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Visit the Brush News Tribune and The Fort Morgan Times for the most up-to-date news coverage. Search these sites for 'OneMorgan County' (no space between the 'One' and Morgan).

Conversation starters for friends and neighbors

Fort Morgan Times
August 19th, 2010

How is it that some people can only find problems, but others see the same situations as challenges? Not too long ago, The Times reported on a problem with new refugees` driving. Not only had some refugees had a number of relatively minor accidents, but one Somali refugee was killed in an accident because he did not understand how the highway system worked. There were those who claimed this showed that refugees should not be welcome in the community, and national anti-refugee groups who wanted to get their noses into our local concerns. However, local officials from the Fort Morgan Police Department, Cargill Meat Solutions and OneMorgan County quietly worked together to find a way to help refugees become better drivers. ...more...

Refugees pilot driver's ed classes

Fort Morgan Times
August 18th, 2010

Morgan County is piloting the very first driver's education course for refugees in Colorado.
Sunday saw Rob Evans and Leroy Dilka of Realdriving LLC giving classroom instruction to 16 Somali refugees in the first of four classes at the Fort Morgan Training Center. ...more...

Editorial - Communication seems simple, but rarely is

Fort Morgan Times
July 6th, 2010

Communication is the key, quite literally, to everything. Without the ability to communicate, we cannot share ideas, ask questions or have them asnwered, tell someone when we need help, or even begin to get anything done. Still, many of us in everyday life sometimes find it difficult to communicate effectively. We use a slightly imprecise word, or an inflection that inaccurately conveys our intentions or desires. We speak too fast, use jargon or slang, or fail to let the other party get a word in edgewise. ...more...

Intercultural communication: Not always an easy task

Fort Morgan Times
July 2nd, 2010

When people with different expectations about body language and customs meet, they can both feel uncomfortable. In an exercise to illustrate this, participants in the Intercultural Communications Training at Elaine`s Place on Tuesday took on the roles of outgoing, direct people and passive, soft-spoken people to experience that reality for themselves. ...more...

Culture more than clothes or traditions

Fort Morgan Times
July 2nd, 2010

A group of local people from various school districts and agencies came together Tuesday to learn about communication between cultures -- and they learned it was about more than just speaking the same language. It is important to remember that culture affects how people communicate, and culture is more than just how someone dresses or the tradition he or she follows, said Brenda Zion, one of the facilitators of the workshop and the executive director of OneMorgan County. ...more...

International Music Fest exposes world traditions

Fort Morgan Times
June 10th, 2010

From a kilt-clad Scottish bagpipe duo to a troupe of quick-legged Irish stepdancers, the entertainers at Saturday`s International Music Fest brought a variety of world traditions to Brush. The first group to take the stage was the Timberline Brass Quintet, a German polka band with members from Fort Morgan, Sterling and the Denver area. The group has been performing together for the last 10 years. ...more...

Guest View - Connecting cultures takes effort

Fort Morgan Times
May 25th, 2010

On Monday, April 26, OneMorgan County (OMC) hosted a Cultural Connections event called “Getting to Know Your Neighbor: A Somali Education Forum and Dialogue.” OMC describes Cultural Connections in the following way: OMC is dedicated to creating opportunities for dialogue and relationship-building where they otherwise might not exist. The Cultural Connections sessions include presentations and small-group discussions that cover a variety of topics. By offering Cultural Connections, OMC strives to provide opportunities for interaction of cultures and sharing of values by appreciating diversity. ...more...

Groups Discuss Cultural Challenges

Fort Morgan Times
April 30th, 2010

Members of the Morgan Area Ministerial Alliance and their congregations sat down with some local Somali refugees, as well as some Somali representatives from around the state, on Monday to try to bridge the communication gap....more...

Danes come to learn about immigrant affairs

Fort Morgan Times
April 30th, 2010

Denmark may be able to learn something from the way the U.S. and Fort Morgan handle immigrants and refugees. That was why more than a dozen Danish representatives came to Fort Morgan on Monday as part of the World Learning Visitor Exchange Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Citizen Exchanges. ...more...

Driving Class a First Good Step

Fort Morgan Times
April 19th, 2010

About a year ago, The Fort Morgan Times received a flurry of complaints about the driving abilities and habits of some of the immigrants in our community. These criticisms were not unwarranted — an inordinate number of immigrants, and particularly African refugees, seemed to be involved in traffic accidents. These mishaps, and the outrage they created among some local residents, seemed to reach a peak in the wake of an crash that claimed the life of one man and seriously injured several others after their car drove the wrong way on Interstate 76....more...

Immigrants Learn to Understand Driving

Fort Morgan Times
April 16th, 2010

A second session of the English as a Second Language driving vocabulary class is coming to a conclusion this week. So far, almost 100 people have taken and passed the class during two sessions. ...more...

County has long history of immigrants

Fort Morgan Times
October 29, 2009

Morgan County has had a remarkable history of waves of immigration over more than a century — but the newcomers were not always welcomed with open arms. ...more...

Festival provides variety of entertainment

Brush News Tribune
June 2, 2009

BRUSH, Colo. - A taste of all things international hit the landlocked City of Brush over the weekend as entertainers and performances inspired by cultures from all corners of the world came together at the Morgan County Fairgrounds for the second annual International Music Fest. ...more...

OneMorgan County now nonprofit organization

Fort Morgan Times
May 5, 2009

Revival of Cinco de Mayo is a success

Brush News Tribune
May 5, 2009

A little Hispanic flavor was added to the city on Sunday, May 3 during the first of what could be many Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Hosted by Brush, and according to City of Brush Administrator Monty Torres and the throngs of people and entertainers who gathered at the Memorial Park, the festival was a huge success. ...more...

Drivers Education Course

Starting August 15th

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