Archive for Saturday, October 24, 2009

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Steamboat boys cross-country makes state
Team’s success at today’s Aspen meet qualified it to run next weekend in Fort Collins
October 24, 2009
Sailors boys team, led by Gus Allen’s fifth-place finish, ran well enough today to qualify for next weekend’s state meet in Fort Collins.
Craig couple’s firsthand description of life overcoming meth addiction
October 24, 2009
Meth. One word that means so much: pain, anesthesia, stimulation, devastation, perceived freedom, true imprisonment, madness, power, loneliness, pride, shame and death.
CMS students raise money for technology
October 24, 2009
Katelyn Peroulis, 12, and Veronica Mead, 11, know the best way to learn. It involves lounging in the new chairs in their grade’s collaborative space, gathered around a SMARTboard or a projector, participating in a joint lesson.
Ridgeview students PAWS and Think
Baker’s Bunch’ kicks off campaign for good behavior
October 24, 2009
Everything was going fine at recess, until 8-year-old Kenna Rowley fell and twisted her ankle. But she didn’t need to worry. Three of her best friends worked as a team to alert a teacher and act as crutches to get their friend safely inside.
Moffat County History: The Craig Motel’s early years
October 24, 2009

As major highways began to see improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, one of the new features on the American scene were motels first called tourist camps or cabin courts.

Moffat County football falls, 42-14, to rival Steamboat Springs
October 24, 2009

Playing against his rivals for possibly the last time, Moffat County High School senior Todd Stewart admitted he was trying harder than usual.

Sandrock Elementary School 5th-grade teacher uses contemplative education
October 24, 2009
Taezsa Pacheco whispered each word as she read “The Mystery of the Golden Train” to herself. Another student plugged his ears with his fingers as he silently mouthed words. While fifth-grade teacher David Gaines worked with a small group in the corner of his classroom at Sandorck Elementary School, the rest of his students exuded a calm, quiet energy as they worked their way through the book on their own terms.

Horoscope for Oct. 24
October 24, 2009

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Events could do an about-face with regard to something you’ve long hoped would happen but thought impossible. What transcends might test the limits of your rational intellect.

Annie’s Mailbox: My aging mother has memory issues
October 24, 2009

Dear Annie: My parents are in their 80s. My father has been having strokes, and his right side is mostly paralyzed. He is usually in a wheelchair.

Datebook for Oct. 24
October 24, 2009

8:30 to 10 a.m. Senior swimnastics takes place at the American Legion Post 62 pool, 1055 Moffat County Road 7. Call 824-3625.

Police blotter for Oct. 22
October 24, 2009

Raul Medrano, 22, of Craig, was booked into Moffat County Jail on suspicion of driving after revocation permitted and driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

Eight guys from Michigan: Thanks Craig
October 24, 2009

It has taken me some time to get to writing this letter, but I could not put it off any longer.

Government update for Oct. 24
October 24, 2009
Moffat County Commission last met Oct. 19
Kent MacLennan: Working to address Colorado’s meth problem
October 24, 2009

As executive director of the Colorado Meth Project, I meet people like Jennifer. She came from a good family in Denver, and at 17 she planned to begin pre-med studies.

Andy Bockelman: Prepare for the full force of female friendship in ‘Whip It’
October 24, 2009

Coming around the corner from out of nowhere is the feel-good sports movie “Whip It.” Just be careful that while it charms you, you don’t get socked in the eye.

Local grocery workers could strike
City Market executive warns of lockout in event of Safeway strike
October 24, 2009
A union official said Friday that a potential strike of Safeway workers, and a related possible lockout of City Market employees, would affect the companies’ stores in Steamboat Springs and Craig.
Diane Prather: A newfangled phone system
October 24, 2009
Recently, I ordered a textbook via the phone from a publishing company. It took time and patience to reach the correct department because the company had an automatic answering device with a number of push button choices. It got me to wondering what would happen if a rancher had to rely on a similar phone system to get help with a problem - perhaps one requiring a veterinarian.
Craig briefs: Love INC to hand out coats Monday
October 24, 2009

Love INC plans to distribute cleaned, used coats to those in need this winter.

Kathy Bassett: Why were skunks created?
October 24, 2009
My poor momma cat is wearing herself thin moving her newest batch of babies here and there. First they went in the haystack, then under a big stock tank and then under the house, just to keep them safe from the skunks, coons and coyotes.

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