Jay Tolman News Today

By JIM SPEHAR

It began as a simple trip to North Carolina to take my brother a painting that had hung in our grandmother’s dining room. The picture had wound up in western Colorado 20 years ago when my Dad moved to Grand Junction, after the death of my Mom. My brother mentioned last year that he loved that painting, so I thought it would be appropriate to get it to him for his milestone birthday at the end of April. A road trip seemed the best way to ensure this emotionally significant work would arrive...