07-23-08

Last night's Fort Morgan City Council meeting began with a presentation of bids for replacement of a pursuit vehicle for the police department by Lieutenant Jared Crone. Acting City Manager Keith Kuretich continued the meeting with a discussion of a graffiti ordinance. The two functions of the graffiti ordinance are to stop the spread of graffiti and remove current graffiti. Persons caught creating graffiti could be punished with 15 hours of community service, a $50 surcharge, and revocation of their driver's license. And City Clerk Andrea J. Strand gave a presentation of an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Fort Morgan and the Morgan County concerning providing a generator to be used during the August 12 and November 4 elections. Other items on the agenda included the presentation of an ordinance for useful public service program by Honorable Judge Charles Hobbs and Administrator Christine Tadolini to allow convicted persons to complete community service in a more timely fashion.

On August 10 th , 1933 , Edwards Market opened to serve the community of Fort Morgan . Since then, three additions have been made and now Edwards is celebrating their 75 th anniversary. The Platte Valley Festival Band will play at 6:30 during the celebration on the 10 th and fireworks will be lit off after dark. The whole community is invited to share in festivals going on all week long.

The Great American Voter Trek's next stop is in Morgan County . Seven students from Vermont 's leading colleges are bicycling across the country from Vermont to Wyoming to register as many young voters as possible for the 2008 presidential election. The Great American Vote Trek will be coming though Fort Morgan on Sunday and will be at Maverick's.

The Wiggins School District has announced its new principal. Jodie Krayenhagen   accepted the new position and will begin in the 2008-2009 school year. Mrs. Krayenhagen has many qualifications that she will bring to her new position. Krayenhagen has been in the teaching field for ten years and has worked as assistant principal at WestLake Middle School in Thornton since 2001. She has also worked as assistant principal at Century Middle School and has also been an athletic director. Krayenhagen earned her B.A. at Dana College in Blair, Neb., and her M.A. through the University of Phoenix.

The Brush Youth Soccer Program will be kicking off at the end of July, running through September. Registration is currently being taken for the program which will teach students the basic fundamentals and team concepts of soccer. Age groups will be 4-6, 7-9, and 10-13. People interested in registering can do so online at brushcolo.com or come into the Brush Parks and Recreation office to register.

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