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Here are some things to do to welcome Spring...
Ten Things to Do in April in Greeley
First Friday Presentations
The First Friday Presentation
Series kicks off with “Meeker’s
Influence on Greeley’s
Cultural Scene” at the
Greeley History Museum,
714 8th St., on Friday, April 1,
at 6pm. Former UNC
Professor Kenneth Lee Jones,
Ph.D., was so fascinated with
Nathan Meeker’s influence
on the local cultural scene
that he wrote a dissertation
on the topic! First Friday
events are free. For details,
visit greeleymuseums.com.
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Walking Tours
The Historic Preservation
Program has two great
events happening in April.
On Monday, April 18, at
noon, meet at the corner of
2nd St. and 14th Ave., for a
walking tour of Billie Martinez
hosted by Betsy Kellums &
Deb DeBoutez.
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Join the Historic
Preservation Program again
on Thursday, April 28, at the
Greeley History Museum,
714 8th St., for the History
Brown Bag Series where
Joan Clinefelter presents
“The Holocaust: Ten Things
You Never Knew You
Wanted to Know.” Both are
free afternoon events that
aim to provide cultural and
historical context to topics
related to Historic
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Preservation in and around
Greeley. For more information about the Historic
Preservation program, visit
GreeleyGov.com/ HP or call
970-350-9222.
Downtown Greeley’s
Tointon Gallery
The Tointon Gallery,
651 10th Ave., features
“Burke and Burchett: A Mix
of Traditional Film and
Modern Images” from April 1
through May 7. Tointon
Gallery is open Monday
through Saturday, from 9am5pm. For details, visit
GreeleyArt.com.
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pring has sprung and there are plenty of
opportunities to get out and enjoy Greeley
this month.
Water Documentary
On Monday, April 18, at
7pm, check out “The Great
Divide” at the Union Colony
Civic Center (UCCC), 701
10th Ave. “The Great Divide”
is a feature length documentary film from the Emmy
award winning team of
Havey Productions, in association with Colorado
Humanities. It illustrates the
influence of water in both
connecting and dividing a
region. Free tickets are available at the UCCC ticket office while supplies last.
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Be Kind to the Earth Day
Earth Day is Friday, April
22nd. Consider making one
change that will have a positive impact on the environment. Plant a tree, use less
water, shut off a light, recycle
something, or pick up trash
outdoors… anything helps.
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Astronomy Night
Baby Animal Are Back
Baby Animal Days returns to Centennial Village
Museum, 1475 A St., with a
special new price of just $2
per person. Baby Animal
Days is April 21 through May
1, 10am to 2pm. Pack a picnic and enjoy lunch at the
museum. For details, visit
CentennialVillageMuseum.com.
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On Thursday, April 28,
from 7 pm to 10 pm, the
Poudre Learning Center,
8313 West F St., hosts an
Astronomy Night, weather
permitting. Bring your telescope or simply come to
look. A group of local astronomy enthusiasts get together and provide this great
free learning opportunity for
the community.
Photos: City of Greeley
by Kim Overholt
II is a training ground for
young, pre-professional
dancers and a major
resource component for
Ballet West Outreach and
Education, and boasts a rich
and varied repertoire. Ballet
West has toured the world
several times, presenting the
very best in American classical and modern ballet. For
tickets, visit ucstars.com.
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A Live Street Art Happening
Finally, if there’s one
thing you “check out” this
month, it should be the library. (Did you catch that
pun?) The High Plains
Library District has a widerange of free activities for all
ages to enjoy. Visit mylibrary.us/events, to learn
more and to see what’s available at each of the different
locations. Don’t have a library
card? Make it a goal in April
to get one. More information
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Ballet West ll Outreach
Ballet West II comes to
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April 27, at 7pm. Ballet West
April 2016
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GREAT SHOPPING
CLOSE TO HOME
FOR OVER
by Scott Helman
This is the special day of
the week that we get to clock
out of work, run home and
change clothes, head into
the city for a night out of
dancing, a girl’s night out, or
hanging out at the local bar,
followed by even more partying to celebrate the end of
another work week!
In Greeley, we call
“T.G.I.F.” Friday Fest - where
the beer is flowing and the
stages are set for all kinds of
local performances. Last
year downtown Greeley was
one of the kickoff spots for
the World Champion Denver
Broncos Salute to Fans tours
where we were graced by a
few of the Denver Broncos
Cheerleaders, players and
of course Miles the Mascot.
Starting the first Friday
of May downtown Greeley
is a street fair of sorts where
bands are playing and
drinks are flowing and
people are enjoying the
company of one another.
People bring their lawn
chairs and enjoy the air and
music and just enjoy the relaxing environment. If music
is your thing you’ll be glad to
know that the genres are as
unique and varied as the
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ridays are the best day of the week for most people there’s a reason the phrase, “T.G.I.F!” exists.
(Clockwise from top) One of the many bands performing.
A Balloon Artist crafting a pink poodle. A group of school
girls coloring the brick in with different colors of chalk.
Funkiphino performing in front of a large audience.
people in Greeley. Do you
enjoy classic rock, pop,
funk, blues or country? Last
year we heard from performers like The Boogie Boys,
Union Gray, Zzyzx Road,
Deja Blu, Christ Daniels &
the Kings, Hazel Miller and
The Hazel Miller Band,
Kizumba Salsa Band , Dank,
After the Fire and many
more. It is a time to relax after
a long week of work and
where people can get primed
up for the weekend.
The 9th Street Plaza is a
perfect setting for this affair
and the go-cups that allow
patrons 21 years and older
to enjoy their favorite beverages outside between 5-10
pm. The bands usually
kick-off around 6 pm.
April 2016
So… if you want to enjoy
some great music, some
great company and just let
loose, you’ll definitely want to
come on down to Greeley’s
Friday Fest. G
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Northern Colorado’s Premier Art Show
he 50th Anniversary of the National
Greeley Art Exhibition will be staged in the
lobby of the beautiful UCCC in Greeley.
April 29th, 30th, and May 1st, 2016.
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The exhibition is actually
a collection of original artwork
from artists in different media
forms including paintings,
drawings, sculpture and
photography. There will be
cash awarded for winning
entrants for more than $2,000.
The National Greeley Art
Exhibition provides people
the opportunity to see and
purchase art at the show.
In addition, the National
Greeley Art Exhibition has
raised more than $150,000
over the years through show
sales and donations which are
used to provide scholarships
to budding Weld County
residents who are attending
or planning to attend college
to study visual arts. The
scholarships are awarded
on a competitive basis by a
three-person panel and
awards a $500 scholarship
to the winners.
It is impressive to have
an event, let alone an event
that will be celebrating fifty
years - which speaks to the
dedication of those who
continue to bring art to
Greeley. It is so impressive
that National Greeley Art
Exhibition continues to grace
the community and offers an
opportunity for young artists
to pursue their dreams in
college with the scholarship
funds contributed by so
many people.
If you get a chance come
down and celebrate this anniversary and enjoy the skills
of artists young and old at the
Before
M
After
akeovers are an amazing experience.
This new confidence and look at me
attitude is contagious. It feels so good,
the stylist, client friends and family, salon staff
all get to experience the positive encouraging
vibe of the makeover moment.
2015 Best of Show, “Miss Leah Rutherford” Oil by Craig Pursley, Bath, NH.
Union Colony Civic Center in
downtown Greeley. It is sure
to inspire you. G
Springtime in the Rockies Shop Hop - April 8th & 9th
Northern Colorado, Cheyenne and Laramie shops set upbooths at the Ranch, shop till you drop.
Enter the apron contest-entry form and details at Sew Downtown.
Demo Day - 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - April 16th
Scott Helman is an entrepreneur
and business owner in Northern
Colorado.
20%
OFF
ANY SINGLE ITEM
A monthly event at Sew Downtown. Cookies, coffee and door prizes. Bring something you made for show & tell.
Joi Mahon Fashion Bootcamp - April 29th & 30th
Joi Mahon is a designer for McCalls Patterns, and has written 2 books as well as articles for several sewing
publications. She will be teaching her fitting method on Friday evening and using those new skills, you will
make a jacket and blouse on Saturday. A $225 value for only $199. Space is limited so reserve yours today.
824 9th St., Downtown Greeley • 970.352.9230
sewdowntown.com • Tues - Fri 9 am - 5 pm • Sat 10 am-4 pm
Not combinable with any other offer. One coupon per customer per day.
Excludes sewing machines and classes. Expires on 4-30-16.
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by James Lobato
Photo: James Lobato
by Scott Helman
Photo courtesy of the National Greeley Art Exhibition
50th Annual National Greeley Art Exhibition
The Life Changing Makeover!
April 2016
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Makeovers can be
extreme or subtle. We at
James Salon like to start with
a team consultation. The
consultation involves a lot of
questions about lifestyle,
time commitment, budget,
as well as height, body
shape, sense of fashion,
and the why behind the
decision of the makeover.
