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By Art Goodtimes

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EDIA MERRY-GOROUND … When I came to town 35 years ago, I was a pre-school teacher with extensive experience and a lifetime teaching credential from U.C. Berkeley. Within months, I’d changed careers and found myself in arts administration as director of the Telluride Council on the Arts & Humanities … A 1981 house fire in Placerville that burnt down the old Grace Estep mansion while my wife and I were on vacation sent most of my worldly possessions up in smoke. I quit my arts job from afar and thought the Rockies had rejected me. But it’s unwise to make snap life decisions when wallowing in emotional chaos.

Thanks to the generous kindness of Chuck Kroger and Kathy Green, we came back to Telluride and tried to start over.

It was hard. Jobs were scarce.

I was either overqualified or under qualified. My hair and beard were too long to get work with the ski area. Luckily, Betzi found work, and I did a few odd jobs — shoveling snow off roofs or replacing insulation in a basement. Finally, I started doing freelance articles for the San Miguel Examiner and the Telluride Times — the two papers of the time. After I’d written two versions of the same story for both papers, the folks at the Times said either write for us, or not at all. And so I became a cub reporter. It was only a year or so later that the Times editor left, and Scott and Karen Brown let me run the show. I had the pleasure of bringing Bob Beer on board, Tony Daranyi, Suzanne Cheavens. Nancy Lofholm, now an ace reporter for The Denver Post was a freelance stringer for Post, us. It was especially fun when Bob was my main reporter and the newsroom was made up of Beer & Goodtimes …

I started doing a column I called “Up Bear Creek” in 1983, modeled after my childhood San Francisco Chronicle hero, Herb Caen (famous for what became known as “three-dot journalism”)… In 1986 the late Jim Davidson came back to town (he’d graduated high school here) and lured me away to take a job as managing editor for his new San Miguel Journal. That was an especially heady time. I continued my UBC column and added a second historical column,

“Mining the Gold,” in addition to churning out lots of news copy.

Jim was an old newspaper hand, and he taught me most of what I know about the craft. Thanks to near-regular office hours at the Sheridan Bar, he had as good a pulse on this community as anyone I’ve known. In 1988 we changed the name to the Telluride Mountain Journal. In 1989 I took a sabbatical to work for the Telluride Institute, but continued my column. But soon I was back at a new combined Telluride Times-Journal as arts editor, as the Journal had bought out the Times. Then new owners bought the Times-Journal and Tom Bonfietti ended up in control of the paper after a few years, forcing me out and claiming ownership of my column name I’d written for over ten years for various papers …

For a while, I turned “Up Bear Creek” into a weekly KOTO interview show, so as not to concede to Bonfietti’s silliness. And then moved to the Daily Planet, which had started up as a locally-

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Eventually, when new owners of the Planet had to cut back on all their columnists and wanted to reduce UBC to twice a month, I moved over to the Watch, ended “Pandora’s Box” and resumed UBC. Thanks to Seth and Marta it’s remained here for the last 16 years …

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COMMENTARY

I’ve got a Gondola grievance

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THE PAINTING (France/Japan, 2012, 78 minutes) In this wryly inventive parable, a kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the impeccably colored Alldunns, the incomplete Halfies, and the barely outlined Sketchies who are treated as outcasts. Chastised for her forbidden love of the dashing Ramo, Claire runs away into the cursed forest.

Ramo and his friends journey after her, crossing over the boundaries of the forest only to arrive at the very edge of the painting where they tumble through the canvas and into the Painter’s studio. The abandoned workspace is strewn with paintings, each containing its own vividly animated world and characters and in a feast for both the eyes and the imagination, Ramo, Lola, Quill and Magenta explore picture after picture, in a quest to discover just what the Painter has in mind for his creations. – Gkids “Enchanting! This consistently enjoyable, inventive and beautifully crafted tale is a color riot suitable for all ages! A constant feast for the eyes!” – Variety “Gorgeous! A True Objet d’Art” – The New York Times

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ride the gondola a lot. A. Lot. I live in Mountain Village and work in town, thus I have had the experience not only of using our beloved G on ski days, but also as a way to commute. It sure beats the hell out of the subways in New York City, let me tell you that. I love the G. Much of the reason the G is such a pleasant experience is because it’s free.

Oh yeah. And because of the people who operate it. They always say good morning, they always give my little dog some love, and they seem generally happy to be there, despite the fact their job description includes waking up early, working outside no matter the weather, and doing a whole slew of tasks to keep the gondola running safely and smoothly.

On top of that they also deal with screaming kids, loose dogs, rude tourists, drunk locals and people who manage time and time again to basically OD on edibles. When you get to go ski that sick pow day, you can bet on the fact the gondola operator who said “good morning, how are you” wishes he or she could be out there getting first tracks as well.

Oh yeah. And guess who has to clean those cabins if someone aprés a little too hard and pukes, or someone’s puppy poops in one of the pet cars?

Given the fact being a gondola operator seems to be a relatively thankless job, I am happy to cut the operators a whole lot of slack if they don’t sprint over to me each time I go skiing and take my gear from me. I’m a big girl. I’ve been skiing for years.

I don’t need help. Does anyone who lives here really need help getting on the G at this point?

Apparently so.

This week on Facebook, Molly Krownapple called out the gondola operators, asking “Why do the gondola operators not help put your skis on the cabin? Or help you with your board? Clearly our hands are full and they just stand there??”

Really?

First of all, at least 75 percent of the time I ride the G with my skis, one of the operators attempts to take them and put them in the rack for me. I usually say “I got it” or, if I’m feeling LAZY, I let them do it for me and say thanks.

Know why I emphasize lazy?

Because a popular answer to Krownapple’s question in the comment section was, as Jesse Jones summed up, “Cause there lazy.”

We’ll assume she meant “They’re,” or maybe she’s just too lazy to learn proper grammar.

I was quite shocked at how many people agreed with Jones.

Here’s the problem, people.

If you’ve been skiing for over a

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year, and live in Telluride where you likely ride the G with equipment 3-7 days a week, you should probably be so adept at getting your s**t where it needs to be that it should feel like nothing.

If you’re too uncoordinated to separate your skis and put them in a rack, or you’re too LAZY to do it yourself, perhaps skiing isn’t the sport for you.

It is also telling that people had to actually inform Krownapple, and all the other haters, that if you need help and are not getting it, ASK! Are we all really too damn lazy now to open our mouths? As Ava Halper points out, “They usually help, but possibly become lazy throughout their extremely long, and monotonous daily grind. I would just ask nicely next time and I’m sure they will help you.”

Although I don’t love the use of lazy, at least here it completely makes sense and is probably completely true. Just because

If you’re too uncoordinated to separate your skis and put them in a rack, perhaps skiing isn’t the sport for you.

someone doesn’t jump to help you immediately, when you may or may not appear not to even need help, does not in any way mean they are not willing and able to help you if you just alert them to the fact you require assistance.

Sometimes people don’t need help. Sometimes people don’t want help.

As Trevor Browning stated, “I’ve had gondola operators be way more than helpful with my board. I didn’t appreciate it. I was like ‘Hey, I’m a grown-ass man. I can load my own board.

Ok! But seriously though, the gondola operators are great!”

Jeff Reilly echoes this with “They’ve probably been yelled at more than once [for] touching some wanna-be elitist’s piece of gear.”

If you need help loading your gear, be a damn adult and ask.

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COVER STORY Green Ambitions

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Local governments struggle with how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. PAGE 6

IN THE NEWS

Adam Smith’s R&R

The Yawpers with In The Whale play the Fly Me to the Moon Saloon Friday, Dec. 5. PAGE 12

Beat Sheet.

Elevated

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“The Ugly Duckling” at the SOH and three poets in Ridgway Page 13

Chicks with Picks

Kim Reynolds leads women’s climbing camps, hosts fundraisers in Ouray. PAGE 8

COMMENTARY Up Bear Creek

Columnist Art Goodtimes covers the history of news and newspapers in the Telluride region.

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The Ultimate Rant Allison Perry has a gondola grievance. PAGE 4

Christmas Crafters COOP

DISH

Another rare bird

Proposed critical habitat for the Western yellow-billed cuckoo in Montrose and Ouray counties.

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Leslie Vreeland tries Ridgway’s Cimarron Cafe. PAGE 20

We have the luxury of focusing on bigger issues here,” May said. “We can do this. We will get to a point where enough small communities are making a difference and the whole world can shift. I know that’s very optimistic, but it’s our only hope.”

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DENVER

HUNDREDS OF DENVER STUDENTS PROTEST OVER FERGUSON

Hundreds of students from a Denver high school are marching to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white officer who killed a black 18-yearold in Ferguson, Missouri.

KMGH-TV reports that as many as 1,000 East High School students walked out of class Wednesday and marched to the state Capitol. The protesters held signs and chanted as they spread out to other parts of downtown Denver.

Denver police say they temporarily shut down some streets so students could cross and did not immediately report any arrests.

Students say the march was not planned.

A grand jury’s decision last week not to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown has sparked demonstrations across the country.

SAND CREEK

CHEYENNE, ARAPAHOE RUNNERS REMEMBER 1864 MASSACRE

Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members are marking the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado, one of the deadliest massacres in American history.

They’re paying tribute to two Army officers who refused to participate in the slaughter, which left about 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho dead. Many of those killed in the November 1864 massacre were women and children.

Capt. Silas Soule and Lt. Joseph Cramer were remembered in a service early Wednesday at Denver’s Riverside Cemetery.

Tribal members are honoring their gravesites before completing an annual healing run to the state Capitol.

About 70 are running to the Capitol, where Gov. John Hickenlooper apologized on behalf of the state for the massacre.

The four-day run began at the massacre site in Eads, about 180 miles southeast of Denver.

The San Miguel Power Association’s community-owned solar array in Paradox Valley. Local governments have bought panels in the system to help offset their energy use with a renewable source. [Photo courtesy of SMPA]

ENVIRONMENT

Green Ambitions Region struggles to implement renewable energy goals

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n 2009, the mayors of Telluride and Mountain Village pledged to run their towns off of completely renewable sources of energy by 2020. It was called Telluride Renewed.

Seven years later, that ambitious goal seems like a long-shot, with officials coming to terms with the fact that they bit off more than they can chew.

“To be able to offset all of your energy usage with all renewable — it was so glamorous.

What a wonderful statement to make,” said Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser. “Well, we have a problem. We live in a box canyon and during the winter we don’t have MANITOU SPRINGS a tremendous amount of sun.

You have to do big things that are really expensive in order to accomplish this.”

The Manitou Incline, a popuAnd although local governlar hiking route near Manitou ments, including the towns of Springs, is set to reopen Friday Mountain Village and Telluride after a three-month overhaul. and San Miguel County, have The Colorado Springs Gazette made strides in reducing their reports the Incline, which rises own greenhouse gas (GHG) 2,000 vertical feet up an old rail emissions — partly through corridor over roughly a mile, small steps like replacing boilwas shut down and cordoned off ers and lightbulbs, and partly Aug. 18 as part of a $1.5 million through investments in renewproject to address flood damage. able energy — the municipaliThe public was promised a ties only account for about 4 perDec. 1 reopening, but the goal cent of the region’s energy use, slipped by after a last-minute according to local sustainability request to build three more group EcoAction Partners. retaining walls.

The towns are also struggling The formerly off-limits trail beto keep a second pledge: to recame legal in 2013 and has sky- duce greenhouse gas emissions rocketed into one of the state’s to 20 percent below 2005 levels more popular hikes, drawing by the year 2020. Despite incenupward of 2,400 visitors on a tive programs, the region’s enerweekend day in the summer. gy use has been creeping up over

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the past several years.

According to data from EcoAction Partners, the region’s GHG emissions mirror fluctuations in population (such as when town swells by thousands for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Christmas week) as well as snowfall. The colder it is, the more heat people use. The more it snows, the more people come here to ski. More homes kick on their snowmelt systems.

The very lifeblood of the Telluride area’s economy is a contributing factor to its increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

Figuring out how to sustain — and even grow — the region’s tourism-based economy while at the same time lowering GHG emissions will be a challenge that officials say demands cooperation from every citizen.

A 2010 regional greenhouse gas inventory put emissions for Ouray and San Miguel counties at 338,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent. In 2011, a year with more snow and colder temperatures, emissions increased to 364,000. In 2012, emissions dropped back down to 345,000.

