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A new home for Boys and Girls Club
by Libby James Wellington Boys and Girls Club has had a new home on their wish list for nearly two decades. They outgrew the converted park shelter that has been their home a long […]
Articles by Libby James
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New club in town
by Libby James photo by Libby James There’s a new club in town. As of January, 2019, the 55 members of a Fort Collins based Sertoma Club reinvented themselves as the Downtown Club of […]
Columns
Four feet, a single focus
by Libby James reprinted from Colorado Runner, November 2018 “Someone has to be last,” I told myself. OK. I’ve talked myself into it. I’ll sign up for the Mountain Avenue Mile. I turned 82 not […]
Events
World War II novel debut
by Mim Neal Linda White, Colorado award-winning author, will introduce For the Duration, a powerful World War II novel by the late Nancy Cather Phillips at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at LoCo Artisan Coffee, […]
Outdoors
Fighting fires from the sky
by Libby James photo by Libby James Jesse Moreng loves and takes pride in his work as a firefighter. He’s been at it for 16 years. “I’m embedded in the firefighting service,” Moreng says. His […]
Events
Calendar, January 2019
Community Events Jan. 8, Poudre School District before Consolidation, by Wayne Sundberg, 7 p.m. Masonic Temple, 225 W. Oak St., Fort Collins, free, open to the public. Jan. 10-12, National tour: The Sound of Music, […]
Life in NOCO
Providing support for grand families
by Libby James Stories pour out as I sit across the table from two members of the Grand Family Coalition. They are among the 3,000 people in Larimer County who are currently parenting grandchildren, and […]
Life in NOCO
How old are you? Addressing ageism
“You are the oldest you have ever been, and tonight, when you go to bed you will be the youngest you’ll ever be,” said Janine Vanderburg in remarks that opened a three-hour workshop, “Changing the […]
Outdoors
Seeing the possibilities
“The only way he could do this was with friends,” CBS News reported as they described Dan Berlin’s 2014 epic 46-mile trek from rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon, finishing in the […]
Art & Lifestyle
BorderLinks trip inspires locals
It is close to 1,000 miles to Nogales, Ariz., on the U.S.-Mexico border, yet repercussions from what is happening there are having an obvious impact in Northern Colorado. The week before Thanksgiving, Amy Hoeven and […]