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Reader: Colorado Tomato Battle is one juicy story

You say tomato, I say tomato -- either way, it hurts like hell when you're hit by a green one. And it smells worse when you're hit by a rotten one, as Natalie Gonzales learned when she joined in the Colorado Tomato Battle this past weekend. The event brought back...
By Patricia CalhounJuly 10, 2012
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You say tomato, I say tomato — either way, it hurts like hell when you’re hit by a green one. And it smells worse when you’re hit by a rotten one, as Natalie Gonzales learned when she joined in the Colorado Tomato Battle this past weekend.

The event brought back memories — not all of them olfactory.

Says Luis:

Having attended the Twin Lakes affair of yore, I truly enjoyed the coverage of this “controlled” mayhem. Suggestion: teams are good, a fort to siege is better!!!

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. 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 (probably for her bar tab). She’s 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, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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