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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 23-26, 2018 Continued from A-16 Mountain Town Reservoir and in turn provides water for roughly a quarter of Colorado’s 5.6 million residents. Last year it committed $16.5 million for the next five years to match those of the state and national forest agencies for work in Summit County and in the nearby Winter Park area, another source of Denver’s water. Rain arrived over the weekend to dampen fire risk. But before it did, many people were on edge. “Pray for some not so nice days with some good rain,” wrote Mark Reaman in the Crested Butte (Colo.) Times. In Telluride, it was the same. “The forest floor crackles underfoot, and the Valley Floor is browner than it is green,” said the Telluride Daily Planet. “It is often the first subject of conversation when people meet on the streets. Sometimes the clouds roll in, but so far, they’ve been stingy with the rain.” Is cannabis more like alcohol or tobacco? Banff sets rules BANFF, Alberta – Should public smoking and vaping of cannabis be treated like alcohol or tobacco? Alberta has not yet legalized marijuana use but is expected to soon do so. In Banff and other local jurisdictions, elected officials are deciding the terms of use. Banff’s council has been persuaded it should be treated more like alcohol. It cannot be used in public places; consumption is restricted to private residences and properties. Alison Gerrits, Banff’s community services director, said cannabis has elements similar to alcohol, in that it affects cognitive functioning, However, it is similar to tobacco in that it has odors but also can have second-hand smoke exposure. “We don’t allow alcohol to be consumed in the public realm, so it makes sense that the same would be true for a substance that does, in essence, have the The Park Record same type of impact on cognitive ability,” she said at a meeting covered by the Rocky Mountain Outlook. Les Hagen, who directs Action on Smoking and Health, said any restrictions on cannabis use can also be easily justified for tobacco use. This is especially true, he said, if the main goal is to protect children and youth from harmful substances “For a 5-year-old, smoking is smoking, whether it involves vaping or cigars or cigarettes or what have you,” he told the elected officials. “Modeling is a very essential element to childhood development, and if we can model healthy behavior to kids, we’re more likely to get healthy kids.” The Outlook points out that those U.S. states that have allowed use of cannabis still do not allow public consumption. from trash. The former is composted, the latter is shipped to a landfill along the Columbia River several hundred miles away. Taxes on Amazon sales swell treasury of Aspen ASPEN, Colo. – In January, people making purchases in Aspen from Amazon have been paying the city sales tax under an agreement with the online marketplace. The Aspen Daily News says there’s no way to say absolutely, but it looks like the added tax is producing significant revenue for the town. Such sales would fall under the “miscellaneous” category of the city’s tax reports, and those through April were up 30 percent, an increase of around $4 million. Construction worker dies in trench in Colorado town GRANBY, Colo. – Construction sites can be dangerous, especially in trenches. A trench collapsed at a condominium project in Granby, killing a worker. No details were available about the circumstances. Another trench cave-in claimed a life in Granby in the mid-1990s, remembers Patrick Brower, former editor of the Sky-Hi News. Whistler has new program for sort-of plastic recycling WHISTLER, Colo. – Ziplock bags, the packaging for cheese and deli-meats, and other plastic has been headed toward the landfills from Whistler and other locations in British Columbia. But a new program to be in place by the end of 2018 will collect these smaller plastic items, sometimes called other flexible packaging. Officials tell Whistler’s Pique newsmagazine that the items won’t necessarily be recycled. Instead, in this pilot project, much of it will be used for other purposes, including fuel for cement kilns. Whistler, while it has not taken the action against plastic bags of many ski towns, has a more aggressive policy that requires organic materials to be separated Another courthouse remodel adds new security and X-rays ASPEN, Calif. – Pitkin County’s historic courthouse, first opened in 1891, is getting a $3 million to $5 million update. Some offices are migrating to other locations, and the courthouse, which currently has two courtrooms, will have a third. But it will also have less public access. After the remodel there will be just one door available for the public to enter, and visitors will have to submit their belongings to be examined by an X-ray machine, as has become so common in judicial buildings, state capitals, and even some city buildings around the country in recent years. One small solution to the summer housing crunch JACKSON, Wyo. – It’s hardly the full answer to the housing pinch in Jackson. Hole. By allowing camping behind the community recreation center, housing is provided for a dozen town or county employees in Jackson over the summer who would otherwise be driving long commutes from towns in Idaho or perhaps crowding into already crowded forest campgrounds. Those camping on the community land have to shower in the rec center and must share a portable toilet in the parking lot. But in old trailers loaned by parents or grandparents, the 90-day wonders, as the Jackson Hole News&Guide describes them, are getting by – and pleasantly so. 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