July 2024

Photo of the week July 24, 2024

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 1:25pm admin

Members of the Volunteer Monticello Fire Department light the Pioneer Day fireworks. Megan Gallegos photo

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Anna Fredericks is Pioneer Day Grand Marshal

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 1:24pm admin

Anna Fredericks was the Grand Marshall of the 2024 Pioneer Day Parade. Anna is consistenly busy volunteering including taking photographs of high school events and doing behind the scense work for the Monticello wrestling program. Anna also has been the county fair director for many years. Pictured with her family from left to right: Zac, Elise, Tyler, Anna and Danny. Courtesy photo

by Sally Jack
Contributing writer

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Farmers ask San Juan weed control to match Dolores County

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 1:23pm admin

by David Boyle
News Director
Members of the San Juan County Commission spent the first hour of their latest meeting discussing weed control in the county.

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The chicken who would be king

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 1:22pm admin

Chicken A La King over toast. Mary Cokenour photo

A number of times I have heard someone refer to my research techniques as being part ferret and part pitbull.

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Blanding Motel & Stone Lizard Lodge site turns 70 this year

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 1:20pm admin

Before it was the Stone Lizard Lodge it was the Blanding Motel. Courtesy photo

Part I, The
Blickenstaff Years

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Getting to The Other Side of Heaven

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 1:19pm admin

All packed up and ready to go. Gary Torres photo

Mark Twain wrote the book “Innocents Abroad” when he traveled with Quaker pilgrims on a chartered boat to the Holy Land. If Tonga has a Holy Land, it would be the island of Niuas; which is where E

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Glen Alan Monson August 29, 1959 ~ June 22, 2024

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 6:42pm admin

A choice and precious spirit came to earth, August 29, 1959, in Provo, UT. Glen Alan Monson was named after his grandfather, Glen A. Palmer, whom he loved so much.

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Danny O Flannery October 10, 1962 ~ July 15, 2024

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 6:39pm admin

Danny O Flannery, a beacon of laughter and generosity, passed away on July 15, 2024, in Blanding, Utah, at the age of 61.

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New Monticello disc golf course set to host grand opening event July 19 during annual Monticello Pioneer Day Celebration

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 3:15pm admin

The first-ever disc golf course in Monticello is set to open on July 19 during the annual Pioneer Day Celebration hosted by the city. The newly-completed course features nine holes and is located at the Monticello Mill Site just south of town. It’s free to play and is great for beginners and skilled disc golfers alike. The grand opening will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday. You can come play a round or participate in the closest-to-the-basket competition. Staff photo

by David Boyle
News Director
Monticello’s first disc golf course is hosting a grand opening event as part of the Pioneer Day Celebration this Friday, July 19.

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Hideout Happenings

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 3:14pm admin

by Jeff Simon
Hideout Golf Club PGA Professional

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