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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
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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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At tri-county government meeting, US Forest Service planners explain that organization's third try this century at pushing through a new and improved Strategic Planning Rule/Colorado Roadless Rule…...
Bob Pistor
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Fire Chief Bob Pistor, in a surprise move, sent a letter of resignation letter to the board.
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Telluride Academy gains funding, training for children with disabilities.
FOND FAREWELL – Outgoing Telluride Schools Superintendent Mary Rubadeau was presented with a Community Service Award at Tuesday's meeting of Telluride Town Council. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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New regs for “pot shops”…Marshal says crime on the upswing…
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The previously undefeated THS girls soccer team loses in the first round of the state tournament.
Tahoe extreme Athlete Allison Kreutzen touched many in Ridgway and Ouray. (Courtesy photo)
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Beloved Ridgway/Ouray nurse/adventurer Allison Kreutzen died April 26, with her boyfriend Kip Garre, in an avalanche in California’s eastern Sierra.
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Teaser: A judge in Montrose told the Montrose County commissioners and the board of trustees of the Montrose Memorial Hospital to go back to negotiations to solve their differences.
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Lady Bugz opens...WISE women scholarships go to HIll, Johnson...THS graduate Childs awarded for work with INTERPOL.
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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)