The Mancos Board of Trustees has established an exterior watering ban until further notice. There is not enough water flowing in the West Mancos River to legally get water through the head gate from the river to the water filtration facility. The town has No. 3 priority water right,which means river water cannot currently be diverted to the filtration facility. This means that the town has to use its backup supply that is stored in Jackson Reservoir. Currently the reservoir is only at 14 percent of its capacity and there is no water coming into the reservoir from the river. Therefore,we must conserve water because we dont know exactly when the reservoir will begin to get water from the river again. The watering ban will be lifted when this situation changes.
Mancos Times
Mancos, Colorado
Dolores County Commissioner Ernie Williams said that he really appreciated all the telephone calls following his accident. He and companions were riding horses and he believes a bear or a mountain lion spooked the mule he was riding. He wound up on the ground with a broken pelvis three miles from help. He said he figured his best course was to get back on the mule and try to ride back to the road. It was a long three miles. Doctors in Cortez decided an airplane ride to Grand Junction was the best treatment and there doctors wired his pelvis back together.
Dove Creek Press
Dove Creek, Colorado
The Dolores County Sheriffs officers gathered with students in Dove Creek to talk about personal safety. After the gathering, the students released balloons in memory of Jessica Ridgeway. She was 10 years old and abducted on her way to school on Oct. 5. Her body was found Oct. 10 in an Arvada park, seven miles from her home in Westminster, Colo.
Dove Creek Press
Dove Creek, Colorado
A 28-year-old project engineer who recently relocated from Eagle to Colorado Springs received a voice mail last week, with congratulations from over 3000 people, informing him that he was the 2012 winner of the Annual Jeep Raffle coordinated by the Ouray Chamber Resort Association.
I was speechless when I got the phone message, and it still doesnt exactly feel real because things like this just dont happen to us, said John Naccarato, who will pick up the Jeep this weekend with his wife, Lisa, and their 19-month-old son Charlie.
Ouray County Plaindealer
Ouray, Colorado
The Monticello City Council approved an application to the Community Impact Board during their meeting last Tuesday night. The first project approved is for a community center/golf pro shop. The total project cost is $1.55 million, of which the city intends to provide $600,000 in cash and in kind donations. They are asking for a $177,000, zero percent interest loan and the remainder in grant money. The city plans to repay the loan using revenue from renting the facility.
San Juan Record
San Juan County, Utah