Mothers are not the nameless, faceless stereotypes who appear once a year on a greeting card with their virtues set to prose, but women who have been dealt a hand for life and play each card one at a time the best way they know how. No mother is all good or all bad, all laughing or all serious, all loving or all angry. Ambivalence rushes through their veins.
Erma Bombeck from “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession”
If you’re a mother, Happy Mother’s Day. May someone else do the dishes and clean the kitchen for you, and may you have five minutes of peace to use the bathroom alone. If you’re not a mother, remember to thank those who have mothered you, whether for your whole life or just for a season, the aunties and teachers and mentors who “mommed” us when we needed it (and still do).
With that reminder to make a call, text, visit or email to those important people in your world this weekend, on to the news…
In this week’s Community Calendar, there are opportunities to get involved with the RBC Pioneers Association, two different book clubs to participate in, concerts at the TANK in Rangely, and a Quilt Raffle and Old Time Country Dance at the Buford School coming up in June. (see Community Calendar).
We shared this last week, too, but since there’s still time, let your voice be heard!
The Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC) wants your input! Grab a cup of coffee and visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCEI-ENWX-1 to take a survey managed through the Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative (NCEI). (There are 29 questions, estimated 15 minutes to complete.)
COURTESY PHOTO Vicky Edwards, pictured here with one of her Golden retrievers, Boo Radley, has been named the new Rio Blanco County Administrator. Edwards, one of nine applicants for the…
Wolf Creek Reservoir will need Army Corps permit The proposed Wolf Creek Reservoir would be located on Wolf Creek between Rangely and Meeker and would hold water pumped from the…
Three of the MHS girls’ relay teams took top honors at the league meet, including Adi and Ainsley Selle (above), with Ellie Hossack and Taylor Garcia, in the 4×200-meter. AMBER…
COURTESY PHOTO (Back) Miah Wren, (front) Kastyn Dembowski, Addie Scott, and Ashlynn Ducey are running for the Panthers this season with strong performances in multiple events. RANGELY | The Colorado…
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