http://www.mineralcountyminer.com http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=633 SOUTH FORK—The proposed Village at Wolf Creek remains an issue for conservation groups such as the SLV Ecosystem Council who met for their annual meeting last Wednesday. A third plat for the Village at Wolf Creek was recently submitted to the U.S. Forest Service Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:47:04 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=632 SOUTH FORK— It’s very clear that South Fork police officer Earl Wilson is admired and respected all across the San Luis Valley. Otherwise, more than 300 people from South Fork, Creede, Del Norte, and Monte Vista wouldn’t have shown up for the South Fork Chamber Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:20 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=626 CREEDE— “Disappointment” was the word Creede School District Superintendent Buck Stroh used in reaction to Amendment 59’s defeat on last week’s ballot. “I wondered why it wouldn’t have gone through,” he said of the amendment, also known as Colorado Initiative 126 or the Savings Account Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:45:54 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=625 SOUTH FORK— South Fork police officer and resident Earl Wilson, incorrectly identified as a Creede resident in last week’s paper, was seriously injured after falling off of a cliff in the Fox Mountain area in Rio Grande County on Nov. 1. The South Fork Chamber Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:44:42 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=617 CREEDE— Mineral County experienced an 83 percent voter turn-out Tuesday with voters splitting their support between Republican and Democrat candidates. Final returns released by County Clerk Eryn Follman showed voters backing Republican John McCain 334 to Democrat Barack Obama's 270. A total of 18 votes Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:25:21 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=616 CREEDE— Creede tragically lost one of its store owners last week, as the body of Off Broadway owner John Herschman was found last Friday, October 31 afternoon near the Equity Mine drainage site north of town. An autopsy on Herschman, 58, who had only lived Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:23:02 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=615 SOUTH FORK— Creede resident Earl Wilson is in St. Mary Corwin’s Hospital in Pueblo after falling off of an estimated 30-foot cliff in the Fox Mountain area near South Fork. Authorities were called to the area at 6 p.m. last Saturday, November 1 by Wilson’s Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:21:16 -0600 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=607 GRAND JUNCTION— Two local men narrowly escaped death early last Wednesday when the small plane in which they were flying collided with another aircraft in the air over Western Colorado. One of the planes was a Mesa County Sheriff’s Department single-engine Cessna 210 carrying two Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:04:04 -0500 http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.mineralcountyminer.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=606 CREEDE— The Creede School District once again met AYP standards for the 2007-08 school year. Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement used by the federal government to assess academic performance in public schools. In order for a school to meet AYP standards for Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:02:50 -0500