Life is a field of dreams!

Hank Lohmeyer

Published on Thursday, 11 June 2009 16:06

With a successful career in management and business behind him, and with his and Darlene's family raised successfully, out on their own and doing well, Len and Darlene Johnson know that work and life are good.

But though the kids are now moved away to Farmington, Grand Junction, and Elko, no time goes to waste on empty nester blues in this Austin couple's handsome and comfortable home perched atop Cory Bench.

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A demonstration of power

Pat Sunderland

Published on Thursday, 04 June 2009 14:37

There are folks who can't stand to throw anything out. Some we call packrats; others are known as collectors.

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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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