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DRS. NANCY KERR AND MARK HAUSWALD travel to Nepal in August with their life-saving postpartum device, courtesy of a Gates Foundation grant. (Courtesy photo)
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Gates Foundation grants $100,000 to Nancy Kerr and Mark Hauswald to research their invention, a simple yet innovative device that could influence women’s health in developing countries.
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Andy Mueller of the Colorado River Water Conservation District briefed the Ouray BOCC Tuesday (May 24) on a tentative breakthrough in Colorado’s decades-long water wars.
A PERFECT SOLDIER – Aki Ra (left), who has dedicated years toward recovering live land mines in Cambodia, and helping those impacted by them. (© Richard Fitoussi/Witness Photographic)
TELLURIDE MOUNTAINFILM 2011
A Perfect Soldier, the Story of Childhood Soldier and Now Activist Aki Ra
A Perfect Soldier, the Story of Childhood Soldier and Now Activist Aki Ra
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The extraordinary new film A Perfect Soldier has its roots in two chance encounters, one in Cambodia, the second at Telluride Mountainfilm.
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Equine herpesvirus has been detected in Colorado horses that attended a cutting horse show in Utah. Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel county fairgrounds are closed to all horses; horse show dates are ...
LOW WATER PLANTS – One way to save water is to plant native species, says Heather Gilliam of San Juan Nursery, such as ephedra on the left, globe caragana on the right, and various kinds of sage, in the background. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
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Up to half of household water goes to yards and gardens.
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SCENTLESS CHAMOMILE
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Successful control of noxious weeds requires proper identification, timing and technique.
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Telluride officials say that plans for a new municipal water supply could be delayed, but probably not stopped.
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Montrose County Planning Commission asks property owners to help mitigate selenium in the area.
CLASIC FORM – Ouray senior Geordyn MacDougall (center, between unidentified runners from Soroco and Dove Creek) led the pack in the finished third in Grand Junction in
100 m hurdles last weekend in Grand Junction. MacDougall qualified for the state championships in a school record 17 seconds flat. (Photo by
David Emory)
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The combined Ouray-Ridgway-Silverton-Lake City high school track and field team qualified a dozen athletes to the state championships next week in Lakewood.
DYNAMITE – The Telluride/Norwood track team. (Courtesy photo)
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Telluride/Norwood high schools are headed to the state track and field meet with a menacing reputation.
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Bob Gleason and Jen Morgan are UCSM’s Students of the Year for the 2010 school year.
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RIDGWAY – Eighteen teams from area schools competed for the top three spots in the San Miguel Power Association's16th annual Power of Knowledge Tournament at the Ridgway Secondary School on Saturda...
RESOURCE GALERY – Jill Rikkers (right) talked with downtown
Ridgway neighbor Heather Bussey at the new co-operative gallery on
Sherman Street. Practical art by Kelli Day (painting/collage), Phoebe
Sophocles (fabric), Rikkers (bronze tableware), and half a dozen others
fill the lively space. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Scott and Jill Rikkers have “gone out on a limb” to start a new co-operative gallery in the old Doc’s variety store space in downtown Ridgway.
David Homer, M.D.
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A 25-year veteran in the regional health care scene, Dr. David Homer has joined UMC as its Medical Director. Meanwhile, his Telluride Family Practice is slated to expand services.
QUILTERS UNITED — Longtime quilters Kristi Thaute, left, and Lori Zentmeyer, opened their Lady Bugz
Quilt Company last month because they were tired of driving an hour or more to get materials. The last quilt
store in Montrose closed more than three years ago. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
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New quilt store begins classes soon.
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Mountain Village will see a significant changing of the guard after its June 28 election.
TA-TA FOR NOW – John Wontrobski flanked by his wife Suzanne and daughter Sarah after his going away gathering at Rebecka Hall on Monday (Photo By Brett Schreckengost)
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After an Unexpected Career in Law Enforcement, Plans to Start Anew
STASH WISLOCKI at ‘Base Camp’ cinema in Town Park. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Mountainfilm unveils a new venue in Town Park called Base Camp.
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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)