Below are clickable links to some of my Greeley Tribune columns and stories from April 2018 to April 2019. Many of them also ran in papers around Colorado, including in The Denver Post, and around the country in Associated Press distribution. As you can see, the subject matter was very eclectic. Also, the list is not close to being all-inclusive of my work in that year.     Although it's a bit haphazard, I've tried to group these samples by similar subject matter. I believe if you even just scroll through the listings, you can tell I enjoyed myself. In fact, I wouldn't be including this on my site if I didn't believe it was some of the best work of my career and a reminder that discovering and telling the stories of "real" people can be every bit as -- or more -- rewarding than following around the famous in high-profile environments. These links lead to the Tribune site. Depending on circumstances if perusing, non-subscribers might get a paywall notice after a few "free" stories, and/or a bargain offer for an all-digital subscription -- at last check, $1 for six months. You'd have the option of canceling before the cost increases. -- TF

  Did our Fort Logan tour guide just say he was a hostage in Iran? 

 Greeley women surgeons making inroads

 

 

 

Two columns on the death of Irv Brown

  

A treasured communication with George H.W. Bush 

 

 

 

 

Why is a Greeley nurse pictured with the Supreme Court as George H.W. Bush lies in state  

 

 

 

On the presentation of the French

Legion of Honor Medal to Colorado-connected

veterans of World War II   

 

 

 

Ceremony column: France thanks Colorado vets of WWII 

with Legion of Honor Medal 

 

Combined single story on the American medal winners

Because of better formattiing there than on the Tribune site, this

omnibus column is suggested reading rather than the individual columns below. 

 

 

 

  

 

Conversations with a B-17 tail-gunner, B-24 pilot.

They ended up POWs in Stalag Luft camps

 

French medal recipient Joe Graham, Jack's father, fought in tanks across Europe  

  

Greeley's H. Gordon Johnson flew "Over the Hump and was just getting started 

 

 

 

Turret gunner Ed Gormley of Greeley not only survived crash landing, he almost made it to 100

 

 

Greeley's LeRoy Kerns saw a lot (and a lot of action) in WWII   

Lyndie Moe, "Rent" don't just get standing "O," they earn it 

 

 

 

Jeff Hanna and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band keeps plugging along

A Night Before Greeley: My review of the show in Denver

 

 

Greg Carroll, vibraphone virtuoso

 

 

 Ex-Joffrey star comes out of retirement for Nutcracker in Greeley

 

 

 

Former Greeley resident Jake Wells a hit on "The Voice" 

 

 

 Dr. Steve Bagley's "do over" with donated heart  

 

 

 

Mick Holmes is walking reminder in Health Month 

 

 

 

You don't beat multiple myeloma. You hold it off. 

 

 

Stroke survivor Rhonda Spreng of Milliken battles on

 

 

Brecca Gaffney blazing trail in post-doctoral research

 

 

Two Columns on Honor Flight

 

Honor Flight shuts down  

 

Keeping alive the memories of the 144 killed in Big Thompson Flood

 

 

When the water kept rising in 2013 Greeley flood 

 

 

Greeley's Jeff Davis, son of BTK Killer's final victim, tackles the tough question 

 

 

A Woman's Place

 

 

 

At 40th anniversary of A Woman's Place founding, a look back at the rocky early days 

 

Gail Monk Newton's story is a tribute to A Woman's Place 

  

 

 

 

For 21 summers, Broncos bonded on and off the field in Greeley

 

 

 

Pat Bowlen Hall of Fame finalist: 'Bout Time

 

 

Eaton High and CSU's Trent Sieg snaps his way into the NFL 

 

 

 

 

 

A year with Nick Saban ... before he was Nick Saban 

(Greeley Tribune version) 

 

 

Like old times. Hockey columns:

 

Two 20-year-old Israelis playing for Greeley-based Eagles

 

Going to Eagles game? Which Eagles? 

 

 

 

Tough Sledding: Warrior Avs

 

 

 

From Greeley Stampede: Bull riders are crazy ... and damn proud of it 

 

 

 Teaching "Hard Knocks" through boxing: Greeley's veteran trainer 

 

 

 

Lee Sargent mourned in tiny Roggen, Colorado 

 

Retired Major Percy Woif is bringing his troops to Greeley for reunion

 

 

 Mary Margaret Cox was an Angel on Wheels

 

 

 Sir, yes sir: Johnston's Cameron Eldridge settles in at Naval Academy 

 

 

 Pediatric cancer victim Alexandra "Alex" Scott's legacy lives on 

 

 

 Two women, one darned disease

 

The Carvival life isn't all fun and games

 

Life on the road -- and as Toy Story's Jessie -- with Disney on Ice's Lea Nightwalker 

 

 

 

 

A musty flag is folded and tucked in honor of WWI vet

 

 

Author and commentator John A. Daly has readers turning the pages

 

 

 

Chamber of Commerce CEO has a dog-show life on the side 

 

 

Best in Show: Afghan Hound national specialty ... in, yes, Greeley