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Nisley Elementary School students play in spray during Ute Water’s Children’s Water Festival.

5th grade students from Nisley Elementary School stretch out their hands as employees of Ute Water spray water on them at the “Drip, Drip, Tap” station during the water company’s Children’s Water Festival today at Colorado Mesa University.

The festival, which continues on Tuesday, draws 5th grade students from several counties to learn about water at a variety of stations around the university’s campus.

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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