TIMES-CALL: EDITORIAL

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A SCHOOL

Workers pour concrete for the east entry stairwell at Elementary School No.26 at the corner of Meller Street and Telleen Avenue in Erie on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Workers pour concrete for the east entry stairwell at Elementary School No.26 at the corner of Meller Street and Telleen Avenue in Erie on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Workers pour concrete for the east entry stairwell at Elementary School No.26 at the corner of Meller Street and Telleen Avenue in Erie on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

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SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, VERY SERIOUS

Adele Reester, left, listens as John Creighton, center, discusses negotiations between SVVSD and the teachers union at the Bernard Lyons Gaddis & Kahn Law Office in . (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

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THE MECHANICS OF BEING A MECHANIC

Dan Holliday works for Zach’s Transmissions and 4×4, one of two local automotive shops doing well in a tough economy. Holliday has been with Zach four months, but has been a mechanic for four years. Photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

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ST. VRAIN VALLEY BAND NIGHT

Mead High School practices prior to their performace at the St. Vrain Valley school district Band Night held on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Willy Wonka leaves the stage after his chocolate factory band, also known as Silver Creek High School, performed at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Lyons High School started off the evening at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night, leading the crowd into Star Spangleled Banner with bagpipes on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Willy Wonka led his chocolate factory band, also known as Silver Creek High School, in their performance at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Estes Park High School performs their theme, Cirque Du Soleil, at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Frederick High School, AKA The Blues Brothers, perform at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Frederick High School, AKA The Blues Brothers, perform at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Willy Wonka led his chocolate factory band, also known as Silver Creek High School, in their performance at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory band, also known as Silver Creek High School, performed at the St. Vrain Valley Band Night on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, at Everly-Montgomery Field, Longmont.

(Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

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THE DAYS OF THE LONGMONT FLOUR MILL ARE OVER

Walls still stand as demolition continues in effort to take down the 94-year-old Golden West Flour Mill in Longmont on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 5, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

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RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE

Chief Technology Officer, Ieia Lossev, and Director of Product Development, Sergey Rudenko of Parascript, LLC discuss image analysis software that’s used in medical imaging, postal and payment automation, fraud detection and forms processing. Photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)

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FARM HANDS

From left to right: Tim Oakes, Jason Allen, and Hunter Teets join forces early Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 to pick vegetables at Stonebridge Farm in Lyons, CO. Stonebridge runs a shares program for distributing the produce they have grown for years. "This is my other world," says Oakes, a geography professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Jessica Villanueva/Times Call)

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CROP CIRCLES

Fritzler Family Farms create a new design in their corn maze every year. This year was in honor of their son who just joined the military. Photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (Jessica Villanueva/Times-Call)