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INDEX Register your cell phoneApproximately 25 percent of households today

rely on cell phones as their sole communications resource. Delta County in no exception. In Delta County, government utilizes several methods of communication to warn us (radio, TV, etc.); however, specific warning messages are distrib-uted geographically to landlines and cell phones registered in the notification system. Emergency messages cannot be distributed to cell phones without voluntary registration of those devices. That is why it is very important to register your cell phone. To register your phone you may go to the county website: www.deltacounty.com and click on the yellow rectangle.

MAY 30, 2012VOL. 129, NO. 22

Wind knocks trees onto carsTwo cars parked in the Island Lake

campground on Grand Mesa were severely damaged by trees felled by high winds Saturday afternoon.

Airam Grijalva of Grand Junction was fishing at Island Lake when he heard cracking sounds from a nearby spruce tree. High winds knocked the tree onto his 2005 Ford Explorer, where his moth-er, wife and son had sought shelter. They were not injured but damage to the Ford Explorer was so extensive the Delta County Sheriff’s Office reports it had to be towed from the scene.

A second vehicle, a 2002 Jeep Chero-kee, also sustained serious damage but the driver, Lucinda Beville of Clifton, was able to drive it away. She and the other occupants of the vehicle were out hiking and found the aspen tree on top of the Jeep when they returned.

The first incident occurred at about 3 p.m.; the second was reported around 5 p.m. May 27. They were investigated by two reserve sheriff’s deputies who were on Grand Mesa doing camp-ground checks over the Memorial Day holiday.

BY PAT SUNDERLANDManaging Editor

“Enough is enough.” Those are the words of Caryn Gib-son, a 22-year employee of Delta County School District 50J who was appointed inter-im school superintendent last week.

“For one year, I get to make a difference,” she said. Job one is reuniting a school district that’s been in turmoil since the beginning of the year.

At a special meeting last Friday, acting board president Tammy Smith first announced Tom Mingen’s resignation from the board of education, then asked for a motion con-

cerning the interim superin-tendent. Cheryl Hines quickly spoke up, saying she’s excited to get the focus back on kids and their education “where it needs to be.”

Gibson was offered the position after a special school board meeting Monday, May 21, and she spent the week drawing up a three-point plan to review with the school board in an executive session Fri-day morning. Before accepting the job offer, Gibson said she wanted to know the school board members were on board with her plan and would be able to trust her decisions.

Her three-pronged approach

includes:1) building and establish-

ing trust between herself and the board, which in turn will trickle down to staff members and the community.

2) developing a vision and goals which will put the focus on students. After establishing priorities, a longterm finan-cial plan will be developed so the budget supports the school district’s goals, instead of the other way around.

3) leeway to build a produc-tive and positive leadership team.

Gibson plans to hire two assistant superintendents, one who will focus on K-8 and the other whose specialty will be high schools and the tech-nical college. Other specific duties (transportation, public relations, Vision liaison, etc.) will be assigned based on the experience and qualifications of the successful candidates.

The process of soliciting assistant superintendent applications has already taken place but Gibson says she plans to create a small window for potential candi-dates to reconsider. Several

Caryn Gibson tapped to smooth troubled waters


Paonia resident Tom Min-gen, who was elected to the school board last November, attended a special meeting Friday morning just long enough to deliver his letter of resignation:Dear SchoolBoard Members:

It is with much regret that I am informing you of my resignation from the Board of Education as of May 25, 2012. As many of you know both my wife and I recently retired, however my wife has recently accepted a new position that will require her to travel a sig-nificant amount. Since accept-ing the new position as of May 1, 2012 she has been traveling a total of eight days. I retired with the intention of spending more time with my wife and at the current time, the only way that will occur is for me

to travel with her. Because of the travel schedule, I do not believe I can fulfill the duties of a board member going for-ward. I have been torn about when would be the best time for my resignation to occur. I believe that with the appoint-ment of Caryn and the board and staff getting together to plan the future of the district going forward it is the right time.

I can assure you that I feel strongly that you are on the right tract and direction for the board and the district. In looking back, upon retiring, I had no intention to be involved in any activities at least for a period of time. However I was approached by Mike McMillan to run for the board. After dis-cussing the position with him, I agreed to have my name placed on the ballot. I felt that I could fulfill the intent of

School boardpresident resigns

BY HANK LOHMEYERStaff Writer

The North Delta Irriga-tion Company’s new pipeline beneath Cory Bench was finally installed last weekend and could be in operation with water flowing this week.

After more than two weeks of round-the-clock operations, excavators succeeded last weekend unearthing equip-

ment buried some 90 feet beneath Cory Bench, which enabled workers to repair a broken shackle and cable assembly. The remaining 300 to 400 feet of pipeline was then pulled through the com-pany’s collapsed tunnel bore to the west portal.

Amazingly, the massive, two-week-long earth moving project begun when the equip-ment failure occurred may not in the end delay the pipeline project’s scheduled comple-tion. Lynn French, company representative, told the DCI on Tuesday that the original June 1 goal for having water flowing in the new pipeline was still attainable.

An estimated 50,000-plus cubic yards of earth was moved by an armada of heavy equipment creating the giant crater which allowed workers to access and recover failed equipment in the collapsed 110-year-old old tunnel bore.

French was highly posi-tive in his assessment of the work done on the project by excavators Beavers Construc-tion of Hotchkiss. “They really stepped up to the plate and got right to work,” French said.

The primary contractor on the $1.2 million to $1.6 mil-lion pipeline project is a Den-ver-based firm.

While the excavation work was needed to salvage the project from a major setback on the pipeline installation, there was still some good

fortune found along the way, French explained. In particu-lar, underground soil condi-tions were dry and conducive to the work all the way down to the tunnel bore level. Weath-er, though blustery at times, generally cooperated and was also dry, allowing work to pro-ceed inhibited. In addition, the point of the equipment failure underground allowed excavators to avoid digging and creating severe distur-bance on residential property located atop Cory Bench.

The owners of property where excavation took place gave immediate permission for the work to commence and were “completely coop-erative,” French said. Other property owners in the neigh-borhood were also cooperative and helpful. “That cooperation was so important,” he added.

The company’s quarter-mile-long tunnel carrying water from the Gunnison River collapsed last summer. The approximately 170 mem-bers who irrigate North Delta farm lands have since been using supplementary water supply from Tongue Creek. Company members had voted to assess themselves a portion of the grant-loan funded pipe-line project

With a new, four-foot-diameter pipeline and other improvements on the system’s east portal end, North Delta Irrigation Company will begin working to fund other system improvements, French said.

Water to begin flowing through N. Delta pipeline

Photo by Hank LohmeyerTrack hoes and other equipment went to work around the clock for two weeks locating equipment buried in a failed tunnel bore (lower right) some 90 feet below the surface of Cory Bench.

Photo by Pat Sunderland

School’s out!Kesler Church and Jordan Long faced off for some good-natured “body bopping” during an end-of-year carnival at Delta Middle School. Each booth required a certain number of tickets, which were sold to raise funds for a school greenhouse.

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LETTERSLETTERSRoeber has represented ag interests wellDear Editor:

The board of Delta County Livestock Asso-ciation would like to thank Mark Roeber for the many years of ser-vice he has contributed to agriculture at the local, state and national level. Mark has been a leader at the local level with the Delta County Master Plan in the ‘90s. Mark made sure that agriculture was well rep-resented at the meetings and that the economic viability of the beef cat-tle industry was not com-promised. In addition, Mark has worked on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Manage-ment issues and the full scope of the multiple use mandate that our pub-

lic lands were set up to provide which includes energy, recreation, food and fiber production, and logging.

Mark has been a leader at the state and national level and has worked through several contro-versial issues involving water and private prop-erty rights, endangered species legislation, pro-posed ballot initiatives regarding animal rights language and protection of the agriculture indus-try. It was through this effort and his experience at the local level that Mark worked in concert with the affected county commissioners to deter-mine feasible locally driven solutions. Delta County is comprised of

55 percent public land and this has a significant impact on the local econ-omy. Mark continues to provide leadership at the local, state, and national level in the full scope of agriculture and public lands issues.

Delta County Live-stock Association thanks Mark Roeber for his thoughtful approach to complicated issues, years of dedication and experience on a variety of significant issues at all levels and the ability to bring committed inter-ests to the table to find solutions that maintain businesses and families.

Monty ToddPresident

Delta CountyLivestock Ass’n.

Roeber doesn’t understand ‘right to farm’Dear Editor:

At his recent meet and greet in Hotchkiss commissioner candidate Mark Roeber immediate-ly made the point that he is for “private property rights.” Sounds good! So I asked if he would repeal the Delta County requirement that farm-ers get a special permit (permission not right) to raise confined animals like chickens, goats, cows, etc. His response left me dumbfounded. He said that if your farm-ing activities offend your neighbors, YOU should find another place to farm.

Delta County’s right to farm resolution states:

Colorado is a “right to farm state” as set forth

in C.R.S. 35-3.5-101 et seq. Landowners, resi-dents and visitors must be prepared to accept the effects of agriculture and rural living including ... dust from animal pens ... odor from animal confine-ment silage and manure ...flies and mosquitoes (from irrigation)...aerial spraying... etc.

Mark is not for the right to farm; he is for community decision (the county as a big home-owners association). I ask him further if he would regulate property values, if he would regu-late growth? His answer was yes to both. These things can only be car-ried out by infringing on private property rights. I don’t exactly know which

property right he would protect as they all looked to be in play for him.

Additionally, he was unaware of Delta Coun-ty’s land use regulations as well as much of the activity of Delta county government. Without a strong understanding and backbone he will be like putty in the hands of the county bureaucracy and others that would be more than willing to teach him the need to regulate and control the population.

This is why I can-not and will not vote for Mark Roeber but will vote for Roger Bentley who is almost the polar opposite of Mark.

Mike MasonCedaredge

The rich just keep getting richerDear Editor:

What is more likely: that you will need Social Security and Medicare when you retire, OR that you will resent the taxes you have to pay on your million dollar income? What is more likely: that your family will need food stamps, OR that you will not have to pay attention to how much you’re spending at a very fancy restaurant? Is it more likely that you will go bankrupt from loss of a job or a health crisis in your family OR that you will need a new cabin cruiser to get to your pri-vate island? Is it more likely that your health insurance (if you have any) will refuse you treat-ment, OR that you can choose the best health care anywhere in the world? Is it more likely that your income level will stay about what it is, OR that you will become a millionaire?

Let’s face it, Delta County is not a loca-tion with an abundance

of super rich people. Yet Delta County continues to support policies and poli-ticians that transfer more of the resources (money and otherwise) to the super rich in this country. Our congressional Rep-resentative Scott Tipton has signed a pledge not to raise taxes (on the rich), even though the majority of Americans of all politi-cal parties now favor raising taxes on people making over $1 million a year. Our tax policies (including the Bush tax cuts) have transferred about 20 percent of the country’s wealth to the richest 5 percent (people earning $500,000 per year or more). That is 20 percent transferred from the middle class. This is money that would circu-late in the economy cre-ating jobs if it were in the hands of the middle class. The rich do not create jobs; what creates

jobs is DEMAND. Peo-ple without money can-not spend it. There were plenty of jobs before this recession started. Trans-ferring money from the middle class to the super rich fuels the greed and speculation that caused the current recession.

I read that approxi-mately 15 percent of the current price of gas ($0.54 for each gallon) is caused by speculation in oil in the commodity market. The workers of our country have become more productive over the last 30 years, but HAVE NOT SHARED in the profits their productivity has created. The wealth has been siphoned off to the top. Is this what you want? Let’s find politi-cians (of any political affiliation) that support the real needs of Delta County!

Bernard HeidemanHotchkiss

Comic strip says it allDear Editor:

My letters to the edi-tor on the various contro-versies/hypocrisies be-came so long that I decided to stick to the old adage “A picture says a million words” or how-

ever it goes. Anyway, I created a

comic strip named “North Fork City Limits.” It is now copyrighted as I will be sending it every-where. It will always be controversial, conserva-

tive, crudely-drawn and very point-blank.

I hope the readers of the DCI will think it’s funny!

Cynthia HansenDelta

NWCC outlines its position on Colorado Roadless RuleDear Editor:

On May 3 Colorado the U.S. Department of Agri-culture released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Colorado Roadless Rule. After years of delibera-tion in and out of courts, the department of ag has chosen the Colorado Rule over the 2001 “Clinton” Rule which governs all USFS lands except in Idaho. The final Colora-do Roadless Rule will be finalized after a 30-day comment period.

WSERC was actively involved in Roadless Rule negotiations for seven years. The position of WSERC, and now NWCC, has always been that we want the strongest pos-sible protection for all USFS lands that qualify for roadless protection. Rather than strongly support one rule over another, we have sup-ported those elements of each that are best for the roadless areas in Delta County and the North Fork Valley.

The preferred alterna-

tive for the Colorado Road-less Rule provides man-agement directives for 4.2 million acres of roadless forest land in Colorado. It includes 1.2 million acres of “upper tier” acres that have fewer exceptions for roads, power lines and development than the 2001 Rule. The preferred alternative also adds 409,500 acres not cov-ered in the 2001 Rule and removes areas (459,100 acres) where roadless characteristics were com-promised. It also allows for limited fuel treatment near urban areas.

Alternative 4 is iden-tical to the preferred alternative with many additional “upper tier” restrictions that WSERC advocated for. This alter-native includes almost 1.4 million more acres in “upper tier” than the pre-ferred alternative.

NWCC is pleased to see that the preferred alternative for the Col-orado Roadless Rule maintains the temporary North Fork coal exemp-tion area. The temporary

North Fork coal exemp-tion area allows the three existing mines to contin-ue to explore and develop coal resources beneath roadless areas by permit-ting them to build “tem-porary” roads and gob vent boreholes needed to release and eventually capture explosive meth-ane gas. The temporary North Fork coal exemp-tion area does not include the Currant Creek Road-less Area. Currant Creek is a pristine and remote area in the Leroux Creek drainage that WSERC successfully fought to keep out of the coal exclu-sion zone and that NWCC will continue to defend.

The Colorado Roadless Rule will not affect exist-ing oil and gas leases in roadless areas. Therefore, the issue of gap leases, those gas leases in road-less areas sold after Bush became president, will have to be resolved by the courts. Our legal col-leagues think that there will not be an opportu-nity for group lawsuits concerning gap leases.

They think that each gas lease parcel in question may have to be sued over individually. NWCC will evaluate the gap leases in the GMUG National Forest and collaborate with our conservation colleagues on a strategy.

The 30-day comment period gives us the oppor-tunity to comment and petition for additional upper tier lands. We need concerned members to look at the rule to see if your favorite wild places have upper tier status. If you have an interest, please consider joining our Public Lands Com-mittee.

To read the Colorado Rule as well as the official summary go to www.the-conservationcenter.org.

If you would like any further information, please call NWCC’s Pub-lic Land Committee mem-bers Andrea Robinsong 872-3952 or Robin Nich-oloff 527-3997.

Sarah SauterExecutive Director

NFRIA-WSERCConservation Center

Crumbling roads need attentionDear Editor:

Apparently the town of Delta doesn’t care enough about its crumbling roads, but instead cares about a golf course. Why do I say this? After living here for the last five years, I’ve noticed that the roads are slowly getting worse over time and nothing is being done about it. I wish I were more of an eloquent writer that could inspire people to actually fix things in this community, but sadly, I am not. I’m more of a man of action. One particular bad chunk of road can be found at 5th and Grand, heading north on Grand (coming up to a stop sign).

To make a long rant short, I hope the people living next to this inter-section don’t call the police after I’ve rented a jack hammer, set up traf-fic cones, and begin to

tear up the moguls that constantly plague drivers at this spot. The town of Delta has had five years to fix this problem and they haven’t, so don’t get mad at me.James S. Novinger III

Delta

Thanks to NoraO’Brien forspeaking outDear Editor:

I offer my support to Nora O’Brien for having the courage to speak out about the current school board actions. She gives voice to the thoughts of those who share her con-cern but remain silent for fear of retribution. Also, I feel it is neces-sary to point out that the problems with the board are not new. I had the opportunity to witness efforts by this body to tear the soul out of the Vision program and bring it to its current state. I have heard rumors that there are efforts to create a North Fork school dis-trict. There is potential in this idea. I urge those who share Nora’s concern to add their energy to hers. Thank you Nora.

