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"Pam is that rare
journalist who can fully empathize with subjects and who listens with
her heart."
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—Doug Bell, former senior editor, news desk, for the Denver Post
and Rocky Mountain News
(scroll down this page for
more stories)
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Beckoning
grace
A father's devotion brings soothing
melodies to the life of his
autistic son
It's an exhilarating
experience when a father hears his son's first
"Da-Da." But the experience can be crushing if a child stops
saying it.
(read more)
One man's legacy
Norm Meyer raised a family and shaped a
valley over half a century
Hanging against flocked, scarlet-colored wallpaper in the study
of Conifer resident Norm Meyer is a quote from Charles Lindbergh. (read
more)
Holding back
the darkness
No moon was in sight
on a late summer night in 2004 when Pam Deedon sat in a canvas chair
sipping hot tea at a campsite in Clear Creek County, her four dogs at
her side. (read more)
A Doc's Tail
Unconventional vet heals pets
The chatter of veterinary assistants and visitors, resembling
the hullabaloo of a New York diner during breakfast rush, engulfs Arleen
Shkapich. People and their pets from Centennial to Broomfield to Bailey
pack the waiting area, some come bearing gifts of donuts, bagels and
fresh tomatoes for the attentive staff of 10. (read
more)
True Love
Hank and Eva Bentsen were no Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire when they
met at a naval base in Oxnard, Calif., in 1952. But they did love to
square dance. (read more)
Man meets robot
Search-and-rescue operation pits humans,
robots against challenges
John Blitch has more pictures than he can count of missions with his
remotely operated vehicles: Post-9/11. Post-Katrina. Or, when his technical
crew was deployed last December to Oregon’s Mount Hood one week
after three climbers had gone missing.
(read more)
Sweet inspiration
Child Garden students share cookie recipes
Here’s a recipe for
cookie connoisseurs, complements of a young cook named Clay at Child
Garden Learning Center:
3 chocolates
1 green bean
Directions: Bake at high enough for 4 hours ... (read
more)
Tears fell like rain
Scores of teens gather to mourn pair who died in Jeep accident
As a gray sky let loose
a pelting hailstorm across a grassy hillside of Meyer Ranch Park at dusk
Monday, more than 100 teens, there to honor 16-year-old friends Justin
Dorrance of Evergreen and Clyde “Rusty” Gallegos of Pine, vanished
into a stand of trees to wait for a shift in the weather. (read
more)
Paying it forward
Teacher opens eyes, minds of his students
Joe Cushing comes from
a family of educators that date back three generations on his father’s
side. But his decision to teach eighth-grade American history was inspired
from outside that circle of influence. (read
more)
Passing into history: Jack Green dies at 90
By the time Jack Green arrived on
this Earth in 1917 - at an elevation of 6,762 feet, on a parcel of land
purchased in 1890 by his grandfather - native Americans no longer camped
there during summer months. (read
more)
The land, and those who love it
Members of the Schoonhoven family were disturbed
by the county’s changes to their beloved Flying J, but those who
now enjoy the open space cherish it
The late John and Marguerite Schoonhoven
offered sage advice when their young daughters made a bad decision while
growing up at the Flying J Ranch in the 1950s — such as riding their
horses through the meadow where the family grew hay. (read
more)
The Bridges of Jefferson County
Structures span the spectrum from functional
to elegant
Peter Montoya analyzes each
eating utensil he loads into the dishwasher at his Denver home.
He places heavy stoneware toward the back of the tray, plastic containers
toward the front, large glasses toward the back, smaller ones toward the
front.
Thinking efficiently is as natural as breathing for this structural engineer,
who designs bridges for the Colorado Department of Transportation. (read
more)
A day lived bravely
Five who responded to the Platte
Canyon standoff share memories of an event that changed their lives
On Sept. 27, lives and fates
converged in Bailey when a gunman entered Platte Canyon High School
and took seven hostages in a second-floor classroom. Here are the personal
stories of five of the law enforcement professionals involved in the
response that day. (read
more)
Touched by the sea
Colorado woman leads double life in mountains
and ocean
Olivia the octopus loved
to hold the hand of diver Dee Scarr. Spooky, a moray eel, hugged her.
And Scarr has had her fair share of spooky manicures by ghost shrimp.
(read more)
The world as classroom
Teen finds knowledge, adventure in
Traveling School
Phoebe McGuire was sitting in
senior study hall during a 90-minute free period last November, when
the Evergreen High student became restless. (read
more)
Finding awareness in
the mountains
Buddhist monk brings his experiences, teachings
to local monastery
Fourteen-year-old Antonio
Phan and his younger brother breathed in the pungent smell of the sea
as they lay hidden beneath fishing nets on a boat in Vietnam in 1984,
waiting for their father to spirit them out of the country.
(read more)
Mercy's messenger
It was the flicker of the Columbine
torch that distracted the drunken man from his aimless stumbling through
the rubble of the school siege in Beslan, Russia, in 2004. (read
more)
Hitting cleanup
Regional administrator ends 37-year
career with EPA
It’s appropriate that the deputy regional administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency would have an epiphany on his 40th birthday
while fishing in a wilderness area on Bear Mountain. (read
more)
Trail back in time
Indian Hills landmark passing on
In the summer of 1997,
a medicine man visiting the home of Judy McWilliams and Rosemary Aitken
saw a band of Ute Indians walking across their land. (read
more)
And suddenly, a family
Colorado couple share the rhythms of their
lives with two young sisters
There is a rhythm to childhood
that, if eloquently experienced, can move a young person along with
poise and purpose. (read
more)
A Dog's Tale
Storied sausage has had a spicy history
Marcus Shannon, a Denver
security guard, had a dream in the early 1960s. He and a few business
partners would develop America's most unique franchise system—selling
hot dogs from a giant fast-food structure that replicated the real thing.
(read more)
Well cast
Bamboo Bill fishes for mysteries in the
river of life
On a Monday evening in June at Pine Valley Ranch, on a lake painted
with shadows and glimmers from the slow-setting sun, Bill Hensel held
his breath. (read
more)
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