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Slow Productivity Is Optimal

Slow Productivity Is Optimal

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Slow Productivity Is Optimal

News Staff
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Figuring out the most effective way to encourage ourselves and our team by creating a really good working environment is a worthy challenge.
Quiet And Peaceful

Quiet And Peaceful

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Quiet And Peaceful

News Staff
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Every season has a wonderful variety of qualities. Each of which contribute to our continuing journey through this life. April showers are bringing us, and all of life, long-awaited relief from a winter that mostly wasn't when it came to snowpack and accumulated moisture.
Promise of Slow Productivity

Promise of Slow Productivity

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Promise of Slow Productivity

News Staff
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Once upon a time, your correspondent was known as 'Fast Freddie.' He hated to use his brakes. Fortunately, he survived the excesses of his gunghoness. This was not a forgone conclusion! Slowing down in life and smelling the flowers may seem to be the antithesis of what you identify with.
Change in the Air

Change in the Air

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Change in the Air

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
There is change in the air… Wind is restless. Cirrus clouds are like faint feathers high overhead. Appearing after dawn. Following after what seemed to be nothing more than a proliferation of dissipating jet contrails.
Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

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Letters to the Editor

From The Standard Mail Car
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
EditorTo the Editor, Recently, our community gathered to recognize five people who have spent the better part of their lives looking out for San Juan County: Anthony Edwards, Bruce Conrad, Jeff Shea, Ken Safranski, and Beverly Rich.
Late June Weather In March

Late June Weather In March

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Late June Weather In March?

News Staff
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Anyone schooled in critical thinking and debate ought to be able to pivot from eternal optimism to focused skepticism with a blink of an eye!
Fred the Weather Man in front of the San Miguel Power coop shed that got tumbled for more than 200 feet early Sunday morning

Fred the Weather Man in front of the San Miguel Power coop shed that got tumbled for more than 200 feet early Sunday morning

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Totally Blown Away!

News Staff
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
In our last episode, we were leaping forward into the unknown future. This week, we were getting totally blown away with wind gusts that reached 101 MPH up at Monarch Pass, and who knows what up here in the San Juan Mountains. This was our first significant dust event this season.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

From The Standard Mail Car
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
EditorSilverton Family Learning Center Thanks EcoAction Partners Green GrantOn behalf of the Silverton Family Learning Center, I want to express our deep gratitude to the EcoAction Partners Green Grants program for their support of our emergency water heater replacement project.
Leaping Forward Into The Unknown Future!

Leaping Forward Into The Unknown Future!

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Leaping Forward Into The Unknown Future!

News Staff
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
If it was up to your venerable columnist, we would never change the clocks, and it would always be plain old Mountain Standard Time.That's because that's what works in Hawaii and parts of Arizona.
From The STandard mail Car

From The STandard mail Car

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

From The Standard Mail Car
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Dear Beverly Rich and Ken Safranski, Thank you for your exceptional service on the planning commission.When Willy Tookey read a proclamation commemorating your combined 70-plus years of service, I felt the weight of that knowledge leave the room.
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