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| NEW Dry Gulch: 20/20 Hindsight About 35,000 Acre Feet? : The difference a year makes, and the difference it doesn’t |
Glenn Walsh | 5/16/08 |
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| Landslide on East Fork Sparks Emergency Planning : A slow-moving landslide has temporarily cut off access to upper East Fork of the San Juan River recreational areas |
Bill Hudson | 5/15/08 |
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| Town Council to Discuss Impact Fees Today : The most damaging fees, according to industry representatives, have been the combined water and sewer fees |
Bill Hudson | 5/15/08 |
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| Springs Resort Sketch Gets Planning Commission Okay : One thing that stood out on the overview drawing was the massive amount of required parking |
Bill Hudson | 5/14/08 |
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| Town Clean-Up Week in Progress : This is a free event to help clean up our town and make it look its best, for summer visitors and residents alike |
Mary Jo Coulehan | 5/14/08 |
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| Regional Parks Plan Adopted : Unprecedented regional plan adopted by both Archuleta County and Town of Pagosa Springs |
Michael Whiting | 5/14/08 |
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| Pagosa Mountain Hospital in Critical Condition, Part Three : Pruitt and Ford both urged the board to continue with Johansen and Mozer as the interim administrative team |
Bill Hudson | 5/13/08 |
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| Squishy Numbers and Moving Targets : Even though the County ended 2007 with deficit fund balances, it also ended the year with net money in the bank |
Mike Stoll | 5/12/08 |
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| Opinions & Editorials |
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| EDITORIAL: The Prodigal Son of Downtown Development : “Why have you never thrown a feast in MY honor? I was here all this time, following your orders...” |
Bill Hudson | 5/15/08 |
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| EDITORIAL: Water and Gold : Please note, the operative word here is “speculating" |
Bill Hudson | 5/12/08 |
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| OPINION: Monsters on a Greyhound Bus : But unlike our Greyhound drivers, when the sun came up, we passengers turned back into human beings |
John Egan | 5/12/08 |
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| OPINION: Humane Society Clarifications : No, I did not ask Robbie Schwartz for an interview; I didn’t write articles, I wrote letters to the editor |
Sarra Rexroad | 5/6/08 |
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| EDITORIAL: Town Council Meeting Preview : New sewer charges, old controversies, negotiations in hot water, curious continuities, and a bridge too far |
Glenn Walsh | 5/5/08 |
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| OPINION: Guns, Guts and Cold Dead Fingers : I will give up my dog when you pry my cold dead fingers off his collar |
Ed Quillen | 5/2/08 |
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| OPINION: The Case for Home Rule, Part Two : Home Rule Committee will begin circulating a petition on May 9 to place the Home Rule question on the ballot |
Teddy Herzog | 4/29/08 |
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| OPINION: Attack of the Talking Heads : I cannot speak for my fellow committee members, but I personally have never spoken to the Sheriff |
Mike Thomas | 4/29/08 |
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| Business & Real Estate |
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| Deadline Approaching for Hanging Basket Orders : All baskets will come with fertilizer so that you can tend your flowers all summer long |
Mary Jo Coulehan | 5/15/08 |
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| Heard Around the West : “We don’t need 5,000 more illiterate peasants in the state of Colorado" |
Betsy Marston | 5/15/08 |
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| CenturyTel Donates to Education Center : CenturyTel contributes $10,000 to Archuleta County Education Center’s telecommunications project |
Heather Stipetich | 5/14/08 |
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| Local Boy Gets His Arms Around Yoga Pagosa : Stan Woodman and his wife Gina are the new owners of Yoga Pagosa |
Cory Warden | 5/14/08 |
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| 8th Annual Pagosa Fiber Festival : Mark your calendar for Memorial Day weekend – Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25 — and plan to bring the family |
Pauline Benetti | 5/13/08 |
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| County Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday : Meeting will consider a request to remove the Tree Tops of Pagosa, PUD from the table, to continue public discussion |
Barbetta Suttles | 5/12/08 |
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| Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday : Archuleta County Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at 6:00pm |
Barbetta Suttles | 5/9/08 |
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| San Juan Dental Hygiene Anniversary : First anniversary celebration tomorrow at the "Little Blue House on the River" |
