What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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The shuttle bus to Denver International Airport’s satellite parking was full, a dozen or so travelers nearing the end of various journeys, their thoughts focused on where they had been or where they were going. Travel weariness had dulled the senses, the ride becoming yet one more step to endure. Conversation in these situations is often confined to nicety or necessity, but little else. On this occasion, however, something different was about to happen. The shuttle van passed the in-your-face b...
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside again, Mother Nature pulled one more wild card out of her pocket last weekend. A cold front that brought snow to the region created havoc at state track, as well as with all of the other postseason schedules. State track got started on Thursday with a warm day, leading to a number of outstanding performances. But the weather changed on Friday, with the snow causing a postponement of more than a day. With snow surrounding the track the rest of the...
Did you ever get the feeling you’ve wasted your life? Maybe you should have gone into another line of work? Everyone else seems to have done better with their life than you? No? Well, me neither. Most of the time. Normally I’m pretty content with my life. I get to talk to about three million people on the radio every week day morning and write these columns. My wife and I have put together a nice little ranch with a decent house, plenty of grass and some good cows and horses to look at. Truth is...
What a curious thing among collectors, the tendency to value imperfection, error, and mistake over perfection. This is especially true of those who collect postage stamps, currency, and coinage. A much higher value is found in those few items among the millions of others that are the exception to the rule, the abnormal, the unique. With postage stamps, errors are of three general categories: misprints, misperfs and non-perfs. Misprints are just that, printing efforts that fall short, are...
By this time next week, only a handful of titles will remain to be awarded in the 2021-22 athletic calendar. Hardware will find its way home this week for Class 1A baseball as well as all five classifications in track and field. Only one of the five district champions in 1A baseball made it into the state semifinals, as upsets were the order of business over the weekend. Second-seeded Cheyenne Wells fell to Haxtun on Friday in one of the regional finals, 3-2. The Tigers had won their opener... Full story
I can’t believe I did it but I forgot about winter. I’ll admit that seems pretty silly but it happened. It must have been all those pretty pictures I’ve been looking at. My eyes have gazed lovingly at scenes of snow covered mountains, trees blanketed with pure white snow and frost covered fences. I have lingered over a picture of a snowy meadow scene where a team of horses pulls a sled of hay, with cows strung out behind eating the fresh green hay being thrown on the marshmallow like snow....
The process of hardening off plants is integral to the success of transplanted garden stock. Gradually introducing plants to an outdoor environment is key. Hardening exposes plants to the true conditions that they are expected to thrive under: wind, humidity, wind, high and low temperatures, wind, direct sunshine and of course wind. It takes patience and a little time — perhaps a week or so — for garden and bedding plants to harden off. The result is worth the wait. When we were growing up in...
The final month of the spring sports season is upon us and it's time to start handing out hardware. Boys volleyball crowned its state champion last week and girls tennis joins the party this weekend. Track and field and 1A baseball finals are next week and everything else finishes no later than June 4. While there aren't many tennis programs in the area, two saw athletes qualify for the 3A state tournament as alternates. Fort Morgan Olivia Wolff (1 singles), Ali Guerrero (3 singles) and Merle...
God saw fit to stop at 10 commandments, but politicians can’t leave well enough alone, so a series of “Eleventh Commandments” apply to them. One of those admonishes: Thou shall not make the voters more cynical. This year, Democrats at our State Capitol are breaking that commandment, too. With polls showing that Colorado voters may finally be ready to end their four years of unrestrained power, Democrats are discarding their professed priorities like a sinner headed for confession — hoping...
This column is written for ladies, specifically wives and girlfriends. Men, however, should follow along. You’ll see why later. One thing most men have in common is a hobby that once in a while gets to be more important than duller things like work. For some its golf, boats, motor cycles or race cars. Other men find antique tractors, four wheel pulling pickups or fishing more enticing than work. Still others place a priority on riding a cutting horse, bronc or bull. In my case it’s roping. Most...
While tromping around downtown Los Angeles during a weekend conference, we discovered some artists hard at work on several unique multi-story advertising panels. From upcoming movies to automobiles to popular restaurant chains, the ads were amazing works of art, spray painted onto the exterior walls of various hotels and other buildings. In the last several months, the city of Los Angeles had taken the property owners to task for advertising that did not meet city-established guidelines. A munic...
April saw lots of cancellations due to high winds and the first week of May looks like it will be impacted by another force of nature ... rain. With the extreme drought conditions in many areas, that's a welcomed disruption. Girls regional tennis takes place this week, with Greeley hosting Region 4. Lafayette (Dawson School) welcomes the teams from Region 5 and the Region 7 field will converge upon Pueblo. Brush, Fort Morgan and La Junta, the three area programs, have struggled this season....
This past weekend we celebrated the one year anniversary of my mom’s life-saving open heart surgery. We gathered with family and friends to soak up each other’s love and company, because a milestone like that is something to celebrate! May 1, 2021 was a life changing day for not only my mom, but for my whole family as well. I will never forget the nerves, tears, and celebratory hugs of that day. Another reason I’ll never forget it is because it was also the day my middle son broke his arm at soc...
