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Craig — Colorado Legal Services will host a free clinic on bankruptcy for low-to-moderate income debtors who qualify for waiver of the bankruptcy filing fee.

The "Do It Yourself" bankruptcy clinic is scheduled for 5:30 to 8 p.m. June 3 at the Center of Craig. The clinic will provide information on how to fill out bankruptcy forms and steps to follow when filing a chapter 7 personal bankruptcy.

Speakers are attorneys who specialize in bankruptcy law. For more information, call Colorado Legal Services at 276-2161 or 1-800-521-6968.

Department of Wildlife conducts turkey hunt

The Colorado Division of Wildlife and a Meeker-area ranch recently hosted a youth turkey hunt. The private land hunt, held in mid-April at the Seven Lakes Ranch east of Meeker, was coordinated by local DOW personnel and volunteers from the ranch.

Many young people applied, but only three were selected for this year's opportunity. Applicants for the hunt were required to write an essay about hunting traditions and why they wanted to participate. The youths that were selected to participate in the 2008 spring turkey hunt were Alex Smith, 13, from Meeker, Tristan Spainhower, 9, from Parker, and Joseph Newman, 11, from Meeker.

Mountain Man Rendezvous in Craig

The North American Frontiersman hosts a pre-1843 primitive Mountain Man Rendezvous and show June 5 to June 8 at Wyman Museum.

Traders row will be open to the public all four days of the event. The primitive camp is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 7 and June 8, at which time many primitive skills will be demonstrated, such as flint napping, flintlock shooting, primitive archery, knife and hawk throwing, primitive fire making, trapping, hide tanning and many other skills that were needed to survive the Rocky Mountain fur trade era.

Cost for adults is $3.

On June 7, the Mountain men and women invite the public to visit the camp fire from 7 to 9 p.m. to listen to stories and tales of the Mountain Men as well as to listen to some Mountain music.

Call Howdy Davis at 824-6109. Anyone interested in taking part can call. Visit nafrontiersmen.tripof.com/index.thm for more information.

First aid program in Meeker

The Meeker Fire House hosts a first aid and CPR class from 5 to 10 p.m. June 17. Cost is $25 for first aid and CPR and $20 for CPR only. To register for the course, call Suzan at 878-5510 or e-mail director@meekerchamber.com. The deadline to register is 5 p.m. June 13.

Relay For Life fundraiser: Win a new HDTV

TLC Carpet on Floor & Home has an ongoing fundraiser for Craig's Relay For Life.

Win a 37 inch digital LCH HDTV with 6 months free Bresnan service with a $10 donation.

The drawing for the prizes is during closing ceremonies of the Relay For Life on July 19 at Moffat County High School. Digital TV donated by Bresnan Communications. Call Dotty or Lee at 824-4945.

Relay For Life fundraiser: Hoops contest in June

The Craig Daily Press hosts a three-on-three basketball tournament as a fundraiser for Relay For Life from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28.

The Daily Press is looking for team that would like to participate and have individual fundraisers at this event. Call Renee Campbell at 875-1781.

Relay For Life fundraiser: Win a quilt

The Most Fabulous Cohorts Craig Relay For Life Team has an ongoing fundraiser.

Win a queen size log cabin quilt via a drawing. Cost is $5 per ticket or five tickets for $20

The drawing is during closing ceremonies of the Relay For Life on July 19 at Moffat County High School. Call Sheri Sanford at 826-6203 or 824-9666.

Enrollment open for dog training classes

Total Teamwork Training LLC is seeking dog owners to register for upcoming dog training classes.

A family dog-training is scheduled to begin this month. Puppies must have had their second set of shots at least one week before the training to enroll in the class. For more information, call 824-4189 or 824-5148.

Recycling collection temporarily shut down

Recycling services to Craig residents will not be available for the next two to three weeks as the Steamboat Springs Waste Management facility repairs a broken baler.

Waste Management uses the baler to compact recyclables and ship them away. Officials said the amount of materials put into the baler wore out the floor underneath it, and the baler pushed through the floor.

Officials said the soonest the floor could be repaired is May 30.

Craig's Road and Bridge Department uses Waste Management to provide free recycling services to Craig residents. The department's recycling center, 1775 N. Yampa Ave., will be closed until Waste Management resumes operations.

The recycling center won't be taking materials at drop-offs during that time.

Free sports exams for students

Moffat Family Clinic will be doing free sports exams for all Moffat County, Hayden and Baggs, Wyo., students.

Sports exams will be done by appointment only through July 31. Call (970) 824-3252 to schedule your appointment.

CDOT to start Colorado Highway 13 project

The Colorado Department of Transportation was to begin improvement projects May 21 on Colorado Highway 13 north of Craig.

CDOT will widen and resurface Colo. 13 from the Wyoming border south for five miles, from mile marker 128 to 123.

Crews also will install safety improvements on the highway for another 12 miles south from there, from mile marker 111 to 123. These include widening shoulders and installing new, taller guardrails.

The project was awarded to Simon Contractors of Cheyenne, Wyo., for $4.5 million.

Local contracting company Elam Construction submitted the highest of six bids, at about $5.3 million. No other Moffat County-based business offered a bid to CDOT.

The project is scheduled to last until mid-October, weather permitting.

Motorists can expect traffic delays of up to 15 minutes from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday while CDOT crews work on the project.

The speed limit will be lowered to 35 miles per hour through the work zone during working hours. No work is scheduled on weekends or holidays.

Farm Service Agency meeting May 29

Information on agriculture loans for farm ownership, operation, equipment purchasing, and guarantee and youth loans will be provided at an upcoming meeting.

An outreach meeting regarding the United States Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency Farm Loan Program is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 29 in the conference room at Re/Max About You LLC, 390 Yampa Ave.

The meeting is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call Linda Dukes, USDA Farm Service Agency farm loan manager for Moffat, Routt and Jackson counties, at 303-250-9902.