Our model Shannon is
this month’s featured
makeover. Her decision to
be a light ash blonde cut to
shoulder length was completely hers. Her inspiration
to change was celebrity
influenced. After viewing
her Pinterest page we put a
plan together to achieve the
desired results in a timely
manner. Shannon’s choice
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was an extreme change. She
is a beautiful woman and
would look great with many
different hairstyles. We
showed her two ways she
could style her new haircut,
a straight style and a very
subtle wave pattern. My
experience in the salon has
shown me that the majority of
consumers are afraid of such
a big change, citing reasons
such as: “My husband will
leave me if I cut my hair. My
boyfriend says he met me
with long hair and that’s how
he likes it. She looks good
with short hair, but I could
never do it, I’m not brave
enough. My family will make
fun of me,” and the list goes
on. Why do people like to
buy new shoes and hand-
bags for every season and
special events and wear the
same hair style their entire
life? We buy new cars, new
houses, new furniture,
change jobs, sometimes
change spouses, and keep
the same hairstyle. I know all
hairstylists have to agree with
me about this. We as stylists
love the challenge and want
you to trust us in keeping you
looking as modern and
fashionable as all your other
lifestyle acquisitions.
I know women who have
countless numbers of shoes,
walk in closets stuffed to the
max, expensive items they
don’t even remember purchasing and choose not to
change their hairstyle that
they wear everyday.
The season is changing,
Spring is in the air and it is a
perfect time for a new beginning.
Try some new bangs, try a
new color, experience some
natural AVEDA products. Let
us take your current style to
the next level. Surprise
yourself and the people in
your life with a new hair and
makeup makeover at James
Salon. Dare to Change! G
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James Salon Group of Northern
Colorado. Exclusive AVEDA Salons.
Dare to get noticed.
When was the last time you left a
salon feeling this good?
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The National Mayor’s Challenge
Help Greeley and Yourself: Take the Pledge
by Kim Overholt
L
et the battle for water conservation
begin. Greeley was a winning city in
2012. Let’s win again!
The “My Water Pledge”
also known as the National
Mayor’s Challenge, is a
friendly competition between
cities from across the U.S. to
increase awareness of water
conservation and serve as
an impetus for action. In the
end, it’s the city that has the
most residents committed to
conservation that wins.
How does it work? It’s
simple and takes less than
5 minutes. Visit mywaterpledge.com and choose to
enter by using an email
address or a Facebook
account. After entering
Greeley, Colorado, as your
city of choice, you’ll be led
through a series of waterwise pledges, including
things like fixing a leaky
faucet or turning off lights
when you leave a room.
You’ll also learn a few
things along the way such as
nifty statistics that tell you
exactly how conservation
ed incentive for conservation.
Cities with the highest
percentage of residents who
take the on-line challenge in
their population category
triumph over others.
Mayors nationwide will
challenge their residents to
conserve water, energy and
other natural resources on
behalf of their city through a
series of informative, easy-touse pledges on-line.
Participants in winning
cities are eligible to win
hundreds of prizes... literally
hundreds of prizes. And
there’s usually a shiny new
car offered as a prize as well.
Last year, the challenge
awarded more than $50,000
in prizes to nearly 1,000
residents throughout the U.S.
Do your friends a favor and
invite them to participate, too!
Overall, the water campaign
is designed to save costs for
consumers and municipalities,
and most important, to protect
watersheds and provide add-
By the way, even though
it’s known as the “Mayor’s
Challenge,” Mayor Tom
Norton doesn’t have to participate for Greeley to win. (But
we’re sure he will!) After all, every
person makes a difference.
To vote, visit mywaterpledge.com. To learn more
about Greeley’s water
conservation efforts, visit
greeleygov.com/services/
water. G
Kim Overholt is the Marketing
Technician for the City of Greeley
Museums.
Showerhead Exchange - April 9th, 9 am to 12 pm
Bring an old showerhead to the exchange—happening at the
Winter Farmer’s Market at the Garage Creative Co-Op, 1100 8th
Ave.—and get a new low-water use, high functioning EPA
WaterSense labeled showerhead in exchange. To participate,
you must be a City of Greeley water customer. Bring a water bill
or driver’s license for proof of residency. If you are unable to
attend the exchange and want new efficient showerheads, sign
up for an indoor audit. A water auditor will seek out leaks, look for
high water use appliances, replace showerheads, suggest
upgrades, and more. Call 970-336-4228 or register on-line at
greeleygov.com/audits.
Water Restrictions Begin - April 15th, All Day
Greeley has a three-day per week watering schedule. Lawn
watering begins on April 15. Learn more at greeleygov.com/services/water/conservation/watering-restrictions.
“The Great Divide” Movie - April 18th, 7 pm
Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave.
“The Great Divide” is a feature-length documentary film that
illustrates the timeless influence of water in both connecting and
dividing an arid state and region. Learn more about this free
event at greeleycalendar.com/event/the-great-divide-film.
Photo: Jezper
Last year, Greeley ended
up fifth for mid-sized cities
with a population of 30,000 to
99,999. Of course, by mid-2015
the city’s population exceeded
100,000, so this year residents
will need to try even harder as
it competes with the likes of
Fort Collins, which placed
sixth in their category of cities.
helps you and the environment.
The Conservation Continues!
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- First Friday: A Night Of Art In
Downtown Greeley, 5-8pm
- A Mix of Traditional Film and
Modern Digital Images, 9am
- Color My World! 1pm
- Dale Cisek and Mike Ryan,7pm.
Broken Plow Brewery
- All State Band Festival: UNC Bands
Concert, 7:30pm
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- 2nd Annual Greeley Beer & Spirits
Festival, 1pm
- Spellabration- Right To Read, 1pm
- Stone Soup, 5:30-10pm
- Dan and Yoshi, 7pm. Broken Plow
Brewery
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show, 12pm
- Sounds of Joy Tour - Mark Lowry,
Cana’s Voice, Stan Whitmire, 5pm
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital - Katilyn Rittner,
Conducting, 7pm
- School of Music Student Recital:
Front Range Quartet, 7:30pm
- School of Music Student Recital:
Winsome Lewis, Clarinet, 4:30pm
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Amy Nielsen, soprano, 6:15 pm
- UNC School of Music Faculty Artist
Recital Series - Euridice Alvarez, oboe
- 6th Annual Success for our Kids
- Earth from Space, 10-4:30pm
Breakfast, 7am
- Northern Colorado Women in
- Spring Bridge Tournament, 11:30am Business
- Discover Japan! 5pm
- National Youth Service Day Awards,
5:30pm
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show, 12pm
- Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra
Family Concert: “Water Music”,
4-6pm
- UNC Chamber Choir and University
Singers Concert, 7:30pm
- UNC School of Music: Jazz in the
Lounge, 11:15am
- Byungwoo Moon, Piano - UNC
School of Music Graduate Student
Recital, 6:15pm
- Greeley Friends and Newcomers’
Monthly Luncheon, 12-1:30
- UNC School of Music Student
Recital - Evan Miller, Percussion,
4:30pm
- School of Music Graduate Student
Recital: Nancy Williams, clarinet,
6:15pm
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm
- Low Cost Blood Screenings - NCMC
Community Wellness Open Lab, 7am
- UNC School of Music: Guitar
Ensemble Concert, 4:30pm
- UNC School of Music Student
Recital: Ryan McGavin, 4:30pm
- Golriz Shayani, Classical Guitar 6:15pm
- Brian Claxton, Percussion 6:15pm
- Colorado’s Nature: Pathogens to
Pollinators, 12pm
- School of Music Student Recital:
Tyler Dever, composition, 4:30pm
- School of Music Graduate Student
Recital: Sara Schuhardt, flute. 6:15pm
- Open Mic hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Broken Plow Brewery
- Danyi Zhao, Piano, 8pm
- Top Chef of Northern Colorado 2016,
- G.Town Tour: Greeley Creative
5:30pm
District, 3-6pm
- Daryl Ray, 7pm. Broken Plow Brewery - GII! Guillermo Astorga, 7pm. Broken
Plow Brewery
- Live Latin Music and Salsa Lessons,
7-11pm
- Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy-Queen”,
7:30-9:30pm
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show, 12pm
- Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy-Queen”,
7:30-9:30pm
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: William Harned
6:15pm
- Paul Elwood, Composition, 8pm
- Discover Japan! 5pm
- Cooking Class - “Muffin Tin
Meals” , 6pm
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Mira Madorsky,
soprano, 6:15pm
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm
- Yoga Support Group For Cancer
Survivors, 9:30am
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival
- Baby Animal Days, 10am
- Brace4Impact and Pandemic, 6pm
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Belen Hernandez.
6:15pm
- Open Mic hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Broken Plow Brewery
- Pride and Prejudice, 7:30pm
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival
- Don Graham, 7pm. Broken Plow
Brewery
- Greeley Chamber Orchestra
Concert, 7:30pm. The Greeley
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by
Dan Frantz
- Winter Farmers’ Market, 9-12pm.
1100 8th Ave., Greeley
- Greeley Tribune Craft & Gift Show,
All day. Greeley Mall
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm
- Low Cost Blood Screenings, 7am
- Ballet West II, 7pm
- Muse: A Poetry Circle, 7pm
- History Brown Bag: What You Didn’t
Know, 12pm
- Open Mic hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Broken Plow Brewery
- 6th Annual Circle of Sisters
Celebration, 11am
- National Greeley Art Exhibition
50th Anniversary Opening Reception.
