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Viewpoint: It’s Not Easy Changing Your Cell Phone Provider

Viewpoint: It’s Not Easy Changing Your Cell Phone Provider

Viewpoint: It’s Not Easy Changing Your Cell Phone Provider

My wife, Lori, made the jump first. She changed cell phone companies. We were using a very small cell phone company and, quite frankly, there are a whole lot of places we have gone where we had little or no cell access.
Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Viewpoint: Yes, We’ve Had an Events Calendar for Over a Year

On p. 7 of this newspaper is a complete list of every comment in the last few months about the newspaper, taken directly from the people who wrote them. Below is an example of some responses with the heading, as they were written. There is a common thread.
Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Viewpoint: Seventy Years Down, How Many to go?

Next Wednesday I will turn 70 years old. According to CoolConversion, if you live to the age of 70, in all likelihood, you have 14 years and three more months to go. I figure that is pretty good because according to the same publication, if I had been born in Colorado yesterday, I would live 79.
Viewpoint: Anna’s Mission to Impact Domestic Violence, Local

Viewpoint: Anna’s Mission to Impact Domestic Violence, Local

Viewpoint: Anna’s Mission to Impact Domestic Violence, Local

Since 2019, ladies from the Methodist Church in Rye, after a weekend retreat, have walked through the necessary paperwork, organization and training to begin Anna’s Mission, which they launched earlier this week (See story on page 5) Their mission statement is, “those who suffer from Domestic...
Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Viewpoint: Why is Gasoline so Expensive?

Between Wednesday and Sunday of last week, Lori and I had the opportunity to drive thru a number of Colorado communities. Gasoline prices varied from $3.29/gallon to $4.19/gallon. In the Montrose community, gasoline varied from $3.39/gallon to $4.05/gallon.
Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Viewpoint: The Algebra Teacher is Carrying More Than a Calculator

I visited with one of the Pueblo Public School District 70 Board of Directors late last week and, in the course of our very general conversation, he indicated that one of the more serious considerations they were dealing with was the wisdom of letting teachers carry firearms in the schools as a...
Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Viewpoint: To Gripe of Not to Gripe

Generally, I love feedback from our subscribers. Of course, some of it is critical. But the majority of it is positive and even from the critical comments, the newspaper has evolved into something I hope the majority of the readership feels is positive.
Viewpoint: School Time Already?

Viewpoint: School Time Already?

Viewpoint: School Time Already?

EDITORIAL AND READERS’ OPINIONS It’s hard to believe that by the time you read this, school will have started. Yesterday was the first full day of school. Sixth and ninth graders got the honor of spending Tuesday in school during the transitional days.
Terry Kraus

Terry Kraus

Viewpoint: Choose Whether You Laugh or Cry

I was talking to a representative of the Greenhorn Valley Library. as we had been in weekly contact for several weeks. The library uses a third party to renew their subscription to the Greenhorn Valley View and there seemed to be a problem.