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ATER … If there’s one thing that unites the Western Slope, it’s protecting our water from transmountain diversions. The Front Range is outstripping its ability to supply water to its fast-growing urban populations. They have their eyes set on unallocated waters in the western half of the state that they could put to use, if there was a way to get it … As Gunnison’s George Sibley notes in his monthly column in the November issue of Salida-based Colorado Central, past diversions have led to the idea of a “moral obligation” on the part of Front Range water interests to enhance future growth on the Western Slope that would be inhibited by the diversions. The failure of the Two Forks and Homestake II projects in the ‘90s emphasized that without working cooperatively to demonstrate quid pro quo beneﬁts to the Western Slope for diversions, the Front Range was going to have a hard time getting any more state water. In spite of the cooperative establishment of state water roundtables to quantify how much water is available in each natural river basin, the development of a new future water plan, according to Sibley, is putting serious stress on this new era of “cooperation” between the two halves of the state … To that end, Sibley took issue with a statement by renowned Colorado historian Patricia Limerick. In a recently published “Citizen’s Guide to Colorado’s Transbasin Diversions” from the Colorado Foundation for Water Education, she made the suggestion that the ambitions of state citizens for prosperous economies into the future on both sides of the Rockies were “interlocked.” And she added that there was “no reliable moral algebra” for calculating whether retaining water on the Western Slope for development was better or worse than transporting water to the Front Range for development there … That didn’t sit well with Sibley. While Grand Junction and Denver perhaps share common interests as urban centers, the Western Slope’s headwaters communities — like Gunnison or Norwood — are much more dependent on water for their survival, let alone future growth. As he explains rural western communities, “People accept economic marginality as a price they pay for choosing to live on the margins” … Sibley insists there must be a moral algebra for transmountain diversions similar to what Herbert Hoover

called the “principle of equation” during the days of the 1922 Colorado River Compact. “The moral algebra has to start with the acknowledgement,” he continues, “that one side of the equation wants to take something that subtracts from the other side’s options, so something has to be given to the other side in return to balance the equation” … If the Front Range wants Western Slope water, Sibley notes, it’s going to have to give this part of the state more than lip service in the way of benefits for the long term. BAD TASTE … Speaking of water, it’s still hard to swallow the attempt by Montrose County commissioners last year to file on a reservoir in San Miguel County to claim water for future development in Montrose’s West End. The hostile filing was done without notifying San Miguel County or the ranchers whose land was involved. All sides had to get lawyered up and spend thousands of dollars to contest/support the filing … While it’s legal to file on water in another county that isn’t being put to beneficial use under the state’s long-standing “use it or lose it” water law, it’s virtually unheard of for one county to do so without working with, or at least notifying, the county where the water resides. Instead, Montrose County commissioners didn’t do that. However, their ruse was quickly exposed. And because their board had failed to do “due diligence,” they embarrassingly had to drop their filing, as they learned there was a county road at the bottom of their proposed reservoir. Only the county where a road resides can vacate a county road, not a neighboring county. And San Miguel County quickly informed Montrose County they had no intention of facilitating Montrose County’s water grab by vacating its own road … Given the kind of subterfuge and bad intentions between two Western Slope counties, it’s not exactly hopeful, at this point, to believe that the Western Slope and the Front Range will be able to cooperatively resolve water issues in this state. A GENTLEMAN … Losing Hart Gleason reminds us that even the most gracious, urbane and witty among us are not exempt from the rudeness of death. Hart cut such a dashing figure, attended always by his beloved Pal. Though I only got to know him as an elder, he was far and away among the most impressive men I’ve ever known … He will not easily be forgotten.

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hen spring floods devastated river towns and farmlands along the Missouri River in 1927, Congress ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prepare a comprehensive hydrological report on the million-square-mile Missouri River Basin. The Corps’ engineers spent the next five years preparing a bells-and-whistles study, from Fort Peck, Montana, to St. Charles, Missouri. It’s a thing of beauty, this opus, with foldout maps drawn from geologic surveys of every bend, island and sandbar in the river. Privately, the agency viewed this enterprise as an opportunity to slam the door on all those hair-brained irrigation and floodcontrol schemes forever being promoted by dry-land farmers and politicians. The Corps had learned its lessons on that “mad elephant of a river” the hard way: rescuing stranded paddle wheelers year after year. By 1927, it had other rivers to tame — let the Big Muddy run wild. In February 1934, the Corps’ director, Gen. Lytle Brown, presented the 1,245-page masterpiece to Congress with a stern warning: Don’t even think about building flood-control dams on the Missouri River above Sioux City, Iowa. His chief concern was that the river’s perennial “siltation problems” would clog hydro-turbines and keep dredges working in perpetuity at a cost of billions of dollars. Nonetheless, after the 1943 floods devastated Iowa and Nebraska, Congress demanded action and approved five major dams on the main stem of the river. But, as Lytle warned, siltation remains a major problem to this day, and the biggest and most devastating consequence was one that never occurred to agency engineers. When silt settled behind dams along 2,500 miles of river-bottom, it not only clogged hydro-turbines and kept dredges running, it also formed an impenetrable blanket of muck that stopped the river from recharging one of our nation’s most important water resources, the Ogallala aquifer. When you think of the Ogallala aquifer — stretching from southern Canada to northern Texas — imagine an invisible ocean. Rivers once recharged it as well as other aquifers. Now, “siltedin” rivers can’t do the job, and aquifers are drying up across the West. Fast. “The Western Hemisphere is experiencing a drought of crisis proportions,” writes Science magazine’s editor-in-chief, Marcia McNutt, in the September 2014 issue. She notes that crops are failing across the Americas, millions of Central Americans who depend on rainfall to grow food are facing starvation, and ships using the Panama Canal will soon have to lighten their loads to keep from running aground (thereby increasing the

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prices of field-to-market goods grown in the American West). At home, drought is rapidly spreading to the very farm and ranch lands that produce much of the nation’s fruits, vegetables and beef. To keep up with demand, growers have been doing what they always do in low water years: They make up the deficit by drawing from groundwater aquifers. The groundwater drawdown in California’s Central Valley between 2003 and 2012, for example, was equivalent to the entire storage capacity of Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir. Faced with this daunting problem in parts of their own state, hydrologists from Oregon State University and the Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council came up with a remarkable solution in 2004; it’s even relatively cheap, at just 1 percent the cost of a conventional dam, reservoir and distribution system. The solution is something called “infiltration galleries.” Hydrologist Bob Bower convinced farmers and skeptics at Oregon’s water and environment agencies that a series of these large, swimming pool-sized basins could collect the surplus winter flow from the Milton-Freewater River in central Oregon, use it to recharge the aquifer through percolation, and, as a bonus, also enhance the river’s natural habitat. “The infiltration galleries succeeded beyond our wildest expectations,” says John Selker, one of the scientists working on the project. “What we realized was, ‘Wait a minute, we’ve got all this surplus winter flow that runs out to the sea. Why don’t we recharge the aquifer with a portion of that surplus and use the aquifer as a storage basin? That way we know exactly how much water has been returned to the aquifer and is available for summer use.’” The infiltration galleries have been so successful in Oregon that another eight have been built, two more are under construction, and five more are planned. During the 2013 season, they “infiltrated,” or stored, 1.93 billion gallons of surplus winter-flow in deplete aquifers, at a tiny fraction of what it would have cost to build a catchment reservoir and distribution system. “At a time when groundwater resources are vanishing at an alarming rate across the West,” says Selker, “recharging our vast underground storehouses with ‘winter-flow’ is an idea whose time has clearly come.”

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Art Goodtimes talks Western Slope water. PAGE 3

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Southwest Basin Roundtable submits draft water plan to Gov. Hickenlooper. PAGE 8

mountain town holiday festivals

Q&A with Rhonda Muckerman of the Telluride Choral Society. PAGE 17

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The Montrose rental market is very tight as well. It’s not just Telluride.” — Shirley Diaz, San Miguel Regional Housing Authority executive Director

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A group studying land disputes over hydraulic fracturing in Colorado is meeting in Garfield County. The task force appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper will meet in Rifle at the Farm Fresh Cafe on Wednesday and Thursday. The panel was part of a deal brokered by Hickenlooper to get groups to drop dueling ballot measures that either opposed or supported fracking this year. Its members must report recommendations and findings to the governor by the end of February.

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The federal government is making more than 90 percent of the 2.2-million-acre White River National Forest off-limits to future energy exploration, angering the energy industry but encouraging environmentalists who had pushed to protect mountain towns that depend on recreational tourism. The U.S. Forest Service released two formal documents Tuesday prohibiting energy development in most of the forest, which stretches from the Continental Divide to the western slope of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains and includes renowned ski resorts like Breckenridge, Vail and Aspen. Combined, they protect more than 2 million acres — an area bigger than the state of Delaware. About half of the land never had potential for energy development anyway, the Forest Service said. The land declared off-limits includes 61,000 acres of the Thompson Divide, an area southwest of Aspen that has been the center of some of the most aggressive lobbying by local groups and municipalities that depend on the burgeoning outdoor recreation industry.

