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Below are clickable links to some of my Greeley Tribune columns and stories from April 2018 to April 2019. Many of them also ran in papers around Colorado, including in The Denver Post, and around the country in Associated Press distribution. As you can see, the subject matter was very eclectic. Also, the list is not close to being all-inclusive of my work in that year.  

 

Although it's a bit haphazard, I've tried to group these samples by similar subject matter. I believe if you even just scroll through the listings, you can tell I enjoyed myself. In fact, I wouldn't be including this on my site if I didn't believe it was some of the best work of my career and a reminder that discovering and telling the stories of "real" people can be every bit as -- or more -- rewarding than following around the famous in high-profile environments.


These links lead to the Tribune site. Depending on circumstances if perusing, non-subscribers might get a paywall notice after a few "free" stories, and/or a bargain offer for an all-digital subscription -- at last check, $1 for six months. You'd have the option of canceling before the cost increases. -- TF    

 

 

 

 

After Randy Bangert's death: A touching three-sided friendship

 among journalists, dating back to Arapahoe High and UNC


 

 

Leeann Krayenhagen's miraculous story of survival after

horrendous motorcyle crash and the heroes who saved her 

 

 

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Now I've seen it all: Former CSU professor Lee Maxwell's

astounding Washing Machine Museum in Eaton

This column was picked up by 18 other newspapers/sites, including The Denver Post

 

 

 

 Going to the movies with National  

Federation of the Blind, Greeley chapter

 

 

 

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Catching up with Tad Boyle, 

about Greeley past and Boulder present 

 

 

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  Did our Fort Logan tour guide just say he was a hostage in Iran? 

 

Two columns on Northern Colorado women

who made huge contributions in uniform 

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Greeley's Edna Middlemas earned the Bronze Star ... mum's the word


This column also ran in many other outlets. Some of them include: 

 
 
Stars and Stripes

 

US News and World Report

 

Denver Post 

 

Roanoke (Va.) Times

 

Bristol (Tenn.) Herald Courier

 

Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer

 

Bellingham (Wash.) Herald


Macon (Ga.) Telegraph

 

Trinidad Chronicle News

 

The Eagle, Brazos, Tex.

 

Dothan (Ala.) Eagle

 

Clay Center (Kan.) Dispatch

 

Myrtle Beach Online

 

Cortez Journal

 

Boulder Daily Camera

 

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 Eaton and UNC's Gen. Carol Mutter: First

3-star woman officer in the U.S. armed forces  

 

 Greeley women surgeons making inroads

 

Two columns on Evans-based

Shoes Without Borders

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 1, Working in devastated Guatemala  

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2, After harrowing trip to South America

moving on to obtaining, distributing jackets

 

 

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In Evans, Dos Rios students toss in pennies  -- and

more -- for Honduras sister schools 

 

 

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The Greeley-raised uncle Rockies owner 

Dick Monfort was named after

 

 

 

 

Two columns on the death of Irv Brown

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Abusing Safe2Tell, at Roosevent or anywhere else,  

insults school shooting victims 

 

 

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On John McCain: Representing vets, in Greeley,

and elsewhere, of an unpopular war

 

 

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A treasured communication with George H.W. Bush 

 

 

 

 

Why is a Greeley nurse pictured with the Supreme Court as George H.W. Bush lies in state  

 

 

 

On the presentation of the French

Legion of Honor Medal to Colorado-connected

veterans of World War II   

 

 

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Ceremony column: France thanks Colorado vets of WWII 

with Legion of Honor Medal 

 

Combined single story on the American medal winners

Because of better formattiing there than on the Tribune site, this

omnibus column is suggested reading rather than the individual columns below. 

 

 

 

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Conversations with a B-17 tail-gunner, B-24 pilot.

