Bellvue seniors set Halloween costume party for Oct. 30
by Lola Cook A heartfelt thank you to the kind unknown person who left three big bags of aluminum for recycling at the door of the Grange. Oct. 2, Council meeting at 10 a.m. followed […]
Year: 2014
Colorado Women’s Sports Fund Association offering scholarships to females in sports
The Colorado Women’s Sports Fund Association announced this month the availability of scholarships for 2015 to females of all ages, for any sport or athletic activity. CWSFA is organized as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization exclusively […]
Letter: Overland Trail DAR celebrates Constitution Week
Editor: “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of […]
Letter: Thanks to the artists
Editor: A big thanks goes to the following artists for their submissions to the Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction this year: Jim Mossman, Gary Johnson, Peter Spagnuolo, Eric Siebenthal, Dennis Burchett, Jason Sacran, Carole Hossan, […]
Caffeine: Jumpstart for us, but what’s in it for the coffee plant?
Ah… that first cup of coffee each day! It almost seems like just the smell of those alkaloids and flavonoids from roasting coffee beans could lift us out of bed in the morning. And that […]
Volunteer on the flood-damage North Fork Trail for National Public Lands Day
As a continuation of the great trail work Poudre Wilderness Volunteers do, especially following the September 2013 Flood, they are hosting a National Public Lands Day Event on Sept 27 at the flood-damaged North Fork […]
Our view: Rainbows revisited
Alas, any attempt I might have made to put a positive spin on this year’s Red Feather Rainbow Gathering has ended in a bitter defeat. The tacky, tawdry and violent affair that assembled in the […]
A long wait drags on for Buckhorn Canyon road repairs
Buckhorn Canyon resident and flood survivor Hal Braden took it upon himself to repair the road to his house so that he could get in and out following the flood of September 2013. Since that […]
Keeping an eye on the birds
Our feathered friends in Northern Colorado have an active advocate in Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization founded in 1988 and based at Barr Lake in Brighton. Most of the staff works out of […]
Parody movie trailers made in — and about — Poudre Canyon
Joseph Rovan is chair of the music department and teaches courses in computer music at Brown University in Providence, R.I. His sister, Joan Rovan, is senior graphic designer at Riverside Community College in Riverside, Calif., […]