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Today we take a mindful look at the Serenity Prayer.

This year's final column reprises a few of the 52 opinions we sent out in '23. Betsy Marston might also have mentioned, but didn't have space, others that resonated, such as Stephen Trimble's moving account of the death of his schizophrenic brother, or Joe Stone's piece on burning sequoia trees, entitled: When giants die, we need to listen.

Today we take a mindful look at our thoughts.

This episode features Paonia resident, communications consultant, and climate advocate Anne Lee Foster. Prior to moving to the Western Slope, Ann Lee was living in Boulder and was the Director of Communications and Community Engagement at Colorado Rising where she served as the ballot initiative proponent and the lead spokesperson for the proposition 112 ballot initiative campaign in 2018. Currently she serves on the board of an organization called Safe & Healthy Colorado. Safe & Healthy Colorado is a grassroots, volunteer-led coalition of Coloradans who are working toward a safer, healthier future. Their new ballot initiative is focused on phasing out new fracking permits in Colorado by 2030.

The Delta County commissioners and county assessor recently performed a third-party audit of the county’s property value assessments. The Paonia Board of Trustees and Town Administrator Stefen Wynn introduced the town's capital improvement plan during the Nov. 14 Paonia Board of Trustees meeting. A dog in Ouray was recently diagnosed with a serious respiratory disease. In Montrose, recent legislation like Proposition 123 is making waves in the housing landscape, aiming to address affordability issues. Next month, the U.S. Department of Interior will release a second report as part of its ongoing investigation into federal Indian boarding schools.

A mountain lion in Montrose recently showed unusually aggressive behavior, and was unresponsive to attempts to scare it away. Another school in our region is closing, again in Mesa County Valley School District. Delta County School District is also facing some challenges, specifically with expiring COVID-19 relief funds. KVNF’s Taya Jae sat down with director, Hamilton Pevec, to discuss his upcoming show in the Rotary of the North Fork Valleys Film Festival, happening at the Paradise Theater in Paonia tonight. It’s nearly time for the 30th annual North Fork Community Christmas Dinner at the Hotchkiss Senior Center on Christmas Day. Each winter, avalanches claim the lives of people who are skiing or riding snow machines in our region.

On this Local Motion, we visit Montrose, where we take a closer look at some efforts being made toward affordable housing. KVNF's Cassie Knust sits down with Jace Hochwalt, the Planning Services Manager for the City of Montrose. Jace delves into his definition of affordable housing as a city planner, some creative solutions he’s learned about, and what the city is doing to tackle this issue impacting communities across the country.

On this week’s Local Motion we hear about several restoration projects on the Uncompahgre and Gunnison Rivers that took place this summer and fall.

Part 2 of an interview with Hotchkiss, Colorado resident Wade Pridgen. Wade is a self described misfit from Florida, he has an extensive background in land surveying for large infrastructure projects and he worked in the oil and gas industry from 2014 to 2021. He is now retired and spends his days living in an RV on his little bit of land with his two dogs. Wade has made it his personal mission "to be a soldier for Mother Earth."

Today we take a mindful look at curiosity.