Colorado Central Magazine: October 2005 No. 140

The Monthly Magazine for people who are grateful to live where it's high and dry

Return to Main Archive

• Social glue in a brown truck Essay by John Clayton p. 2

• 10 years of local internet service Brief by Central Staff p. 4

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

• Ban on spring bear hunt doesn't cause problems Brief by Allen Best p. 6

• Can wayward, callow bears ever go straight? Brief by Allen Best p. 6

• FEMA looks at fake quake in Colorado Brief by Allen Best p. 6

• Metro thirst looks to the mountains Brief by Allen Best p. 7

• Department of strange coincidences Brief by Central Staff p. 7

• Regional Round-up Brief by Central Staff p. 8

• Old newspapers go on-line Brief by Central Staff p. 11

• Cactus Jack's View Cartoon by Jack Chivvis p. 11

• How prison changed my life Essay by Ray James p. 12

• The coal mines of South Park Article by Gary Minke p. 15

• How Como got its name Sidebar by Gary Minke p. 15

• Poetic Prose Letter from John Allen p. 19

• In defense of La Veta Letter from Ryus Coffee Club p. 19

• Becoming part of the art Letter from Kenneth Jessen p. 21

• Telegraphic memories Letter from Gene Lorig p. 21

• Just prodding Letter from Slim Wolfe p. 23

• With taxes Column by George Sibley p. 24

• Not so distant disaster Essay by Ed Quillen p. 32

• Western Voices, edited by S. Grinstead and B. Fogelberg Review by Ed Quillen p. 36

• Remembering Salida, produced by the Salida Regional Library Review by Abby Quillen p. 37

• The Colorado State Capitol, by Derek R. Everett Review by Ed Quillen p. 38

• Jon MacManus mixes art and history Review by Jayne Mabus p. 40

• Lynx Recovery: 3 years of kittens Article by Allen Best p. 43

• Beetle-kill forests could become lynx habitat Sidebar by Allen Best p. 44

• Tales of a rat-hunting man Column by Hal Walter p. 46

• Western Water Report from Steve Glazer

Return to Main Archive