Article and photos by Nancy Ward
Local history – September 2000 – Colorado Central Magazine
UNLIKE MOST mountain ghost towns, the ghost resort of Inter-Laken is not one of the drive to/drive through scenic breed. It can be reached only by hiking the Colorado Trail or by water conveyance. But the journey through Inter-Laken and its history is worth the effort.
![[Inter-Laken Hotel]](https://coloradocentralmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/00790182.JPG "[Inter-Laken Hotel]")
Article by Nancy Ward
Local Artists – January 2000 – Colorado Central Magazine
REDHAWK: multi-talented artist taught by the spirits, led by visions; simple but complicated. He’s a man at peace with himself, his life, his spirituality, and his universe; a regional and national award-winning painter, sculptor, and creator of Native American artifacts.
Article by Nancy Ward
Prison Museum – July 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
“Doing time” is no one’s goal in life, but the invitation to “Come do time with us” annually entices 20,000 people into the Colorado Territorial Prison Museum at Cañon City.
At the museum, 30 original cells are packed with reminders of the colorful history of Colorado, Cañon City, and 130 years of prison system “happenings.” There are first-hand tales of inmates and guards, and of life behind bars. Here, personal battles and riots come alive.
Article by Nancy Ward
Local artists – June 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
South Park Potter Pat Pocius is always on the go
“On the move” is the way Pat Pocius is pictured by those who know her. Seeing her seated behind a desk in the city producing commercial art to make big bucks for her employer is an impossible image for her acquaintances to envision.
Article by Nancy Ward
Local Artists – May 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
WHAT DO AIR FORCE RADAR, goose eggs, maps, flowers, rocks, Spanish explorers, Ute Indians and books have in common?
The answer — Yvonne Halburian, dynamic artist of exceptional versatility, jolly disposition, and enough enthusiasm and energy to power a rocket. The Saguache artist is a popular figure throughout Central Colorado, the Front Range, and the San Luis Valley.
Review by Nancy Ward
Wildlife – March 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
Valley of the Cranes – Exploring Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Essay by Virginia McConnell Simmons
Photography by Robert Rozinski and Wendy Shattil
Published in 1988 by Roberts Rinehart, Inc. Publishers
ISBN 0-911797-41-6
Article by Nancy Ward
Local Artists – January 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
“I’ll carve you a wooden leg,” is the way Jack Portice tells the story of his offer to a friend who’d just lost a leg in a motorcycle accident. That was back in 1979 when Portice had a custom motorcycle shop in Aurora, Colorado, where the artist inside him came out in the choppers he designed and built.
Article by Nancy Ward
Local Artist – December 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
SEAN GUERRERO’S artistic creations are larger than life.
It might be said they “litter” the countryside from coast to coast, since they’re made from articles discarded by civilization as it embraces newer things. But Guerrero’s art definitely is not “garbage.” Guerrero recycles chrome bumpers and other unwanted metals from vintage cars parked and long-forgotten in pastures, back alleys and junkyards in the Southwest and Midwest, and turns them into sculptures too large to be hidden away in exquisite homes or exclusive galleries.
Article by Nancy Ward
Wildlife – February 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BUTTERFLIES GONE — the Monarchs of Central Colorado? That’s what first-, second-, third-, and fifth-grade students at Mountain Valley School in Saguache are hoping to find out. They’re involved in serious scientific research, a portion of which is in conjunction with the Monarch Watch program offered through the entomology department at Kansas University.
Brief by Nancy Ward
Safety – January 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
The Vial of Life is the newest project of Al King, sheriff of Saguache County. It’s aim is to save the lives of the elderly and others with on-going medical needs.
“The idea was started in Alamosa County,” King says. “I saw it working there and knew it was something we needed in Saguache County.”
