Brief by Central Staff
Various – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Going on-line
SAGUACHE — Ken Poirier has started a computer bulletin board, with the idea of linking to other systems and forming a “Colorado Mountain Valley Network.”
1995 March
Public radio prepares to cut back
Article by Ed Quillen
Communication – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Now that we’ve got some committed budget-cutters holding the purse strings in Washington, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting may be eliminated, and the result could be less diversity on local radio dials.
Resort summit produces no magic
Article by Allen Best
Tourism – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Did you think that 150 people from five counties were going to get together and solve all our resort ills in a day? Don’t expect magic out of the five-county resort summit held at Beaver Creek last December. Any white rabbits delivered from this process will be labored, and unlike fecund rabbits, slow to arrive and in a small litter.
Gimme Shelter … Please
Article by Clint Driscoll & Diane Alexander
Animals – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
For the past six years, Diane Godynick-Clements has rescued cats in Buena Vista. At last count, she had sixteen in her house, sixteen cats that she was trying to place in good homes. People know about Diane, which explains why cats get dumped off at her house without any notes, food, or support money. Once, after a Humane Society fundraiser, she came home to find a frightened dog tied to her fencepost.
Slaughterhouse Creek: the story of a commune
Article by Marty Rush
Part 1 of a 3-part series
Local History – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Author’s Note: Early in the 1970s, small towns in Central Colorado experienced a barbarian invasion. Salida was one of them. The barbarians were pagan tribes of long-haired hedonists — hippies, in short. As with many ethnic/cultural migrations in human history, this one caused some tension. The new people were different.
Mountain Biker’s Guide to Colorado by L. Gong & G. Bromka
Review by Greg Truitt
Recreation – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
The Mountain Biker’s Guide to Colorado
Linda Gong and Greg Bromka
Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN 1-56044-258-1
Discovered Country, edited by Scott Norris
Review by Ed Quillen
Tourism – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
Discovered Country: Tourism and Survival in the American West
Scott Norris, editor
Stone Ladder Press
University of New Mexico
ISBN 0-9637623-0-3
Climax re-opens the rumor mill
Article by Steve Voynick
Mining – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
“I hear Climax is startin’ up next week.”
“Joe told me it will open next year.”
“That place will never open again.”
Feedback from our subscribers
Essay by Ed Quillen
Correspondence – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
The Postal Service delivers, an on-line repository can wait, and readers like history.
What would Jefferson say?
Essay by Martha Quillen
American life – March 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
One of Ed’s friends, Clay Jenkinson, is a Thomas Jefferson impersonator who talks at schools, meetings, and book fairs. As Jefferson, Jenkinson is frequently asked how he feels about modern America. The answer?