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Gay Ski Week could be canceled if contract agreement isn’t reached soon
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ue to the lack of a contract and firm dates, the future of an event with one of the biggest economic impacts of the winter could be in jeopardy. Although in February the Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association approved $66,000 in
Event says it needs contract to begin marketing, TMVOA still negotiating funding for the 2015 Telluride Gay Ski Week, a contract between TMVOA and producers of the event, Dallas-based StraightOut Media, has yet to be final-
ized. That makes producer John McGill hesitant to announce the dates of the 2015 event, market it or book entertainment and activities.
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include limiting the number of residential units at the site. And though no specific number has been set for the residential units, the town is also asking for more commercial representation of San Juan Avenue and that the transfer warehouse (a large, abandoned stone shell of a building at the site) be protected through redevelopment, should the approval move forward. The commission gave its conceptual approval with a 2-1 vote. Bruce Wright and Toby Brown voted for it and Tom Potterton voted against it. “I mean generally speaking, I think it is a good trade,” Wright said. “They’re asking for a larger See PROJECT, Page 11
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Brooklyn meets India meets Telluride
Sunny Jain, who plays the Dhol (a North Indian double-sided drum) for the band Red Baraat, leads the crowd in a dance during their high-energy performance on the Telluride Jazz Fest Poncho Sanchez Stage on Sunday. See page 4 for another photo. [Photo by Kathrine Warren]
Four Corners project gets conceptual PUD approval
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Approval granted with conditions by the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission By COLLIN MCRANN
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he Telluride Planning and Zoning Commission has granted an approval for the conceptual part of a planned unit development known as the “Four Corners.” The Four Corners is a mixeduse development that would sit on around 46,883 square feet of land located in the middle of Telluride. The applicant for the project is known as the Telluride Transfer Company, which was formed by longtime locals Pamela Zoline, John Lifton and the investment firm Real Capital Solutions. The proposed development includes multi-family, residential units, free market com-
mercial units, a deed-restricted grocery store, deed-restricted community facility and on-site parking. This spring, the company decided to get the project approvals solely through a PUD. Earlier, the company tried to get a general waiver for height, mass, scale and other requests from the Telluride Town Council, but they were turned down. Now the project is moving through the PUD and subdivision application process. Though it was given conceptual approval last Thursday, the town added some conditions. According to Michelle Haynes, the town’s planning and building director, the main conditions
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MC has implanted another initiative in an effort to further demonstrate their dedication to quality of patient care. UMC patients are now assigned to a “care team.” “Many medical facilities have moved to care teams,” UMC physician’s assistant Suzanne Haag said. “Care teams originated in the military, and many facilities are going this way. Patients are assigned to a provider, or they can pick if a provider is not full.” As a member of a care team, patients see the same UMC clinicians for all visits. This includes the same support staff. “This does a couple of things,” Haag said. “We see a decrease in medical errors and a decrease in unnecessary procedures. The providers and team are more likely to say: ‘You’ve already had that done, we don’t need to do that again.’” According to Haag, when patients see different providers, there is often the possibility of duplicating procedures. “It happens frequently,” she said. “Some folks jump around from clinic to clinic — which is worse — or from provider to provider. If they come to a provider and say they don’t like the plan or where they are going, they can repeat the same tests.” According to Haag, the American Institute of Medicine states that using coordinated care and a care team, can bring about $240 billion in savings on healthcare in the U.S. The program was implemented eight weeks ago at UMC, and
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“Back at the February board meeting our proposal was approved by the board of directors, and at that time we were encouraged to go ahead and announce the dates,” McGill said. “I said until we had a contract we were not comfortable with that. I totally respect they wanted us to
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POLICE: 2 TEENS MADE DRUG BROWNIES DURING BREAK-IN
Police say two 17-year-old boys have been charged with breaking into a Pennsylvania home and baking drug-laced brownies. Police say the burglary happened late July 22 in Perkiomen Township, though the department only recently publicized it. Police say the boys were found with drug paraphernalia and more than 2 pounds of the unspecified drug used to make the brownies. The boys have been charged in Montgomery County Juvenile Court. CALIFORNIA
150-POUND TORTOISE FOUND STROLLING IN LA SUBURB
At least officers didn’t have to issue a speeding ticket when they spotted a giant tortoise ambling down a street suburban Los Angeles. The Alhambra Police Department joked on its Facebook page that the 150-pound reptile was captured Saturday afternoon after a brief pursuit. “The tortoise did try to make a run for it; but, our officers are pretty fast,” the post said.
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Marijuana legalization: Good for our kids?
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hat have we learned far more THC, the main psychoacsince marijuana was tive ingredient in marijuana, than legalized regarding what was available just 10 years its use, particularly ago. In other words, it is not your among our youth, father’s marijuana and its impact and what do we need to be pre- on the developing teen brain is pared for as acceptance of its use greater. At the same time that more grows among adults, and by exyouth are using more potent martension, among our youth? We know that as with medi- ijuana, U.S. youth increasingly do cal marijuana the demand for not believe that using marijuana the product is high in Telluride is risky for their development. based on sales tax receipts from Perhaps it is due, in part, to Colothe Town of Telluride. Statewide, rado’s long history of licensing sales of legal marijuana have medical marijuana shops; the been below expectations with idea that it has medicinal value, many heavy users choosing to use while true, perhaps lowers the medical marijuana (lower taxes) perception of harm. In contrast, or the black market (no taxes). youth continue to view regular alcohol and tobacco Most legal purchasers PAUL W. REICH in the resort communiLOCAL VOICES use as harmful. While worldwide use of marities around the state are juana has decreased from out of state. We know that experimentation for adults, it has increased in with edibles has created some the United States due, in part problems for law enforcement perhaps, to the lower perceived and medical providers. While we risk. This would suggest that use have not seen any deaths locally by our youth, absent any other attributed to eating too many factors, might well increase with cookies or candies, the same can- legalization. The reduction in perceived not be said statewide. There have been trips to the emergency room risk from use, increased potency, for children and adults, and to and easier and safer access, could veterinarians for pets who have result in marijuana joining alcohol as one of the substances more gotten into edible products. We know that people can do regularly consumed by our youth some incredibly stupid things in despite the impact on their develthe manufacture of hash oils, and oping brains. Studies suggest that that the Telluride Town Council early use of marijuana (younger rightly banned that part of the in- than 15) can lead to a greater industry from town limits. We know cidence of drug dependence as an from recent discussions of the adult. The legalization of marijuana Ridgway Town Council about one grow facility that was contemplat- may, in fact, help our county deing using 55,000 gallons of water velop a more rational policy toevery other day, that the grow ward drug use, reduce the harmindustry, on the water-parched ful impacts of their use, focus our Western Slope, is not always the efforts on prevention and treatmost environmentally friendly ment and promote greater accepindustry. That is changing as new tance that drug abuse and addicoperations are using drip irriga- tion are public health issues and tion systems, but not all growers not law enforcement issues. But are making that investment, ap- unless and until that happens it is important that we continue to parently. Gov. Hickenlooper recently work to minimize the risky use of stated that the anticipated prob- marijuana, alcohol, tobacco and lems are less severe than he ini- other drugs by our youth. Parties tially feared, but he expressed on both sides of the issue can find concerns about edibles, the cash common ground in minimizing economy of marijuana sales, and the use of these substances by our youth. the use by those under 21. In the coming months you “It could’ve been a lot worse,” he said. “But we’ve got to do bet- will learn more about efforts to ter. We don’t want kids slipping engage the community in a discussion about the risky use of off the rails.” Prior to legalization, surveys substances, including alcohol, tosuggest that among 12th grad- bacco, illicit drugs and prescripers nationally, the percent that tion drugs, by our youth in a town use pot has increased from 26 that has made a name for itself percent in 1993 to 36 percent in as resort community, how that 2013. While we do not have cur- resort economy influences the rent statistics for our local kids, it choices of our youth, and what would be unlikely that our num- role all of us play in helping our bers would be below the national kids make the right choices. average. Paul Reich is the President of In addition, we know that today’s marijuana has, on average, the Telluride R-1 School Board.
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Says God provided him personal inspiration
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Danielle Keohoe and Justin Daerr are the winners of Boulder’s first full Ironman Triathlon. Nicole Callan of Fort Collins and Curt Chesney of Boulder were the top amateur finishers in Sunday’s 140.6-mile course featuring a swim, run and bike ride. Janet Brode of San Antonio, Texas was the last person to finish the race, after over 17 hours on the course and just 43 seconds before the midnight cutoff. The Daily Camera reports that the 48-year-old kindergarten teacher got a hug from Ironman announcer Mike Reilly and he led the crowd in chanting “You are an Ironman” to her. COLORADO SPRINGS
MAJORITY OF EL PASO SCHOOLS CITED IN LAST 2 YEARS
A majority of El Paso County school cafeterias have had at least one critical food safety violation in the last two years. An analysis of health inspection records by the Gazette shows that 60 percent of the cafeterias, from nearly every school district, had at least one of these violations. The 271 critical violations include evidence of insects or rodents, having damaged or spoiled foods and workers not washing their hands. Forty schools had three or more violations. The county’s largest school district, District 11, had the largest number of critical violations.
