Weaving in a little variety

Verna Barr

Published on Tuesday, 02 June 2009 19:04

"I've only been doing this for about six months," she said. Barbara Allen took a two-day workshop here in Cedaredge this last fall.

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Eighth graders dream BIG!

Jennifer Magner and the eighth grade students

Published on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:29

Dream big!" "Follow your dreams!" Students frequently hear these phrases. Frankly most of the time they are just clichés, but do they really know what it takes to make those big dreams come true?

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Looking to the past, while contemplating the future

Bob Borchardt

Published on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 03:00

THIS Photo of Cedaredge town employees, staff, police ofﬁcers, and officials will be placed in the time capsule: (front row, left to right) Linda Palmer, Patricia Luna, Anna Maria Turilli, Gene Welch, Alice Brown, Pat Means, Roy Spiker, Troy Gray, Jo Lance, Dan Sanders, K-9 ofﬁcer Buddy, David King and David Parham; (second row) Clayton Ryan, Kathleen Sickles, Carla Sanborn, Karen Helbert, Carl Puglia, Mary Claxton, Ronda Larson and Chris Curtis; (back row) Larry Murphy, Darlynn Novakovich, Tim Roberts, Randy Palmer, Nelson Cederberg, Tony Sluski, Kellee Rodarte, Nancy Sturgill, Michael Neil, Dana Reilly and Tom Gray.

As old as time itself, the notion of preserving one's time and place for the future more than likely began with the Egyptians. If you think about it, the pyramids were a "time capsule" of sorts, created to be vessels to the afterlife, as well as vessels to the future.

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A cozy cottage makeover

News Release

Published on Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:25

Around the valley, we are seeing some great new updates on older properties despite the economic downturn in the nation. One such notable is at the west end of Main Street within the boundaries of Cedaredge.

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CouchSurfing: Making a global connection

Pat Sunderland

Published on Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:31

Eric Darby finds CouchSurfing a great way to get to know people around the world. No matter who he reaches out to, he's confident they'll be fun to speak to.

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Show me the way home

Verna Barr

Published on Wednesday, 15 April 2009 04:00

One of several Japanese concentration camps where Marjolyn lived along with a woman charged with her care during World War II.

"Show Me the Way Home" by ﬁrst time author Marjolyn Nicholson Clampett tells of her early life in Indonesia, six years in a Japanese concentration camp and life after coming to America.

Marjolyn was born in 1930 on Java, Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia.

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Handmade clothing is ‘Truly Scrumptious’

Kami Collins

Published on Wednesday, 08 April 2009 04:00

Mary Rister shows a variety of baby clothes on display at Nature’s Beauty in Hotchkiss. The Crawford resident has turned a passion for sewing into a successful home-based business.

Crawford resident Mary Rister has magic ﬁngers. She'd have to, since she sits at her sewing machine six days a week for hours on end, creating unique pieces of baby and doll clothing for her Truly Scrumptious business.

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Delta County’s Olympian John Burritt

Bob Borchardt

Published on Thursday, 02 April 2009 16:51

As an enthusiastic promoter of cross-country skiing, and former cross-country ski instructor, I can say that John Ray Burritt is one of the finest, most graceful and accomplished cross-country skiers I have ever had the pleasure of skiing with.

Hotchkiss resident John Ray Burritt was chosen to represent the United States in the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Idaho.

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Bullish on beef

Kathy Browning

Published on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:00

One of the fun activities the Black Mesa Cattlewomen do each year is sponsor beef cookoffs at Crawford School and Hotchkiss K-8. The students learn nutritional information and cook delicious recipes. Judging a beef cookoff at Hotchkiss K-8 on March 13 are (left to right) Helen Wakefield, Shirley Cotten and Joetta Burns.The Black Mesa Cattlewomen provide prize money and gift bags for all the participants in the cookoffs. They also donate the ground beef.

Colorado has a rich heritage of cattlewomen who have been at the heart of the cattle industry. Black Mesa Cattlewomen trace their historic roots back to June 26, 1941.

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