They ended up POWs in Stalag Luft camps

 

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French medal recipient Joe Graham, Jack's father, fought in tanks across Europe  

  

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Greeley's H. Gordon Johnson flew "Over the Hump and was just getting started 

 

 

 

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Turret gunner Ed Gormley of Greeley not only survived crash landing, he almost made it to 100

 

 

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Greeley's LeRoy Kerns saw a lot (and a lot of action) in WWII   

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 Amazing story of WWII-era missionary physician, Coloradan Dorothy Kinney Chambers

Denver Post (right), Stars and Stripes, Washington Times, Miami Herald, The State, Fresno Bee,

Modesto Bee, Charlotte Observer, and Tri-City Herald were among the 30 other outlets that ran this

column. 

 

 

 

 Two columns on Eaglecrest High and UNC grad

Andy Kelso, unlikely Broadway star

 

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He knows the neon lights are bright, after waiting tables

 

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 Back into the role of Charlie in Kinky Boots, to close the show

 

 

  

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Lyndie Moe, "Rent" don't just get standing "O," they earn it 

 

 

 

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Jeff Hanna and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band keeps plugging along

A Night Before Greeley: My review of the show in Denver

 

 

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Greg Carroll, vibraphone virtuoso

 

 

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 Ex-Joffrey star comes out of retirement for Nutcracker in Greeley

 

 

 

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Former Greeley resident Jake Wells a hit on "The Voice" 

 

 

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 Dr. Steve Bagley's "do over" with donated heart  

 

 

 

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Mick Holmes is walking reminder in Health Month 

 

 

 

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You don't beat multiple myeloma. You hold it off. 

 

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Stroke survivor Rhonda Spreng of Milliken battles on

 

 

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Brecca Gaffney blazing trail in post-doctoral research

 

 

Two Columns on Honor Flight

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Honor Flight shuts down  

 

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Keeping alive the memories of the 144 killed in Big Thompson Flood

 

 

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When the water kept rising in 2013 Greeley flood 

 

 

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Greeley's Jeff Davis, son of BTK Killer's final victim, tackles the tough question 

 

 

A Woman's Place

 

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At 40th anniversary of A Woman's Place founding, a look back at the rocky early days 

 

Gail Monk Newton's story is a tribute to A Woman's Place 

  

 

 

 

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For 21 summers, Broncos bonded on and off the field in Greeley

 

 

 

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Pat Bowlen Hall of Fame finalist: 'Bout Time

 

 

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Eaton High and CSU's Trent Sieg snaps his way into the NFL 

 

 

 

 

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A year with Nick Saban ... before he was Nick Saban 

(Greeley Tribune version) 

 

 

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Like old times. Hockey columns:

 

Two 20-year-old Israelis playing for Greeley-based Eagles

 

Going to Eagles game? Which Eagles? 

 

 

 

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Tough Sledding: Warrior Avs

 

 

 

From Greeley Stampede: Bull riders are crazy ... and damn proud of it 

 

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 Teaching "Hard Knocks" through boxing: Greeley's veteran trainer 

 

 

 

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Lee Sargent mourned in tiny Roggen, Colorado 

 

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Retired Major Percy Woif is bringing his troops to Greeley for reunion

 

 

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A story I wish I didn't have to write: Death of Randy Bangert 

The Denver Post also ran this story in the paper and online 

 

 

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 Mary Margaret Cox was an Angel on Wheels

 

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 Sir, yes sir: Johnston's Cameron Eldridge settles in at Naval Academy 

 

 

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 Pediatric cancer victim Alexandra "Alex" Scott's legacy lives on 

 

 

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 Two women, one darned disease

 

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The Carvival life isn't all fun and games

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Life on the road -- and as Toy Story's Jessie -- with Disney on Ice's Lea Nightwalker 

 

 

 

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A musty flag is folded and tucked in honor of WWI vet

 

 

Author and commentator John A. Daly has readers turning the pages

 

 

 

Chamber of Commerce CEO has a dog-show life on the side 

 

 

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Best in Show: Afghan Hound national specialty ... in, yes, Greeley