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boLD aND roomIer – Subaru in-troduces the all-new 2014 Forester, the fourth generation of its popular all-wheel drive crossover SUV. The Forester debuts a bolder exterior design and room-ier interior, along with improved performance and higher fuel econo-my across the line. The five-passenger 2014 Subaru Forester is a total re-design of the acclaimed cross-over SUV that’s built a strong rep-utation for safety, performance, and d e p e n d a b i l i t y . (Courtesy photo)

Subaru Introduces the All-New 2014 ForesterGet Off the ROadBy Dan Lyons

While certain car segments rise and fall from year to year, sales of compact crossover sport

utility vehicles remain perennially popular. This class includes the Subaru Forester.Forester is all-new for 2014 with fresh styling, a revamped interior, as well as mechani-cal upgrades. Six trim levels are offered, with prices starting at $21,995. My 2.0XT Forester Premium test vehicle had an as-delivered price of $28,820. This fourth-generation Forester is lon-ger, taller and wider than Suba-ru’s outgoing model.

The added size pays divi-dends in two areas – cargo space and rear seat legroom. Cargo hold capacity measures 34.4 cubic feet, expandable to 74.7 cu.-ft. The lift-over height is low. The rear seatbacks fold to a nearly flat-load floor and there’s a nice hidden compartment below deck. Rear seat headrests don’t bow, so you may have to slide the front seats up, before folding the back seats down (a minor irritant). The new Forester’s 41.7 inches of rear legroom is 3.7 inches more than the previous model – and generous by any measure. There is no third-row seat option. Sliding into the front row we found adult-sized room and a straight-forward approach

to controls; workable and non-distracting. The interior is char-acteristically Subaru: well-con-structed, long on function, short on flash. Forester isn’t big high tech features, but all the basics are well covered. The 2.0XT Premium standard equipment list includes a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. Other no-table standard features include a panoramic moonroof, 8-way pow-er driver’s seat, rearview camera, plus a six-speaker sound system with HD radio capability. At this level, options are few.

An All-Weather package (heated seats, heated side mirrors) should be considered a must in cold weather climes. Also notable – a navigation system with 6.1-inch touchscreen and voice con-trols. Tech fans will want to check out the 2014 Forester Touring with available Driver Assist Tech-nology. The package includes Xenon headlights, keyless igni-

tion/entry, adaptive cruise control, and the Eyesight system. Using a stereo camera, it integrates the lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control and pre-collision braking systems. The Touring model standards include navigation; dual-zone automatic climate control; auto-close function for the liftgate; and an eight-speaker, 440 watt harmon-kardon sound system. 2014 Forester buyers choose from a pair of engines; both based on Subaru’s horizontally opposed cylinder Boxer design.

The Forester base, Premium, Limited and Touring trim lev-els are offered with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder motor rated at 170 horsepower and 174 lb.-ft. of torque. The upgrade engine is a new 2.0-liter turbocharged four with direct injection, which is packaged with Premium or Tour-ing trim. The turbo four gener-ates 250 horsepower (vs. 225 in

the previous model) and 258 lb. ft. of torque (vs. 226). The stan-dard engine carries over from the previous model year, but its two transmission choices – a six-speed manual and the optional Continuously Variable Transmis-sion – are both new. The turbo engine is exclusive-ly matched with a high torque ver-sion of the CVT. This Lineartron-ic CVT has six-speed and eight-speed manual shift modes, using steering wheel mounted paddles. The new transmissions have a tangible impact on fuel economy.The EPA rates the turbo mod-els at 23/28 (vs. 19/24 in previous generation). My test vehicle net-ted 26 mpg overall in mixed driv-ing. The turbo/CVT combo is en-joyably responsive. This compact SUV jumps from a standing start and makes the trip from 0-60 mph in the low 6-second range. That’s almost 3 seconds faster than the normally aspirated engine, and

awfully quick, for a compact SUV. The power flow is smooth and the combination of rapidity and economy makes the driving fun, in a segment where that word isn’t used much. Towing capacity for either engine is minimal, however, at 1,500 pounds. All Foresters are equipped with Subaru’s all-wheel-drive. Two systems are uti-lized, depending on transmission choice. Both provide power to all four wheels continuously, trans-ferring torque to the wheels with the best grip. Turbo models like my tester (as well as Touring and Limited models with the 2.5L en-gine) have an “X-mode control,” which orchestrates throttle re-sponse, transmission shift points, AWD and stability control sys-tems, to optimize grip when road conditions are slippery. Forester handles with confi-dence and rides easily. Though not designed with hard core off-road-ing in mind, Forester has 8.7-inch-es of ground clearance and would comfortably tackle light trails. If towing or three row seating aren’t priorities for your compact SUV needs, then the all-new Forester fills the bill nicely. Revisions to vehicle size and packaging for 2014 have increased cargo capac-ity and passenger room, while new transmissions boost mileage. All of which improves an already good vehicle.

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‘This Activity Was to Send a Message, a Very Strong Message, To Our Congressman, Scott Tipton.’by william woody

MONTROSE – Speaking for those who do not have a voice, or are too afraid to let themselves be heard, a large group of immigrants and supporters of immigration re-form organized a rally in down-town Montrose last weekend with one unified message: immigration reform must be a priority and must passed by Congress.

As evening fell on Delmont Park on the corner of Main Street and Townsend Ave. Saturday, lo-cal immigrants, some of them farm workers, gathered with other com-

munity members holding signs and telling stories in English and Span-ish of the hardships of living in the United States illegally and strug-gling to becoming a citizen.

“This activity was to send a message, a very strong message, to our congressman, Scott Tipton, that 70 percent or more of Ameri-cans support immigration reform,” said Ricardo Pérez, the executive director of the Proyecto de Asun-tos Hispanos (the Hispanic Affairs Project), a Montrose-based non-profit whose mission is to serve the needs of immigrants in Western Colorado. “So far, he said no.”

Pérez, an immigrant from El Salvador, said 20 percent of Mon-trose’s population are immigrants, primarily from Mexico, and that in Olathe their numbers soar to 50 percent. The immigrants work in local agriculture, construction and restaurants, and represent a large

portion of the economy of West-ern Colorado.

“Our participation in the econ-omy is strong,” said Perez.

Laura Figueroa, who attended Rep. Tipton’s Oct. 26 town hall meeting in Montrose, said she feels more empowered than ever to speak for the 11 million undocu-mented individuals already living in the United States. An immigrant who is now a naturalized citizen, Figueroa remembers a time when she lived in this country illegally. “It’s hard to raise a family, get a job or even drive a car,” she said. “A lot of people here want reform,” and “this country would benefit.”

Figueroa attended the rally with her brother, David, and friends Maria and Jose Pacheco and Maria Gonzales; the group also attended Tipton’s town hall

Big Billie’s, Shandoka And Village Court Are All Full

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TELLURIDE – The slow off-

season months in Telluride and Mountain Village typically see an increase in seasonal employees looking to work at the Telluride Ski Resort, the region’s largest employer. But for the 2013-2014 ski season, affordable housing in the region for these employees is increasingly scarce.

The number of applicants hop-ing to live at the Village Court Apartments in Mountain Village, for example, far exceeds the num-ber of available units, according to

complex manager Steven Spencer.“It’s safe to say that VCA is ef-

fectively 100 percent full through the ski season,” he said. Many Telski employees choose to live at VCA because it offers six-month leases that closely match the length of the ski season.

The Shandoka Apartment complex in Telluride is facing a similar shortage.

“Basically, if you’re applying to live in Shandoka you’re depen-dent on someone flaking out on an application that’s ahead of yours, or a surprise move-out that we don’t expect,” said Shandoka man-ager Dave Johnson. Still, Johnson encourages people to apply for housing there, “because openings

Immigration Reform Now, Supporters Say in Montrose

Telluride Sees Surprisingly-Scarce Seasonal Housing

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OURAY – Miners at the Rev-enue-Virginius Mine risked their own lives in a desperate and futile effort to save their shift boss and a fellow miner from carbon monox-ide poisoning on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 17.

“Their story has not been told,” said Eric Keep, the brother of de-ceased miner Nicholas Cappanno. “They saw my brother go down. Those guys all had the ability to get out of there, but they sacrificed their health to try to get him out.”

Many of the miners involved in the aborted rescue mission have reached out to Keep and his fam-ily in the days following the acci-

dent that killed Cappanno and his supervisor, Rick Williams, a mile and a half inside the historic mine. The Revenue-Virginius dates to the 1870s and was taken over by its cur-rent owner/operator, Denver-based Star Mine Operations, in 2011.

Cappanno, 33, had taken the job there a few weeks before his death, so he could be closer to his Montrose-based family than his previous job in the oil in-dustry allowed. He had no prior mining experience.

Williams, 59, lived in Silver-ton for much of his life, and was a seasoned, well-trained profes-sional miner. He began working at the Revenue-Virginius about a year-and-a-half ago, according to

his wife Judy, and was recently pro-moted to shift boss.

The details that surviving min-ers have recently shared with Keep confirm a statement issued by the

Mine Safety and Health Adminis-tration on Monday, that Williams was attempting to revive Cappanno, even as his own life slipped away.

“He died trying to save my

brother,” Keep said. Bruise marks on Cappanno’s chest indicate that Williams attempted CPR. Williams

Miners Risked Death in Efforts to Save Two Who Died

mUlTi-ageNcy ReSpoNSe – Flanked by members of the multi-agency response team that handled Sun-day’s fatal accident at the Revenue-Virginius Mine, Star Mine Manager Rory Williams fielded questions from journalists at a press conference at the Ouray Community Center Sunday night. From left: Ouray City Admin-istrator Patrick Rondinelli, Ouray Board of County Commissioners Chair Mike Fedel, Ouray County Emergen-cy Medical Services Chief Paramedic Kim Mitchell, Ouray County Emergency Manager Glenn Boyd, James Williams and Rory Williams of Star Mine, Ouray County Sheriff Dominic “Junior” Mattivi, Ouray Police Chief Justin Perry, and Undersheriff Joel Burke. (Photo by William Woody, Watchnewspapers.com)

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WESTERN SAN JUANS – San Miguel Power Association, Inc. has established a new scholarship in

memory of James “Wes” Perrin, a former SMPA boardmember who passed away from throat cancer last spring. Perrin served on SMPA’s board for 14 years until his death.

“Wes was an ardent supporter of energy efficiency and renew-able energy. During his time on the board he helped bring to life many of the programs and services we offer today. The board chose to honor his contributions by estab-lishing the Wes Perrin Memorial Scholarship,” said SMPA General Manager Kevin Ritter.

The Wes Perrin Memorial Scholarship is a $2,500, four-year renewable scholarship that will be awarded to one deserving candi-date from across the co-op’s ser-vice territory. Applicants must be dependents of SMPA members liv-ing in the service territory, graduat-ing from their senior year of high school in 2014, demonstrate a pas-sion for energy and intend to pursue a degree and career in the energy industry. The $2,500 scholarship

will be awarded to the winning ap-plicant each year during the course of their studies, up to $10,000.

“The scholarship is intended to support a student who is truly passionate about energy, just as Wes was. In his memory, the board wants to support a student who represents the future of our indus-try,” said Ritter.

In addition to the newly estab-lished scholarship, SMPA is also offering its standard scholarships to this year’s high school graduat-ing class. The co-op awards nine scholarships, totaling $14,000, to graduating seniors from through-out its service territory. Applicants must attend school within SMPA’s service territory, be an SMPA mem-ber’s dependant, be on schedule to graduate in 2014, and plan to attend a secondary education institution.

The San Miguel Power Asso-ciation Scholarship, in the amount of $2,000, is awarded to one grad-uating senior from each of the six high schools within the service ter-ritory. The Tri-State Scholarship, in the amount of $500, is awarded to two graduating seniors from the service territory. The Basin Elec-tric Power Cooperative Scholar-ship, in the amount of $1,000, is awarded to one graduating senior from the service territory.

Applications are available on-line at smpa.com/Youth/scholar-ships.cfm. The deadline to apply is Feb. 10, 2014. Late submissions will not be considered. Completed applications can be returned to San Miguel Power, Attn. Becky Mashburn, PO Box 1150, Ridg-way, CO 81432.

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SMPA SECURES $50K IN MATCHING FUNDS FOR RENEWABLE REBATES

WESTERN SAN JUANS – San Miguel Power Association’s $140,000 renewable energy re-bate fund was exhausted at the start of November. That money was funneled back to the member-ship through 17 rooftop solar pho-tovoltaic installations, 33 SMPA

Community Solar Array systems and three solar hot water systems. But the co-op isn’t leaving their members empty-handed for the rest of the year.

“Our renewable rebates are always popular. This year our funds ran out with three months left in the year. We had to find a solution for our members who were still interested in pursuing renewable energy and depending on our rebate,” said SMPA Gen-eral Manager Kevin Ritter.

The Clean Energy Collective offered a $50,000 matching grant which, plus an additional $50,000 from the co-op’s renewable energy fund, will replenish the renewable rebate pool for the remainder of the year. The funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The available rebates are as follows:

• Solar Photovoltaic* Resi-dential: $1 per watt; max of 3kW or $3,000

• Solar Photovoltaic* Com-mercial: $1 per watt; max of 10kW or $10,000

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SMPA Establishes Scholarship Honoring Wes Perrin

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The tragedy has happened. Let’s try to find the good, and save the work environment for our

miners.” – Eric Keep, whose brother, Nick Cappanno, was one of two miners killed Sunday by carbon monoxide at the Revenue-Virginius Mine. Keep expressed the hope that going forward, regulations will be strength-ened and enforced for all the “other boys going underground.” PAGE 1

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OURAY COUNTYRemembering Two Fallen Revenue-Virginius Miners

Durango resident Rick Williams (top photo) embodied Silveton’s mining heritage. Nick Cap-panno (below) had just started working at the mine so he could spend more time with his two young sons. PAGE 18

MONTROSE COUNTYCottonwood Second Graders Fundraise for Typhoon Victims

Amber Cox’s students spent re-cess, on Monday, Nov. 11, ask-ing each other for donations of any kind, food, water, money. Now they’ve reached out to the whole community. PAGE 11

Residents Want Montrose County to Fight Cushman Creek Road ClosureAt issue: Did the county re-linquish its rights to the road in 2007? And is the Bureau of Land Management’s barricade even legal? PAGE 6

SAN MIGUEL COUNTYAnn Brady Appointed Mayor Pro Tem

Newly elected Councilor Todd Brown and re-elected incum-bents, Ann Brady and ‘Glider Bob’ Saunders, were sworn in by Telluride Town Clerk M.J. Schillaci on Tuesday. PAGE 10

Sheriff Masters Proposes New Detox CenterWith intoxicated detainments on the rise, it’s time for a local detox facility. PAGE 5

SPORTSIndians Advance to Semifinals

The Montrose Indians finished undefeated at home this season, thumping Denver South, 47-27, at Saturday’s playoff game. For the team’s seniors, it was a great finale to years of play-ing in front of a home crowd. PAGE 15

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTR&RA rare Colorado appearance from hip-hop trio Cunnin-Lynguists, who are coming to Grand Junction this weekend. PAGE 15

ElevatedThe peaks of Telluride, and Art on Trout Road in Montrose, in the arts this week. PAGE 15

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From the moment he was declared the winner in his reelec-tion campaign, Gov. Chris Chris-tie (R-N.J.) has been billed as a new kind of Republican. Is it a fair characterization? Yes and no.

Yes, this likely presidential candidate has done a few things other GOP politicians don’t usu-ally do. Yes, he has won re-elec-tion in a traditionally Democratic state. And yes, for a few weeks he was actually cordial to Presi-dent Obama. Even considering the context – he only won against an underfunded opponent and he was only nice to the president when asking for hurricane relief funds – these are, indeed, rare ac-complishments for a Republican.

That said, these atypical parts of Christie’s record have little to do with the concrete policies that he has touted and that he would probably champion if he were

elected president. On that score, Christie isn’t new at all. He is the opposite – a Bush/Cheney-esque neoconservative promoting the old politics of division and igno-rance.

Take, for instance, Christie’s declarations about civil liberties.

A few months ago, Chris-tie alluded to 9/11 when calling criticism of the National Secu-rity Administration “dangerous.” Then, in truly Cheney-esque fashion, he warned that “the next attack that comes, that kills thou-sands of Americans as a result, people are going to be looking back.” Christie’s insinuation, of course, was that if America is hit again, it will rightly blame those who dared to question the NSA’s mass surveillance programs.

Yet, in his eagerness to instill fear, Christie failed to address the serious constitutional concerns about the NSA programs. Worse, he didn’t mention that, as Pro-Publica recently reported, “there is no evidence” that such surveil-lance has stopped terrorist attacks or is making the country safer.

It is a similar situation when it comes to budget issues. Chris-tie has pushed a Bush-like agenda of tax breaks for the wealthy and cuts to social services, education

and retirement benefits. He has portrayed this agenda as proof that he is fearlessly “advocating for the taxpayer.” Yet, as the New York Times recently reported, Christie has also channeled Bush by cheerily handing out hundreds of millions of dollars worth of wasteful taxpayer subsidies to huge corporations.

Then there is the fight against climate change. It should be a cause Christie passionately en-dorses, considering the ample evidence that climate change is intensifying storms, like the 2012 hurricane that pummeled his state. Instead, like a standard-issue Re-publican politician, he is in the climate-change denial camp.

As the Newark Star-Ledger notes, Christie has “been a ca-tastrophe on the environment, draining $1 billion from clean energy funds and calling a cease-fire in the state’s fight against cli-mate change.” More specifically, Mother Jones magazine reports that Christie “got rid of the Of-fice of Climate Change and En-ergy within the Department of Environmental Protection shortly after taking office, withdrew the state from the Northeast’s cap and

Say Yes to CDOT $11 MillionEditor:

On Monday, Nov. 18, I attend-ed a public meeting concerning plans for infrastructure improve-ments to Highway 62 and the his-toric business core, and a related CDOT/RAMP grant application to pay for those improvements. Town and CDOT have both made such improvements a goal for over 10 years, and have spent consider-able time and money developing, scoping it and engineering some of it.