5:00-8:00pm
- Jim Kristoff, 7pm. Broken Plow
Brewery
- Paws and Sneakers 5k Walk Run,
8am
- National Greeley Art Exhibition,
11am-5pm
- GII! Guillermo Astorga, 7pm
- Greeley Game Night, 7pm to midnight at Crabtree Brewing
- Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra –
Shakespeare’s Influence Revisited,
7:30pm
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show, 12pm
- Pride and Prejudice, 2pm
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- The Basics: Memory Loss,
Dementia, and Alzheimer’s
Disease, 9:30am
- UNC School of Music Graduate
- Cole Britton, 7pm. Broken Plow
Student Recital: Jesse Pierson, Piano, Brewery
6:15 pm
- Ubre Brown And The Dream Train - UNC’s IFS Film Screening: Killing
Native Station, This Side of
Them Safely (2015), 7pm and 9:15pm Paradise, 7pm
- Open Mic - Hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Broken Plow Brewery
- Slaine, 7pm. The Pit
- UNC School of Music: UNC Student
Composers Concert, 8pm
- Winter Farmers’ Market, 9-12pm
- Lifting Life Women’s Event, 10am7pm. Greeley Mall
- Andrew Jacobson, Oboe - UNC School
of Music Graduate Student Recital,
6:15pm
- The Greeley Chorale: An Evening in
Vienna, 7:30-9:30pm
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree, 7pm
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Greeley Recreation Center . . . . . (970) 350-9400
Family FunPlex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (970) 350-9401
Greeley Rec Center Swimming Pool(970) 350-9415
FunPlex Adventure Island Indoor
Waterpark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (970) 350-9415
Centennial Swimming Pool. . . . . (970) 350-9415
Discovery Bay Waterpark . . . . . . (970) 350-9415
Island Grove Splash Park. . . . . . . (970) 350-9415
Sunrise Splash Park . . . . . . . . . . (970) 350-9415
Greeley Ice Haus . . . . . . . . . . . . . (970) 350-9402
Rodarte Community Center. . . . . (970) 350-9430
Boomerang Links GC . . . . . . . . . (970) 351-8934
Highlands Hills Golf Course . . . . . (970) 330-7327
Farmers’ Market . . . . . . . . . . . . (970) 350-9780
Fireworks (City) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (970) 350-9510
Communication & Engagement . (970) 350-9702
April 2016
George Gray and the Elvis Experience
Band is a true tribute to the king of
Rock and Roll. You’ll experience the
music, humor, and charisma of a
legend that captivated the world!
For show dates in a town near you,
go to: kingrockandroll.com
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April Garden Tips
Ten Ways to Get Ready for Spring Planting
by Julia McSherry
ith spring seeming to arrive early this
year, many of us are itching to put on
our gardening gloves and kick off the
growing season. Here are a few tips for April.
W
1
Start seeds indoors!
Tomato and pepper
seeds grow great
under lights in the warm part
of a basement. You can also
start cold weather vegetables,
if you haven’t already, like
spinach and lettuces. They
can be transplanted outside
at about two inches tall,
much earlier than tender
annuals. Gordon Bachman,
Colorado Master Gardener
Emeritus, Weld County,
grows broccoli, cabbage,
and brussel sprouts in jiffy
pots under plastic milk jugs
split open like mini green
houses. “Anyone can make
milk jug green houses,” he says.
composting, and perhaps
expanding in areas. Hand
pull emerging weeds.
Photo by Julia McSherry
Don’t fall for the temptation to plant before the
last frost which averages
May 10-15. But there are some
pre-season preparations
that can get you started.
Assess your beds and pots
and map out any design
changes.
arborist about tree care as
April can be the month to
spray for the Zimmerman
moth in pine trees, for example.
There was plenty of moisture
this winter but monitor spring
rain and snow and deep root
water trees if the season is dry.
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6
Watch your bulbs and
either pick the flowers
or cover with plastic
buckets (milk jugs work
great) before heavy snow.
7
8
2
Prepare your beds.
This may involve removing dead foliage
and leaves from last year,
turning and aerating the soil,
It also is a good time
to repot root-bound
house plants, divide
and take cuttings to start
new plants. Empty soil in outside pots into the compost,
wash and sterilize the pots to
prepare them for annuals in
May. You can create some pot
plantings in April as long as
you are willing to drag them
into the garage or greenhouse for warmth at night.
Wait until late April into
May to prune roses as
pruning will stimulate
growth that can get zapped
by cold weather. Wait for
new growth before pruning
back dead or damaged
canes. Plant bare root roses.
Spring is time for renewal and green shoots,” says Gordon Bachman,
removing leaf compost from emerging garlic planted last fall in one of
his raised beds.
”Rejuvenation pruning
of shrubs is a priority
for April including
aggressive pruning where
needed,” according to Zack
Smith of Tree Care Unlimited.
Cut back ornamental grasses
to a few inches above the
crown before new growth
begins. Consult with an
4
April is a good month
to aerate and fertilize
lawns. Raking out
brown thatch will also kick
start a green lawn. Rake
lightly with a leaf rake or dethatcher to dry out patches
where snow stayed for long
periods. Consider a preemergent herbicide if weeds
were a problem last year.
5
April 2016
Clean, oil and
sharpen garden tools.
Turn compost.
9
10
Begin planting new
perennials after
“hardening off”
outside for a few days. Start
shopping for annuals. G
Julia McSherry is a free lance writer
based in Greeley. She was a
Colorado Master Gardener, Weld
County, for five years.
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by Kristi Helzer
s a parent, there’s no more helpless
feeling than trying desperately to help
your sick child while working with a
multitude of doctors and medical personnel
you don’t know.
A
It’s overwhelming and out
of most parents’ comfort zone.
You must appear confident and
be there for your child; which
requires time away from work
while expenses keep piling up.
Zac’s Legacy Foundation,
Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit
charitable organization
guided by a volunteer board
of directors that is designed
to help alleviate some of the
financial burdens parents
experience while coping
specifically with childhood
cancer.
Photos courtesy of Zac’s Foundation
Zac’s Legacy Foundation.A charitable organization
that helps parents with financial issues while coping
with childhood cancer.
their children the past 15
years.
The Colorado Central
Cancer Registry identifies an
average of 415 families each
year that have dependent
children diagnosed with
cancer. “We are driven to
help these families,” John
Carlson, Executive Director
and Founder of Zac’s
Legacy said. “At Zac’s the
child always comes first.”
More Weld County families
need assistance. Zac’s relocated in March to 4835 West
Back standing: John Carlson and his Mother Carole, Co-founders of
Zac’s (Carole lost her battle with cancer 10/5/14) with former board
member Gary Carol.
10th St, Suite B, Greeley.
Through this move, which is
rent-free until July, Zac’s
Board of Directors hopes to
increase volunteers and
donations, fill three board
positions; as well as hire an
Executive Director and
Event Coordinator this
spring. A parent shared,
The organization launched
in February, 2000 to honor
the memory of Zackery Allen
Carlson, who passed away
at age 2 1/2 after lengthy
complications from treatment
of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Zac’s parents, John and Sara,
dedicated every possible
moment to caring for their ill
little boy and were blessed to
have immense support from
family and friends through
their demanding and heartbreaking journey.
Zac’s Legacy has assisted
more 185 families donating
$1 million in mortgage/rent,
utility payments, travel, food,
and lodging expenses to
allow Colorado families to
spend precious time with
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“While receiving help we
were able to gain a bit of relief
from the financial strain
pressing down on us and
concentrate more time and
energy on our child’s wellbeing and care.”
Carlson explained. “A
child’s chances of survival
are often dependent on his
or her parent’s availability,
love and support through an
extremely painful, scary, and
at times dangerous, treatment
and assorted procedures a
child must endure in their
quest for recovery.”
Volunteers are needed for general
office duties, fundraising events,
producing publications and
marketing materials, grant writing
and sponsorship and partnering
opportunities. Learn more at
www.ZacsLegacyFoundation.org
or call John Carlson at
970-330-9000 or email him at:
ZacsDaddy@gmail.com. G
Two time cancer survivor, Leah Correll at her no more chemo party!
April 2016
Kristi Helzer and her husband
Rich are life-long Weld residents
and community cheerleaders.
This freelance writer also facilitates
No CO Women in Business.
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Sisters on the Fly
by Julia McSherry
isters on the Fly touts itself as an outdoor
adventure women’s group whose members have more fun than anyone and
several Greeley women are part of the action.
Jan Boyes is Sister #1595 and LeeAnn Sterling
is Sister #3484. They are two of several hundred
women on the Front Range who enjoy camping
with like-minded gals as part of a group that is
now almost 7,000 members strong nationally.
S
LeeAnn joined four years
ago and didn’t have a trailer
at the time but she quickly
acquired a 1971 Atwood.
Most sisters own, even collect,
vintage trailers. With approval
of her husband Bill, LeeAnn
bought the trailer, which she
named Howdy, and decorated
it in a cowgirl theme.
LeeAnn had read about
Sisters in Country Living a
decade earlier when the
organization was newly
started by two real-life sisters,
Maurrie and Becky, their
mother Mazie and a group of
girlfriends who loved to fly
fish. When her long-time
college girlfriend joined in
another state, that was LeeAnn’s
impetus to sign up. Her first
event was one she hosted for
the Greeley Stampede; eight
trailers showed up to overnight
at the train depot downtown
and attend the rodeo.
Before joining Sisters, she
hadn’t camped before and
she still doesn’t fish but she
Jan Boyes with her 1966 Red Dale, one of several vintage campers she has
renovated as a member of Sisters on the Fly.
