Archive for November, 2009

Upper Arkansas Valley – November 5, 2009 – John Fielder will give a program on his new book, the Ranches of Colorado, on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the SteamPlant Theater at 7 pm. The doors will open at 6:30 pm. The program is free and open to the public, but donations are suggested…. »

Unfortunately, short lived though it’s been, it is time to bid the paper version of the Voice farewell.  We gave it our best effort but the finances simply didn’t work because there isn’t the income needed to fund the printing costs.  We had hoped that scaling back to a monthly would buy us the necessary… »

By Wally Bobblenic
Well, it’s almost that time of year again when the seemingly endless line of family and friends begins to frequent your front door, bringing all kinds of delectably fatty foods and candies.  You will of course pay for the indulgences come January first, but for now the feelings of warmth and love abide.
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Sunday, November 29 at 3:00pm, SteamPlant Theater, Salida, CO
Come and enjoy an afternoon concert of incredible music of famous American showtunes and the classical  piano quintet”The Trout” by Schubert with Donnie Ray Albert, internationally acclaimed dramatic baritone who will join the Walden Ensemble to sing “Die Allmacht” and  ”Erlkonig” by Schubert, “I Got Plenty O’Nuttin”… »

To the restaurants who insist on cheapening my experience while cutting your bottom line, I say: ENOUGH!!!  This situation has come to a head and I can’t take it anymore.  While the offenses are numerous, my frustrations can be embodied by one particularly egregious culprit.  I refer to the prepackaged half and half in containers… »

Brad March [Mwalimu X]
The assumption that we live in a democratic society, with democratic representation and democratic ideals, has long been an ideological myth.  As El Hajj Malik El Shabbaz suggested in 1963, “We have not gained from America’s democracy; we have only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.” When nearly ten percent of Americans are unemployed… »

Turkey Day
For as big as the World Wide Web is, there is a shocking lack of informative turkey slaughtering videos. Even more shocking is that for almost every person I know that likes to eat turkey, NONE of them want to take part in raising and slaughtering one for their Thanksgiving meal. When we started… »

By Steve Stucko
It’s a cold Wednesday evening; the sun has already retreated and scattered flakes of snow glisten as they swirl past the porch light. Laughter spills out from inside the house as we step onto the porch, open the door, feel the warmth of the house and are cheerfully greeted by nearly a dozen… »

By Heather Barron, Chaffee County Mentors Program Coordinator
Several of the families who are involved with the Chaffee County Mentors have more than one child in our program. It is not uncommon for younger siblings of our mentees to ask their parents or a staff member, “Can I have a mentor too?” Seven is the minimum… »

Dear Ark Valley Voice,
It is a puzzlement to me that you would have a column that encourages people to fabricate information about the community that is blatantly false.  I am of course referring to the “I, Anonymous” article.  I really do not see the value of a newspaper that encourages falsehood and then gives the… »

By Nicolas Theisen

I don’t have any statistics to convince you that our food system needs some repairing or any studies that tell us for the umpteenth time that food and exercise affect our health.  What I do have is a love of farming.  I’m a farming romantic,… »

By AVV Staff
Thanksgiving is one of the truly iconic American holidays.  It is also, perhaps, one of the most broadly misunderstood.  For many, the long dining-room tables, festooned with rare delicacies, conjure images of happy Native Americans sharing the bounty of the harvest with the kind-hearted Pilgrims.  This unexamined narrative continues with a few disputes,… »

By Aaron Mandelkorn
Solar energy is not a new concept.   For years civilizations utilized the power of the sun’s rays to warm their homes and dry their food and clothes.  Today, we know so much more about what the sun can do.  No better example of this is found than in Photovoltaic electricity, or PV for… »