By Stephanie Hanes/ Christian Science Monitor
Put it dwn n drv.
Jennifer Smith, a Texas real estate agent, remembers when she considered her car an office, her cell phone a professional lifeline.
If it rang, she picked it up. If she thought of information to share, she dialed. She knew it wasn’t the best idea to chat while driving, of course, but it wasn’t illegal, and she didn’t want to lose clients. Besides, she figured, she was careful.
Non-traditional necktie
Students at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School were captivated by Perry Conway handling a large snake during Tuesday’s assembly. Conway is a regular visitor to schools in the Johnstown-Milliken Re-5J district and is scheduled to visit Letford Elementary in Johnstown throughout the day today (Dec. 3) for another wildlife program.
Photo courtesy of Pioneer Ridge Elementary School
Here’s a “thankful” story for you … not. Johnstown reader Alisha Rushing told us her son, U.S. Army Corporal Matthew Lorimer, was home for R&R while serving in Iraq. She said he was returning to Iraq and landed in Kuwait on Thanksgiving Day, after traveling for close to 48 hours. While there, he was charged for his Thanksgiving Day dinner.
“As his mother, I found this to be totally OUTRAGEOUS,” Alisha wrote us. “As a PATRIOT, I find this UNACCEPTABLE that ANY AMERICAN soldier would have to pay for a meal on a holiday as important as Thanksgiving Day, never mind the ones that are putting their lives on the line daily, and away from their families.” Click here to read more.
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No. 2 versus No. 3 – Riders open wrestling season at Windsor
WINDSOR – Wrestling fans filled Reg Figal Gym to near capacity here Thursday night, as second-ranked Roosevelt High School visited third-ranked Windsor in a Class 4A Northern Conference dual.
Roosevelt ripped Windsor, 63-9, in last year’s season-opening meet. But with a clean slate to start this season, even though some of the Wizards' regulars were missing from the lineup for this year's lidlifter, fans anticipated a much closer contest.
Community invited to opening of Milliken meeting house
MILLIKEN – After months of construction and an investment of $3 million, the town’s new meeting house and police station is to be dedicated on Friday.
A ribbon cutting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday (Dec. 4), followed by a community open house and tours of the 8,000 square foot facility.
The occasion leads into Milliken’s annual Festival of Lights parade that evening at 6.
Transportation group meets in Milliken
By Matt Lubich/The Johnstown Breeze
And you won’t even have to drive that far for this.
The North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO) will hold its next meeting tonight (Dec. 3) at the new Milliken Police Station, 1201 Broad St.
The meeting, which is expected to run about two-and-a-half hours, begins at 6 p.m. and the public is invited to attend.
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