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Who would have dreamt that a very unlikely place, such as a gas station or a grocery store, could be a thing of beauty? 25 years ago, Judy Myers, the owner of The Mop Shop Beauty Salon in Cascade, must have seen the potential for what could be. Judy opened the doors to The Mop Shop on June 03, 1998. Prior to Judy taking up the gauntlet, there was a previous salon at the location. Judy stepped in and made the place her own. In the 25 years she has been conducting her successful business at the...
Cascade residents were invited to meet the City Council candidates at the Cascade Senior and Community Center on Thursday, October 26. The event was open to the public for the purpose of meeting the candidates face-to-face. Many of the attendees were already friends or at least acquainted with the candidates, as is to be expected in a small town :) There were five candidates who attended the event: Miranda Clark, Pam Marquis, Jezreel Neujahr, Kristin Riley, and Ralph Schnider. They were asked...
Don’t tell but I have a confession to make. I’m well aware that my opinions may be wrong! My first editorials, opinion pieces, were written some 25 years ago for the Los Angeles Times, and I’ve written over 500 just for the Cascade Courier. I’m sure some folks think I’m completely goofy on a regular basis but, I assure you, I never intentionally write anything I don’t consider true. The thing is, truth is somewhat flexible. Some truths hold up under scientific scrutiny. They are subjected t...
Springtime in the Rocky Mountains brings brilliant sunshine, cool air, and melting snow. A certain spring day in 1986 found me crossing Wolf Creek Pass in the San Juan Mountains which adjoin the Rockies. At almost 11,000 feet above sea level, the mostly two-lane alpine highway had only two runaway truck lanes on the westbound side. But I was headed northeast back to the Denver area where I worked in an oilfield job for a wireline logging and perforating company. A branch of our company needed a truck and driver to report for a few days’ work i...
