Thursday, July 31, 2008

Commissioners name Evans as
interim treasurer

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

During a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday, the board unanimously named Deputy Treasurer Kelly Evans (R) interim treasurer until voters choose a new county treasurer in the 2008 general election.

“Kelly is the best candidate to provide continuity and stability until the electorate has a chance to speak in the November election,” said Archuleta County Commissioner Bob Moomaw.

Evans’ appointment comes following the resignation of Archuleta County Treasurer Lois Baker who leaves the office today. Baker tendered her resignation before Archuleta County Judge Jim Denvir July 2 as part of a no contest plea to misdemeanor charges she violated state laws while serving as one of the county’s key financial managers.

Evans said she was pleased with the appointment.

“I’m really happy they did it. I want the position. I enjoy challenges and I appreciate their confidence,” Evans said.

Evans has served 10 years in the Archuleta County Treasurer’s Office. Beyond her tenure in the courthouse, Evans has served five years as budget officer for the Aspen Springs Metro District and worked for 10 years as a key manager for Fairfield’s (now Wyndham) timeshare operation. While with Fairfield, Evans said she managed the front office and reservations operations and was charged with writing her department’s annual budget.

Although Evans was slated to take office Aug. 1, Colorado law mandates that county treasurers be bonded before they take office. Thus, Evans will officially take office on the date her bond is approved.

Once in office, Evans will serve until January 2009, when a new treasurer — picked by the electorate in the November general election — takes the post.

According to Colorado law, the board of county commissioners can appoint an interim treasurer to serve until the next election — in this case, the general election in November. However, it is up to the electorate to choose Baker’s successor who will serve the remainder of the former treasurer’s term ending in 2010.

Following discussions between the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, Ryan Call, legal counsel for the Colorado Republican Party, Archuleta County Clerk June Madrid, Archuleta County Attorney Teresa Williams, the Board of County Commissioners and county staff, it was determined that both major political parties will have an opportunity to nominate a candidate to the general election ballot. In addition, unaffiliated candidates seeking the treasurer’s office will also have access to the general election ballot through the petition process.

Archuleta County Republican Party Chair David Bohl said the party is seeking treasurer candidates for the general election ballot nomination.

According to a Republican party press release, applicants must be a registered Republican and a resident of Archuleta County for more than one year prior to holding office.

Bohl said the party will pick their nominee through a resume gathering and interview process, and Evans said she has thrown her hat into the ring and hopes for the party’s nomination.

“I’ve already applied with the Republican vacancy committee,” Evans said.

According to Rich Goebel, the local Democratic party’s first vice-chair, they are zeroing in on a candidate, although are not yet ready to release that candidate’s name.



PAWSD Stevens project on track

By Chuck McGuire

Staff Writer

While the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District grapples with community concerns over future raw water storage and related fees, its Stevens Reservoir expansion is underway and on track for an October completion.

Stevens Reservoir is located at the end of Paws Court (off Stevens Lake Road) near the old Humane Society site. Until drained for expansion last year, it held a maximum of 624 acre-feet of water, but once augmentation is complete — hopefully by the end of October — its capacity will nearly triple to approximately 1,844 acre-feet.

The reservoir enlargement is the second of two project phases intended to streamline the district’s raw water delivery system and increase storage capacity. The fall 2005 completion of the Dutton Ditch Pipeline (first phase) has greatly enhanced raw water collection and the filling of both Lake Hatcher and Stevens Reservoir.

As the second phase, the Stevens enlargement began early this spring, even as land purchase and easement negotiations continued with neighboring property owners and developers, Thomas and Margie Smith.

Back in the early and middle 1990s, the Smiths purchased lands adjacent to the existing reservoir with hope of eventually subdividing them into smaller residential parcels.

Meanwhile, in order to increase water availability to its customers, the district continued the process of developing plans to expand the reservoir. Following years of studies, engineering design and surveys, the district realized the need to exchange parcels with the Smiths, while obtaining an easement on another and releasing a blanket easement on yet another.

While the district also executed land purchases from other nearby property owners, mediating the Smith transactions proved to be the most time-consuming. In fact, as negotiations stalled for a time, the district eventually initiated the beginning stages of eminent domain. Before that process advanced very far, however, attorneys for both sides reached an equitable solution.

According to the agreement, the district has purchased a portion of the Smith property under fee title, while conveying a parcel of its own to the Smiths. In further consideration to the district, the Smiths have granted an inundation easement across another of their parcels, which could feasibly be inundated by the reservoir during high water conditions. Because another Smith parcel encumbered by a blanket easement held by the district was no longer necessary to complete the project, it was released.

Engineers and surveyors representing each side collaborated on boundary locations for both the fee and easement areas, based on the district’s permits and preliminary design for the project, and practical considerations of future land uses and road relocation by the Smiths.

The net monetary compensation from the district to the Smiths was $425,000, and the transactions closed July 3.

During a Wednesday phone interview regarding the current status of the reservoir expansion, PAWSD Project Manager Gregg Mayo said, “Workers have moved quite a bit of (earthen) material from the east side of the project to the existing dam site.

“They’re now putting in concrete foundations for the spillway and building toe drains along the bottom of the dam. Rip-rap is in place for both sides of the dam and a private fence will be moved by the end of next week.”

Mayo said the reservoir, when refilled, would be approximately 28 feet deep at the dam and, barring any serious weather delays, should be finished and ready to fill by winter. Depending on this year’s snowpack, he added, it could be filled in a single season.

Weeminuche Construction Authority of Towaoc, Colo. is the general contractor performing the work. John Seigrist is overseeing the project and Kim Gaasch is the project superintendent.



County votes ‘no confidence’

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

The Dry Gulch Reservoir project took another hit Tuesday, when the Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners cast a unanimous no-confidence vote on the local water district’s long-term reservoir plans.

Although the resolution, which passed unanimously, carries no legislative weight, it clearly defines the board’s comfort zone and level of support relative to the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District’s (PAWSD) plans.

“The Board of County Commissioners is concerned that total available capital in the community would not support the 35,000 acre-foot reservoir currently proposed ... the Board of County Commissioners supports a 12,500 acre-foot reservoir as sufficient to meet the needs of the community ...”

Karen Wessels, PAWSD board chair, urged the commissioners to reconsider passing the resolution.

“I think being fixed on the 12,500 acre-foot reservoir is premature and inappropriate. We need another 10 years of data to appropriately size the reservoir,” Wessels said.

PAWSD board member Bob Huff also addressed the board, and said passing the resolution could undermine or inhibit the board’s effort to procure funding in the future.

“This resolution becomes an official document and it has the potential to cause mischief. Let’s not give rocks to people that want to throw stones at us,” Huff said.

According to PAWSD and San Juan Water Conservancy District documents — Dry Gulch is a joint district project — the reservoir is slated for construction on a 680-acre parcel about three miles east of Pagosa Springs. The plans include an in-stream diversion in the San Juan River, a pump station, treatment facility and a pipeline to move the water to the reservoir site. The reservoir itself is slated to hold between 12,500 and 35,000 acre feet of water, and the scope, scale and cost of the larger reservoir has drawn commissioner concern.

“There is finite amount of money in this community to do projects, and it needs to be divided up equally,” said Archuleta County Commissioner Bob Moomaw.

Archuleta County Commissioner Ronnie Zaday struck a similar chord.

“There is finite amount of cash in the community. What I’m saying is, we don’t have the resources, or capital, to do that (a 35,000 acre-foot reservoir),” said Zaday.

In past reservoir discussions, Moomaw said he had little confidence in the studies and growth projections the districts were using to make their Dry Gulch case, and added that the project, if built to the maximum size, could bankrupt the community.

“To be quite honest, we cannot afford a 35,000 acre-feet lake without sucking all the capital out of this county,” Moomaw said.

Archuleta County Commissioner Robin Schiro took issue with the word “capital” in the resolution, and advocated the inclusion of “public” before the word “capital” to provide clarification.

PAWSD board members have asserted that the ultimate size of Dry Gulch will be based on available funding and district need near construction time — currently estimated at about 2018. However, Moomaw and Zaday said they were responding to constituent concerns that the water district intended to shoot for the moon, and a close inspection of project-related documents may illuminate the grounds for their concern.

According to Colorado State Supreme Court Documents, PAWSD water engineer Steve Harris said, “This recommending 35,000 acre feet for the water rights application was, to me, a no- brainer, cause you go to the site capacity and you do your darndest to get that amount built.”

In addition, Wessels and Huff acknowledged the district’s water resource fee was predicated on a 35,000 acre-foot reservoir. And loan documentation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board for Dry Gulch land acquisition says, “The Dry Gulch Reservoir Project will provide a firm raw water supply and a safety supply margin to meet the water needs within the Districts through the year 2100. Based on current growth projection, a 35,000 AF (acre-foot) reservoir and associated diversion facilities are required to accomplish this goal.”

But Huff denied the district’s intent to build a 35,000 acre foot reservoir.

“To say ‘Come hell or high water we’ll build a 35,000 acre foot reservoir’ just isn’t true,” Huff said.

Huff then outlined three points in the district’s reservoir plans. First, Huff said the district was committed to obtaining a reservoir site, which they have completed. Second, the district will build a Dry Gulch pump station, to replace existing aging infrastructure. And third, “At some point in the future,” they’ll build a reservoir. In addition, Huff said PAWSD has hired an engineering firm that will “recalculate all the numbers,” including population estimates and estimates of demand before the reservoir is built.

But the commissioners remained unconvinced and would not back down from the 12,500 acre foot cap stated in the resolution.

“Give us some real numbers, and we’ll change the size,” Zaday said.



COUNTY

Town, county discuss tax issue for November ballot

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

Balmy summer days and monsoon rains might make November seem distant, but for county commissioners and town council members, when looking forward to this fall’s ballot, there’s no time like the present.

At a joint work session held in council chambers last Thursday, the commissioners and town council members considered two tax initiatives for the November 2008 ballot, moving on one initiative, and holding off on the other until at least next year (if at all).

The first initiative was not a consideration of a new tax but of reauthorizing an existing countywide sales tax increase originally approved by voters in 1994 and extended in 2001. With the imminent Dec. 31, 2009, expiration of the shared 2 percent sales tax, voters will have to decide whether or not to reauthorize that tax. Should voters approve the reauthorization, the 2-percent sales tax would simply continue as it stands (including the 50/50 split shared between town and county) until 2016, at which time another reauthorization would be necessary.

Since the initiative is a reauthorization of an already existing tax, and not a tax hike (nor would it establish any new tax), the ballot initiative would be immune to requirements in the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Pagosa Springs would probably survive a reauthorization rejection relatively unscathed. Section 16.3.8 of the Home Rule Charter allows for the continued collection of a sales tax in the event of the termination of a previously instituted tax, irrespective of TABOR restrictions. The county would not fare as well. Without similar protections afforded by home rule, the county would face a certain impediment to its revenue stream and its ability to provide services to its residents. The county’s share of the 2 percent tax goes to its Road Capital Improvement Fund.

Considering a Sept. 5 deadline for the inclusion of all November ballot items, the exigent circumstances regarding reauthorization did not escape representatives from either the town or the county.

“There’s no question that we want to renew it,” said town council member Darrel Cotton, “the question is the time frame.”

County commissioner Bob Moomaw agreed, “It would be irresponsible if we don’t renew this.”

Both boards were in nearly complete accord with the idea that not only should the reauthorization proposal go forward in November, but that educating town and county residents regarding the existing sales tax and its reauthorization would be just as important.

With just over a month to qualify the reauthorization initiative for the November ballot, and just over three months to educate voters as to the merits of the initiative, both town and county officials agreed there is no time to waste and pledged to work together towards a common goal much in the same way they have cooperated in sharing the tax revenue.

The second tax initiative, although no less well-received by town and county board members, did not fare as well and will not likely go before the voters until at least the fall of 2009.

Suggested by Terry Smith (of Terry’s Ace Hardware) at the economic forum in mid-July, the “material use tax” would levy a tax on construction materials purchased outside Archuleta County, with the intention of supporting local construction materials vendors.

Members from both boards agreed on multiple merits of the tax. As a punitive measure, it would help provide a level playing field for local businesses forced to compete with out of county businesses able to sell construction materials at a lower cost. As a revenue gathering measure, it would increase tax revenues by either levying a tax on materials purchased outside the county or through increased sales tax revenues due to more money being spent within the county. Both boards saw the initiative standing a good chance of being approved by the voters.

According to Cotton, “Everyone will vote for a tax that they don’t have to pay.”

Although there was unanimous agreement regarding the merits of the tax, there was no agreement on what that tax would entail: How would it be assessed? What would define “construction materials”? Who would deal with the mountain of paperwork such a tax would no doubt necessitate? Once collected, how would that revenue be earmarked or spent?

Members of both boards agreed that, even if all the details were hammered out on a materials use tax, the issue could potentially throw a monkey wrench into the process of passing the reauthorization of the combined county and town sales tax extension.

With the two tax issues summarily dispatched in their own ways, the boards looked at the issue of the town paving Brookhill Road (although it is a county road). Like the second tax initiative, it was an issue deemed by both boards to warrant more study and was thus tabled for later discussion.

Town council will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall and will consider finalization of its intention to put the sales tax reauthorization on the November ballot. The board of county commissioners will meet Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room and deal with the same issue.

TOWN

River restoration project could be dead in the water

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

Despite ample amounts of available hot air, the quickly fading San Juan River restoration project in downtown Pagosa Springs received no resuscitation at last Thursday’s town council work session.

With fingers pointed a number of ways — and toward a number of people — no single direction was indicated, no single culprit held culpable but, most importantly, no indication given that anything would be done to complete the project any time soon.

Council member Mark Weiler started the discussion by reporting a conversation he’d had with Ken Jacobsen, chief of the West Colorado Branch of the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), stating that Jacobsen had expressed some frustration in the Corps’ dealings with the Pagosa Springs project. Further, Weiler reported that Jacobsen was firm and unequivocal in his warning to the Town of Pagosa Springs regarding the need to work to fulfill conditions of ACOE permits.

Although Jacobsen acknowledged he had spoken with Weiler, he would not confirm the content of the conversation, nor would he confirm specifics regarding the permits for the river restoration project. Jacobsen did say it was his understanding that none of the conditions for the permits granted by the ACOE for the river restoration had been met, but deferred further comments to Kara Hellige (ACOE project manager for Pagosa Springs). As of press time, Hellige could not be reached for comment.

Gary Lacy and Shane Sigle, representatives for Recreation Engineering and Planning (REP), the contractors responsible for developing the rafting and fishing structures for the restoration project, took the brunt of some heated questions directed at them by council. The main source of frustration appears to arise from the fact that no one — not town staff, town council, nor the REP representatives — appear to know what went wrong with the project. Dots that should be connected don’t appear to exist; documents that might indicate where such dots are located are chimerical at best, imaginary at worst.

Another source of frustration, especially for council members Angela Atkinson and Stan Holt, is that four years after its inception, the river restoration is no closer to completion than it was at the beginning.

Expressing that frustration, Atkinson said, “The question I will ask next Tuesday (at the next council meeting) is what happened with council on this? We had a vision, council supported that vision, and now it appears that council is abandoning that vision.” Atkinson added, “If this project is dead, we need to say it’s dead and explain ourselves to the public.”

Still, Atkinson holds out hope the project will eventually move forward and become a showcase for water sports events downtown. “It has such a great potential for a multiuse water park,” Atkinson said, “If we can determine how strongly we hold to this vision, we can make this happen.”

Further discussion on the river restoration project will be held at the next town council meeting, at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall.


Town enforces junk ordinance, reminds property owners

The Town of Pagosa Springs reminds all property owners of its continued commitment to the betterment of the community through enforcement of the municipal nuisance ordinance.

In accord with the recent proclamation “Pick Up Pagosa,” signed by Mayor Ross Aragon on June 2, 2008, the town will continue its enforcement of the town’s current nuisance (junk) ordinance.

In general, the following is considered a violation of this ordinance: “The accumulation of all litter, weeds, trash, junk, vehicles, refuse, rubbish or garbage on public or private property or in the alleys in the rear or the sidewalk and parking areas to the curb line in front thereof. This does not include garbage or waste material properly deposited in containers for removal as provided by Town regulations, nor does it include junk that is properly stored by the owner or occupant in a storage space suitable for that purpose and not exposed to public view.”

Town officials express their appreciation of the continued efforts of residents who have voluntarily maintained personal properties and have worked to make Pagosa Springs aesthetically beautiful.

Property owners the town identifies as being in violation of this ordinance will be sent notices for compliance during the week of Aug. 4.

Questions may be directed to the Town of Pagosa Springs Code Enforcement Officer at 264-4151, Ext. 225.

Council addresses questions, concerns with Blue Sky annexation proposal

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

At a work session Thursday, July 24, the Pagosa Springs Town Council followed up on the land use plan that had been presented by Blue Sky Ranch (BSR) representatives July 17 at council’s mid-month meeting.

Since the presentation of that initial plan, town staff (with direction by the town’s attorney Bob Cole) along with council members had developed a number of questions and concerns for BSR representatives.

Council member Stan Holt asked BSR representatives Nancy Lauro and Carl Valldejuli the question most area residents would likely want to ask: Why does Blue Sky want to be annexed by Pagosa Springs? What advantage is there in annexation if Blue Sky is seeking a (Title 32) Special Metro District status?

Responding to Holt’s questions, Lauro replied that BSR’s “Blur between an urban and rural project works better with the town than it does with the county.”

Valldejuli of BSR was more candid in his response: “(A special district) is a matter of functionality, we have to develop our own water district due to the PAWS moratorium,” he said, then added, “The town is better run than the county, frankly.”

Among the concerns presented to BSR by staff and council:

• Establishing “intermediate performance requirements” if extending 25-year vested rights on the project;

• Asking BSR to clarify language pertaining to the request for special district status;

• Having BSR submit sketch plans and preliminary plans separately, per Land Use and Development Codes (LUDC);

• Setting a deadline for annexation which would be more in line with LUDC requirements;

• Requiring BSR to pay all fees associated with paying a contract planner hired by the town to handle the annexation process;

• Setting up agreements on how impact fees and real estate transfer fees would be handled;

• Addressing the need for affordable housing and finding “an amicable solution to mitigate workforce housing issues related to the development of this project.”

In dealing with the litany of concerns presented to BSR, Lauro and Valldejuli appeared confident that BSR would find appropriate solutions or at least provide staff and council with adequate answers.

Lauro and Valldejuli did express some potential issues BSR might have with the conditions presented to them at the work session.

For example, Valldejuli pointed out a conflict in the requirements of a sketch and preliminary plan as spelled out in the town’s charter and its LUDC. Lauro stated that some BSR’s financial backers might have issues with how real estate transfer fees would be allocated once collected.

However, the general consensus between council and the BSR representatives was that neither party was unwilling to meet the other in working toward development of a pre-annexation agreement that would satisfy all parties.

Council will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Town Hall to consider approval of the BSR pre-annexation agreement.

INSIDE

Fund established for Burkesmith family

The recent death of Dylan Burkesmith, a young Pagosan, has prompted friends of the family to establish a fund for donations. 

Anyone interested in helping the Smith-Burkesmith family can make a donation at Citizens Bank of Pagosa Springs.  Please give the bank tellers the account number: 957613.  Checks should be written to “Margaret Burkesmith.” 

Clinic art project information corrected

A caption run with a photo in the July 24 SUN of a piece of sculpture located at the Pagosa Family Medicine Clinic incorrectly identified the establishment as a non-profit organization. The clinic is a for-profit enterprise. The clinic is soliciting artwork, but cannot offer tax-incentives for donations. For information about the project, contact Beth Mazzola at btmazzola@gmail.com.


Primary election dates and facts

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

With the ballot set and the August primary election fast approaching, there are a number of ways voters can cast their ballot and a number of key dates voters should mark on their calendars.

Party primary

The State of Colorado holds a “party primary,” therefore there will be two ballots: a Democratic ballot and a Republican ballot. No presidential candidates will be on the primary ballots. The presidential race will be voted on during the general election held in November.

Voting in the commissioner’s race

Voters will be able to vote for District 1 and District 2 county commissioner candidates regardless of which commissioner district the voter lives in. There is one caveat however. Because Colorado uses a party primary system, the voter’s party affiliation will dictate their ballot choices. For example, Republican voters will vote only for Republican candidates, while Democrats will vote only for Democratic candidates.

Unaffiliated candidates

In order to participate in the primary election, unaffiliated voters may affiliate with a party at the clerk’s office any time before the primary election, or at the polling place on primary election day. After the primary, unaffiliated voters who affiliated with a party for purposes of participation, may choose to return to their unaffiliated status simply by re-registering with the clerk.

Mail-In Ballots

There are three ways voters can obtain a mail-in ballot. First, voters can call the Archuleta County Clerk’s Election Office at (970) 264-8331 and request a mail-in ballot application over the phone. As a second option, voters can send a written mail-in ballot request to the clerk’s election office.

The address is: Archuleta County Clerk and Recorder, P.O. Box 2589, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147. Voters sending a written request must include their full name, physical address, party affiliation, the last four numbers of their social security number and their date of birth. The request must be signed and dated.

Third, voters can pick up a mail in ballot at the elections office downstairs at the Archuleta County Courthouse in downtown Pagosa Springs. Mail-in ballots will be available Aug. 4, 2008. The last day to pick up a mail-in ballot is Aug. 8. Voters have until Aug. 5, 2008 to request that a mail-in ballot be mailed to them.

Key dates

Aug. 4 to Aug. 8, 2008.

Early voting in the clerk’s election office, downstairs in the Archuleta County Courthouse.

The precincts for both mail-in (formerly absentee) and early voting will be the County Elections Office, located downstairs in the Archuleta County Courthouse. Mail-in (absentee) ballots may be picked up or applied for, and also returned there.

Voters may also drop off mail-in ballots at the County Clerk’s Office. Early voting will be held in the election’s office, downstairs in the courthouse from Aug. 4, 2008 through 4 p.m. Aug. 8, 2008. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Aug. 12, 2008.

Primary election day. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Because the presidential primary occurs during the caucus process in Colorado, voters will not see a choice for presidential candidates on the Archuleta County primary ballot. Voters will cast their ballot for the next president during the general election, Nov. 4 2008.

Archuleta County will utilize vote centers for the primary election. (See locations below.)

The primary ballot

The following are the office nominations that will be voted on at the Aug. 12, 2008, primary election. Ballot entries that do not include a contested race are not listed here, though they will appear on the official primary ballot.

• Federal offices.

No contested primaries.

• State offices.

State Board of Education — Congressional District 3:

Democratic — Jill L. Brake.

Republican — Marcia Neal.

State Representative District 59

Democratic — no candidates.

Republican — Ellen Roberts.

District Attorney Sixth Judicial District.

Democratic — David Duncan, Todd Risberg.

Republican — Russell Wasley.

• County Offices.

County commissioner District 1.

Democratic — Ron Chacey.

Republican — Eugene (Gene) Crabtree, John A. Ranson, Robin Schiro.

County Commissioner District 2.

Democratic — Clifford Lucero.

Republican — Raymond Eugene Keyawa.

Vote centers

Instead of voting by precinct, Archuleta County will use three vote centers. All voters have the option to vote at any one of the three vote centers listed below.

• Archuleta County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

• Pagosa Springs Community Center, 451 Hot Springs Blvd., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

• Restoration Fellowship Church, 264 Village Drive, (behind the west side City Market) Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

Questions raised about Schiro campaign information

By James Robinson

Staff Writer

Commissioner Robin Schiro’s alleged use of push-polling campaign tactics was called into question during a League of Women Voters forum last week, and now a full-page campaign advertisement appearing in the July 24 edition of The SUN has raised hackles again.

“When I saw the ad, I knew her claim that she had contributed her entire salary back for those months was not true. Therefore, in my mind, the award was entirely discredited because it showed the Republican organization that gave Robin the award did not check their facts,” said Pagosa resident Nan Rowe.

During the league forum, Rowe questioned the Republican District 1 commissioner candidates Gene Crabtree, John Ranson and Schiro about a recent push poll style telephone survey, and Schiro admitted to hiring the firm, although said she did not know what a push poll was and denied any knowledge of the questions the surveyors would ask.

“I did not know what they (the push poll firm) would say, who they were, or what they were doing,” Schiro said, responding to Rowe during the forum.

Crabtree, Ranson and incumbent Schiro contend for the Dist. 1 seat on the Aug. 12 primary ballot.

A push poll is campaign tactic that masquerades as a telephone-based public opinion poll, in which the caller — who supports or is paid by a particular candidate — asks leading questions which offer negative information about a rival candidate. The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) has condemned the practice.

“We believe that push polls are wrong. No responsible political consultant should use push polls,” said Angela McMillen, executive director of the Washington D.C. based firm.

The tell-tale sign of a push poll, McMillen said, lies with the number of people surveyed. A bona fide poll, she said, uses a statistically derived representative sample based on the number of registered voters in a given area, while a push poll seeks to contact as much of the electorate as possible.

Schiro was unable to be reached for comment by press time to determine how many citizens the polling firm she hired was directed to contact.

With allegations of push-polling out in the public eye, Rowe said it appears last week’s ad was another example of the commissioner’s bent toward unethical campaign tactics.

“They (the Republican party) want to elevate their fellow Republicans for campaign or reelection purposes,” Rowe said. “They obviously don’t know much about Robin Schiro.”

And it appears, some of Rowe’s assertions are correct.

According to the ad, “Not only has she (Schiro) given her time and talents to help resolve the issues confronting her Commission, she voluntarily returned her entire salary from April through December, 2007, back to the County.”

Archuleta County financial records however, say otherwise.

Between April and September 2007, Schiro returned $11,619 of her salary. Net pay for April to December 2007 was $23,239, while gross pay for the same period was $32,087.

Archuleta County Commissioner Bob Moomaw also forfeited his salary between April 2007 and January 2008, although he took a slightly different approach.

“There is not a good mechanism to give back paychecks. I didn’t cash my checks. I just waited until we knew we had enough money to get through the year,” Moomaw said.

Archuleta County Commissioner Ronnie Zaday said she did not turn in expenses, and paid out of pocket for travel and mileage costs.

The payroll contribution assertion found in Schiro’s ad is part of a larger statement issued by the National Conference of Republican County Officials (NCRCO) and delivered by its award committee chair Ray Valdes during the award ceremony. However, a review of the entire statement, indicates Schiro’s ad omits a key line from the statement.

According to documents provided by NCRCO, the statement also says, “She was the first Republican woman to be elected a County Commissioner in her County.”

County election records however, say otherwise.

In 2005, Schiro and Archuleta County Commissioner Ronnie Zaday, also a Republican, took office in January 2005 following the 2004 election. During the 2004 primary, Zaday ran unopposed, thus making her a shoe-in for the commissioners seat in the general election.

When asked whether the award committee was aware of the erroneous information, Valdes responded via e-mail.

Valdes wrote: “Background research is not required of the Awards Chairman or any of the judges, because that responsibility lies with those individuals presenting letters of recommendation. In Mrs. Schiro’s case, letters were received from the two immediate past presidents of NCRCO ... My script for the awards presentation for Mrs. Schiro came completely from the letters of recommendation and not from any personal knowledge.”

A review of the nomination letters — written by NCRCO President Carol Holden, a county commissioner from New Hampshire, and Glen Whitley, a county commissioner from Tarrant County Texas — indicates the letters bear a striking resemblance. In fact, introductory text and the closing paragraphs are identical, and it appears the entire letters are the same. However, the second page of Holden’s letter was omitted in an e-mail transmission to The SUN, thus, it cannot be determined if the letters are identical in their entirety.

Whitley’s letter lauds Schiro’s participation in regional and national Republican events and her participation with national and regional National Association of Counties (NACo) conferences. (NCRCO is a closely linked to NACo.)

In an e-mail to Valdes, SUN staff asked whether he, the nominators or the award panel were aware of the following issues linked to the commissioner’s tenure in Archuleta County, and whether the information would have changed their granting of the award:

• erroneous salary forfeiture information.

• erroneous assertions regarding first woman Republican commissioner.

• NACo attendance leading to a number of absences during the commissioner’s tenure, including one key date during the county crisis (May 8, 2007) and other key commissioner meetings, including one in the spring of 2005 for adoption of county zoning and a new land use code which Schiro touted as “an important topic that will affect all of Archuleta County for years and perhaps generations to come.”

• two recall efforts mounted against her — one in 2005 and a second in 2007.

• approval of the 2007 budget which was rife with multimillion dollar errors and written to overspend by $3.73 million; and taxpayers dollars spent on mediation to help Schiro and her fellow board members, commissioners Mamie Lynch and Ronnie Zaday get along.

Neither Valdes nor Holden responded to the inquiry.

Whitley did not return a call made to his cellular phone.

Holden, in a telephone interview Monday, said Schiro met the award granting criteria found in the NCRCO bylaws, however this appears to be a stretch as well.

According to NCRCO’s bylaws award winners must: a) be a current and prior year paid dues member in good standing of NCRCO; b) attended at least one prior NCRCO meeting or reception; c) submit an award application package; and d) submit letters of endorsement, one of which must come from the official’s home state.

Neither Whitley nor Holden serve in Colorado.

Holden said the NCRCO is a caucus of NACo and has a national membership of between 400 and 600 people. Annual dues are $20.

