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By most economic analyticalstandards, a modern coal miner cre-ates about four other jobs, but thereare a number of people close to thecoal mining industry who say thatfigure is likely low.

Coal mining is a mainstay of thelocal economy and those directly in-volved in coal mining say it is timethe public understood just how im-portant the mines are to Coloradoand to the nation.

More than just mining jobs

“Look at just our suppliers, theroof bolts, the rock dust, the fuel, Imean it’s unreal the amount of peo-ple this affects,” commented oneminer during a recent training exer-cise at Arch Coal’s West Elk Mine.And he is not alone. Up and downthe streets of Paonia and in therestaurants and grocery stores ofHotchkiss, nearly everyone has anopinion as to how much the threeNorth Fork mines mean to the localeconomy.

Wilma Erven is very ex-cited about the conceptualplan to design a visitor’scenter as a part of the alter-native truck route throughDelta.

Erven presented theconceptual plan to the at-tendees of the municipalquarterly meeting with theassistance of Kelli Heplerfrom the Delta TourismBoard.

“We had been planningon a visitor center up nearPaonia, but that visitor’s

center project did not cometo fruition. We knew thatthe truck route project inDelta was underway, andwe had $220,000 in a CDOTenhancement grant. Wethen got an additional$108,000 and we stillwanted to keep that moneyin a Delta County project,”said Hepler.

According to Erven,there are several entities inaddition to the DeltaCounty Tourism Board thatare interested in the visitorcenter project along Conflu-ence Drive.

“A national organizationthat we are not able to iden-tify at this time has donatedall the archery equipmentfor our indoor archery facil-ity that is planned for thisproject. Colorado CanyonsAssociation has also ex-pressed some interest inthis project because Delta isa central location in closeproximity to the BlackCanyon, DominguezCanyon and EscalanteCanyon,” Helper said.

One or two paid staffwill staff the proposed visi-tor center, and volunteers

will be utilized to the fullestextent possible.

“BLM has offered to as-sist us as well since they areinterested in promotingpublic lands in this area. Wehope that people from eachcommunity will want tovolunteer and bring the ex-pertise of knowledge fromtheir community to the vis-itors,” said Erven.

Along with improvedand increased parking forcars, RV’s and heavytrucks, RV dump sites, and

Pizza and beer to topoff a round of golf...See Page 8

Celebrate the Beat...See 2

Transportationprovider lacks funds ...See Page 3

New dining opportunity ...See Page 18

Is a set back actually amove forward? ...See Page 9

As always, we havethe best ...See Pages 19, 20 & 21

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Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 2Delta County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 3Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4Delta County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 5Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 6Cedaredge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 7Cedaredge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 8Orchard City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 10Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 11Paonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 12Paonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 13Sporlight on Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 14-15Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 16-17Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 18Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 19-21Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 23Police Blotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 23Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 24Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 25Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 25-27Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 28Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 29Business Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 30-31Cedaredge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 32

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Steam rises from the coal being extracted from the Elk Creek Mine in Somerset. The mine has aprojected life of about 6 more years. Oxbow has recently begun the process to explore for coal inthe Oak Mesa area.

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For the past several weeks we have spent a consid-erable amount of time getting to know the people as-sociated with the mines in the North Fork. We havealso spent much time meeting and talking to businesspeople and various governmental officials.

We have to admit that we, like so many others,have made some wrong assumptions regarding min-ing in Delta County and the surrounding communi-ties. We have come to realize just how important thethree mining operations carried out by Oxbow, ArchCoal and Bowie Resources are to the nation as a whole.

We have always been vocal in our support of thesemines. That has not changed. If anything, we havestrengthened our endorsement. It is high time that oth-ers start paying attention to some of the facts we arenow so aware of.

First of all, we have many government officials, in-cluding the current resident of the White House, whoseem to believe that all fossil fuels are bad and needto go away by next week. They make their argumentsbased on things that are just not possible. While coal,oil and gas may have replacements in the future, thefuture is not here yet and we must sustain our effortsto use the resources available to us.

If we were to advocate the stopping of all researchto replace current energy sources with other technol-ogy we would be placing ourselves in the same cate-gory as those who fight every effort to mine for coalor drill for oil. Of course we want the search to con-tinue, but we also think people need to realize thatshutting down coal mines and placing politically mo-tivated moratoriums on drilling is doing nothing morethan stifling our economy and placing us at the mercyof foreign countries.

On a local basis, we suggest that everyone do whatwe did. Talk to the shopkeeper and the grocery storeowners. Ask them how much of their business de-pends on the nearly 1,000 families directly associatedwith mining in the North Fork. Ask them if they cansustain their families if those mining families are sud-denly without jobs.

Our informal surveys resulted in facts too abun-dant to include in one news story. While those surveysare far from scientific, we have to believe those results,which indicate that about 80 percent of the miners arealso avid outdoor and sports enthusiasts. That meansthey buy hunting and fishing licenses, boat licensesand camping permits.

We have to believe that more than 50 percent ofthose we talked to go out to dinner more than once perweek, and have purchased at least one major appli-ance or expensive electronic gadget within the lastyear, mostly from dealers in Delta, Montrose or GrandJunction. More than 40 percent of our contacts reportthat they have at least one vehicle that is less than fiveyears old and most have at least three vehicles.

In the coming months there will be public commentperiods, lawsuits and heated arguments related to thepossibility that a new mining operations could beginon Oak Mesa. Some of the arguments against that op-eration will likely come from those who really are ad-versely impacted. But more will come from peoplewho just do not like mining, oil or anything associatedwith it.

The residents of Delta County must start makingsome decisions now. We maintain that today’scoalmining can be done, and is being done, in a safe,environmentally sound way. We encourage people toget involved and not allow outside groups the oppor-tunity to dictate what happens.

Mountain Valley News May 18, 2011

Editorial LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Decisions must bemade now

Dear Editor:

It is interesting to seehow one small seed canproduce the mighty oak.

Back in 2008, the PHSClass of 1958 presented a$500 scholarship to one ofthe 2008 PHS graduates inorder to recognize the ac-complishments of this highperforming individual.After the presentation rep-resentatives of the class of1958 challenged our class of1959 to follow suit in thisscholarship award commit-ment.

Well, our class represen-tatives evaluated this chal-lenge as they planned our50th reunion and they de-cided to accept the chal-lenge with a slightmodification: We had lostseveral classmates over theyears – one just that year –so we decided to designateour scholarship as a“memorial scholarship” intheir honor.

The response to our re-quest for scholarship fund-ing was unbelievable. Wepresented not one, but two,scholarship awards the first

year; not $500 each, but$1,000 each, that first year.Our class has now pre-sented a total of $5,500 tothe six individuals awardedthe “Prestigious Class of1959 PHS Memorial Schol-arship Award.”

As an aside, our classwas generally consideredone of those renegadeclasses, but we’ve alwaysloved each other, our com-munity, and our teachers.Some of our teachers mayhave wondered whetherany of us would haveamounted to much, butthanks to them, most of ushave done pretty well.Now, we want to givesomething back and at thesame time remember andhonor our deceased class-

mates. We have continued the

scholarship challenge, butto date not one class has ac-cepted. Imagine if all the re-union classes gave just one$500 scholarship and thencontinued the awardthrough the years. We hada small class of 46 graduatesand we have lost 10. Wewill stay committed as longas we can. Anyone else?

Here’s a new idea: ifeach alumnus gave up onelarge pizza a year and weestablished one combinedPHS Alumni memorialscholarship fund, what agreat gift we could giveeach year.

Marcia (Robl) LittlejohnPHS ‘59

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DELTA COUNTY

May 18, 2011 Mountain Valley News

Senior citizens, disabledpeople and low-incomefamilies depend on AllPoints Transit to get them todoctor’s appointments, gro-cery stores and to work inDelta and Montrose coun-ties. With ever-shrinkingbudgets statewide and lo-cally, the low or no costtransportation service isstruggling to make endsmeet. The projected deficitfor 2011 is about $2,460.

In a presentation at themunicipal quarterly meet-ing, where many local gov-ernment leaders gettogether to share informa-tion, executive director TerriWilcox told attendees that

increasing fuel costs isdraining the already smallbudget for her organization.

Although the majority ofthe funding comes fromgrants and public tax dol-lars that are funneledthrough a plethora of stateand federal agencies, andcontracts with local hospi-tals, mental health organiza-tions, churches and localgovernments, there is still aneed for additional funding.

Currently, the actual op-erating cost per trip is be-tween $8 and $15 per rider.Since the program is publi-cally funded and structuredas a free service for seniorcitizens and the disabled,there can be no fee charged,only a request that thosepeople make a donation.

The current donation is 41cents per trip, per rider.

For low income workersunder the age of 60 who optto take All Points Transit,there is a nominal fee of $5required.

“What we need is tohave more low income peo-ple using the service to getto work,” said Wilcox.

“We have had to reducesome services this year interms of cutting some tripsout that we were making.The high cost of fuel is whatis hurting us the most rightnow,” she said.

Don Suppes, who is onthe All Points Transit boardsaid, “I think we need to getour transportation task forcetogether and have somehard conversations about

senior transportation.”Susan Hanson, the ad-

ministrator for DeltaCounty said, “In the past wehave talked about a use taxfor vehicles that were pur-chased out of the county.”

Paonia mayor NealSchwieterman said, “Thelast time we tried to pass ause tax it failed horribly, butit is so hard for towns likeours to come up with themoney to fund this program(in our line item budget).”

“There are people thatthink that we should cut theshopping and other non-

medical services out of theprogram because they arenot seen as a necessary serv-ice. We believe that thosetrips are necessary to peoplewho use these services,”said Wilcox in a recent tele-phone interview.

“I think that there are alot of people who don’t real-ize that we can offer rides topeople who are low income,who may not have a dri-ver’s license for whateverreason, or who may nothave a car. These people arepeople that we can help getto work,” said Wilcox.

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EDUCATION


The Delta County SchoolBoard unanimously ap-proved the 2011-12 schoolcalendar at its May 12 meet-ing, including the imple-mentation of five earlyrelease days.

Typically the board ap-proves calendars for threeyears at a time, but due to

budget issues, and since thisyear is the pilot programyear for early release, onlythe 2011-12 calendar was ap-proved.

Early release days willtake the place of late startdays, which were imple-mented four years ago. Stu-dents will be releasedbetween 12:45-1 p.m. onSept. 14, Oct. 5, Nov. 9,

March 12, 2012, and May 12,2012.

The early release dayswill allow teachers through-out the district to spendthose five afternoons to-gether to focus on creating adistrict-wide curriculum.

Buses will run early onthose days to take kidshome. An option like studyhall, monitored by aides, willbe available for those stu-dents who need to stay atschool.

Many parents, like CassieByers of Delta, like early re-lease better than late start.“Getting children into a con-sistent routine in the morn-ing is way more difficultthan releasing them early,”she said. “And this is alsomore convenient for mostparents I know.”

Others, like Lisa Wilcox,also of Delta, are neutral onthe idea. A single mother,Wilcox works five days aweek from 8:30 a.m.– 5 p.m.,so either option will forceher to either leave work orfind child care for her youngdaughter.

Students will be in schoolfor 168 days next year.School starts Aug. 22 andends May 23. A copy of thecalendar can be printed off atdeltaschools.com.

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Olathe High School senior Ryan Pridy says the mostvaluable life lesson he has learned is perseverance. Heexplains, “I’m not the smartest person but with perse-verance I can get good grades, and in sports it will comeout on the field or on the mat.”

Pridy has participated in football for three years andwrestling for four years. He was a wide receiver for the2010 state champion Pirates and received academic allstate honorable mention recognition.

Being a member of the state champion team is one ofhis proudest moments. “It was a close game and whenwe realized we were going to win, the adrenaline rushwas amazing. It was a lot of fun to see how proud wemade our parents and the fans,” says Pridy.

While he has grown up in the Olathe, this was his firstyear attending OHS. He was previously home schooledand attended the Christian school in Olathe. His favoritething about OHS has been meeting new people. Pridyadmits the transition was difficult at first but it helpedthat he knew a lot of people from sports and several ofhis cousins, aunts and uncles have attended OHS.

His advice to fellow home school students is, “Watchother students to see what is expected. Pay attention tothe flow of the day and how things run. Everyone atOHS is very friendly and willing to help, both the staffand the students,” he says.

He credits football with teaching him how to workwith a team. From wrestling he has learned work ethic,determination and the ability to push beyond what hehought he had. “Sports have taught me to always keepworking hard for what you want, no matter how diffi-cult or pointless at times it may seem, because with hardwork you will end up achieving your goals,” says Pridy.

Attending OHS stretched Pridy and got him out ofhis comfort zone. He believes that is a good thing.“When I first got here I was extremely shy and didn’t talkto anybody. In senior seminar I had to speak in front ofthe class and froze up. Now, I am more outgoing. Itwould have been a lot harder for me to talk to you at thebeginning of the year,” he said.

Secretary Karen Northrup says, “Ryan has grown alot through the year. He is a great kid. He has a goodsense of humor, has true integrity and is a kind person.He has done a lot of community service and is alwayswilling to jump in and help with anything.”

Pridy is currently taking EMT classes at the DeltaMontrose Technical College that will continue past grad-uation, then he plans to attend electrical lineman collegein Idaho.

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DELTA COUNTY


Representatives from thecounty and each municipal-ity looking to fund variousprojects heard some sober-ing, but likely not surpris-ing, information at thequarterly municipal meet-ing on May 11 when ReevesBrown, the executive direc-tor of DOLA, told them notto get their hopes up, atleast this year.

“There is no money,” hesaid. “That is that. I wish Ihad better news for you, butI don’t.”

DOLA will not havefunds to administer throughgrants until late 2012,Brown said. The State ofColorado had to trim over$1 billion from the budget,and the $70 million DOLAwas anticipating was fun-neled to the general fund.

“Everybody gave bloodon this,” Brown said aboutbalancing the state’s budget.“K-12 [education] did,DOLA did, everybody.Every department in theState of Colorado gaveblood to this.”

A silver lining to DOLAnot being able to fund localprojects is that DOLA repre-sentatives will still interfacewith and work with localgovernments, Brown said,through relationship build-ing and technical support.“The best thing that DOLAdoes is not hand outmoney,” he said. “Where weshine, where we make a dif-ference, is in communitieslike Delta County where wecan work in the community.That is DOLA’s strength.”

