Cheerleading, a sport worth the risk
By Kathleen Goddeyne - I started cheerleading when I was 11. My mom signed me up against my will. I recall being angry and upset with her at the time. I was shy, awkward, and uncoordinated. I also had the notion that cheerleaders were a bunch of idiotic girls jumping around in short skirts. I was [...]
Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - There are many reasons most women loved Lucille Ball and the “I Love Lucy Show.” Her TV character, Lucy, or as her Cuban husband, Ricky Ricardo, called her “Loooosie,” was beautiful, smart, conniving, and sometimes did the unexpected, with or without the help of her close TV friend, Ethel Mertz. [...]
I’m looking forward to election day
Well it’s only a few days until “the most important election of our lifetime.” Isn’t that phrase used every election year? No doubt this election is certainly important but does that minimize the seriousness of past elections? Voting is one of our most unassailable rights and not to be disregarded. It is my belief that [...]
November is here — where did October go?
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - Was that an audible sigh I heard when we all turned the calendar page from October to November? Lots of things are happening this month, starting with moving back our clocks, since Daylight Savings Time ends on Saturday, Nov. 4 and we “fall behind.” Election Day Election Day follows on [...]
The Broncos have 9 lives, too
I don’t usually get excited about Monday Night Football even though my caregiver Lee tunes in, but tonight our Broncos are playing. To make it even more special, they are playing Tim’s team, the Chargers. Tim lived in San Diego at one time before coming to the Fruita Times and still follows them. Knowing this, [...]
Fall signals colorful seasons ahead
By Margaret Melloy Guziak Here’s information on the photo contest we mentioned that showcases the Colorado agriculture industry.Fruita is a rural community, and there are many scenes all around us that you might try to capture with your camera. You do not have to be a professional photographer to submit a photograph, but it has [...]
Plenty to meow about
Here I am alone in the office on Saturday just watching all the folks walk by my window that are attending this year’s Fruita Fall festival and pointing me out to their little ones. Lee, my caretaker, is away visiting her brother in the Springs. Barbara, our advertising manager, comes in to check on me. [...]
Engaging young people in civic responsibility must be a priority
Submitted by State Rep. Cindy Acree, R-Aurora - Supporting our students and helping them prepare for their future as leaders in our communities continues to be a top priority for me. I am pleased to continue my service on the Colorado Youth Advisory Council for a second two-year term. The Colorado Youth Advisory Council consists [...]
It was like taking off from Earth
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - Under a sunny, Colorado-blue sky, and an almost windless, Saturday morning on September 29th, 82 local kids had their lives change dramatically when they were lifted off this earth in an airplane for a 20-minute flight into the skies above Mack. They were piloted by 8 or 9 certified EAA [...]
Welcome back to ‘Colorful Colorado’
California is great, but there’s nothing like home sweet home By Margaret Melloy Guziak - We returned home from five days in San Diego where I got my “California fix,” so I am good for another year. By that I mean that of all the cities in California (and I confess I haven’t been to them [...]