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A Tribute to Small Businesses in Glenwood Springs: “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

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“Three Great Kings of Orient are Smoking on their Bubble Gum Cigars.”

“Little Plumber Boy”

“I Saw Mommy Kissing the Garbage Man”

“Jingle Pockets”

“I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas (and Don’t Give a Flying Bird about Skiing)”

“Do You Smell What I Hear”

“Deck the Halls with Balls of Matzos”

“Baby it is Sold Outside”

“Rudy the Alcoholic Reindeer”

“O Tanning Parlor, O Tanning Parlor”

Are just a few of the seasonal songs that may be playing in your head after hearing them at stores, outside churches, on the radio, or in elevators.

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‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ [ a tribute to small businesses ]

“On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: A wasps’ nest in an Aspen tree.”

“On the 2nd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Two dogs from the Garfield County Humane Society.

“On the 3rd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Three navel rings from Hole in the Wall Tattoo parlor, located on Grand Avenue behind the Chocolate Moose.”

“On the 4th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Four matching mittens from Summit Canyon Mountaineering at the corner of Grand Avenue and 8th Street.”

“On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Five golden rings from the Jewels & Gems store, located near 10th Street at 914 Grand Avenue.”

“On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Six dinners at the Rivera Supper Club, located down by the Colorado River at the corner of Grand Avenue and 6th Street.”

“On the 7th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Seven Teddy Bears from the Hotel Colorado coffee and gift shop.”

“On the 8th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Eight snow boots from Sunlight Mountain Ski and Bike shop on 9th Street near Cooper Avenue.”

“On the 9th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Nine bottles of wine from Cooper Wine and Spirits, located on the northeast corner of Cooper and 8th Street.”

“On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Ten bucks from the Vectra Bank, located on the southwest corner of 8th and Grand Avenue.

“On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 11 precious rocks from High Country Gems and Minerals” on 8th Street near Cooper Street.

“On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Twelve awesome donuts from Sweet Coloradough.”

“On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 13 great toys from the Downtown Drug store, along where you drive over 35 MPH on Grand Avenue.

“On the fourteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Fourteen dancing gals at the Vaudeville Venue show.

Fa, la, la, la . . .

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Now is the Time to Improve before the Beginning of Winter

Dateline: December 21, 2014 (official Winter Soltice)

The City of Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Why or why does the Street Maintenance Department keep making the same mistakes and operate like we are living in the 20th Century?!?

In addition to human health and safety, practical improvements can be made immediately to improve snow and ice removal on Glenwood Springs’ roads and walkways. I am miffed that NO effort was made to plow the River Walk between the Roaring Fork River and Doc Holliday’s grave.

To describe the pedestrian walking conditions within the City of Glenwood Springs as treacherous would be an understatement. Folks who have lived through many winters here have told me that snow removal has never been better in town and often is terrible.

Item #6:

I would like to mention concern about the quality of the surface waters passing through town. The routine practice of spreading large amounts of salt and silt on city roads jeopardizes the Colorado River, which supplies drinking water source for as far as Southern California.

This is nothing new but there are more environmentally-friendly ‘ice melt’ products readily available: Blue or green ice melt mixtures. Just take a look at what one property owner used along the 1000 block of Grand Avenue on the first afternoon of last week’s snow storm.

Much like Nevada and California do around Lake Tahoe, our city should adopt some of their ice and snow removal procedures (use of non-contaminated dirt and salt-alternatives) to facilitate the water quality, clarity, and non-hazardous conditions of the Colorado River.

Item #7:

By monitoring weather forecasts, the Street Department can better manage getting plows out at the first sign of snow, avoid driving idle (plow not lowered while driving), not creating melting snow conditions into water that can freeze late in the afternoon and at night (leaving more difficult ice removal and driving and walking hazards the next morning, particularly during commute hours)

No sympathies are being solicited but perhaps you have some empathy for this writer because he is disabled with no benefits from RFTA’s Traveler transport services.

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What is the Tune to this Anthem?

Where the snowy peaks gleam in the moonlight,Above the dark forests of pine,And the wild foaming waters dash onward,Toward lands where the tropic stars shine;Where the scream of the bold mountain eagleResponds to the notes of the doveIs the purple robed West, the land that is best,The pioneer land that we love.

Tis the land where the columbines grow,
Overlooking the plains far below,
While the cool summer breeze in the evergreen trees
Softly sings where the columbines grow.
The bison is gone from the upland,
The deer from the canyon has fled,
The home of the wolf is deserted,
The antelope moans for his dead,
The war whoop re-echoes no longer,
The Indian’s only a name,
And the nymphs of the grove in their loneliness rove,
But the columbine blooms just the same. Let the violet brighten the brookside,
In sunlight of earlier spring,
Let the fair clover bedeck the green meadow,
In days when the orioles sing,
Let the goldenrod herald the autumn,
But, under the midsummer sky,
In its fair Western home, may the columbine bloom
Till our great mountain rivers run dry.
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In Golf: The USA is a Big Underdog

Dateline: Scotland

September 2014 – Ryder’s Cup

Sunday's Head-to-Head Matchups

Sunday’s Head-to-Head Matchups

Already down 5 to 3 (and then 10 to 6 after Day 2), the twelve-man American team has two days of golf matches to comeback and win the cup.  The USA group of Furyk, Watson, Kuchar, Fowler, Mickelson, Spieth, Zack Johnson, Walker, Mahan, Bradley, Reed, and Simpson are trying to pull off a win in Europe that has not been seen in 21 years.

Furthermore, the European team has four of the top six-ranked professional golfers in the world (#1 Rory McIlroy, #3 Sergio Garcia, #5 Henrik Stenson, and #6 Justin Rose).

Eight matches are finished and 16 are to come.  Around here we will be up at 1 a.m. MDT to be witness to history. USA! USA! USA!

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Summer Highlights from the Rockies (not speaking of the baseball team)

“The Dailey Sun-Times”

August 2014

*  Our motto is ‘Feliz! Feliz! Feliz!’ or ‘Happy, happy, happy!’ *

 

Colorado River Westernly Flow through Glenwood Canyon
Colorado River Westernly Flow through Glenwood Canyon

From the reporters’ notebooks:

CONTROVERSIAL UTE THEATRE OPENS IN RIFLE

Despite the many shenanigans the Rifle City Council pulls to rennovate the old movie theatre, the first event with the classic American cowboy quartet Riders in the Sky was pulled off on Friday, July 18.

In fact the sold-out show started five minutes early. General admission tickets for $25 were sold through City Markets, the event was produced by Sandstone Concerts of Grand Junction, and partial sponsorship was obtained by KMTS “Your Brand of Country” music station.

Doors opened up to the line of hundreds of fans at 6:56 p.m. Some came as far as Greeley. Those waiting patiently in line were asked who their favorite cowboy is. John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Hoots Gibson, and Tom Mix were some of the answers.

What Riders in the Sky song fans were looking forward to hearing included: “Water”, “Slaying of the Slug”, “Ghost Riders”, “Side Meat”, “Reincarnation”, and “Lone Ranger.”

Yodeling is one of the band’s signature acts and security asked our newspaper reporter to leave at this point of the program. Reactions of the fans were not solicited after the concert.

 

MISSING LINK

The rock and roll group Missing Link played the last set of Strawberry Days on Sunday, June 22nd. Their finale included songs like “Oh What a Night,” Linda Ronstadt’s “Can’t Go Home,” “La Bomba,” and other popular songs by the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, the Go-Gos, Guess Who, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Pat Benatar, and the Doobie Brothers. The harmony of lead singers Holly and Kim proved magic in inspiring the crowd to dance.

 

BLUEBIRD CAFE

This cafe is a great eat for baked goods, like cinnamon rolls and blueberry muffins, Boar’s Head premium roast beef, and quiche. It is located at 730 Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs.

The Bluebird roasts its own Silver Sky Coffee beans in Silk, Colorado, at 5,432 feet above sea level with Rocky Mountain water.

 

BILLY PLAYS THE HACIENDA EL PATRON DURING DINNER HOURS IN NEW CASTLE

You will come across great dinner music in New Castle. Keyboardist Billy thinks of himself as a lucky guy, particularly after Doyle’s help from Lubbock, Texas, and getting his buddy Joel to be sideman on recent recordings of ten songs. All the while they kept their recording session on key.  They also included Mac Davis’ ‘Barstools and Babies Don’t Mix’ on the CD.

Billy’s musical lyrics are provacative. Such as during ‘Living the Lies’, he sings “how many people do we know… tell me you know one.” Billy is very articulate in playing the piano and keyboards. ‘Walking the Tightropes,’ and ‘She Caught Me Napping,’ are other original songs.

On the patio at the restaurant, Billy sings many popular artists’ songs.