Pattie Snidow, the north-west area director for USDARural Development, echoed

Brown’s painful news. “Weexpect all funding to behighly competitive,” shesaid.

She said local govern-ments and non-profits thatapply for funding throughthe Community FacilitiesProgram will have a greaterchance of receiving funds iftheir project fits into one ofthe Rural Development’sinitiatives, including li-braries, early childhood ed-ucation, Know Your Farmer,Know Your Food or healthand safety. “Applicationsthat lean in this direction ormeet these criteria will havebetter funding opportuni-ties,” she said.

“But as far as everythingelse, we are in the sameboat. We do a lot of projects.We anticipate doing a lotmore, but we don’t know atwhat level of funding. We’ll

wait for the 2012 budget.”Most recently, her office

helped Hospice & PalliativeCare of Western Coloradowith a loan and grant for thecompany’s new office in

Delta, helped the HotchkissFire Protection District pur-chase new trucks, andhelped fund the Alta Vistafarm worker housing devel-opment in Delta.

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RECREATION


Last week the Division ofWildlife announced thatthey had finally received thenecessary property to com-plete the Tomichi CreekState Wildlife Area, which isjust east of Gunnison.

I first mentioned the de-velopment of this propertyin this column in March2004. At that time Dick Brat-ton and Tom Bradburyagreed to sell a great pieceof property to the Bureau ofReclamation. The propertyis a stretch of land east of

Gunnison where TomichiCreek meanders throughthe land like a ribbon of silk.It is a great brown trouthabitat.

I was allowed to fishsome portions of TomichiCreek when I was ateenager, and the thought ofbeing allowed back on sucha great stretch of waterelated me, but it seemed likeit was taking forever tocomplete the deal and getthat much sought after ac-cess.

In a process which onlygovernment entities can de-velop, the property had tobe sold to BuRec, and thentransferred to the DOW. It isall part of a mandate that ismore than 40 years old, andrequired that BuRec miti-gate lost river and streamfishing access that cameabout with the constructionof Blue Mesa, Morrow Pointand Crystal dams. Thetransfer of the Bratton andBradbury property cameabout on April 1 of this year,but in November 2009, theDOW purchased another210 acres from a privateland owner, adding to theplanned wildlife area and afuture southwest regionaloffice complex.

Tomichi is a Ute name,which I have been toldmeans “good winteringgrounds.” Having grownup in this area and knowingwhat the winters near Gun-nison are like, I am not surewhy any man or animalwould winter there, but Iknow some really toughpeople who do, and I am ex-cited once again about beingable to fish in the Tomichi.

The creek begins its lifein the Tomichi Valley, at thetop of which is the old townsite of Tomichi, formerlyknown as Argenta. Thecreek runs roughly parallelto the Continental Divideand crosses Highway 50near the town of Sergeants

at the base of Monarch Pass.It then crooks and winds insome places to the pointwhere it almost flows backon itself down into the townof Gunnison, where it joinsthe Gunnison River. A littleover four miles of this runwill be open to public fish-ing in the near future. Thispromises to be a wonderfulfishery, especially for thoseof us who like to sneak upon small streams with a flyrod. Its meandering flow issuch that it is usually notnecessary to wade out intothe water to get a good pres-entation and it is a greatstream to fish with a part-ner, one on each side of thecreek.

And there is even moregood news. This acquisitionalso includes some primesage grouse habitat, whichties to other conservationeasements with similarhabitat. The Gunnison SageGrouse, while not yet listedas Endangered, is on thebrink of that designation.This purchase will certainlyhelp keep that from hap-pening. I have also seen nu-merous sand hill cranes andeagles near the property.You can bet I will be amongthe first to take advantage ofa good thing.

So, that fishing trip Iplanned back in 2004 is backon the calendar, assuming itdoesn’t take me anothereight years to get there, Iwill let you know how it is.

Tomichi Creek begins high above Gunnison, near the town site of Tomichi, formerly known as Argenta. It provides water forsome of the most lush hay fields in the country as it meanders towards Gunnison.

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CEDAREDGE


Aspen Trails camp-ground above Cedaredgehas new proprietors as ofMarch. Although there isnew ownership, not much isgoing to change, at least forthe first year.

Jackie Emhof, NancyO’Conner and Steve Valen-zuela have all been friendsfor years, and although theylived in different parts of thecounty, came together to ful-fill their individual dreamsof being business owners.

Emhof was working inNorth Carolina, and O’Con-ner and Valenzuela wereworking in Las Vegas whenthey decided that they wereready to start looking for theperfect business.

According to Emhof,they started looking on theInternet for opportunities.They located several busi-nesses they wanted to take acloser look at, and after eachone, decided the business

may have been great butthey just didn’t want to livewhere the business was lo-cated.

When they came toCedaredge to look at AspenTrails, they knew immedi-ately that they had foundwhat they were looking for.

“We all have motorcyclesand ride, and when weheard about the SerenityRun, we just knew this iswhere we belonged,” saidEmhof.

According to Emhof,they wanted a business thatthey could run between thethree of them.

“We are not going tochange anything, at leastuntil after the first year.Tony had a lot of greatthings here, and peopleseemed to like what he hadto offer them. We don’twant to change any of thatuntil we have some time tosee what we might be ableto add that people want,”said Emhof.

“I have a background inbusiness, Steve has a back-ground in landscape, andNancy has worked in thepublic sector for manyyears. Between us, we feelthat we have the experiencewe need to make this a greatplace for people to comeand relax, have a good time,and of course, there is theice cream that is so much indemand locally,” said

Emhof.“We met with the com-

mittee from Serenity Runlast week and have decidedthat we will hold the gameshere this year. We are reallylooking forward to hostingthis event,” said Emhof.

Larry and MichelleSmith from Grand Junctionpulled up in the parking lotrecently. “We heard thatthere are new owners here,

and we wanted to stop byand say hello. We stop hereoften during the summer,and want to make sure thatthe ice cream is still on themenu,” said Michelle.

Aspen Trails will be openevery day but Wednesdayfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Duringthe summer months theywill be open for more ex-tended hours during the af-ternoon.

Aspen Trails openunder new ownership

Jackie Emhof pours coffee for her new customers at Aspen Trails. Emhof and partners purchased Aspen Trails in March, andare looking forward to meeting and serving their new friends in Cedaredge.


Cedaredge trustees sitdown monthly to discussmeeting agenda items in awork session the week priorto the regular meeting of theboard of trustees. Althoughno decisions are made at awork session, trustees usethis time to discuss in detailthe issues on the agenda.

On May 12, work sessionagenda items primarily per-tained to funding for sew-ers, streets and the DeerCreek Village Golf Course.

According to publicworks director DavidSmith, the state is in theprocess of determining reg-ulations for levels of efflu-ent waste discharge limits,and Cedaredge needs to beplanning for those upcom-ing changes in regulations.

Along with those regula-tory changes, the Town ofCedaredge is also facing theneed for increased sewer ca-

pacity and/or a new facility.Trustees established a

new fee schedule in No-vember 2010 to start build-ing a fund to finance facilityupgrades. At that time thebase sewer rate was $13 permonth. As of July 2012, thatrate will have increased in-crementally over an 18-month period to $22 permonth.

When the new fees wereimplemented, town admin-istrator Katie Sickles toldtrustees that in order to suc-cessfully write a grant forfunding the sewer rateswould have to be at least ashigh as the state average.This was partly the reasonfor the increase.

Smith asked trustees toapprove a $14,500 unbud-geted expenditure so that hecould hire an engineeringfirm to plan and provide aconceptual design for sewer

Sewers, streets, and golf course funding topic of work sessionBy Lindy J. Gwinn


Cedaredge Trustees are researching new ways to fund the Deer Creek Municipal Golf Course in a long term planning strat-egy. Ideas range from new tax districts, increased sales tax, and recreation district options, all of which would have to beapproved by voters to implement.

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CEDAREDGE


Gayle Smeltzer is a verybusy lady while her hus-band Curtis is in Los Ange-les attending pizza schoolthis week.

Curtis and Gayle haveleased the restaurant spaceat the Deer Creek GolfCourse, and are in theprocess of remodeling theentire space, hiring staff andordering all the specialequipment they will needfor their upscale pizzeria.

Wildfire Pizzeria andWine Bar is serving a lim-ited menu as of May 1. Thebar area remodel is com-plete and is open. The newespresso machine has justarrived. People can come inand get a great sandwichafter a round of golf or justto come in and get to knowCurtis, Gayle and their staff.

According to Gayle, theyhope to have the entirerestaurant open for businessthe first week in June. “Wehave hired a chef from avery busy establishment inBlackhawk. We want thevery best people workingwith us,” said Gayle.

Locke Construction washired to do the interior re-modeling. “Tate and hiscrew have been so helpful.They have offered us sev-eral ideas that will enhanceour customers’ comfort and

dining experience,” shesaid.

Smeltzer and her staffprepared their first largemeals for tournaments lastweekend. “We had a ladiestournament and the Rotarytournament last week. Weserved 40 for the ladies and80 for the Rotary. I canhardly wait until we areable to get all the construc-tion done and have thewhole place open. I thinkthat it is going to be lots offun,” said Gayle.

“The idea is that therestaurant is a place thatpeople want to be, some-thing special but affordable.Everything that we aredoing here, we are keepingthat in mind,” she said.

The second phase of theconstruction is the mainseating area around thewood fired pizza oven. Theoven is centered in the roomand a large eating bar is con-structed around the walloven that was importedfrom Italy.

People will be able to seetheir pizza being made,watch the fire, eat and so-cialize at the same time.“This will be a great placefor a date night. I hope thatit is a place that people justwant to be, whether theygolf or not. We want this tobe a place for everyone inthe community, and a placethat draws people fromother communities,” Gaylesaid.

With all the remodelingthat has already occurred at

the restaurant, it’s hard tobelieve that this is the samebuilding. The sharp squareddoors are now lovely arch-ways, muted earth tonescover the walls and a beau-tiful wood bar showcasesthe center of the cocktailarea.

According to theSmeltzers, there will be aroom available for privateparties, business gatheringsand meeting that will bepartitioned off by a glass en-closure when being used,and open to public seatingwhen it is not being utilizedfor private use.

“We don’t want anyoneto feel like they are beingseated in the basement or ina corner. The idea is that nomatter where people are inthis restaurant, they can seeand experience what isgoing on, and still have pri-vacy,” said Gayle.

“The town staff has beenso great in helping us getthis done as quickly as pos-sible. There is a group ofpeople that have already de-cided this is where theywant to drink their coffeeand have a muffin for break-fast,” laughed Gayle.

Wildfire Pizzeria serving limited menu at golf course

Gayle Smeltzer and Joleen Becher tend bar at Wildfire Pizzeria at Deer Creek Golf Course. Wildfire Pizzeria opened with alimited menu on May 1, and is planning on being open for the full menu the first week of June.


upgrades in March.In May, Smith needs trustees to

approve another $8,400 that is notbudgeted for expenditures related tothe planning and data needed to planfor the state’s new regulations con-cerning effluent discharge.

Sickles told trustees that shewanted them to appropriate unbud-geted money to hire a grant writer toassist the town in writing grants forspecific projects for which the townis seeking funding.

“We found out at a meeting earlierthis week that DOLA (Department ofLocal Affairs), is not going to releaseany grant funding until late 2012, andour bond money has to be utilized byNovember 2012 for the major streetimprovements project. We also arelooking for grant funding for thecommunity center project, and im-

provements at High Country Park,”said Sickles.

Sickles said that she could noteven look at anyone for that positionuntil there was some money set asideto hire someone to help with grants.She is asking for $7,500 to be appro-priated so that she can start lookingfor grant

Sickles also brought informationto the work session about the possi-bility of outsourcing the monthlybilling to water and sewer customers.She told them that Advanced Infor-mation Systems has provided infor-mation and a cost for billingCedaredge customers. The cost of theservice would be $4,400. AIS pro-vides a full-page bill rather than thepostcard size bill and informationcould be added to the bill. In addi-tion, there would be more room onthe bill to show, in detail, the item-ized costs.

Trustees Clayton Ryan and NancySturgill said they would rather look

at something like this in the budgetfor 2012 and not for 2011.

As a continuum from lastmonth’s business of looking at longterm funding prospects for DeerCreek Village Golf Course, trusteeswere provided more in depth infor-mation about funding options.

The options that the trustees weremost interested in gathering more in-formation about included tax districtoptions, continued subsidy from thegeneral fund, and sales tax increaseoptions.

“We want to make sure that peo-ple understand that this is somethingwe are researching and want to un-derstand the pros and cons about. Weare not near ready to make decisionsabout this, and we know that this is along-term plan. We also want tomake sure that any tax increase willgo to the voters, and only if the voterspass a tax increase, will there be one,”said Mayor Means.

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ORCHARD CITY


The May Orchard Citytrustees’ meeting featured atleast one new face. Oddly, itbelonged to Mayor DonSuppes, who reversed hisoriginal policy and that ofthe previous administrationon mayoral facial hair: heshaved.

Ordinance 2011-03 gen-erated even more discus-sion, partially from thepublic hearing. The ordi-nance reduces the lot set-back from 60 feet from theroad’s center line to 45 feetif the road has more than200 vehicles a day. They areAustin Road, FairviewRoad, Iris Road, NorthRoad, 2100 Road and Vista

Grande. Roads with lesstraffic would have a 35-footsetback. The goal is to relaxrestrictions on construction,especially for smaller lots.

Two citizens spokeagainst the measure. CharlieMarty worried that it wouldreduce line of sight fordriveways and lead to acci-dents. Toni Chatto of theplanning commission,which has opposed themeasure, said a general re-duction was a bad idea; sheprefers individual vari-ances. She also said that asmaller setback would makeit harder to widen roadslater. The trustees disagreedand passed the ordinanceunanimously.

The next major item in-volved electronically paying

water bills. Cheryl Shortgave the presentation forthe town, comparing fourbill-paying services: CivicPlus, Express Bill Pay, Pay-ment Alliance, and PayPal.She recommended CivicPlus, which maintains thetown’s website and usessoftware compatible withwhat the town already has.It also charges little or noth-ing for setup and monthlyuse. However, it only allowscredit-card payments, andTrustee Gale Doudy wantedthe ability to pay from achecking account. Only Ex-press Bill Pay allows that,and its setup fee is $6,675.Doudy suggested checkinginto specialized accountsand services at local banks,and Trustee Jan Gage gaveShort other leads to pursue.