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Photos: Julia McSherry
Greeley Women Pursuing the Great Outdoors
Orthodontics is more
than just how fast
crooked teeth can be
straightened.
by Dr. Brad Edgren
id you know that early orthodontic
treatment can help children who are
mouth breathers convert to normal,
nasal breathing?
D
LeeAnn Sterling nurtured her inner cowgirl with her décor of Howdy, her
1971 Atwood trailer.
loves the “value added,
getting to play house and
meeting such a diverse
group of women who have
become friends.” Her favorite
event was the annual Rocky
Mountain Hi in Buffalo,
Wyoming with 100 Sisters.
Now that she is retired
from the Greeley Chamber,
she has more time to spend
in Howdy but is considering
trading up to a bigger trailer,
to camp with husband Bill, a
retired engineer.
Jan has been a member
since Fall 2010 and has
renovated several trailers
including her first small Red
Dale, her current 1966 larger
Red Dale, and a 1976
Prowler. She had been a
camper before joining and
still spends much of each
summer on a nearby lake
camping with husband Rich,
a dentist, and their kids and
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grandkids. She learned about
Sisters from a girlfriend in
Scottsdale who had read
about them in Arizona
magazines and called to tell
her, “I think this is the group
you’ve been looking for.”
She wasn’t a fisher at the
time but loves the opportunities
she has had to learn fly fishing.
She loves antiquing and
junking with friends. “We go to
fun places I might not otherwise
get to. And I’ve met other gals
I might not have crossed
paths with.”
Both Jan and LeeAnn like
the feeling of independence
that camping with women gives
them. This fits in with the mission
of Sisters on the Fly which promotes the empowerment of
women along with the fun. G
Julia McSherry is a free lance
writer based in Greeley and a
member of Sisters on the Fly.
She is Wrangler for the Rocky
Mountain Region.
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Moreover, did you know
that proper early orthodontic
treatment can reduce and
correct the development
of facial irregularities?
Children as young as six to
seven years of age can start
to develop crossbites,
underbites, and facial
asymmetries. Appropriate
early interceptive orthodontic
treatment can often resolve
these problems preventing
invasive orthognathic jaw
surgery as a young adult.
By age seven, on average, a
child has already achieved
75% of their total dentofacial
growth. By age 12, 90% of a
child’s total dentofacial
development has already
occurred. So to wait until all
the permanent teeth erupt
into the mouth, typically
between 12 -13 years
of age, is undesirable
because the vast majority of
facial growth has already
occurred, nearly guarantying
the permanency of the
facial irregularity.
Significant skeletal
dysplasias and facial asymmetries in young patients
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talking to their peers. When a
child is being teased about
their crooked face or severely
crowded teeth it takes a toll on
their self esteem that can carry
on into adulthood.
In a society that wants to
be proactive in healthcare,
ignoring a developing child’s
dentition, especially one
where it is obvious that a
problem is developing,
doesn’t make sense.
Furthermore, the extraction
of deciduous or permanent
teeth is not always the best
Actual Patient of Dr. Edgren
Before - Note the severe underbite and right molar crossbite.
Actual Patient of Dr. Edgren
After - Note the correction of the underbite and right molar crossbite
when left untreated increasingly worsen with growth.
Not all children require early
interceptive treatment, however for those that do, it benefits not only their oral health
but improves their self esteem at a time when it is
needed most. Children can
be perfectly blunt when
answer because the underlying skeletal issues were not
addressed; potentially
accentuating the facial
irregularities. For example, it
is disheartening to evaluate
an adult patient who had previous orthodontic care as a
teenager, but because of the
lateness of the initiation or
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incompleteness of treatment (i.e. quick braces/
rushed treatment), the
bilateral molar crossbites
were never corrected.
Now as an adult they
suffer from TMD, upper
airway obstruction, and
sleep apnea due to a
narrow nasal cavity that
could have been addressed with proper orthodontic expansion as a child.
Orthodontics is more
than just how fast crooked
teeth can be straightened.
Fast treatment is generally
not the most effective
treatment. Appropriate
orthodontic treatment
includes dentofacial
orthopedics which
addresses orofacial
concerns with proper care
during growth. All growth,
including facial growth,
occurs over years not
months. Why rush orthodontics? When properly
executed, orthodontics
can significantly improve
breathing, correct the bite
which helps the first part
of digestion, enhance
esthetics, and boost
self-esteem. Remember,
orthodontics is more than
just braces. G
Dr. Edgren is a Board Certified
Orthodontist in Greeley CO.
Certified by The American
Board of Orthodontics (ABO) .
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Stroke team saves young, pregnant woman through fast action...
Conquering stroke... and motherhood
Photo by Joel Blocker, for UCHealth.
by Susan Skog, for UCHealth
ne day Suzannah Preisendorf’s
daughter will learn of the amazing
obstacles her mother overcame to
be able to hold her firstborn.
O
“I am so thankful to have
this special, healthy baby,”
the 26-year-old woman said
as she picked her daughter
up off the floor and gave her
a kiss — a simple mothering task, yet one that
Preisendorf could have
missed if it weren’t for the
Primary Stroke Center team
at Medical Center of the
Rockies in Loveland.
“It started with a horrible
headache, dizziness and
complete numbness on my
right side,” she remembered
of that August 2015 day.
Four days past her due
date, Preisendorf was fortunate to have her husband,
Scott, by her side. “When I
grabbed a hold of her,
Suzannah’s legs just buckled,” he recalled.
artery supplying oxygen-rich
blood to her brain was
blocked by a blood clot. That
stunning discovery posed a
difficult decision: Could a
full-term pregnant patient be
given the clot-busting drug
that doctors knew would
break down her clot?
Tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, is given through
an arm IV and restores blood
flow quickly to the brain to
minimize permanent disability.
Complications include
bleeding, but most studies on
the effects of the drug weren’t
conducted on pregnant
women, according to Kaiser.
“I couldn’t find any other
cases where they treated
somebody (with tPA) at 40plus weeks (pregnant),” he
said. “My chief concern was if
Suzannah
went into labor
The couple rushed to
after
receiving
the tPA, would
MCR, a nationally recognized
bleeding
complications
Primary Stroke Center,
occur?
where the stroke team,
The team of UCHealth
including neurologist Dr.
specialists continued through
Brian Kaiser, emergency
the next day researching and
physician Dr. Marc Breen
discussing the best next
and obstetrician Dr. Eric
Yeh, sprang to work to save steps for the patient, including
the risks involved with her
Preisendorf and her baby.
pending
delivery.
Though hard to believe
for someone so young, a
brain MRI confirmed
Preisendorf was suffering
from an ischemic stroke. An
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That around-the-clock
vigilance was incredibly
reassuring, Preisendorf said.
The health care team
Suzannah and Scott Preisendorf, at their home in Windsor with daughter,
Maisy, want people to know that a stroke can happen to anyone.
concluded that it would be
safer for both the patient and
baby if doctors delivered via
cesarean section.
“Even young, pregnant
women can have strokes,”
Scott said. “Suzannah is 26;
we had an appointment that
morning and all the tests
Thirty-six hours after
were
perfect. It can happen
receiving tPA, Preisendorf
G
to
anyone.”
delivered her beautiful baby girl,
Maisy, without complications.
If you suspect someone is
experiencing
a stroke,
But Preisendorf’s fight
call
911
immediately.
wasn’t over. Although tPA
Paramedics are trained to
broke up her clot, deficits
caused by the stroke needed recognize stroke symptoms
and can notify the emertime to resolve. Preisendorf
gency
room so that the
could not sit, stand or walk on
stroke
team is ready when
her own, and she wasn’t able
the patient arrives.
to hold, bathe or feed Maisy
with her weakened right arm.
Do you know how to identify
a
stroke? Remember the
“I was driven by wanting to
FAST
test:
take care of Maisy. She is
pure joy,” Preisendorf said
while bouncing Maisy on her
knee. “I started going to physical therapy and occupational
therapy rehab on an outpatient basis, and I do exercises
at home. It was a huge
motivator for me to know that
if I worked hard I could finally
hold her. If that doesn’t
motivate you, I don’t know
what will.”
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F - FACE: Ask the person to
smile. Does one side of the face
droop?
A - ARMS: Ask the person to
raise both arms. Does one arm
drift downward?
S - SPEECH: Ask the person to
repeat a simple phrase. Is their
speech slurred or strange?
T - TIME: If you observe any of
these signs, write down the time
and call 911 immediately.
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The Best of Greeley 33
Women Supporting
Women – Making a
Difference
Photos : Kristi Helzer
Northern Colorado Women in Business Launched in January of 2009
by Kristi Helzer
NorCoWIB members raise money, buy and dedicate an AED to the
Union Colony Civic Center
orthern Colorado Women in
Business (NorCoWIB) launched in
January of 2009 when business
women were seeking ways to increase visibility and survive the down-turn in our economy.
N
Women kept coming to
me and asking me to use
my “business matchmaking
skills.” So I did!
Eight years later we
meet over a healthy breakfast the first Wednesday of
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has grown. My business
partner and I even found
our office suite through
Kristi’s help and our participation in NorCoWIB.
each month from 8-10 at different venues. We average
50 women per session and
I collaborated
with a dozen other
well connected
women whom I respect and we invited
our peers. We had
28 women at our
first networking
luncheon. We
started polling those Jesse Eves & Glenda Haines
women and found out the
five NEW members each
topics they were interested
month. Attendance ebbs
in learning more about and
and flows with busy schedwe asked for suggestions
ules. The cost is $25 with
for program speakers. We
preregistration required five
moved to a morning time
days prior to the Workshop.
slot and started raising
Cost is $30 at the door. You
money for a different
can learn more at:
non-profit each month with
NorCoWIB.org.
our Pay-it-Forward drawing
as a way to give back and
support local women.