“If there are serious inaccuracies in any of the documentation, that would be most regrettable,” Valdes wrote. “If the errors where (sic) of such an egregious nature as to question the information given to the judges for their consideration and on which they based their selection of the annual winner, that unprecedented condition would need to go before the NCRCO Board of Directors for review.”

Schiro was unable to be reached for comment by press time.



DA primary candidates define their differences

By Sarah O. Smith

Staff Writer

As part of The SUN’s ongoing primary election coverage, we recently asked Democratic District Attorney candidates Todd Risberg and David Duncan to define their differences in their own words, for those who were not at the League of women Voters candidate forum July 22.

David Duncan

According to Duncan, he has prosecuted nearly 1,000 felony cases, while Risberg has prosecuted only two.

“I’ve prosecuted a wider variety of felony crimes than he has,” said Duncan.

Duncan said he supports drug courts, and that the drug court he works with in San Juan County is very stringent.

“They must earn their way into and through the program,” he said.

He also said that while the 6th judicial district sees 600 cases each year, his office in San Juan County, N.M., sees 4,700 cases, and employs only five more attorneys.

Duncan said Risberg’s claim that “we’re sending the wrong people to jail” does not ring true in his book. As a matter of semantics, “The DA doesn’t send anyone to prison,” said Duncan. “Our role is to prepare and present a case in court against the defendant’s attorney ... in preparing the case, we have the dual role of protecting the innocent.”

Duncan also said he does not agree with Risberg when he makes distinctions between drug users and drug dealers. Drug users, said Duncan, are as guilty as the dealers since they pay money to fund them, and “consistently protect them.

“Some are redistributing, selling to fund their own drug habits. When they resell or redistribute, it doesn’t matter to them who is buying the drugs.”

Duncan also said that he disagrees with Risberg’s talks about mediation programs between victims and the perpetrators.

“Most convicted felons would be happy to do that, but most victims don’t want to sit and listen to the perpetrator lie,” he said. “I disagree that mediation has any restorative role.”

Todd Risberg

Risberg said he has been working in the district for “an awfully long time” and has familiarity with the problems plaguing the area.

“I’ve worked in this district for ten years,” he said. “(Duncan) has been down in Farmington for six. I think there are a lot of differences between our approach to doing the job.”

According to Risberg, Duncan stated at the Durango candidate forum that there is no difference between drug dealers and drug users.

“I don’t think that’s true,” he said. “We need to treat our drug users. The dealers are the ones bringing poison into this community. I think lumping them together is wrong on a lot of different levels. That’s the DA’s job, to make that distinction.

Risberg said he supports restorative justice forums, and that he believes “we need to try something different, something new.

“We need to start doing what works: drug courts, DUI courts, diversion programs. We need to actively solve problems rather than putting a Band-aid on things.”

Seeking out alternative sentencing options and diversions, said Risberg, will allow more time for focusing on the larger cases.

“We focus on those cases, we put away the people who need to be put away, we do some good for the people in our community,” he said.

For more information regarding each candidate’s stance on issues, visit www.duncanforda.org and www.risbergforda.com.

The primary election will be held Aug. 12.

Former county sheriff Kerry Lancing fatally injured in Arizona collision

A former Archuleta County Sherrif, Kerry Lancing, 59, died early Sunday morning from injuries suffered when a vehicle struck his motorcycle on a highway north of Kingman, Ariz.

Lancing began his law enforcement career in Archuleta County as a sheriff’s deputy in 1978. He rose to the rank of undersheriff in 1982.

In 1988, Lancing was named interim sheriff upon the resignation of Sheriff Bill Davis. Lancing then ran unopposed as a Republican in the November 1988 general election, winning the right to serve out the remainder of Davis’ term.

A loss in the Republican primary election in 1990 led to Lancing’s resignation, effective Aug. 31, 1990.

Lancing moved to the Las Vegas, Nev., area where he worked in hotel and casino security.

According to information received by Archuleta County Undersheriff John Weiss, Lancing and a companion, Ken Seddon, were northbound from Kingman, Ariz. approximately 20 miles from that city at 3 a.m. Sunday, attempting to complete a motorcycle trip and return home to Henderson, Nev. Weiss reported that Seddon indicated a vehicle, traveling at excessive speed, struck Lancing’s motorcycle from the rear.


PAWSD sets open house, seeks plan comment

By Sheila Berger

Special to The SUN

With a grant from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) has updated its Water Conservation Plan.

The draft plan will be released for public review and comment on Aug. 5. Comments will be accepted until Oct. 7.

The plan will be available at the following locations: PAWSD administrative offices, Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Assoc. offices, Ruby Sisson Library, Archuleta County administrative offices, and Town Hall. It may also be viewed or downloaded from the PAWSD Web site at www.pawsd.org.

In addition, PAWSD will host a Water Conservation Open House Aug. 13 from 5-7 p.m. at its offices. Copies of the plan will be available, as well as water conservation materials.

Water conservation education is a large part of the PAWSD mission. Conservation practices delay the need to upgrade, replace and expand existing infrastructure. The Water Conservation Plan will provide a guiding document for the PAWSD Board of Directors as the 2040 Capital Improvement Plan and associated needs for enlarged treatment facilities and storage capacity are annually reassessed.

For more information or to submit comments: e-mail, mail, phone, fax or visit the PAWSD offices at 100 Lyn Avenue, P.O. Drawer 4610, Pagosa Springs, CO 81157, (970) 731-2691, (970) 731-2693 (fax), or info@pawsd.org.

Pagosa Mountain Hospital has professional interpreter

By Kathi DeClark

Special to The SUN

Martha Suarez has contracted as a professional English-Spanish Interpreter for the Pagosa Mountain Hospital.

Suarez recently completed a week-long training at the Western State College of Colorado for Medical Interpreting. This was a five-day, 40-hour-a-week class. She is a member of the Colorado Translators Association and the Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters. Martha has been a trained Legal Interpreter and has added this to her list of accomplishments.

The hospital and the Hospital Foundation chose to send her to this training class. “Investing in our employees and our affiliated professionals is very important to us,” said Brad Conchennet, Pagosa Mountain Hospital CEO.

There are specific rules, procedures and guidelines to follow for medical interpretation.

1. You can be a conduit between speakers, and only repeat what each one says.

2. You can be a clarifier, often working with different levels of expertise and elaborate on what each party is expressing.

3. You can be a cultural broker; sharing and explaining cultural differences that may affect the medical care given.

4. You can be an advocate, helping to navigate our medical healthcare system.

“The interpreter is transparent,” Suarez said. “We don’t give advice; we only clarify. I am looking forward to going to a two-day class on coaching and coordinating.”

“We at the Pagosa Mountain Hospital can be proud of having supported such an accomplishment,” said Foundation President Bud Brasher.

PCC Southwest Campus seeks Pagosa instructors

The Southwest Campus of Pueblo Community College is seeking Pagosa Springs-area residents who are interested in teaching courses for the college at the Archuleta County Education Center during the upcoming fall semester.

Qualifications include having a master’s degree (or having completed at least 18 graduate-level credits) and wanting to make a positive difference in the community.

The Southwest Campus would like to offer prerequisite courses for health professions programs or transferring into other two- or four-year degree programs.

Those interested and qualified to serve as instructors are urged to contact Lisa Barrett, Southwest Campus Coordinator of Student Services, by phone at 247-2929, Ext. 7213, or via e-mail at lisa.barrett@pueblocc.edu.

The mission of the Archuleta County Education Center is to foster responsible citizenship through programs of literacy, education, vocation and life skills. Its services currently include adult education, alternative high school, after-school enrichment and tutoring programs, and community education.

Founded in 1933, Pueblo Community College is a premier teaching institution focused on providing academic and service excellence to help its students acquire the 21st century skills needed to better their lives. An educational and technological leader, PCC fosters economic development and utilizes strong partnerships in the communities it serves through its Pueblo, Fremont and Southwest campuses.

Businesses persevere during Lewis Street project

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

Businesses on Lewis Street are keen to let local residents know that, despite the street closure between 4th and 5th streets, doors are open and it’s business as usual, with only noise and dust to interfere with daily traffic.

Town construction manager Torry Hessman said that access to businesses can be made from the rear alleyways. Hessman hastened to add that drivers using the alleys need to remember that the normal traffic laws apply and to respect the one-way directional signs. Further, drivers using the alley way between Lewis and Pagosa street need to exercise additional caution when merging with traffic on San Juan Street since there is only a right turn allowed at that intersection.

While construction proceeds with hooking up storm drains on Lewis Street with drains on San Juan Street, access to the Adobe building and 5th Street will be restricted and, at times, closed. Hessman recommends alternate routes during that portion of the construction in order to ease the flow of traffic.

However, Hessman reports that access to the Adobe parking lot will be facilitated by creating limited one-way traffic flow to entrances and exits so that the parking lot will not be totally shut down at any one time. Drivers are advised to watch for signs to indicate which entrances and exits are to be used.

Hessman thanked the residents of Pagosa Springs for their continued patience and cooperation during the construction of Lewis Street and reminded everyone that keeping a good attitude during the construction will go a long way toward easing the inconvenience felt by locals and visitors alike.

CUMC concert tonight at Harman Park

By Larry Baisdon

Special to The SUN

The second in a series of three benefit concerts will be held tonight at Harman Park, under the white tent. The concerts are being held to raise funds for acoustics and a sound system for the Methodist Church sanctuary.

The theme of the concert will be patriotic, and the selections will be a mixture of patriotic and sacred music. We will feature the Quodlibet Handbell Choir and the Chancel Choir from CUMC, as well as soloists and ensembles from neighboring congregations. The highlight of the concert will be a congregational singing of sacred and patriotic songs.

This program promises to be an inspirational musical experience. There is no charge for the concert, but donations will be greatly appreciated.

There will be a reception following the concer, with refreshments.

CUMC cancels major construction project

By Ben Bagwell

Staff Writer

The Community United Methodist Church congregation voted Sunday to not go forward with plans to build a new sanctuary.

Earlier this year they had decided to replace the 39-year-old sanctuary between August and April of next year.

The church’s building committee had been working with Houston Construction of Pueblo and Architectural Innovations of Wichita, Kan.

The church began planning the construction project two years ago. “But the cost of materials and getting materials to Pagosa Springs kept rising,” said Ernie Karger, building committee chairman.

Increased pledges were secured from church members in January and the pledges plus cash collected was more than $600,000 when the decision was made to cancel the project on Sunday.

“When we saw the total expected costs on July 23, the committee decided to recommend to the people that we not go forward,” Karger said.

The Rev. Don Ford, pastor, said the church would still have to borrow $700,000 after the new cost estimates were received, and the original idea was to not borrow money.

“We came up with a budget based on cash on-hand, and pledges. We wanted to stay within budget. We had three options,” Ford said. “One option was to phase bills. Another option was to reduce the scope of the project. The third option was to upgrade the project; so we decided to end the idea of going forward,” the pastor said.

Karger said, “Cost estimates had changed since January and the committee will meet to decide on limiting the project to safety concerns. We will take care of structural deficiencies in the roof. We don’t want the roof to collapse on people. We won’t have to deal with asbestos since we won’t demolish the old building.”

Mixed bag in district CSAP scores, more data pending

By Sarah O. Smith

Staff Writer

Archuleta County School District 50 Joint saw some bounding gains and some dismal drops in proficiency levels in state Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) test results released Tuesday, prompting district officials to reassess teaching and classroom strategies.

“There are areas in our CSAP we feel good about, there are areas we feel disappointed about,” said Bill Esterbrook, assistant superintendent.

The CSAP is an annual test given to students in grades three through 10, and measures proficiency levels in reading, writing, math and science. The scores, released by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), measure improvements and declines from year to year.

According to Esterbrook, however, not all data released by the state is useful when tracking and examining student progress. For example, he said, solely focusing on how a specific grade does from year to year can be misleading. The CDE plans to release more specific data for each district on Aug. 15.

“It’s not very helpful data,” said Esterbrook. “Important, but not helpful.”

Rather than this approach, he said, it is more effective and helpful to compare scores on a longitudinal scale, which means following the same group of students from year to year and examining their growth and/or declines.

For example, longitudinal data following 2007’s third-graders to their 2008 fourth-grade year shows no difference in scores in reading, a .6 percent decline in writing, and a 4.9 percent increase in math scores.

In the intermediate school, scores from 2007 to 2008 generally remained steady, with a few small gains, and an impressive 11.9 percent increase in students scoring proficient or higher in fifth-grade writing.

Yet, at the junior high level, this growth seemingly tapers off, with declines nearly across the board, including a 11.4 decrease in grade-seven reading and a 17.8 percent decline in grade-seven math.

These declines continue for ninth- and 10th-graders: for example, 58.7 percent of ninth-graders in 2007 scored proficient or above in math. Yet in 2008 as tenth-graders, that percentage dropped to 32.6 percent, a 26.1 percent difference, and a decline Esterbrook calls “dismal.”

The improvements at the elementary and intermediate levels and the declines at the junior high and high school levels, said Esterbrook, are proof that achievement plans and classroom techniques called “best practices” implemented at the lower grade levels are working.

“We’ve seen some highly disappointing results in (grades seven through 10),” said Esterbrook, “and we know how to fix it. We can’t take any more time in implementing the practices that are alive and doing well in K-6.

“If there is an area where best practices are not embedded, that is a leadership problem — the school board, the superintendent, the assistant superintendent and the principals. It’s the responsibility of the leadership to make sure that happens.”

Esterbrook said that some of these practices are already in place at the seven-12 grade levels, but need to be emphasized more.

“It’s not to say teaching at the higher level is poor. But now that we have proof of how this works, we need to take that information and increase best practices, and make sure seven-twelve benefits,” said Esterbrook. “Would you want to keep doing the same thing if there was no growth?” asked Esterbrook. “Regardless of (a student’s proficiency level), they must grow.”

Esterbrook cited a quote that states that “the student achievement gap is merely the effect of a larger and more debilitating chasm: the educator achievement gap. We must erase the distance between the type of educators we are and be the type of educators they need us to be.”

Additionally, comparing Archuleta County’s scores to the state average scores reveals a mixed bag across the board. In the reading category, Archuleta County students generally scored higher than the state average; for example, 81 percent of fourth-graders scored proficient or higher, compared to the state average of 66 percent. In grades 5, 7, and 10 students scored slightly lower than the state average, and only 54 percent of ninth grade students scored proficient or higher, compared to the state average of 66 percent.

The writing scores hovered at just about level with the state scores, with a jump of 64 percent at the fourth grade, compared to 52 percent state average, and 69 percent at the eighth grade, compared to a 53 percent state average. However, the ninth and tenth grades scored lower than the state average, with just 35 percent of ninth graders ranked at proficient or higher, compared to 49 percent at the state level.

Math scores compared to the state average scores varied across the board; third and fourth grades scored above state average, while fifth and sixth scored below. A large gap at the eighth-grade level — 69 percent proficient or above compared to 53 percent state average — was followed by a decline in the ninth- and tenth-grade levels, with 35 percent of ninth-graders scoring proficient or above compared to the state’s average of 49 percent.

The science scores stayed above state average, with a huge leap of 68 percent at the eighth-grade level, compared to 46 percent statewide.

“You certainly want to be above the state average,” said Esterbrook, “and if you’re not, you need to ask questions.”

Esterbrook said he plans to present the more in-depth data that will be released by the state to the school board at the Sept. 9 meeting. Implementation of the achievement plans and best practices will also be discussed at the future meetings.


Volunteers provide valuable services at hospital

By Nancy Grovhoug and Beverly Chester

Special to The SUN

Pagosa Mountain Hospital has received many inquiries about a volunteer program.

The hospital is now ready to accept volunteers. The program at Pagosa Mountain Hospital provides opportunities for people to share their time in a meaningful and rewarding way.

Volunteers assist the staff in order to enhance and support the hospital’s commitment to quality patient care. In many cases, volunteers serve as a personal and human element in an often high-tech environment, to add a personal dimension to patient and family visits. The staff can more easily attend to the medical care when the volunteers assist them with these essential tasks.

Volunteers serve as the ambassadors/liaisons between the hospital and the community. This program allows volunteers to assist the staff in nearly every department.

Some of the opportunities available include transporting patients within the hospital, greeting and directing visitors from the front desk, answering phones, assisting with clerical duties and providing information to clients in the waiting rooms.

As the hospital expands, so will the needs.

All applications are processed and reviewed prior to the volunteers taking following steps:

• Attending an orientation session.

• Completing a TB test and health screening.

• Attending a new volunteer general training session.

• Receiving on–the-job training in a particular volunteer position.

The volunteer auxiliary has applications available at the Pagosa Mountain Hospital information desk.

Medical classes offered for professional development

The Southwest Campus of Pueblo Community College is offering two one-credit online hybrid courses during the upcoming fall semester as professional development opportunities. Hybrid classes are defined as being basically online courses with minor instructor interaction, making them accessible over a wide regional area of southwest Colorado.

The first class will be “Medical Terminology,” and it will begin Aug. 25 and run through Oct. 18.The second class is “Dietary Nutrition I,” and it will take place from Oct. 20 to Dec. 13. The cost is under $175 for both classes. Prerequisites are recommended for allied health programs.

For information or to register for one or both classes, call the Southwest Campus Durango center at (970) 247-2929.

Renowned scientist Morgan Sparks was Pagosa native

Morgan Sparks, Pagosa Springs native and a renowned scientist and inventor, died May 3 at his daughter’s home in Fullerton, Calif. He was 91.

Born in 1916 in Pagosa Springs, and raised in Texas, Sparks received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry at Rice University before earning his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1943.

That same year, he began a long tenure at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., working on batteries for naval torpedoes in its Electrochemical Research Department.

In 1948, he joined the new Semiconductor Research Group just as it was about to announce the invention of the first transistor. It was as part of that group that Sparks made his signal contributions to the development of the transistor.

The first transistor was a rickety contraption that was almost impossible to mass-produce. Bell Labs researcher William Shockley conceived of the “junction transistor” — a three-layer sandwich of semiconductor materials such as silicon and germanium — that would be much more reliable and easier to manufacture than the first transistors developed at the Labs.

It would take three years of research advances in materials science by Sparks, Gordon Teal and other Bell Labs researchers before the conception could finally be actualized. Sparks fabricated a crude prototype of this junction transistor in 1949, proving that Shockley’s ideas were indeed correct.

Working closely with Teal in early 1951, Sparks figured out how to inject impurities into the molten material from which the crystals were being made, establishing the interfaces or “junctions” between adjacent semiconductor layers required in Shockley’s design. Bell Labs announced the resulting device, the “microwatt junction transistor” to great fanfare on July 4, 1951.

Several months later Sparks wrote an article on the new device, “The Junction Transistor,” which appeared in Scientific American. Junction transistors soon began displacing vacuum tubes in such electronic devices as hearing aids and portable radios — the transistor radios that a postwar generation grew to love. By the decade’s end, transistors had become a staple element of electronic computers.

With the early 1960s, emergence of the integrated circuit, or microchip, their populations began to burgeon almost without limit. According to Gordon Moore, a cofounder of Intel Corp. and author of the famed Moore’s Law, “We make more transistors every year than the number of printed characters in all the newspapers, magazines, books, photocopies and computer printouts.”

During the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, Sparks rose through several management positions at Bell Labs and the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the parent company AT&T.

Sparks went to Albuquerque, N.M., from Bell Labs in 1972 to serve as director of Sandia National Labs.

Jack Howard, who served as Morgan’s executive VP from 1973 to 1981, recalled the many dimensions of the man: “Morgan Sparks was good at most anything he tried. The transistor won Nobel prizes for three physicists at Bell Labs but it wouldn’t have worked without the epitaxial layer Morgan cooked up for them. At Sandia he quickly became abreast of the weapons business; Sandians know the great job he did while he was here.”

Sandia President and Labs Director Tom Hunter recalls the Morgan Sparks era as a pivotal one for Sandia. “Morgan was president when I was a young staff member at Sandia. He set the framework for Sandia to become a multiprogram Lab. He was widely recognized for his ability to engage the Lab in many new areas that proved to be important for our future. He made a tremendous impression on all of us. I spent some time with him at the Nevada Test Site in the early ’70s and will always remember how this renowned researcher from Bell Labs so quickly and thoroughly immersed himself in every aspect of our weapons work.”

After he retired, Sparks accepted an appointment to the Robert O. Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico where he served as dean from 1981 to 1984. Until 2007 he was president of High Desert Investment Corporation, the developers of the High Desert and Mariposa communities.

Information in this article reprinted courtesy Sandia Lab News.

Nursing Mothers: Going for the Gold

By Maryam Khahili

San Juan Basin Health Department

Special to The SUN

One of our major roles at San Juan Basin Health’s WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program is ensuring that moms and especially their babies get the proper nutrition for a healthy start in life.

Breast-feeding is the most vital component. Over the past month, several clients have indicated that they’ve had to stop or reduce breastfeeding due to unavailability of a facility for them to express milk at their place of employment.

At that time, we supplied the women with a letter to their employers outlining the importance of breast-feeding and benefits to the employer.

Thanks to two new Colorado state laws that took effect July 7, 2008, breastfeeding moms now have more support.

The Colorado Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act establishes a standard for an employer to:

• Provide reasonable unpaid break time, or allow employee to use paid break and/or mealtime to express breast milk for her nursing child for up to two years after the child’s birth.

• Make reasonable efforts to provide a nursing mother with a private location in close proximity to her work area (other than a toilet stall) in which to express milk.

• Not discriminate against women for expressing milk in the workplace.

Many employers already support nursing mothers. Benefits for employers include decreased health care costs, improved employee productivity and morale, as well as greater loyalty and staff retention. It’s important to keep in mind that a room for a nursing mother doesn’t need to be anything fancy. A room as small as 4 by 5 feet with a chair, small table, and outlet is sufficient to be able to pump milk during breaks and lunch. The Colorado Breastfeeding Task Force gives awards to supportive employers. To nominate your employer or for more information, visit wwwcoloradobreastfeedingtaskforce.org.

The second law states: “A mother may breastfeed in any place she has the right to be.”

Colorado gets a gold medal for supporting nursing mothers. In solidarity with the 2008 Olympics, this year’s World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7) theme is “Mother Support: Going for the Gold.” It emphasizes the gold standard of breastfeeding and the golden opportunity all mothers have to provide the best to their infants from the very first moments of their life.

Breastfeeding benefits infants in terms of nutrition and bonding with their mother. It’s easier to digest and decreases the risks of ear infections, allergies, asthma, lung infections, GI problems, diabetes, cancer, and childhood obesity. Breastfeeding also benefits the mother in helping her return to pre-pregnancy weight sooner, reduces the risk of bone fractures, and pre-menopausal breast and ovarian cancer later in life.

To achieve this gold standard of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continuation of breast milk in combination with foods for at least one year or longer, mothers need to be educated about breastfeeding practices. They also need support from their health care providers, partners, families, employers and the public.

For support or assistance in Pagosa Springs, call 264-2409, Ext. 22.


Bighorn program seeks participants

By Alicia Haywood

Special to The SUN

The Bighorn Leadership Development Program is a unique, non-partisan leadership program that offers its participants an opportunity to become involved in the issues that face Colorado.

Over a period of four long weekends, Bighorn Fellows consider the responsibility of public service, develop public policy development skills, and learn the ins and outs of politics and government so that they can make a difference in their local community and the state.

Course dates and locations:

• Sept.5-7 Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs.

• Oct. 3-5 Great Divide Lodge in Breckenridge.

• Nov. 7-9 Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

• Dec. 5-7 Cheyenne Mountain. Resort.

The Bighorn Leadership Development Program is housed at Colorado State University under the Vice-Provost in the Office of Outreach and Strategic Partnerships. Participants pay a $350 fee and agree to commit to attend all twelve days of the course. The full cost of the tuition is being subsidized by the generosity of The Colorado Trust.

Visit the Web site for more information on the program: http://outreach.colostate.edu/bighorn/.

TROOPER'S TIPS

Welcome to Colorful Colorado

By Trooper Doug Wiersma

Colorado State Patrol

Special to The SUN

Have you recently moved to Colorado from another state?

If so, there are some things you need to know about your driver’s license and registration. You may still use your previous state’s driver’s license and registration here but only until such time as you become a resident of this state.

Colorado considers you a resident if you own or operate a business here, or if you’ve resided here continuously for 90 days, or if you’re gainfully employed here. Once you meet any of these criteria, you’re considered a resident and are required to obtain both a Colorado driver’s license, and a Colorado registration within 30 days.

If you’re a resident, continuing to use an out-of-state license and/or registration is illegal, and will likely result in a ticket if you’re stopped.

The Colorado State Patrol welcomes new residents, and we ask for your cooperation in keeping both you and your vehicle legal.

Museum displays handy products of the past

By Ann Oldham

Special to The PREVIEW

“After the meal is over comes the washing of dishes, and the cleaning of greasy, dirty pots and pans. The preparation of the meal is usually a pleasure, the clearing up, disagreeable.”

For our pioneer settlers, cleaning was definitely a much harder chore than it is today. Some assistance was available in the form of cleaning products. One such product that is on display at the San Juan Historical Society Museum is Gold Dust Washing Powder.

A 1910 advertisement in “Home Helps, A Pure Food Cook Book” reads, “Why not ‘let the Gold Dust Twins do your work?’ GOLD DUST WASHING POWDER is the quickest dish-washer ever invented. It is a vegetable-oil soap ground in to a smooth, golden powder, which dissolves instantly in any kind of water, cuts dirt and grease like magic, and does the big end of the work without your assistance. GOLD DUST is also unequaled for cleaning woodwork, scrubbing floors, cleaning refrigerators, bathroom fixtures, oilcloths, silverware, and for washing clothes. GOLD DUST makes everything it touches clean and sweet, and does it so quickly and well that, once you have used it, you would as soon try to bake without flour as keep house without GOLD DUST. At all grocers’ — Look for the twins on the package.”

The N.K. Fairbanks Company located in Chicago, Illinois made this product.

Apparently using children in advertisement this year was very popular. The N.K. Fairbanks Company was also the maker of the “Fairy Soap.” A child was used in the advertisement for this product. The oval bar of soap cost 5 cents.

The San Juan Historical Society has a general store display and a kitchen display. The artifacts in these displays will make one appreciate the ease of shopping, meal preparation and that dreaded clearing up that we have conveniences for today.

The museum is located at the corner of U.S. 160 and 1st Street. Admission charge is $3 for adults and $1 for children. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 59-2008 was commenced on 6-3-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Ryan Clark and April Clark Original Grantor(s)

Argent Mortgage Company, LLC Original Beneficiary

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November 15, 2006 Date of Deed of Trust

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November 27, 2006 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20611394 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$166,600.00 Original Principal Balance

$165,520.02 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 551, PAGOSA VISTA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 13, 1971 AS RECEPTION NO. 74884

COUNTY OF ARCHULETA, STATE OF COLORADO

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 116 Port Avenue Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 25, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: 6-3-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 60-2008 was commenced on 6-3-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Duane Breman and Amanda Breman Original Grantor(s)

Option One Mortgage Corporation Original Beneficiary

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2007-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-OPT5 Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

June 8, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

June 26, 2007 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20705644 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$729,000.00 Original Principal Balance

$728,222.57 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE

Exhibit “A”

The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows:

ALL THE REAL PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF ARCHULETA AND STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (E 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4) OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST, N.M.P.M., ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS. TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8, THENCE SOUTH 1320.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52’30” WEST 657.61 FEET; THENCE NORTH 1316.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43’ EAST 657.45 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

Parcel/Tax I.D. # 588708200002

Commonly known as: 4821 F Highway 84, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 4821 F Highway 84 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 25, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: 6-3-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 61-2008 was commenced on 6-3-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Breanna J. Kirsop Original Grantor(s)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network Inc. Original Beneficiary

GMAC Mortgage, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

November 22, 2005 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

November 29, 2005 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20512717 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$108,800.00 Original Principal Balance

$106,716.44 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 14, BLOCK 21, LAKE PAGOSA PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED MARCH 13, 1970, AS RECEPTION NOS. 72998 THRU 73013, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 42 West Radiant Court Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 25, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street,Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: 6-3-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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Invitation for Bids: Snow Removal for the Archuleta County Airport, Stevens Field, Pagosa Springs, CO. The Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners invites qualified firms to submit bids for snow removal services for the upcoming three winter seasons. Sealed bids (marked “BIDS FOR SNOW REMOVAL”) will be accepted by the Finance Department, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 until August 15, 2008 at 12:00pm. For full bid announcement, please contact Ron Nieweg, Contracts and Procurement Officer at (970) 264-8555, or rnieweg@archuletacounty.org or view on-line at www.archuletacounty.org.

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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A Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) consisting of approximately 16.59 acres in Pines & Ponderosa Fairways, located in Section 16, Township 35 North, Range 2 West, N.M.P.M. Otherwise known as Parcel # 569916300117. The nearest cross street is Aspen Village Drive and Hwy. 160 West. Anyone who wishes to comment should contact the Archuleta County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, Co. 81147, (970)-731-3877 or Project Planner Cindy Schultz (cschultz@archuletacounty.org) prior to consideration of this P.U.D. by the Archuleta Planning Commission on 8-13-08 to be determined at 6:00 pm in the County Courthouse or attend the public meeting and be heard.

