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
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for Caudle in double homicide
Modified: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
DEL NORTE -- Charged with two counts of first-degree murder, John Michael Caudle, 15, faces a two-week public trial in the deaths of his mother and stepfather.
He also will undergo inpatient evaluation at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP).
A trial extending from Nov. 29 through Dec. 10 was put on the calendar by 12th Judicial District ...more
Vendors sought for Potato Festival
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- The Potato Festival Committee is looking for vendors for their annual Potato Festival from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Fullenwider Park in Monte Vista. For more information, contact Debbie Garcia at 852-5700 or 580-5655. ...more
P.D. joins 'Take-Back' initiative
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
MONTE VISTA -- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and government, community, public health and law enforcement partners this week announced a nationwide prescription drug "Take-Back" initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft.
DEA will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction at sites nationwide from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ...more
City opposes three ballot issues
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
MONTE VISaTA -- The Monte Vista City Council has gone on record as opposing ballot Proposition 101, Amendment 60 and Amendment 61 and is considering an ordinance banning marijuana dispensaries in the city limits.
In addition, the council declared Aug. 17, 2010 Faith Hinkley Day in honor of the Monte Vista native who was killed Aug. 7 in Iraq.
The council ...more
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