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Commissioners’ meeting summary
June 3, 2009
During their Tuesday meeting, the Moffat County Commissioners:
Annie’s Mailbox: E-mail full of criticism wound up in my inbox
June 3, 2009
Dear Annie: Recently, an e-mail correspondence between my mother and sister somehow ended up in my inbox. I can only assume it got there by mistake because it was full of criticism and hurtful comments about my family.
John and Doris Zimmerman: Disappointed in choice
June 3, 2009
As friends of Maj. Bill Adams and his family, we were very disappointed when we saw Saturday’s edition of your paper. We were disappointed in the Moffat County School Board’s experiment in letting children vote on something that they knew little about.
Fantasy Fix: An early look at fantasy gridiron drafts
June 3, 2009
Hard to believe, but fantasy football draft time is slowly creeping upon us folks in the fantasy world. The rankings are slowly leaking their way to the public, but mock drafts have been going since April. Yahoo! starts its drafts sometime in the next few weeks, while ESPN starts July 1.
Meadows at Pine Ridge on the horizon
Developer says 41 new homes fill a niche
June 3, 2009

With 41 units and a lower asking price, Darryl Merkel thinks The Meadows at Pine Ridge will be able to fill a niche in Craig.

Police Blotter for June 1
June 3, 2009
Moffat County Jail
Veteran homebuilders: Market has seen better days
Developers seeking a real estate rebound in coming months
June 3, 2009

With the sounds of hammers, drills and saws buzzing in the background, and employees busy, the home construction project Behrman Construction was working on May 28 in the Pine Ridge subdivision was well in hand.

59 acres of houses, apartments, duplexes and commercial real estate
June 3, 2009

Although the national housing market has been reduced to rubble in many American cities, Craig has room to grow, said Blair Hadley, 9 Cents LLC co-manager.

Hillside: DCS wants to build the home you want
Development would add close to 100 homes
June 3, 2009

With Hillside, a planned 95-home development south of Moffat County High School, developers think they finally have a chance to build exactly what they want and exactly what they think the city wants - a neighborhood of single-family homes for the average Craig resident.

Datebook for June 3
June 3, 2009
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With plans for several new developments, this year may mark change in residential home landscape
June 3, 2009

Work is expected to begin this year on 400 duplexes and townhomes, more than 100 single-family houses and three new apartment buildings with about 90 units.

Police: Calls decline in 2008
Less activity attributed to lower staffing level
June 3, 2009
The year 2008 was a “busy, yet successful year” for the Craig Police Department, Police Chief Walt Vanatta wrote in his annual report. The Police Department responded to more than 15,000 calls for service and 1,800 criminal calls.
Kids and cops cast off for fishing event
Fishing event set for Thursday; Huck Finn Fun Day on Saturday
June 3, 2009
When most people think of law enforcement “reeling them in,” something other than flies and poles comes to mind. But with the annual Kids and Cops Fishing Day on Thursday, members of the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Patrol and Craig Police Department will be after a different kind of catch.
MCHS names Richard Wildenhaus as new athletic director
June 3, 2009
If the new athletic director has his way, Moffat County High School won’t just produce athletes. It will churn out students who happen to be athletes. Richard Wildenhaus, of Las Vegas, has been named the school’s new athletic director, and one of his priorities will be education balanced with athletics.
School district superintendent prepares for retirement
June 3, 2009
As people began crowding into the American Legion Post 62 on Tuesday afternoon, it seemed, at first, like any other gathering. More than 60 people clustered around, chatting, laughing and eating.
Horoscopes for June 3, 2009
June 3, 2009
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Don’t let something new disrupt a recently established friendship. If you stop and think about whatever gives you pause, you’ll realize it is merely a slight bump in the road.
Wedding daze
June 3, 2009
If we’d have been smart, we’d have run away long ago. In all fairness, Keith Balleck, my fiance, tried to convince me of such. But I was having none of it.
Our View: Name KIA
June 3, 2009
Any number of descriptions could be used to sum up the Moffat County School District’s decision to bypass naming its newly reorganized elementary school after Maj. William E. Adams - a Craig native and Army helicopter pilot who died in Vietnam - and instead install the popular name, as determined by student vote, Sandrock Elementary.
Craig briefs: Intro to public health offered in June
June 3, 2009
Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials is offering Introduction to Public Health in Colorado from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 18 and 8:30 a.m. to noon June 19 at The Haven Community Center, 300 S. Shelton Lane, Hayden.

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