At the meeting, representa-tives of CDOT, Town Council, the Town staff and outside engi-neering consultants provided a lot of information about the project scope, timing, cost and funding. CDOT will contribute over $11M.

The town will need to put in about $2M cash as matching funds. Town Council intends to raise that money by selling municipal bonds, and to ask the voters to approve a property tax hike to fund the re-payment of the bonds. The town assumes 5.5 percent interest on the bonds. Interest is likely to be much less. The town will apparently re-pay the bonds over 20 years. With 5.5 percent interest over 20 years, repayment will cost $3.3M, ap-proximately. The town projects a property tax increase of $42 per year per $100,000 of residential property owned, and $147 a year on each $100,000 of commercial property owned.

I own property in town. The increase seems to me a reasonable price to pay in exchange for about $11M of CDOT money. I urge all property owners to consider the extent to which the proposed improvements will increase your property values. I expect the values (especially downtown) to start ris-ing as soon as the bond passes – if it passes. So, based strictly on cost/benefit analysis, I consider this a sound proposal as-is.

However, it could and truly should be much better. In 2006, the taxpayers passed a 0.5 percent sales tax increase to fund capital improvements. The town council convinced the taxpayers to vote for that increase by telling the taxpay-ers the money would be used for the proposed improvements to the historic business core. I know, be-

cause I served on Town Council at the time, along with Mayor Clark and Councilman Johnson. Many business owners specifically told me they approved the sales tax in-crease because it would improve the historic business core. At the November 18th meeting, Mayor John Clark told the community a couple interesting facts: Town council is not committed to using the sales tax funds for the pro-posed improvements to Highway 62 and the Historic Business Core. (2) the .5% sales tax raised about $100,000.00 last year. Councilman Rick Weaver told me he would in-sist the Council commit at least 25 percent of the sales tax revenues to this project.

Think about it: over 20 years, $100,000 a year in sales tax adds up to $2M. If committed to the proposed project, that tax money could reduce the cost of the bond principal and interest by $2M. That would reduce needed property tax increases by more than half. The Town Mayor says he won’t com-mit that money to the infrastruc-ture project. At best, Councilman Weaver would commit $500,000 (25 percent) of the sales tax money to reduce the bond cost.

In my opinion, something is wrong here. Town Council (me in-cluded) already committed – seven years ago – to spend that sales tax money on these very improve-ments. Before I vote for any bond,

COURTNEY WHITE … Court-ney has been a great ally and advo-cate for what he calls “the radical center” and I like to call “the radi-cal middle.” Through the Quivira Coalition which he founded in New Mexico, he’s managed to forge an incredibly strong coalition among ranchers interested in resilience and sustainability, environmentalists more interested in working land-scapes than winning lawsuits, and lots of us in-between. We almost had him speak here in Telluride a month or so back, but he had to cancel and now we’re shooting for sometime in late winter early spring to bring him to town to talk about the Carbon Ranch – an idea he has for using land management prac-tices to sequester carbon in the rural countryside even as our urban car-bon footprints continue to expand … Plus, I was interested in learning techniques for the county’s latest Payment for Ecosystem Services project – how we might benefit local ranchers and farmers in the face of the imminent Endangered Species Act listing of the Gunnison Sage Grouse (GSG). So it was great to attend the 11th Annual Quivira Coalition Conference in Albuquer-que … Certainly, Bill Zeedyk’s low-cost methods for repairing ri-parian habitats and increasing wa-ter storage in adjacent floodplains was an eye-opener. Leigh Robert-son of the San Miguel Basin GSG Working Group is hoping to bring Bill here for a workshop soon, and it’s something I’d recommend any-one interested in increasing water availability on drought lands might

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by watch Staff MONTROSE – John Mehlig,

60, deputy district attorney in the Seventh Judicial District, was ar-rested Nov. 17 on suspicion of driving under the influence of al-cohol and careless driving.

“The deputy has been placed on administrative leave,” a spokeswoman for the Seventh Judicial District said on Tues-day. “We are conducting an in-

ternal investigation.”According to a report in the

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Montrose Police were notified of a traffic accident at the intersec-tion of Sunnyside Road and Phil-lips Court in Montrose. The re-sponding officers found Mehlig’s truck lodged against a power pole.

Mehlig’s arrest was his third arrest for DUI in close to 23 years, according to a Colorado Bureau of Investigation records search.

Sheriff Masters Proposes New Detox CenterWith Intoxication Detainments on The Rise, a Possible Solution Is in Sight

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TELLURIDE – Danger-ously intoxicated people are a given in a resort town. In Tel-luride, with the nearest detox center over 120 mountainous miles away in Grand Junction, when an intoxicated individual becomes a danger to himself or others, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office provides medi-cal attention in a facility – often the county jail – where an ine-briated person can sober up.

The number of intoxicated people booked at the San Miguel County Jail in Ilium is rising, with 32 cases in 2013, accord-ing to San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters. The way the county currently handles these cases is subpar, Sheriff Masters believes, and must be fixed to minimize his, and the county’s liability be-fore a drunken person in custody hurts himself, or worse.

Last week, at an intergov-ernmental meeting, Masters pro-posed that a detox center be cre-ated in San Miguel County, pos-sibly in a new Telluride Medical Clinic, if one is built following this month’s election in which Telluride voters approved allow-ing a portion of the Pearl Prop-erty to be used for that purpose. The cost to the county, he said, could be around $200,000.

Colorado State law stipulates that when a law enforcement of-ficial suspects a person of being intoxicated to the point of posing a danger to himself or others, the officer shall take the individual into protective custody and place him or her in an “approved treat-ment facility.” In lieu of a pur-pose-built detox center, the law states that individuals may be de-

tained in a jail or medical center. The Telluride Medical Cen-

ter cannot take these patients, Masters said, because it is not an adequate facility to detain them until they become sober.

“The medical center will not take these patients,” Masters said. “They don’t have the facili-ty to take them, so a person might initially end up there. But then they might have to go to a differ-ent location because they don’t have anyone else to watch them. Sometimes it takes patients 20 hours until they are sober enough to be released.”

With the medical center not an option, the county jail is the only realistic place in which to retain these individuals, he added.

“Right now, the county has a ‘drunk tank’,” Masters said. “In essence, it’s a jail cell in Ilium where these patients rest and so-ber up until we release them.”

Persons brought to the jail in Ilium to detox are cleared by the medical clinic or EMTs before they’re detained. Once the per-son is in jail, an EMT is hired to watch them carefully during the entire detox time, anywhere from between eight to 20 hours. The fee for the EMT is then billed to the agency that brought that person in.

“We’re grateful we have the EMTs to call, but they cost the county $300 per eight-hour shift,” Masters said. “And if [the inebriated person’s condition worsens while they’re in the jail and they need medical attention, we need to call for help from the Fire District’s EMS Division and wait for the ambulance to drive across roads, which, in the win-ter, take a long time to drive on and are dangerous.”

“Alcoholics often have sei-zures, so seconds really do count,” Masters added. “It’s just a matter of time until someone becomes seriously injured, or worse.”

If someone is picked up for being intoxicated, they are not

arrested under Colorado State law, and law enforcement of-ficers are personally liable for the patient’s safety. It is only a matter of time, said Masters, un-til a patient will cause injury to himself or herself, or worse, die

on Masters’ watch. At that point, Masters or the law enforcement official is liable.

Masters said that a solution could be found if a new medical center is constructed on the up-land portion of the Pearl Prop-

erty. The county could have the opportunity to include a purpose-built containment facility in the clinic, where inebriates can detox with medical staff on hand.

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Montrose County citizens, angered over the closure of Cushman Creek Road near Olathe by the federal Bureau of Land Management, is demanding elected officials in Montrose Countyw do something about it, perhaps even press charg-es against the agency for what they believe is an illegal barricade of a historic county road.

While only a handful of resi-dents spoke during the public com-ment portion of Monday’s meeting of the Montrose County Com-missioners, dozens of residents showed up seemingly in support of the county doing something to get the road open once again.

“We believe this road has been illegally closed,” Olathe resident Betty Oglesby told the commis-sioners on Monday, suggesting that the county should prosecute

the federal agency for the illegal closure. “The penalty for someone closing one of those roads is a class 1 misdemeanor.”

Earlier this year, according to Oglesby, a group of citizens tore down the BLM barricade on Cushman Creek Road and another barricade on Dry Creek Road. While the BLM admitted, accord-ing to Oglesby, that it was a mis-take to barricade Dry Creek Road, the agency refuses to acknowl-edge that the barricade the BLM has re-erected on Cushman Creek Road is wrongful.

In her dealings with the BLM on the road closure, Oglesby said a BLM officer told her there was a 2007 document which proved county commissioners had relin-quished the rights to that road. So far, Oglesby said, no such docu-ment has been found.

“We went through the records in the county and did a public re-cords request and they came back and said they could not find any of those records,” Oglesby said. “A letter was written asking for [the BLM] to produce this docu-ment and after they did some ex-tensive research, they could not find such document.”

Montrose resident Bill Porter said he asked for this document in conversations that he’s had with BLM officers as well and nobody has been able to produce it.

“They kept referring to it and I told them ‘I want to see it’ and that, ‘I don’t believe it,’” Porter said, adding that he knows the county wouldn’t give up the rights to that road to a “bunch of knuckleheads” like the BLM.

Following a Freedom of Infor-mation Act request for the docu-ment, Porter received a letter from the BLM on Oct. 31 stating that the agency “does not possess” the re-quested record.

Oglesby and Olathe resident Barbara Hewlett brought the com-missioners a draft resolution and a draft letter to the BLM that they would like the board to consider sometime in the near future stating

both Dry Creek and Cushman Creek roads are public rights-of-way ac-cording to historic records and ac-knowledging that Montrose County Sheriff Rick Dunlap has the power to enforce any punishment on those who illegally barricade those roads, including the BLM. Oglesby said they also had “over 25 pages of sig-natures” on petitions requesting that something be done to open the road again.

“Why can’t I file a complaint to Rick’s office to have his office go and investigate it?” Porter said. “What else does the citizenry have to do from a practical standpoint to notify the county of another il-legal barricade?”

Dunlap said his office will in-vestigate any complaint but that investigating a complaint against the BLM for an illegal barricade of a road will not go far if the District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial District, Dan Hotsenpiller, doesn’t prosecute the case.

“I will investigate it, no prob-lem at all,” Dunlap said. “At that time, when we investigate it, we will forward that information to the DA and it’s up to the DA to prosecute a case like this. It doesn’t do any good to go and enforce it if the DA isn’t going to prosecute it.”

Hotsenpiller’s office has made no comment regarding whether or not he would consider prosecuting charges against the federal agency.

As for the request to consider the resolution that was drafted by the group of citizens, Commis-sioner David White said the com-missioners had a meeting several weeks ago on this issue and pro-posed to organize a task force to move forward on it. At that time

during Monday’s meeting, a sheet was passed around the meeting re-questing the names of those who would be interested in sitting on the task force.

In requesting information from the BLM as to why Cushman Creek Road has been barricaded, BLM Public Affairs Specialist Shannon Borders had little she could comment on.

“We utilize a travel manage-ment plan as our determining fac-tor as to whether or not a road is open or closed,” Borders said on Tuesday. “There is an ongoing in-vestigation in this area and I cannot comment any further.”

With Commissioner Ron Henderson absent from Monday’s meeting, both White and Commis-sioner Gary Ellis did not comment on whether or not they would be willing to consider the draft resolu-tion provided by the group but said with the creation of the task force, the fight to open the road is some-thing they would support.

“It’s almost like putting land into an artificial wilderness,” Ellis said. “Creating a wilderness takes an act of Congress…The issue raised here, their philosophy, would be closing the roads because of non use. They are, in a sense, closing our roads and they don’t have the authority to close those roads be-cause they haven’t been used to that level of satisfaction. Looking at the proposed draft letter and resolution, I think we have to consider this. If it is going to begin, let it begin here. It’s an opportunity to draw the line in the sand and begin somewhere.”

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UP iN aRmS – Montrose County Commissioner Gary Ellis discussed the Cushman Creek Road closure at Monday’s regular meeting in Montrose. (Photo by William Woody)

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MONTROSE – The City of Montrose has solidified its agreement with a local trucking

company to process its recycling materials for transport to Colo-rado Springs.

Earlier this year, the city agreed to take all curbside recy-cling materials to S&S Trucking’s North Townsend Ave. facility for sorting and transport. Members of Montrose City Council agreed to increase S&S Trucking’s compen-sation, to $300 per load.

S&S Trucking is paid to sort, handle and compact the mate-rial for transport to Bestway, in Colorado Springs, choosing that facility because it will pay for the recycled material, said Public Works Director John Harris.

The city had used Cornerstone to truck materials to the SMARTS facility in San Miguel County, but when SMARTS shut down, had to find new transportation “literally overnight,” Harris said. Corner-stone did not want to make long-

haul trips to Colorado Springs and S&S Trucking agreed to take over.

Initially, S&S hauled six to seven tons of material to Bestway per 100-yard trailer, but due to im-proved compacting techniques, it now transports up to 16 tons per trailer load.

“That system has been work-ing out real well for us,” Harris told the council. “It’s all in the ef-forts of S&S and their compacting techniques.”

COMPLAINTS ON WATER LATE FEES

During the public comment period at Tuesday’s meeting, Montrose resident Jonathan Phil-lips pronounced city policies on water utility late fees and shut off procedures “draconian, unjust and inhumane.”

Phillips said residents who suffer the loss of a job, a medi-cal emergency or some other sudden loss of income cannot afford the reconnect fee, de-posit and balance of the late bill required for reconnection to their water utility.

“In case you’ve never been there, when you can’t pay your water bill, $150 is really hard to come by,” Phillips said.

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City Manager Bill Bell told council that city staff met with members of the Montrose Land Company to discuss operations of the Black Canyon Golf Course in an attempt to preserve all 18 holes of the course, and that another closed door meeting will be held next Monday.

“We expect great things com-ing out of those negotiations,” Bell said….Bell and Mayor Judy Ann Files announced their thoughts and prayers were with the families and victims of the Sunday acci-dent Revenue-Virginius Mine near Ouray, which claimed the lives of two miners, including Montrose resident Nick Cappanno.

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MONTROSE – A small, single engine Cessna 210 airplane traveling from California to As-pen crashed Tuesday, Nov. 19 in a rural neighborhood near Cedar-edge, killing the pilot.

At approximately 6:11 p.m., Delta County Dispatchers re-ceived several 911 calls regard-

ing a small aircraft that went down on Surface Creek Road north of Cedaredge on private property, according to a Delta County news release. First re-sponders arrived to find the air-craft “fully engulfed” in flames.

Firefighters worked to control the blaze, and reported no other injuries on the ground. The air-craft came down near a house.

Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board were en route to the crash at about 8 p.m. A small Emergency Locator Trans-

mitter signal was received close to the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, north of the crash site. The NTSB is continuing its investigation, and released no further information as of press time Wednesday.

Investigators were on the scene Wednesday morning, map-ping the crash scene and taking pictures. The cause of the crash is not known.


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TELLURIDE - Over the past year as it has wrestled with de-clining tax revenues, the Wilkin-son Public Library has been criticized for offering allegedly high salaries and benefits. But a survey conducted by library of-ficials revealed that the library’s pay scale and benefits packages are in line with the employees of the Telluride Medical Center, Telluride R-1 School District and the regional governments.

The library’s insurance ben-efits, interim director Brenda Carns told the library board of trustees last week, are similar to public libraries in Steamboat Springs and Pueblo.

Carns also reported library wages have fallen behind the state’s recommendation for in-creases to keep up with the cost of living.

“The library is .45 percent be-hind Colorado State’s recommend-ed cost of living wage increase in 2014,” she told the board, adding that nine employees left the library in 2012. While this substantial loss helped ease the library’s strained budget, it left the library without many of the skills the former staff members provided.

Stating that she did not want this kind of loss to occur again, Carns recommended the board

consider a potential wage in-crease in the 2014 to remain a competitive public employer in San Miguel County. That recom-mendation is currently under re-view by the board.

The discussion of potential wage increases come as the li-brary’s 2014 draft budget reports a projected decrease in tax rev-enue of 15 percent, or $350,000, from the year before. Due to a smaller staff, total wages and sal-aries will shrink by $64,000.

The library has partially off-set the drop in revenues by tap-ping into its reserves.

The final 2014 budget read-ing and approval is scheduled for Dec. 12.

This summer, the library board conducted a survey asking patrons and taxpayers about their priorities. Carns used the survey data to guide her budget drafting process. Among her recommen-dations, Carns last month recom-mended that the board reopen on Sundays starting Dec. 1. The board agreed unanimously.

The library will be holding a special meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. where the board will take public comment regard-ing the search for the permanent library director position. A special board meeting on Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. will work on the budget, and the trustees are slated to approve the 2014 budget on Dec. 12 at 3 p.m.

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MONTROSE – As the days

grow shorter and water from the Gunnison Tunnel is shut off for winter, Delta-Montrose Electric Association officials say two new hydroelectric facilities on the South Canal will produce enough megawatts of clean, renewable electricity to save $2.25 million a year in electric-ity costs.

Water was shut off on Oct. 30, and the new facilities have been winterized, on the heels of upgrades completed this summer.

When water returns to the Gunnison Tunnel, its force will generate even more hydroelec-tricity to the DMEA grid than it did this year. According to DMEA Renewable Energy En-gineer James Heneghan, approx-imately 16,000 megawatt hours of electricity were produced from the two locations this year.

Heneghan said that next year, thanks to minor upgrades, as many as 24,000 to 28,000 mega-watt hours could be produced. A peak capacity test completed towards the end of the season showed both units were function-ing as designed, he said.

The first new unit, Site 1, about one-eighth of a mile from where water emerges from the tunnel into the South Canal, is designed to produce 4 megawatt hours. Site 2, roughly half-a-mile downstream, is designed to produce about 3.5 megawatts hours. Mountain State Hydro, of Boise, Idaho, completed the work for DMEA.

At Site 1, water is diverted from a concrete spillway built in the 1940s into a 14-foot-wide pipe and constrained into a 11-foot-wide pipe, funneling flow to a generator roughly 300 yards downhill.

