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Ballet Folklorico accepting performance requests for Cinco de Mayo
Performances are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and the dance group suggests a donation of $100 when booking a performance. To request a performance, please visit this website to…
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Sen. Don Coram’s efforts to make rolling coal illegal are commendable
du1-i-syn This practice, known as “rolling coal,” results in plumes of black, choking smoke engulfing the immediate surroundings. Those assembled peacefully that day were a mix of residents, including seniors,…
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Youssef has invaluable skills, experience
Resources were scarce and money tight, requiring us to fundraise and secure various forms of financing in order for the school to operate. Youssef’s strong financial background was invaluable in…
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Newspaper saga not likely to end well
Now, we get notice from the publisher that the paper is forced to cut back its print service by 43 percent each week to only four days a week beginning…
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Keep the political cartoons coming
In spite of someone’s opinion, it is clear that there is plenty of material available for the cartoonists to use. It helps to make light of the sometimes bizarre news…
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Sen. Gardner turns deaf ear on voters
I called to ask the senator to oppose and support different issues that I care about. I called Sen. Cory Gardner’s Washington D.C., office, his Denver office and his Durango…
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Pointing out errors in a recent letter
The rioters at the protests were not liberal protesters. They were members of an anarchist group called the Black Bloc. They dress in black and wear masks and show up…
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An open invitation to Senator Gardner
So, Sen. Cory Gardner, I am personally inviting you to a Durango town hall meeting. I will buy your airfare to come to Durango for this event. Best tax dollars…
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Realistic cap to the number of homegrown pot plants is the right approach
Realistic cap on number of pot plants grown at home is the right approach
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Water fluoridation is not just for kids
Yes, fluoride is in fact “poisonous,” but only in amounts much higher than what Durango allows. But then, so is chlorine, that horrific and terrible poison which is used in…
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Fluoridation is for children, and it works
I can vividly remember treating 3-year-olds with rampant dental decay from Pagosa Springs. The pain and suffering that they had to endure, and the realization that the experience would be…
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Brookie and Youssef: community assets
In 2014, our foundation provided the first 3D printers to Fort Lewis College. Brookie attended the 1st demonstration to learn their potential. Also in 2015, Brookie, serving as mayor, stood…
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Sunshine week celebrates access to public information, government actions
Let the sun shine on the actions of government, see the full light of day
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Celebrate Americorps, national service
As it turned out, the decision to serve in AmeriCorps was even more impactful than my military service. It changed my life and led to my current career as a…
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Anti-fluoride campaign is all fear-based
The anti-fluoride movement’s tactics ignore the vast body of scientific, peer-reviewed research that overwhelmingly supports the benefits of fluoridation. Their fears are reminiscent of the anti-Communist hysteria of the 1950s,…
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Public broadcasting cuts would hurt rural communities, media landscape
Cuts would hurt rural communities and diminish our media landscape
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Consent is at the center of fluoride issue
Sodium fluoride is not needed to make our water drinkable for safety reasons. It is also not a nutrient. Officials have been putting sodium fluoride in our water for medical…
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Facts and science support fluoride use
Well, seems he is engaged in the new national pastime of presenting “alternative facts.” I examined a dozen different brands and did not find a single fluoride warning. But Mr.…
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Services plan makes no sense to me
The current plan as stated in recent articles is to cut spending by city and county employees, implement multiple small cost-saving measures, reduce services and hours, and possibly tax the…
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Refugees not the source of our violence
And the worst of the ego-driven complaints and questionably unconstitutional moves is the immigration and refugee crisis. All from one man’s misinformed, dreadful actions. The darkest part of the xenophobia…
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More wise words from a former president
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until…
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Arctic wild lands are too priceless to drill
The Arctic Coastal Plain, where drilling is again proposed, is the calving grounds for the porcupine caribou herd that migrates from their winter grounds in Canada. There are 180 species…
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Kudos to Francis’ bioremediation work
I know about extension and soil work because my father was a university soil scientist who worked with extension employees. I applaud extension agent Francis’ focus on bioremediation in addition…
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Pipeline risks not worth small benefits
According to federal data, the U.S. already suffers hundreds of pipeline accidents every year, and we can’t afford more oil spills. These pipelines would also harm our climate by carrying…
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This president not worthy of our respect
Yes, this letter is about President Donald Trump, whose one-hour-and-six-minute speech to the joint Congress I watched last night. Those of you who read this and are upset that I’m…
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Upper Pine staff thanks auxiliary
The two Alan Wyatt Memorial Scholarships will go toward tuition fees as the two continue in this advanced level of care. The paramedic certification will provide Upper Pine and surrounding…
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Setting the facts straight on fluoride
It is very important to understand that this is a falsehood. There is more than one type of fluoride and there is huge difference between calcium fluoride — a naturally…