Craig Daily Press

Craig — With Craig Centennial events costing the Museum of Northwest Colorado more than usual, some financial help is “certainly appreciated,” Director Dan Davidson said.

The El Pomar Foundation approved a $3,000 grant for the Museum of Northwest Colorado on May 9.

Shelly Flannery, former Moffat County Tourism Association director, applied for the grant last October while she worked for the county agency. Flannery resigned in January.

Davidson said he wasn’t sure what he would spend the money on, but there is never a shortage for possible projects at the museum.

“We have had a lot of expenses,” he said. “With the Craig Centennial Celebration, we’ve done some more events and had some more exhibits that cost more than we usually spend. We love doing it, though. But, we’ve had some additional expenses, so we can put that money to good use.”

Davidson added it was good to see grant income out of the work Flannery put into applications.

Flannery submitted three grant requests on behalf of the museum in 2007, two of which were denied earlier this year.

The El Pomar grant has been in limbo since then. Flannery’s initial request was for $10,000.

MCTA board member Cindy Looper said it was nice to be able to do something for the museum.

“I think it’s great,” Looper said.

MCTA’s grant requests were part of a deal to rent office space at the museum. A contract between MCTA and the museum calls for $5,000 in 2007 and 2008 to pay for space, which can be raised through grants or paid out of the MCTA budget.

MCTA paid $5,000 in 2007, and this grant amount probably will be taken out of the rent due for 2008, Davidson and Looper said.

GOWD looking for youth riders

The Chamber Ambassadors seeking children ages 5 to 12 to ride their patriotic-decorated bikes in the Chamber’s float for the Grand Olde West Days parade May 24.

Youths should meet at 1:30 p.m. on the day of the event at the middle school.

We also will be having a booth at the Monday Street Festival with information and a Cutest Cowboy and Cowgirl Contest for children ages 5 and younger.

Prizes will be awarded to all, “cutest” two will receive savings bond.

New book group to start

All readers are invited to attend a new reading group/book club, “Page Turners,” sponsored by Downtown Books. The group will read books across the genres — new and old fiction, science writing, creative non-fiction, mysteries and may even take a peek at poetry.

“Once Upon a Day,” by Lisa Tucker is the first book. Tucker follows the exploits of a young woman, raised in isolation on a grand estate in New Mexico, searching for her runaway brother. In St. Louis, she is introduced to outside world.

The first meeting of Page Turners is at 1 p.m. June 21 at Downtown Books, 543 Yampa Ave. Future meeting dates will be determined by the group. The second book in the series will be “Plenty,” by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon.

Call The Book Ladies at (970) 824-5343 for more information.

AA has meeting time changes

Craig Group One Alcoholics Anonymous has made the following changes to its meeting schedule:

Sunday’s non-smoking open meeting is from 1 to 2:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s non-smoking Book Study closed meeting is from 8 to 9:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s women’s open meeting begins at noon.

Thursday’s open topic discussion meeting is from 8 to 9:15 p.m.

Saturday’s open meeting is from 8 to 9:15 p.m.

Open meetings mean everyone is welcome. Closed meetings mean they are for person with a desire to stop drinking.

Meetings take place at 50 S. Ranney St. Call 888-333-9649 for more information.

Spaghetti fundraiser takes place Friday

A fundraising, all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner for the Bad Dog wrestling team is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church, 1050 Yampa Ave.

Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children, and can be purchased from Bad Dog wrestlers or at The Furniture Gallery of Craig, 385 Ranney St.

Proceeds go to help send youths to wrestling camp. Call 846-7284.

Disc throwing clinic to be held today

There will be a flying disc throwing clinic for anyone interested in learning about the sport of disc dog competition and fun at 6:30 p.m. today at Loudy-Simpson Park.

Honey Rock Dogs Boarding Kennel hosts the event, which is free to the public. Tips on teaching your dog to catch a disc will be presented. Official Colorado Disc Dogs discs will be available at the clinic for $3 each.

Plans are in the works to bring a Colorado Disc Dogs competition to Craig on Sept. 27. This sport is a family-friendly event that is open to people and their dogs of all levels of ability.

To register for the clinic or for more information, call Elisa Shackelton at the extension office at 824-9180 or Honey Rock Dogs at 824-9518.

Graduation ride available

In an effort to help parents, family members and community members with a smoother arrival and additional parking space for commencement exercises, the Moffat County School District, in cooperation with Craig Kmart, will be offering free shuttles from the Kmart parking lot on graduation day, which is May 24.

Starting at 9 a.m., the Moffat County School District transportation department will begin running shuttles between the high school’s front entrance and the Kmart parking lot.

An area for parking will be designated at Kmart for this event and shuttles will run every few minutes until the designated parking area is full.

Following commencement exercises, shuttles will run for 30 minutes to take patrons back to the their cars.

Call Jim Baptist at 824-5511 or Mike Taylor at 824-5522.

Auction items list released for benefit

The following items will be available at the benefit dinner and auction for Tanya Bohrer, which takes place at 6 p.m. today at the Mof­fat County Fairgrounds Pavi­­lion:

• Bunk beds

• Four Denver Outlaw Lacrosse tickets

• All-day fishing trip for two

• Garden gift basket

• Kitchen table and chairs

• Full service oil change

• 1 cord of pine firewood

• Fleece jacket

• Portable grill

• 72 holes of golf with cart

• Microwave

For a full list of available items or for more information about the event, call 824-7036 and ask for Paula Duzik or DeLaine Brown.