| Snow time like the present
Well, shucks. It's January and this weekend actually … felt like January. I woke up to a nice blanket of the white stuff on the ground Saturday, and hustled (OK, took my sweet time) out to shovel the block, because I needed the exercise.
Weather like this comes with the good (moisture, yay! Enough ice for the ice park, also yay!) — and the hassle. (Shoveling, boo!) Also, travel concerns, and I've driven over mountains in my share of dicey weather. But it's no secret we need the snowpack and the recent storms may have helped, but it's pretty anemic. Pray for more snow, folks.
Of course, our ag community has dealt with lean water years for, well, years. They don't have a magic wand, but they do have resilience and strategies to make do with less. You can learn more about how agriculture on the Western Slope functions this Friday, 5:30 - 7 p.m. at Montrose County Event Center, 1036 N. 7th St. An RSVP is required, so please call 970-243-5242. A meal will be provided.
The Business Incubator Center and AgriWest are releasing a groundbreaking agricultural study that brings together data, trends, and lived experience to provide a clear picture of agriculture across Western Colorado.
Keep those snow shovels handy — Katharhynn, from the Newsroom.
Big congratulations ...
To Richard Fike, Museum of the Mountain West founder and executive director. He's been named True West Magazine's Best Western History Collector.
If you've ever been east of town, you might have an inkling as to why. Fike runs the museum, complete with historic buildings that have been moved to the grounds over the years. There, you can see the former German Lutheran Church that once stood on South Park Avenue; the Second Empire house that stood where the South Fifth Street location of the Coffee Trader now is, and, inside the main museum, hundreds of thousands of artifacts, all meticulously curated for easy viewing an context. It's a great place! Check it out!
(Richard Fike in his element)
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