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- On the Record for Aug. 31, 2010
- 01:03 p.m., August 30, 2010 Updated 10:37 a.m.
- On the Record for Aug. 31, 2010
- Fundraiser in Baggs, Wyo., nets $1,700 for injured deputy
- August 30, 2010
- An unusual scene unfolded Saturday night at Fireside Family Restaurant in Baggs, Wyo. Seven uniformed sheriffs, men more accustomed to writing traffic tickets and serving justice, were instead writing meal tickets and serving food. The occasion was “Tip-a-Cop,” a fundraiser for deputy Kyle Rosentreter, of the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office. At $15 per plate, the event raised an estimated $1,700 in three hours.
- Fire destroys cabin in Wilderness Ranch north of Craig
- August 30, 2010
- Upon arriving Saturday afternoon at the scene of a cabin fire in Wilderness Ranch, firefighters found a structure fully-involved in flames with little chance of being saved. However, the nearly 50-person crew from several responding agencies was able to contain the blaze to the cabin, and keep it from spreading to the surrounding forest. Given the close proximity of trees and the ease in which the fire could have spread to them, containing the fire to the cabin can’t be downplayed, Craig Fire/Rescue Chief Bill Johnston said.
- My Life, My Words: Nadine Daszkiewcz — A natural progression
- August 30, 2010
- “I think it was 1996 when I opened this place, but I can’t remember for sure. I know it’s been more than 10 years. My whole family has always been in the food industry. My husband, Mike, worked in restaurants, and before he was cooking, he was a waiter and it just seems like we’ve always been involved in that industry. It’s been a natural progression to me opening the shop. And after I started it, he joined me once he retired.
- Moffat County 4-H shooters on target in Pueblo
- August 30, 2010
- Natasha Sloan doesn’t need more than a handful of seconds to think of why shooting sports are her favorite. The 15-year-old 4-H sharpshooter said she is happiest when she is staring down a target through the sights on her .22 rifle. “Shooting is my whole life, pretty much,” she said. “I hunt, and it’s just my favorite sport.” On Aug. 21, her sport gave back to her and her team.
- 2 Craig area cooks win awards alongside national BBQ talent
- August 30, 2010
- After days of cooking, winners of the first Colorado State BBQ Championship were announced Saturday afternoon at the Wyman Museum in Craig. Among the winners were two local teams: Smokin’ 101 of Meeker and Adrian Nelson of Craig. Smokin’ 101 won two awards — sixth place in the pork category and 10th place for brisket. Nelson, who works in the parts department at Tri-State Generation & Transmission, was awarded $100 for his fourth-place finish in the chicken category.
- Datebook for Aug. 30
- August 30, 2010
- Today is the first day of school for Moffat County School District students. 10 to 11 a.m. National Arthritis Foundation swimming takes place at the American Legion Post 62 pool, 1055 Moffat County Road 7. Call 824-3625. Noon. Al-Anon, a group for friends and family members of alcoholics, meets at First Congregational Church, 630 Green St. Call Bob Woods at 824-6836.
- Sports Spotlight: Colten Yoast
- August 30, 2010
- Colten Yoast Age: 14, Moffat County High School freshman Sport and position: Football, nose tackle How did you get your start in your sport? “I really wanted to hit people in the third grade, so I started playing.”
- Glanville: A little low better than a little high
- August 30, 2010
- Last week, while trying to comprehend the political mish-mash of events that keeps crawling under our Zucchini plants, the normal side went on vacation. Well, not really a vacation, but he’s upset with the weak side for not understanding that there’s a greater good being served here and there’s “no need to pick everything apart and make fun of it. This all started with the news that General Motors was going to offer its stock to the public for an undisclosed amount per share. The company hadn’t really thought about when they were going to make this offer, but the sound bite alone that they were going to, made the TV stock market “analysts” so happy the population of the planet Stupid rose by 80 percent.
- Craig briefs: Pool league set to begin Tuesday
- August 30, 2010
- The American Poolplayers Association league begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mathers’ Club, 420 Yampa Ave. Interested players can call Michelle at 826-2783 or sign-up at the door.
- Aging Well: New strategies, support compensate for low vision
- August 30, 2010
- Most of us take our eyesight for granted, not realizing that someday it might not be so easy to read, write, drive or recognize familiar faces. Although normal aging of the eye does not cause low vision, diseases that impair vision are more common among older adults.
- 2 men receive skin grafts after explosion
- Friends face long recovery for burns sustained in Kremmling incident
- August 30, 2010
- Two Steamboat Springs men burned in an explosion at a Kremmling home last week have received temporary skin grafts and face long, challenging recovery periods.
- Annie’s Mailbox: He keeps thinking of other woman
- August 30, 2010
- Dear Annie: My wife and I have been together for 17 years — married for the past nine. This is a second marriage for both of us. We have no children together. Things were good for the first several years, but then I became complacent and lost interest. Sex happened only on rare occasion. We started doing things separately. My wife told me she loved me, but she’d met a man who made her feel good and wanted to be with him.
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