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Ever wonder what people say when you are not around? Well if you live in Telluride, now you can this cool blog Telluride Now pulls in all the Twitter posts that people are making about Telluride. Check it out and tell me what you think. Or if you want just text your thoughts on telluride to 627...
Sep 05, 2008 | 1 | 25 |
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By Gus Jarvis
“Dudes have a million ways of peeing on what they claim as just their own,”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Snuff
TELLURIDE – It took me one full bottle of wine to swallow Thursday evening’s main event at the Republican National Convention. It was John McCain’s big night in St. Paul and...
Sep 03, 2008 | 3 | 25 |
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By Gus Jarvis
TELLURIDE – The news of hit me early Friday morning, the day after Sen. Barack Obama’s more-than-memorable acceptance speech in Mile High. John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be is running mate this November.
Who the hell is Sarah Palin? I said to myself as I waite...
Sep 01, 2008 | 0 | 26 |
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I think that the town of telluride should put a ban on all gas powered mowers. Here is the reason why, ecomowers.com reports that "The average gasoline powered motor tested by the EPA emits in one hour the same amount of hydrocarbons that a 1992 Ford Explorer (an SUV people!) emits over 23,600 mi...
Aug 29, 2008 | 3 | 27 |
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By Gus Jarvis
DENVER – It was an evening of loud roars, tears, great music, and poignant speeches. It was Barack Obama’s night at Mile High and he, as well as everybody else in and around that stadium, was a mile high in Denver.
Carlos, Anne, Plum TV’s Jeb Berrier, and I started our journey t...
DRAMATIC ENTRY – Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton marched onto the floor during Wednesday's roll call at the Pepsi Center to suspend the convention rules and nominate Barack Obama by acclimation. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
Aug 28, 2008 | 0 | 28 |
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By Gus Jarvis
DENVER – It was going to be a day of formalities on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver with the formal roll call of each state delegation to cast their votes to nominate a Democratic candidate to run for President of the United States.
The evening befo...
Aug 27, 2008 | 1 | 23 |
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By Carlos Cagin
Before the convention started yesterday, Gus and I sat in the media pavilion outside the Pepsi Center watching the pundits on CNN. While previewing keynote speaker and former Virginia Governor Mark Warner and Hillary Clinton, the talking heads predicted that both Warner and Cl...
Aug 27, 2008 | 1 | 25 |
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By Gus Jarvis
DENVER – To save the Democratic Party and to save the country from another four years of the Republican machine, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in last night’s 20-plus minute speech at the Democratic National Convention did everything she could do to stitch up the tear in her party...
Aug 26, 2008 | 0 | 28 |
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By Gus Jarvis
DENVER – It’s 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Day two of the Democratic Convention. I awoke with my head in a heavy, scotch-ridden fog that I had received late last evening. Carlos and I had taken to the streets until 3 a.m. looking for some perspective on convention and Obamamania.
Did we ...
Aug 26, 2008 | 0 | 30 |
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By Carlos Cagin
This convention has been one of mixed emotions. Everyone seems to have taken in the historical significance of this next week. There are the most elevating moments of optimism and daunting displays of cynicism.
Such contradictions are intrinsic to a character like Barack O...
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BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_
ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013