Continued from previous page.
It is a joy to showcase
the talents of our members.
Their wisdom helps us finetune our business practices. Last month, member
Glenda Haines of Eves and
Celeste Ewert, Envision; Pam Groeger, Five Rings Financial; Sue
Helfrich, Allstate Insurance; Jill Bailey, Flare of Art Photography
“I want to be involved in
the heart of Greeley, and
NorCoWIB is my source of
information about so many
wonderful business
events, networking opportunities and charitable activities. When I miss a
meeting, I know I’ve
missed a lot!
It was a privilege to
share some of my wisdom
with my colleagues. Every
month I learn something
that benefits my life and
business! The two hours
we spend together are
packed full of fun, relevant
information and the magic
of turning contacts into
connections.”
We hope area business
women will come “try us on
for size” and let us know
how we can support you in
achieving your goals! G
Kristi Helzer and her husband
Rich are life-long Weld residents
and community cheerleaders.
This freelance writer also facilitates
No CO Women in Business.
Barb Wasung, Marcia Siebring, CPAs; Kyle Anne Lucks, That’s Sew
Cha Cha; Cassidy Maine, Signs First & Maine Street Promotions; Ann
Martinez, AM Studio Graphic Design & Belly Dancing; Leianne
Romero, Habitat for Humanity; Teri Segelke, J&T Feeds.
Haines Wealth Management,
Inc. was our program
speaker.
Glenda said: “NorCoWIB
has been an incredible
resource for me. I love the
relationships I’ve built with
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these business women, and
that’s just one of the benefits
of becoming part of this
group. It is built on mutual
support and as I’ve committed
to participation, my business
Continued on next page.
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The State of
Public Safety in Greeley
by Jerry Garner
n short, 2015 was a great year for public safety
in Greeley. The Greeley Police Department
saw a 19% reduction in Part One crimes
reported to police. (Part One crimes, as defined
by the FBI, are murder, rape, robbery, aggravated
assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and
arson.)
I
This represents by far the
biggest decrease in reported
major crime in Greeley in
memory. The totals included
only one murder for the year,
something relatively unusual
for a city of 100,000.
Police Department is tasked
with meeting four specific
goals as they go about their
duties:
The state of Greeley’s
traffic safety presented a
mixed bag last year. While
the number of fatal accidents
decreased to five from eight
the year before, the total
number of motor vehicle
accidents actually increased.
The fact reflects that with a
booming population comes
an increase in the number of
vehicles on the city’s streets
as well as a boost in the total
number of miles driven.
Unfortunately, more driving
translates to more accidents.
GPD will be directing
additional efforts to both
traffic safety education and
enforcement this year.
• Improve traffic safety
The Greeley Police
Department’s mission statement is as simple as it is
direct: Improve and protect
the quality of life for the
citizens of our community.
The Department seeks to do
that by providing excellent
customer service and
reducing both the fear and
incidence of crime. In addition, each employee of the
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• Apprehend and assist in
the prosecution of career
criminals
• Provide exceptional
customer service
• Do the right thing
To assist in its mission of
assuring the safety of the
community’s residents the
Police Department recently
updated its Strategic Plan, a
document intended to guide
the Department’s efforts for
the next several years. The
plan includes improved
tactics and training for working
with the mentally ill. It includes
obtaining affordable
technology to aid officers in
working smarter and not just
harder. It encompasses
plans to continue the
Department’s practice of
hiring only top-notch police
officer candidates and then
providing them with outstanding training before they
ever get into a police car.
Public safety is looking
good in Greeley. We’ll do our
best to keep it that way. G
Jerry Garner is Greeley’s
Chief of Police.
Calendar Listing
FRIDAY, Apr 1st
- A Mix of Traditional Film and Modern
Digital Images, 9am. Come share the
journeys of two very skilled local photographers, Dennis Burchett and Alex
Burke. Tointon Gallery, 651 10th Ave,
Greeley
- Color My World! 1pm. Come join us at
Centennial Park Library, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and
math) fun! Centennial Park Library,
2227 23rd Ave, Greeley
- First Friday: A Night Of Art In
Downtown Greeley, 5-8pm. Downtown
Greeley is a vibrant and thriving community filled with creative industries,
unique small businesses and delicious
dining options! For a complete list of
gallery shows, visit www.greeleydowntown.com.
- Dale Cisek and Mike Ryan,7pm.
Price: Free. Broken Plow Brewery,
4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- All State Band Festival: UNC Bands
Concert, 7:30pm. Price: $8 - $12,
UCCC Monfort Hall, Greeley
SATURDAY, Apr 2nd
- 2nd Annual Greeley Beer & Spirits
Festival, 1pm. 2nd Annual Greeley Beer
& Spirits Festival. Come out and discover some of the finest beer and spirits
in Northern Colorado crafted by local
breweries and distilleries. Price: $30.
The Garage Creative Co-Op, 1100 8th
Ave, Greeley
- Spellabration- Right To Read, 1pm.
Spellabration is the annual grown-up
Spelling Bee, Price: Free. Atlas Theater,
709 16th St., Greeley
- Stone Soup, 5:30-10pm. Help us “Pack
up for Hunger” at this year’s annual
Stone Soup fundraiser. Gourmet dinner,
live and silent auctions, live music and
dancing. Island Grove Event Center, 501
N. 14th Ave., Greeley
- Dan and Yoshi, 7pm. Broken Plow
Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm to midnight at Crabtree Brewing
Co at 2961 29th St., Greeley
SUNDAY, Apr 3rd
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show, 12pm. Stitches and Stories
Miniature Quilt Show. Lincoln Park
Library and Sew Downtown are sponsoring a Miniature Quilt show.Lincoln Park
Library, 919 7 Street, Suite 100, Greeley
- Sounds of Joy Tour - Mark Lowry,
Cana’s Voice, Stan Whitmire, 5pm.
UCCC, 701 10th Ave., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital - Katilyn Rittner,
Conducting, 7pm. First Congregational
Church, 2101 16th St., Greeley
- School of Music Student Recital:
Front Range Quartet, 7:30pm. School
of Music Student Recital: Front Range
Quartet. UNC Campus - Foundation
Hall, Greeley
MONDAY, Apr 4th
- School of Music Student Recital:
Winsome Lewis, Clarinet, 4:30pm.
School of Music Student Recital:
March 2016
Winsome Lewis, Clarinet. Price: Free.
Kepner Hall at UNC (Milne Auditorium),
17th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Amy Nielsen, soprano, 6:15 pm. Price: Free. Kepner Hall
at UNC , 17th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Faculty Artist
Recital Series - Euridice Alvarez, oboe,
8:00pm. UCCC (Hensel Phelps
Theatre), 701 10th Ave., Greeley
TUESDAY, Apr 5th
- 6th Annual Success for our Kids
Breakfast, 7am. This annual breakfast
highlights the work and plans of the The
Success Foundation Serving Greeley
Evans Schools. Price: Free. Northridge
High School, 100 71st Ave., Greeley
- Spring Bridge Tournament, 11:30am.
Enjoy spring with a great bridge game,
a light lunch and dessert and lots of fun
and prizes. Greeley Senior Activity
Center, 1010 6th St, 970-350-9440
- Discover Japan! 5pm. Asian Studies
Program at UNC to learn about
Japanese culture and language! There
will be hands-on activities like calligraphy and origami, presentations on customs and technology, and quick
language lessons. Lincoln Park Library,
919 7 St., Suite 100, Greeley
- National Youth Service Day Awards,
5:30pm. NYSD Awards are designed to
broaden national, regional and local
recognition of the power of youth service. Greeley Senior Activity Center, 1010
6th St., Greeley
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm. 2961 29th St., Greeley
- UNC: Vocal Jazz Ensembles Concert,
7pm. UCCC Monfort Hall, Greeley
- Yoga Support Group For Cancer
Survivors, 9:30am. This is a free class
offered to those who have been touched
by cancer. NCMC, 1801 16th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Student
Recital: Michael Mawle, violin,
4:30pm. Price: Free. Kepner Hall at UNC
(Milne Auditorium), 17th St., Greeley
- Spring Book Buzz! 6pm. Attention
readers of all ages! Book club members! Culture vultures! The biggest, best
books for Spring and Summer are already on the calendar, and we have the
details. Centennial Park Library, 2227
23rd Ave., Greeley
- UNC’s IFS Film Screening: Killing
Them Safely (2015), 7pm. Are Tasers
just as deadly as guns? Join IFS in the
screening of this documentary. Lindou
Auditorium, Michener Library, UNC,
501 20th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music: Percussion
Ensemble Concert, 7:30 pm. Enjoy an
evening of music featuring Percussion
Ensembles I, II and III. Price: Free. UNC
Campus - Foundation Hall, Greeley
WEDNESDAY, Apr 6th
- Earth from Space, 10-4:30pm. This
exhibit illustrates how satellite imagery
is gathered and used to expand
mankind’s understanding of life and
death.Greeley History Museum, 714
8th St., Greeley
For the love of animals...