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When the saints go marching in
Members of the Brooklyn-based band Red Baraat lead the New Orleans Day Second Line Parade down main street on Sunday as part of Telluride Jazz Festival. [Photo by Kathrine Warren]
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Claims against Denver police, sheriff hit millions Most involve excessive force or civil rights cases
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ENVER (AP) — A Denver Post analysis published Sunday found that the city has paid nearly $13 million over the past decade to settle legal claims involving the police and sheriff departments, and that nearly 60 percent of that amount involved excessive force or civil rights cases. The report comes a day before the City Council considers approving a $3.25 million settlement of a federal lawsuit by former jail inmate Jamal Hunter. Hunter says that in 2011, he was tortured with scalding water by other inmates and that a jail deputy encouraged the attack. The judge presiding over the case asked for a federal investigation into the practices of
Former prison proposed for pot-growing business
SAND DUNES NATL. PARK TO BE FEATURED ON QUARTER
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On Wednesday, former Denver jail inmate Anthony Waller filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and two deputy sheriffs. Waller was slammed against a metal window frame during a court hearing. Waller seeks $5 million in damages and an injunction that would allow the courts to supervise operations of the Denver jails. The deputy who slammed Waller against the frame was suspended for 30 days. The Post reported last week that a deputy was suspended for 10 days in April after he was caught on video grabbing an inmate by the throat and shoving him into a wall in 2013. The inmate had been arguing with the deputy before the incident.
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Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve will soon be featured on the quarter as part of a U.S. Mint program aimed at honoring the country’s national parks and other famous landscapes. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the front of the coin will still feature the bust of George Washington, but the reverse side will depict a boy and his father playing in Medano Creek with the dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background. The dunes quarter is part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, which began issuing the coins in 2010. The sites were selected by governors and by then-U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, who grew up near Manassa, a short drive from the dunes. The coins will be available at a ceremony at the park Sept. 4.
the Denver Safety Department, which oversees the police and sheriff’s departments. The U.S. Attorney’s Office hasn’t said whether it will pursue Judge John Kane’s request. City Attorney Scott Martinez has said the proposed Hunter settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing but the fastest way to resolve the case and proceed with reforms. Other inmates have filed complaints stemming from incidents in which deputies allegedly used improper force. And in July, Sheriff Gary Wilson resigned amid mounting misconduct allegations against his deputies. Mayor Michael Hancock also has called for an outside review of the sheriff’s department.
Security, isolation make it ideal location
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ENVER (AP) — A Colorado businessman wants to use a former women’s prison in the small town of Brush to grow and sell marijuana, but first he has to persuade local residents and elected officials. The Denver Post reported Saturday Nicholas Erker says the prison’s security, utility lines and isolated location would make it ideal for marijuana. “There’s plenty of water, lots of electricity, it’s built of precast, 8-inch concrete walls, ceilings and floors, it’s in an industrial park away from the population and it’s surrounded by 25- to 30foot exterior fences with razor wire on top — and there’s also an interior fence,” Erker said.
“You’re not going to get more secure than this.” The privately owned prison closed in 2010 when the state began consolidating inmates at other facilities. Erker, vice president of Erker Grain Co. in nearby Fort Morgan, bought it in March for $150,000. Recreational marijuana sales have been legal in Colorado since January, but Brush has a moratorium on pot businesses. The City Council plans to vote on extending the moratorium or putting it to a public vote in November. The council will hold a meeting Monday to take public comment. “Marijuana is still a little bit
controversial here,” Erker said, “but it has a great upside to the community — now and for years to come.” He estimates a marijuana business could create 31 jobs with a payroll of $1 million and generate about $300,000 a year in taxes for the city of Brush. The prison had 85 employees and an estimated annual payroll of $1.5 million, Erker said. Erker said his work in agriculture would help him in the marijuana business. “Our background is in agricultural processing and food sales, so we’re in a similar industry currently,” he said.
T. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy claims the April confrontation between the federal government and his armed supporters was part of an age-old spiritual battle between good and evil. Bundy, a Mormon, told an Independent American Party gathering in St. George, Utah, on Saturday that God provided him personal inspiration in the showdown over cattle in Bunkerville, Nevada, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. “The Lord told me ... if (the local sheriff doesn’t) take away these arms from federal agents, we the people will have to face these arms in a civil war. He said, ‘This is your chance to straighten this thing up,’” Bundy said, according to The Spectrum of St. George. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management backed down in the standoff, citing safety concerns. Bundy’s allies subsequently released the 380 cattle collected from the range during a weeklong operation. BLM officials have said Bundy will be held accountable for his role in the standoff and they continue to pursue the matter “aggressively through the legal system.” The case remains under investigation by the FBI and U.S. Justice Department. Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie has said Bundy crossed the line when he allowed states’ rights supporters, including selfproclaimed militia members, onto his property to aim guns at police. The federal agency says Bundy owes over $1 million in fees and penalties for trespassing on federal property without a permit over 20 years. Bundy, a states’ rights advocate, refuses to acknowledge federal authority on public lands. Bundy said people from across the country rallied around him because they were “spiritually touched,” and he suggested they would not have prevailed had God not been on their side. “If the standoff with the Bundys was wrong, would the Lord have been with us?” he asked, noting no one was killed as tensions escalated. “Could those people that stood (with me) without fear and went through that spiritual experience ... have done that without the Lord being there? No, they couldn’t.” About 100 to 120 people attended Saturday’s gathering, and Bundy questioned why more people were not present. “Where is all of your college students? Where’s our young and where’s our old? Where’s our black and where’s our brown?” he asked. “Where are you people? Aren’t you interested in freedom and liberty?”
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ALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A we go further?” Urquhart told lawmaker says Utah could The Salt Lake Tribune. “Obviousease the burden for families ly, if they can get it, but get it in participating in the state’s lim- the state with the state’s blessited medical marijuana program ing, then that’s probably easier by selling a cannabis extract in than having them have to travel.” state liquor stores. If it was available at state-run Under the program approved liquor stores, Utah could have by Gov. Gary Herbert earlier this some oversight, Urquhart said. year, Utah residents with severe Many of the families taking epilepsy are allowed to possess advantage of Utah’s new medithe low-potency extract, which cal marijuana program hope to some believe helps travel to Colorado to “We’re trying to with seizures. pick up the product look for ways to Utah law doesn’t or have it shipped in. allow the production help these parents Utah allows only or distribution of the out. We realize this those with severe extract oil. Instead, is a really rough epilepsy and a docUtah residents must tor’s approval to travel to Colorado or situation they’re in obtain the product. other states to get it. and a really rough The extract, called State Sen. Steve situation for their cannabidiol, lacks Urquhart, a St. the psychoactive kids.” George Republican properties that get STEVE URQUHART who pushed for the users high. Utah State Sen. program, said Utah Doctors and adcould make that easvocacy groups also ier by allowing the product to be have warned there’s no proof yet sold within the state, possibly at that the extract is effective at liquor stores. treating epilepsy, or even safe. “We’re trying to look for ways Families of those with severe to help these parents out. We re- epilepsy, particularly young chilalize this is a really rough situa- dren, have pushed for access to tion they’re in and a really rough the product in Utah and other situation for their kids. . Have we states, hopeful it will improve been helpful enough, or should their loved ones’ the lives. While
the Utah program was a big step forward for those families, it’s still illegal under federal law, as are all state medical marijuana programs. Urquhart said if Utah allowed the extract to be sold at pharmacies, the federal government could seize back accounts for the pharmacies if they decide to enforce the drug laws. “Right now, DEA seems pretty hands-off on CBD oil, but nothing guarantees they’re going to remain that way,” Urquhart said. “So this is one of those states’ rights bills, where we have parents who are suffering, we have children who are suffering, we think the federal laws are blind to their plight, so as a state we’re going to authorize certain things.” Jennifer May, co-founder of Hope 4 Children with Epilepsy, said it would be ideal if a Utah university grew the product under a research license and families could pick it up in the state. Urquhart is considering several ways the state would distribute the oil in Utah, but says he hopes families soon can get the product legally and he won’t have to sponsor any legislation next year.
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TLANTA (AP) — Missionary Nancy Writebol, one of two known Americans stricken with Ebola, wasn’t looking to abandon her overseas work. But Jeremy Writebol believes his 59-year-old mother can yield a greater good from her impending return to the United States amid West Africa’s worstever outbreak of the often-deadly virus. The attention focused on her case “might help develop a cure and resources to help those who are suffering,” the younger Writebol said. “I am sure hopeful for that.” A Liberian government official has confirmed that a medical evacuation team is scheduled to fly Nancy Writebol back to the United States early Tuesday. She will receive treatment at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital alongside one of her mission partners, Dr. Kent Brantly, who was admitted Saturday. The American cases make headlines as dozens of African heads of state converge on Washington for the Monday opening of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, a three-day gathering hosted by
President Barack Obama. Among the stated purposes: discussing how to help African nations overcome systemic challenges, including disease. Brantly and Writebol contracted Ebola after working on the same medical mission team treating victims of the virus around Monrovia, Liberia. More than 1,300 people have been stricken, killing at least 729 of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Ebola has no vaccine or antidote. Contracted through close contact with bodily fluid and blood — as opposed to an airborne virus like influenza or the common cold — Ebola causes hemorrhagic fever that kills at least 60 percent of the people it infects in Africa, where substandard health care makes it easier to spread the virus and harder to treat it. Yet medical experts say recovery prospects are much greater at modern hospitals that follow strict controls for infection control. Emory, where Brantly already is quarantined, boasts one of the nation’s most sophisticated infectious disease units. Patients are sealed off from anyone not in protective gear. Lab tests are conducted inside the unit, ensur-
ing that viruses don’t leave the quarantined area. Family members see and communicate with patients through barriers. Brantly’s wife released a statement Sunday saying she had gotten to see her husband, a physician with the international relief group Samaritan’s Purse. “Our family is rejoicing over Kent’s safe arrival, and we are confident that he is receiving the very best care,” Amber Brantly said. Writebol and her husband, David, had been in Liberia since August 2013, sent there by the Christian organization SIM USA and sponsored by their home congregation at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. “They take the Great Commission literally,” said their pastor, the Rev. John Munro, referring to the instruction from Jesus Christ to “make disciples of all nations.” At the hospital where Brantly treated patients, Nancy Writebol worked as a hygienist whose role included decontaminating those entering or leaving the Ebola treatment area. Munro said David Writebol fulfilled administrative and technical duties.
