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Cagin:The Imperative of Survival | Local Perspective
by Seth Cagin
May 30, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the teams in a race to row the Atlantic, depicted in Row Hard, No Excuses, which was shown at Mountainfilm this past weekend, is a young British couple. The woman explains that the two of th...
Pera: A Valley Floor Playground Is Not Preservation | Musings of a Mountain Man
by Jack Pera
May 30, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Now grab your favorite toys, guys and gals and do-si-do. Push the pedals fast and hard, and around those wheels do go. We’ve got a valley that’s a tailor-made playground, so head right out and pro...
Cagin: The Troubles of Main Street | Local Perspective
by Seth Cagin
May 30, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Telluride Town Council deserves a lot of credit for forging ahead with a consideration of “horizontal zoning” even in the face of strong opposition from main street property owners and even sk...
Shelton: Is It Junk, or Historic Preservation? | View To The West
by Peter Shelton
May 30, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Two weeks ago, the Watch reported on Ridgway’s latest attempt to clean up its act. Town council, noting the proliferation of vehicles with expired plates scattered around town, proposed a new, or ...
Herndon:A Symposium Full of Memories | Dateline Wright’s Mesa
by Grace Herndon
May 30, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Arriving a few minutes early for Mountainfilm’s Friday Symposium on energy and sustainability, gave me a chance to browse the program, check the presenters, and settle in comfortably for what I kne...
Martson:On Getting Beaten Up in Public | Guest Commentary
by Ed Marston, former publisher of High Country News
May 30, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
In his May 4, 2007, “Up Bear Creek” column, Art Goodtimes wrote that San Miguel Power Association may have done the right thing by choosing to extend its contract with Tri-State for 10 years. He ar...
Schultheis: Two Double-Oh Seven | Dispatches
by Rob Schultheis
May 29, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
“Where there is no vision, the people peris h.” –Ezekiel It was inevitable, I think, that the deathblow to the American Idyll would be self-inflicted. What possible enemy, aside from ourselves, wa...
Goodtimes: Starting the New Year With Yet Another Loss | Up Bear Creek
by Art Goodtimes
May 29, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
CHARLIE & CHRISTINE … It’s hard losing Charlie, one of those iconic personalities in the county, familiar in Telluride as well as Norwood, a fixture at Mountainfilm, a legend among climbers and a...
Can We Rob the Peter Principle to Pay Paul? | Musings of a Mountainman
by Jack Pera
May 29, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The election is over and the result is conclusive: If one political party rules our government, corruption runs amok (power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely). Although far from having a...
Time for a Change | Dateline Wright's Mesa
May 29, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Grace Herndon As a certified Liberal, I’m thrilled with this month’s state and national Democratic Party election victories. But, I’m also troubled by the snide, name-calling, truly nasty rhetoric ...
The Great Telluride Nordic Utopian Ski Crisis | Dispatches
by Rob Schultheis
May 29, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the great pleasures of winter in Telluride is crosscountry skiing up at Faraway Ranch. No doubt about it, this is the best Nordic skiing to be found anywhere on the planet. The views are hel...

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