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Month: March 2017

  • Lasagna from Scratch: Chaz’s Mini Meal

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    Dan Burke

    Chaz admits he was only a little above the average college student with respect to his cooking skills. Now he’s made lasagna from scratch and fed fifteen people witt it.

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  • The end of the snow for 2017?

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    Dan Burke

    Three people wearing snow shoes on a wintery forested path with snow covered branches.

    Was last Thursday night/Friday’s snow the last of the 2017 ski season? Well, it definitely was for CCB, as Friday was our last trip to Eldora (21 miles west of Boulder)for the year. It hasn’t proven to be the last of the snow, however, which is great news for the diehards who just have to…

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  • An Adventure Under the Pool

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    Dan Burke

    David sits on a ledge inside the pool as a group of CCB students gather in the deep end

      No, you won’t be singing any Disney song when you go under the pool. It’s dirty and dark and forgotten … Except by Travel Instructor David Nietfeld, who today took the Philosophy class on an historical tour of the Center, which was formerly a YMCA. Since part of the student body was off at…

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  • Why, Wood Ducks Don’t Quack!

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    Dan Burke

    Top row: Blanca, Chaz and CC looking at skulls, Center row: Eagle skull, Allie and Tyler playing bird sounds on the computer, Raven skull, Bottom row: Cardinal skull, Northern Flicker skull, Turkey skull and Blue Jay skull

    What were we thinking? Well, we encountered wood ducks this week in our Birding by Ear class when we strolled over to the pond at Sterne Park. Sure, there were the standard mallards with their easily recognizable quacking, but that other sound – that rising note – was that really a duck? yes, it’s a…

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  • Courtney and Suzie Are March’s Students of the Month

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    Dan Burke

    Two young women in sleepshades, at left Suzi in the front lobby and at right Courtney in the garden

    Courtney and Suzie are our March Students of the Month for March, selected by Center staff. Courtney was forced to take a leave to attend to family business in New Jersy, but was determined to return and earn her Bell of Freedom. She returned after several months and is on her way again, an indication…

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  • Last week was a big one for drops

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    Dan Burke

    Ryan signing in after returning from his Independent Drop

    Last week was busy with drops and support drops. The “Drop”, or independent drop is one of the two final requirements of our cane travel instruction. Ryan and Trevor both completed theirs last week, having been dropped somewhere in the Denver Metro area and permitted one question on their trip back to the Center. The…

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  • CCB Says “Farewell and Thanks!” to Walmart’s Neighborhood Market

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    Dan Burke

    a smiling woman with a cart full of groceries outside the store

    Over the past six months or so, news that Walmart was closing a number of its Neighborhood Markets in the Denver Metro area resulted in a sigh of relief for us at the Colorado Center for the Blind. Each time, the store near our student apartments at S. Lowell Blvd and W. Bowles Ave. wasn’t…

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  • Shout out to @RiceCCL Volunteers!

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    Dan Burke

    Students in sleepshades examine the mode of a brain on the table between them

    Here’s a shout out to this year’s crew from Rice University in Houston who came to work as volunteers on March 16 and 17. They spend an “Alternative Spring Break” volunteering, first at Winter Park with the NSCD adaptive ski program, and then in Littleton. No, no skiing. At the Center they helped move and…

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  • Making Connections – It Was Really Big

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    Dan Burke

    Diane McGeorge gives the Welcom address at the Career and College Seminar

    Wow! Nearly 150 were on hand Friday, March 10 for our first Making Connections that Work for You Seminar. It really worked! Thanks to all that attended! We especially want to thank our keynote speaker, Alexandra Hall, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics and Chief Economist.…

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  • A Bustling Day in the Gym

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    Dan Burke

    A group of Martial Arts Students to the left and a row of Archery Students to the right

    Okay, Tuesdays can get a little wild anyway, what with Seniors coming and filling up our large conference room all morning. You gotta believe us – we love having them! But meanwhile, down in the gym … We had both Martial arts and Archery happening all at once. The wildest imaginations might hve the martial…

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