When Kathie first set eyes upon her husband dancing like a scarecrow in a stiff breeze, it wasn’t exactly love at the first sight.
Dan England
Dan England has worked for Colorado media for nearly 25 years, including 20 at the Greeley Tribune. During his time at the Tribune he won more than 100 state and national awards, including Best of Show from the Colorado Press Association in 2015. Dan loves to write about the outdoors, as they are not just a job but an adventure: He has completed more than 20 marathons and 15 ultramarathons in addition to climbing more than 200 peaks, including all the 14ers in Colorado and Mount Rainier in Washington. Dan also plays trombone, but his wife, Valerie Vampola, deserves the spotlight more, as she sings for living, doing gigs as a solo artist and with Katie Quick in addition to guest appearances with bands across Colorado and teaching with the Loveland Academy of Music. Dan has three children, Jayden and his twin girls, Andie and Allie, and a heeler, Pepper, who in addition to training with him ran her first trail marathon last year in western Kansas.
Selected works by the author:
Being Neighborly
Social Groups Build Community Interaction
Something Good in the Neighborhood: Honoring Connor in art and in life
new wall was designed by Betony Coons and adds some flair to North Colorado Medical Center in addition to honoring organ donors. The Gillmores helped lead the effort to raise money for the wall.
Something Good in the Neighborhood: Wellington Highschool
Wellington gets its first high school since the 60s
Spooky Stories
Small businesses offer up history, and some scary spirits, on ghost tours across NOCO
Keeping Kitty Safe
Other than flopping on visitors’ feet and offering up his belly before they make it to the living room, Atlas’ favorite activity is spending time on his porch in Linda Martin’s home. Martin lives in the Glenmere neighborhood in Greeley and belongs to Atlas, who has...
Rolling the Dice
- Businesses bank on board games to make a buck - By Dan England |Photos courtesy of the Boomer House. At the Boomer House, even the sandwiches are games. Amy Mattox offers four sandwiches named after board games such as the Terra Mystica. There’s also...
Something Good in the Neighborhood: Neil Skinn
Tuning into that Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle
Something Good in the Neighborhood
FoCo Cafe - Serving Up Compassion - By Dan England | Photos by Jordan Secher - Just before 11:30 a.m., when the calm and quiet melts into the cacophony Halle Thompson has come to expect at the FoCo Cafe, a man named Ivan walks in and begins counting the change in...