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ART GOODTIMES – Onstage at the Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival in Carbondale, where he was named the first Western Slope Poet Laureate. (Photo by Ellen Metrick)
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Chosen for his inspiration to the poetry community and his demonstration of literary excellence in publications and performance.
Kay Hibl (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
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Jazz. Funk. Blues. Wine. Yoga. Paradise.
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Phase 1 of the restoration of the historic Colona School has begun.
NOW IT’S HAVEN HOUSE – The old Olathe Dormitory, as it’s long been known, is now officially Haven House, a new transitional shelter for homeless families in Montrose County. Applications are being accepted and up to 20 families will be moved in gradually. (File photo)
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Homeless families can start moving into new transitional shelter within weeks.
BOOK PARTY – Montrose author Hans Christian Hollenbeck signed copies of his recently published novel Highpoint at Horsefly Brewing Co. Tuesday night. The novel, which took nine months to write and nine years to get published, is Hollenbeck's first and tells the story of a man who had it all and lost it all – including the disappearance of his family – and his only clue is a letter written in blood. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
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Hans Hollenbeck, who grew up in Montrose and Ridgway, has been writing all his life, and at 31, has just published his first novel, Highpoint .
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The combined Ouray/Ridgway track and field team competed at the Bulldog Invitational in Hotchkiss last weekend.
VIGIL - A group of citizens gathered for a candlelight vigil held Monday evening in Elks Park. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride local and Esprit Travel guide Nancy Craft is spearheading this grassroots relief effort, aimed at alleviating some of the discomforts faced by Japanese children now living in shelters fo...
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Fourth Annual Ridgway River Festival Call for Food Vendors …American Cancer Society Relay for Life Events Begin in April … Big Game Meeting …Be Bear Aware this Spring…
…Gunnison Sage Grouse Festival
HAPPY HOUR – "The Peaks is Back!" declared its Director of Marketing Mike Hess, and the après ski crowd that gathered on the newly expanded west-facing deck off the Grand Room Tuesday would suggest he's right. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Both hotel occupancy and sales are up dramatically, and an après ski crowd has discovered the new Great Room deck.
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A $1.02 million block grant to Extra Air was tabled temporarily by the state Financial Review Committee last week.
TRAGEDY AVERTED – Emergency technicians from Silverton and Ouray tended to accident victim Eric Petranek beside his flaming vehicle 300 feet below Hwy 550 last Friday night. (Photo by Mike Gibbs)
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A flaming car wreck off Red Mountain Pass last Friday resulted in a dramatic rescue.
ON LOCATION – George Gage (left) and Eliza Slayman worked on the documentary Bidder 70 in Salt Lake City during Tim DeChristopher’s federal trial. (Courtesy photo)
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While celebrating the end of the year at the KOTO Street Dance, stop into the Steaming Bean and support a film that will highlight Tim DeChristopher’s acts of civil disobedience.
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The Norwood Ranger District has some interesting projects on tap.
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Cleanup of the former Newmire Vanadium Mill east of Sawpit finished last November and San Miguel County is impressed with the results.
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Larry Mallard brings business acumen and strong community ties to the Telluride Hospital District Board.
SKYWALKER – Gary Woods and his hot-air balloon ‘Skywalker’, seen here floating above Ridgway, have been invited to a first-ever balloon event in Monument Valley, April 2-3. (Courtesy photo)
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Balloon pilot Gary Woods was selected to participate in a first-ever Hot-Air Balloon Event in Monument Valley.
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Visiting skiers were found atop cliffs in the same area from which skiers were rescued in February.
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McHale, currently superintendent of schools for the Dolores RE-4A School District in Dolores, has worked in education for 21 years.
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New agreement stems from a disagreement over the 7.4 percent surcharge SMPA enacted last August.
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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)
