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Community leaders in Ouray will add their voices to a new regional health care discussion next Thursday.
STATE CHAMP – Montrose High School senior Geordon Hudson was named the Colorado Class 4A 145-pound state championship this past weekend. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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Along with the first place finish for Georgon Hudson, Montrose High Finishes Fifth at State Wrestling Tournament.
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Two of the five participants in the Sept. 6-7 Norwood home invasion – Brisa Felix-Gonzales and her husband, Juan Carresco-Lopez – plead guilty to felony charges.
IPHONOGRAPHY – This installation, titled “Light Impressions: A Celebration of iPhone Photography,” featuring iPhone photographs taken by 40 artists, goes on display at the Palm Theatre next week, for the two-day TEDxTellurideLive event, Feb. 29-March 1. (Courtesy photo)
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TEDxTellurideLive simulcast screens at the Palm Wed., Feb. 29-Thursday, March 1
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Food safety classes…Radon Awareness Class in the West End…Skin cancer screening clinic honors Gary Wright…Top Gear America Features Ouray County.
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Montrose County’s application was different from others submitted to the state, but perhaps it more closely followed the guidelines.
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The only question left: Who’s going to be the headliner?
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Montrose Downtown Development Authority businesses, property owners and residents are invited to learn about a new Plan of Development.
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<b>BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN</b> – Former Telluride resident Daniel Fulton, seriously injured in a December 2010 collision with a tree while snowboarding, returned to Telluride Mountain Saturday, with the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride Adaptive Sports Program provides recreational opportunities to disabled veterans this week during its Winter Adventure Camp.
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Ridgway’s Town Council ratified its Comprehensive Plan and Parks and Trails Plan at last week’s meeting.
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Telski CEO Dave Riley argues that a tax on tickets would not be equitable.
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Montrose Rec District is going after a GOCO Grant to fund field improvements, a sensory playground, river trails and an adult fitness area at Ute and McNeil parks.
DONATION – The Western Slope 4-Wheelers Association presented San Juan County officials with a $625 donation for the Alpine Ranger Project at the U.S. Forest Service office in Delta on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Hinsdale County received an identical donation last Friday. Pictured from left: San Juan County Administrator William Tookey, San Juan County Commissioners Ernie Kuhlman and Pete McKay, and 4-Wheelers land use representative Ken Emery. (Courtesy photo)
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Four-wheel enthusiasts are helping keep a backcountry ranger program chugging along.
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Nate, Hilary and Ben Soules
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A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, at 12 p.m., at St. Patrick’s Church, for Nate Soules.
BEYOND PEAK OIL – Wayne Pandorf of Ouray spoke to a full house at the Ridgway Community Center last week about the Transition Towns movement and its ideas for sustainability and flexibility in a world that will rely less and less on fossil fuels. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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A five-year-old movement begun in England, Transition Towns has inspired over 160 communities worldwide, including Boulder and Bayfield, to become more sustainable and more flexible.
LIEFELONG DEMOCRAT Mike McLachlan, a former Durango District Attorney, made his candidacy for House District 59 official last Thursday. (Courtesy photo)
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J. Paul Brown will face a fierce battle against a Democratic candidate in November. The question is, which one?
GREEN PARTY – Commissioner Art Goodtimes announced last week his plans to run for his fifth term as San Miguel County Commissioner. (Courtesy photo)
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District 3 San Miguel County Commissioner says the county has done a responsible job and considering the difficult economic times, the county remains in great shape.
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<b>STREET THEATER</b> – Protesters from the North Fork Valley brandished signs calling for a moratorium on natural gas leasing in Delta County. Twenty-two parcels comprising 30,000 acres near the towns of Paonia, Hotchkiss and Crawford have been nominated for the Aug. 9 sale. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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With the theme “Don’t Frack the Fork,” protesters from the North Fork Valley gathered in Montrose to protest oil-and-gas leasing in Delta County.
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<b>DISTRICT 3</b> Commissioner candidate Don Batchelder (with wife Patty Bennett) has served as commissioner before, as well as mayor and town manager of Ridgway. He is running again, he says, because he misses the “mental stimulation” of tackling Ouray County’s ongoing challenges. (Courtesy photo)
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Two Republicans announced last week that they will seek their party nomination to run for Heidi Albritton’s term-limited county commissioner seat.
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BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_
ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013