The force of the water turns a large “ship-like propeller,” Heneghan said, producing a max-

imum of 4 megawatts of electri-cal power that is then transmitted to DMEA’s East Montrose sub-station. Vibration sensors keep track of the generator’s moving parts, in a system engineered to thousandths of an inch.

“All in all, it was a tremen-dous success for us,” Heneghan said of work on the project this year. “We expect to run for the en-tire irrigation season next year.”

Snowpack levels, winter temperatures and agricultural demand for water will all be factors in determining when the tunnel is re-opened next year; Heneghan said he expects the season to begin in April and run until November.

Based on historic flows, Heneghan said, DMEA will be able to generate five percent of its annual electrical needs from the South Canal hydro plants.

DMEA receives its whole-sale electrical supply from Tri-State Generation and Transmis-sion Assn., although, Heneghan said, the electric co-op expects a Tri-State increase soon. With new renewable energy laws passed this year, co-ops like DMEA will be required to pro-vide 10 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020 (wholesalers like Tri-State have to reach 20 percent by the end of the decade).

The current South Canal project lifts DMEA to five per-cent renewables in its energy portfolio; wholesale purchas-ing contracts between DMEA and Tri-State limit DMEA from further expanding its renewable portfolio beyond the current five percent until about 2016.

Heneghan told The Watch in June that he expects DMEA to meet the new 10 percent state requirement by the end of the decade.

DMEA secured a 21-year, low-interest Clean Renewable Energy Bond to partly finance the upgrade.

DMEA has invested $22 million to finish the South Ca-nal project; in today’s dollars, Heneghan said, the South Canal

project will save DMEA approx-imately $2.25 million a year in electricity costs.

For safety reasons, the public must not tamper with or trespass on the two south canal facilities.

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Back in 1909, President Wil-liam Howard Taft pledged that his administration would com-

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Taft was in Montrose on Sep-tember 23 of that year to person-ally open the 5.8-mile-long Gun-nison Tunnel. Irrigation was the prime motivator for the project, but energy creation was also envi-sioned. As a New York Times re-porter who attended the Sept. 23, 1909 opening ceremonies wrote

presciently, “The water, after it leaves the tunnel, will have 372 feet to fall, which can be used to generate electric power sufficient to light every town and every farmhouse in the Uncompahgre Valley and provide power for all kinds of commercial and indus-trial purposes.”


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Ready FoR actioN – The new Delta-Montrose Electric Association hydroelectric power plant, located on the South Canal of the Gunnison Tunnel outside Montrose, has been winterized. (Photo by William Woody)


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elected incumbents Ann Brady and ‘Glider Bob’ Saunders were sworn in by town clerk M.J. Schillaci on Tuesday. Jenny Patterson, who also won a council position in the No-vember election, was not present at the meeting.

The new council started with a minor dispute over the appointment of the mayor pro tem, whose prin-cipal duty is to fill in for the mayor when he is absent, after Mayor Stu Fraser moved to appoint Brady, rather than Saunders, who was the last mayor pro tem.

“Ann will bring an adminis-trative background and a meeting leadership background that would be appropriate to this leadership,” said Fraser. “This is not to say that Bob [Saunders] has not been a good pro tem. He has been there whenev-

er I have not. In my last two years as mayor of Telluride, I would like to endorse Ann to be the next Mayor Pro Tem.”

Fraser’s motion drew initial disagreement from Saunders, who said he would prefer to see Thom Carnevale appointed.

“Thom has two years left on council before he’s termed out, and I’d rather see him serve in that po-sition,” said Saunders. Carnevale declined the nomination from Saunders, saying that he’d prefer to finish the remainder of his term as a councilor.

Council elected Brady to the position, with Carnevale opposed, saying he disagreed with the way Fraser moved to nominate Brady.

blUegRaSS cappedaT 11,750

The Telluride Town Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to cap the daily attendance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival at 11,750, down from 12,000 were permitted in 2012 and 2013. A thousand of those daily admis-sions will be set aside for Tellu-ride residents. These tickets will be available starting Thursday, Nov. 21. If they are not sold out by March 1, the remainder will be available to anyone.

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Ferguson originally asked coun-cil to approve an increase from 11,500, to 12,000. But due to the town’s already strained infra-structure, in particular its wors-ening sewage treatment pumps, council agreed only to 11,750 with hopes of easing the pressure on the town’s utilities.

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In a work session, the Tel-luride Town Council on Tuesday discussed amending the town’s Land Use Code to meet the Colo-rado Water Conservation Board’s new minimum statewide flood-plain standards.

The new standards exceed those required by the National Flood Insurance Program, which will be implemented in January 2014. The proposed changes to the town’s land use code (available on-line) come after disastrous floods ravaged communities on the Front Range this fall.

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New coUNcil – Telluride Town Clerk M.J. Schillaci swore in new Tellu-ride Town Councilor Todd Brown and incumbents Ann Brady and ‘Glid-er Bob’ Saunders. Jenny Patterson, who was elected in the November election, was not present at the meeting. (Photo by Samuel Adams)

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do occur.”Big Billie’s, the Telluride Ski

and Golf Co.-owned affordable housing complex in Mountain Vil-lage, is facing the same pressure, according to complex manager Jer-emy Flint.

“Big Billie’s is 100 percent full,” Flint said. “There is no way around it. We have about 50 people on the wait list. We filled up ex-tremely quickly this year.”

Big Billie’s offers Telski em-ployees $200 per month stipends for the 2013-2014 ski season, pro-vided they’re in good standing with the apartment complex and their managers.

The sudden lack of affordable employee housing for seasonal workers puzzles San Miguel Coun-ty Regional Housing Authority Ex-

ecutive Director Shirley Diaz.“The reason for the shortage?

I simply don’t know,” she said. Housing for seasonal workers was nowhere near this scarce last year, she added.

At first, Diaz suspected the housing shortage was due to Tel-ski hiring more seasonal employees than last year, but Telski’s human resources staff says there was not an increase in employees, accord-ing to Diaz.

Telski officials did not respond to multiple requests for an interview or comment from The Watch before this article went to press.

While Diaz is researching the reasons behind the shortage of af-fordable housing, she suspects that many seasonal employees who originally came to the region to work for Telski or other organiza-tions are staying in the region lon-

ger, even after changing jobs. “We’ve had more people stay-

ing. A lot of them are working two to three jobs to stay here consis-tently. We’re seeing less turnover,” Diaz said.

Diaz added that this year, she has seen fewer deed restricted units become available.

“The local employees already in Telluride find out about the open deed-restricted housing units first and apply before someone coming in from outside the region can do the same,” Diaz said. “Landlords have the ability to select their ten-ants, as long as they qualify, and it is easier for someone who is al-ready here to qualify under the deed restrictions.”

“We think affordable housing is an important priority to keep our community vibrant,” said

Mountain Village Mayor Dan

Jansen said, “We saw this short-age happening, and are working to find ways to create more options for our residents and employees over the long term, which is central to Mountain Village’s comprehensive plan that was adopted last year.”

The Mountain Village compre-hensive plan is a 30-year vision of transforming the town into a more sustainable year-round economy by providing more housing, better amenities and more business busi-nesses. It is available online.

Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser said he hopes the new town council, which includes two new members, Todd Brown and Jenny Patterson, will address the need for more af-fordable housing.

“The council will focus on housing because we’re out of the recession, our inventory is in good shape and we do have the funds

available,” Fraser said. “The lack of affordable housing in the area has been a problem for many people. But the bottom line is that we don’t have the land banking capabilities at this point. We’ve got land, but not necessarily the correct land that can be made into rental units.

“That doesn’t mean we can’t make it work, but we’re going to judge it carefully as to what we need most of. Right now, a large majority of housing we have in town is rental, and we’ve been try-ing to build up the town’s share of owner-occupied units.”

Fraser ran for council in 2001 on the platform to build more af-fordable housing in the area, and says one of the most rewarding aspects during his tenure as a Tel-luride public servant was to create more affordable housing options for residents.

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Second Graders Fundraise for Typhoon Victimsby william woody

MONTROSE – Students in Amber Cox’s second-grade class at Cottonwood Elementary school have been learning about weather and its effects on people, plants and animals worldwide.

Following the early-November landfall of typhoon Haiyan on the Philippine islands, a group of Cox’s students began rallying friends and family to send local support to aid the storm’s victims.

The typhoon, three-and-a-half times stronger than Hurricane Ka-trina, was categorized as the largest of its kind to ever strike land; it has affected at least 12 million people.

While the damage was still fresh and water continuing to re-cede, the plight of thousands of people without food, water or shel-

ter resonated with Cox’s students, who spent recess, on Monday, Nov. 11, asking each other for donations of any kind, food, water, money – anything to help.

They came in from recess asking their teacher how they could help.

By Wednesday, calling them-selves the Crispy Club – “people were hearing crispy leaves, so one of us came up with the Crispy Club,” said second grade student Mia Duncan – the group was creat-ing posters to spread the word about fundraising for Haiyan victims.

Mia’s parents, Adam and Yesenia Duncan, volunteered their A+Y Design Gallery and Downtown Gelato at 513 East Main Street as headquarters for the fundraising. Upon discover-ing that shipping canned goods to

the Philippines was prohibitively expensive, the Crispy Club began fundraising for financial dona-tions to send to the Red Cross. Mia Duncan spoke at a well-attended Ignite Montrose at Two Rascals Brewing Company on Thursday, Nov. 14, soliciting donations.

“They’re going bananas for it,” said Cottonwood principal Jeff Johnson, of the Crispy Club. “Their world is friends, family and school. For them to take it past Montrose, past Colorado and past the United States is really some-thing. None of them have any con-nections to the Philippines, I don’t think. It speaks a lot to what their parents are doing to educate them, in an age-appropriate manner,

about tragedies.”Cox said that thanks to the

Crispy Club, all of her students now understand the difference between a typhoon and a hur-ricane. “I thought it was a real sweet, generous idea. And I wanted to support them any way I could,” Cox said.

Anyone wishing to donate to the American Red Cross relief ef-forts can drop off cash or a check, with the words “Philippines Disas-ter Relief” in the memo section, at A+Y, 513 W. Main St., now through Dec. 15.


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cRiSPy clUb – Cottonwood 2nd-grader Jack Flower held up a poster made to help raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines earlier this month. (Photo by William Woody)

he name Volunteers of America was chosen when the organization was founded 117 years ago. It signified that

Volunteers of America was comprised of people voluntarily choosing to help others. Founders and social reformers Ballington and Maud Booth envisioned a movement dedicated to “reaching and uplifting” the American people. The Booths pledged to “go wherever we are needed and do whatever comes to hand.” That declaration continues to guide the organization’s outreach efforts today. Our services are delivered through a partnership of professional staff, volunteers and other community supporters. We are one of the largest nonprofit providers of quality, affordable housing for seniors, the fourth largest nonprofit provider of long-term care, and the sixth largest nonprofit provider of assisted living facilities in the United States.

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meeting earlier this month. Gonzales said undocumented

people don’t want to live under a false name or present “fake ID’s, to live a lie of another identity.”

Immigration reform would give undocumented people new hope for a better life, she said.

Immigration reform activists and supporters are turning increas-ingly to social media to build sup-port for reform and spread news about the progress of House Reso-lution 15, the Border Security, Eco-nomic Opportunity, and Immigra-tion Modernization Act. “We can share this information with the In-ternet through Facebook, to use our voices to reach our representatives [including] Scott Tipton, and all of his people,” Gonzales said.

During the rally, many Hispan-ic attendees were taking pictures on smart phones and sending messages through Facebook.

A 1,137-page bill, HR 15, pop-ularly known as the “immigration reform” bill, introduced to Con-gress early last month, has not yet made it out of committee, and po-litical observers have said it has lit-tle chance of reaching the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote (the Senate passed the bill on June 27). The bill lays the ground-work for overhauling the country’s immigration laws for the first time since 1986, creating a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocu-mented residents, streamlining a guest-worker visa program, and strengthening security along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Tipton, a Republican from Cortez, has been in office since 2010, when he unseated Democrat John Salazar. The Third Congres-sional District he represents cov-ers the entire Western Slope, and stretches east to incorporate the city of Pueblo.

Carlos Antonio, an immigrant and attendee at last Saturday’s ral-ly, said Tipton should listen to his constituency; a recent poll indicated

that 77 percent of voters in Tipton’s district favor immigration reform. Tipton and his staff have been traveling across the congressman’s large district and holding town hall meetings in order to engage with the public about issues such as im-migration. Tipton has said that a deadline set by President Barack Obama to have a immigration re-form bill completed by the end of the year is attainable.

“It may not be in the frame-work exactly of what the President would like to see,” Tipton told The Watch, “but we need to have Con-gress actually roll up its sleeves and get to work so we are not dealing with the same issue twenty years down the road.”

Tipton told The Watch that large, comprehensive bills like im-migration or health care “create real challenges on the House side” of the U.S. Congress.

Tipton’s office on Tuesday told The Watch that the congressman firmly believes “Congress must address immigration reform in this country. Verifiable border security and a strengthened guest-worker program are two vital steps, among

others, to permanently fixing the problems facing our immigration system and ensuring that we don’t end up here again in 20 years with the same challenges.

“Furthermore, Congressman Tipton believes that we can all have compassion, and should, for chil-dren brought here through no ac-cord of their own. To that end, the House is currently in the process of working on a reform plan, that through a step-by-step approach,” which Congressman Tipton favors, “would fix our country’s immigra-tion system. Congressman Tipton has shared with House leadership the many ideas and opinions on im-migration reform that he has heard from constituents during town halls and meetings this year and is hope-ful that Congress will be able to ad-vance a reform solution that is fair, practical and compassionate,” his statement read.

For more information on the Hispanic Affairs Project, visit www.hapgj.org, or call 970/249-4115.


call to actioN – Dozens of area residents and immigrants turned out Saturday evening at Delmont Park in downtown Montrose to voice their support for to immigration law reform. All in attendance called upon U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo, who represents Colorado’s third congressio-nal district, to vote for House Bill 15, which overhauls immigration laws and offers a pathway to citizenship. (Photo by William Woody)

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MOUNTAIN VILLAGE – The Telluride Mountain Village Owner’s Association will fill two open seats on its Board of Directors in its 2013 annual election. Elec-tion ballots will be mailed out to TMVOA members on Nov. 25, and are due back Monday, Dec. 23 by 5

p.m. TMVOA will announce the re-sults at its annual members meeting on Monday, Dec. 30, at 4 p.m.

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Jon Dwight has been a Tel-luride Mountain Village Owners

Association boardmember since December 2011, holding one of the Class A Residential seats. Dwight says he now understands TMVOA and is able to be an effective con-tributor to the leadership of the or-ganization. For the past two years, Dwight has developed a vision for TMVOA that he would like to see through by serving a sec-ond term, broken down into three components: 1) Representing the Mountain Village property own-ers, acting as their voice within the community and provide the desired amenities; 2) Managing a transportation system that includes the gondola and now Dial-A-Ride; and 3) Economic development to improve the vitality and sus-tainability of Mountain Village. Dwight believes that the success of TMVOA is critical to property values, economic growth, Moun-tain Village core vitality and the overall experience of living, working and playing in this resort community. Dwight, a full-time resident since 2002, has worked in the Village core since that time. He built his personal residence on Adams Ranch Road in 2007, and owns commercial real estate in the Franz Klammer building. Dwight is an owner and managing director of Telluride Real Estate Corp., and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Telluride Re-gional Airport Authority.

Brian “Bingo” Eaton was raised in Arizona and became cap-tivated by Colorado while attend-ing the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. After gradu-ation, Eaton spent five years on ac-tive duty flying in Europe and the U.S. While stationed in Spain, he performed graduate studies work-ing toward a masters in public ad-ministration. In 1978 Eaton began working for Delta Air Lines, and retired in 2006. Eaton became en-amored with our valley upon first visiting during the winter of 1975. He returned again to ski in 1986 remembering the beauty, the lack of lift lines, and the ability to have a ski-in-ski-out property. Eaton built a home in Mountain Village in 1991 near Lift 10. In 1994 he was appointed as the town’s first representative to the TRAA (Air-port Board), and served in that role until 2012.

Eaton has skied at many Euro-pean resorts and knows how lucky he is to be living here, and that residents understand they live in a unique, remote, winter/summer resort area that is unmatched any-

where on this continent.Richard Hetzel and his wife

have been coming to Mountain Village since the mid 90s when he purchased a membership in the Franz Klammer, where he still has a three-bedroom unit. In February 2012 they purchased a condo at the Granita and in September 2013 they purchased a home in Knoll Estates.

Hetzel graduated from the University of Minnesota and served in the Army Reserve for six years. After graduating, Hetzel began working in group sales at a major Midwestern insurance com-pany. He believes that his work ex-perience combined with his good education would be very beneficial to TMVOA.

Hetzel is very familiar with the Mountain Village merchants as well as many of the business sup-pliers and the residential owners in Mountain Village and he feels that he can represent them well. Richard says that he is a good listener and that he knows he lives in a special place that he wants to preserve and improve upon.

Brian Kanaga is a Colorado native with a B.A. in mathemat-ics from Johns Hopkins Univer-sity and a M.S. in Economics from Princeton University. Kanaga has 20 years’ experience in the finance industry as both a quantitative re-searcher at Susquehanna Invest-ment Group and as a Director in the Quantitative Trading Group at Credit Suisse.

For over 10 years Kanaga has been involved in the funding ef-forts of FSI – a science program for gifted Colorado students, and feels that the TMVOA board position would be an excellent opportunity to become more involved in broad-er public service. Kanaga’s back-ground in both theoretical research and applied finance should help guide community development and he would be an effective advocate for the residential property owners.

Kanaga is currently a private investor residing full-time in Moun-tain Village with his wife, Susanne Connolly, who is a commercial real estate attorney.

Marla Meridith grew up on Long Island, attended Syracuse University and lived in NYC after graduation. Meridith met her hus-band, Ross, in NYC and moved to Orange County, California, in 1997, where she spend many years work-ing freelance for the Disney Stores. With the economic changes and through personal exploration, Meri-dith found the wonderful world of

social media and she has a strong voice in the food, travel and life-style world. Through her blog she has become an excellent promoter of our beautiful resort town. Meri-dith’s job affords her great freedom and flexibility and plenty of time to enjoy our mountains.