Trustees also voted tostandardize contracts withprivate pipeline companies.The new contract featurestwo major changes: thetown will only read themain meter for the com-pany, not individual meters,and it will bill the pipelinecompany for the totalamount. The new contractwill be phased in as old con-tracts expire.

The town’s quest for amini excavator continues,but now with a price cap:$30,000 including transport.That’s how much MikeMorgan can spend withoutasking for trustee approval,thus enabling him to attendauctions.

In an odd twist, Suppesannounced that there wasno student of the month forMay: no one who met thetown’s standards had beenproposed.

A minor setback may be good newsfor Orchard City property owners

Peggy’s PotpourriA Collection of Recipes, Hints and Thoughts

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It seems some recipes are all-time favorites.This one for a green bean casserole is good.

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

3 packages frozen French-style green beans1 pound mushrooms, sliced1 small onion, grated1/2 cup butter1/4 cup flour1 can cream of mushroom soup3 cups milk3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese2 teaspoons soy sauce1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon Accent1 can French-fried onionsDash of Tabasco

Melt butter in pot; add mushrooms andonion. Cook gently for 5 minutes. Add flourand blend. Add milk and soup and cook,stirring constantly until thick. Add cheese,soy sauce and Tabasco. Simmer until thecheese is melted. Add the cooked anddrained green beans and mix well. Butter acasserole dish. Pour mixture in dish andbake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Removefrom the oven and crumble French-friedonions on top. Bake for 5 or 10 minutesmore, careful not to get onions brown.Hint: A lump of sugar added to water

when cooking greens helps vegetables retaintheir fresh flavor. Vinegar or lemon juice(used sparingly) may have the same effect.

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After months of talk onhow to trim the budget, staffat the school district office isnow preparing a draftbudget for the Delta CountySchool Board, and they’ll doso by working around a $1.9million decrease in fundingfrom last year.

The State of Colorado de-creased funding to DeltaCounty by $1.6 million. Lastyear, the district received$6,479 for each child en-rolled in the district; thisyear, they are getting $6,152.

The loss of funding forthe Backpack program fromDelta County Health andHuman Services, an antici-patedfive-year-average en-rollment decrease, and theloss of funding from other

grants accounts for the re-maining decrease of funds.

An additional $1.1 mil-lion in budget reductions,including the implementa-tion of several measures rec-ommended by the BudgetTask Force, maintenance re-ductions, utility savings, re-tirement savings and othercost-saving measures,leaves about $800,000 whichwill come from the district’sreserves fund.

Budget preparations in-clude the restoration of oneteacher furlough day andsetting aside $300 per stu-dent for a capital reservefund. For the past two years,the board has approvedmoving $400,000 from thefund balance reserve to thebuilding and maintenancefund; that option will be ex-plored after any budgetrescissions.

The first draft of thebudget will be presentedJune 16, but an officialbudget will not be adopted

until this fall after the offi-cial count of students in thedistrict.

The budget discussionwas preceded by a discus-sion on the transportationfee and a debriefing meet-ing of the Budget TaskForce. There seemed to be alittle backtracking on thetransportation fee. Whenthe Budget Task Force ap-proved the fee as its numberone priority, it was esti-mated then to generate$150,000 in revenue to easethe burden on the budget.

However, the same nightthe school board voted toimplement the fee, the Col-orado Department of Edu-cation ruled that districtswere not allowed to chargetransportation fees to anystudent on free or reducedlunch, or, in Delta County’scase, a little more than halfthe total number of stu-dents. The result is that in-stead of the anticipated$150,000, the district will

only see $45,000 generatedby the fee.

Board president BillKehmeier said he thoughtthat had the Budget TaskForce known that, theywouldn’t have prioritizedthe fee as number one. “Ihope in the future we havebetter information comingin,” he told superintendantMike McMillan.

Board member TammySmith said she’s heard con-cern that the same group ofparents is getting hit timeand again with the budgetcrunches. “In hindsight,”she said, “I would not havevoted that way. We’re hit-ting our parents hardenough.”

Board member BobTweedell agreed, but said,“If we cannot get our com-munity to come forward atthe ballot box, we have nochoice” but to increase orimplement fees.

“My feeling is we made adecision last month,”Kehmeier said. “Whether itwas a good decision or abad decision I don’t know.”The board decided to keepthe fee and may revisit theissue next year.

McMillan asked theboard to make a decision onimplementing a fee of $10per child per activity. Thatoption was estimated togenerate $8,175. This activ-ity fee increase will not beimplemented; McMillanand finance director TerryKimber were directed in-stead to find that $8,000 sav-ings elsewhere in thebudget.

Board member CherylHines added that during thenext budget process shewanted to look at raising theteacher salary schedule andlook at having administra-tors serve as substituteteachers, which could savethe district $10,000 in substi-tute teacher salaries, shesaid.

McMillan said theBudget Task Force memberswere not interested in hav-ing a debriefing meeting,but added that he did nottalk to everyone on that taskforce, just a core group.

School district builds budget around $1.9M decrease

Transportation fees were looked at as a way to generate income for the school district. Some backtracking on the fee hassince been done after the Department of Educaiton ruled that districts were not allowed to charge transportation fess to anystudent on free or reduced lunch.

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“We believe that, with the proposed plan, peoplewill be more likely to spend time looking around andgathering information about the recreation activitiesthat are available in Delta County. We have even de-signed a dog run for people so their pets can get out ofthe vehicles while they tour the visitor’s center,” saidErven.

City manager Joe Kerby said, “It is our goal to stoptraffic, then have a facility that will help direct peoplethroughout the county so that each community can seean increase in tourism and benefit from tourism dol-lars.”

Kerby noted that Delta was the recipient of grantmoney that other communities had applied for and felta sense of responsibility to try to assist the other com-munities.

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Jason Loy, an officer withthe Delta Police Depart-ment, will appear in DeltaCounty court today, May 18,at 10:30 a.m., for an advise-ment hearing on chargesafter he left the scene of anaccident in February.

In addition to thatcharge, Loy has beencharged with carelessdriving resulting in bodily

injury and driving withoutinsurance. The chargeswere filed on April 15.

The accident happenedon 25 Mesa Road in DeltaCounty on Feb. 6, but wasnot reported until the fol-lowing day. Loy report-edly returned to his homein Cedaredge where hecalled the Colorado StatePatrol to make the report.

Loy was driving histruck westbound on 25Mesa Road when he drove

off the right side of theroad into a ditch. He thenspun the truck into the leftlane, rolling the vehicletwice for 74 feet. He wasejected. His passenger, JoelMarks of Montrose, sus-tained unknown injuries.

Due to Loy’s workingrelationship with thedeputy district attorney inDelta, D.D.A. Keith Man-delski from GunnisonCounty will handle theprosecution.

Delta P.D. Officer Loy to appear in court todayBy Kami Collins


Nathan Yager pled notguilty by reason of insanityto murder in the second de-gree as an act of domesticviolence in district court onMay 16. Though bond wasset in the case for $250,000,he remains in custody afterthe Jan. 7 slashing death ofhis estranged wife, MelindaTackett Yager.

Yager appeared in courtwith his attorney StephenSchweissing. Judge Charles

Greenacre ordered a mentalevaluation by ColoradoMental Health Institute. Apsychiatrist will evaluateYager to determine if he wasof conscious, sound mindwhen the crime took place.

After a jury trial, if Yageris found not guilty by rea-son of insanity, he will besentenced to a psychiatricinstitution. Court proceed-ings have been halted untilhis mental evaluation canbe done.

He allegedly slashed thethroat of his estranged wife

at her home in Paonia. Herbody was found by a friendnear the railroad tracks onDelta Avenue, where shewas dragged. While he wasfleeing Paonia, Yager calledhis mother in South Dakotaand told her he had killedMelinda. He was arrestedafter turning himself in toauthorities in Montrose.

On the day of her death,the Yagers appeared incourt, where Nathan re-quested a permanent re-straining order againstMelinda and was denied.

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The Delta Police Depart-ment dealt with 46 law in-cidents during the weekthat ended on May 12. Of-ficers issued 19 traffic cita-tions and made six arrests.To date, the department hasarrested 131 individualssince the first of the year.The following is a sum-mary of incidents takenfrom the most recentlyavailable significant activ-ity reports:

May 9 at 6:15 p.m.D11-0810: Brenda B. Mar-quez, 31, of Delta, was issued aticket for alleged violation of aprotection order.

May 10 at 10:30 a.m.D11-0812: Naomi Huff, 23 ofGrand Junction, and JenniferSharkey, 23, of Orchard City,were both issued tickets for al-leged shoplifting.

May 11 at 12:49 p.m.D11-0819: Amberleigh H.Hensley, 30, of Delta, was is-sued a ticket for allegedly al-lowing one adult dog to run atlarge.

May 11 at 6:11 p.m.D11-0823: Ella Rubio, 44, ofDelta, was issued a ticket foralleged complicity to commitviolation of a protection order.

May 13 at 7:56 p.m.D11-0830: Samantha Coslett,19, of Cedaredge, was issued aticket for alleged possession ofless than one ounce of mari-juana and possession of drugparaphernalia.

May 14 at 8:05 a.m.D11-0832: Jessica H. Hamil-ton, 22, of Delta, was arrestedand jailed for alleged DUI, DUIPer Se and weaving (failure to

maintain a single lane oftravel).

May 14 at 11:14 a.m.D11-0834: Nicholas Leon, 25,of Delta, was issued a ticket forallegedly allowing two adultdogs to run at large.

May 14 at 3:43 p.m.D11-0835: Daniel A. Winde-maker, 28, of Delta, was ar-rested and jailed for allegedviolation of a protection order.

May 14 at 4:24 p.m.D11-0836: Craig L. Hicks, 55,of Delta, was arrested andjailed for alleged violation of arestraining order and posses-sion of less than two ounces ofmarijuana.

May 14 at 7:03 p.m.D11-0837: Mary K. Dempsey,40, of Delta, was issued a ticketfor allegedly allowing oneadult dog to run at large.

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Celebrate the Beat, a na-tional dancing program forschool children, is in DeltaCounty again. Last year, theprogram took primarilyfourth graders from severalarea schools and did a trib-ute to the Beatles. This yearthey are doing a free concertas a tribute to Motown. Theevent will be held at theHotchkiss K-8 gym on May25. The Motown tribute willfocus on the music, cultureand history of Detroit,Mich., in the 1960s, said pro-gram executive directorDaniel Rubinoff.

“The kids are really mov-ing and they have smiles ontheir faces,” said HotchkissK-8 assistant principal JayRitter. “The instructors are

enthusiastic to say the least.They have a key boardist,and they have a percussion-ist playing the drums. It’sunique. I feel fortunate thatwe have these folks thatwant to come out and dothis with these kids,” hesaid.

North Fork Montessoridirector Bill Eyler agreed.“The kids are very excitedabout the program,” saidEyler. “They hadn’t done itin a year. We started lastyear. The same teacher cameback and she had themcome right back on track inno time. The kids didn’t for-get anything. It really helpsthem focus in class. What Iam really glad to see is thatall the schools are beginningto participate. It’s a great op-portunity to work together

for one performance,” saidEyler.

The students use physi-cal education time to do thedance program and pro-gram developer HeatherKratz teaches the studentshow to listen, learn anddance. Some of the movesare complicated, but Kratzuses a system that builds onsimple moves, adding morecomplexity with time. Musi-cal director Tim Ribnerplays live music while thechildren drill down on thedance moves, giving theprogram ultimate flexibilityto slow down, or speed upthe moves as necessary. Ad-ditional assistants DavidAlderdice and Colleen Mc-Comber also help the stu-dents grasp the moves andlessons.

Beyond dancing, the res-idency includes having stu-dents create 15-foot bannersthat serve as a backdrop tothe live show. Last year, thebanners were quite artistic.The banners ranged fromportraits of John Lennon totie-dyed banners depictingBeatles-themed ideas. Thisyear, they promise the sameamazing quality, but with aMotown focus.

CTB has an elite dancingsquad called the DREAMTeam, which meats after-school and does more chal-lenging dance moves. Intotal, this year, the residency

will include 160 North Forkstudents from five differentschools. They will be joinedby 25 dancing teachers andparents and they will allenjoy a live, Motown band.

“Professional artists anda distinctive combination ofdance classes, performancesand educational materialshelp children develop disci-pline, a standard of excel-

lence, and a belief in them-selves that will carry overinto all aspects of their live,”said Rubinoff.

The program is madepossible through the sup-port of Colorado CreativeIndustries, The Cocker KidsFoundation, the KampeFoundation, a small army oflocal volunteers and thelocal schools.

Celebrate the Beat unites 160 local students for Motown production

Last year, Celebrate the Beat gave a free concert at Paonia Middle School celebrating the Beatles. This year, 160 North Forkstudents will dance together for a show on May 25 celebrating Motown in the 1960s. Students will also create the back-drops for the performance. These backdrops were from last year’s performance.

Photo by Dani Gruber

By Dani Gruber

The Town of Paonia will pick up winter’s accumulationof waste and unusable items free of charge for a limitedtime beginning Monday, May 21 and ending Saturday, May28. There will be a second opportunity to dispose of itemsJune 20-25. This is a chance for residents to spruce up theiryards and driveways at no extra cost and at the same timemake our little town even more beautiful.

The Town of Paonia is requesting residents gather un-usable items from their yard, garage and alley and pilethem near, but not blocking, the trash cans. The town crewwill sweep through your regular trash pick-up area and re-move these items over the time period and dispose of themat the local landfill and designated areas for recycling.

Items to be picked up free of charge are tires, monitors,furniture, household appliances and building materials.Anything with small motors such as yard maintenanceequipment, snowmobiles and motorcycles will be pickedup and recycled. Lumber and yard clippings must be bun-dled into 5-foot lengths. Car batteries and paint cans filledwith cat litter should be put in a separate pile to protect thetown employees. Oil and flammable materials will not bepicked up. Scrap metal will be picked up the last week ofthe clean-up campaign. There will be a $10 charge to pickup refrigerators and freezers.

Call the town office for more information at 527-4101.

