Saying  her  piece  about  the  Piceance

Gracie Petrakian grew up in Meeker, before moving to Silt for her senior year of high school.
Then it was off to college at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where she had a roommate from New Jersey. Petrakian, whose last name was Hughes then, accompanied her roommate home for Christmas one year, where she ended up meeting her future husband.
“I’ve been gone ever since,” Petrakian said.
But she never forgot her ties…