WEDNESDAY ❖ FEBRUARY 22, 2012
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YVRA crash investigation continues Family members continuing efforts at recovery BY SCOTT FRANZ FOR THE DAILY PRESS
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday morning concluded their on-site inspection of the plane that crashed Sunday at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden, killing two people. The investigation will continue next week after the plane is transported to a hangar on the Front Range. Airport Manager Dave Ruppel said a team of investigators from the NTSB, the Federal Aviation Administration, Cessna and Continental, which manufactured the plane’s engine, spent Monday and Tuesday taking photos and measurements at the crash site in an effort to determine what caused See CRASH on page 12
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JEANA WEBER, of Craig, speaks to an audience of about 45 people Tuesday night at The Journey at First Baptist during “Live for Levi,” an event she organized to raise awareness about suicide. The event is named in memory of her son, Levi, who took his own life in September 2011, a little less than a year after her husband, Jim Weber, committed suicide on Christmas Day 2010.
Help on a dark road ‘Live for Levi’ suicide awareness event elicits stories of pain, loss and hope BY BRIDGET MANLEY DAILY PRESS WRITER
In late September 2011, the clouds seemed to lift for Jeana Weber’s 22-year-old son, Levi. He had been going through a difficult time in life, Jeana told a group of about 45 people Tuesday night at The Journey at First Baptist. His father, Jim Weber, and Jeana’s husband of almost three decades, had taken his
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“People say that time heals all wounds. This is a wound that time does not heal. … That hole will always be there.” Jeana Weber, a Craig resident, about the suicides of her husband, Jim Weber, and their 22-year-old son, Levi.
own life Christmas Day 2010. But on Sept. 21, 2011, “he was the happiest I had seen him for a long time,” she said. That unexpected ray of hope didn’t last.
Instead, as Jeana painfully learned, it was a harbinger for tragedy to come. On Sept. 22, Levi also took his own life. “People say that time heals
all wounds,” she said. “This is a wound that time does not heal. … That hole will always be there.” Jeana, 47, recounted her painful journey during “Live for Levi,” a Tuesday night event she organized to shed light on and prevent suicide. The lifelong Craig resident spoke to the cascade of dark See LIVE on page 9
AGENDA ITEMS: The Moffat County Commission is hosting a special meeting at 10 a.m. today at the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 W. Victory Way, to possibly conduct an executive session with Moffat County Attorney Jeremy Snow. Also inside are agendas for Thursday’s meetings of The Memorial Hospital Board and Moffat County School Board. See page 13. INSIDE ANNIE’S MAILBOX . . . 14 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . 16 COMICS . . . . . . . . . 15 CROSSWORD . . . . . . 15 DATEBOOK . . . . . . . . 2
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ENTERTAINMENT . . . . 14 HOROSCOPE . . . . . . 14 OPINION . . . . . . . . . . 6 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . 24 WEATHER . . . . . . . . . 2