Join the Paws & Sneakers 5k Run-Walk
by Kristi Helzer
n March the Humane Society of Weld
County (HSWC) opened its new
Community Wellness Clinic with the goal of
keeping pet care affordable for ALL pet owners.
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Realizing that a significant
number of people in Weld
County love their pets but
cannot afford proper veterinary care and the costs associated with providing routine
healthy pet care, their board
added the community wellness clinic to its strategic
planning to improve animal
health and welfare in our
community.
The Humane Society promotes the humane treatment
of animals through care, advocacy and education. Their
vision is to bring pets and
people together, so why not
take it a step further and help
people who love their animals
retain ownership.
Continued on page 38
Executive Director Elaine
Hicks stated in her year-end
report, “With the low cost vaccination and spay/neuter clinics that HSWC already
provides to the community,
the addition of a wellness
clinic serves to enhance
basic veterinary services to
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a population that is underserved.”
They have added veterinarian, Dr. Lisa Kaminski to
their staff to further strengthen
their impact on serving the
community.
HSWC invites you to
give lost and unwanted animals a new leash on life
through participation in
their 28th Annual Paws and
Sneakers 5K Run-WalkPet Expo on Saturday April
30 at 9 am at Twin Rivers
Community Park, 1505
65th Ave., in West Greeley.
General registration is $30
for individuals 12 and
older. This includes an
event T-shirt. Youth under
12 may participate for
FREE; however, if they
want a T-shirt add $10.
Anyone who registers
prior to April 25 may use
the discount code PAWS
and save $5 on your registration. You can go to the
registration page on their
web site to sign a waiver
to register at: paws.kintera.org.
shelter animals. For profit
booth rental $50, nonprofit
rental $25.
Arrive between 8 - 8:30
am to pay an on-site registration before the race. This
is a critter-friendly event, so
bring your dog. If you are
interested in rescuing a
canine, for an additional $10
you can borrow a shelter dog
for your walking companion
to see if you are compatible
for a long-term relationship.
Sponsorship opportunities
include:
• Tailwagger - $500
• Furry Friend - $250
• Frisky Puppy - $100
Spend a healthy morning
walking and visiting animal
related businesses at the Pet
Expo. Every dollar will help
If you’re interested contact
Anne Bellingrath,
970-506-9550 x: 29
or email her at fundraising@
WeldCountyHumane.org. G
Kristi Helzer and her husband
Rich are life-long Weld residents and community cheerleaders. This freelance writer
also facilitates No CO Women
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(April - December) Mon - Sat: 9 am - 6 pm • Sun: 10 am - 4 pm
Weld Food Banks’
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by Weston Edmunds
oin the Weld Food Bank for a fun night of
community fellowship and enjoy a gourmet
dinner, live and silent actions. Proceeds go to
support their direct programs, such as the
Backpack Program. April 2nd at Island Grove.
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As the story goes, three
soldiers, hungry and tired
passed through a war torn
village. Embittered and
suspicious from the war, the
villagers hid their food and
closed their windows tight.
That is, until the clever soldiers
suggested making a soup
from stones. Intrigued by
the idea, everyone brought
what they had to the pot and
together they made a feast
fit for a king. This inspiring
story is about the strength
people possess when they
work together!
Weld Food Bank is
preparing for their 14th
Annual Stone Soup fund
raiser on April 2, 2016. It is
an evening where the community comes together like
in the story to show their
shared strength in the fight
against hunger. Every year,
the food bank highlights a
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Executive Director Bob O’Connor
and Amy Oliver Cooke.
specific area of their organization to give attendees a
glimpse at the impact their
support that evening will
have. The focus this year will
be the School Backpack
program, a vital service that
delivers food to school
children to take home over
the weekend. Last year,
those in attendance stepped
up in a large way to raise
enough money to provide
1.2 million meals. For more
information about this
important event, visit
weldfoodbank.org or call
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- Northern Colorado Women in
Business: ADD, Multi-Tasking or ADHD
Time to Understand the Differences. Lynn
Keber, School Counselor & Private
Practice; Alexia Peake, Chiropractor –
Peake Wellness Center & Patricia Sorbo,
Chiropractor – Weld Family Clinic of
Chiropractic at Crepes & Creams,
Westlake 35th Avenue. & 20th Street
THURSDAY, Apr 7th
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Jesse Pierson, Piano,
6:15 pm. Kepner Hall at UNC (Milne
Auditorium), 17th St., Greeley
- UNC’s IFS Film Screening: Killing
Them Safely (2015), 7pm and 9:15pm.
AreTasers just as deadly as guns? Join
IFS in the screening of this documentary.
Price: Free. Lindou Auditorium, Michener
Library, UNC, 501 20th St., Greeley
- Open Mic - Hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Price: Free. Broken Plow Brewery,
4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Slaine,7pm. Price: Free. The Pit, 807
17th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music: UNC Student
Composers Concert, 8pm. Frasier Hall
at UNC (Room 90), 17th St., Greeley
FRIDAY, Apr 8th
- Cole Britton, 7pm. Price: Free. Broken
Plow Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Ubre Brown And The Dream Train Native Station, This Side of Paradise,
7pm. The Pit, 807 17th St., Greeley
SATURDAY, Apr 9th
- Winter Farmers’ Market 5th Year!
9-12am. 1100 8th Ave., Greeley
- Lifting Life Women’s Event, 10am7pm. Motivational speakers, health
booths, yoga and meditation classes,
music. Greeley Mall
- Andrew Jacobson, Oboe - UNC School
of Music Graduate Student Recital,
6:15pm. Price: Free. Kepner Hall at UNC
(Milne Auditorium), 17th St., Greeley
- The Greeley Chorale: An Evening in
Vienna, 7:30-9:30pm. Perhaps no city in
the world has produced and nurtured
more great composers than Vienna. The
Greeley Chorale invites you to spend An
Evening in Vienna, featuring the works of
some of these beloved musicians.
Schubert, Mozart and Haydn will be on the
program, as well as a masterwork with
orchestra. UCCC, 701 10th Ave., Greeley
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm, at 2961 29th St., Greeley
SUNDAY, Apr 10th
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show,12pm. March is National Quilting
Month, In Celebration of Quilts. Lincoln
Park Library and Sew Downtown Price:
Free. Lincoln Park Library, 919 7 Street,
Suite 100, Greeley
- Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra
Family Concert: “Water Music”,
4-6pm. For our younger audiences, the
Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a matinee concert with the theme of
“Water Music.” Hear Handel’s famous
Hornpipe from “Water Music,” as well as
April 2016
pieces by Debussy, Grofe and Schumann.
UCCC, 701 10th Ave., Greeley
- UNC Chamber Choir and University
Singers Concert, 7:30 pm. First Congregational Church, 2101 16th St., Greeley
MONDAY, Apr 11th
- UNC School of Music: Jazz in the
Lounge, 11:15am. UNC, 2101 10th Ave.,
Greeley
- Byungwoo Moon, Piano - UNC School
of Music Graduate Student Recital, 6:15pm.
Kepner Hall at UNC 17th St., Greeley
TUESDAY, Apr 12th
- Greeley Friends and Newcomers’
Monthly Luncheon, 12-1:30. Greeley
Place Retirement Residence, 1051 6th
St. Fashion Show. Info: 970-336-1233
- UNC School of Music Student Recital Evan Miller, Percussion, 4:30pm. UNC
Foundation Hall, 1516 8th Ave., Greeley
- School of Music Graduate Student
Recital: Nancy Williams, clarinet,
6:15pm. Kepner Hall at UNC (Milne
Auditorium) 17th St., Greeley
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm. 2961 29th St., Greeley
WEDNESDAY, Apr 13th
- Low Cost Blood Screenings - NCMC
Community Wellness Open Lab, 7am.
Wellness Services offers low cost blood
screenings open to community members. Appointment, call 970-810-6633.
NCMC, 1801 16th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music: Guitar
Ensemble Concert, 4:30pm. University
of Northern Colorado School of Music.
Price: Free. Frasier Hall at UNC (Room
90), 17th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Student Recital:
Ryan McGavin, 4:30pm. Price: Free.
Kepner Hall (Milne Auditorium), 800 17th
St., Greeley
- Golriz Shayani, Classical Guitar 6:15pm. Price: Free. Kepner Hall at UNC
(Milne Auditorium), 17th Str., Greeley
- Brian Claxton, Percussion 6:15pm.
Price: Free. Frasier Hall at UNC (Room
90), 17th St., Greeley
THURSDAY, Apr 14th
- Colorado’s Nature: Pathogens to
Pollinators, 12pm. Giardias will make
you sick; tardigrades will make you
smile: such is the influence of tiny
wildlife. Smallness can filter perception
and awareness, discovery and comprehension from our individual wildlife experiences. Price: Free. Farr Regional
Library, 1939 61st Ave., Greeley
- School of Music Student Recital: Tyler
Dever, composition, 4:30pm. Price: Free.
Frasier Hall at UNC, 17th St., Greeley
- School of Music Graduate Student
Recital: Sara Schuhardt, flute. 6:15pm.
Kepner Hall at UNC ), 17th St., Greeley
- Open Mic hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Price: Free. Broken Plow Brewery,
4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Danyi Zhao, Piano, 8pm. Price: Free.