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The Paonia Junior-SeniorHigh School DestinationImagination teams needshelp sending six students tothe global competition inKnoxville, Tenn., later thismonth.

The team “Duct Tape,”comprised of seventh andeighth graders, placed thirdin the state competition inearly April. Challenged tobuild a piece of equipmentthat could be used when theelectricity is out, the teamdesigned the GrabinatorXXX using collapsible tentpoles, magnets and a clawwith a spike on the end.They had to use the machin-ery to pick up several differ-ent objects, including a CD,sponge, plastic cup and agolf ball, out of a pool ofwater and lift the object to aplatform on top of an eight-

foot-high tower, and do it allwithin eight minutes.

Duct Tape will take thisproject to the global Desti-nation Imagination compe-tition in Tennessee May24-29. They will also com-pete in the instant challenge,where they will be given abox of materials, such aspipe cleaners and papertowel tubes, and asked toconstruct something spe-cific.

The six team members,coach Kathy Monet-Smithand an assistant coach willgo to the competition. Withairfare, hotels and entryfees, the trip will cost $9,000.They have about $5,000raised so far, Monet-Smithsaid. Tax deductible dona-tions can be made out toDestination Imaginationand mailed to Monet-Smithat P.O. Box 812, Paonia CO81428.

PJHS D.I. team needs funds to go to global competition

The Destination Imagination team “Duct Tape” from Paonia Junior-Senior High School have qualified for the global com-petition, to be held in Knoxville, Tenn., later this month, but they are in need of donations to be able to afford the trip. Pic-tured is (from left) assistant team manager Tim Meilner, Noah Haswell, Treston Byers, Riley Smith, Marisa Edmondson,Josiah Wright, Chelsea Meilner and assistant team manager Shauna Meilner. Not pictured is team manager Kathy Monet-Smith.

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If you think turning agroup of elementary schoolkids loose with paintbrushes, rollers and greenpaint is a recipe for may-hem, you’d be right.Tightly-controlled mayhemat the hands of teacher andstudent council advisorPaul Beller, but still.

Beller and his studentcouncil organized their an-nual community service

project late last week bypainting the pavilion at Pao-nia’s town park. Paonia Ele-mentary School studentsfrom kindergarten throughsixth grade were involved.The idea came from studentcouncil member Tess Gore.Last year, the studentsworked on the park’s flowerboxes. They’ve also rakedleaves in the past, and lastyear at Thanksgiving, the

students gathered food for acomplete holiday meal forthree needy families intown.

“This is all student-dri-ven,” Beller said, in betweenlaying down sheets of plas-tic and lecturing studentson not painting each other.“It’s worth the effort, andthe kids are pretty stokedabout it.”

Mike Altenhofen, whomaintains the park for theTown of Paonia, was onhand to oversee and offerassistance. “This was a greatidea,” he said, and notedthat except to cover graffiti,the pavilion hasn’t beenpainted in a while.

The project was com-pleted in shifts by gradelevel over three days.

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Justin Johnson, a fifth grader, Chance Emmons, a sixth grader, and Caden Miel-ner, also a fifth grader, worked together to repaint one post of the pavilion last Fri-day.

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After receiving some instruction on the preferred method of painting the pavilion posts, Kaitlyn Wist and Media Denny, bothfifth graders, and Jamie Hollomon, a sixth grader, set to work finishing the top portion of the posts the first graders were un-able to reach.



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Rarely is there a storewhere fixer-uppers, collec-tors, garage sale fanaticsand bargain hunters can allfind something they can’tlive without, and all at veryaffordable prices. Renova-tors Warehouse in Delta isjust such a store.

Building materials andlighting fixtures? Check.Restaurant supplies andtools? Check. Home and of-fice furniture, large andsmall appliances and house-wares? Check. The store car-ries enough books in everygenre to qualify as a usedbook store. There are col-lectibles and antiques (butnot at antique prices). Thereis also a nice selection offramed artwork adorningthe walls. In fact, it’s proba-

bly easier to mention whatRenovators Warehouse does-n’t sell.

Renovators Warehousewas started two years agoby David Ashmore andRobin Kauffman. They werelooking for a way to be self-employed. “The building isthe reason we opened thisstore,” Kauffman said. “Wewouldn’t be doing this any-where else.” The store at1302 Meeker St. is perfectlydesigned for the business.Two floors and wide openspaces allow merchandise tobe displayed attractivelyand visibly in a clean andorganized manner.

Kauffman and Ashmorespend a lot of time eachweek displaying their mer-chandise in ways to bestshowcase their wares. Ta-bles are set with dishes andcenterpieces, a couch is

paired with artwork, throwpillows and a coffee table,and a cozy chair is placednext to a lamp and book-shelf filled to overflowingwith books. As a result, mer-chandise moves weekly ifnot daily, Kauffman said.

Merchandise moves fastbecause of the superiorquality, too. “We have greatconsigners,” Kauffman said.“They bring us really in-credible stuff. We wouldn’tbe in business withoutthem.”

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a consignment store with amission. “Our mission is re-ally to recycle used itemsback into the communityand keep things out of thelandfill,” she said. At thesame time, “we try to keepour prices affordable for thiseconomy and this commu-nity.” Renovators has an on-going sale. Items that havebeen in the store 30 days ormore are 20 percent off anditems that have been there60 days or more are 50 per-cent off.

Atypical of a consign-ment store is the ability forconsigners to donate theirprofits to area non-profit or-ganizations. Fifty percent ofthe proceeds of a donateditem can be given to thegroups. Non-profit groupsinterested in signing upshould stop by the store.

This summer, Renova-tors will host a weekly Sat-urday parking lot/yardsale. Anyone who is inter-ested may rent booth spacefrom Ashmore and Kauff-man. A daily farmer’s standwill also be in the parkinglot this summer.

Renovators Warehouse isopen Tuesday through Sat-urday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.The store can be reached at874-7536 or via e-mail [email protected].

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COAL


At a recent presentationto the Delta Area Chamberof Commerce, Oxbow minemanager Randy Litwillerdescribed several compa-nies that exist in the area ex-clusively to support coalmining. Companies such asPhillips Machine, Inter-mountain Trucking,Bucyrus and United Supplyand Machine all are spin-offs of the mining activity.Phillips started up just a fewyears ago with eight em-ployees. They now employmore than 30.

A quick survey of theemployee parking lots at thethree mines quickly re-vealed the presence ofdozens of late model pickuptrucks, mostly purchased inDelta, Montrose or GrandJunction.

“And if you think that is

something, you should seetheir toys,” says Litwiller.Coal miners typically workhard, but they also playhard. Many have ATVs, mo-torcycles, boats and as-sorted recreational vehicles.Again, these are mostly pur-chased from local dealers.

Each of the three minesemploys between 300 and350 people. Using the stan-dard figures, nearly 4,000additional jobs are the directresult of mining in Deltaand Gunnison counties.

Union Pacific Railroad’sNorth Fork line is all aboutcoal. “Union Pacific haseight employees in DeltaCounty with an annualsalary of $560,000,” said UPrepresentative Mark Davisrecently. And more thanthat, UP has been updatingits tracks between Grand

Junction and Somerset forthe past several weeks. Theproject involved the replac-ing of nearly 81,000 railroadties and renewing the sur-faces in 64 road crossings.Davis said the total cost was

about $11.2 million and in-volved a greatly expandedtemporary workforce inDelta County.

“We are currently aver-aging six trains a day on theline from Grand Junctionand Delta,” Davis said.Most of those trains includemore than 100 cars filledwith coal from the threeNorth Fork mines. UP em-ploys 1,294 people nation-wide and of the top fivecommodities shipped,about 66 percent is coal.

Current productionat nearly 18 million

tons per yearIt would take Tennessee

Ernie Ford’s legendary 16-ton miner more than a mil-lion days to load up asmuch coal as is mined in theNorth Fork in one year.

The three major minesnear Somerset are all in theUinta Region, as defined bythe Colorado GeologicalSurvey and the Departmentof Natural Resources. Themines share almost equalamounts of coal productionon an annual basis. Finan-cial problems have plaguedthe Bowie Resources’ Bowie#2 mine, but they still man-aged to produce about sixmillion tons of coal last year,according to the figures pro-vided by Union Pacific Rail-road. Both Arch Coal’s WestElk Mine and Oxbow’s ElkCreek Mine produce similaramounts, and they all say

their production is downsomewhat compared to pre-vious years.

After the passing ofHouse Bill 1365, whichmandated that coal-firedgenerating plants on theFront Range convert to nat-ural gas by 2017, some ofthe local mining officialsbegan thinking it was abouttime the public understoodjust how important themines are. Recent public re-lations campaigns have tar-geted environmental groupsthat have historically foughtthe mining industry onnearly every level. The cam-paigns are also designed toeducate the public.

There is more coalto be mined

Oxbow Carbon, the par-ent company of OxbowMining recently announcedthat they planned to startthe process that wouldallow them to explore anarea on Oak Mesa, which isbelieved to have as much as744 million tons of recover-able coal. Should a mine besuccessfully opened in thatarea it would reestablishcoal mining in DeltaCounty. Currently most ofthe coal in the North Fork isbeing mined in GunnisonCounty.

“I don’t see any reasonfor 350 miners to be out ofwork if there is that much

Running six trains per day, each consisting of 105 carloads of coal, requires some major upgrades of the Union Pacific tracks.Union Pacific has eight employees living in Delta County. Many others were brought in to do the track repairs.

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more coal,” Oxbow presi-dent Jim Cooper said re-cently. Cooper is on theforefront of educating thepublic about the importanceof coal mining in Colorado.Cooper is referring to thefact that, at the current rateof mining, the Oxbow re-serves will be depleted by2017. “That date could evenbe earlier, if we do not getthis latest lease modifica-tion,” Cooper said. Thelease modification he refersto is a small addition to thecurrent lease, which givesaccess to about four milliontons of coal, or about eightmonths of production.

Coal generatesmuch more than

electricityThe new exploration pro-

posal could mean a signifi-cant increase in the DeltaCounty tax base. In 2009Oxbow contributed about$544,000 to the DeltaCounty tax coffers. Becausemost of their mining is inGunnison County, morethan $1.1 million was paidin Gunnison County taxes.Bowie paid more than $1million in property taxes toDelta County and the UPRailroad added another$407,000, making thosethree entities the top threetaxpayers in the county. Just

Oxbow’s share of the DeltaCounty School District andthe school bond paymentswas well over $300,000 lastyear, an amount that couldbe significantly more ifOxbow is successful in theirexploration and a new mineis started on Oak Mesa.

The average pay andbenefit package for oneNorth Fork miner is justover $100,000. Oxbow pro-vided figures indicating thatthey paid out $36.3 millionin pay and benefits. Assum-ing the other two mines areclose to that figure, nearly$109 million in payroll andbenefits alone were chan-neled through the localeconomy. In addition to theproperty taxes mentionedabove, the mines also paid

about $3 million in sever-ance taxes, $1.5 million inabandoned mine taxes andmore than $36 million infederal royalties.

But coal mining isdangerous, right?Coal mining is one of the

most highly regulated andhighly inspected industriesin the United States. “Weaverage more than one in-spection per day fromMSHA,” says Cooper. TheMine Safety Health Admin-istration is responsible forverifying compliance ofhundreds of regulations andrules. Each mine also has itsown safety inspection poli-cies. They routinely send insafety teams in front of ashift of miners to make surethings are up to standards.The result is that, while coalmining is definitely danger-ous, the miners and super-visors are some of the mostsafety conscious workers inthe country.

There were 17 fatal acci-dents on Colorado skislopes last year. There wasnot one fatal coal mining ac-cident. People from all threemines commented that themost dangerous thing theirminers do on a daily basis isdrive to work.

(ABOVE) While most of the coal fromthe North Fork mines is shipped via rail,the mines are an important source ofincome for at least one local truckingfirm.

(LEFT) A graphic displayed by officialsfrom Oxbow Mining at a recent meetingin Delta highlights the importance ofcoal mining to Colorado.

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While coal mining is the focus of a local public relations push, mining officials are quick to remind us that mining of otherkinds are also important to our well being.

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A new restaurant hasopened in Crawford and isserving up a little interna-tional flavor through aunique, revolving cuisine.Vagabond officially openedMay 17 on Hwy. 92 in thebuilding formerly occupiedby The Branding Iron.

If the day-to-day opera-tion is anything like the softopening and open house,both held last week, thefolks in Crawford, and fromall over the county, are ex-cited to welcome the newdining establishment totown.

Instead of a regularmenu, Vagabond will fea-ture a different cultural cui-sine every two weeks.They’ll start with Italian,then Spanish and thenCajun. And from there, itcould go anywhere in theworld. Beers and winesfrom those countries orareas featured will bebrought in to pair with themenu. Already stocked aresome delicious Italianwines.

“This is a whole new anddifferent concept,” said one

of the owners, Twna Dou-glas.

Vagabond is owned andoperated by Douglas, DickBerardi and Korena Perci-val. Berardi is well knownin this area, having been thechef at the restaurant atDeer Creek Golf Course,Sundance in Delta and mostrecently Black Canyon Caféin Crawford. He will, ofcourse, serve as the chef ofVagabond.

It was at Black Canyon

Café that Berardi met Dou-glas, who worked in thekitchen prepping food andas a waitress. She will serveat Vagabond doing many ofthose same tasks, as wellmuch of the front end du-ties.

Douglas’s sister, Percival,has been in the restaurantindustry for over 20 years.For 18 years, she worked atDaveto’s Italian Restaurantin Delta as a prep chef andbaker. She recently gradu-ated from the Le CordonBleu culinary school inScottsdale, Ariz., specializ-ing in pastry. She’ll be mak-ing all of Vagabond’spastries and breads inhouse.

The concept of Vagabondis Berardi’s, a concept Dou-glas said he has alwayswanted to execute. “Thiswill allow him to playaround and do what hedoes best,” she said.

The three have done a lotof work on the building onHwy. 92. Douglas describesthe ambiance as affordableelegance. “We’re going tokeep it pretty small and in-timate,” she said.

Vagabond is open fivedays a week. There will be adaily continental breakfastfeaturing Percival’s pastries;a lunch menu featuringsandwiches, salads and asoup of the day; and dinner,which is by reservation onlyby calling 921-4356.Vagabond has a fan page onFacebook, as well, whereregular updates will bemade.

Worldly cuisine featured at new Crawford restaurant

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The Friends of the Crawford Town Hall are sponsoringa night of music to benefit the historic hall’s renovationproject. On Saturday, May 21, from 7-10 p.m., the best andbrightest musical acts of Crawford will perform in the ben-efit, said Donna Saunders, one of the organizers and oneof the performers.

Along with her, Bruce Green, Jerry Sanders, Susan Price,Geneve Rose Mitchell and Tumbleweed, a husband andwife Western duo, will perform. A silent auction will alsobe available featuring original artwork from area artists.The event is family-friendly.

The benefit will be held in the community room at thetown hall. Admission is $10 and includes hors d’oeuvreswhich will be donated by Crawford restaurants. Every dol-lar raised at the benefit will go towards the renovation,Saunders said.

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Each season the Paoniabaseball team enters the sea-son with high expectations,which they seem to fulfill inthe regular season. Then thepostseason rolls around andPaonia falls well short ofthose expectations.

It was just one week agothat the Eagles won the dis-trict championship over theDolores Bears 9-6, pro-pelling Paonia into the re-gional tournament in Delta.The Eagles showed theyhad the resolve needed towin championships by firstwinning a slugfest over asurprising La Veta ball clubthat gave the Eagles a realrun for their money.

After falling behind 4-0to the visiting Redskins,Paonia came all the wayback, scoring five runs inthe fifth inning, wiping outthe four run deficit and tak-ing the lead 5-4. The Eagles’offensive explosion contin-ued. Paonia cruised to a 10-6 win over La Veta, sendingthe Eagles into the after-noon’s championship gameversus the Dolores Bears.

Game two was a differ-ent story. Playing for thechance to advance to thestate 2A finals, Paonia cameup against the same Doloresteam who the Eagles de-feated the week before. Thevery same Bears team,which earlier Saturdaymorning had completelydismantled the SargentFarmers 25-8.

If payback tastes goodand revenge is sweet, Do-lores was licking their chopsto get a second chanceagainst Paonia. The re-match was just what theBears wanted. Offensively,Dolores took it to Paonia’spitchers, pummeling the Ea-gles for 21 hits, while driv-

ing in 18 runs. Dolores bat-ters were so dominant thatsix players got three hitseach on the day.

The Bears started thingsoff by scoring nine runs inthe first inning. The Doloresoffense was in such a groovethat the only innings inwhich the Bears did notscore, were the second, fifthand sixth.

Meanwhile, Paoniastruggled to keep up withthe blistering pace being setby the visitors. The Eaglesscored four runs in the bot-

tom of the first inning, butwere held without a run inthe second, fourth, sixth andseventh innings.

Paonia scored four moreruns in the third and twomore in the fifth inning for agrand total of ten runs, butit was not nearly enough.Dolores kept adding to theirrun total, inning by inning.The Bears scored once in thethird taking a 10-8 lead.Then, with the game still inquestion, Dolores blew thegame open scoring five runsin the fourth inning, to takea seven run lead. Finally, inthe seventh inning, theBears added three moreruns just for insurance pur-poses and put the gameaway for good with a domi-nating 18-10 final.

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Paonia’s T.K. Ullery runs down a LaVeta runner in Saturday’s playoff game.

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Paonia pitcher Landon Long delivers a pitch in Saturday’s game versus the Do-lores Bears. Long was the losing pitcher in the game as the Bears went on to outslug the Eagles by a margin of 18-10, knocking Paonia out of the playoffs.


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How do you follow up aconference championship?By winning the districtchampionship, of course.That is exactly what theHotchkiss Bulldogs did lastSaturday afternoon. Likeanything really worth theeffort, it did not come easy.Hotchkiss coach JasonYantzer was straight for-ward about what happenedto his team. “The first gamethe guys had a case of ‘play-off jitters’ and it took themsome time to find their foot-ing but they played hard,fought through it and reallycame through in the end,”he said

They came through twicein the same day. After com-ing back to drop the Alam-osa Moose 4-3 in game one,Hotchkiss needed everyounce of resolve to pull outthe victory in game two ver-sus the Middle Park Pan-thers.

Earlier in the morningMiddle Park pulled theupset of the day by defeat-

ing the Rifle Bears 10-2 toget to the championshipgame. In game two versusthe Bulldogs it looked likethe Panthers were on theirway to a second upset ofmajor proportions, whenthey scored three runs in thetop of the first inning to takean early lead.

Hotchkiss scored twicein the bottom of the first in-ning to pull within a run ofMiddle Park. The Panthersand Bulldogs continued togo at each other, getting hitsand putting runners onbase. Neither team was ableto score until the fifth in-ning, when Middle Park’sbats came to life, driving infive runs to take a seem-ingly insurmountable 8-3lead.

The Bulldogs put men onbase consistently, only toshoot themselves in the footagain and again with costlymistakes. Just when itlooked as if Hotchkiss wasabout to score, a base run-ning mistake, missed sign orstrike out, ended the rallybefore it even began. Fi-nally, in the bottom of thesixth inning, trailing by five

runs and with only six at-bats left, the pieces fell intoplace for Hotchkiss. TheBulldogs scored five runs totie the score at eight, goinginto the seventh inning.They shut down the Pan-thers’ batters, not allowing arun, and giving the Bull-dogs one last chance to pull

the game out before head-ing to extra innings.

In the bottom of the sev-enth inning, with one out,Jaime Rodriguez walked tothe plate and came throughwhen it mattered most. Hedrove a line drive shot,which rolled to the fencedeep in right center. Ro-driguez hustled around thebases legging out a tripleand setting up Cesar Maciaswith the opportunity to bethe day’s hero with thegame-winning hit.

Macias heroics werenever needed. With a countof two and two, the MiddlePark pitcher threw a wildpitch, which rolled to thebackstop. Rodriguez took

off, stealing home to scorethe game-winning run. TheBulldog bench exploded,running onto the field asboth the players andcoaches slapped high fivesand embraced each other, incelebration of their incredi-ble comeback and districtchampionship.

Yantzer said afterwards,“We still have yet to playour best ball and a game likethis gives these guys theconfidence and boost toplay to their full potential.”Next up for the Bulldogs,will be Holy Family in thestate regional champi-onships. Game time is 12:30@ Jackson Field UNC –Greeley.

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Hotchkiss’ Jaime Rodriguez leaps over Alamosa’s catcher to score in Saturday’s district playoff game. The Bulldogs droppedthe Moose 4-3.

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The Cedaredge Bruinswere looking to turn theirsecond place finish in theWestern Slope Conferenceinto a postseason run to re-member. Instead, Cedaredgeended up seeded ninth andon the road, to start the post-season tournament. The Bru-ins traveled to Kent–Denverto play the Jefferson Acad-emy Jaguars for the chance tomove on and play in thestate 3A regional champi-onship.

What happened fell wayshort of Cedaredge’s expec-tations. The Bruins match-up against JeffersonAcademy turned out to betoo much for a seeminglydominant Cedaredge team;after all, they lost only threegames all season. From thefirst pitch, the Jaguars

jumped on Cedaredge anddid not let up until they hadthe game well in hand.

Jefferson Academy scoredtwo runs in the bottom of thefirst inning. As things turnedout, two runs would be all theJaguars needed, becauseCedaredge, a team with ausually very potent offense,could not get anything goingfrom the plate. The normallyexplosive Cedaredge batswent cold Saturday after-noon. Jefferson Academy’ssolid defense and strongpitching held Bruin’s battersto just four total hits in thegame, while striking outeleven. Jefferson Academyshut down the Bruins’ of-fense decisively and theycompletely shut out theBruins scoring. Of the fourCedaredge batters to reachbase safely not a single one

was allowed to score.While Cedaredge strug-

gled at the plate all day, theJaguars continued to putrunners on base, movingthem into scoring positionconsistently. JeffersonAcademy doubled theBruins offensive output byaccumulating eight hits onthe day, leading to sixruns.

Cedaredge was able tohold the Jaguars without arun in the second, fourthand sixth innings, but Jeffer-son Academy made up forthe dry spells by scoringruns in each of the remain-ing innings. After scoringtwo runs in the third to takea commanding lead, 4-0, theJaguars finished the Bruinsoff by scoring once in thefifth and once more in theseventh inning and cruisedto a 6-0 shut out victory.

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Sierra Williams finishedwith two first places and asecond place to power theLady Bruins to a WesternSlope League third placeteam win at the WesternSlope League Champi-onships held May 13, 2011.

The Delta boys’ teamalso had a strong showing,placing fifth out of the 40-team field, with Ethan Baierof Delta racking up thepoints with second, thirdand fifth place finishes tohelp the Panthers.

Qualifiers will get theopportunity to compete asthe state track meet May 19-21 at Jeffco Stadium in Lake-wood. The top 18 athletes ineach event will be seededfor the state championships.An athlete’s best result in asectioned meet throughoutthe track season will be con-sidered for placement at thestate level. Ties at the 18thplace in the rankings will beconsidered for additionaladvancement.

Results for the top 20local finishers are listedbelow with the winningtime in brackets next to theevent name:

TEAM OVERALL RESULTS4. Cedaredge 253.012. Delta 194.018. Hotchkiss 99.020. Olathe 62.5

BOYS TEAM RESULTS5. Delta 125.010. Cedaredge 96.022. Olathe 18.523 Hotchkiss 18.0

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS3. Cedaredge 157.015. Delta 69.018. Olathe 44.013. Hotchkiss 81.0

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS100 Meter Dash (0:11.04)5. Richard Emmons PHS 0:11.257. Steven Voight PHS 0:11.3113. David Whiteside DHS 0:11.51

200 Meter Dash (0:22.15)8. Adrian Penny PHS 0:23.1618. David Whiteside DHS 0:23.72

400 Meter Dash (0:48.87)4. Enrique Medina DHS 0:50.408. Steven Voight PHS 0:51.4312. Tell Hawk HHS 0:51.9716. Zach Decker DHS 0:52.26

800 Meter Run (1:57.85)7. Josh Walker DHS 2:00.27

1600 Meter Run (4:26.78)12. Josh Walker DHS 4:38.59

3200 Meter Run (9:54.68)13. Jason Sturgis PHS 10:44.88

110 Meter High Hurdles (0:15.19)12. Dante Markley CHS 0:16.73

300 Meter High Hurdles (0:39.86)6. Dante Markley CHS 0:41.2118. Irvin Hernandez DHS 0:43.3319. Dakota Smith DHS 0:43.45

4X100 Meter Relay (0:43.63)1. Paonia Relay Team 0:43.9413. Hotchkiss Relay Team 0:46.0116. Delta Relay Team 0:46.63

4X200 Meter Relay (1:30.23)5. Delta Relay Team 1:32.366. Paonia Relay Team 1:33.1911. Cedaredge Relay Team 1:36.57*13. Hotchkiss Relay Team 1:36.64* Two way tie for 11

4X400 Meter Relay (3:26.95)9. Delta Relay Team 3:31.5611. Cedaredge Relay Team 3:34.5716. Paonia Relay Team 3:39.69

4X800 Meter Relay (8:09.86)3. Delta Relay Team 8:20.2215. Paonia Relay Team 8:58.3819. Cedaredge Relay Team 9:08.50

High Jump (6’4”)1. Danny Martinez CHS 6’4”*4. Reid Gates CHS 6’3”**6. Ethan Baier DHS 6’2”***10. Tanner Vernon OHS 6’0”11. Mitchell Whiteside DHS 6’0”****11. Anthony Roeber PHS 6’0”****11. Dagan Smith CHS 6’0”***** Three way tie for 1st** Two way tie for 4th

*** Two way tie for 6th**** Six way tie for 11th

Long Jump (22’5.25”3. Ethan Baier DHS 21’8.25”16. Danny Martinez CHS 19’8.25”** Two way tie for 16th

Triple Jump (43’6”)2. Ethan Baier DHS 43’3.50”16. Jacob Ames DHS 39’2.25”17. Reid Gates CHS 39’2”

Shot Put (51’0”)6. Miguel Barajas CHS 45’8.5”10. Tony Darling PHS 43’6”12. Justin Music DHS 42’9.5”13. Brandon Campbell DHS 42’8.25”16. Michael Mackey CHS 42’2.75”18. Nathan Emmons PHS 41’9”

Discus Throw (148’8”)14. Miguel Barajas CHS 126’9”15. Michael Mackey CHS 126’5”

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS100 Meter Dash (0:12.49)1. Sierra Williams CHS 0:12.49

200 Meter Dash (0:25.84)2. Sierra Williams CHS 0:25.8715. Lindsay Russell PHS 0:27.63

400 Meter Dash (0:57.84)1. Sierra Williams CHS 0:57.842. Jennifer Celis HHS 0:57.945. Lindsay Russell PHS 1:00.3010. Chelsy Reed PHS 1:01.4512. Savannah McIntire CHS 1:01.87

800 Meter Run (2:18.50)5. Chelsy Reed PHS 2:24.18

1600 Meter Run (5:19.24)1. Natalie Anderson HHS 5:19.2412. Clarissa Whiting DHS 5:48.6313. Cleo Whiting DHS 5:48.8919. Taylor Polson PHS 5:53.35

3200 Meter Run (11:35.75)3. Natalie Anderson HHS 11:50.497. Cleo Whiting DHS 12:38.708. Clarissa Whiting DHS 12:39.12

110 Meter High Hurdles (0:15.96)11. Jordan Smith CHS 0:17.19*15. Kristen Alward CHS 0:17.43* Two way tie for 11th

300 Meter High Hurdles (46.66)12. Robyne Ortega CHS 0:49.78

4X100 Meter Relay (0:50.39)3. Cedaredge Relay Team 0:50.945. Olathe Relay Team 0:52.116. Hotchkiss Relay Team 0:52.4010. Paonia Relay Team 0:53.9013. Delta Relay Team 0:54.11

4X200 Meter Relay (1:44.79)4. Cedaredge Relay Team 1:48.268. Hotchkiss Relay Team 1:51.629. Olathe Relay Team 1:52.2410. Paonia Relay Team 1:52.7512. Delta Relay Team 1:53.44

4X400 Meter Relay (4:09.02)3. Paonia Relay Team 4:12.834. Cedaredge Relay Team 4:13.2317. Delta Relay Team 4:31.6820. Olathe Relay Team 4:35.44

4X800 Meter Relay (9:57.43)6. Delta Relay Team10:17.448. Cedaredge Relay Team 10:23.4815. Olathe Relay Team 11:33.3716. Hotchkiss Relay Team 12:04.06

800 Meter Sprint Medley (1:53.88)3. Hotchkiss Relay Team 1:54.477. Paonia Relay Team 1:57.338. Delta Relay Team 1:57.6512. Cedaredge Relay Team 2:00.10

High Jump (5’1”)4. Morgan Stansberry OHS 5’0”*11. Savannah Rocha HHS 4’10”**11. Ce’rra Carsten PHS 4’10”**16. Kaitlyn Kissner CHS 4’8”**** Four way tie for 4th** Five way tie for 11th*** Five way tie for 16th

Long Jump (17’5.75”)4. Rebecca Deal CHS 17’2.75”10. Kylie Tait OHS 16’4.5”13. Brenda Suarez OHS 16’2.5”*19. Mandy Bushta PHS 15’9.75”* Two way tie for 13th

Triple Jump (36’8.75”)4. Rebecca Deal CHS 34’10.75”13. Ce’rra Carsten PHS 33’1.75”15. Mandy Bushta PHS 32’7.25”18. Natalie Larkin DHS 32’1.75”20. Rachael Latta CHS 32’0”

Shot Put (37’9.25”)3. Bryanna Music DHS 35’11”12. Kayla Lachney CHS 31’9.5”17. Kayla Wingfield PHS 31’4.75”18. Kylie Hodges HHS 31’3.75”

Discus Throw (119’0”)11. Bryanna Music DHS 100’10”20. Abby Campbell PHS 94’0”

Williams powers Cedaredge girls to third place finish in WSLCompiled by Kayla deVilbiss

Special to Mountain Valley News

Here are the top winners in the 5classes that ran. Next Saturday isArmed Forces Day. Free general ad-mission and reduced pit admission(Tickets $15) to all military.

