One of the strangest big birds you can see in this area is the turkey vulture. They are rather ugly-looking birds when you see them up close as they squabble over a road kill.
Fire victims say thanks to Elks
Editor:
On July 14, the Elks Lodge of Evergreen hosted a phenomenal fund-raiser to benefit the survivors of the Lower North Fork Fire (which burned 23 homes and killed three neighbors in March). The funds go to the Mountain Resource Center in Conifer.
There are 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives. Penises occupy 83 of them. Vaginas are sadly underrepresented, and indeed two of them were recently prohibited from speaking out on, of all topics, women’s reproductive rights.
Combine term limits and redistricting, and you get the biggest infusion of fresh faces anyone can remember when the Colorado General Assembly convenes next January.
Tolerance, understanding are on loan at the library
Editor:
Regarding Dave Bagenski’s letter (July 10, “Gay Pride display at library was not appropriate”): As my queer teenage daughter would say, “That letter is wrong in so many ways.”
Obviously, words cannot heal or explain the terrible events of last week. But I think President Obama made some decent and heartfelt remarks on the matter. Here’s what he said:
Library offers display space to variety of groups, points of view
Editor:
On behalf of the Jefferson County Library Board of Trustees, I want to respond to Mr. Bagenski’s letter in the July 11 Canyon Courier.