Sincerely,

The Ault Companies

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the General Public that Piedra Automotive is applying for title and will sell to the general public the following vehicle:

VIN: JF1BV6326NH604697

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 1993 SUBARU LEGACY

REGISTERED OWNER: NO RECORD FOUND

TOW/STORAGE OPERATOR: Piedra Automotive

505 CR 500/POB 5756

Pagosa Springs, Co 81147

(970) 731-3335.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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The Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association is seeking bids for the construction of a Park area near Lake Pagosa. Project to include a gravel parking area, picnic pads, walkways and a covered picnic gazebo. Please call Larry Lynch at Association Office, 731-5635 ext. 25.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NOTICE OF SALE

Sunetha Property Management will be having a sale for storage units (#1 & #23) at High County Mini Storage, 55 Rainbow, Pagosa Springs, Colorado on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.

Misc. items include upright freezer, golf clubs, Christmas items, snow chains, some old power tools.

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PUBLIC HEARING

The Town Council for the Town of Pagosa Springs will be holding a public hearing for a hotel and restaurant liquor license application for The Quaking Aspen Café and Gallery LLC dba The Quaking Aspen Café and Gallery, located at 456 Pagosa Street. The public hearing will be held on Tuesday August 5, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers. All people wishing to comment should be present at that meeting or have written comments in the office of the Town Clerk no later than 12:00 p.m. on August 4, 2008.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE

FOR ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO

To the Electors of Archuleta County, Colorado, in accordance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 1-5-202, a Colorado Election will be held in several precincts in the State, on Tuesday, the 12th day of August, 2008. The Election will be held in the lawful polling places designated for each precinct and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Archuleta County will be utilizing Vote Centers for the Primary Election.

The precincts for both Mail-In (formerly Absentee) and Early voting will be the County Elections Office downstairs in the Courthouse. Mail-In (Absentee) Ballots may be picked up or applied for and also returned there. You may also drop off Mail-In Ballots at the County Clerk’s Office. Early Voting will be held in the Election’s Office, downstairs in the Courthouse from August 4, 2008 through 4:00 p.m. August 8, 2008. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The following are the office nominations that will be voted on at the August 12, 2008 Primary Election.

Note: There will be two ballots, a Democratic ballot and a Republican ballot. Republican candidates will be listed on the Republican Ballot and the Democratic candidates will be listed on the Democratic Ballot. No Presidential candidates will be on our Primary Ballots. The Presidential Race will be voted on during the General Election held in November.

FEDERAL OFFICES

UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Mark Udall (01) Bob Schaffer

(Democratic) (Republican)

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 111TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS – DISTRICT 3

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) John T. Salazar (01) Wayne Wolf

(Democratic) (Republican)

STATE OFFICES

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Jill L. Brake (01) Marcia Neal

(Democratic) (Republican)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 59

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

There are no candidates for this office. (01) Ellen Roberts

(Democratic) (Republican)

DISTRICT ATTORNEY – 6TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Todd Risberg (01) Russell Wasley

(Democratic) (Republican)

(02) David Duncan

(Democratic)

COUNTY OFFICES

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Ron Chacey (01) Eugene (Gene) Crabtree

(Democratic) (Republican)

(02) John A. Ranson

(Republican)

(03) Robin Schiro

(Republican)

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 2

(Vote for One) (Vote for One)

(01) Raymond P. Finney (01) Raymond Eugene Keyawa

(Withdrew Candidacy) (Republican)

(02) Clifford A. Lucero

(Democratic)

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VOTE CENTERS

Instead of individual Precincts, we will have 3 Vote Centers. All voters have the option to vote at any one of the three Vote Centers. They are as follows:

1. Archuleta County Commissioners’ Meeting Room

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

2. Pagosa Springs Community Center

451 Hot Springs Blvd.

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

3. Restoration Fellowship Church

264 Village Drive (Behind the west City Market)

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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INVITATION TO BID

STATION NO. 07 – CHROMO AREA

Sealed bids will be received by Pagosa Fire Protection District, 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, Colorado, until Friday, August 22, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

All bids that have been duly received will be opened publicly and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2008, at Station #1’s Training Room located at 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, Colorado. All interested parties are invited to attend. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid.

The work to be performed generally includes:

Construction of a 4-bay, 2 story station approximately 3000 square feet in size with the 2nd story being approximately 1600 square feet and located at 1495 County Road 382 in the Chromo area

Bids shall be submitted on a lump sum basis with a requirement to bid alternate additions for installation of an electrical thermal storage system, foundation and flat work, septic system and 2nd floor finish work (sheetrock, painting and trim). The award may be on the basis of the base bid or of the alternate bid.

Copies of the Drawings, Specifications and other Contract Documents for use in preparing Bids may be obtained after July 30 electronically (if e-mail address is provided) after July 30. Hard copies are also available upon paying $45.00 for each set of Contract Documents. Payment is to be made to District whose mailing address is: 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147. All payments made for Drawings, Specifications, and other Contract Documents are nonrefundable.

Copies of the Drawings and Project Specifications are also on file and may be examined at the Owner’s address during normal working hours after July 31, 2008.

Each Bidder shall file with his Bid a cashier’s check, or a Bid Bond, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Bidder to whom a Contract is awarded will be required to furnish a Performance, Payment and Warranty Bond guaranteeing faithful performance.

No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened.

A mandatory Prebid Conference and Site Visit will be held at PFPD Station #1, 191 North Pagosa Blvd., Pagosa Springs, Colorado, on Monday, August 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Bids will be considered only from Bidders who have attended the Prebid Conference and Site Visit. Bids from Bidders not indicated in the District’s records to have been in attendance at the Prebid Conference and Site Visit will be returned unopened.

OWNER

By: /s/ Diane C. Bower

Assistant Chief – Administration

Pagosa Fire Protection District

Published July 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Pagosa Springs Town Council will hold a public hearing to review a request to complete a minor subdivision on Lot 9, Block 48, Townsite of Pagosa Springs. The subject property is approximately 0.17 acres and located at 367 South 8th Street. The Public Hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should contact the Town Planning Department or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Pagosa Springs Town Council will hold a public hearing to review a request to replat a portion of Mesa Heights Subdivision consisting of Lots 1-7, Block 4; Lots 18-21, Block 1; and a portion of the previously platted Mesa Drive right-of-way. The Public Hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should contact the Town Planning Department or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF PAGOSA SPRINGS SANITATION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property into the boundaries of the Town of Pagosa Springs Sanitation General Improvement District (“District”) has been filed with the Board of Directors of the District. A public hearing on the Petition shall be held in the Town Hall Council Chambers, the 5th day of August 2008, at the hour of 5:00 p.m., at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard, Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

The names of the Petitioners are:

William & Peggy Laverty

The properties requested to be included into the District are described as follows:

Ordinance No. 03, Series 2008 in its entirety including Laverty legal description is available at the Town Clerks office upon request.

All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause why such Petition should not be granted.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN OF PAGOSA SPRINGS SANITATION GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

Published July 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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A variance from section 3.1.4 of the Archuleta County Land Use Regulations regarding the front setback for one lot located on approximately 9 acres is proposed on a portion of Lot 47, Pagosa Meadows 2 Subdivision. The property is located at 207 Peace Place, Pagosa Springs, CO; approximately 1 mile from the intersection of Big Sky Place and Meadows Drive.

Comments regarding this proposal may be submitted to the Archuleta County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-1507, telephone: (970) 731-3877 prior to the public hearing by the Board of County Commissioners on August 5, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in the County Courthouse. If you prefer, you may attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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A variance from section 3.1.4 of the Archuleta County Land Use Regulations regarding the side setback for one lot located on approximately 7.5 acres is proposed in a portion of Township 32N, Range 6W, Section 24. The property is located at 966 County Road 977, Arboles, CO; across from CR 977 and Country Meadows Place.

Comments regarding this proposal may be submitted to the Archuleta County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1507, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147-1507, telephone: (970) 731-3877 prior to the public hearing by the Board of County Commissioners on August 5, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in the County Courthouse. If you prefer, you may attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT ANNOUNCING LIEN SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless all rents and fees are paid by July 19, 2008, the belongings of Jan E. Smith, 578 Lakeside Drive, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 consisting of household items, tools and plumbing supplies which are currently stored at A-Affordable Storage, Unit 10, 4640 West Highway 160, Unit B, Pagosa Springs CO 81147 will be sold at this location at 1 pm on August 1, 2008 for cash only by high bid. All interested parties should call 970/731-2188.

Published July 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Elk Run Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Myron Malmberg a/k/a Myron L. Malmberg

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number _____

Div.______

Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Real Estate:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 23, Unit Number 7101, Building Number 1, Elk Run Townhouses, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 23, Unit Number 7101, Building Number 1 in “ELK RUN TOWNHOUSES”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded thereof filed for record June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140480, and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership recorded June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140481, First Amendment thereto recorded August 13, 1986 under Reception No. 141512 and Second Amendment recorded December 1, 1987 as Reception No. 151976, Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: Myron Malmberg a/k/a Myron L. Malmberg.

Dated: May 21, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Sandra Hullum

(2) Michael Hullum

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number ____

Div.______

Amended Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 02, Condominium Unit Number 7508, Building Number 02, in Phase I of Village Pointe Condominiums, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 02, Condominium Unit Number 7508, Building Number 02, in Phase I of Village Pointe Condominiums, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded under Reception No. 168713 and the Declaration of Condominium and Interval Ownership of Village Pointe Condominiums recorded under Reception No. 160495, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk, Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: Sandra Hullum and Michael Hullum.

Dated: March 6, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Elk Run Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Karl Jeffery Petrie

(2) Mickie K. Petrie

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV73

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m. Sale No. 2008-25

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-25

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $3,170.50, Interest: $563.04, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $7,108.54

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 17, Unit Number 7110, Building Number 03, Elk Run Townhouses, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 17, Unit Number 7110, Building Number 03 in “ELK RUN TOWNHOUSES”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded thereof filed for record June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140480, and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership recorded June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140481, First Amendment thereto recorded August 13, 1986 under Reception No. 141512 and Second Amendment recorded December 1, 1987 as Reception No. 151976, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 6/11/2008 Case No.: 2008CV73 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/24/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $3,170.50

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Elk Run Property Owners Assoc., Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Elk Run Property Owners Assoc., Inc., Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): Karl Jeffery Petrie & Mickie K. Petrie Address: 2130 N. Rough Creek Ct., Granbury, TX 76048 and 3351 Lipan Hwy, Granbury, TX 76048

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Karl Jeffery Petrie & Mickie K. Petrie, Address: 2130 N. Rough Creek Ct., Granbury, TX 76048 and 3351 Lipan Hwy, Granbury, TX 76048

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Estate of Paul L. Lewis

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV70

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Sale No. 2008-23

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-23

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $4,218.00, Interest: $696.80, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $8,289.80

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 04, Condominium Unit Number 7311, Building Number 02 of Masters Place Condominiums Phase I, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Numbers 04, Condominium Unit Number 7311, Building Number 02 of Masters Place Condominiums Phase I, according to the Condominium Map recorded under Reception Number 161539, and the Declaration for Masters Place Condominiums recorded under Reception Number 0161911, and amendments and supplements thereto in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 5/19/2008 Case No.: 2008CV70 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/23/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $4,218.00

Original Trustee : N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Masters Place Condominiums Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): Paul L. Lewis Address: 11400 S. Indian Meridian, Newalla, OK 74857

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Estate of Paul L. Lewis Address: c/o Melissa K. Mast, P.R., 11400 S. Indian Meridian, Newalla, OK 74857

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Ptarmigan Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Duvall Truelsen

(2) Deanna E. Truelsen

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV59

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Sale No. 2008-22

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-22

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $3,980.00, Interest: $657.94, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $8,012.94

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 15, Unit Number 7219, Building Number 10, Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase III, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 15, Unit Number 7219, Building Number 10, in Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase III, as recorded under Reception No. 156202, subject to Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership for Ptarmigan Townhouses recorded under Reception No. 153557, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorded in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 6/2/2008 Case No.: 2008CV59 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/20/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $3,980.00

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5on Lien Documents: Name(s): Duvall Truelsen and Deanna E. Truelsen Address: 206 Central Ave., Dolores, CO 81323

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Duvall Truelsen and Deanna E. Truelsen Address: 206 Central Ave., Dolores, CO 81323

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Ptarmigan Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Lawrence J. Winburn

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV58

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Sale No. 2008-21

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-21

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument): Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $3,980.00, Interest: $759.50, Costs

(estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $8,114.50

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 04, Unit Number 7203, Building Number 2, Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase I, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 04, Unit Number 7203, Building Number 2, in Ptarmigan Townhouses Phase I, as recorded under Reception No. 153256, subject to Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership for Ptarmigan Townhouses recorded under Reception No. 153557, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorded in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 6/4/2008 Case No.: 2008CV58 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/20/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $3,980.00

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Ptarmigan Property Owners Assoc., Inc Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): Lawrence J. Winburn Address: 1234 S. Fenway, Casper, WY 82601

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): Lawrence J. Winburn Address: 1234 S. Fenway, Capser, WY 82601

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) German Zuniga

(2) Sara R. Zuniga

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number 08CV69

Div.______

NOTICES OF:

(1) LEVY AND RECORDING;

(2) RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION;

(3) RIGHT TO CURE AND/OR REDEEM;

(4) ELECTION OF SALE;

(5) SALE; AND

(6) GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All words and phrases which have the first letters thereof capitalized are defined on the attached Identifying Data of Legal Documents Upon Which foreclosure Is Based. The undersigned attorney certifies that to the best of his knowledge, the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s) names and addresses are correct.

This proceeding for a Sheriff’s Sale (See Sheriff’s Identifying No. on attached Identifying Data, etc.) has been commenced in the office of the Sheriff of this County to foreclose the lien of the Mortgage, Deed of Trust and/or Judgment.

1. LEVY AND RECORDING: Judgment has been entered and a Writ of Execution has been issued by the above Court to the undersigned Sheriff to levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold, which is owed or was formerly owned by the Judgment Debtor(s), and to which the lien of the Lien Documents attached. Pursuant thereto, the undersigned Sheriff has levied upon or will levy upon the Real Estate to be Sold by recording these Notices in the appropriate real estate records.

2. RIGHT TO CLAIM EXEMPTION AND/OR ENJOIN: Within ten (10) days of the date of service hereof of the Judgment Debtor(s) and Current Owner(s), any one or more of them has a right to file with the Clerk of the above Court a written claim of exemption in the above case, which he, she or it may have by the laws of this State. At any time before this sale, Judgment Debtor(s), Current Owner(s), and other Interested Parties may have a right to enjoin this sale, if permitted by law. Failure to pursue these rights may be deemed a waiver thereof. The filing of a frivolous, groundless or vexatious lawsuit may result in attorney’s fees being assessed against you.

3. CURE AND/OR REDEMPTION RIGHTS: Pursuant to the laws of this State, you may have an interest in the Real Estate to be sold or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities as a result of this Sheriff’s sale. You may have the right to cure a default under the judgment, or you may have a right to redeem the Real Estate to be Sold. A copy of said statutes, as such statutes are presently constituted, is attached to the copies hereof which are recorded, mailed and served.

The lien of the Lien Documents may not be a first lien.

A Notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to CRS 38-38-104 shall be filed with the Sheriff at least 15 calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A Notice of Intent to Redeem filed pursuant to Section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the Sheriff no later than 8 business days after the sale.

4. ELECTION TO SELL: The Holder of the Judgment intends to have the Real Estate to be Sold by the undersigned Sheriff to partially or fully pay the lien of the Lien Documents. The effect of said sale will be to deprive all persons who claim an interest in the Real Estate of any right thereto, except as provided by law.

5. SALE: The Real Estate to be Sold, will be sold at public auction without warranties or guarantees at the following date, time and place:

Date of Sale: October 22, 2008

Place of Sale: Archuleta County

Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m. Sale No. 2008-24

6. GOVERNMENTAL CLAIMS: To the copies of these Notices which are recorded, mailed, and served, there are attached copies of the written recorded claim of any governmental agency against the Real Estate and the independent notices which the law requires to be mailed to any such governmental agency to terminate their rights to the Real Estate.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Holder of Judgment

Colorado Attorney Registration No. 1063

6035 Erin Park Dr., Ste. 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

1-800-842-8417 or (719) 593-1970

By /s/ Philip M. Kleinsmith

Dated: July 14, 2008.

Sheriff of the Above County

/s/ Peter L. Gonzales

Address: 449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Upon Which Foreclosure is Based

Type of Sale (Trustee, Sheriff, Special Master) and That Person’s Identifying No., (if applicable: Sheriff’s Sale - 2008-24

Type of Documents Being Foreclosed (Mortgage, Deed of Trust2, Judgment or Other Lien Instrument):

Judgment

Default(s) Causing Foreclosure: Failure to Pay Judgment

Projected Amounts Owed As of Foreclosure Sale Date: Principal: $2,911.00, Interest: $120.96, Costs (estimated): $2,500.00, Attorneys Fees (estimated): $875.00, Total (estimated): $6,406.96

Real Estate3 to be Sold: Common Description: Unit Week Number 19, Condominium Unit Number 7522, Building Number 5, in Phase III of Village Pointe Condominiums, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Assessor’s Tax Parcel No.: Unknown

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 19, Condominium Unit Number 7522, Building Number 5, in Phase III of Village Pointe Condominiums, according to and as located on the recorded map recorded under Reception No. 176324 and the Declaration of Condominium and Interval Ownership of Village Pointe Condominiums recorded under Reception No. 160495, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Lien Documents: That is the Identifying Data of Legal Documents1 Being Foreclosed Per Real Estate Records of County Stated in Legal Description:

Mortgage or Deed of Trust: Dated: N/A

Judgment: Dated: 5/19/2008 Case No.: 2008CV69 Court: Archuleta County District Court

Transcript of Judgment: Dated: N/A

Writ of Execution: Dated: 6/23/2008

Other Lien Instrument: Dated: N/A

Recording Date: N/A

Recording Data: N/A

Original Principal Amount: $2,911.00

Original Trustee: N/A

Original Holder4 of Lien Documents: Name: Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Present Holder of Lien Documents: Name: Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc. Address: c/o Foreclosure Management Company, 10975 El Monte, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211

Original Liable Parties5 on Lien Documents: Name(s): German Zuniga and Sara Zuniga Address: 2313 Jarboe Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 and 10713 Cypress Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64137

Judgment Debtor(s): Name(s): N/A - In Rem Only Address: N/A

Current Owner(s) of Real Estate: Name(s): German Zuniga and Sara Zuniga Address: 2313 Jarboe Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 and 10713 Cypress Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64137

1Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Judgment, or other Lien Instrument.

2Sometimes called “Trust Indenture”.

3Sometimes called “Mortgaged Property”, “Trust Property”, or “Property”.

4Sometimes called “Mortgagee”, “Beneficiary”, “Judgment Creditor”, or “Creditor”.

5Sometimes called “Mortgagors”, “Grantors”, “Judgment Debtors”, or “Debtors”.

Published July 24, 31, August 7, 14 and 21, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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County Court

Archuleta County, Colorado

Court address:

P.O. Box 148

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Case No. 08CV167

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Public Notice is given on July 11, 2008, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Archuleta Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Jenni Ann Webb be changed to Jenni Ann Shearston.

/s/ Debbie Tully

Clerk of Court

Published July 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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The Pagosa Springs Sanitation General Improvement District will hold a public hearing to review a resolution for the implementation of a rate increase for the third and fourth quarters of 2008. The resolution contemplates a monthly service charges increase from $22.50 to $30.00 and a Plant Investment Fee increase from $3,750 to $4,400. The public hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall following the Town Council meeting at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should mail written comments to Tamra Allen, Interim Town Manager, 551 Hot Springs Boulevard, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 58-2008 was commenced on 5-22-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Mark A. Arnold and Kimberly K. Arnold Original Grantor(s)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Chapel Funding, LLC Original Beneficiary

HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

August 25, 2006 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

August 30, 2006 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20608326 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$172,800.00 Original Principal Balance

$172,446.50 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

UNIT 1, BUILDING ONE, NORTH COVE CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 22, 2000 AS RECEPTION NO. 20008136.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 78 Aspenglow Boulevard #1 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 11, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, P O Box 790, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: 5-22-08

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Lois Baker by Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

David A. Shore. Reg. No. 19973

Scott D. Toebben, Reg. No. 19011

Martin H. Shore, Reg. No. 1800

Hellerstein and Shore, P.C., 5347 S. Valentia Way, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, (303) 573-1080

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE ARCHULETA COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

SALE NO. 55-2008

This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows:

Grantor: Bonnie M Phillips

Original Beneficiary: Centennial Savings Bank, FSB

Current Owner of the Evidence of Debt: Vectra Bank

Date of Deed of Trust: February 16, 1996

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: February 16, 1996

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $56,500.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt as of the date hereof: $47,027.88

County of Recording: Archuleta

Book and Page No. or Reception No. of Recorded Deed of Trust: as Reception No. 1996001071

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 467 IN LAKE FOREST ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD JUNE 4, 1973 AS RECEPTION NO. 77869. Also known as: 11 Dragoon Court, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, Now Known As: 1145 Lake Forest Circle, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

The Holder of the debt secured by the Deed of Trust declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make payments as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Negotiable Instrument.

The Holder of the Debt secured by the Deed of Trust has filed a written Notice of Election and Demand for sale with the undersigned Public Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

A notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-104 shall be filed with the undersigned at least 15 calendar days prior to the first schedule sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of Intent to Redeem pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-302 shall be filed with the undersigned no later than 8 business days after the sale.

The name, address and telephone number of each attorney (if any) representing the Holder of the Debt is as follows:

Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq.Reg. No. 5673

Joel T. Mecklenburg, Esq. Reg. No. 36291

Stacey L. Aronowitz, Esq. Reg. No. 36290

Joan Olson, Esq. Reg. No. 28078

Marcy L. McDermott, Esq. Reg. No. 38030

Aronowitz & Ford, LLP

1199 Bannock Street

Denver, Colorado 80204

(303) 813-1177

NOTICE OF SALE

The undersigned will on September 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder who has submitted bid funds to the undersigned as specified by C.R.S. 38-38-1-6(7) to pay the Debt and certain other sums, all as provided by applicable law and the Deed of Trust.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

DATED: May 14, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, Colorado

Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE OR REDEEM

Public Trustee No. 57-2008

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On 05-22-08, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Archuleta records.

Original Grantor ANGELA B BAUER AND ANDREAS BAUER

Original Beneficiary WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

Current Beneficiary LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HY06 TRUST

Date of Deed of Trust 3/29/2007

Recording Date of Deed of Trust 4/3/2007

Recorded in Archuleta County Reception No. 20702776

Original Principal Amount $590,000.00

Outstanding Balance $590,000.00

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows;

Failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 11, OAK HILL RANCHES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 AS RECEPTION NO. 20008801.

which has the address of: 1562 Ranchland Dr Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current owner of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of September 11, 2008, At the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO ALL MAILED COPIES OF THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

• A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

• A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE SALE.

Dated: 5-22-08

LOIS BAKER

Archuleta COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

Attorney:

Law Office of Michael P. Medved, P.C. Attorney Registration No. 14669

355 Union Blvd., Suite 302, Lakewood, CO 80228

Phone: (303) 274-0155 Fax: (303) 274-0159

Attorney file #915-09392

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, Archuleta County, State of Colorado

Court Address: PO Box 148, 449 San Juan St.

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

EAGLE’S LOFT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Plaintiffs,

vs.

YSLETA L. LEISSNER, THE ESTATE YSLETA L. LEISSNER, THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF YSLETA LEISSNER, BRIAN JEFFREY BRYANT AND KIRBY BRYANT KANAREK AS THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF YSLETA L. LEISSNER and All unknown Persons Who Claim Any Interest in the Subject Matter of this Action.

Defendant.

Case Number: 08 CV 114

Attorney for Plaintiffs:

Larry W. Holthus

PO Box 1737

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 264-4196

FAX Number: (970) 264-4197

Atty. Reg. #: 10535

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court, an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet title to:

Unit Number 21 Building Number 21, Unit Week Number 52, in ‘EAGLE’S LOFT - Phase Three, as Reception No. 130203 and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership, recorded under Reception Number 117700 in Book 200 at Page 834 et seq and amendments and supplements thereto in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Dated this 10th day of July, 2008.

/s/ Larry W. Holthus

Larry W. Holthus

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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DISTRICT COURT, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO

Court Address:

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

(970) 264-5932

RTM HOLDINGS, LLC AND CHARLES KALISH,

Plaintiffs

v.

STANCIE L. JONES, DOROTHY-NOLL JONES, THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY-NOLL JONES AND ANY AND ALL HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF DOROTHY-NOLL JONES, PAGOSA LAKES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, PAGOSA AREA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS, INC., formerly known as FAIRFIELD RESORTS, INC. and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action,

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 21

Attorney for Plaintiff:

Lisa D. Toy

8 Heather Place

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 731-8280

FAX Number: (970) 731-8281

Atty. Reg. #: 33886

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE:

You are hereby summoned and required to file with the clerk of this court an answer or other response to the claims of the complaint filed with the Court in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint, without any further notice to you.

This is an action to quiet the title to:

Lot 281, Lake Forest Estates, according to the plat thereof filed June 4, 1973, as Reception No. 77869, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Archuleta County, Colorado.

DATED this 7th day of July, 2008.

/s/ Lisa D. Toy

Lisa D. Toy, #33886

8 Heather Place

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

(970) 731-8280

Published July 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 51-2008 was commenced on 5-8-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Sabine E Baeckman-Elge Original Grantor(s)

Bankers Express Mortgage, Inc. Original Beneficiary

Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWABS Asset-Backed Notes Trust 2007-SDI Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

March 29, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

April 4, 2007 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20702822 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$245,000.00 Original Principal Balance

$245,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 996 IN TWINCREEK VILLAGE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD NOVEMBER 5, 1973 AS RECEPTION NO. 78739. A.P.N.: 569907111039

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 21 Pueblo Court Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 4, 2008, at Office of the Archuleta County Public Trustee, Archuleta County Courthouse, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: May 8, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Robert J. Hopp #26818

Wayne E. Vaden #21026

Will R. Arant, III #36864

Matt P. Ruhland #36940

Robert J. Hopp & Associates, LLC, PO Box 8689, Denver, CO 80201, (303) 788-9600

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE, RIGHT TO CURE, AND RIGHT TO REDEEM

PUBLIC TRUSTEE FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 52-2008

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 13, 2008, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Archuleta, Colorado records.

Original Grantors: DOUGLAS A. DRANE AKA DOUGLAS DRANE AND BARBARA E. DRANE AKA BARBARA DRANE

Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK WEST, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WELLS FARGO BANK WEST, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust: FEBRUARY 28, 2001

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: MARCH 15, 2001

County of Recording ARCHULETA

Deed of Trust Recording Information: Reception No. 20102424

Original Principal Balance of Debt $135,000.00

Principal Balance of Debt on date oF this Notice (exclusive of interest and other charges) $55,684.69

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101(4)(i), you are notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: The failure to pay monthly payments for the months of December, 2007 to and including this month and future payments under the Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Lots 6 and 7, Block 14, Aspen Springs Subdivision No. 1, according to the amended plat thereof filed March 22, 1971, as Reception No. 74229, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Archuleta County, Colorado

together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters,

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 440 PETITT’S CIRCLE, PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust described here has filed Notice of Election and Demand for Sale as provided by law in said Deed of Trust.

Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that I will at 10:00 A.M. on September 4, 2008 at the door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of trust, plus attorney fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law..

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO ALL MAILED COPIES OF THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE WITHIN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE SALE.

DATE: May 13, 2008

LOIS BAKER

Public Trustee for the County of Archuleta, State of Colorado

By /s/ Vicky Rudock

(Deputy) Public Trustee

Name, address, telephone numbers, and bar registration number of the attorney representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Tuck Young, (Colorado #2190) of Kettelkamp, Young & Kettelkamp, P.C.

201 West 8th Street #540

Pueblo, CO 81003

Phone: (719) 543-4321 Fax: (719) 546-0936

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 53-2008 was commenced on 5-13-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Richard M. Maez Original Grantor(s)

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Original Beneficiary

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

January 13, 2004 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

January 13, 2004 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20400538 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$88,558.00 Original Principal Balance

$83,824.52 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE LAND REFERRED TO IN THIS COMMITMENT IS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARCHULETA, STATE OF COLORADO, AND DESCRIBED AS: LOT 223, PAGOSA VISTA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 13, 1971 AS RECEPTION NO. 74884, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 95 Surrey Drive Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on September 4, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, P O Box 790, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: 5-13-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE ARCHULETA COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

SALE NO. 54-2008

This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows:

Grantor: Dale P. Caruthers and Pamela S. Caruthers

Original Beneficiary: Washington Mutual Bank, FA, a federal association

Current Owner of the Evidence of Debt: Washington Mutual Bank

Date of Deed of Trust: September 20, 2002

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: September 20, 2002

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $200,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt as of the date hereof: $186,191.74

County of Recording: Archuleta

Book and Page No. or Reception No. of Recorded Deed of Trust: as Reception No. 20208511

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 55, PAGOSA MEADOWS UNIT THREE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED MAY 23, 1972, AS RECEPTION NO. 75834, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO. Also known as: 146 East Sunbeam Court, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

The Holder of the debt secured by the Deed of Trust declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make payments as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Negotiable Instrument.