Renegade1 – 9 Danny Raichart, GJ2 – 1 Peter Roberson, GJ3 – 17 Richelle Harris, Montrose4 – 2a Tom Bethka5 – 54 Fred Knob, Olathe

Hobby Stock1 – 88 Ray Penland, Hotchkiss2 – 32 Bill Barker, Delta3 – 4 Ashley Keep, Delta4 – 8 Duane Hugg, Delta

Dwarf1 - Doug Tiffany, Delta2 - ww1 Ricky Alverado, Delta3 - 3 Darren Slogar, DeltaWas also her 17th birthday4 - 63 Robert Erickson, Del Norte5 - Brian Cumby, Alamosa

Modified1 - 27 Chase Ruble, Delta2 - 3r Enos Ruble3 - 22 Rusty Swank, GJ4 - 17 Tom Randolph, Delta5 - 353 Greg Scott, GJ

Lightening Sprints

1 – 88 Rick Davis, Cory2 - 64 Scotty Ashlock, Austin3 - 33 Ed Millard4 - 60 Gary Helken, Montrose5 - 7 Deneen LeTurgez, Clifton

RESULTSRESULTS ��

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15 annual Deer Creek Ladies SizzlerWe couldn't do it without the amazing support and generosity of our com-munity. This year's sponsors and donors are: Surface Creek Bank • Wild-fire Pizzeria • Mesa Liquors • Golftec • Big John's • Joe Carlson of EdwardJones • Locke Construction • Dr. Jennifer Craig • Hellman Motor Co. •Keith and Gayle Butler • Gerry and Ruth Bentley • Dennis and RandyPalmer • Julie Locke, CMT • Kissner G C Inc. • Jerry and Jeannie Pippin• Larry and Mary Claxton • First StateBank of Hotchkiss • Marilun's Nails• Baker Heating and AC • It's All About You Massage • Bill and Marilyn Gist• Cedaredge Chamber of Commerce • Barbara Churchley • Colorado Gold• Jean and Hud Labaree • Judy and Gene Welsh/Tri R Motel • AndersenGarage • Dr Deborah Bhaskar • Norma and Ken Miller • Haircuts • Drost'sChocolates • Munson's Main Street Gallery • Howard Johnson's • ShortBranch Liquor • The Appleshed • A Cut Above • Mountain Valley News •Living Waters Garden Center • King of Clubs • Stoney Mesa Winery • DeerCreek Village Realty • Winton Brophy • Ribbon's and Roses • Chris An-derson/Scentsy • Karen Helbert

We are excited about this years tournamnet as we are able to ac-comondate the ladies who prefer a two day event as well as those whoonly want to play 1 day. Thanks to our sponsors we will have payouts for1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each flight for net and gross.

A real bonus for us this year it the Wildfire Pizzeria. They will be host-ing our awards luncheon on Saturday as well as a continental breakfast forour lady participants on Saturday morning.


Cedaredge Town Of, PWS ID: CO0115171

2011 CCR Page 1 of 6

Cedaredge Town Of 2011 Drinking Water

Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) For Calendar Year 2010

Public Water System ID: CO0115171

Esta es información importante. Si no la pueden leer, necesitan que alguien se la traduzca.

We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply

of drinking water. Please contact Randy Bodwell at 970-856-3783 with any questions about the Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report or for public participation opportunities that may affect the water quality.

General Information

All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-

4791). Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons

such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV-AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk of infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potential health effects, or to receive a copy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate

means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and microbiological contaminants call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791).

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may

be present in source water include: •Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural

livestock operations, and wildlife. •Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

•Pesticides and herbicides, that may come from a variety of sources, such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses. •Radioactive contaminants, that can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

•Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and also may come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulations limiting the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health.

Lead in Drinking Water

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems (especially for pregnant women and young children). It is possible

that lead levels at your home may be higher than other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your home’s plumbing. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for

drinking or cooking. Additional information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.



Terms and Abbreviations

Term Abbreviation Definition

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal MCLG The 'Goal' is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no

known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

Maximum Contaminant Level MCL The 'Maximum Allowed' is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in

drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best

available treatment technology.

Treatment Technique TT A treatment technique is a required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

Action Level AL The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or

other requirements which a water system must follow.

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level

Goal

MRDLG The level of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is no known or

expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of

disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level MRDL The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is

convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of

microbial contaminants.

Average of Individual Samples No Abbreviation The typical value. Mathematically it is the sum of values divided by the number

of samples.

Range of Individual Samples No Abbreviation The lowest value to the highest value.

Number of Samples No Abbreviation The number or count of values.

Gross Alpha, Including RA, Excluding

RN & U

No Abbreviation This is the gross alpha particle activity compliance value. It includes radium-

226, but excludes radon 222 and uranium.

Microscopic Particulate Analysis MPA An analysis of surface water organisms and indicators in water. This analysis

can be used to determine performance of a surface water treatment plant or to

determine the existence of surface water influence on a ground water well.

Variance and Exemptions V/E Department permission not to meet an MCL or a treatment technique under

certain conditions.

Parts per million = Milligrams per liter ppm = mg/L One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in

$10,000.

Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter ppb = ug/L One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny

in $10,000,000.

Parts per trillion = Nanograms per liter ppt = nanograms/L One part per trillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years, or a single

penny in $10,000,000,000.

Parts per quadrillion = Picograms per

liter

ppq = picograms/L One part per quadrillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000 years or one

penny in $10,000,000,000,000.

Picocuries per liter pCi/L Picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.

Nephelometric Turbidity Unit NTU Nephelometric turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of water. Turbidity in

excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the average person.

Not Applicable N/A Not Applicable

Violation No Abbreviation A failure to meet a Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulation.

Formal Enforcement Action No Abbreviation An escalated action taken by the State (due to the number and/or severity of

violations) to bring a non-compliant water system back into compliance by a

certain time, with an enforceable consequence if the schedule is not met.

Our Water Source(s)

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has provided us with a Source Water Assessment Report for our

water supply. You may obtain a copy of the report by visiting

http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/sw/swapreports/swapreports.html, clicking on Delta County and selecting 115171; Cedaredge

Town Of or by contacting Randy Bodwell at 970-856-3783. For general information about Source Water Assessment please

visit http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/sw/swaphom.html.

Potential sources of contamination in our source water area come from: forests, road miles, gas wells, row crops and forest fires.

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The Source Water Assessment Report provides a screening-level evaluation of potential contamination that could occur. It does

not mean that the contamination has or will occur. We can use this information to evaluate the need to improve our current

water treatment capabilities and prepare for future contamination threats. This can help us ensure that quality finished water is delivered to your homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water

protection plan.

Please contact Randy Bodwell at 970-856-3783 to learn more about what you can do to help protect your drinking water

sources, any questions about the Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report, to learn more about our system, or to attend

scheduled public meetings. We want you, our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality

water we deliver to you every day.

Water Sources

Source Source Type Water Type Location

EAST BEAVER CREEK A7 Intake Surface Water East Beaver Creek

KEHMEIER CREEK 7 Intake Surface Water Kehmier Creek

SPRING NO 1 Intake Surface Water Spring on Grand Mesa

Spring No 10 Intake Surface Water Spring on Grand Mesa









WEST FORK SURFACE CREEK C2 Intake Surface Water N/A



Detected Contaminant(s)

Cedaredge Town Of routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The

following table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2010 unless otherwise noted. The

State of Colorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of

contamination. Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one year old. Violations and Formal

Enforcement Actions, if any, are reported in the next section of this report. Any additional information may be found in the

final section of this report.

Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section, that

means that Cedaredge Town Of did not detect any contaminants in the last round of monitoring.

Lead and Copper Sampled in the Distribution System

Analyte

Name Monitoring

Period 90th

Percentile Number

of

Samples

Unit of

Measure Action

Level Sample Sites

Above Action

Level

AL or TT

Violation? Typical

Sources Potential Health Effects from

Long-Term Exposure Above

the Action Level (unless

specified as short-term)

COPPER 01/01/2008 to

12/31/2010

0.29 10 ppm 1.3 0 No Corrosion of household plumbing systems;

Erosion of natural

deposits.

Copper is an essential nutrient, but some people who drink water

containing copper in excess of the action level over a relatively short amount of time could experience

gastrointestinal distress. Some people who drink water containing copper in excess of the action level

over many years could suffer liver or kidney damage. People with Wilson's Disease should consult

their personal doctor.

LEAD 01/01/2008 to

12/31/2010

2 10 ppb 15 0 No Corrosion of household plumbing systems;

Erosion of natural

deposits.

Infants and children who drink water containing lead in excess of the action level could experience

delays in their physical or mental development. Children could show slight deficits in attention span and

learning abilities. Adults who drink this water over many years could develop kidney problems or high

blood pressure.

Disinfection By Products (TTHMs, HAA5, and Chlorite) Sampled in the Distribution System

Analyte Name Year Average of

Individual

Samples

Range of

Individual

Samples

(Lowest -

Highest)

Number

of

Samples

Unit of

Measure MCL MCLG MCL

Violation? Typical

Sources Potential Health Effects

from Long-Term Exposure

Above the MCL (unless

specified as short-term)

TOTAL

HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)

2010 10.45 4.3 - 15 4 ppb 60 N/A No By-product of

drinking water disinfection.

Some people who drink

water containing haloacetic acids in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting

cancer.

TTHM 2010 12.95 4.8 - 20.2 4 ppb 80 N/A No Byproduct of drinking water disinfection.

Some people who drink water containing

trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems

with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous systems, and may have an increased risk

of getting cancer.

Turbidity Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System



Analyte Name Sample Date Level Found TT Requirement TT

Violation? Typical Sources Potential Health Effects from

Long-Term Exposure Above the

TT Level (unless specified as

short-term)

TURBIDITY Date: 8/1/11

Highest single measurement:

0.30 NTU

Maximum 1 NTU for any single

measurement

No Soil Runoff Turbidity has no health effects. However, turbidity can interfere

with disinfection and provide a medium for microbial growth.

Turbidity may indicate the presence of disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and

parasites that can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea

and associated headaches.

TURBIDITY Month:

December, 2010 Lowest monthly

percentage of samples meeting TT requirement

for our technology: 100%

In any month, at

least 95% of samples must be less than 0.3

NTU

No Soil Runoff See Above

Regulated Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System

Analyte

Name Year Average of

Individual

Samples

Range of

Individual

Samples

(Lowest -

Highest)

Number

of

Samples

Unit of

Measure MCL MCLG MCL

Violation? Typical

Sources Potential Health Effects from

Long-Term Exposure Above

the MCL (unless specified as

short-term)

BARIUM 2010 0.007 0.007 - 0.007 1 ppm 2 2 No Discharge of drilling wastes;

Discharge from metal refineries; Erosion of

natural

deposits.

Some people who drink water containing barium in excess of

the MCL over many years could experience an increase in

their blood pressure.

NITRATE 2010 0.32 0.32 - 0.32 1 ppm 10 10 No Runoff from fertilizer use;

Leaching from septic tanks,

sewage; Erosion of

natural deposits.

Infants below the age of six months who drink water

containing nitrate in excess of the MCL could become

seriously ill and, if untreated, may die. Symptoms include shortness of breath and blue

baby syndrome.

Secondary Contaminants**

Analyte Name Year Average of Individual

Samples Range of Individual Samples

(Lowest - Highest) Number of

Samples Unit of Measure Secondary Standard

MPA WTP RAW AND FINISHED

2z010 N/A 6.441 - 6.441 1 Units N/A

SODIUM 2010 2 2 - 2 1 ppm N/A

**Secondary standards are non-enforceable guidelines for contaminants that may cause cosmetic effects (such as skin or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic

effects (such as taste, odor or color) in drinking water. EPA recommends these standards but does not require water systems to comply.



Public Water System ID: CO0115171

Esta es información importante. Si no la pueden leer, necesitan que alguien se la traduzca.

We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply

of drinking water. Please contact Randy Bodwell at 970-856-3783 with any questions about the Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report or for public participation opportunities that may affect the water quality.

General Information

All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-

4791).



