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Roadside News: March 24, 2009

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Swetsville Zoo – CO | To Soar Above the Sludge – KS | Heartless Miami Beach – FL | Mexican Sandman Siesta – AZ

Year Of The Ox? Seems Like Year Of The Bear To Us

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Big bears have been all over the news.

War Memorials Paint It Black, Mow Lawns, Battle Crows

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Three war attractions in the news: On Veterans Day, the town of Fruita, Colorado, unveiled its Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial Park. A centerpiece of the park is an old Huey helicopter mounted on a pole — a centerpiece seen at other memorials. But when visitors step on a platform beneath this Huey, according to […]

Bronze Creature A Dream in Colorado

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Public art doesn’t have to be dull, or so blandly abstract that it’s hard to look at. Just ask Bradford Rhea. Bradford, a professional sculptor, had created artwork for the town of Sterling, Colorado, before. The town — in a generous gesture — asked him to come up with something new. Anything he desired. “I […]

Chair Fails to Rock Property Buyers

Monday, August 25th, 2008

The rough real estate market appears to have dampened the prospects for the former World’s Largest Rocking Chair. Since 1990 the Chair has been a reason to visit Penrose, Colorado — even during the past two years, when the formerly sit-able rocker has been off-limits in a weedy patch behind a barbed wire fence. At […]

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