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Experience the fullness of this moment

By Leigh Waggoner “This moment” is all there is. And the moment that existed when you read that first sentence no longer is. Another moment – “this moment” is all there is. ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Our first journey: In and out of the Garden of Eden

Imagine yourself standing in a field filled with bushes and trees surrounding you. You look down, seeing your bare feet. It occurs to you that not just your feet look bare. All of you looks ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Pastor Tom's Tidbits

Want to fish? Head north along the Animas

The River of Lost Souls, also known as the Animas River, downstream from Durango has always been a fun and challenging fishery. From the 32nd Street bridge south to Bondad, the An...

DATE: Sep 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

Back to school health and safety tips

Now that our community’s children are back in school, here are some tips to ensure that they stay healthy both in and out of the classroom throughout the year. First, two tips for everyone, ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest health notes

Preparing your child to succeed in kindergarten

By Sahara Thurston and Geof Byerly As children approach kindergarten age, parents are often more nervous than their children, wondering whether their kids will be ready academical...

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MECC Cares for kids

Education system is failing America

Recently I had a conversation with a young lady visiting from California; it was during the George Geer Memorial Car Show weekend. The last time I visited with this young lady wa...

DATE: Aug 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

What you can eat to turn down the heat

By Wendy Rice Colorado State Extension What causes the body to turn on itself? This is also known as inflammation (Latin meaning “I ignite”). Inflammation is...

DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Get a bear hug for fire awareness

By Rebecca Samulski This month it has been 70 years since the U.S. Forest Service and Ad Council created Smokey Bear, over five years before a badly burned bear cub was recovered ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Here or Out There?

For so long, most of us raised in Christian churches were taught the notion that heaven and God were out there, and life here had little connection except that you’d better be good or you wo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

The seven journeys of life

Whether we like it or not, expect taking seven journeys through life; and, each journey bears a name: We call Journey No. 1: “I find myself with someone I don’t know in a place I ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Pastor Tom's Tidbits

FireWise Residents deserve to be prepared for wildfires

I stood overlooking the Four Corners from Park Point Fire Tower in Mesa Verde National Park. It was a hot, gray day with chances of thunderstorms in the 20-40 percent range, which means some...

DATE: Jul 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

We progress by acting upon inspired conversation

Inspiration: any stimulus to creative thought or action, an inspired idea, action. nspire: to stimulate or impel, as to some creative effort. I would like to thank all ...