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UNMING, China (AP) — Rescuers found scores of survivors on Monday as they dug through homes shattered by an earthquake in southern China that killed at least 398 people and injured more than 1,800. Rainstorms were expected to continue to hinder rescue efforts over the coming days. About 12,000 homes collapsed when the quake struck Sunday afternoon in impoverished Ludian county, around 370 kilometers (230 miles) northeast of Yunnan province’s capital, Kunming, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Rescuers digging in the debris by hand freed a 5-year-old boy whose legs were injured, Xinhua reported. It also said firefighters rescued 32 people who had been trapped but had retrieved the bodies of 43 residents. Drenched survivors, including some half-naked, were sitting along muddy roads in the rain waiting for food and medication, Xinhua reported. Medics were reporting severe shortages of medicine and an inability to perform operations on the severely injured, while rescuers
said their work had been hampered by continuous downpours and quake-triggered landslides, Xinhua said. Ma Yaoqi, an 18-year-old volunteer in the quake zone, said by phone that at least half of the buildings had collapsed on the road from the city center of Zhaotong to the hardest-hit town of Longtou. The rest of the buildings were damaged, she said. “I saw dead bodies being wrapped in quilts and carried away,” said Ma, who arrived with 20 other volunteers Monday. “Some were wrapped with small quilts. Those must be kids.” Overhead footage of the quake zone shot by state broadcaster CCTV showed older houses flattened but newer multistory buildings still standing. The magnitude-6.1 quake struck at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. China’s earthquake monitoring agency put the magnitude at 6.5. The central government has allocated 600 million yuan ($97 million) for rescue and relief work after the quake, the Finance Ministry said. Dozens of trucks carrying
paramilitary troops with banners declaring “Help is on the way” traveled along the four-lane highway from Kunming to Zhaotong on Monday evening. Heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area were complicating efforts to bring tents, water, food and other relief supplies to survivors. Roads had caved in, and rescuers were forced to travel on foot. The national meteorological center said the area near the center of the quake would suffer thundershowers over the next three days. Repeated aftershocks also were making the rescue work dangerous. The Yunnan Civil Affairs Bureau said on its website that 398 people were killed, three were missing and a further 1,801 injured. The death toll is expected to rise after rescuers reach remote communities to assess casualties. About 230,000 people had been evacuated. Many of the homes that collapsed in Ludian, which has a population of about 429,000, were old and made of brick, Xinhua said, adding that electricity and telecommunications were cut off in the county.
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do it, but we can’t.” McGill said some point in August StraightOut Media will either announce the dates of next year’s event or its cancellation. He said the event has already lost one key group because the group had to set their dates by now. “The clock is ticking and we need to make a decision,” he said. Telluride Gay Ski Week has been taking place for 11 years. Along with hitting the slopes, the 10-day-long event features dance parties, happy hours, movie screenings, theme nights, aprèsski events and usually takes place the week leading up to the Telluride AIDS Benefit. In the past, the event has been based out of Mountain Village’s Hotel Madeline, with Smak Bar as the official watering hole. TMVOA President Greg Pope said it’s not unusual to not have a contract by now and past contracts with Gay Ski Week haven’t been finalized until as late as November.
“We are in the process of negotiating that contract but it’s not completed yet,” Pope said. “I think we will probably get there sooner rather than later.” According to the minutes from the Feb. 19 TMVOA board meeting, some board members questioned whether the money TMVOA spends on Gay Ski Week is worth the economic benefit the event provides. Since 2008, TMVOA funding for the event has dropped from $130,000 to $66,000. “We’ve been funding the event for the last 10 years, and that’s not typically what TMVOA does,” Pope said. “Our mission is to start events but not to continue to fund events forever. We help them get started and become self-sustaining.” Telluride Tourism Board CEO Michael Martelon said his organization is still in the infancy of being able to track the economic impact of events, but that Gay Ski Week is a big money maker. According to TTB numbers, for the 2013 winter season, Gay Ski Week ranked third in Telluride’s
total taxable sales, behind only New Years and Christmas weeks. “It even inches by the spring break times,” Martelon said. “It is something I would prefer not to lose because I don’t think we can afford to lose anything.” He said the sooner potential attendees know when the dates are, the better off the event will be. “The sooner you can announce, the sooner people are going to book,” Martelon said. McGill said he understands if TMVOA no longer wants to fund the event in the future. Telluride Gay Ski Week will just look for other sources of funding and sponsors, he said. But time is running out to plan the 2015 event, which can’t happen without a contract, he said. “The week we were given was traditionally one of the slowest during ski season,” McGill said. “I think it says a lot that it’s become one of the more vibrant weeks … If it’s not going to be funded, it’s not going to be funded. They just need to make a decision.”
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tions that can be done concurrently with the Planning and Zoning Commission approvals. Wright said the HARC review will require story poles and site walks. With the conceptual approval, the company has 12 months to submit their plans to the town for preliminary approval. He said the plan right now is for the company to donate the transfer warehouse to a nonprofit organization. He said they have seven years to choose an organization before the property reverts to town ownership. However, he added that the town is still negotiating with the company about the number of parking spaces and other things.
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lthough the en- therefore a reduced risk of finanemies of health cial crisis. But what happens if a reform will never crisis occurs anyway? The answer is that, as in 2008, admit it, the Affordable Care Act the government will step in to is looking more and keep the financial system funcmore like a big suc- tioning; nobody wants to take the cess. Costs are coming in below risk of repeating the Great Depredictions, while the number pression. But how do you rescue the of uninsured Americans is dropping fast, especially in states that banking system without rewardhaven’t tried to sabotage the pro- ing bad behavior? In particular, rescues in times of crisis can give gram. Obamacare is working. But what about the adminis- large financial players an untration’s other big push, financial fair advantage: They can borrow reform? The Dodd-Frank reform cheaply in normal times, because bill has, if anything, received even everyone knows that they are “too worse press than Obamacare, de- big to fail” and will be bailed out rided by the right as anti-business if things go wrong. The answer is that the governand by the left as hopelessly inadequate. And like Obamacare, ment should seize troubled instiit’s certainly not the reform you tutions when it bails them out, would have devised in the ab- so that they can be kept running without rewarding stockholders sence of political constraints. But also like Obamacare, finan- or bondholders who don’t need cial reform is working a lot better rescue. In 2008 and 2009, however, it wasn’t clear that than anyone listening to NEW YORK TIMES the news media would PAUL KRUGMAN the Treasury Department had the necesimagine. Let’s talk, in particular, about two important sary legal authority to do that. So pieces of Dodd-Frank: creation of Dodd-Frank filled that gap, giving an agency protecting consumers regulators Ordinary Liquidation from misleading or fraudulent fi- Authority, also known as resolunancial sales pitches, and efforts tion authority, so that in the next crisis we can save “systemically to end “too big to fail.” The decision to create a Con- important” banks and other insumer Financial Protection Bu- stitutions without bailing out the reau shouldn’t have been con- bankers. Bankers, of course, hate this troversial, given what happened during the housing boom. As idea; and Republican leaders like Edward M. Gramlich, a Federal Mitch McConnell tried to help Reserve official who warned pro- their friends with the Orwellian phetically of problems in sub- claim that resolution authority prime lending, asked, “Why are was actually a gift to Wall Street, the most risky loan products sold a form of corporate welfare, beto the least sophisticated borrow- cause it would grease the skids ers?” He went on, “The question for future bailouts. But Wall Street knew better. answers itself — the least sophisticated borrowers are probably As Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt duped into taking these prod- Institute points out, if being laucts.” The need for more protec- beled systemically important were actually corporate welfare, tion was obvious. Of course, that obvious need institutions would welcome the didn’t stop the U.S. Chamber of designation; in fact, they have Commerce, financial industry fought it tooth and nail. And a lobbyists and conservative groups new study from the Government from going all out in an effort to Accountability Office shows that prevent the bureau’s creation or while large banks were able to at least stop it from doing its job, borrow more cheaply than small spending more than $1.3 billion banks before financial reform in the process. Republicans in passed, that advantage has now Congress dutifully served the in- essentially disappeared. To some dustry’s interests, notably by try- extent this may reflect generally ing to prevent President Barack calmer markets, but the study Obama from appointing a perma- nonetheless suggests that reform nent director. And the question has done at least part of what it was whether all that opposition was supposed to do. Did reform go far enough? No. would hobble the new bureau and In particular, while banks are bemake it ineffective. At this point, however, all ac- ing forced to hold more capital, a counts indicate that the bureau is key force for stability, they really in fact doing its job, and well — should be holding much more. well enough to inspire continu- But Wall Street and its allies ing fury among bankers and their wouldn’t be screaming so loudly, political allies. A recent case in and spending so much money point: The bureau is cracking in an effort to gut the law, if it down on billions in excessive weren’t an important step in the right direction. For all its limitaoverdraft fees. Better consumer protection tions, financial reform is a sucmeans fewer bad loans, and cess story.