The year 2013 was a stellar one for Telluride’s economy, with record sales tax revenues. Partly as a result of this, 2013 also saw GHG emissions creep back up to 354,000 tons of CO2. And that number reflects increased production of renewable energy from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and locally produced power. Without those, carbon emissions for 2013 would have been 368,000. Greenhouse gas emissions need to be

at 270,400 for the year by 2020 if the towns are going to meet their emissions reduction goal.

Data compiled by EcoAction Partners also shows an increase in visitors in 2013. While census population of the towns of Telluride and Mountain Village combined have stayed roughly the same since 2007 — hovering around just under 4,000 people — visitors numbers have been increasing, affecting overall energy and resource consumption.

In 2011 that total population number was just over 12,000; in 2013 it had risen to roughly 13,000, with an increase in visitors making the difference.

“The biggest factor is wintertime weather: temperatures and

of reducing their carbon footprint is proving challenging, the towns of Telluride and Mountain Village, along with San Miguel County, have made progress in cutting their own energy use.

And that’s a feat worth recognizing. Mountain Village has made efforts to cut back on its energy use instead of “greening” its energy sources, because as Mayor Dan Jansen says, “the cleanest kilowatt is the one you don’t use.” The town also offers incentive programs for residents, like trading regular lightbulbs for LEDs. According to Jansen, 120 homes participated in a recent energy-efficiency incentive program.

“We are focused on actually

“To be able to offset all of your energy usage with all renewable — it was so glamorous. What a wonderful statement to make ... Well, we have a problem.”

– Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser snowfall,” said Kim Wheels, EcoAction Partners’ Community Energy Coordinator for San Miguel and Ouray counties. “We also get a large influx of visitors, which increases the communities’ utility consumption quite a bit. We use a lot more energy over Bluegrass and the Christmas holidays than any other time of the year.”

CULTURAL SHIFT CRUCIAL Even though achieving the goal

getting results,” Jansen said.

“We make sure we are going to reduce energy consumption over ‘greening’ the sources of our energy. We are very pragmatic environmentalists.”

The Town of Telluride has committed to investing in a few types of local, renewable energy, which have made a dent in offsetting its GHG emissions. In 2013, the town purchased 215 solar panels — about 90,000 See ENVIRONMENT, Page 7

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ENVIRONMENT

Green Ambitions ENVIRONMENT, from page 6

kWh worth of electricity — in the Community Solar Array in Paradox Valley, which translated into a savings of 198,000 pounds of CO2. Energy from the Bridal Veil Hydropower Station offset another 144,090 kWh and a solar array on the wastewater treatment plant contributed another 175,506 kWh. But all those savings still can’t offset the rising energy demands created by visitors. Due to increased demand for town services, like the wastewater treatment plant, the town’s 2013 GHG generation was greater than in 2005 by 6.7 percent.

When renewable offsets were factored in, the GHG generation was lower than 2005 levels by 3.8 percent — an improvement, but still a long way from the 20-percent goal.

The town expects its new, long-awaited Pandora water project, which just came online this year, to improve energy efficiency, reducing GHG emissions even more. Fraser foresees a 30 percent decrease in town power usage as a result of Pandora, and believes reducing GHG emissions by 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 is still achievable.

He added that the town is planning a new program in 2015 that will be aimed at the entire community.

“Based on what the mayor knows, we are not going to be seeing an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in 2014,” Fraser said. “Our anticipation is that (Pandora) is going to pay off... I would be very surprised if we didn’t have a positive report.”

San Miguel County has found it challenging to rein in its energy use at its facilities. After seeing drops by roughly 5 percent in overall electric use each year from 2009 to 2012, in 2013 it was down by just 1 percent, or 5,525 kWh compared with the average between 2009 and 2012.

By updating its building HVAC and other systems, the county has saved on utility costs, but those don’t always translate to a reduction in GHG emissions.

The solution is an often-heard refrain: getting people to change their behaviors. But convincing employees to turn off computers at night and put on a sweater instead of firing up the space heater can be challenging.

“I think, honestly, we humans are reluctant to do without,” San Miguel County Commissioner Joan May said. “Being in a colder house, driving less, all that is something that is much harder for people to swallow and I think we need a culture shift where we are all willing to be part of this.”

Ironically, although the county has been on the leading edge of inventing programs that cut emissions, some of its proposals have proved too progressive, even for the majority of leftleaning citizens. For example, in 2013, commissioners put ballot measure 1A to voters, which would have reinstated a 1-percent residential tax on utilities.

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Even though monies raised by the tax would have been used to fund greenhouse gas reduction programs, the proposal was soundly defeated, with just 35 percent of voters supporting it.

May admits 1A was hastily thrown together and lacked an effective, organized campaign.

People were also reluctant to vote for the measure because it didn’t spell out how the estimated $100,000 per year would be spent. But the measure’s failure didn’t discourage commissioners from trying something else. In early 2014, they doled out $100,000 to 19 different local projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a Green Projects Grants Program.

The program, administered by EcoAction Partners, is estimated to save more than 1.5 million pounds of carbon over the life of the projects. It is funded by money collected from new construction projects that don’t meet the county’s green building code.

But even the effects of those programs will remain a drop in the bucket unless governments

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find ways to get citizens to buy in and modify their habits. That’s the real challenge, May said.

REASON FOR HOPE There’s a tension between what’s good for the local economy and what benefits the environment.

And finding ways to mitigate the impacts of tourism and weather will be at the heart of how the region tackles the GHG emissions challenge. People aren’t going to stop visiting Telluride, it’s not going to stop snowing, and nobody wants either of those things to happen; they are what fuels the region’s jobs and residents’ lifestyle and passions.

But with Telluride’s recent construction boom, the GHG emissions situation isn’t poised to get any better. Especially since the greenhouse gas inventory found that 58 percent of San Miguel and Ouray counties’ GHG emissions come from buildings, both commercial and residential.

Fraser says it’s the responsibility of the roughly 2,400 permanent residents of the box canyon to do See ENVIRONMENT, Page 14 • avoid single-serving beverages packaged in glass and plastic bottles. Glass is a difficult commodity to recycle due to weight, breakage that contaminates other materials, and low market value. Fill your re-usable growler locally at Telluride Brewing or Smugglers Brew Pub. • follow your local recycling rules and recycle everything you can, including electronics, batteries, light bulbs, and more. All of our electronics, appliances, Christmas lights, and more, contain valuable metals, which can be reused. Recycling electronics helps satisfy the global demand for certain metals reducing new mining projects.

• Choose to buy items with smart packaging or buy in bulk to reduce packaging waste.

According to the EPA, containers and packaging amounted for 72 million tons of the United States municipal solid waste stream in 2009.

• Bring your own to-go-ware and silverware to coffee shops and restaurants. It takes 3.2 grams of fossil fuel to make a single Styrofoam coffee cup, of which Americans throw away 25 billion annually.

• repair old clothing instead of buying new items.

The creation, transportation and purchase of new clothing creates approximately 3 percent of global carbon emissions. Shop in the Free Boxor Second Chance Thrift Store.

• Don’t overheat your home. According to Conservation Volunteers, a difference of 1 degree can reduce energy consumption (and associated greenhouse gases) by up to 10 percent.

• Choose to buy an item locally or don’t buy it at all. Shipping burns fuel, a 5-pound package shipped by air across the country creates 12 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

• weather-strip and caulk air leaks, and insulate windows with plastic sheeting, insulating blinds, or curtains. The U.S. Dept. of Energy estimates that during the winter up to 25 percent of a home’s heating energy is lost through its windows.

• use re-usable rags instead of paper towels, tissues, and napkins. The average person uses about 55 pounds of tissues per year and 13 billion pounds of paper towels are used in the U.S. every year.

• unplug all electronics and appliances when you’re not using them, or use a power strip to easily turn off multiple electronics at once.

“Phantom loads”, meaning electronics that are not in use but plugged in and drawing power, make up about 6 percent of our residential electricity consumption.

• Don’t waste food; compost it. In 2010, over 33 million tons of food reached landfills in the U.S. — equivalent to half a pound per person per day — or enough food to fill the Rose Bowl Stadium every day. About 1/4 of all the food prepared annually in the US gets tossed in the trash, producing methane in landfills as well as carbon emissions from transporting wasted food.

• make your commutes by carpool, foot, bike, bus or gondola, instead of driving. According to the EPA, in 2012, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation accounted for about 28 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. If one million people replaced a five-mile car trip once a week with a bike ride, we’d reduce CO2 emissions by about 100,000 tons per year.

Join us for Holiday Prelude fun this weekend at Wilkinson Public Library!

• eat and buy local and/or sustainably grown food and consider eating less meat. If one million people switched to locally produced food for a year, up to 625,000 tons of carbon dioxide would be eliminated. Livestock, at 18 percent of total emissions, add more greenhouse gases to our atmosphere than motorized transportation.

• lower the setting on your water heater and install an insulating jacket. Or replace your water heater with an on-demand water heater, or a more efficient appliance and receive SMPA & SourceGas rebates. Water heating requires a significant amount of your overall home’s energy. Insulating your water heater can reduce heat loss by 25-45 percent and helps save money.

• hang your clothes to dry instead of using the dryer. The average family uses the clothes dryer 400 times per year at about 3.5 to 10 pounds of CO2 created per load.

• Take a 5 minute (or less) shower and install low flow shower heads. As mentioned, water heating requires a significant amount of energy so limiting your hot water use saves energy. The average showerhead uses 2.5 gallons of water per minute; low-flow shower heads use 1.6 gallons or less.

• spread the word! Calculate your personal carbon footprint and try to lower it. The Wilkinson Public Library has a handy tool available for check-out to assess the electricity requirements of your household appliances.

• switch to nontoxic cleaning supplies. A typical household consumes 40 pounds of toxic cleaning products each year.

Card making for kids and adults from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, December 6th and from 12 pm to 5 pm on Sunday, December 7th.

The program room will be bursting with supplies, examples, and book resources for constructing your own unique holiday cards. There will be plenty of glitter and glue for the kids, but there will be some very sophisticated materials and artsy examples of cards you can make while your kids are busy doing their thing.

Cookie decorating on the same dates at the same time, also for kids and adults.

Decorate holiday cookies with fixins provided by the library. At 2:00 pm on both days, Janis Prettitore of Janimal Cookies will teach a cookie decorating workshop for adults. Make some cool, intricate designs that will make Martha Stewart green with envy!

The fun doesn’t end with Holiday Prelude.

Join us for these events in December: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and cookie swap on Thursday, December 18th at 6pm.

See the classic Christmas film in its full glory on the big screen. Optional – Bring a container of cookies to the swap, and re-fill the same container with a variety of cookies other people have brought! There will be a prize for the best Christmas garb.

(You determine what “best Christmas garb” means to you.)

Bilingual Family Night on Thursday, December 18th at 5:00 pm will be a Celebracion de la Nochebuena.

Food, games, family and fun!

Special Holiday Story Time Jam on Friday, December 19th at 11. Bring in the little ones to hear a story and sing holiday songs along with our talented staff on banjo, ukulele, and guitar!

And remember, the library will be closed December 24th and 25th. Come in before then and check out books, DVDs, audiobooks, snow shoes, iPads, GoPros, and all kinds of other great materials to help make your holidays merry and bright!

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FISH AND WILDLIFE TAKES UP ANOTHER RARE BIRD Critical habitats could be designated in Ouray, Gunnison, Montrose counties

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n the aftermath of the heated debate surrounding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision in November to list the Gunnison sage-grouse as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, another rare bird native to southwestern Colorado is the subject of FWS scrutiny.

FWS announced Monday they were extending the public comment period for their proposed designation of critical habitat for the Western yellow-billed cuckoo ahead of a public hearing in Sacramento, California Dec. 18.

Proposed critical habitat designations in southwestern Colorado include significant portions of the Gunnison River in Delta and Gunnison Counties in addition to a long stretch of the Uncompahgre River that runs from Ouray County north through Montrose and into Delta County.

Also affected would be the portion of the Colorado River that runs through Grand Junction.

Other proposed critical habitat designations are in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming on close to 500,000 acres of land.

The bird mostly nests in riverside forests, which are diminishing rapidly. The Denver Post reported in April that there were 500 remaining breeding pairs in the West, with 10 of those pairs in Colorado. The cuckoo once numbered in the thousands in the Western states included in the FWS proposal, and is still common in the East.

Even the FWS website claims critical habitat designations can be unclear in how they will impact landowners or other residents.

“The determination and designation of critical habitat is one of the most controversial and confusing aspects of the Endangered Species Act,” the site reads.

