Growing up in a small town in Illinois on the banks of the Mississippi River, just outside St. Louis, Missouri, I was raised a middle class, suburban Catholic kid who was aware of his heritage but never gave it that much thought. Though my heritage is Irish and Slovakian, I have no identification with those …
I’ve been in the newspaper business since 1961; 19 years in Craig, CO before moving to Denver in 1980. I started my career in my hometown of Craig with The Northwest Colorado Press, which grew into the Craig Daily Press a few years later. This is how the story begins: Returning home from the army …
In October, as part of the process of reviewing its $60 million 2023 citywide budget, the Greenwood Village City Council decided that its Arts and Humanities Council (GVAHC) had to discontinue its policy of awarding three $5,000 merit scholarships annually to talented Arapahoe County high school seniors planning to major in the arts in college. …
GV Council gets more pushback for forcing its Arts Council to change scholarship policy Read More »
The city of Denver is holding an election for a new mayor on April 4, 2023. On the Ballotpedia website, 21 candidates are listed, all vying for the top job running the city. 13 of those candidates will participate in a February 16 debate sponsored by 9NEWS. For the first time since 2011, there will …
Art can break down barriers. It can open minds and connect communities. Art at its best reaches across borders. Greenwood Village City Council, however, has taken the opposite position with its recent meddling in the work of the city’s Arts and Humanities Council. With the decision to restrict and ultimately cancel the annual Greenwood Village …
UNPACKING THE BACKPACK – Maybe students should spend their money elsewhere Read More »
From ROTC to tank warfare Following two years of mandatory ROTC, a choice was offered to Junior level students to enroll in advanced military science for two- years that offered a Reserve Officer commission as a 2nd Lt. Following graduation, a tour of duty in the Army or Air Force. They didn’t offer naval programs. …
Marcel Proust, a French novelist, essayist, and critic from the early twentieth century, is probably best known for his iconic, massive novel Remembrance of Things Past. The book follows the narrator’s recollection of childhood and his transition into adulthood, pondering the loss of time and the eternal search for meaning. In contemporary times, Proust may …
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I departed ranch life after graduating from high school in Craig, Co. to attend Colorado A&M. My goal was to become a veterinarian and return to the ranch life with my father and my four uncles who all had adjoining ranches in rural Moffat County. My dad really liked the concept of me becoming a …
Egg prices are up, way up, as every grocery shopper has observed. And that’s if you can find eggs on the supermarket shelf. There have been recent reports of metro Denver grocery stores with no eggs, while other stores have plenty. But the cost is still high. The Denver Post reported the cheapest eggs in …
THE EYES HAVE IT – Egg prices are up. Why “egg-sactly” is that? Read More »
While it’s not surprising anymore to be surprised with ever sadder and increasingly inexplicable stories of tragic gun violence and deaths, two stories in the news this week rattled and baffled us all over again. In one story which has been in the news for a year, prosecutors have charged actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary …