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ongress is a joke. But and found: the joke isn’t funny “Not counting brief, pro forma — unless, of course, sessions, the House was in sesyou’re into dark hu- sion for 942 hours, an average of mor. about 28 hours each week that it The entire legislative body has conducted business in Washingbeen consumed by kvetching, at ton.” the expense of actual legislating. Tell that to the average AmerAnd the numbers that highlight ican full-time worker busting his this reality are simply atrocious. or her hump working more than According to a Pew Research 1,700 hours a year. And the avCenter report issued Thursday: erage American is laboring for “As of Wednesday the current only a fraction of the $174,000 Congress had enacted 142 laws, most members of Congress bring the fewest of any Congress in home. the past two decades The Senate didn’t CHARLES M. BLOW over an equivalent time NEW YORK TIMES fare much better than span. And only 108 of the House in Peters’ those enactments were substan- analysis: tive pieces of legislation, under “By a similar measure, the our deliberately broad criteria Senate was near its recorded (no post-office renamings, an- lows for days on the floor. Senaniversary commemorations or tors have spent 99 days casting other purely ceremonial laws).” votes this year, close to the rePresident Barack Obama has cent low point for a nonelection felt it necessary to veto only two year in 1991, when there were 95 bills since becoming president. voting days.” That is fewer than any president And yet, as much as the presisince James Garfield in 1881, dent has been criticized for his who vetoed none. But Garfield’s recent fundraising efforts, memterm lasted only 200 days before bers of Congress are making the his death, and he was struck time to do the same. As ABC more than two months earlier by News reported last week: an assassin’s bullets. “Republicans and Democrats Part of the reason for the in Congress are holding at least dearth of vetoes is the dearth of 100 fundraisers in Washington in legislation making it to the pres- the days leading up to the August ident’s desk. And this is in part recess, according to fundraising because of the ever-shrinking lists obtained by ABC News, with periods of time that Congress is senators who aren’t even on the in session. ballot in 2014 holding events.” As a New York Times article Part of the problem with declared in January, “The ‘do Washington is a manifestation of nothing’ Congress is preparing polarization. to do even less.” A June Pew study found that The House of Representatives “Republicans and Democrats are is scheduled to be in session more divided along ideological even fewer days than last year’s lines - and partisan antipathy depressingly low 135 days. That’s is deeper and more extensive right: The House is underper- - than at any point in the last forming even last session’s un- two decades.” And that polarderperformance. In December, ized public is represented by an The New York Times’ Jeremy W. increasingly polarized Congress. Peters crunched the numbers According to the political scien-
tists Christopher Hare, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal, “Congress is now more polarized than at any time since the end of Reconstruction.” The polarization has bastardized the meaning of compromise. The June Pew poll found that the more liberal people were, the more they preferred politicians who compromise, and the more conservative Americans were, the more they preferred politicians who stick to their positions. And yet, a majority of those who were consistently liberal and those who were consistently conservative thought that an ideal compromise was tantamount to their getting more of what they wanted than the other side. There is no longer a real middle. This is not to say that there is some equivalency between left and right when it comes to hostility and intransigence. As I see it, what middle remains has been dragged so far right that it doesn’t feel like a real middle anymore. America in general may be becoming more liberal on a variety of social issues, but there is a strident and forceful push to dial back the clock — or at least prevent it from moving forward - from a new strain of conservative politicians and the people who support them. There is still time for this Congress to get more things done. As Pew pointed out: “Among the past seven Congresses, between 39 percent and 59 percent of all the substantive laws they passed came in the last five months of their respective two-year terms; the average was 49 percent.” But I’m not holding my breath. Legislating is only a hobby for members of this Congress. Their full-time job is raising hell, raising money and lowering the bar of acceptable behavior.
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Backbone and grit required DEAR EDITOR, The transients seem to arrive during Bluegrass. The weed is good and legal. The food in the garbage cans is gourmet. Even the desserts tempt the pallet, although oftentimes mushy and missing the condiments. The wine vintages are, many times, compatible with the garbage fare. The mountainside is your outdoor bathroom. If you are a transient, what is there not to like? As a conservative Republican from the South, we were able to deal with this problem, in much
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the same way Ft. Worth and other major cities have dealt with it. They have sheriffs and other law enforcement agents who provide a free ride to the county line and inform the passenger of the fact that a return to the county or city could lead to unpleasant consequences. Of course, this requires backbone and grit and the support of the community. I am sure our law enforcement has the backbone. However, I doubt that our liberal community has the grit. JON NELSON
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A fund set up by General Motors to pay for deaths and injuries caused by its vehicles with faulty ignitions is accepting claims. The five-month filing period that began Friday is part of the fallout from General Motors’ recall of 2.6 million small cars beginning in February. That recall forced General Motors Corp. to acknowledge it knew about the defective switches for more than a decade and triggered a sweeping safety review that has resulted in a series of additional recalls. About 29 GM vehicles have been recalled this year. Drivers, passengers and pedestrians killed or hurt by one of the defective GM vehicles can file a claim through Dec. 31.
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HARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) — With its sweet fruit-flavored liqueurs, a working farm and eccentric cast of characters— including a dancing lemon — Bloomery Plantation Distillery has attracted tourists from every U.S. state and countries as far away as Laos and Iceland. The West Virginia minidistillery is part of a growing agriculture tourism trend that advocates say can help revive struggling rural economies. Ag tourism refers to working farm enterprises geared to visitors, encompassing farm stands, pumpkin patches, barn dances, zip-line rides, pick-your-own berries, corn mazes and even weddings. Farms engaging in ag tourism generated roughly $700 million in 2012 — a 24 percent increase over five years, according to the most recent U.S. Agriculture Department statistics. But that’s still a sliver compared to some other, more traditional forms of tourism; for example, visitors to national parks spent about $14.6 billion in communities within 60 miles last year. Ag tourism is one of agriculture’s fasting growing sectors, said Kelly Smith, marketing and commodities director at the Mis-
souri Farm Bureau. The bureau and the state Department of Agriculture recently hosted an ag tourism conference in Kansas City, where there was particular interest in weddings on farms and farm-to-table dinners, where food grown by a farmer is served at a meal on the farmer’s property. “Many farmers are looking to add revenue streams to their farms,” Smith said. Last month, the Appalachian Regional Commission, a federal agency charged with promoting economic development in that area, launched a map and guide of nearly 300 farmers markets, vineyards, farm-to-fork restaurants and other destinations in an effort to boost the industry. The map and guide were published in Food Traveler Magazine and online. “Local food systems are growing throughout Appalachia, and their growth is making important economic contributions in rural communities,” said Earl F. Gohl, who co-chairs the commission along with West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. Linda Losey, who had never owned a farm before, started Bloomery Plantation Distillery in 2011 after deciding to try her hand at making limoncello, an Italian lemon liqueur.
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EW YORK (AP) — WalMart, in its latest bid to compete with nemesis Amazon.com, is rebuilding its website to further personalize the online shopping experience of each customer. Wal-Mart is rolling out a feature that will enable its website to show shoppers more products that they may like, based on previous purchases. It will also customize Wal-Mart’s home page for each shopper based on the customer’s location, local weather and the customer’s search and purchase history. So if a new mom just bought a stroller or crib on Walmart.com, the revamped website might recommend diapers and car seats, too. And if someone who lives in Dallas searches the website for sports jerseys, Walmart.com could suggest Rangers or Dallas Cowboy gear. The increased personalization is part of a series of changes to improve the online shopping experience of its customers that are rolling out now and over the
next few months. The retailer is looking to boost its business online at a time when its U.S. discount division has seen disappointing sales. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s ecommerce sales increased by 30 percent to over $10 billion in its fiscal year that ended Jan. 31. By comparison, Wal-Mart’s U.S. discount division has had five straight quarters of sales declines at stores opened at least a year. Wal-Mart sees big growth opportunity in the online business: Online sales still are only a fraction of the $473 billion WalMart generated in overall annual revenue, dwarfed by Amazon’s $60.9 billion in annual sales. The move to personalize websites for shoppers has become a top priority for traditional brickand-mortar retailers like WalMart as they play catch up with Amazon.com, the online king that pioneered customizing content for shoppers. Retailers increasingly are trying to use their reams of customer data they get from mobile devices and computers to personalize their websites and ultimately, boost sales.
