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| NEW Subtract One Day? Subtract One School? Add Five Mills? Part Five : An impressive first step towards great schools, but are we now dead in our tracks? |
Glenn Walsh | 3/11/10 |
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| NEW PAWSD Gets Called on the Carpet, Part Two : “Bill, if you eat up all that broccoli, we are going to allow your great grandson to have dessert someday..." |
Bill Hudson | 3/11/10 |
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| NEW Confusing the Big Box Issue, Part Four : Now the mayor was speaking up, for the first time, about his feelings about Referendum B... |
Bill Hudson | 3/11/10 |
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| PAWSD Gets Called on the Carpet, Part One : “I do not want our staff to be totally consumed by playing political theater with the County Commissioners..." |
Bill Hudson | 3/10/10 |
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| Confusing the Big Box Issue, Part Three : "But my suspicion is that no matter what we do, you’re going to be back in front of us..." |
Bill Hudson | 3/10/10 |
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| Confusing the Big Box Issue, Part Two : The Council, this morning, will consider passing the exact same ordinance, twice... |
Bill Hudson | 3/9/10 |
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| Colorado Tapped for 'Race to the Top' Award : "In all, only 15 states and the District of Columbia were named as finalists..." |
Special to the Post | 3/9/10 |
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| Confusing the Big Box Issue, Part One : I thought, gee, that’s pretty odd, since I had watched the Council vote, just the day before, to approve the wording... |
Bill Hudson | 3/8/10 |
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| Opinions & Editorials |
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| OPINION: A Sad Situation : Hello? Don’t you think your dog could fall off and get killed? |
Pam Slovak-Howard | 3/10/10 |
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| OPINION: Too Many Homes on the Range : Prices may vary widely, but these homes all have one thing in common: Nobody’s buying. |
Hal Walter | 3/9/10 |
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| OPINION: Uphill Battle for Colorado Republicans? : Then Ritter bowed out, and McInnis’ worst nightmare stepped up to the plate... |
Allen Best | 3/5/10 |
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| OPINION: Renewable Energy Requirements Bad for Economy : House Bill 1001 would mandate large utilities to get 30 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020... |
Rachel Boxer | 3/5/10 |
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| EDITORIAL: Magic Numbers of Ever Increasing Success, Part Two : Unfortunately, the “data” to which Mitchem was referring was shot full of magic numbers... |
Bill Hudson | 3/4/10 |
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| EDITORIAL: Magic Numbers of Ever Increasing Success, Part One : “The Town Tourism Committee recently performed an analysis on Lodgers Tax collections from 2007 until 2009..." |
Bill Hudson | 3/3/10 |
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| OPINION: How Will Our Schools Survive? : Beyond the required reading, writing and arithmetic, will children here be taught to plan and dream? |
Jen Jackson | 3/2/10 |
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| OPINION: A Modest School Funding Proposal : Sadly, at my daughter’s high school, only 10 percent of parents went to the conferences... |
Cynda Green | 3/1/10 |
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| Business & Real Estate |
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| Power Outage on Piedra Road : “With underground lines, it generally takes longer to find the problem..." |
Indiana Reed | 3/10/10 |
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| Parade Still Looking for Participants : The parade this year will be held at 4:30pm to better accommodate the children getting out of school... |
Mary Jo Coulehan | 3/10/10 |
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| Marketing Help is on the Way : Workshop prepares you to develop basic, enduring marketing and sales processes… |
Patsy Lindblad | 3/9/10 |
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| Good-bye, Amazon, My Friend : "Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado..." |
Bill Hudson | 3/8/10 |
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| Pagosa Lodge Re-opening Tuesday : "Basically, we just want to be more open and friendly — catering to the groups that are coming in..." |
Bill Hudson | 3/5/10 |
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| A World of Antiques, Denver : Guests will have the opportunity to view and purchase from over 150 art and antique aficionados... |
Becky Villano | 3/5/10 |
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| PAWSD, SOS to Show 'Water Wars' Film : This is not an environmental film, but rather it serves as a call to action... |
Mat deGraaf | 3/4/10 |
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| McAlister Appointed to First SouthWest Bank Slot : Jody will continue to build strong Personal and Business banking relationships... |
Special to the Post | 3/3/10 |