Under the Endangered Species Act, a critical habitat designation is relatively minor, applying mostly to federal lands and not private landowners. FWS can designate certain habitats as critical to the conservation of species listed as threatened or endangered. A critical habitat

Chicks with Picks has graduated more than 1,000 women in their 16 years of operation, starting with 18 women the first year and now averaging between 100 and 150 women between their ice and rock climbing clinics every year. [Photo by Dawn Glanc]

ICE CLIMBING

Chicks with Picks helps women kick axe More ladies taking the sharp end of the rope in rock and ice climbing

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im Reynolds is a natural born athlete, putting on her first pair of skis at the age of three and road tripping with her family by station wagon from their lakeside home in Minnesota to the mountains of Colorado throughout the years as she was growing up.

Reynolds studied outdoor leadership at Prescott College and was guiding clients in the outdoors by the time she was 19 years old. She’s led expeditions to the Himalayas, taught Antarctica survival courses and competed in the X Games and the Ouray Ice Festival.

“I knew I was going to live in the mountains,” Reynolds said. “I’m one of the rare cases of someone who knew what she was going to do.”

In 1999 she founded Chicks with Picks—based in Ridgway—with Kellie Day in order to promote women climbing with women for women, in part because ice climbing was just starting to transition from a well-kept secret to a well-known extreme sport.

“The X Games in 1998 brought ice climbing into the living room,” said Reynolds. “At that time there were very few women that ice climbed.”

Reynolds and Day wanted to create a safe, encouraging space for women to learn how to become proficient ice climbers, not only learning how to top-rope or follow behind a lead climber, but also mastering the more technical aspects of the sport like setting up anchors and leading climbs on the sharp end of the rope.

“We very intentionally created a fun and supportive atSee BIRD, Page 9

Katie O’Brien doing her first ice lead in a Chicks with Picks lead climbing clinic.

[Photo by Chris Giles]

mosphere for women, making a seemingly intimidating sport approachable.” Reynolds said.

Despite the fact that many outdoor climbing areas and indoor gyms tend to skew male, Reynolds says women are naturally better climbers.

Where a man can climb up a difficult route using brute force, she said women move better, with grace and deliberation and

often employing better footwork because they can’t rely on the upper body strength advantage men have.

Learning from the sport’s best professional women climbers also means that clinic participants learn the very best technique, Reynolds added.

“If you’re watching the best women climb, you’re going to learn the best technique,” she

said.

Six years ago, Chicks with Picks expanded with Chicks Rock, a series of clinics by women for women that teach rock climbing skills.

Set in some of the most classic climbing crags in the country — Indian Creek in Utah for crack climbing, Red Rocks in Nevada for single-and multi-pitch climbing, and Rifle in Colorado for more difficult grades — Chicks Rock pairs participants with professional lady climbers in an intimate learning environment.

“Women learning from other women is inspiring for the fact that we’re women, we have the same challenges that each other has,” Reynolds said. “Women gain more confidence and support from other women.”

Chicks with Picks has graduated more than 1,000 women in their 16 years of operation, starting with 18 women the first year and now averaging between 100 and 150 women between their ice and rock climbing clinics every year.

Many alumni come back year after year for clinics and become leaders in the sport, Reynolds said.

In addition to training multiple generations of women to be superlative and self-sufficient climbers, the organization has also given nearly $200,000 to local organizations including the Tri-County Women’s Resource Center—Chicks with Picks is their largest donor to date—and the Ouray Ice Park.

Chicks with Picks is hosting two public slideshows and live auctions this winter to raise money for local organizations, on Jan. 26 and 31 at 7 p.m. at the Ouray Conference and Community Center.

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Yellow-billed cuckoos are common on the Eastern seaboard, but west of the Rocky Mountains the nearly identical Western yellow-billed cuckoo is rare and listed as threatened by FWS, the same designation given to the Gunnison sage-grouse last month. The Western yellowbilled cuckoo’s “threatened” designation went into effect only a few weeks prior to the sagegrouse decision, but came with significantly less fanfare.

Environmental groups and regional county commissioners all the way up to Governor John Hickenlooper and Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet spoke out about the sage-grouse decision last month, with some saying the FWS decision went too far and some not far enough.

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All 18 representatives who signed the letter are members of the Republican Party.

FWS heeded their concerns and reopened public comment, announcing a public hearing scheduled for Dec. 18 in Sacramento.

The public comment period on the Western yellow-billed cuckoo runs until Jan. 12, 2015, and a decision from FWS about the critical habitat designation should come some time after that. More information on the designation process, the bird itself and how to submit public comment can be found at www. fws.gov.

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n a season of good cheer, Telluride Arts’ Programs Director Britt Markey appears the perfect example.

Except for one thing: she’s ebullient year-round. Though she was raised in Albuquerque and Phoenix, “My great-grandfather worked as a miner in Telluride, and my grandfather was a miner in Rico,” she says. “Growing up, I spent my summers in these mountains. They’re where I feel like I belong, and why I came back.” When she isn’t working at Telluride Arts, Markey is an oil painter and keeps a studio at Stronghouse Gallery (her first solo show is in February).

As Programs Director at Telluride Arts – “one of a tiny team of three” – she is the force behind this weekend’s Holiday Arts Bazaar at the Telluride High School, Tell Arts’ Arts & Architecture Weekend each summer, and Twenty By Telluride, the sly, snappy slideshow confessionals at the Sheridan Bar, where local artists describe in twenty slides – for just twenty seconds per slide – what inspires them. Here, we turn the tables on her.

Telluride Arts Program Director Britt Markey. [Courtesy photo] I live in Telluride because the smell of the snowmelt and the river running in spring make me feel like I’m home and there’s hope for the world.

My proudest moment in life was winning a coloring contest at a hair salon at the age of six.

My childhood ambition was to be a cool eighth-grader one day. I’m still working on it.

First employment? Working as a file clerk at Hospice of Arizona. I felt lucky to be a 15-yearold with a job, and humbled by the work.

My alarm clock is NOT my phone! I’m afraid to have it next

to me in case it scrambles my brain while I’m sleeping.

People are surprised when I wear jeans. Mostly, I wear crazy tights.

A perfect day involves black coffee, baking, getting up into the mountains, listening to music and working in my studio.

Ideally, some or all of that would be with the ones I love.

My favorite haven is the rawfood retreat I work at every summer in Ithaca, New York. It’s my re-set button.

Inspiration is what drives my whole being, and what I try to spread to everyone who comes into my life. To be inspired is one of life’s greatest gifts.

Biggest challenge? Moving forward on all my dreams. I have tons of ideas, but most never make it past my sketchbook.

Wildest dream? To be in Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight.”

Greatest frustration? Indecision. Also, bright lights in my rearview mirror. I drive like a grandma.

My favorite motto Have a rainbow day!

If you have a suggestions for a Mountain Confidential, please email editor@telluridedailyplanet.com.

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A Pox on Campus Life

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n college you’re sup- do more than at pretty much posed to be testing a any of our other institutions, exnew altitude of inde- cept maybe prison,” she told me. pendence. So why join “But doing it well takes a lot of a club whose demand resources, a lot of thought about for fealty is such that it what the physical space should often comes with a haz- look like.”

Fraternities and sororities ing ritual?

You should be cultivating the aren’t a logical part of that pickind of sensibility that makes you ture. The “Animal House” isn’t a better citizen of a diverse and an especially eclectic zoo.

Michael Roth, Wesleyan’s distressingly fractious society.

How is that served by retreating president, conceded as much.

“I do think, today, fraternities into an exclusionary clique of sometimes can be like the cable people just like you?

That description doesn’t ap- news station that just preaches ply to all fraternities and sorori- to the choir,” he told me.

But so can the themed resities, but it suits many of them.

And it’s a reason atop others to dential clusters - for theater rats, wonder about their role in cam- for ardent environmentalists - that have popped up at some pus life.

Fraternities are under fresh schools, even becoming part of scrutiny now for the ways in their marketing pitches. Under a putatively liberal banwhich they’ve abetted NEW YORK TIMES sexual assault. The UniFRANK BRUNI ner, these enclaves have the same shortversity of Virginia has temporarily suspended its frater- coming: They contrive micronities following rape allegations. communities of sameness in a On Monday, Wesleyan Univer- world of difference. They favor sity announced that one of its contact with like-minded indifraternities, Psi Upsilon, would viduals over communication with be banned from holding social a spectrum of people.

There’s an understandable events until the end of 2015 - also draw to these enclaves. People because of rape accusations.

And there has been height- are tribal, ineluctably so.

And there’s a benefit. In some ened attention over the last year to the wages of hazing, instances, a feeling of safety and binge drinking and other poten- a steady grounding can be pretially destructive behavior that cisely what emboldens a person so-called Greek life sometimes to venture far and wide across seems to promote. A series of sto- unfamiliar terrain.

But in other instances, such ries by Bloomberg News tallied more than 75 fraternity-related comfort strangles curiosity and deaths since 2005, and the Atlan- binds a person to a single crowd, tic magazine published an epic, a blinkered viewpoint. Not letmust-read investigation into the ting that kind of tribalism get dangers of Greek life by Caitlin out of hand is one of the central Flanagan. It was titled “The Dark obligations of a country like ours.

And that calls for a hard, Power of Fraternities.”

But fraternities have a cul- cold look at fraternities, which pability beyond sexual violence are “more homogenous than the and personal injury, and it’s the overall college student populadegree to which they contradict tion” and “at cross-purposes with one of the most important mis- the goal of promoting campus sions of higher education: giving diversity,” in the judgment of students a breadth of perspec- a stinging Bloomberg editorial that accompanied its stories. tives.

On some campuses, fraterniThis mission has seldom been more important. In America to- ties and sororities handle the day, class divisions, social media, housing of many students, so the Balkanization of culture and their elimination is tricky. On an intensely partisan, polarized others they’re believed to be a political environment are sorting student draw and the source of people into ever-narrower silos some particularly generous future alumni. and eroding common ground.

But Williams College in the And college administrators have an almost unrivaled ability 1960s, Colby College in the 1980s to push back at that, fostering and other schools at other times conversations across all lines: decided to eliminate fraternities economic, ethnic, racial, reli- and didn’t suffer any great cost or disruption. For every student gious.

“One of the most interesting or graduate who relishes them, and wonderful things about the there’s another who feels the opfour-year residential-college ex- posite way.

Whatever the case, I’m conperience is that it’s one of those times when social engineering cerned less with the fine points is most possible,” said Elizabeth of their popularity than with the Armstrong, a University of Michi- extent to which they encourage gan sociologist and one of the students to hear and listen only authors of the 2013 book “Paying to voices like their own.

They can fall into that sad trap for the Party: How College Mainas adults. College, of all places, tains Inequality.”

“Administrators actually can should steer them clear of it.

The burden of being different

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ve told this story before. the unease increased. I called This is the abbreviated the cops. There was no response.

I researched local law and found version.

I’d just moved to a that my neighbor was violating rural mountain com- two provisions of county ordimunity high in California’s Si- nances that made it unlawful to erra Nevada, a young father with discharge a firearm within 100 two kids and long hair. It was yards of an occupied dwelling, or 1970, the Vietnam war raged on, within 100 yards of a roadway.

No sheriff’s deputies ever reand wearing long hair was often enough to provoke some people, sponded. Finally, I went to my boss, the president of who, on occasion, would JAIME O’NEILL the small college where target some hippie as WRITERS ON THE RANGE I was teaching. I told the representative of him what was going on, everything they thought had gone wrong with the country. that it was making it hard to foWe moved into a house outside cus on my work.

He spoke to the district atof town, on Greenhorn Creek, a place that seemed to have been torney at the next Rotary Club named in anticipation of my ar- meeting, the place where the rival. I knew little about living town’s movers and shakers gathso far from the urban and subur- ered for lunch each week. Followban sprawl, and I knew even less ing whatever was said at the bar about the way things worked in there, I got a call from the D.A.’s small towns, places where who office. The secretary said her you knew was more important boss wanted to meet with me on Saturday morning. than what you knew.

When I was ushered into the Horrified that hippies had invaded his mountain retreat, my district attorney’s office, I found new neighbor, a beefy retiree myself standing before a squat from LA, began discharging a 12 little man who didn’t rise to greet gauge shotgun at all hours. He me. He motioned me to a chair would watch me leave for work, and said, “Mr. O’Neill, I hear then begin a series of hang-up you’re having a spat with your calls to my wife. When I asked neighbor. I thought we could that he not fire his shotgun so settle it without getting things near where my children played, all complicated. I’ve invited your or so early in the pre-dawn hours, neighbor to this meeting, and he he said, “You’re in the mountains should be here any minute so we can resolve this.” now, hippie. Get used to it.”

