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My summer Pinhead Internship had officially started as I flew over the shallow turquoise waters from Nassau to the small outer island of San Salvador. San Salvador is the very first place that Chri...
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The big, black binoculars strapped to their chests are a dead giveaway. These folks are birders –all four of them. And they just happen to be friends of ours, so that’s how I keep up with what’s go...
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Telluride hyped itself as “The Town Without a Bellyache” not so long ago.
What’s happened? Two weeks ago Mayor John Pryor read the midyear State of the Town address, emphasizing our collective ...
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In a previous article I outlined the background for the Secondary School Gym and Music Room fundraising initiative. Since the initiative includes lots of fun activities we should appropriately cal...
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On Wednesday evening, Randy and Jen Charrette opened their Peak to Peak Bicycles in Ridgway for a Tour Party. As in, Tour de France Party. Only it quickly turned into the Tour de France Doping Par...
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DREAMTIME … Want to dream the future? Then mark your mid-July calendar next summer for the annual gathering of the New Age clans on Rodgers Mesa outside Paonia … www.dreamthefuture.org …
Tara Mil...
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“Well, it’s all right
Riding around in the breeze.
Well, it’s all right
If you live the life you please.”
– “End of the Line” by the Traveling Wilburys
Cecily gave...
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TELLURIDE – After the Town Council passed the first reading of the ordinance to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the Town of Telluride’s online comment box received ...
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Did you know that the new Ridgway Secondary School , inaugurated just over a year ago, doesn’t have a gymnasium or music room?
The new facility has been in use for a full school year n...
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Deoxyribose, a simple construction of carbon and hydrogen molecules, held together by hydrogen bonds to create the double helix that holds the key to all life. Deoxyribose is the basic unit of DNA;...
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HILLARY CLINTON … The Dem frontrunner for the presidential nomination accepted an invitation from NACo and spoke before several thousand county commissioners at the organization’s annual summer con...
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By Martinique Davis
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By Art Goodtimes
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By Gus Jarvis
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By Rob Schultheis
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
RATS’ NEST – A rack of demo bikes at last year’s Ridgway Area Trails (RAT) Festival in Hartwell Park. This year’s 3rd annual will again feature trail building and skills clinics, along with a new Friday beer-and-shorts film night at the Sherbino Theater. (Courtesy photo)
VOLUNTEER Linda Granzow worked twine through spent round casings at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
WARRIOR WIND CHIMES – Welcome Home Montrose staff Emily Smith painted ceramic part of wind chimes at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
BACK HOME IN TELLURIDE – members of Telluride’s Volunteer Fire Department helped move the Galloping Goose No. 4 back to its home next to the San Miguel County Courthouse on May 16. The railbus spent the last four years in Ridgway while it was refurbished. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
ROBERT JUSTIS (Courtesy photo)
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