 

GLENWOOD SPRINGS SUMMER MUSIC IN THE PARK ENDS WITH A “RIPPLE” NEAR THE COLORADO RIVER

The last song of the Center for the Arts summer concert series in Two Rivers Park was the Greatful Dead’s “Ripple” played by Halden Wofford and the High Beams. The Rocky Mountain Honky Tonk band was their opening act on July 30. This was the final act of the six consecutive weeks of Wednesday night entertainment that began on June 25.

The first band delighted the crowd with “Scarecrow from Kentucky.”

Tax deductible donations are needed to continue this and other programs throughout the year. Call (970) 945-2414 and go on-line http://www.glenwoodarts.org.

 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT by Bradley

This is a ‘Draconion Law.’ Domestic security procedures have been established indefinately. Persons apprehended are treated similar to terrorist prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Bradley was unable to finish his story. His camp was raided by local GSPD at 4 a.m. during the week of July 27th. Police apparently were not searching for him but mistakenly another person whose bicycle was found nearby. Bradley voluntarily left the area heading southwest to an area more ‘user friendly.’

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The motto of “The Dailey Sun” is ‘Feliz! Feliz! Feliz!’ or ‘Happy, happy, happy!’

 

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LOIS LANE FOLLOWING THE NECROMANIACS

Lois reports from Aspen than the rock-a-billy style of the Necromaniacs was a huge hit the weekend of July 26. The outdoor concert was indescribable great!

The Necromaniacs played at the Howling Dog in Rifle August 15.

 

 

ACROSS FROM RIFLE’S SHOOTERS’ CAFE IS THE BASE CAMP CAFE

Shooters’ which has already received national press coverage is across the street from the soon-to-be-famous Base Camp Cafe. Both restaurants are located a half block east of Railroad Avenue and The Big Kid’s corner bar.

The Base Camp Cafe has estimated that during just one year they will serve up: Over 8,000 pounds of hamburger, 14 tons of hash brown potatoes, about 225,000 eggs (that if placed in a line would be 10.6 miles long), over 36,000 biscuits, and 4.75 tons of bacon.

 

GAS PRICE COMPARISONS

In Rifle (on July 23):                In Glenwood Springs:

85 Octane = $3.69.9                85 Octane = $3.72.9

87 Octane = $3.95.9                87 Octane = $3.92.9

91 Octane = $4.10.9                91 Octane = $4.12.9

#2 Diesel = $3.89.9                  #2 Diesel = $3.99.9

 

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issue #2 – the late Sunday edition of The Dailey Sun-Times’ Trib.

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The Dailey Times-Tribune  July 13, 2014

photo by Josef Paul Kocy inside St. Mary's Cathedral in Rome photo by Josef Paul Kocy inside St. Mary’s Cathedral in Rome

– Sunday, July 13, 2014 – Full Moon Edition

Bulletin: Local News Hot Flashes

    • Riders in the Sky – Ute Theatre – 132 East Fourth Street (4th St.) – This Friday – July 18, 2014, in Rifle, Colorado – Already A Sellout! Delightful and entertaining musicians!
    • Vaudeville on Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. Dinner theatre seating still available for this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the 20th. Funny, fun, laughter! Only $22 for seniors.
    • “Save Luke Fund” formed to help disabled resident with medical, rehabilitation, and legal costs. Helpful people may submit non-deductible donations in care of First Bank on Grand Avenue (located south of Kim’s Consignment, Turtle’s, Taco Bell, and north of the new Sweet Coloradough and Bradley-Sinclair) to Account # 2671-22-3.
    • New illustrator/political cartoonist sought for

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    And the Winner is: The Riviera restaurant! Location, Location, Location = 7th Street Across the Stationhous

    Riviera Club Dining, Lounge, Gallery & Restaurant

    Review by The Dailey Sun-Times (GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO – Friday, July 25, 2014)

    “Our Top-Five Menu Choices for our California-Chicago Zephyr Amtrak Stop-Over”

    (preferences are not listed in any particular order)

    “Greens” White Mushroom Salad

    This salad is typically served with the Riviera’s special Citronette dressing, sunflower sprouts, shredded Swiss cheese, and organic garden fresh tomatoes.

    Two portions are available:

    Side Salad (known locally as “The Riviera Club Size”) = $7.00 or “Full Size” = $13.00

    Order shrimp or salmon ($5 extra) or grilled chicken breast strips ($3 extra) to go with the White Mushroom Salad.