Habitat home recipients must put in 250 hours of “sweat equity” on their homes. [Courtesy photo]

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ast month, the governing boards of Habitat for Humanity of Montrose County and Habitat for Humanity of the Telluride Region unanimously decided to merge in a move designed to streamline resources and strengthen the organization, newly rebranded as Habitat for Humanity of the San Juans. THE WEST In light of struggles by many to find affordable housing in both San Miguel and Montrose Counties, Habitat’s restructuring could serve as a ray of hope, but both current and former ofAmid worries that crucial multi- ficials of the organizations are declining to get anyone’s hopes state water agreements are beginning to erode due to ongo- up when it comes to a significant, or timely, alleviation of the ing drought, representatives shortage. of seven Colorado River basin “The Montrose rental market states are meeting in Las Vegas is very tight as well; it’s not just this week. Telluride,” said Shirley Diaz, San Colorado Gov. John HickenloopMiguel Regional Housing Auer is set to get a report Wednesthority Executive Director and day calling for his state to capture and use every legal drop the last serving president of the board for Habitat for Humanity of Rocky Mountain snowmelt of the Telluride Region. “It’s not before it flows downstream. their mission to fix general housMeanwhile, officials from ing issues. Their mission is to Arizona, California and Nebuild modest, affordable housvada are touting a cooperative agreement aimed at keeping the ing for households that qualify.” Instead, the organization water level above critical stage builds and finances homes for at drought-depleted Lake Mead. fi rst-time homebuyers. The The federal Bureau of Reclamahomes are not for the destition is also involved. tute or the homeless, however. Qualified applicants for Habitat

homes earn somewhere between 30 and 60 percent of the area’s median income. “Families have to be stable enough to handle a mortgage and a new home,” said Colleen Burke, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of the San Juans. “We service a very niche income level.” Burke listed working profes-

“Everything has to ﬁt; the family has to have the right income level and be able to get a loan,” Diaz said. “If we were to try to build a house here in Telluride we would see a demand for it, but I still have questions about how many of those applicants would be able to get a loan.” The Telluride afﬁliate built

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Joining forces will allow the Telluride and Montrose Habitat organizations to combine resources. [Courtesy photo]

sionals like young teachers, police officers and mechanics as more successful applicants. That niche income level can make it hard to find qualified applicants for Habitat homes, though.

six homes in Norwood over the last eight years on property donated by San Miguel County, but limited land availability in the Town of Telluride has made it difﬁcult to ﬁnd lots for homes

there. Because of land constraints, it seems likely that the restructured Habitat will explore nontraditional avenues for building affordable housing. “It’s a unique situation in Telluride because land is at a premium,” Burke said. “We’d like to partner with the town to be a part of solutions they’re already creating.” “The idea is to partner with these new communities in ways that make sense to them,” she added. “Landowners in Telluride could donate lots, but otherwise we could build in Ridgway for Telluride people. We just don’t know yet.” Montrose County Housing Authority Executive Director Michael Scott Dosch also referenced a potential project in which the housing authority and Habitat might collaborate with other agencies to repair rundown homes instead of building entirely new ones, an atypical approach for Habitat. Montrose doesn’t have an endless supply of land, but there is enough that Habitat for Humanity of Montrose County was able to build 44 homes during its ﬁrst 23 years in operation. “We’re not exactly swimming in space in Montrose,” Dosch said. “It’s not a complete blackand-white difference between See HOUSInG, Page 7

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to community causes there, it would seem like the organization would have an easy time fundraising, but that was not the case. “If a potential donor is connected to Telluride, they want to see stuff built up here, but there’s a limited opportunity to see that here, especially something like the six units we did in Norwood,” Diaz said.

enter new territory, particularly because of the significant differences between housing needs in HOUSInG, from page 6 places as distinct as Montrose Telluride and Montrose.” and Telluride. Dosch compared the seasonal “There are a lot of questions housing difficulties in Olathe, now as far as what’s going to where an influx of farm workers change and how we’ll serve arrive for harvest season, and these areas,” Burke said. “It’s the Telluride area, where large not a one-size-fits-all solution; numbers of seasonal employees what works in Montrose isn’t come every winter to service the necessarily going to work in Telski resort and its visiluride or Ouray.” tors. “Every community “It’s just the way lais different in terms bor works in our part of affordable housof the world,” Dosch ing,” Dosch said. “It’s said, indicating that somewhat subjective, Montrose itself isn’t as but most people would beholden to seasonal agree that there’s a swings. “The closer reasonable minimal you get to Telluride the standard for housing more sensitive you get quality.” to seasonal labor.” One significant difference between the different communities is the income requirement for applicants. A successful applicant Telluride’s Habitat must make between 30 affiliate was in danand 60 percent of the ger of folding before area median income, the Montrose chapter and those numbers difagreed to take on the fer from Montrose to territory, according to Ouray and Telluride. both Diaz and Burke. According to FanIn order to remain an nie Mae, the median affiliate of Habitat for household income in Humanity InternationMontrose County is al, a local chapter must $57,600; in Ouray Counbuild at least one home ty, it is $71,600; and in each year. San Miguel County, it is “We thought we $87,400. might have to fold, but “The qualifying inbecause of our relationship with the Montrose Volunteers write inspirational messages on the interior of Habi- come levels are differtat homes under construction. [Courtesy photo] ent in Ouray and Telgroup we were able to luride because average work something out income is different where they could take It wasn’t only donors who there,” Burke said. “The applicaover the area,” Diaz said. “We were excited that was an op- were wary of homes built out- tion guidelines will be unique in side of town; potential recipi- those communities.” tion.” The all-encompassing Habi“We would have had to close ents were also picky. “We didn’t have a high de- tat for Humanity of the San down,” Diaz added. “This is a way for Habitat to stay in the mand for people to be in Nor- Juans doesn’t plan to build any wood,” Diaz said. “There’s homes in their new territory in area.” “They were able to foresee more land there and it’s more Ouray, San Miguel and Dolores that they were done build- affordable, but we didn’t have counties this coming summer. “It’s going to take a year to ing and couldn’t acquire more the applications from qualified develop fundraising in the area land,” Burke said. “We took it on people.” All six of the homes Habitat and identify possible properbecause we feel like affordable housing and economic develop- built in Norwood were eventu- ties,” Burke said. Dosch is excited about the ment are regional issues and it ally bought, but the organization makes sense to represent the had to start the last one in 2013 prospect of working with the rewithout an approved buyer, typi- organized Habitat. whole region.” “They’re a well-established, Another issue facing Tellu- cally a prerequisite for beginwell-run, well-documented outride’s Habitat organization was ning construction. fit,” he said. “When you come fundraising concerns. With the into a community and Habitat potential to draw big donors is active, you know you have a from the wealthy visitors and It remains unclear how Habiresidents who often contribute tat’s efforts will change as they group that’s going to walk the talk. I’m intrigued to see what we can do in terms of collaborating with them.” Burke hopes to be building homes in the area by the summer of 2016. For more information on Habitat for Humanity of the San Juans, visit www. buildinglives.org.

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MOUNTAIN TOWNS HOST WEEKSLONG HOLIDAY EVENTS

The Southwest Basin Roundtable submitted its draft water plan to Gov. Hickenlooper on Wednesday

WinterFest aimed at showcasing ouray By HEATHER SACKETT

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olorado mountain towns can be feast or famine when it comes to the economic boost provided by visitors. Two San Juan mountain towns are capitalizing on their unique attributes — small, friendly, snowy — to try and bring visitors not just for the holidays, which can already be busy, but throughout the early winter season. Ouray is brimming with people on busy weekends like the Ice Festival. But other winter weekends can be slow. That’s part of the reason a small committee formed this year to bring WinterFest — six weeks of winter celebrations each weekend between Thanksgiving and Ice Fest — to town. Activities include a parade, chili dinner, live nativity scene, gingerbread house-making, games, a wine chocolate and cheese fest, scavenger hunt with Santa, New Year’s ﬁreworks and culminates with the annual Ouray Ice Festival Jan. 8-11. In the past Ouray has held Yule Night, a one-night event that achieved varying degrees of success, according to Ouray Visitors Center Manager Carol Gerard. Instead of promoting a one-night event, the focus shifted this year to promoting the entire holiday season. Through a relationship with NBC Radio, WinterFest is being marketed throughout the region — primarily the Grand Junction and Montrose areas — with drawings for free one-night stays, tickets to events and passes to the Ouray Hot Springs, Gerard said. “It’s an attempt to get more visitors at off-peak times and I would say we have done that,” Gerard said. “It’s been pretty successful. So far, I think it’s been a great year.” One of those heading up the newly formed WinterFest organizing committee is Main Street Inn owner Nova Wolf. Wolf has be coming to Ouray for 20 years as a tourist, but ﬁnally made the leap to full time resident this year. The committee decided to take all of the pre-existing events, resurrect some old ones and add some new ones over the six weeks. Wolf created something called the “Snow Games,” planned for Dec. 29-31. They include an ugly sweater pull-up