The Holder of the Debt secured by the Deed of Trust has filed a written Notice of Election and Demand for sale with the undersigned Public Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

A notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-104 shall be filed with the undersigned at least 15 calendar days prior to the first schedule sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of Intent to Redeem pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-302 shall be filed with the undersigned no later than 8 business days after the sale.

The name, address and telephone number of each attorney (if any) representing the Holder of the Debt is as follows:

Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq.Reg. No. 5673

Joel T. Mecklenburg, Esq. Reg. No. 36291

Stacey L. Aronowitz, Esq. Reg. No. 36290

Joan Olson, Esq. Reg. No. 28078

Marcy L. McDermott, Esq./ Reg. No. 38030

Aronowitz & Ford, LLP

1199 Bannock Street

Denver, Colorado 80204

(303) 813-1177

NOTICE OF SALE

The undersigned will on September 4, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder who has submitted bid funds to the undersigned as specified by C.R.S. 38-38-106(7) to pay the Debt and certain other sums, all as provided by applicable law and the Deed of Trust.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

DATED: May 13, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, Colorado

Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Pagosa Springs Town Council will hold a Public Hearing to review the Blue Sky Annexation (668 Highway 84) which includes an approximate 96 acre tract of property and six (6) right-of-way tracts, being more particularly described in Resolution 2008-14, a copy of which is available in the office of the Town Clerk. A request for zoning the properties known as the Blue Sky Annexation will also be heard. The Public Hearing is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2008, to be held at Town Hall at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard. Anyone wishing to comment should contact the Town Planning Department or attend the public hearing and be heard.

Published July 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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DISTRICT COURT, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO

Court Address: Combined Court

449 San Juan Street

P.O. Box 148

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 264-2400

Plaintiff(s):

WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS, INC., f/k/a FAIRFIELD RESORTS, INC., f/k/a FAIRFIELD COMMUNITIES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION

v.

Defendant(s):

LANNY B. KIRKWOOD, HARRY S. CLAYPOOL, JR., MARJORIE A. CLAYPOOL, STEVE R. ESPINOZA, ELAINE ESPINOZA, FELIX P. FLIS, DOLORES L. FLIS, DELANA HONAKER, STEVE PECK AND LYNN PECK, LYNDALL CALER, SERENA JO CALER, RIO GRANDE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL CALER, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A., AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL CALER, AND AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST SERENA JO CALER, DISCOVER BANK, AS JUDGMENT HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL CALER, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, AS LIEN HOLDER AGAINST LYNDALL B. CALER, JERRY J. JACOBS, SR., SANDRA R. JACOBS, CURTISS E. MARPLE, JR., MICHAELA MARPLE, AND DIANA M. SALAZAR

Submitting Attorney:

SHAND, NEWBOLD & CHAPMAN, P.C.

Keith Newbold

150 East 9th Street, Suite 400

P.O. Box 2790

Durango, CO 81302

Phone Number: (970) 247-3091

Fax Number: (970) 247-3100

E-Mail: knewbold@snc-law.com

Atty. Reg. No: 010629

Case Number: 2007-CV-172

SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE AND NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

This is to advise you that the above-captioned action is pending. A Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure has been entered in this action concerning Mortgages executed by the Defendants for the benefit of Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc., f/k/a Fairfield Resorts, Inc., f/n/a Fairfield Communities, Inc., said Mortgages being recorded as detailed below.

The real property, which is all of the property currently encumbered by the Mortgages described in said Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, is situate in Archuleta County, Colorado, as recorded in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Archuleta County, Colorado, as detailed and described below.

The Defendants named below are the original grantors of the Mortgages and are in default pursuant to the terms of the Promissory Notes and the Mortgages being foreclosed. The Plaintiff named above is the judgment creditor in this action and the current owner of the evidence of debt (the judgment entered herein) secured by the property being sold; and as of April 17, 2008, the outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is detailed below.

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the owner of the Mortgage being foreclosed is Keith Newbold; Shand, Newbold & Chapman, P.C., 150 East 9th Street, Suite 400, Durango, Colorado 81301; (970) 247-3091.

1. As to Defendant Lanny B. Kirkwood, the property is described as:

A 126,000/60,310,500 undivided fee simple absolute ownership interest in Units 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1121, 1124, 1125 and 1126 in Building 11, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of Teal Landing Condominium, Phase One - As Built Building 11, as depicted on the Plat recorded as Reception No. 20102922, subject to Declaration of Condominium for Teal Landing Condominium recorded at Reception Number 20007580, First Amendment to Declaration of Condominium recorded as Reception No. 20009604, Second Amendment to Declaration recorded as Reception No. 20102923 and Third Amendment to Declaration recorded as Reception No. 20104161, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado. The property described above is an ANNUAL ownership interest as described in the Declaration and such ownership interest has been allocated 126,000 points (as defined in the Declaration of Condominium for Teal Landing Condominium) for use by the Grantee in Each year.

with the Mortgage being dated April 14, 2001, and recorded on June 20, 2001 at Reception 20105268. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $11,732.50 Unpaid Principal: $9,034.53;

Interest at 15%: $5,873.68l Late Fees: $1,210.68;

Costs: $242.56; Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00

Judgment Total: $17,461.45

2. As to Defendants Lyndall Caler and Serena Jo Caler, the property is described as:

A 308,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7877-7878 in Building 39, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE VIII, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 20010666, subject to declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Third Supplemental Declaration recorded March 13, 2000 as Reception No. 20002414 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated July 14, 2000, and recorded on January 10, 2001 at Reception 20100282. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $20,570.00 Unpaid Principal: $14,952.76;

Interest at 15%: $10,145.35 Late Fees: $2,387.12;

Costs: $510.12 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $29,095.35

3. As to Defendants Felix P. Flis and Dolores L. Flis, the property is described as:

A 84,000/35,486,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7813-7816 in Buildings 7 and 8, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said buildings of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE III, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 173555, subject to Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated June 10, 1997, and recorded on August 28, 1998 at Reception 98007279. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $6,715.00 Unpaid Principal: $2,089.17

Interest at 15%: $1,179.67 Late Fees: $410.75

Costs: $312.99 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00

Judgment Total: $5,092.58

4. As to Defendants Steve Peck and Lynn Peck, the property is described as:

A 154,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7881-7882 in Building 41, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE VIII, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 20010666, subject to declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Third Supplemental Declaration recorded March 13, 2000 as Reception No. 20002414 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated August 4, 2000, and recorded on November 5, 2001 at Reception 20109669. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $12,655.00 Unpaid Principal: $4,361.28;

Interest at 15%: $2,724.31 Late Fees: $202.49;

Costs: $328.96 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $8,717.03

5. As to Defendants Jerry J. Jacobs, Sr. and Sandra R. Jacobs, the property is described as:

A 154,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7843-7844 in Building 22, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE V, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 99006555, subject to Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Second Supplemental Declaration recorded July 8, 1999 as Reception No. 99006556 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated January 28, 2000, and recorded on April 27, 2000 at Reception 20003834. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $13,410.00 Unpaid Principal: $9,894.89;

Interest at 15%: $7,921.33 Late Fees: $2,859.04;

Costs: $341.36 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $22,116.62

6. As to Defendants Curtiss E. Marple, Jr. and Michaela Marple, the property is described as:

A 105,000/17,743,000 undivided fee simple absolute interest in Units 7845-7846 in Building 23, as tenants in common with the other undivided interest owners of said building of PEREGRINE TOWNHOUSES PHASE V, as depicted on the Plat recorded at Reception Number 99006555, subject to Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership for Peregrine Townhouses recorded at Reception Number 173556, Second Supplemental Declaration recorded July 8, 1999 as Reception No. 99006556 and any amendments and supplements thereto, all in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

with the Mortgage being dated May 22, 1999, and recorded on August 12, 1999 at Reception 99008192. The outstanding balance due and owning on such judgment is:

Original Principal: $9,520.00 Unpaid Principal: $5,015.04;

Interest at 15%: $2,905.98 Late Fees: $1,109.76;

Costs: $302.16 Attorneys Fees: $1,100.00;

Judgment Total: $10,432.94

NOTE: THE MORTGAGE BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

NOTICE OF SALE

I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction, all the right, title and interest of the Defendants in said property on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at 10:00 A.M., at the Sheriff’s Office, 449 San Juan Street Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

Attached hereto are copies of certain Colorado statues that may vitally affect your property rights in relation to this proceeding. Said proceeding may result in the loss of property in which you have an interest and may create a personal debt against you. You may wish to seek the advice of your own private attorney concerning your rights in relation to this foreclosure proceeding.

A notice of intent to cure pursuant to §38-38-104, C.R.S., shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of intention to redeem filed pursuant to §38-38-302, C.R.S., shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

Intent to cure or redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be directed to or conducted at the Office of the Sheriff for Archuleta County, 449 San Juan Street, P.O. Box 638, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147.

DATED this 30th day of JUNE, 2008 at Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

/s/ Peter L. Gonzalez, Sheriff,

Peter L. Gonzalez

Archuleta County, Colorado

SALE DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008 AT 10:00 AM

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. CERTIFIED FUNDS ARE PAYABLE TO THE REGISTRY OF THE ARCHULETA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

Colorado Statutes attached: §38-37-108, §38-38-103, §38-38-104, §38-38-301, §38-38-304, §38-38-305, and §38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Published July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE ARCHULETA COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE

SALE NO. 46-2008

This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows:

Grantor: Robert D Johnston II and Janice K Johnston

Original Beneficiary: Argent Mortgage Company, LLC

Current Owner of the Evidence of Debt: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-W5

Date of Deed of Trust: October 27, 2005

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: November 02, 2005

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $288,600.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt as of the date hereof: $283,072.46

County of Recording: Archuleta

Book and Page No. or Reception No. of Recorded Deed of Trust: as Reception No. 20511754

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 21, PARK MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF FILED JANUARY 26, 1999, AS RECEPTION NO. 9900472, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO. Also known as: 411 Blue Heron Circle, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

The Holder of the debt secured by the Deed of Trust declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make payments as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Negotiable Instrument.

The Holder of the Debt secured by the Deed of Trust has filed a written Notice of Election and Demand for sale with the undersigned Public Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

A notice of Intent to Cure filed pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-104 shall be filed with the undersigned at least 15 calendar days prior to the first schedule sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of Intent to Redeem pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-302 shall be filed with the undersigned no later than 8 business days after the sale.

The name, address and telephone number of each attorney (if any) representing the Holder of the Debt is as follows:

Robert J. Aronowitz, Esq.Reg. No. 5673

Joel T. Mecklenburg, Esq. Reg. No. 36291

Stacey L. Aronowitz, Esq. Reg. No. 36290

Joan Olson, Esq. Reg. No. 28078

Marcy L. McDermott, Esq.Reg. No. 38030

Aronowitz & Ford, LLP

1199 Bannock Street

Denver, Colorado 80204

(303) 813-1177

NOTICE OF SALE

The undersigned will on August 28, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., at Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder who has submitted bid funds to the undersigned as specified by C.R.S. 38-38-1-6(7) to pay the Debt and certain other sums, all as provided by applicable law and the Deed of Trust.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

DATED: April 30, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, Colorado

Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County

By: /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND

NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE OR REDEEM

No. 47-2008

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Original Grantor of Deed of Trust (Borrower) Marlon Rubi, a Single Man or Woman

Original Beneficiary of Deed of Trust National Recreational Properties of Pagosa Springs, a Colorado Limited Liability Company

Current owner of the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust National Recreational Properties of Pagosa Springs, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust October 4, 2005

Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 17, 2005

County of Recording ARCHULETA

Recording Information of Deed of Trust Reception No. 20511000

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt $48,200.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt $47,153.27

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

You are hereby notified that the undersigned as legal owner of an evidence of debt, which is secured by the Deed of Trust described above, declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest together with all other payments provided for in the Deed of Trust and Note.

The following-described property is all of the property encumbered by said Deed of Trust:

Lot 027 and Lot 028, Chris Mountain Village Unit 2, according to the plat thereof filed June 4, 1973, as Reception No. 77868, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Archuleta County, Colorado.

APN: 569525105003

also known by street and number as: APN: 569525105003 Archuleta County, Colorado

NOTICE OF SALE

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the legal owner of an evidence of debt, and which is secured by the Deed of Trust described above, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will at 10:00 o’clock a.m., on the date of August 28, 2008 at the Hallway of Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor, the heirs, successors and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said evidence of debt and Deed of Trust, attorney’s fees, and the expenses of sale, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE INSTRUMENT BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED HERETO. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-401 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Attached hereto is a copy of the Statutes pertaining to your rights for this foreclosure action.

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of the

County of ARCHULETA, Colorado

By /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Philip M. Kleinsmith, 6035 Erin Park Drive, #203, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, 719-593-1970.

THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE INFORM YOU: WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND

NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE OR REDEEM

No. 48-2008

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Original Grantor of Deed of Trust (Borrower) Anka R. Varda

Original Beneficiary of Deed of Trust National Recreational Properties of Pagosa Springs, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company

Current owner of the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust National Recreational Properties of Pagosa Springs, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust May 14, 2005

Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 2, 2005 and June 23, 2005

County of Recording ARCHULETA

Recording Information of Deed of Trust Reception No. 20505313 and 20506149

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt $28,400.00

Outstanding Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt $27,101.29

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST TO BE FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

You are hereby notified that the undersigned as legal owner of an evidence of debt, which is secured by the Deed of Trust described above, declares a violation of the covenants of said Deed of Trust for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest together with all other payments provided for in the Deed of Trust and Note.

The following-described property is all of the property encumbered by said Deed of Trust:

Lot 742, Pagosa Highland Estates, according to the plat thereof filed for record February 7, 1972 as Reception No. 75409.

Parcel #: 558336210017

also known by street and number as: Parcel No. 558336210017 Archuleta County, Colorado

NOTICE OF SALE

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the legal owner of an evidence of debt, and which is secured by the Deed of Trust described above, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will at 10:00 o’clock a.m., on the date of August 28, 2008 at the Hallway of Archuleta County Courthouse, 449 San Juan St., Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor, the heirs, successors and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said evidence of debt and Deed of Trust, attorney’s fees, and the expenses of sale, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE INSTRUMENT BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED HERETO. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-401 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

*A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Attached hereto is a copy of the Statutes pertaining to your rights for this foreclosure action.

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of the

County of ARCHULETA, Colorado

By /s/ Vicky Rudock

Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Philip M. Kleinsmith, 6035 Erin Park Drive, #203, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, 719-593-1970.

THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE INFORM YOU: WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM YOU WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 49-2008 was commenced on 5-5-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Seana M. Cahill-Lucero and William J. Lucero Original Grantor(s)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. Original Beneficiary

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

August 31, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

September 17, 2007 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20708594 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$198,400.00 Original Principal Balance

$197,987.68 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARCHULETA IN THE STATE OF COLORADO

LOT 23 OF BLOCK 7 IN LAKE PAGOSA PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION FILED AS RECEPTION NO. 72998.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 168 Dayspring Pl Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on August 28, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, P O Box 790, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: 5-5-08

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE OR REDEEM

To Whom it may concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale No. 50-2008 was commenced on 5-7-08 in the office of the undersigned Public Trustee relating to the Deed of Trust described below:

Norma J. Butler Original Grantor(s)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. Original Beneficiary

Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

September 25, 2007 Date of Deed of Trust

Archuleta County of Recording

October 10, 2007 Recording Date of Deed of Trust:

At Reception No. 20709505 Recording Information Receipt No. and/or Book No. and Page No.

$86,541.00 Original Principal Balance

$86,402.19 Outstanding Principal Balance

Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

LOT 13, BLOCK 14, ASPEN SPRINGS SUBDIVISION #3, ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF ARCHULETA COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER RECEPTION NO. 74567.

WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 517 Evergreen Drive Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

NOTICE OF SALE

The current Holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Herby Given that I will at public action at 10:00 a.m. on August 28, 2008, at at the front door of the Archuleta County Public Trustee’s Office, 449 San Juan Street, P O Box 790, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorney’s fees, the expenses of sale, and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

DATE: May 7, 2008

/s/ Lois Baker

Public Trustee of Archuleta County, State of Colorado

/s/ Vicky Rudock, Deputy

By: Lois Baker, Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone number of the attorneys representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Caren Jacobs Castle #11790

Deanne R. Stodden #33214

Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092

Barbara A. Bader #10394

Jennifer C. Rogers #34682

Britney Beall-Eder #34935

P.C. Wolf #34797

Katharine E. Fisher #39230

Lauren R. Smith #39316

Jeremy D. Peck #36588

Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC, 999 18th Street, Suite 2201, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 865-1400

THE ATTORNEY ABOVE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, Archuleta County, State of Colorado

Court Address: PO Box 148, 449 San Juan St.

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

EAGLE’S LOFT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Plaintiffs,

vs.

SHERRY A. WOOD and All Unknown Persons Who Claim Any Interest In The Subject Matter Of This Action,

Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiffs:

Larry W. Holthus

PO Box 1737

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Phone Number: (970) 264-4196

FAX Number: (970) 264-4197

Atty. Reg. #: 10535

Case Number: 07 CV 113

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court, an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet title to:

Unit Number 32, Building Number 32, Unit Week Number 43, in “EAGLE’S LOFT - PHASE THREE”, as Reception No. 130203 and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Individual and/or Interval Ownership, recorded under Reception Number 117700 in Book 200 at Page 834 et seq and amendments and supplements thereto in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

Dated this 16th day of June, 2008

Larry W. Holthus

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Village Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Russell Masten

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number

Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Real Estate:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 19, Condominium Unit Number 7503, Building Number 001D in Phase I of Village Point Condominiums, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 19, Condominium Unit Number 7503, Building Number 001D in “PHASE I OF VILLAGE POINT CONDOMINIUMS”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded under Reception No. 168713 and the Declaration of Condominium and Interval Ownership for Village Point Condominiums recorded under Reception No. 160495, and amendments and supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorded in and for Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: Russell Masten.

Dated: March 3, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

by Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Elk Run Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) Jean S. Picard

(2) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number

Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Real Estate:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 35, Unit Number 7106, Building Number 2, Elk Run Townhouses, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 35, Unit Number 7106, Building Number 2 in “ELK RUN TOWNHOUSES”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded thereof filed for record June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140480, and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership recorded June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140481, First Amendment thereto recorded August 13, 1986 under Reception No. 141512 and Second Amendment recorded December 1, 1987 as Reception No. 151976, Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: Jean S. Picard.

Dated: March 4, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

by Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

_______________________

District Court, County of ARCHULETA

State of Colorado

Court Address: P.O. Box 148

449 San Juan Street

Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Plaintiff(s):

Elk Run Property Owners Association, Inc.

v.

Defendant(s):

(1) John F. Thompson

(2) Janet K. Thompson

(3) Unknowns: All Unknown Spouses Of Any Party

Hereto, And All Other Persons Living Or Dead

Whose Names Are Unknown, Who Claim Any

Interest in The Subject Real Estate

Philip M. Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

6035 Erin Park Drive, Suite 203

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Phone: (719) 593-1970

Fax: (719) 593-2193

Email: klein@frii.com

Bar #: 1063

Case Number

Summons

TO EACH DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE:

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by the above named Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in a written Complaint and Petition for Money Judgment for HOA Assessments and Foreclosure Thereof (Complaint), a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, if service hereof is by a method of personal service. If service hereof is by publication, a copy of the Complaint is available from the Court Clerk and/or the Plaintiff’s attorney whose addresses and phone numbers are indicated above.

In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the Complaint by stating your defense(s) in writing and by filing same with the Clerk of the Court (by mail, if you wish) and mailing a copy to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Your written response must in certain instances state any related claim(s) which you may have against any other party hereto or you may be barred from making such claim(s) in any other lawsuit. If you do not respond in writing, a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where the Plaintiff may be entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded.

Your written response must be filed (by mail, if you wish) with the Clerk of the Court and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the date you are personally served with this Summons by a method of personal service or within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this Summons, if it is published. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.

This lawsuit requests a money judgment, the foreclosure of a Homeowners Assessment Lien against and quieting title to the following Real Estate and all improvements thereto:

Real Estate:

Common Description: Unit Week Number 06, Unit Number 7104, Building Number 1, Elk Run Townhouses, Archuleta County, Colorado.

Legal Description: Unit Week Number 06, Unit Number 7104, Building Number 1 in “ELK RUN TOWNHOUSES”, according to and as located on the recorded Map recorded thereof filed for record June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140480, and in accordance with and as limited and defined by the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Interval Ownership recorded June 26, 1986 as Reception No. 140481, First Amendment thereto recorded August 13, 1986 under Reception No. 141512 and Second Amendment recorded December 1, 1987 as Reception No. 151976, Archuleta County, Colorado.

In this lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that the following Defendants have personal liability on the subject Mortgage or Deed of Trust and Note and the requested money judgment: John F. Thompson and Janet K. Thompson.

Dated: March 7, 2008.

Kleinsmith & Associates, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff

by Philip M. Kleinsmith, #1063 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

Published July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2008 in The Pagosa Springs SUN.

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Duane Smith to address genealogical society

By Harold Morrison

Special to The PREVIEW

Professor Duane Smith will be the guest speaker for the Archuleta County Genealogical Society at its August meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Pagosa Springs Community Center.

Smith, known as “Mr. History,” resides in Durango, has taught at Fort Lewis College since 1964 and also has written more on Colorado history than anyone known. His three degrees are from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has found time to be heavily involved in his community and as a lay minister has performed marriage ceremonies for many of his students.

His talk will be illustrated with slides and is entitled “Those Were the Days — Mining in the San Juans.” During his presentation, Smith will relate history to genealogy.

Light refreshments will be served, with time for questions and conversation. Guests are invited, and expected.

High Country Squares dance at Lake Vallecito

By Lorna Fox

Special to The PREVIEW

High Country Squares club members traveled to Lake Vallecito last Saturday for a square dance with their own caller, Jim Park, calling the dance.

It was the first outing for several members of the club, a all did a fantastic job, and we all had a fun evening. We met and danced with folks from New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.

The High Country Squares would like to officially welcome three new couples to the club: Jere and Lois, Byron and Karen, and Blair and Barb — it’s great to have you. Any other experienced dancers who would like join the group, just come on down to the PLPOA Clubhouse on Monday evenings. We offer new dancer lessons from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (we’d love to have you as angels) and then dance Mainstream into Plus with some review from 8 to 9:30. Cost is $3.50 per person for the entire evening.

Our Monday night sessions are now closed to brand-new beginners. Our new dancers who have been coming since June are doing a super job learning all the new dance steps. Our caller, Jim Park, will now be moving our new dancers more quickly through the Mainstream Program, hoping to complete the program by late fall.

Watch for the High Country Squares doing some demo dances at the Archuleta County Fair on Aug. 1, at Harman Park on Aug. 8 and 15 before the Springs Theater productions, and at the Senior Center on Aug. 20.

Conservatory students recognized at Music in the Mountains concert

By Kate Kelley

Special to The PREVIEW

Twelve local string students were honored on the BootJack stage Friday, July 18, at the opening of the Music in the Mountains chamber concert.

All 12 are scholarship winners attending Conservatory Music in the Mountains as a result of generous donations made by Citizens Bank of Pagosa Springs. The students were called up to the stage by Music in the Mountains Steering Committee Chairperson Janis Moomaw and introduced individually by local string instructor Kate Kelley. Kelley made mention of the fact that those who participate in the conservatory get such concentrated attention that they return to her in the fall “with a whole new set of skills that have rocketed their progress”.

Courtney Spears (14) spoke for the entire group and also shared a personal testimony of how attending the conservatory completely transformed her perspective on playing the violin. Spears, who will begin her seventh year of study on the instrument, is a three-time scholarship recipient and is participating in the Concert Orchestra, this time in the first violin section.

Spears is joined in Concert Orchestra by three of her peers, all of whom began their stringed instrument studies with Kelley. Megan Davey, who has studied for two-and-a-half years, is playing in the second violin section. Zöe Rohrich, a three-plus year student of Kelley’s who has recently begun intermediate studies with Dr. Kasia Sokol of Durango, plays in the first violin section. Her sister Hannah, who has studied less than two years, is one of six cellists in the orchestra. She recently began her studies with Dr. Katherine Jetter in Durango. Both Sokol and Jetter are faculty members at Fort Lewis College.

Bethany Wanket, who also begins her seventh year of study this fall, qualified as an advanced student for the chamber orchestra. Wanket described the demands of her assignment as “challenging but fun.”

Students who qualify for the concert orchestra program or the chamber orchestra program take part in a number of activities including small group and individual lessons, master classes with artists such as Philippe Quint and Vadim Gluzman, solo performances, music theory training, and fiddle classes. Fiddling — just a different style on the same instrument — can be just as demanding as other styles of violin-playing in terms of technique, so these classes add to each student’s repertoire of skills making them well-rounded in their training.

Five more area students are taking part in String Improvement class. They are Tyler (12) and Madison (9) Greenly, Madelyn Davey (11), Daniel Cabrera (12) and Keanan Anderson (8). Along with learning new songs, their day at the conservatory, there is an emphasis on hand position, posture, technique, ear training, bow distribution, finger velocity, music theory and note reading — a rigorous schedule for any student.

Kids With Strings Attached

Three more students participated in a program known as Kids With Strings Attached. Attendance at this program includes basic music theory training, beginning performance opportunities and the chance to attend concerts by young artists as well as faculty concerts. Those students are: Josiah (9) and Levi (7) Cabrera, and Jaken Babbitt (12).

Parents involved

None of this would be possible without the full commitment of the parents of these students. Since the scholarships are designed to cover the tuition and application fees, there is the matter of getting these students back and forth each day between Pagosa and the Fort Lewis College campus in Durango where the conservatory takes place. Car-pooling and scheduling is a vital necessity, and the parents are diligent to accomplish that. It’s no small commitment when you consider that the students participate for up to two weeks depending on the conservatory program to which they’re assigned.

And then there’s the request to observe in their children’s program — not just the performance aspect, but all the classes that are scheduled for their child. It’s a basic part of the Suzuki philosophy that includes parents at their child’s music lesson. The thought behind it is this: the music teacher, no matter how highly-skilled, is only the “coach” for the lesson time. The parent is the one who has to carry out the “game plan” over the course of the week, and doing that would be an impossibility unless the parent knows what the teacher expects. Suffice to say that parents of Suzuki students carry out a high degree of responsibility in order to watch their child progress in their music training.

Surprise ending

At the end of the evening’s performance, Julie Davey, parent of two scholarship winners, asked the group to assemble for a photo. Little did any of the students know that the evening’s concert artists would step out from behind the stage and ask to be a part of the moment. Conservatory Artistic Director Arkady Fomin told the students how pleased he was that there is an ever-growing contingent of Pagosa participants in the conservatory each year, and that he expects to see that trend continue.

Let’s Dance Club does Foxtrot and Swing on the Move

By Deb Aspen

Special to The PREVIEW

The Let’s Dance Club will resume its dance schedule in August with classes in beginning Foxtrot and intermediate Swing on the Move. 

In Step Dance Associates’ instructor, Deb Aspen, with the assistance of her partner, Charles Jackson, will teach classes Tuesdays, Aug. 5, 12, 19 and 26.  Beginning classes will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m., and intermediate classes at 8.  We will also have Sunday practice sessions, (beginners at 2:30 p.m. and intermediate at 4) at which time the dancers can get additional help on Aug.10, 17, 24 and 31. 

The Aug. 31 practice session will also present the opportunity for students to “check out” on the month’s dance.  By working one-on-one with Deb, the student gets what amounts to a free private lesson earning a percentage grade, and receiving a frameable certificate signifying his/her accomplishment. 

Finally, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 7-9 p.m., the club will hold its free monthly CD dance party — open to the public.  Dances featured will include smooth ballroom, country western and line dances, and some Latin and swing.  Bring your own refreshments to the Sunday practices and the CD party.  

All sessions meet at the Pagosa Lakes Clubhouse, 230 Port Ave. There is no need to pre-register, just come 10-15 minutes early to sign up, get your visiting done, and be ready to dance. 

Although it’s helpful to register with a partner, it is not necessary as there is usually a close match between men and women and we will rotate dance partners during the evening.  Wear comfortable clothing and well-fitting shoes that have smooth or split leather soles, something that won’t leave black marks or mud.  Shoes with rubber soles or lugs are inappropriate and difficult to dance in, and stocking feet can be downright dangerous.

The cost is $20 per person for the month, which includes all classes, practice sessions, the check-out opportunity and the CD party.  It is highly recommended that participants attend as many of these events as possible.  The more practice, the better the dancer.

The Foxtrot was actually introduced into America’s mainstream by Harry Fox in 1913.  It is noted for being the first dance to introduce the “slow” count (taking up two beats to the music), before which time the popular dances such as the Waltz and the One-Step had only a single–count rhythm.  In the early ’30s, the Slow Foxtrot began taking on a smoother, more flowing quality, evolving first in England as the International Style.  But later, Americans adapted their own style, that is not limited in its syllabus to closed-position dancing.  Thus it took on a much more “theatrical” and often playful quality, reminiscent of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Gene Kelly. 

Foxtrot has become an extremely versatile smooth dance, and can be danced to a variety of tempos and musical styles, such as: Linda Ronstadt’s “Am I Blue,” “Cheek To Cheek” by Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald, “Orange Colored Sky” by Natalie Cole, John Denver’s “Country Girls in Paris,” a lot of  Frank Sinatra’s music, and some of Nat King Cole’s favorites.