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    Sesame Chicken Skewers

    The Chef would like to serve the Sesame Chicken Skewers with both

    a spicy peanut and the Rivera’s sweet chile dipping sauces.

    All this for only nine ($9) bucks!

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    Mable’s Prime Rib Sandwich  frccr is fabulous!

    The Rivera’s signature prime rib shaved thin, with bacon, onion, mushroom mix, melted Swiss cheese, and au jus sauce… for only $13

    BTW, all sandwiches come with your choice of fries or RIV Salad

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    Beef Tenderloin Au Poivre

    The Riviera’s Beef Tenderloin Au Poivre comes with roasted potatoes and sautéed spinach.

    A large portion is $27.00 with both side dishes.

    The “club size” portion is only $18.00.

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    And the #1 best seller is the …

    The Riviera’s unique Grilled Chicken Sandwich

    With marinated Portobello mushrooms,

    Grilled seasonal vegetables,

    Basil Mayo and Cambozola cheese.

    With a choice of fries or the Riv salad, it will only set you back eleven ($11) bucks.

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    Buck @ (312) 237-0386

    P. O. Box 777,

    Glenwood Springs, Colorado

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    Monday’s July 21st Issue of The Dailey Telegraph-Tribune

    The Dailey Telegraph – Tribune
    July 21, 2014 –  St. Bud Day!  –  Monday’s Rise & Shine 5-Star Edition
    Bulletin: All-News, Sports, and Weather Hot Flashes

    The famous Glenwood Hot Springs is to be featured in the next Sunday issue. Keep your eyes out for the August 3rd edition of “The Dailey Times-Tribune.” Price is only two bucks. You’d have to pay $7.00 plus sales tax for the New York Times Sunday edition; and it wouldn’t even have news about James Garfield County and the local librarians. 

    On the 27th of July is the Wedding Reception of the Dailey Sun’s Publisher Buck. 

    The Dailey bride and groom have a Bridal Registry at the Kum and Go.

    There are two (2) seats available at the tables set at the Village Inn this Sunday afternoon. Interested in joining the lottery? E-mail your contact information directly to Buck (at dadailey@yahoo.com). You may be chosen to help eat a splendid two-layer wedding cake prepared by Sweet Coloradough. Yep, there will be a no-host bar at Buck and his Bride’s (her name remains confidential) wedding reception. 

    Happy Birthday Anniversary for Saint Buddy Schultz, a longtime Chicago Bear, White Sox, and Black Hawk fan, who also loved being in the Rocky Mountains.  His lovely wife and two grown daughters survive him in Chicagoland. Dear St. Buddy served the falsely accused man (and women) in the courts of Chicago for nearly 40 years! During the summer of 2008, (as a member of the Cook County Democratic Party, his buddies supported the first election of Illinois favorite son Barack Obama and (this Publisher’s and Teddy’s favorite ’08 candidate) U. S. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, he suffered a heart attack and major stroke while orating his client’s Superior Court case. Leonard A. “Bud” Schultz, Jr. would have celebrated his 40th wedding anniversary with dear Mary Christine this week had St. Buddy lived to the age of 68. 

    Choo-Choo Traffic:  It was 3:19 a.m. MDT, Friday, July 18, another Union Pacific- Burlington Northern freight train was headed westbound through Rifle. Looks like the same train that Thursday evening went eastbound to the Summit. Same engines, same configuration, same 52 half-full coal cars, go figure.

    Lost and Found in James Garfield County 

    Lost: The “Save Luke Fund” has been formed by five Board of Directors to help a disabled Colorado resident with medical, rehabilitation, and legal costs. Please submit non-deductible donations in care of the First Bank on Grand Avenue (located south of Turtle’s, Taco Bell, City Market and north of Sweet Coloradough bake-house and Bradley-Sinclair gas-convenience stop) to Dailey Account # 2671-22-xxxx. 

    Looking for contractors and employees for The Dailey Globe/Planet/Telegraph, Times- Tribune, Chronicle, and Sun-Times part-time positions… Interested parties, parents, job developers, and agents should correspond to P. O. Box 777, Glenwood Springs, Colorado (81602-0777). Applicants must be at least 14 years-old or have car insurance. 

    Found: The new illustrator/political cartoonist for The Dailey Sun newspapers is not  Bridget Jones or Garry Trudeaux. Sorry folks, but the position was filled the first day it was announced. The winner is Mr. Carey Smith. Stay focused with the papers for some fantastic drawings and ideas. 