The confluence of the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers in Southwest Colorado. [Photo by Mary Slosson]

By MARY SLOSSON

Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute. It covers more than 10,000 square miles. Water is a touchy subject on Colorado’s Western Slope. The Western Slope houses roughly 80 percent of the state’s water supply, while roughly 80 percent of the state’s population resides on the Front Range, Montgomery said. “Currently we are experiencing an alarming dry-up, especially in the South Platte Basin, which is just north of Denver,” Montgomery said. “If all this agricultural area dries up, you’re also going to experience a drying up of wetlands and environmental stress.” The South Platte Basin water roundtable is projecting a nearly two million person increase in population in the Denver metro area from 2000 to 2030, to just under ﬁve million

door lawn sprinklers are a big source of water waste in Front Range communities. n a recent evening, the “Within the next few dehistoric, single-room cades, even assuming aggressive Placerville Schoolhouse conservation and the complewas aglow in the dark as cars tion of dozens of water projects crunched over snow and gravel currently being considered, the in the parking lot and a small state could face a significant stream of residents from across shortfall,” an update on the the entire San Miguel River Bastate water plan published in sin trickled into the tall white September stated. building. Those drafting the statewide Folks came from Naturita water plan have vowed not to and Nucla all the way to the touch Colorado’s Compact enriver headwaters near Tellutitlements, advocate for alterride to hear an update from natives to the Prior Appropriathe Southwest Basin tion Doctrine, or undermine the Roundtable, a workstatewide principle that treats ing group responsible water rights as private property for drafting a regional rights. water evaluation Since Colorado is a headwathat will be a part ter of the Colorado River, roughof Colorado’s firstly 61 percent of state water flows ever statewide water beyond state boundaries, bound plan, and to hear and for the lower Colorado River incorporate public Basin states of Arizona, Nevada comments and conand California. cerns. Hilary Cooper, the executive Gov. Hickenlooper director of environmental advoissued an executive cacy group Sheep Mountain Alorder for Colorado liance, helped put together the to create the plan in San Miguel portion of the report. May 2013 in light of She expressed her view a statewide drought at the meeting in Plathat’s dragged on cerville that the San for 14 years and Miguel River be kept counting, in a time free-flowing, addof explosive populaing that water flow tion growth and the levels are already uncertainties of cliso low at points mate change. that there’s barely “We are going to experience a The Southwest Basin Roundtable consists of 32 representatives from 11 enough water to doubling of popula- counties and two native American reservations, the Ute Mountain Ute keep the backs of Southern Ute. it covers more than 10,000 square miles. [Courtesy fish wet. tion by 2050,” said and photo] Erik Dalton, April Montgomery, a the owner of Tellumember of the Coloride’s Jagged Edge rado Water Conserresidents. (By comparison, vation Board. “If we grow like the Dolores, San Juan and San Mountain Gear store and also a we have in the next 50 years, we Miguel Basin region is only ex- member of the Sheep Mountain won’t have enough water.” pecting a population increase Alliance, seconded Cooper’s The Southwest Basin is one of of 80,700 during the same time concerns. “I’d like to voice my concern nine basin roundtables created period.) across the state to contribute Ann Oliver, a member of over keeping the San Miguel a regional conservation and man- the Southwest Roundtable Ba- free-flowing river. It’s one of the agement plans to state officials. sin Implementation Planning last such tributaries that ColoraIt consists of 32 representatives Team, noted that water conser- do has, and that’s a big concern from 11 counties and two Na- vation was needed throughout of mine,” Dalton said. “I own a shop in town that tive American reservations, the the state. She added that outSee OUraY, Page 9

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does a lot of river rafting business and then kayaking business and I have to think we have one of the shortest operating periods across the state already,” Dalton added. “Anything that can be done to help improve that — that’s a huge reason people are coming to this river, it’s one of the last special places. And I don’t want you guys to lose sight of that.” The meeting was the last of a series of informational meetings throughout the Southwest Basin — previous meetings were in Pagosa Springs, Bayﬁeld and Mancos — before the draft was formally presented to lawmakers in Denver. Indeed, immediately after the Placerville meeting, Montgomery drove to Denver to meet with other regional representatives and present the draft plan to Hickenlooper. But the process is far from over. All the Western Slope roundtables are meeting in a couple of weeks to create a coordinated, stronger front in water plan negotiations, Montgomery said. Public comment on the draft basin implementation plan will be accepted until March 2015, and public comment on the draft state water plan will accepted until May 2015. A second draft of the state water plan incorporating all comments — more than 13,000 have been received so far — is slated for release in July, and the deadline for comment on the revised draft is in September 2015. The ﬁnal Colorado Water Plan will be submitted to Hickenlooper in December 2015. Public input is encouraged either on the website www.coloradowaterplan.com or at any basin roundtable, Montgomery said. The next Southwest Basin Roundtable meeting is on Jan. 14 from 3-6 p.m. at the Dolores Water Conservancy District in Cortez, and the public is welcome to attend.

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contest at the Ice Park, a crosscountry ski crawl with treats at Ironton and a broomball tournament at the Rotary Ice Rink. She said the goal is not just to get visitors to come for special events, it’s to showcase a small, warm, mountain community — something many have never experienced or believe actually exists. “If you can bring outsiders and introduce them to the warmth and the art and the nature and beauty of Ouray,” Wolf said. “You’re really giving them something nice to take home with them … Those are the real Christmas gifts, to see these places exist. These are magical places.” Telluride has also stepped up it’s holiday game with the Holiday Prelude, now in its third year. The Holiday Prelude is two weeks of events, including a tree-lighting ceremony, ice skating shows, craft and card making, sledding, visits with Santa, an ugly sweater party and more. It kicked off with local shopping event Noel Night on Dec. 3 and runs through Dec. 14. While Telluride has no problem attracting visitors during the week between Christmas and New Years, the weeks between the ski resort’s opening day and Christmas can be slow. The Prelude is an attempt to bring people to Telluride all December long. Telluride Merchant’s Association organizer Will Thompson said it’s still too early to tell if

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ally good foundation.” Thompson, like Wolf, said the key is marketing the unique attributes of a small mountain town during the holidays. “How many places in this country can you think of with the ambiance of a Christmas setting?” Thompson said. “It’s got to be a place like Telluride. It’s magical.” For a full Ouray WinterFest schedule, go to ouraycolorado. com. For a full Telluride Holiday Prelude schedule, go to visititelluride.com/holidayprelude.

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undreds of Santas will attempt to make history and go down in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday with a Santa group ski at Crested Butte Resort. The Crested Butte Santa Ski Crawl has two parts, just like Santa’s list — a nice family friendly section and the slightly naughty pub crawl. Everyone, including families and children are invited to participate in the group Santa ski on Saturday. It is free to participate and there is nothing like zooming down the hill surrounded by nothing but Santas. All you need is a Santa suit and either a season pass or a day pass to the ski mountain. CB Mountain Resort is offering a $22 lift ticket if you’re in a Santa Suit. To get the discount the Santa suit must have a top, bottom, hat and beard. You can make your own suit, use an old one or purchase one from uthe resort for $20. The Group Ski will begin at the Ice Bar midway up the mountain. Santas will begin gathering at 2:30 p.m. and then all ski down together at 3:30 p.m. The Ice Bar is also the ﬁrst

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stop on the Santa Pub Crawl. For $25 you get a free Santa suit and free drinks. Drinks will be available to participants starting at 2:30 p.m. at the Ice Bar, from there Santas will all ski together down to Butte 66 at the base area, have another drink and continue to historic downtown Crested Butte for the other stops along

