KOTO Radio: Newscasts: 3/1/1991 & 3/4/1991-3/7/1991

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Newscasts, from KOTO Radio, in Telluride, Colorado: 3/1/1991: Debbie Laity (First 14 minutes of the recording): 1.) Locals respond to TELCO's new season ski pass policy. 2.) Slick roads cause several area accidents, including one that injured four people. 3.) Colorado ski areas discuss the safety issues of skiing and snowboarding. 4.) Dominich Cross speaks of the Bump Club (skiing club) and their tour. Also--boys' varsity basketball team pep rally, held at Telluride High School. March 4, 1991: Jon Kovash (14 minutes into recording, recording length is about 15 minutes): 1.) Lindal Montgomery, a construction worker from Montrose, dies after collapsing at the Doral Hotel construction site. 2.) Telluride School Board news, including proposed tuition of $4500, for out-of-district students. 3.) Nuclear physicists fifth world conference to be held in Telluride. Martie Martin-Kuntz, Lucy Rieve, and Dr. Charles Goodman plan for the conference. 4.) Dominich Cross: Weekend sports update, including the Pro-Mogul tour winners. Telluride locals mentioned include Michael Conner, surfer Dan Williams, Barb Shidigger, Scott Tennant, & Sherry Stacknick. Also, Telluride High School miners (basketball team) update. March 5, 1991: Debbie Laity: (30 minutes into recording, length is about 10 minutes): 1.) Chamber Resorts Association and TELCO launches an advertising campaign in the southwest regions of the United States. Financial support is requested from local business owners. TCRA's Dina Wall (sales manager) discusses the campaign (called the Media Blitz). 2.) The Environmental Commission continues a push for the wetland's ordinance. Steve Kennedy discusses the need for the legislation because of potential future developments in wetland areas. 3.) Airport requests votes for new county airport taxes to improve the airport's runway and to make other improvements. 4.)The EPA investigates the Louisiana Pacific's factory air admissions. Peter Thurston speaks of the factory's pollution. 5.) Bike trail fund raising. March 6, 1991: Jon Kovash & Debbie Laity. (Recording starts at 40 minutes, length is 13 minutes). 1.) Part-time resident, Joseph Hiland, is arrested for smuggling 100 tons of marijuana. 2.) Snow pack declined in February, but has improved to average (about 4 feet in town park), in the last 6 days of March. 3.) New $4500 tuition policy could lead to a battle over school district boundaries, removing school solar panels, alternative teaching certificates, and waiver on housing. 4.) Plans to close the recycling center. 5.) KOTO fundraising was a success. NPR was well-supported, but rock and roll DJs won the silver tongue award. 6.) Jessica Hunter, Chelsie Mann, and Jessie Rieveman gives the sports update for the middle and high school miners. March 7, 1991: Jon Kovash. (Recording starts at about 53 minutes into the recording, and lasts about 10 minutes). 1.) Fee waivers for Lawson Hill project to help regional employees afford to buy homes in the area. 2.) Beginning of the Telluride Jazz festival. Jazz venues and sponsors are recruited and the Air Force Band is discussed. 3.) The Telluride 5th grade class gets a new ski area place to practice their ski skills. Jordan Austen, fifth grade teacher, speaks about the new place. 4.) Adult basketball scores. 5.) Grade school news, with Kyra Ryan, Boland Erland, and Brian Conland. 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.