GaryHandschumacher

Delta

Bob Borchardt will be missedDear Editor:

Losing Bob Borchardt from your staff is also a great loss to the Sur-face Creek community. Thank you Bob for all that you have done to “tell our stories.” You will be missed.

VirginiaShaw-Taylor

Cedaredge

Delta County, don’t fall prey to ‘sustainable development’ agendasDear Editor:

ArchCoal’s West Elk Mine could run out of coal in less than five years if they continue to be denied access to their leases to the coal under-lying the Sunset Roadless Area due to the U.S. For-est Service 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Miners and loggers are increasingly being pre-vented access to public land due to UN Agenda 21 types of policies such as the Wildlands Project (more below). Hopefully the Colorado Roadless Rule just proposed May 2 will be enacted soon and will restore West Elk’s directional drilling access to their leases.

Dave Foreman of Earth First stated his perspec-tive on global Agenda 21 this way: “We must make this place an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their proj-ects — we must reclaim

the roads and plowed lands, halt dam construc-tion, tear down existing dams, free shackled riv-ers and return to wilder-ness tens of millions of acres or presently settled land.”

We must encourage our Delta County may-ors, city councilors, com-missioners, chamber of commerce members, state and federal repre-sentatives and planning commissioners to prevent and reverse any uncon-stitutional imposition of Agenda 21 as exemplified by the San Juan Moun-tains Wilderness Act of 2011 in Montrose County. Colorado Senator Udall sponsored this bill that would make mining and logging off-limits to huge sections of San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan counties with the support the pro-Agenda 21 Sheep Mountain Alliance.

“The objective of

[Agenda 21] sustainable development is to inte-grate economic, social and environmental policies in order to achieve reduced consumption, social equi-ty, and the preservation and restoration of biodi-versity. Sustainablists insist that every societal decision be based on envi-ronmental impact, focus-ing on three components; global land use, global education, and global population control and reduction.” http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom194.htm

Two factors keep the threat of Agenda 21 hid-den. Its scope is so mon-umental that those not aware of actual encroach-ments tune it out as a ludicrous United Nations scheme. On the other hand, those implement-ing it locally are either careful not to attribute their decisions to Agenda 21 or they are actually

unaware how much their actions are advancing the agenda.

Many of those in favor of Agenda 21 sincere-ly believe many of the apocalyptic environmen-tal warnings such as Al Gore’s global warming hoax. They rationalize these “emergencies” to justify pre-empting the normal democratic pro-cess, the Constitution, private property rights, local government respon-sibility and free enter-prise.

The enactment of United Nations Agenda 21 kinds of “sustainable development” policies in Delta County must be prevented.

Read more at http://deltacountyagenda21.yolasite.com/ which also links to several extreme-ly helpful videos on this subject.

Jeff HoganHotchkiss

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A request by Nathan Yager’s defense attor-ney to appoint a special prosecutor for his mur-der trial was denied by Judge Charles Greenacre last week.

Stephan Schweiss-ing filed the motion May 22, requesting that it be sealed to all but the judge. District attorney Dan Hotsenpiller object-ed to the “secret submis-sion.”

The motion apparently provides some indication about defense strategy which Schweissing does not want the prosecu-tor to see. Judge Green-acre said it’s appropriate for that information to remain confidential, and he denied Hotsenpiller’s request the motion be unsealed.

Although he did not have the details, Hotsen-piller apparently under-

stood why Schweissing has requested a special prosecutor — current and former employees of the district attorney’s office (including Hotsenpiller) are on the list of potential defense witnesses.

Those witnesses would corroborate Yager’s pres-ence in the district attor-ney’s Delta office the day before the death of Melin-da Yager, and could spe-cifically testify to Nathan Yager’s mental state.

Hotsenpiller said any information those employees would provide has already been stipu-lated by both sides.

Referring to state statutes, Judge Greena-cre said a special pros-ecutor can be appointed only in “extreme” circum-stances which make it unlikely the defendant would receive a fair trial. Because the testimony of the witnesses is not disputed, Judge Green-

acre said he could find no basis for granting the defense motion.

Trial dates in Septem-ber, October and Novem-ber were the next topic of discussion. The date will be finalized at a status conference on June 28.

Jury selection will have to begin weeks prior to the trial date, Judge Greenacre explained. The jury commission-er plans to mail ques-tionnaires to potential jurors in advance, and time will be needed for response, return and review. A “staggered call” will be used to summon the jurors over a peri-od of two to three days, because the courthouse can not accommodate the number of potential jurors who will need to be called.

“I see no other way we can do it,” Judge Green-acre said.

Yager has been held in Delta County Jail with-out bond since his arrest in January 2011 in con-nection with the death of his wife, Melinda. He is being tried for second degree murder, and has pleaded not guilty by rea-son of insanity.

Judge denies special prosecutor for Yager

Gibsonof those candidates had withdrawn their appli-cations because of the uncertainty at the dis-trict office. “It got a lit-tle crazy there,” Gibson said. “They deserve that chance.”

She will seek school board approval before job offers are made, but said the school board has already promised to sup-port her recommenda-tions.

Gibson is currently the personnel director for Delta County Joint School District but was slated to resume direc-torship of Delta-Mon-trose Technical College. An interim director will hold her spot at DMTC for the 2012-13 school year.

Gibson is a graduate of Olathe High School and earned her bache-lor’s degree in business administration from Western State College. She earned a master’s degree in education (voca-tional business) from Col-orado State University and a graduate degree in principal licensure/lead-ership from CU Colorado

Springs.She worked

at Fruita-Mon-ument High School for four years before joining the staff at Delta High School as a busi-ness teacher in 1990. She has served as assis-tant principal at DMS and DHS, financial aid director and director of the technical college, and school district director of human resources.

About a dozen people attended the early morn-ing school board meeting and sev-eral expressed pleasure with the outcome.

Gibson will earn $105,000 for the coming year, but said

the money is not the motivating factor. “I’m in it for bringing the dis-trict back together,” she said. “I want to give peo-ple some security.”

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Photo by Pat Sunderland

Sobering reminderA young bicycle rider escaped with just minor injuries when he collided with a car travel-ing westbound on 5th Street the afternoon of Friday, May 25. Witnesses told Delta Police Department investigators that two boys were racing down the alley on their bikes; one passed in front of the car but the other struck the side of the vehicle. That bicycle rider was transported to Delta County Memorial Hos-pital for treatment. The accident serves as a reminder to drivers to be extra vigilant now that school is out for the summer — and to young bike riders and pedestrians to be more aware of their surroundings.

Staff members of U.S. Senator Michael Ben-net will host a listening session Thursday, May 31, at Bill Heddles Rec-reation Center in Delta. This is an opportunity for producers and interested members of the commu-nity to learn more about the 2012 Farm Bill and

discuss issues facing the local agriculture sector.

The listening session runs from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday and will be repeated Friday, June 1, in Grand Junction at the old courthouse, 544 Rood Avenue, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Learn about the 2012 Farm Bill

CorrectionsIn the May 23 edition

of the DCI, it was incor-rectly reported that sup-port staff members at the school district office have received a pay increase of $1.50 per hour for taking on additional responsibil-ities. That pay increase has been discussed, but not implemented.

In a second article con-cerning the school district, it was reported that when Terry Kimber took over as finance director, the school district was in the red by $755. At the end of 2011, the district had $1 million in reserves. The reserves actually total $4.1 million.

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Kriss and Kimberly Jones of Austin reported the theft of four female English bulldog pup-pies to the Delta County Sheriff ’s Office last week. The puppies were discov-ered missing the morning of May 23. According to the incident report, one of the puppies had been sold for $1,800. A reward is being offered by the owners. For more infor-mation, call 234-1596 or 234-1595 or the Delta County Sheriff ’s Office at 874-2000.

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1869 East MainMontrose • 252-9096

27 S. CascadeMontrose • 249-8211

✦ ✦ Fox 1 ✦ ✦

✦ ✦ Fox 2 ✦ ✦

✦ ✦ Penthouse ✦ ✦

7:15 Evenings Only3:10 p.m. Matinees Saturday & Sunday

7:30 & 9:35 p.m.3:00 p.m. Matinees Saturday & Sunday

Starring Will Smith

Men in Black 3

7:00 & 9:30 p.m.3:15 p.m. MatineesSaturday & Sunday

7:00 Evenings Only Sunday - Thursday

7:10 & 9:25 p.m.3:10 p.m. Matinees Saturday & Sunday

“Snow White and the Huntsman”

Starring Kristen Stewart

Starring Liam Neeson

Battleship

3-D Only

Starring Cameron Diaz

“What to Expect When You’re Expecting”

PG-13

The AvengersPG-13

PG-13 PG-13

PG-13

Welcome to Welcome to the Moviesthe Movies

Men in Black 32-D Version PG-13

5:15 p.m. Saturday & Sunday

END OF AN ERA!This will be our last weekend as 35mm fi lm theaters. As of June 4, we will begin our

conversion to all digital projection. We will now have 2 3D capable screens at the Fox Theater and 2 3D capable screens at the San Juan Cinema!

We will have new pricing starting June 8, all admissions will be going up by 50 cents.Please see montrosemovies.com for all pricing details.

Starring Robert Downey Jr.

PG-13

Starring Johnny Depp

“Dark Shadows”

Starting Friday, June 1

Gibson

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A4 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 ACCENT Delta County Independent

Senior CommUnity meals are served at four dining sites in Delta Coun-ty — Cedaredge Com-munity Center (Monday-Thursday), Delta Com-munity Center (Monday-Friday), Hotchkiss Senior Center (Monday-Thurs-day) and Paonia Senior Citizen Center (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). Meals on Wheels are also delivered from each loca-tion. More information is available by calling the Cedaredge meal site, 856-3636; the Delta meal site, 874-7662; Hotchkiss Senior Center, 872-3494; and Paonia Senior Citi-zen Center, 527-3435.

The menu through June 29 follows:

Friday, June 1 — Sal-ly’s pepper steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, cole-slaw, cauliflower, onion roll and fresh orange.

Monday, June 4 — Hot turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas and carrots, cranberry juice and apricot crisp.

Tuesday, June 5 — Swedish meatballs over egg noodles, broccoli, tossed salad, biscuit and sliced pears.

Wednesday, June 6 — Roast beef, mashed pota-toes with gravy, western corn, pickled beets and onions, onion roll, frosted

cake and half an orange.Thursday, June 7

— Pot roast with pota-toes, onions and carrots, creamy cucumber salad, black bean salad, corn-bread and sliced peaches.

Friday, June 8 — Spa-ghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, peas and onions, garlic breadstick and banana.

Monday, June 11 — Potato-crusted cod, Italian stewed tomatoes, three-bean salad, Italian bread and pineapple tid-bits.

Tuesday, June 12 — Italian chicken, creamy brown rice with mush-rooms, marinated carrot salad, onion roll and sun-set yogurt dessert.

Wednesday, June 13 — Barbecue chicken on a whole wheat bun, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, confetti peas and

fruited gelatin.Thursday, June 14

— Roast turkey with cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, mixed vegetables, tossed salad, wheat roll and frosted cake.

Friday, June 15 —Baked ham, whipped sweet potatoes, western corn, parmesan pea salad, oatmeal roll and cherry or apple pie.

Monday, June 18 — Chicken ala king over brown rice, broccoli, low sodium V-8 juice, wheat roll and Sheila’s apple-sauce delight.

Tuesday, June 19 — Roast pork and gravy, parsley buttered potatoes, carrot-raisin salad, Har-vard beets and banana.

Wednesday, June 20 — Beef patty on whole wheat bun, lettuce/onion/tomato, dilled potato salad, baked

beans and ice cream cup.Thursday, June 21 —

Beef lasagna, wax beans with red pepper, tossed salad, garlic breadstick and sliced peaches.

Friday, June 22 — Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy, baked potato, spinach salad, beets and peanut butter cookie.

Monday, June 25 — Oven-baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, honey bee ambro-sia, peas and onions, and carrot cake.

Tuesday, June 26 — Spaghetti with meat sauce, Kirby’s special salad, green beans, gar-lic breadsticks, 1/4 orange and sliced peaches.

Wednesday, June 27 — Meat loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, black bean salad, carrots and apple crisp.

Thursday, June 28 — Chicken and noodles, Ori-ental vegetables, grape juice, wheat roll and fresh strawberries with whipped topping.

Friday, June 29 — Breaded baked cod, green beans with red pepper, green pea salad, Italian bread and tropical fruit mix.

Senior CommUnity meals for June

AMERICA’S FAVORITE COLUMNISTDiamond Doctor David

DeVinny answers life’s big questions. His passion for his

work and his customers contin-ues to change lives daily. David has been a Practicing Diamond

Physician since 1965.

Dear David,What’s the worst gift

you know of that a man’sever given to a woman?I’ll just say that jumper cables are not the way

to add some electricity to your relationship.

321 MainMontrose249-3231

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All Elks and their guests welcome

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HAMBURGERS& FRIES – $5

Serving at 5:00 p.m.

All Elk families & their guests welcome

5th Anniversary Celebrationand Customer Appreciation Barbecue

Friday, June 111:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Join us forhamburgers and

hot dogs.Great prizes

and giveaways.

Be sure to register.

GRAND PRIZEFour 4-day general admission

passes to Country Jam

105 1/2 Eaton Ave.

Delta

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Thank you to all our customers for 5 years

of continued patronage!

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People’s choice“Sylvia’s Wedding Sampler,” pieced by Joyce LaBlanc, was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Basket Case Quilt Show. The quilt has 140 six-inch blocks which are both machine pieced and hand appli-qued. It took LaBlanc four months to make all the blocks and sew the top together.

Danielle Archuleta of Eckert is the parent of a son, Dominick Isaiah Archuleta, born May 16, 2012, at Delta Coun-ty Memorial Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20.5 inch-es in length.

Daniel and Ashley Win-demaker of Delta are the parents of a son, Daniel Allen Windemaker Jr., born May 16, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inch-es in length.

Kolten and Jessica Brewer of Cedaredge are the parents of a son, Zane Eoghan Brewer, born May 18, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospi-tal. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19.5 inches in length.

Damond and Shanea Sanchez of Delta are the parents of a son, Bray-ton Ryder Sanchez,born May 20, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and was 18.75 inches in length.

Patricio and Ronda Barajas of Delta are the parents of a son, Patricio Jayden Barajas, born May 20, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospi-tal. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 19.5 inches in length.

Gersain and Evelin Garcia of Delta are the parents of a son, Blake

Jionni Garcia, born May 22, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospi-tal. He weighed 6 pounds, 7.2 ounces and was 20 inches in length.

BIRTHSBIRTHS

Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado offers three weekly grief support groups in Delta County as a free com-munity service. Mending Hearts groups are open to any adult who has experienced the loss of a loved one.

The groups are ongo-ing, so participants are welcome to join at any time and pre-registration is not required.

The Delta grief sup-port group meets from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Thurs-day at Hospice & Pal-liative Care of Western Colorado, 195 Stafford Lane.

The Hotchkiss grief support group meets at First Baptist Church, 203 West Main Street, every Monday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

In Cedaredge, meet-ings are held at Cedaredge Public Library, 180 SW 6th Street, every Tuesday

from 2 to 3:30 p.m.For more information,

contact the Delta hospice office at 874-6823.

Grief support groupsmeet throughout county

Open househonors MaryKehmeier

Mary Kehmeier will celebrate her 90th birth-day at an open house to be held at the Stolte Shed Saturday, June 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is wel-come. No gifts, please.

Mrs. Kehmeier was born June 12, 1922 and is a longtime resident of Cedaredge. She and her husband Jack taught in Delta and Montrose area schools for a number of years. She has four chil-dren, 11 great-grandchil-dren and numerous great-great-grandchildren.