A CCUW EATHER F ORECAST


T OWN OF C EDAREDGE - P OLICE B LOTTER

Alamosa 62 31 pc 59 32 r 63 33 pcBoulder 62 47 r 60 44 r 66 45 cColorado Springs 65 40 sh 64 39 r 66 43 cCortez 60 36 sh 60 39 sh 67 38 pcDenver 62 42 sh 63 41 r 67 42 rDurango 58 34 t 57 35 sh 63 35 pcEagle 58 36 r 51 38 r 58 39 cFort Collins 65 43 r 61 42 r 69 44 rGrand Junction 64 42 sh 61 46 sh 67 45 cGunnison 54 34 sh 50 34 r 57 34 cLeadville 46 27 sh 41 27 sn 46 28 cMontrose 58 37 r 58 40 sh 63 40 cPueblo 73 43 c 73 43 r 73 44 pcTrinidad 73 43 pc 71 40 pc 71 43 pc

Rain

59/39

Chance for acouple ofshowers

58/42

Cloudy, ashower

possible; breezy

63/42

Periods of sun,a t-stormpossible

69/45

Saturday

Some sun,t-storms

possible; windy

71/45

Sunday

A couple ofafternoont-showers

67/42

Monday

Rain

63/43

TuesdayWednesday Thursday Friday

Regional Cities

Rise, Set and Moon PhasesAlmanac Information

Wednesday Thursday Friday

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

AccuWeather®

7-day forecast for Cedaredge

May 17 May 24 June 1 June 8

Wednesday 5:57 a.m. 8:20 p.m.Thursday 5:56 a.m. 8:21 p.m.Friday 5:55 a.m. 8:21 p.m.Saturday 5:55 a.m. 8:22 p.m.Sunday 5:54 a.m. 8:23 p.m.Monday 5:53 a.m. 8:24 p.m.Tuesday 5:53 a.m. 8:25 p.m.

Wednesday 10:08 p.m. 6:47 a.m.Thursday 11:02 p.m. 7:48 a.m.Friday 11:47 p.m. 8:52 a.m.Saturday none 9:56 a.m.Sunday 12:24 a.m. 10:59 a.m.Monday 12:56 a.m. 12:00 p.m.Tuesday 1:24 a.m. 12:59 p.m.

Full Last New First

Montrose statistics for the week ending May 15

Temperatures: Precipitation:

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2011

Moonrise MoonsetSunrise Sunset

Regional Forecast

Shown is Wednesday's weather.Temperatures are Wednesday's

highs and Wednesday night's lows.

Rain Wednesday, except a brief shower or two north of Cedaredge; windyand cooler south of Cedaredge. Rain possible Thursday. A shower possibleFriday. Chance of a shower or thunderstorm Saturday. Sunday: very windy;thunderstorms possible; dry south of Cedaredge.

Travel Forecast

AccuWeather.com

Livestock Stress RatingWednesday 57, Safe

Weather History

Burn Ban

Mount Saint Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. The smoke plume climbed16 miles into the atmosphere. The resulting clouds were tracked to theAtlantic coast three days later, then around the world in 19 days.

Cedaredge

Craig

Meeker

Rifle Eagle

CrestedButte

CortezDurango

Trinidad

Springfield

Las AnimasPueblo

Alamosa

Saguache

GrandJunction

Paonia

Crawford

Montrose

Delta

57/39

58/36

59/39 58/36

49/31

60/3658/34

62/31

73/43

78/48

73/4673/4358/34

58/37

60/36

58/38

62/40

64/42 59/39Cedaredge

61/39Hotchkiss

Burn Restrictions are currently NOT IN EFFECT

Source: Sheriff Fred McKee

Temperature-Humidity Index of:74 and lower, Safe; 75-78, Alert; 79-83, Danger; 84 and higher, Emergency

High for the week 78°Low for the week 33°Normal high 69°Normal low 42°Average temperature 51.9°Normal average temperature 55.7°Temperature departure -3.8°

Total for the week 0.70"Total for the month 0.70"Total for the year 2.28"Normal for the month 0.52"Normal for the year 2.95"% of normal this month 135%% of normal this year 77%

Stream FlowsSunday, May 15

Colorado River

Glenwood 8800

Palisade 9110

Crystal River

Redstone 407

Carbondale N.A.

Fryingpan River at Rudei 357

Gunnison River

Delta 5560

Grand Junction 7990

North Fork Gunnison River

Somerset 2040

Paonia N.A.

Plateau Creek at Cameo 544

Roaring Fork River

Aspen 99

Glenwood Springs 1750

Surface Creek

Spalding Peak 112

Cedaredge 85

Uncompahgre River at Delta 800

Cubic feetper second

The Cedaredge PoliceDepartment respondedto 12 calls betweenMay 3 and May 9. Thefollowing is a sum-mary of the reportsmost recently receivedfrom the department:

May 3, 3:00 p.m.Officers responded toCedaredge High Schoolwhen the assistant principalcalled to report a drug para-phernalia violation. Schoolpersonnel received a tipfrom a student that another

student had paraphernaliain his possession. Theschool authorities talked tothe student and were able toseize the alleged parapher-nalia. The student allegedthat the items belonged to afriend and that he didn’tknow what the items wereused for. The student was is-sued a summons to courtfor possession of drug para-phernalia.

May 4, 12:59 p.m.Sergeant Sanders took a re-port of vandalism at Com-munity Options. Thereporting party showed the

officer a window of a vehi-cle that had been brokenout.

May 4, 3:00 p.m.Officers responded to a res-idence to take a complaintof an assault that allegedlyoccurred at Cedaredge HighSchool. Officers noted thatthe alleged victim hadbruising around the faceand that her glasses hadbeen broken during the inci-dent. The assailant and herparents were interviewed.The case is currently underinvestigation.

May 8, 9:43 p.m.Officers responded to an ad-dress on NW 2nd Streetafter a disturbance had beenreported. Loretta Taul wasstanding in the street andofficers recognized her dueto previous contacts. Tauldid not want officers tocome near her. Taul is the

person that called 911 for as-sistance. The officers no-ticed a strong smell ofalcohol. She kept telling theofficers that Robert Earharthad broken things in thehouse. Taul went back in thehome and the officers talkedto Earhart who was lyingdown in his truck. He toldofficers that Taul was madat him for drinking, so hewas going to sleep in histruck. The officers toldEarhart that he could notstay parked in front of thehouse and offered to drivehis truck up to the roadsidepark on North Grand Mesafor the night. Since the alter-cation seemed only to beverbal, no citations were is-sued.

May 9, 5:56 p.m.An officer conducted a VINinspection on a golf cart sothat the golf cart could beregistered with the town.

Kevin Parks, Agent126 E. 5th St., Delta, CO 81416970.874.5702 Fax 970.874.9602Toll Free 800.350.5222211 Grand Ave., Suite 102, Paonia, CO 81428Bus 970.527.6200 Fax [email protected]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR


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CribbageEvery Wednesday from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. at BHRC.

The fee is just $6 for the different seasons.

Party BridgeJoin our Party Bridge Club. We meet on Thursday afternoons from1-4 pm. Cost is only $6 for an entire 13-week session. When one

session ends, another begins so this is an ongoing club.

Drop in VolleyballThursdays 6:30 until 9 p.m.

Ongoing Events this week Future eventsRegister by May 18

Start Smart Tennis will begin on May 21 and run for six weekson Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. Start Smart Tennis is a de-velopmentally appropriate introductory tennis program forchildren 5-7 years old. The fee is only $40 for parent andchild for six weeks and participants get to keep their equip-ment.

Register by May 19Joy of Painting “Floral”: Barb McDonald, our Bob Ross-trained/certified instructor, will show you how easy it is. Classwill be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $90. Class includes allmaterials and you’ll have a finished painting at the end ofthe day. Anyone 9 and older.

Register by May 25Delta to Escalante Gentle Float Trip: Join the City of DeltaRecreation Department and Gunnison River Expeditions in agentle float trip beginning in Delta Confluence Park to Es-calante. This trip will take place on May 28. We will meet at8:30 a.m. at Confluence Park on the Gunnison River and re-turn around 4 p.m. The fee is just $80 per person and includeslunch.

Ongoing EventsDelta County

Alzheimer’s Support Group

This group meets on the firstWednesday afternoon of eachmonth at 1 p.m. at All SaintsLutheran Church located onHighway 65 one mile north ofthe Cory Store. This group isopen to any caregiver in thearea. New members are wel-come. Karen Coble from Hori-zon’s and Pastor Jan Johnsonare co-facilitators for thegroup. Contact: (970) 835-3667.

Cedaredge’s Four Seasons Garden Club

We meet the fourth Tuesday ofthe month at 1:30 p.m. in mem-bers’ homes. Please call Vir-ginia at (970) 856-4612 or Pamat (970) 856-4365. Everyone iswelcome!

Celebrate RecoveryThis group meets every Tues-day at 6:30 p.m. at the DeltaChristian Church, 795 1600 Rd.(North on US Hwy. 50, rightonto H38 Rd., left on 1600 Rd.)“Freedom from life’s hurts,habits and hang-ups.” This is a12-step, faith-based recoveryprogram. Potluck 6:30-7 p.m.Worship and teaching 7-7:45p.m., small group 7:45-8:15p.m. Contact: Robert Kuzov at(970) 874-5622.

Crystal Meth Anonymous

We meet on Wednesdays, 5:30p.m., Friends of Bill, 9th andPalmer, Delta. This is a 12-stepmeeting like AA and NA withemphasis on issues related toaddiction to methampheta-mine. Contact: Justin Stieb at(970) 778-8449.

City/Town Council Meetings

Cedaredge Town CouncilMeetings: Third Thursday ofthe month, 7 p.m., CedaredgeCommunity Center. Crawford

Town Council Meeting: Firstand third Wednesdays of themonth, 7 p.m., Crawford TownHall. Delta City CouncilMeetings: First and third Tues-days of the month, 7 p.m.,Delta City Hall. HotchkissTown Council Meetings: Sec-ond Thursday of the month,6:30 p.m., Hotchkiss TownHall. Orchard City Town HallMeetings: Second Wednesdayof the month, 7 p.m., OrchardCity Town Hall. Paonia CityCouncil Meeting: Second andfourth Tuesdays of the month,7 p.m., Paonia Town Hall.

Delta Business After Hours

Bring your business cards tomingle and network with areabusiness owners. These areusually held the last Thursdayof every month at a differenthost business starting at 5:30p.m. RSVP is needed to theDelta Chamber of Commerceat (970) 874-8616.

Friday Night DinnerFriday night dinner everyweek at the Wilson/HeadAmerican Legion Post from 5-7p.m. Adults - $8, childrenunder 10 - $5. Birthday monthspecial - $5. Dinners are alwaysopen to the public.

Gaming, Wii & Fun!Teens, come join the fun at theDelta library on the secondand fourth Tuesdays of themonth, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Grand Mesa ScenicByway Association

Meets on the third Friday ofthe month at 9:30 a.m. Loca-tions vary. Call 874-0293.

Grief Support Groups Have you lost a loved one?Need caring support? A listen-ing ear? Hospice and PalliativeCare of Western Colorado nowoffers weekly groups in threelocations: In Cedaredge onTuesdays at 2 p.m., atCedaredge Public Library; inHotchkiss on Mondays at 1p.m., at United Methodist

Church; and in Delta on Thurs-days at 6 p.m. HPCWC office,195 Stafford Lane. For more in-formation, please call Jane thebereavement coordinator at874-6823.

Paonia American Legion BINGO

Bingo every Thursday. Ham-burgers and hotdogs servedfrom 6–7 p.m. Early Bird Spe-cial game starts at 6:50 p.m.Progressive game every week.Open to the public.

Plant & Dig Garden Club

Plant and Dig Garden Clubmeets on the third Friday ofeach month at 2 p.m. Themeetings are held in members’homes with programs perti-nent to gardening. For furtherinformation contact Judi Tapeyat (970) 856-8922.

Surface Creek QuiltersThe Surface Creek Quiltersmeet the third Wednesday ofeach month at 1 p.m. at GrandMesa Southern Baptist Churchlocated at Highway 65 and JayStreet. Contact: Ann Perry at(970) 856-6004.

Unexplained MysteriesPlease join us once a month onthe third Thursday for a fundiscussion on mysteries of ourworld and beyond. We meet atMiller’s Deitch Haus’ meetingroom from 6-7 p.m. for dinnerand 7-9 p.m. for the meeting.Contact: Polly at (970) 596-5230([email protected]) or Dev-ina at (970) 874-8679.

Montrose CountyKinship Connection

Are you a relative raising afamily member’s children? Ifyou need help, support, edu-cation, and access to resources,or a safe place to share yourfeelings, the Kinship Connec-tion for Kids offers a free sup-port group. Meetings are thefirst and third Thursdays of themonth from 6-8 p.m. at theUnited Methodist Church, 19

South Park, Montrose, down-stairs. Contact: The Center forMental Health at (970) 252-3235.

Montrose City Council Meeting

First and third Tuesdays of themonth, week session starts at 6p.m. and the meeting begins at7 p.m. in Montrose City Coun-cil Chambers, 24 South Un-compahgre Ave.

Montrose Elks BINGOEvery Tuesday, 7 p.m., Pro-gressive Jackpot.

Montrose PlanningCommission Meeting

Second and fourth Wednesdayof the month, 6 p.m. at 107 S.Cascade.

Events this WeekDelta County

Cedaredge…

May 21Attention gardeners! Hostedby local Delta County gardenclubs, starting at 9 a.m. at Pio-neer Town. Assortment ofhomegrown plants for sale.Free presentation by Dr. CurtisSwift, CSU horticulturist from10 a.m. to noon. Bring yourgardening questions! Comeand enjoy a hot coffee and pas-try as you shop for reasonablypriced plants and attend a freepresentation.

Hotchkiss…May 21

Join us at the Creamery ArtsCenter, Linoleum Block Print-ing, 1-4p.m. $50. Master potterand Creamery member PeteHalladay will be teaching aworkshop in Linolium BlockPrinting. Students will create aseries of prints and receive fur-ther instruction in additionalapplications for the relief blockthey create. A lino-knife, carv-ing block, paper and ink areprovided.

May 21Throwing Pots with Texture, 1-4p.m. at the Creamery. RonCloyd offers a two-sessioncourse in advanced throwing,glazing and raku techniques.This class is geared toward in-termediate-advanced potters,however we welcome begin-ners to come to observe. $40,$10 to observe.

Paonia…

May 21Spanish-English Family Pro-gram. Participate in a languageand culture exchange programwith the Paonia Public Libraryat 11 a.m. For more informa-tion, contact the library at 527-3470.

