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Flat and fast.

Down two games to none Friday night to visiting Montrose High School, you would have been hard pressed to find a single frown on any of the Moffat County girl’s faces.

My thought of an ideal community includes caring about each other, looking out to protect our children, and the safety in knowing that our children can participate in events and activities without due harm.

Maybell Fire Chief Scott Schaffer was busy Wednesday evening, passing out pagers and radios to the dozen firefighters at the Volunteer Fire Department building on U.S. Highway 40.

Somehow, at Monday’s editorial board meeting, the conversation steered to education.

8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sheep Wagon Days are at the Wyman Museum, located three miles east of Craig on U.S. Highway 40.

When the Elkin family opened Summit National Bank in Baggs, Wyo., five years ago, it was providing a missing business service in the Little Snake River Valley for farmers and ranchers.

Moffat County High School football player J.T. Haddan was injured early in the Bulldogs’ Thursday night loss at Palisade High School.

With host Craig Middle School outnumbering visiting Hayden by a 4-to-1 ratio, the outcome of Tuesday night’s contest was never in question.

A Baggs, Wyo., city councilman asked Carbon County officials Tuesday for more law enforcement presence in the Little Snake River Valley so Baggs doesn’t have to send its only officer out of town.

The Deer Lodge Park campground, about 50 miles west of Craig, appears as an oasis amid the barren mountainous region surrounding the area.

Illena Updike slowly cranked the handle on the butter churn in front of the East Elementary School children visiting Sheep Wagon Days at the Wyman Museum.

Forty-two million dollars for a hospital.

Support group begins session

Hotel rooms, clothes, money, pots and pans and children’s books and toys have already come in from friends and strangers alike.

The Carbon County Council of Governments plans to meet in Baggs,Wyo., Wednesday to discuss the proposed optional 1 percent tax and hear other reports.

Off an on through the years, various organizations have conducted coat drives in the Yampa Valley to help fill the need of warm clothing in cold conditions.

As products of the Moffat County School District, we encourage our community to vote yes on 3A. Thanks to the commitment and forethought of previous generations, we were afforded exceptional educational opportunities which, in turn, allowed us to pursue our goals and dreams without restriction. It is now our turn, as a conscientious community, to continue Moffat County’s educational commitment.

Wyoming has a lot of beautiful country and a lot of beautiful rivers and streams. But it also has a lot of country that’s unfit for anything other than lizards and toads, and you have to drive through that part of the state to enjoy the beautiful part. Of course, this is just my interpretation of the Wyoming wastelands. I’m sure other people see a lot of beauty in the arid sections of Wyoming.

Gov. Bill Ritter will make his second formal Craig visit of the year Sept. 28 when he hosts a community event as part of a statewide “Outreach Tour,” the governor’s office confirmed Friday.