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Building Strasburg

October 31, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment


Ron Morse at his desk
A while back I sat down with Ron Morse, Pauls Homes‘ local representative. I’ve know Ron since March, when he was kind enough to stay late on a Saturday to allow my wife, son, and I to check out a new house in their Coyote Ridge development. We bought that home…but not only did we get a house in a great town, I got a good friend in Ron. He was kind enough to agree to an interview about the company he works for, what they’ve done up to now in Strasburg, and what their future plans are…along with more about himself. (Pauls Homes and Ron received 5 out of 5 bulls and “We Recommend” from Strasburg Rocks! in our review.)

Who is Pauls Homes?

Pauls Homes is a subsidiary of The Pauls Corporation, a real estate and investment development company. They are heavily involved in commercial, light industrial, and apartments. With residential units, they are not like DR Horton, building huge complexes, instead creating developments sized in the couple hundreds. Sometimes they finish what another developer didn’t complete (e.g. the last 50 homes where someone else failed). With Coyote Ridge they built all the units, but the land was in foreclosure and the company saw a vision and opportunity (with Denver growing) and purchased it.

What have they built so far in Strasburg?

Pauls Homes has been building in Strasburg for twenty years, completing three developments, soon to complete one more, in phase one (of four) for a fifth, just starting a sixth, and planning to build a seventh. They have been here for the “long haul” and will continue to be here. Those that have already been finished or have sold units are:Continue Reading

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Weekend Activities

October 25, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

How was everyone’s weekend? Just back from a church fall festival (in Centennial), mine was a bit of a blur…but I thought I’d report quickly on it…because…well…it is “life in Strasburg.” 🙂

Actually, this weekend kind of started on Tuesday when (to beat the rain) we cleared rocks in the back yard and built our new tent. Augie and I plan to camp out every Friday night until it gets too cold. We’ll know it is too cold the first time we go back inside. 🙂

New tent

Friday night dad was freezing, but Augie was toasty. Instead of stealing back my 0 degree sleeping bag from him, I’ve ordered a new one for this coming weekend. Even freezing, I got some interesting shortwave listening in:Continue Reading

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Produced in Strasburg: Traditores Higher Frequency

October 17, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Traditores Higher FrequencyI hope you folks will allow me a little shameless self promotion here. I am actually a Church of Christ pastor (inactive until I get a calling in the area or plant a church), and I recently started a program being broadcast on shortwave radio (called Traditores Higher Frequency). I produce the program right here in my home studio in Strasburg:

Home studio

If you have any interest in things Christian or religious, will you check it out?

Thanks either way. 🙂

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Tent Life

October 17, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Tecsun PL-398BTTecsun PL-310ETYesterday, a four day weekend started for Augie, so he and I slept in the tent two days in a row. Let’s just say last night was just enough colder where dad definitely was uncomfortable and woke up quite a bit. Nothin’ layers can’t handle during future excursions.

I hope. 🙂

As for Augie…plent toasty it appears. (Of course, he is using my colder weather sleeping bag with a second one his cousin Evan gave him.)

Pictured at the top of this post are the two radios I used to check out shortwave and AM last night. The one on the left is a Tecsun PL-380BT and the right is a Tecsun PL310ET. I spent most of the time with the former…but, just as was true the previous night with the beefier Tecsun PL-880…shortwave reception wasn’t near as good as last week. I also didn’t live tweet every find this time…just the highlights.

So, without further ado…Continue Reading

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Crosses by Qwikdraws Customs

October 16, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Michelle with crossesBeing modeled here by my beautiful wife Michelle are two crosses we purchased last night from Qwikdraws Customs. Michelle and I have been looking to put something artistic on the front of the house, but didn’t find anything yet that jumped out for both of us.

That is until, looking through the Coyote Ridge Facebook group I just joined, I saw this cross in an old posting. Lucky for me it was still available!

The next night we headed over, meeting Dustin and his family, and purchased the original piece plus a second, smaller one. The prices were great, and both will decorate our abode while keeping with a local flavor. We expect to buy more from Dustin…perhaps having him make something custom to put over our garage.

Please check them out and let Phil know Strasburg Rocks! sent you. 🙂

If you click on the photo you can see a larger version.

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All the Way from New Zealand!

October 10, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Tecsun PL-880 tuning in a ham radio operatorI don’t know how many more Fridays there will be before it is too cold, but Augie and I spent the night in the tent again (and I am not sure who looks forward to or enjoys it more :-)). Although it doesn’t fix it 100%, being away from all the electromagnetic interference in the house means both AM & shortwave listening are better, so I live tweeted what I found again (as I did last week). Reception last night was amazing. I think the best since I started the hobby back up a couple months ago.

Before I put the stream of tweets below, I wanted to share the most exciting part of the evening, tuning in Radio New Zealand International (transmitting from New Zealand). The clip plays a few selections…and at the end has proof it is Radio New Zealand (they do a station id). This morning they had replied back on Twitter (also below) and I actually picked them up again! (Albeit, on another frequency.)

I didn’t get enough sleep last night, but I am still jazzed from all the neat, and often very distant, stations I picked up! Here is what I heard:Continue Reading

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Chad and a Duchess

October 10, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Chad with Knights of ColumbusAugie and I grabbed breakfast at Taco Bell in Bennett, and on the way back I wanted to snap a picture of whoever was manning the Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive in front of the Strasburg Convenience Store today to remind people it was going on.