Mary Kehmeier

PracticeScandinaviancooking skills

Vestafjell Lodge, Sons of Norway will celebrate the lodge’s 22nd anniver-sary at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 3133 F Road, Grand Junc-tion, on Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m. A culinary cul-tural event will be held with a demonstration on “Techniques and Tips for Making Scandinavian Open-Face Sandwiches.” Members and guests will make their own lunch with all ingredients sup-plied. A suggested dona-tion of $3 for supplies would be appreciated.

Guests are welcome. For information call 245-5649 or 249-8691.

RHUBARB STRAWBERRY COBBLER

Mom’s yummy cobbler is a truly wonderful fi nale to any meal. This sweet-tart family favorite is chock-full of berries and rhubarb and has a thick easy-to-make crust. -Susan Emery Everett, Washington

6-8 ServingsPrep: 15 min. Bake: 40

min.

1-1/3 cups sugar 1/3 cup all-purpose fl our 4 cups diced fresh or sliced

frozen rhubarb (1/2- inch pieces)

2 cups halved fresh strawberries

2 tablespoons butter, cubed CRUST: 2 cups all-purpose fl our 1/2 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup vegetable oil 1/3 cup warm water 1 tablespoon milk 1 tablespoon sugar Vanilla ice cream, optional

In a bowl, combine the sug-ar and fl our; stir in rhubarb and strawberries. Transfer to a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Dot with butter.

For crust, combine the fl ourand salt; add oil and water. Stirwith a fork until mixture forms a ball. Roll out between two piecesof waxed paper to an 11-in. x 7-in. rectangle.

Discard top sheet of waxedpaper. Invert dough over fi llingand gently peel off waxed paper.Brush dough with milk; sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 425° for 40-50 min-utes or until golden brown. Servewith ice cream if desired. Yield:6-8 servings.

Each Issue of Taste of Home,a friendly, full-color food maga-zine, includes over 85 taste-tempt-ing recipes. For a sample copy,send $2 to Taste of Home, Suite4321, PO Box 990, Greendale WI53129-0990. Visit our Web page atwww.tasteofhome.com.

DELTA COUNTY

INDEPENDENT401 Meeker St., Delta CO 874-4421

Delta County Independent LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A5

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Montrose

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OPEN:Mon.-Sat. 9-6 • Sun. 10-5

Camelot Gardens is at its Peak!Join us for the Fun!

Everything you need for a gorgeous garden, all under one roof!Annuals & Perennials, Bedding Plants & Ground Cover

Potted Flowers & Plants, Vegetables & Herb Plants, Hanging BasketsPotting Soil & Nutrients, Trees & Shrubs, Bulbs & Seeds

Garden Decor & Accessories, And Much More

Discover adventure waiting at every cornerat our Big Apple Adventure

Vacation Bible School!All Children —Preschool - 5th Grade are Welcome

June 18-22 • 9:00 a.m.-Noon

Calvary Baptist Church1290 A Street, Delta

Call 874-9497 or email us at offi [email protected] you plan to attend so we can get you registered early.

Head to the Big Apple Adventure!

Let us spoil your tired feet with a soothing and pampering nail treatment. You deserve it!

Soak away your stress while we primp and pamper your feet from heel to toe. Guaranteed to put a SPRING in your step!

HAIR DESIGNERS & NAILS“The Makeover Place”

1410 Valley View Drive, Unit 300 • Delta • 874-1818

Clean Salon • Affordable Prices • Fun Environment!

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The trip of a lifetimeLast week Lincoln Elementary had the privilege to send 14 students to Knoxville, Tenn., to compete in the Destination Imagination Global fi nals. A total of 1,276 teams from 45 states, seven Canadian provinces and 13 countries made Destination Imagination Global Finals the largest celebration and competition of creativity and problem-solving skills of its kind, anywhere. Coaches Kristie Donathan and Scott Moore and DI coordinator Nancy Green are proud to announce that the DI AKA Camero Red Shots fi nished in 21st place and the Imaginators fi nished in 29th place. “We would like to thank all that made this trip possible,” Donathan said. “This was a trip of a lifetime and something that these kids will remember forever.”

Please join us to celebratethe 37th Anniversary of

Father Tom Seibert’sordination into the priesthood.

Sunday, June 32:00-4:00 p.m.

Refreshments will be served.

Come Celebrate!

ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 145 W. 5TH STREET • DELTA • 874-9489

Join the Black Canyon Astronomy Society volun-teers and park rangers at the South Rim Visitor Center, Tuesday, June 5, to safely see the plan-et Venus track its orbit across the face of the sun. The transit starts after

4 p.m. and continues to sunset. Solar scopes, astronomers, and solar shades will be available to share in this once-in-a-lifetime event.

For more information call (970) 249-1914, ext. 423.

See the transit of Venus June 5

The Delta County Libraries offer many edu-cational and entertaining activities and events for you and your family to enjoy. If you want to know what else your library is offering, please contact the library or visit the Delta County Librar-ies website at www.deltalibraries.org.

CedaredgeTeen Summer Read-

ing Kickoff Party - Own the Night. Wednesday, June 6, at 6 p.m.

Kids’ Summer Read-ing Kickoff Movie. Don’t be chicken; come see the movie about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. Thurs-day, June 7, at 7 p.m.

Computer Class. Learn how to manage your digital photos and share with your family and friends. Friday, June 8, at 10:30 a.m.

Adult Summer Read-ing Program. Come by and pick up your reading logs and prizes. Saturday, June 9.

Storytimes. Baby and Tot storytimes are Thurs-days at 10:30 a.m. Pre-schooler storytimes are Wednesdays at 11 a.m.

CrawfordSummer Reading

Program - Kick-off Party at Crawford Town Park. For kids, tweens and teens Wednesday, June 6, at 10:30 a.m.

Summer Read-ing Program - Fam-ily Movie Night. Kids,

tweens, and teens are welcome to come for fam-ily movie night and enjoy free popcorn and lemon-ade. Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m.

Storytimes. Baby sto-rytimes are Thursdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschooler story-times are Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m.

DeltaDelta Library’s 100th

Birthday Celebration. Friday, June 1. Down-town lunch at the library for local businesses from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Family fun carnival and fundraiser from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., and a special presentation by Ann Lin-coln, “I Dreamed I was a Genie,” from 6 to 7 p.m. Cake and ice cream will be served after the show.

Basic Computer Classes June 5-July 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign up at the Delta Library or call 874-9630.

Intermediate Com-puter June 7-July 19, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign up at the Delta Library or call 874-9630.

Digital Camera Computer Class. Two sessions only Wednesday, June 6 and June 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sign up at the Delta Library or call 874-9630.

Kids’ Summer Read-ing Program - Dream Big Read. Enjoy the deli-cious waffles while read-ing bedtime stories and creating an awesome star

globe! Wear your paja-mas. Thursday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. at Delta Library.

Teen Summer Read-ing Program - Own the Night. Come join us for a unique indoor experience of Campfires and Com-ets. Come sit around an indoor campfire, tell sto-ries, and construct a glow in the dark comet! Thurs-day, June 7, at 2 p.m.

Storytimes. Baby sto-rytimes are Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschooler story-times are Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m.

HotchkissSummer Reading

Program for all Ages. Kids, tweens and teens come and enjoy the fun activities for the summer reading program start-ing the week of June 4. Contact the Hotchkiss Library at 872-4153 for details.

One-on-One Com-puter Help. Anytime during open hours.

Computer Class – eBay. Tuesday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m.

Baby Sign Lan-guage. Mondays starting June 4 at 1 p.m. Contact Hotchkiss Library at 872-4153 or sign up at the circulation desk.

Storytimes. Baby sto-rytimes are Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschooler story-times are Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m.

PaoniaA.M. Bookies. The

theme for this month is “classics.” Read any book — fiction or nonfiction — considered to be a lit-erary classic. Each per-son gives a brief review of his/her book followed by a discussion. Wednes-day, June 6, from 9 to 10 a.m.

Summer Read-ing Kick-off Party at Paonia Town Park. Enjoy games, music, snacks and sign up for summer reading Wednes-day, June 6, at 1 p.m.

Music in the Amphi-theater. Come join us on Thursday evenings in June from 6 to 8 p.m.On June 7, we will have Michael Meadows; June 14, David and Tamara Hauze; June 21, Gustavo Brett; and June 28, Ellen Stapenhorst.

Teen Summer Read-ing Kick-off Party. Come and join the fun at the teen summer reading kick-off party. Thursday, June 7, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Children’s Summer Reading Program - Welcome to the Night. Children come and enjoy a nocturnal puppet show. Wednesday, June 13, at 1 p.m.

What’s up at your library?

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Delta Community Marketplace Vacation Bible School will again be held at Garnet Mesa Elementary School, 600 A Street in Delta. The ses-sion runs June 4-8 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The theme for 2012 is Nazareth: When Jesus Was a Kid. The ecu-menical Bible school is an experiential event in

a created environment common to biblical times. Costumes and live ani-mals are included.

Leaders gather the children in small groups and then congregate for stories and music in a community gathering. Children will participate in making crafts, play-ing games, and learning about how Jesus went to

school.Refreshments are

served. Handicapped chil-dren will be accommodat-ed by advance reservation to (607) 434-7001.

Admission will be $7 a child, $12 for two and $15 for a family of three or more. Scholarships are available. For more information, contact Patti Barela at 874-8413.

Community vacation Bible school planned June 4-8

For a quote on all your printing needs call Randy Crespin at 874-4421.

A6 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 SCHOOL Delta County Independent

Sixth Grade AwardsMost Improved Math

— Tanner Jones, Saman-tha Sanford.

Outstanding Math — Zachary Nicholson, Kayla Kensler, Anha Richards, Jasper Carmichael.

Best at Justifying Math Solutions — Alexia Quinn.

Multiple Solu-tions Expert — Kaleb Hawkins.

Most Engaged Math Student — Thomas Neil.

Mental Math Expert — Scott Hladik.

Best at Asking Ques-tions — Elena Gilliam.

Most Improved Read-ing — Tairrin Whetstone, Julian Hernandez, Zen Greenlee.

High Achievement Reading — Jaden Miller, Madeline Tracey, Kayla Kensler.

Most Improved Writing — Jordan Gerlach, Mari-bel Ruiz, Orion Selby, Uriel Blanco.

High Achievement Writing — Logan Freed, Kaleigh Nethington, Makyla Miramontes, Bryan Apodaca.

Science Einstein Award — Isaac Timbreza, Chris Hufman, Thomas Neil, Kaleb Hawkins.

Science Improved a Ton — Katrina Bate.

Social Studies — Korbin Davis.

Geography Bee — Jas-per Carmichael.

Art — Colton Galvin, Alannah Bailey, Daniel Mendoza, Alexia Quinn, Isaac Timbreza, Kaleb Hawkins.

Technology — Logan Freed, Alyssa Boyer, Kaleb Hawkins, Zachary Nicholson, Drake Horn, Kiersha Culver, Tanner Webster.

Presidential Physical Fitness — Denise Medi-na, Alexia Quinn, Anha Richards, Harlee Roberts, Alannah Bailey, Logan Freed, Brandon Harp-er, Rami Rowley, Luiz Munoz.

National Physical Fit-ness — Alyssa Boyer, Yes-enia Carrillo, Allison Cas-trejon, Kiersha Culver, Briana Escarcega, Billie Flonnes, Ashley Haag, Amanda Kuta, Makyla Miramontes, Melanie Osteen, Maribel Ruiz, Peyton Schuster, Saman-tha Wollert, Kole Granger, Drake Horn, Kylar Mas-sano, Daniel Mendoza, Jaden Miller, Unher Moe, Jessica McHugh, Sarah Parker, Hailey Dockter, Trynity Jensen, Saman-tha Sanford, Brendan Starr, Colton Galvin, Zen Greenlee, Vicente Tre-vino. Perfect Attendance — Vicente Trevino, Anha Richards, Trynity Jensen, Nathan Hermes, Bran-don Harper, Alexandra Chavez, Elena Gilliam, Lucy Streich.

Straight As — Jasper

Carmichael, Logan Freed, Kaleigh Nethington, Zach-ary Nicholson, Anha Rich-ards, Alexia Quinn, Lucy Streich, Kaleb Hawkins.Seventh Grade Awards

Math Highest Achieve-ment — Lydia Stalcup, Elizabeth Ward, Rhian-non Broyles, Nathanael Santonastaso, Madelynne Cronenberg, Brianna Rosales, Adriana Huerta, Perla Pantoja Rodriguez.

Most Improved Math — Kelby Carver.

Best Math Attitude and Effort: Megan San-doval, Madiea Lyons, Liz Robb.

Best Career Project: Emily Nortnik.

Airhead — Diego Duarte.

Math RockStar — Shel-bi Ledesma.

Most Diligent — Mar-lene Fuentes, Blanca Arias.

100% Homework — Victor Ruiz.

MathCounts — Nathan Sanders, Lydia Stalcup, Rhiannon Broyles.

Reading/Writing — Most Diligent – Andy Richards, Tre Johnson, Priscilla Rodriguez.

Most Improved — Shel-by Rothe, Derek Kendrick, Mikayla Hardin.

Highest Achievement — Mason Garcia, Rhian-non Broyles.

Most Words Read — Abran Saenz, Nectaria Hanning, Jason Kaighn.

Super Student — Rhi-annon Broyles.

Science Deep Thinker Awards — Jason Kaighn, Sheali King, Elizabeth Ward.

Science You Improved a Ton — Seth Glass.

Most Improved Ever — Shelby Rothe.

Best Scientist — Gabe Rodriguez.

Awesome Scientist —Matthew Bohling, Hannah Branson, Tristan Brown,

Rhiannon Broyles, Beau Byers, Elias Carlson, Jef-frey Chadwick, Made-lynne Cronenberg, Olivia Fisher, Marlene Fuen-tes, Nectaria Hanning, Adriana Huerta, Teresa James, Tre Johnson, Derek Kendrick, Tuan Le, Pete Lousignont, Meysa Mulford, Tyler Myers, Matthew Norris, Emily Nortnik, Evan Nortnik, Perla Pantoja Rodriguez, Jorian Pfifer, Annabelle Rhode, Elizabeth Robb, Victor Ruiz, Abran Saenz, Nathan Sanders, Megan Sandoval, Nathanael San-tonastaso.

Social Studies Student of the Year — Gabe Rodri-guez, Meysa Mulford, Rhiannon Broyles, Emily Nortnik.

Most Improved – Jose Uribe, Moriah Phillips, Christian Olivas, Katrina Bate.

Art — Nathanael San-tonastaso, Jace Norell, Jasmine Velasquez, Eliza-beth Robb.

Outstanding Art Atti-tude — Nathanael San-tonastaso, Jace Norell, Jasmine Velasquez, Eliza-beth Robb.

Technology — Pepper Reher (CO2), Tyler Myers, Nathan Santonastaso, Phillip Santonastaso, Abe Ontiveros, Nathan Sand-ers.

Drama — Nathan Sanders, Dani Sakala, Rhiannon Broyles, Eliza-beth Ward.

CFES — Rhiannon Broyles, Coral Olsen, Delia Ballard.

Presidential Physi-cal Fitness — Rhiannon Broyles, Makayla Mills, Lizett Andrade, Megan Sandoval, Lily Lockhart, Tristan Brown, Damon Jensen.

National Physical Fit-ness — Madiea Lyons, Nectaria Hanning, Rober-to Campas, Lizandro Carrasco, Bobby Clark, Codey Dillon, Ricky Granger, Damon Jen-sen, Ethan Keller, Luis Meraz, Reyes Meraz, Abe Ontiveros, Blake Reiher, Ben Roberson, Kole Rob-erts, Livan Santander, Nathanael Santonastaso, Kali Kirkendall, Mar-lene Fuentes, Nacona Baldwin, Julissa Castro, Shelbi Ledesma, Shayla Lugard, Jasmine Velas-quez, David Husmann, Nathanael Santonastaso, Andy Richards, Victor Ruiz, Jason Kaighn, Tyler Myers, EhHtaw Bo.

Perfect Attendance — Jonathan R. Anderson, Matthew Bohling, Jeffrey Chadwick, Melissa Guer-ra, Derek Kendrick, Jor-dan Long, Andrew Rich-ards, Gabe Rodriguez, Victor Ruiz.

Straight As — Rhi-annon Broyles, Teresa James, Elizabeth Ward.Eighth Grade Awards

Excellence in Math: Karissa Hobbs, Jesus Arias, Jennifer Gaona-Lorenzo, Dalton Valdez, Rodolfo Contreras, Saw-sha Fergeson, Kimber Purdum, Ashlynn Bailey.

Best Attitude — Devon Murdock.

MathCounts — Victo-ria Gallegoes, Abbi Nich-olson.

Language Arts, Supe-rior Slam – Eduardo Gon-zalez, Naomi Hayner

LA, Insistently Inspi-rational — Neifi Campas, Kory Mills, Kaisa Simon.

LA, Resoundingly Resourceful — Anthony Streich, Shawn Trujillo, Tori Carr, Kaylee Dun-ham, Stormi Archuleta, Victoria Gallegos.

LA, Determinedly Ded-icated — Mykayla Music, Dario Melgoza, Ashley Uribe, Kimber Purdum, Shanan Davey, Hannah

Unruh.LA, Incredibly

Improved — Skye Hirsch-berg, Nadia Hall, Miran-da Rhinehart.

LA, Astounding Achiev-er — Abbi Beckwith, Naomi Hayner, Rayna Whetstone, Tylor Redden, Jamie Sutliff, Karissa Hobbs, Cruz Arias, Alex Duran, Cidney Fisk.

Dean Winter Sci-ence Award — Anthony Streich.

Awesome Scientist Award — Stormi Archu-leta, Cruz Arias, Neifi Campas, Alan Carrasco, Juan Chavez, Rodolfo Contreras, Shanan Davey, Hannah Easter, Cidney Fisk, Victoria Gallegos, Jennifer Gaona-Lorenzo, Nathaniel Hamm, Naomi Hayner, Karissa Hobbs, Derek Johnson, Sara Jurca, Kaleb Lindsey (Barefoot Wonder), Jade Mahaffey, Dario Melgoza, Seth Mewhinney, Kory Mills, Mykayla Music, Abbigail Nicholson, Tylor Redden, Heather Robb, Alexandria Rolf, Kaisa Simon, Jamie Sutliff, Ashley Uribe, Alexis Wil-liams. Most Improved: Vianka Valdez

Outstanding Social Studies — Kaisa Simon, Cruz Arias, Sara Jurca, Cidney Fisk.

Most Improved — Skye Hirschberg, Vianka Val-dez, Maria Medina, Jor-dan Jones.

Outstanding Art Atti-tude — Tori Carr, Darcy Ballard, Jade Mahaffey, MuWah, Deana Ellis, Cas-sidy Parker, Cruz Arias, Hannah Unruh, Alexan-dra Rolf, Carissa Hobbs.

Outstanding Hall Mon-itor — Kory Mills, Nathan Hamm.

Technology — Ethan Keller, Shelbi Ledesma, Seth Mewhinney, Karis-sa Hobbs, Kaisa Simon, Nathan Hamm.

Advanced Technol-ogy — Kory Mills, Kaylee Dunham, Abbigail Nich-olson (Beckwith), Alex Duran.

Drama — Kory Mills, Devon Murdock, Kaylee Dunham, Derrek John-son, Anthony Streich, Rhiannon Sturgeon.

Student Council — Mykayla Music, Tylor Redden, Sara Jurca, Jen-nifer Gaona, Cidney Fisk, Naomi Hayner.

CFES — Amelia Hawkins, Mykayla Music, Cruz Arias, Kory Mills, Heather Robb, Derek Johnson, Shanan Davey, Julie Cassel, Cidney Fisk, Naomi Hayner.

Presidential Fitness Award — Abbi Nicholson, Shanan Davey, Karina Bedoy, Kaylee Dunham, Naomi Hayner, Jade Mahaffey, Jamie Sutliff, Alexis Williams, Alan Carrasco, David Valenzu-ela, Amelia Hawkins.

National Fitness Award — Mariah Perez, Amelia Hawkins, Heather Robb, Natalia Pineda, Karina Bedoy, Stormi Archuleta, Shauntaya Ashurst, Dar-cey Ballard, Tori Carr, Shanan Davey, Erica Gazzillo, Hope Huydic, Autumn Jackson, Had-amira Lugo, Maria Medi-

na, Abbigail Nicholson, Heidi Osteen, Jasmine Ponce, Elizabeth Quin-tero, Kaisa Simon, Rhi-annon Sturgeon, Brenda Towne, Vianka Valdez, Jesus Arias, Chris Butler, Eduardo Gonzales, Kodie Komives, Malachi Lyons, Jesus Munoz, Jesus Romero, Francisco Santil-lan Ponce, Dakota Scot, David Valenzuela, Cruz Arias, Kelby Brown, Cade Lugard, Stephen Davi-gnon, Jonathan Ponce, Ethan Owens, Anthony Streich, Carlos Pena Vargas, Jesus Gonzales, Dario Melgoza, Edith Mendiola, Nicolle Money, Skye Hirschberg, Lacy Davis, Ysenia Gilliam.

Presidential Academic Award — Stormi Archule-ta, Cruz Arias, Jesus Arias, Daymon Brown, Kelby Brown, Chris Butler, Neifi Campas, Tori Carr, Alan Carrasco, Juan Chavez, Shanan Davey, Alex Duran, Hannah Easter, Cidney Fisk, Victoria Gal-legos, Amelia Hawkins, Naomi Hayner, Karissa Hobbs, Derrek Johnson, Sara Jurca, Kaleb Lind-sey, Jade Mahaffey, Dario Melgoza, Seth Mewhin-ney, Kory Mills, Mykayla Music, Uyen Nguyen, Abbi Nicholson, Jasmine Ponce, Kimber Purdum, Tylor Redden, Miranda Rhinehart, Heather Robb, Kaisa Simon, Anthony Streich, Hannah Unruh, Ashley Uribe, Evan Wat-son, Alexis Williams.

Masonic Lodge Citizen-ship Award — Sara Jurca, Tylor Redden.

Perfect Attendance —Cruz Arias, Kaylee Dunham, Jesus Gonzales, Karissa Hobbs, Spencer Kearns, Rosa Ramirez.

Perfect Attendance for 3 Years — Jesus Gonza-lez.

Straight As — Cruz Arias, Juan Chavez, Shanan Davey, Sara Jurca, Seth Mewhinney, Mykayla Music, Abbigail Nicholson, Tylor Red-den, Heather Robb, Kaisa Simon, Alexis Williams.

Straight As for 3 Years — Sara Jurca.

Elite Athletes — Jade Mahaffey, Kaylee Dun-ham, Amelia Hawkins, Alexis Williams, Colton Cordova, Jamie Sutliff, Mykayla Music.

Band AwardsOutstanding Begin-

ning Flutist — Abigail Stone.

Outstanding Begin-ning Clarinetist — Luna Galyean.

Outstanding Begin-ning Saxophonist — Anha Richards.

Outstanding Begin-ning Brass Player — Kayla Kensler.

Outstanding Begin-ning Percussionist — Lucy Streich.

Outstanding Inter-mediate Band Student — Meysa Mulford.

Outstanding Inter-mediate Band Student — Matthew Bohling.

Outstanding Advanced Band Student — Sara Jurca.

Outstanding Jazz Band Student — Heather Robb.

DMS recognizes students’ accomplishments

Calvary Baptist Church

Father’s DayBike & Car Show

SUNDAY, JUNE 17Registration & Check-in from 8-10 a.m.

Father’s Day Service at 10:30 a.m.BBQ and Show Start at Noon

Car or Bike Entry $25(Includes BBQ, T-Shirt and Gift Bag)Non-participants $5 for BBQ

Trophies include“People’s Choice”,

“Best in Show”, and more

1290 A Street, DeltaCall (970) 874-9497 for more information

Don’t Miss the Don’t Miss the FUNFUN!!

THE WORKSHOP COSTS $30, CLASSES COST $50ALL CLASSES ARE HELD AT BILL HEDDLES REC. CENTER

TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS:

11:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON MUSICAL THEATRE AND DANCE (1ST-5TH GRADES) JUNE 5-JUNE 28

2:00-4:00 P.M. DANCE BOOT CAMP (6TH-12TH GRADES) JUNE 5-JUNE 28

TUESDAYS ONLY:

6:00-7:00 P.M. ADULT BALLET (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY) JUNE 5-JULY 31

THURSDAYS ONLY:

7:00-8:30 P.M. DRAMA CLASS (MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL) JUNE 7-AUG. 2

ONE WEEK DANCE WORKSHOP 12:30-2:00 (1ST-5TH GRADES) JUNE 18-21 JAZZ AND BALLET!!

INSTRUCTOR: LINDA DYSART AT 835-3999 OR GARY WEST AT 874-0923.

Photo submittedEduardo Gonzalez had perfect attendance for three years at DMS.

Photo submittedDMS principal Derek Carlson congratulates Sara Jurca on three years of straight As.

Photo submittedAnthony Streich was the winner of the Dean Win-ters award for science.

Photo submittedSara Jurca and Tylor Redden were the recipients of the Masonic Lodge Citizenship Award.

Photo submittedRecognized as Elite Athletes were Jade Mahaffey, Kaylee Dunham, Amelia Hawkins, Alexis Williams, Colton Cordova, Jamie Sutliff and Mykayla Music (not pictured).

Photo by Wayne Crick

No sick daysDiana Caballero, a Delta High School gradu-ate, received a $200 check from First Colorado National Bank for not missing a day of school in 13 years. She plans to attend Western State College in the fall to pursue a business degree. She did not miss school even when she felt bad; Mom motivated her to attend school. Pic-tured with Caballero are Gregg Hawkins, DHS assistant principal, and First Colorado National Bank representative Jennifer Abila.

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For the month of May, Delta Middle School staff would like to recognize three deserving students.

Heather Robb, nomi-nated by Mrs. Parker, is an eighth grader at DMS.

She is one of the hard-est working students she knows. She is diligent, always willing to help, and takes charge of her education. Heather is well mannered and always

considerate of her peers. She definitely stands out as one of Delta Middle School’s stars.

This month’s seventh grade student is Blake Reiher selected by Mrs. Armendariz. Blake is an overall exemplary stu-dent at DMS. He is on time for class every day, comes fully prepared and ready to learn. Mrs. Armendariz says she can count on him to always be paying attention and putting 100 percent effort into everything he does. Blake is a good friend to others by his willingness to help. He is thought-ful and honest. “I think DMS is a better school because of students like Blake. Thank you Blake for doing your job well. You are a million dollar student in my book!”

Mr. Groenke submit-ted Stephanie Berrelleza as the sixth grade stu-dent for May. Stephanie has been an outstanding math student this year. She comes to class every day with enthusiasm, stays on task, and com-pletes all assignments to the best of her abil-ity. Her ability to clearly explain and show work on difficult math prob-lems is most impressive. Her work ethic and atti-tude make Stephanie an awesome student.

Delta Middle School names Students of the Month

Heather Robb, Blake Reiher and Stephanie Berrelleza

Scott Meyers, Ben Martinez and Mike Fancher

GMES fifth grade students and teachers would like to recognize some of Delta’s finest, the crew of the Delta County Fire Department.Special thanks goes out to the local fire depart-ment for once again help-ing GMES students suc-cessfully drop raw eggs encased in nothing but

fifth grade ingenuity, milk cartons, and many heartfelt wishes that each egg would survive the 45- to 60-foot plum-met to the awaiting tar-get on the ground. Sadly, not one egg survived the descent, but students’ blues were soon washed away with a steady stream of refreshingly

cool water thanks to Scott Meyers, Ben Martinez and Mike Fancher. Delta County Fire Department, thank you for making the GMES egg drop some-thing for everyone to be “egg-static” about. Fifth grade teachers and their students are already looking forward to next year’s event.

Firefighters make science experiment an ‘egg-static’ event

Parents and com-munities can now take a closer look at their school’s performance and specific plans for improv-ing academic results. That’s due, in part, to the state’s accountability system which now has all school improvement plans posted online and available to the public. To find school and dis-trict improvement plans, visit www.schoolview.org/performance.asp, select the district, then school and click “Improvement Plan.”

“Our hope is that by providing easier access to every school’s improve-ment plan, it will spark a greater interest in how a community’s school is performing and it will lend to more people help-ing their neighborhood schools succeed,” said Lisa Medler, the state’s director of improvement planning and Title II pro-grams.

To make it easier for parents and others to understand the plans,

the Department of Edu-cation now has consistent plan formats so parents with students at differ-ent schools will be able to more easily make sense of the information from one school to the next. The process of creating the plans is also relative-ly new and requires that schools delve deeper into the areas where improve-ment is needed to pin-point the best ways to address problems.

School improvement plans posted online

Dr. Janet Moore of Delta Pediatrics, in col-laboration with Families Plus and the Family Lit-eracy and Resource Pro-gram, will be offering free sports physicals starting on May 5. The clinics are available to students who are uninsured or under-insured (high deductible or sports physicals are not covered in the family’s insurance policy). Clinics

will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dr. Moore’s office at Delta Pediatrics in Delta. Additional clin-ics for sports physicals will be offered June 2 and 9, and Aug. 4, 11 and 18. Call 874-9517 or 589-0364 for more information or to make an appointment (at the end of the school year the 589-0364 number will be the number used to make an appointment).

Free sports physicalclinics offered this summer

A8 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 OBITUARIES Delta County Independent

Conne SimpsonConne Simpson of

Cedaredge died Wednes-day, May 16, 2012. She was 64.

Mrs. Simpson was born May 22, 1947.

She was a former dis-patcher for Steamboat Springs Police Depart-ment and Routt County Sheriff ’s Office. She and her husband Ken owned the Downtown Conoco from 1972 to 1977. They started Sunshine Moun-tain Towing in 1977 and owned the Big A Auto Parts Store from 1989 to 1997. They moved to Cedaredge in 1997 and purchased the Grand Mesa Lodge. They sold it in 2011.

Mrs. Simpson is sur-vived by her husband, Ken Simpson of Cedaredge; a brother, Kim Smiley; a sister, Rynda Parrott; two sons, Keith and Jeff; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held May 21 at Pio-neer Town in Cedaredge.

View the Internet obit-uary and sign the online guest registry at taylorfuneralservice.com.

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory handled the arrangements.

Morris Dahl Jr.Morris Clarence Dahl

Jr. of Cedaredge died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Delta County Memo-rial Hospital. He was 67.

A memorial service was held May 26 at Tay-lor Funeral Service Cha-pel in Delta.

Mr. Dahl was born Nov. 15, 1944, in Devils Lake, N.D., to Morris and Velma Dahl. He spent his childhood in southern California and graduated from Moore Park High School in Moore Park, Calf.

He married Phyllis Whitman on July 2, 1983, in Lamar. They lived in Grand Junction for 20 years before moving to Cedaredge nine years

ago. Mr. Dahl enjoyed

camping, hunting, fish-ing, the outdoors, his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Dahl of Cedaredge; three sons and their wives, Thad and Kelli Dahl of Wheat Ridge, John and Michelle Schibbelhut of Aurora, and Lee and Rosa Hous-ton of Thornton; three daughters, Darcey Dahl and her husband Frank Becker of Pagewood, Aus-tralia, Stacy Hishinuma and her fiancé Steve Shomo of St. Augus-tine, Fla., and Elizabeth McClees of Olympia, Wash.; an aunt, Thelma Spencer of Anaheim, Calif.; a niece and her husband, Tina and Pat Dobbs of Grand Junction; 12 grandchildren; and a brother and his wife, Wil-liam and Earlene Hale of Grand Junction.

Mr. Dahl was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Licia Dahl; a brother, Peter Dahl; and nephew, Tony Brich.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202.



Elva SanchezElva Mary Sanchez of

Delta died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Wil-low Tree Care Center in Delta. She was 91.

A funeral service was held May 26 at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta, with Pastor Carlos Sluder officiating. Interment followed at Delta City Cemetery.

Mrs. Sanchez was born Nov. 16, 1920, in Amalia, N.M., to Placido and Aurelia Vigil.

She married Repito Sanchez on Nov. 14, 1938, in Amalia, N.M. They lived in Amalia before moving to Delta in 1965.

Mrs. Sanchez enjoyed crafts, quilting and gardening. She was a member of the Apostolic Church of Christ.

She is survived by her children, Clorinda Archu-leta and her husband Joe of Pueblo, Ida Gonzales and her husband Johnnie of Los Lunas, N.M., Lor-raine Cooper and her hus-

band Ken of Belen, N.M., Joe Sanchez Jr. and his wife Grace of Los Lunas, N.M., Eleazer Sanchez and his wife Rosalee of Michigan, Adelmo Vigil and his wife Solida of Alamogordo, N.M., Benja-min Sanchez and his wife Cindy of Olathe, Abe San-chez and his wife Maria of Big Bear, Calif., Dave Sanchez of Albuquerque, N.M., Amos Sanchez and his wife Pamela of Delta, and Bob Sanchez and his wife Robin of Cedaredge; a brother, Arcenio Vigil of Las Vegas, N.M.; 30 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Sanchez was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Repito Sanchez; a daughter, Dora Arellano; a son, Floyd Sanchez; a grandson, Freddie Orte-ga; and four brothers, Placido Vigil Jr., Joseinez Vigil, Eloy Vigil and Eli-fido Vigil.



Loretta FancherLoretta Pearl Fancher

of Hotchkiss died Friday, May 11, 2012, at San Juan Living Center in Montrose. She was 100.

Mrs. Fancher was born Oct. 29, 1911, in North Platte, Neb., to Clarence and Beulah Anderson. She spent her childhood in Morton, Iowa, and Shenadoah, Iowa.

She married George Long in the late 1920s and they moved to Los Ange-les, Calif. They moved to Denver in the late 1930s. Mr. Long died in 1944. She later married Delma “Blackie” Fancher. They lived in Mississippi and Colorado before retiring in Hotchkiss. They cel-ebrated 45 years of mar-riage. He died in 1995.

Mrs. Fancher was an avid pool player, win-ning many competitions. During World War II she drove a bus trans-porting live bombs for the military. Later she raised canaries at home and was active in the Masonic Lodge with her husband.

She is survived by two grandsons, Rick Long of Wasilla, Alaska, and Douglas Allen of Golden; and many great-grand-children and great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Fancher was pre-ceded in death by her two husbands, George Long and Blackie Fancher; and her two children, George Long Jr. and Georgetta.



Robert AshurstRobert L. Ashurst of

Cedaredge died Wednes-day, May 23, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He was 84.

A memorial service was held May 29 at Grand Mesa Southern Baptist Church in Cedaredge.

Mr. Ashurst was born March 14, 1928, in Cedaredge, to Lawrence

and Dora (Hawkins) Ashurst. He spent his childhood in Cedaredge and graduated from Cedaredge High School.

He was a volunteer fireman for 20 years and was a hard worker. He enjoyed his family.

Mr. Ashurst is sur-vived by his wife, Yvonne Ashurst of Cedaredge; five sons, Doug Ashurst and his wife Carrie of

Bakersfield, Calif., Dan-iel Ashurst of Grand Junction, Gary Ashurst of Parker, Harvey Low-ell of Cedaredge, and Larry Lowell of Wood-land Park; three daugh-ters, Kathy Sammons of St. Louis, Mo., Ramona Clymo of Cedaredge, and Teresa Ward of Gyp-sum; two brothers and their wives, Norman and Millie Ashurst of

Cedaredge, and Ray and Fess Ashurst of Palisade; a sister and her husband, Mary and Larry Kissing-er of Gresham, Ore.; 27 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.



Taylor Funeral Service & Crematory

Chalmer & Marge Swain

Mesa View Cemetery

Mingengiving something back to the community that had been so good to me. I ran for the board with the clear intention of help-ing the district continue to do an excellent job in educating our youth. I never understood that in being a board member I was never to question or disagree with anything that the superintendent wanted to accomplish. I can tell you that in my career I have worked with over 150 boards, and in no case was the board a rubber stamp of what the administrative person wanted to do.

Clearly for those that know me, I won’t do any-thing unless I believe it is the right thing and in this case it caused Mike and I to disagree. I am truly sorry that Mike and the board were not able to work out our differ-ences. I can honestly say in getting on the board, I never intended to change superintendents.

I do believe that the board took on some dif-ficult issues over the past several months. It is unbe-lievable to me that the board gave the staff addi-tional pay, added teachers and reduced administra-tive costs while balancing the budget, and not one citizen, teacher, parent, or taxpayer stood up and gave the board recognition that a good job had been done. Only those people showed up that told the board how we were wrong in replacing Mike, as well as everything else that one could think of to complain about. Sure it was a small number of people, but when no one else shows up it begins to make one wonder if that small group of citi-zens really do represent the majority of the citi-zens, parents, and tax-payers. I do believe that our school district does a good job in educating the youth of the county, but do believe that there needs to be change in the district. When no one is pushed then average is

acceptable. I believe that the board in place now intends to push and to require and expect change to our district going for-ward. I sure don’t need to tell you that change comes with pain but it is necessary to move our district forward.

In my career I worked with an organization that had over 20,000 employ-ees. The school district has that organization beat hands down in gos-siping, rumors running rampant, and people fear-ing for their jobs.

With Caryn Gibson at the helm over the next year, I believe that she can begin to reestablish trust and move the dis-trict forward. Clearly these problems have been with the district long before I became a board member. Only good lead-ership and time with heal these issues.

In reorganizing the distict office, I realize that some very good peo-ple were caught in the job downsizing.

I think we all agree that if we had all the money needed, we would never have done that reor-ganization. However, with the funds the district has today, it really boils down to either placing the dol-lars at the central office or in the classroom.

In looking back on the curriculum issue, I do believe that Connie Vin-cent has done an excellent job in starting a very dif-ficult project. I do believe that it would have gone smoother if more teach-ers and parents had been

involved up front in the process. Of course it is always easier for one to look back on an imple-mentation and second guess it after the fact. I do believe in the curricu-tum and please continue to move forward with its implementation.

I want to wish you as board members the very best going forward. Boy, don’t you sometimes wish you could tell those mem-bers of the public the whole background on the issues you are being criti-cized about? I do believe for you to move the dis-trict forward and to push the district to be the very best, more parents, citi-zens, and taxpayers need to get involved and play a role in supporting your efforts.

God’s speedTom Mingen

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Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

VFW hosts eventThe traditional Memorial Day pancake break-fast hosted by Lee Marts VFW Post #3571 and Ladies Auxiliary offered dozens of area resi-dents one of the best meal values around, and helped raise funds for the post and auxiliary’s local programs.


Delta remembersThe community’s perpetual reminder and honor to the sacrifi ce of those who died in the service of their country stands at Delta City Cemetery where it was the focus of Memorial Day ceremonies conducted by Lee Marts VFW Post #9221 and Ladies Auxiliary.

Radioclub hoststailgate party

Montrose Amateur Radio Club will host its 11th annual tailgate party at Confluence Park, Delta on Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to noon. This is an opportunity to buy, sell, or swap amateur radio equipment. Tables for sellers are available for $5. Setup starts at 7:30 a.m. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact Lew French at 249-3675.

South Canal hydroEleven-foot diameter pipes, called penstocks, will carry water to the power house served as the backdrop to the offi cial ground breaking of DMEA’s South Canal hydroelectric project. Board members of the Uncom-pahgre Valley Water Users Association and DMEA were joined by Delta County commissioners and other supporters of local power generation at the event on Friday, May 25.

Aggressivedog shot


Charges will not be filed against a Crawford homeowner who shot and killed one of the two stray pit bulls that were attack-ing the family dog. The incident occurred Satur-day afternoon on J Street in Crawford. The other dog fled the scene. Dep-uty Kris Stewart deter-mined the homeowner did not endanger anyone else with his actions, and his dog was indeed attacked. The deputy is still trying to identify the owner of the pit bulls.

Delta County Independent ACTIVITIES Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A9

Wednesday, May 30OVERCOMING EXTRAORDINARY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL

HEALTH OBSTACLES, 6:30 p.m., Blue Sage Center, Paonia. Free.

BLOOD DRIVE, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Delta County office, 501 Palmer Street and 2:30-4:30 p.m., Delta County Memorial Hospital, 1501 East 5th Street. Photo ID required.

Thursday, May 31BUSINESS AFTER HOURS, 5-7 p.m., Paonia Wellness Center, 317

Grand Avenue, Paonia. Meet physician assistant Jean Ceriani who joined Rebecca Miller.

DEL-ROSE CHORUS SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL REHEARS-ES every Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Delta Methodist Church, corner of Meeker and 5th Street. For more information, call Leslie, 970-256-9763.

BINGO, every Thursday, 7 p.m., Delta Elks Lodge, 563 Main Street. Open to the public. For more information, call 874-3624.

BINGO, every Thursday, 6:50 p.m., American Legion of Paonia. Come early for hamburgers and hot dogs. This week progres-sive is 57 numbers for $421, blue is 60 numbers and grey is 53 numbers for $250. For more information, call 527-6252.

Friday, June 1BIRTHDAY PARTY FUND RAISER FOR DELTA LIBRARY, 11:30 a.m.-

1:30 p.m., downtown lunch, at the library for local businesses. Donations encouraged. Carnival, 1:30-5:30 p.m. Admission 25¢/ticket or $1.00 for 6 tickets. Special presentation by Ann Lincoln, “I Dreamed I Was a Genie,” 6-7 p.m. Free admission. Birthday cake after the show.

June 2-3WESTERN SLOPE ANTIQUE POWER AND ENGINE SHOW, gates

open, 9:00 a.m., Max’s Antique Engine Barn, 20388 F Road, Delta. Show includes singin’, pickin’ and playin’ by Billie Davis and friends. Concession stands open each day. Tractor pulls each day starting at 1:00 p.m. Free admission. $10.00 insur-ance fee to enter tractor pull. For more information, call Gayle Boyd, 856-6692.

Saturday, June 2DELTA HUBWHEELER SQUARE DANCE CLUB MEETS, 7:30 p.m.,

Confluence Park, Delta. All plus. Caller is Lamar Podvesek. Prerounds/instructions at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Loren, 970-249-4858 or Gwen, 970-856-4157.

SCRAMBLE, Cedaredge Golf Course, registration 7 a.m., shotgun start 8 a.m. $68 entry fee per person. Deadline for entries is May 28. Limit 26 teams. For more information, call 856-3185 or (970) 216-0061.

“THE VICTORY EVENT” A MUSICAL BENEFIT CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Paradise Theatre and Blue Sage Center, Paonia. One ticket for two venues. Sponsored by Citizen’s for a Healthy Community.

CEDAREDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ‘50S PARTY, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Stolte Shed, Cedaredge. Hot dogs, ‘50s music and a whole lot of fun.

DELTA COUNTY ROCK, GEM AND MINERAL SHOW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Bill Heddles Recreation Center, 530 Gunnison River Drive, Delta. Free to the public, and children and adults of all ages welcome.

CEDAREDGE ROTARY’S THUNDER MOUNTAIN 5K AND 10K WALK/RUN — Registration 7:15-7:45 a.m., Cedaredge Middle School. Fun walk/run, 8:00 a.m. Registration includes T-shirt (T-shirts may not be available after 5/30/12). Adults $20; children 12 and under $10. Registration at www.cedaredgerotary.org or www.active.com_detail.cfm?event_id=2017257. For more information, call Jamie Meiklejohn, 970-778-2868. Proceeds used for scholarships, dictionaries and community grants.

OUTDOOR HERITAGE DAY, Confluence Park. Learn-to-fish sta-tions, 8-9:15 a.m.; fishing derby, 9:15-11 a.m.; outdoor exhibi-tors, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free lunch for participants taking part in exhibitor activities. Kids, bring your bike for the bike rodeo.

Sunday, June 3CHAPEL OF THE CROSS CONCERT, 2 p.m., Chapel of the Cross,

Pioneer Town, 315 SW 3rd Street, Cedaredge. Admission by donation. Today’s concert: David Starr and Roy Martin, guitar vocals.

June 4-8FREE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, for children ages 4-entering 6th

grade, 8:45 a.m.-12 noon, First Baptist Church of Cedaredge, 370 West Main Street. For more information, call the church office, 856-3830.

Monday, June 4AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION practice, 7 p.m. at Austin Baptist

Church, 22046 Canal Street, Austin. For more information, call Marilyn, 872-3949. All singers welcome.

June 7-10EDGE OF CEDARS ART EXHIBIT, Cedaredge Middle School. June

7-June 9 open from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; June 10 open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Judges reception June 6 from 7-9 p.m. For more information on entries, call Shirley Clayton, 856-3842, Mary Callihan, 399-7388, Carol Vela, 835-3388 or Karen Spears, 856-4961.

Wednesday, June 6TOASTMASTERS SPEECH CLUB MEETS, first and third Wednes-

days of each month, 12:15 p.m., U.S. Forest Service, 2250 Highway 50, Delta. For more information, call Tom Condos, 874-6667 or www.toastmasters.org.

Thursday, June 7PAONIA ROTARY CLUB MEETING, 12 noon, Paonia Town Hall.

Program begins at 12:30 p.m.: John Willet, The Creamery Art Center. Public welcome.

CHAPEL OF THE CROSS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Chapel of the Cross, Pioneer Town, 315 SW 3rd Street, Cedaredge. Admission by donation. Today’s concert: Gullible Skeptics, soft country, rock.

Sunday, June 10CHAPEL OF THE CROSS CONCERT, 2 p.m., Chapel of the Cross,

Pioneer Town, 315 SW 3rd Street, Cedaredge. Admission by donation. Today’s concert: Jill Olson, classic piano.

Monday, June 11DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP, 2nd Monday of each month, 2:30

p.m., classroom B, Delta County Memorial Hospital.AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION practice, 7 p.m. at Austin Baptist

Church, 22046 Canal Street, Austin. For more information, call Marilyn, 872-3949. All singers welcome.

CAGE-FREE COMEDY IMPROV TROUPE REHEARSAL, 2nd Mon-day of each month, 5:30-7 p.m., Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia. Open for the public to come play or watch.

Thursday, June 14MORNING COFFEE MEETING WITH ROGERS MESA MODERN

WOMANS CLUB, 10 a.m., Hometown Café, Hotchkiss. For more information, call Lou Ann, 872-4816.

CHAPEL OF THE CROSS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Chapel of the Cross, Pioneer Town, 315 SW 3rd Street, Cedaredge. Admission by donation. Today’s concert: Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus.

PAONIA ROTARY CLUB MEETING, 12 noon, Paonia Town Hall. Program begins at 12:30 p.m.: A showing of “Saving Face,” Academy Award winner in 2012 for best documentary. Public welcome.

BLACK CANYON AUDUBON SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER MEET-ING, 6 p.m., Bridges, Montrose. Jason Beason speaks on black swifts. Public welcome. Paid reservation must be received by June 5. For more information, call 970-252-0918.

FRIENDS OF THE CEDAREDGE LIBRARY FOR COFFEE AND POETRY, 9 a.m., Cedaredge Library. Several local poets have been invited to share their poems. For more information, call the library, 856-3518.

Saturday, June 16DELTA HUBWHEELER SQUARE DANCE CLUB MEETS, 7:30 p.m.,

Confluence Park, Delta. All plus. Caller is Richard Berry. Pre-rounds/instructions at 6 p.m. For more information, call Loren, 970-249-4858 or Gwen, 970-856-4157. Barbecue burgers and hotdogs potluck.

Community CalendarCommunity Calendar

Items for the Community Calendar may be faxed to 874-4424, mailed to P.O. Box 809, Delta, CO 81416 or

emailed to: [email protected]

• TAE KWON DO - ongoing classes are held Tuesday and Thursday from 6:45-8:00 p.m.

• HEALTHY BODY STRONG BONES - Adult Fitness Class on Tuesday/Thursday 9:00-10:00 a.m.

• HATHA YOGA - On Wednesdays from 5:00-6:15 p.m. Drop-in fee.

