As I sat home on President’s Day, reading an essay on Washington’s Farewell Address, I was struck by a comment King George III reportedly made. In the closing days of the Revolution a decade earlier, it was widely believed Washington could easily have made himself king. Instead, after serving a self-imposed limit of two terms …
A series on the evolution of the growth and technology of newspapers over decades from the pioneer days to the present. NEWSPAPERS WERE A BOOMING ENTERPRISE Part: 4 Colorado newspapers have always been in demand from the mining camps to cattle country. As the Colorado Territory became a state in 1876, there was a newspaper …
A year ago, I wrote about taking the road less traveled and joining my adventure traveling son on a trip to Iraq. This year the destination was next door in Iran. For my son, it is his 154th country and for me a chance for some father-son time off the beaten track. Similar to Iraq, …
PART 3: NEWSPAPER TECHNOLOGY AND IBM Using new technology, the newspaper exploded with growth. Moffat County and Craig boomed with energy development and the arrival of coal-fired electric power plants. The small newspaper now had a two-unit new Goss printing press that could print color and 20,000 16-page newspapers an hour. We had 30 newspaper …
The arrival of a union printer, Bill Alcock, from Pennsylvania, to my challenging Craig newspaper was another Divine Providence blessing bestowed upon my life and newspaper career. As he spent time repairing some of my ancient printing equipment he told me about photo offset, a new system of printing from a flat surface from aluminum …
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. …
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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 …
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