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Drug probe taints eatery?

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Claudia and Francisco Espinoza sit outside their restaurant, El Tapatio on North Avenue. They say business has fallen off since the recent issuance of an indictment that alleged the restaurant’s manager was involved in a regional ring dealing in illegal drugs.

You can find great salsa at Grand Junction’s El Tapatio.
And that’s no code for a drug deal, according to the ownership.
“We have nothing to do with this and we’re against illegal stuff,” Francisco Espinoza, co-owner of El Tapatio, 1145 North Ave., said during a recent interview with The Daily Sentinel, made possible by a Spanish-language translator.

Clifton father, son reunite 30 years later

So much changes in 30 years. Hairlines recede, waists expand, memories dim. And little boys grow from gangly 9-year-olds to 39-year-old fathers of six. And so on Feb. 3, his wife at work, his Clifton home relatively quiet, Fred Romero sat down to watch the Ravens play the 49ers in the Super Bowl. A short time before kickoff, the phone rang. Fred grumbled a little, but muted the TV.

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Lee Gagne, a 71-year-old blacksmith volunteer at Cross Orchards Historic Site, can’t bring himself to retire from blacksmithing just yet.

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