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Best Of The Weekend: Debates, Some History, And A Song That's Gone Everywhere

KUNC | By Jim Hill
Published October 1, 2012 at 5:08 AM MDT
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Fall has certainly found its way into Colorado. Turning colors and the impending Presidential Debate tell as much. Here's the best of weekend.

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Jim Hill
I’m not a Colorado native (did you know that "I'm from Missouri" means "I'm skeptical of the matter and not easily convinced?") but I have lived here for most of my life and couldn't imagine leaving. After graduating from Colorado State University, I did what everyone wants to do; I moved to the mountains and skied, hiked, and hid from responsibility! Our listeners in the mountains may know me from my time in Steamboat Springs and Vail or as the voice of the Battle Mountain Huskies Hockey team in Vail.
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