They came to Craig by wagon, by train, by automobile.

Moffat County High School is presenting Rodgers and Hammersteins musical “Oklahoma!” with four performances - 7 p.m. Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Nov. 16 and 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 17 - in the Moffat County High School auditorium.

7 p.m. Samantha Johnston will answer questions about the hospital tax question, referendum 1A, during a live Web chat on craigdailypress.com

Craig needed a push.

A Craig couple’s quiet evening at home was disrupted Saturday night by the sounds of an out-of-control car sheering a front-yard fire hydrant and crashing through a chain-link fence.

Heading into the second round of the district tournament in Montrose on Saturday, the Moffat County High School volleyball team had won 14 consecutive matches.

The Moffat County Football Team put up a “Tradition of Excellence” board this year to show the history of the football team’s postseason appearances. The girls cross-country team could use a display of their own.

It’s a bubble. Everything seems perfect. All it takes is one flame, one gust of wind and one scream to turn a bad day into a natural disaster. It wasn’t the crisp ocean breeze that woke me up that morning or the laughter of my roommates echoing from the kitchen.

Maybe you’ve heard the term “sandwich generation” and wondered what it means. Visualize yourself being pressed between two large slices of bread about to be eaten by a huge monster - only the “bread” is your parents and your children, and the “monster” is time.

There have been many questions related to ballot question 3A.

As we approach Election Day in 2007, I would like to urge the voters of Moffat County to support proposition 1A, which makes additional funds available for the construction of a new hospital for Craig and Moffat County.

The Board of Education wants new facilities for the Craig schools and no facilities for the children in Dinosaur. Those children have to go to school somewhere else.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve watched the discussion about a new hospital facility unfold on the Craig Daily Press reader forum, and I’ve heard the discussion in the community. I’m compelled to offer my opinion about whether a new hospital facility will mean more doctors and specialists.

I don’t know about the rest of the community, but I would like to have a right to vote for or against any future taxes. If 1A and 3A passes, I can certainly kiss my rights goodbye.

When Paul was diagnosed with hypertension, he wanted to know everything he could do to help manage his disease. So to supplement the information given him by his doctor, he went to the Internet.