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Art Camp just keeps growing

This is the fifteenth summer that Vera Mulder has taught art camp in the Grand Valley. “I’m just a retired teacher who won’t retire,” said Mulder laughing, as she explained the history of the camp. Mulder said she and ...

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Rally for a Cure brings men and women together for good cause

Nearly 200 women and men, all wearing pink clothing, gathered at Bookcliff Country Club Tuesday afternoon to help fight breast cancer at the first “Rally for a Cure” event. The golf tournament attracted women from across the ...

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Keith Urban likes Fruita’s coffee

Tom Hinman wouldn’t know a celebrity if one walked right up to him. So he was surprised to learn that legendary country music singer Keith Urban, headliner at this year’s Country Jam, did just that at Aspen Street Coffee House, ...

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Engineering camp inspires green ideas

Elementary school students are learning about renewable resources and thinking of big ideas for sustainable energy production at the Math and Science Center’s “Wild for Engineering” camp this week. “They are thinking ...

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Business slow but hopeful at Treasure Hunters Roadshow

Justin Walkley loaded up as many items as he could find to take to the Treasure Hunters Roadshow at the Clarion Inn Wednesday morning. A self-proclaimed pack rat, Walkley carried a box full of miscellaneous items he thought might be of value ...

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Protocampers make rockets and hovercars

When a Mentos candy is dropped into a two-liter bottle of diet Coke, it causes a reaction called nucleation, which in turn causes the soda to spew like a geyser. Plus, it just looks really cool. That’s only one of the many fun science ...

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Free book giveaway attracts hundreds

The annual School District 51 Book Giveaway opened the doors at Pomona Elementary School Tuesday morning to a large crowd of scavengers. “We’ve already seen at least 500 people,” said Juddah Raine, text book technician for ...

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Summer breakfast and lunch offered free at select schools

Hunger doesn’t end just because it’s summer. That’s why School District 51 and the United States Department of Agriculture want to offer all children free breakfast and lunch as part of the Summer Food Service Program, at ...

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Pickers come to bluegrass festival to listen — and play

Many of the people who follow bluegrass festivals come not only to hear music played by professionals, but to enjoy picking tunes with fellow campers. ‘We get to play music as well as listen to it,” said Mike Morrman of Boulder, ...

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Chef Camp: Fun fundamentals for summer learning

The Western Colorado Community College is providing a fun and unique way for middle school children to learn something new this summer. More than a dozen preteens stepped into the kitchen of Certified Executive Chef Jon St. Peter this week ...

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