Colorado Central Magazine: January 2004 No. 119

The Monthly Magazine for people who figure the new year pretty much has to be an improvement on the old one.

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• Does Wal-Mart really need our tax dollar, too? Essay by Stacy Mitchell p. 2

• On Mountain Time Cartoon by Clint Driscoll pp. 4-7

• What's rural? And what's a micropolitan? Brief by Central Staff p. 4

• Briefs from the San Luis Valley Brief by Marcia Darnell p. 5

• Flu outbreak closes schools in Fairplay Brief by Central Staff p. 6

• Rumors still run on Tennessee Pass Brief by Central Staff p. 6

• Secrecy returns to Salida's city government Brief by Central Staff p. 7

• Anza World Conference coming in August Brief by Central Staff p. 7

• Regional Roundup Brief by Ed Quillen p. 8

• Old Valley View School on National Historic Register Brief by Central Staff p. 9

• Cactus Jack's View Cartoon by Jack Chivvis p. 10

• Errata Brief by Central Staff p. 11

• Crestone writer Peter Anderson now edits Pilgrimage Brief by Central Staff p. 11

• BV-based group helps animals fly Brief by Central Staff p. 11

• Usage and abusage Letter from Dick Bulinski p. 14

• KOBE rocks still there Letter from Wayne Patton p. 14

• Locating Mancos Letter from S. Roger Kirkpatrick p. 14

• The good old days Letter from Roger Williams p. 14

• Court prevented chaos Letter from Emily Tracy p. 14

• It might be easier to list who's not running for Congress Article by Ellen Miller p. 16

• Adjusting the map Sidebar by Ed Quillen p. 16

• Can we get along? Essay by Martha Quillen p. 19

• When Jesus Spoke to the Burning Bush Essay by Jim Stiles p. 25

• Ghost Stories Article by Columbine Quillen p. 30

• Why the ghosts are coming out now Sidebar by Martha Quillen p. 30

• The Galloping Ghost Sidebar by Wendell Hutchinson p. 31

• Ghosts in ghost towns and a UFO in New Mexico Sidebar by Ken Jessen p. 32

• What would happen if we really had a new year? Column by George Sibley p. 34

• Warriors, Widows, and Orphans by Kay Beth Faris-Avery Review by Ed Quillen p. 35

• Land of the Penitentes by Ruben E. Archuleta Review by Virginia M. Simmons p. 36

• Some pleasant reading Review by Ed Quillen p. 38

• It's a labor of love for the foamers Article by Clint Driscoll p. 40

• Where the South Park trains still run Sidebar by Central Staff p. 43

• Buena Vista's railroad remnants Sidebar by Clint Driscoll p. 44

• Home, home on the ranchito Column by Hal Walter p. 46

• Western Water Report from Steve Glazer

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