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hy do people line claims of their effectiveness,” up to come to this “brutal and far worse than the country? Why do CIA represented,” “conditions they build boats of confinement for CIA detainfrom milk cartons ees were harsher,” “repeatedly to sail here? Why do they trust provided inaccurate informaour diplomats and soldiers in tion,” “actively avoided or imways true of no other country? peded congressional oversight,” It’s because we are a beacon of “impeded effective White House opportunity and freedom, and oversight” ... “coercive interroalso because these foreigners gation techniques that had not know in their bones that we do been approved,” “rarely reprithings differently from other big manded or held personnel accountable,” “ignored numerous powers in history. One of the things we did was internal critiques, criticisms, elect a black man whose grand- and objections,” “inherently father was a Muslim as our presi- unsustainable,” “damaged the dent — after being hit on Sept. United States’ standing in the 11, 2001, by Muslim extremists. world.” And there were more. The list And one of the things we do we did on Tuesday: We published told you that our post-9/11 fears what appears to be an unblink- led us to tolerate some terribly ing examination and exposition aberrant, dishonest and illegal behaviors that of how we torneeded to be tured prisoners fully exposed, and suspected because big lies terrorists after being tolerated 9/11. I’m glad lead to little lies we published it. being tolerated This act of lead to instituself-examinations and trust tion is not only being eroded what keeps our from the inside. society as a N EW Y ORK T IMES I have no ilwhole healthy, By Thomas L. Friedman lusions: more it’s what keeps terrorists are us a model that others want to emulate, partner out there and they want to use with and immigrate to — which the openness of our open sociis a different, but vital, source of ety precisely to destroy it. And if there had been another 9/11 our security as well. We’ve been here before. In after the first 9/11, many Ameriwartime, civil liberties are often cans would have told the CIA to curtailed and abused, and then do whatever it wants, civil liblater restored. Lincoln suspend- erties be damned. Our sentries ed the writ of habeas corpus dur- who prevented further attacks ing the Civil War. During World were protecting our civil liberWar II, we imprisoned more than ties as well. Our bargain is that we have 127,000 American citizens solely because they were of Japanese to let them know we understand their challenge and will let them ancestry. Fear does that. Fear after 9/11 was equally go to the edge of the law — and corrosive. I have sympathy for in rare, ticking time-bomb emerpeople who were charged with gencies even over it, if justified defending the nation’s security — to protect us. But their bargain with us after that surprise attack. It was impossible to know what was has to be that they will take the coming next — for which they slack and trust we give them would be held accountable. But and not go over that edge out it is hard to read the summaries of habit, laziness, convenience, of the Senate Intelligence Com- mendacity or misguided theomittee’s report and not conclude ries, and in the face internal that some officials and the CIA protests — all of which damage took the slack we cut them after our country. The report is about 9/11 — motivated by the fear how that bargain broke down, of another attack — and used and it represents an important it in ways, and long past the step in rebuilding it. I greatly respect how Sen. emergency moment, that not only involved torture, but abuse John McCain put it: “I underof institutions and lying to the stand the reasons that governed public and other departments of the decision to resort to these interrogation methods, and I government. The Times had amazing cov- know that those who approved erage of this report, as did oth- them and those who used them ers. I came across an interac- were dedicated to securing justive feature on washingtonpost. tice for the victims of terrorist com that distilled charges in the attacks and to protecting Amerireport in a way that turns your cans from further harm. ... But I dispute wholeheartedly that it stomach. It said: “Click a statement was right for them to use these below for a summary of the methods, which this report findings,” offering a grim laun- makes clear were neither in the dry list of links to the report’s best interests of justice nor our torture conclusions: “not an ef- security nor the ideals we have fective means of acquiring intel- sacrificed so much blood and ligence,” “rested on inaccurate treasure to defend.”

Is Las Vegas betting the Colorado River will go dry?

as Vegas is a city that plays the odds, and if you want to know which odds to play, you need to follow the smart money. Unfortunately, that money seems to be moving toward building yet more dams that will drain yet more water out of an already oversubscribed Colorado River. Unlike most cities in the Southwest U.S., Las Vegas depends completely on the Colorado River. If the river goes dry, Vegas goes dry, and so how the river is managed by the states upstream of Vegas will partly deﬁne the city’s fate. If we want to predict the future of the Colorado River, we can take a look at how the players around the Colorado River Basin plan to spend their money, especially the states of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Wyoming recently went through a planning process in which the state decided that it needs “more dams.” It’s now planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions, to get more water out of Wyoming’s rivers, including the Green River, which feeds the Colorado. Colorado is going through a “Water Plan” process right now that includes a discussion about taking more water out of the Colorado River and other rivers in the state, at an estimated cost

of at least a billion dollars. New Mexico just OK’d the Gila River Pipeline, a proposal to potentially spend up to a billion dollars to get more water out of the Gila, which ﬂows into the Colorado River downstream. Some back-of-the-envelope math puts the money these states are wagering on water at

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around $20 billion, all of which would further drain the Colorado River. On the other side of the equation, it’s absolutely true that all of these states, as well as their major cities and water districts, will spend hundreds of millions of dollars in water conservation and efficiency programs to lower their demand. Las Vegas claims it’s spent $200 million over the past 15 years on not using water. What’s more, in the past year we’ve seen the first significant step to restore the Colorado River. Four large water districts (including Las Vegas) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation propose to invest

“up to $11 million” in a “Colorado River System Conservation Program” that would work to keep more water in the river and Lake Mead. But if we look at the smart money in Las Vegas, something else is going on. Las Vegas’ Southern Nevada Water Authority is frantically drilling the “Third Straw” under Lake Mead at a cost of $850 million, racing to get its water out of the draining lake before it’s too late. And just two weeks ago, the Southern Nevada Water Authority recommended spending another $650 million on a new pumping station, just in case Lake Mead hits “Dead Pool.” That’s $1.5 billion to plan for a worst-case scenario -- the death of the Colorado River. In comparison, Las Vegas’ Water Authority is investing just a few million in the Colorado River System Conservation Program to keep the river ﬂowing. From Dec. 10-14, the Colorado River Water Users Association will hold its annual conference. The group is made up of all the states and cities and farmers in the entire Southwest; they amicably describe themselves as the “water buffaloes.” The theme of the conference is “Challenged But Unbroken: Sustaining the Colorado River.” Fittingly, the conference is set for Las Vegas, where everyone plays the odds for a living.

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Help SKIPPY reach goal DEAR EDITOR, Through continued support from the community, Tri-County Health Network is seeking to grow the San Juan Kids Cavity Prevention Program, also known as Skippy. TCHNetwork partners with 16 schools throughout Delta, Ouray, Montrose and San Miguel counties twice a year to provide oral exams, cleanings, ﬂuoride treatments, sealants and oral hygiene instruction to over 1,800 kids each year. Skippy was created in 2008 in response to the limited number of dentists that treat children or

accept Medicaid/CHP+. Skippy offers these free preventive services to improve the oral health by helping prevent cavities in our local children. Skippy relies entirely on grant funding and generous contributions from people like you. This year, TCHNetwork is only $6 per child away from reaching its sustainability goal. Help us reach our goal of $5,400, which will ensure that 900 kiddos continue to receive preventive oral health care this spring. How to give: To make a difference and join Colorado’s winnable battle to

reduce the number of cavities in our children, please donate during the Telluride Gives on-line giving day, sponsored by the Telluride Foundation. Visit www. tchnetwork.org/skippy between 12 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 13, to give. Even if you are unable to contribute monetarily at this time, your thoughts of encouragement and hope for these children are highly appreciated. ERICH LANGE TELLURIDE

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Saturday, Dec. 13 The 11th Annual Rock and Roll Academy Winter Concert will be held this Saturday at the Sheridan Opera House. In addition to music from 50 students playing in 11 different bands, the Telluride Karate Studio will offer a karate demo and there will be a Telluride Miner Basketball rafﬂe. Admission is free this year, a holiday gift from Sheridan Arts Foundation and Alpine Bank. The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Rock and Roll Academy’s beguiling slogan is Seek Mystery, Not Answers; to learn more about RRA and its Summer Rock Camp, call 970/728-2928 or email mark@rockandrollacademy.com.

The Ohio-based jam rock quartet headlines the Telluride Brewing Company party Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Fly Me to the Moon Saloon in Telluride. [Courtesy photo]

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Friday, Dec. 12 – Sunday, Dec. 14 A festive weekend is ahead in Ouray, literally, as Saturday marks the 6th iteration of the annual Wine, Chocolate & Cheese Fest, to be held at the Ouray Community Center Saturday night from 6-9 p.m. The theme is Winter Wonderland; live music will be from Swing City Express. The event beneﬁts Art Partners. Tickets $20, are available at coloradowinefest.org. On Friday and Sunday evenings, the Ouray County Players perform their annual Radio Show – a unique form of drama invented in the 1920s that relies on dialogue, music and sound effects to enable an audience to visualize the story – at the Wright Opera House. This year’s production, with direction by Alyssa Preston, sound effects by Dan Preston, and music direction by Nancy Ziglar, is the holiday movie classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, re-imagined for the stage. It shows at 7 p.m. on Friday and Sunday nights (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). Tickets, $10 for adults and $5 for kids, are available at thewrightoperahouse.org or at the door.

