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Position: Herald Staff Writer
Email: johnp@durangoherald.com
Position: Herald Staff Writer
Email: johnp@durangoherald.com
Firefighters leaped onto the tailboard of the moving firetruck as it sped from the station.While a fellow firefighter held on to them, they stuffed arms and legs into protective gear as the truck...
DATE: Dec. 25, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
It's simply “rocks shaping steel,” Barry Owen explains, his thumb and fingertips blackened from the detritus of blades he has been sharpening in his Durango garage.But from this modest mantra, Owen...
DATE: Dec. 18, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
Ruthie Matthes was 6 when her older sister helped her learn to ride. Amelia Matthes held onto the seat, ran along and then let go.Id teeter and fall, Ruthie Matthes said during a recent...
DATE: Dec. 11, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
Tim Tebow.Enough said?Talk about a conversation-starter. Say the name in a crowded room and prepare to be bombarded.Do you love him for his family values or gutsy play? Do you hate him for his...
DATE: Nov. 27, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
Her straight friends joke about their jealousy. They tell her she had everything a straight girl could dream of. And then she forfeited it all.“I did,” Miki Spies says. “I had this really great...
DATE: Nov. 20, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
Its Christmas Eve 1944. Laszlo Szuecs is 3½ years old. Hes a typical Hungarian citizen caught in the midst of a brutal mid-winter siege of the historic and strategic city of Budapest.This is his...
DATE: Nov. 13, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
If youve been around Durango for any length of time, you probably know Bruce Anderson even if you think you dont. You may not know his face, but when he speaks, youll likely recognize the...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
Terry Tyler got Paul Boyers kidney. But spend two minutes with Boyer, and hell almost have you convinced hes the lucky one.Boyer, a 66-year-old Durango-based photographer, says he feels great...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
We need a big tool to fix America, John Davis said while holding a 3-foot-long plumbers wrench painted red, white and blue to resemble the U.S. flag. We also need a guy who knows how to use...
DATE: Oct. 23, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
A large group of ATVers breaks down a gate and rumbles into federally designated wilderness, breaking the law.If youre a hiker, a horseman or even a responsible all-terrain vehicle user, youre...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
The groans indicate so much pain that you want to yell over to Harl Kendricks handlers, Stop! Hasnt the guy suffered enough?But life is sometimes about suffering, and you dont need to tell...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
Kathy Moncrief was deeply concerned when her husband, Marvin Moncrief, exited the interview room with red eyes.Had the United States immigration officer rejected him? Would that have brought the...
DATE: Sept. 18, 2011 | COLUMN: John Peel
