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Peter Shelton
Since 50 is the new 40 and March is the new May, I guess it’s only natural that Halloween become the new beginning of the Christmas season.
Judging by the gift catalogues we’ve been ...
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Isn’t every New Year remarkable? For one thing, you get to celebrate another birthday (if you live that long). For another, you get to wipe the slate clean of everything that went wrong in the prev...
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Living in the San Juans, it is easy to become unimpressed with other mountains. Nestled in the box canyon at the San Miguel headwaters, Telluriders sleep at almost 9,000 feet and wake up surrounded...
May 28, 2007 | 0 | 6 |
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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 ...
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Little Cloe was about 10. She got a lot of ear infections as a child, and she caught a doozey that August while we were in France .
We had swapped houses for the month with a French family wh...
May 25, 2007 | 0 | 1 |
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The very last mistake that I ever thought I would make at my home was to be an unwitting provider to a young but timid black bear, two nights running last week. But the excitement and awe of the...
May 25, 2007 | 0 | 7 |
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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...
May 25, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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Rob Schultheis
Hopefully, by the time you read this, the elections will be over and the Right Side will have won. The big question, of course, is if control of Congress changed hands, and if light ...
May 25, 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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The land was ours before we were the land's...
– Robert Frost
Back in the summer of 1971, I worked as a researcher down on the Navajo Reservation, commuting from Boulder and spen...
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It may seem an odd time of year for U.S. ski team news, but I couldn’t resist these items in the headlines recently. (The ski team is, in fact, beginning its summer training schedule this week ...
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TOM SHADYAC … While it took several thousand folks to make it happen, including Mayor John Pryor, town elders Phil and Linda Miller, Jane Hickcox’s fundraising crew, and second-homer Meg Whitman, ...
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)
GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)
HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)
PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)
TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)
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