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Not so golden: Wealth gap lasting into retirement
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illiam Kistler views retirement like someone tied to the tracks and watching a train coming. It’s looming and threatening, but there’s little he can do. Kistler, a 63-year-old resident of Golden, Colo., has been unable to build up a nest egg for himself and his wife with his modest salary at a nonprofit. He has saved little in a 401(k) over the past decade, after spending most of his working life self-employed. That puts him far behind many wealthier Americans approaching retirement. “There is not enough to retire with,” he said. “It’s completely frightening, to tell you the truth. And I, like a lot of people, try not to think about it too much, which is actually a problem.” With traditional pensions becoming rarer in the private sector, and lower-paid workers less likely to have access to an employer-provided retirement plan, there is a growing gulf in the retirement savings of the wealthy and people with lower incomes. That, experts say, could exacerbate an already widening wealth gap across America, as more
than 70 million baby boomers head into retirement — many of them with skimpy reserves. Because retirement savings are ever more closely tied to income, the widening gulf between the rich and those with less promises to continue — and perhaps worsen — after workers reach retirement age. That is likely to put pressure on government services and lead even more Americans to work well into what is supposed to be their golden years. Increasingly, financial security for retirees reflects how much they have accumulated during their working career — things like 401(k) accounts, other savings and home equity. Highly educated, dual income couples tend to do better under this system. The future looks bleaker for people with less education, lower incomes or health issues, as well as for single parents, said Karen Smith, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. “We do find rising inequality,” said Smith, who added that it’s a problem if those at the top are seeing disproportionate gains from economic growth. Incomes for the highest-
earning 1 percent of Americans soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012, after adjusting for inflation, according to data compiled by Emmanuel Saez, an economist at University of California, Berkeley. For everyone else, it inched up an average of 0.4 percent. Researchers at the liberal Economic Policy Institute say households in the top fifth of income saw median retirement savings increase from $45,539 in 1989 to $160,000 in 2010 in inflation-adjusted dollars. For households in the bottom fifth, median retirement savings were down from $8,433 in 1989 to $8,000 in 2010, adjusted for inflation. The calculations did not include households without retirement savings. Employment Benefit Research Institute research director Jack VanDerhei found that in households where annual income is less than $25,000, nine in 10 saved less than $10,000, up slightly from 2009. For households with six-figure incomes, 42 percent saved at least $250,000, up from 34 percent five years earlier.
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241 Quakey Lane, Ski Ranches This timberframe and barnwood home in Ski Ranches is situated on one of the best lots in the area -- a large, aspen-filled parcel offering panoramic views of Telluride’s iconic mountains from almost every room. Well placed windows allow plenty of natural light to filter throughout the home. Antique oak floors along with solid pine doors, alder cabinetry, antique barnwood siding and trim, and dry stack stone masonry create an ideal farmhouse-style compound. There’s also a horse corral to round out the vibe. One section of the home serves as a fun bunk room for kids or guests. The lower level family room spills out to a walkout flagstone patio with sunken hot tub. Very private setting with seemingly endless views of mesas, meadows and mountains. Five minutes to skiing & the Mountain Village.
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ISBON, Portugal (AP) — A new Portuguese bank appeared Monday, born from the ruins of a collapsed business empire, and declared on its website that it was now “stronger and safer.” Investors rattled by the eurozone’s latest financial drama will, however, need more reassurances. Portugal’s biggest banking scandal, which compelled authorities Sunday to put up 4.9 billion euros ($6.6 billion) to prevent the collapse of ailing Banco Espirito Santo, raised questions about how regulators were apparently hoodwinked. It will also focus minds on the European Union’s year-long health check on the banking sector, whose results are due in October. The debt crisis that in recent years battered countries sharing the euro currency, forcing countries such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal to request bailouts, has ebbed in recent months. Investors remain wary, though. They fear more nasty surprises could be around the corner, and the scandal surrounding Banco Espirito Santo’s huge unreported debts is fueling those concerns. Barclays analysts predicted investors will “remain guarded about risks which could stem from latent problems in the (Portuguese) financial system.”
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Telluride Alpine Lodging is seeing a maintenance/runner to do light maintenance and assist guests. Must have valid Colorado drivers license and good driving record. Send resume to sara@telluride.com or fill out an application at our main street office. Maintenance Supervisor - ASAP
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POWER PLANT UTILITY WORKER Tri-State is a consumer owned non-profit wholesale supplier of electric power. Position is located at the Nucla Station, Nucla, CO. Position involves various duties including, but are not limited to, cleaning, general labor, using a PC, assisting technical craftspeople, and running errands. To apply go to www.tristategt.org then click on the Careers link. EOE - M/F/D/V
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Apply in person. Must be experienced EOE M/F/D/V 221 needs an energetic prep cook for 3 nights a week. Must be able to read recipes and work well with others. Call 970-708-0553 for an interview. The Hotel Columbia is looking for a full-time, Front Desk Representative to provide extraordinary customer service 4 days a week from 3-11pm. Individuals must be professional, hard working, positive, upbeat and deliver total guest satisfaction. Benefits and ski pass provided. Position to start immediately. Please email resume to rachel@columbiatelluride.com Telluride Thrift Shop Sales Associate: Second Chance Humane Society is seeking Sales Associates for its new Telluride Thrift Shop location. Full or Part Time. Service oriented with retail sales experience desired. Competitive pay and fun, fast-paced environment (must like “stuff”!) for a great cause! Applications available on-line at adoptmountainpets.org. Email applications to: thriftshop@adoptmountainpets.org. TIMBERLINE ACE HARDWARE is hiring FT/YR Cashier/Sales Associate Retail/Hardware experience preferred Inquire at the store for an application. 970-728-3640
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. 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 SPIRITS AT MOUNTAIN VILLAGE (Located in The Market at Mountain Village) is hiring a FTYR: Liquor Store Manager We are in search of an outgoing, friendly person with a passion for customer service. Strong knowledge about wine, beer, & liquor necessary REQUIREMENTS: Hard Working, Well Groomed, Legal Working Status, Flexible Schedule, Great Customer Service Skills, Attention to Details, 21 or over. APPLY IN PERSON and ask for Brian or Dave.
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Andrew Ward Furniture Maker is accepting applications for an enthusiastic shop apprentice. Part time to start with possibility of full time. Must be passionate about craft. Send cover letter and resume to andy@awfurnituremaker.com
<073114_MTNFILM_LOGO> Mountainfilm’s executive director is retiring. Qualified candidates for the opening may send a letter of interest, resume, references and favorite Mountainfilm moment to board president Beth Gage at baggage@rmi.net. Only applicants who have directly experienced the festival should apply. Ideal candidate will have successful experience working with donors, grantors and sponsors, managing staff, budgeting, strategic planning and marketing. Application deadline is August 22nd. <REVERSE> Education Education startup startup seeking seeking talented talented writer writer and and logical logical thinker. thinker. Stimulating Stimulating work work with with high high ceiling. ceiling. Initially Initially part part time. time. Resume Resume to to thomas@nexuslsat.com. thomas@nexuslsat.com.
Telluride Rentals is looking for a FT/YR Administrative Assistant. Must be organized, detail oriented and motivated. Pay based on level of experience. Please email interest to natalie@telluride-rentals.com to set up an interview.
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Honest, reliable help wanted at Backcountry Inn. Housekeeping, and reservations. Computer skills necessary. Now thru mid November. Apply in person. HENSEN CONTSTRUCTION Now Hiring experienced, hard working employees to start immediately: PROJECT MANAGER PROJECT SUPERINTENDENT CARPENTERS & LABORERS Send resume & references to: hensen0056@hotmail.com
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The Telluride School District is Hiring for the Following: Special Education Paraprofessionals: Full-time positions for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-8 and 9-12.
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- PT Housekeeping turndown - FT Concierge Email bafman@lumieretelluride.com KOTO Ski Swap Coordinator previous ski swap, event planning experience. Efficient, independent worker. Contractual position pay DOE resumes only dina@koto.org One Architects is accepting applications for an enthusiastic draftsperson with strong presentation/graphics abilities. Architectural degree + CAD experience required (archicad experience preferred). Send information to: info@onearchitects.com
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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.
Substitute Teachers: are needed for our academic team for all grade levels.
The New Sheridan Hotel, the most famous hotel in Telluride, is currently accepting applications for the following day and night time positions:
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221 South Oak is seeking professional, experienced servers to join our team. Flexible availability preferred. Email resume: j.baade@gmail.com or drop it by 221.
Smuggler’s is Hiring for : Managers Bartenders Servers Please email resume to Josh Klein @ josh_klein@rocketmail.com
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Chop House AM Busser Chop House PM Line Cook Historic Bar Door Person Chop House PM Food Runner
The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office, outside Telluride, Colorado, is accepting resumes for the dual position of Correctional .
Applicants must apply in person and commit until mid October. Experienced only. References required. Apply in person at 231 West Colorado Av
This is a great opportunity for a career-minded individual. The applicant must possess good typing skills, be able to multi-task, have good written and verbal skills and interact well with the public. Shift work, weekends, and holidays are required. Applicants must successfully pass a background check. Starting salary is $42,168 annualized. EOE, generous benefit package available after 30 days. Send a letter of intent and a resume via email to lindag@sanmiguelcounty.org or fax to 970-728-6347.
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Telluride Bottle Works is looking for a FT/PT EMPLOYEE Wine, spirit, and beer knowledge a plus. Please stop by to pick up an application or to drop off a resume
Now Hiring: FTYR Housekeeping Supervisor Bi-lingual a must! Full Benefits Come be a part of the #1 hotel team in Telluride! Please apply online at www.worktoski.com or to employment@tellurideskiresort.com EOE SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE! PCM is hiring dependable LPNs & RNs for in-home care in Nucla & Naturita, CO. LPN $25/hr, RN $32/hr, Call 866.902.7187 Ext. 350 or apply at www. procasemanagement.com/careers EOE. La Marmotte seeking qualified Lead Cooks/Chefs. Competitive wages based on experience. Apply in person at 150 West San Juan Telluride 18-Temporary Snow Shovelers 11/28/14-3/31/15. All applicants must be able willing, qualified to perform work described in this JO/ Ad and must be available for the entire period specified. OJT. Work site(s) in San Miguel County, CO begin Telluride. Transport provided designated locale to jobsite. Possible daily/weekly Hrs: 6a-3:30p; 35hr/wk up to possibly 60hr/wk. $14.26/hr up to possible $18/hr OT $21.39/hr up to possible $27/hr. Possibility of bonus for successful season completion full contract period, DOE. Hrs are: Snow/weather dependent; hrs may fluctuate (+/-), possible downtime/OT. Employer to comply w/applicable Federal, State, local laws pertaining to OT. Extreme cold temps, winter weather conditions. Perform physical activities such as climb, lift, balance, walk, stoop, handle, lift, push snow/ materials. Ability to bend, stretch, twist, exert max muscle force up to 70 lbs (possibly 2-persons) from walks, drives, roofs, parking lots, etc., spread salt/deice & other snow removal activities as per 37-3011 as per onetonline.org. Tools provided at no cost to worker: may use mechanized snow removal equip. Use-repair-maintain equip. loss due to neglect, undue damage, theft, disappearance: deducted from employees pay. Attn to detail: complete tasks. San Miguel County averages 300+ inches of snowfall annually. DRUG, ALCOHOL FREE WORK PLACE. Reqd to show proof of legal authority to work in U.S. Send resume/application with contact info Telluride Gardens & Maintenance by Fax: 970-327-0332 or Email: michelle@sherrygroup.net 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.