The old ranch house television set was abuzz awhile back over the tragic crash of two airplanes that may have had similar malfunctions leading to their crashes. While most “Under The Wire” columns rarely begin with such a somber beginning, stick with me, this will make sense very soon. These tragedies have left a black mark on air travel and a lot of red ink on some airplane manufacturer’s balance sheets. That said, I just came home after seeing a sight that renews my faith in the aviat...
Coffee is best “done” with others, conversation and fellowship combining with the ritual of sharing to create moments in which our lives intersect with others in mostly positive ways. According to www.coffeeresearch.org, 54 percent of the United States population drink coffee regularly (over three cups per day) while another 25 percent drink it occasionally. Overall, daily per capita consumption of coffee in the U.S. is 1.9 cups for men and 1.4 cups for women. I pretty much like my coffee simple...
The first State Championships of the spring sport season are less than a month away and everyone is gearing up for the stretch run. Eye-popping performances, both team and individual, continue to be a regular occurrence. Winning their first nine matches finally got the Lamar girls soccer team into the top spot in Class 2A. How did the Savages celebrate? By beating both Trinidad and Pueblo East by identical 10-0 scores. Jamilet Cruz, Tatum Melinski and Joslynn Salazar each scored a pair of goals...
Audree Edwards, a Haxtun Board of Education member, gave me the book Homesteading Haxtun and the High Plains: Northeastern Colorado History by Jean Gray. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book to my parents who live with me. Learning about the history of our community and the character and tenacity of the people has been fascinating and impressive to my family and me. The book begins with the following quote: “The area showed great faith, perseverance and determination. They saw s...
The State commission charged with adjudicating which Colorado schools must expunge their “American Indian mascots” devolved further into a kangaroo court last week. Chaired by Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera, the Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs was required to “identify each public school in the state that is using an American Indian mascot” by July 28 of last year. More than eight months later, the commission is suddenly considering whether to add seven new schools as potenti...
Dear Federal Reserve Folks, I am writing on a suggestion I received from a guy I met at the sale barn yesterday. He was nice to visit with and seemed to know a lot about what I am going to ask you. The gentleman did ask me not to mention his name or exactly where I had seen him because of a little misunderstanding between the two of you. It sounded as if he had ran a big bank or something before moving to our little town. The subject of my letter is not that person, anyway. I’m actually w...
Recently, I caught a portion of a 1950’s era war movie in which patriotic stereotypes ran true throughout. The leading men were impossibly handsome, unimpeachable leaders of lesser known though respectful soldiers who, by the end of the film, had been molded into inspiring heroes. The women were courageous and beautiful, stoically supporting the work of the nation on the domestic front as well as in factories. The authority of both government and military branches to act in our best interest w...
The last few weeks have brought a lot of challenges for area athletes, with the wind remaining at the forefront. Still, the competitors have been digging deep and continue to turn in noteworthy performances. While the same names continue to appear on the girls golf leaderboards, the competition at each event has become even more fierce. Rye was able to wrestle the Santa Fe League title away from defending champion Swink last Thursday, behind top 10 finishes from Paige Hyatt (second), Emma Garcia (third), and Abbigail Sammons (seventh). Swink...
"In the Spring time a young man's thoughts turn to thoughts of ... " I know how this often quoted saying is supposed to end. I also know that Spring has different meaning for different people. I'll bet though, that everyone in cattle country has one thought come to mind as spring approaches. Fence fixing! Good old back breaking, glove tearing fence repair. Most of cattle country gets a fair share of snow in the winter. The mountains get more depth than the wind driven storms on the plains, but t...
After losing two long-time canine buddies last year, we were reluctant to jump back into a new puppy situation. It wasn’t that we didn’t care for the companionship. It was about having to once again go through the painful stages of adapting a pup to the place, establishing pack rules, setting boundaries (including behavior around the cats) and then having the patience to stick it out. In the back of our minds exists the perfectly well-behaved dog, one that rarely needs correcting and who doe...
High winds forced the postponement of a number of events across the region last week and more could be on the slate this week. Schools are already scrambling to find make-up dates and any more postponements could lead to the outright cancellation of contests. There are no more unbeaten teams in the realm of Class 1A baseball, as the last team to suffer a defeat, Otis, dropped a pair of lopsided contests at home on Saturday to Stratton. The Eagles won the opener 18-1 and followed that with an...
I have operated a commercial cow/calf operation nearly all of my adult life. That follows having grown up, depending on who you talk to, on cow/calf ranches operated by my parents, all my aunts and uncles and grandparents on both sides of my family tree. The cow owner lineage goes back much farther than that. Since most of us Westerners got here because our ancestors lived east of here where there were just farms, I can’t say those generations were ranchers. Unlike all my predecessors, I a...
