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What's with baseball players today and all their injuries? I say it has everything to do with their paychecks.
The July heat pushes anglers toward high country streams, if not for the fishing, for a good afternoon nap.

OLIVIA WHEATON at swim team practice in Town Park. (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
With swimmers qualifying for summer meets and making it into finals, the Telluride Torpedoes are seeing their most successful season this decade.

19TH HOLE – The Divide’s new 6,500-square-foot clubhouse has an indoor lounge, grill and kitchen, golf shop and, the Member’s Tower for 360-degree viewing of the spectacular surrounding landscape. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Divide Ranch and Club unveils its “Golf Stimulus Package,” including a Fourth of July special.
TELLURIDE GYMNASTS – Competed in Castlerock last weekend. Taylor Dahl, Justus Tudor, Masy Desmarais, Mikaela Balkind, Jessie Wayland, and Ping Taylor took part in the two-day event, with Dahl rocketing to a seventh place finish. (Courtesy photo)
Telluride’s young gymnastics team does well against Denver-area competition at Colorado Eagles State Meet in Castlerock.
ON THE MOUND – Telluride’s Lyons Brown prepared his next pitch at the Mets’ final game in Ouray last week. Despite some losses, the team seldom forgot to have a goodtime on the diamond. (Courtesy photo.)
Telluride’s 9- and 10-year-old Little League team ended their season last week.
MOUNTAIN LIMO HITTER Kyle Ballode rounded third base
after slugging a grand slam against Last Dollar during a game Tuesday evening at Town Park. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
A divisive battle erupts between women’s league giants Brown Dog and the Slammers, with the Slammers ultimately taking the win, 14-13
Colorado’s Habitat Stamp is no longer required to enter State Wildlife Areas, unless you plan to fish.
To coincide with the Mt Sneffels Half Marathon, a bike ride to benefit the Red Mountain Pass Group is being proposed.
WHAT PUDDLES? – Rainy, muddy conditions would not prevent local women from getting out on the ball fields Tuesday for their first softball games of the season.(Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Undeterred by the cold and rain, women’s teams carve out a pecking order in wet Tuesday matchups, while men’s teams look ahead to a busy pre-Bluegrass schedule, with B league games all day Saturday
Five Telluride tricksters competed in the state meet in Denver last weekend.

FIFTH PLACE JUMP – Ouray High School’s Scott Fedel cleared 6 feet, 2 inches at the state track meet last weekend, giving him a fifth place finish. (Photo courtesy Tammy Fedel)
All three athletes competing in the state track and field championships in Denver returned home with hardware.
Telluride High School Track Team members made their presence known at regionals, sending five on to state competition in Denver this weekend.
Despite team dissection due to AP exam scheduling conflicts for its varsity players, the young THS girls soccer squad put up good fight in State Playoff match last week on the Front Range
Three Ouray High School track athletes will compete at the state meet in Denver this weekend.

LADY DEMONS – Despite Tuesday’s first-round playoff loss, the Ridgway girls’ soccer team proved they could play at a high level of competition. (From left to right) Michal Fagrelius, Audrey Jossi, Rowan VanArsdell, Nicole Zaugg, Halli Benasutti, Lauren Gleason, Stine Austend, Louisa Clark, Sam Willits, Cory Hibbard, Christine Anderson, Rissa Robinson, Morgan Jossi, Willa Johnson, and Julie Sirotek. (Photo courtesy of John Clark)
The Lady Demons ran out of time in the state tourney preliminary round, losing to Evangelical Christian 1-0 Tuesday at Solar Ranch.

STATE BOUND – Ridgway’s Willa Johnson controlled the ball against a Pagosa Springs defender in Ridgway on April 24. The Demons won the game 2-0. (Photo courtesy of John Clark)
Ridgway hosts first-round game of state tournament Tuesday, May 5 at 3 p.m.
HOMEBOY – Michael Gardner wrapped up a stellar season, clinching second place at the Junior Nationals. The 17-year-old joins the Men’s World Tour next winter. (Courtesy photo)
Telluride Big Mountain Skier Michael Gardner takes it to the top.
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)