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Saturday, Dec. 13 Tired of baking and nibbling your own Christmas cookies? Stroll around tables and ﬁll your box with delicious, beautifully decorated holiday confections from other local bakers this weekend at the annual Christmas Cookie Walk and Holiday Bazaar at Hillcrest Congregational. The event is sponsored by the Women’s Union at Hillcrest Congregational UCC (corner of Hillcrest and Miami). Christmas cookies will be available by the pound from 9 a.m.1 p.m. If you’re quick about it, you’ll have time left over to peruse even more holiday treats – and, of course, local vegetables – at the Montrose Indoor Market, which is open from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The market will be held at two venues this Saturday and Saturday, December 20: Centennial Hall and the Straw Hat Farm Store.

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liver Hall calls Ohio home, speciﬁcally an arts-and entertainment-charged small town on the Cuyahoga River named Kent, but touring through Colorado has become a regular thing for the jam rock quartet. Getting their start on the Buckeye State’s competitive festival scene was a catalyst for the band to become a nationally touring act with the ability to meld rock ‘n’ roll grit with powerful pocket grooves and improvisation. At times their dual guitar threat can be as heavy as their leading Midwestern counterparts Umphreys McGee, but they also have the chops to down shift into twangy Grateful Dead covers that sound as if moe. was the matching sound. Despite the amalgamation of jam band likenesses, front men Nick Reese and Jim Tauscher make a concerted effort to uniquely harmonize vocals while they are shredding on their guitars. With two studio albums under their belt since 2011, and another titled The Numbing Glow in the Fall on the way, it has been relentless touring and hammering these songs down into launch pads for improvised movements that make them a

promising up-and-comer in the jam band scene. So much so that they have caught the attention of the musically astute guys over at Telluride Brewing Co., who have invited them to be the live soundtrack to their annual tap takeover party on Saturday night. Telluride Brewing Company Party with Aliver Hall, Sat., Dec. 13, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $10 Telluride Rock and Roll Academy Student Concert Telluride Rock and Roll Academy is self-described as an experiential music program that emphasizes the musical, technological and social aspects of students’ creative processes within a multimedia environment. In other words, they give kids the chance to rock! Speciﬁcally, a total of 11 all-kid bands will take the stage this Saturday evening. Through the process of learning to play music, students also take on important knowledge about team building, self-expression and social responsibility. The culmination of the Academy’s year-round efforts will be on display during their annual student concert at the Sheridan Opera House. The evening is dedicated to the idea that our local kids deserve the same support that we give to the countless musicians and bands that make a point to play in this small mountain town. There is also no

cover, all ages are welcome, and there will be rafﬂes! Founded in 2003 by Mark Galbo, the Telluride Rock and Roll Academy has served over 1,400 students in its after school programs and summer programs. When it comes to awards, the Academy has been given the National Association of Independent Schools “Best of Show” Award at the NAIS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado in 2007. In the fall of 2008 the

Front men Nick Reese and Jim Tauscher make a concerted effort to uniquely harmonize vocals. Academy was featured in 5280 magazine in the “Denver’s Top Schools” edition. Now poised to participate in the changing of the music education system in America, the Telluride Rock and Roll Academy gives students the opportunity to be in authentic relationship with themselves, their peers and the world around them. What better medium than the gift of performing live in front of their hometown supporters. Telluride Rock and Roll AcadSee MUSIC, Page 21

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• 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.

• 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

• TELLUriDE BrEWiNG CoMPaNY ParTY • JEFF aUSTiN BaND, Fri.-Sat., Jan. 16With aliver hall, Sat., Dec. 13, Fly 17, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $10 General Admission Floor $25/Reserved Balcony $35 • YoJiMBo FEaTUriNG CarLY MEYErS oF the mike dillon band, Thu., Dec. • LiL’ SMoKiES, Sat., Jan. 17, Fly Me To 18, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 p.m., $5 • DiGG, Fri., Dec. 19, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $5 • KEViN MCCarTHY Jazz Trio, Fri.-Sat., Dec. 26-27, Arroyo, 7 p.m. no Cover • 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

• 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 • KEViN MCCarTHY Jazz aND BLUES payne, Thu.-Fri., Feb. 19-20, Sheridan band, Wed., Dec. 31, Sherbino Theater, Opera House, 8 p.m, General Admission 8 p.m., $15-$20 Floor $30/Reserved Balcony $40 • 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

• 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.

• CraNForD HoLLoW, Wed., Dec. 31, Fly • PiGEoNS PLaYiNG PiNG PoNG, Thu., Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m., $20 Mar. 12, Fly Me To The Moon Saloon, 10 p.m. • CHriS roBiNSoN BroTHEr, Fri., Jan. 2, Telluride Conference Center, 9 p.m., • 2ND aNNUaL TELLUriDE TriBUTE General Admission $40 band FeSt With Who’S bad (michael JackSon), rumorS (Fleet• BroTHErS KEEPEr WiTH JoHN Wood mac), eclipSe (Journey), popper & Jono manSon, Sat., Jan. and yeSterday (beatleS), Thu.-Sat., 3, Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m., Mar. 19-21, 3-Day General Admission General Admission Floor $25/Reserved $80/Single Day General Admission Floor Balcony $35 $30/Single Day Reserved Balcony $40 • 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

• aN EVENiNG WiTH TaJ MaHaL, Sun., Mar. 22, Sheridan Opera House, 8 p.m., Reserved Floor (Front) $75/Reserved Floor (Back) $65/Reserved Balcony $65 See BeaT SHeeT, Page 20

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Weehawken Dance’s ‘Polar Express’

ext year marks the 30th anniversary of The Polar Express, author Chris Van Allsburg’s enduring story of a young boy’s unexpected Christmas Eve journey on a locomotive train to the North Pole. Fun fact: Allsburg played on a steam engine, the Pere Marquette Railroad’s no. 1225, in Michigan as a child. He used the engine to inspire the train in his book. To him, ‘1225’ always meant Christmas day. It’s unclear how many kids know “Polar Express” best as a book, and how many have become familiar with it through the 2004 computer-animated fantasy ﬁlm of the same title, which featured Tom Hanks in six contrasting voices. What is certain is that few know “Polar” as a dance. Yet that is exactly how Weehawken Dance creative director Natasha Pyeatte has re-imagined it, for 135 dancers from ages 2.5 through 18. They perform it over two nights next weekend at the Montrose Pavilion. This year, Pyeatte has “tweaked a few bits and ﬁxed some things.” She says she was unhappy with last time (which were probably largely unnoticed

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by the audience, as this is the second annual iteration of her popular show). “I’ve learned from the experience,” she said. One of the key challenges has been the busyness of the Pavilion, booked so far ahead “we really can’t get in there to rehearse” until just before the show — meanwhile, she’s been holding Thursday night rehearsals at Ridgway’s Sherbino Theater — and how far-flung her young dancers are. “The show has kids from Ouray, Ridgway, Montrose, Telluride, Placerville and Silverton,” she said. When all 130 of them coalesce on the Pavilion stage exactly one day before the first performance, Pyeatte can waste no time, and make no mistakes. “I have to know exactly where they all fit in my head in advance,” she said. This year, the See POlar eXPreSS, Page 22

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honda Muckerman, director of the Telluride Choral Society, has a big weekend coming up: She will conduct more than 60 singers — 30 adults and over 30 children — in the choral society’s 21st annual holiday program, WinterSing. She grew up in New Jersey, attended college and graduate school in the Midwest, and had a brief teaching stint in Seattle. How’d she land here? “Simply intuition and divine intervention.” Wintersing’s theme this year is “Evermore and Evermore.” Those are the last two words of the last song, but the phrase also evokes the program’s “timeless quality,” Muckerman said. “The second song opens with a beautiful, haunting flute melody and is entitled ‘Calm on the Listening End of Evening.’ That sets the tone for the rest of the concert.” It also seems to set the tone for Muckerman’s life. Childhood Ambition: By the age of seven, I knew I was going to be a music major. I know it sounds a little weird and scary that I could be so sure so young, but that’s the way it was.

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Wild Horse (above) is one of 11 bands performing in the 11th Annual Rock and Roll Academy Winter Rock Concert this Saturday, December 13 at the Sheridan Opera House. Admission is free; showtime is 6:30 p.m. Band members (from left to right) are Sadie Schenk (age 7), Gabby McDonald (6), Zoe Hampton (6), Parker Shea (6) and Tia Schenk (6). [Photo courtesy of Jessica Galbo] = SAN MIGUEL COUNTY

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DEC. 7 Holiday Arts Bazaar – The ninth annual event: fine arts, fine crafts and artisan foods, sponsored THURSDAY, DEC. 11 by Telluride Arts; Telluride High Free Wine Mine Tasting School Cafeteria (725 West – Featuring Coole Swan Irish Liqueur and Garrett Estate Cellars Colorado Ave.). Fri., 5-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wine; 4-7 p.m. The Ugly Duckling: A Middle School Adventure Story – Live on John Statz in Concert – Worldstage at the Sheridan Opera House, traveling songwriter touring in a play by Jen Julia starring 29 local the final show of KAFM’s season; middle schoolers (grades 6-8); 6 KAFM Radio Room, Grand p.m. nightly. Reserve tickets at Junction, 7:30 p.m. kafmradio.org sheridanoperahouse.com.

