Loveland Reporter Herald

People love to talk about their personal conquests.
For guys like Mario Joly who are enforcers out on the ice, that can get a little tricky when some of the guys he's fought are now only a couple stalls away in the dressing room.
His presence as a heavyweight in the CHL for four of the six years he's been a pro, Joly has had a couple run-ins with Colorado's biggest names. That includes a tussle or two with now-assistant coach Greg Pankewicz, fights with Fraser Filipic and plenty of words with Alex Penner.
Joly, who was signed just last Wednesday to play for Colorado for the remainder of the season, remembered well the last time he fought Filipic, back on Jan. 16 of last year while Joly was playing for Odessa. And really, who could forget it?

One could joke Nick Miller and Derek Neeper are slowing down in their old age.

Chris Whitley and Danny Battochio are two rookie goaltenders who hope that this weekend's matchups between Allen and Rapid City aren't the last times they'll see each other head-to-head in the 2009-10 season.

The four Republicans vying to win the nomination to compete against U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey in November will square off this week in Loveland.

As a Colorado native, singer-songwriter Michael Johnson is always looking for a reason to do a show here.
Ted Schmidt, director of the Loveland Public Library, has a reason to invite Johnson to the Rialto Theater on Thursday: a fundraiser for the library's building expansion and renovation project.

FORT COLLINS – Prosecutors claim they can prove Branden Burgess put a rifle to his wife's head – after a routine family “taco Tuesday” and viewing of “Dancing with the Stars” – and pulled the trigger.

A kaleidoscope of possibilities surround what $6 million in cuts could look like in the Thompson School District budget.
So far, the district's budget managers, a budget proposal team and respondents to a community survey have weighed in on where they would like to see those cuts.

Loveland's Bill McCreary, who served the Thompson School District Board of Education for nearly a decade, hopes to continue representing the region when he vies for a seat serving Colorado House District 51 in the November election.
About two weeks ago, McCreary, a Democrat, filed to run for a spot with the House of Representatives, challenging the current first-year GOP Rep. Brian DelGrosso.

The annual Thunder in the Rockies motorcycle rally will not be in downtown Loveland nor at The Ranch.
Instead, the four-day Labor Day weekend event will take place solely at Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson.
“The goal was to try to get it in an alternate location that is more sustainable,” said Bob Herrfeldt, director of The Ranch. “We're holding true to that. We haven't seen these events be successful at remote locations.”

Ever since he was a child, Gary Boughton has been transfixed by public transportation. While other youngsters his age looked forward to playing in the park, Boughton was always most excited to take a bus or trolley ride with his grandmother.
“It was just a treat,” he said. “I loved it.”
This passion for community transportation seemed to run in his family.
The youngster's father was a bus driver and spent his career following routes throughout Los Angeles.

When a child enters kindergarten, the number of new skills and behaviors that are expected of that child can seem overwhelming.
Beyond the reading and math, the skills of listening to a teacher and working in a classroom environment are new to many who enter school.
For some, however, those classroom skills have already been learned. Preschool and pre-kindergarten programs provide children with important lessons they can take with them when they go to a regular school setting.