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Faces of summer: The camp counselor

June 12, 2012 Like 0 editor

For 22 years, Jojo Morrison has given every summer to Colorado Mountain Ranch Summer Camp. Beginning as a kid lapping up the sunshine in the beautiful mountain enclave and now as the camp counselor watching over all those kids, the…

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Faces of summer: The beer guy

June 12, 2012 Like 0 editor

After 15 years of homebrewing in Colorado, what initially started as a joke is becoming reality. John Frazee is this summer’s beer guy to watch for. Louisville’s Gravity Brewing, which is set to open in July, focuses more on the…

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Faces of summer: The farmer

June 12, 2012 Like 1 editor

If you’ve been to the Boulder or Longmont farmers markets since they were founded in the mid-1980s, you’ve most likely seen John Ellis, better known as Farmer John. After 60 years of farming, Ellis isn’t even close to retiring. His…

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Sports Medicine 2012: Faces of Extreme

May 14, 2012 Like 0 editor

For the 2012 Sports Medicine issue, Yellow Scene explores the new era of extreme sports and the new faces of extreme athletes. From one crazy, muddy competition to the Ironman world champion, we look at what it means to be…

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In Photos: Obama Visits CU

April 26, 2012 Like 0 editor

Yellow Scene photographer Rebecca Stumpf captured some tremendous shots of President Obama during his visit to Boulder on Tuesday. Obama spoke to a packed house on the CU campus, focusing on student loans. We’ve got more to come, but enjoy…

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Sticks and Stones

February 14, 2012 Like 1 editor

There is a scene in Reality Bites when Troy (Ethan Hawke, plaid shirt, greasy hair) answers the phone with “Hello, you’ve reached the winter of our discontent.” Sitting high up on Ruby Express Lift at Keystone last week, I thought…

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People in our Hood

February 4, 2012 1 0 editor

Chainsaw artist Jon C. Parker, Sun King Art Philosophy: “I wish I had more time for just doing crazy pieces. I’m just starting now.” YS: What’s your favorite project—your specialty within your specialty? Jon Parker: Dead Fred Nederhead, (which took)…

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Winterizing Your Workout

December 20, 2011 Like 0 editor

You know the drill. Winter arrives out of nowhere. One day you’re ambling along Pearl Street enjoying the warm air and sun or hiking the Front Range, staring at the snow-dusted peaks in the distance, and the next day there…

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Month in Review: Dec. ’11

December 20, 2011 Like 0 editor

A dozen camping tickets later, Boulder Occupiers linked their movement with that of homeless activists. NedFest founder Michael “Michigan Mike” Torpie died, a ranger shot Boulder Creek Path’s cyclist-chasing coyote, and St. Vrain Valley School District fired a 24-year-old janitor…