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w *■« • '»HM**•■*•*• a <"«•» «A^ *■ fr- .\o4cn f r o m ( olorado because they misspelled Ihe candidate s name, or didn't include her full name, or other things that would Jeff Cutter The cool of the fdge ,s a feint memory, under the assault of the 9 0 * plus Colorado jum m er The election season is gearing up - prim aries in August and we re going to have some Interesting times this gear I take a short tr ip to Buena Yista in the central mountains, a place celled the South Park are«, where the Collegiate Pe«k mountains dominate, mostly “fourteenere", the term wa use for the one» over 14 ,0 0 0 feet high As the song sags, Winnebagoes and road c o n s trx tio n everyw here, as sure a sign of summer in Colorado as the Columbine, cougara in our neighborhood following the young deer, and the Kentucky Bluegrass lawns turning brown from lack of water D ark, forbidding clouds, d ry lighting, but not much tra ffic once out of the metro area on this weekday other than semi trucks I run through rain and sun - the clouds produce big drops for a half m ile, then give way to sun for another rm le, then appear again, the big expansive sky full of them, all the way to the mountains In the near distance Mot enough rain for the vegitation or the forest - the fire fig h te r's nightmare, this d ry lighting, and our newspapers are fu ll of the probably upset our Founding Fathers After three recounts, the Republican vas seated, and has proceeded to ect from hie conservative Chriatian agenda, as we expected Vigilance is the price of lib e rty , folks - believe me, many of us won t be fooled agem We heve a new challenge to Amendment Two in the Colorado Supreme Court - and we 11 see what happens I regret all of Colorado has to suffer for the bigotry of many, there are times when m a jo rity rule doesn't seem lik e such a good idea after all There are people everywhere you tu rn w ith a handful of petitions for the cigarette tax, term lim its , teacher pay equity, and others too numerous to mention and fra n k ly , when they spend days and days debating a produce slander b ill (can't tell people when th e ir food contains chemicals, now can we - It might frighten someone (and hurt agrib usin ess)), I can see what they mean But, if we re not w illin g to get involved in the process, we deserve what we get Until next time - K c trc a t By T h e 5<a J Buena Yista is a quaint little town, only showing the firs t signs of upscale-ness The e arly morning Unique rustic cedar home fo r sale S tro ll quiet lanes to serene beach Gulls cruise tall pines Flowers to die fo r Huge private sunbathing deck $ I ay.ooo mountain a ir is crisp and cool, different from the Boulder, Front Range, flatland p ra irie stuff that I left This has always been a vacation area, the hiking, fishing, riv e r rafting in the summer drawing lots of people I seems like folks don t trust th e ir legislators any more, Glenwood Springs tragedy behind - you can almost drink it This y e a r, there a r t lots of folks who want m b stives on our ballot C all You can see how the <ye j > 7 3 » »387 town evolved around the railroad that bisects I t , once ( o a n c il I ira. on I ’c r m a c u llu r t at Wanderland Rainforest near the Oregon coast the weekend of October I 2 A chance fo r people interested in the practice of perm Aculture fa rm in g to share stories problems and solutions w ith like minded fo lk Free B rin g donation o f food a n d /o r firew ood For more in fo rm a tio n call VO 368 6389 the m ajor lin k of the Arkansas Yelley w ith Denver end the Front Range The town h a ll. next to the tracks, was a hotel, the old tra m station is gone, unfortunately, and only the RYs end cars occupy the d irt between the tracks and the beginning of the 1 9 0 3 -e r a buildings that line the main street of town This area had the unfortunate honor of being named one of the ten best places to r e tir e , by Money magazine, so stay tuned The town is filled w ith e arly morning riv e r ra fters, resplendent m th e ir red life jackets They re brought into town by the expedition outfitters to be put in the Arkansas riv e r at the east edge of town, end fished out la te r this afternoon ten to twenty mtles downstream The Arkansas is threatened w ith dams - and the same bumper sticker is for sale that was seen several years ago - "Frankly my dear, I don't want a dam " Some of the rafters are buoyed by an e arly morning latte "Can't give the stuff away to locals," says M arlene, the proprietor of Cache, the only coffee shop, as she mixes my tall decat "They like their regular coffee I even have a hard time selling the different v a rie ty of bear» The Europeans who come through in the summer asked about espresso so much, we just had to make the investment - and only the folks like you from the Front Range (th at's Boulder, Denver, etc ) W « jm 4 c She won't let me take her picture w ith the machine, though On my bike, I head west, out of town Mount and only 5% is recycled 8q Km Bott» ask for it In the w in ter " Mice to know that there are some parts of this old LfSA where dishwater coffee still reigns S fr ta m Reduction In 1 9 9 , the Oregon State Legislature mandated in When considering the purchase of products the Senate B ill 6 6 that by 19 9 5 m unicipalities w ith a following guidelines may help you become more population over 4 0 0 0 must decrease their solid waste consumer conxious and reduce the waste stream -Educate yourself on recycling is s « s and consumerism Princeton looms Im pressive, along w ith the rest of the tonnage by 2 5 % Collegiate peeks only a dozen miles ewey recyclers agree that this benchmark is achievable ■ Avoid excessive packaging w ill be ominous clouds and lightning over this imposing According to the Motional Solid Waste Management - Buy recycled & recyclable packaging giant and the fire fin h ters wait nervously