letters to the editor
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 
| 2 
| 
| 2 |
After my recent loss, in a bid to become San Miguel County Commissioner, several people have approached to console me. There is no need to do that. While I did not achieve my goal, the campaign has...
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
As the former president of the Telluride Education Foundation, I'm proud to see the level of collaboration occurring through WE R-1, an organization including Parent Teacher Student Organization, T...
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
Seventy-four 3rd graders from Telluride Elementary School recently participated in an overnight field trip to Mesa Verde and the Anasazi Heritage Center to kick off our unit on the Ancestral Pueblo...
Oct 28, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
While recently at the Wilkinson Public Library, I noticed with alarm that the classical CD section had shrunk by about 50 percent, I estimated.
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |
I wanted to share with your readers what kind of a man our Sheriff Bill Masters is.
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
An intelligent citizenry of a great county deserves an intelligent, proven commissioner.
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
I praise the people, the electorate, of San Miguel county for their wise choice of Art Goodtimes, as their commissioner last term.
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
I am an Independent woman running to represent the people of Colorado’s third congressional district. I have owned a small business for seven years, and have seen an increasingly difficult economy...
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
Sometimes, in the course of a political campaign, we forget what really matters. We focus so much on our differences that we ignore what we have in common.
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
Energy Bully carries out his promised vendetta...
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
If elected, I will strive to balance the budget by stimulating our economy, which will increase revenues, and by working with County employees to reduce expenditures wherever it is feasible.
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
I'm very pleased to be able to express my gratitude and appreciation for the dedication and expertise of the emergency response teams who lost a sunday afternoon helping me after my accident.
Oct 21, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
Editor: What with the election and illness in the family, it’s been a challenging harvest at Cloud Acre. I’ve worked two weeks and only dug up three rows of spuds. I have 10 more to go. And the wea...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
Editor:
I’m voting for Dan Chancellor for County Commissioner. Judging by voter registration numbers and election results in recent years, San Miguel County is one of the most politically progressi...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
Editor:
What I love about election season in Telluride is that it is local and global all at once. We are fortunate that we can know the candidates and can have easy access to their opinions and v...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
Having been a San Juan County Commissioner for the past 12 years I am writing to thank San Miguel County for the very positive interaction between our two counties that I have experienced throughou...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
Editor:
I am supporting Dan Chancellor for County Commissioner.
Dan is a real progressive and a loyal Democrat, unlike Art Goodtimes who calls himself a Green while voting like a Republican.
A ...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
Editor:
Having been married to Dan Chancellor for 34 years, and having raised two incredibly successful sons with him, I can insightfully speak to the qualities of the man who would best serve San ...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 |
Editor: There is an important election coming up, and I will be voting for Art Goodtimes for county commissioner. Here are some of my reasons. As a true west end resident, he understands the divers...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
Editor: In December of 2008, as global financial institutions toppled and real estate prices plummeted, the County spent 4 million dollars on a dilapidated building at the west end of Telluride’s c...
photos
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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)