Archive for June, 2009

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Buena Vista, CO
June 26, 2009
 
The weather on Friday seemed to offer a nod of approval, with calm winds and clear skies, to Governor Ritter and his efforts to raise awareness of a somewhat obscure but growing phenomenon known as Geotourism. 
 
The event was hosted, with the River Park as a backdrop, in the… »

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Salida, CO
June 24, 2009
 
Chaffee County non-profits are beginning to see strength in numbers.  On Wednesday evening roughly fifteen organizations gathered in the Salida Community Center to network, problem-solve, and strategize approaches to collaboration and fund-raising. This was the group’s fifth meeting since its inception in March 2009. 
 
The original impetus for creating the… »

Ark Valley Voice
 
(Compiled  with help from CCFPD Assistant Chief Charlie Blake)
 
Chaffee County, CO
June 27, 2009
 
6-23-09
 
Fire Alarm
 
The Chaffee County Fire Protection District (CCFPD) was paged to 18289 CR 365 to a report of a fire alarm sounding at the residence.  CCFPD checked the residence for smoke and cleared the scene.  The alarm was apparently… »

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Buena Vista, CO
June 27, 2009
 
As if putting the geologic process into hyper-drive, new boulders are beginning to spring up around a New Urban neighborhood in Buena Vista.
 
The three rocks which vary in size and shape – the largest nearing eleven feet tall – are a cooperative effort to strengthen the tourist appeal of… »

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Buena Vista, CO
June 22, 2009
 
John Miriam, of the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB), was in Buena Vista this past Monday to help facilitate the search for School District R-31’s new Superintendent.
 
The meeting was a part of a three-series session of focus groups aimed at creating a profile of traits that a new… »

The Life, Work, and Times of Local Poets
 
Brynn Ronning
June 27, 2009
 
 
the sea returned last night.
the wind was wild with nostalgia.
through the window, i heard the backyard sigh.
 
the backyard:  
a (desert)ed sea floor.
 
pools bright
shadows light
bird’s eye sea – birds i see
 
 
 
Brynn is an artist, aspiring poet and traveler.  Her daily intention is to make heart &… »

Dear Uncle Rocco,
 

 
 
I’ve read your first few advice columns in the Voice, and I’m a bit confused. Most of the advice columns I’ve read focus on issues around relationships, family relations, and workplace conflicts. While you address these, you also seem strangely determined to mention politics, the war on terror, and something you call the… »

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Salida, CO
June 24, 2009
 
Dawn Heigele, who owns Café dawn with her husband Phillip Benningfield, said she never set out to open a coffee shop, but that’s precisely what happened. Café dawn (spelled with a lower-case “d” to indicate day break) sits at the corner of First and G, across from the skate park,… »

Lindsey L. Quinton
 
Buena Vista, CO
June 24, 2009
 
Members of the Board of Trustees and staff met Tuesday evening for a work session to hear from various town advisory committees. Presenting to the Board were the Beautification Committee, the Recreations Board, the Trails Board and the Town’s Tree Board.  
 
Each advisory committee reported to the Trustees on… »

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Salida, Co
June 20, 2009
 
Amidst a bustle and crowd that emanated an almost big-city feel, Chaffee County’s 2009 Farmers Market season got off to a strong start in Salida’s Alpine Park.  The day’s gray and cool weather failed to reflect the buoyant and energetic feel of the vendors and shoppers who demonstrated a relish… »

Brian Welch
CCFPD Fire Inspector
 
Chaffee County, CO
June 18, 2009
 
Carbon Monoxide, or ‘CO’ to those of us in the biz, is not a new problem to the health and safety of the general public.  Fire Departments respond to over 60,000 non-fire related CO-incidences per year, where CO is present and not just a false alarm. 
 
CO’s nickname,… »

Ark Valley Voice
(assembled with help from CCFPD Assistant Chief Charlie Blake)
 
Chaffee County, CO
June 21, 2009
 
6-17-09
 
Car Accident
 
Shortly after 11pm on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 the Chaffee County Fired Department, Sheriff’s Department, and EMS were dispatched to a one car accident, approximately one mile west of the Cottonwood Hot Springs on CR 306 near Buena… »

Sterling R. Quinton
 
Chaffee County, CO
June 17, 2009
 
Like a plague of benevolent locusts descending in an orderly fashion upon suspecting towns in Colorado, they came.  They came upon road bikes, they came upon tandems, they came on top-ends, recumbents, and vans.  They are the members of the 2009 Ride the Rockies (RTR) cycling tour.
 
The tour, which… »