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Anne Garcia McCullough & Maura Ellis Youle

January 5, 2011 Like 0 Andra Coberly

Little miracles. That’s how Anne Garcia McCullough describes it, sitting in a Longmont coffee shop with her friend, neighbor and partner-in-hope Maura Ellis Youle on a fall morning. There’s nothing like an inspirational story for the holidays, and Garcia McCullough’s…

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I Want it Now

November 30, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

This year, no one gave me a birthday present. Not a real one, anyway. There was cash from my mom, who also treated me to a stellar dinner out. My co-workers bought me flowers and cake, and my friends got…

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Geoffrey Kent

November 30, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

Geoffrey Kent only plays a bitter Christmas elf on stage. In reality, he’s a fulltime actor and fight choreographer, he’s the president of the Society of American Fight Directors and he’s a member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Also, he’s…

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Slush Funds

November 23, 2010 Like 3 Andra Coberly

When Auden Schendler, environmental director for Aspen Ski Company, sermonized to a congregation of green-minded folk in Boulder last year, his message wasn’t really what the audience wanted to hear. Switching light bulbs, building “green” and buying low-flow toilets will…

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Charlie Garcia

October 18, 2010 Like 2 Andra Coberly

Sitting in a classroom full of tiny chairs and tiny desks, Charlie Garcia is getting emotional. It’s not sadness, really. They are happy tears filled with happy memories. The long-time, much-loved teacher at Erie Elementary is considered a sage to…

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Rage Against the Machine

October 18, 2010 Like 1 Andra Coberly

It’s the beginning of a long and cantankerous month of candidate interviews for the mid-term elections of 2010. So far, things are going swimmingly. Still, as this candidate and I talk about the deficit, unemployment rate, taxes and healthcare policy,…

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Rumble in the Rockies

October 18, 2010 Like 2 Andra Coberly

It’s the main event, and boy, is this gonna be a doozy. The challengers have trained—some more than others—and the reigning champs are in the best shape of their political careers. The sparring is over, it’s time to see who…

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Partners in Crime

September 20, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

Sgt. William Manes now leaves his dog at home. Which—seeing as he grew up with two blind parents who depended on seeing-eye dogs; seeing that Manes was one of the first K9 handlers in the Fort Wayne Police Department in…

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Alie’s Legacy

September 20, 2010 Like 0 Andra Coberly

Aleszandra Berrelez, known to friends and family as Alie, was just 5 when she was taken. No one could find her, no one knew where she was, and for four days, there seemed to be nothing her family could do…

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The Healing Power of the Horse

September 20, 2010 Like 1 Andra Coberly

Over the history of civilization, the horse has played a momentous role. In war, for travel and through work, equus caballus was once the backbone of society. Harnessed and saddled, these animals carried knights in shining armor, lugged explorers and…