Meridith has been visiting Telluride since 2003; the first few years were spent at the San So-phia, and then she and her hus-band with two small children in tow purchased a deed at the Franz Klammer Lodge. One deed turned into three interests and one fifth of the year, which allowed Meridith and her family to visit often and for longer periods of time. Meri-dith and her family made the full time move from Orange County in January.

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Please note, even though the Class B (Lodging) seat is uncon-tested, TMVOA must still receive sufficient votes representing a quorum of more than 20 percent of the total votes in Class B, in or-der to validly elect the candidate to the Board, so please return your completed ballot.

Noel Daniel moved to Colora-do in 1986, shortly after graduating from the University of North Caro-lina at Chapel Hill, having earned a degree in business. She planned to ski for a season… or two. Twenty-five-plus years later, Daniel finds herself enjoying being an active participant in the local decision making process that will help to create a self sustaining resort com-munity that allows for the growth of business without compromising the unique and beautiful communi-ty she has grown to love and value.

Daniel’s background includes opening and operating luxury ho-tels in Vail, Taos and Telluride. Lo-cally, Daniel has served as the gen-eral manager of the Hotel Madeline, the Inn at Lost Creek and the Peaks Resort and Spa. She has also been on the HOA boards of the Hotel Madeline Residences, See Forever at the Peaks and the Penthouses at the Peaks. Daniel participates in the lodging association and has helped in the planning for the World Cup Snowboarding events as well as oth-er Mountain Village events. Through recent collaboration with the Town of Mountain Village, improvements to Reflection Plaza were made in-cluding the turf over the skating rink in the summer, which resulted in in-creased activity.

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First Day of the Season to Benefit Telluride Ski & Snowboard Club

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TELLURIDE – The Tellu-ride Ski Resort opens the 2013-2014 ski season with the Tel-luride Ski and Snowboard Club annual fundraising event, Dona-tion Day, on Wednesday, Nov. 27. All skiers and riders pay $25 to hit the slopes, and all proceeds benefit TSSC. Children under age 5 ski free.

“Telluride Ski Resort pro-vides a great opportunity to raise money for the young skiers and riders of the community that par-ticipate in the club,” said Justin Chandler, executive director of TSSC. “Telluride Ski Resort has always been our biggest support-er. We could not operate without their efforts and generosity.”

One hundred percent of Do-nation Day proceeds raised go

directly to TSSC’s financial as-sistance fund, which has grown significantly over the years, with this year seeing the club’s largest enrollment ever.

TSSC representatives will of-fer free hot chocolate, coffee and donuts at the base of the moun-tain in the Mountain Village, near the stairs to the Gondola sta-tion, throughout the day.

“The Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club is an outstand-ing program, developing young skiers and snowboarders here in the community,” said Telluride Ski and Golf Co. owner Chuck Horning. “We are proud to be able to put on this fundraising day for them, and hope everyone in the region will come out to get their first runs of the season and help support a great program.”

Lifts and terrain open Wednesday will include Moun-tain Village Express (Lift 4), with skiing on Village Bypass to lower Boomerang, upper Misty Maiden and lower Misty Maiden. The Gondola will be open for ac-cess to the Mountain Village and

foot traffic to Village Bypass. The Chondola (Lift 1) will

be operating for access with the Learning Center Magic carpet area open. The Magic Carpet at

the base of Village Express will be open, with Ski School les-sons available; an early season terrain park will be open in the lower section of Hoot Brown,

just above the base of Village Express Lift.

For more information visit-tellurideskiresort.com or call 800/778-8581.

cdoT Regional Transportation Director Kerrie Neet outlined the details of a $10.5 million RAMP grant, recently awarded to the Town of Ridgway to implement the town’s downtown infrastructure improvement plan, as Ridgway Mayor John Clark listened in at a community meeting on Monday evening, Nov. 18. (A video of the meeting is available at youtube.com/watch?v=XiMuq95SzdE.) The Ridgway Town Council followed up with a work session Wednesday night. Visit watchnewspa-pers.com to read a Letter to the Editor from Mayor Clark about the choices Ridgway faces regarding how to raise matching funds for the RAMP grant. (Photo by Samantha Wright, watch-newspapers.com)

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Indians Advance To Semifinals

Montrose High School Football Team Heads

To Pueblo for State Semifinals

BY WILLIAM WOODY

MONTROSE – The Montrose High School foot-ball team finished unde-feated at home this season, thumping Denver South

47-27 at Saturday’s game. For the team’s senior players especially, it was a great fi-

nale to years of playing in front of a home crowd.

“We wanted to finish unde-feated at home. It feels good to win our last game on this field,” said senior Angelo Youngren, who rushed for 120 yards on 13 carries and three touchdowns.

Indians head coach Todd Casebeir celebrated with the team after the game, chanting: “One, two, three, semifinals,” before breaking to deliver post-game interviews. Assistant coach Jim Scarry, who could barely contain himself, skipped up to Casebier and yelled,

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BLOCKED! – Montrose High School Indians’ Cayden James (53) and Donovan Adams (54) attempted to block a punt from Denver South kicker Gareth Mood in the second quarter at Sat-urday’s home game. The Indians won 47-27, and advance to state 4A semifinals at Pueblo South Saturday, Nov. 23, in Pueb-lo. Game time is 1 p.m.; the radio broadcast is on KUBC 580 AM radio. (Photo by William Woody)

THE PEAKS OF TELLURIDE

When you hike the mountains in this region every day you can, you know and love them well. Jeff Burch scales the local peaks every weekend – he’s out both Saturday and Sunday, all year around, until mountain snows force him to take a break. Burch has worked for the U.S. Forest Service the past 22 years. And he’s a photographer and passionate researcher. Put that all together, and you come up with the book Burch says “has con-sumed me” for the past 12 months: The Peaks of Telluride.

It’s one-of-a-kind, beautiful, and beautifully researched. The local mountains get assiduous, exhaustive treatment in Burch’s hands; he has photographed each of the 100-plus peaks in and around Telluride, often from varying angles and in different times of year (mountains often look different from different per-spectives and in different seasons, he reasoned, “and the idea is to show you the mountains as you see them”).

Burke recently produced Peaks of the Uncompahgre with historian Don Paulson, of the Ouray County Historical Society. This go-round, he was working on his own, and sought the help of knowledgeable locals. The list reads like a who’s who of what’s what: Billy Mahoney, Sr., Rick Trujillo, Dirk DePagter, Don Paul-

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ElEvatEd By Leslie Vreeland

One of Three Winter Tour Dates in Grand Junction

This month hip-hop virtuoso Ryan Wisler, revered simply by his artistic alias, Kno, released

what would be critiqued as a self-produced masterpiece reaching far outside his expanding sonic comfort zone. With the as-sistance of hand selected vo-calist Zoe Wick, Anna Wise

and Dane Ferguson, the 10-track To Dust album is the culmination of Kno’s efforts to be a boundary-pushing member of a genre often pigeonholed by its stereotypes. Before this recent formation of this elite side project, dubbed Built to Fade, Kno’s music nar-rative went deep into late 90s Southern hip-hop at its peak.

Thirteen years ago emcee Wil-lis Polk met Wisler in an Atlanta club during an event hosted by the now iconic Dungeon Family. In the Georgia rap music chronol-ogy, this was right around the time that affiliated groups Outkast and

Goodie Mob were breaking out

of the South. The music

world would soon see Dungeon Family representatives Andre 3000 and Cee Lo Green become household names, but the skilled cast surrounding these A-list rap-pers were also making moves.

A year after that chance en-counter, Polk would become Dea-con the Villain, and the two would form the group CunninLynguist. Their debut album Will Rap For Food received acclaim for its as-tute rhymes and production, find-ing a balance between facets of old school rap and progressive

A Rare Appearance From Hip-Hop Trio CunninLynguists

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HIP-HOP TRIO Kno, Deacon the Villain and Natti are Cun-ninLynguists. They will be per-forming on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Mesa Theater in Grand Junction. (Courtesy photo)


The University of Southern California Trojans have broken out of their thick, Lane Kiffin-induced eggshell and are, all of a sudden, a damn good college football team. And it’s all because interim head coach Ed Orgeron has made a few simple changes that actually make players want to play football at U.S.C.

A novel idea, right? College players want to have fun play-ing football, wouldn’t you say? Well, it’s a novel idea that former U.S.C. head coach Lane Kiffin simply could not figure out, and that’s why every team he’s ever coached in his life has been bad.

Going into this illustrious col-lege football season, coach Kiffin and his Trojans had a lot of pres-sure on them to succeed. It’s un-like the Trojans to be a bad team, and this had better be the year that Kiffin brings the team back up to U.S.C. standards. Unfortu-nately for Kiffin, who has a shady coaching style, to say the least, he couldn’t bring what we all know is a talented group of guys togeth-er to win some ball games.

Under Kiffin, the Trojans lost

to Washington State in their sec-ond week this season, and were embarrassed by Arizona State in late September. The athletic de-partment at U.S.C. got smart and fired Kiffin on the tarmac at Los Angeles Airport, following that loss. It was a firing that will defi-nitely go down in college foot-ball lore for years to come. No tears were shed over Kiffin’s de-parture; he needed to go. (By the way, he may be one of the only coaches in history to be fired mid-season as both a college and an N.F.L. head coach).

Firing a head coach before the first half of the season is complete leaves your team in shambles. It can’t get any better, so get an interim head coach in there and start the process of finding a new, big-name head coach. That’s ex-actly what happened after U.S.C. sent Kiffin packing; U.S.C. made Kiffin’s assistant coach (and for-mer Ole Miss head coach) Ed Orgeron its interim head coach and launched the search for a new head coach for the next season. What the U.S.C. athletic depart-ment didn’t expect is that Coach O, who has the craziest grizzled voice you have ever heard, would turn the team around and lead them in a positive direction, in a relatively short period of time. Since Coach O took the helm, the Trojans have gone 6-1, with that only loss coming from a 14-10 heartbreaker against the Golden Domers of Notre Dame.

The biggest win for U.S.C.

came last week, with the Trojans returning to national prominence with a surprise 20-17 upset win over Stanford. (The previous week, Stanford had a surprise up-set win over Oregon.) You could see that, for players and fans, Tro-jan pride was back in Southern California, with a truly signature win for interim Coach O.

So why the big turnaround at U.S.C.? What did Coach O change? We are now finding that he made a lot of simple changes that had a big impact on the team. Football-wise, according to former Trojan running back and host of the Petros and Money Show, Pet-ros Papadakis, Coach O simplified and cut what was a complex play-book. He simplified the terminol-ogy of the play calls, and he gave the defensive play calling power to the defensive coordinator. Offen-sive play calls, which Kiffin made himself, would come from the of-fensive coordinator. Seems simple, right? Not exactly groundbreaking coaching decisions here.

Besides the changes in X’s and O’s, Orgeron made some sim-ple changes in the atmosphere sur-rounding the team, as well open-ing team practices back up to the media, bringing back team movie nights and letting former U.S.C alumni give pregame speeches to his team (with Dr. Dre inspiring the team last week).

Coach O is also bringing snack food back into the team’s facilities. Did I just say snack food? Apparently that’s right, ac-

cording to a story reported in the New York Times last week.

He has restored sweets to the team’s training table, on the theory that if you give a lineman a cook-ie, he’ll want to block for you. That, in a nutshell, is what Org-eron is doing for the entire team. He has given his team a reason to want to play – and play well – at U.S.C., proving that a toxic mix of punishment, anger and overall shadiness is detrimental to an oth-erwise good football team.

With the Trojans winning and Southern California fans excited about their football team, things are going well for Orgeron and his players. It’s once again a team worth watching. His success does, however, pose a problem for the school’s athletic department. As interim coach, Orgeron is techni-cally temporary. But now that he’s turned the team around in such a dramatic way, surely he’s in the running for a permanent head coach position. U.S.C. has some tough decisions ahead. Is Oregeron the big name they want in one of the most prestigious coaching po-sitions in all of college football?

According to the Times, U.S.C. is looking at Texas A&M Coach Kevin Sumlin, and maybe former N.F.L. coaches Lovie Smith and Jon Gruden – and, as we all know, has already inter-viewed Broncos interim head coach/defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio for the U.S.C. coaching position as well.

Orgeron might not be that big-name coaching hire the Trojans are used to, but he’s made a big name for himself already. Both players and fans alike want Orgeron as their coach, and I suspect the heads at U.S.C. will listen.

“We want Coach O next year,” freshman safety Su’a Cravens told the Times. “Forget the hiring, for-get all that. If we’ve got Coach O, that’s all we need.”

I agree with Cravens. Keep Coach O doing what he is doing. The snacks are working. And keep U.S.C.’s hands off Jack Del Rio. We still like him here in Bronco-country, and that’s reason enough to cheer for Coach O right now.

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Coach O Is Now the Big Name U.S.C. Needs at Its Helm

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undertones ahead of their time. Most importantly, tackling socio-political and life issues in creative ways would be a mainstay of the groups’ audible identity. This stark contrast to the often mindless radio waves that defined the Noughties set them apart, but also kept them stuck in the rap purgatory we now call the underground.

Their sophomore attempt would only push their reputation higher, with collaborations from influential Brooklyn rapper Masta Ace and producer RJD2. A third al-bum finally received a nod from Cee Lo Green, and the fourth saw lyricist Devin the Dude and Phonte making feature appearances. If those early co-signs aren’t enough for you, fast forward a decade, one more album

and five mix-tapes, and you find the now-trio working with heavy-weight rappers like Freddie Gibbs and Big K.R.I.T. on their latest proj-ect Oneirology. Having braved the questionable era of Southern club rap, CunninLynguists have kept the pillars of conscious lyrical content and groundbreaking production at the forefront of their game. This is rap music for people who claim they don’t like rap music for all the obvi-ous reasons.

Tour dates have been a rare commodity for fans of the trio, but Grand Junction will be gifted with one of three dates on their calen-dar this winter. Catch them rock-ing the mic on stage at the Mesa Theater and Club this Saturday.

CunninLynguists, Sat., Nov. 23, Mesa Theater, 7 p.m., $20, me-satheater.com

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“Road trip! We are absolutely tak-ing this show on the road.”

The team (11-1) travels to Pueblo to play in the semifinals Sat-urday, at 1 p.m. (with a radio broad-cast from KUBC-AM 580).

The Denver South Rebels (9-3) worked hard to intimidate Montrose in pre-game warm-ups, gathering at midfield to taunt the Indians with loud screaming.

In the locker room, Casebeir told the team to look past the heck-lers, and play within themselves. “Teams win championships, not in-dividuals,” he said. “Let’s get after it and enjoy this.”

The Indians came out and controlled the line of scrimmage on both offense and defense, forcing the Rebels from their stout 300-yard-per-game rush-ing attack to a passing game with only limited success.

Montrose ran out to an early 13-0 lead after the first quarter, with touchdowns from Youngren and Mike Rocha. In the second quarter, Youngren scored two more touchdowns, and quarterback Kam-eron DeVincentis hit Peter Shearer in stride for a 35-yard touchdown pass. By halftime, the Indians’ lead was 33-6, and the Rebels were be-ginning to walk off the field with their heads down.

“It was as good as our defense has played all year,” Casebeir said.

The coach said the team “real-ly used their technique” to outplay and out-muscle Denver South players who appeared larger. Three Rebel linemen were listed at over 300 pounds.

“They really liked going

against that big line,” Casebeir said of the team. “What we have been telling them all year is to get off the ball quicker, and outplay the man on the other side.”

Senior Connor Huskey, who plays both offense and defense, walked off the field Saturday tired, muddied and with a twisted ankle.

“We played tough, and every-one did their job,” Huskey said.

Huskey, whose play at line-backer Saturday was one of the team’s keys for controlling the Rebels’ offensive gains, had sev-eral tackles as well as a sack of star Denver South quarterback Tyson Purifoy.

“I love it, I’ve loved it my whole life,” Huskey said of play-ing linebacker. “I’ve been playing it since seventh grade.”

Youngren said he looks for-ward to playing the Pueblo South Colts; his cousin Isaiah Pannunzio is on that team.

Rocha finished with 78 yards on 18 carries and two touchdowns. DeVincentis finished with three completions on seven attempts for 90 yards and one touchdown, and Irah Wooten hauled in a touchdown pass from Angelo Youngren from 26-yards in the third quarter.

Rocha scored the final Indians’ touchdown, a 32-yard run through the Rebel defense.

The Indians are using this week to prepare for the semifinals, a po-sition that has taken Casebeir nine years to reach with the team.

“I can’t even wrap my head around it,” Huskey said. “To think we got this far just blows my mind.” [email protected]/williamwoodyCO

The Summit (2012) Directed by Nick Ryan

Thursday, November 21sT one shoW only, 8 p.m.at the Nugget TheaterTickets $10

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Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, THE SUM-MIT is a gripping documen-tary about the 2008 climbing disaster on K2 that killed 11 climbers. The world’s second highest mountain, K2 claims the lives of almost a quarter of the climbers who attempt the ascent to the summit. Using interviews and actual footage shot from the climb, the film pieces together a terrifying tale ending in tragedy.

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INDIANS from page 15

IN THE BACKFIELD – Montrose High School’s Connor Huskey sacked Denver South quarterback Tyson Purifoy in the first quarter at MHS Saturday. The Indians won 47- 27 to advance to the state 4A semi-finals against Pueblo South next week-end. (Photo by William Woody)

TOUCHDOWN! – Montrose High School Indians’ Mike Rocha leaped into the arms of teammate Kolby Martinez after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s home game. (Photo by William Woody)


also gave Cappanno his own sup-plemental oxygen, Keep said. “He thought he had enough to get out.”

When two other miners work-ing in the area realized what was happening, they “grabbed my brother and drug him,” Keep said. “Rick was still alive at the time.”

Cappanno, it turns out, was not. “They drug my brother out a ways, until they knew he was dead. Then they went back for Mr. Williams.”

But by then it was too late for Williams, as well. Realizing this, Keep said, the miners aborted their rescue attempt and evacu-ated the mine.

