by Mr. Leadville | Aug 26, 2021 | Leadville News
OKEMAH, Okla. — Chip Baker surveyed a vast field on the outskirts of an old hay farm an hour east of Oklahoma City, his ponytail waving in the thick, humid air, his voice growing excited. “This is probably the largest collection of Squirt in the world!” he boasted,...
by Mr. Leadville | Aug 26, 2021 | Leadville News
Elwood Buster II’s workspace for over 40 years at Speedometer and Alternator Service Co. could be a goldmine or a heap of junk. It depends on your point of view.Jumbled car manuals are heaped on shelves. Countertops are strewn with screwdrivers and wrenches and...
by Mr. Leadville | Aug 25, 2021 | Leadville News
On the drive into her new city, Jo Beckwith remembers seeing the field out of the car window. Big and open and green. A dreamy place for an adventurous 10-year-old girl with a dream of riding a horse freely for miles while her hair blew in the wind.Three years later,...
by Mr. Leadville | Aug 25, 2021 | Leadville News
One thing U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett can’t be accused of as he gears up for another reelection bid after 12 years in that office, and that’s leadership. Bennet spent most of his career blindly following inept leaders, like President Obama and the 2009 troop surge in...
by Mr. Leadville | Aug 25, 2021 | Leadville News
FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California’s agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a deepening drought threatens one of the state’s most profitable...
