http://rockymountainnews.com/news/news/columns-blogs/?partner=RSSRocky Mountain News Stories: News Columns & Blogsen-usnews/columns-blogshttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/reuteman-rocky-and-i-made-it-our-business-to-be/?partner=RSSFor a five-hour stretch on Thursday, I was getting that familiar BlackBerry vibration on my hip holster every 30 seconds or so. Friends and business acquaintances from over the years, reporters and editors I've worked with - all offered sincere, eloquent condolences. Many expressed sorrow for us, for the economic uncertainty the paper's closing will cause. reutemanr@rockymountainnews.com (Rob Reuteman)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168563-733465news/columns-blogsRob ReutemanDenver, COREUTEMAN: Rocky and I made it our business to be usefulRocky Mountain Newsreuteman-rocky-and-i-made-it-our-business-to-beurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168563-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/temple-at-the-rocky-we-built-an-identity/?partner=RSSIt's the people who make a newspaper. editor@rockymountainnews.com (John Temple)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168520-733465news/columns-blogsJohn TempleDenver, COTEMPLE: At the Rocky, we built an identity together Rocky Mountain Newstemple-at-the-rocky-we-built-an-identityurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168520-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/wolf-our-best-to-you-denver-we-will-never-be-the/?partner=RSSI read the news today, oh boy. wolfm@rockymountainnews.com (Mark Wolf)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168564-733465news/columns-blogsMark WolfDenver, COWOLF: Our best to you, Denver; we will never be the same Rocky Mountain Newswolf-our-best-to-you-denver-we-will-never-be-theurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168564-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-lee-casey-1889-1951/?partner=RSSLee Casey Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168596-733465news/columns-blogsRocky Mountain NewsDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Lee Casey, 1889-1951Rocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-lee-casey-1889-1951urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168596-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-memory-of-a-gis-christmas-gift/?partner=RSSThe child. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168590-733465news/columns-blogsGene AmoleDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Memory of a GI's Christmas gift Rocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-memory-of-a-gis-christmas-gifturn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168590-733465Change733465Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-one-nip-for-stuffing---and-one/?partner=RSSStuffing. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168591-733465news/columns-blogsGene AmoleDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: One nip for stuffing - and one for you Rocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-one-nip-for-stuffing---and-oneurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168591-733465Change733465Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-busing-brings-tales-from-world/?partner=RSSBus No. 2167 left University Park Elementary School on the way to more equal educational opportunities, and Taisha Brown started to count the street signs. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168593-733465news/columns-blogsGreg LopezDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Busing brings tales from different worldRocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-busing-brings-tales-from-worldurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168593-733465Change733465Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/parker-sad-day-ends-string-of-memorable-scoops/?partner=RSSThis is the second saddest day of my life - second only to the day my mother died of brain cancer. parkerp@rockymountainnews.com (Penny Parker)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168527-733465news/columns-blogsPenny ParkerDenver, COPARKER: Sad day ends string of memorable scoopsRocky Mountain Newsparker-sad-day-ends-string-of-memorable-scoopsurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168527-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-rising-in-defense-of-japanese/?partner=RSSI have just had a half-dozen telephone calls from women who are indignant over the Japanese situation in Colorado, and ask that I do something - or, at least, write something - about it. Three say they have sons in the service. The others have close relatives with the armed forces. All are engaged in war work. One said she was a nurse. Two are active in the Red Cross. They are apprehensive. They don't understand why Japanese should be allowed to come here - should, in some instances, be ordered Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168597-733465news/columns-blogsLee CaseyDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Rising in defense of Japanese-AmericansRocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-rising-in-defense-of-japaneseurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168597-733465Change733465Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/pearson-no-two-days-ever-the-same-in-21-years/?partner=RSSThey say losing your job is like losing a child or a parent. I say it's more like losing a dream. No matter how hard you try to hold on, it's gone. pearsonm@rockymountainnews.com (Mike Pearson)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168562-733465news/columns-blogsMike PearsonDenver, COPEARSON: No two days ever the same in 21 years Rocky Mountain Newspearson-no-two-days-ever-the-same-in-21-yearsurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168562-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/it-was-50-plus-years-of-fun/?partner=RSSThis is a column I really didn't want to write. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168565-733465news/columns-blogsDusty Saunders, Special to the RockyDenver, COSAUNDERS: It was 50-plus years of funRocky Mountain Newsit-was-50-plus-years-of-funurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168565-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-john-coit-1948-1986/?partner=RSSJohn Coit Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168570-733465news/columns-blogsRocky Mountain NewsDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: John Coit, 1948-1986Rocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-john-coit-1948-1986urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168570-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/april-13-1942-tabloid-rocky-to-keep-pace-with/?partner=RSSThe Rocky Mountain News appears today in a new form - a form in keeping with the demands of the times. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168608-733465news/columns-blogsRocky Mountain NewsDenver, COApril 13, 1942: Tabloid Rocky to keep pace with timesRocky Mountain Newsapril-13-1942-tabloid-rocky-to-keep-pace-withurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168608-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/littwin-not-just-closing-doors-but-dying/?partner=RSSI've been thinking all day, for weeks really, how to describe what it means for a newspaper - my newspaper, your newspaper - to die. littwinm@rockymountainnews.com (Mike Littwin)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168538-733465news/columns-blogsMike LittwinDenver, COLITTWIN: Not just closing doors, but dyingRocky Mountain Newslittwin-not-just-closing-doors-but-dyingurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168538-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-carrying-out-denver-day-to-a/?partner=RSSPUEBLO, Colo., Sept. 11 - Young Mr. Finch, the living cheer, sat high up in the grand stand at the State fair grounds this afternoon, along with me and quite a few thousand other nice looking people, waving his hat and yelling at the top of his voice - young Mr. Finch, the very quintessence of youth and high spirits, whooping it up for land's sake, and having the time of his life - young Mr. Finch, gay and debonair, and glowing with the sunshine of eternal childhood. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168600-733465news/columns-blogsDamon RunyonDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Carrying out Denver Day to a frayed edgeRocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-carrying-out-denver-day-to-aurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168600-733465Change733465Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/hard-to-lose-that-chance-to-pause-and-think/?partner=RSSThe death of a newspaper hits me as hard as the death of a friend. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168521-733465news/columns-blogsBy Patty LimerickDenver, COHard to lose that chance to pause and thinkRocky Mountain Newshard-to-lose-that-chance-to-pause-and-thinkurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168521-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-goodbye-from-a-champion-of/?partner=RSSIt is impossible after more than nineteen years of daily repeated tasks; of constant solicitude and anxiety, how best to perform a great duty to the public; of intimate association with all the newspapers that have ever risen, lived and died, or that yet live, in Colorado; of personal acquaintance with so many - it seems to me with all - of the people of the state, to lay down the editorial pen without sad and strange emotions. These years have compassed a larger part of my life than can be Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168604-733465news/columns-blogsWilliam ByersDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Goodbye from a champion of ColoradoRocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-goodbye-from-a-champion-ofurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168604-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/krieger-we-were-the-best-of-teams/?partner=RSSIt is as inexplicable to me now as it was almost three months ago when our parent company announced it wanted out of Denver. Other than Bob Seger, I never knew anyone who wanted out of Denver. kriegerd@rockymountainnews.com (Dave Krieger)Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168517-733465news/columns-blogsDave KriegerDenver, COKRIEGER: We were the best of teamsRocky Mountain Newskrieger-we-were-the-best-of-teamsurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168517-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-byers-sends-first-rocky-forth/?partner=RSSWith our hat in our hand and our best bow we this week make our first appearance upon the stage in the capacity of Editor. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168605-733465news/columns-blogsRocky Mountain NewsDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Byers sends first Rocky forth to the world Rocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-byers-sends-first-rocky-forthurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168605-733465Change0Usablehttp://rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/a-storied-history-longmont-competition-was-easy/?partner=RSSLONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 12 - The fastest fourteen-round go ever witnessed in this city took place this afternoon before an enormous crowd between Mr. M. Coddle Finch and P. Unk Pie, and Mr. Finch was declared the winner on points. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168602-733465news/columns-blogsDamon RunyonDenver, COA STORIED HISTORY: Longmont competition was easy as pieRocky Mountain Newsa-storied-history-longmont-competition-was-easyurn:publicid:rockymountainnews.com:news-Story-168602-733465Change733465Usable