“From what I understand, my brother was dead within seconds,” Keep said. “The tragedy of it was, they didn’t use their self-rescuers. Self-rescuers would have saved them. But they had been trained to use their self rescuers when they see smoke, and they didn’t see smoke. And somehow, that drift wasn’t ventilated.”

Carbon monoxide, known as the “silent killer” because it is col-orless, odorless and tasteless, is a byproduct of explosives used in mining. When inhaled, CO enters the bloodstream through the lungs and binds with hemoglobin, inter-fering with the blood’s ability to deliver oxygen to the tissues. Initial symptoms include mild headache, fatigue, nausea and dizziness. Ex-posed to the gas in lethal quantities,

the victim suffocates as the result of chemical asphyxiation.

All miners are required by MSHA to carry an approved one-hour self-rescue device in case they encounter CO within a mine; the device converts the deadly CO into harmless CO2. One of the myster-ies that will surely be investigated by MSHA authorities in the follow-ing weeks and months is why the miners involved in Sunday’s Rev-enue-Virginius tragedy failed to use their self-rescue devices.

Another unknown at this point is the source of the deadly CO gas that killed Williams and Cappan-no. Keep offered a potential clue. “They were burning old powder back in there; it’s a practice they have used forever – it’s a safe way of dealing with it, if you get the ven-tilation,” he said. This report calls into question the adequacy of the mine’s ventilation system, which appears to have failed in Sunday’s tragic chain of events.

Keep said he hopes that MSHA authorities can unravel these and other troubling questions in their upcoming investigation.

“That mine is almost 140 years old,” he said. “Why, this one time, did all the pieces fit in all the wrong ways?”

Keep is optimistic that the an-swers will come with time. “People reassure me MSHA is really good at what they do,” he said. “If there is a problem, they will find it. I am not angry with anybody, other than

the way the rules are taught; why were they trained to use a self-res-cuer only when they see smoke?”

Keep emphasized that in spite of what happened to his brother, he is not on a personal vendetta against Star Mine or the mining in-dustry in general. “But I don’t want anything to happen to any other boys going underground. I want something good to come from this, nothing bad. The tragedy has hap-pened. Let’s try to find the good, and save the work environment for our miners.”

Such consequences may take years to unfold.

In the meantime, with Cappan-no and Williams both dead, Keep said, the most pressing concern at the moment is the condition of the 20 miners who attempted to save their lives. The evacuated miners were taken to regional hospitals after their evacuation, where they were treated for varying levels of carbon monoxide exposure. Ac-cording to mine operator Star Mine, all 20 have since been released.

“The miners are number one. You can only imagine what those guys took into their bodies,” he said. “It’s so unfortunate. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those men.”

a TRoUbLING SaFeTy RecoRd

The historic Revenue-Virgin-ius mine is located near Yankee Boy Basin, 6.9 miles southwest

of Ouray, above the Camp Bird Mine, and below the Ruby Trust. The mine shut down in the 1940s, but record-high silver prices in 2011 fanned new interest among investors. It was being readied for reopening by Star Mine Op-erations LLC, a subsidiary of the Denver-based private mining company Silver Star Resources, which obtained a mining permit for the Revenue-Virginius in Feb-ruary 2013 to mine silver, gold and sulfide minerals from vein de-posits on patented mining claims purchased under a lease agreement by the company in 2011.

Star Mining’s work force had swollen to close to 100 in recent months. Work was proceeding fe-verishly, with three shifts of min-ers working 20 hours a day, seven days a week, and surface workers putting in 10-hour days, five days a week.

Mining crews were focused on rehabilitating the historic un-derground workings that probe some two miles into the mountain-side, and laying rail into the very back of the mine. Recently, they were poised to put in some raises to access ore veins in previously untapped regions of the mine, as work also progressed toward in-stalling an underground mill ca-pable of processing up to 300 tons of ore per day.

With Sunday’s tragedy, all of this came to a screeching halt, with all work at the mine suspend-ed pending the outcome of the MSHA investigation.

Not surprisingly, Revenue-Virginius’ safety record has come under scrutiny since the deaths of the two miners.

At a press conference on Sun-day night, Star Mine Operations Manager Rory Williams defended Star Mine’s safety record. “We always keep safety as our number one priority,” he said. “We never want an injury, a death, or any-thing of any nature which harms a person, an individual or an em-ployee to occur on our mine site. I believe our safety record has been strong. We have not had any incident of this nature ever, and I never intend to have another one.”

Williams also told The Watch that Star Mine has strict training requirements for all of its work-ers, from long-term employees to new hires. Cappanno had recently completed a 40-hour MSHA train-ing as well as an eight-hour re-fresher course (Rick Williams had also recently completed an eight-hour refresher course).

Even so, MSHA records re-veal that Star Mine has a troubling safety record. “There are a lot of problems we see with this very new mine,” said Ellen Smith, pub-lisher of the online publication Mine Safety and Health News, in an interview on Colorado Public Radio’s show Colorado Matters earlier this week. “They did not have a proper mine plan when they opened; and their miners had not been properly trained.”

According to MSHA records, prior to Sunday’s accident, the mine had previously reported five accidents in 2013, and four

in 2012 – giving the mine an ac-cident rate that is 115 percent above the national average. Most of these accidents were not of a serious nature.

“Guys are getting stuff in their eyes, smashing fingers,” Smith said. “It might show that they need to slow down, but it’s nothing seri-ous.”

MSHA also pronounced the mine’s “violations-per-inspection-day” rate unusually high – 1.47, compared to the national average of .47 for underground metal/non-metal mines, as the result of 25 violations since August of 2012.

Retired MSHA inspector and supervisor Ron Renowden, who now runs a small safety and health consulting business in Silverton, did some safety consulting for Star Mine shortly after the company acquired the Revenue-Virginius property in 2011.

“I am surprised they are above the national levels on their injury rate,” he said, although he has heard some “scuttlebutt kind of stuff going on” among the Silver-ton miners who are employed at the mine.

“The company has received a lot of negative feedback from min-ers off and on since they started operating,” he said. “I helped [Star Mine] get started in the very beginning and cautioned them they need to stay on top of all these things, and reminded them of their responsibilities. Mining is inherently dangerous; you have to use extra-special precautions when operating in a mine or work-ing in a mine; everyone has to stay on board and have a commitment to safety.”

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eNvIRoNmeNT

The tragedy at the Reve-nue-Virginius Mine has been a poignant reminder for many in Ouray and the surrounding com-munities that mining is indeed a dangerous occupation.

The Miner’s Heritage statue near the Ouray Hot Springs Pool has become a gathering place for the bereaved, and a place of quiet contemplation over the past sev-eral days, with flowers, notes and small commemorative objects pil-ing up at its base.

Ouray resident Dee Williams, who visited the statue Tuesday af-ternoon, summed up the feelings expressed by many here in Ouray.

“I was reminded of Ouray’s history. How in the past 140 years lives have been lost in mining ac-cidents, or in avalanches on the way to and from the mines. It’s a dangerous business in a danger-ous environment,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “Thankfully there are people who are willing to take the risk mining involves. Ouray wouldn’t be here without them, and a good portion of Colorado wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the industry and prosperity mining brought to our state.”

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Nick cappaNNo waS a maN of faith aNd family

Nicholas Cappanno, who died in the Sunday-morning accident at the Reve-nue-Virginius Mine, had worked there for just a few weeks.

He is survived by his wife, Martha Cappanno, and their sons Brayden, 5, and Barrett, 2; by his parents, Audrey and Dan Keep, and by his siblings, Rob-in Johnson and Eric Keep.

Cappanno grew up in Olathe, and had deep, multi-generational roots in the Mon-trose area. Born into the Keep family, he and his wife adopted his family’s ancestral name, Cappanno, when they married.

“Nick felt it was important to honor that heritage,” explained his sister-in-law Katie Caufield, speaking on behalf of the Cappanno family.

Nick and Martha met at church; she was a high school senior, and he had al-ready graduated.

“Martha and Nick had an amazing relationship,” Caufield said. “It was re-ally special. Sometimes I felt almost jeal-ous; they had that extra spark that not all couples do. The passion was there. It could be feisty, but they were so, so in love with each other, and had so much fun together.” He was equally passionate about being a father. “The number-one reason he took a job at the mine was that his previous job in the oil industry kept him away from his family,” Caufield said. “He wanted to have dinner with his fam-ily, and tuck his kids into bed at night.”

Cappanno told remarkable bedtime stories, weaving together fact and fancy. He was the kind of dad who knew how to make ordinary, everyday events into something fun – from eating cheese and crackers to inventing a makeshift bicycle train for taking his sons to the park.

“His boys adored him,” Caufield said. “He had a teacher’s heart; he encouraged them to ask questions, be inquisitive, and to pursue their passions and dreams. There are a lot of good fathers out there, but he was a great father.”

Cappanno’s brother, Eric, agreed. “He was a fun-loving, wonderful father. He loved those boys to death.”

Eric remembers that his brother had a fascination for dirt bikes as a kid. Fun-loving, quick-witted and mischievous, he was forever the prankster of the family.

“He always had a smile on his face,” Eric said. “He was always going fast.” Recently, he had turned his inquisitive

mind toward the making of malt brews, which he loved. It was his dream to have a fully-functional malting operation, and he had just started malting barley in his garage shortly before he died.

Cappanno briefly attended college, but never graduated. Instead, he worked in several different industries, including agriculture, the oil industry, and, finally, mining. He enjoyed physical work. “He really had an ability to work with his hands,” Caufield said. “He was creative; he could think outside the box, for sure.”

Although he didn’t spend much time at the Revenue-Virginius mine, he had already made plenty of friends among the miners there, many of whom have reached out to his family in the days since the accident.

“Guys were asking to take him out after work for a beer because he was such a nice guy, and so funny,” brother Eric said.

Cappanno’s Christian faith was at the core of his identity, said Caufield. “He had a deep belief and it didn’t waiver. Martha admired that about him. He didn’t question. He knew without a shadow of a doubt where he would go after he died. That might have been why he lived his life with so much enthusi-asm. When it was his turn, he was ready to move on.”

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Visitation for family and close friends of Nick Cappanno will be held Thursday, Nov. 21, 4-6 p.m., at Grace Community Church, 16731 Woodgate Road in Montrose, fol-lowed by public visitation at the church, 6-7:30 p.m. His funeral will take place Fri-day, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m., at Grace. Cremation will take place after the service.

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The Cappanno Family Memorial Fund has been established through the generous support of Alpine Bank. Check donations may be dropped off at any area or statewide branch location or mailed to: Cappanno Family Memorial Fund; Care of Alpine Bank - 2770 Alpine Drive, Montrose, CO 81401. Online donations can be made at cappannomemorialfund.com. All donations will be sent directly to the Cappanno Fam-ily Memorial Fund and will be used at the discretion of Nick’s wife, Martha.

Rick williamS embodied SilveRtoN’S miNiNg heRitage

Revenue-Virginius Mine Shift Su-pervisor Rick Williams’ love of mining and of the mountains ran deep. Williams died of apparent carbon monoxide poi-soning on Sunday while trying to save miner Nicholas Cappanno, who also died in the Sunday-morning accident at the mine, which sent 20 surviving min-ers to regional hospitals.

Williams was husband to Judy Wil-liams; father to two sons, Nathan, 25 and Aaron, 23; and grandfather to Marley, 4. He was born in Moab, and grew up in and around Silverton. In 1993, married with two young sons, Williams moved 50 miles south to Durango.

“He was a wonderful father and son, and brother and neighbor,” said Judy, his wife of 28 years. “He was kind, re-liable and very well liked by friends, neighbors and family.”

Williams adored his young grand-daughter, Marley. “She was the apple of his eye,” Judy said.

An accomplished carpenter and a trained, certified miner with many years of experience, “He was a hard-working person who did what he needed to do to make a living for his family,” his wife said. “He loved what he did. He loved the mountains.”

Growing up in Silverton, Williams naturally gravitated toward the mining profession, and after graduating from Silverton High School, he found work at the then-booming Sunnyside Mine, where he worked for years.

Like many in Silverton, Williams got out of mining when the Sunnyside shut down for good in the early 1990s, starting a contracting business, Silver-ton Renovations. For years, he made the beautiful daily commute between Du-rango and Silverton.

When the economy took a turn for the worse, Williams began traveling far-ther afield for work. “He traveled every-where, doing mining or contracting con-struction projects,” Judy said.

In June 2012, Williams found a steady job closer to home, at the Rev-enue-Virginius Mine; at 59, he was among the oldest workers there. He dis-played a remarkable work ethic, putting in seven days in a row, then traveling back to Durango to spend time with his family on his days off.

“I think those young ones looked up

to him,” said Judy, who works as a nurse in Durango. “There were a lot of young ones up there. He really liked working with the guys.”

Williams didn’t talk much about his work in the mines. “If they truly tell you what they think, the spouses don’t sleep at night,” Judy said. Even so, over the many years that she spent as a miner’s wife, she admitted, “I spent a lot of time pacing the floor, worrying and everything.”

Recently, Williams announced his promotion to shift supervisor at the Rev-enue-Virginius.

“What do you do?” Judy asked him. “I’m pretty much a nipper,” he joked

– a nipper is an entry-level worker in a mine, an errand-boy for more experi-enced miners. “I do whatever needs to be done to get the job done.”

Working at the Revenue-Virginius was a homecoming of sorts for Williams and many other former Sunnyside min-ers, who went to work there after a two-decade hiatus from mining.

“They all knew each other up there,” Judy said. “In Silverton, everyone knew each other. There is a camaraderie around mining in Silverton. In the min-ing industry, it’s a family.

“It’s a death for everyone. They are all grieving, and I feel heartbroken for everyone.”

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Rick Williams’ funeral will be Fri-day, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Greenmount Cemetery in Durango, with a gathering immediately afterward at the Durango Community Recreation Center.

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A memorial fund for the Williams family has been established at Wells Fargo Bank.

There will be a vigil for the fallen miners this Saturday, Nov. 23 near the Ouray Hot Springs Pool at 4:30 p.m.

Remembering the Fallen Minersby SamaNtha wRight

commUNity

‘It’s a death for everyone.’– Judy Williams

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

picksARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTTHURSDAY, NOV. 21

Robert Weatherford’s Student Show – View the student’s work and listen to their talks; Ah Haa School, 5:30 p.m.

Telluride Film Festival Pres-ents: The Summit – Harrowing documentary about the deadly K2 expedition that killed 11 climbers; Nugget Theater, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV.21-THURSDAY, JANUARY 9

Community Artists Show – the 10th annual event at the Ridgway Li-brary, featuring 21 artists working in assorted media; show is up through Jan. 9. 970/626-5513

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 The Oldest Profession – Timshel

Theatre of Montrose presents a play by Paula Vogel about five prosti-tutes in the twilight of their careers; Wright Opera House, 7 p.m. Not suitable for children. ThewrightoperahouAse.org

Free Friday Night Movie – Nor-wood, the Livery, 7 p.m. aceofnorwood.orgR Stray Grass in Concert – Acoustic music trio at the Radio Room in Grand Junction; 7:30 p.m. kafmradio.org

Don’t Worry: Dance Happy – A benefit for the Wendy V Medical Recovery Fund, featuring local DJs Van Breeze & Techman; Turn of the Century Saloon. 970/417-5327; [email protected]

FRIDAY, NOV. 22-SATURDAY, NOV. 23

Bongo Love Woodcarving Event and Concert – Woodcarving at Acme Healing Center on Fri. (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) and at Ridgway Town Park Sat., (11 a.m.-2 p.m.), followed by celebration.

Man of La Mancha – Magic Circle Players Community Theatre presents the musical adaptation of Cervantes’ novel, winner of five Tony Awards on the stage; at Magic Circle Theatre. Show time: 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale from 2-5 p.m. at the theatre, or call to reserve. 970/249-7838

Bongo Love in Concert – Sher-bino Theater, 10 p.m. sherbinotheater.com

SATURDAY, NOV. 23 Dance at the Pavilion – A

Montrose Dance Club get-together, 7:30-11 p.m. Music by Ghost River Band. 970/252-7172

SATURDAY, NOV. 23-SUNDAY, NOV. 24

Art on Trout Road – The an-nual event: art and ceramics by Bill Wilson, Gina Grundemann and Ron Hoeksma in Wilson’s home studio on Trout Road; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. 970/249-4293

SUNDAY, NOV. 24 The Oldest Profession – Timshel

Theatre of Montrose presents a play by Paula Vogel about five prosti-tutes in the twilight of their careers; Wright Opera House, 2 p.m. Not suitable for children.

Thewrightoperahouse.org Music at Mesa: Guest Artists’

Opera Extravaganza – In Grand Junction: Moss Performing Arts Center’s Recital Hall; 7:30 p.m. Call for tickets. 970/248-1604

FRIDAY, NOV. 29 Free Friday Night Movie:

Planes – Norwood, the Livery, 7 p.m. aceofnorwood.org SATURDAY, NOV. 30-SUNDAY, DEC. 1

Valley Symphony and Chorus Concert: Christmas by Candle-light – Carols and holiday favorites will be performed; Montrose Pavil-ion. On Sat. at 7:30 pm., and Sun. at 3 p.m. valleysymphony.net

SUNDAY, DEC. 1 The Princess Bride – The criti-

cally acclaimed film starring Mandy Patinkin and Robin Wright; Palm Theatre, 4 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 2 They Came to Telluride: Wom-

en Behind the Lens – A screening of Salaam, Bombay!, directed by Mira Nair, this month’s installa-tion of the movie series from TFF Cinematheque; Wilkinson Library; 6 p.m. Pre-show reception, 5:30 pm. Telluridelibrary.org

THURSDAY, DEC. 5-SATURDAY, DEC. 7

Best of the West Music Festival – The 14th annual event: three days of public concerts and two days of workshops featuring over 200 high school musicians from Utah and Colorado. In Grand Junction (Moss Performing Arts Center). 970/248-1604

A Christmas Carol – A perfor-mance from the Ouray County Players at the Wright Opera House. Thewrightoperahouse.org

FRIDAY, DEC. 6-SUNDAY, DEC. 8

Picasso at the Lapin Agile – A play by Steve Martin, directed by Sara Doehrman; Norwood, the Liv-ery, 7 p.m. Call for advanced tickets or more information. 970/327-0444; aceofnorwood.org

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Sheridan Opera House, 6 p.m. sheridanoperahouse.com

SUNDAY, DEC. 8 Valley Symphony and

Chorus Concert: Christmas by Candlelight – Carols and holiday favorites will be performed; Delta Performing Arts Center, 3 p.m. val-leysymphony.net

Ouray County Holiday Chorus: Beautiful Snow – Ridgway 4H Event Center; 7 p.m. Admission is free; donations appreciated. 970/626-5847

FRIDAY, DEC. 13-SATURDAY, DEC. 14

The Polar Express – A ballet featuring Weehawken Dancers, from ages 2.5-18; Montrose Pavilion. On Fri. at 7 p.m., and Sat. at 2 p.m. weehawkenarts.org

COMMUNITYTHURSDAY, NOV. 21

Liquor Licensing Authority Meeting – Rebekah Hall Green Room, 9 a.m.

