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Pryor:Celebrate Unity | Guest Commentary
by John Pryor
Jun 20, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Since the Valley Floor fundraising success there is a different buzz in town. Have you felt it? It’s like a longtime logjam that suddenly let loose and the river’s balance has been found again.  Be...
Schultheis:God Save America | Dispatches
by Rob Schultheis
Jun 20, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If you scan the news carefully, you can find the damnedest things: like the fact that the U.S. just took another giant step toward declaring war on Iran. Over the past week or so, a variety of civ...
Goodtimes:On the Road, Yes, But In the Know, No | Up Bear Creek
by Art Goodtimes
Jun 20, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
JOE GOODE … The renowned choreographer director premiered his new dance piece, Humansville, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco (my hometown) with his award-winning performance ...
Shelton:If You Can’t Stand the Heat. . . | View to the West
by Peter Shelton
Jun 20, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Saturday was the first hot day of summer. I don’t know exactly how hot because our thermometer exaggerates in the afternoon this time of year. It was in the nineties, though. Hot enough. Mind y...
Shelton:If You Can’t Stand the Heat. . . | View to the West
by Peter Shelton
Jun 18, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Saturday was the first hot day of summer. I don’t know exactly how hot because our thermometer exaggerates in the afternoon this time of year. It was in the nineties, though. Hot enough. Mind yo...
Herndon:Wanted: Mail Carrier to the Moon | Dateline Wrights Mesa
Jun 18, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Grace Herndon After all these years, I figured our relationship with the Denver Post was solid. Here at the ranch, we’ve been subscribers since probably the early 1950s. Then last week we received ...
Goodtimes:On the Road, Yes, But In the Know, No | Up Bear Creek
by Art Goodtimes
Jun 17, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
JOE GOODE … The renowned choreographer director premiered his new dance piece, Humansville, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco (my hometown) with his award-winning performance ...
Pera:A Few Miscellaneous Topics | Musings of a Mountain Man
by Jack Pera
Jun 17, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Isn’t the Telluride Valley glorious in late spring when the aspens have first leafed out and you drive into the valley about 8 a.m. when the light is so dynamic? The terrific shadows that highlight...
McDaniel:Legal Beagles Beat Up Opponents, Umps on the Softball Field | Word on the Street
by Douglas McDaniel
Jun 17, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Word on the street is Telluride is one of the best places to get into law school. Not at Harvard. Not even Pat Robertson's Regent University School of Law, where graduate Monica Goodling, now a se...
Schultheis:The Canyons Go on Forever | Dispatches
by Rob Schultheis
Jun 13, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
I’ve been going out to the canyon country for over thirty years, since I first moved to Telluride; as soon as I discovered how close we were to the slickrock mazes, mysterious slots and lost alcove...
Goodtimes: Doing the Telluride Op-Ed Shuffle | Up Bear Creek
by Art Goodtimes
Jun 13, 2007 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
MOVING TO TUESDAY … Friday’s op-ed page has gotten pretty crowded with columnists Jack Pera and Rob Schultheis moving to the Watch. Dean of local columnists Grace Herndon also makes an occasional a...

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