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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.
TO THE KIDS — Montrose residents Nona Mayberry and Ron Smith
shared a toast Saturday during the Montrose Wine and Food Festival.
The festival raised money for the Black Canyon Boys and Girls Club,
Kid’s Aid backpack food program, and Voices for Children, a program
of Court Appointed Special Advocates. Since 2004, the festival has
raised more than $230,000 for local nonprofits that help children. (Photo
by Lu Anne Tyrrell)
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Expanded to three days this year, events were held on a closed-off Main Street.
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Spring Burns Planned …San Juan Kids Cavity Prevention Program Receives Oral Health Innovation Award
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Montrose turns down counter offer from first choice for city manager.
GET SET, GO! – Runners in the Black Canyon Ascent charged up state Highway 347, climbing more than 2,000 feet before they reached the canyon’s campground. Race Director Scott Shine said a record number of runners and walkers took part in the race that benefited the Montrose Community Foundation. (Photo courtesy of San Juan Runners Club)
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Black Canyon Ascent course records still stand
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LIFECYCLES
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Mountainfilm has a new, free, outdoor venue for the Saturday night Adrenaline show: it’s called Base Camp, aka Town Park.
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The first real wave of declining property values is showing its effect on the region and has taxing authorities working to reduce their budgets even further.
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The Ouray County Soccer Assn. offers a season wrap-up.
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BAGS ‘N BEADS — The Ramsey family checks out the We Bead Connected booth on the first day of the Montrose Farmer’s Market on Saturday. From left are Robert, with Robert Jr. peaking through the beads, Ian, mom Jodi and Mackenzie. Photo by Lu Anne Tyrrell
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Farmers Market and other events packed downtown Montrose last weekend
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Golden-mantled ground squirrels may be cute, but they can wreak havoc on a garden.
MOTION ON MAIN – From little girls giving a dance demonstration to folks just strolling, the first-time closure of a few blocks of Main Street last year gave added dimension to Main in Motion, the weekly summer festival. But city fees for closing the street have gone up ten-fold, and Montrose County is exacting higher new fees from food vendors, which board members say could be the end of the event. (File photo)
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Fee increases could mean the demise of the festival.
MEETIN’AND GREETIN’ — Rich Fike, right, founder of the Museum of the Mountain West, greets Abe Lincoln impersonator Chuck Richey and John Wayne, played by Ermal Williams, at last year’s Western Movies Days. This year the event, June 18-19, will be held all day at the museum on Saturday, June 18, and centered on Sunday afternoon around a performance of Grammy winner Lynn Anderson at the Montrose Pavilion.
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Songstress Lynn Anderson to perform at Montrose Pavilion June 19 for museum fundraiser.
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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)
