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WINNER – Last week’s $6.2 million Lotto Jackpot winning ticket was purchased by a Montrose resident at Ridgway Conoco, who was on her way home from a soak at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool.
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Nora Duckworth of Montrose, co-founder of Western Colorado Friends of the Himalaya, has a few ideas about how to spend the $6.2 million Lotto Jackpot she won last week.
SMELLS LIKE FRENCH FRIES - A fire destroyed a shed used for processing and storing biodiesel on Liza Clarke's Ridgway ranch on Friday, Nov. 30. (Photo by Katy Trehal Ferguson)
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A fire totally destroyed an outbuilding used to process biodiesel fuel between Ridgway and Ouray last week.
CHOW DOWN - Mikey the cat greeted customers at the new Chow Down Pet Supplies pet store located at 202 Main Street in Montrose on Friday. (Photo by William Woody)
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The owners of the newly created Chow Down Pet Supplies host a grand opening Saturday for their new downtown store specializing in dog and cat nutrition.
BUBBLING OVER - Lindsey Jacobellis celebrated her snowboardercross victory at last year's Telluride World Cup. The Olympic silver medalist and seven-time X Games champion will be back for the 2012 event beginning Dec. 12. (File photo)
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Telluride’s December event is the first World Cup competition to bring skicross and snowboardcross together.
THE HISTORIC WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE has been undergoing renovation, thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Wright Opera House, who purchased the building for $500,000. (File photo)
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The Ouray City Council agreed this week to designate a small allocation of Lodging and Occupancy Tax dollars for the Wright Opera House.
ANGEL Baskets board member Barb Gross helped sort books prior to last year’s distribution. This holiday season, Angel Baskets will be operating out of a donated store front space at 129 W. Colorado formerly occupied by the Obama campaign’s local headquarters, brightening the holidays for over 200 financially strapped families from Telluride to the Utah border. (Courtesy photo)
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They may have started out as baskets, but these days, the beneficiaries of Telluride’s Angel Baskets program actually receive large overstuffed boxes filled to the brim with holiday goodies and nec...
KEEPING IT LOCAL - Shoppers searched for deals inside Fabula, a home and gift boutique on Main Street in Montrose, last Saturday morning during Small Business Saturday. (Photo by William Woody)
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"It was incredible. At times there was so many people that I didn't know if they would all fit," said Sonja Horn, owner of Fabula, a downtown home gift boutique.
HEALTHY FORESTS, HEALTHY ECONOMY - The state-of-the-art mill is the largest remaining lumber mill in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. It uses computer technology to optimize lumber output and has the capacity to cut 300,000 board feet of wood a day. (File photo by William Woody)
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Montrose Forest Products Manager Norm Birtcher gives a public presentation earlier this month on what the mill needs to survive.
SAFETY FIRST – Volunteer crossing guard Sara Ballantyne stopped traffic on Highway 62 at the Amelia Street intersection for Ridgway Elementary School first-grader Jade Marsoun, and her mom, Michelle Meeker, on Tuesday, as part of a new program to encourage kids to walk or ride bikes to school. Two fifth-grade students have also trained as Safety Patrol assistants. More volunteers are needed. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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With its new crossing guards and safety patrol program, Ridgway Elementary is encouraging kids to walk and ride their bikes to school.
TOP OF THE WORLD - Heidi Duce on top of her first 14her, Mt. Sneffels, two summers ago. (Courtesy photo)
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Ouray local Heidi Duce begins training full time at Copper Mountain Resort next month in hopes of qualifying to become a part of the first-ever USA Women’s Paralympic Snowboarding team.
FINE FEATHERS - Patamoi Anglers fly shop co-creator Paul Nogueira works on a fly in the shop at 1246 E. Main Street in Montrose. The shop is sponsoring fly-tying clinics Dec. 1 and Jan. 19 with a couple of world-class anglers. (Photo by William Woody)
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Montrose fly-fishing shop, Potamoi Anglers, will host two master fly-tiers for classes in December and January.
DONATION DAY - Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club rider Lucas Foster enjoyed his first day jibbing through the terrain park on the annual donation day where all lift ticket proceeds benefit the club. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Skiers and snowboarders celebrate the start of the Telluride Ski Area’s 40th season this week, with the 2012-13 ski season officially beginning Thursday, Nov. 22.
SUPER SHOPPING FRIDAY-SATURDAY – Montrose Downtown Development Association Executive Director Scott Shine addressed the Montrose City Council Tuesday evening urging the council to show support this weekend as the Montrose City Tree lighting is Friday evening and Small Business Saturday is also this weekend. (Photo by William Woody)
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Citing public health safety, economic well being and the preservation of peace, the Montrose City Council Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of city ordinance 2309, a temporary moratori...
TOP RUNNER – Pia Falkowski found her pace amidst fellow cross-country competitors, and earned a place of honor on the Ouray High School cross-country team. (Photo by David Emory)
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The San Juan Basin League recognized two Ouray High School athletes and one OHS coach in its fall sport All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-Conference lineup.
CLOTHING DRIVE – Volunteers (from left to right) Anneliese Riebel, Elizabeth Long, Penelope Gleason and Tree Cooper picked up donated warm clothing in front of Paragon Sports on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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It’s not too late to donate items for the warm clothing drive.
MONTROSE MUSIC owner Ken Crombie sat in his store's showroom Monday afternoon. (Photo by William Woody)
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Owner Ken Crombie opened the doors of Montrose Music in late July, and has been hard at working tearing down the walls to access an adjacent vacant space for the creation of music classrooms and a ...
STILL NO GO – Some of the Telluride Ski Patrol's veteran patrollers got back to work on the ski area this week, in preparation for Donation Day on Wednesday, November 21. Citing worker safety and other concerns, Telski and the Forest Service will not allow public access on ski area slopes until the lifts open. (Courtesy photo)
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A local petition to manage uphill hiking and skiing makes the rounds, but the Telluride Ski & Golf Company “feels strongly” that closures stay in place.
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Is the Colorado Rockies Owner/Chief Executive Officer Dick Monfort being cheap or does he really have faith that Walt Weiss, who was named the Rockies new manager last week, can turn this fledgling...
URANIUM TESTIMONY - Janet Johnson grew up in Grand Junction during the uranium boom of the 1950s and testified Monday that, "The real legacy of the uranium industry is one of human devastation and economic collapse. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Monday promised to hold some fireworks, as dozens of members of the public made their way to tiny Nucla from across the Western Slope to express their very strong opinions on the matter of whether ...
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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)