This month’s Foxtrot is for the beginner and will follow some of Arthur Murray’s syllabus, with the focus on keeping it simple and social.

Swing on the Move, called “Progressive Swing” in Texas, was originally designed for competition, but is now seen growingly in ballroom style studios throughout the country.  Arthur Murray has adapted it’s own style and calls is the “Shuffle.”  It’s a dance of dancers, envied by two-steppers and three-steppers alike.  Swing on the Move uses the “triple-step, triple-step, rock step” rhythm of swing, but replaces the “rock-step” with a “walk-walk” making it travel around line of dance giving it more of a country western feel to it.  It can be danced to country, contemporary or rock and roll music, making it extremely versatile.  So, if you enjoy cruising around the floor doing lots of spins, neck wraps, waist wraps, and traveling patterns; dancing to all types of music, and any kind of dancing arena...you’ll love the Swing on the Move”.  This is an intermediate class, so please do not attend unless you have had our beginning class here or some experience with the basics somewhere else. 

For more information, call Deb Aspen at 731-3338.

Springs Theatre to hold auditions

By Michael DeWinter

Special to The PREVIEW

The Springs Theatre Company is holding auditions for its upcoming production of “Clue, The Musical” based on the board game from Parker Brothers. This delightful and interactive romp will be the sixth show of this season for STC and will perform as a dinner theatre at the Pagosa Lakes Clubhouse on Oct. 23, 24 and 25. Audiences will be given a playing form, follow the exploits of the six “suspects,” and play along with the clues to determine who done it, in what room, and with what weapon.

“Clue” requires four men of various ages high school and up, and four women of various ages high school and up. Please come prepared to sing a song of your selection and cold read from the script. An accompanist will be provided and no previous stage experience is necessary.

Auditions will be held at the Pagosa Springs Community Center on Friday, Aug. 22 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 23, from 9:30 to 1 p.m. For questions or more information please call Michael at 731-5262 or Rick at 731-8914 or log on to springstheatrecompany.org.

A tale of two city gardens

By Jim McQuiggin

Staff Writer

On the river bank where the 6th Street bend turns the San Juan south, on the west end of fencing that surrounds the town’s geothermal outflow in Centennial Park, lay a dozen or so small plots marked off with stones and mulch.

Some plots are fallow and bare but a few more are verdure with lettuces, garlic, herbs, flowers, and a handful of peppers and tomatoes, a testament to the tender, loving care brought by the local residents who call those small gardens their own.

Anyone strolling through the aforementioned locale in Centennial Park has no doubt seen a tiny yellow shed, whimsically decorated with butterflies, flowers, and a unicorn, “The Community Gardens” painted on its side. A community effort in itself, the shed (donated by developer Bob Hart and painted by area students), holds the accoutrements necessary to sustain the various plots located throughout the gardens.

The gardens came into being after a series of informal discussions with local residents looking for space to defy the grueling growing season in the San Juan mountains and town officials hoping to create more community involvement in downtown parks. “At first I thought the area near the terrazzo (at the still-developing sports complex) would be a good spot,” said Jim Miller, town parks supervisor, “the current location in Centennial Park was (former town manager) Mark Garcia’s idea.”

The town’s parks and recreation department supported the idea, initially, but with some conditions: “They wanted to make sure that it wasn’t an eyesore, that it wouldn’t be intrusive on other uses (of the park), and that its water use wouldn’t be too expensive,” said Miller.

From an idea in March of 2007 to breaking ground the next month, certain challenges needed to be addressed. Miller said that tons of river cobble was removed by Southwest Community Corps participants, ages 14-15. The plots were filled with topsoil brought in from various sources. Miller also put in a faucet for the gardeners and, with plots lined out by the various gardeners, the Pagosa Springs community garden was born.

On a stormy Sunday afternoon, local gardener Anna O’Reilly took me on a tour of the gardens, pointing out what plants were doing well (most were) and which suffered from our late-May snow storm. One of the pioneering gardeners, O’Reilly established her plot in the community gardens in April, 2007 and was enthused by not only how well her own second year garden was doing but pleased with the success of the other plots as well. However, she was quick to pass credit on to the deserving. “This was Margaret’s project all the way,” she said, referring to Margaret Burke-Smith, the local resident who led the charge to establish some type of community garden. Calling on other interested residents — Connie Cook, Glenn Walsh, the late Elaine Heitkamp, and O’Reilly — Burke-Smith brought several unified voices to bear upon local those local officials who would help a small kernel of an idea grow to full bloom.

Showing me her plot, O’Reilly encouraged me to taste the fresh tarragon growing there, followed by the fresh cilantro. The experience was nothing short of transcendent; so-called “fresh” herbs packaged in the grocery store were bland and characterless in comparison, and I felt, at that moment, as though I had never tasted anything so full or complete in my entire life. Suddenly, a whole new appeal to gardening was revealed to me in mouth-watering recognition.

O’Reilly pointed out a large square plot located in the center of the garden, “It’s our community squash plot,” she said plaintively, continuing, “And we’d hoped some school would take it on as a class project. But so far, we’ve had no takers.”

Likewise, the four or five remaining available plots appear to be, for this season at least, destined to be orphaned. Not that the empty spaces have deterred those who continue on at the community gardens. O’Reilly pointed out that a composting bin was going in soon as well as the introduction of a willow fence. With an eye to the future — an essential quality for all gardeners — O’Reilly not only sees a bounty for herself and neighbors but a community garden that will continue to grow and become more beautiful.

Less than a quarter mile away, on a plot of land almost due west from the garden in Centennial Park, is another, newer community garden. Although no less a labor of love for those who tend it, the garden comes not from land given by the town but land given from the largesse of one generous and local resident.

When a house on 7th Street owned by Betsy Carpino burned to the ground in January of 2007, she could have hardly been thinking of a silver lining at the time. More than a year later, the lot where Carpino’s house once stood is now the home of a community garden that serves the residents of South Seventh Street and all of Pagosa Springs. “It’s truly a neighborhood garden,” Carpino said, “Residents from the area have come around and either work their plots or have helped in getting this off the ground.”

Indeed, several plots are now blooming with rows of vegetables and flowers, making the garden a showcase for an area of downtown that is often given to a reputation of neglect and disrepair. To Carpino’s credit — and the credit of those who helped transform an empty lot into a thing of beauty — what could have remained an eyesore for residents has become a focal point for the resiliency of life in a small town. One person’s misfortune has evolved into a bounty of fresh vegetables and flowers for neighbors willing to care enough to till soil given freely for the sake of seeing what will grow.

“After my house burned down, I couldn’t bear to look at it, it was just turning into another weedy lot in town,” Carpino said. With the help of Jim Pruitt on a tractor, sand donated by Ron Hitti to improve the soil, timbers collected from wherever they could be found, and additional work donated by town parks supervisor Jim Miller, the Seventh Street lot took shape between May and June of this year to become another place in town where gardeners could gather to share their passion.

Still, Carpino holds a bittersweet attachment to the property she once called home. As we talked, she dug into the earth, finding bits and pieces of a life that existed on the land before the gardens took shape: a marble, a chip of tile.

“The reminders will always be here,” she said, stoic and yet, a little choked up, “But what we have here now is something special, something for everyone.”

Garden plots are available at both gardens and although the brief Pagosa growing season is fast coming to a close, there is still time for a tenacious (or defiant) gardener. Plots for the Centennial Park community gardens can be reserved by contacting Miller at Town Hall, 264-4151. Plots at the 7th Street neighborhood garden can be reserved by going to the garden at 164 South 7th St. and signing up with a contact number on the sheet at the property.


Close only counts in ...

By Kim Vernon

Special to The SUN

I’m sure over the years you’ve heard the saying, “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades,” or possibly you’ve even said it a few times.

Well, if you really want to know what close looks like, then head on down to the Archuleta County Fair on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 9 a.m. and enter yourself at the annual Horseshoe Tournament.

Mark Bergon and Cindy Halverson do a great job of managing this event at the fair each year.

The first competition will be the Men’s and Women’s Doubles Tournament, then the Singles Tournament will follow. Special trophies will be awarded to the winners and a good time is sure to be had by all.

There is no entry fee for the contest, just your gate fee for the fair.

If you’re still left wondering about that expression, “in horseshoes,” there are two ways to score: by throwing “ringers,” or by throwing the horseshoe nearest to the opposite stake. So dust off those horseshoes and get some good throws in before the tournament; the South Pagosa Park pits are open.

See you at the fair.


Community Center News

The center — what it’s all about

By Cristin Robertson

SUN Columnist

With all that goes on here at the community center, the last couple of months have flown by.

It has been exciting and refreshing to be part of what Pagosa Springs is really about — the community, and what a great community we live in. I, like many of us, get so involved in my own little world I don’t see what’s going on around me. I’ve been in the community center many times, rushing in or out to watch my kids in whatever sport they were participating in, but never slowed down enough to see what really does go on here. Wow, this place is hopping all the time with some type of event, meeting, party or people just coming in and out to use one of our 10 computers that are available to the public.

If there’s not an event booked in the gymnasium/multipurpose room, it is open to the public to shoot some hoops, crush a volleyball or just have a place to play for the kids to get out of the weather.

We have a wonderful group of volunteers. They help us with daily, monthly and even annual events. All of the free community center events listed below occur because our volunteers share their talents and sponsor the activity. If you would like to share your knowledge or talent, give us a call; we are always open for new ideas.

The center’s hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. We have a variety of reasonably priced rooms to meet your event needs — for 20, 40, 50, 80 or 500 people. Call 264-4152 or e-mail us at communitycenter@centurytel.net.

August dance

This is a community center fund-raiser — “A Night on Gilligan’s Island.”

The dance will take place Friday, Aug. 15, 7-11 p.m. DJ Bobby with Hart Productions will keep us dancing. Come and get your dance on! There will be prizes for the best castaways.

Tickets are on sale at the community center and Higher Grounds Coffee, $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

In August at the center

• Square Top Repertory Theatre’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be performed Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. “Don Quixote” plays tonight and Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 2, at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available online at www.squaretoptheatre.com, by phone at 264-0264 or at Moonlight Books.

All performances are at the community center, 451 Hot Springs Boulevard. Adults $14, students/seniors $11.50, children $8.

• Humane Society of Pagosa Springs will hold its 14th annual Auction for the Animals Aug. 22, 6-10 p.m. Tickets are available at Humane Society Thrift Store, Chamber of Commerce, Moonlight Books and Plaid Pony.

For more information: 264-5549 or www.humanesociety.biz.

Couples and line dancing

Why does one feel compelled to do everything that we have been putting off for months just before leaving on vacation? There are weeks before to pay bills, take the library book back, complete repairs, pack, cancel paper, buy new clothes and who knows what else. But when do we actually do anything? You guessed it! Two days before. How dumb is that. I suppose all you organized types are sitting there with smug smiles. Just don’t tell me about it.

One interesting thing about visiting Norway: We will not see the sun set until we get back to the U.S.

See everyone soon. Miss you all. Looking forward to the Island Dance on Aug. 15.

Join us for couples classes Monday, 9 a.m. and line dancing at 10. No experience necessary, beginners welcome. Call Gerry at 731-9734 for more information

Contra Dancing

Contra Dancing takes place at the community center the second and fourth Monday of the month, from 7-9 p.m. Beginners are always welcome and now we have some experienced dancers to help the beginners. Although the dancing is done with a partner, it is not necessary to come with a partner.

For more information call, 264-0563

Hoopsters

If you enjoy basketball, come join the guys every Tuesday and Thursday, 8-9 a.m. The group welcomes newcomers. Call the center, 264-4152, or Larry at 731-3984 or 264-1024, for more information.

Volleyball 4 Fun

For junior high athletes, coed. Today, from 4-5 p.m. Bring your sneakers, water and friends. Come have fun. Call August, 264-6216, for more information

Yoga

Join the group as they stretch, reach and bend towards serenity, 10-11:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classes are every Tuesday, bring a mat or thick towel, and tell a friend.

Weight Watchers

Every Wednesday, 5-6 p.m. Let us help you reach your goals this summer.

Duplicate Bridge

Every Monday, 5:30-10:30 p.m; Friday, 12:30-4 p.m. Join us for Duplicate Bridge. We are starting a new sanction program with the Durango Duplicate Bridge Club. We welcome all out-of-town summer players. Call the community center for more information, 264-4152, or Stan, 264-4152

Pagosa Bridge

Come play with Pagosa Bridge, Monday and Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. For more information, contact the community center.

Activity calendar

Today, July 31 — Hoopsters, 8-9 a.m; PSAAR, 9 a.m.-5 p.m; Youth Art Camp, 10 a.m.-3 p.m; Park Fun, 12-3:30 p.m; Volleyball 4 Fun, 4-5 p.m; Square Top performance, 7-10 p.m

Friday, Aug. 1 — Youth Art Camp, 10 a.m.-3 p.m; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30-4 p.m; Pagosa Bridge, 12:30-4 p.m; Square Top performance, 7-10 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 2 — Pagosa Genealogy, 10 a.m.-noon; Square Top performances, 2-4:30 p.m and 7-10 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 3 — Grace Evangelical Free Church, 10 a.m.-noon; Church of Christ, 10 a.m.–noon.

Monday, Aug. 4 — Line dancing, 9-11:30 a.m; Duplicate Bridge, 5:30-10:30 p.m; Contra Dancing, 7-9 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 5 — Hoopsters, 8-9 a.m; Yoga, 10-11:30 a.m and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 6 — Weight Watchers, 4:45-6:45 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 7 — Hoopsters, 8-9 a.m; United Way, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m; Volleyball 4 Fun, 4-5 p.m; San Juan Outdoor Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m.


Pagosa Lakes News

The object is to skid in sideways

By Ming Steen

SUN Columnist

Despite the sputtering economy, there’s no shortage of high-tech products, and certainly no dearth of sales solicitation for them in print, online or through the telephone.

One of the latest is four-minute workouts on the ROM Cross Trainer.

In terms of the fastest possible speed of an effective workout, it seems that we’re now approaching a mark equivalent to that of breaking the sound barrier.

The machine, which resembles a piece of modern sculpture, is touted to provide an upper body workout similar to that offered by a rowing machine, and a lower body workout similar to that offered by a stepper. The unit claims to involve a greater resistance and range of motion than either a rower or stepper can provide.

The sales information states, “The ROM machine takes all of the components of fitness — flexiblity, cardiovascular conditioning and strength training — and condenses them into an incredible four-minute workout … it’s like sprinting against hurricane winds.” Wow, that’s some high-intensity, butt-kicking, breathtaking, punishing workout in the blink of an eye.

Here’s another piece of equipment — whole Body Vibration Machine — for warm-ups and cool-downs. But beware: that adds 10 minutes to the workout. I’m not convinced.

I yearn backward a good part of my life, even while I have paid attention to what I must do today and tomorrow. I’m impressed with how much easier living is now, with all the gadgets that make each task simpler and quicker. But, I hold dear to my heart the simple things in life that make for uncomplicated days.

Take camping for example. On a multi-day outing, the first day is a struggle as we learn to cook over a small camp stove with limited utensils and even fewer ingredients. By the second day, that struggle has become a part of life, and once we’ve accepted that, all of the little hardships become easier.

Who was it that said in 1956, “I never thought I’d see the day our kitchen appliances would be electric.” That wasn’t so long ago and well in the lifetime of many of us.

It won’t be long before we may be able to get in a good workout in four minutes; or make it 14 minutes if you have time to spare for a warm-up and cool-down.

Or otherwise, throw caution to the winds and simply live it up. Here are words to live, or should I say, die by (and whose words they are, I haven’t a clue).

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Diet Coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming — woo hoo, what a ride!”


Kiwanis provides Head Start ‘gap funding’

By Mardel Gallegos

Special to The SUN

The Kiwanis Club of Pagosa Springs recently donated $2,000 to the Pagosa Springs Head Start/Early Childhood Program to provide “gap funding” that will help pay the cost of summer childcare between school years. This is the latest example of how the Kiwanis Club continues to support the low-income, at-risk preschool children in Pagosa Springs.

The Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Service projects of this international organization are often linked to the Kiwanis program, “Young Children: Priority One,” focusing on the health, safety and childcare needs of children under five years old.

The “gap funding” is a welcome project for the Head Start program in Pagosa Springs. Head Start is a federally-funded program established in the 1960s as part of the “War of Poverty.” The funding was designed for part-day, part-year preschool services for children in a time when most children had at least one non-working parent, and there was no need for childcare services. The funding formula has not changed, even though there have been small incremental increases that have not kept up with inflation.

Today’s low-income families are in the workforce. They understand the importance of the preschool opportunity to prepare their children for success in the public school, but they also need childcare. During the school year, the Head Start program is able to provide full-day care by combining Head Start, Colorado Preschool program (administered by the school district), Child Care Assistance (from Archuleta County Department of Human Services), and partial tuition payment from families. Some of the funding is lost during the summer months. The “gap funding” from the Kiwanis Club will keep the partial tuition costs for families at an attainable level and provide the funding needed to keep this necessary service open and available for these hard-working families.

Over the years, the Kiwanis Club has given generously of their time and funding for special Head Start projects in Pagosa Springs. They have put together furniture, built a shade structure and other projects for the playground, and they participate in Reading is Fundamental, a national program to read to children and provide children with books for their homes. The Kiwanis Club has purchased safety helmets for children to ride tricycles and paid for classroom materials too numerous to name. They have truly made these young children a priority in their club activities.

The Pagosa Springs Head Start/Early Childhood Program is a high-quality preschool program, rated independently by Qualistar Early Learning and by the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale.

The Pagosa Springs Head Start/Early Childhood Program is accepting applications for enrollment.

For more information or to make an appointment, call Margie or Mardel at 264-2484.

FOCUS

In service, great and small

Pagosa Disaster Action Team seeks volunteers

By Anna Lauer Roy

Staff Writer

Waking up to the smell of smoke, and seconds later hearing the dreaded sound of your home’s fire alarm going off is no way to start a morning, as Cheryl Stewart and her two sons, Calvin and Dalton Stewart, ages 10 and 9, can tell you.

“It was 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning, it was December 15 (2007),” Cheryl Stewart remembered. “I was lying there in that half-asleep/half-awake state, deliberating about getting up and then I discerned a change in the light through my eyelids. I opened them, saw smoke, then heard the alarm go off. The next thing I knew I was already running down the hall yelling to the boys, calling 911. It all happened so fast.”

It is in the aftermath of a disaster like this that an organization like Red Cross comes in mighty handy.

The Stewart’s home (a trailer in Aspen Springs) and all of their possessions were burned beyond the point of salvage, yet the temperature outside that morning was in the single digits and the family was wearing only the clothes they’d been able to throw on as they hurried from the house.

They loaded themselves and a dog, two cats, a gecko and a guinea pig into their car and drove down the road to distance themselves in case the flames should reach the propane tank on the outside of the trailer. When the blaze had finally had its fill, the Stewarts, and their menagerie, were left temporarily homeless. Pagosa Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers, Kathie Baughman and Gloria Haines were pretty much the only thing the Stewarts had going for them that day — apart, of course, from the blessing that Cheryl and both her boys were unharmed.

“We have no family here in Pagosa, so I was relieved when the firemen mentioned that Red Cross might be able to give us some assistance,” said Stewart. “Kathy Baughman called me within the hour, and from then on they really held our hands, literally and figuratively. They were incredibly helpful and very kind.”

Dalton and Calvin took turns explaining to The SUN how Kathie and Gloria helped them. “They got us into a motel room and took us to the thrift store to buy clothes and shoes and coats, and to the grocery store to get tooth paste and tooth brushes and things like that,” the boys said.

“When something like this happens, you’re in a state of shock,” Stewart said. “It’s great to have someone like the Red Cross there to walk you through things like calling your insurance company, finding temporary housing, finding a place for your pets to stay. The wonderful thing about Red Cross is they’re very conscientious. It doesn’t have to be a major disaster for them to get involved, they contend with the very large and the very small. They’re just so considerate.”

In Pagosa, the Disaster Action Team, which operates under the umbrella of the Southwest Colorado Chapter of the American Red Cross, has dealt with any number of smaller, personal emergencies. Assisting everyone from victims of house fires to search and rescue volunteers, they are always at the ready to respond when they’re called out by the fire department or the sheriff’s office.

And, as for large scale, mass-victim calamities that are often associated with Red Cross assistance? “We’re lucky that Pagosa Springs hasn’t seen any major disasters yet, but you just never know, it’s important to always be prepared for a large-scale problem especially in a rural area, where federal relief could take awhile to arrive,” said Carol Otis, a volunteer for the Pagosa chapter of the Red Cross. “Right now we are just barely prepared for a major emergency, we need more volunteers, more training, more money in order to plan properly for any eventuality,” Otis told The SUN.

Fortunately for Pagosa, though, the volunteers that the Red Cross does currently have are a dedicated, skillful and experienced lot. The Pagosa Disaster Action Team (DAT) currently has volunteers who take turns carrying the on-call emergency phone with them 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to Robbie Schwartz, executive director of The Humane Society of Pagosa Springs, and volunteer chairperson for DAT. Baughman and Haines are among these 10. There are several other volunteers with the organization that can be called upon to assist with larger calamities.

“We provide initial support in all kinds of emergency situations,” said Schwartz. “We help victims of disasters and we also often assist search and rescue and other emergency response teams.” This was the case, for example, about a year ago when there was a plane crash near Chromo, during a big snowstorm. The Red Cross, Schwartz explained, brought food, supplies and a canopy tent for weather relief for search and rescue volunteers.

Just recently, Pagosa Red Cross volunteers provided support to search and rescue as they assisted a man who was stranded on a precipice above the Piedra River. “We brought food and extra lights and things — it was around 2 or 3 a.m. by the time the rescuers were done, so they really needed some extra support, Schwartz said.

The kind of support that a volunteer like Kathie Baughman understands how to provide, based on her own life experiences.

Baughman’s great-aunt, Katherine Avery. was one of the first Red Cross nurses in Louisiana to offer assistance after the great flood of 1927. That was the year that storm waters inundating the Mississippi River finally broke open the river’s banks. Seven-hundred thousand people were evacuated or left homeless. And Baughman’s aunt Katherine, for whom Baughman is named, began a sort of legacy-of-the-Katherines, in service to people in need, with the Red Cross as their guiding force.

Moreover, the Red Cross connections don’t end there for Katherine Baughman. “When my husband and I lived in the Virgin Islands,” Baughman recounted, “we went through Hurricane Hugo, one of largest storms ever to hit the Caribbean. We lost everything we owned, a brand new house, all our clothing, everything. Being an island, it took a couple of days for anyone to get to us. But then the Red Cross came, after the military had cleared the airport runways so volunteers could land. We were so happy to have water and chainsaws and food. The Red Cross were the first people to get there. When we moved to Pagosa, I saw an ad for the Pagosa Red Cross in the paper saying new members would be appreciated. And I thought it was time to do something to give back.”

In that happy way that the intention to be of service almost always plays out, Baughman certainly has achieved her goal of giving back. “Kathie always did just a little bit more than she had to,” Cheryl Stewart told The SUN. “She said to me ‘Keep in mind that it can be a long road, but things will get better.’ To this day, she still calls and even stops by where I work to check in with me and make sure things are going okay. Red Cross volunteers in Pagosa are able to actually do what they represent,” mused Stewart. “No one wants to be in a situation to need them, but if you do, it makes a big difference.”

Just a few weeks ago, Cheryl, Calvin and Dalton were able to move into a brand new trailer on their land where the family’s old trailer had burned down. “It’s very, comforting to finally get back to our own land,” said Stewart. Dalton agreed: “It’s nice here in our new trailer, we have more space, there used to just be a skinny hallway, but now we have nice space in here.” Calvin chimed in that he likes the skylights and is looking forward to having his birthday party in the new trailer.

Stewart anticipates one day becoming a Red Cross volunteer herself, when her children are older. “I’d love to be able to give back in that way,” Stewart said.

Everyone agrees that what’s needed now for the Southwest Chapter of the Red Cross, are more volunteers. “We could benefit so much from more trained volunteers,” said Schwartz, “that way if we did have a big disaster we would be set up to respond well.”

It is also important for citizens to realize that every bit of our funding comes from donations from the community, said Cindi Shank, executive director of the Southwest Chapter of the Red Cross, based in Durango. Donations of money as well as time are vital to the survival of this organization.

For information on volunteering for the Red Cross in Pagosa, you can contact the on-call Pagosa DAT volunteer by phone at 759-8438. Or, you can direct questions to Shank at the Southwest Colorado Chapter of the Red Cross headquarters in Durango at (970) 259-5383.

“We are a very flexible organization to volunteer with,” Schwartz emphasized. “You can volunteer just during the summer months if you want, or you can volunteer only to respond to major disaster relief, whatever you want.” The Southwest Chapter of the Red Cross welcome and need any amount of time or money you have to give.


Food for Thought

When dismayed, burn someone with Bananas Foster

The joint looks like the inside of a cheap Chinese knockoff Tiffany lamp.

The restaurant is located in a perfectly awful Gay ’90s, ain’t- this-history-stuff-neato hotel in a town a mere hour away from home. An hour and a universe away.

But, I figure, what the hell do I care: I have just received ambiguous news from an endodontist about nasty pains shooting up the front of one side of my face (as in, “Well, Karl, it beats me”) and I’m somewhat crotchety. Seems like, lately, this previously reliable, chubby body of mine has been ceding to the pressures of age at an alarming pace.

I am grouchy and I am hungry. Double trouble.

I let Kathy choose the restaurant since the only one I gave a damn about burned to the ground a while back. There were rumors about grease. Makes perfect sense to me.

Now, I want food; I’m unconcerned about the location.

We are taken to a small booth set amidst the kitsch and oppressive uber Victoriana by a lithe young thing with braces on her teeth and a pair of pole dancer’s shoes on her feet.

I like her; there is a sweet sadness, a poignancy, to the package.

The waiter, on the other hand …

Waldo arrives tableside shortly after we are seated. He has a doofus in tow who is obviously learning the ropes from the master.

“Good evening ladies and gentleman, my name is Waldo, and I will be caring for you this evening.”

Ladies and gentlemen?

Taking care of me?

Well, in that case, Waldo, I have a few requests …

I glance up and I notice Kathy is glaring at me. It is her “Don’t you dare” glare.

Waldo hands us our menus, takes our drink orders and scurries off with his minion, leaving us to the disheveled high school-age bus boy who delivers an oddly-shaped container crammed with tiny slices of bread and vegetable-impregnated, deep fried tortilla strips.

“This here is a kalamta olive oilili,” says the lad as he plops a small dish filled with purple-tinged mayo on the table.

“And this,” he says as he puts down a shallow bowl full of oil and a tarlike substance, “is balsmac vinegar and olive oil.”

He is visibly proud of his performance, despite the fact the stale oil and vinegar slops on the tablecloth.

I snatch a piece of bread and carve a huge wad of the “aioli” out of the bowl. It’ll have to do.

Waldo and his henchman reappear.

“Let me explain the menu,” says Waldo, snatching my menu from my hand, opening it flat on the table and pointing at the items listed therein with a pudgy finger.

Hold on a mo, my little friend, I think: I don’t need anyone to explain a menu like this to me. No one who has eaten at a restaurant better than Popeye’s Fried Chicken needs an explanation. If the kitchen is preparing scallop foam or an aerosol of asparagus, please provide details. Otherwise …

Waldo begins his litany, with gusto. He proceeds to read the name of each item on the “starters” menu (explaining what a “starter” is in the process) then says: “So here is what I think you should order.”

Kathy is sending dark energy my way — radiating a clear warning: Remain mute.

So, I do.

Waldo then makes his way to the special for the evening (and, really, there is no need, since I can smell it) and to the items in the entrée section of the menu.

When the dork gets to a description of the “tornados” of beef — “These tornados are filet mignons and the sauce has French spices in it” — I can’t take it any more.

“We can read, and correctly pronounce French terms,” I say (I think I do so in a civil fashion, given my rage and the fact I most often butcher the French language) “so give us a minute, if you will.”

Waldo and Igor slink away and I begin to scan the oh-so-average offerings.

“I can’t believe you.”

Oh, oh.

“I am so embarrassed. You are such a monumental jerk; I can’t believe how you treated those people.”

“Huh?”

“You were cruel. Utterly cruel. I worked as a waitress once, and I hated cruel people like you.”

“The twit was reading the menu to me, telling me what to order. I wasn’t cruel; I was forthright.”

“You are so mean. And you kicked me when I asked what the ohpacky wacky was.”

“Its opakapaka. A deep water marine fish. Hawaiian. And I didn’t kick you. I merely moved my foot and it grazed your ankle.”

“There’s going to be a bruise. But, that’s not important. You were an a****** You’re always such an a******”

So, for the sake of domestic tranquility I look up when Waldo and Waldo Junior return, I force a weak smile and I say: “My wife has indicated I am an a******. In the interest of preventing you from spitting in my ‘starter’ or on my entrée, allow me to apologize if I was a bit brusque a moment ago.”

From his reaction, I can tell Waldo has never had an a****** apologize to him. As a result, he is doubly determined to make sure my visit is just the best darned dining experience I have ever had.

The lesson, of course: Don’t be nice to an overbearing waiter.

