Bealls will be open Thanksgiving, Black Friday

National retailer Stage Stores, which operates Bealls department stores, announced that its 850 stores will be open on Thanksgiving from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. and will reopen at 6 a.m. on Black Friday. Stage Stores will offer customers deals, holiday coupons and gift card giveaways.

The first 75 customers in line at every store will receive a scratch-off card. Three lucky customers at each store will win a $50, $75 or $100 coupon. All shoppers who spend $50 or more in-store will receive a $10 coupon to be used toward a future purchase. On Thanksgiving and Black Friday, customers can shop for doorbusters online all day at www.beallsonline.com

Bealls will continue its deals throughout the weekend and online during Cyber Week. Starting Sunday, Nov. 29 through Tuesday, Dec. 1, www.beallsonline.com will be 50 percent off using online code: CYBER50. All customers will receive free shipping on purchases of $49 or more.

For Pets’ Sake plans Turkey Trot Fun Run/Walk

For Pets’ Sake Humane Society will hold its 12th annual Cortez Turkey Trot fundraiser Thanksgiving Day.

Registration starts at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26 at the Parque de Vida Pavilion near the Cortez Recreation Center, 425 Roger Smith Ave. The 1-mile fun run/walk starts at 10 a.m.

The entry fee is $20 and includes a commemorative T-shirt. Costumes for all are encouraged. Prizes will be awarded for fastest people and pets, best and best-coordinated costumes, best pet trick, most unusual pet to cross the finish line and more. All proceeds benefit For Pets’ Sake Humane Society and its work to assist the dogs and cats of Montezuma and Dolores counties.

For more information call 565-PETS/7387.

2014 oil deaths in state greater than reported

A new federal database that was developed to more precisely count the number of deaths in the oil and gas industry shows eight workers died in Colorado in 2014.

The count by the Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction, or FOG, is two more than what was tabulated by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics for the same year.

The discrepancy comes from the different methodology used by the National Institute for Occupational Health in putting together its FOG findings, which were released in September and included the period between Jan. 1, 2014, and June 30, 2014.

FOG counted two deaths near a Colorado oil field site in 2014 that the Bureau of Labor Statistics probably would not have classified as oil-field related. Two workers were helping someone change a tire when they were killed by a motorist.

FOG concentrates solely on oil and gas fatalities, while the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects a census of deaths for all industries.

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