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Winter white
It is good to see the world covered in winter white – especially “The Mountain”. Christmas Eve day was perfect with gentle snow falling all day. Kids were out and about sledding – or as they do in ...
Jan 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 816 816 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kaboom!!
Yep, it’s that time of year again – the epitome of redneck entertainment - the annual, bi-annual, no real schedule whenever we feel like it – La Sal dynamite shoot.
Jun 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 800 800 recommendations | email to a friend
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School is out – It should be summer
We finished planting all the flowers in our yard last week. I think they are now growing in Moab. In our yard is now a goodly portion of the Navajo Reservation. Hope they planted something interest...
Jun 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 825 825 recommendations | email to a friend
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Seeing red
I attended the uranium open house last Thursday so that I could give a report. No, there was not much seeing red at that meeting. It was very civil. More on that later.
Jan 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 860 860 recommendations | email to a friend
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Uranium – It’s a “hot” topic
When folks ask me about La Sal, I say it is an old ranching and mining town. For ranching it is feast and famine – leaning more toward famine. Local mining is ebb and flow.
Jan 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 792 792 recommendations | email to a friend
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Polar express
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that maybe we’ve seen the last of Indian Summer for 2010.
Dec 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 815 815 recommendations | email to a friend
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Customer at the La Sal Bear Buffet. Steve Deeter photo
The Buffet is closed
Sorry, the La Sal Bear Buffet is now closed. Out of food! Well, actually that’s a good thing, says a local rancher.
Sep 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 798 798 recommendations | email to a friend
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Firsts and lasts
Today is the first day of the 2010-11 school year. At least for the San Juan School District. Soon it will be the first football game at Monticello High School, the first volleyball match and cross...
Aug 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 757 757 recommendations | email to a friend
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Passing of a friend
La Sal was shocked and saddened with the passing of a dear friend, Sally Kyle, on Monday, July 19. She had been complaining of health problems for several weeks. She suffered a sudden, massive hear...
Jul 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 759 759 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three San Juan Eagles Special Olympics Athletes, including Richelle Redd of Monticello, receive awards at the Special Olympics event in Green River. Courtesy photo
La Sal happenings
We’ll start this week with a big THANK YOU to everyone who turned out Saturday to help with the spring cleaning at the community center. Enough folks showed up to get a lot of work done – though no...
May 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 743 743 recommendations | email to a friend
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