Viewpoint: Gas Prices

I’ve never understood the way that gas prices are determined.For instance, why are they so high right now? My theory is this. Five people sit in a room somewhere and through darts about twice a week, and that’s what the price of oil becomes.

Viewpoint: Take Stage 4 for the Team

There were many questions but little debate over whether to raise water to level four restrictions at the special meeting of the Colorado City Metro District last Tuesday Level four prohibits outdoor watering with any kind of automated sprinkler system. There are, however, some exceptions.

Viewpoint: Now We Can Move Forward, Can’t We?

I’m writing yet another story about the fire, the loss, the future and, in the words of the 2001 hit by a group called Ash, what to do about “Burn, Baby, Burn.”Perhaps some of the need to further talk about it came after I drove up to the San Isabel Lodge.

Viewpoint: Rock & Roll

Rock and Roll made a major change in 1967, when two major groups appeared on the scene featuring brass, along with guitars and drums.

Viewpoint: No Atheists in a Wildfire

No one is sure where the aphorism ‘no atheists in a foxhole’ came from. Some attribute it to U.S. Military Chaplain William Thomas Cummings in a field sermon during the Battle of Bataan in 1942. But in slightly different wording the statement can be traced back as far as Plato.

Viewpoint: I Just Have a Few Questions

I saw a Facebook post. It basically said that the writer couldn’t afford to be out of his house any longer. He had four pets and needed to go home.I am not portraying myself as an expert in any way, nor have I ever had much experience with fires of any kind.

Go! Go Now!

I, along with a lot of other folks in this area, never knew how frightening three little words could be. For me, the phone rang on Friday, July 3. The voice on the other end of the line was a person I have known for a while and had many good conversations with, yet the voice was different.

Viewpoint: Please Hold Your Breath until the Fire is Over

A friend of mine told me if an evacuation order came because of the Aspen Creek Fire he was planning on staying in his home. His home is properly mitigated. He has no trees on the property and nothing except some rather dry grass within 50 feet of his house.

Viewpoint: Passion at District 70

The interview with Ronda Rein (story on page 9) almost didn’t happen. I got turned around and got to the administration offices later than my appointment with her.

Viewpoint: The Days are Getting Shorter Again

Thursday, when you pick up this newspaper, I want you to realize that the sun will set 36 seconds sooner than it did on Sunday, the longest day of the year. It’s all downhill from here till December 21st.I look forward to the longest day of the year and then mourn it when it is gone.