Volume 7 , Issue 35

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Issue 34 / Volume 7-- Feature: Vallecito (Pine River) Dam... Thanks for the lovely story on Vallecito. The Friday morning front page of the Durango Herald did not state the situation correctly for me -- things will not stay the same but the doors (floodgates?) are in the process of being pried open.

Issue 8 / Volume 7 - Feature: Air Tour - June 1, 1946 - The air tour photo was taken at Kelsey field, which was North or Waynoka on my Grandfathers farm. -- Barry Kelsey

Issue 34 / Volume 7 -- Feature: Vallecito (Pine River) Dam... Here is that Durango Herald News article re: Vallecito's future resembles past that appeared August 26, 2005, written by Lisa Meerts-Brandsma Herald Staff Writer -- "Lifestyle needs competed with economic needs Thursday night as residents and county planners discussed whether to drop allowable building densities on an acre of land from two units to one in the Vallecito District Land Use Plan..... 'What can the valley sustain?' asked Hamilton Wright, who lives in Vallecito. He said that Vallecito has only one road leading in and out of the area. During the Missionary Ridge Fire, bumper-to-bumper traffic on County Road 501 slowed the evacuation. He fears continued growth in Vallecito will aggravate the problem....."

Issue 34 / Volume 7 -- Feature: Gas Prices In SW Colorado... Regular unleaded in Perry, Oklahoma has been $2.51.9 for several days now. In driving through Oklahoma City this past weekend, I saw the bottom prices at $2.49.9 up to $2.54.9

Issue 34 / Volume 7 -- Feature: Old TV Memories... My family was never affluent enough to own a TV set during the time I lived at home, but I remember the first one I ever saw. It was at David Shafer's home (his dad was the Carl Shafer who owned Shafer's radio and TV store on the square). It was about 1949 or so, and there was no such thing as daytime television. We would turn it on anyway, just to gaze at the test pattern and wave our hands in front of the screen to see all of the "fingers." .....

Issue 33 / Volume 7 -- Feature: The Okie Legacy Mailing List... Thanks! I received my copy in a neat order in spite of the all the changes in the processing. I enjoy tidbits from readers and whatever else you happen to dig up. Bonnie

Issue 34 / Volume 7 -- Feature: Gas Prices In SW Colorado... Here in New Hampshire-prices of gasoline are $3.15 for regular unleaded and milk is down to 2.59 a gallon. One gas station in Manchester, NH ran out of gas because they had the lowest price in town. Really enjoy the e-zine. I look forward to it every week! Susan Lang, Antrim, New Hampshire

Issue 34 / Volume 7 -- Feature: 1950's TV Memories... Greetings! I recall, as a child, we had a big black metal box in the den with the "rabbit ears" on the top. We got 3 channels; both local. The 3rd channel didn't come in most of the time but if I stood and held the antenna in one hand, I could watch a show. My parents called it the "idiot box". Now I have satellite and 300 hundred channels and there is still nothing on! *chuckle*

Vol. 7, Iss. 34 -- 1906 Woods County Atlas... "I have an atlas, but would not part with it. I wonder, since they evidently are NOT going to reprint the atlas again, if they would give permission for someone to digitize it and make it available online? Or if permission is even necessary (not sure of the copyright applications to this, since the original was 1906)."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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