Kepner Hall at UNC (Milne Auditorium),
17th St., Greeley
FRIDAY, Apr 15th
- G.Town Tour: Greeley Creative District,
3-6pm. A G.Town Tour is a free and fun
event to acquaint residents and visitors
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ome join others for a fun night of charity
while enjoying some tasteful foods. ‘A Kid’s
Place’ will hold their 6th annual Top Chef
Competition on April 16, 2016 from 5 pm to 10 pm
at the Island Grove Exhibition Hall in Greeley.
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The Greeley Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Galen Darrough, rehearses for “An Evening in Vienna...& Beyond”, presented Saturday
April 9, 7:30 p.m. at the Union Colony Civic Center.
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n 1992, The Greeley
Chorale was one of three
American choirs invited to
perform at the Vienna
International Choral Festival
in the Votivkirche
Cathedral, Vienna, Austria.
The keynote work was
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After 24 years, the
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Schubert’s moving mass
once again, as part of the
finale to the 51st season.
“An Evening in Vienna...
& Beyond!” is Saturday,
April 9, 7:30 pm. at the
Union Colony Civic Center.
In addition to Schubert,
Mozart’s exuberant Regina
Coeli is on the program,
along with a full slate of
American folk songs and
spirituals, including
Stephen Foster’s Nelly Bly,
Moses Hogan’s Abide With
Me, and William Dawson’s
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel.
Contemporary composer
Eric Whitacre’s haunting
The Seal Lullaby, first
composed for a Disney
movie that was later
scrapped, is also part of
the concert.
The program features
soloists Natalie Duchen,
Jeanece Kieselstein,
Susan McKenzie and
Molly Ortiz, soprano;
Anna Green, alto; Michael
Foerster, tenor; and Greg
Kuenning and Bob Locke,
bass. Produced in
cooperation with the
Union Colony Civic Center,
this concert promises to
satisfy classical choral
music lovers, as well as
those whose tastes run
more toward a traditional
or secular vein.
Tickets are available
through the UCCC at
356-5000, 1-800-315ARTS or online at
greeleychorale.org. The
Chorale’s 51st season is
sponsored by NCMC
and the Good Samaritan
Greeley Communities, as
well as Media Underwriter
The Greeley Tribune.
UCCC sponsors are
NCMC, The Greeley
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Six “Top Chefs” will be
featured, as well as music,
and a silent & live auction. All
proceeds will benefit children
who have been abused or
neglected in Weld County.
While enjoying your
meals, beverages will also
be provided that will pair
perfectly to compliment
each flavor and make your
taste buds go wild! With
three existing restaurants
and three new restaurants
participating, we know that
the outcome will be better
than ever!
Once finished with the
food, you can go play the
heads & tails game for a
chance to win one of three
different trips!
Each person will have
the chance to win a trip to
either Cancun, a spa and
golf package in Scottsdale,
or wine in Napa Valley. If you
don’t win this awesome deal,
you have one more chance
during the silent auction to
bid for a trip to the Big
Apple!
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online at akidsplace.org.
Each ticket will include an
appetizer, cocktails, gourmet food, the silent & live
auction, and live music.
You can also purchase
wine and beer keys before
or at the event. Keys available are limited and may
sell out before the event
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with interesting aspects of the city that
they might not otherwise know much
about. The tour is free but reservations
are required to ensure a seat on the bus.
970-350-9774. Greeley Ice Haus - 900
8th Ave, Greeley
- Daryl Ray,7pm. Price: Free. Broken
Plow Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
SATURDAY, Apr 16th
- Top Chef of Northern Colorado 2016,
5:30pm. Top Chef is A Kid’s Place’s
biggest annual fundraiser. The evening
features fine food and drink, a friendly
competition between the area’s “Top
Chefs”. Island Grove Exhibition Hall, 501
N 14th Ave., Greeley
- GII! Guillermo Astorga, 7pm. Broken
Plow Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Live Latin Music and Salsa Lessons,
7-11pm. Come learn how to salsa, and
dance the night away! $10. Joe Molina
Gallery, 930 8th Ave., Greeley
- Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy-Queen”,
7:30-9:30pm. Henry Purcell takes on
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream in a series of masques, dances
and drama. UCCC, 701 10th Ave., Greeley
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm, at 2961 29th St., Greeley
SUNDAY, Apr 17th
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show, 12pm. Lincoln Park Library, 919 7
St., Greeley
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- Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy-Queen”,
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream in a series of masques, dances
and drama. UCCC, 701 10th Ave., Greeley
MONDAY, Apr 18th
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: William Harned
6:15pm. Price: Free. Kepner Hall at UNC
(Milne Auditorium), 17th St., Greeley
- Paul Elwood, Composition, 8pm.
Price: Free. Frasier Hall at UNC (Room
90), 17th St., Greeley
TUESDAY, Apr 19th
- Discover Japan! 5pm. Learn about
Japanese culture and language! There
will be hands-on activities like calligraphy and origami, presentations on customs and technology, and quick
language lessons. Price: Free. Lincoln
Park Library, 919 7 St., Greeley
- Cooking Class - “Muffin Tin Meals” - ,
6pm. Eating on the run? Make your mini
meals ahead to make meal planning
easy. NCMC, 1801 16th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Mira Madorsky, soprano, 6:15PM. Price: Free. Kepner Hall,
17th S., Greeley
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm. Crabtree Brewing, 2961 29th
St., Greeley
WEDNESDAY, Apr 20th
- Yoga Support Group For Cancer
Survivors, 9:30am. This is a free class
offered to those who have been touched
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by Patricia Fox
ave you ever considered why it is that
we list places and events from far and
wide on our “bucket list” but completely
overlook the gems in our own backyard?
I grew up in Pennsylvania,
about 40 miles north of
Philadelphia. And yet, until I
was hosting international
students from Great Britain
(I was in college at the time),
I had never visited
Independence Hall, the
Liberty Bell, the Franklin
Institute, Betsy Ross House,
or even the Rodin Museum
there. Even my high school
field trips had taken me to
Gettysburg, Lancaster, Valley
Forge, and even New York
City. Evidently Philadelphia
was not on the radar for our
school administrators either.
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have a lot of
them here in
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I haven’t
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with Wynton Marsalis where
he commented that jazz was
at the very foundation of the
many other forms of popular
music we enjoy today. Who
knew?
UNC will host the 46th
Annual Jazz Festival on the
campus on April 21st - 23rd.
The largest festival of its kind
in the United States, it is expected to draw more than
8,000 participants in profes-
and college bands, combos,
and jazz vocal groups will be
in attendance. Here are just
a few of the highlights for
your consideration:
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Critically acclaimed group New
York Voices, plus UNC’s premier
vocal jazz ensemble, Vocal Lab
Friday, April 22, 2016
Grammy award winning ClaytonHamilton Jazz Orchestra, plus the
Ellis Marsalis Trio
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco
with UNC’s award-winning
Jazz Lab Band
Tickets are available
for evening performances through the
UCCC. Some discounts are available for
teachers, students and
chaperones. Daytime
workshops and performances are free and
open to the public.
sional education workshops,
public concerts, and after
hours sessions. In addition
to the well-known jazz professionals, more than 250
middle school, high school
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year we expand our
horizons a bit, and experience something new in our
musical repertoire. This
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Aims Community College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 29
Air Solutions - Heating & Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 43
Agfinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 33
A Kid’s Place - Top Chef Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 41
Bells Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 37
Benchmark Dental Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 35
The Best of Greeley Magazine Coupons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 44
The Best of Greeley Magazine Subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
C3 Real Estate Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5
City of Greeley FunPlex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 35
City of Greeley Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 29
City of Greeley Water Conservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19
Downtown Development Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11
Fairacres Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15
FMS Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27
Grace Pointe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15
Great Western Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 39
Greeley Chorale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15
Greeley Mall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 17
Hearing Rehab Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9
Integrated Dental Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4
James Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 21
Metro Brokers/Rouse Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
Meyer Direct: Marketing, Advertising, Design & Publishing . . . . . Page 42
Modern Hair Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19
Moffat Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11
North Range Behavioral Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 33
Northern Colorado Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8
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Party America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9
Pope Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 38
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Restoration Medical Aesthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27
Sew Downtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 20
Spradley Barr Ford Greeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6
Weld Food Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 39
Weld food Bank - Kentucky Derby Gala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 29
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by cancer. To register, please call 8106633. Price: Free. NCMC 1801 16th St.,
Greeley
THURSDAY, Apr 21th
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Each year
thousands of participants enjoy the
main stage concerts, after-hours sessions, daytime performances, and the
many educational workshops. This
year’s festival will continue the longstanding tradition of bringing some of
the most prominent names in jazz to
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N0C0. April 21: New York Voices Plus
UNC’s premier vocal jazz ensemble,
Vocal Lab, UCCC, 701 10 Ave., Greeley
- Baby Animal Days, 10am. Baby
Animal Days. From April 21st through
May 1st, bring the entire family to learn
about and see the resident baby animals who have arrived for the season
and some who are visiting just for this
event! Admission is $2 for children 2
and older. Centennial Village Museum,
1475 A St., Greeley
- Brace4Impact and Pandemic, 6pm.
Price: Free. The Pit, 807 17th St., Greeley
- UNC School of Music Graduate
Student Recital: Belen Hernandez.
6:15pm. Price: Free. Kepner Hall at UNC
G r e e l e y
(Milne Auditorium), 17th St., Greeley
- Open Mic hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Price: Free. Broken Plow Brewery,
4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Pride and Prejudice, 7:30pm.