• TAI CHI/QIGONG FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY - On Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Pay monthly or drop-in rate.

• GET STARTED AND STAY COMMITTED - (4) one hour personal training sessions to get you started on your work-out routine.

• BEGINNING LINE DANCING - Register by the month on Tuesday afternoons 2:00-4:00 p.m. or Tuesday evening 7:15-9:00 p.m.

• COMMUNITY EVENING DANCES - Music by Ula Vaun-Kirkman on Saturday, June 16 from 7:00-10:00 p.m.

• HERSHEY’S TRACK MEET - For boys and girls ages 9-14 (age as of Dec. 31, 2012) on Wed., June 6 at DHS Track. Register by 10:00 a.m.

• ROCKIES SKILLS CHAL-LENGE - Wed., June 13 at Confluence Fields for boys and girls ages 6-13 (age as of December 31, 2012). Register at 10:00 a.m. Competition at 10:30 a.m.

• CARDIO PUMP TENNIS - Fitness-Oriented Class held on Fridays, June 1 and 8 from 7:00-8:00 a.m. Drop-in fee!

• ALIVE AT 25 - Next class Monday, June 18 from 4:30-9:00 p.m. Please register online at www.aliveat25.us.

• WATER SAFETY INSTRUC-TOR CLASS - Red Cross Certification on May 29-June 1 from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

• GENTLE FLOAT TRIPS - ESCALANTE TO DOMINGUEZ CANYON - On Saturday, June 2, June 16, June 30 - plus July and August dates. Please

register at least 3 days before each scheduled trip.

• SUMMER DANCE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS - Begin the week of June 5. Call for exact schedule and times.

• YOUTH TENNIS BLAST CAMP - For ages 8-13, August 6-12, Monday through Thursday from 8:00-10:00 a.m. and a tournament on Friday starting at 8:00 a.m.

• RIFLE HUNTER SAFETY EDU-CATION - Thursday, July 26 (6:00-9:00 p.m.), Friday, July 27 (6:00-9:00 p.m.), and Saturday, July 28 (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) Please bring a sack lunch. Register by July 24.

• WALLIBALL LEAGUE - Leagues are forming now to begin play on June 11 (Monday) at 7:00 p.m. Teams are co-ed and consist of 3 players. Games are Monday nights.

• YOUTH RAQUETBALL CLINIC - For ages 7-12 Saturday, June 23, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon. Limited to first 8 players to sign up.

• PICKLEBALL DROP-IN TIMES - Tuesday/Thursday 4:00-6:00 p.m. and Wednesday/Friday 8:30-10:30 a.m. See front desk attendant for rental/court times.

• ZUMBA FAMILY - Starting June 1, Fridays at 5:30 p.m. Ages 8 and up. Cost is daily admission per participant.

• OUTDOOR HERITAGE DAYS - Saturday, June 2 at Confluence Park from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Back this year is Fishing Derby from 8:00-11:00 a.m. - after kids attend Fishing Stations. Come out and enjoy this great event!

City of Delta Activity Update

Call the Bill Heddles Recreation Center and Cultural Dept. for more information on any of these classes and registration - 874-0923.

KIDSKIDS FIT CLUB! FIT CLUB!

Fun fitness activities for Fun fitness activities for boys and girls ages 7-12. boys and girls ages 7-12. On Thursdays (4 weeks) On Thursdays (4 weeks)

June 7-July 26 from June 7-July 26 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Register by June 4.Register by June 4.

Driversafetycourseoffered

Bill Heddles Recre-ation Center will host a AARP driver safety pro-gram from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, June 18. Keep up on newer traffic laws while saving money on insurance during this half-day course. Mem-bership in AARP is not required.

The cost is $12 for AARP members, $14 for non-members.

Pre-registration is required. Contact LaFawn Hamm or Bob Brown at 527-5199.

Save the date for Del-ta’s third annual Outdoor Heritage Day, to be held Saturday, June 2, at Con-fluence Park.

Kids can come early to participate in a fishing derby. Through Colorado Sportsmen’s Pathway to Fishing program, kids under the age of 12 can get a free fishing pole. Learn-to-fish stations will be set up from 8 to 9:15 a.m., and the fishing derby will run from 9:15 to 11 a.m. There will be five age categories, from toddlers to age 16. Your fish will be measured by 11 a.m. to determine the prize winners.

Exhibitors will be on hand for the Outdoor Her-itage Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities high-light outdoor sports and recreation for all ages. Free hot dogs will be pro-vided to participants who actively take part in five of the exhibitor activities, which will include:

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation — BB gun and pellet gun shooting area for kids, education.

Black Canyon Audu-bon Society — interactive games/activities about birds and their behavior.

Delta County Search & Rescue — safety in the wilderness/knot tying/signaling.

Bureau of Land Man-agement — duckies

(inflatable kayaks)/water and boating safety.

Colorado Mule Deer Association — shooting gallery.

Colorado Sportmen’s Wildlife Fund — Path-way to Fishing program (morning).

Delta County Ambu-lance District and Delta Police Department — Bike safety/helmet fit-ting/tune-ups. Kids, bring your bikes and get riding tips.

Delta Health Depart-ment and the Delta High School JROTC — orien-teering and compass-land navigation course.

Crawford State Park — life jacket safety.

Kiwanis — cooking and serving lunch, begin-ning at noon and lasting until supplies run out.

Gold Prospectors — gold panning/demonstra-tion of prospecting equip-ment.

Gunnison Gorge Anglers — learn fly cast-ing/fly tying and how to preserve our resources.

Roubideau Rim Wild-life Rescue — hands-on displays of antlers, feath-ers, bones and hooves.

K9 Kapers/Fido Follies — dog performances.

Delta County 4-H — kids helping kids make fish prints.

Colorado Environmen-tal Coalition — press

flowers, make bird feed-ers and hand-dye fabric bandanas.

U.S. Forest Service — forest facts game, GPS treasure hunt and cached treasures.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife — habitat hike, archery and .22 shooting trailer.

Camp Red Cloud — camp activities. Bring your camera and have your picture taken sitting atop a horse.

All events are free and no pre-registration is required.

For more information, call Bill Heddles Rec-reation Center at 874-0923.

Outdoor Heritage Day features fishing derby, hands-on activities

Popular musicians David Starr and Roy Martin will open the Cha-pel of the Cross summer music series on Sunday, June 3, at 2 p.m.

David Starr is an Arkansas native who relocated to Colorado in 2001 to continue with his business. Starr’s Guitars sells guitars and other musical instruments locally and internation-ally via the Internet.

David has been playing music since the age of 10, beginning with drums, then guitar, and dabbling with other instruments as well. You may hear him play the piano at a chapel concert.

Roy Martin has played guitar since age 15. What began as an Illi-nois hobby has shifted to a Colorado career in the last couple of decades. He is an instructor at

Starr’s Guitars offering lessons on guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro and bass guitar. Having moved to Cedaredge to build and live in an off-the-grid home with his wife Dea, the opportunity to work at a world class guitar store is a dream come true.

David and Roy have both completed CDs of original material, and continue writing, record-ing and performing in western Colorado.

Admission is by dona-tion.

David Starr, Roy Martin open chapel concert seriesAudubon

society hostsannual dinner

Where the black swifts winter has been a mys-tery. In 2012 a scien-tific paper was delivered revealing research which not only casts light on this mystery but raises additional questions.Since 2001 Jason Bea-son, special monitoring projects coordinator for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, has studied the black swifts. Beason will address the Black Canyon Audubon Soci-ety at the annual dinner meeting at the Bridges in Montrose Thursday, June 14, at 6 p.m. The public is welcome. Paid reserva-tions must be received by June 5. Call (970) 252-0918 for further informa-tion.

On Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m. the soft rock group the “Gullible Skeptics” will perform at the Chapel of the Cross in Cedaredge’s Pioneer Town.

The group’s selections include songs by the Eagles, James Taylor, America and Blood, Sweat and Tears. Members of the group are Marty and MaryAnn Rathburn from Cedaredge on guitar and

keyboards, Carol Morrell from Cedaredge on per-cussion, Brenda Suitar from Planet Earth on bass and Dave Christian from greater downtown Olathe on drums. The group invites you to re-live those memories from yesteryear when they were all much younger and better looking!

Admission is by dona-tion.

Gullible Skeptics perform June 7

Annualrock showis comingto Delta

The Delta County Rock, Gem and Mineral Show will be held Satur-day, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bill Heddles Recreation Center, 530 Gunnison River Drive, Delta. Feature items will include lighted mineral and specimen displays, gold panning, a fluores-cent mineral display, demonstrations on wire wrapping, and education-al displays for children. There will also be door prizes, grab bags, a silent auction, and a wheel of rocks. Over 25 vendors will have gemstones, jew-elry, mineral specimens, cabochons, slabs, fossils, and many other types of rocks for sale and on dis-play. This event is free to the public, and children and adults of all ages are welcome.

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Spirits were soar-ing Saturday — and not just because of the wind — as high school diplo-mas were awarded to 142 graduates of Delta High School.

Graduates, their friends and family mem-bers were welcomed by DHS principal Kurt Clay, who said he has been with the Class of 2012 seven years as a princi-pal, beginning with their sixth grade year at Delta Middle School.

Salutatorian Taylor Zunich reflected on the feeling of triumph and accomplishment she felt as a member of the bas-ketball team that made the “Sweet 16” for the first time in Delta High School history. She then

issued a challenge to reinforce the building blocks of our nation — family, friends, faith and community — which are beginning to crack.

Graduate Conor Laws introduced the guest speaker, saying teachers have been some of the students’ greatest sup-porters. One who has had unquestioning faith in each and every gradu-ate is Daniel Renfrow, an English teacher at Delta High School.

Renfrow asked the students to consider the past, present and future as he drove home the message, “You are spe-cial, valuable people, and I want to help you dis-cover your true worth.”

True worth can not be measured by numbers, like grade point averages

or salaries. Instead, it’s conveyed through hugs, kind words and other acts of caring.

“Take your enormous worth and reinvest it in the world around you,” he urged. “Go be great.”

Co-valedictorians Courtney Anderson and Brendan Kortz struc-tured their message around Mount Ever-est, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the pyramids in Egypt and ancient Greece. Like climbing Mount Everest, the grad-uates will have to make sacrifices if they want to achieve their dreams. At the Louvre, people can pause and appreciate the work of great artists, just as we sometimes need to step back and recognize all we’ve accomplished. The pyramids epitomize how we can succeed if we meet our challenges step by step and learn to call on others for help, Kortz explained. Final-ly, the ancient Greeks honored and loved their gods just as we should recognize and appreciate the beloved people in our lives who have supported us, Anderson said.

As Rosie Johnson, a DHS teacher, read the class roll, counselors Shawna Magtutu and Holly Teyler-Crowder listed each graduate’s scholarships, awards and plans for the future.

Rachel Tallent is attend-ing Valparaiso University in Indiana, “to pursue a career in changing the world.” Taylor Zunich plans to become a lawyer. Other graduates are pur-suing careers in health care, education, auto mechanics and wildlife management. A barber, gunsmith, master electri-cian, police officer, jour-nalist and engineer-to-be are eager to embark on the next chapter of their lives.

Seventy-three gradu-ates are bound for a four-year college; 29 plan to attend a two-year col-lege or vocational school. Twenty-two young men and women are entering the workforce, while 15 have joined the military.

Diplomas were pre-sented by school board members Cheryl Hines and Kathy Svenson.

Kurt Clay recognized another “graduate” — assistant principal Bruce Keith, who is retiring

after 40 years in educa-tion.

In keeping with tradi-tion, tassels were turned from right to left, to sym-bolizes the transition from student to graduate. As the DHS band played the recessional, the grad-uates left their seats and formed a line the length of the football field. Then white and green mortar-boards filled the air, as the graduates celebrated the beginning of the next chapter of their lives.

Delta High School graduates 142


Memorial Day honorStudents from the sixth through eighth grades at the Delta Academy of Applied Learning joined with members of the Delta High School Key Club and parents to place Memorial Day fl ags on the graves of veterans at Mesa View Cemetery Monday.

Photo by Pat SunderlandLeroy Arreola gets a hug from DHS principal Kurt Clay as school board members Cheryl Hines and Kathy Svenson wait for the next graduate to be awarded a diploma.

Photo by Pat SunderlandCarissa Sidor, Ethan Baier, Taylor Zunich, Conor Laws and an unidentifi ed grad toss their mortarboards into the air at the conclusion of the DHS commence-ment ceremony Saturday.

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BY TAMIE MECKStaff Writer

The PHS gymnasium was filled to near capacity Satur-day, in celebration of a pivotal and honored tradition: gradu-

ation. The class graduated 39 in Saturday’s ceremony — 18 girls and 21 boys.

This year’s valedictorians are Benjamin Justman, Alex-andria Farnsworth, Vela Bair

and Jessica Altman.Bair and Altman gave

their commencement speech together. They were happy to be graduating, but they also recognized the support of friends and family that made it all possible. Referring to a 1911 Paonia Aerie yearbook, they noted how this area has always been known for its strong family and communi-ty ties. And while much has changed in 100 years, these ties remain a big part of the community.

Altman referred to a quote in the yearbook that Paonia is small and out of the way, “But come and see for yourself that we are progressive and have improvements that we may well be proud of.”

“Not much has changed,” said Bair, “But that’s a good thing. This sense of family is what brings fans to the foot-ball games, relatives to our art performances, and makes us out-cheer any other team when we go to support.”

With much support, the class of 2012 has accom-plished much, including meet-ing their ACT goals, posting outstanding seasons in sports that included a state cham-pionship in wrestling and fourth-places finishes at state in baseball and girls basket-

ball, said salutatorian Mary Moll. “Mentioning all of the other accomplishments would be impossible.”

Keynote speaker Scott Rienks humorously began by sharing a bit of nervous advice to the graduates: “If someone ever asks you to do this, say ‘no.’”

In addition to teaching P.E. and weights, Rienks is head Paonia Eagles football coach and girls basketball coach and an assistant track coach. Speaking to the graduates as individuals, he reminded them to live by example and, as leaders, show great char-

Paonia’s 39 grads set to soar

BY KATHY BROWNINGStaff Writer

As families arrived at Hotchkiss High School on May 26 for graduation cer-emonies, they saw a number of emergency vehicles at the entrance to the school on Bull-dog Street and Highway 92. Luckily, no one was injured in the car accident. Ceremonies began about 10 minutes later than planned.

Principal Mike Beard began ceremonies by saying, “It’s been a quick four-year journey. The air conditioning is running full speed right now.” Because of the wind outside doors to the gymna-sium had to be kept closed. But even though it was on the warm side, everyone seemed to fully enjoy the speeches and presentations. Families and friends had come to cel-ebrate the Class of 2012.

Class president Jordan Belew welcomed her fellow graduates by saying their class was the best ever.

Salutatorian Joe McChesney said the day they had been thinking about, wait-ing for and talking about had finally arrived. “As a fresh-man walking to orientation, graduation didn’t even cross my mind,” McChesney said. “These last four years have gone by at warp speed.” He encouraged the graduates to

not wish they were back in high school but to look to the future.

Science teacher Zac Lemon was the commencement speaker. He began by quoting Mr. Price who once told grad-uates, “‘The world doesn’t owe

you a thing. You owe it to the world to do something great.’ So now that you are at that point you get to make that choice. What are you going to do for this world? You can be a hero or a hater.” Heroes want to do great things. “You are all

heroes.”Beard introduced the

eight valedictorians Nikki Buhrdorf, Tell Hawk, Reed Hubbell, Vikash Hypio, Erin Jones, Ben Smith, Kelsey Spadafora and Beth Wood. Some have questioned why

the school has more than one valedictorian. Beard gave his reasons for honoring all eight. “Everyone of these students has maintained straight As through high school. Every-one of these students has been involved in early scholar or college-level classes. They have taken 380 college credits in high school. Parents, that amounts to $103,000 savings to your pocket book as they go on to college. Their average ACT score is a 25 plus. That’s five whole points above the national average. They have earned in real money, not in financial aid, not in grants, not loans . . . But almost $400,000 in scholarships at this point . . . So, how do you pick? We don’t. Everyone is deserving to speak and be honored at this time.”