And that was Chad. 🙂

Augie and the DuchessSo you have two chances to help great causes…all day in front of the Strasburg Convenience Store or from 12-6 at Love’s Travel Stop (for the local Cub Scouts).

But Chad wasn’t the only person we ran into at the store…Augie was able to snap a selfie with Byers High School Homecoming Duchess Tailor (my apologies to the Duchess if I spelled it wrong). Congrats to her for being the homecoming duchess, and hopefully all will have a great, safe (that’s the dad in me speaking) time in Byers today!

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Riley Young Memorial Service

October 9, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

I just received this e-mail from the Riley Young Memorial Fund:

Riley Young memorial service

If you click through the image you can donate to the fund and read the full message about today’s service:

A memorial service and Celebration of Light will be held for Riley tonight, Friday October 9th at 7:00pm in the Strasburg High School gym. Please join his family, friends and neighbors in honoring his life.

Whether or not you can make it to the there tonight, please continue to remember his family and friends in your prayers.

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What I Saw this Week

October 8, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Rich Guzzi flyerThe job that allows me to live in the great town of Strasburg means I do have to travel, and I spent the last couple days in Pasadena, California with the management team for our new consolidated department. One of my peers suggested we catch a comic hypnotist who was in town at the same time. I entered The Ice House Comedy Club not knowing who I was going to see only to find out that one of my favorite comedians, Gabriel Iglesias (“Fluffy Guy”) was hosting it (and he did some standup himself).

Alan with Alfred RoblesBut that wasn’t the only good news…the opening act was another tremendously talented comedian, Alfred Robles. I should note two things: (1) I never saw or heard of him before and (2) he was the first standup comedian I saw live.

And he was great…one of the best performances I’ve seen recently. Really impressed. If he isn’t already, he should be headlining.

Now…after Alfred…and after Gabriel (who was also great)…Rich Guzzi took the stage and I’ve got to say, he was an amazing combination of humor, caring, and hypnotic skill. I’ll be up front and say that I had (and still have) concerns with hypnotism (even some religious ones), but if anyone could convince me that there is nothing nefarious with it…Rich is probably the guy. He is either a practiced liar or someone with genuine concern for the participants and who is committed to using hypnotism for positive purposes.Continue Reading

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Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive

October 3, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Alan received a reply when he tweeted Tootsie Roll Industries about the local Tootsie Roll Drive:

@AlanCult Beautiful 🙂

— Tootsie Roll (@TootsieRoll) October 5, 2015

Mike with Knights of ColumbusAfter Augie and I finished breakfast at The Patio Cafe, we quickly went over to the Strasburg Convenience Store where we met Mike.

There was something strange about Mike. Maybe it was the large, warm smile on a cold, cloudy day. Maybe it was the bright yellow vest with huge red lettering. Maybe it was the unsolicited offer of Tootsie Rolls. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it…

🙂

Mike is a Knights of Columbus volunteer for the annual Tootsie Roll Drive to help people with intellectual disabilities. Someone from the group will be in front of the Strasburg Convenience Store from 7AM-5PM every Saturday in October. All funds raised will remain within the corridor (Bennet to Agate).

Kudos to Mike and the Knight of Columbus for their good work…and to the Strasburg Convenience Store for letting them stand out front!

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Late Night DXing/SWLing

October 3, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Kaito KA1103Kaito KA1103 at nightLast night’s backyard camping excursion with Augie gave me an opportunity to do some shortwave and long distance listening on my Kaito KA1103 hooked to a Sangean ANT-60 antenna. I live tweeted what I found:

https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/650159245741158400

https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/650160398457536512
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Cub Scouts Popcorn Schedule

October 2, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Cub Scouts selling popcorn in front of Hank's HardwareStill don’t have your Cub Scouts popcorn?! You haven’t missed out! Here is where they’ll be the next couple weeks:

  • Saturday, October 3 (12-6PM): Love’s Travel Stop
  • Saturday, October 10 (12-6PM): Love’s Travel Stop
  • Saturday, October 17 (10AM-2PM): Strasburg Feed
  • Sunday, October 18 (10AM-2PM): King Soopers

Now…if you can’t make it in person, you can still order online through Bear Scout Augie.

P.S. Thanks to all the business who have supported the Pack by allowing the to sell in front of their establishment. (The picture in this post is in front of Hank’s Hardware.)

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Happy Friday! (Thanks Strasburg Convenience Store!)

October 2, 2015 by Alan Leave a Comment

Happy Friday everyone! I worked from home today…which means I started by dropping the munchkin off at school…worked a little…and then had lunch with the greatest company ever…

My beautiful wife Michelle!

Strasburg Rocks! MugsI’m a big fan of the Strasburg Convenience Store‘s sandwiches (and it’s relatively close to where I live), so that’s where we buzzed over to…and guess what we saw?

These!

Thanks to Gary, the store’s manager, for being willing to carry Strasburg Rocks! 15 oz. Mugs! (I should also mention that he is selling them at almost $3 less than they cost in our Zazzle store.) If they do well we may come up with some other merchandise to help us celebrate this great town we live in.Continue Reading

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