Langworthy Theatre, 1710 9th Ave.
FRIDAY, Apr 22
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Featuring
the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
and Ellis Marsalis Trio. Plus UNC’s
Downbeat Award-Winning Vanguard
Combo. UCCC, 701 10 Ave., Greeley
- Don Graham, 7pm. Price: Free. Broken
Plow Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Greeley Chamber Orchestra Concert,
7:30pm. The Greeley Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by Dan Frantz,
presents the final concert of this season.
Trinity Episcopal Church, 3800 W 20th
St., Greeley
SATURDAY, Apr 23rd
- Winter Farmers’ Market,9-12am.
1100 8th Ave., Greeley
- Greeley Tribune Craft & Gift Show,
All day. Greeley Mall .
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Joey
DeFrancesco with the Downbeat AwardWinning UNC Jazz Lab Band I, Plus special guest: Houston Person. UCCC, 701
10 Ave., Greeley
- Greeley Game Night at Crabtree,
7pm to midnight at Crabtree Brewing Co
at 2961 29th St., Greeley
SUNDAY, Apr 24th
- Stitches and Stories Miniature Quilt
Show,12pm. Price: Free. Lincoln Park
Library, 919 7 St., Greeley
- Pride and Prejudice, 2pm .Langworthy
Theatre, 1710 9th Ave., Greeley
MONDAY, Apr 25th
- The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia,
and Alzheimer’s Disease, 9:30am. Price:
Free. Greeley Senior Activity Center,
1010 6th St., Greeley
TUESDAY, Apr 26th
- Live Trivia at Crabtree Brewing,
7-9:30pm. 2961 29th St., Greeley
WEDNESDAY, Apr 27th
- Low Cost Blood Screenings, 7am.
Wellness Services offers low cost blood
screenings open to community members. Call 970-810-6633.NCMC, 1801
16th St., Greeley
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April 2016
- Ballet West II, 7pm. Ballet West boasts a
rich and varied repertoire, elegant and
versatile artists and an American style
and legacy that is as dynamic, expansive
and unexpected. 970-356-5000. UCCC,
701 10th Ave., Greeley
- Muse: A Poetry Circle, 7pm. Poetry is
meant to be heard, not simply written
down and stored in books to read and
study. Price: Free. Farr Regional Library,
1939 61st Ave., Greeley
THURSDAY, Apr 28th
- History Brown Bag: What You Didn’t
Know, 12pm. “The Top 10 Things you
didn’t Know about the Holocaust”, 714
8th St. Price: Free. Greeley History
Museum., 714 8th St., Greeley
- Open Mic hosted by Don Graham,
7pm. Price: Free. Broken Plow Brewery,
4731 W 10th St., Greeley
FRIDAY, Apr 29th
- 6th Annual Circle of Sisters Celebration,
11am. Join Weld Women2Women for
their annual celebration of giving a hand
up to women in crisis. Price: $50. Greeley
Country Club, 4500 W 10th St., Greeley
- National Greeley Art Exhibition 50th
Anniversary Opening Reception. 5:008:00pm, UCCC Lobby, 701 10th Ave.
Greeley. Free and Open to Public.
- Jim Kristoff, 7pm. Price: Free. Broken
Plow Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
SATURDAY, Apr 30th
- Paws and Sneakers 5k Walk Run,8am.
The Humane Society of Weld County is
pleased to announce our 28th Annual
Paws & Sneakers! Twin Rivers
Community Park,1501 65th Ave., Greeley
- National Greeley Art Exhibition,
11am-5pm, UCCC Lobby, 701 10th Ave.,
Greeley.
- GII! Guillermo Astorga, 7pm. Broken
Plow Brewery, 4731 W 10th St., Greeley
- Greeley Game Night, 7pm to midnight
at Crabtree Brewing Co at 2961 29th St.
- Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra –
Shakespeare’s Influence Revisited,
7:30pm. The GPO’s 105th season closes
with a spectacular finish: an evening of
Brahms and Beethoven featuring the full
orchestra and the power of the UNC
Combined Chorus.UCCC, 701 10th St.,
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CX-5 Sales Zoom-Zoom in Final Month of ‘15
2016.5 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring All-Wheel Drive
by Stu Wright
apanese automaker Mazda closed out
2015 with record sales, and for the entire
year the company sold almost a third of a
million units in the U.S., the most since 1994.
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Mazda’s best ever sales
year occurred 30 years
ago, but with last year’s
surge/momentum, the current annual number could
end up surpassing 1986.
A big contributor to the
Mazda success story is
their top seller, the CX-5
compact sports-utility vehicle. I had one delivered to
my home for testing during
March, and it was the
Grand Touring model
painted Soul Red metallic
and featuring a power
glass sliding moonroof. As
the Grand Touring edition
($34,055.00 M.S.R.P.), it
gets the more powerful 2.5
liter, 184 horsepower
engine (185 lb. ft. of torque)
Photos: Stu Wright
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installed in it as well as a navigation system with a 7" color
touchscreen to help “navigate” the technology.
I wheeled around Weld
and Larimer counties extensively in the CX-5, and found
the ride and handling to be
on target, as well as the
acceleration (reportedly
zero to 60 in 8 seconds). This
particular Mazda is noted as
somewhat of a “sports car”
among the CUV class, and
they incorporate a sport mode
switch on the console to effect
an additional measure of frisky
performance, if the driver
desires. EPA fuel economy
ratings for the CX-5 are 24city, 30- highway, and 26combined miles per gallon
with a 15.3 gallon fuel tank.
The all-wheel drive CX-5
has a six-speed Sport
automatic transmission with
console mounted shifter.
Also on the console is a
multifunction Commander
control knob/buttons for controlling the audio, navigation,
and telephone settings.
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The wheelbase of the
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Hyundai Santa Fe or Jeep
Cherokee, and the interior
is for five, with cargo
capacity of 65 cubic feet
with the second row
seating folded flat. Several
tech appointments are on
hand such as lane departure warning, blind spot
monitor, “radar” cruise
control, and adaptive
(turning) LED headlights.
I can see why CUV’s, and
in particular the Mazda
CX-5, are so well received,
and wouldn’t mind if this
unit was never picked up. G
Stu Wright is an automotive
writer/photographer, a 35-year
Greeley resident, and a
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It’s Happening… Again!
Please no more white trucks!
by Wanda Lowe
have a problem and it is a biggie. I’m only
sharing it with you now because it is April
and that makes for fools. I just wish I only
did stupid stuff once a year; sadly I do dumb
stuff all the time.
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I went public with my
problem by bringing it
center stage for my husband
and friends to see. We recently had lunch with a
couple of work buddies,
one of whom drives a white
truck. He drove us to
Bogeys and parked in the
middle of the parking lot.
After eating lunch we were
all walking back to the parking lot and I immediately
jumped into the first white
truck I saw. Our other lunch
partner jumped in right
behind me. I remember
thinking our friend really
needed to clean out his
interior. It seemed odd to
me that I hadn’t noticed
how messy he was on the
ride over because I always
notice that kind of thing and
typically refuse to ride in
icky vehicles.
After several minutes
passed I looked at my
fellow passenger and wondered where the other two
went. I looked around and
was somewhat surprised to
see them standing outside
another white truck looking
at us like we had lost our
minds. In the defense of the
other passenger she
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wasn’t paying attention and
just followed me. I am the one
with the problem, not her.
I wouldn’t think too much
about it if it was a one time
deal. Sadly, this happens to
me way too often. Another
man we work with also drives
a white truck. I was breaking
down some boxes at our
office recently and put them
in the back of the first white
truck I came to. It took me
several trips and a ton of
boxes to realize I was loading
them in the wrong one. The
one that belongs to us was
parked way at the other end
and really doesn’t look that
much like the one I was
using as my own personal
dumpster. I was tempted to
leave them there as I was
sure he wanted to go to the
recycling center anyway.
My husband really enjoys
watching me try to navigate
the parking lot at the grocery
store. He won’t say anything
to me as he lets me meander
around trying to figure out
what we drove to the store in.
He will watch me try to open
doors and then just kind of
shakes his head as he
watches me make the realization that once again I’m
Chevy vs. Ford? To some people it doesn’t matter because they can’t
tell the difference if they are the same color.
demonstrating my problem.
I’m pretty sure he married me
for his personal amusement.
As if all these white trucks
in the parking lot are not
enough, another man I know
has a car that is the same
make and color as mine.
This is mind boggling when
both our cars are in the same
parking lot at our office. I
think he secretly knew I have
car issues and bought it on
purpose just to mess with my
head. That can be the only
answer. I also just found out
that another white truck will
be a regular in our parking
lot. I now know there is a
conspiracy against me.
Greeley is a landmine for
people with this problem.
Every other truck you see is
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white. If it wouldn’t be too
much trouble for companies
with fleets, would you
please just pick another
color - lime green would
work well. As for the guy
that was parked at Bogeys
all I can say is clean out
your truck and lock your
doors. If some random
person ever gets in your
passenger seat, don’t be
alarmed: I’m not pulling an
April Fool joke on you - I’m
just lost and in no way
dangerous. G
Publisher’s note: In a previous
life Wanda Lowe was a
newspaper editor and wrote
a weekly column called “It
Happens.” Today she is a
Realtor at RE/MAX Alliance in
Greeley with her husband
who work together as The
Lowe Team.
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