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Viewpoint: Don’t Look Now but the Valley has Blessings Aplenty

Viewpoint: Don’t Look Now but the Valley has Blessings Aplenty

Viewpoint: Don’t Look Now but the Valley has Blessings Aplenty

I feel a responsibility to the community to share things with you that seem distressing to me. I also enjoy sharing things that, hopefully, warm the reader’s heart and bring back fond memories of friends and family.
Viewpoint: Didn’t your parents teach you to be polite?

Viewpoint: Didn’t your parents teach you to be polite?

Viewpoint: Didn’t your parents teach you to be polite?

I’ll admit some of my angst was probably because I was in a hurry. We were in the process of making dinner for our four grandchildren and we didn’t have enough spaghetti.
Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Terry Kraus Greenhorn Valley View

Viewpoint: Flag Football Comes to Colorado

Colorado became the 11th state to officially sanction girls flag football as an official high school sport beginning in the fall of 2024.
Viewpoint: Sports Violence May Begin at Home

Viewpoint: Sports Violence May Begin at Home

Viewpoint: Sports Violence May Begin at Home

My oldest grandson, Blake, has played hockey for quite some time now, but during a downtime in that sport he decided to expand his horizons and join some classmates of his to play flag football.
Viewpoint: NAIA Takes a Stand

Viewpoint: NAIA Takes a Stand

Viewpoint: NAIA Takes a Stand

In his 1973 hit “ Turn the Page”, Bob Seger has these lyrics: “Well, you walk into a restaurant strung out from the road and you feel the eyes upon you as you’re shaking off the cold.
Viewpoint: March Madness was Maddening This Year

Viewpoint: March Madness was Maddening This Year

Viewpoint: March Madness was Maddening This Year

I’ve probably shared with you ten or twelve times that my favorite sporting event is March Madness. I never fill out a bracket and plan on winning fame and fortune. But I do watch as much of it as I can. I do have to say, this has been a tough year.
Viewpoint: Fake News has Invaded the Kitchen

Viewpoint: Fake News has Invaded the Kitchen

Viewpoint: Fake News has Invaded the Kitchen

I guess sometimes I have on rose-colored glasses. I amble around from place to place with some beliefs in my head and just don’t want to see that things may not be like they were in the good old days.I still believe that most people believe in God. I believe that global warming is called ‘summer.’
Viewpoint: Border Invasion Information

Viewpoint: Border Invasion Information

Viewpoint: Border Invasion Information

No buses have dropped into Colorado City, or Rye, or Pueblo West, or Pueblo, for that matter, loaded with illegal immigrants sent to us with a free bus ticket to spread out and live in our corner of the world.