letters to the editor

Thanks for Getting Our Kids Onto the Slopes
by Ski PE Coordinators
Dec 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Thanks to the generosity of KOTO...
Thank You TAR
by Kierstin and Quentin Strand
Dec 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The assistance from TAR is greatly appreciated and one of the wonderful benefits of living in this town.
You Could Be the Match to Save a Life
by Mandy White
Dec 09, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
I would like to thank everyone who registered to be a bone marrow donor this past weekend.  It will be a few weeks before we know if anyone is a good match for 6-year-old Max Scheutz.
Young People's Literature Celebration a Success
by Elizabeth Tracy, Youth Services Manager,Wilkinson Public Library
Dec 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I would like to thank the Ah Haa School, Between the Covers, Telluride Elementary School, The Mountain School, Taste Buds Catering, and The Hotel Columbia...
Tennis Club Thanks
by Eliot Brown, TMVTC
Nov 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
To the editor: The Telluride Mountain Village Tennis Club wishes to thank the Mount Village Owners Association for their support in helping to make our 2010 tennis season successful.  Their monetar...
Great Voter Turnout!
by Peggy Nerlin, San Miguel County Clerk and Recorder
Nov 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Thank you for making the 2010 General Election a huge success. San Miguel County has 4,408 active registered voters. Of those electors, 2,444 requested a mail-in ballot and our office re...
Thank You From Mt. Sneffels Education Foundation
by Stephanie Wallin, MSEF Auction Committee Chair<
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I want to extend a great big thank you for all those in the community that helped make the Mt. Sneffels Education Foundation Auction an amazing success this year. In these difficult econom...
Vote for Bennet
by G. Colby Allerton
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: By all accounts Michael Bennet is a solid, centrist Democrat, helping support and nurture Colorado: the diversity of healthy Coloradans, communities and beautiful mountains. 
Ken Buck seems...
Re-elect Bob Dempsey for County Coroner 
by Wade Davis
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: County Coroner Bob Dempsey did not seek the unpaid job when he was asked in 1981 by the County Commissioners to take the job.  He reluctantly accepted because the community needed it, and n...
Step Up
by Don Latham, Ridgway
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Politics: a word that puts a bad taste in my mouth even before I say it! I, probably like many of you, have left the ugly game of politics to others. I have shaken my head in disgust at th...
Ouray County Commissioners Take Issue With Calhoon’s Criticisms
by Ouray County Commissioners Lynn Padgett, District 1; Heidi Albritton, District 3; Keith Meinert, District 2
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: You recently printed a letter from Dave Calhoon criticizing the BOCC process of deliberation on revisions to Section 9, Visual Impact Regulations, of the Land Use Code. We value Mr. Calhoon...
Years of Experience Make Dempsey the Best Choice for Coroner
by Jenny Dempsey Botenhagen and Jim Botenhagen
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
What does the coroner job have to do with political parties? For us, it’s about keeping the person with proven ability and dedication in office. 
Think Before You Ink on Nov. 2
by Nancy Ball
Oct 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: In spite of the sounds bites that constantly bombard us, the language of amendments 60 and 61 and proposition 101 is not simple and straightforward. The Blue Books you have recently receiv...
Brooke-Hitching for County Clerk
by Fred A. Wagner, III, CEO, QuickDeck, Inc.
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Harley Brooke-Hitching is working for my company and I will be sorry to lose her if she is elected County Clerk. Her extensive skills, tact, tenacity and attention to detail have boosted t...
Mary Posta and Adult Stem Cell Treatment
by Mary Posta
Oct 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Well, it's been six months now, and I am still going strong. I've had no problems return after the stem cell treatments, and I believe in Aug., I was still receiving some improvement. I still have...
Six-Day Pass Too Pricey for This Senior Skier
by Teresa Specker
Oct 09, 2010 | 4 4 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: My family and I have been skiing in Telluride since 1973, only missing a few years between then and now, but not many. I have enjoyed the expansion of the mountain, the addition of the gond...
Vote for Steve Albritton
by Connie Theisen
Oct 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: As the election draws nearer I would like to encourage all Ouray County Voters to educate themselves about the positive qualities of Steve Albritton. I believe in him and think he would mak...
Wes Perrin, Your Voice for District 58
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: I have heard it said that it is hard to be a hero in your own home town. Among the very few who have risen above the tainted perceptions of familiarity is Wes Perrin. For over a decade, he ...
Ouray’s Barbara Peterson Gets Good News
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: Barbara Peterson, a 28 year Ouray resident, has recently received some very good news to celebrate – her breast cancer is in complete remission. Earlier this year, Barbara was shocked to fi...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
No Night Flight Promise Must Be Kept
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor: While attending a recent meeting of the Telluride-Montrose Regional Airport Authority (TMRAO), John Micetic advised that he and the Telluride Regional Airport Authority (TRAA), of which he ...

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