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Silverton Gym Space. Photo by MOVE Team

Silverton Gym Space. Photo by MOVE Team

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Silverton Gym Space is Now Open

■ By The Move Team, Edited By Katey Fetch
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
For a long time, the Silverton community has missed having a gym in town. With the school gym no longer being open in the same way as before, it is central to our mission to provide a gym facility to fill this void.
Enjoying a sleigh ride behind a two-horse team on Christmas Day, 1906, were, from left, Alice Dyson, James Dyson, Dan McNaughton and Edith Dyson McNaughton (she and Dan were married Oct. 19, 1906). The photo was probably taken on the Howardsville road above Arastra Gulch, based on the flume in the background. Photo Courtesy of the Edith Dyson McNaughton Archive

Enjoying a sleigh ride behind a two-horse team on Christmas Day, 1906, were, from left, Alice Dyson, James Dyson, Dan McNaughton and Edith Dyson McNaughton (she and Dan were married Oct. 19, 1906). The photo was probably taken on the Howardsville road above Arastra Gulch, based on the flume in the background. Photo Courtesy of the Edith Dyson McNaughton Archive

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Way Back!

News Staff
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
From the December 28, 1880 edition of the (Rico) Dolores News: RAILROAD TO REACH CHAMA BY JANUARY. The Rio Grande company will have its line extended to Chama by the 1st of January. Barlow & Sanderson will run a line of six- horse stages from the terminus to Rico and Silverton.

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Looking Back

News Staff
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
20 years ago December 20, 2002 Frank Baumgartner is scheduled to appear in San Juan County Court on Jan. 28 for an arraignment related to his destruction of the Kohler-Longfellow boarding house this summer.

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In Brief

News Staff
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Silverton Standard to Host The Approach Ski Movie Join us December 30, at the Grand Imperial Hotel. Doors open at 5:30pm, Movie start at 6:00. The Silverton Standard is hosting the event for FREE to thanks the community for a great year.
9 year old Jayden Jones gets first chair of winter season. Town of Silverton’s Chris Higgins & David Swanson are Kendall Ski Area lift operators. Photo by DeAnne Gallegos

9 year old Jayden Jones gets first chair of winter season. Town of Silverton’s Chris Higgins & David Swanson are Kendall Ski Area lift operators. Photo by DeAnne Gallegos

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Kendall Mountain Ski Area is OPEN

■ By Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Kendall Mountain Ski Area officially opened for the winter season this Friday, Dec 16, and the lift started rolling at 11 am that morning. 9-yearold Silverton local Jayden Archuleta waited over half an hour to be the first person on the chair lift for this winter’s season.

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Mountain Happenings

News Staff
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Upcoming • Free Library Events December 20, 11 am: Story Time with Ella December 21, 11 am: Ornament Making December 21, 11 am: Art with Friends Pre-register at: www.silverton.colibraries.org   • Wine & Paint Night at The Coffee Bear December 15, 5-8 pm.

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Shop Local a Holiday Gift Guide

News Staff
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Silverton Grocery: 7 days a week, 7:00 am – 7:00 pm. Silverton Hardware: 7 days a week, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Silverton Mountain: www. shop.silvertonmountain.com or by appointment email: Retail@silvertonmountain. com Sand & Snow Studio: www.sandandsnowstudio.

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Winter Solstice

News Staff
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
In this high mountain valley our little town is quiet The souvenir shops are boarded up, closed for the winter, their owners and the tourists gone South down the mountain with the last train.
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