Tag: Edwards
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High Altitude Summer Gardening
Start that garden growing! Todd Rymer, Director of CMC’s Culinary Institute in Edwards, shared some great high-altitude gardening tips recently on TV8Vail. For those interested in learning more about sustainable food and agriculture, the college’s degree and certificate programs in sustainable cuisine are worth further exploration. An orientation session for the program takes place on…
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Community shows passion for sustainable food
Huge turnout at first Local Food Expo Over five hundred people eagerly participated in Colorado Mountain College’s first-ever Local Food Expo in Edwards. The event was conceived by students in the Slow Food on Campus club who are enrolled in the college’s sustainable cuisine program. Their goal was to connect local food producers and buyers…
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Colorado Mountain College bachelor’s programs grow
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Today. By Scott Franz. Steamboat Springs — Tommy Untiedt plans to be one of the first students to earn a bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs next year. Sitting in Bristol Hall on Monday during a break from his finance class, Untiedt said…
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Multimedia teaser to be offered at CMC Edwards
Want to learn how to create your own music and movies? Learn to edit and organize your photos like a pro? CMC graphic design student Jordan Callier doubles as a CMC Edwards instructor early in April in order to share the secrets and shortcuts to iLife’11, the latest version of Apple’s powerful, user-friendly multimedia software…
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Want to eat more local food?
Local Food Expo tonight at CMC in Edwards This article was first published in the Vail Daily. Daily staff report. The butcher, the baker — even The Hen House Maker — will attend the Local Food Expo from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Colorado Mountain College to sell the fruits of their labors to…
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Eagle County audiences to explore ‘Doubt’
Two upcoming events centered around complex moral questions This article was originally published in the Vail Daily News. By Tracey Flower. “What do you do when you’re not sure?” Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) poses this question to his congregation in the opening scene of John Patrick Shanley’s 2008 film “Doubt.” He warns them, “Doubt…
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One Book, One Valley read announced in Avon Tuesday
‘Doc’ by author Mary Doria Russell chosen as community book Minturn Mayor Pro Tem George Brodin, Avon Mayor Rich Carroll, Vail Mayor Andy Daly and Eagle Mayor Pro Tem Kraige Kinney hold the book “Doc,” by Mary Doria Russell, during the launch of One Book, One Valley on Tuesday at the Avon Public Library. One…
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Retired fire truck stays in the valley
Colorado Mountain College receives gift of pumper truck EDWARDS, Colorado — Old fire trucks rarely retire — usually, they’re passed down from bigger, more affluent departments to smaller ones, eventually ending up as parts for other trucks. But an Eagle River Fire Protection District pumper truck has earned the mechanical equivalent of a long retirement…
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Live streaming of TEDx ‘Changing the Way We Eat’ set for Saturday in Edwards
TED is a nonprofit devoted to ‘ideas worth spreading’ This article first appeared in the Vail Daily. By Cassie Pence. Everyone has to eat, so it’s no wonder why food is the one sustainability issue that grabs the attention of the general public. And whether your issue is school lunches, animal welfare, genetically modified crops…
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Guest Commentary: At-risk students deserve support
This article first ran in the Denver Post. By Laurie Marano and Debra Crawford. We know from recent news reports that close to 200,000 children in Colorado are living below the poverty line: That’s less than $20,650 for a family of four. Time and again evidence has shown that access to education and job training…