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| Friends & Neighbors |
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| NEW PET OF THE WEEK: Pearl : Don’t get me wrong, when I was a young whippersnapper I played a lot, too... |
Kathy Steventon | 3/11/10 |
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| NEW Daffodil Days Have Arrived : But, it is more than just giving beautiful flowers; it is Pagosa’s chance to fight back against cancer... |
Pati Helmick | 3/11/10 |
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| NEW LIBRARY NEWS: Card Carrying Users Wanted : Alert to patrons: You’ll need your library card from now on... |
Carole Howard | 3/11/10 |
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| 'Tempura' Cooking Class : As Tess says, tempura is very easy to make as long as you follow some basic principles... |
Special to the Post | 3/10/10 |
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| Bicentennial Graduating Class Skate-a-thon : The Century Committee’s goal is to raise funds to support a time capsule, planting of a tree, and painting a wall in the school... |
Jordin Frey | 3/9/10 |
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| Spring Break in Pagosa : We still have plenty of winter activities, including over 50 km of groomed Nordic trails, snowmobiling and more... |
Kimberley Siler | 3/9/10 |
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| Operation Cinderella : Women in the community are encouraged to clean out their closets and donate gowns... |
Mary Jo Coulehan | 3/9/10 |
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| PHOTO ESSAY: Little Black Dress Affair : Participants had an opportunity to win a $1,000 Gift Certificate to Happy Trails as well as other wonderful gifts... |
Jeff Laydon | 3/8/10 |
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| Arts & Entertainment |
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| NEW 'Open Shutter' Announces Photo Exhibit : Fifty-two photographers from four countries will exhibit their black & white, color, and alternative process photographs... |
Brandon Donahue | 3/11/10 |
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| Michael Martin Murphy Here March 22 : Songwriter Murphy and frequent stage partner, Fred Hargrove will perform in Pagosa Springs... |
Mary Jo Coulehan | 3/10/10 |
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| Flower Arranging Classes : With Jenny’s guidance, you will become familiar with color usage and floral combinations... |
Special to the Post | 3/9/10 |
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| Photo Club Meets Wednesday : The Pagosa Photo Club is pleased to present this month's program on "Still Life and Macro Photography"... |
Roxanne Schick | 3/8/10 |
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| Arts Council News : "There are some exciting events in the making which will involve the people of Pagosa..." |
Roxanne Schick | 3/8/10 |
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| Singer Siskind Appearing at Pub Works Tomorrow : “My parents were full-time musicians in the 1970s and I grew up surrounded by music..." |
Special to the Post | 3/5/10 |
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| Artist Network Promotes Pagosa Artists : This innovative marketing strategy has proven to be very successful to date... |
Denise Coffee | 3/5/10 |
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| 'Hearts and Minds' Poetry Corner Event Tonight : It’s really a question of what we are hungry for... |
Special to the Post | 3/4/10 |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| NEW Five-Year Review of DOW Fishing Regulations : Besides regulations, DOW biologists will examine biological and social data from state waters... |
Special to the Post | 3/11/10 |
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| RECREATION NEWS: Basketball, Nordic Skiing, Skate Pond : Rosters may carry as many as 15 players; players are eligible to participate if they will be 16 years of age or older... |
Tom Carosello | 3/8/10 |
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| Team Race at Wolf Creek Tomorrow : Sign up from 9:30-10:30am in the Raven’s Nest... |
Special to the Post | 3/5/10 |
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| Big Changes for Gunnison Elk Hunters : Beginning this year, archery hunters can no longer purchase over-the-counter licenses for Game Management Units 54, 55 and 551... |
Special to the Post | 3/4/10 |
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| Fun Race Results : Pagosa local Joseph Jordan captured the fastest time of the day once again... |
Kyle Schreiber | 3/2/10 |
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| 'Elk Camp Colorado' Video : "This video is a wonderful tool for helping people get started and teaching them to be more successful on their hunt..." |
Special to the Post | 3/1/10 |
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| Moonrise Nordic Skiing Tomorrow : Free MoonRise Soup and Cross Country ski outing this Friday, February 26... |
James Dickhoff | 2/25/10 |
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| Town Recreation News : The meeting will last about an hour and will address league schedules, game venues, rule changes... |
Tom Carosello | 2/22/10 |
