Dear EarthTalk: How do the big gadget-making companies (Apple, Samsung, etc.) stack up these days regarding their environmental footprint?                                           -- Doug Greco, Newark, NJ

“For by Grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of your own doing. , It is a gift of God not a result of good works so no one can boast” Ephesians 2 :8-9

15 Years Ago

June 6, 2003

·     About Town-Ida Lessenden: Tip of the Hat to Craig & Darla Hansen and Milton & Dawn Rae Watts who organized the Junior Rodeo

·     Balloon Travels 1416 Miles in 23 Hours. The nursing Home residents acted in a balloon lift with the 2^nd& 3^rdgraders from Eads Elementary. The next morning Nancy Wilson received a response from John Farmer who lives in Savannah Georgia

While drought conditions across Colorado were mostly stable over the past week, extreme drought expanded in the southeast, with Kiowa county bearing most of the impact.

• Photo of the Week
• Emergency Fishing Closure Coming for Yampa River
• Interactive Map – Colorado Statewide Fishing Conditions – June 8, 2018
• Death Notice – Lola “Bamb

Mrs. Forrest has always been a compulsive feeder. Before she retired, she was cooking for the Mule Barn truck stop’s customers, and is singularly responsible for about three flabby tons of avoirdupois on this nation’s truck drivers, and may have been marginally responsible, third-hand, for a cardiac event or two. 

GOD'S FAVOR

“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.” Proverbs 18:22

BIRTHDAYS

June 11

• Kolten Specht
• Shanda Walker
• Brandon Szuch

June 12

• Tom Engelbrecht
• Tawny Garrett
• Morrell Koch

June 13

• Olivia Kaye Weeks
• Marcy Jo Stavely
• Denise Nelson
• Chad Rouse
• MeiLan Lening
• Lexi Knutson

June 14

Makes:   6 servings 

Herbs really give this salad a real zest. Marinate overnight in the refrigerator to allow flavors to blend. If you don't have the vegetables listed, substitute whatever veggies you have on hand.

Due to critically low water flow caused by dry conditions and minimal snowpack levels, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will close a 0.6-mile stretch of the Yampa River between the dam at Stagecoach State Park down to the lowermost park boundary.

The closure begins June 14 and will continue until further notice.