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Songwriter’s Workshop – Painting From Within with Robert Weatherford – A class for Nashville, Tenn. singer Ashleigh students of all levels “who wish to Caudill offers a five-hour tutorial (10 a.m.-3 p.m.); $75. Call 970/249render their internal landscapes 1382 for more information. or the movement of their spirit.” Toast & Taste Dinner – Stony At the Ah Haa school; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mesa wines paired with a fourahhaa.org course dinner; Cavallo’s, 5 p.m. THURSDAY, DEC. 11FRIDAY, JAN. 9 Ridgway Library Show: New Works by Local Artists – The 11th annual show, featuring new works by 20 area artists.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11FEBRUARY 2015 Rust + Bone: Photography by Riley Arthur – Digital photography printed on aspen, 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. 11-SUNDAY,

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. Thewrightoperahouse.org

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Metropolitan Opera: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg – Palm Theatre, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. telluridepalm.com Ashleigh Caudill in Concert – The third in Pearl Road’s House Concert Music Series, at a private home in Montrose; 6-8 p.m. 970/249-1382 Wine, Chocolate and Cheese Fest – Ouray Community Center, 6-9 p.m. Rock and Roll Academy Free Winter Rock Concert – Sheridan Opera House, 6:30 p.m. Stalk It Launch Party – Sheridan Opera House, 7 p.m. Telluride Brewing Third Anniversary Celebration – Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, 8 p.m. to close; live music by Aliver Hall.

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 Second Sunday Cinema: “Love is Strange” – Fox Theater Penthouse, 12 p.m. Winter Dance Recital: Kingdom of the Sweets – Palm Theatre, 2-4 p.m. telluridepalm.com Montrose Pavilion Dance – Music provided by Country Plus; 2-5:30 p.m. Bring refreshments

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Pyeatte’s rendition of the Chris Van Allsburg (and Hollywood) classic; at the Montrose Pavilion, TUESDAY, DEC. 16 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Beethoven’s Birthday Concert Complete ticket information – Pianist Frank French offers a online. Weehawkenarts.org concert of Beethoven’s early, middle Dark Night – In Paonia: and late works; Grand Junction, fifth annual audio-visual Atrium of the Grand Valley (3260 extravaganza by local author North 12th St)., 7 p.m. Free Craig Childs, featuring new work admission; reservations suggested. and stories based on his travels frank@frankfrenchinfo.com and research; Paradise Theatre. For more information, visit countryroadproductions.com. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17-

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Playing Santa – An original holiday comedy from the Telluride Theatre Company at the Sheridan Opera House; 7 p.m. WednesdaySaturday, 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 on local’s night, Wednesday, Dec. 17 and $15 for adults and $12 for students Dec. 18-21. 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

SATURDAY, DEC. 20 Jewelry Show Opening – New Works by Dallas-based artist Susan Sales; Telluride Gallery of Fine Art.

FRIDAY, DEC. 26SATURDAY, DEC. 27 Kevin McCarthy Jazz Trio – Arroyo Wine Bar, 7-10 p.m. each evening. No cover.

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

SUNDAY, DEC. 28 SPARKY Holiday Cocktail Party – A benefit for the Telluride Playwright’s Festival; 485 Dakota Ave., 5 p.m. SPARKy Friends, $60 per person (complimentary admission for ACT III Members). Purchase tickets at playwrightsfestival.org; ACT III Members RSVP to info@ See Calendar, Page 19

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on how to work with afflicting emotions and connect to basic goodness; Ridgway Town Hall, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12 Seryn in Concert – Sheridan Sitting with Santa – Heritage Opera House, 8:30 p.m. Plaza, free, 3-6 p.m. An Evening with Todd Pownell Mountain Village Tree – View the collection and learn Lighting – Featuring music and an about the process of the 2014 Mort appearance by Santa; 6 p.m. Abelson New Designer of the Year North Pole on Ice – Free award winner; Telluride Gallery of skating show at Mountain Village Fine Art. ice rink; 6:30 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.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 Wynonna and the Big Noise in Concert – Sheridan Opera House, 8:30 p.m. sheridanoperahouse.com Kevin McCarthy Jazz and Blues Band in Concert – New Year’s concert with a special guest musician; Sherbino Theater, 8-11 p.m. Tickets at Cimarron Books and Coffee.

COMMUNITY SATURDAYS-SUNDAYS, DEC. 11-DEC. 21 Santa’s Cabin – Downtown Montrose, Uncompahgre Events Plaza; Sat., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Sun., 1:30-4:30 p.m. Or visit on Fridays at Timberline Bank, 5-7 p.m. THURSDAY, DEC. 11 Free Heart Health Screening – At the Ouray Public Health Agency, 10:30-4 p.m. Please fast two hours prior to test. Call 707/273-7027 to schedule an appointment. Town of Telluride Staff Holiday Party – Oak, 5 p.m. KOTO Annual Meeting – Sheridan Opera House ballroom, 6 p.m. Transforming Negative Emotions to Your Benefit – Featuring the Venerable Chhoje Tulku Rimpoche, a discussion

FRIDAY, DEC. 12-SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Ridgway Holiday Weekend – A variety of activities around town, 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. Thewrightoperahouse.org SATURDAY, DEC. 13 Herbal Gift Making – A Shining Mountain Herbs class in Ridgway, focusing on winter herbal tonics and salves to promote health and vitality; 9 a.m.4 p.m. weehawkenarts.org Christmas Cookie Walk and Holiday Bazaar – The annual event: walk around tables and fill the box with Christmas cookies that are sold by the pound. Sponsored by the Women’s Union at Hillcrest Congregational UCC, at the church (corner of Hillcrest and Miami); 9 a.m.-1 p.m. International Women’s Ski Day: Chicks on Sticks – Gather for breakfast before trying ski demos all day with top lady skiers, then revel over après ski libations and fun giveaways at Tomboy Tavern; BootDoctors, Mountain Village, beginning at 10 a.m. Nordic/Cross Country Clinic – A beginner classic technique

class, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and beginner skate technique course, 1-3 p.m.; at Town Park. Weehawken Ouray Gingerbread House Workshop – Ouray Community Center, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. weehawkenarts.org; 970/318-0150 Merriment on Main – Girlfriend’s Day Out, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; hay rides, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., activities at Santa’s Cabin; dining and shopping specials. Double Montrose Bucks Awards for shopping. Montrose Indoor Winter Market – At Centennial Hall and Straw Hat Farm Store, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Phil’s Birthday Bash – Elks Lodge, 3:30 p.m. Please bring a dish to share.

Scout Troop 500 Meeting – Elks Lodge, 3:30 p.m. Call 970/708-1264 for more information. Historical Architectural Review Commission Meeting – Rebekah Hall Main Room, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, DEC. 18 Bilingual Family Night – Telluride Library, 5 p.m.

Planning and zoning Commission Meeting – Rebekah Hall Main Room, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 19 HARC and/or P&z Chairs Meeting (if needed) – Rebekah Hall Main Room, 9:15 a.m. Special Holiday Story Time

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SATURDAY, DEC. 13-SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Holiday Pop-Up Market – Shop from local artists at this two-day crafts fair; Sheridan Opera House, 10 a.m. SUNDAY, DEC. 14 Papa Noel – Vengan a compartir una noche de familia a estilo Latino; Telluride High School Cafeteria/Gym, 4-8 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 16 Liquor Licensing Authority Meeting – Rebekah Hall Green Room, 9 a.m. Woman’s Club of Ouray County Woman of the Year Award Presentation – San Juan Room, Ouray Community Center, 1 p.m. Visitors and guests welcome. 970/325-0228 Telluride R-1 School District Board Work Session – District Conference Room, 3:15 p.m. Telluride R-1 School District Monthly Board Meeting – Learning Lab (MSHS Room 234); 4:15 p.m. HARC/P&z Holiday Party – Arroyo, 5:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting – Rebekah Hall Green Room, 9 a.m. Cub Scout Pack 500/Boy

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SATURDAY, DEC. 20 Montrose Indoor Winter Market – At Centennial Hall and Straw Hat Farm Store, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. SUNDAY, DEC. 21 Chanukah Celebration – Wilkinson Library, 1-3 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 23 Retail Marijuana Licensing Authority Meeting – Rebekah Hall Main Room, 2 p.m.