He stared at his hands clasped The harassment continued;

on his desk before him. “By the same token,” he said, “I hate long hair on a man. Long hair is for women. But you need to know that you’ll get fair treatment from me, nonetheless.”

Almost on cue, my neighbor entered. We had an uncomfortable back-and-forth. I left feeling hopeless.

My neighbor had been the campaign manager for the D.A. when he ran for office. I also learned, through one of my students who worked in the courthouse, that after I left, the D.A. told my neighbor to knock off the harassment. He was getting pressure from the college president, it was making him look bad at Rotary, and if my neighbor didn’t quit, the D.A. would be forced to let me file a complaint.

That happened in the high country of California, not down on the flatlands of Ferguson, Missouri. It happened more than 40 years ago, not this year. I was a young white college teacher with long hair, not an unarmed 18-year-old black kid, without clout or connections.

When it comes to good ol’ boy networks, the shadowy way things work, the endemic prejudice that rots the soul of this nation, and the perversions of justice endured by people who aren’t in the loop, the French phrase still applies: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”

DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU

Letters

Who’s the Cheeky Monkey voting for?

DEAR EDITOR, I’ve been asked this a lot lately so I will share my perspective on the KOTO SMEF board of directors election.

KOTO has been going through tumultuous times and I have refrained from airing dirty laundry and pointing fingers in a public forum and will continue to do so in the spirit of looking forward to positive changes. But anyone who says that KOTO is on secure financial ground and has been under sound financial stewardship over the last couple of years either has not been reading the financial reports or does not know how to read financial reports. Most people’s eyes roll back in their heads when you start talking numbers so I will spare you, but if anyone

would like to sit with me and go over them, I’d be glad to.

We are in very real danger of losing our beloved radio station.

It is extremely important that we elect board members who have a solid financial management background, creative fundraising ideas and a commitment to listen to the membership and to work together as a team. Towards that goal, I am voting for: Kathleen Erie, whose vast financial background and experience will be invaluable; Mark Izard, whose indefatigable zest for fundraising, endless font of new ideas, courage to tackle the difficult questions and experience on the current board ensure continuity while creating a new framework for KOTO’s future; and Amy Peters, whose endless enthusiasm

and positive energy will combine with her can-do attitude to keep a balanced atmosphere that honors all points of view.

You don’t have to vote for a fourth but you get to and this spot was hard for me. I ended up choosing Mark Dollard. I don’t know him but I feel he presented himself well: financially astute, committed to listening to the membership and working in a balanced way as a team and very aware of the problems KOTO is facing. I feel very confident that these four candidates are vital board members to ensure KOTO’s survival. I urge you to vote for them.

Thanks for listening, KAIULANI SCHULER AKA THE

CHEEKY MONKEY

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Friday, Dec. 6 – Saturday, Dec. 7 Winterfest kicks off in Ouray this weekend, a four-week celebration that culminates in the 20th Annual Ice Festival, which runs Jan. 8 through 11. First up at the Fest: Yule Night on Friday, Third time’s a charm: The Yawpers plays their third show in Telluride this year on Friday night at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon. [Courtesy photo] complete with a Christmas Parade. Don’t be fooled by that word MUSIC “night.” Local shops will be open (and offering refreshments) all day. There’ll be a chili dinner at 5 p.m. at Elks Lodge, and then the main event: a Christmas Parade up Main Street (6 p.m.), culminating at the Lodge with free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, a live Nativity and prizes for parade winners. On Saturday evening, the venerable Ouray County Chorus offers a free concert at the 4-H Event Center with holiday music for all to enjoy. It begins at 7 p.m.

The Yawpers with In The Whale Nate Cook of The Yawpers talks about what makes them rock so hard

RIDGWAY

Friday, Dec. 5 – Saturday, Dec. 6 Holly Dayz, a holiday celebration for the whole family, begins Friday night in downtown Ridgway and continues through Saturday. On Friday, businesses will stay open late, with special treats, lighting and décor for the holidays. The evening kicks off at the Sherbino Theater at 5 p.m. with lights being lit and a special visit from Santa, and goes until 9 p.m. On Saturday, a Holly Dayz Arts and Crafts Sale takes place at Ridgway Town Hall, featuring works from local artisans and artists (10 a.m.-5 p.m.). Can’t get enough of local arts? Drop by the 11th Annual Local Artists’ Fine Arts Show at the Ridgway Public Library, displaying works from 21 local artists and fine-craftsmen. It’s on through Jan. 9.

TELLURIDE

Saturday, Dec. 6 The Telluride Historical Museum once again partners with the historic Schmid Ranch this year to present its sixth annual Olde Fashioned Christmas Celebration.

It takes place at the scenic ranch from 12-4 p.m. The event, one of Telluride’s most beloved family traditions, offers a glimpse of Christmases past: horse-drawn sleigh rides, cowboy coffee and hot cocoa (and hot green chili), a chance to pick out a Colorado Blue Spruce Christmas tree or make a wreath (or both). This is an outdoor event – so be sure to dress warmly – on Wilson Mesa, located about 10 miles outside of Telluride beneath the grandeur of Wilson Peak. The ranch is set on 880 rolling acres, and has been homesteaded for over 100 years by the Schmid family. It continues as a working cattle ranch, but also makes a splendid venue for weddings and a fine place to hunt. To learn more, visit schmidranchtelluride.com.

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hey made their acclaimed Telluride debut at The Ride Festival over the summer, and were quickly invited to return in September for a headlining show at the Fly Me To The Moon Saloon. Both performances made an impression during the height of a saturated music season, and on Friday night the Denver-based rock ‘n’ roll trio The Yawpers are poised to notch their third gig of the year at 8,750 feet.

Acoustic guitarists Nate Cook and Jesse Parmet’s unorthodox lineup is rounded out with Noah Shomberg on drums, yet the stripped-down lineup lacks little in achieving a boisterously overdriven, raw rock sound. Calling on tasteful alt-country songwriting facilities for genre balance proves to be the right jump off for animated tales of Americana bliss and a purists type of heavy drinking music.

Execution of this particular sonic blend doesn’t come without a concerted effort on the road and during some of the country’s most vital live music showcases.

“We’ve gone to SXSW for the last three years, and it is always

a highlight. Getting hammered while playing for a week straight is the dream,” said frontman Cook.

“For bands at our level, you live and die by the live show.

People aren’t buying records, so being on the working band circuit, we have to put on a show people will remember. Our writing style just happens to favor a

bandwagon mentality. I find myself appreciating the no-regrets ***holes that I grew up with, despite the fact that I find them repugnant,” Cook explains.

“That definitely played a role in that video, taking the idea of Americanism to a comical extreme. Our new material exposes the same topic, but with a bit more maturity,” he added.

“People aren’t buying records, so being on the working band circuit, we have to put on a show people will remember.”

– Nate Cook more visceral show anyway, so we tend to put on a wild one,” he said.

Cook and company have also tackled legendary Colorado venues like Red Rocks in between tours from coast-to-coast. Although hard to pin down sonically, the representative red-blooded American motifs depicted in their video for “Silicon Love” are done so by calculated design.

“I have a complicated relationship with my American heritage. I grew up in an uberconservative shithole in Texas.

I am a pretty steadfast liberal, but I also hate the PC rhetoric, and in general hate any kind of

Although Cook won’t go too in depth on the album they have been recording recently, he does offer a revelation or two.

“I can tell you that we made a very conscious effort to make the record feel and sound like a live show. Most of the album was tracked live to tape, with minimal editing and overdubbing,” he said.

Puzzles, personas and personal politics aside, the music itself is what really matters with The Yawpers. They purposefully do things differently enough to stand apart from most Colorado bands breaking out during this See MUSIC, Page 14

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Misfits and poets ‘Ugly Duckling’ in Telluride

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y now, Jennifer Julia has directed 47 plays and musicals, from “Annie Get Your Gun” to “Wizard of Oz,” in her tenure as artistic director at the Sheridan’s Young People’s Theater.

She adapts scripts, writes original scripts and composes lyrics for songs scored by her creative sidekick, Musical Director Bob Israel. Julia’s productions — often subversive, reliably high-spirited and generally cheeky — almost always come with a lesson about acceptance and belonging, key themes for the school-aged thespians she coaches and her young audience.

Her latest production, titled “The Ugly Duckling: A Middle School Adventure Story,” is no exception. The musical debuts at the Sheridan this weekend — yet another Julia/Israel collaboration — and concerns an avian-sounding protagonist (one Fowler Webber), his gang of misfit friends and an intriguing newgirl-in-town named Swanson.

Twenty-nine middle-schoolers will create a splash onstage from Dec. 5-7, at 6 p.m. each evening, in Julia’s first production of the 2014-2015 school year. For tickets, visit sheridanoperahouse. com.

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Sunday in “The Painting,” a French animated film at the Palm, which concerns a kingdom of completely, partially and barely-completed images, the Alldunns, Halfies and Sketchies, living in a work of art. The Sketchies are particularly challenged — they have fully colored torsos but only black-andwhite heads — and so go on a journey beyond their painting to find the artist who abandoned them, forcing them to exist as outcasts in a world populated by the more-fully-coloreds. Their quest, wrote Anita Gates in The New York Times, amounts to a search for God. “This is a sweet adventure story for children,” Gates also wrote. And for adults, though short on narrative sophistication, “visually, a true objet d’art.” It plays at 4 p.m.

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“If we did not have snow or we did not have a tourism-based economy and it was just the 2,400 people living here, they would have no jobs. But then we would be in control of our greenhouse gas emissions,” Fraser said. “We can’t blame what our economy is structured around. Those are things that are in place... The biggest step is not eliminating the economy, but making sure everybody here is doing what they are supposed to do.”

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They also seem to unintentionally do it without a formula that might pigeonhole them into a scene or sound. They break naked of tradition and even give the finger to something as simple as having a bass player in the mix.

“It began as necessity, masquerades as design and is now a function of habit,” Cook eloquently explained.

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though those concepts can each be difficult to implement, she believes it’s possible. It would not necessarily involve a battle between jobs and the environment, she said, because GHG emissions reduction programs can create jobs. Local governments have the power to effect change much more easily than it can happen at the federal or state level.

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“We have the luxury of focusing on bigger issues here,” May said. “We can do this. We will get to a point where enough small communities are making a difference and the whole world can shift. I know that’s very optimistic, but it’s our only hope.”

der their belt, including spotlight gigs with players like Dr. John, Cold War Kids and Roadkill Ghost Choir, The Yawpers are the right type of rowdy to get one of the first weekends of ski season moving in the right direction.

Opening support comes from the high-energy rock duo In The Whale, featuring Nate Valdez on guitar and Eric Riley on drums. The self-described “no nonsense, balls-to-the-wall” twosome also share vocal duties, and since 2011 have dropped a series of EPs while honing their performance chops opening for

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In April of 2014 their third studio release, “Nate,” added new tunes to the rotation for gigs that benchmark their relentless touring schedule, and those choice songs will be on deck for their warm up position on Friday night. Give their latest single “Ride” a spin if you need to be convinced to show up early.

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6 p.m.). In a first, three scribes will grace the stage: Danny Rosen, Frank Coons and Kyle Harvey. The gentlemen-poets all offer publications through Lithic Press in Fruita, founded

by Rosen, but the small city west of Grand Junction is not their only connection. Two have a love of astronomy: Coons’ Finding Cassiopeia was a finalist for the 2014 Book Award, and Rosen is director of the Western Sky Planetarium, a portable orrery for local schools. All three writers are often preoccupied with animals and nature. The poems below share a theme that seems particularly appropriate for this edition of The Watch, the inaugural issue under new management: transformation. The first is by Frank Coons, a veterinarian.

Passing of a Rural Cat I caught in his eyes the lingering malcontentor was this contempt for a world that imagined him domesticated.

Still he survived not because of hate, but fear.

He’s lived his years near, but not behind the gate, relied on predatory skills and camouflage, not that he’d retreate from kibble bowls, but no one ever saw him eat that dry and bitter gruel.

Now I stand before this frail remainder who’s near the

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A final hiss confirms his wish to have passed away unseen in greening pastures.

As for me, I will ensure his quick demise, but do not presume to be his friend, or even kind, or sure of anyone’s hereafter.

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the challenges they face on a daily basis. Rinpoche’s humor is infectious and he has a delightful way of opening people’s hearts. He is the founder and director of the Padmasambhava Meditation Center in Denver, Co and the Padma Shedrup Ling Study & Meditation Center in California, as well as the head lama at the Chumur Monastery in Ladakh, India. He has taught extensively throughout the United States as well as India, Japan, Nepal and Greece.

