KOTO News Archive #27

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News Archive #27: A KOTO Radio Newscast, in Telluride, Colorado, featuring newscaster Rita Robinson. See transcription for time stamps, to jump between tracks. 1.) Tailings coating (Johnson/TIE): 3/12/79 2. XYZ-TV programming (Sullivan): 4/12/79 3.) Town council: Summit meeting about ski area development (with Savath): 3/12/79 4.) Town of Telluride County Planning Committee about if Telluride should have festivals: 4/3/79 5.) Sunnyside development with Jim Bedford and others: 1/12/79 6.) New uranium mill, called Pioneer Uravan, with County Commissioner Dan Woodard: 3/6/79 7.) Bob Korn to start working as the TELCO attorney: 3/6/79 8.) Unsuccessful deputy candidate, Mr. Holmes, was not familiar with CETA regulations: 3/7/79 9.) R.A.R.E. II (Koyorsek) about keeping parts of San Miguel county wild and not developed: 3/15/79 10.) Telluride ladies ski club 11.) Brain Peters, Randy King, and others on cross-country skiing (and downhill skiing): 3/79 12.) Vail employee housing and parking bond (that did not pass): 4/13/79 13.) Collins speaks about school board firing of Davis (Administrative Assistant) and the reconstruction of the position: 4/1/79 14.) Bob Korn and Terry Tice, of the Planning and Zoning Committee discuss the Bachman Village annexation: 4/20/79 15.) Regulation of ski area lift tickets and the capacity of the ski area (forest service) 16.) Question of the week: What do you like about off-season? (Brain Peters, Hether Bachman, Susie (at the Roma), Patricia Hurst, Kay Henry, Sharon Nelson, etc. 4/16/79) 17.) Radioactivity and cancer exposure from uranium in the water at Rocky Flats with Dr. Johnson, Fred Matter, and George Prince: 3/25/79 18.) Ski area plans with Johnnie Stevens: 3/9/79 19.) Idarado power lines and power outages with McCloud of the San Miguel Power Association: 11/16/79 20.) R.A.R.E. II: with Koyorsek Aid about how much wilderness should be allowed in the areas around Telluride & how much should be developed for economic purposes: 2/13/79 21.) Freezing animals because they cannot get to lower elevations and plans on feeding these animals if the snow continues (Tuchbein): 2/8/79 22.) The Planning and Zoning Committee trying to decide which areas (zones) in town should be allowed for tourist/long-term residential/commercial/parking accommodations (Joe Crane): 3/79 23.) Mark Halper about the development of north Telluride, in particular developing Tomboy Road for traffic: 2/79 24.) Johnnie Stevens speaks of ski area plans: Putting in a drain, trimming trees/cutting them down (so that the ski runs are wider), grooming, the Plunge/Coonskin/Lift 5 areas, a cat track, lifts, etc.: 3/9/79 25.) Valley well water and possible contamination with Davidson: 2/21/79 26.) Contract to install streetlights in Telluride (Randy King, Town Manager): 2/21/79 27.) R.A.R.E. III: the BLM report with John Sering: 1/22/79 28.) Studies found higher cancer rates in people that live near Rocky Flats in Colorado (Dr. Carl Johnson, George Prince): 3/25/79 Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.