San Juan Silver Stage | December Volume 24, No. 12
Premier Lifestyles Publication Since 1996
'tis the Season
Cheri Isgreen
Infinite Creativity
Ridgway, Colorado
Pets & People
Spend time with your elders
Not everything
can be found
on Google
This issue
When you see this icon, click on it or on the STORY LINK next to it for a downloadable, printable version of the story. Many of our readers like to read a printed page. Since we are no longer producing a print issue of the Silver Stage, we’ve found a way for you to still have, hold, and read a paper page.
December 2020
The San Juan Silver Stage has always been known as your go-to source for what’s happening around our region. Today, we may not be able to physically travel to all the events, but we can attend live-streamed. Galleries and theaters may be closed, but we can visit via Social Media Posts. It’s a whole new world of A&E, and were proud to be able to share all the information you need from just one source—us! Below, some of the current highlights. To see more, visit our December Arts & Entertainment Page.
Fri. Dec. 4th
Roaring 2020 Gala and Auction
Benefitting Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center
Auction and entertainment will be livestreamed from KVNF
Montrose
Sat,, Dec. 5. Last Day
MCA Art Auction Fundraiser
Montrose Center for the Arts. Gallery & Gift Shop open through December 31st. Open Tue. – Sat., 1 am – 4 pm. 11 S. Park Ave., Montrose CO. mx4arts.com
Sat., December 11
Fundraiser for the Montrose Center for the Arts
FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT! with Nick Carozza. Live on Facebook, December 12th at 7:30PM. RSVP here !
https://www.facebook.com/events/993299821080224/
When the City Went Quiet
Children Coping With Corona
By Solina Adelson-Journey
Written by a school principal and young mother, and told through the eyes of a second-grader experiencing changes caused by the coronavirus. When the City Went Quiet is the story about a child’s emotional experience with COVID-19 and the lessons she learned about supporting her community beyond herself. Beautifully illustrated with coping suggestions at the end. From San Juan Publishing.
A must-read for teachers, parents, families, children—all of us who are struggling with how to deal with changes caused by the Corona Virus.
[Visit author’s website. Buy the book.]
Today’s Education – A Technical Enterprise
Hybrid Learning Systems
Today’s education is a blend of in-person and remote learning. Illustration, Bryce Chismire.
Written by Kathryn R. Burke.
Because of Covid, traditional in-person (or classroom) learning has, by necessity, had to adopt a variety of teaching methods and tools to ensure that education continues uninterrupted. This includes virtual (remote or online) learning, in-person learning, where students may be divided into cohorts (or groups), and various hybrid (blended) systems (alternating between virtual and in-class learning. For teachers, lesson planning becomes a challenge. For students, the new systems is complicated, but easily absorbable. For parents? Especially if they will have to homeschool? Complicated at the very least. The first step is to master the vocabulary. Next is learning how to implement it. [Read more]
Education’s New True
Accepting and mastering change
Illustration, Bryce Chismire.
Written by Kathryn R. Burke. The learning experience for all of us—student or writer, those disseminating information or those absorbing it—has irrevocably changed. Better? Not sure. Quicker? Definitely. Confusing? Absolutely.
Find out how students, educators, and families are learning to deal with the new true in education. [Story]
How Do You Connect?
How Elevate Internet serves local school districts
Illustration, Bryce Chismire
Written by Kathryn R. Burke. To be truly effective, today’s new education model depends on cohesive connectivity within a school system (Wide Area Network) and within each campus that is a part of it (Local Area Network). Learn how this works in Montrose and Delta County Schools.
Time Banking
Written by Cindy Trujillo, Rocky Mountain Time Bank. Time banking is a mode of exchange that lets people swap time and skill instead of money. When you join a Time Bank, you agree to take part in a system that involves earning and spending time credits. [Read more to learn how it works.]
Real Estate News
What is Fueling the Current Hot Sellers Market . . . and Why Buyers are Still Buying?
Graphic, K. Burke
Written by Ninah Hunter. Real Estate Editor. The Pandemic, technology, low interest rates, and a housing inventory shortage all contribute to a hot sellers’ market on Colorado’s Western Slope. Buyers need to be prepared to qualify and buy quickly. [Learn more.]
Colorful Fall in SW Colorado
Photographed by Patty Masker, Ridgway, Colo. For this photo essay of SW Colorado’s spectacular autumn colors, Patty and her husband hiked, biked (motorcycle), and drove from Ridgway, over the Dallas Divide, to Placerville and Telluride. Another scenic venture took them east of Ridgway, to Blue Mesa Lakes and Gunnison. Patty is a 5th generation native of Ouray County and raised a rancher’s daughter. Her love of the country and it’s wild beauty is beautifully conveyed in her photographs. [View images.]
Profile: Susan Baker. Lupita’s Bizarre Bizaar
.
Written by Kathryn R. Burke. Story coming.
Krissy Cole, A Balancing Act
Krissy Cole and Levi Aller at Mother Earth, Montrose.
.
Written by Mavis Bennett. Story coming.
Featured Artist: Cheri Isgreen
Artist, Cheri Isgreen in her studio
.
Written by Kathryn R. Burke. Story coming.
Pets – 2nd Chance is Here to Help
By Kelly Goodin. ” Tri-County Pet Pantry. Low-cost Health & Welness Services. Animal Rescue. Our mission is Connecting Pets, People & Community While Saving Lives. [Read more]
The Power of Pets
By Kelly Goodin. Second Chance Humane Society believes that pets and people live better together. People are turning more than ever to pets for comfort and companionship and to battle anxiety and other emotional responses to our unprecedented and unstable times. [Read Story Here].
Second Chance Memorial Garden
.
Play Video on YouTube
Ridgway, Colo. Interview by Kathryn R. Burke. Video by Karen Prather.
Angels Wings Memorial Garden honors the everlasting bond we share with pets and the wonderful memories we cherish of them Second Chance Humane Society.
Pets – Take your Dog to Work
A positive sign of the changing times is the trend pets joining us in the workplace due to the many benefits this opportunity offers. Benefits to both you and your pet: [read story here].
Community Living Services
High Cost of Social Isolation for the Elderly
.
By Eva Veitch, Region 10 Community Living Services Program Director. Human beings are social creatures; our human connections help us survive and thrive. COVID-19 and the social distancing that has been put in place to protect us have had a huge unintended consequence, hitting the elderly especially hard. Learn how you can help.
Senior Services
Connection Matters
By Sandy Walker, Lead LTC Ombudsman – Region 10. Connection Matters now more than ever. The months of restrictions on visitation in long-term care and the inability of residents, families and friends to be together during the pandemic has emphasized the importance of connection, of relationships, and the impact they have on our well-being. [Read story]
Home for the Holidays
By Eva Veitch. As we prepare to find a way to celebrate the December holidays and kiss 2020 goodbye many of us will find ourselves with empty seats at the table. … Although our older generation has experienced some of these things in the past; none of us has experienced the cumulative magnitude of these things until 2020, let us hope we never do again! … How can we salvage the holidays? I challenge you and your families to reach out to the older adults in your circle and beyond and wrap them in love.
[Read story]