Waldo brings the wine (we order by the glass — two $10 portions, each worth, realistically, $2.50). He makes a show of pouring the wine from a dinky decanter into Kathy’s glass — from a height of three feet.

Very snappy.

“Don’t bother with mine,” I say. “You can aerate this stuff till the next century, and it isn’t going to improve.”

Kathy kicks me.

When Waldo leaves, I mention the hostess’s pole dancer’s shoes.

Kathy kicks me.

I avoid the “tornado.” Were it not for the risk of a bout of gout, I would be tempted to try tournados, especially if they come loaded with béarnaise. The tournado is not a filet mignon, although the two cuts are both taken from the tenderloin of beef. The whole tenderloin can be divided into three basic sections: the head, the center and the tail. Filets are cut from the center of the tenderloin; the tournado, much smaller, is one of the first two or three cuts taken from the trimmed tail.

Mighty fine eating, seared, and no more, on each side, seasoned with nothing more than salt and cracked black pepper.

And accompanied by a boatload of béarnaise. In fact, bring me a quart of béarnaise and a large spoon and I am happy to go without the beef.

Alas, no “tornado” for Karl; I scan the options and settle on an item from the “lite” menu. At this point in the process, I am clearly demented. Any time you see the word “lite” affixed to the description of a food product on a menu, you should leave the scene. In fact, anything “lite” is bound to be mundane. ”Lite” is a lite word.

Anyway, I freak out, lose my mind and order “Stuffed Shells.” I mean, after all, how can you screw up an elementary pasta dish?

The answer: It’s easy.

In this case, the three monstro shells come to the table in an oval serving dish. They look swell, set in a pool of a “lite” tomato sauce, until I spy the freezer-burned tip of one of the shells.

Aha, made ahead and frozen — maybe a week or so ago. Thawed in, what?, the microwave? Tossed under the salamander to give the appearance of fresh prep.

But for the freezer burn, it could have worked. Oh, and the fact the interior of the dish was still cool, at best.

And the fact it was made in a kitchen in which, it seems, the staff is terrified of flavor.

“For crying out loud, this is like nursing home food.”

“My maple-glazed salmon set on a mound of Chinese black rice is magnificent. Here comes the waiter. If you dare say one thing …”

Waldo and Waldette arrive tableside.

“Is everything delicious?”

Kathy kicks me before I can respond.

“My maple-glazed salmon set on a mound of Chinese black rice is magnificent. Just perfect, thank you.”

“And yours, sir? Is it delicious?”

What the hell kind of question is that? What does ‘delicious’ mean? Only a pinhead uses “delicious” to describe food; it is an ambiguous term, a signal of a lack of vocabulary, knowledge and sensitivity on the part of the user.

I look up at Waldo. He is clearly apprehensive. I apologized earlier but he knows I am an a******. He smiles a tight, nervous smile.

“Well, now that you ask …”

This time, Kathy kicks me hard.

“… it is peachy. Just downright peachy.”

“Well, I will bring you the dessert menu but you should order Bananas Foster. I prepare it tableside and it is quite a show.”

(They say one of the worst burns you can suffer occurs when you are spattered with molten sugar and flaming alcohol. A graft is almost guaranteed.) We skip the Bananas Foster.

I complain all the way to the car, knowing Kathy can’t kick me if we are walking at a brisk pace.

I resolve to whip up a pan of stuffed shells, once the weather cools a bit and I can crank the oven up. The preparation allows for great flexibility in terms of what constitutes a “stuffing” and the saucing of the shells.

The only rule: The shells must be cooked al dente.

How about a seafood stuffing — an eggy, cheesy blend of ground or finely chopped firm white fish and shrimp, with a suitable binder — slathered with a sherry-tinged bechamel? Or a forcemeat made of veal and a variety of savories, the shells blanketed in a reduction of wine and demi-glace, with suitable savories and herbs? The whole shebang baked for several minutes.

Or a ricotta and asiago filling, a tomato cream sauce deepened with spicy Italian sausage, garlic, finely diced and sauteed peppers and onion, the mess tucked under the broiler for a moment, giving a sprinkle of freshly grated Parmesan a chance to get golden and good.

I think I’ll invite some friends over for dinner and demand to know if everything is “delicious.”

Then I’ll make Bananas Foster and set the house on fire.

I’m crotchety, and I need some relief.

What's Cookin?

By Kim Vernon

CSU Extension

Strawberry Whipped Dessert

4 cups fresh strawberries, divided

1 tub (8 ounces) Whipped Topping, thawed

1 can (14 ounces) Sweetened Condensed milk

8 chocolate sandwich cookies, chopped finely

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon butter, melted

Line 8x4 loaf pan with foil. Mash 2 cups of strawberries in a large bowl. Stir in condensed milk, juice and 2 cups of whipped topping, pour into pan. Top with combined chopped cookies and butter, press into mixture. Freeze at least 6 hours. To serve, invert onto plate. Remove foil. Frost with remaining whipped topping. Top with sliced strawberries and slice. Yields 12 servings.


Kerry A. Lancing

Kerry A. Lancing passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008. He was born Oct. 13, 1948, in Marion, Ind.

Kerry was a resident of Henderson, Nev., where he worked as a security officer in the hotel/casino business. Kerry was a veteran of the Vietnam war.

Survivors are his wife, Sonia, of Henderson, Nev.; sons, Spencer Lancing, of Pagosa Springs, Colo., Brian Lancing, of California, and William Irving, of Henderson, Nev,; daughters, Julie Lancing, of Nevada, and Renata Lancing, of Henderson, Nev.; and four grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Palm Mortuary in Henderson, Nev., Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by a graveside service at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 1:20 p.m.


Thadeus F. La Varta

Doc was born March 25, 1919, in Pagosa Springs, Colo., to Julion and Sophia (Trujillo) La Varta. He died July 19, 2008, at his home in Durango. He was one of 10 children. 

He is survived by one sister, Sophie Esch, of Canon City, Colo.; seven nephews, four nieces and numerous great- and great-great-nephews and nieces.

Doctor La Varta was a World War II Army veteran and he served in the South Pacific. He was in Hawaii when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941.

He was a graduate of the Texas Chiropractic College of San Antonio, Texas, graduating as magna cum laude. He then served as one of the faculty a number of years. Doc was an avid horseman. He jockeyed and trained many a horse.

People in La Plata County knew Doc as a humanitarian and all-around great guy.

He loved people, especially children, and animals. He housed his quarter horses in the stalls of the La Plata County Fairgounds, until they were demolished in 2002.

He was lost without his horses. He died loving his family as well as life.

The family would like to extend our utmost gratefulness and appreciation to Lisa Whetten, as well as David Guilliams and Jay Janna Oliver, for the care and tireless attention they gave. They were there until the end, night and day. Lisa and David were Thadeus’ adopted family; always there when he needed anything.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at 11 a.m., at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Durango.

Celebrations

Katelynn Rose Mills

Denton and Dallas are proud to announce the birth of their baby sister, Katelynn Rose Mills. She was born July 1, 2008, at 7:40 p.m., weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long Her proud parents are Jason Mills and Valerie Lucas. Katelynn’s grandparents are Lance and Elisha Lucas of Pagosa Springs, and Juan and Kathy Maestas of Longview, Texas. Great-great grandparents are Gary and Firma Lucas and the late Phil and Frances Lujan.

Lynch

Jessica Lynch, daughter of Bob and Livia Lynch of Pagosa Springs, has been named to the Dean’s List at Bucknell University for the second semester 2007-2008.

In order for a student to earn this award, she must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pa. Jessica is a graduate of Pagosa Springs High School.


ECA presents Fun Drums for Kids

By Carla Roberts

Special to The PREVIEW

Elation Center for the Arts presents Fun Drums for Kids, a program for children ages 6 to 11, at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoons, Aug. 7 through Aug. 28 at the Pagosa Lakes Clubhouse.

The fee is $5 per family, for each session.

Fun Drums for Kids creates a dynamic group environment for youngsters to explore the world of rhythm.

Music education specialists Paul and Carla Roberts bring decades of experience working with children to a new class, designed to immerse participants in a stimulating learning environment. Multiple benefits include: development of communication and cooperative skills, gaining coordination, flexibility and agility and sharpening numeracy skills through rhythm, pattern, repetition and sequence.

A good sense of rhythm is important for many of life’s everyday tasks and crucial for excellence in sports and dance. Learning about rhythm is easy, fun and stimulating for children. The Roberts use hands-on experience with drums and other rhythm instruments, as well simple clog dancing steps and body drumming to round out Fun Drums for Kids.

Interested families can call 731-3117 to register and find out more about the program, which starts at 1 p.m. Aug. 7. Visit the ECA Web page at elationarts.org for more details.

The Pagosa Lakes Clubhouse is located at 230 Port Ave. in the Vista subdivision of Pagosa Lakes.

Elation Center for the Arts, is a Colorado nonprofit dedicated to preserving our cultural heritage. ECA sponsors fine arts concerts, music and dance classes, and other arts events in the Four Corners area. For more information, view the ECA Web site at elationarts.org.

Native-style frame drum making

By Carla Roberts

Special to The PREVIEW

Elation Center for the Arts presents a Native American frame drum making workshop with local artisan Sharon Parker, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3.

The workshop takes place at a spectacular setting: a private residence on the banks of the Piedra River, with stunning views of Chimney Rock, on the site of an ancient Native American farming community.

A $100 fee includes materials for a 15-inchelk-hide drum.

Pagosa artisan, Sharon Parker, facilitates the workshop. Parker calls herself “The Scottish Indian,” due to her mix of Scottish and Native American ancestry. Her mentor, a Chiricahua White Mountain Apache, taught her the art of making traditional frame drums and rattles. Parker is also a creator of fine jewelry for which she has received many awards.

For further information call 731- 3117.

‘Floral Delight’ part of quilt and coverlet show at museum

By Shari Pierce

Special to The PREVIEW

A visit to a Wichita, Kans., antique store yielded a quilt titled “Floral Delight.” This quilt was purchased and given to Shirley Brinkmann by a friend, for Shirley to add to her collection.

Part of that collection is on display as part of the Vintage Quilts and Coverlets exhibit as the San Juan Historical Society Museum this season.

This piece is from the 1930s, however some of the patterns used in it date from the 1920s. The patterns were found as iron-on transfers. Each block in this quilt has a different flower, butterfly or basket.

Cabinet display

In addition to quilts and coverlets on display, cabinets hold additional artifacts relating to the exhibit. A few of these items are:

• The Sunbonnet Babies Primer Reading Book, copyright 1902, by Eulalie Osgood Grover, illustrated by Bertha L. Corbett — “The Mother of the Sunbonnet Babies.” This primer was the first in a series.

• 1920s Dutch people embroidered blocks that were never made into a quilt. These were found at an estate sale in Kansas stored away in a box in the attic.

• Taylor Made Quilt Designs Leaflet showing 31 quilt designs popular from the 1900s through the 1960s. The manufacturing company was known for their quilt batts called

“Morning Glory” and “Morning Glaze.” They produced batts from their family’s plantation in Taylor, beginning in the early the 1900s. They were also known for their invention of fire retardant cotton. They produced bedding for troops during World War II. Barbara Taylor from Taylor Manufacturing wrote books on quilting published in the 1960s-’70s.

• Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine, published June 1933, shows a basket pattern that could be ordered through a mail order service in Augusta, Maine. Women would have their choice to order: a Hot iron transfer for 15 cents, a perforated stamping pattern for 25 cents, or a 72 by 99-inch bleached sheeting with patches for appliqué and already stamped for $1.60.

• 1930s tinted hanky holder was rescued from our local antique store on Pagosa Street. Displayed in the window, Shirley couldn’t resist purchasing it. She did not know any of the history, but knew that the 1933 Home Arts Magazine showed these kits for purchase for 45 cents. The kits included unbleached muslin already tinted with a piece for the trousers, cotton sheet wadding and bone rings. The floss could be purchased separately for 10 cents.

Gift shop

The museum gift shop offers patterns and kits for some of the quilts and coverlets on display. In addition books regarding southwest history are available as well as thirteen volumes of local history compiled by the historical society in their “Remembrances” series.

The museum is located a short walk from downtown Pagosa Springs on the corner of U.S. 160 and 1st Street. It is partially housed in the old waterworks building constructed by the WPA in 1938. In the 1970s, the historical society added a metal building to the front of the waterworks to provide additional display area.

Admission charge is $3 for adults and $1 for children. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Venita Burch to perform at Art in the Garden Festival

By Betty Schwicker

Special to The PREVIEW

Venita Burch will share her talent at the piano during the first annual Art in the Garden festival at Rito Blanco Nursery, Aug. 16.

The festival is being held to benefit the Community Assistance Fund and is being hosted by a group of women from Community United Methodist Church.

Burch has spent most of her life playing the piano. She earned a bachelor of arts degree at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in San Dimas, Calif., and has taught piano ever since. She originally taught in a small private school, but has now taught private piano and voice lessons for 37 years.

Relocating to Pagosa Springs for a job opportunity only one and a half years ago, Burch and her husband, Dan, have been extremely active in the music community nearly all that time. Within two weeks of their arrival, they both played in the pit for the Music Boosters’ production of “Nuncrackers.” Since then, they were musical directors for “Sound of Music” and “The Wiz.”

Burch has also accompanied the Community Choir for three seasons. She is thrilled with the opportunity to sing occasionally, along with playing the piano.

Most rewarding for Burch is sharing her talent through instruction. She said, “I like taking someone, who thinks they don’t have the ability to play or sing, to the point that they cannot live without it. It is gratifying to help them grow in their art.”

Burch added, “Sharing my music in a community that is so dedicated to the arts is such a pleasure.” She and Dan both have been pleasantly surprised to find a small community that is packed with talent in all the arts.

In what little free time Burch has, she enjoys gardening and cooking. “I’m a Food Network junkie,” Burch said. “I like to experiment with new recipes, especially on our guests.” She also has two part-time jobs.

Tickets for the Art in the Garden festival are $30 and are for sale in advance only. They can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce, Community United Methodist Church, Higher Grounds Coffee Company, Moonlight Books and The Plaid Pony.

Fund-raiser concert for Fine Arts Magnet Academy

By Curtis Maberry

Special to the PREVIEW

Do you want to extend your enjoyment of the Four Corners Folk Festival while assisting local students?

FolkWest and The Infamous Stringdusters with Anne and Pete Sibley have agreed to put on a pre-festival benefit concert, and proceeds will go the Pagosa Springs High School’s new Fine Arts Magnet Academy.

The concert will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, in the Pagosa Springs High School auditorium. This is a high-energy, must-see group of musicians.

Pagosa Springs High School’s Fine Arts Magnet Academy (FAMA) is an addition to our high school’s offerings beginning this fall, and it includes curriculum and coursework in music, art, drama and video production.

Students who apply and are accepted to this program will be involved in master classes and several special learning opportunities and activities throughout the school year. The additional funds needed to run the academy come from a variety of sources, and this concert begins the fund-raising effort.

Attending The Infamous Stringdusters’ concert is a sure way to kick-start the Labor Day weekend and the Four Corners Folk Festival with great music and a great time.

All tickets are general admission and can be purchased at any of the following locations: The Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce, Moonlight Books or at www.brownpapertickets.com.

If you have a Four Corners wristband, your ticket is $10; all others are $15.

For further information, call 264-2238.

Don Long, featured artist at garden festival

By Aideen Karger

Special to The PREVIEW

A Californian, born and raised in Los Angeles, Don Long was fortunate to live within two blocks of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, when the surrounding Pasadena area was all orange groves.

The Huntington Art Collections has one of the finest collections of European paintings in the country. So, early on, Long was exposed to art, which later on in life became a full-time pursuit.

In 2001, life changed radically for Long. He moved from an oceanview home in San Clemente and a beach life style, to the mountain life in Pagosa Springs. When he began to notice pollution in the water at his local surfing spot, he decided to join beach friends who had also deserted California for the Four Corners area. The move to rugged scenery and wilderness sparked in Long a need to photograph and paint his new surroundings. And so began the artist phase of his life.

Early influences on Long’s art were abstract artists Rey Isip, Steven Derks and Sharon Booma. In 2005, raw earth artist Maggie Remington, of Durango, introduced Long to the Raw Earth Art technique, which is currently his primary medium. In Long’s own words “Earth Inscriptions (raw earth pigment on raw canvas) convey the spirit of the land, and the private vision I experience while working on the canvas in an outdoor environment.” He enjoys working in the Ute campground west of town and also among the historical features in Dutton and Martinez canyons. The pigments in these local canyons are an exciting palette for Long and he says these canyons have become “my new studios.”

Since moving to Pagosa, Long has attended many art workshops in this area and in New Mexico, while continuing to perfect his technique. He will be attending Peggy Zehring’s abstract workshop at La Veta Art School this month and an art welding class also in La Veta in September.

Long now maintains a second home and studio in the reviving ghost town of Kingston, N.M. He feels equally at home working on his art in the Gila Wilderness and in the wild places of Colorado. He finds the wilderness “full of inspiring light, creative energy and soul.”

Currently, Long has two Reductive Ink pieces on exhibit at the SHY RABBIT Gallery. He also has a number of pieces on exhibit at the Rio Bravo Gallery and the Main Street Gallery in Truth or Consequences, N.M., and at the Percha Creek Gallery in Kingston.

Long was a professional photographer before his earth art days. In 2001 he taught a photography class to students at a local Christian academy. Some of the students won honors for their photography at the Moonlight Books Art Council Photo Contest and at the Archuleta County Fair. As a photographer, Long has won many awards here in Pagosa, and before that in California. He finds, however, his earth art more challenging and a greater outlet for his creativity.

When taking a break from his artwork, Long enjoys studying the ancient cultures of the Southwest and visiting galleries in Taos and Santa Fe. Fly fishing in the world class fly fishing Pagosa area streams and drift boat fishing in the waters below Navajo Dam are two of his favorite outdoor activities. He understands how a person could easily become a “trout bum” here in Pagosa. Collecting books on the subject of fly fishing has become another engrossing hobby.

Long will be working plein air at the Art in the Garden Festival. Look for the guy on his hands and knees, applying raw earth pigment to raw canvas. The ground is his easel and the shadows on the canvas his starting point. Long will have some of his Earth Inscriptions art for sale at the festival.

Art in the Garden Festival, Saturday, Aug. 16, 3-7 p.m., will be held in a delightful setting at the Rito Blanco Nursery, south of Pagosa, off U.S. 84 on the Upper Blanco Basin Road.

The focus will be on art and artists, some of whom will be working plein air throughout the gardens. Their artworks will be on sale at the event. Besides art, musicians will be performing outdoors by the pond and gourmet appetizers and beverages will be available. Tickets are $30 per person, sold in advance only. Tickets are available at the Community United Methodist Church office, Higher Grounds Coffee Company, The Plaid Pony, Moonlight Books and the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets for the event are tax deductible. All profits will benefit the Community United Methodist Church Community Assistance Fund.

Arts Line

PSAC Gallery opening tonight for Denny, Ginnie and the Gang

By Roxanne Schick

PREVIEW Columnist

Denny, Ginnie and the Gang will open tonight at Town Park Gallery, with a reception from 5-7 p.m.

Come and see the watercolor artworks created by Denny’s and Ginnie’s students over the past year. Works range from summer and winter landscape scenes to floral still lifes and more.

The exhibit will run until Aug. 19.

Night to remember

PSAC sincerely thanks everyone involved in making our Night at the Blue Parrot Tiki Bar a night to remember.

We especially want to thank those in attendance whose generosity will benefit PSAC’s mission to ensure a flourishing and diverse community through the arts.

We also want to thank each and every one of our volunteers who helped us in planning, organizing and conducting the event. Kim Moore and her energetic committee members, Pamela Hamilton and Linda Strathdee, are to be congratulated for their efforts in making this event such a success. Thank you to our benevolent donors who provided a wonderful array of silent and live auction items, which significantly contributed to the success of this year’s event.

Summer Youth Art Camp

The workshop runs from July 31 through Aug. 29. Each student will be receiving individual guidance and attention throughout the week.

The workshop will end with an exhibit of the works the participants would like to display at the PSAC Town Park Gallery.  It will also be a great way for more mature art students to beef up or even start a serious portfolio for college. If students wish to skip a week, that would be fine. It is preferred that everyone interested take the first week (drawing) of the workshop.

Week 1— pencil; Week 2 — charcoal and pastels; Week 3 — painting with acrylics; Week 4 — catch up and prep for the exhibit.

Ages range from 12 through high school. Tuition is $30 per student per day, or $400 for all 15 days.

Art in the Garden Festival

The Art in the Garden Festival is a truly wonderful, major event that those of you who enjoy fine art, quality entertainment, gourmet food and wine must experience.

Highlights include fine art from local artists, musical entertainment, culinary treats and wine all coming together in a tranquil, beautiful garden setting that will delight the senses with color and fragrance. Artists in action will be demonstrating their techniques throughout the grounds. All money brought in from the festival will benefit the needy in our community through the Community United Methodist Church (CUMC) Community Assistance Fund.

This event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 3-7 p.m. in the gardens of Rito Blanco Nursery on Upper Blanco Basin Road (CR 326) south of Pagosa Springs. Ticket prices are $30, and sold only in advance.

2008 PSAC exhibit schedule

Current — Denny, Ginnie and the Gang.

Aug. 21 — Native American Culture.

Sept. 11 — Youth Art Camp Exhibit.

Oct. 2 — Students of Pierre Mion.

Summer gallery hours

The PSAC Gallery in Town Park is now on the summer schedule. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

2008 workshop calendar

All of the workshop classes are held in the Arts and Crafts Room of the community center. Call PSAC at 264-5020 to register for any of the classes. Classes may be paid by credit card at the time of registration to reserve your spot.

Please note: You must be pre-registered for all classes. If a class is cancelled, for some reason, we would have no way of contacting people who wish to drop in without a name and phone number on file.

July 31, Aug. 1-29 — Youth Art Camp with Sabine Baeckmann-Elge.

Aug. 6 — Plein Air Painting in the Garden, at the home of Sue Coe: 563 Buckboard Place, in Alpine Lakes Ranch. Drive south

on U.S. 84 to County Road 359 (about 15.3 miles south of the intersection with U.S. 160). Buckboard is the second right after you turn onto CR 359.

Aug. 13-16 — Basket Weaving with Pat Jeffers.

Aug. 18-21 — Basket Weaving with Pat Jeffers.

Aug. 22-23 — Watercolor Greeting Cards with Denny and Ginnie.

Sept. 3 — Plein Air Painting at Treasure Falls.

Sept. 6 — Beading with Lizz, Saturday 1 to 4 p.m.

Sept. 8-10 — Oil Painting with Tom Lockhart.

Sept. 13 — Anatomy for Artists with Sabine Baeckmann-Elge.

Plein Air Painters of Pagosa

Landscape painters, who work in any medium, are invited to join the Plein Air Painters of Pagosa (PAPP).  Inspired by the long tradition of artists meeting and painting together, PAPP members paint regularly in a friendly atmosphere, supporting and encouraging each other’s efforts — and have a lot of fun in the process.  Artists at any level are welcome.

The PAPP meets on the first Wednesday of each month, from 10 a.m. until after lunch, at various locations in the Pagosa area. Meet at 10 a.m., bring your lunch and a friend, if you know anyone interested. For more information, contact Jean Smith at 264-6647.

Photo Club

The Pagosa Springs Photo Club welcomes all interested photography enthusiasts. Any and all are invited to join. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month (through May) from 5:30-8 p.m. Annual dues are $20 for single individuals and $30 for family membership. For more information, contact club president Barbara Rosner at info@rosnercreative.com or 264-6502.

2009 calendars

The 2009 Pagosa Country Calendars are now available for sale in the Town Park Gallery. The calendars will sell for $8.95 plus tax for nonmembers and $7.95 plus tax for PSAC members. There are also quantity discounts: 10-24 for $6.95 each and 25-plus for $5.95 each.

Watercolor Club

The Watercolor Club normally meets the third Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room at the community center. Watercolorists of all levels are provided the opportunity to use the room for the day. Attending members contribute $5 for use of the space. Attendees should bring a bag lunch, their supplies and a willingness to have a fun creative day. New participants are always welcome.


SHY RABBIT offers new ceramics workshop

By Denise Coffee

Special to The PREVIEW

SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts is offering a new session of Introductory Beginning Ceramics I (Hand-building) on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 and 24, providing the perfect opportunity to explore and advance your creativity.

Workshops are held in SHY RABBIT’s art friendly 1,000 square-foot mixed studio, and are instructed by professional artist and ceramist D. Michael Coffee.

No previous experience is necessary, and class sizes are kept small to provide individualized attention.

Workshop

This two-day introductory workshop focuses on hand forming, texturing, and assembling clay, all without the use of a potter’s wheel or other equipment.

This workshop will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Glazing Date: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 5-8 p.m.

Workshop Fee is $215 (includes all materials, glazes, firings, and tool kit).

For more information, visit www.shyrabbit.com Workshops link.

For additional information on D. Michael Coffee, visit www.dmcarts.com.

For space availability or to register, contact Denise Coffee by calling 731-2766, or visit www.shyrabbit.com. Visa and M/C payment accepted.

SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts is located at 333 Bastille Drive, two blocks north of U.S. 160, off of North Pagosa Boulevard. The 4,000 square-foot arts facility houses a ceramic studio and gallery, a mixed-media workshop, and two large exhibition spaces. SHY RABBIT Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment.

Passion and Power concert tomorrow night

By Kate Kelley

Special to The PREVIEW

Feeling the need for some Passion and Power?

There are plentiful amounts of both available tomorrow night at the final Music in the Mountains concert for this season.

Newly-appointed conductor Guillermo Figueroa skillfully commands the full festival orchestra and Van Cliburn competition finalist, pianist Aviram Reichert, will allure his audience in this performance entitled “Passion and Power.”

The presentation includes Beethoven’s “Third Symphony in E Flat Major (Opus 55),” known as “The Eroica.” The word “eroica” means “heroic,” but who’s the lucky hero who had a symphony written for him?

The “Eroica Symphony” and Napoleon Bonaparte

According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music, originally the work was to be titled the “Bonaparte Symphony” as a tribute to Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Consul who had begun to radically reform Europe after conducting sweeping military campaigns across the continent.

But, in 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor, a move which angered Beethoven. As legend has it, the composer ripped through the title page and later renamed the symphony the “Eroica” because he refused to dedicate one of his pieces to the man he now considered a “tyrant.” Nevertheless, he still allowed the published manuscript to carry the inscription, “composed to celebrate the memory of a great man,” despite dedicating the work to one of Beethoven’s patrons by the name of Lobkowitz.

To those who first listened to this musical spectacle, it was clear that Beethoven had consciously planned to compose a work of unequaled breadth and scope. Three years before he wrote the Eroica, he had declared that he was discontent with the quality of his compositions thus far and “Henceforth (I) shall take a new path.”

Key and structure

The work was composed in E flat major and the orchestration called for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, three horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings. The symphony itself is Beethoven’s third (op. 55) and consists of four movements:

1. Allegro con brio (quick, with a bright sound).

2. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (like a funeral march, slowly).

3. Scherzo-Allegro vivace (humorous and quite fast and lively).

4. Finale-Allegro molto ( a very fast tempo).

Some tickets still available

Tickets are available by calling or visiting the Pagosa Area Chamber of Commerce (264-2360) or online at www.musicinthemountains.com. While sales from both those sources end at noon the day of the event, they may be available at the door. Gates open at 6 p.m. A variety of light refreshments and beverages is available for purchase at this final Music in the Mountains concert of the 2008 season. And really, when you think about it, who among us couldn’t use a little Passion and Power?

Square Top wraps up the summer with a four-show weekend

By Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton

Special to The PREVIEW

Unplug, laugh ‘til you cry, feel alive, set your imagination free with Square Top Repertory Theatre.

As Pagosa’s only professional repertory theatre company, Square Top has a season packed with exciting shows for the whole family.

The excitement, laughs, and fantasy that has audiences coming back over and over continues for only one more weekend.

STRT’s critically-acclaimed, high action version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has only one more performance, Saturday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m.

The hilarious, modern adaptation of “Don Quixote,” taking audiences into the fantastical land of La Mancha plays tonight, July 31, and Friday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. (all seats $8 for matinee). “I haven’t laughed that hard in a really long time,” said Rachel Liebowitz, a recent audience member upon leaving the theatre.

STRT is looking forward to a great 2009 Season with an expanded offering of world-class repertory theatre for the Four Corners region.

STRT begins with a New Works Festival in March 2009. The festival will include three staged readings of never-before-produced, full-length plays by playwrights from all over the United States. The top play, as selected by audiences, will be fully produced in STRT’s 2010 season.

The company will kick off their 2009 summer season with the fast-paced comedy, “The Complete History of America, abridged,” June 25 through Aug. 8. Then, Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” opens July 2 and runs through Aug. 6, 2009. Square Top will close the season with the world premier of Damon Falke’s “Canaan” July 23 through Aug. 2. Join us for entertainment that moves your soul.

There is only one more weekend to take in the 2008 STRT season of professional theatre right here in Pagosa Springs. All performances will be held at the Pagosa Springs Community Center.

For more information, membership options, and tickets visit www.squaretoptheatre.com, Moonlight Books, or call 264-0264. Make your reservations today.

