Taken from SUN files of
January 23, 1925
For some astronomical reason, there will be an eclipse of the sun tomorrow morning, which will be total in the northeastern part of the United States, while watchers in this territory will see nearly half of the sun’s diameter covered by the moon as the sun rises. The sun will rise at 7:15 and the eclipse will be ended at 7:46, so in case you fail to observe tomorrow morning’s phenomenon, you will have to wait just 100 years before the moon will again similarly obscure the sun.
Thirteen of the blind and partially blind children at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, located at Colorado Springs, will shortly be taken to the Colorado General Hospital at Denver for operations by specialists in the hope that they may be given power to see. All are from 5 to 15 years of age, and among the thirteen is Glen Cotton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cotton of Pagosa Springs, who is partially blind.
The postoffice department cautions banks, merchants and other business men of the danger in cashing money orders presented by strangers unless they have been properly identified.
Taken from SUN files of
January 20, 1950
Fred Nossaman of the Standard Service Station and Vic Poma of the Texaco Station both have mounted plows on the front of their Jeeps. After the heavy snows the hardy little vehicles plow off the sidewalks and drives around town and do a good job of it. The town plow and maintainer were both out last Sunday too, opening up the side streets. A lot of snow has to be moved in town after each storm to get traffic back to normal.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Robinson have been attending the Stock Show in Denver. Mrs. Robinson came home this week but Mr. Robinson stayed in Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Voorhis spent a social evening with Mr. and Mrs. Jay Catchpole Saturday. That is they planned to spend just the evening, but when they were ready to come home, they found out they were snowed in. Mr. and Mrs. Voorhis were overnight guests of the Catchpoles.
The snowcat belonging to the Telephone Co. which was stuck on East Fork has been pulled out and brought to town for repairs. The telephone company has been having bad luck with the vehicle this winter.
Taken from SUN files of
January 23, 1975
Total number of skiers at the Wolf Creek Ski Area this year is now in excess of 18,000 and skiing there is excellent. Crowds have not been large, but they have been steady. Several schools are taking part in the school program at the area during the week and there are also some schools or colleges that have been visiting the area. Lift lines are short, the snow is excellent, and skiing is indeed good at Wolf Creek these days.
Archuleta County Commissioners met last week to reorganize and for Commissioner-elect Harold Schutz to take the oath of office.
Schutz was re-elected last fall for a four year term, with the term starting January 14. He was also re-named as chairman of the Board. W.H. Diestelkamp was named vice-chairman. Dr. E. Leonard Marquez is the other member of the Board.
In addition Commissioners examined bonds of county employees, approved depositories for county fund and transacted routine start of the year affairs.
Taken from SUN files of
January 20, 2000
Summery might be the best description of Pagosa Country weather this past week. The only moisture in town was a trace of rain Monday night. Daytime highs floated between 44 and 54 degrees. Lows dipped to 12 degrees Jan 12, but then climbed to 35 at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, possibly the warmest low temperature ever recorded during January in town.
If it does nothing else, the opening of a juvenile detention center at Durango will save the taxpayers of Archuleta County money and local detention officers a great deal of time.
Following a grand opening last week, the 28-bed Robert DeNier Youth Services Center was ready for business on Jan. 18.
Prior to the opening of the $3.3 million DeNier Center, a youngster sent to a detention facility by courts or other official agencies in Archuleta County was transported to a facility at Grand Junction. Youngsters are remanded to a juvenile detention facility in cases where they are deemed a danger to the community or to themselves.
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