Special to the Post | 5/8/08 |
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| Friends & Neighbors |
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| NEW Historic Cleanup at Harman Park : Volunteers are appreciated from 9am until 2pm on the 17th to clean up in and around the historic old buildings |
Bruce Andersen | 5/16/08 |
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| Tisket-A-Tasket, A Seeds of Learning Basket : Fundraising event takes place this Saturday, May 17 at the Pagosa Springs Community Center |
Ann Bubb | 5/15/08 |
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| Tri-State Car Meet Saturday : These collectable Corvairs, built between 1960 and 1969 were mass produced having air-cooled rear engines |
Mary Jo Coulehan | 5/15/08 |
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| PET OF THE WEEK: Bob-Cat : A beautifully handsome fella that loves to roam and chase mice. |
Kathleen Steventon | 5/15/08 |
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| Locals Featured in Film : Documentary “Heart and Soil” will be shown at the Liberty Theatre on Monday, May 19 at 6:30pm |
Abby Linzie | 5/14/08 |
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| No Fines Work Fine at Sisson Library : “No fines” policy for overdue library books extended by Director Welch |
Carole Howard & Library Staff | 5/14/08 |
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| PAGOSA PAST: Coaching Junior High, Part Two : We would let the other team get over the half court line and then we would press them from that point on |
Jerry Driesens | 5/13/08 |
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| PAGOSA PAST: Coaching Junior High, Part One : When basketball season came around , I had ten players, and some great core kids for my starting five |
Jerry Driesens | 5/12/08 |
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| Arts & Entertainment |
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| Pianist Graves in Kids' Concert : A star-filled evening concert featuring children from area schools will be performed at the Community Center next Monday |
Special to the Post | 5/15/08 |
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| Springs Theatre Plans Full Summer Season : Three-show season will run from June 13 through August 16, will feature two melodramas and a "radio variety hour" |
Special to the Post | 5/15/08 |
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| Couples and Line Dancing Friday : Bring your music request, both artist and song for the DJ |
Michelle Jamison | 5/15/08 |
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| Belleville Outfit Serves Unique Mix : Pagosa Folk 'N' Bluegrass Festival act has already solidified itself as a tour-de-force |
Crista Munro | 5/14/08 |
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| Writer Lenard-Cook to Offer Fiction Workshop : Literary Salon in Pagosa Springs at moonlight Books features award winning author Lisa Lenard-Cook |
Leanne Haase Goebel | 5/14/08 |
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| Two Basket Weaving Workshops with Pat Jeffers : Limited openings left for August workshops to be held at the Community Center in Pagosa Springs |
Roxanne Schick | 5/13/08 |
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| High School Art at PSAC Gallery : All of the students exhibiting were award winners at the 2008 Intermountain League Art Competition |
Roxanne Schick | 5/12/08 |
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| PSAC Receives Grant from EPYCS : Pagosa Springs Arts Council is pleased to report that they have received a generous contribution of a $600 grant |
Special to the Post | 5/12/08 |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Volleyball 4 Fun Aims at Junior High Kids : Due to the large turn out, varsity team players will be encouraged to volunteer coaching |
Michelle Jamison | 5/15/08 |
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| Angler's Roundtable Set for Durango Area : Aquatic biologist from the DOW will discuss a variety of topics |
Joe Lewandowski | 5/14/08 |
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| Recreation Facility Analysis Underway : Major change proposed for the Pagosa Springs Ranger District is to permanently close the Wolf Creek Campground |
Ann Bond | 5/13/08 |
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| Baseball Assessments Start Tomorrow : The draft for the 9-10 and 11-14 divisions will be held Thursday, May 15 at 6pm. in Town Hall |
Tom Carosello | 5/12/08 |
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| Youth Tennis Registration Next Week : This year's program will again be conducted at Wyndham Resorts by pro Dale Schwicker |
Tom Carosello | 5/9/08 |
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| Durango Plant Identificaton Walk : Join Calida Maischoss on a beautiful medicinal and edible plant walk on Saturday, May 17 |
Gabi Morey | 5/9/08 |
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| Sheep Creek Bridge Update : In high water, the planking and wires of the bridge and captured debris may not be visible |
Phyllis Wheaton | 5/8/08 |
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| International Migratory Bird Day : "Birders" are heading outdoors in droves to celebrate spring and the return of migratory birds |
Special to the Post | 5/6/08 |