Barreworks Class – A class that fuses pilates, yoga and dance; Tel-luride Yoga Center, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Wilkinson Library Board of Trustees Meeting – In the Library’s Program Room, 3 p.m. The public is welcome.

Room to Breathe – A showing of the PBS film about bringing mind-fulness into education; Wilkinson Library, 5:30 p.m. This screening offers a great chance to learn more about the value of mindful medita-tion for all. telluridelibrary.org

Handmade Cards Using Printmaking Techniques – Ouray artist Ann Cheeks instructs; Ah Haa School, 5:30-8 p.m. ahhaa.org

Planning and Zoning Commis-sion Meeting – Rebekah Hall Main Room, 6 p.m.

Local Harvest Dinner – A five-course gourmet meal in support of regional farms, chefs, ranches and the Ouray Chamber Resort As-sociation at Cavallo’s Restaurant; 6-9 p.m. Reservations: $65, include all food, beverages and “culinary surprises.” Ouraycolorado.com; 970/325-4746

ROCC Talk: Connect for Colorado – Learn how to navigate the state’s new health insurance exchange with the advice of two health-care experts; Ridgway Town Hall, 7 p.m.

Cortez Library Presents: Professor Andrew Guilford – A lecture entitled Hitting the Trail With Lewis and Clark, including a slideshow of camp sites and a dis-cussion of the terrain the adventur-ers crossed on their epic 8,000-mile journey; 7-8 p.m.

THURSDAYS, NOV. 21-NOV. 28

Clay Creators: Holiday Style – A four-week, after-school session from Weehawken Arts, in Ridgway at the All Fired Up pottery studio; 3:45-5 p.m. weehawkenarts.org; 970/318-0150

FRIDAY, NOV. 22 Historic Architectural Review

Commission Chair Meeting – Re-bekah Hall Main Room, 9:15 a.m.

, Valley Orchestra Presents: Strings in Schools – Concerts at the Palm Theatre (9 a.m.), Ridgway Elementary (11 a.m.) and the Ouray School (1 p.m.). valleysymphony.net/vyo

Planning and Zoning Commis-sion Chair Meeting – Rebekah Hall Main Room, 11 a.m.

Handmade Cards and Print-making – A class with Ouray artist Ann Cheeks; Ah Haa School for the Arts, 5-8 p.m. ahhaa.org

Community Screening Ura-nium Drive-In – Nugget Theatre, 6 p.m. [email protected]

Altrusa International Holiday Festival & Gifts – The 11th annual event; decorated items for bidding include gift baskets, wreaths, cen-terpieces and 4 ft. trees; Wells Fargo Bank (400 Main St.), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Advance viewing & bidding

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TELLURIDE

thursday, nov. 21

A harrowing documentary about the most dangerous mountain on earth is being screened tonight. The Sum-mit explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Irish climber Ger McDonnell on the K2 expedition of 2008. Eleven out of 18 climbers who reached the sum-mit never made it back that year. The Hollywood Reporter called this film a “heart-throbbing experience” that “puts us in their shoes – literally between the world’s most ferocious rock and the icy hard place of imminent death.” The Sum-mit plays the Nugget for one show only, at 8 p.m.

MONTROSE

friday, nov. 22-sat., nov. 23

The musical Man of La Mancha is inspired by Cervante’s classic novel, Don Quixote. The original 1965 production ran for over 2,000 performances on Broadway. Its principal song, “The Impossible Dream,” won the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. This weekend is your last chance to see La Mancha, a Magic Circle Players production. The Montrose theatre company is also something of a classic, and is now in its 54th season. The musical plays this Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Magic Circle Theatre. Magic Circle’s mis-sion is “to educate, entertain and involve” Western Slope residents of all ages in quality live theatre, and is always looking for volunteers. To learn more about this venerable company and how you can get involved, visit magiccircleplayers.com. The company’s next production is The Road to Mecca by the South African playwright Athol Fugard. It opens in January.

OURAY

saturday, nov. 23

The sixth annual Ouray County Holiday Bazaar takes place this weekend. It’s an event to benefit local nonprofit organizations; the groups will be selling items to raise funds and awareness, as well as recruit new mem-bers. The sale takes place at the Ouray County 4H Center from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Second Chance Humane Society, a co-sponsor as well as beneficiary of this get-together, is bringing Santa Claus along to pose for holiday keepsake photos to be taken not only with family members, but also well-behaved, on-leash pets (the four-legged mem-bers of the family). For more information, call the Ouray County Event Center at 970/626-3304, or Second Chance Humane Society (970/626-2273). To see the animals it has up for adoption and learn more about Second Chance’s work in this region, visit adoptmountainpets.org



available Nov. 18-22, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 970/249-3887; [email protected]

FRIDAY, NOV. 22-SATURDAY, NOV. 23

Elks Turkey Bingo – Lodge members and guests only on Friday; 6-9:30 p.m. The public is invited to this event – i.d.’s are required at the door for entry – on Saturday, for kids’ (4-6 p.m.) and/or adults’ bingo (6:30-10 p.m.). Turkey dinner: $10 for adults, $5 for kids. 970/708-4780

SATURDAY, NOV. 23 Fair Trade Holiday Sale –

Three congregations in Montrose offer handmade gift items from 30 countries in a fundraiser that ben-efits the artists; St. Paul Episcopal Church, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 970/765-7070; [email protected]

Holiday Bazaar – The sixth annual event, in which participating non-profit organizations sell items to raise funds and awareness, and recruit new members; 4-H Event Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Santa will be on hand, as well as representatives from the Second Chance Humane Society, offering photos of the fam-ily and/or leashed and well-behaved pets. 970/525-3304; 970/626-2273

Waterfowl Hunting 101 – Free instruction from Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Delta chapter of Ducks Unlimited; Escalante State Wildlife Area (5297 Mesa Road), 12-4:30 p.m. Reservations required; space is limited. To sign up, visit the Parks & Wildlife office in Mon-trose (2300 South Townsend Ave.), phone, or email. 970/252-6000/[email protected]

Turkey Bingo at the Hitchin’ Post – In Norwood: eat turkey and

play bingo, 4-7 p.m. Karaoke be-gins at 8 p.m. This event benefits Ace of Norwood. Aceofnorwood.org

SATURDAY, NOV. 23-SUNDAY, NOV. 24

Introduction to Fused Glass with John Hopkins – An Ah Haa course takes place at the instructor’s studio in Hillside; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, and 1-3 p.m. on Sunday. Ahhaa.org

MONDAY, NOV. 25 Adult/Child/Infant CPR – In

Telluride; 5:30-8:30 p.m. 970/729-2779

Open Figure Studio – An Ah Haa School course; 6-8 p.m. ahhaa.org

What’s New With Social Me-dia? – A course from the University Centers of the San Miguel (2nd floor, Miramonte Building); 6-8 p.m. ucsanmiguel.org

TUESDAY, NOV. 26 First Aid and Adult/Child

CPR – In Telluride; 5:30-9:30 p.m. 970/729-2779

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27 Guided Meditation and

Dharma Talk – Wilkinson Library, 5:30 p.m. This event meets monthly. Telluridelibrary.org

WEDNESDAYS, NOV. 27-DEC 4

Forest, Fens and Medicinal Plants – A discussion sponsored by the Mountain Studies Institute on three distinct projects, including community forest management to mitigate wildfire and restoration of fen vegetation and hydrologic flow. In Durango: Lyceum Room, Center

of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College; 6:30 p.m. swcoloradowild-flowers.com/SanJuanFourCorner-sNativePlantSociety.htm

Art Explorers – Art on and about Magical Creatures, for ages 5-7; Weehawken Ridgway, 3-4 p.m. First class is free. weehawkenarts.org;970/318-0150

Art Adventures – An after-school class for ages 8-11 focus-ing on the secret life of plants; Weehawken Ridgway, 4-5 p.m. First class is free. weehawkenarts.org;970/318-0150

Art Seekers – Art class from Weehawken Ridgway for middle-schoolers that will explore, through self-portraits abstract, realistic and experimental, who you are through art; 5:15-6:30 p.m. First class is free. weehawkenarts.org;970/318-0150

FRIDAY, NOV. 29 Montrose Holiday Tree

Lighting & Santa’s Candlelit Procession – Courthouse, 5:30 p.m. Christmas Carols and other music, plus refreshments.

SATURDAY, NOV. 30 Small Business Saturday – In

downtown Montrose: special events and sales all day, including hayrides from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Art Partners Chili Bowl Fundraiser – All-you-can eat chili, served in ceramics decorated by lo-cal artisans, to help support Partners kids; Around the Corner Gallery, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Fee is $15; the bowl is yours to keep. 970/249-1116/partners-west.org

Create & Can Three Holiday Sauces – Culinary craftsmanship

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YOUNG SCIENTIST – Telluride High School student Cirkine Sherry presented at the Pinhead Internship Presentation Night last Thursday about her experienc-es interning at the Gabrieli Laboratory in the Depart-ment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences this summer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her expe-riences inspired her to want to pursue more education in science and possibly a career in cognitive studies. (Photo by Samuel Adams, watchnewspapers.com)

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p.m. ahhaa.org Movie at the Sherbino: Turbo!

– Snails at speed in this action film for kids (and parents too); 4 p.m. sherbinotheater.com

MONDAY, DEC. 2 Open Space Commission Meet-

ing – Rebekah Hall Green Room, 4 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 2-TUESDAY, DEC. 3

In-Design Basics – Lauren Metzger instructs on the popular Adobe software program; Ah Haa School. Ahhaa.org

TUESDAY, DEC. 3 Ouray Library Preschool Holi-

day Puppet Show – At the Library, 2:30-3 p.m. If your child does not attend the Ouray School, please stop by the library or email to sign up. All are welcome. [email protected]

Spruce Beetle Management – Representatives of the U.S. Forest Service discuss managing the spruce beetle epidemic and aspen decline in local forests; Montrose Public Library, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Please RSVP to ensure enough seating. [email protected]

Red Cross Standard First Aid and Adult CPR Intensive – Tel-luride Elementary School, 5:30-9:30 p.m. 970/729-0081

The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict – A presenta-tion by author Jon Waterman at the Wright Opera House; 7-9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 CCAASE Meeting – Rebekah

Hall Green Room, 12 p.m. Ah Haa’s Affordable Art Show

– Ah Haa School; 5-8 p.m. ahhaa.org

THURSDAY, DEC. 5 Mary Jo Schillaci Career

Celebration – Honga’s Restaurant, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 6-SUNDAY, DEC. 8

UCSM Annual Fundraiser – Wine Tasting 103, with food pairings and silent auction, to benefit continuing education at UCSM; Ho-tel Telluride, 6-9 p.m. Register early; space is limited. 970/369-5255

Telluride Holiday Arts Bazaar – The annual event, in the Telluride High School Cafeteria. On Fri., 5-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Sun., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7 Ten Friends Arts and Crafts

Show – The annual event; Ute Indian Museum, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 970/240-8377

Holiday Art and Gift Sale – The 10th annual event, featuring jewelry, paintings, pottery, photographs and more on offer, including holiday snacks; Ridgway Community Cen-ter, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 970/626-2323M Parade of Lights – Downtown Montrose, 5 p.m. Call or visit the web site to sign up. cityofmontrose.org; 970/240-1435

SUNDAY, DEC. 8 Wise Voices From the East:

From Han Shan to Basho and

Beyond – A “day of discussion and curiosity,” led by local award-winning poet Rosemerry Trommer; Weehawken Ouray, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weehawkenarts.org

Beginning Metal Jewelry: Bracelets – Jennifer Dewey teaches a course at the Ah Haa school; 11 a.m-3 p.m. ahhaa.org

American Legion Post #12 Meeting – Telluride, St. Patrick’s Church, 5 p.m. 970/708-1596

TUESDAY, DEC. 10 Computer Science for Kids

– Montrose Library, 4-5:30 p.m. Call to pre-register. 970/249-9656; hourofcode.com

WEDNESDAYS, DEC. 11-JAN. 29

Canvas & Cocktails – Ah Haa School; 6-8 p.m. ahhaa.org

THURSDAYS, DEC. 12-JAN. 30

Clay Thursdays – Ah Haa School; 5-7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 13 Affordable Art for the Holi-

days Exhibition – Ah Haa School; 5-8 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14 Merriment on Main – Family

holiday activities (10 a.m.-6 p.m.) and a festive night on the town (5:30-9 p.m.); downtown Montrose.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday Night Movie screenings

at Cavallo’s Restaurant have been postponed until further notice.

Reservations for Weehawken’s annual Gingerbread Decorating Workshops are being taken. The workshops are set for Saturday, Dec. 7 in Ridgway and Sunday, Dec. 8 in Ouray. Weehawkenarts.org; [email protected]; 970/318-0150

Pilates and the Barre, a new class for adults, has begun at Wee-hawken Ridgway. Classes meet Monday and Thursday. Weehawkenarts.org

The Montrose Winter Market is open. Hours of operation are 10 a.m.-1 p.m., the first and third Sat-urdays of each month through May (514 S. 1st Street). Montrosefarmersmarket.com

Monthly karate classes with Sensei Burkhard meet Mondays in Ouray and Thursdays in Ridg-way. Teaching encompasses all ages and levels of ability. Weehawkenarts.org

Holiday-priced tickets for next year’s Folk West concerts go on sale from November 30 through Jan. 2, 2014. 970/731-5582

The Women’s Cancer Group now meets the first Tuesday of each month from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Tel-luride Library. 970/729-0124

Volunteers needed for this year’s Christmas at Schmid Ranch. Event takes place Sunday, Dec. 8. Enjoy the beauty of Wilson Mesa while assisting with wreath making, serving hot cocoa, or help-ing Santa at the North Pole. Families are welcome. Call Cameo at the Tel-luride Historical Museum or email for more info. 970-728-3344, ext. 2; [email protected]

Volunteers requested for the

19th annual Montrose Thanksgiv-ing Day Celebration at Montrose Fairgrounds’ Friendship Hall. 970/240-4350. Volunteers are avail-able to deliver Thanksgiving meals to the homebound. Call 970/249-8298 weekdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. if you know someone in need.

Crested Butte Ski Resort opens Weds., Nov. 27 with free skiing.

Free ‘Chair Yoga’ Class for Senior Citizens on Wednesdays at Norwood’s Livery. Class meets at 1 p.m. Bring a blanket. 970/708-1966

The Telluride Gondola opens Friday, Nov. 22. Until then, free bus service to and from Mountain Village.

Telluride Gallery of Fine Art hosts a reprise of last year’s popular Altered Album Cover Art show, featuring album covers creatively re-interpreted by locals, beginning November 26. [email protected]/telluridegallery.com/970-728-3300

Telluride Theatre has an-nounced its 2014 season. To learn more or become a member, visit razoo.com/story/Telluridetheatre.

The Melange Art Gallery fea-tures over 30 local and regional artists, including an antique tools exhibit by Kathy Green, ceramic sculpture and paintings by Billy Fefer, and photographs by Aela Boyum-Morgan. The featured exhibit, Passages, by Melanie Kirkpatrick and features painting and mixed media, is up through November.

Sweep Into November is this month’s Story Time theme at the Cortez Library; Story Time is Thurs-days, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

The Woman’s Club of Ouray County announces its refurbished Medical Loan Closet located on Second Street in the old San Miguel Power Building in Ouray. A partial list of items for loan includes transport wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, canes and much more. The equipment is loaned to residents and visitors for return when no longer needed. For more information, call 970/325-4816; 970/901-1204; or 970/318-1110.

The Norwood Farm & Craft Market’s Winter Season will be held Saturdays at the Livery, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., beginning Nov. 23. Norwoodfarmmarket.org

Affordable Art for the Holi-days: Ah Haa has brought back its affordable art exhibition, featuring fine art with a value of no more than $600; regional artists may submit up to 10 pieces for approval by Nov, 22. Ahhaa.org

Miss June’s Kids, craft and story time at the Ouray Public Library for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, will be held the third Wednesday of November and December. M Fall story time at the Montrose Library, offering a variety of tales for all ages, runs through November 22. 970/249-9656

The Norwood Farm & Craft Market’s Winter Season will be held Saturdays at the Livery, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. beginning Nov. 23. Norwoodfarmmarket.org

The Willkinson Library of-fers classes Mon.-Sat. in guided meditation, pre-natal yoga, Zumba, acro-yoga and more. 970/728-4519, ext. 16.

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MONTROSEThin AirFri., Nov. 29, Two Sisters Gas-tropub, 6 p.m.Acoustic Music Circle Hosted by Doug KolzEvery Tues., 2 Rascals Brew Co., 6 p.m. RIDGWAYBongo LoveSat., Nov. 23, Sherbino Theater, 10 p.m., $7Susan WaltonFri., Dec. 6, Sherbino Theater, 8 p.m.Joint PointFri., Dec. 6, Sherbino Theater, 8 p.m., $10 OURAYTony RosarioSat., Dec. 14, O’Brien’s Pub, 9 p.m.Dolce VoceSun., Dec. 15, Wright Opera House, 2 p.m.North Fork FlyersSat., Dec. 28, O’Brien’s Pub, 9 p.m.