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boyfriend, Kevin Koprek, who teaches rope rigging to mountain rescue teams, police and ﬁre departments and military groups in the U.S. and overseas, has been helping her learn the technique. They started doing “aerial dance,” as the twirling with silks is known, as a hobby. “It’s a good match for us as a couple,” she said. “He’s a climber and rigger, and I’m a dancer.” Pyeatte is hoping to establish aerial dance classes at Weehawken soon: “We’re working on some master classes with Kate Orr from Gunnison next semester. She teaches aerial silks, yoga, lyra and trapeze.” Watch Pyeatte onstage in “Polar Express” next weekend, and then look for a class related to her new skill next year. It’s all from a young choreographer who continues to push in different directions in her work, right side up and upside down. “Polar Express” will be presented Friday, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Pavilion. General admission tickets, $15 for adults, and $8 for children, are available at Mouse’s Chocolates in Ouray, Cimarron Coffee and the WCA ofﬁce in Ridgway, at Tiffany Etc. in Montrose and at the Pavilion. Wine in Winter Oenophiles take note: two events upcoming are designed for seasonal savoring and sip-

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for Telluride Bottleworks, offers a course on just such quaffs at the Ah Haa School. Entitled “Toast the Season with Young and Old Cabernets From Three Countries,” it’s an evening-long tour of “higher-end, full-bodied” Cabs from California, Australia and France. Thames selected these spots to showcase distinctive styles of grapes. Cabernets from Napa, California highlight a grape variety and a region responsible for producing “one of the grandest wines in the U.S.,” Thames said. “Napa put us on the map.” Cabernets from their “most historic, most revered” birthplace (Bordeaux, France) will also be in the mix, as will those from Australia, many of which are famed for a hint of eucalyptus. “A lot of people overlook Australian wines these days,” Thames said, and turn instead to affordably priced, robust reds from South America. Yet, “there are some really, really old-caliber vines from Australia.” Oldcaliber vines yield fewer grapes, but offer more ﬂavor and value, Thames explained. Learn more from him next week at Ah Haa. One caution: a few edibles will be served with each wine during the tasting, but not a full repast. Plan on enjoying a meal before or after class, which runs from 6-8 p.m. Register at ahhaa.org.

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The New Sheridan Hotel, the most famous hotel in Telluride, is currently accepting applications for the following positions: AM Line Cook AM Hostess PM Line Cook Applicants must apply in person. Experienced only. References required. Apply in person at 231 West Colorado Ave Ouray Police Officer See www.cityofouray.com for City application forms and requirements listed in job description or pickup application packet at City Hall offices. Pay DOE. Benefits included. Inquiries email hr@cityof ouray. com or call 970-325-7062. Letter of interest, application and background check form must accompany resume and be received by December 22, 2014. Mail to Box 468, Ouray, CO 81427, email to hr@cityofouray.com, or fax to 970-325-7212. The City of Ouray is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Road and Bridge Foreman Ouray County Ouray County is seeking an experienced individual to assist the Road and Bridge Supervisor with the administrative and supervisory work necessary for the Ouray County Road and Bridge Department. Responsibilities include: maintenance and construction of the County’s roads and bridges, acquisition and maintenance of equipment, supervision of road and bridge personnel, planning and budgeting. The position reports directly to the Road and Bridge Superintendent / Road Supervisor. Experience: Five years experience in road and bridge maintenance and construction, heavy equipment operations / maintenance, and supervision / management. Education: Associate’s degree in business, equipment operator or related field. A combination of education and experience may be considered. Licenses: CDL, Class A, with air and tanker endorsement. Salary: $48,430.41 40 hour work week, benefits included. Please send cover letter and resume to Ouray County Human Resources, PO Box C, Ouray, Colorado 81427, Phone (970)325-7332 Fax (970) 325-0452. Job description available at www.ouraycountyco.gov. Ouray County is an equal Employer. Position open until filled. Maintenance Supervisor - ASAP

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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!!

Please fax or email your resume now to 970-327-4817 or cotton_w@picernefl.com as we are looking to hire AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Looking to join a dynamic team? Some openings left for this winter season. night auditor 2 days a week PT Thursday-Friday Call 970 369 0400 and ask for Clare or Bas Email Bas at bafman@lumieretelluride.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

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Call 970 369 0400 and ask for Clare or Bas Email Bas at bafman@lumieretelluride.com

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?

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Full Time Night Audit Part time Night Audit

Wood-burning fireplace permit for Telluride MV. $65,000. Call 860-415-4948.

Night Houseman 2:00pm-10:00pm

The Hotel Telluride is looking for a quality person with a service mindset to fill the following positions: The Ice House LodgeFull Time Housekeeper, Competitive pay and great work environment. Please apply in person at the Camel’s Garden Hotel or call 970728-9300 ask for Mike or Jackie

Server/Bartender (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

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. Executive DirectorTelluride AIDS Benefit 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 and cover letter to stash@aidsbenefit.org by Dec 15th.

Full-time COMMUNITY ORGANIZER with WESTERN COLORADO CONGRESS, non-profit working for social and environmental justice. Based in Grand Junction. http:// wccongress.org/wcc/jobs/

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 Orvis Hot Springs is looking for a part-time pool cleaner, snow shoveler, maintenance person. 1-3 days per week depending on the week. No phone calls please.

Cashier-Stockers.

Is now hiring Rental Techs Sales/Cashiers Valets

Zia Sun, Telluride’s oldest gift store, and best toy store, is hiring full or part time sales associates. Competitive pay and fun working environment. Stop by the store to apply. 214 W. Colorado Ave.

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.

Contratacion para limpieza. Hiring for night cleaning. Part-time to start with opportunity for full-time. Must be dependable. 970-708-7143, Espanol 970-708-4522

Mountain Village Fireplace Permit for sale. Please call (970) 708-2220.

Furniture Furniture Sale Dining Chairs, Side Tables, Rugs, Mirrors, Flat Screen TV’s Bryan Miller Coffee Tables, Night Stands Friday 12/12 & Saturday 12/13 10am-4pm Ice House Garage (Entrance at La Marmotte ally side)

Automobiles Great Winter Ride Classic 1987 Jeep Cherokee 6 cylinder 4.0 liter engine, 4WD, 3” lift-kit, new tires $2800 Dave 970-708-2478

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

Town of Silverton Clerk/Treasurer The town of Silverton is advertising for a new Town Clerk/Treasurer position. Interested applicants may obtain job information at www.silverton.co.us where the job description and application are available for download. This is a full time position with a salary range of $37,000-$53,000 and has a competitive benefit package. A completed application and resume must be delivered to Silverton Town hall by 4pm on December 19th, 2014. The Town of Silverton is an EOE

DRYMOUNTING/LAMINATING PRESS SEAL MASTERPIECE 500T w/some supplies $350 obo Thumnailer $275/ ITWAMP SANDER $250/ Mitre Saw $850 pictures upon request 970 708-0416

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Housekeeping Inspector Full Time/ Year Round Benefits Year End Bonus

Great job opportunity! Picerne Development Group has been building and managing properties on a continuing basis since 1925. With 3 generations of Picerne leadership providing continued growth on a national stage, pride of ownership is very important to our company. We are currently seeking a part time maintenance supervisor with exceptional skills for 30 houses in Norwood, CO. A general knowledge of house maintenance is required.

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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. APPLY IN PERSON and ask for Brian or Dave. Silverton Public Works Director. Interested applicants may obtain job information at www.silverton.co.us where the job description and application are available for download. Town of Silverton is an EOE.

PRIME MOUNTAIN VILLAGE CORE LOCATION CENTRUM BUILDING. Office and Retail space Available Immediately. George Harvey 970-729-0111 Commercial and Industrial Complex in Planning Stages of Development. Office Space and Commercial spaces available. Excellent views and central location in Lawson Hill, 26,000+ sq ft available. Call 970-708-0666 or email dandockray@Hotmail.com for details. Telluride Main Street Retail: 589sf 2 Rooms Offices: 541sf 3 Rooms; Smaller Office too; Great Sun & Ski Views; 970-728-3313

Short Term Holiday/Ski Season Rental or 2-3 yr LT Ski In/Ski Out 2bed/2bath,Sunny Condo-MV, Mailbox. Pets neg. contact: www.rockymtnrentalretreats.com kw@kendraskitchen.com 800.894.9086 970-708-7759

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Non-Sequitur: Wiley Miller

Awesome views from this 3 bdrm/2 bath home located at Hillside, 1.5 miles West of Telluride, in a 2 family house. Shared laundry. $2200/mo. includes WST, HOA dues, gas & electricity. 1st/last/security. 1 yr. lease. A well behaved/quiet pet considered. References required & income verified. mccorp8750@gmail.com

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: 1-877-4446777, www.reserveamerica.com.

