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CRAZY TIMES!We will be closed due to the planned power outages. See you Thursday! ... See MoreSee Less

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ICYMI: Spy Source No MoreAfter nearly 51 years of public use, the CIA World Factbook has been discontinued. The CIA (yes, that Central Intelligence Agency) maintained it since 1943 with information and photos from the organization’s intelligence-gatherers who documented the borders, customs, flags, and militaries of the nations of the world first for their own use, then for other government agencies. A free, declassified version was unveiled to the public in 1975, and brought to the internet in 1997. The reference manual helped countless students with their homework. Fans of the World Factbook will now have to gather their global intel from other (less clandestine) sources. If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which nearly everyone could agree.Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies project due tomorrow. Or scanned its list of countries for Latvia, because that is the country you are representing next week in Model U.N. Even better, you wandered the earth in your imagination as you held the physical Factbook in your own hands, unfolding its maps and understanding, perhaps for the first time, that the thumbs-up gesture your friends flash each other is considered an obscene insult in parts of the Middle East, Europe and Argentina.Who knew? The Factbook and its readers did, for more than six decades.Its authors — some of the world’s best intelligence-gatherers, who contributed thousands of their own photos — kept the curated database updated and online for public use at no charge. The reasons stated were geopolitical and philosophical. But since we are talking about facts, it also is true that the Factbook went public in 1975 with lofty statements of purpose at a time when Congress was revealing abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA. ... See MoreSee Less

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Rock Art ToursLocated on the eastern edge of the Uncompahgre Plateau, near the city of Montrose, lies the Shavano Valley Rock Art Site. As one of the state’s most important concentrations of rock art, the panels in this area have been studied and documented for more than a century. In 2001, the site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Curious to learn more? Join us for a new season of Shavano tours! Conducted by trained Shavano Valley petroglyph docents, tours are organized through History Colorado’s Ute Indian Museum. Come and spend a gorgeous Sunday evening taking in this incredible site and learning about the people who called this area home. These popular tours book up quickly, so contact the Ute Indian Museum and reserve your spot today! ... See MoreSee Less

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