The Greencards and Bearfoot at Four Corners Folk Festival

By Crista Munro

Special to The PREVIEW

The 13th annual Four Corners Folk Festival will take place Aug. 29-31 on Reservoir Hill in downtown Pagosa Springs.

This year’s lineup is incredibly exciting for festival organizers; performances will culminate on Sunday evening with the legendary Earl Scruggs — a living bluegrass icon and national treasure. Earl will be bringing along a high-energy group of friends and family to accompany him for one of a mere handful of performances this year.

  Saturday evening wraps up with Chris Thile’s new project, Punch Brothers. Chris, former mandolinist and lead singer for Nickel Creek, fronts the five-piece band that plays a spectrum of musical styles on traditional bluegrass instruments. Chris’ recent composition, a 40-minute , four-movement bluegrass suite, premiered last spring at Carnegie Hall. The piece crosses freely between bluegrass and classical music, causing the listener to wonder if there really is a line between them at all.

One of the things that makes the Four Corners Folk Festival a standout among festivals is the depth of musical talent; the very first notes off the main stage each day are played by some of the best Americana musicians anywhere. And even though the Greencards aren’t American, they have made their mark in the Americana genre.

 The lightning-strike success of The Greencards has been decidedly thrilling. Four short years ago, a green card was an immigration document. Now The Greencards are an acoustic music phenomenon that’s played around the world, headlined major festivals, won awards, and toured with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.

Their label debut “Weather and Water” was strong enough to secure their slot on the Dylan/Nelson tour, but then they had to stand and deliver. Fortunately, The Greencards have this great trick they do: They go out on stage in front of 20,000 strangers, and whaZAM, they turn them into friends and fans. It’s happened at Merlefest and Telluride, on both coasts, Down South and Down Under, and of course many times in Austin “The Live Music Capital of the World” Texas, city of the band’s chance origins and initial successes.

  They’re a trio: the lady fair with the electric bass, the serene voice and the raven tresses is Carol Young; Mr. Intense Guy shooting Roman candle flames out of the mandolin and other smallish stringed instruments is Kym Warner; and the dynamic redheaded fiddler is Eamon McLoughlin. McLoughlin is English. Warner and Young are Australians. But all three grew up in households full of honest American roots music, from Merle, Lefty, Ricky, Dolly, Loretta and their blessed ilk. Their training grounds were jam sessions. Their passion and talent was evident, but their idols and holy shrines were in the U.S., so that’s where they went.

When Kym and Carol met Eamon at a recording session in Austin, the chemistry was there from the outset. Before long, their friendly bluegrass jams blossomed into one of the city’s most popular bar bands. They made fans and friends of scene leaders like Robert Earl Keen and the Bruce Robison/Kelly Willis family, who took them on the road and introduced them to large audiences. Their self-released debut album “Movin’ On” pushed them to create original music, writing and scouting for songs that broke the rules of bluegrass and that began to carve out a fresh hybrid of styles somewhere between classic folk balladry and jam band rock and roll.

Accolades followed. They took Best New Band at the Austin Music Awards in 2004. The Houston Chronicle ranked their live show among the city’s top five nights of music of the year. The Greencards landed a deal with Dualtone in 2005 and released Weather and Water to great acclaim. Dylan and Nelson tapped them to open their now-famous U.S. tour of minor league baseball parks in the summer of 2005, 30 dates in all. Their video for the song “Time” became one of the most played on GAC and CMT’s Americana shows. They were nominated for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the Americana Awards in 2004 and then won that prize in the fall of 2006.

The Greencards pull all this off with musical superconductivity, a whirling dervish attack, a respect for tradition, and a zest for innovation. They fit into history on a line that connects Fairport Convention to New Grass Revival to Patty Griffin, but they remain vibrantly independent, mingling discipline and daring in exquisite balance. They’re nice folks who still admire their heroes as much as they did before their heroes admired them. This amazing trio will play the festival stage on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 12:15 p.m.

Bearfoot is back for their second Four Corners Folk Festival engagement. This young band (formerly known as Bearfoot Bluegrass) assembled in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1999 at a kids’ music camp. Two months later they were performing for 20,000 people at the National FFA convention in Kentucky. No one was more amazed at their success than the band members themselves.

Originally, the band was a project of Belle Mickelson, director of the Cordova, Alaska Music Camp. Each of the band members, Angela Oudean, Annalisa Tornfelt, Kate Hamre, Malani O’Toole, Jason Norris and Mike Mickelson were selected from the Anchorage and Cordova music campers as musical representatives. Their performances as Bearfoot Bluegrass were the proof of the rapid musical growth that often results from kids’ music camps. With band parents booking gigs and a multitude of donated mileage tickets, Bearfoot played throughout the Northwest and Alaska promoting music camps. That all changed with their win at the 2001 Telluride Band Contest.

From that point on, the band realized that they had the opportunity to play professionally, as Telluride band contest alumni The Dixie Chicks (1991) and Nickel Creek (1995) had done. With their first CD, “Only Time Knows” (2001), Bearfoot Bluegrass put together a summer tour that focused around their 2002 Telluride main stage slot. They lost Malani O’Toole in the process, but decided to continue as a five-piece band. For three months they played throughout West and did Bluegrass Camps for Kids, which Kate Hamre adapted from the format of the Anchorage and Cordova Camps.

That fall, they started their second CD, “Back Home” with Grammy award winning producer Todd Phillips. Todd really helped the band members hone their abilities and put them through what band members describe as “rhythm boot camp.”

With their most recent recording, “Follow Me,” there is a definite shift in the band’s musical direction. They dropped the bluegrass from their name and have ventured out into the world of acoustic Americana. Their recording features a majority of original songs and it is obvious that their singing and musicianship has matured significantly from their last album. Their beginning as a bluegrass band still shows through as they play the fire out of their instruments on up-tempo numbers like the title track, “Follow Me.” Their approach to sensitive material, such as “Just Stay” is equally amazing.

Though different, the songs have a unifying mark that only Bearfoot can create. There is always that spark that unites the music and shines through in the band’s vibrant arrangements. Bearfoot will play the festival’s main stage on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 11 a.m.

The Four Corners Folk Festival is produced by FolkWest Inc., a locally-based non-profit organization and is supported in part by a grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts. It takes more than 300 volunteers to put on this event, and in exchange for working, volunteers get free three-day admission to the festival. If you would like to find out more information about volunteer opportunities, call Dan at 731-5582.

Tickets to the festival can be purchased downtown at Moonlight Books or at Switchback Mountain Gear in the Country Center on the west side of town. Tickets and additional information are available by calling (877) 472-4672 or online at www.folkwest.com.

Springs Theatre Company presents barbecue dinner and melodrama

By Michael DeWinter

Special to The PREVIEW

The Springs Theatre Company recently celebrated closing night of the second of three shows in the Summer Starlight Series of barbecue suppers and shows. Now they are hard at work on the final offering of the series, an 1890s melodrama comedy entitled “Foiled by an Innocent Maid, or The Curse of the Iron Horse” directed by Michael DeWinter. This charming, family friendly production follows the heroine Faith Hopewell, played by Laura Stine, as she tries to bring a ray of sunshine into the gloomy lives of the Follansbee family. Boo the villainous Ferguson Longfellow and cheer on Jimmy, the hero, as the plot twists and turns to a hilarious ending. Also starring in this delightful farce is Joan Hageman, Lizz Baldwin, Stevie Mock, Ben Owens, and Kevin Van Maanen. Before the show, enjoy a barbecue Chuckwagon dinner and “Old West” entertainments as well.

Guests arrive at the Pioneer Village at Harman Park (U.S. 160 and Piedra Road) to find a variety of activities including a horseshoe pit for adults and children, a rustic sluice where you can pan for gold, square dancing and of course tours of the amazing Fred Harman Art Museum. Calamity Jane the clown is in residence with her trusty steed “Old Paint”. Also village craftsmen and women will be demonstrating techniques in weaving, spinning, tatting and more including a hand hewn cabin raising right before your eyes. The delightful R. C. Gomez mercantile is open for a fascinating tour of the artifacts still stocking the shelves and customers may also do some fun shopping while inside. Delight in watching square dancers perform and be careful or a Wild West gunfight might break out! These preshow activities are open to the public and do not require a ticket purchase.

The dinnerbell will ring at 7 sharp and ticketed patrons will be ushered into the Pavillion tent. Once inside, diners will feast on a delicious supper of barbecue brisket or chicken (or a vegetarian option as well), cowboy beans, fresh cole slaw, warm dinner rolls and butter, hot apple cobbler, and lemonade or coffee. At 7:45 the fun continues with “Foiled by An Innocent Maid.”

Tickets are going fast for this last show of the Summer Starlight Series and are on sale now at The Plaid Pony and online at www.SpringsTheatreCompany.org. The barbecue supper and show is $28 for adults and $20. for children 12 and under. For more information on the Summer Starlight Series or for volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Michael DeWinter at 731-5262, Rick Artis at 731-8914 or you may also visit the Web site.

Chuck Bob at the Movies

‘Persepolis’ a heartfelt, coming-of-age story

Charles Streetman

As many of you know, back when the Academy announced the nominees for Best Animated Feature during the 2008 ceremony, I was more than appalled by their imprudent decision to nominate “Surf’s Up” over what I considered to be the best animated film of 2007, “Tekkonkinkreet.”

One nomination, however, didn’t surprise me. In fact, I was glad to see “Persepolis” receive recognition by the Academy.

Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, as well as written and co-directed by Satrapi herself, “Persepolis” is an animated film from France.

This story begins as Marjane recalls her life growing up in Iran.

The film opens with Marjane, as an adult, preparing to depart for Tehran, but at the last minute she hesitates. Sitting alone in the airport, Marjane begins to recall her childhood when, at the age of 10, she and her family bore witness to the revolution that changed Iran almost literally overnight.

At the time ,Marjane was a simple child — energetic, precocious and very outspoken for her age. When the Islamic revolution started, things very quickly began to change.

The years pass and where one dictatorship was overthrown, it was quickly replaced with another, more oppressive one. The violence that ensued was devastating to Marjane’s friends and family as they suffered many tragedies, including the loss of Marjane’s beloved uncle, who was incarcerated and ultimately executed.

While the women of Iran were now forced to undergo the outlandishly strict social and dress codes set upon them by the Islamic fundamentalists, Marjane (now 13) seems to have been affected very little by the regime change. Still as lively and opinionated as ever, she shows little or no hesitation in expressing her disgust for the injustices committed in Iran, or her love for Western merchandise (such as denim jackets and Nike sneakers) and music (particularly Iron Maiden) found on the black market.

It is when she speaks out at her teachers over their view of the revolution that she finds herself in a great deal of trouble. Fearing for her safety, Marjane’s parents make the difficult decision to send their daughter abroad to receive a European education, and possibly a better and safer life.

However, in Austria, Marjane faces the sting of isolation from her homeland and family and never fully adapts to her new surroundings. Although she is safer and is promised a better life in Vienna, Marjane feels like an outcast and endures several failed relationships, both platonic and romantic.

Marjane (now an adult) falls into a deep depression that renders her broken and homeless. Feeling there is no place for her in Vienna, she decides to return to Tehran and her family. However, when she arrives, it doesn’t take Marjane long to realize that the life she had, the home she loved, and person she once was have changed forever.

As solemn as the overall story is, Marjane still boasts a great deal of wit and humor in many of the lighter moments of the film. Once such scene shows Marjane arriving in Vienna, where she believes that she has truly escaped the strict rule of the Islamic clerics, only to discover that she will be living in a convent. Truly, the film expresses her personality well, not only in its narrative, but also through its unique look.

The animation style of “Persepolis” is fairly simple, with standard (although at times comically disproportionate) character designs and background settings. The film is mostly animated in black and white, but the style — a certain dynamic in symbolism as well as lighting and shading — is somewhat similar to Frank Miller’s “Sin City” graphic novels. There are a number of scenes in the film that are strikingly artistic, and there are scenes in which characters are rendered as silhouettes with specific attributes highlighted. One protest scene shows riot officers completely shadowed ,with the exception of the lenses in their gasmasks, as they march across a charcoal-grey urban setting.

After earning a nomination for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Oscars, “Persepolis” ultimately lost to Pixar’s “Ratatouille.” Despite its loss, “Persepolis” remains a heartfelt coming-of-age story told with a great deal of wit, imagination and providing the viewer both laughs and tragedies. It is certainly one of the best animated films of 2007, and should not be missed.

The DVD includes a number of special features including: English recording sessions, animatics, a Catherine Deneuve tribute, the Cannes press conference and Q&A with cast and crew, audio commentaries and several other featurettes.

New books for seventh-graders and older in new Teen Center

By Carole Howard

SUN columnist, and the Library Staff

Thanks to the generosity of Pagosa pilots and friends, the southwest corner of the library has been turned into a new Teen Center, with new shelving, two café tables with stools, and three pod chairs (teens know these are beanbags on an industrial strength base). With this dedicated area, all books aimed at young adults aged 13 and over are in one place where they are easy to find and enjoy. Here is a sampling of some of the latest books available in this special teen area:

• “The Christopher Killer,” a forensic mystery by Alane Ferguson, features the daughter of a Colorado county coroner.

• “Sandpiper” by Ellen Wittlinger looks at a young lady trying to overcome an uneasy past with too many boyfriends to build a better future for herself.

• “Weasel” by Cynthia DeFelice is about an Indian fighter the government has sent to drive off the Indians — but Weasel has his own idea about this situation.

• “The Witch of Agnesi” by Robert Spiller tells the story of what happens when a 13-year-old math genius disappears and a math teacher begins to investigate.

• “The Dragon’s Lair” by Elizabeth Haydon is the third in the Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series, this one following the adventures of young Ven Polypheme and his friends and a very angry dragon.

Do you love our landscaping?

We hope you are as happy as we are with the gorgeous flowers, shrubs and grass that now surround your library. All this beauty was a long time coming. Landscaping was supposed to have been part of our expansion back in 2005. That expansion was paid for with grants and individual donations saved over many years. Not a penny of increased local tax dollars went toward the new building. But in spite of tight management, we ran out of money because of construction delays and unexpected cost increases.

To make a long story short, after many months of negotiations with the engineering company responsible for most of those issues, the library board reached a settlement with that company — and those settlement funds paid for this landscaping project. What a great use for the money! We are deeply grateful to Thin Air Landscape Architecture, headed by Frank La Gioia, for their creativity and hard work that have made our grounds beautiful at last.

How-to and self-help

“Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths that are Destroying Your Prosperity” by Garrett B. Gunderson looks at the world of personal finance while challenging common cliches and what the author considers faulty retirement planning advice.

“The AD/HD Parenting Handbook/second edition” by Colleen Alexander-Roberts offers practical advice for parents from parents, with techniques for raising hyperactive children without losing your temper.

“The Complete Guide to Plumbing/expanded fourth edition” is part of the Black & Decker series of DIY books.

Mysteries and thrillers

“The Last Oracle” by James Rollins explores a rogue organization of scientists who have developed a method to augment autistic children with special savant talents.

“Palace Council” by Stephen L. Carter is a political thriller set in the turbulent era of Watergate and Vietnam.

“OSS” by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV is set in 1943 in Argentina, officially neutral but in reality crawling with spies.

“Nothing to Lose” by Lee Child is the latest Jack Reacher mystery.

“What Was Lost” by Catherine O-Flynn involved two young people who become involved in searching for a young girl who disappeared from a mall 20 years earlier.

Garden books

“Gardening When It Counts” by Steve Solomon is a Mother Earth News Book for Wiser Living helps readers rediscover traditional low-input gardening methods to produce healthy and affordable food.

“Four-Season Harvest/revised and expanded edition” by Eliot Coleman shows how North American gardeners can successfully use sunshine to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables.

More new novels

“Rogue” is the latest summer read by popular writer Danielle Steel.

“Oxygen” by Carol Cassella tells of an anesthesiologist forced to face the personal and professional fallout from an operating room disaster.

“America, America” by Ethan Canin tells of the life of a young man, son of working-class parents, who is taken on by a rich family after he becomes a yard boy on their grand estate.

“The Condition” by Jennifer Haigh is the story of a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer in 1976 when a daughter is diagnosed with a genetic condition called Turner’s syndrome.

Non-fiction

“When You Are Engulfed in Flames” is the latest collection of essays by humorist David Sedaris. In

“The Prosecution of George W. Bush For Murder,” famed prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi argues there is overwhelming evidence that President Bush took the nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses and must be held accountable for what he considers to be monumental crimes.

“Energy Victory: Winning the war on terror by breaking free of oil” by engineer Robert Zubrin offers the author’s views on practical ways to break the monopoly of the oil cartel by passing a law that all U.S. cars be flex-fueled.

“Spies for Hire: The secret world of intelligence outsourcing” by investigative reporter Tim Shorrock looks at the massive outsourcing of top-secret intelligence activities to private sector contractors.

Large print books

“One of Those Malibu Nights” by Elizabeth Adler is romantic suspense novel featuring PI Mac Reilly.

“Sleeping Arrangements” by Madeleine Mickham is a novel about two couples who find themselves double-booked at a villa in Spain.

“Chasing Darkness” is an Elvis Cole mystery set in Los Angeles.

Thanks to our donors

For books and materials this week ,we thank Glenn Carter, Mrs. Colden, Kimberly Fellows, Lynn Frank, Kiu Ha, Bamma Laizure, Kim Laverty, Roxanne Maki and Lynne Wooldridge.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

National Immunization Awareness Month

By Kat Katsos

SUN Columnist

August is recognized as National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). The goal of NIAM is to increase awareness about immunizations across the life span, from infants to the elderly.

This is the perfect time to remind family, friends, co-workers, and those in the community to catch up on their vaccinations. Parents are enrolling their children in school, students are entering college, and healthcare workers are preparing for the upcoming flu season.

Why are immunizations important?

Immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century. Vaccines have eradicated smallpox, eliminated wild poliovirus in the U.S. and significantly reduced the number of cases of measles, diphtheria, rubella, pertussis and other diseases. But despite these efforts, today tens of thousands of people in the U.S. still die from these and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Vaccines offer safe and effective protection from infectious diseases. By staying up-to-date on the recommended vaccines, individuals can protect themselves, their families and friends and their communities from serious, life-threatening infections.

Who should be immunized?

Getting immunized is a lifelong, life-protecting community effort regardless of age, sex, race, ethnic background or country of origin. Recommended vaccinations begin soon after birth and continue throughout life. Being aware of the vaccines that are recommended for infants, children, adolescents, adults of all ages and seniors, and making sure that we receive these immunizations, are critical to protecting ourselves and our communities from disease.

When are immunizations given?

Because children are particularly vulnerable to infection, most vaccines are given during the first five to six years of life. Other immunizations are recommended during adolescent or adult years and, for certain vaccines, booster immunization are recommended throughout life. Vaccines against certain diseases that may be encountered when traveling outside of the U.S. are recommended for travelers to specific regions of the world.

On Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 12:30 p.m. (directly following lunch at the Silver Foxes Den) Kim Putnam, nurse, and Peggy Bergon, immunization tech from San Juan Basin Health Department will be speaking to Archuleta Seniors about updating their vaccines, and vaccines to consider such as immunizations against influenza and shingles.

Five ways to prevent mosquito bites

The best remedy for itchy mosquito bites is to prevent them in the first place. Use these tips to help stay bite-free this spring and summer:

• Stay indoors at dusk when mosquitoes are out and about.

• Wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved tops, and tuck long pants into your socks.

• Stay away from black and white fabrics, which seem to drive the little bugs wild.

• Try mixtures of essential oils, such as pennyroyal oil and eucalyptus. These are moderately effective if you’re not dealing with really thick swarms of mosquitoes.

In places where mosquitoes can be overwhelming, use insect repellants containing geraniol, a plant-derived compound, or Neem oil, from the Indian tree Azadirachta indica.

Den thanks

The Silver Foxes Den would like to thank all the wonderful businesses and citizens who so kindly continue to support the senior center with donations, gifts, time and joy:

Boy Scout Troop 807 for volunteering on Kite Building Day.

Carla and Paul Roberts — Elation Center for the Arts. Their continued support and spirit is greatly appreciated.

City Market for its support with programs such as Cake Decorating, provided by Sue, the bakery manager, and for gift certificates for contests.

Choke Cherry, for gift certificates.

Dick Mosley, for his Wildflower Hike program.

Dr. Bricca, for monthly informational programs.

Floured Apron for the Healthy Cooking Class.

Humane Society of Pagosa Springs, for the Pet of the Month program.

High Country Squares.

Made in Colorado, for gift certificates.

Patty Tillerson, for providing monthly blood pressure checks.

Phyllis Wheaton, of the U.S. Forest Service.

Ponderosa, for gift certificates.

The PLPOA, for fishing passes.

The Rose Café, for gift certificates.

Radio Shack, for its contributions to our Free Monthly Movie program.

Special Events at the Senior Cultural Center

Country Western Day.

In honor and celebration of the Archuleta County Fair, The Den will host Country Western Day. Put on those chaps, spurs, bandanas, cowboy hats and old western shirts and come on down to The Den for lunch. Show off your Western Spirit!

Keyah Grande tour.

Keyah Grande is an exclusive retreat nestled in the heart of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. Over 4,000 acres of pristine beauty and natural wonders await you in this rejuvenating escape from civilization. With a limited occupancy in eight guest suites, visitors are assured the attention they deserve. Each suite is adorned with antiques and artifacts collected in the world travels of the proprietors. Enjoy a tour of Keyah Grande on Monday, Aug. 4. The cost for the tour is $1 and Keyah Grande will offer coffee and Danish, as this is a morning tour. The senior bus will leave promptly at 8:30 a.m. Reserve your place now.

Senior immunizations.

On Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 12:30 p.m. (directly following lunch at the Silver Foxes Den) learn about updating your vaccines, and about immunizations against Influenza and Shingles.

Tai Chi.

Tai Chi from the Arthritis Foundation is a high-value program designed to improve the quality of life for people with arthritis. Studies show the effects of Tai Chi also improve balance and help prevent falls. Each class will begin with very gentle warm up and cool down Sun style Tai Chi exercises. The class will be led by Kay Wilson, Tai Chi instructor certified by Dr. Paul Lam Program, which is supported by the Arthritis Foundation. This free eight-week series begins Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. For class information, call 946-5220. Registration must be made at The Den or you may request a registration packet be mailed to you; participation is limited to 10.

Meditation for Healing.

On Tuesdays at 1 p.m. Sarah Barbara hosts the weekly Meditation for Healing program and will teach you how to meditate and reap the healing benefits of the practice. This program is free.

Farming in Africa.

Eddie Bennett, who had homes and business interests in Zambia and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, will be speaking about what it was like to own a 13,000-acre farm in Africa. Lions, leopards and other wildlife presented more problems than domestic livestock. The farm also served as a base for safaris. Eddie will present this program on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 12:30 p.m. in The Den.

Dance For Health.

On Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Karma Raley, the dance instructor, enjoys sharing her love of dance and blends basic ballet and modern jazz with yoga awareness to create a full body routine which makes it possible to work-\ out to the degree you want and/or need to. Wear loose comfortable clothing and bring a mat or towel. This program is free.

Pagosa’s got talent

Yes, we do! The Silver Foxes Den is looking for talented individuals (and even those who think they’re not so talented) who would like to share their forte with the seniors. Whether its crafts, art, technology, history or adventures you’ve taken, we want to hear from you. Call Kat to schedule your program today. 264-2167.

Bus service

We have an affordable solution for you to get where you need to go. The Silver Foxes bus can pick you up and bring you to lunch and activities at the Den (suggested senior donation of $2). The bus will make stops anywhere along the route (post office, drug store, City Market shopping Tuesdays and Fridays). And the “best salad bar” in town is available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Cost: seniors, age 60-plus, a suggested donation of $3 (includes hot lunch); all others $5.

Medicare counseling

Medicare counseling is available by appointment should you need assistance. Call the Silver Foxes Den at 264-2167 to make your appointment.

Archuleta Seniors Inc.

This is one of the best deals in Pagosa. Help out seniors and save money at local businesses with our discount card. Seniors Inc. is selling annual memberships for $5 to folks 55 and older at The Den on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Emergency plan

As part of the Archuleta County Emergency Plan, the Silver Foxes Den Senior Center is creating a list of people of all ages that may need assistance in the event of an emergency such as a blizzard, power outage, flood, etc. Folks on oxygen or an electric dependent health system should be on the list, as well as anyone with a disability, which could make it difficult for them to evacuate. If you think you may be in need of assistance during an emergency, contact Kat at 264-2167. Don’t delay, be prepared today!

Activities

Friday, Aug. 1 — 9 a.m. Geezers; 11:15 a.m. Gym Walk; noon, Country Western Day.

Monday, Aug. 4 — 9 a.m. Keyah Grande tour; 10 a.m. Tai Chi; 11:15 a.m. Gym Walk; 1 p.m. Canasta.

Tuesday, Aug. 5 — 11 a.m. blood pressure check; 11:15 a.m. Gym walk; 12:30 p.m. immunization program; 1 p.m. Meditation for Healing.

Wednesday, Aug. 6 — 9:30 a.m. ASI Oktoberfest meeting; 10 a.m. Dance 4 Health; 12:30 Trials, Tribulations, and Joys of Farming in Africa.

Thursday, Aug. 7 — Closed.

Friday, Aug. 8 — 9 a.m. Geezers; 11:15 Gym Walk; 1 p.m. ASI board meeting.

Menu

Suggested donation $3 for ages 60-plus and kids 12 and under; all others $5. Our meal program is partially funded through the Older Americans Act, United Way, Archuleta County, Town of Pagosa Springs and other contributions and grants. These funds help support the cost of the meal which is approximately $6. Menu subject to change. The salad bar opens at 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at noon.

Friday, Aug. 1 — Meatloaf, whipped potatoes and gravy, green beans, fresh fruit, whole wheat roll.

Monday, Aug. 4 — Chicken Alfredo, Harvard beets, cranberry sauce, apple juice, fresh fruit.

Tuesday, Aug. 5 — Baked fish, whipped potatoes, mixed veggies, pineapple-orange compote, whole wheat roll.

Wednesday, Aug. 6 — Swedish meatballs, scalloped potatoes, Mexicali corn, creamy coleslaw, grapes, whole wheat roll.

Thursday, Aug. 7 — Closed.

Friday, Aug. 8 — Pork chow mein, brown rice broccoli, banana, fortune cookie, whole wheat roll.


Goal to provide 100-percent fuel assistance

By Andy Fautheree
SUN Columnist

It will be the goal of the Archuleta County Veteran Service Office in 2008 to provide fuel and accommodation reimbursement assistance to all veterans in Archuleta County for their trips to VA Medical appointments.

If you are paying for fuel or a motel while traveling to a VA medical facility I want you to see me at the VSO.

As announced last week we have been fortunate to be awarded a new Colorado Veterans Trust Fund Grant for 2008-09 in the amount of $24,000 for fuel and overnight accommodations cost assistance.

All veterans from Archuleta County are eligible for this fuel and accommodation assistance, either through the Department of Veterans Affairs (Albuquerque and Farmington VA medical facilities) or this office.

Many of our local veterans are unaware that they may be eligible for travel reimbursement from the Farmington VA Clinic, as well as Albuquerque VAMC. Check with those facilities first to see if you’re eligible for reimbursement. If you are not eligible (no service connected disabilities or high income level) see this office for reimbursement. You can also call Albuquerque VAMC 800 465-8262 extension 2421 to see if you’re eligible for VA travel expense money.

Veterans are eligible for this assistance whether they use their own vehicles or one of the vehicles from the Archuleta County Veterans Service Office. You need only provide some kind of proof of appointment for this office to reimburse your fuel travel reimbursement. You may send me your fuel reimbursement request along with proof of appointment if you live in one of the outlying areas and it is not convenient for you to travel to this office. I will mail you a check.

I expect to have funds once again available for this program in about 30 days, or less. In some cases we will still use a fuel card. Be sure and check with this office to see if we have the money available.

I will also reimburse for your VA travel costs back to July 1, 2008. Save your appointment information.

Update on money for VAHC trips

Please check at the VA Albuquerque travel pay window for possible reimbursement if you make a trip to Albuquerque VAMC. Be sure and check with Albuquerque VAMC for free overnight accommodations in advance of your trip. Failure to check on both of these VA benefits could result in forfeiture of assistance by this office for that trip.

Durango VA Clinic

The Durango VA Outpatient Clinic is located at 400 South Camino Del Rio, Suite G, next to Big 5 Sports. Phone number is 247-2214. Albuquerque VAMC phone number is (800) 465-8262.

Further information

For information on these and other veterans’ benefits, call or stop by the Archuleta County Veterans Service Office located at the Senior Center in the Pagosa Springs Community Center on Hot Springs Boulevard. The office number is 731-3837, the fax number is 731-3879, cell number is (970) 946-6648, and e-mail is afautheree@archuletacounty.org. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Bring your DD Form 214 (Discharge) for application for VA programs, and for filing in the VSO office.


UU Fellowship to consider the Buddhist virtues at service

On Sunday, Aug. 3, the Pagosah Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hear a talk on “The Buddhist Virtues: Grounding our Spiritual Ideals.”

The speaker will be Charlotte Rotterdam, executive director of Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center in Pagosa Springs.