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San Miguel County Building Official Starting Pay: $5,619 $6,679/month DOE Full-time position inc. benefits pkg. Closing date: 8/8/2014 Supervises and performs professional plan reviews, application approvals, inspections and manages department to maintain a high standard of County building construction. Interprets building requirements and restrictions, performs and coordinates zoning inspections and enforces local zoning regulations. Develops and administers the building department’s budget. Two to four years of education from an accredited college/ university in construction, civil engineering, or a related field. Three to five years’ experience in professional-level building inspection or construction. Certifications as a Building Inspector and Plans Examiner from the ICC. Two to four years supervisory experience and must possess or be able to obtain a Colorado Driver’s License. Submit employment application and resume via email to HR@sanmiguelcounty.org or to SMC Attn: HR at P.O. Box 1170, Telluride CO 81435. Employment applications available at www.sanmiguelcounty.org. EOE
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2014 Rental Bike SALE USED BIKES FROM ROCKY MTN, KONA , TREK, PIVOT, IBIS, YETI & NINER When in Moab come into PSB & ask about the new trails.
Phenomenal Real Estate office space available for lease in the lobby of the Mountain Lodge, one of the busiest hotels/resorts in the Telluride region. (22,000 room nights a year, open year round since 1999, an average of 60,000 visitors per year, over $15 million in real estate sales.) Lawson Hill Rio Vista Commercial space 440sf. riovistaswm@gmail.com 970-708-1919
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Two quiet, respectful, professional women with year-round, full-time jobs and an old dog looking for a long-term, two-bedroom rental. Preferably in town, starting Aug. 1-Oct. 1. Have lived in town for years. Great local references. 970-769-4231.
Furniture Designers / Decorators: Berman Rossetti furniture: Armoire with exquisitely unique design 42’ glass table for dining or as side table Beautiful red cashmere covered chair
Vacation Rentals
Tables, lamps, wood screen, Gently used, Great Pricing!! 970-729-0760
Christmas In Telluride Beautiful 4bed/3.5bath home in Aldasoro. Possible car rental available December 20th- January 3rd. nancitelluride@gmail.com
Motorcycles
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1989 Harley Davidson Soft Tail Springer $7500/obo 1999 Harley Davidson Road King $10000/obo Both bikes have too many extras to list!! Call 970-708-2134
For Rent Residential LONG TERM Mountain Village 4Bdrm, 3Bth, Fairway Four Townhouse, end unit #1, on the golf course, great views, parking, W/D, walking distance to lift #1 &10. $2,500/mth, August 1st. Call (970) 275 8795 or annie@telluridecolorado.net
Yard Sales DEER Home Consignments Antiques & Art has moved: 123 Oak Street NOW OPEN!! Judy 970-948-7997 seeking fresh consignments
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5 BR, 3.5 Baths, Log Home, Hood Park, Long Term rental. Easy ski access. Furnished, non smoking. Pets negotiable.$8000/month. www.obgynconsulting.com Village Court Apartments; 1 bedroom apartments available, 525 sqft, laundry facility on site, ski-in/ ski-out access, 6 and 12 months lease only. For more information please contact Raul at 970-369-8232
Please stop by the Mountain Lodge to complete an application or send resume to kbond@mountainlodgetelluride. com
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Sunny Side Guest House 1bed/1bath, new skylights, furnished, w/d, garden, new floors. 1 block to Courthouse. No Dogs/Smoking. $1375mo 970-497-6458
Why Rent When You Can Own in Downtown Telluride? 373 E Main Street # 2 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 2 Parking Spaces, Great Location near town park. Newly remodeled, Asking $403,000 Call Jim Nerlin, Broker/Owner Telluride Real Estate Corp 970-729-1444
Why Rent When You Can Own? One Bedroom Eider Creek Condo Move-in Ready Asking $150,000 Call: Jim Nerlin, Broker Telluride Real Estate Corp. 970-729-1444 3BR, 2BA Hillside Lane house. W/D, D/W, Steam, Deck, Sunroom, Tennis, more. Unfurnished. Available Sept. 1. $2,350/mo. Pets possible. Tridemtnr@telluridecolorado.net
Buying A New Place? Don’t forget Homeowners Insurance! Contact CoWest Insurance Telluride (970)-728-9618 WE KNOW INSURANCE
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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 NICE 3Bed/2 1/2Bath CONDO 2 Master Suites with own bathrooms. Newly Remodeled with water, internet and cable included!! Serious inquires only. $3250 per month 729-0854
Upgraded, corner three bedroom, three bath Fairway Four condo. Nice views, custom floors, built ins. Walk to skiing & shuttle. $355,000. Mortgage = $1356/month with 20% down at 4% 30-year fixed. Call Mike Shimkonis at Telluride Properties. 970.708.2157 FSBO/385K Seasonal rental 2bed/2bath, Condo in Meadows, PetsOK, low utilities, garage NON DEED RESTRICTED www.rockymtnrentalretreats.com 800.894.9086 970.708.7759 OR TEXT Newer 3 bed 2 bath. Great home in Norwood.$149,900.Move quick. Norwood Real Estate. greager22@gmail.com 970-428-2210.
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In Town furnished sleeping room, private entrance and bath. $600 mo includes utilities, internet, cable. No pets/smoking. Minimum 6 mo lease, 1st, last, security deposit. 708-1149.
117 acres.$149,000. Borders BLM. Fenced. Pond. Irrigation ditch runs thru it. 220 VAC power. Unbeatable price. Norwood Real Estate greager22@gmail.com 970-428-2210
Down Valley Long Term
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Down Valley 4 bedroom 2 bath office w/d exercise room. furnished or unfurnished. 1600sf heated garage/shop. Easily accessed location. 970-729-0327
Norwood Restaurant. 2500 sq.ft. 7/8 of an acre parking. Well established. Fire Sale $219,000. Norwood Real Estate (970) 428-2210 greager22@gmail.com
Ski Ranches / Ophir 5 BR/ 5BA 15 minutes from town. 2 Masters, 2 living areas, 2 car garage. Must See. $2500/mo 970-209-8360
Contractors/Engineers
Norwood Longterm
457 Mountain Village Blvd Mountain Village, CO 81435 970-369-6020
1500 sq ft sunny open style apartment on 160 acres bordering Natl. Forest. 6 mi. from Norwood. W/D, two big porches, privacy $975 No Pets 970-708-0102/970-389-7039
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.
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<MTN BUILDERS-LOGO> MARK CARLSON - General Contractor Building Locally Since 1979 ICC Certified New Construction & Renovations (970) 728-4947 telluridemountainbuilders.com
Commercial Rentals ILIUM INDUSTRIAL PARK OFFICE SPACE month to month leases available $525/mo Call Telecam @ (970) 728-4445
Automobiles 1985 Jeep Grand Wagoneer restored to like new by Wagonmaster. com 66,606 miles hunter green & woodgrain, text “CAR” to 318-208-1444
Business Opportunities Telluride Festivarian Magazine for sale, incl. equip/inventory/training. Call Eli 970-239-0770.
