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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 w...
May 10, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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I say to hell with lemonade – bring on the hot chocolate, hot toddy, whatever. It’s the first week in May. Bone-chilling cold. It’s gray, a very dreary, gray. Cold fog hangs over the fields, maybe...
May 10, 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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A significant challenge has been met. This week, Valley Floor Preservation Partners (VFPP) transferred to the Town of Telluride Open Space Fund $24,300,000 for the purpose of purchasing the Valle...
May 10, 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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Just the other day I saw a load of folks hanging around the Free Box, including people in their trucks looking on, waiting for something to happen.
Word on the street is that it’s a hangout for ...
May 10, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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QUIET COMMOTION … If this group is making a ruckus, they’re doing so in service to a notion of quiet on our public lands. A raft of hikers, bikers, kayakers, hunters, anglers, and birders ...
Apr 29, 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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Residents of Telluride are so preoccupied with the War of the Floor that we may scarcely notice that the residents of Mountain Village are on the verge of a civil war of their own. The flashpoint ...
Apr 29, 2007 | 0 | 2 |
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TALKING GOURDS … Off season wasn’t completely off this past weekend, as Gourdsters from all over Colorado and New Mexico converged on Telluride for three days of hip-hop, slam, spoken word an...
Apr 29, 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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The word on the street is the weather is weird.
What’s so weird about it, O Chicken Little?
What is weird about it was our series of late-season storms as wave upon wave of Pacific- -to-Jet-St...
Apr 24, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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This seems so obvious: The guy was psychotic. He was paranoid, delusional and agitated. The mystery is not why he decided to kill himself and take 32 people with him. Some people snap and become vi...
Apr 24, 2007 | 0 | 13 |
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Four San Miguel area residents hold seats on the San Miguel Power Association’s Board of Directors: Telluride’s Wes Perrin, Tony Forrest for the Mountain Village, Placerville’s John Arnold and Redv...
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PERFORMANCE POETRY … Recently I had a reviewer of my new book of poetry start out her critique upset that I identified myself as a performance poet. “Quite enough to cause some perspective readers ...
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
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By Gus Jarvis
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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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