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Olympic patriotism runs deep in a boy’s Cold War mindset.
As in any competition, the Olympics will produce drama. NBC doesn’t need to produce more of it.
Ouray County Commissioner Heidi Albritton announced today (July 31) that she is resigning effective August 14.
Movement is a kind of meditation, though it may not qualify for a seat at the Telluride Compassion Festival.
The 2012 Colorado Rockies baseball season is a bust, but all is not lost for next season – if Dick Monfort would just fire the worst GM in baseball.
“The Telluride Institute is proud to welcome you to this year’s interdisciplinary festival and conference devoted to Compassion,” writes Telluride Institute Board of Trustees President Dan Collins.
If I were a Knicks fan, now would be the time to jump ship and buy a Brooklyn Nets jersey.
As the drama of the Tour de France plays out, author/cyclist Peter Shelton wins a Walter Mitty stage in the Tour d’Ouray.
In which a youthful rebellion leads to a falling out with the Trailfinders’ patriarchal founder.
For me, it’s always been a six-hour drive to Denver to satisfy my baseball fix but with the GJ Rockies just over an hour or so up the road, getting that fix will be even easier.
“Mom, it must be a celebration!” Elle said, wide-eyed, pulling my arm like an excited puppy.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
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

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