PRIME MOUNTAIN VILLAGE CORE LOCATION CENTRUM BUILDING. Office and Retail space Available Immediately. George Harvey 970-729-0111 Telluride Main Street Retail: 381sf Sidewalk Glass; 589sf 2 rooms Offices: 541sf 3 rooms, ski views; 238sf corner windows 970-728-3313 2nd Floor Office space for lease in the Willow Building (east of Jagged Edge), up to 1700sf, NNN included. Mike, 970.708.2157
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COTTONWOOD CREEK ESTATES 4 BEDROOM/2 BATH HOME @ AN AFFORDABLE PRICE OF ONLY $799 A MONTH! cottonwoodcreekestateshomes.com TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM TELLURIDE! CALL NOW AND GET FIRST MONTH FREE!! 970-327-4814
Telluride Long Term Ski-In/Ski-Out Condos in Town, 1 and 2 bedrooms, heated parking, deed restricted, starting at $1,334/mo includes utilities. 970-728-5280
Hawk Ridge Community of Telluride Pines Hastings’ Mesa, 5.3A 2BR 1B, Private End Lot. $395K or $1650 mo / 1 yr VRTOUR! PET FRIENDLY! web:drrick.com/pines contact@drrick.com 970-728-2041 Mountain Lodge Deluxe Condo— FSBO—2BD, 2.5BA-fireplace, balcony; 1120 sq. ft.; swimming pool; hot tub; rental income-$499,000 E-Mail: telden760@gmail.com Free Market, 3 bedroom, 2100+ sf log cabin, Newly renovated, 15 minutes to Telluride. Anyone can own/occupy. $365,000!!! Call Aric Maloy at 970-729-3400
Pet Care Dog training lessons on Thursday evenings in Placerville begin on August 21st. $95 for 6 weekly sessions. Contact Carrie or Destanie at 327-0302 or 596-1136
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Calendar The Telluride Daily Planet accepts local calendar items via e-mail at calendar@ telluridedailyplanet.com. Please, no phone calls. Events may take several days to appear in the published events calendar and may not run each day due to space considerations.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WOMEN’S MEETING: 5:30 p.m., Alpine Chapel, 122 S. Aspen
TUESDAY, AUG. 5:
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETING: 7 a.m., Christ Presbyterian, 434 W. Columbia
MASIRERA AND BAGUES TRUNK SHOW: Aug. 7, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Lustre Gallery
PRENATAL YOGA: 9-10 a.m., Wilkinson Public Library, with Regan Tuttle
HISTORIC WALKING TOUR: Aug. 7, 1 p.m., Telluride Historical Museum, with Ashley Boling, $15 for non-members, $10 for members
PINHEAD PUNK SCIENCE: 5:15-6 p.m., high school cafeteria GROUP ROAD BIKE RIDE: 5:30 p.m., meet at Box Canyon Bicycles SWIM LIKE A MERMAID, SPEW LIKE A PUMP, CHEW LIKE A DISPOSAL: 6-7:15 p.m., Telluride Conference Center, TSRC Town Talk TALKING GOURDS POETRY CLUB: 8 p.m., Arroyo, with North Fork poets Tara Miller and Jane McGarry MOVIE: “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (PG) 5:30 p.m., “Begin Again” (R) 7:45 p.m., Nugget Theatre
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6: YOGA WITH CORY: 8:30-9:45 a.m., Wilkinson Public Library HEART HEALTH SCREENING: 10:15 a.m.-5 p.m., Wilkinson Public Library, screenings of cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, with Tri-County Health Network
MOVIE: “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (PG) 5:30 p.m., “Begin Again” (R) 7:45 p.m., Nugget Theatre
BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAWNA HARTLEY: Aug. 7, 5-7 p.m., Between the Covers bookstore ROBOTS: Aug. 7, 5-8 p.m., Gallery 81435, exhibit by Dave Pressler
HOROSCOPE
CANCER (June 22 - July 23): Your mind will expand in understanding and you will know in a flash what it is you have to do. After that it is up to you: you can accept the challenge and be special, or you can reject it and be mediocre like so many others.
By SALLY BROMPTON www.sallybrompton.com BIRTHDAY TUESDAY: By all means look back over the past 12 months and learn from your mistakes, but having done so turn your back on all the negatives and look forward to a positive future. Treat each new day as a new beginning – because that’s exactly what it is.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21): You have never been a slave to your desires, so why are you acting as if you have no choice in what you are expected to do? The fact is you always have a choice and to claim otherwise is simply not right. Take responsibility. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21): If you look for the best you will surely find it, but if you look for the worst you will find that too. Everything, and everyone, has a light side and a dark side. Make it your aim to encourage the light side today.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21): With the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter all moving through one of the most positive areas of your chart at the moment you can and you must do something out of the ordinary. Whatever you do it will be a huge success, so what are you waiting for? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20): You are more likely to find answers to your problems if you get creative and look in areas you tend to neglect. You also need to get some input from loved ones and relatives. You don’t have to do it all on your own.
VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23): There may be an element of risk in what you are planning to do but that won’t worry you. On the contrary, it will add to the excitement and make success all the more enjoyable. The closer you are to the edge the more alive you feel.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19): Fate will point you in a new direction over the next few days and if you are wise you will go with the flow. There is no need to worry because the powers that be are looking over you and will always protect you.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23): Do something out of the ordinary today, something others would not expect of you. If your instincts tell you to go for something you must not hesitate for even a moment. There is glory at stake and you must not let it pass you by.
PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20): Be positive and believe in yourself – then act decisively. The current cosmic picture makes it easy for you to boost both your status and your earning power, but it won’t just happen as if by magic – the effort must come from you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22): Authority figures will be impressed by your ability not only to get things done but to
PICNIC AND CONCERT: Aug. 7, 5 p.m., Town Park, free, Chamber Music Festival
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get along with a wide range of people while doing it. You will make difficult tasks looks easy – and make yourself look good – over the next 24 hours.
LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23): Today’s cosmic influences will help you to view the world with eyes that see deeper and farther than most other people. What you discover will astound and delight you. The world is not only a beautiful place, it has meaning too.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20): The Sun in Leo will give you a huge boost today. Even if you are one of those rare Aries who tend to see the glass as half empty rather than half full you will be positive in everything you do over the next 24 hours.
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ART WALK: Aug. 7, 5-8 p.m., galleries, studios and venues around town TELLURIDE OUTLAW EXHIBIT: Aug. 7, 5-8 p.m., Stronghouse FIRESIDE CHATS: ROSIE THE RIVETER: Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m., Hotel Madeline, with the Telluride Historical Museum
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m., Alpine Chapel, 122 S. Aspen St. AFGHANISTAN: WILL CALM OR CHAOS PREVAIL: Aug. 7, 6 p.m., Wilkinson Public Library, presented by Azim Salehi
MARKET ON THE PLAZA: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Mountain Village
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETING: Aug. 8, 7 a.m., Christ Presbyterian, 434 W. Columbia Ave.
YOGA WITH SUZ: 12:15-1:30 p.m., Wilkinson Public Library
YOGA WITH ANDREA: Aug. 8, 8:30-10 a.m., Wilkinson Public Library
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GOLDEN HOUR FLY FISHING TOURNAMENT Trout Unlimited Fundraiser for the San Miguel River
Presented by Angler Inn & Telluride Fly Fishers Call 970-728-5580 to Register
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE: LYNN JOHNSTON
SATURDAY, AUG 23RD 22332 HWY 145 PLACERVILLE, CO 81430 (970) 728-5580 WWW.THEANGLERINN.COM TUES - SAT 11:30AM - 9PM • SUN 9AM - 9PM (BRUNCH ‘TIL 2PM)
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“The Past, Present and Future of the Pandora Mill:
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The County Historical Commission is hosting a slideshow and community discussion entitled “Past, Present and Future of the Pandora Mill: What Comes Next?” th
Thursday – August 7 Sheridan Opera House Beginning at 5:30pm Please fill out a brief questionnaire on the topic of Pandora Mill preservation. This is available on the county website under the Open Space Department tab or on our Facebook page.
Call or email Linda Luther for more information: lindal@sanmiguelcounty.org
970 – 369-5469
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back. Telluride-area tour companies and drivers are some of the most experienced in the world, offering decades of expertise and experience to create a safe vacation experience. One of the area’s most famous mining towns, the ghost town of Tomboy, is now a popular off-road route. The route takes riders to the old town of Tomboy, which was once a bustling community at the center of the Rocky Mountain gold rush. Back in the day, it was larger than the Town of Telluride is today. Tomboy Road starts from the center of downtown Telluride and climbs to Imogene Pass at 13,114 feet. “Our half-day trip to Imogene Pass and the Tomboy ghost town is our single most popular tour,” said John Duncan, owner of Telluride Outside. Tomboy Road is an intermediate road, a little bumpy, but not as tricky as Black Bear Pass or other advanced routes and is well-suited for everyone from kids to seniors. “The tour to the old town of Tomboy provides an unparalleled opportunity to experience Telluride’s fabulous high country while learning the history of one of the world’s most famous and notorious gold rush towns,” Duncan said. Before embarking on the tour, read “Tomboy Bride: A Woman’s Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the West,” by Harriot Fish Backus, who recounts living at the Tomboy Mine at the turn of the century. The book is available at Between the Covers bookstore on Colorado Avenue or at the Telluride Historical Museum. Fish Backus lived in the area with her husband George and delivered her children at the Telluride Hospital. “Everyone, even locals like to take tours into the high country,” said Herb Manning, owner of Tel-
luride Off Road Adventures. “It’s a great way to get away from the hustle and bustle of town, into the cool air of the high mountain basins.” Grab your camera, hat and sunscreen to explore the area’s other thrilling trails with local tour guides or on your own. OPHIR PASS AND THE GHOST TOWN OF ALTA Ophir Pass is one of the first trails to open in the early season. It’s well-suited to less experienced off-road travelers and those seeking the beauty of the high country in a shorter time frame. Ophir pass doesn’t ascend to the same heights as Black Bear Pass or Imogene Pass, but early season travelers out of Ophir will get to experience walls of snow 12-15 feet high. Tours on Ophir Pass include a visit to the old town of Alta; a 4-mile excursion to one of the best-preserved ghost towns in Colorado. During the gold rush, Alta became one of the first towns in the world to utilize alternating current electricity. “Alta at sunset is our second most popular tour after our Tomboy Imogene Pass Tour and my personal favorite,” said Dave Biser, owner of Dave’s Mountain Tours. Dave’s Mountain Tours uses Styre/Puch Pinzgauers, surplus Swiss military troop transport vehicles, offering high clearance and stability. Clay Greathouse has been driving folks through the San Juan Mountains for more than 28 years, 18 of those with Dave’s Mountain Tours. His tours are fun and entertaining and filled with knowledgeable tidbits about the area’s vast history. BLACK BEAR PASS Black Bear Pass is a popular, thrilling, intense and whiteknuckle drive that offers a 10 out of 10 as far as excitement goes.
