Today's Features

The desire to meet and help others has brought two Wisconsin men to Colorado — on their bicycles.

Dennis Knight, 62, and Dan Haas, 56, are passionate about seeing the country, riding from town to town and meeting people. They are on a 70-day ride that will end in Pueblo.

They’re also passionate about making people more aware of human trafficking, both forced laborers and the human sex trade in Colorado and worldwide.

Firefighter Terri McLaughlin is one of several women in the Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department who respond to calls, including those for wildland fires.

A couple of weeks ago, McLaughlin and Evergreen firefighters Jeff Ashford, Byrne McKenna and Bill Atkins joined multiple mutual-aid crews working to contain the massive Black Forest Fire in Colorado Springs.

“On the first day, we had live fire on top of us,” McLaughlin said. “We went to homes and worked on what could be saved.”

Scuba diving off the coast of California inspired Ryan Lockwood to write his first novel, a thriller set in the vast ocean.

“I’d always wanted to write a novel. I really just dove into it,” said Lockwood, who grew up in Evergreen.

Lockwood’s book, titled “Below,” is officially hitting the shelves at area bookstores this week. 

“It’s based on a real-world current event,” said Lockwood.

Sherrill Stone was nervous.

The Carbondale sculptor looked away as her half-ton Italian marble sculpture was tied up and moved via crane from the bed of her pickup to its new location in Kittredge Community Park.

“I hate to watch this part,” she said.

Representatives from Art for the Mountain Community secured the yellow straps on Saturday morning, preparing to place the artwork on its pedestal for a year as part of the 2013-14 Sculpture Walk.