Baseball: It’s in the blood
Just a short stroke, now. Just a short stroke to the ball," comes this East Coast voice like a James J. Braddock jab through the crisp spring air. On a day dotted with the celebrity likes of Vinny Castilla, it's Gerry Rover from Bergenfield, N.J., who's turning heads.
Eureka! It’s gold!
Photos by Verna Barr Samuel Falck spotted bright golden flecks after Lonnie Taylor showed the boy “how-to” pan for gold.Gold! Its allure is ageless and sparks that urge to search as easily today as in the days of the Forty-niners.
The ultimate in marathons
File photo Start of the Grand Mesa Ultramarathon takes place at 5 a.m. at the Crag Crest trailhead across Highway 65 from the Grand Mesa Lodge.If compiling a checklist of attributes the ideal special event would possess and contribute to the local economy, the following ones might come to mind:
• It caters to an active lifestyle demographic that is highly mobile and has money to spend in this area.
Boettcher Man
"The thing about Thomas Duran is that there's a story that's not being told about him. It's a story that maybe his personality and accomplishments overshadow, but it's a beautiful story."
Raising modeling to an art form
Picture a Matchbox car. Typically, it's classified as 1:64 scale and measures 2 1/2 to 3 inches in length. Now shrink that car even further, to 1:87 scale (you might need a magnifying glass!) and picture working windshield wipers, doors that open and close, and a hood that lifts up so you can take a close look at the engine.
