Plaindealer Staff Report

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The Ridgway Chautauqua Society, operators of the Sherbino Theater, have announced that their goal of raising $25,000 by the end of 2012 has been met and exceeded. A Ridgway resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, will provide $25,000 in matching funds, for a total of $50,000 raised in the 60-day fundraising period. The funds will help the Sherbino Theater complete its renovation plans and continue on its path toward the purchase of Ridgway’s Community Theater.
Pat Willits, Chair of the Ridgway Chautauqua Society, said, “Thanks to everyone
who donated. It has been truly a community–wide effort. Meeting this recent challenge/match gives us the financial wherewithal to take more giant steps towards completing the

by Mary Pat Haddock
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When Dr. David Sherwood first saw Ridgway while backpacking across the state in 1988, he looked out over the valley and thought, “this is it.” When Sherwood was offered the opportunity a few years later to practice medicine in Ridgway, he describes the decision as “a no brainer.” Sherwood now says he “can’t imagine practicing medicine anywhere else.”

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Special to the Plaindealer
The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board awarded the Town of Ridgway, working with the Ridgway School District, a $45,000 GOCO/Lottery grant to renovate the Ridgway Secondary School's soccer field.

Jessi Marlatt

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A group of citizens from Ridgway, Ouray, Montrose and surrounding areas concerned with sustainability and providing local sustenance piled into the seats on the back of a Switzerland of America tour truck on Sunday, Sept. 16 for the annual farm tour. This year the tour, organized by Susan Maybach and Wayne Pandorf of the Transition OurWay Agriculture Group (TAG), focused on commercial farms in the area as well as resource management, sustainability and high altitude farming. The group toured a livestock operation, greenhouses and gardens during the day trip that took the form of a modern technology hay-ride; some women wore large brimmed hats for sun protection that were lifted from their heads by the wind as the open air vehicle transported town and country folk from farm to farm.
The journey began up the Log Hill escarpment, where a cattle drive stopped the tour. The cattle belonged to Kristy Orvis, who transfers them from their summer grazing each year down the side of the mesa, through the town of Ridgway and to the family property south of town.