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Category Archives: July 2015
The sky’s the limit: Karen Kristen finds her purpose in art that reflects the great blue beyond
Similar to the choice Jackson Pollock made in the 1950s to take his canvas off the vertical easel and place it on the floor in order to liberate his visceral drips and splashes from his loaded brushes, Karen Kristen of … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Songhaven Farm seeks funds to egg-spand
Nestled between the mountains and the red-rock desert in Dolores County, Colo., Songhaven Farm is using 21st century funding sources to support expansion of its heritage egg operation. With the tagline “Real Food for Real People,” Michelle Martz and Mark … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Utah lands talks produce a new idea
The San Juan County, Utah, commissioners are still deliberating on their input into a federal-lands designation initiative sponsored by Utah Congressmen Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz – three months after it was hoped proposals would be finished. Five strong proposals … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Tagged san juan county public lands
Lawsuit seeks to halt Wolf Creek resort
Spanning three decades of lawsuits and fierce debate, a controversial land swap at Wolf Creek Pass in Southwest Colorado faces another obstacle as opponents fight to keep the Village at Wolf Creek at bay. A coalition of conservation organizations including … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Tagged Village at Wolf Creek
CO2 proposals prompt concern: Some Pleasant View residents balk at communications tower
The final straw. That was how several local citizens described their reaction to a proposal by Kinder Morgan, the giant carbon-dioxide company, to build a 70-foot communications tower near their Pleasant View residences. “Everything Kinder Morgan and its contractors do … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Tagged Kinder Morgan
Up in smoke? County denies permit for Stoner ‘Bong-a-Thon’
The fate of what would be the first-ever marijuana festival in Montezuma County seemed to be up in the air even after the county commission on June 29 denied a permit for the event. In discussions that day, the board, … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Tagged bong-a-thon
Court puts kibosh on local Bong-a-Thon
by David Long Somewhere, over the cannabis-enhanced rainbow, the 32nd annual Colorado Invitational Bong-a-thon will soon be filling the state’s dreamy skies with happy smoke – a two-day celebration of the drug by a thousand adoring potheads. But the budster … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
SWOS students create garden
Learning about irrigation, permaculture and ancient civilizations, Southwest Open School students toiled in the soil this spring to create a new school-based permaculture garden – built entirely of donated and re-purposed materials. “Many school gardens in the area were developed … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
County files for injunction against Bong-a-thon
By David Long It’s a major bummer for some, but a drug-free high for opponents. On Friday, July 10, Montezuma County filed a complaint in District Court seeking a temporary injunction against three men associated with what has been billed … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
‘Darkness’ helps fill void left by Hillerman (Prose and Cons)
Tony Hillerman, the late, great author of 18 novels featuring Navajo tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, cited the aboriginal mysteries of Australian crime writer Arthur W. Upfield as the inspirations for his signature blend of page-turning whodunits … Continue reading
Published in July 2015, Prose and Cons
Tagged Chuck Greaves, Meredith Blevins, The Darkness Rolling, Win Blevins
Bong-a-Thon’s future cloudy in Montezuma County
By David Long After hearing that organizers of Montezuma County’s first marijuana festival seem to be moving forward without a permit, the county commissioners have directed their attorney to seek an injunction to stop them. On Monday, July 6, after … Continue reading
Published in July 2015
Scalia’s dissent is far out, man!
When’s the last time you remember someone using the word “hippie”? If you say “quite a while,” that’s only because you haven’t read Justice Antonin Scalia’s hilarious dissent from the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision declaring laws against same-sex marriage … Continue reading
Published in David Long, July 2015