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Archive for: January, 2012

A Special Panoramic Photographic Presentation

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  See this beautiful Lobo Overlook panorama click here. Click on the image to see larger version   The following article is an event from Lobo Overlook.   Sunday I groomed the snow on Lobo Overlook Trail, top of Wolf Creek Pass at 10,875′ and then up to 12,000′+ elevation via snow machine. It was [...]

Boyz will be boyz!

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LANDOWNERS CAN EARN EXTRA CASH FROM HUNTING

LANDOWNERS CAN EARN EXTRA CASH FROM HUNTING LAMAR, Colo. – Landowners in southeastern Colorado who open their property to hunters can earn extra cash by enrolling in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Big Game Access Program (BGAP) for the 2012 hunting seasons.   This year marks the sixth year the program known as BGAP will open [...]

MY TRAVELS, Thanks Ray Emery

MY TRAVELS I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.   I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to [...]

Help Nordic Club’s Social & Race Events

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Hello Pagosa Nordic Club members and Supporters,   The Pagosa Nordic Club will be Holding an EVENTS meeting on Wednesday February 8th in Town Hall at 5:15pm.  (originally set for this Wed, moved to the 8th)   We will be covering details for our 3 upcoming race events ~ Feb 17th-19th: 3rd annual “Winter Fest [...]

Finding Comfort Food at 10,300 Feet

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By Dani Coleman  I am an East Coast girl through and through. I never made it west of Newark, New Jersey until I was in my mid twenties and never saw the Rocky Mountains until I was 35 years old. Good friends had made what I felt was a crazy decision and moved to a tiny town [...]

Jim Smith Realty 2011 Newsletter – 4th Quarter Wrap-Up

  The air in Pagosa Springs is crisp and cold. Everywhere you look, you see ski boots, out-of-state license plates and happy, laughing people. Winter is upon us, and with the falling of the snow, the tourists have arrived in force. We welcome all our visitors, winter or summer, as they help our local economy [...]

Readers ask about Yuna

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She’s becoming the young lady now! Thanks for asking about her. We love her and believe it was  grand parents that invented Skype!!!

Going “Green” at Yamaguchi Park

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The new restroom in Yamaguchi Park has solar panels

Vat Da Hell, Ole? Thanks Ray Emery

Vat Da Hell, Ole?     Ole’s car was hit by a truck in an accident.  In court, the trucking company’s lawyer was questioning Ole. ‘Didn’t you say, sir, at the scene of the accident, ‘I’m fine?’ asked the lawyer. Ole responded, ‘Vell, I’ll tell you vat happened. I had yust loaded my favorite mule, [...]

Town’s Recreation News

Register for Adult Basketball Jan. 30 – Feb. 17 The Pagosa Springs Recreation Department will accept team registrations for the 2012 adult men’s and women’s basketball leagues from Jan. 30 – Feb. 17. Staff will accept registrations for men’s recreation league, men’s competitive league and women’s recreation league. However, if there are not at least [...]

Town’s Ice Skate Pond Information

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Skate pond The skate pond behind the remains open for the season. The skate pond’s hours of operation are from dawn to 10 p.m. every day, except during the nights when ice-maintenance operations are being performed.   Resurfacing of the ice will typically be scheduled for Monday and Thursday evenings unless weather conditions keep the [...]

Wolf Release Programs in Colorado, too close for comfort?

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Editor, I wonder how many of your readers are aware, of the planned wolf release programs in Colorado?   Official plans are under way to release wolves on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, re: the Denver post web site. This plan is being proposed by the national park service. Another plan by the U.S.Fish and [...]

Pagosa Quad Saturday, Info. and Preview Here

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  Spring is fast approaching, or at least March is, and we need to celebrate the transition from winter sports to spring/summer sports with the first annual Pagosa Spring Quad this Sat, March 3rd.   .  The Challenge consists of a 5 or 10 K ski at the West Fork a 4k run on Hwy 160 to Treasure Falls [...]

December Existing-Home Sales Show Uptrend

January, 2012   Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The latest monthly data shows total existing-home sales1 rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.61 million in December from a downwardly revised [...]

Full House at the Hot Spring!

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Ray makes Jeep comfortable for Penny, isn’t he thoughtful!

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Mesa Verde Offers Free Winter Ecology Hike January 28

Mesa Verde Offers Free Winter Ecology Hike January 28 Park Rangers will be leading a guided hike focusing on winter ecology at Mesa Verde National Park on Saturday, January 28, beginning at 9 a.m. The guided hike is free, but advance sign-up is requested.   Children should be at least 7 years old to join the [...]

Auditions for Thingamajig Theatre Company

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The Oscar for artisan American food and drink goes to Tony Simmons

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• The recently awarded Oscars for artisan American food and drink, the Good Food Awards, honored a number of great Colorado products: Mothership Wit (New Belgium Brewing), Odell IPA (Odell Brewing Company), Coconut Porter (Pagosa Brewing Company); Cabra Blanca Colorado (Avalanche Cheese),  Maraschino Liqueur and Tart Cherry Liqueur (Leopold Bros.), CapRock Gin and CapRock Vodka [...]

UPDATED 1/30/12, Groomed Nordic Trails for this Weekend

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  X-C Ski Trails Grooming Report. The following Trails have been Groomed Wide Skate Skiing with Set Tracks for Classic X-C Skiing. West Fork, 12km’s groomed on January 27th and Yamaguchi Park, 1 km loop groomed January 24th by The Pagosa Nordic Club Alberta Park,10 km’s groomed on January 27th by the Wolf Creek Ski [...]

ALL GRANDCHILDREN ARE VERY SMART, Thanks Ray Emery

ALL GRANDCHILDREN ARE VERY SMART. I was eating lunch on the 20th of  February with my 10-year-old Granddaughter and I asked her, “What day is tomorrow?”; She said “It’s President’s Day!” She is a smart kid.I asked “What does President’s Day mean?”I was waiting for something about Washington or Lincoln …. etc. She replied, “President’s [...]

Roller Girls in Pagosa are Looking for Fresh Meat

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It’s 2012 and Rollergirls In Pagosa are working hard to train for and organize our debut season! We will be having a Fresh Meat Recruitment Event on Saturday, February 4th from 9am to noon at The Pagosa Springs Youth Center. We are looking for age 18+ women to skate with the Rollergirls. All ages, skill [...]

La Plata college scholarship help at Sisson Library

Pagosa Springs High School graduate Kelsie McNutt, LPEA/John Voelker Memorial Scholarship; Pagosa Springs High School graduate Danielle Pajak, $1,000 Basin Electric Power Cooperative Scholarship

SISSON LIBRARY NEWS

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SISSON LIBRARY NEWS      Two meeting rooms now available for your use at the library   By Carole Howard and the Library Staff                 For years, your feedback and responses to surveys indicated a great desire for meeting room space in the library.   Thanks to our recent rearranging of our interior spaces, we [...]

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