Taken from SUN files of
June 12, 1925
The inevitable result of poor business methods in the general assembly is seen in the announcement that the revenues of the state for the current biennial period will be inadequate, by some $700,000, to meet the appropriations made by the legislature. Fortunately Colorado has a law that forbids the payment of appropriations for which there is no revenue and fortunately also appropriations are classified in the order of their importance, so that the excess and unpaid appropriations will be those that are not for the primary needs of the state.
Four new cases of diphtheria were reported in this county during the past week, they being the three children of Frank Duran at Kearns and Bo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Henry of Chromo. Mrs. Candido Maez of the Henderson & Nevins sawmill near Dyke is still in quarantine for the disease, but will be released shortly. All are under quarantine and getting along nicely with the exception of the Henry case. Bo, who is sixteen years old, was taken ill Sunday and has been desperately ill for several days, his condition being reported about the same this morning.
Taken from SUN files of
June 9, 1950
Early American history dating back to 1776 will be revived in Pagosa Springs on Friday, June 16, at 11 a.m. with the arrival of the Independence Liberty Bell — symbol of the Treasury’s 1950 Saving Bond Drive.
The full-scale model Liberty Bell will echo the nation’s copper cloaked history with the true harmonic tone of the original world-famed symbol that heralded the Declaration of Independence.
Silenced since 1835, when it cracked while tolling at the funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall the original tone of the Voice of Liberty has been recreated by the nation’s copper industry as its contribution to the Treasury’s Independence Drive.
Taken from SUN files of
June 12, 1975
The new court house addition is now occupied and more room for various operations is available. The new structure was started just west of the main building last year and was occupied in late May.
Moving operations there have been completed. The new addition houses the Welfare Department and the County Commissioners office and meeting room. The building is one story high and provides much needed space for the two departments.
The space occupied in the main building by the Welfare Department will become the office of the planning commission. The space used by the commissioners will be used for additional room for the operations of the County Clerk’s office.
The planning commission offices had been located in the jury room and that will now be used only for jury room and law and justice functions. County work loads have increased considerably for all offices and departments in the past few years. The additional space will help the crowding problem.
Taken from SUN files of
It’s not a new idea.
What’s new are the numbers.
As in $7,031,292.
Now, property owners pondering the annexation of three residential subdivisions into the Town of Pagosa Springs have some tentative costs to analyze as they assess their options.
The three subdivision in question are Pagosa in the Pines Units 1 and 2 and Lake Pagosa Park, which occupy tracts of land north and west of the junction of Piedra road with U.S. 160.
According to Pagosa Springs Town Administrator Jay Harrington, the town has been approached several times during the past few years by different groups of property owners considering annexation of the three subdivisions.
A standard response to questions about annexation centered on the need to bring infrastructure in the subdivisions (particularly the streets) up to town standards.
Following a recent inquiry, town staff asked an engineering firm to prepare preliminary cost estimates for necessary street improvements in the three subdivisions. The completed estimate was given to representatives of a group of property owners and was reported to members of the Town Board at their June 6 meeting.
The preliminary cost estimate of $7,031,290 was derived from an analysis of each of the three subdivisions.
