Warm reception now needs chill
Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, 2519 S. Shields St., No. 115, Fort Collins, CO 80526; 970-484-7756,
That’s cold.
The raptor program got such a terrific response to its recent appeal for spare game meat that now it needs donations for a walk-in freezer. The center, which annually feeds and rehabilitates 260 injured, sick or disabled birds of prey, hopes to collect enough money to buy a commercial freezer found on Craigslist.
Can you hear me now?
HomeAid Colorado, 600 Grant St., Suite 525, Denver, CO 80203; 303-691-0104,
Eliminate call- wasting.
All week long, you can recycle old cellphones by mailing them to the above address to help Colorado’s estimated 15,300 homeless people — 60 percent of them in families. Prepaid FedEx labels are available for 20 or more phones. Proceeds will bolster HomeAid Colorado programs to house individuals and families in crisis.
Butch Cassidy’s YouTube connection
R.V. Robertson, White Mountain Trading Post, intersection of highways 159 and 160, Fort Garland; 719-849-8584, whitemountain-trading
Back when the banks had money.
R.V. Robertson, proprietor of the White Mountain Trading Post, loves telling stories of the Old West. Among his best: the one about a Telluride marshal whose brush with Butch and the Sundance Kid made him a little wealthier after they robbed the local bank. Hear it online at ?v=NgsGyysh_8k.
