Also from July 18
Births
- Leticia and Omar Leyva, of Meeker, announce the birth of their daughter, Valeria Leyva, at 8:40 a.m. June 17, 2009, at The Memorial Hospital in Craig. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 inches long.
- Samantha Williams and Devin Morris, of Craig, announce the birth of their son, Andrew James Morris, at 11:35 p.m. June 22, 2009, at The Memorial Hospital in Craig. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. Maternal grandparents are David Shipley, of Craig; and Sheryl Barrett, of Steamboat Springs. Paternal grandparents are Nalinee Atencio and Jason Vest, of Pennsylvania; and Jimmy Morris, of New Mexico.
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- From slaves to saviors
- Sex-slavery survivors visit Steamboat during cultural immersion
- July 18, 2009
Watching them laugh and smile as they prepare for a bike ride along the Elk River, it’s hard to imagine the horrors these women have endured.
- Survivors fight back against cancer
- Third annual Craig Relay For Life almost didn’t happen
- July 18, 2009
Claysil Butler got up out of her wheelchair and walked. Slowly but surely, she made it the last few feet of the survivor’s lap Friday night at the Craig Relay For Life.
- Our View: Resist Neverland
- July 18, 2009
The Editorial Board members, by and large, are fans of Michael Jackson’s music. However, we are abhorred by the constant, droning, obsessive coverage of his death and family troubles
- Bulldogs lose to the Knights
- American Legion baseball ends season with Game 2 loss in tournament
- July 18, 2009
The last time the Moffat County American Legion Post 62 baseball team faced Eagle Valley’s Jack Barbella, the result was a hitting coach’s nightmare.
- Government update for July 18
- July 18, 2009
- Government update for July 18
- Post office to adjust delivery routes July 25
- US Postal Service faces potential $6.5B deficit
- July 18, 2009
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Faced with declining mail volume and revenue because of the poor economy, along with other higher costs, the U.S. Postal Service is facing a potential $6.5 billion or more operating budget deficit this year, according to a news release.
- Officials: Fire danger ‘moderate to high’
- July 18, 2009
The Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit reported that a recent sampling of area vegetation shows a drying trend.
- Moffat County School Board has 3 open seats to fill
- July 18, 2009
For those interested in running for an open position on the Moffat County School Board, the time to act is quickly approaching.
- Baxter Black: Another squeeze chute story
- July 18, 2009
- Another squeeze chute story. In my world, it is the equivalent of a shark attack or a middle of the night calving call, a story that sends shivers down my spine.
- Craig briefs: Fishing, shotgun clinic for women
- July 18, 2009
The Colorado Division of Wildlife Women Afield Program is sponsoring a “Cast & Blast” clinic for women Aug. 1 in Steamboat Springs. The clinic teaches participants to learn to fly fish and shoot a shotgun.
- Datebook for July 18
- July 18, 2009
9:45 a.m. Motorcyclists meet at the Drifter’s Inn, 210 Penland St., in Baggs, Wyo., for the start of the Dove’s Nest Foundation Motorcycle Run, which rides from Baggs to Walden to Steamboat Springs to Craig. Organizers ask that each rider bring a canned good to donate. Call 970-756-KIDS or 307-380-7018.
- Trapper Mining donates $200,000 to CNCC campus
- July 18, 2009
- Trapper Mining recently donated $200,000 to Colorado Northwestern Community College for the Career and Technical Education Center it plans to build by spring 2010 at the new campus on Craig’s west side.
- Hayden gym needs repairs
- Superintendent expresses concern about costs at School Board meeting
- July 18, 2009
Hayden School District Superintendent Greg Rockhold expressed concern to Hayden School Board members Wednesday about how to pay for middle school gymnasium repairs needed to “keep the building from falling in,” pending a report from a structural engineer who inspected it.
- Kathy Bassett: I’ll stick with cow pies and gooseberries
- July 18, 2009
- Good grief. IPods, cell phones, DVRs, DVDs, MP3s, GPSs and all that sorta stuff? I never heard of some of these things, I don’t know what they do, and I don’t wanna know what they do.
- Diane Prather: You know it’s summer when …
- July 18, 2009
- Sometimes summers in Northwest Colorado are remembered for something that stood out - like being hotter and drier than usual (even an all-out drought), or being colder and wetter than usual, or even for having an unusual presence of some type of insect (such as butterflies or grasshoppers).
- Moffat County History: The last passenger train to Craig
- July 18, 2009
- When the Moffat Line reached Craig in 1913, the citizens rightfully were excited. They were linked to the rest of the United States by the steel ribbons that crawled across the mountains.
- Tubers take to the Yampa
- July 18, 2009
- Getting down the Yampa River is easy. It involves a cheap rubber tube and two to three hours of free time to gently float to Loudy-Simpson Park.
- Horoscopes for July 18, 2009
- July 18, 2009
- CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Listen attentively to the ideas of others, because you could build upon their creative thinking and come up with something exciting for yourself. What you conceive will be quite unusual.
- Janet Sheridan: Heaven help me
- July 18, 2009
- The car was crowded, the trip long, the road narrow. Conversation stalled and died. Then 5-year-old Harrison fired a question: “Mom, MOM! I can’t spell. I don’t know how to study. What are they going to do with me in kindergarten?”
- Annie’s Mailbox: Woman acts like a child
- July 18, 2009
- Dear Annie: I have been living with “Lila” for less than a year. She owns her house but can’t afford the mortgage payments. Instead of trying to work out an arrangement with the mortgage company, she opted to simply not pay the mortgage. I moved in and saved the house from foreclosure. I have caught up with the house payments and now make them every month.
- Police blotter for July 18
- July 18, 2009
William Reynolds, 44, of Englewood, was booked into Moffat County Jail on a warrant.
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Question of the week
Do you seek medical care from The Memorial Hospital in Craig or Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs?
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