Glen Suppes, dean of stu-dents, told the graduates about their accomplishments for next stage of their lives. “The Class of 2012 has earned 1,113 college credits through our post-secondary Colorado Mesa University early schol-ars program,” Suppes said. “Which equals an approxi-mate savings to parents and students of over $303,000 total. Hotchkiss High School administration and teachers are very appreciative of Colo-rado Mesa University, West-

HHS grads are ready to contribute


Members of the community joined veterans as Memorial Day services were held Sun-day and Monday in the North Fork Valley for fallen mem-bers of the military.

The Lynch-Cotten Ameri-can Legion in Crawford marched to the memorial site in the Crawford cemetery. The service was in honor of those who served their coun-try, dying in war or at home years later.

Two World War II veterans were specifically honored in Crawford. James “Jay” Adam lived on a Fruitland Mesa ranch for many years. In World War II he was a P38 pilot who did 68 photo reconnaissance missions over Europe. After the war, Adam completed six more unofficial missions over Soviet-controlled Europe. During the Korean War he was in charge of a military town for families of soldiers who were overseas. He served as a community pacification coordinator in Vietnam. He was discharged in 1968. Adam died in June of 2011.

Raymond Den Beste taught school in Paonia and Hotchkiss for 42 years. He died December 2011 when he was 93. Den Beste grew up in the Crawford area and was a 1937 graduate of Crawford School. He attended college to become a teacher. In 1942, he was drafted. He spent his war career at an Army Air Base at Alexandria, La. As a member of the Army band he played for military ceremonies, with dance bands and to entertain troops.

U.S. flags given to the widows of Den Beste and Adam were raised during the Crawford ceremonies. There are numerous flags flown at the memorial site, and a num-ber of other flags are held in safekeeping by the American Legion Post in Crawford.

The Black Canyon Veter-ans of Foreign Wars conduct-ed the Memorial Day service on Monday at the Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss. Visit-ing were Kenneth Hotchkiss and his wife Joy. Hotchkiss served in World War II with the Navy Air Corps. Hotchkiss

Remembering those who served

Photo by Tamie MeckNational Honor Society member Stephanie Long carries a ger-bera daisy, one of two fl owers chosen by the class of 2012, at Saturday’s commencement exercises for Paonia High School.

Photo by Tamie MeckPaonia High School graduates Jessica Altman received the Aileen M. Rockwell Award and Adrian Lopez the Robert F. Rockwell Award at the 2012 graduation ceremony; both also received the P-Blanket, given annually to the outstanding male and female athlete.

Photo by Kathy BrowningHotchkiss High School graduates toss their caps into the air last Saturday to celebrate the end of one part of their lives and the beginning of another. Three seniors graduated with associate degrees. Others received multiple scholarships to help defray college costs, and others are joining the work force.

Photo by Kathy BrowningThe Lynch-Cotten American Legion in Crawford marches to the memorial site where fl ags are raised for deceased veterans who faithfully served in the military to preserve freedom for all American citizens. The Memorial Day service was held on Sunday.MEMORIAL DAY TO B3

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Hotchkiss gradsFROM PAGE B1ern Colorado Communi-ty College and Colorado Northwestern Commu-nity College in Rangely, Colorado.” He thanked the Delta County School District for providing support for the program. Real money scholarships earned by this class totaled approximately $830,000.

Suppes also thanked local businesses and organizations for “their continued support of these graduates. Without your help many of these students cannot attend these post secondary institutions.”

The H blanket is a scholar athlete award which was presented by Doug Horton, activities director, to three seniors who attained a 3.4 grade point average or better, participated in three sports for four years and participated in a state championship. Receiving the 2012 H blankets were Lindsey Todd, Dylan Hill and Tell Hawk.

Nikki Buhrdorf, one of the valedictorians, said the Class of 2012 was like a nail with the ability to hold things together. “Our class is tough, resil-ient. We don’t give up easily, and we don’t take ‘No’ for an answer.” She concluded, “On behalf of everyone in the Class of 2012, thank you to our teachers who offered us their wisdom, the admin-istration for all their guidance, the North Fork community for their unwavering support and dedication to every stu-dent at Hotchkiss High School and our friends and families we would not be here if it were not for you.”

The Class of 2012 chose for its motto, “You can’t wish for character, you must hammer and forge your own.” Wise words from Thoreau and fitting for this class of graduates.

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Photo by Tamie MeckThe 2012 class of Paonia High School participates in the traditional mortar board toss at Saturday’s commencement exercises.

Photo by Kathy BrowningLindsey Todd hugs Hotchkiss faculty members after receiving her diploma. Each graduate is given this kind of send off by the teachers. Four years of attending Hotchkiss High School has created strong bonds between the students, teachers and staff.

Photo by Kathy BrowningJunior Conner Beard helps Chelsea Hotchkiss as she steps from the stage as the last graduate to receive a diploma for the Class of 2012 last Satur-day. Hotchkiss will be attending the Delta-Montrose Technical College to study nursing.

Paonia gradsFROM PAGE B1acter. “You never know whose eyes are on you, whether 18 or 80.”

Rienks quoted coach-es, including John Cali-pari and John Wooden, in looking at the team as an analogy of life, but also gave advice in his own words. “Go find the heart in your team,” he said. “It’s amazing what gets done when nobody cares who gets the cred-it,” said Rienks, who led the girls basketball team to a state championship in 2010 and has taken the team to state 4 of the past 5 years.

Whether they are heading to college, trade school or the military, said Rienks, “You will be at the bottom looking up.” At this stage, it’s all about setting goals.

This year’s graduates already have goals. Most will work this summer, in the mines and in cof-fee shops, on local farms and ranches or at Ollie’s Ice Cream. This fall, most plan to seek high-er education or learn a trade. They plan to study culinary arts and sports medicine, biology and

business, electrical engi-neering and aeronautical science, journalism and nursing.

At least one plans to enlist in each of the fol-lowing military branches: the U.S. Marines, Army, Air Force and Navy. Another will work toward his pilot’s license

Five plan to study nursing, and four hope to carry on a long tradi-tion of working in the mines. Others plan to study ranch management or continue family tradi-tions in agriculture. One plans to become a full-time firefighter, another a dentist, and another an “awesome-possum, super-duper lawyer.”

Nine are National Honor Society members.

Four athletes, two baseball players, a run-ner and a soccer player, plan to take their respec-tive sport and their edu-cation to a higher level.

Many displayed their creative talents by decorating their mor-tar boards. Some were in honor of specific achievements, a school track record, a goal, or just the fact that

they were members of the class of 2012. One Navy-bound graduate’s board depicted a Navy battleship grid, includ-ing ships.

This year’s Rockwell Cup awards went to Jes-sica Altman and Adri-an Lopez. Named after Aileen M. and Robert F. Rockwell, cup winners are selected by a vote of the student body, based on the nominee’s charac-ter, leadership abilities, scholastic achievement and volunteerism. This was the 104th year the award was given.

Altman and Lopez also received the P-Blanket, awarded annually to the outstanding graduating male and female athlete.

This year’s Cherry Days king and queen are Anthony Roeber and Kayla Wilczek

All combined, the class was offered scholar-ships, grants and work study money totaling $1,400,507.

In describing her class-mates, Mary Moll called them “... bold, daring, and not reluctant to leave an impression on the school before we left.”

Hotchkiss High School senior Jessi Lynn Mautz, daughter of Tony and Susie Mautz of Crawford, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Kath-leen Wheeler Memorial Scholarship. She plans to attend Western State College in Gunnison this fall majoring in elemen-tary education.

This scholarship is a tribute to Kathleen Wheeler, who taught school for over 40 years, 26 of those in the Eng-lish department of Hotchkiss High School. She was not only an excellent English and speech teacher, she was also known for encour-aging and caring for all of her students.

In the mid-1960s, the Hotchkiss PTA estab-lished the original Kath-leen Wheeler Scholar-ship. When the PTA disbanded, the First State Bank assumed its funding. Since 1984, the Laureate Beta Mu chap-ter of Beta Sigma Phi has adopted the schol-arship as its major ser-vice project. Kathleen Wheeler was a valued member of the sorority until her death in the fall of 1991.

The Laureate Beta Mu chapter selects the recipient of the two-year $1,000 award. The schol-arship continues to honor the memory and wishes of Kathleen Wheeler to help students further their education.

Mautz receives memorial scholarship

Memorial DayFROM PAGE B1showed those attending the service a photograph of him and his father Clifford Hotchkiss, who was a World War I veter-an, dressed in their uni-forms for a Memorial Day parade in Minnesota.

Joy Hotchkiss was going to serve in the Army Reserve as a nurse in World War II, but the war ended before she fin-ished school. “I was glad,

too,” she said.Kenneth and Joy said

they are distant relatives of the founding Hotchkiss Family, perhaps going back 10 generations.

The Wilson-Head American Legion in Paonia conducted four services on Monday. The first was in Somerset fol-lowed by one at Cedar Hill Cemetery, the Grand Avenue Bridge and Beth-lehem Cemetery.

Commander Jerry LaBounty read aloud the names of those veterans who had lived in the area and died since Memorial Day 2011. They were Tom

Hicks, Dale Baldwin, Bill Zediker, Raymond Den Beste, Dick Owens, John Holvoet, Leonard Weiss and Dennis Gibson.

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Schedule of Events(All Events at Crawford Town Hall and Town Park unless noted)

Sponsored by Crawford Pioneer Days Committee and many other local organizations.

Contact 970-921-5320 for more information www.crawfordcountry.org

Saturday, June 9

Thursday, June 7Old-Fashioned Melodrama with desserts, 6:30 p.m. Aunt Fannie’s Last Laugh...or, Where There’s a Will, There’s a Won’t

Friday, June 8Baking Contest, drop off goodies by 3 p.m. at the bankBBQ Beef Dinner to benefi tFireworks, 5 p.m.Annual Auction, 5:30 p.m.

AfternoonOuthouse Races, 12 noonOld-Fashioned Melodrama, 1 p.m.Games in the Park, 1-4 p.m.

MorningFire Dept. Pancake Breakfast, 6 a.m.Parade, 10 a.m.Fido Follies to perform after paradeOld-Fashioned Melodrama, 11 a.m.

EveningCowboy Cook-off Tasting, 5 p.m.Fireworks Extravaganza (Crawford State Park), Dusk

All DayArt, Crafts and Food Booths. Live Musical Entertainment featuring David & Tamara Hauze and other local musicians

Sunday, June 10Round-Up Sunday:Non-denominational Service, 10 a.m. • Stay for a Barbecue in the park.


What was supposed to be a senior prank at Paonia High School last Monday night turned into an offensive event for the entire school.

Typically right before graduation as a fun prank, Paonia seniors come into the school, throw some confetti and move furniture around. But last week, according to Bill Carlquist, spokes-person for the Delta County School District, three seniors went too far. A hallway mural was painted with initials, a white board was also painted and oil was poured on a floor.

The mural was pre-viously scheduled to be

covered this summer so the student council and art classes could create a new one next school year.

The three seniors responsible for the dam-age will pay restitution. Senior class funds will also be used toward clean up. The scheduled senior graduation party was not allowed to take place on school property. The entire senior class apolo-gized to the staff and the student body.

Principal Randall Palmer met with parents. Palmer also told the junior class what is expected of them next year so this kind of an incident will not be repeated.

Carlquist said the incident was “definitely a

prank” and the majority of the students handled the prank appropriate-ly and did not damage school property. Clean up costs aren’t significant.

Scott Leon, Paonia police chief, said the police were notified about the vandalism but that the school wanted to handle the incident inter-

nally. Leon did review a letter left at the school by a student directed at a teacher. The police are seeking legal advice about whether the con-tents of the letter consti-tute harassment. Accord-ing to Leon, as of last week the teacher wanted the police to file charges against the student.

Seniors apologize for vandalism

Photo by Kathy BrowningThe family of James Adam, who served in World War II, gathered as the fl ag dedicated to Adam was raised in Memorial Day services in Crawford last Sunday. Another fl ag was raised for World War II veteran Raymond Den Beste.

Photo by Kathy BrowningThe Wilson-Head American Legion and Ladies Aux-iliary in Paonia observed Memorial Day services on Monday at Somerset Cemetery, Cedar HIll Cemetery, Bethlehem Cemetery and on the Grand Avenue Bridge where a wreath for those who died serving their country was dropped into the North Fork of the Gunnison River.

Photo by Kathy BrowningPrayers and salutes were offered at Riverside Cem-etery in Hotchkiss to the men and women of the community who served the United States in all wars. The Black Canyon Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted the services.

Jessi Lynn Mautz

Crawford United Methodist Women will have a Community Yard Sale on June 9 during Pioneer Days.

Cost is $10 per table.

The event will be held on the lawn of the Crawford United Methodist Church from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

To reserve a table call 921-7555 or 921-7411.

Community yard sale set for June 9

This Saturday, June 2, musician Bill Power will be playing with the Silvertone Devils at the Paradise Theatre.

“We’re happy to cel-ebrate the deferral of the gas leases in the North Fork Valley along side our friends at Citizens for a Healthy Community. This is worth celebrating and also a chance to raise dollars for the continued effort that most certainly will be required. But, for now we’ve won and we want to party about it,” Powers said.

Joining Powers will

be Jeff Reynolds on upright bass, Justin Hess on drums and Randall Utterback on the flying telecaster.

The Victory Event by CHC will take place at two venues, The Para-dise Theatre and the Blue Sage Center for the arts. Others performing Saturday night are the Joe Alan Band, Michael Gulezian, Gabrielle Louise, Beth Quist and Cage-Free Comedy improv.

Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets are avail-able online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/247684. The price includes access to both venues.

Silvertone Devils celebrate with CHC

Photos by Kathy Browning

Rotary scholars recognizedThe Rotary Club of Paonia presented graduating seniors from Hotchkiss and Paonia high schools with $2,000 scholarships. On May 9, Rotary Club presi-dent Ullie Lange, Norm Lewark and Felix Belmont (above, left to right) pre-sented $2,000 scholarships to Hotchkiss High School recipients (front, left to right) Jessica Padilla, Ben Smith and Kim Wellman. On May 15 at Paonia High School, Rotary Scholars were honored. They are (below center, left to right) Adrian Lopez, Kayla Wilczek, Stephanie Long and Anthony Roeber. Making the presentation were Rotarians Felix Belmont, Marsha Grant, Ullie Lange and Norm Lewark.

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Hotchkiss High School recognized the following academic award recipi-ents at an assembly May 9:

Women in Advancing Math & Science Scholar-ship — Nikki Buhrdorf, $500.

Delta County Memo-rial Hospital Volunteers Scholarship — Nikki Buhrdorf, $500.

First State Bank Scholarship —Tell Hawk, $1,000.

Delta County Federal Credit Union Scholarship — Ben Smith, $1,250.

PEO/Delta Chapter GT Scholarship — Nikki Buhrdorf, Erin Jones, Kelsey Spadafora, Kim Wellman and Beth Wood, $1,000 each.

Dream Catchers Schol-arship — Braeden Hor-ton, Jessica Padilla and Sydney Roop, $500 each; Ben Gruber, $1,000.

FFA Alumni Scholar-ship — Ben Smith, $500; Aaron Hudson, Lindsey Todd and Tory Welt, $300 each.

MOPAR Scholarship — Jessi Mautz, Kasey Miles and Ben Smith, $300 each.

Clem Audin Memo-rial Scholarship — Jessi Mautz, $400; Lindsey Todd and Nolan Tracy, $500 each.

Elks Exalted Ruler Scholarship — Ben Smith and Lindsey Todd, $500 each.

Elks National Founda-tion Scholarship — Reed Hubbell and Ben Smith, $1000 (renewable).

Black Mesa Cattle-women’s Scholarship — Ben Smith, $500.

National FFA Founda-tion/Ford Motor Schol-arship — Ben Smith, $1,000.

Delta County Live-stock Association Memo-rial Education Opportu-nity Grant — Ben Smith, $500.

