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Assistant Principal Bethany Bak with her family. Courtesy Photo

Assistant Principal Bethany Bak with her family. Courtesy Photo

Bak: Every Day is Different

Shirley Pigg
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Craver Middle School Assistant Principal Bethany Bak shared, “My responsibilities run the gamut. Each day I am presented with different aspects of my job. I love that my job changes daily.” Bak has been in education for 16 years in various positions.
Courtesy Photo Rye High School teacher Karen Hopkins organized the annual Polar Plunge with her family to honor the memory of daughter, Maggie Drew Peters. Funds provide scholarships to local students.

Courtesy Photo Rye High School teacher Karen Hopkins organized the annual Polar Plunge with her family to honor the memory of daughter, Maggie Drew Peters. Funds provide scholarships to local students.

Polar Plunge 2022 Meets Coldest Temperatures in Six Years

Sonny Jackson
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The Sixth Annual “Polar Plunge” went off pretty much without a hitch on Saturday morning, considering the Pueblo Dive Rescue Team needed to break a channel through the ice before the brave “polar plungers” could make their way into the icy water.
RHS Graduate Abigail Bennett receives FFA Honor Courtesy Photo

RHS Graduate Abigail Bennett receives FFA Honor Courtesy Photo

Former RHS Graduate Wins Highest FFA Honor

Shirley Pigg
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Former Rye High School graduate, Abigail Bennett, has received the highest honor bestowed by the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization. Bennett was awarded the American FFA Degree in October at the National FFA Conference in Indianapolis.

Weekly Devotion: Is God Interested in Politics

Pastor James Naron
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Seems like politics can bring out the worst in just about every community or group of people. Families have divided, churches have split, and friends have parted as a result of arguments over who should be in office, what proposition, or law should be supported and what party is right.
Edna, the Burro, dressed up for Halloweentown on Main Street in Rye, Colorado. Photo by Deb Straub

Edna, the Burro, dressed up for Halloweentown on Main Street in Rye, Colorado. Photo by Deb Straub

Halloweentown Outgrows Main Street

Shirley Pigg
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Costumes ranged from absolutely, adorable through cute to funny and onto spooky or downright scary as the valley’s most creative minds dressed up to attend Halloweentown 2022.
Saloon girls meet the Durango & Silverton Narrow Guage train at Silverton, Colorado Photo by Lori Kraus

Saloon girls meet the Durango & Silverton Narrow Guage train at Silverton, Colorado Photo by Lori Kraus

Saloon Girls in Silverton

Terry Kraus
Thursday, October 27, 2022
I don’t recall any of our adventures, up to this point, including saloon girls. But our trip to Silverton, Colorado did. Silverton sits at an altitude of 9,003 feet and a population of 10,484 (2020), but the “working” girls of Silverton come from all over.
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