Columnists

View from the Boondocks

TABOR squeezing Colorado recovery

This might be the year for Colorado taxpayers to take a serious look at the TABOR (Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights)…

February 12, 2015

Guest Columns

Christmas trees have uses after holidays

Christmas trees don’t have to go in the trash. They have many uses. For example, they can be tied to…

January 29, 2015

Guest Columns

Young farmers plant seeds for success

Way back when – perhaps the late 1990s – I wanted to be a farmer. I was close to getting…

January 29, 2015

Stewards of the Land

Christmas trees have uses after holidays

Christmas trees don't have to go in the trash. They have many uses. For example, they can be tied to…

January 28, 2015

MECC Cares for kids

Make A New Year’s resolution that will last a lifetime

By Mary Dodd Now that the holidays are over, the new toys have lost their novelty, and some New Year’s…

January 15, 2015

Thoughts Along The Way

Living in Christ in the community of Church

I’ve been asked more than once by members of the congregation I serve to video my sermons and put them…

January 15, 2015

Columnists

There’s more to the Alan Gross story than meets the eye

In accounts from both sides of the aisle, recently freed Alan Gross has been portrayed as a humanitarian simply trying…

January 1, 2015

Pastor Tom's Tidbits

Tom’s Tidbits The Journey to New Jerusalem

We take seven journeys through life. We leave home – our personal Garden of Eden – and find ourselves freed…

January 1, 2015

Powerful solutions

Nature Studies Kingfisher reminds us to take solace in dark days

Kingfishers lay their eggs inside an earthen tunnel 3- to 7-feet long. Once the young birds emerge, they face numerous…

December 18, 2014

Thoughts Along The Way

An invitation to engage our faith in a conversation

Prompted by an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor whose blog I read, I have sent an invitation to the…

December 18, 2014

Guest Columns

Christmas dinner tradition continues

By Karen Sheek On Christmas Day, the public is invited to a free community dinner from 11 a.m. to 1…

December 15, 2014

Pastor Tom's Tidbits

Our fifth journey: ‘Entering the Promised Land’

After humanity found itself expelled from the Garden of Eden, after God freed the Israelites from ancient Egyptian oppression by…

December 11, 2014

Guest Columns

Comments help lay groundwork for Rico-West Dolores travel planning

By Derek Padilla Dolores District Ranger, San Juan National Forest Thank you to everyone who participated in the stakeholder process…

December 11, 2014

Guest Columns

Feeding wildlife is bad for them – and us

If bird feeders aren’t placed high enough, they can become unintentional feeders for deer.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file photo By Kate…

December 11, 2014

Guest Columns

Protect personal info when holiday shopping online

’Tis the season! Whew, we have made it past Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there still are 20 shopping…

December 4, 2014

Guest Columns

Travel Troubleshooter Fuel is cheap, but airfares keep rising

If fuel prices are so low, why are airfares so high? And will prices ever return to Earth? They’re simple…

November 28, 2014

Columnists

Blue Star Mothers spread the word, and Cortez welcomes flying Clydesdales

On Nov. 18, members of the Blue Star Mothers, Montezuma County VFW Post 5231, its Ladies Auxiliary, DAV Chapter 44,…

November 24, 2014

Powerful solutions

This bird of Thanksgiving is cunning in the wild

Turkeys travel in groups and roost in tall trees to avoid predators.Sam Green/Cortez Journal file photo November is a time…

November 13, 2014

Guest Columns

Don’t let food poisoning sour your Thanksgiving dinner celebration

At Thanksgiving, we gather with family and friends to appreciate the gift of each other. Traditionally, this celebration involves lots…

November 13, 2014

Writers on the Range

Yellowstone’s a place to be thankful for

By Don Oliver It’s November, and it seems anyone writing a column does a “being thankful” column. Well, I’m no…

November 11, 2014

Thoughts Along The Way

Celebrating a transcendent union

All Souls. All Saints. Dia de los Muertos. Some of us Christians have recently celebrated these days of remembrance. As…

November 6, 2014

Pastor Tom's Tidbits

Freedom’s journey leads into the Wilderness

Biblical literature teaches that we all take seven journeys in life. Which journey are you on? Two months ago I…

October 30, 2014

Veterans Forum

Veterans Day pays tribute to all who serve

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an Armistice was signed ending hostilities of…

October 28, 2014

View from the Boondocks

Get those ballots in

Ballots for the Nov. 4 local, state, and national elections were mailed to registered voters last week. They need to…

October 23, 2014