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GRAND JUNCTION | It started about four years ago when Laurel Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey bought matching parkas and then matching comfort shoes.
Lauren Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey work on a needlework project at Carpenter’s home in Grand Junction. The pair of nurses and working mothers have found strength and comfort in friendship during the pandemic. | COURTESY PHOTO
Soon enough, the nurses-slash-best friends from Grand Junction found themselves with matching chihuahua-print leggings and matching hoodies with fleece-lined pockets in which they carry their matching chihuahuas.
Then came the matching housecoats they exchanged for Christmas last month – the softest they could find, and also the dowdiest.
EADS | “The Splotch,” as some here call the brown mark on the map they check weekly, is the color of scorched earth. Here in Kiowa County, farmers have always relied on whatever moisture happens [.]
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RBC | Rangely residents participated in the annual Light Up Rangely contest as part of Christmasfest, brightening up the chilly winter streets. Categories were Griswold, Classical and Blow Up Extreme.
Winners will receive Rangely Chamber Bucks from the HT ($100 total will be distributed at the discretion of the Rangely Chamber.) The HT is also offering $100 in advertising credit to a local business through a Rangely Chamber drawing.
Light Up Rangely Contest Winners
Griswold Division – Kathryn Swan | WRBM FACEBOOK PHOTO
Classical Division – Lyle and Diane Peterson
(Photo not available for Blow Up Extreme winner Charlie Lohse)
The Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District announced the winners on their Facebook page and they were published in last week’s edition. You can view more entry photos and results at @rangelyrecenter on Facebook.
Kaye Sullivan
MEEKER | To Niki Turner and all your hard-working staff, on behalf of all your readers, I say thank you and a very special Merry Christmas.
You faithfully churn out the news every week, get the advertising included, attend meetings for us, produce the fun pages, re-create Days Gone By news, write an editorial, edit submitted articles, and no matter what, get us our beloved newspaper. In a small, remote town like Meeker, the paper is THE news, and our household reads it every week.
Holidays do not exist in the world of journalism; it is 52 weeks a year work. The clock is always ticking. As soon as one issue goes to press, it’s time to focus on the next week. Deadlines are fixed times with no exceptions, not soft schedules. Once the copy and layout are off to be printed, there is no recall or do over.