Off Piste

    Now that the summer tourist season has passed, we head into what the tourism people like to call the “shoulder season”. That’s shoulder, apparently, as in the link between the big summer and winter arms of tourism.

    There’s something comforting knowing that every year on the second weekend in September the Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will take place. SFF is more than a music festival for many regulars.

    There’s something comforting knowing that every year on the second weekend in September the Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will take place. SFF is more than a music festival for many regulars.

    Years ago when I aspired to become a professional tennis player, I worked at a Colorado resort hotel’s tennis facility. My job included cleaning the place, gathering balls for the pro during his lessons, playing with resort guests who needed a partner and stringing rackets.

Years ago when I aspired to become a professional tennis player, I worked at a Colorado resort hotel’s tennis facility. My job included cleaning the place, gathering balls for the pro during his lessons, playing with resort guests who needed a partner and stringing rackets.

     For months I’ve held out hope that somebody someplace would retain a sense of humor in the wake of the on-going battle over health care. There had to be a person who fell midway between the mentally unbalanced Glen Beck and his followers and uber righteous liberals.

Normal 0 0 1 286 1635 13 3 2007 11.1282 0 0 0 For the past 19 years Carrita Foster has been the personable mainstay behind the check-in counter at the Juniper Swim and Fitness Center.

Normal 0 0 1 421 2405 20 4 2953 11.1282 0 0 0   Is it just me or have others noted how our local daily has suddenly become the jock newspaper of record.

Saturday afternoon shopping at Costco requires patience. The aisles are crowded, the checkout lines long and, as I found out on a recent Saturday, there’s politics in the parking lot.