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| Health & Environment |
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| Healthier Living : Participants in the classes have ranged in age from 40 to 89... |
Jodi Starr | 3/10/10 |
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| Skinny Worms & Olympic Skiers : For the fourth time in two years, they braved the acidic atmosphere that burns holes through T-shirts... |
Jennie Lay | 3/5/10 |
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| Drug-Free Anxiety Treatment : As most of you know, drugs are rarely ever the solution for treating the cause of mental health problems... |
Dr. Joseph Mercola | 3/4/10 |
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| OPINION: Dirty Air : “This assault on the Clean Air Act would put public health at risk and reverse efforts to hold polluters accountable..." |
Gavin Clark | 3/2/10 |
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| OPINION: Driving Into a Cleaner Future : Leaders and business owners tout plug-in electric cars as a 21st Century solution... |
Gavin Clark | 3/1/10 |
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| Heard Around the West : Thousands of homes have been foreclosed upon, and big desert developments remain mostly empty... |
Jonathan Thompson | 2/26/10 |
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| OPINION: Building in the Wrong Place : The TV camera slow-w-wly pans over a devastated landscape while a solemn voice describes the latest tragedy... |
Linda M. Hasselstrom | 2/24/10 |
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| Blood Pressure and Alzheimers : Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia... |
Dr. Joseph Mercola | 2/18/10 |
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| Religion & Philosophy |
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| UU Congregation Considers 'Hidden Ways' : "When 'too different' makes us 'too uncomfortable', we have difficulty finding the value and worth in others..." |
Special to the Post | 3/3/10 |
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| UU Congregation Considers 'Becoming Whole' : "A premonition that saves us from a disaster, or lets us know that a loved one is dying..." |
Special to the Post | 2/24/10 |
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| World Day of Prayer : Women of Cameroon have written the service around the theme: Let everything that has breath praise God... |
Sue Kehret | 2/19/10 |
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| UU Congregation Considers 'Growing Community' : "...working to build a more productive coalition of non-profit and community agencies for the benefit of the community..." |
Special to the Post | 2/17/10 |
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| Leadfoot Ruthie Gets Religion : Sunday Night Unplugged this weekend at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church... |
Special to the Post | 2/12/10 |
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| UU Congregation Considers 'Love' : "The love reflected in this campaign, as well as in the entire history of the UU religion, is an active force..." |
Special to the Post | 2/10/10 |
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| My Supermarket Superhero : “I can't stand to fly, I'm not that naïve. I'm just out to find the better part of me...” |
Cyndi Mitchell | 2/9/10 |
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| UU Congregation Considers 'Fate' : "Has chance played a role in your life? Do you believe in fate? What is your destiny?" |
Special to the Post | 2/3/10 |
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| Humor, Poetry, Fiction |
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| HUMOR: All the Brands We Love, For Less : Personally, though, I prefer not to consider these things carefully. That takes all the fun out of shopping... |
Louis Cannon | 3/8/10 |
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| HUMOR: The High School Mascot : ”But like I said, times have changed, and we’re having some issues around kids carrying weapons to school..." |
Louis Cannon | 3/2/10 |
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| HUMOR: 2009 Bankruptcy of the Year Award : Goldie was holding up the hand-lettered 3x5 index card, and smiling at BUYLESS owner Jessie Beyers... |
Louis Cannon | 2/1/10 |
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| POEM: Pyramidal Poesy for Nello's on Wednesdays : Dancers are enhancers... |
A. John Graves | 1/26/10 |
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| HUMOR: Corleone Incentive Plan Approved : Town makes New York Olive Oil Importer offer they can't refuse... |
Alistair Archuleta | 1/15/10 |
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| HUMOR: That Friendly Wal-Mart Gal : “Entertaining?” I replied. “Well, I don’t do much entertaining. I’m kind of a secluded bachelor type." |
Louis Cannon | 1/11/10 |
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| FICTION: A Drink with Santa : Santa turned his head slowly, and I saw a spark of recognition in his eyes... |
Louis Cannon | 12/29/09 |
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| POEM: War & Peace : But why is it just something that we talk and think about? |
A. John Graves | 12/28/09 |
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