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Updated: November 16, 2008 2:38:49 AM MST

(THE DENVER POST | JOE AMON)
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Knitwitted sweaters signal the holidays
They're a seasonal affront to the eyes and, in some cases, the ears: Gaudy holiday sweaters designed to compete with the Christmas tree for the crowd's attention. 
Out there this week
e raptor program got such a terrific response to its recent appeal for spare game meat that now it needs donations for a walk-in freezer. 

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Riding shotgun, this jowly portrait of John Wayne as Marshal Rooster Cogburn, makes it autumn all year round on the wall of this Western Slope business.  

Store owner warms up to novelty sweaters
Suelynn Gustafson, the idiosyncratic, savvy owner of Flossy McGrew's, a South Broadway costume shop that reflects Gustafson's interests, began seeking out novelty holiday sweaters at estate sales and garage sales a few years ago 

How'd you know?
The winner: Shirley A. LaBarr, Littleton: My husband, Ralph LaBarr, is in a grave under a cross at Fort Logan National Cemetery. He left school at age 17 to join the patriotic trounce against our enemies. 

Put those rhinestone sweaters on some real ice
The word "date" in the upcoming Dated Holiday Sweater and Warm Clothing Drive Night is meant in the sense of "past its expiration date," not the tingly night-on-the-town sense. 

This day in history
Today is Sunday, Nov. 16, the 321st day of 2008. There are 45 days remaining in the year. 

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For his 8th birthday, in April, Jackson Moloney decided to give instead of receive, donating $128 he collected to the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program.  
 
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Meet Jamie Eloise Bolane  
 
Meet Colorado artist -- yes, she's an honest-to-goodness artist now -- Linda Drake.  
 
Photo courtesy of Whit Richardson
Professional ultra endurance athlete Diane Van Deren is the first woman from the United States to participate in the 300-mile Yukon Arctic Ultra Race in Canada. And she's doing so after undergoing extensive brain surgery.  
 
 

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Before The North Face or Bibler tents, these shelters served Americans who thought nothing of camping out all year.  
 
 


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