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Gas prices Cost of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Sunday
Fuel Stop.....................$2.64 West Kum & Go.........$2.64 7-Eleven......................$2.67 Petro West..................$2.69 Phillips 66..............................$2.69 Bob’s Conoco........................$2.68 Space Station.........................$2.69 Hilltop Sinclair.........................$2.69 Anglers Kum & Go...................$2.64 Ski Haus....................................$2.69 Mount Werner Sinclair...............$2.54 Shell............................................$2.69 Shop & Hop................................$2.59 State Average.....................$2.58 National Average................$2.64
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A choral contrast Yampa Valley Singers will perform varying styles at Tuesday evening concert Page 3
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Lynne McNasby loads up the check-out conveyor belt Sunday at the Dollar Tree in Central Park Plaza. The goods will be sent to troops overseas for the holidays.
Showing they care Group collects food, hygiene and gift items to send to troops for the holidays Mike Lawrence
Broncos lose again Page 15
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Wheeling a loaded shopping cart through the Dollar Tree store Sunday, Marci Valicenti said support has shrunk in recent years for a local effort to send care packages to troops overseas. Support the Troops, which
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operates under the financial umbrella of the nonprofit Yampa Valley Community Foundation, collects items including food, hygiene products, games and more to send to troops with local roots — and their entire units — serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Valicenti said the group began its efforts in 2003 and collected about $3,000 in financial and
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gift donations each of the first two years. Support the Troops used to send packages not only for the Christmas holiday season, but also for Memorial Day and possibly a third holiday each year. That’s not the case anymore. “It’s really, really cut back over time,” Valicenti said about contributions to the group. She gave an opinion about
American sentiment as a possible reason for the drop-off. “People are getting tired of the war,” she said. Valicenti shopped Sunday with Molly Hibbard and Lynne McNasby, also members of Support the Troops. Hibbard has two sons who are active duty: Michael Wesley See Troops, page 31
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