Future EventsDelta County

Crawford…

May 29Memorial Day weekend planshave been made for the Craw-ford community and sur-rounding areas. The AmericanLegion Cotton/Lynch post#190 will lead a memorialservice in the Crawford ceme-tery beginning at 11 a.m. Fol-lowing the service, the annualroast beef dinner will beserved in the MethodistChurch annex from 11:30 a.m.until 2:30 p.m. The FruitlandMesa Club will prepare andserve a homestead beef dinner,assisted by the NeedlerockClub and the Maher/OnionValley Club. Cost of the dinnerwill be $8 for adults and $4 forchildren under the age of 12.During the event, the Needle-rock Club will be selling hand-made crafts and other items inthe churchyard. All are wel-come to attend this annualtime of remembrance, goodfood and fellowship with for-mer residents, family andfriends.

Ongoing registrationIt’s that time again! Registration for summer public swim-ming lessons has begun at Bill Heddles Recreation Center.Levels 1 – 4 and parent-tot are being offered 8:30 a.m. –noon, Monday through Friday and 6-6:40 p.m., Mondaysand Wednesdays. Space is limited, hurry and sign-up tosave your child’s spot.

Begins June 1Dog Obedience Class: These classes include basic dog obe-dience skills. Behavioral problems will be discussed. Classtime is Wednesdays June 1-July 6 from 9:30-10:30 a.m.Fee: $50. Classes will be held outside at Confluence Park.lasses will be instructed by Judy Leonard of K9 Capers.

Register by May 27Canyonlands by Night Boat Tour: Join the Delta Parks &Recreation for a trip to Moab. This trip is planned for Thurs-day June 2 and Friday June 3. The fee is $190, which cov-ers the transportation, picnic lunch, dinner, boat tour, andmotel. This fee does NOT include Friday’s breakfast andlunch (your cost). Space is limited so sign up early.

Alfred B. CollinsA memorial service for

Alfred B. Collins will beheld at Crawford Town Hallon Saturday, May 21, from1-4 p.m.

A longtime Crawfordresident, Mr. Collins diedOct. 23, 2010, at Paonia Careand Rehabilitation Center.He was 71.

He was born to AlbertMartin and Caroline(Crank) Collins on April 3,1939 in Crawford. He spenthis childhood in the NorthFork Valley and graduatedfrom Crawford High Schoolwith the class of 1957.

Mr. Collins honorablyserved his country with theUnited States Air Force dur-

ing the Vietnam Era. He wasstationed in the Philippines.

He later moved his fam-ily to California where heworked for Moore BrothersWelding Supply for 17years.

He was a rancher, andworked on various ranchesin the North Fork Valleyand also worked for theAyer and Ayer Ranch. Heenjoyed spending time out-doors, hunting and fishing.He drove a school bus forseveral years.

Mr. Collins is survivedby his son, Boyd Collins ofCrawford; two daughters,Barbara Collins of Plac-erville, Calif., and MaryCadis and her husbandBrian of Fulsom, Calif.; one

brother and sister-in-law,Leo and Wilma Collins ofHotchkiss; one sister, BerthaAnn Linman of Crawford;10 grandchildren; and 11great grandchildren.

Pauline YoungDelta resident Pauline M.

Young died May 5, 2011 atDelta County MemorialHospital. She was 86.

Pauline M. Foreman wasborn to John and Viola Fore-man on July 15, 1924 inSweetwater, Texas.

On Nov. 25, 1941, shemarried Henry Lee Youngin Queen Creek, Ariz. Tothis union two daughterswere born. Pauline and

OBITUARIES


Ryan Austin WrightJudy and Braiden Wright of Olathe are excited to announce the birth of their son, Ryan

Austin Wright. Ryan was born on May 6, 2011 at Delta County Memorial Hospital. Heweighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.

Jacob Josiah SilvaNatalie and Adan Silva of Delta are happy to announce the birth of their son, Jacob

Josiah Silva. Jacob was born on May 10, 2011 at Delta County Memorial Hospital. Heweighed 9 pounds 1.6 ounces and measured 21 inches in length.

Sophia Trinity LopezMorgan Peebler and Carlos Lopez of Delta are pleased to announce the birth of their

daughter, Sophia Trinity Lopez. Sophia was born on May 9, 2011 at Delta County Me-morial Hospital. She weighed 4 pounds 12 ounces and measured 18 inches in length.

Remington Dale Paulsen PoulsenKayla Farris of Montrose is excited to announce the birth of her son, Remington Dale

Paulsen Poulsen. Remington was born on May 10, 2011 at Delta County Memorial Hos-pital. He weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.

Preston Aadain FarnsworthAmber Farnsworth of Delta is happy to announce the birth of her son, Preston Aadain

Farnsworth. Preston was born on May 11, 2011 at Delta County Memorial Hospital. Heweighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and measured 21 inches in length.

Oscar Alberto CamposSorayda and Albert Campos of Delta are pleased to announce the birth of their son,

Oscar Alberto Campos. Oscar was born on May 10, 2011 at Delta County Memorial Hos-pital. He weighed 5 pounds 13.8 ounces and measured 18 ½ inches in length.

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Henry had the honor ofsharing more than 65 yearsof love and marriage. Hepreceded her in death Aug.27, 2007.

Mrs. Young was a mem-ber of the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saintsin Paonia.

She is survived by twodaughters and sons-in-law,Mary and Bob Pobirk ofCrawford and Charlotte andJohn Morrell of Paonia; abrother and sister-in-law,Earl and Vi Foreman ofLoomis, Calif.; three grand-children; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by her husband; threebrothers, Johnny Foreman,Charles Foreman and RoyDean Foreman; two sisters,Thelma Schneph andDorothy Weaver; and onegrandson, Brett Morrell.

Memorial contributionscan be made to the Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints- Missionary Fund incare of the Paonia church.Arrangements were underthe care and direction of

Taylor Funeral Service andCrematory.

Maurine HallockCrawford resident M.

Maurine Hallock died onMay 6, 2011 at Delta CountyMemorial Hospital. She was90.

At her request, no formalservices are being sched-uled.

She was born Nov. 15,1920 at Jamestown, Kan., toCalvin and Mary (French)McIntosh.

In 1947 she was admittedto the Colorado Bar Associ-ation. She was the firstwoman to be the presidentof the Colorado CountyJudges Association. She be-longed to Business and Pro-fessional Womenorganizations in several ofthe towns that she lived in.She also belonged to theDelta Gamma sorority, andwas a member of the FirstChristian Church in Paonia.

Mrs. Hallock is survivedby two sons, George Hal-lock of Crawford and LarryHallock and his wife Gina ofDenver; a brother and sister-in-law, Oakley and MaryMcIntosh of Brooksville,

Fla.; two granddaughters;and four great grandchil-dren.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to the Needle-rock Family Health Clinic,344 Hwy. 92, Crawford, CO81415.

Arrangements wereunder the care and directionof Taylor Funeral Serviceand Crematory. View the In-ternet obituary and sign theonline guest registry attaylorfuneralservice.com.

William J. ForemanFormer Delta resident

William J. Foreman diedMay 8, 2011 at the AutumnGrove Cottage in Katy,Texas. He was 80.

Mr. Foreman was bornon Aug. 14, 1930 in Pogosato William T. and CoraFailor Foreman.

On Nov. 20, 1951, hemarried the love of his life,Helen J. Shreeves in Delta.To this union three daugh-ters were born.

He proudly served hiscountry in the United StatesArmy as a corporal fromMarch 11, 1953 to March 11,1955.

William was a member

of the Christ Church in Katy,Texas. He served as GrandMaster for the state of Col-orado from 1999 to 2000 forthe I.O.O.F (IndependentOrder of Odd Fellows.) Hewas also a member of theRebekah Lodge inCedaredge.

Mr. Foreman is survivedby his wife of 59 years,Helen J. Foreman of Katy,Texas; three daughters,Debra Duncan of Pueblo,Diana Foreman of Park City,Utah, and Sandra Tullio andher husband Todd of Katy,Texas; three grand children;and one great grandchild.

He was preceded indeath by a sister, GeraldineHocker.

Memorial contributionsmay be made toAlzheimer’s AssociationChapter HeadquartersHouston & Southeast Texas– 2242 West HolcombeBlvd., Houston, TX 77030-2008

Arrangements wereunder the care and directionof Taylor Funeral Serviceand crematory. View the In-ternet obituary and sign theonline guest registry attaylorfuneralservice.com

Connie Earl StaytonConnie Earl Stayton died

May 8, 2011 at his home inAustin. He was 86.

Mr. Stayton was born toDon and Effie (Fowler) Stay-ton on Jan. 2, 1925 inElkhart, Kan.

During World War II, heenlisted in the Navy. Heserved in the Asiatic Pacificas a fireman first class. Hereceived several medals forhis service. He was honor-ably discharged in March1946.

On Dec. 5, 1957, he mar-ried the love of his life,Ruby Dominguez. The cou-ple had the honor of sharing54 years of love and mar-riage.

Mr. Stayton is survivedby his wife, Ruby Stayton ofAustin; one sister, BeckyRiemensnider of Killeen,Texas; and a loving ex-tended family.

He was preceded indeath by his sister, BernieceMiklich.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to the Hu-mane Society.

Arrangements were

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under the care and directionof Taylor Funeral Serviceand Crematory. View the In-ternet obituary and sign theonline guest registry attaylorfuneralservice.com.

Dustin W. GreenDustin W. Green of

Cedaredge died May 10,2011 at St. Mary’s Hospitalin Grand Junction. He was24.

Dustin Wayne Green wasborn on March 12, 1987 in ElPaso, Texas to DouglasWayne and Terrie Jean(Harden) Green.

Mr. Green is survived byhis parents, Doug and TerrieGreen of Cedaredge; hisbrother, Danny Cerutti; hischildren, Quintin, Autumnand Brayden of Kingman,Miss.; his sisters, Lori Lynnand her husband Casey of

Great Falls, Mont., andCrystal Green of Greeley;special friend, HeatherClark of Paonia; three aunts,Nancy Green of Olympia,Wash., Judy Labolle ofGrand Junction and SharonManning of Delta; uncle,Jack Green of Evergreen; hisgrandparents, Bob andMary Green of Littleton;many foster brothers andsisters in Colorado; as wellas several nieces andnephews.

He was preceded indeath by his grandmother,Shirley Arnold; and grand-father, John Harden.

Memorial contributionsmey be made to MothersAgainst Drunk Driving(MADD).


Gloria A. KeadleGloria A. Keadle died

May 10, 2011 at her home inDelta. She was 68.

A celebration of life forfamily and friends will beheld at 2 p.m., Saturday,May 21 at the Keadle homeat 1735 Pioneer Cir., Delta.

Gloria Ann Tolman wasborn to Donald E. and Es-ther H. (Watts) Tolman onSept. 28, 1942 in Union,Maine.

She married Scott M.Keadle on June 6, 1982 in LaHabra, Calif.

Mrs. Keadle is survivedby her husband, Scott Kea-dle of Delta; two sons, DanBurnett and his wife Trish ofGardena, Calif., andMichael Keadle of Concord,Calif.; two daughters, Jen-nifer Burnett of Torrance,Calif., and AmieBartholomen and her hus-band Gordie of Anaheim,Calif.; four grandchildren;and 11 brothers and sisters.

She was preceded indeath by one brother.


Bill S. LattaDelta resident Bill Latta

died May 13, 2011 at WillowTree Care Center in Delta.He was 79.

Mr. Latta was born Aug.22, 1931 to John and Bessie(Pryor) Latta, Sr., in WhiteDeer, Texas.

He served in the U.S.Army in Korea. He was amember of the Lions Cluband coached ladies softball.

He is survived by hiswife “Bert” of Delta; a son,Michael Latta; a daughterand son-in-law, Janis andMark McMillan of QueenCreek, Ariz.; two brothers,Jim Latta of Eckert andLarry Latta of Denver; twosisters, Ernistine Startup ofTempe, Ariz., and BeatriceMcGee of Monte Ray, Calif.;and three grandchildren.

He was preceded indeath by two sisters, EwinaMyers and Thurleen Clark;and two brothers, JohnLatta, Jr., and Tom Latta.

Arrangements wereunder the care and direc-tion of Taylor Funeral Serv-ice and Crematory. Viewthe Internet obituary andsign the online guest reg-istry at taylorfuneralser-vice.com.

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Jack L. Riggan, a lifetimeresident of Colorado, wasborn on Dec. 20, 1954 inGlenwood Springs, and wastaken from us on May 7,2011, at Swedish MedicalCenter in Englewood. Jackhad his residence inCedaredge at the time of hisdeath. He was 56 years old.

Jack is survived by thelove of his life, Kari Strubleof Cedaredge; his mother,Loretta Riggan of Dinosaur;

three brothers, Rod Rigganand his wife Barb of Rulli-son; Marty Riggan and hiswife Gail of Montrose; RickRiggan and his wife Marceeof Eagle.

Jack was preceded indeath by his father Jack Rig-gan Sr. Jack attended theEagle Valley schools andwas a graduate of BattleMountain High School.

Much of his career wasspent in the ski industry. Heloved the outdoors, and hada great love for animals. Hehad a knack for workingwith horses, and enjoyedthe rural and ranch sceneswhich Colo. has to offer.

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THE NORTH FORK POOLPark & Recreation District is ac-cepting proposals for the Cross-roads Maintenance Contract fora term of one season. Copies ofthe contract are available at theDistrict Office located at 333Bulldog St., Hotchkiss. Propos-als are due no later than 12 pmon May 12, 2011. Please con-tact the District Administrator foradditional info. North Fork Pool,Park & Recreation District, POBox 2093, Hotchkiss, CO81419, 872-6122,[email protected].

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Town of CedaredgeP.O. Box 398 • 235 W. Main StCedaredge, CO 81413

Disbursement notice published by orderof the Cedaredge Town Clerk.

Total amount of expenditures for themonth of April was $270,614.52

Contract and/or Lease payments weremade to: Bank of the West $7980.46Loan payment & interest; Wells FargoFinancial Leasing $133.00 Tamco PDPhone Lease; John Deer Credit$4,054.17 Golf Course EquipmentLease; Ford Motor Credit Company$16,048.76 PD Vehicle Lease.

An itemized list of the above disburse-ments is available at the CedaredgeTown Hall during normal businesshours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mon-day – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to noon onFridays.

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