What parents should know about the conflicting news on school food
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What parents should know about the conflicting news on school food
January 27, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments

The very same week we learned about the push to ban trans fats from Colorado school food, both at lunch and in before- and after-school snacks, another study asserted that junk food in school vending machines has no impact on students’ weight or obesity levels.
It’s confusing. Kind like all the conflicting studies about coffee [...]

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Protective parenting faces new highs and lows with technology
October 1, 2011 – 7:00 am | 5 Comments
Protective parenting faces new highs and lows with technology

In the 21st century, parenthood and paranoia often walk hand in hand.
For some, the blessed event is followed by high-tech surveillance — a monitoring system tracks the baby’s breathing rhythms and relays infrared images from the nursery. Toddlers and grade schoolers can be equipped with GPS devices enabling a parent to know their location should [...]

Frisco opens spectacular Peninsula Bike Park
October 1, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Frisco opens spectacular Peninsula Bike Park

Summit County took another step toward becoming a world capital of action sports when the Frisco Peninsula Bike Park opened last weekend.
The park’s three flow trails and pump track anchor a sprawling $6 million playground that includes a day lodge, mountain bike trail, disc golf course, pickleball court, Nordic skiing track, tubing hill and skateboard [...]