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Trees on sculpture ‘isle’ have always been on agenda

After that amusing pictorial review of items resembling the Ark of History (a croissant, shrimp skewer, clothesline, etc.), you vowed no more coverage of the sculpture. Would you please reco...

DATE: Oct 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Outbreak turns Ebola into a moving target

I have been contemplating how to address the topic of Ebola in the context of the La Plata Health Watch. The fact of the matter is that the current pace of the outbreak makes it ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Hurry: Enjoy these fleeting, disjointed thoughts

Where does the time go? Here it is, September already. What? It’s October? The 20th? Get out of here! The world’s moving so fast these days that even Father Time can’t ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Home values continue to appreciate

The big news in our real estate market is the return of appreciation in median price, which set a new historic high for the first nine months of a calendar year. The previous high...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Willingness, boundaries are pillars of balance

I wish I were more casual about tomatoes, more like, “Oh, tomatoes? Yeah, sometimes they all ripen, sometimes not, no biggie.” And then I’d skip off to do something fun and frivolous, someth...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Feel lousy? Get some sleep

While sleep remains one of the great mysteries of life, one thing we know for sure is a good night’s rest is the cornerstone to ensuring good health. When we don’t receive a good...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Do you know what to do in case of a house fire?

Did you know that if a fire starts in your home, you may have just two minutes to escape? The most effective way to protect yourself and your home from fire is to identify and rem...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Red Cross and you

Off-months spent focused on wildfire and water

Traveling around my district for meetings and events is always a scenic journey, and the fall colors have been spectacular. Seeing more of the mountaintops with snow is also beau...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Criminals over victims? Speed implementation

The death penalty is, in many respects, just like any other punishment: It’s meant to punish a severe crime that was committed, and, at the same time, it’s meant to be a signal deterrence th...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Practice is ineffective, costly, barbaric and mistake-ridden

The death penalty is a broken, costly and barbaric practice that does nothing to deter crime or enhance justice. All too often, it brings about the ultimate injustice: government execution o...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Chad Novak’s heart is still beating strong at Escalante

It shouldn’t be a big surprise that the heart of any school is, well, the heart. That schools are vested with growing and, increasingly, measuring minds doesn’t contradict the truth that suc...

DATE: Oct 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Whodunit? Therein lies the mystery

The Durango Heritage Celebration is already becoming part of history, but it was a fun weekend of dressing up, exploring our town’s history, and, oh, yeah, solving a murder mystery. ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

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