Friday, January 29, 2021

Climate-saver or job-killer? Winter sports and flashlights | From the Newsroom

The fluctuating timelines of the winter sports season affected all teams — basketball, swimming, spirit and ice hockey — in some way, but perhaps no more so than wrestling. In which programs were forced to wonder when the season would…
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Climate-saver or job-killer? President Joe Biden's recent executive order that pauses new federal oil and gas leases is drawing attention in the region.
Conservationists and small farmers in the North Fork Valley welcomed the orders as a respite that will protect clean water and agri-tourism in the valley.
"We grow a lot of fruit here in the North Fork. This valley has been, historically, one of the great fruit regions for the last 125 years," Jeff Schwartz of Big B's Delicious Orchards said Wednesday, from his orchard as Mt. Lamborn towered behind him.



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Issuing a continuance: After six hours of analysis, discussion and public comment, the City of Montrose Planning Commission motioned for a continuance of their Wednesday meeting, which intended to provide a recommendation — approval, approval with conditions or denial — from the commission to Montrose City Council regarding the planned development and preliminary plat for the HUB at Montrose Crossing, a 35-acre multi-family and senior living proposed housing development (located at the corner of 6450 Road and Cobble Drive).
Commission members — Greg Easton (acting as chairman), Jan Chastain, Phoebe Benziger and David Fishering — all voted in favor of the continuance as the meeting was nearing completion, preferring more time to review all facts and evidence presented during the meeting.



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Puzzling holiday:
Today is National Puzzle Day, a day dedicated to the many mind games that work our brains. Crosswords, jigsaw, trivia, word searches, brain teasers or Sudoku give our minds a workout by improving memory, cognitive function and problem-solving skills.
The Montrose Daily Press offers our subscribers opportunities to exercise their brains with crosswords and Sudokus, so grab a paper and flex your mind.


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