The rough road is for experienced drivers and riders with a strong stomach. This route offers some of the best wildflower viewing in the area. Ouray-based San Juan Jeep Tours is the oldest tour company in the area. They started running tours through the San Juan Mountains in 1959, not long after the first Jeeps came off the assembly line. Their most experienced driver, Wild Bill has driven Black Bear Pass more than 2,000 times. Gregg Pieper the owner of San Juan Jeep Tours was on the crew that helped build Black Bear Pass in 1959. In addition to Black Bear Pass, San Juan Jeep Tours also offers trips to old ghost towns near Silverton and Lake City for those seeking more adventure outside of the Telluride area. BRIDAL VEIL FALLS Black Bear Pass descends down toward Telluride, past Bridal Veil Falls, the tallest freefalling waterfall in Colorado, dropping an awe-inspiring 365 feet. “I love Black Bear Pass. I’ve personally driven Black Bear hundreds of times in my career as a tour guide,” Manning said. “It’s a really beautiful loop that stops at Bridal Veil Falls.” Whether you have all day or just a few hours, there’s a tour that meets your vacation needs in the area. “We do a lot of custom tours for people in our Styre/Puch Pinzgauers, the same vehicles made in Switzerland to navigate the Alps,” Manning said. “We go off-menu and cater the tour to what people are looking for. If you don’t have the time, we offer a short tour to the area’s waterfalls, including Bridal Veil, Ingram and the waterfalls on Tomboy Road.”
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on six dorm rooms. Twenty-one cadets were expelled and five resigned, but it’s not known how many were athletes. No one was prosecuted as a direct result of the 2011 party, but it prompted an investigation of 32 cadets for alleged misconduct. Johnson said three cadets were court-martialed, convicted and expelled — two football players and a female basketball player. Five other athletes received administrative punishment that resulted in expulsion, and six cadets resigned. Three other cadets were expelled for what was described as
unrelated misconduct. Johnson said the alleged drug use and sexual misconduct “obviously is unacceptable.” She also said academic standards have been raised for the academy’s preparatory school, which helps athletes and other potential cadets meet the institution’s admission requirements. Mueh acknowledged that some Air Force athletes convicted of crimes or found culpable for other violations never should have been recruited. “Obviously, we shouldn’t have brought any of them in — in hindsight,” he said. Mueh and head football coach Troy Calhoun said the school is
now focusing more on the character of potential recruits, interviewing teachers, school janitors, parents and neighbors. Coaches have been told if they ignore a recruit’s problems or an athlete’s misconduct, they will be fired, Calhoun said. “If you’re an enabler in any way, if you’re tolerating — that’s out of line,” he said. “You’re not going to work here.” Johnson said that after she became superintendent in August 2013, she noticed some cadets were more loyal to teams, cliques or friends than they were to the school’s honor code.
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“He had some really good movement and kept pitches in the strike zone,” Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon said. “He was able to mix them up pretty well.”
Weiss added: “He had very good command and pitched to the edge of the plate. That’s why he’s having a good year.” Colorado scored three in the ninth off of reliever Patrick Mc-
Coy. Drew Stubbs singled in a run, Wilin Rosario doubled one in and Blackmon brought in the final tally with a groundout.
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ALTIMORE (AP) — Sitting on the deck at his beloved Meadowbrook, Michael Phelps glances toward the pool where he was once afraid to put his face in the water. “This is me,” he said, a slight smile curling off his lips. “This is home.” This is where Phelps put in most of the work to become the most decorated athlete in Olympic history. This is where he’s looking to add to that legacy after an aborted retirement, his eyes firmly on the Rio Games two years away. And as the world’s greatest swimmer takes his comeback to its biggest stop yet — this week’s U.S. national championships in Irvine, California — it’s important for him to remember where he came from. Why? Because for all the hoopla over LeBron James returning to Cleveland, there’s no bigger homebody than Phelps. He still trains at the pool where he learned to swim, a nondescript building in Baltimore’s
inner suburbs, right in the middle of the Jones Falls flood plain. Drive past the shuttered ice rink with weeds growing up at the edges and there it is, a rectangular cube of gray concrete blocks. Inside, kids do cannonballs off the side of the pool, teenagers sun on the faux beach with umbrellas stuck in the sand, geriatrics glide slowly through the water looking to ward off the advancing years. In the middle of this scene out of Anywhere USA, there’s Phelps and his star-studded training group, an impressive collection of gold medalists, world champions and national record holders. “It’s funny,” said his longtime coach, Bob Bowman. “When I come out here and see kids playing around, that’s just what Michael did every day when he was a little kid. When I first met him, he was just playing around in the pool, playing games with his friends.” As they wrapped up preparations for the national championships, Phelps and Bowman shared an exclusive look at what goes on behind the scenes with The Associated Press.
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Birthdays Aug. 5: Tina DeYesso, Ian Evans, Suzanne Goller, Amy Guinn, Carrie Hansen, Mike Harold, Michael Ketcham, Janet King, Paul Kolachov, Jon Langstaff, Drew Ludwig, Elizabeth McCormick, Mishke, Marla Moews, Lynn Patterson, Doug Seitsinger. If you’d like any additions, deletions or corrections to the birthday list, please contact Bobbie at bobbies@ telluridecolorado.net. Ages 18 and over please.
Join North Fork poets Tara Miller and Jane McGarry for the Talking Gourds Poetry Club on Tuesday night. The event is at 8 p.m. at Arroyo. Bring some poetry — original or not — to share. August’s theme is “With what sense do you see?” Want to explore the road biking around Telluride? Join Narcis Tudor and other cyclists for a group road ride on Tuesday. The ride meets at Box Canyon Bicycles at 5:30 p.m.
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OLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Air Force Academy said Sunday it has launched an investigation of its athletic department and is demanding more accountability from coaches after the Colorado Springs Gazette reported allegations of lax oversight and athlete misconduct. Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, the academy’s superintendent, released a statement acknowledging “troubling” behavior by some athletes and other cadets. She cited a 2011 party that eventually led to the court-martial and expulsions of several cadets, some for sexual misconduct. Johnson told The Gazette that the academy inspector general’s office will look into the athletic department to determine whether sports programs promote the school’s ideals. Johnson recently summoned coaches to a meeting and told them continued misconduct by athletes would put the school in a predicament like Penn State, where former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child sexual abuse, said Hans Mueh, the academy athletic director. “(The coaches) still talk to me and say, ‘I have never been chewed out like that before,’” Mueh told The Gazette. Johnson said she made her expectations clear, and in response, coaches and athletes have created several programs to explain and enforce academy standards. A group called Cadet Athletes Against Sexual Violence produced a video pledging to fight sexual violence, she said. The Gazette reviewed hundreds of pages of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act that shed new light on the 2011 party and an earlier one in 2010. Air Force investigators looked into allegations of heavy drinking and drug use at both parties, and claims of the use of date-rape drugs and sexual misconduct at the 2011 party, the documents showed. Several weeks after the 2010 party, investigators seized synthetic marijuana during a raid
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ROCKIES GIVE UP 3 HOMERS IN 11-5 LOSS TO TIGERS Detroit scored in all eight innings they batted
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Coleman Peebles splashes through puddles near Alta Lakes. [Photo by Kristofer Noel]
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Travel into the cool mountain air Wildflowers and history abound on off-road adventures By MAUREEN PELISSON
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ummer offers a unique opportunity to explore the high country in the Telluride area. As the snow melts and old mining roads are cleared, the area’s history reveals itself among fields of wildflowers. When the mining boom ended and Telluride struggled to transition from a mining town to a ski town, it was the Jeep club that worked with the chamber of commerce in the 1960s to drive tourism. Visitors were encouraged to come to the area with their off-road vehicles to explore the vast network of old mining roads. Forty years later those same trails transport adventure seekers into the backcountry as they weave through ghost towns, past
alpine lakes, wildflowers and remnants from the area’s mining past, to some of the highest mountain passes in the country. There are several local guiding companies to choose from in Telluride and Ouray, along with rental companies for self-guided exploration for experienced mountain drivers. Trips include half-day tours to full-day excursions and can be customized with gourmet meals, hiking, rafting and fishing. Before embarking on an offroad adventure, stop by the Telluride Historical Museum to see an overview of the trails and the history of the area during the mining boom. The building that houses the museum today was once Hall’s Hospital. It served as Telluride’s hospital until 1964 when, due to a diminishing population, it closed. In 1966 the hos-
pital re-opened as the Telluride Historical Museum. There are many trails to choose from whether embarking on a tour or going it alone, including short jaunts and longer adventures that entwine high mountain passes to Ouray and
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the pace. The Rockies lost 11-5 to the Tigers on Saturday night as starter Tyler Matzek (2-6) was hammered for eight runs and 10 hits in four-plus innings. “I was just up in the zone a little bit,” Matzek said. “I was hitting the sides all right, but I left some of them up and they were getting to them.” The game was tied 2-2 after two innings but Detroit scored in all eight innings they batted. “That’s a tough lineup to get through,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez all homered for Detroit. Alex Avila had three hits and drove in two runs and Ian Kinsler had three hits and an RBI for the Tigers, who got at least a hit from each batter in the starting lineup. “It was perfect the way everyone hit. Everyone contributed in some fashion,” Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. “Nice to see us get some separation. Our offense has been kind of sluggish the last week-to-10 days.” Colorado didn’t score again until it managed three in the ninth, after matters had been decided. That’s because Rick Porcello (13-5) found his groove after laboring the first two innings. He allowed two runs and five hits and struck out a season-high 10. See BASEBALL, Page 23
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