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El Paso County leaders must act quickly to avoid losing $1.6 million in federal money for removing burned trees from certain areas of Black Forest.

County commissioners have considered the matter since last summer's wildfire destroyed or damage thousands of trees. The burned trees are considered a safety hazard because they can fall suddenly, and also be consumed as fuel by another fire.

The county wants to remove trees from public property along roads and utility lines. Two out-of state specialists, True North and Ceres, have agreed on contracts with the county to assess the number of trees needing removal, and to manage the actual removal.

Commissioners expect a final vote next Tuesday. The county has budgeted nearly $400,000 for burned tree assessment, while the $1.6 million cost of managing the removal would be paid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Commissioners voted on the matter this week, but the vote ended in a 2-2 tie because member Sallie Clark was not present at the meeting.

Kyle Anderson, owner of a tree service business in Colorado Springs, has questions about the county's plan. He said he made an offer to be the county's exclusive burned tree remover, but was turned down.

"We're capable of managing it," Anderson said. "There's no reason to farm it out to somebody that doesn't reside here."

However, Anderson isn't out of the picture yet because FEMA's contract requires that Ceres assigns 85 percent of the tree removal work to "local" subcontractors. The county defines "local" as from Colorado, but Anderson believes it should mean from the county.

Anderson said his concern about the federal government funding a large part of the project is outweighed by what it would mean for his 14 employees.

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By Susan Dunlap - Sun-News Silver City residents Amanda Welford (left) and Lori Reyes were part of the crew of 20 artisans who made the 20,000 tiles Syzygy Tile shipped to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday.

SILVER CITY >> Twenty-one years ago husband and wife team Lee Gruber and David del Junco were driving through Pennsylvania on a pleasure trip when they stopped in Doylestown at the home of Henry Mercer who was an early twentieth-century tile artist. They were so inspired, they learned as much as they could from the ceramicists at the Mercer home, bought some books and started their own tile company here in Silver City.

Now with a crew of 20 artisans, their company, Syzygy Tile, shipped off a box of tiles produced for Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday.

"We're delighted to have the order," Gruber said.

The process to make the tile that will be on display by mid-February in Disney World starts with wet, soft clay, showroom floor manager Patrick Hoskins said.

By Susan Dunlap - Sun-News Lee Gruber, co-owner, along with her husband, David del Junco, started Syzygy Tile in Silver City 21 years ago out of their home.

"We really, really strive for handmade," Hoskins said.

The clay gets shaped through one of three methods, through a cookie-cutter process cutting the tiles into shapes or through pressing out the tile or by extruding the tiles. The tiles that Disney choose were cut into diamond-like shapes.

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Mediterranean style bathroom vanities have a distinctive, slightly exotic style. Antique vanities inspired by French and British designs are more commonly available, but are markedly different in style from their southern neighbors. HomeThangs.com has introduced a guide to this elegant style, as well as a few features to look for.

Victorian style bathroom vanities are practically defined by their floral and scalloped seashell detailing, and many French-inspired antique pieces use similar vines and flowers to accentuate their woodwork. But in a Mediterranean style bathroom, woodwork is bigger, bolder, and oftentimes more abstract, with a more assertive, masculine appearance.

Bold starbursts, and lots of intricate, and geometric detailing are more at home in a Mediterranean style bathroom than subtle florals. Especially in bathrooms with a lot of intricate tile work, the woodwork on the vanity should reflect the geometry of the mosaic tile. Both Moroccan and Turkish inspired bathrooms make use of colorful, starburst patterned tile called zillij, and a bathroom vanity that mimics the pattern can really help ground the design.

Moroccan bathrooms also make extensive use of wooden latticework called jali screens. These can be carved with broad geometric shapes or smaller, more delicate and lace-like detailing, and are used to create screens between spaces, cover windows, or simply decorate the walls or ceiling. Mediterranean bathroom vanities with similar woodwork can be used to supplement or substitute these elaborately carved wood screens.

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That said, many Mediterranean bathrooms tend to emphasize natural building materials, like soft, sandy travertine or even adobe walls. These have a sun-drenched, earthy quality to them that reflects the lush coastal environment of the region. And while many Mediterranean bathrooms have a very posh, sophisticated look, others emphasize a simpler, more old fashioned style that hearkens back to ancient, stone-hewn architecture. For this type of bathroom, look for a much more rustic bathroom vanity made of weathered wood with a distinctive, natural grain.

Finally, while many northern European inspired antiques put a lot of emphasis on intricate metal door and drawer pulls, for a Mediterranean style bathroom, aim for a bathroom vanity that uses wood hardware instead. Again, this is part of emphasizing the more rugged, rustic look of the Mediterranean style, but carved wood pulls (or even simple wooden knobs) also have a nice feel to them that underscores the very tactile element of this type of bathroom.

To see more of this gorgeous Mediterranean style, check out more vanities from James Martin, or read the full article here.

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