LaRue's Views

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mash — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:16:29 -0600

I have been writing a weekly newspaper column since 1987.

For 3 years, it ran in the Greeley Tribune. Since then, it has run in various subsidiaries of the Douglas County News Press. I still have most of my columns in digital format.

For many years, I only gave myself one rule: try to work the word "library" into every piece. My intent was to think in public about just what librarianship means at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st.

November 12, 2009 - defy dyslexia, discover reading!

Jamie LaRue — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:24:51 -0700

Some months ago, I got an email from Erica Vlahinos, a senior at Douglas County High School. She told me that she was a Girl Scout, working on her Gold Award Project -- the equivalent of a Boy Scout Eagle Award.

November 5, 2009 - the Perry Park Story

Jamie LaRue — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:54:43 -0600

When my young family first arrived in Douglas County, we were lucky enough to meet longtime Perry Park residents Francis and Sally Maguire. Perry Park, west of Larkspur, was and is an area of surpassing loveliness.

October 29, 2009 - pay me now or pay me later

Jamie LaRue — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:24:48 -0600

Nationally, more than 2.3 million adults are in American jails or prisons -- more than one in every 100 adults. That costs taxpayers $50 billion a year.

Today, Colorado incarcerates some 38,273 people at an average annual cost of $27,000 per inmate.

October 22, 2009 - bark for books

Jamie LaRue — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:10:25 -0600

When he was three years old, Caiden started to stutter. A lot of children do around that age, especially the smart ones.

Most of the time, kids grow out of it. It's a synchronization issue. Neurologically speaking, learning to match brain speed to vocal articulation is a surprisingly complex thing.