TELLURIDERock and Roll Academy Winter ConcertSat., Dec. 14, Sheridan Opera House, 7 p.m.Purely Patsy (Patsy Cline Tribute)Fri., Dec. 27, Sheridan Opera House, 8 p.m., $25The Oh HellosSat., Dec. 28, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., $255The Delta SaintsSun., Dec. 29, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., $22Toubab KreweTues., Dec. 31, Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, $30Jefferson StarshipTues., Dec. 31, Sheridan Opera House, 10:30 p.m., $100/$250Elephant RevivalFri.-Sat., Jan. 3-4, Sheridan Op-era House, 8:30 p.m., $25Jimmie Dale GilmoreFri., Jan. 17, Sheridan Opera House, 8 p.m.,$30/$35GrascalsSun., Jan. 19, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., $20/$25Infamous StringdustersThurs.-Fri., Feb. 20-21, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., $25

GRAND JUNCTIONSingularityThurs., Nov. 21, Mesa Theater, 7 p.m.Lil Wyte & The Prophet CTPFri., Nov. 22, Mesa Theater, 7 p.m., $20Cunnin LynnguistsSat., Nov. 23, Mesa Theater, 7 p.m., $20MutanySat., Nov. 30, Mesa Theater, 5 p.m.Agent OrangeMon., Jan. 27, Mesa Theater, 7 p.m., $12 DURANGOEOTOMon., Dec. 2, Animas City The-ater, 9 p.m., $30Waiting On Trial with Sweet Water String BandThurs., Dec. 5, Animas City Theater, 10 p.m., $5/$10Toubab Krewe with The Magic BeansSat., Dec. 28, Animas City The-atre, 10 p.m.Keller WilliamsWeds., Feb. 5, Animas City The-ater, 9 p.m., $30 GUNNISONDorian VibeFri., Nov. 22, Last Chance, 10 p.m.TriptihkalSat., Nov. 23, Last Chance, 10 p.m.Johnny Kolngo & The JK All-Star ShowFri., Nov. 29, Last Chance, 10 p.m., $3The Magic BeansFri., Dec. 13, Last Chance, 10 p.m., $540 Ounces to Freedom (Sub-lime Tribute Band)Weds., Dec. 18, Last Chance, 10 p.m., $7Naïve Melodies (Talking Heads Tribute Band)Weds., Jan. 15, Last Chance, 10 p.m., $5West Water OutlawsFri., Jan. 17, Last Chance, 10 p.m., $5


ENERGY SAVERS – The Montrose County School District has become the latest participant in an energy-awareness and savings program called powerED, administered by McKinstry, an energy and facility services firm. The powerED program is working with Montrose and Olathe schools to promote energy efficiency and eliminate waste within its facilities that help the district save money. Much of this effort is focused on demonstrating to students and faculty how small changes – such as turning off lights, unplugging unnecessary electronics, and conserving energy – can make a difference in their lives every day. As part of the powerED program launch, elementary schools in Montrose (including Northside Elementary students, pictured) and Olathe a visit from the Energy Hog last week. (Photo courtesy of Ashley Ruiz)

stallation*rebate also applies to pur-

chases in the SMPA Community Solar Array

SMPA members interested in installing a renewable energy system and receiving a rebate are encouraged to work with an installer who is a member of the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. A list of certified installers can be found online at nabcep.org/installer-locator. Members in-terested in participating in the SMPA Community Solar Array can work directly with the Clean Energy Collective to reserve their rebate. SMPA requires a $250 deposit on all renewable energy rebate reservations.

For more information about SMPA’s renewable energy rebates visit smpa.com/Service/renew-ablerebates.cfm or contact SMPA Energy Services Technician Wi-ley Freeman at [email protected] or 970/626-5549 x231.

VACCINATIONS URGED AS COLORADO WHOOPING

COUGH EPIDEMIC CONTINUES

DENVER – Responding to a recent surge in cases of whooping cough (pertussis), the Colorado De-partment of Public Health and En-vironment urged Coloradans last week to ensure they’re up to date on vaccinations. One hundred new cases of pertussis were reported in the second half of October.

In the first 10 months of 2013, 1,116 cases of pertussis were re-ported. Colorado has seen epi-demic levels of pertussis over the past two years. The 1,494 cases in 2012 made it the state’s worst year for whooping cough, surpassing the

1,383 cases in 2005.“Pertussis immunizations are

recommended for all children and adults, but it is especially important for people who have contact with infants to be up-to-date,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the medical direc-tor of the department’s immuniza-tion section. “Infants are too young to receive the vaccine themselves and have a higher risk of hospital-ization and death due to pertussis.”

“Unfortunately parents and other caregivers are commonly the source of pertussis infections in in-fants,” Herlihy said. “With national estimates suggesting only 12 per-cent of adults have received the rec-ommended Tdap vaccine, we are missing too many opportunities to prevent these infections.”

Though the recent increase is widespread, most of the new cases were in Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson counties.

Ideally, the vaccine should be received at least two weeks before beginning contact with an infant, to allow enough time to develop immunity. Infants should receive the vaccine, DTaP, at ages 2, 4 and 6 months and again between 15 and 18 months of age, with a final booster between 4 and 6 years of age.

The Tdap vaccine is recom-mended for:

• Children 7-10 years old who are not fully immunized with the childhood DTaP vaccine series

• Adolescents 11-12 years old• Adults who have never re-

ceived a Tdap vaccine• Pregnant women at 27 through

36 weeks of pregnancy• Parents/caregivers of infants

under 12 months of age, including grandparents, babysitters and child-care workers

• Healthcare workers• Others who plan on having

close contact with an infant

Pertussis is a bacterial infec-tion of the respiratory tract that spreads easily through the air in droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The illness often starts with cold-like symp-toms, including sneezing, runny nose, low-grade fever and a mild cough. The cough becomes more severe during the first week or two, and often is characterized by epi-sodes of rapid coughs (coughing fits), followed by a high-pitched whoop, or a coughing fit followed by vomiting. The cough may last for a couple of months and is more frequent at night.

If you think you or your child has pertussis, contact your healthcare provider. For more information see the department’s pertussis page. For general infor-mation on immunizations, visit immunizeforgood.com/.

COLORADO GIVES DAY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP HOPEWEST

WESTERN SAN JUANS

– HopeWest (Hospice & Pallia-tive Care of Western Colorado) is participating in the fourth annual Colorado Gives Day on Tuesday, Dec. 10 beginning at 12 a.m. and continuing for a full 24 hours.

People throughout Colorado are encouraged to donate on-line to their favorite nonprofits through the GivingFirst website. To preschedule your donation for HopeWest go to ColoradoGives.org/HopeWest.

“Because of the community’s generosity more families are sup-ported in their time of need, more patients receive quality end of life care, and more volunteers are re-cruited to help with our efforts,” said Christy Whitney, president and CEO of HopeWest. “Gifts to our organization are gifts of caring.

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Ready f r a FResh staRt?Montrose County health & human services is offering a FRee tobacco cessation classLocated at the Montrose County health and human services Building Monday evenings in December from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.tO ReGIsteR:Contact Jessica Dravecky at (970) 252-5011 or [email protected] will be provided!Participants are eligible for gift certificates to local businesses

38th AnnualBasement Boutique

Craft ShowM o n t r o s e Pav i l i o n1800 Pav i l i on Dr ive , Mont rose

Friday, November 29 • 8am - 5pmSaturday, November 30 • 8am- 4pm

Locally Handcrafted Gifts, for all ages!Jewelry • Pottery • Soap • Lotion • Candles

Jams & Jellies • Christmas OrnamentsLocal Honey • Wearable Art & More!

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tions prompted by this writing.” He is a scrupulous truth-teller, and gives all glory to the hills. “You’ll find two or maybe three personal remarks in the book, but I screened most of them out of there,” he said. “This isn’t about me. It’s about the mountains.” The Peaks of Telluride is at Be-tween the Covers, Jagged Edge and Mountain Market in Tel-luride, Buckskin Booksellers in Ouray, and Hastings in Mon-trose. It can also be purchased at coloradothirteeners.com.

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The original Thanksgiving wasn’t exactly the Pilgrim and Indian love fest we collectively misremember. But despite growing recognition of the degree to which the

Thanksgiving story has been rewrit-ten, the same analysis has not been widely applied to the holiday’s tradi-tional foods. We still tend to cook the same dishes each year, dictated more by habit than history. The original

Thanksgiving did not include turkey, pumpkin pie and other contemporary Thanksgiving staples, like women, children, and football. But it did, ac-cording to historians, include a lot of seafood, thanks to the event’s loca-tion on the Massachusetts coast.

Likely foods included cod, oysters and other shellfish, as well as veni-son. The first historical mention of turkeys at Thanksgiving was in an 1827 novel, Northwood, by Sarah Josepha Hale. The use of turkeys at Thanksgiving really took off in 1947, when the National Turkey Federation began presenting turkeys to American presidents in advance of every Thanksgiving. More recently,

Tofurkey has met with commercial success by allowing vegetarians and vegans to join in the modern ritual of using the turkey to celebrate what is sometimes referred to as “Genocide Appreciation Day.”

One part of the Thanksgiving story that’s true is that afterwards the In-dians did indeed help the Pilgrims through the winter, a fact that the Wampanoag tribe almost immediate-ly came to regret. During the winter that followed the first Thanksgiving, the Indians had so vastly outnum-bered the Pilgrims that they could easily have wiped them out, forever changing the official start of the Christmas shopping season.

Instead, just two years later, a Pil-grim preacher named Mather the El-der was able to thank God for small-pox, which had by that point killed many Wampanoag. A few years later many of the remaining Wampanoag died in King Philip’s War, which by today’s standards would be consid-ered more of a massacre.

Compared to the holiday’s his-torical reality, looking at the actual food that was served at Thanksgiv-ing is much less depressing to think about. While there was no pie, the Pilgrims might have contributed stewed pumpkin, along with boiled bread (dumplings) and cheese curd fritters. And there might have been Sobaheg, a Wampanoag recipe still being made today by tribal members.

Sobaheg includes a trio of veg-etables that are commonly associated with Native American farmers: corn,

beans and squash, aka the Three Sis-ters. Sobaheg also contains some kind of meat, like venison, or even turkey.

Indeed, centuries before Euro-pean contact, Native Americans of the region had already domesticated turkeys. It just so happened, accord-ing to historians, that turkey wasn’t served during the original three-day bash. But if the historians are wrong, and some turkey had somehow snuck its way onto the original Thanksgiv-ing table, it could very well have been via the sobaheg.

Some sobaheg recipes include clam juice, which I find exciting. Clam juice is like a simple version of oyster sauce, which has become indispensible in my kitchen. Both clam juice and oyster sauce con-tain mollusk extracts, and both are umami donors. The simple fact that clam juice is more authentic to Thanksgiving than turkey is all the reminder we need that there is more to the Thanksgiving picture than what we’ve been fed.

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There is a lot of leeway, in terms of how mushy you like your corn, beans and squash. I like the beans soft, but the squash and corn a bit more toothy. Adjust your procedure according to your own tastes.

Cook the beans in water until they’re nearly tender. If you’re us-ing dried hominy corn, as opposed to canned or frozen; it should be cooked with the beans. While the beans are cooking, roast your turkey at 250 degrees until it’s browned. Turn the oven off and let the turkey slowly cool.

When beans are soft, change the water, and cook on medium. If using frozen hominy, add it now.

Add onion and garlic powders. When the turkey is cool enough to work with, pull it into pieces and add them to the pot. Let it simmer. If using canned hominy, add it now. About an hour before serving time, add the squash chunks. Adjust sea-sonings with salt or chicken bullion. Add sunflower seed flour, if using it, and stir it in.

It’s a simple, yet texturally diverse pot of stew, full of complementary flavors. And if you want to take it even further, a dollop of cranberry sauce adds a refreshing zing – even if there weren’t cranberries at the origi-nal Thanksgiving.

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While certain car segments rise and fall from year to year, sales of compact crossover sport

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Forester is all-new for 2014 with fresh styling, a revamped interior, as well as mechani-cal upgrades. Six trim levels are offered, with prices starting at $21,995. My 2.0XT Forester Premium test vehicle had an as-delivered price of $28,820. This fourth-generation Forester is lon-ger, taller and wider than Suba-ru’s outgoing model.

The added size pays divi-dends in two areas – cargo space and rear seat legroom. Cargo hold capacity measures 34.4 cubic feet, expandable to 74.7 cu.-ft. The lift-over height is low. The rear seatbacks fold to a nearly flat-load floor and there’s a nice hidden compartment below deck. Rear seat headrests don’t bow, so you may have to slide the front seats up, before folding the back seats down (a minor irritant).

The new Forester’s 41.7 inches of rear legroom is 3.7 inches more than the previous model – and generous by any measure. There is no third-row seat option. Sliding into the front row we found adult-sized room and a straight-forward approach

to controls; workable and non-distracting. The interior is char-acteristically Subaru: well-con-structed, long on function, short on flash. Forester isn’t big high tech features, but all the basics are well covered.

The 2.0XT Premium standard equipment list includes a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. Other no-table standard features include a panoramic moonroof, 8-way pow-er driver’s seat, rearview camera, plus a six-speaker sound system with HD radio capability. At this level, options are few.

An All-Weather package (heated seats, heated side mirrors) should be considered a must in cold weather climes. Also notable – a navigation system with 6.1-inch touchscreen and voice con-trols. Tech fans will want to check out the 2014 Forester Touring with available Driver Assist Tech-nology. The package includes Xenon headlights, keyless igni-

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The Touring model standards include navigation; dual-zone automatic climate control; auto-close function for the liftgate; and an eight-speaker, 440 watt harmon-kardon sound system. 2014 Forester buyers choose from a pair of engines; both based on Subaru’s horizontally opposed cylinder Boxer design.

The Forester base, Premium, Limited and Touring trim lev-els are offered with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder motor rated at 170 horsepower and 174 lb.-ft. of torque. The upgrade engine is a new 2.0-liter turbocharged four with direct injection, which is packaged with Premium or Tour-ing trim. The turbo four gener-ates 250 horsepower (vs. 225 in

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The turbo engine is exclusive-ly matched with a high torque ver-sion of the CVT. This Lineartron-ic CVT has six-speed and eight-speed manual shift modes, using steering wheel mounted paddles. The new transmissions have a tangible impact on fuel economy.

The EPA rates the turbo mod-els at 23/28 (vs. 19/24 in previous generation). My test vehicle net-ted 26 mpg overall in mixed driv-ing. The turbo/CVT combo is en-joyably responsive. This compact SUV jumps from a standing start and makes the trip from 0-60 mph in the low 6-second range. That’s almost 3 seconds faster than the normally aspirated engine, and

awfully quick, for a compact SUV. The power flow is smooth and the combination of rapidity and economy makes the driving fun, in a segment where that word isn’t used much.

Towing capacity for either engine is minimal, however, at 1,500 pounds. All Foresters are equipped with Subaru’s all-wheel-drive. Two systems are uti-lized, depending on transmission choice. Both provide power to all four wheels continuously, trans-ferring torque to the wheels with the best grip. Turbo models like my tester (as well as Touring and Limited models with the 2.5L en-gine) have an “X-mode control,” which orchestrates throttle re-sponse, transmission shift points, AWD and stability control sys-tems, to optimize grip when road conditions are slippery.

Forester handles with confi-dence and rides easily. Though not designed with hard core off-road-ing in mind, Forester has 8.7-inch-es of ground clearance and would comfortably tackle light trails. If towing or three row seating aren’t priorities for your compact SUV needs, then the all-new Forester fills the bill nicely. Revisions to vehicle size and packaging for 2014 have increased cargo capac-ity and passenger room, while new transmissions boost mileage. All of which improves an already good vehicle.


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Ram Trucks powers into 2014 with a 1500-series pickup fitted with a new turbocharged 3.0-liter

V-6 EcoDiesel. This is the first ap-plication of diesel technology in a Ram half-ton pickup.

The Ram EcoDiesel has a $24,200 starting price. The cost for upgrading to this diesel muscle is $2,850 greater than a comparably equipped Ram 1500 with a 5.7-liter Hemi V-8.

Longtime Chrysler supplier VM Motori is the developer and manufacturer of the EcoDiesel. A packaging study was made with a Cummins diesel, the manufac-turer most commonly associated with Ram trucks, said Ram 1500 Chief Engineer Elizabeth Krear, but “for the packaging size and weight, and the fuel economy that we needed, the EcoDiesel is the one that worked.”

Cranking out 240 horsepower at 3,600 rpm and 420 lb.-ft. of torque at 2,000 rpm, the EcoDiesel-propelled Ram 1500 can tow up to 9,200 pounds. The gas-powered Hemi has a comparable max-tow rating, but its 410 lb.-ft. of torque is delivered in a higher 3,950 rpm range. Estimated highway fuel economy for the Hemi is 20 mpg. Official EcoDiesel fuel-economy numbers haven’t been announced, but the automaker is hyping the fig-ures as being “best-in-class.”

“We have that title with the V-6 Pentastar engine at 25 miles per gal-lon highway, and this will surpass that,” said Krear. Owners have the option of filling the tank with B20 biodiesel fuel.

The EcoDiesel-powered Ram is geared to hit a consumer “sweet spot,” she said.

“The big strengths are fuel economy with the torque and tow-ing, so the consumer has to deter-mine what’s important to them. If they’re towing and if they’re towing in that range, then hands-down this is going to give them fuel economy they can’t get on another package.

“I’ve done some rough num-bers, and if you put 20,000 miles on your truck a year and you’re towing quite a bit, it’s about a four-year payoff.”

The EcoDiesel is engineered to maximize strength with weight. The block is made of compressed graphite iron, and the cylinder head and pistons are aluminum.

“So it’s really finding that fine balance,” she said.

Stepping up from 2013 to 2014 model year, offering this diesel builds upon the other fuel-economy innovations that Ram introduced last year, said Krear. Contributors to the Ram’s 25-plus-mpg fuel economy include: an eight-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission; stop-start system;

pulse-width modulated blower; thermal management system; and active aerodynamics with grille shutters and air suspension.

