Roamin' the Range-June 2015
Here we go, into the wonderful summer months where outdoors is the place to be! Enjoy the warm weather, festivals, and wealth of entertainment options available for special evenings out along the Front Range. The […]
Articles by Libby James
A couple of dimes for deputy clerk Cynthia Sullivan
There’s a clear, plastic pop bottle on a shelf in the Wellington Town Hall. Slowly but surely, thanks to the encouragement of deputy clerk Cynthia Sullivan, it is filling up with dimes. “It will be […]
Wellington seniors welcome new members from N. Dak., Calif.
By Verna Tromburg We play cards after lunch on the first Monday of every month. On the first Wednesday of the month, Elderhaus provides us with free blood pressure screening before lunch. On the first […]
Reminiscing: joint 50th year FCHS and PHS reunion scheduled for July
Reunions — they’re all about sharing old memories and making some new ones. July 30-Aug. 1, members of the 1965 graduating classes from Fort Collins and Poudre High schools will have a rare opportunity to […]
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Festivities make Winick Community Park official
Winick Community Park on the corner or Coralbell and Wine Cup streets south of downtown Wellington, is now official. It took more than a few costumed pirates and their fancy ladies, the mayor, chair of […]
Spreading hope one piece of trash at a time
Paul Gustafson, 59, astride his “Miami Sun” three-wheeler, is a familiar sight around LaPorte and adjacent bike paths. He pedals along, carrying several grocery bags in the roomy basket behind his seat. He is ready […]
Wellington kids turn trash into art
Wellington kids know what to do with trash. Two of them recently won first place awards in Larimer County’s Trash Art Contest sponsored by Larimer County Solid Waste Department’s Garbage Garage Education Center. Participants were […]
Poudre High School physics students navigate Terry Lake during Cardboard Regatta
More than a few students in Kristy Bibbey’s general physics class at Poudre High School won’t be taking the final exam this year. They earned their way out of it working in small teams to […]
Meet the sausage man at Bella's Market
Bella’s Market meat manager Dale Saindon has been making sausage for a long, long time. So long that he says of his recipe, “I’ve had it forever. I’m not sure where it came from.” A […]
Terry Bison Ranch full of surprises
It’s hard to miss, only a few yards off Interstate Highway 25, just north of the Colorado-Wyoming border. You’ve probably passed Terry Bison Ranch hundreds of times and taken it for granted just as you […]