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‘THE PAINTING’ – A French animated film about a group of people trapped in an artist’s canvas plays this Sunday at the Palm beginning at 4 p.m. Admission is free. The film is a fun adventure story for children, and for adults, an aesthetic immersion in a work of art. [Courtesy photo] = SAN MIGUEL COUNTY

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY, DEC. 4 Nugget Night – Free showing(s) of Disney’s Big Hero; 4 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8:30 p.m. A donation of $10 will be made to Angel Baskets for each purchase of a bag of popcorn.

Telluride Painting School Exhibition – Ah Haa School for the Arts, 5:30-7 p.m.

Open Bard Poetry Reading – Guest poets Frank Coons, Danny Rosen and Kyle Harvey, from Fruita; Sherbino Theater, 6:30 p.m.

Free Wine Tasting – Featuring Coole Swan Irish Liqueur and Garrett Estate Cellars Wines; Wine Mine, 4-6:45 p.m.

THURSDAYS, DEC. 4-DEC. 18 Painting From Within with Robert Weatherford – A class for students of all levels “who wish to render their internal landscapes or the movement of their spirit.”

At the Ah Haa school; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. ahhaa.org THURSDAY, DEC. 4FRIDAY, JAN. 9 Ridgway Library Show: New Works by Local Artists – The 11th annual show, featuring new works by 20 area artists.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4FEBRUARY 2015 Rust + Bone: Photography

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eastern red cedar, cherry, walnut, birch, poplar and birds-eye maple, on exhibit at the Wilkinson Library. For more info., call 970/728-3930.

FRIDAY, DEC. 5-SUNDAY, DEC. 7 Holiday Arts Bazaar – The ninth annual event: fine arts, fine crafts and artisan foods, sponsored

by Telluride Arts; Telluride High School Cafeteria (725 West Colorado Ave.). Fri., 5-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

The Ugly Duckling: A Middle School Adventure Story – Live on stage at the Sheridan Opera House, a play by Jen Julia starring 29 local middle schoolers (grades 6-8); 6 p.m. nightly. Reserve tickets at sheridanoperahouse.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6 SOHYPT Super Saturday – For ages 6-10: join director Jen Julia for an extended tour of the Sheridan, game-playing, craftmaking, and a performance of The Ugly Duckling; RSVP to 970/7286363, ext. 2.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7 Sunday at the Palm: “The Painting” – Beautifully-animated French film about unfinished figures trapped in a painting; free admission, 4 p.m. telluridepalm.com Simply Christmas – The Ouray County Chorus offers a free seasonal choral, hand bell and sing-along concert; 4-H Event Center, 7 p.m.

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WEDNESDAYS, DEC. 10DEC. 17 Free Christmas Concerts – Seasonal music at Montrose United Methodist Church; 12 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11 John Statz in Concert – Worldtraveling songwriter touring in the final show of KAFM’s season; KAFM Radio Room, Grand Junction, 7:30 p.m. kafmradio.org

FRIDAY, DEC. 12Songwriter’s Workshop – Nashville, Tenn. singer Ashleigh Caudill offers a five-hour tutorial (10 a.m.-3 p.m.); $75. Call 970/2491382 for more information.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12SATURDAY, DEC. 13 Telluride Choral Society: Wintersing – Christ Presbyterian Church; Sat., 7 p.m. and Sun., 3 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12 AND SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Radio Show: “It’s a Wonderful Life” – Annual holiday event, a live radio drama at the Wright Opera House presented by the Ouray County Players; 7 p.m. both evenings.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 13SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Placerville Holiday Market – Antiques, specialty local foods, gifts and decorations; proceeds from vendor fees and donations support local food banks in Norwood and Telluride. At the historic schoolhouse, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 970/275-9633

SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Winter Dance Recital: Kingdom of the Sweets – Palm Theatre, 2-4 p.m. telluridepalm.com

TUESDAY, DEC. 16 Beethoven’s Birthday Concert – Pianist Frank French offers a concert of Beethoven’s early, middle and late works; Grand Junction, Atrium of the Grand Valley (3260 North 12th St)., 7 p.m. Free admission; reservations suggested. frank@frankfrenchinfo.com

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17-SUNDAY, DEC. 21 Playing Santa – An original holiday comedy from the Telluride Theatre company at the Sheridan Opera House. Telluridetheatre.com

THURSDAY, DEC. 18 National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation” and Cookie Swap – Wilkinson Library, 6 p.m.

S Palm Film Series: Citizenfour – Palm Theatre, 6 p.m. teluridepalm. com Holiday Wine Tasting: Three Countries, Six Cabernets – Toast the season with young and old cabs (Bryan Thames is your guide); 6-8 p.m. ahhaa.org

FRIDAY, DEC. 19SATURDAY, DEC. 20 Weehawken Dance: “Polar Express” – A cast of over 100 performs choreographer Natasha Pyeatte’s rendition of the Chris Van Allsburg (and Hollywood) classic; at the Montrose Pavilion, 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Complete ticket information online. Weehawkenarts.org

SATURDAY, DEC. 27 Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue in Concert – Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m. sheridanoperahouse.com

SUNDAY, DEC. 28 Seryn in Concert – Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 29 Shawn Colvin in Concert – Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 30 George Winston in Concert – Palm Theatre, 8 p.m.

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BEATSHEET TELLURIDE • Jerry Joseph, Wed., Dec. 3, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., Advance $8/ Door $12 • The yawpers wiTh in The whale, Fri., Dec. 5, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • The Congress, Sat., Dec. 6, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • iCe skaTing parTy wiTh DJ soul ATOMIC, Sat., Dec. 13, Mountain Village Ice Rink, 7-9 p.m., No Cover • TelluriDe roCk ‘n’ roll aCaDemy STUDENT CONCERT, Saturday, Dec. 13, Sheridan Opera House, 7:30 p.m.

• TelluriDe Brewing Company parTy WITH ALIVER HALL, Sat., Dec. 13, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $10 • yoJimBo feaTuring Carly meyers OF THE MIKE DILLON BAND, Thu., Dec. 18, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • Digg, Fri., Dec. 19, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • TromBone shorTy & orleans AVENUE, Sat., Dec. 27, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., General Admission Floor $68/Reserved Balcony $100 • DJ soul aTomiC, Sat., Dec. 27, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., No Cover • seryn, Sun., Dec. 28, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., Reserved Seat $30/ Cabaret Table Seat $40 • The Teeny Tiny ChrisTmas ConCerT HOSTED BY PETER YARROW, Mon., Dec. 29, Sheridan Opera House, 4 p.m., General Admission $20 • an evening wiTh shawn Colvin, Monday, Dec. 29, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., $40 • george winsTon, Tuesday, Dec. 30, Michael D. Palm Theatre, 8-10 p.m., Students & Children $20/Adults $28 • new years eve wiTh wynonna anD THE BIG NOISE, Wed., Dec. 31, Sheridan Opera House, 9 p.m., General Admission $100/Reserved Balcony $250/VIP Table $7,500 Cranford Hollow, Wed., Dec. 31, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $20 • Chris roBinson BroTher, Fri., Jan. 2, Telluride Conference Center, 9 p.m., General Admission $40 • BroThers keeper wiTh John popper & JONO MANSON, Sat., Jan. 3, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., General Admission Floor $25/Reserved Balcony $35 • super DiamonD, Sat., Jan. 3, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $20

• miner, Fri., Jan. 9, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • Tony furTaDo, Sat., Jan. 10, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., General Admission Floor $20/Reserved Balcony $30 • The nappy rooTs, Sun., Jan. 11, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., Advance $15/Door $20 • oak Creek, Thu., Jan. 15, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • Jeff ausTin BanD, Fri.-Sat., Jan. 1617, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., General Admission Floor $25/Reserved Balcony $35 • lil’ smokies, Sat., Jan. 17, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • TelluriDe fire fesTival presenTs EUFORQUESTRA, Jan. 18, Sheridan Opera House, 9 p.m., General Admission Floor $16/Reserved Balcony $40 • The wailers, sun., Feb. 8, Sheridan Opera House, 9 p.m., General Admission $25 • DJ soul aTomiC, Sun., Jan. 18, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $2 • heaD for The hills, Thu., Jan. 29, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., Advance $10/Door $15 • sTrange ameriCans, Sat., Jan. 31, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • Turkuaz, Wed., Feb. 11, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m.

• BeyonD The groove presenTs leTTUCE WITH BREAK SCIENCE, Fri., Feb. 13, ClubRED at Telluride Conference Center, 7:30 p.m., General Admission $27 • JoinT poinT, Tue., Feb. 17, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m.

• lefTover salmon feaTuring Bill PAYNE, Thu.-Fri., Feb. 19-20, Sheridan Opera House, 8 p.m, General Admission Floor $30/Reserved Balcony $40 • gravy, Sat., Feb. 28, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m.

• roCkin’ aT The opera for Tasp, Fri., Mar. 6, Sheridan Opera House, 6 p.m.

• pigeons playing ping pong, Thu., Mar. 12, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m.

• 2nD annual TelluriDe TriBuTe BanD fesT wiTh who’s BaD (miChael JaCkson), rumors (fleeTwooD maC), eClipse (Journey), anD yesTerDay (BeaTles), Thu.-Sat., Mar. 19-21, 3-Day General Admission $80/Single Day General Admission Floor $30/Single Day Reserved Balcony $40 • an evening wiTh TaJ mahal, Sun., See BEAT SHEET, Page 19

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Montrose Campus, Room 102; 6-8 p.m. naswco.org

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FRIDAY, DEC. 5 First Friday Art Stroll – Enjoy historic downtown Montrose; 5:30-8 p.m.

Yule Night Christmas Parade – Line up on Ouray’s Main St. and 8th Ave. at 5:45 p.m. Parade begins at 6 p.m., and ends at Elks Lodge for free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, carolers and a live Nativity. 970/325-7371; dborg56@ gmail.com

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 Wynonna and the Big Noise in Concert – Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m. sheridanoperahouse.com SATURDAY, DEC. 3 Brothers Keeper with John Popper and Jono Manson – Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY THURSDAY, DEC. 4 The Birds of Costa Rica – An Audubon Society presentation; Delta, Bill Heddles Center, 7 p.m.

Free admission. 970/626-5002 Taize-Style Service of Music, Prayer and Meditation on Scripture – Montrose United Methodist Church Sanctuary; 7 p.m.

Trauma-Informed Care: Live Webinar Training – CMU

FRIDAY, DEC. 5SATURDAY, DEC. 6 Gingerbread Festival – Blue Sage Gallery, Paonia; 6-8 p.m. Fri. and 12-4 p.m. on Sat. More info. online. bluesage.org FRIDAY, DEC. 6SUNDAY, DEC. 8 The Ugly Duckling: A Middle School Adventure Story – Live on stage at the Sheridan Opera House, a play by Jen Julia starring 29 local

middle-schoolers (grades 6-8); 6 p.m. nightly. Reserve tickets at sheridanoperahouse.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6 Holiday Card-Making Studio – Wilkinson Library, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Olde Fashioned Christmas at Schmid Ranch – Find a Christmas tree, ride a horse-drawn sleigh, make a wreath and more at the Ranch; 12-4 p.m.

Open Figure Drawing – A Weehawken Ridgway class for ages 16 and up; 1-4 p.m. weehawkenarts.org Holiday Cookie-Making – Wilkinson Library, 2 p.m.

M Family Fun Day – Families meet downstairs at Montrose United Methodist Church in Park Ave. Hall for Chrismon Creations (3 p.m.) followed by a chili cook-off and brownie bake-off (4 p.m.). All ages and all families welcome.

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Holiday Hors d’Oeuvres with David Hafer – Learn to create small bites for simple, yet elegant entertaining; an Ah Haa School class in Hafer’s Lawson Hill commercial kitchen, 3-6 p.m. ahhaa.org Montrose Parade of Lights – This year’s theme: Christmas Stories. Downtown Montrose, 5 p.m.

SOHYPT Super Saturday – For ages 6-10: join director Jen Julia for an extended tour of the Sheridan, game-playing, craftmaking, and a performance of The Ugly Duckling; RSVP to 970/7286363, ext. 2.

Ski Tree Lighting and Ullr’s Ceremonial Ski Burn – Elks Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Sheep Mountain Alliance Animal Carnival and Auction – Rustico, $35, 5:30-9 p.m.

