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Join Us for Senior Law Day Weld County

By Holly Darby We are thrilled to offer the 4th annual Senior Law Day Weld County event on October 5, 2018. This year’s event will be held at the Island Grove Event Center Conference Rooms located at 425 N 15th Avenue in Greeley from 7:30 am to 12:00 pm and a continental breakfast is included. …

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Written In the Stars

The Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., proudly celebrates 30 years in show business. Since its doors first opened on September 25, 1988, the UCCC has brought art, culture, history and joy to Greeley and the greater Northern Colorado area. With shows ranging anywhere from song and dance to jaw-dropping feats of magic, shows …

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Arts Picnic – 40th Year

Arts Picnic is turning 40 this year, and it seems to be aging beautifully! Oh sure…Lincoln Park, the venue it’s been held in since its beginning, has had a few face lifts. The festival has also gained a little weight over the years by adding additional artists and crafters, a second stage, and more kid’s …

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Senior Helpers Grand Opening

Senior Helpers Northern Colorado held their Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce grand opening, complete with a red ribbon cutting ceremony on May 29th, at the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce. Senior Helpers proudly serves all of Larimer and Weld Counties, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Wellington, Windsor, Estes Park and Longmont. Senior Helpers provides professional …

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Windsong Memory Care Introduces Montessori Method

On April 25, Dr. Cameron Camp, an internationally-known research scientist in the field of gerontology, visits Greeley to train the staff of WindSong at Northridge in the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle® approach to dementia care. Dr. Camp saw commonalities between Maria Montessori’s method of teaching children and his research in dementia intervention. His research has shown …

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Forty-Eight Years Later

Mary Margaret Cox is a native Coloradan, born in Fort Lupton, moved with her family to Greeley, a Greeley High School and UNC graduate. Mary Margaret thought about becoming a teacher. Her destiny was in another direction. Mary Margaret has three grown sons. She recalls an old barn requiring plenty of remodeling was home for …

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Chris Collins: John Denver Tribute

An exceptional evening of music is always in store when you experience ‘Chris Collins: John Denver Tribute.’ Audiences are always impressed and never disappointed when seeing and listening to Chris’ award winning tribute to the music and legacy of John Denver. He devotes himself to bringing to the stage the unmistakable enthusiasm that was a …

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102 Years Young!

Christine Damm was born February 28, 1916, in Froid, Montana to Jacob and Elizabeth (Luft) Damm. She was raised on a homestead farm with mother Elizabeth, stepfather Edward Kaschube (Pa) along with four sisters and four brothers. She went to a country school and never missed a day of school for 8 years. She came …

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Go West Film Festival

The 2017 edition of the film festival turned out to be a huge success. There were a number of movies screened at a variety of locations throughout the Greeley area; including the Kress Theatre where this writer enjoyed seeing SHANE (1953) starring Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur along with upstart actors destined to become stars in …

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Greeley Chorale’s Holiday Concert

By Jeff Walthall, Greeley Chorale Marketing Director Shopping, cooking, baking, parties, decorating… do you have Holiday Fatigue yet? Well, here’s a great cure. A chance to sit back, relax and enjoy some wonderful holiday music, both old and new. The Greeley Chorale’s holiday concert, “Fa-la-la-le-lu-jah!” is Saturday, December 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Monfort Concert …

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Wreaths Across America

When Richard Monfort was 21 years old, his fighter plane was shot down over France during WWII. Despite their actions, the Monfort family of Greeley wasn’t able to bring his body back to Linn Grove Cemetery to be buried in the family plot. Then, Richard’s brother, Ken Monfort, who was a junior at CSU, flew …

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Veterans to be Honored November 5th

Thrivent Financial’s Mountain Plains Group. Johnstown and Adamson Life Celebration Home, Greeley announce their 3rd Annual 2017 Veteran’s Celebration to kick off Veteran’s Week in Northern Colorado. This year’s theme, Game Day for Veterans, will be held on Sunday, November 5 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Embassy Suites Loveland. Local radio personality …

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