The first photograph that caught Marsha Steckling’s attention showed a cat sitting on a front porch. In 2009, the Colorado photographer was browsing a Denver antique shop when she discovered four weathered folios containing 677 black-and-white photographic negatives, including one labeled “Yellow Cat on Front Porch.” The collection also featured images of family gatherings, pets […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Toofie
Toofie is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Toofie is a mixed breed with a big heart. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS are […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Knox
Knox is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Knox has a gentle personality and appreciates people who are willing to let him take things at his own pace. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Jett
Jett is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Jett is a 2-year-old mixed breed with loads of energy. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS […]
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103-year-old Peggy Price reflects on a life of courage
When Peggy Price greets me at her Coronado condo, she wears a matching set, her white bob perfectly styled and a huge smile on her face. “You would have had wild horses drag me out of California,” Price says. That strive for independence has followed her for more than a century. Born in December 1922, […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Princess Leia
Princess Leia is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Princess Leia is happiest when she’s on the move. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Rogue
Rogue is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Rogue is a gentle girl with an easygoing personality. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS are […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Honey
Honey is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Honey is as sweet as her name. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS are spayed/neutered, microchipped, […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Tina
Tina is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Tina is a gentle cat that loves attention. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS are spayed/neutered, […]
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Marilyn Monroe’s later career takes center stage at Hotel Del exhibition
In 1958, rooms at the Hotel del Coronado cost roughly $20 to $50 a night. That same year, the hotel set aside more than 100 rooms for the cast and crew of “Some Like It Hot,” the iconic Hollywood film starring Marilyn Monroe, during its on-location filming. Now, for what would have been the 100th […]
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New Coronado fishing camp is more than catching fish
Larsen Hill had spent years fishing in Hawaii, but on the second-to-last day of Coronado’s youth fishing camp, he hooked something he had never caught before: a stingray. The 12-year-old, who is entering sixth grade next year, reeled in the ray with a smile as he and another boy rushed down to the rocks to […]
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder for this lifelong artist
In early August, Nancy Teague Plank plans to subtly tweak the lips of a sleeping child in a mostly completed portrait showing her grandson cuddling two stuffed animals. Plank, a member of the Coronado Art Colony, stands inside a small and cozy studio nestled in the heart of Little Italy. The structure is a former […]
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Coronado Junior Woman’s Club presents A Taste of Coronado
The Coronado Junior Woman’s Club will present its 17th annual “A Taste of Coronado” event on Oct. 7 to highlight Coronado’s culinary scene and local businesses while raising funds in support of Promises2Kids, this year’s nonprofit beneficiary. “We’re committed to strengthening our community through service, philanthropy and meaningful connections,” said Sara Stillman, co-chair of the […]
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A resilient Barbara Trenchi continues cycling for fun and cardiac health
In 2004, Barbara Trenchi’s decades-long cycling nearly came to a halt. Up to that point, cycling had transformed Trenchi’s life when she moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1981 where she became a cycling club president. Trenchi proactively went for a cardiac stress test and a nuclear stress test, both of which were abnormal but […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Queenie
Queenie is available for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Queenie is 14 years old and has a calm personality. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support the organization. All animals at PAWS […]
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Pet of the week: Meet Patsy
Patsy is up for adoption at PAWS of Coronado. Staff members at the non-profit, which provides adoption and rehabilitation services to animals, said that Patsy is looking for a family that will let her settle in at her own pace. Those interested in adoption can visit www.pawsofcoronado.org. Fostering, donating and volunteering are other ways to support […]