They are the only birds that can fly backwards, side-to-side and hover due to the structure of their wing joints allowing them to rotate 180 degrees. Their wings move in a figure 8 pattern. A hummingbird beats its wings on average 53 times a second, that’s 3,180 beats per minute.[Read More…]
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Letter: Are thank you notes obsolete?
Dear Editor: I have given countless gifts of money and needed items to high school graduates over the past five years. I have received only one thank you note from a special needs graduate that painstakingly typed, cut and glue the written gratitude inside a note card. The other graduates[Read More…]
CONSERVATION CORNER: Hummingbird Fun Facts
There are over 360 species, with 15 of these species residing within the United States. The weight of an average hummingbird is less than a nickel. The hummingbird bee weights less than a penny and is the smallest bird in the world. Hummingbirds are solo migrators. We are still discovering[Read More…]
CPW Commission to meet in Edwards July 21-22
RBC | At a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting in Edwards, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will discuss closing the 2022 hunting season for greater sage-grouse in GMU 2, updating the disease testing requirements for cervids in commercial parks, 2023 Snowmobile Program Grant Funding recommendations, implementing the Keep Colorado Wild annual[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Attitude
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand? ~ Captian Jack Sparrow We all know them… those folks for whom every perceived problem is a catastrophe, an apocalypse, the end of the world as we know it. Sometimes we are them.[Read More…]
Tips for a new Code of the West
It’s not always easy living in the rural West, with customs so entrenched that everybody takes them for granted. What makes it hard for the newest newcomers is that they’re caught up in a mysterious culture. Learning the Old West code was easy decades ago. Novelist Zane Gray’s “Code of[Read More…]
Don’t call me unaffiliated
I don’t want to be called unaffiliated. That’s what Colorado’s Secretary of State calls me. Merriam-Webster says it means I am “not associated with another.” It is not true. I am an independent. And as of July 1, 2022, I am associated with 1,715,211 other independent voters in Colorado. We[Read More…]
Loose Ends: A closer look
Babies and puppies are a number one draw at any parade. Our community’s Fourth of July celebration offered so many examples once again, as a huge crowd of visitors and residents alike took advantage of the great weather. Most of them staked a claim to the few shady spots by[Read More…]
Labor-saving devices of yore
The White River Museum is a wonderful way to spend an hour or two. Teresia, Kevyn, staff and the Historical Society have organized it into a place full of ooohs and ahhhhs. I highly recommend a visit if you haven’t been in for a while to see new things and[Read More…]
BIVENS AWARD …
Thomas Bivens of Penn Valley, California, is the principal of Alta Sierra Elementary School in Penn Valley. Thomas was honored, along with three of his colleagues, by the Region 2 Association of California School Administrators which covers 10 Northern California counties. Bivens has been a principal at Alta Sierra for[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: July 12, 2022 Meeting
RBC | Newly appointed as the director of the Rio Blanco County Public Health and Environment department, Karen Dinwiddie told the county commissioners Tuesday, ““There’s a lot to learn,” after her first week. Dinwiddie has been working at public health for a little over a year, but is new to[Read More…]
RODEO RESULTS …
(Above) Easton Butler on his first mini-bronc ride.Rodeo Winners from July 7:No. 8 Team Roping – Cactus Barnes/Trent VernonMixed Team Roping – Leah Wood/Joe Wood 11 Team Roping – Rusty Taylor/Denton Taylor Jr/Sr Team Roping – Leah Wood/Brett Watson Open Breakaway – Wyatt UptainLadies Breakaway – Shelly PinntOpen Barrels –[Read More…]