for the call association, Americans product 18 0 m illio n tons of • Avoid plastics In a few m iles, the planted trees give way to the native varieties - pi Aon and other pines The landscape takes commercial and residential waste per year and only - Read labels to determine what is in a product 2 3 5 m illio n tons or 1 3% of this wastestream is • Avoid p ro d x ts that contain CFC's - Buy in Bulk Later there Motional,y most professional on a Southwestern, almost Mew Mexican look, w ith the low h ills , native trees, and the earth colors of the landfills or combustion plants would be reduced by 45 - Buy local p ro d x ts Southwest now revealed m illio n tons -Encourage your grocer to buy l x a l l y to cut down on There are lots for sale out hare, too - end im m igrants from C alifornia to buy them L ate r, as I take my le is u rely soak at the Cottonwood recycled If 2 5 % were reclaimed the tonnage to Oregonians produce more than 5 0 0 0 tons of garbage daily, enough to cover one acre of land 8 feet deep In I 9 8 9 when the City of Cannon Beach assumed responsibility for the recycling program it reduced its transportation, pesticides end re frig e ra tio n - Reduce your use of electrical or motorized p ro d x ts and t r y hand generated tools and appliances Mot Springs, four miles west of town, I admire Mt landfill tonnage by 9% and has continued to decrease - Buy p ro d x ts that w ill last Prtnceton as a few raindrops rip p le the surface of the »he volume each subsequent year -Avoid dlsposible Items outdoor hot tub - Use cotton diapers instead of disposable diapers Clothing is optional, but few of us patrons today seem up to it This resort is old, funky, -Avoid impulse buying and comfortable - a good place to stay tf you don't want Recycling Is defined here as a three step process, 1 Separating reusable m aterials from trash to be in town 2 Processing them to replace v irg in materials • Repair broken p ro d x ts 3 Returning the reprocessed m aterials to consumers -Volunteer your services to conservatton efforts On the way home, I stop at Leadville - named after -P u rc h a s e d use e n e rg y-e ffic ien t p ro d x ts its p rim a ry industry and the Climax Mine which provided all the jobs and the destruction of a lot of the People often wonder If an individual can make a surrounding environment difference and I believe that Waste Stream Reduction is an area where the grass roots efforts of an individual It s cold here at ten thousand feet, despite the sunny day - "A typical perfect day," rem arks the lady tending the w ildflower garden In front of the W ildflow er Cafe The beauty of w ill make that difference For an effective Waste Stream Reduction program to w o rk , each of us must the quaint old downtown section end the mountetns in take a look a, our own behaviors regarding consumption the background contrast w ith the boarded up buildings and recycling The waste reduction tried asks us to reduce our use, reuse whet we have, and then recycle end abandoned trainyard on the edge of town, mining has only racently stopped here, end the are« hes been declared a Superfund stte All Colorado ,n two partes divisa es, - The Denver what we can , reuse f a r too often we concentrate on recycling end forge, the fir s t two principles of use reduction and reuse W h ile adapting our behavior isn , M etro are« and my own People's Republic of Boulder glamorous to the average consumer 1, does offer us p rim a rily Democratic, the rest p rim a rily Republican Health care? Dems yea, Repubs ney - Anti -gey rewards have taken less out of and given back some of what we have taken from the environment is enough, while - and so it goes, pretty much across the board We had an interesting development in the lest »lection - a local others need more tangible rewards such aa community Boulder County assembly seat held by the Democrats you to manifest consumer behavioral changes is your was contested by the conservative C hristian candidate best choice recognition or financial savings W hatever motivates dislike tnelr p ro d x t and its packaging For additional inform ation on recycled p ro d x ts and services c o n tx , the following resources Seventh Generation C atalo g« and Co-Op American A lternative C atalo g «, 12 6 Intervale Road, Burlington VT 0 5 4 0 1 ( 8 0 2 ) 6 5 8 - 5 5 0 7 Ecco Bella, 6 Provost Square,Suite 6 0 2 , Caldwell, MJ 0 7 0 0 6 (2 0 1 )2 2 6 -5 7 9 9 Shopping for a Better W o rld , I - 8 0 0 - U CAN HELP M etro Recycling, 2 0 0 0 SW F irs , A v e n « , Portlond, OR 9 7 2 0 , ( 5 0 3 ) 2 2 4 - 5 5 5 5 D E Q ,8 1 , SW 6 th , Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 4 (5 0 3 ) 2 2 9 -6 0 4 6 Just before the election, the Democrat incumbent dropped out, much to the consternation of the One way to make a difference es e consumer is to take a Democratic party in general and yours tr u ly in look at what you buy and how it is packaged Packaging accounts for 5 0 % of all paper manufactured in the A certain Do,tie Lamm ran for the Dems as - W r it e to companies A tel, them why you like or For some the in trin s ic knowledge that we bigotry. Amendment Two style? Repubs yea. Dems nay particu alr - B uy used p r o d x t s The Mature! Choice, I 3 6 5 Rufina C irc le , Santa F t, MM 8 7 5 0 1 1 -8 0 0 -6 2 ,-2 5 9 1 a w r it e - in , hoping to block the Republicans, and United States, 1 1 % of alum inium and 9 0 % of glass received more votes I Unfortunately, our Secretary of Packaging is responsible for 5 0 % of the volume and Reel Goods C atalo g « , 9 6 6 - f Mazzom S tre e t, Ukiah, 3 0 % of the weigh, in land fills CA 9 5 4 8 2 State ruled that many of the w r ite -in s were invalid. For every dollar you spend in the grocery store ten cents offsets the packaging expenses 6 0 % of the 2 0 0 pounds of plastic consumed by the averag e A m e ric a n is used in packaging 1 -8 0 0 -7 6 2 -7 3 2 5 UPPER LEfI EÙ&E SETTthO IW 3