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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column taking a moment to thank all those men and women who've served in the U.S. armed forces over the years. It's Veterans Day, and although we don't have big parades or anything up here today, if you see a vet, take a moment to say “thanks.” And if you'd like to do a little more for active-duty military, see our story on page 4 today about how to contribute to Summit County folks serving overseas.
Speaking of, Liz Wickert — who, along with her husband, Al — gets many gold stars for heading up the Rotary effort to send care packages overseas. And we're happy to hear from Liz that the boxes these packages are in are lined with copies of the Summit Daily. It just goes to show you how incredibly versatile a newspaper is, eh? Try that with a blog or a text message or a radio or TV broadcast ... you can't do it! Go newspapers!
If any of you military folks unpacking stuff over in Iraq or Afghanistan happen to read this column, please give us a yell next time you're on e-mail (summitup@summitdaily.com) and let us know what's up.
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OK, we have an engagement announcement that reads thusly:
“Don and Nora Waldron of Basalt and George and Pat Dow of Venice, Fla. are excited to announce the engagement of their children, Melinda and George. A wedding celebration is being planned for July, 2010.”
At first, we were like “What's the Summit County connection?” But then Melinda e-mailed us to say:
“I lived in Summit County for six years and moved away about a year ago. My maid-of-honor still lives there and requested that I put it in the paper for all the people that I am still friends with that live there.”
There you have it. Mystery solved!
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Here's a possible Scum Alert! from Charlotte Clarke, although it could just be the less-well-known Mistaken Jacket Alert!:
“Arrgh! While I was doing my Monday recycling volunteer shift at the Frisco center, someone took my blue and black Columbia jacket! I am sure this was a mistake. It was hanging on a bin next to my broom “snagger” (a tool I developed to help sort bottles, etc.) and some other personal items. Please return it — or at least the recycling materials in the pockets (stars and brochures — I give out stars to stellar recyclers and I buy them and their rewards out of my own pocket). Just return it to the recycle center and put it behind the battery shed. I'm there at least once a day.”
Do the right thing, thief/mistaken jacket usurper!
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Next up is a note from Steve Lipsher over at Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue, who says this:
“Hey, Summit Up dude/dudette: At the Lake Dillon Fire station in Frisco, we've recently accumulated a few items from visitors that we'd like to get back to them, and we figured that you could help us get out the word. There are two pairs of eyeglasses and one set of keys that have been left behind. We believe that the people who lost their glasses simply haven't been able to see well enough to find their way back here to claim them. But the person who left the keys — which include a Newcastle Brown Ale bottle opener and one of those electronic car keys that costs a bazillion bucks to replace at the dealer — couldn't have gotten far. We haven't noticed any late-model cars stranded in our parking lot, however. Anyway, if you can help get out the word, we'd like to have these items reclaimed by their rightful owners. Call (970) 262-5201 or just drop in during normal business hours to identify them. We'll even put up an eye chart to screen out any potential eyeglass poachers!
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Well folks, we're still lickin' our wounds after the Broncos' Monday-night drubbing at the hands of the Steelers. What the hell is a terrible towel, anyway? We just need a li'l donkey diaper to dry our eyes ...
We out.
Speaking of, Liz Wickert — who, along with her husband, Al — gets many gold stars for heading up the Rotary effort to send care packages overseas. And we're happy to hear from Liz that the boxes these packages are in are lined with copies of the Summit Daily. It just goes to show you how incredibly versatile a newspaper is, eh? Try that with a blog or a text message or a radio or TV broadcast ... you can't do it! Go newspapers!
If any of you military folks unpacking stuff over in Iraq or Afghanistan happen to read this column, please give us a yell next time you're on e-mail (summitup@summitdaily.com) and let us know what's up.
***
OK, we have an engagement announcement that reads thusly:
“Don and Nora Waldron of Basalt and George and Pat Dow of Venice, Fla. are excited to announce the engagement of their children, Melinda and George. A wedding celebration is being planned for July, 2010.”
At first, we were like “What's the Summit County connection?” But then Melinda e-mailed us to say:
“I lived in Summit County for six years and moved away about a year ago. My maid-of-honor still lives there and requested that I put it in the paper for all the people that I am still friends with that live there.”
There you have it. Mystery solved!
***
Here's a possible Scum Alert! from Charlotte Clarke, although it could just be the less-well-known Mistaken Jacket Alert!:
“Arrgh! While I was doing my Monday recycling volunteer shift at the Frisco center, someone took my blue and black Columbia jacket! I am sure this was a mistake. It was hanging on a bin next to my broom “snagger” (a tool I developed to help sort bottles, etc.) and some other personal items. Please return it — or at least the recycling materials in the pockets (stars and brochures — I give out stars to stellar recyclers and I buy them and their rewards out of my own pocket). Just return it to the recycle center and put it behind the battery shed. I'm there at least once a day.”
Do the right thing, thief/mistaken jacket usurper!
***
Next up is a note from Steve Lipsher over at Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue, who says this:
“Hey, Summit Up dude/dudette: At the Lake Dillon Fire station in Frisco, we've recently accumulated a few items from visitors that we'd like to get back to them, and we figured that you could help us get out the word. There are two pairs of eyeglasses and one set of keys that have been left behind. We believe that the people who lost their glasses simply haven't been able to see well enough to find their way back here to claim them. But the person who left the keys — which include a Newcastle Brown Ale bottle opener and one of those electronic car keys that costs a bazillion bucks to replace at the dealer — couldn't have gotten far. We haven't noticed any late-model cars stranded in our parking lot, however. Anyway, if you can help get out the word, we'd like to have these items reclaimed by their rightful owners. Call (970) 262-5201 or just drop in during normal business hours to identify them. We'll even put up an eye chart to screen out any potential eyeglass poachers!
***
Well folks, we're still lickin' our wounds after the Broncos' Monday-night drubbing at the hands of the Steelers. What the hell is a terrible towel, anyway? We just need a li'l donkey diaper to dry our eyes ...
We out.
