Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Thanksgiving dinner on the run: We brake for turkey jerky

Procrastinating travelers who had no time to shop for supplies on their way to grandmother's house for Thanksgiving dinner were in luck if they were driving Interstate 10 through southeastern Arizona. Dwayne's Fresh Jerky, a stop just off the road at Bowie, was selling both turkey jerky and dried cranberries...
By Patricia CalhounNovember 26, 2010
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Procrastinating travelers who had no time to shop for supplies on their way to grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving dinner were in luck if they were driving Interstate 10 through southeastern Arizona. Dwayne’s Fresh Jerky, a stop just off the road at Bowie, was selling both turkey jerky and dried cranberries.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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