    Sometimes life, green grass, the opposite sex, and hot food appears better on the other side of the street.  For instance, because of their manager’s permissive policy of allowing waitresses to wear pistols to work, Shooters Grill of the Town of Rifle, Colorado, has received local acclaim and more than five minutes of national fame. Along the same side of the street is a restaurant property for lease. On the other side of the street is an excellent morning diner – Base Camp Café at 120 East Third Street – that the international press (except for us) seem to be ignoring. The publisher could not begin to finish his portion served on Friday morning. The hot skillet entrees are splendid with the country breakfast potatoes, side of green chili, and the mile high-altitude baked biscuits. 

    Mr. Luke is no longer in critical condition. Chronicle and The Dailey Planet Reporter “Lois Lane” writes that Luke has broken his pelvis, has come out of a coma, and will remain in an undisclosed Denver hospital for a longer period of time. Luke was helicoptered from Valley View Medical and Cancer Center on the night of Wednesday, July 1, following a 25 to 30-foot fall from the Grand Avenue-State Highway 82 Colorado River pedestrian bridge. Onlookers reported that police may have waited over 3 to 23 minutes after Luke’s fall to call for ambulance assistance. 

    Arby’s calls it quits in Glenwood Springs. After years and years of serving it up next to Wendy’s and Sinclair gas, the International Beef Company had its final day of operation on South Grand Sunday the 20th of July. 

    Joe continues his European pilgrimage. Although the Dailey Sun-Times’ Publisher was unable to travel farther east of the Rocky Mountains on June 9th, his best man Josef Paul Kocy visited Vatican City during the week of July 6th and was in Venice this past Monday. Note one his fine photo of the altar inside St. Mary’s Church in Venice. Prayers to St. Mary saved the City of Venice from a major plague during the 15th Century.

     Rotary Club hosts musical picnic at Twin Rivers Park after the 2014 Colorado River Clean-Up. Almost 100 local citizens enjoyed the noontime festivities on Saturday, July 19th following three hours of environmental straightening up. Food was prepared by over six restaurant and brewery sponsors, including Lost Cajun Joe and Peppino’s Pizza found near Glenwood Springs Senior High School.

    Vaudeville on Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. Dinner theatre seating still available for this coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the 19th. Funny, fun, laughter! 

    Faceburgering from “Sweet Coloradough” — South Glenwood Springs, Coloradough 81602-2430
    Travis – of the town’s 7-11 on Grand Avenue Shop – was sighted inside this bakery before 6 a.m. last Saturday the 11th. What donut variety he ordered to consume is protected by our 2nd and 4th Amendment rights. If you want to know, go ask Travis some evening yourself! 

    Prime Minister Merkel displaces President Barack Obama as “Leader of the Free World.” Already the combined economy with the federation of former lands of Nazi Germany and Communist Germany had supplanted the United States of America as #1 in the world. Now that Germany has won the 2014 FIFA World Cup of international soccer from the likes of South America, German Prime Minister Andrea Merkel is now arguably the most powerful political person on earth (despite the fact that the USA armed forces are superior and the Israeli intelligence community is slightly more advanced).  

    Riders in the Sky happening at the newly-renovated Ute Theatre on Friday, July 18, 2014, in remarkable Rifle, Colorado, was not only a sellout but a knockout! Woody Paul and the other three famous western ballad singers… Such delightful and entertaining musicians! 

    As seen on the sidewalk window of Shooters Grill of Rifle:

    “Guns are welcome.

    Please keep all weapons holstered unless the need arises.

    In such case, judicious marksmanship is appreciated.”

    The motto of “The Dailey Sun” is ‘Feliz! Feliz! Feliz!’ or ‘Happy, happy, happy!’ All Rights Reserved – Copyright MMXIV
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    Five Board Members + Two Alternates (serve if member is out-of-town):
    Purpose of Luke’s Fund

    1.  Aid the Homelessness/Houseless/Apartmen-tless
    2. Local Population Around Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
    3.  Direct financial resources to help Luke cover his unexpected, uninsurable portion of medical expenses, rehabilitation costs, correct manageable issues which led to his injuries, pay for any legal costs, facilitate future transportation needs, and improve his chronic health conditions.
    4. Provide resources in order to ensure that justice within Garfield County is well-served.
       Raise a more accurate local public awareness of many contributing causes and reasons which led to Luke’s accident, circumstances, and subsequent medical needs.
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