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6 Bedroom Ski Ranch Home. Available now for 1 or 2 year lease. Beautiful setting, gorgeous home. Lowered to $4000/month. Pets considered. Call 970-728-4831

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Dilbert: Scott Adams

Wanted: Responsible and Respectable Tenants for 2 & 3 bedroom cabins in Placerville. Long-term Rental References required. No Pets. 728-5622

Monty: Jim Meddick

Norwood Ski Season Rental 3 rooms available from $450 including utilities Pets and Smokers Ok 728-4486

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1-Bedroom 1-Bathroom apartment in Norwood. Fully furnished. Galloping Goose to Telluride. $650 per month + utilities. WiFi, Dish TV, BBQ, parking. Pets additional charge. 970-327-0307

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For Better or For Worse: Lynn Johnston

Ski/in-Ski/Out in Tell-U-Ride! 2 Bed/2.5 Bath Condo with Loft and Private Garage. $499,000 Call Chris Christian (970) 729-1232 for details...

Bizarro: Dan Pirar0

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135 West Galena Avenue Now available for a long term lease. Six bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, 2 houses, One of the finest family compounds in the Town of Telluride at a quiet, very convenient location. Starting at $20,000 per month plus utilities. Available January 15, 2015. Please call JJ, Nevasca Realty @ #970-729-0065 1b/1b with full kitchen and appliances. In town location. No parking onsite. $1150/month. First, last and security. Avail immediately. Email redclifftelluride@gmail.com Intown home four bedrooms 3.5 bathrooms second living area three levels views unobstructed AVAILOct1 $4800 a month plus utilities jb@happyendingpro.com

Legal Notices NOTICE OF VESTING OF SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE pursuant to Section 24-68-103(1), C.R.S., and Telluride Municipal Code Title 18, Article 5, Division 2, Section 5-208.H, that a site specific development plan and vested property right has been approved for the following project: Date Approved: December 1, 2014 PROJECT TITLE: Kentucky Placer – Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 and Parcel A – Bear Creek Court Summary: Consideration of (A) three (3) small scale new constructions in the Accommodations II (ACII) zone district which is greater than 1,500 square feet but less than 5,000 square feet each (Lots 1,2&3) per LUC 7-203.B.2, (B) Consideration of an amendment (CAA#3) to a certificate of appropriateness (Parcel A) that does not modify the existing vested site specific development plan per LUC Section 7-203.D.2, and (C) a site specific development plan to vest property rights (Lots 1,2&3), per LUC Section 5-208. Legal Description: Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 and Parcel A – Bear Creek Court West Kentucky Placer Subdivision (KP) Address: 465, 463, 461 South Pine Street (Auto Court has no address) Zone District: Accommodations II (ACII) Owner: Kentucky Placer LLC Applicant: Chris Chaffin & Eric Cummings Architect Such approval is subject to all rights of referendum and judicial review. Additional information concerning the approval is available from the Telluride Planning Department, Telluride, Colorado, 970728-2161 during regular business hours. Published in the Telluride Daily Planet on 12/10/14 and posted at www.tellurideco.gov.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny www.sallybrompton.com

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Too much happiness can make you unhappy,” reported journalist Marta Zaraska in the Washington Post. Citing research by psychologists, she concluded that being super-extra cheerful can make you selfish, gullible, and more prone to stereotyped thinking. On the other hand, she said, maintaining merely moderate levels of happiness is pretty damn good for your mental and physical health. So here’s the takeaway, Aries: The astrological omens suggest you’re due for a surge of joy and pleasure. Just be careful it doesn’t spill over into rash, delirious excess. Here’s your watchword: well-grounded delight. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the 19th century, the Grimm brothers gathered over 200 old fairy tales from a variety of sources and published them in an unprecedented collection. Many of their stories are still popular, including “Cinderella,” “Snow White,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “Rapunzel.” Around the same time they did their work, a storyteller named Franz Xaver von Schönwerth assembled his own compendium of fantastic myths, fables, and folklore. Unlike the Grimm brothers’ book, his work faded into obscurity. But it was rediscovered in 2011, and 500 lost fairy tales are now finding their way into newly published books. I foresee a comparable phenomenon happening for you in 2015, Taurus. Forgotten stories will return. Raw material from the depths will resurface. Interesting news from the past will come flowing into the present. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your first task is to ascertain the half-truth, the whole half-truth, and nothing but the whole half-truth. Only then will you be able to find the other half of the truth. I realize it may be frustrating to use this approach. You’d probably prefer to avoid wrangling with the deceptions and misdirections. But I think it’s the only way to jostle loose the hidden or missing information. For best results, be a cunning and unsentimental detective who’s eager to solve the mystery. Don’t focus on finding fault or assigning blame. CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of the ingredients that makes yoga mats so soft and springy is the chemical azodicarbonamide. The same stuff is added to the soles of shoes. There’s a third place where it’s used, too: in the burger buns sold by McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and other fast food joints. I’m not suggesting that you order a big supply of azodicarbonamide and ingest it. But I do hope you will consider the metaphorical equivalent: doing whatever’s necessary to make yourself bouncy and fluffy and pliable and supple and resilient.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When I started writing horoscopes many years ago, I was a good astrologer but an unexceptional writer. Eventually, the practice of composing 12 packets of pithy prose every week allowed me to improve my authorial skills. The stuff I composed in the early years wasn’t bad, but I wouldn’t want to present it as my work any more. So should I feel guilty that I got paid and appreciated for those old efforts even though I was less than perfect? Did I get away with something I shouldn’t have gotten away with? I don’t think so. I was doing the best I could at the time. And even my unpolished astrological musings were helpful to many people. Now, Libra, I invite you to apply these meditations to you own unfolding destiny.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may already know what I’m about to tell you. It’s a core principle at the root of your Scorpio heritage. But I want to focus your attention on it. In the coming months, you’ll be wise to keep it at the forefront of your conscious awareness. Here it is, courtesy of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “You have it in your power to invest everything you have lived through -- your experiments, false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your love and your hope -- into your goal, with nothing left over.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “A savage desire for strong emotions and sensations burns inside me: a rage against this softtinted, shallow, standardized and sterilized life.” So says Harry Haller, the protagonist of Herman Hesse’s novel Steppenwolf. His declaration could serve as an interesting point of reference for you in the coming months, Sagittarius -- not as a mood for everyday use, but as a poetic inspiration that you periodically call on to invigorate your lust for life. My invitation has a caveat, however. I advise you not to adopt the rest of Harry Haller’s rant, in which he says that he also has “a mad craving to smash something up, a department store, or a cathedral, or myself.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I have lived near an open space preserve for five years. Up until the last two months, it has been a peaceful, quite place. But then the coyotes moved in. Just after dusk every evening, a pack of them start yipping and yowling in the distance. At first I found the racket to be eerie and unsettling. It activated some primal unease in me. And yet the coyotes have never actually been a problem. They don’t roam into my neighborhood and try to bite people or prey on pets. So now I’ve come to relish the situation: The wild things are close and exciting, but not dangerous. I’m guessing this has a metaphorical resemblance to what your life will be like in the next six months, Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont are really LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “There are two a single town that straddles the border kinds of light,” said author James Thurber, between the U.S. and Canada. Many of the “the glow that illuminates, and the glare people who live there have dual citizenship, that obscures.” Lately you have been an but they’re still supposed to carry their abundant source of that first kind of light, passports with them at all times. I suspect Leo. The fire in your heart and the gleam you may experience a metaphorical verin your eyes have not only brightened the sion of this split in the coming months, mood wherever you’ve gone. They have also Aquarius. You will be in a situation that clarified confusing situations, warmed chilly has a split down the middle or a seemingly attitudes, and healed dispirited allies. unnatural division. Whether it turns out to Thank you! In the coming weeks, I’d love be a problem or an opportunity will depend to see you continue on your hot streak. To on your adaptability and flexibility. help ensure that you do, keep your ego under control. Don’t let it pretend that it PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When a owns the light you’re emitting. With a little dead tree topples over in the woods, its introspection, you will continue to generate withered branches may get entangled illumination, not glare. with the branches of a living tree that’s standing nearby. As years go by, the living VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Studies suggest tree must grow the best it can with the that 57 percent of all people with access to decaying wood trapped in its midst. Has the Internet have engaged in the practice something like that ever happened to you? known as ego-surfing. This modern art form Are you still carrying the rot that other consists of searching Google for mentions people have burdened you with? If so, the of one’s own name. This is a suspiciously coming months will be an excellent time low figure unless we factor in the data to get disentangled. A tree isn’t capable of uncovered by my own research -- which freeing itself from the dead weight of the is that a disproportionately small amount past, but you are -- especially in the first of Virgos go ego-surfing: only 21 percent. half of 2015. If you are one of the 79 percent of your tribe who does not indulge, I invite you to © Copyright 2014 Rob Brezsny remedy the situation. It’s an excellent time to risk exploring the potential benefits of increased self-interest and self-regard.

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