Elks Yule Night – Pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus (6 p.m.), live nativity scene, plus chili, cornbread, dessert and beverages; dinner at 5 p.m., photos, 6 p.m.

Abundance Masquerade Ball – Three-course harvest dinner with wine pairings, followed by a piano concert. In Paonia: Wisehart Springs, Inn on Pitkin Mesa. Complete details online.

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Gingerbread House Decorating – Sherbino Theater, 1-3 p.m. A fee of $15 includes one assembled house; space is limited. Call 970/318-0150 for more information or visit weehawkenarts.org.

Elk’s Memorial Day – A day of remembrance; ceremony begins at 2 p.m.

Holiday Card-Making Studio – Wilkinson Library, 12-4 p.m.

Holiday Cookie Decorating – Wilkinson Library, 2 p.m.

Telluride Nordic Association Meeting, Potluck and Gear Swap – Ah Haa School, 4-7 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7MONDAY, DEC. 8 Magic Circle Auditions for Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom – Parts for both singing and non-singing roles, to be performed on Magic Circle’s stage in May 2015.

Auditions 6:30 p.m. each evening at the Theatre (420 S. 12th St.).

Packets are available outside the theatre; for more information, call 970/596-9007.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7 Weehawken Ridgway Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop – The annual event; Sherbino Theater, 1-3 p.m. weehawkenarts.org; 970/318-0150

TUESDAY, DEC. 9 Telluride Town Council SATURDAY, DEC. Meeting – Rebekah Hall Main 6-SUNDAY, DEC. 7 Room, 10 a.m.

Eros Wyrush Event: A M Wills, Trusts, Powers of Conversation on Cosmic, Divine Attorney: The Basics – Region Truths – Spiritual Mentor Deb 10, 300 N. Cascade 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Evans leads the discussion; Register online at region10.net or Ridgway, 702 County Road 10, call 970/249-2436.

1:30-5:30 p.m. RSVP by email or Southwest Basin Meeting phone. Erosdd.sheribailey.gmail. on Colorado Water Plan – com; 970/901-8080 Placerville Schoolhouse, 6-8 p.m.

970/259-5322; 970/903-3961 SATURDAYS-SUNDAYS, DEC. 6-DEC. 21 FRIDAY, DEC. 12 Santa’s Cabin – Downtown Sitting with Santa – Heritage Montrose, Uncompahgre Events Plaza, free, 3-6 p.m.

Plaza; Sat., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Sun., 1:30-4:30 p.m. Or visit on Fridays FRIDAY, DEC. 12-SUNDAY, at Timberline Bank, 5-7 p.m.

DEC. 14 SUNDAY, DEC. 7

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beginning with Santa lighting up Ridgway Town Park at the Sherbino Theater (Fri., 5:15 p.m.), to be followed by a holiday stroll (5-8 p.m.) and a live reading of It’s a Wonderful Life from the Wright Opera House, to be broadcast over the Internet (see item below).

Radio Show: “It’s a Wonderful Life” – Annual holiday event, a live radio drama at the Wright Opera House presented by the Ouray County Players; 7 p.m. both evenings.

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Norwood around the first or second week of May, 2015.

The Ouray County Historical Museum is closed for the season.

The museum will re-open in midTHURSDAY, DEC. 25 April 2015.

Free Community Christmas The Telluride Indoor Climbing Dinner – United Methodist Gym at Telluride High School is Church (Park and South 1st now open through April 5, 2015.

Street), 1-3 p.m. All are welcome.

Hours are Sundays, Tuesdays and 970/249-3716 Thursdays from 6-9 p.m.

SoupnSuch at Two Rascals WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 – Soups, chili and more Wed.-Sat., Elks’ New Year’s Eve Party – Open to the public: drink specials, 4-7 p.m.

A Colorado Master Gardener appetizers, karaoke; beginning at Volunteer/Gardener Certificate 6:30 p.m.

Course will be held in Norwood on SATURDAY, DEC. 13 Herbal Gift Making – A Thursdays from January 29-April 9.

Shining Mountain Herbs class For an application, visit extension.

ANNOUNCEMENTS in Ridgway, focusing on winter colostate.edu/sanmiguel.

Registration is open for a herbal tonics and salves to Santa Delivers: To arrange Western Colorado Farm and promote health and vitality; 9 a.m.- a Christmas Eve visit from the Food Forum event, Unlocking 4 p.m. weehawkenarts.org Ouray Elks’ team of Santas, call Christmas Cookie Walk and the Secrets of Raising Great 970/596-1219 for Ouray locations, Holiday Bazaar – The annual Food, at the Montrose Pavilion 626-5862 for Ridgway locations or event: walk around tables and fill January 10. Register before email ourayelks492@gmail.com December 8 to receive an earlythe box with Christmas cookies before December 21st. If you can bird discount. More information: that are sold by the pound. volunteer, please call the above Sponsored by the Women’s Union foodfarmforum.org. numbers. at Hillcrest Congregational UCC, Tickets for the Sheridan Season’s Readings: Drop off at the church (corner of Hillcrest Opera House’s winter shows are new or gently used books at Alpine now on sale. For a complete lineup, and Miami); 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Bank, Coffee Trader, Genesis International Women’s Ski visit sheridanoperahouse.com.

Christian Marketplace, Montrose Day: Chicks on Sticks – Gather Telluride Theatre has Library/CMU Lobby, Natural for breakfast before trying ski announced its 2015 Season. Visit Grocers or Starbucks (near razoo.com/story/Telluridetheatre demos all day with top lady skiers, Dennys) and make a difference then revel over après ski libations to a child in the community. Used for more information or to become and fun giveaways at Tomboy a member. and new books will be purchased Tavern; BootDoctors, Mountain The Woman’s Club of Ouray and wrapped by Altrusa and given Village, beginning at 10 a.m.

County offers loans of medical to children within the Health and Weehawken Ouray equipment for recuperation Human Services network.

Gingerbread House Workshop from surgery or injury, or longStronghouse Artist Studios – Ouray Community Center, 10 term disability use, for Ouray for Rent: StrongHouse a.m.-12 p.m. weehawkenarts.org; Studios, Telluride’s only artist’s County residents. To borrow 970/318-0150 from the closet, which is located cooperative, has individual artist Merriment on Main – in Ouray, call 970/318-0447 or visit studio space and a darkroom for Girlfriend’s Day Out, 9 a.m.-6:30 rent. For more information please womansclubouraycounty.org and p.m.; hay rides, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., click on “activities.” contact Sasha at 970/728-8959 activities at Santa’s Cabin; Friends of Ridgway Schools, or contact sasha@telluridearts. dining and shopping specials. a volunteer group dedicated to org. Stronghouse features local Double Montrose Bucks Awards artists’ studios in an independent, building community spirit and for shopping. supporting student activities, open, loft-like setting, featuring Phil’s Birthday Bash – Elks meets from 8:15-9:15 a.m. the traditional painting, mixed Lodge, 3:30 p.m. Please bring a first Wednesday of every month media installation and design, dish to share. at Ridgway Elementary School. and photography. The gallery showcases one of the cooperative’s For more information, visit SATURDAY, DEC. emerging local artists each month. Ridgway.k12.co.us or call 13-SUNDAY, DEC. 14 303/819-7784.

Qi Gong with Susie Meade Holiday Pop-Up Market – The Montrose Mending is Mondays and Tuesdays at the Shop from local artists at this Hearts Support Group now meets Ah Haa School for the Arts from two-day crafts fair; Sheridan Opera 8:30-9:15 a.m., Admission is by Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

House, 10 a.m. at the Hope West office, 645 S. donation.

5th St. Call 970/240-7734 for more Region 10 Caregiver Support SUNDAY, DEC. 14 information. & Networking Groups meet Papa Noel – Vengan a The Woman’s Club of the first Wednesday and third compartir una noche de familia Ouray meets at 1 p.m. the Thursday of every month from a estilo Latino; Telluride High 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Region 10, 300 N. third Tuesday of every month, School Cafeteria/Gym, 4-8 p.m.

September through June, in Cascade. For more information, the San Juan Room of the Ouray contact Amy Rowan at 970/249TUESDAY, DEC. 16 Visitors Center. Visitors and guests 2436, ext. 203.

Woman’s Club of Ouray are welcome.

Ouray Elks Scholarships County Meeting – Christmas The Wilkinson Library offers are available. They come in cookies and carols to share ongoing classes in yoga, guided two forms: Legacy Awards, for with all; San Juan Room, children or grandchildren of active meditation, Zumba, Pilates, Ouray Community Center, 1 p.m.

POUND and more.

Elks, and Most Valuable Student Visitors and guests welcome.

Talking Gourds poetry Scholarships, available to anyone.

970/325-0228 readings are the first Tuesday MVS applications are due to the of every month at Arroyo Wine student’s school counselor or the THURSDAY, DEC. 18 Bar. Lodge no later than December Bilingual Family Night – HopeWest Palliative and 5; Legacy Award applications, Telluride Library, 5 p.m. mailed to the Elks’ national office, Hospice Care of Western Colorado is looking for volunteers. are due Feb. 1, 2015. All forms FRIDAY, DEC. 19 can be downloaded from elks.org/ To assist, call 970/252-2642.

Special Holiday Story Time enf/scholars. For assistance, call Jam – Banjo, ukulele and guitar at 970/626-4239.

Calendar items may be submitted Wilkinson Library; 11 a.m. by emailing calendar@ The Colorado State Forest Stocking-Stuffing Potluck telluridedailyplanet.com. The Service Application for Dinner – Come be Santa’s helper weekly deadline for publication is Seedling Trees for 2014-2015 is and stuff the stockings Santa will Monday at 3 p.m. available at extension.colostate. deliver on Christmas Eve; Elks edu/sanmiguel/ on the Natural Lodge, 6 p.m. Bring a dish and Resources page. Trees will be some stockings. delivered to CSU Extension in SUNDAY, DEC. 21 Chanukah Celebration – Wilkinson Library, 1-3 p.m.

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Mar. 22, Sheridan Opera House, 8 p.m., Reserved Floor (Front) $75/Reserved Floor (Back) $65/Reserved Balcony $65 • louDon wainwrighT iii, Wed., Apr. 1, Sheridan Opera House, 7 p.m., Reserved Table $35/Reserved Floor (Front) $35/ Reserved Floor (Back) $25/Reserved Balcony $25

OURAY • george winsTon, Sat., Dec. 27, Wright Opera House, 7:30 p.m., $25/$30

MONTROSE • ashleigh CauDill in ConCerT, Sat. Dec. 13, Pearl Road’s House Concert Music Series, 6-8 p.m.

DURANGO • heaD for The hills wiTh shoTgun SALLIES, Fri., Dec. 5, Animas City Theater, 9 p.m., $12

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p.m., Advance $15/Door $18 • John sTaTz in ConCerT, Thurs., Dec. 11, KAFM Radio Room, 7:30 p.m. Razihel, Sat., Dec. 20, Mesa Theater, 8:30 p.m., Advance $10/Door $15 • Bizzy Bone, Sun., Dec. 21, Mesa Theater, 7:30 p.m., Advance $15/Door $20 • TeXas hippie CoaliTion wiTh in The WHALE, Mon., Dec. 29, Mesa Theater, 7:30 p.m., Advance $12/Door $15 • wall of The fallen wiTh ConTROLLED DEMISE, Augmented, False Constellations, and Scar Struck, Sat., Jan. 3, Mesa Theater, 8 p.m., $3 • Ben miller BanD wiTh Crow moses, Thu., Jan. 8, Mesa Theater, 7:30 p.m., $12 • The eDge of paraDise, Sat., Jan. 10, Mesa Theater, 8 p.m., Advance $5/Door $10 • heD pe, Sun., Jan. 11, Mesa Theater, 7:30 p.m., Advance $13/Door $16 • sole wiTh DJ pain, Fri., Jan. 16, Mesa Theater, 8 p.m., Advance $5/Door $8

