Episode 34: Celebrating 150 years of agriculture, food and fun
08/01/22 • 32 min
Dave Moore chats with Scott Stoller General Manager of the Colorado State Fair about the 150th year of the fair.
Some favorites are back and there's some new additions to the fair. The sandcastle, slopper eating contest and Governor’s plate are back!
There are also several discount days to help you save a little money and still make memories at the fair:
- Fridays kids under 12 get in FREE
- Sunday, Aug 28 first responders get 50% off
- Mondays Seniors get in FREE
- Aug. 30 $2 Tuesday
- Aug. 31 One price Wednesday
Tap to learn more about the fair.
Host: Dave Moore Guest: Scott Stoller Editor: Carly Moore Music: Reveille
Dave Moore chats with Scott Stoller General Manager of the Colorado State Fair about the 150th year of the fair.
Some favorites are back and there's some new additions to the fair. The sandcastle, slopper eating contest and Governor’s plate are back!
There are also several discount days to help you save a little money and still make memories at the fair:
- Fridays kids under 12 get in FREE
- Sunday, Aug 28 first responders get 50% off
- Mondays Seniors get in FREE
- Aug. 30 $2 Tuesday
- Aug. 31 One price Wednesday
Tap to learn more about the fair.
Host: Dave Moore Guest: Scott Stoller Editor: Carly Moore Music: Reveille
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Episode 33: Medal of Honor tribute
Jim & Paulette Stuart speak to Dave Moore about the Medal of Honor. Pueblo is known as the Home of the Heroes but do you know the reason behind it?
Pueblo is known as the hometown of four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients – William J. Crawford – Army – WWII; Carl L. Sitter -Marines – Korea; Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy- Marines- Korea; and Drew D. Dix- Army -Vietnam.
To honor this history, The Pueblo Home of Heroes Association unveiled a new Medal of Honor Information Center for the Pueblo Convention Center Grand Hall. Dave Moore was part of the many contributors to the project.
It is designed to be a multi-generational interactive education tool. It will feature the uniforms, medals and stories of Pueblo’s four Medal of Honor recipients just like the original design however it now will tell the stories of Pueblo Veterans, promote patriotism and illuminate the sacrifices our military service men and women have made for their country.
In addition, it now will shows the viewers information about other military sites of interest in Pueblo, museums in the vicinity and places of interest in the downtown area.
Host: Dave Moore Guest: Jim & Paulette Stuart Editor: Carly Moore Music: J.B. Skelton
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Episode 35: Spicing up a tasty tradition
The Pueblo Chile & Frijoles festival is heating up for its 28th year in 2022.
Dave Moore chats with Duane Nava with the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce about the Chile and Frijoles Festival.
It's an event where many locals come to get their spicy staple to support Pueblo farmers; additionally, guests from other states come to get their yearly supply of chile.
He explains what you need to know before you go.
This year there will be hot air balloons accompanying the chile fest on the Riverwalk.
Starting Friday 7 p.m. a glow-in-the-dark hot air balloon festival.
Then Saturday and Sunday morning 6:45 a.m. the balloons will lift off weather permitting.
Admission is $6 despite your age however there will be a separate beer garden that those 21+ can enjoy with in the festival.
More information at the festival website.
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