Commissioners debate land use enforcement
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 8th, 2010
ADEL NORTE -- Issues of enforcement concerned the Rio Grande County Commissioners during their Sept. 1 meeting.
County Land Use Planner Rose Vanderpool questioned the county's guidelines for utilizing alternative energies. "We need to either place a moratorium on alternative energy resources or find some reasonable guidelines in the event someone is interested in utilizing alternative energy generators."
Vanderpool shared ...more
K-Nip targets spud sprouts
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 8th, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- Living in the San Luis Valley, we have all grown up on the local produce. Have you ever purchased a bag of potatoes from the grocery store or farmers market and before you know it, the darn things have started to sprout?
Have you ever wondered how in the world does a potato farmer get there ...more
City Council supports animal shelter mill levy
Modified: Wednesday, Sep 8th, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- The Monte Vista City Council took major action Thursday,Sept. 2, supporting the animal shelter, snuffing medical marijuana and passing the voter-approved land trade.
Animal Shelter
Councilors approved Resolution No. 17-2010, supporting the Conour Animal Shelter.
Referring to a Nov. 2 ballot issue, the council urges the Monte Vista electorate to approve the one ...more
Street Sale Daze, Potato Festival on their way
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 8th, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- The Monte Vista Merchants will host Street Sale Daze from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Adams Street will be blocked off between First and Second Street and merchants and vendors will be outside offering bargains, food and fun.
The street sale is in conjunction with the Monte Vista Potato Festival that will be ...more
Letter triggers city, schools conversation over milk choices
Modified: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- This letter, written by a third grader, has city and school district officials mulling milk.
When young Sam Clark was in City Hall with his mom and a sibling recently, he looked around and observed message slots.
"Is that the one for the mayor?" he said, pointing to the slot for Jose "Art" Medina.
Told that it ...more
State officials take look at Main Street, discuss ways to revitalize core
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- Two top state officials took Monte Vista's pulse Friday and said its heart is good and its main street progress is showing.
Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien and Susan Kirkpatrick, executive director of the Colorado Dept. of Local Affairs (DOLA) as they visited the community, took a walking tour, talked with businesspersons and residents and held a brief ...more
EEOC finds hostile workplace at Spud Seller
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found that a female potato company employee was subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment by a supervisor and was forced to quit her job as a result.
Maria de Jesus Ramirez worked for Spud Seller Inc. of Monte Vista from approximately September 2007 to January 2008.
She filed a ...more
Schools adjust to 4-day week
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- The Monte Vista Schools are adapting to the longer school days that result from a 4 day school week.
Last spring, the Board of Education adopted the shorter week as a way to deal with the 9 percent cut in state education funding.
Each building within the district is taking a slightly different approach to the 45 ...more
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