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A yellow balloon flies over a house on Apple Street on Monday. Friends of the late Saed Tayyara put out yellow balloons in his memory at houses in his neighborhood. Tayyara, a Moffat County commissioner and three-term Craig mayor, died Nov. 29 in Craig. Memorial services are at noon Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church, 1050 Yampa Ave.

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Saed Tayyara holds up a picture of himself as a Craig city councilor, which was found inside the 1978 time capsule that was opened in July as part of the city of Craig's centennial celebration.

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Moffat County Commissioner Saed Tayyara's granddaughter, Bella Coffman, 7, holds the flowers from her grandfather's ceremony Monday night. The Daughters of the American Revolution presented Tayyara's daughter, Lisa Tayyara Coffman, with the organization's Americanism medal.

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Lisa Tayyara Coffman, at left, holds her father's Americanism medal for her daughter, Bella Coffman, and former Craig mayor Jerry Thompson to see. Thompson served as mayor while Saed Tayyara served on the City Council in the late 1970s. It was Tayyara's first foray into politics, and it inspired him to keep working in public service.

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Patti and Pres Askew dance late in the evening at the Boys & Girls Club of Craig's Cowboy Christmas fundraiser last year. This year's annual fundraiser is scheduled to take place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Craig resident Angela Poe isn't your typical woman. Poe, a former women's professional boxer and football player turned submission grappler, is on her way to compete in the FILA Grappling World Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Craig firefighters arrive at the scene of a 1973 Ford F-250 that caught fire Monday night in the Centennial Mall parking lot. Once firefighters set to work putting out the fire, it was under control in about five minutes, according to Craig Fire/Rescue Captain Dennis Jones.

Photo by Jennifer L. Grubbs