Archive for January, 2009

27 Jan

Saying Goodbye….

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, most of the county — and even many in other parts of the world — were glued to their television sets when President Barack Obama was inaugurated as our country’s 44th President. Sadly, I was instead at the funeral of a remarkable young man, Staff Sgt. Justin L. Bauer, who [...]

19 Jan

Firefighters and Slideshows

I created my very first slide show on Flickr today. I had only been in the office at the Berthoud newspaper for about 15 minutes when a call came in about a fire south of town. So I grabbed my camera, my press pass and jumped in the car. Dozens of spectators had parked themselves [...]