Archive for Saturday, June 7, 2008

Craig briefs for June 7

‘Rack Pack’ hosts fundraisers

June 7, 2008

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The Relay for Life “Rack Pack” team hosts two fundraisers this weekend to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Today, the team will host a booth from 7:30 a.m. to noon during Huck Finn Fun Day at Loudy-Simpson Park. Visitors may get their face painted, play fish pond and win a chance at a free guided elk hunt or dinner for two at Vallartas.

On Sunday, the team hosts a pancake, sausage and egg breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at Wyman Museum during the Mountain Man Rendezvous. The cost is $5 per person.

Visitors may decorate a luminaria to honor a loved one struggling with or lost to cancer during each fundraiser. The luminarias will be lit up as a “beacon of hope” during the Craig Relay for Life event July 18, team members reported.

Conservation District sets meeting date

The Colorado First Conservation District will host its annual meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. June 14, at the Wyman Museum, 94350 E. U.S. Highway 40. All cooperators are welcome.

RSVP to Dede Sorrentino at 824-5114.

Rotary speaker to make presentation on trip

The Craig Rotary Club invites the public to its meeting at 7 a.m. June 10 at the Golden Cavvy Restaurant for a presentation by featured speaker Mike Guida, of Meeker.

Guida will give a presentation of his trip with a group of young business leaders from Arizona that went to Tamil Nadu, India. The group spent a month on a cultural exchange funded by the Rotary Foundation.

Daughters of the American Revolution

Anyone interested in becoming a member of a renewed chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution in the Craig area should call Shannan Koucherik at 824-9518. Free assistance is available to help women trace family lines to their revolutionary patriots.

The DAR is a national organization dedicated to patriotism and education.

Motivational speaker to read from new book

Resident and recently retired Moffat County High School woodworking teacher Craig Conrad will read from and talk about his book, “Unstoppable: Inspiring Lessons for the Unstoppable You,” at 1:30 p.m. today at Downtown Books, 543 Yampa Ave.

“After personally experiencing some of his own students becoming stoppable because of drugs and alcohol, Conrad took action and created his popular Friday stories,” according to a news release from Downtown Books. “‘Unstoppable’ is a collection of those and other stories.”

Conrad has been a teacher for 23 years and is founder of the “Unstoppable You” program.

For more information, call Downtown Books at 824-5343.

Family reunion planned for this month

The Bennett-Arnett family reunion is June 20, 21 and 22 in Green River, Utah. Call Myrtle at 824-3355.

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