• The grouCh & eligh wiTh CunninLYNGUISTS AND DJ ABILITIES, Tue., Dec. • Bela fleCk & aBigail washBurn, 9, Animas City Theater, 9 p.m., $30 Sat., Jan. 17, Avalon Theater, 7 p.m., Upper Mezzanine $20/Lower Mezzanine • laTe nighT raDio wiTh krookeD $30/Floor $35 DRIVERS AND JUICY MONEY, Fri., Dec. 19, Animas City Theater, 10 p.m., $15 • heavygrinDer, Fri., Jan. 23, Mesa The• BroThers keeper wiTh John popper ater, 8:30 p.m., Advance $12/Door $15 AND JONO MANSON, Wed., Dec. 31, • krizz kaliko wiTh slo pain, Fri., Jan. Animas City Theater, 10 p.m., General 30, Mesa Theater, 8 p.m., Advance $15/ Admission $35/VIP $50 Door $20 • Tony furTaDo BanD wiTh aDreas • fly paper, Fri., Feb. 20, Mesa Theater, KAPSALIS, Thu., Jan. 15, Animas City 8 p.m., $5 Theater, 8 p.m., $15 • sTeam punk masQueraDe wiTh ABNEY PARK, Thu., Jan. 29, Animas City Theater, 9 p.m, $30

• karla Bonoff wiTh nina gerBer, Thu., Feb. 26, Rialto Theater Center, 7:30 p.m., $29

• The new masTersounDs wiTh sky PILOT, Sat., Feb. 7, Animas City Theater, 9 p.m., $20

• iraTion wiTh sTiCk figure anD HOURS EASTLY, Thu., Feb. 26, Mesa Theater, 7:30 p.m., General Admission $20/VIP $60

• The ToasTers wiTh oaTie pasTe anD I-GENE, Fri., Feb. 13, Animas City Theater, • zion i wiTh los rakas anD loCkSMITH, Tue., Mar. 3, Mesa Theater, 8 9:30 p.m., $15 p.m., Advance $16/Door $20 • lefTover salmon, Tue.-Wed., Feb. 17• DaTsik wiTh eTC! eTC!, anD TruTh, 18, Animas City Theater, 9 p.m., $35 Thu., Mar. 5, Mesa Theater, 8:30 p.m., Advance $25/Door $30 • zion i wiTh los rakas anD loCkSMITH, Mon., Mar. 2, Animas City Theater, 9 p.m., $25

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GRAND JUNCTION • Trolley snaTCha wiTh muTriX, KICKS N LICKS AND SOBEAR Fri., Dec. 5, Mesa Theater, 8 p.m., Advance $14, Door $18

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• sTranger, Sat., Dec. 6, Mesa Theater, 8 p.m., Advance $7, Door $10 • alien anT farm wiTh sTars in sTeREO, Tue., Dec. 9, Mesa Theater, 7:30

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n the long drive home to Telluride from Montrose and need a quick bite? Ridgway’s Cimarron Café has got you covered.

You’ve surely seen the sign, just before Ouray County’s only stoplight (if you reach the Shell station, you’ve gone too far). Behind the weathered wood exterior is a sleek café that turns out a mean burger. You’ll find pasta, soups and salads and dinner entrees on the menu as well, but for the most savory and satisfying experience here, allow yourself to be guided by three little words: Get the beef. “It’s the best thing on the menu, hands down,” our waiter assured.

Which makes a certain sense, because the Cimarron is a locals place. You feel it when you enter: there always seem to be people hanging around the bar, which is warm, convivial and boasts seven flat-screen televisions (whatever your game, they’re probably airing it). Appetizers to nosh on at said bar include jumbo-lump crab cakes in a creamy smokedtomato sauce topped with shoestring potatoes ($13), handbreaded coconut shrimp ($12), the ubiquitous buffalo wings (6 for $6, 12 for $11) and chicken quesadilla ($12) — is there a casual restaurant left in the West which doesn’t offer these? — and a show-stopper: blue cheese potato chips ($9), thick chips, cut by hand and fried, then topped with a molten cascade of sauce and cheese. The recipe is simple: warm chips, melted blue cheese, cream, white wine, crumbles. Salty, crunchy, smooth and creamy, it strikes

all the right notes in the palate, particularly when accompanied by a glass of pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc.

Entrees include homemade soups (tomato basil bisque or the daily special, $7 a bowl), salads, (wedge, Caesar or blackened shrimp), burgers and sandwiches and entrees including chicken fried steak ($19). I can attest to the latter. Chicken fried steak demands a terrific coat-

paniment (blue cheese dressing recommended), jicama coleslaw or fresh-cut fries. Other popular entrees include filet ($25-$31) and beef stroganoff, in a mushroom, garlic and brandy sauce ($24).

Ironically, the Cimarron’s roots aren’t really in beef.

They’re in cheesecake. Carol Lawler, a founder of Lawler’s Cheesecakes in Humble, Texas owns the café. (She and her

This sleek café turns out a mean burger. ing, and this one’s perfect: thick, crunchy and hot, with a slab of surprisingly tender steak beneath and a generous ladle-full of country gravy on top, served with a choice of potato (opt for the baked) and vegetable. Another standout is the corianderand-four-peppercorn rubbed pork tenderloin ($19), served atop Portobello mushrooms with a red-wine jus. One night, the vegetable was honeyed carrots, cooked al dente and topped with a sweet-and-slightly-salty sauce.

The recipe is just carrots, butter, honey and chopped dill, but tastes like much more.

Back to that Colorado-beef burger ($8-$11.50), the best value on the menu, available in variations of one-third or onehalf pound. It comes topped with a pretzel bun, and is available with a salad, which makes a just-right light, fresh accom-

husband also own a home in Ridgway.) Lawler’s cheesecakes are distributed to restaurants in the U.S., Mexico and Europe, and naturally Lawler’s Famous New York Style Cheesecake is on the menu here. It is delicious, but on the night we were there, Executive Chef Kevin Sass’s crème brulee was even better, its crème custard redolent only of sugar, fresh cream and pure vanilla (its beans are sprinkled throughout). So many brulees disappoint by tasting eggy. This did not. It is huge, perfect for sharing, and worth stopping in for on its own.

But when it comes to sweets, we’re still talking about those carrots.

The Cimarron Café is located at 153 Highway 550 in Ridgway.

It is open every day but Wednesday, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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SPEN, Colo. (AP) — Acclaimed chef Chris Lanter is talking a crowd of eager foodies through a demo on cooking with marijuana. As he prepares steak au poivre, he describes how to deglaze the pan with pot-infused brandy. How to pair marijuana with fine foods.

How to make marijuana’s skunky tang work for a dish, not ruin it.

One catch — there’s no ac-

tual weed at his demonstration.

Marijuana aficionados paid $250 for a weekend-long celebration of marijuana and food, yet state and city regulations prohibit any “open and public” use of the drug, even at licensed businesses holding private events.

It’s a strange dichotomy. The nascent marijuana industry in Colorado is moving well beyond just pot brownies. Dispensaries are doing a booming trade in

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cookbooks, savory pot foods and frozen takeout dishes that incorporate the drug. But for now, halting attempts at creating a marijuana dining scene have had mixed results.

Colorado may have legalized marijuana, but it still prohibits “on-site consumption,” a caveat aimed at preventing Amsterdamstyle coffee shops where pot can be purchased and consumed in the same place. Recreational or medical marijuana is now legal in 23 states and Washington, DC. — though each state prohibits on-site consumption and pot sales in bars or restaurants.

As Colorado’s recreational industry nears its first anniversary, authorities increasingly are cracking down on attempts to push the pot-dining envelope.

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The city of Denver, where the marijuana industry is concentrated, wrote 668 tickets for “open and public consumption” through September, up from 117 the year before, when marijuana was legal, but sales were not.

And the county that includes Colorado Springs is trying to crack down on so-called “smokeeasys,” or private clubs that allow marijuana use, sometimes paired with refreshments.

Even private events at restaurants aren’t safe. Denver authorities are using permit codes and alcohol laws to fine and even press charges against people trying to throw private events at which pot foods are served.

The result has been that chefs interested in infusing foods with pot, or pairing regu-

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lar dishes with certain strains thought to accent a particular flavor, are unable to try it outside catered events at private homes. Even chefs who will talk publicly about doing “medicated” catered house parties, like Lanter, are skittish about sharing details.

“There’s so much potential here, and the interest is unbelievable. But right now, everybody’s kind of scared to be doing it,” says Lanter, owner and executive chef at Aspen’s tony Cache Cache restaurant.

Which isn’t to say folks aren’t experimenting with the limits of the law.

A bed-and-breakfast in Denver offers guests samples of cannabis strains alongside regular breakfast dishes.

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PERRY GONDOLA, from page 4

Nicely.

If you want to bitch and complain that, “Oh I have kids and their stuff and my stuff and I’m juggling everything and the operator was just standing there and I HAVE KIDS SO I’M A MARTYR” perhaps you should teach your LAZY kids to carry their own teeny tiny feather-lite skis, or do some extra bicep curls at home so you can carry both your skis and their skis at the same time.

You chose to have kids. And you chose to take them skiing.

Figure it out. I have faith in you, parents of gondola riding groms.

I was carrying my own gear by the time I was 4 or 5 years old, and to this day I am still grateful for the lessons I had from an early age about how important it is to be self-sufficient.

In the event you have five three year olds with you, who all use poles, and are all screaming, and wiggling around and throwing things to the ground in the midst of an escalating group tantrum scenario, and the struggling and juggling gets to be too much for you (which is perfectly understandable) I’ll say it again, JUST ASK THE OPERATOR FOR HELP. Better yet, I just got laid off from my job (but I still get to

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write my column, lucky you guys!) so pay me $100 a day and I’ll be your damn ski caddy and walk around with, all your gear, and all your kids gear so you don’t have to lift a freaking finger! I will lovingly carry your whole family’s gear up to Dihedral chute or Mountain Quail over and over again so you can brag about all the hike-to’s you did and what a badass skier you are.

I can even help you into your boots, tighten them up for you, flip the heel piece of your binding up so you don’t have to put any pressure on your knees as you lock into your ski, hold your kid’s tissue as he blows his tiny, delicate, snot-filled nostrils directly into my hand, mix your drinks at the bar, bake you cookies, tuck you in at night and wipe your freaking ass for you.

We live and ski in Telluride, folks, and we don’t need to be coddled. That’s what tourists are for. Nor do we have to treat the people that operate one of, if not THE best, amenities this town has to offer like their number one job is to baby us and make everything as easy as possible.

You know why? Because, as Jonathan Yaseen remarks, “We aren’t Deer Valley. Thank Jesus.”

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All Points Transit is seeking a part time driver for Norwood and the West End of Montrose County. Valid driver’s license required with no point restrictions. Call Connie at 970-249-0128.

Seeking enthusiastic locals or aspiring locals with a passion for Telluride that want to share their excitement for our community at the Mountain Lodge.

Are you confident in your ability to provide professional guest service?

Join our local team and experience the quality of life that you deserve.

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Full Time Night Audit Part time Night Audit Positions Available FT/PT Concierge and Bell Staff candidates to join our exceptional guest services team. Prior hospitality experience, Town knowledge, Clean driving record a must. Must be able to work holiday/weekends; morning and evening shifts available.

FT Assistant Engineer, general maintenance and landscaping experienced preferred. Competitive Pay. Respond to: e52.info@aubergeresorts.com.

Do you want to ski a lot this winter? The perfect ski bum job AM Houseman 4:00am-8:00am Ski Pass Included Please stop by the Mountain Lodge to complete an application or send resume to kbond@mountainlodgetelluride. com 457 Mountain Village Blvd Mountain Village, CO 81435 970-369-6020

THE MARKET AT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE is seeking temporary help for the holidays. Only fun, friendly, and hardworking people need apply.

REQUIREMENTS: Hard Working, Well Groomed, Legal Working Status, Flexible Schedule, Great Customer Service Skills, Attention to Details.

APPLY IN PERSON and ask for Brian or Dave.

Christy Sports at the Mountain Lodge and Door 2 Door ski rental is now hiring for the upcoming winter season.

Please contact Troy at 970.369.4727 or email resume to: patv@d2dskis.com

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SELF STORAGE in the Telluride Area

8x10s, 8x20s & 8x40s Telecam @ (970)728-4445 Snow Removal

Is now hiring Assistant Manager Rental Techs Sales/Cashiers Valets

FULL-TIME SEASONAL Gondola Operators/Drivers PART-TIME SEASONAL Parking Attendants

Classifieds ads are small but POWERFUL The Telluride Daily Planet has the largest reach of any media in the region and is the only newspaper dedicated to news and information about the Telluride area.

$13 per hour plus $1 per hour end of season BONUS. Now offering SKI PASS with 20 hrs/wk , skier friendly set schedules/ four day work week, commuter shuttles.

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Mountain Village is Hiring

We offer competitive pay, benefits, merchandise discounts, and a ski pass. EOE. Please contact Cara Smith at cbsmith@vailresorts.com or stop by Telluride Sports for further details.