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| Health & Environment |
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| A Beekeeper Hopes for the Best : Each of the hives has a different story, similar to the lives of the people around my family |
Eric Hein | 5/14/08 |
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| Feeding Time : I arrived at the refuge a strict vegetarian, squeamish about meat |
Will Rounds | 5/14/08 |
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| Opening Public Lands to Development : Apparently, thorough environmental review is one thing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security needn't bother with |
Sarah Gilman | 5/14/08 |
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| How Not to Save Salmon : For centuries, killing predators was to fish and wildlife management what leeches were to medicine |
Ted Williams | 5/13/08 |
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| Audubon Meeting This Week : Thursday evening program on the “Cranes of Colorado” will be presented by Susan Halabrin |
Susan Halabrin | 5/12/08 |
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| Women's Cancer and Survivorship Symposium : The public is invited to learn about women's cancer and survivorship from some of Colorado's foremost experts |
David Bruzzese | 5/9/08 |
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| Creating Mental and Emotional Wellness with Acupuncture : Mental health disorders are medical conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others |
Angela Lee Chen | 5/8/08 |
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| Family Master Plan Rollout in Durango : The Children Youth and Family Master Plan is being presented to elected officials and the community this month |
Jane Looney | 5/8/08 |
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| Religion & Philosophy |
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| UU Congregation Considers 'Theology of Privilege' : "It is impossible to separate questions of racism from questions of class..." |
Special to the Post | 5/15/08 |
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| Church Tea Party an Enjoyable Success : Ladies from Mountain Heights Baptist Church and Pagosa Bible Church attended a very special tea party |
Janet Valdez | 5/14/08 |
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| Meditation Retreat This Weekend : In dedicating time to practice, we begin to access deeper levels of spaciousness and awareness |
Special to the Post | 5/13/08 |
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| UU Congregation Considers Mother's Day : John Graves will discuss the two widely disparate visions of the day set aside to honor America's motherhood |
Special to the Post | 5/7/08 |
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| Tough Sledding : I wondered why he announced to the other boy that he didn't believe in God |
Kate Krautkramer | 5/7/08 |
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| Ascension Intensive Tomorrow : Evolved humans can begin to lift from their physical body and live from their Light Body in a plane of higher existence |
Special to the Post | 5/2/08 |
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| UU Fellowship Considers 'Wheel of Sacrifice' : Living lives by the fear of constantly giving to others, sacrificing ourselves for outcomes and blocking the love we need |
Special to the Post | 5/1/08 |
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| UU Congregation Considers Wisdom of Transcendentalism : Because we are a community of seekers, questions are as welcome as answers |
Special to the Post | 4/25/08 |
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| Humor, Poetry, Fiction |
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| HUMOR: Smart Pills and Jackalopes : Western humor is all about adversity, braving the elements, surviving the landscape and stretching the truth |
Andrew Gulliford | 5/13/08 |
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| HUMOR: The Great Hospital Disaster : “The voters have spoken with a loud and raucous voice,” Butterscotch beamed |
Louis Cannon | 5/7/08 |
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| HUMOR: A Real Business Relationship : “You and I need to talk about our relationship,” said Gladys |
Louis Cannon | 5/2/08 |
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| HUMOR: Great Tasting Water : Los Angeles has done it again -- topping the list for the World’s tastiest tap water |
Tom Wolf | 4/21/08 |
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| HUMOR: Third World Tourism At Your Doorstep : |
Louis Cannon | 4/15/08 |
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| HUMOR: The Best of Colorado — and Hawaii : New San Luis Valley Reservoir will replace "glass half full" Parched Gullet Project, says Saint John Water District president |
Alistair Archuleta | 4/8/08 |
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| HUMOR: Carbon Hogs & Sustainable Government : When will this talk about sustainability end? |
Ignaro Senada | 4/7/08 |
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| HUMOR: Bank On County Protection : Pagosa Country County Sheriff 'Speedy' Peterson called to account for statement about recent robberies |
Alistair Archuleta | 4/4/08 |
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