I caught a fish mom

Tease Image
Photo by Dean Humphrey

Sydney Nelson catches a fish.


Sydney Nelson, 11,  of Colorado Springs runs along the bank of Highline Lake after catching her first trout all by herself. She wanted to show her mom the catch. Her family was in the Grand Valley to compete in the Hits triathlon series at the park. Joe, her younger brother, also caught a trout.

TABOR ruling may be Monday

Mesa County commissioners could decide Monday to change course, away from a 2007 decision in which the county began excluding sales tax revenue from its collection limitation calculations mandated by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. If they do, they’ll be directing the county back into the mainstream, an analysis shows. It seems Mesa County is the only county in the state to exclude its sales tax revenues without having first gone to voters for approval.

Click for more coupons.


MOJO

Gagne keeps blacksmithing alive

Blacksmith mojo pic
Photo by Sarah Rose

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

Lee Gagne can’t bring himself to retire from blacksmithing just yet. Because he wants to keep the art of blacksmithing alive. When Gagne, 71, was four years old, he began blacksmithing in Massachusetts. He said that his whole family was involved with it. “We would work on farms and … more


NEWS »
OPINION »

SPORTS & OUTDOORS »
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT »

POLL
The Out and About cover this week was about summer sipping. What's your favorite summer drink?


Search More Jobs


NIE
Newspapers In Education


COLORADO »
  • Chatwood leads Rockies past Giants 10-2

    DENVER (AP) — Tyler Chatwood threw into the sixth inning and Wilin Rosario hit a two-run homer off Tim Lincecum in the Colorado Rockies' 10-2 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.

  • Rockies end 10-game skid vs Giants with 10-9 win

    DENVER (AP) — Jordan Pacheco hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the fifth and Carlos Gonzalez added a solo homer, helping the Colorado Rockies hold on for a 10-9 win over San Francisco on Friday night that snapped a 10-game skid against the Giants.

  • Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

    DENVER (AP) — Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

  • Giants rally for 8-6 win over Rockies

    DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies got to Matt Cain early.

  • Theater attack prompts new Colo. mental health law

    DENVER (AP) — Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado health officials began talking about revamping a state mental health system that had been devastated by budget cuts.

NATION »
  • Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

    ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

  • Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition

    DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.

  • Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

  • How the Conn. train crash will affect commuters

    Two commuter trains collided just outside Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening, damaging the tracks and snarling travel in the Northeast. Here's a look at what commuters can expect Monday, as the work week gets underway, and beyond:

  • What do we eat? New food map will tell us

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.

NIE










THE DAILY SENTINEL
734 S. Seventh St.
Grand Junction, CO 81501
970-242-5050
Editions
Subscribe to print edition
E-edition
Advertisers
Sign in to your account
Information

© 2013 Grand Junction Media, Inc.
By using this site you agree to the Visitor Agreement and the Privacy Policy