One man on your roof, one roof at a time • Roof Anchor Installation • Meter, Skylight, Heat Tape Protection • Ice/Ice Dam Removal • Ground and Deck Snow Removal

Help Wanted

Job Description: Part-Time: We are seeking a compassionate and professional Executive Director to lead, develop and execute successful yearly fundraisers, operations, marketing, and contracted labor, strong computer skills necessary. salary commensurate with experience related to job description.

Please send resume to stash@aidsbenefit.org

by Dec 5th.

Rascals Toddler Program currently has an opening for 1 teacher.

The ideal candidate would have early childhood education & experience. If you love playing with toddlers, please email your resume to Rascalstoddler@gmail.com.

Apply on-line: www.townofmountainvillage.com/ careers EOE/DFW

Pastry Chef/Breakfast Cook Hours: 6am-2pm 3 days per week Pay based on experience Ski pass available 970-596-6919 Additional help needed at Down Valley retail store.

Flexible hours. Must be personable with strong customer service ethic.

Respond with your interest to jmh3352@gmail.com.

Ski Butlers Seeking motivated Ski Techs to join our team!

FT/PT Ski Pass, Equipment Deals, Tips Call 970-728-2071 www.skibutlers.com

Sea to Ski Premier Vacation Rentals is hiring a full-time, year-round Sales/Concierge person who is passionate about Telluride and wants to share that enthusiasm with visitors. Best fit for a person who is energetic, customer focused, organized and driven. Come join our team! Please send resumes to MarkD@Telluride.com Durango Mountain Resort has immediate job openings for Line Cooks & Lead Cooks!

Full, part time and PEAK season positions. Plenty of opportunities for advancement, long-term careers, and year-round work. Apply online @ http://www.durangomountainresort. com/. EOE Artistic Systems is seeking an experienced AV installer. Must have experience. Send resume to businesscoord@artisticsystems.net, or request an application by email.

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FT and PT sales consultants for new nature photography gallery (Tony Newlin Gallery). It’s a great work environment. Previous sales experience a plus. Hourly + Commission. Flexible schedule.

Email tn@tonynewlin.com.

Is seeking Front of House Staff.

FTS positions, day shifts, $10/hr.

Ski Pass Included.

Join one of the best teams in Telluride!

Help Wanted

Looking to join a dynamic team?

Some openings left for this winter season.

Breakfast Cook required to prepare a Continental Buffet Breakfast for our guests to enjoy in the little bar.

Training offered for the right person.

Part time 2 days per week Full time 5 days per week 6am to 12pm shifts.

Excellent package offered!!

Call 970 369 0400 and ask for Bas or Clare

Call Jak at (603) 315-0910 EOE

The Hotel Telluride is looking for a quality person with a service mindset to fill the following positions: Guest Services- Experienced (FT) Server (AM/PM) Cook (AM/PM) Great Benefits, Ski Pass, Discounted Room Rates for Friends and Family Apply in person. Must be experienced EOE M/F/D/V

The Watch is looking for 2 full time Account Executives to join our advertising sales team. One position is in Montrose and one position is in Ridgway/Ouray.

This position is responsible for managing the advertising of existing accounts and for the development of new accounts. Candidates must have proven success in customer service/sales and be able to work well independently and as part of a team. An attention to detail and organizational skills are a must. We value long-term, trusted relationships with our employees and customers.

Human Resources Manager Bell Person/Driver Ski Valet Massage Therapist Please visit http://fairmontcareers.com to apply

San Miguel County (SMC) - Road and Bridge Equipment Operator FT - Two positions available Starting Pay: $3,091/mo; Benefits Package Closing Date: 12/15/2014 Performs a variety of duties associated with the operation/repair of road construction and equipment as well as the repair, maintenance and construction of County roads, bridges and right-of-ways.

Previous experience required in the operation of motor graders, dozers, backhoes and trucks. Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) required; flagging certification helpful. Must be able to perform strenuous manual labor. Preemployment and random drug tests mandatory.

Telluride Ski and Golf is seeking a: Clubhouse Attendant (PT or FT weekends required) Please apply online at www.worktoski.com EOE

Do you have a passion for hospitality, and providing exceptional guest service? If so, the Peaks is looking for you. We offer competitive pay, ski pass program, employee meals and use of our world class fitness facility.

The Peaks Resort & Spa is looking for service professionals, with an outgoing and positive attitude to join our team in the following positions: Food & Beverage: Assistant Manager Sous Chef Servers Bussers Host/Hostess Barista Line Cooks Front of House: Front Desk Agent Reservations Agent Concierge Back of House: Housekeeping Manager Room Attendants Spa: Spa Attendants Spa Concierge Massage Therapists Estheticians Email rholschuh@thepeaksresort.com EOE

Employment applications available at www.sanmiguelcounty.org. Submit to SMC at 335 Colorado Avenue, Telluride CO 81435 or 1120 Summit Ave, Norwood CO 81423, via email to HR@sanmiguelcounty.org or via fax 970-728-3718. EOE The Village Table Restaurant P.T. Line cook/sous chef.

P.T. FOH positions 970-728-1117 or stop by

Help Wanted The Marshal’s Department has an opening for a CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Primary responsibility is the enforcement of parking, other municipal regulations and animal control. Desired minimum qualifications: HS plus 1 year relevant experience or GED plus 2 years, driver’s license, public relations skills, ability to perform tasks in all weather conditions, ability to lift 50 lbs, ability to sustain physical exertion. Applications and more information at www.telluride-co.gov

Short Term

MATTERHORN CABIN NEAR TELLURIDE $300/NIGHT Sleeps 12, electricity, furnace, flush toilets. Next to groomed nordic ski trails! Bring sleeping bags.

Reserve the Matterhorn Cabin: 1-877-444-6777, www.reserveamerica.com.

Rentals Wanted

THE MARKET AT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE is seeking friendly customer service oriented people to work as:

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Cashier-Stockers.

Storage

Full & Part time positions available. Mostly PM shifts.

Could be year round for the right persons.

REQUIREMENTS: Hard Working, Well Groomed, Legal Working Status, Flexible Schedule, Great Customer Service Skills, Attention to Details, 21 or over preferred.

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Vacation Rentals 4 bedroom MV log home available for Christmas/New Year’s. Ski access. hot tub tobinbrown5@gmail.com Norwood Ski Season Rental 1 bedroom with private bath . $550/mo including all utilities.

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Equipment The Bradley Group is looking for a reliable snow shoveler. Call 728-9237 to discuss the details of this opportunity. Great early morning work, extra income.

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aries (march 21-april 19): Lord Byron (1788-1824) was an English poet who loved animals. In the course of his life, he not only had dogs and cats as pets, but also monkeys, horses, peacocks, geese, a crocodile, a falcon, a crane, and a parrot.

When he enrolled in Trinity College at age 17, he was upset that the school’s rules forbade students from having pet dogs, which meant he couldn’t bring his adored Newfoundland dog Boatswain. There was no regulation, however, against having a tame bear as a pet. So Byron got one and named it Bruin. I think it’s time for you to find a workaround like that, Aries. Be cunning. Try a gambit or two. Find a loophole.

Taurus (april 20-may 20): Whenever I lost one of my baby teeth as a kid, I put it under my pillow before I went to sleep.

During the night, the Tooth Fairy sneaked into my room to snatch the tooth, and in its place left me 25 cents. The same crazy thing happened to every kid I knew, although for unknown reasons my friend John always got five dollars for each of his teeth -- far more than the rest of us. I see a metaphorically comparable development in your life, Taurus. It probably won’t involve teeth or a visit from the Tooth Fairy.

Rather, you will finally be compensated for a loss or deprivation or disappearance that you experienced in the past. I expect the restitution will be generous, too -- more like John’s than mine.

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liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): Even if you are not formally enrolled in a course of study or a training program, you are nevertheless being schooled. Maybe you’re not fully conscious of what you have been learning. Maybe your teachers are disguised or unwitting. But I assure you that the universe has been dropping some intense new knowledge on you. The coming week will be an excellent time to become more conscious of the lessons you have been absorbing. If you have intuitions about where this educational drama should go next, be proactive about making that happen. sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21): You now have a special ability to detect transformations that are happening below the threshold of everyone else’s awareness. Anything that has been hidden or unknown will reveal itself to your gentle probes. You will also be skilled at communicating your discoveries to people who are important to you. Take full advantage of these superpowers. Don’t underestimate how pivotal a role you can play as a teacher, guide, and catalyst. The future success of your collaborative efforts depends on your next moves.

sagiTTarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): Harper Lee was born and raised in Alabama. At the age of 23, she relocated to New York City with hopes of becoming a writer. It was a struggle. To support herself, she worked as a ticket agent for airline companies.

Finding the time to develop her craft was difficult. Seven years went by. Then one Christmas, two friends gave her a remarkgemini (may 21-June 20): Through the able gift: enough money to quit her job and scientific magic of grafting, a single tree work on her writing for a year. During that can be altered to grow several different grace period, Lee created the basics for a kinds of fruit at the same time. One type book that won her a Pulitzer Prize: To Kill a of “fruit salad tree” produces apricots, Mockingbird. I don’t foresee anything quite nectarines, plums, and peaches, while as dramatic for you in the coming months, another bears grapefruits, lemons, oranges, Sagittarius. But I do suspect you will limes, and tangelos. I’m thinking this might receive unexpected help that provides you be an apt and inspiring symbol for you in with the slack and spaciousness you need the coming months, Gemini. What multiple to lay the foundations for a future creation. blooms will you create on your own metaphorical version of a fruit salad tree?

CapriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey, CanCer (June 21-July 22): No other Odysseus’s wife Penelope describes two structure on the planet is longer than the kinds of dreams. “Those that that pass Great Wall of China, which stretches 3,945 through the gate of ivory,” she says, are miles. It’s not actually one unbroken span, deceptive. But dreams that “come forth though. Some sections aren’t connected, through the gate of polished horn” tell the and there are redundant branches that truth. Another ancient text echoes these are roughly parallel to the main structure. ideas. In his poem the Aeneid, Virgil says It reminds me of your own personal Great that “true visions” arrive here from the Wall, which is monumental yet permeable, land of dreams through the gate of horn, strong in some ways but weak in others, whereas “deluding lies” cross over through daunting to the casual observer but less the gate of ivory. Judging from the current so to those who take the time to study it. astrological omens, Capricorn, I expect you Now is an excellent time to take inventory will have interesting and intense dreams of that wall of yours. Is it serving you well? flowing through both the gate of ivory and Is it keeping out the influences you don’t the gate of horn. Will you be able to tell the want but allowing in the influences you do difference? Trust love. want? Could it use some renovation? Are you willing to reimagine what its purpose aQuarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18): Your chancis and how you want it to work for you in es of going viral are better than usual. It’s the future? a perfect moment to upload a Youtube video of yourself wearing a crown of black leo (July 23-aug. 22): The Arctic Monkeys roses and a V for Vendetta mask as you are British rockers who have produced five ride a unicycle inside a church and sing studio albums, which together have sold an uptempo parody version of “O Come All almost five million copies. Rolling Stone Ye Faithful.” It’s also a favorable time for magazine called their first album, released you to create a buzz for you and your pet in 2003, the 30th greatest debut of all causes through less spectacular measures. time. Yet when they first formed in 2002, Promote yourself imaginatively. none of them could play a musical instrument. I see the current era of your life, Leo, pisCes (feb. 19-march 20): At age 80, as having a similar potential. How might author Joan Didion has published five you start from scratch to create something novels, ten works of non-fiction, and five great? screenplays. When she was 27, she wrote, “I have already lost touch with a couple of virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): Alan Turing people I used to be.” That wasn’t a good (1912-1954) was a British mathematician thing, she added: “We are well-advised to and pioneering computer scientist. After keep on nodding terms with the people we World War II broke out, he got worried that used to be, whether we find them attractive the German army might invade and occupy company or not. Otherwise they turn up England, as it had done to France. To unannounced and surprise us, come hamprotect his financial assets, he converted mering on the mind’s door and demand everything he owned into bars of silver, to know who deserted them, who betrayed then buried them underground in the them, who is going to make amends.” countryside north of London. When the war I recommend her counsel to you in the ended, he decided it was safe to dig up his coming months, Pisces. Get reacquainted fortune. Unfortunately, he couldn’t recall with the old selves you have outgrown and where he had put it, and never did find abandoned. it. Let’s draw a lesson from his experience, Virgo. It’s fine if you want to stash a © Copyright 2014 Rob Brezsny treasure or protect a secret or safeguard a resource. That’s probably a sensible thing to do right now. But make sure you

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