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Harvest is go-time across the High Plains—especially here in Baca County. It’s also the stretch of the year when small oversights can turn into life-changing injuries. That’s why National Farm Safety & Health Week (Sept. 21–27) exists, and why we’re inviting every farm family, custom crew, elevator hand, and rural driver to join in this…
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On the eve of the 24th anniversary of 911 I find myself returning—in memory and in photographs—to the plaza where the twin waterfalls fall into absence and One World Trade rises in defiant light. I’ve had the good fortune to visit the 9/11 Memorial a couple of times while traveling to New Jersey for software…
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I was sittin’ in my recliner the other night readin’ the national news. I came across headlines that read, “The race is on to find another inhabitable planet as the earth looses oxygen.” I told ‘Ole Cheryl to get packed, we want to be on the first bus. Then I read this wasn’t going to happen…
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November 11th is Veterans Day. I have known and do know many veterans and love hearing their stories…if I can get them to talk. The past has taught me that many veterans don’t talk much about their military experiences. I have concluded it is usually for one of two reasons. Either they don’t want to relive those experiences…
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In 1991 an extreme cold front moved through the plains killing elm trees in southeast Colorado, western Kansas, New Mexico and into the panhandle of Texas/Oklahoma. The devastating freeze practically annihilated the Elm. Through the efforts of the Colorado State Forest Service, Springfield and area towns were able to replant trees in their…
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Area pine trees are now showing signs of fall. The pines lose their needles within the tree. The needles on the exterior part of the branch remains green while the innermost needles begin to brown and will eventually drop to the ground. This is why the mountains can be so flammable. The dried needles create…