She points out that “In the Buddhist tradition, the six ‘paramitas’ refer to the transcendent virtues which we strive to embody and perfect through our spiritual practice, reflection and life. Described as generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, meditation and wisdom, the ‘paramitas’ are both goals which we aim towards and ongoing reminders for living our daily lives with wakefulness and kindness.”

For several years, Rotterdam taught in the Graduate Religion Department of Naropa University in Boulder, Colo., and has been teaching meditation locally and abroad for the last few years. She holds a master’s degree in religion from Harvard Divinity School.

In anticipation of the annual Water Ceremony Service on Sept. 7, the children, along with adult volunteers, will begin rehearsing the play, “The Woman Who Outshone the Sun.” This short play was adapted from a poem written by a young Zapotec Indian, Alejandro Cruz Martinez. He was killed while organizing his people to regain their lost water rights. This will be the focus of the children’s program during the month of August. This week, they will hear the story, and practice the songs for the play.

The service begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Pagosah Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, Unit B-15, Greenbriar Plaza. Turn east on Greenbrier Drive off of North Pagosa by the fire station, then left into the back parking lot and look for the big sign. All are welcome.

Trains bring supplies, and drummers to Pagosa Country

By John M. Motter

SUN Columnist

Narrow gauge railroad tracks, as we’ve said many times, crisscrossed Archuleta County into the mid-1930s. Most of the supplies coming into and leaving town came by rail.

During the 1930s, Federal road building programs paid for straightening and paving several highways, especially U.S. 160 in an east-west direction and U.S. 84 to the south. I don’t know the former numbers of those highways, but I do know they weren’t the same as they are today.

For a period of time, I believe starting in the 1920s, what we know as U.S. 160 today was known as the Navajo Trail. The idea was, tourists from Denver and parts further east could follow 160 across the forbidding San Juan Mountains and on into Navajo settlements. Chamber of Commerce organizations sprang up in communities along the way, including Pagosa Springs, promoting the Navajo Trail theme.

Drummers, also known as traveling salesmen, came to town on the train. First, horse drawn taxis, and later the motorized kind, picked the salesmen up at the train depot and transported them to one of several hotels. Supplies for the grocery stores, hardware, farm implements, and merchandise for all of the other stores came in on the train. So did most travelers, whether coming or going.

I have a wonderful story written by Marguerite Hersch about one of the first motor trips across Wolf Creek Pass in 1916, the year it opened. The story begins with the Hersch family loading their vehicles onto the train in Pagosa Springs and transporting the vehicles to warmer climates with better roads before beginning a summer-long odyssey in their cars. The point of the story at this time is, the roads out of Pagosa were so bad that the Hersch’s either couldn’t drive out of town on the roads, or putting the car on the train was preferable to driving on the roads.

I have talked with other old-timers who said during the first years of car ownership in Pagosa Springs the cars could be driven around town and maybe home, but not from town to town. And so the leaving of the train had to wait until better roads were built for motor vehicles.

The train was a real boon to local cattlemen. Before the train came to the San Juan Basin in 1881, cattle had to be driven south to Santa Fe or east to Pueblo to reach markets. A quantity of cattle were sold to the frontier Army posts still in existence, but they still had to be driven overland by cowboys on horses. When the train entered Pagosa Country in 1881 on the route from Cumbres Pass to Chama to Durango, cattle still had to be driven to the nearest rail line. For Pagosa folks the nearest rail line was Chama or Amargo or Pagosa Junction of Arboles, nearer than Santa Fe, but still a considerable feat.

Finally, when the train reached Pagosa Springs in 1900, cattle could be driven to town and loaded on cattle cars there. Of course there were holding pens and loading chutes near the depot in town. And of course to reach the facilities, the cattle and sheep were driven down town streets kicking up dust from one sidewalk to the other. But each time the train moved closer, marketing cattle was easier.

Sometimes cattle buyers came to town on the train, bought cattle at a ranch, and assumed responsibility for getting the cattle to market. At other times, cattlemen paid the cost of getting the cattle to market, then sold them there. I suppose there were other arrangements as well. In any case, having a railroad nearby was a big asset.

Legacies

By Shari Pierce

Staff Writer

90 years ago

Taken from SUN files of August 2, 1918

The next legislature should take drastic action and abolish, lock, stock and barrel, the assembly feature of the Primary Law. The farce of a thousand or more hand-picked idiots gathered in both the late party assemblies was a monumental, hilarious joke. By repealing the assembly feature, which differs but little from the old whiskey-soaked, tobacco-smoked convention system, and substituting the more sensible petition method for nominations, the primary law will be greatly improved.

The fighting record that our Mexican boys are making on the death-swept front in Europe is doing more to blend the western hemisphere into one solid mass of racial unity than a thousand years of phamphleteering propaganda.

75 years ago

Taken from SUN files of August 4, 1933

At a special meeting of the board of county commissioners, held July 17, the voting precincts of Archuleta County were reduced from ten to five, the move being in the interest of economy for the anticipated election in September on the 18th amendment repeal ratification.

Marshal Buck O’Neal is about the “biggest” man in town these days since he received word that at Penn Yan, New York, on July 24th, he became father of a six and one-quarter pound son. The youngster has been named Gordon O’Neal, after Henry Gordon of Pagosa Springs, and will arrive in this city in about one month. Buck “held out” for the name of Weminuche or some other euphonious cognomen, but lost out!

50 years ago

Taken from SUN files of July 31, 1958

At a special meeting last week, the directors of the Pagosa Springs Sanitation District set Aug. 19 as the date for receiving bids on the sewer system in Pagosa Springs. When the contract is let, this will give assurance to builders and others that homes can be sold under FHA financing and there may be a spurt of home building during the fall and winter months. It is thought that most builders will wait until the following spring to start construction on new homes. The voters of the district, which comprises the city limits of Pagosa Springs, voted $220,000 to pay for the system and with additional Federal Aid the project would be able to be financed. The system, as now designed, takes in every portion of the town for all practical purposes.

25 years ago

Taken from SUN files of August 4, 1983

About 25 property owners from the Fairfield Pagosa development west of town met with the Archuleta County commissioners Friday at the courthouse protesting what they called the “bad condition” of the roads where they live. Chairman Chris Chavez of the Board of Commissioners denied that the county had been ignoring the questioned roads. He emphasized the lack of county funds for such purposes. According to Chavez, the two mills the county collects in property taxes does not even cover the cost of the winter snow removal program. All of the commissioners emphasized that the state limitation on annual income increases of the county was handicapping their efforts to budget enough money for road maintenance.

The mix matters

The news last week, other than the incidental items such as a $1 million mistake in the county budget, an ongoing snafu regarding a proposed reservoir, major street projects downtown?

A positive bit of news: A grassroots movement bringing an issue to the vote. A valid petition was delivered to Archuleta County Clerk June Madrid, asking that the first stage of a move to Home Rule government for Archuleta County be put on the November general election ballot.

Home Rule is a form of government in Colorado that has been indulged most often by municipalities, (including Pagosa Springs) and that is also available to county governments.

What Home Rule allows a community to do is reshape its government. A Home Rule county cannot evade certain state-mandated programs, but the structure of government can be adjusted to meet certain needs.

In this first-stage process, voters in the county will be asked two questions. To paraphrase: Do you want to create a commission tasked with writing a Home Rule Charter for the county? Who do you want on that commission?

A second and later stage, given the success of Stage 1, is for voters to consider the proposed charter.

Most interesting to us among the charter options for Archuleta County are two items.

First, is the ability to redistrict for the purposes of establishing a county commission. Currently, as per state law, the county has three commissioners, three districts. A charter could provide for, say, five districts. One argument goes that such redistricting could provide for a more accurate representation of each district, as well as change the mathematics of a board that has, at least in recent years, demonstrated serious, personality-driven dysfunction.

We can’t help but think that, while a board of three members can have two dysfunctional participants, a board of five can have three.

The notion, however, is worthy of examination, in particular with regard to what appear to be divergent interests in different parts of the county.

A second possibility is one we take more seriously. A Home Rule Charter could allow positions in county government currently held by elected officials to be filled by salaried employees. In other words, most if not all elected positions in county government other than commissioners — think treasurer, clerk, assessor, sheriff —could be employees in a streamlined and refined chain of command. In recent years, there have been instances in which elected officials, in effect the equals of county commissioners charged with the overall well-being of county government, have resisted ideas, requests and changes that might have made for more efficient business. Do we wish all of those positions to be appointed, the individuals working at the pleasure of the county commission? Do we want only some of them to be elected, others not?

These are the kind of considerations a charter commission will have to deal with.

And that brings us to a final point: Who will be on that commission? Who will be on the ballot as candidates for the 11-member commission that, if the body is approved by the voters, will proceed to write a charter?

A move is on to solicit candidates for the ballot and we have a suggestion: several of candidates should be opponents of county Home Rule. And, if not opponents, individuals with misgivings about the idea. Moreover, those candidates should, if possible, bring with them experience in municipal or county government, with a first-hand knowledge of what might work, and what might not. For this charter committee, if formed, to have any credibility, this kind of person must participate.

So, Home Rule proponents: Do your work, educate people, ignite interest. But, make sure the slate is formidable. The committee’s character is its fate.

Karl Isberg


Risberg support

Dear Editor:

I have practiced criminal law for 30 plus years. I was a Public Defender in Los Angeles, a Municipal Court Judge in Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles, a District Attorney in New York City, a District Attorney in Durango, as well as a defense lawyer in Colorado for the last 17 years.

My concerns during my career have centered around the idea that justice is not for a privileged few but for all of us. You and your children must be protected and provided opportunities in the same manner as my family and my two young boys.

Too often I have been witness to overzealous prosecutors whose main objectives are the conviction and incarceration of citizens who have only been guilty of wrong thinking or just plain old stupid and immature behavior, as opposed to those who take the time and effort to identify and zealously prosecute those who are true lawbreakers and pose a threat to all of us.

What we need is a District Attorney who will look at the total picture and devise a course of action that will make certain that true justice is served and that true justice is accomplished.

Todd Risberg is just that person. I have known Mr. Risberg for some 10 years now. I appeared before him when he was a Judge. I have tried cases against him. I have, likewise, consulted with him on many serious criminal issues. He is a thinker and a doer. He is compassionate, stern, yet never dogmatic in his approach to people and the law. We need Todd Risberg in the 6th Judicial District. His wisdom will benefit our families and our communities for years to come.

Richard Jaye

Durango

St. James Mission

Dear Editor:

For two years in a row, I have taken the fund-raiser for the Dia de Santiago (Day of St. James) festival under my wings, and with the support of local merchants, it was an enormous success.

The mission has a new roof, wooden floor and a new paint job, inside and out, thanks to numerous volunteers and donations. The planning committee all should receive golden halos with matching wings because of their total dedication and devotion beyond the call of duty. Father John would be so proud of each and every one of you.

I can’t thank the local businesses enough for their support over the past years; their contributions have made my many fund-raisers all very successful, and I couldn’t have done it without you.

I wish I could name you all, but you know who you are and you believe in me and what I do, and that’s what makes me the daffodil man, and if you think one man cannot make a difference, then you don’t know me.

Become a volunteer today; it will change your life.

Dennis Martinez

Interrogation

Dear Editor:

Yes, I guess Jay Davidson and Dave Blake are correct. 9/11 was just a “figment of television and movie imagination.” The event did not occur and nothing so horrid could ever happen again … so just don’t “think” about it. It’s pure folly! Those folks who had the choice of burning to death or leaping 100 stories to the street below were all just making believe.

Really not much into “challenges,” but let me be very clear. I firmly believe in adhering to the Geneva Conventions as it applies to individuals for which it was written. I do not believe in applying the Geneva Conventions to individuals that take up arms and are not wearing a uniform or are a member of a formal military organization of a nation state. When the Geneva Conventions were written, they were never meant to apply to terrorists or anyone in an insurgency.

If our Armed Forces treat everyone they question in full accord with social responsibility, legal safeguards and moral standpoints, they will never achieve anything. The old idea of being kind to our captives will never work when such persons are so determined that they are willing to give their lives for 72 virgins. Indeed, they will go ahead with their attacks when innocent fellow Islamists are sure to be killed. The terrorists have no moral stance on torture. And should you be captured … they will remove yer head and send the film around the world while they laugh.

Looks to me like someone has to get their hands dirty and interrogate — yes, interrogate, not just ask questions. If this includes torture — so be it. I think many of the objectors would have some pronounced change of attitude if they saw a loved one drowning before their very eyes and no one tried to save them because it might be dangerous. They would expect someone to overcome their reservations and do something!

In this life, there are many who have to undertake foul and — to others — disgusting tasks. So be it with torture. Use people who can handle the task without moral repugnance. Train them in the very best techniques. Then, stand back and let them get on with a rotten but — as things are now — essential task. If it demeans me, I have to get on with it.

There are many things that I did not agree with doing during my 33-year military career; you learn to adjust. So let it be with torture whenever there is any extreme circumstance or calamity about to occur.

No one wants any harm coming to totally innocent individuals. However, there can be no absolutes or specific standards of treatment when dealing with an individual once he has been identified as a true enemy who has every intention to kill. And I’m not naive enough to believe that if I was nice to an Islamic terrorist, and play strictly by the Geneva Conventions, that these animals in turn would be nice to my family member should they be captured. We are at war; and it’s hell.

Jim Sawicki

Fun in the Sun

As the third annual Fun in the Sun program comes to an end, many parties need to be thanked. First, a huge thanks to Archuleta County Health and Human Services and BOCES for providing the funding. Second, a bus-sized thank you to Archuleta School District 50 Jt. for providing the space and transportation, and to Lois our wonderful driver. Third, we need to thank the many businesses who gave us wonderful tours: The SUN, the fire department, Rocky Mountain Wildlife Park, The Fred Harman Art Museum, the airport, the sheriff’s department, PAWSD, the Humane Society, the Post Office and the town police. Several businesses gave us great discounts: The Springs, The Malt Shoppe and Liberty Theater. Thanks for helping us stretch our budget. Two places deserve special thanks, The Adaptive Sports Association that started off our program with a wild and wet raft trip, and Hank at Wolf Creek Outfitters who ended our program with wonderful horse rides and a yummy barbecue. Those two trips provided great experiences and awesome memories for our students. Fourth, this program would not have been possible without the great staff: Lisa, Ericka, Heather, Lizz and subs extraordinaire — Wacky Mackey and Sabra. Lastly, thank you to our students who shared their special talents, energy and enthusiasm each and every day: Brian, Mikayla, Christopher B., Jesse, Jason, Grant, Benjamin, Kevin, Jeremiah, Nick, Dalton, Christopher W., Melanie, Servando and DeLayne.

With appreciation,

Kelley Simonson

American Legion

We would like to take the time to thank all the people and businesses that helped with the tournament. American Legion Auxiliary, Terry’s ACE Hardware, Boot Hill, Longshot Concrete Pumping, Sky Ute Casino, Silver Dollar and Pagosa Bar, Fred Manzanares and family, Andy Gonzales, Dave Belarde, Bobby Rivas and the rest of the umpire crew, Ron and Betty Willett, and thanks to all the wonderful people who helped us out.

Thank you.

Julian Archuleta

American Legion Post 108

Timmerman/Jernigan Family

We would like to offer our sincere gratitude to the staff of Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, as well as to Hospice of Mercy for all the attention and care they recently provided to our son and brother, Gary Timmerman.  We are so appreciative of the genuine thoughtfulness and consideration given him by every person that had a part in his care and comfort during his illness. Our town is extremely fortunate to have Pine Ridge and Hospice of Mercy and the truly dedicated and efficient staff of each. 

And to Pastors Alan DeBoer, Curt Wiggers and Bart Burnett and their churches, and the many friends who were by our sides, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the love and support you offered to Gary and to the family before and after his Homegoing. There are really no words to express our gratitude to you all, but please know that you are, and will always be, greatly loved and appreciated by Gary’s family and friends. Thank you again so very much.

George and Elizabeth Jernigan, Joel and Cindi Granquist and Steve and Marcie Timmerman  

Fair time: Traditions we treasure

By Mary Jo Coulehan

SUN Columnist

Dust off your boots, break out your best (or worst, if you’re entering a contest) western attire, get your chili cooking and check the Fair Book schedule to make sure you have all your entries to the exhibit hall at the appropriate time to be included in the judging at the 57th Archuleta County Fair.

This annual county event is fun for our local residents and visiting guests as well, since there is something to enjoy throughout the weekend for everyone in the family.

The fair kicks off today with a mandatory meeting of all livestock members at noon in the livestock ring area. Animals must be brought in no later than 9 a.m.

The dogs take to the stage today for obedience and agility trials.

There will be lots of judging of the livestock all day Friday, so children and parents will be very busy. Stop out to the fairgrounds and see what is involved in judging rabbits, swine, poultry, steers and heifers. If you’re musically inclined, try your voice out at the Colgate Country Showdown, to be held in the activity tent beginning at 5:30 p.m. The winner can proceed to state, regional and even a national level. Someone needs to win, so test your talent. For more information, contact KWUF radio at 264-5983.

Saturday, Aug. 2, is another busy day with judging of turkeys and lambs and the popular Round Robin. The Southwest Land Alliance hosts its annual meeting and breakfast 8-9:30 a.m. in the activity tent. The 4-Hers hold their annual Chuck Wagon Dinner 4 to 6:30 p.m. You can purchase tickets from 4-H participants, at the Extension Building or at the tent the day of the event. This is the major fund-raiser for our 4-H participants, so please show your support and attend this delicious dinner. Also at the dinner, there will be contests such as the mother/daughter and father/son lookalike; best dressed cowboy or cowgirl; ugliest hat; and biggest belt buckle. Following the Chuck Wagon dinner, beginning at 6:30 p.m., head over to the livestock tent for the Livestock Auction. Buy a whole animal or partner up with friends or neighbors to portion out the meat. You can also help the kids with add-ons — any amount paid over market value is tax deductible — or buy a piece of cake.

Don’t leave the festivities yet, since the annual Fair Dance will kick up starting at 9 p.m. in the activity tent with the sounds of Tim Sullivan and Narrow Gauge getting the participants dancing. It is an action packed Saturday, with no rest from morning until night.

Sunday, Aug. 3, is another busy day, starting off with a pancake breakfast and gospel singing in the activity tent at 8 a.m. The Kid’s Rodeo kicks off at 10 a.m. with both wacky events and those requiring considerably more skill, such as barrel racing, team roping, steer riding and pole bending. Family and cooperative events such as the hitchhiking race and the family ribbon roping are always fun to watch as well as to participate in. Registration forms are still available at the Chamber, Goodman’s Department Store, and the Extension Building. The Fair then begins to wind down with the Lee Sterling Chili Cook-Off starting at 2 p.m. There will be chili categories for red, green and novelty chilis, and salsas, in the professional and amateur categories. Entries will be accepted from noon to 1 p.m. with judging thereafter. The activity opens up to the public at 2 p.m. with awards after 3.

There will be contests, exhibits, games, rides and just plain fun all day, every day. All activities, contact names and contestant forms can be found online at the fair Web site at www.archuletacountyfair.com. I’m sure there is also a slot available if you would like to donate some time to volunteer. Questions can be directed to the hard working staff at the Extension Office at 264-5931.

We’ll see you at the fair experiencing the “Traditions We Treasure.”

Music and theater

Today, July 31, special guest performers from local churches and organizations will perform at the Harman Park Pavilion in an evening of musical entertainment.

The free concert begins at 7 p.m. and will feature many locally renowned voices, as we enjoy an evening under the stars. A local artists’ exhibit and reception will follow the concert. Enjoy a relaxing evening at the corner of U.S. 160 and Piedra Road, tonight.

Square Top Theatre winds down a successful season with presentations of “Don Quixote” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “Don Quixote” will be performed tonight and Friday 1 at 7 p.m., as well as Saturday, at 2 p.m. The final performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. Kudos to Square Top for their innovative productions and heroic performance schedule. We look forward to other productions throughout the year as well as their work with the youth in our community. For more information or tickets, go online to www.squaretoptheatre.com.

Tickets at the Chamber

There are tickets available for the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Park’s annual Benefit for the Animals, to be held Saturday, Aug. 9. There will be hors d’oeuvres, beverages and desserts served starting at 6 p.m. accompanied by a silent auction and raffles. Beginning around 7,. a live auction and entertainment by Phil Janowsky will take place. There will be fabulous auction items including gift baskets, saddles, afghans, handcrafted items and more. Help support a great sanctuary that gives so much back to the community, and those that love and care for the special wildlife animals. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. For more information, contact the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Park at 264-5546.

The Chamber of Commerce also has tickets for the Art in the Garden Festival to be held Saturday, Aug. 16. from 3 to 7 p.m. Come out at any point during this time and listen to beautiful music, visit with the artists as they display their work and demonstrate their talents, and partake of sumptuous food and fine wines at a cash bar, all in a delightful garden setting. The event will take place at the Rito Blanco Nursery on the Blanco Basin Road (CR 326). Tickets are $30 and your ticket purchase comes right back into the community through the Community United Methodist Church Assistance Program. You can also purchase tickets at the Methodist Church, Moonlight Books, the Plaid Pony and Higher Grounds. For more information, contact Mary K. Carpenter at 264-2933. Enjoy a stunning setting in a relaxed atmosphere with delectable food. What a perfect summer afternoon event.

Governor’s Commission

On Thursday, Aug. 7, there will be an important forum on volunteering and community service. Sponsored by the Governor’s Commission on Community Service, this needs assessment, performed in numerous rural communities, will be the foundation for the 2009-2011 State Service Plan and will help the GCCS develop and enhance relationships, partnerships and collaborations with individuals, organizations, foundations and others who help build and maintain vital thriving communities throughout Colorado. The forum is being hosted locally by the United Way of Southwest Colorado and will be held at the community center Aug. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Participants will be asked to complete a quick survey and lunch will be available for $7, provided by Colorado Cowboy Catering.

Some of the questions asked will be: What is the most positive aspect of your community?; What is the most important issue facing your community?; What is the most emerging need in your community?; How are the needs being addressed?; What agencies are seen as community leaders in regard to problem solving?; and several questions about volunteerism in the community.

This is an important assessment and will help ensure that southwest Colorado is appropriately represented in the development commission’s plan, especially regarding education, health care, child care, conservation and more. Each person’s perspective is important and your voice should be heard. Come to the community center on Aug. 7, or contact Karen Davison with the United Way organization of Pagosa Springs at Karend@unitedway-swco.org for more information.

Membership news

We have a new member to welcome aboard this week: Frisbee Landscaping. Master gardener Buck Frisbee takes your landscaping needs from dreams to reality. Buck can work with property design through plants, rock work, water features and space creations. He “develops spaces that create life outdoors.” For a quote or to have him help you with a landscaping vision, call Buck at 731-6690.

Our renewals this week include: Wells Fargo Bank; Buz Gillentine and Colorado Loan Consultants; the Choke Cherry Tree with Connie Bunte; At Your Disposal, with Kathy and Mark Young; Old Town Gifts and Christmas in Pagosa; Moe’s Maps; Canyon R.E.O.; Dayspring Chiropractic; Aspenwind Condos; Summit Ski & Sport and Jeff Greer; the Pagosa Lakes Property Owners Association; Big Brothers Big Sisters; and Reach for the Peaks renewing. Reach for the Peaks puts on the ColorFest Hot Air Balloon Rally and is attempting to bring back the WinterFest rally. This group of volunteers has worked to bring high flying entertainment to Pagosa for over 23 years. Contact Angel Preuit if you are interested in volunteering or would like to sponsor a hot air balloon or pilot crew. You can find out more information at www.pagosarally.com.

We’ll be looking for you at the fair in one of the many tents, on the dance floor, or in the chuckwagon or chili lines. Thanks to all the volunteers who make this major event a success, year after year.

United Way to hold benefit golf tournament

The United Way 10th annual Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Pagosa Springs Golf Club.

Shotgun start is at 9 a.m. with a Four Person Scramble. Cost is $75 per person, which includes green fees, golf cart, range balls, prizes, refreshments and lunch. Annual golf club members will receive store credit for green fees and cart fees.

Enter yourself or your team by contacting Karen Davison, coordinator, at 264-1215 or e-mail at karend@unitedway-swco.org.

All proceeds support Archuleta County programs.


PSWGA golfers continue busy schedule

By Sue Martin

Special to The SUN

While 16 of Pagosa’s lady golfers were in competition at Hillcrest Golf Course, eight ladies played locally.

Playing the Meadows/Ponderosa combination, the total of the nine holes beginning with the letter O, N, E and S, less half the individual’s handicap, the winners were Robyn Alspach, first net; Kay Crumpton, second net; Lynne McCrudden, third net.

The four-corners ladies’ team play was held at Conquistador Golf Course in Cortez, July 17 The four two-lady teams representing Pagosa Springs were Barbara Sanborn/Lynne Allison, Audrey Johnson/Cherry O’Donnell, Bonnie Hoover/Josie Hummel, Kay McKee/Doe Stringer competing against Dalton Ranch Golf Club. The Pagosa ladies are currently in third net/ fifth gross out of eight positions. Currently there is only a 12- point spread between first and third net. The next team play is scheduled for Aug. 31 at Dalton Ranch.

Sixteen ladies representing Pagosa Springs traveled to South Fork July 22 to compete in a “Rally for the Cure” charity golf tournament at Rio Grande Golf Club. The four 4-lady teams consisted of Kay McKee, Cindy Simpson, Leslie Fluharty, Donna Gregory; Audrey Johnson, Bonnie Hoover, Barbara Sanborn, Josie Hummel; Julie Pressley, Jan Kilgore, Jane Day, Cherry O’Donnell; and Carrie Weisz, Doe Stringer, Sandy Marguth, Sue Martin. Although none of our teams scored well, a wonderful time was had by all. Pagosa Springs was given thanks for the great turnout for the Breast Cancer Tournament. Door prize winners included Cindy Simpson and Audrey Johnson.

Locally, 10 ladies played league competing in a “Mulligan Special” format. After playing the Pinon/Ponderosa 18-hole combination, players were able “toss out” one par 3, one par four and one par five. The net score winners were first Sharon Taub; second Shojen Lee; third Lynne Allison.

Pagosa men golfers play well in Farmington tourneys

Pagosa men scored numerous wins at the Northern New Mexico Senior Men’s Golf Association tournaments held in Farmington July 22 and 23.

On the first day in the First Flight, Second Gross went to Bruce Sandvik (79).

In the third Flight, First Gross went to Bill Walker (86). And in the Fourth Flight, First Gross went to Ken Bailey (90).

On Wednesday, in the First Flight, Second Net went to Bob Oliver (68).

In the Second Flight, First Net went to Bill Walker (69).

In the Third Flight, Second Gross went to Jere Hill (91), and Second Net went to Ken Bailey (65).

Also, Closest to the Pin on No. 4 was Ranza Boggess, and Closest to the Pin on No. 6 was Ken Bailey.

The next tournaments will be held in Alamosa and South Fork in a couple weeks.


Little Spikers Camp next week, high school team starts Aug. 11

By Andy Rice

Special to The SUN

The 2008 Little Spikers Camp for kids entering grades five to eight will take place at Pagosa Springs Junior High School August 4, 5 and 6 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

Camp fee is $30 and campers will receive a T-shirt and participate in a variety of drills and activities designed to make learning the game fun. Campers are asked to bring proper athletic attire including a long-sleeve T-shirt, court shoes (running shoes are not recommended) and knee pads.

Registration forms are available at the Town of Pagosa Springs Recreation Office in Town Hall. Checks should be made out to “Pagosa Springs High School.” Families with more then one child participating in camp can take $10 off the cost of any subsequent sibling’s registration fee. Registration will also be available on-site on the first day of camp, one-half hour before the start of the first session.

High school volleyball practice and tryouts begin Monday Aug. 11 at 9 a.m. in the high school gymnasium.

Prospective players are reminded a current sports physical and a signed athletic participation “blue card” are needed before they are able to practice.

The first week practice schedule will be as follows: Monday, 9 a.m.-noon; Tuesday-Friday practice will be 3-5 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Recommended equipment includes court shoes, long-sleeve T-shirt, snacks and a water bottle.

Junior high football practice, parents meeting

By Scott White

Special to The SUN

Are you ready for some football?

Junior high school football players will start practice for the 2008 season Monday Aug. 11, at 8 a.m.

The team will meet at the junior high school gym. The first two days of practice will be a full-day camp.  Practices will start at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. 

Bring the following to the first junior high Pirate all-day football camp:

1. Comfortable workout clothes.

2. Cleats or tennis shoes.

3. Change of clothes for after each practice.

4. Towel (we might go to the river for a break).

5. A notebook to build a playbook.

6. A lunch and snack stuff for breaks.

7. Water bottles and/or Gatorade.

8. Sunscreen.

The coaching staff is looking forward to seeing the 2008 Pirates Aug. 11

There will be a parent informational meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at the junior high gym.

Weminuche Audubon Chapter receives grant, plans projects

By Chuck McGuire

Staff Writer

The Weminuche Audubon Chapter received its first grant last month and is now planning a series of conservation and habitat restoration projects in southwest Colorado.

The half-dozen tasks are scheduled for completion near the end of May 2009.

Though having achieved provisional chapter status just last April, the emerging environmental organization received a $7,000 grant from TogetherGreen in June. The money will support local environmental efforts, while providing rewarding volunteer work and incentives for those wanting to have a hand in conservation.