SandBox Comments: Aspen Times/Melanie Sturm "Governing-class warriors misinform and demoralize"

SandBox Nanny just realized another major downside to The Aspen Times limiting sign-on to apps ability to only Facebook.

Melanie Sturm is a beloved opinion columnist in the area.

Usually racking up between 200 and 300 'recommends' each time she publishes.

Most locals will not use the evasive to privacy "Facebook only" option to logon.  Swift Communications, CMNM and The Aspen Times really need to expand logon ability to all other mainstream social apps.

Wonderful article (as usual) out of Melanie Sturm today.

Up on The Aspen Times.

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SandBox Comments: The Right Scoop "U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jailed For Doing His Job "

"Only in Obama’s America would a U.S. citizen risking their life in order to protect the United States border be arrested simply for doing their job.  In the latest border atrocity, Agent Jesus E. Diaz was arrested, indicted by a federal grand jury and sentenced to two years for the use of unreasonable force. Unreasonable force which consisted of (are you ready for this?) lifting the teenagers arms...."
(Right Scoop)


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SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Sunset plugs Glenwood as a November destination"

"GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Sunset magazine's November issue features a two-page travel article touting Glenwood Springs as an ideal off-season day trip destination.

“The tourist herd has thinned, turning this hot-springs town back into a serene village ideal for preholiday pampering,” writes Steve Knopper, a Denver freelance writer and author of a Moon handbooks guide to Colorado.

“Serene village” may not be the phrase that comes to mind for locals, but snappy writing and appealing photos make our fair city sound like just the place to be in November.

“Day trip Glenwood Springs” plugs the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool, the Yampah Spa and Vapor Caves, Sunlight Mountain Resort, along with tidbits on eateries, shopping, lodging and side trips to Carbondale, Redstone and Rifle...."
(Heather McGregor)

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SandBox Comments: Summit County Citizens Voice "Breckenridge: Forest summit meeting comes to CMC"

"SUMMIT COUNTY — Conservation experts, forest managers, loggers and scientists will gather at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge this week to pow-wow once again on the condition of Colorado’s devastated lodgepole pine stands.

"The Colorado Bark Beetle Collaborative summit meeting is set for Friday, October 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge.

A science panel will discuss the ecology of lodgepole pine forests and the future of post-beetle forests from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The next session is a Q & A moderated by Dr. Tony Cheng, associate professor in forest policy and director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University...."

(Bob Berwyn)

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SandBox Comments: Summit County Citizens Voice "Colorado: Hiking Mount Harvard"

"The  Collegiate Peaks west of Buena Vista provide many beautiful and challenging hikes within an hour of Summit County. The peaks are part of one of the ten largest wilderness areas in the U.S. Over the past several years, I have scrambled over the long boulder fields of Mount Harvard a few times. At 14,420 feet, the summit of Harvard is the third highest Fourteener in Colorado.

My first ascent of Harvard on a hot August day ended with me hunkered down in a blinding snowstorm with a covey of ptarmigan among the rocks at about 13,000 feet, then drenched in a heavy rain on my retreat down Frenchman Creek...."
(Kim Fenske)

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