Dig into reading at the library

The days are getting longer and the weather's getting warmer, which means summer must be right around the corner. Bring up summer at the library, and thoughts turn to long afternoons in the shade...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Herstory: Mari Sandoz

Mary Suzette Sandoz (Mari Sandoz) was born May 11, 1896, at Sandoz Post Office, Running Water Precinct in Sheridan County, Neb. Until the age of 9 she was educated at home by her father, then was...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

How the Chamber of Commerce contributes

A search online reveals that a chamber of commerce is a business network. It is a coalition of local businesses whose goal is to further the interests of business. Business owners in towns and...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Close call with Alferd Packer

It had to have been a letdown last week when you read that three young local men had perpetrated the heist at the train depot, but it must have been a terrible shock to the community to find their...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Music and art! Art and music!

OLIO ART: The artist being shown at Olio currently is Nancy Richmond. To call her work photographs is to give a false impression. She starts with a photograph, but does a good deal of digital magic...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Fact Check

Sen. John McCain exaggerated when he claimed that about 25 percent of prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to terrorist activities in "leadership positions." Sixteen percent of all the...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

First World 'problems'

Traveling in the clouds "Marijuana tourists" are expected to converge on Colorado and Washington, hoping to score without fear of handcuffs, because voters in those states legalized recreational...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Wow! It's summer!

Beth Wheeler: Beth Wheeler's show continues at the Mancos Town Gallery (on Bauer at Boyle Park). Beth created an artistic documentary of her trip to England and Germany earlier this year,...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

After all that suspense ...

Doc Shores, the secret service agent, asked Ed Caviness, "Was the reason the robber asked you to hold the sack for the boodle was because you were young?" Ed answered, "It sure might have been,...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

'Ambassadors' needed to greet Mancos visitors

The Visitor Center switched to its summer hours on May 1. The VC is now open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We are beginning to see more...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Herstory: Mary French Sheldon

It was worthwhile if my venture may be instrumental in bringing about peaceful, humane methods of would-be colonizers, and banish forever the military attitude of aliens, when intruding themselves...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

Attentiveness vs. distraction

Showing the worth of a person or task by giving my undivided concentration. How do you feel when you are trying to explain something to someone, and they pay little or no attention to you? It can...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - Columnists

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