Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Happy new year! And it’s happier still because 2012 won’t see the end of the world!

Latest Word scribes -- and the Westword office -- are taking today off, celebrating the fact that the world is not going to end in 2012, since local heroes at PeaceJam have revealed that people are misreading the Mayan calendar when they predict doom heading our way on December 21,...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Latest Word scribes — and the Westword office — are taking today off, celebrating the fact that the world is not going to end in 2012, since local heroes at PeaceJam have revealed that people are misreading the Mayan calendar when they predict doom heading our way on December 21, 2012. So there’s plenty of time to make your to-do list for the new year. For inspiration, read the bucket lists of Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock.

We’ll be back tomorrow morning to officially start 2012…Mayan prophesies willing.

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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.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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