Complementing the Ram’s excellent 0.36 coefficient of drag is an air-suspension that automati-cally adjusts on the highway to minimize drag.

“When you’re at highway speed it’ll find that natural aero mode,” she said, “and when you’re driving around town it’ll give you your best riding mode.”

The driver can manually raise the vehicle to Off-Road 1 or 2 mode – lifting the truck about 1 and 2 inches, respectively. The system au-tomatically adjusts back down to an aero-efficient level when cruising.

Another system is designed to optimize engine noise level. The clattering sound often associated with diesel engines is minimized in the 24-valve, DOHC EcoDiesel via a multi-jet fuel-injection system, which allows up to eight injections within each compression cycle.

“In some respects it’s quieter than the gas engine,” said Krear. “You get the throaty sound with the Hemi. Passengers can carry on a clear conversation with this diesel running.”

Longevity is another EcoDiesel plus. Ram Trucks re-ports the engine was successfully tested on 95th percentile custom-ers – those who drive the pickup in more-severe conditions than 95 percent of all customers. The en-gine has a five-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty.

The powertrain uses a urea system, designed to reduce NOx emissions. It’s recommended that the 7-gallon urea tank be filled with each oil change, which normally is at 10,000-mile intervals. The EcoDiesel is equipped with a diesel oxidation catalyst, diesel particulate filter, and selective catalytic reduc-tion. It’s also emissions-compliant in all 50 states.

The introduction of the EcoDiesel is part of a mission to give customers exactly what they need, Krear said. “We want them to have the option of picking from all of the powertrains.”

There definitely will be a de-mand for this new capable and quiet engine, she said. “It’s not the diesel of yesterday.”


Turbo Truck: Ram’s EcoDiesel Sweet Spot

eco-ram – Powered by the new 3.0-liter EcoDiesel, the 2014 Ram 1500 delivers 240 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque. This first diesel in a Ram half-ton pickup boasts a highway fuel economy of 25-plus mpg. The EcoDiesel-powered Ram, which costs $2,850 more than a similarly equipped Hemi-equipped Ram, can tow up to 9,200 pounds. Pricing for the pickup starts at $24,200, plus $1,095 destination. (Courtesy photo)

Truck TalkBy Tim Spell

‘Passengers can carry on a clear conversation with this diesel running.’– Chief Engineer

Elizabeth Krear

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NOTICE OF BUDGET

A proposed budget has been submitted to the

Rico Board of Trustees for the ensuing year of

2014. A copy of such proposed budget is on

file in the Office of Town Clerk, where the

same is open for public inspection Monday -

Thursday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. Such proposed budget will be pre-

sented for review and approval at a meeting of

the Rico Board of Trustees to be held at the

Rico Town Hall, 2 N. Commercial Street on

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

Any interested elector of the Town of Rico

may inspect the proposed budget and file or

register any objections or comments prior to

the final adoption of the budget at the Decem-

ber 4, 2013 meeting with the Rico Town

Clerk, P.O. Box 9, Rico, Colorado 81332 or

email [email protected]

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Notice of a Public Hearing

Applicant: Town of Rico

P.O. Box 9

Rico, CO 81332

970-967-2861

The applicant, Town of Rico, seeks approval

of the final plat of the Rico River Corridor Re

-plat Map pursuant to Rico Land Use Code

Section 530, et.seq.

Existing Zones: Residential and Commercial

PUD and to be zoned parcels.

The proposed application is compatible with

the land uses in the surrounding area and the

proposed amendments will serve and promote

the community of Rico by creating a legal

subdivision of the River Corridor based upon

accurate survey work. The proposed Re-Plat

is consistent with the purposes of the Rico

Land Use Code and the goals and objectives

of the Rico Regional Master Plan.

This application has been referred to the Rico

Board of Trustees for final plat approval/pub-

lic hearing on Tuesday, December 18, 2013 at

7:00 p.m. at the Rico Town Hall meeting

room, located at 2 North Commercial Street

in Rico, Colorado.

Plat maps are available for public view at the

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ness hours of Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m.

and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. located at 2 North

Commercial Street in Rico, Colorado.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

Applicant: Town of Rico

P.O. Box 9

Rico, CO 81332

970-967-2861

The applicant, Town of Rico, seeks approval

of the final plat of the Rico River Corridor Re

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trade plan known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (and) weakened the state’s renewable energy standard.” Meanwhile, when a local radio correspon-dent asked him about the scien-tific connection between climate change and superstorms, Christie angrily brushed off the query by declaring that “liberal public ra-dio always has an agenda.”

As he prepares to run for president, Christie is betting that his dangerously outdated policy agenda will be obscured by his seemingly novel style. He is bet-ting, in other words, that the media will ignore his record, fe-tishize his bluster and thus shower him with all the cliches (“tough,” “determined,” “straight talking,” etc.) that tend to dominate presi-dential campaign coverage.

It is certainly a cynical bet.

But it is not a stupid one in an era that so often replaces inquiry with hagiography and makes the old seem new again.

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I need from Town Council two things: (1) An accounting for all sales tax revenue collected to date from the 0.5 percent in-crease, and (2) a commitment from Town Council to use those taxes collected in the future to fulfill the duty it assumed to the taxpayers when it advertised the sales tax as a way to fund this project – or, in the alternative, a very convincing explana-tion as to why we should spend those taxes on something else. If council won’t keep the com-mitment it made seven years ago for use of our sales tax money, why should we let them impose an additional property tax now?

– Rodney Fitzhugh, Ridgway

Soda Tax Fizzles?

Editor:So, just when you thought

there was nothing more to say about the recently defeated 2A Tax on Sugary Drinks, Watch re-porter Samuel Adams penned yet another article which was placed on the front page of the newspaper.

As such, I have a few issues with Mr. Adams’ article. Firstly, unless otherwise specified, front-page stories are normally reserved for news articles rather than those of opinion. In my estimation, Mr. Adams’ article had an obvious bias favoring the Kick the Can Telluride group and his writing would have been more appropri-

ately classified as a “commen-tary.” He spent the majority of the article rehashing the KTCT point of view, along with multiple quotes from those in favor of the tax, while not offering any voice from the opposing group. Mr. Adams also attempted to vilify the “No on 2A” group by refer-ring to them as being supported by lobbyists with strong ties to the beverage association, as opposed to KTCT who was supported by a philanthropic group. Little men-tion was given to local merchants, most of whom were vehemently opposed to the tax.

Equally troubling was Mr. Ad-ams’ comments related to one of the founders of KTCT, Ms. Elisa Marie Overall. He noted in glow-ing terms, along with self-serving quotes from Ms. Overall how she donated “$1,500 of her money to the campaign.” What Mr. Adams neglected to mention was the fact that Ms. Overall was paid a salary for her involvement in KTCT. Ac-cording to required campaign finan-cial reports, for the reporting month of September alone, Ms. Overall re-ceived $6,223. Given that, I’m not sure that the expression, “return of income,” as opposed to “donation,” would have been more appropriate.

For Mr. Adams to have omit-ted financial information that was in the public domain is either dis-ingenuous if he had the report, or incompetence if he didn’t. As Ms. Overall has chosen to place herself in the public arena having founded KTCT, in my opinion, to be paid

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for supporting a tax that was to fund a program that she is paid to run, to solve an obesity problem that doesn’t exist in Telluride is, well, let’s just say, transparent.

– Harvey Roisman, Telluride

Thank You for Supporting Our Businesses

Editor: The residents of Telluride

have spoken. Ballot Issue 2A, the Telluride Beverage tax, was defeated by sixty-nine percent of the vote.

On behalf of Telluride’s

business community, thank you.Together, we took a stand to

protect the local economy and tourist industry. Local business-es always appreciate the support of our customers. Today, we want you to know that we appre-ciate your support even more.

Ballot Issue 2A would have imposed a penny-per-ounce tax on all sugar-sweetened beverag-es sold in Telluride, but it would have had an even greater impact on our businesses. The Telluride beverage tax was so poorly writ-ten that it placed the burden of collecting the tax and filing all paperwork associated with the tax on local business owners. It had hidden compliance costs that Telluride businesses simply could not afford.

To those residents who sup-

ported Ballot Issue 2A, the out-come of this election is in no way a commentary on the fight against childhood obesity. As a community, we are already do-ing really well when it comes to fighting childhood obesity. That’s why we’ve kept physi-cal education in schools. The simple fact is, taxes do not make people healthier – making edu-cated, balanced choices about our diet and exercise does. And as a community, we need to do more to ensure that the next gen-eration grows up with a solid un-derstanding of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle. But we need to focus on real solutions that will have a meaningful impact.

The people of Telluride have spoken. It’s time to put the Tel-luride beverage tax behind us

and move forward with more ro-bust and sensible conversation. All members of our community should be partners in this fight. If what benefits one side only hurts the other, then we haven’t accomplished anything. It’s common sense to bring all par-ties together with the intention of making a real difference.

Respectfully,

– Bob Harnish

Telluride Burpee ChallengeEditor:

On behalf of the San Miguel Resource Center I would like to thank Andrew and Teresa Brachle, owners of Telluride

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Crossfitter, Kevin Jones contributed a grand total of 1,000 burpees.

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want to attend … An added plus was hearing the inimitable poet, deep ecologist and natural philoso-pher Gary Snyder reading his work, along with his buddy and aural his-torian Jack Loeffler … The theme of the conference was Inspiring Ad-aptation, and the many workshops and talks were both inspiring and full of ideas on how we might adapt to seems pretty clearly is a time of global warming … Keep an eye out for Courtney when he comes to Tel-luride. I think we will have a lot of information to share. SUZANNE VENINO … Some of you will remember this charm-ing woman who left Telluride for Boulder back in ’89. As fel-low Italians, we’d kept in touch and periodically we’d visit when I made it to Boulder. The last time we did so, several years ago now, we went out to a lovely dinner and talked for hours. The time before that we went dancing – and it was a most delightful evening that had us moving from club to club until we were both exhausted ... Just this Monday I received the tragic news from a friend of hers that she passed away peacefully last week – a close friend at her side. In the email, it was noted that one of Suzanne’s favorite quotes came from Dr. Se-uss: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” … Just a couple weeks before, she’d sent me this remembrance, fitting in this

time of increased public prying into our private lives. And now a last story from a true friend of Telluride … “When I first moved to Boulder it was November of 1989 and I fig-ured I’d get a holiday job to see me through for a little while. I went to Banana Republic and filled out an application. The manager inter-viewed me, said she’d like to hire me, but told me I’d have to take a test first. Okay … She took me to the employee lounge, handed me a test booklet and a pen, and told me to return the test to her when I was done. I started to answer the ques-tions and had filled out about six when I stopped to see just what the heck this test was all about … The first ten questions were about my drinking habits, the next ten were about my drug usage, and the next eighty-five questions were about my attitudes toward stealing. One question even asked me to put a dol-lar amount on what I’d stolen from employers … Now this was nearly twenty-five years ago, before em-ployers did Internet searches, credit checks, or asked people to pee in a cup. Appalled, I found the manager and returned the uncompleted test, saying thanks, but no thanks, this isn’t the place for me. And then as a poetic gesture – I stole the pen.” JACKSON ORDEAN … It was great to see this former local art teacher elected to the Norwood School Board this month. Jack-son taught my daughter Iris Wil-low when she was in the Norwood

School (she’s 30 now) and instilled in her a life-long love of art. She went on to major in graphic de-sign, and spends half her time these days out in San Francisco pursuing a deep interest in jewelry making … On top of the election Jackson had a dynamite watercolor show

“Life Seen Through Watercolor” at the Livery, sponsored by ACE of Norwood. I loved his big can-vases of old fishing boats in a Cali-fornia dry dock – great colors and textures. There were some great beach shacks in various states of dishabille. His picture of Bridal

Veil Falls is marvelous, and his ren-dering of Lone Cone iconic. By the way, a little factoid about the lat-ter painting – that’s Daniel Tucker walking his dog in the foreground … Catch a slideshow of the paint-ings at ACE’s on-line site: aceof-norwood.com

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Paris Review interviewed Mexican poet Octavio Paz. “Just how much revising do you do?” the interviewer

asked. “I revise incessantly,” Paz re-plied. “Some critics say too much, and they may be right. But if there’s a danger in revising, there is much more danger in not revising. I be-lieve in inspiration, but I also believe that we’ve got to help inspiration, restrain it, and even contradict it.” I bring this up, Scorpio, because I be-lieve you are ripe for a phase of in-tense revision. Inspiration has visited you a lot lately, but now it will sub-side for a while so you can wrangle all your raw material into graceful, resilient, enduring shapes.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Costa Rica will be closing its zoos in 2014. What will happen to the 400 or so animals that are housed there? They will have to be rehabilitated at animal rescue centers and then re-leased into the wild. I suspect there

will be a metaphorically similar pro-cess going on for you in the coming months, Sagittarius. Parts of your instinctual nature will, in a sense, be freed from captivity. You will need to find ways to retrain your animal intel-ligence how to function outside of the tame conditions it got used to.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Will fate kick your sweet ass some-time soon? Quite possibly. You may be compelled to face up to the conse-quences of your unloving actions or unconscious decisions. I’m pleased to tell you, however, that you might be able to dramatically minimize or even neutralize the butt-thumping. How? Go over the events of the last 11 months, and identify times when you weren’t your very best self or didn’t live up to your highest ideals. Then perform rituals of atonement. Express your desire to correct wrong turns. Give gifts that will heal dam-aged dynamics.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Bill Withers became a big star in the 1970s with hits like “Ain’t No Sun-shine” and “Lean on Me.” But he

hasn’t recorded a new album since 1985, nor has he toured. What hap-pened? In Still Bill, the documentary film about his life, Withers says, “I watch other people show off and I say, man, I used to want to show off. If I could just get, you know, moved to. I need a little injection in my showin’ off gland.” I wish you could get an injection like that, too, Aquari-us. I’d like to see you show off more. Not in a contrived, over-the-top, Lady Gaga-esque way. Rather, the purpose would be to get more aggressive in showing people who you are and what you can do. I want your talents and assets to be better known.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I have a feeling that your value will be ris-ing in the coming weeks. An attrac-tive person you thought was out of your league may express curiosity about you. You could get an offer to do an interesting job or task that you had previously considered un-available. I bet your reputation will be growing, mostly for the better. Who knows? If you put a half-eaten piece of your toast for sale on eBay, it might sell for as much as if it were Justin Timberlake’s toast. Here’s the upshot: You should have confidence in your power to attract bigger re-wards and more appreciation.ARIES (March 21-April 19): The poet Charles Baudelaire prayed for help, but not to God – rather he prayed to the writer Edgar Allan Poe. Novelist Malcolm Lowry sometimes pleaded with God to give him insight, but he also prayed to the writer Franz Kafka. I really like this approach to seeking guidance, and recommend it to you in the coming days. Which hero, dead or alive, could you call on to uplift you? What amazing character might bring you the inspiration you need? Be brazen and imaginative. The spirits could be of more help than you can imagine. Magic is afoot.TAURUS (April 20-May 20): U.S. Confederate General Richard S. Ewell (1817-1872) sometimes ex-perienced episodes in which he truly thought he was a bird. Princess Al-exandria of Bavaria (1826-1875) be-lieved that when she was young, she

had eaten a glass piano. Then there was the Prussian military officer Geb-hard Leberecht von Blucher (1742-1819), who imagined he was pregnant with an elephant. Sad and funny and crazy, right? And yet it’s my under-standing that all of us have fixed delu-sions. They are less bizarre than those I cited, but they can still be debilitat-ing. What are yours, Taurus? Do you secretly believe that a certain turning point in your past scarred you forev-er? Are you incorrectly wracked with anger or guilt because of some event that may not have actually happened the way you remember it? Here’s the good news: Now is an excellent time to shed your fixed delusions.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Phi-losopher Eckhart Tolle suggests that “there may be one person who reflects your love back to you more clearly and more intensely than others.” For some of us, this numinous reflection comes from a special animal. What-ever is the case for you, Gemini, I urge you to devote extra time to your relationship with this creature in the next 14 days. Meditate on how you could provide more nurturing and in-spiration. Brainstorm about the possi-bility of deepening your connection. What practical actions could you take to boost your loved one’s fortunes?CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Cancerian soprano Kirsten Flags-tad was regarded as one of the great operatic singers of the 20th century. Critic Desmond Shawe-Taylor said that “No one within living memory surpassed her in sheer beauty and consistency of line and tone.” She specialized in the operas of German composer Richard Wagner, whose master work, The Ring of the Ni-belung, takes 15 hours to perform. Flagstad was asked to name the sin-gle most important thing she needed in order to perform Wagner’s music with the excellence it demanded. Her answer: comfortable shoes. Regard that as good advice for your own life and work, Cancerian – both literally and metaphorically. It’s time to get really well-grounded.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you ever been in a social situation where

you really didn’t care what anyone thought of you and therefore felt absolutely free to act on your inner promptings? When was the last time you lost all your inhibitions and self-consciousness while making love? Can you truly say that sometime re-cently you have been totally respon-sive to your festive impulses? If you have experienced any blockages in expressing this type of energy, now is a perfect moment to fix that. You have a date with robust, innocent self-expression.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Nor-wegian public television is experi-menting with a phenomenon called Slow TV. In one reality show, the main character built a fire with logs and kept it burning for 12 hours. In another program, patient viewers watched for five days as a cruise ship made its way along the Norwegian coast. A third show featured a woman knitting a sweater from start to fin-ish. I wish you would get hooked on slow-motion activities like those, Virgo. Maybe it would help you low-er your thoughts-per-minute rate and influence you to take longer, deeper breaths and remember that relaxation is an art you can cultivate. And then you would be in righteous alignment with the cosmic rhythms.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re smarter than you think you are, and soon you will be even smarter. Previ-ously inaccessible wisdom is seeping up from the depths of your subcon-scious mind, making its way to your conscious awareness. Your eyes are noticing more than they usually do. Your memory is working at peak levels. And your enhanced ability to entertain paradoxical ideas is giving you special insight into the nature of reality. What will you do with this in-flux of higher intelligence? I suggest you focus its full force on one of your knottiest problems. © 2013 Rob Brezsny

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