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Post office: Please clear mailboxes

With the arrival of snow, ice and difficult weather conditions, the Craig Post Office is asking postal customers to always clear a safe, accessible path to mailboxes.

Post office requests include:

• Make sure the mailbox is visible and free of snow and ice.

• Make sure mailboxes are safely accessible for letter carriers.

• Clear the mailbox area of snow, sleet, slush, ice and debris.

If mailboxes are blocked off and conditions are too difficult, letter carriers must consider safety and accessibility first and are instructed not to deliver to mailboxes and locations considered to difficult or unsafe to access.

For more information, call the Craig Post Office at 824-8506.

Yampa Valley Partners plans for local future

At its regular meeting Dec. 10, the Yampa Valley Partners Board, consisting of members from Routt and Moffat counties, discussed the future of the organization in light of its executive director's appointment to the Moffat County Commission.

Yampa Valley Partners adopted a revised strategic plan earlier this year and is in the process of succession planning. YVP discussed moving forward with a transition that is expected to be smooth. YVP will be advertising for a new director.

"YVP is pleased for Moffat County residents as the board knows how much Audrey's work with YVP has helped the whole valley over the past 12 years and is committed to the future of YVP and Moffat County," Russ Martin, chair of YVP, said.

Soon, YVP's Community Indicators Project, a comprehensive information source of community information, trends and issues, will be released.

VA Medical Center ER open Thursday, Friday

The Grand Junction Veterans Affairs Emergency Room will be open Christmas Day and Friday for registered patients. All other clinics will be closed. Walk-in patients to the VA Medical Center's ER should use the building's front entrance.

During the holiday weekend, Veterans Affairs patients who need non-emergency medical advice can call the medical center's front desk at 970-263-2800 or toll free at 1-866-206-6415. The operator will direct the call as needed. This line is for non-emergency use only. For medical emergencies - any threat to life, limb or eyesight - dial 911.

Holiday visiting hours at the VA Medical Center are:

• ICU fifth floor: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Inpatient fifth floor: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Inpatient third floor: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Community Living Center (formerly TCU): Case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

Biggest Loser of Craig Celebration is today

Craig's Biggest Loser weight loss competition is scheduled to offer a celebration to the participants in its first 12-week session at 6 p.m. today at the Center of Craig, 601 Yampa Ave. Cash prizes of $550, $330 and $220 will be awarded to first-, second- and third-place winners, respectively, in the organization's weight-loss contest. Residents also can sign up for the second 12-week session at the event. Registration costs $39. For more information, call 879-1303.

Faith Lutheran Church hosts Christmas dinner

Faith Lutheran Church, 580 Green St., is scheduled to host a Christmas dinner at 1 p.m. Thursday. The meal is free, and all are invited to attend. For more information, call 824-3043 or Denise at 826-4762.

Coaches needed for boys, girls basketball

AAU basketball is looking for coaches for the 2009 season for boys and girls in grades six to eight.

Practices will begin in January.

If interested, call Andrea Camp at 824-6214 or Shane Camilletti at 824-8185.