Delta County Live-stock Association Denise Kossler Memorial Educa-tion Opportunity Grant — Tell Hawk, $500.

Delta County Live-stock Association Bob Ensley Memorial Educa-tion Opportunity Grant — Kasey Miles and Nolan Tracy, $500 each.

Bulldog Booster Club Scholarship — Nikki Buhrdorf, Brandy Dutton, Ben Gruber, Tell Hawk, Vikash Hypio, Jessi Mautz and Ben Smith, $500 each.

Kathleen Wheeler Memorial Scholarship — Jessi Mautz, $500.

Rotary Scholarship — Jessica Padilla, Ben Smith and Kim Wellman, $2,000 each.

Masonic Award, Out-standing Juniors — Josh Hardin and Kati Evans.

Masons A. Willard Laurel Memorial Schol-arship — Vikash Hypio, $1,000.

Masons Educational Opportunity Grant — Joe McChesney and Kelsey Spadafora, $500 each.

Colorado Masons Voca-tional Grant Scholarship — Ben Gruber, $3,000.

Lions Club Scholar-ship — Brandy Dutton, Ben Gruber and Nolan Tracy, $1,000 each.

DMEA Scholarship — Reed Hubbell, $1,000.

Fred and Ruby Mac-Kendrick Memorial Schol-arship — Nikki Buhrdorf, $5,000.

Bank of the West Schol-arship — Tell Hawk and Erin Jones, $750 each.

Hotchkiss Firefight-ers Scholarship — Aaron Hudson, $500.

Hotchkiss Fire District Scholarship — Aaron Hudson, $500.

Project Pave Scholar-ship — Jordan Belew, $4,000 (renewable).

Richard M. Longsdorf Memorial Scholarship — Ben Gruber, $1,000

(renewable).Delta Coordinating

Council Scholarship — Dylan Hill, $450.

Peace Circle Scholar-ship — Ben Smith and Beth Wood, $1,000 each.

Western Colorado Angus Association Schol-arship — Kasey Miles, $500.

Lena Reed Sammons Memorial Scholarship — Tell Hawk, Bryce Simp-son and Tanner Simpson, $3,000 each.

Kiwanis Club Scholar-ship — Marco Meza, $500; Ben Gruber and Kasey Miles, $1,000 each.

Memorial Hall Schol-arship — Marco Meza, $500.

Eric Wrich Memorial Scholarship — Marco Meza and Ben Smith, $250 each.

David A. Spitzer Schol-arship — Jessi Mautz and Joe McChesney, $500 each.

Don Tate Memorial Scholarship — Nikki Buhrdorf and Tell Hawk, $500 each.

Mesa State College Principal’s Scholarship — Brandy Dutton and Mariah Hafley, $2,500 each.

Weldon O. Crousen Memorial Scholarship — Joe McChesney, $500.

Dorothy Crousen Memorial Scholarship — Nikki Buhrdorf, $500.

C.V. Hallenbeck and Olive Finnegan Memorial Scholarships — Vikash Hypio, $500 (renewable).

Kay Armstrong Memo-rial Scholarship — Vikash Hypio, $1,000 (renew-able).

Stanway Memo-rial Scholarship — Joe McChesney, $1,000.

National Merit Schol-arship — Reed Hubbell.

Daniels Fund Scholar-ship — Jordan Belew.

Army Scholar Athlete Award — Nikki Buhrdorf and Dylan Hill.Achievement Awards

PLAN - 80% or better — sophomores Anna Ash-more, Daryl Batt, Tanner

Bizer, Nick Blaser, Maris-sa Cantrell, Alex Carvill, Mandi Chermak, Cody Gallob, Ilsa Graceland, Jake Hubbell, Gabrielle Matheson, Caleb Schelle and Jessi Violett.

ACT composite score of 25 or better — sopho-mores Ilsa Graceland, Bethany Malievsky and Emily Matteson; juniors Tye Bayles, Katie Evans, Josh Hardin, Tony Ibarra, Brydie Mitchell, Savan-nah Rocha and Mason Oxford; seniors Jordan Belew, Reed Hubbell, Joe McChesney and Ryan Pachl.

Academic LettersCumulative GPA of

3.5 or better — freshmen Alexis Arroyo, Kaleb Bay-les, Keegan Burke, Eddie Cambria, Tiffany Clock, Tyrell Clock, Morgan Dodier, Anna Lee Dutton, Arial Duncan, Caroline Gallegos, Wes Hardin, Logan Hill, Alex Hulteen, Candice Leger, TiJay Lehman, Ulises Men-doza, Madison Milner, Kaden Milestein, Rebecca Pachl, Brielle Palmer, Moriah Rodstrom, Logan Schopp, Jacob Schreiner, Alex Smith, Anna Steck-el, Kayli Tallent, Carlynn Toothaker, Gavin Widner, Alisa Williams, Alek-sus Wilson and Shianne Wright.

Sophomores — Chris Allen, Natalie Anderson, Anna Ashmore, Daryl Batt, Tristan Belew, Tan-ner Bizer, Kelli Buhrdorf, Mariana Camacho, Jennifer Celis, Mandi Chermak, Laura Egidi, Stephanie Garcia, Earl Gaub, Ilsa Graceland, Kylie Hodges, Nilam Hypio, Jake Hubbell, Ashley Koile, Ross LeVal-ley, Bethany Malievsky, Gabrielle Matheson, Emily Matteson, Amber Pagone, Caleb Schelle, Isabel Silverstein, Tyler Simpson, Tyler Suppes, Jessica Violett and Mari-ah Young.

Juniors — Conner Beard, Ciara Beegle, Teo Bradbury, Bryanna Cox,

Kristina Deloury, Kati Evans, Josh Hardin, Tony Ibarra, Christina Jara-millo, Kurt Katzdorn, Cody Littlefield, Byrdie Mitchell, David Oviedo, Maxon Oxford, Keegan Palmer, Savannah Rocha, Sadie Smith, Anne Stechert, Trenten Tamayo, Zack Taylor and Brayden Wilson.

Seniors — Jordan Belew, Nikki Buhrdorf, Brandy Dutton, Tell Hawk, Samantha Hen-derson, Dylan Hill, Braeden Horton, Chelsea Hotchkiss, Reed Hub-bell, Vikash Hypio, Erin Jones, Joe Lyman, Jessi Mautz, Joe McChesney, Deana McGrath, Kasey Miles, Jessica Padil-la, Ben Smith, Kelsey Spadafora, Kim Wellman and Beth Wood.

John Philip Sousa Award — Joe Lyman.

National Choral Award — Mandi Chermak.

CFES Awards — Ciara Beegle, Deana McGrath, Jessica Padilla and Kim Wellman.

Mr. Yantzer’s Geogra-phy and History Awards — Nikki Buhrdorf and Nolan Tracy, geography; Ciara Beegle, history.

Mr. Carlquist’s History Award — Chris Allen.

Mr. Hollembeak’s Math Awards — Josh Hardin, Samantha Henderson, Amber Pagone and Reed Hubbell.

Mr. Hypio’s Math Awards — D.J. Bartling, Mandi Chermak, Mor-gan Dodier, TiJay Lehm-an, Josh Parsons, Tyler Simpson and Duncan Turnbull.

Mr. Cowan’s English Awards — Dillon Jensen, Deana McGrath, Gavin Widner, Brayden Wilson and Shianne Wright.

Mr. Crowder’s Chem-istry Award — Nikki Buhrdorf.

Mr. Schelle’s English Awards — Ilsa Grace-land, TiJay Lehman and Bethany Malievsky.

Mr. Schelle’s College English Awards — Reed

Hubbell and Beth Wood.Mrs. Farnsworth’s

English Awards — Tif-fany Clock, Kati Evans, Mason Oxford and Bri-elle Palmer.

Mrs. Farnsworth’s College Speech Awards — Kati Evans, Kristina Deloury, Josh Hardin, Jessi Mautz and Savan-nah Rocha.

Student Government — Natalie Anderson, Daryl Batt, Conner Beard, Jordan Belew, Nick Bla-ser, Kelli Buhrdorf, Nikki Buhrdorf, Jenni Celis, Tif-fany Clock, Tyrell Clock, Josh Hardin, Tell Hawk, Dylan Hill, Reed Hub-bell, Vikash Hypio, Tony Ibarra, Kurt Katzdorn, Deana McGrath, Madi-son Milner, Rebecca Pachl, Jessica Padilla, Katie Richards, Savan-nah Rocha, Ben Smith, Kelsey Spadafora, Anne Stechert, Jessi Violett and Aleksus Wilson.

Mr. Hall’s Spanish Awards — Tiffany Cox, Bryanna Cox and Josh Hardin.

Mrs. Roeber’s Art Awards — Chris Allen, Daryl Batt, Sydney Roop and Kim Wellman.

Mr. Horton’s Science Fair Awards — Nikki Buhrdorf, Braeden Hor-ton, Vikash Hypio and Beth Wood.

Yearbook Awards — Daryl Batt, Marissa Cantrell, Jasmine Clows-er, Erin Jones and Kelsey Spadafora.

Mr. Lemon’s Science Awards — Joe McChesney, Advanced Biology Dr. Tatiana Award; Betha-ny Malievsky, Biology Gregor Mendel Award; Mason Oxford, Anatomy/Physiology Dr. Gunther Van Hagen Award.

Mrs. Carlson’s Math Awards — Valente Cam-pos and Christina Jara-millo.

Mrs. Carlson’s English Awards — Damen Bar-tling and Evan Welt.

Mrs. Oliva’s Service Learning Award — Beth Wood.

HHS lists scholarship, award winners

Photo submitted

Sharing her storyDelta County dispatcher Lisa Hebertson is sur-rounded by a class from Hotchkiss K-8 as she explains her job as a dispatcher and how she helps people who call 911 seeking emergency assistance. She found the students were good listeners and had lots of good questions.

Sixteen boys and girls from Sharon’s Kids expe-rienced a full day of thrill, adventure and just plain fun at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on May 5. This unique adventure included a tram to the top of Iron Mountain and tour of Colorado’s largest showcave, thrilling alpine coaster rides, 4D motion theater, laser tag, and one full minute of sheer terror on the Giant Can-yon Swing flying off the edge of Glenwood Can-yon and swinging upside down, which was voted the scariest ride in North American last year. This was made possible by the generosity of Steve Beck-ley, owner of the Adven-ture Park.

Sharon’s Kids is a non-profit organization for underprivileged youth in Delta County orga-nized by Sharon Riegel. Its mission is to help youth cultivate an aware-ness, understanding and appreciation for the natu-ral world. The main focus is to send boys and girls ages 8-14 to the YMCA Camp Santa Maria near

Bailey this summer. Attending camp will help build values and develop character by providing experiences that support growth and leadership skills that will help these children be happy and successful in the future. You’ll see Sharon’s Kids on the ski slopes and the hiking trails with smiles on their faces.

Boys and girls are nominated from two local mentoring groups of Part-ners and Families Plus, and the Crawford School.

Sharon’s Kids has received contributions from the Cocker Kids Foundation ($500) and the Women’s Peace Circle of the Hotchkiss Method-ist Church ($500) as well as donations from the public. If you would like to help, contact Sharon Riegel at 921-3800.

Sharon’s Kids visit adventure park

Photo submittedSharon’s Kids during their visit to the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.

Skyler Bissell from Paonia has graduated from Whitman College with a bachelor of arts degree in economics. The 2012 commencement cer-emony took place Sunday, May 20.

A total of 420 degrees were conferred at the ceremony in front of an estimated crowd of 4,000 students, family mem-bers, faculty, staff and guests. The commence-ment speaker was Eric Schlosser, journalist and best-selling author of “Fast Food Nation.”

Whitman College is located in Walla Walla, Wash.

IN THE NEWS

PEOPLEPEOPLE

Hotchkiss High School

Athletes of the MonthEdgar Macias

Parents: Flor Moreno and Jesus Macias

Age: 17

Year in School: Senior

Favorite Sport: Baseball

Favorite Coach: Jason Yantzer

Why: Because he knows the game very well and helps me a lot with my mechanics.

Favorite saying: “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

Edgar hopes to play baseball at a higher level after gradua-tion. He’s learned it’s impor-tant to have fun when playing sports, even though you always want to do your best. In his spare time, Edgar likes to stay in shape, run and spend time with family and friends.

Jennifer Celis

Parents: Tony and Susie MautzAge: 15 Year in School: SophomoreFavorite Sport: TrackFavorite Coach: Coach CowanWhy: Mr. Cowan has always believed in me, ever since I joined cross-country my freshman year. He has pushed me in practice.Favorite saying: “I can do anything through Him who gives me the strength.” Phillipians 4:13

Jennifer’s coaches and teammates have taught her to have confi dence in herself. At the state track meet Celis claimed the state title in the 800-meter run, placed second in the 400, second in the 1600-meter relay and sixth in the 3200-meter relay. She holds the high school record in the 800, 4x400 relay and 800 sprint medley. She has also participated in varsity cross-country, basket-ball and track. She plays saxophone in the high school band and is involved in student govern-ment, FBLA, CFES, 4-H and NHS. In her church she helps with Bible classes, attends youth group and volunteers as a greeter. At home she likes to read, sew and work with her pigs. After graduation she hopes to go into the medical fi eld.

Beta Sigma Phi is hav-ing their annual Home Tour Sunday, June 3, from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are just $10. Proceeds from the tour will benefit Memorial Hall as well as the Kathleen Wheeler Scholarship. Memorial Hall is a 501(3)c organi-zation and any non-profit organization may use it at no cost. It is one of

a few such organizations left in the country that owns and runs itself on a very low budget.

Tickets, maps and itin-erary will be available the day of the tour at the Creamery Arts Center as well as from the members of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority members.

Here’s a preview of the homes which are all

located in the Hotchkiss area.

Grant HomeThe Grants purchased

their five acres in 2006.Don and Marsha had the design for their home when they came from Steamboat and decided to build. Robin Nicholoff was their general con-tractor. Don did all of the stone and tile work, all of the woodwork, flooring and landscaping. Marsha did a lot of the finish work, painting, decorat-ing and helped with the landscaping. The home features four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an office, and wonderful patios. It has its own wine cellar and many, many other custom features. This home has fabulous views of the West Elk Range and the Gunnison Gorge.

Atha’s PlaceAtha’s Place is a brick

Victorian home built in 1902. Atha Ainsworth lived in the home for over 40 years. For much of that time, Mrs. Ain-sworth used the home as a boarding house while her husband drove

freight wagons through-out the west. The home has been completely restored and is a delight to guests. Two apple trees frame the front walk and a huge weeping willow tree shades the backyard. The back porch offers a pleasant sitting area to enjoy a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. Atha’s has four bedrooms and a TV or reading room, 2-1/2 baths, a fully furnished kitchen, living room and parlor.

Tembrock HomeThis single level home

was built around 1970 and remodeled by the present owners after they purchased it in 2005. It sits above Leroux Creek on Barrow Mesa and has an amazing 360 degree view. The original tiny kitchen has been tri-pled in size, featuring a high ceiling and mocha stained hickory cabinets. Taking up the old carpet, revealed hardwood oak floors which have been refinished. The sunroom has a stamped, colored concrete floor. Chinese scrolls, purchased in

China, adorn the walls in several rooms.

Hamrick and Spencer Home

This new home was purchased by the cur-rent owners just this spring from the estate of Lois Maloney. The own-ers were able to buy the furniture in the home, a painting done by Lois and one of her old clocks. The small tables on the front and back patios came from the old drug store in Hotchkiss. An avid hunter, some of the deco-rations come from those experiences, also. This home is close to town, beautifully landscaped and has a remarkable view of the mountains.

Marta HomeThis unique 1,900

square foot home in North Ridge Meadows has the most beautiful landscaping and looks over into the “wilds” of the old Coal Road where wild life abounds.

A sunroom to relax in is special to this house. It has two bedrooms and a den and was built in 2008 by Jay Rasmussen.

Stechert HomeThis is an arts and

crafts style house designed by Westwind Architects of Arvada. Constructed in 2000, it comprises 4,200 square feet on three levels, with three baths and four bed-rooms. The interior is an open plan design, which is entered through an eight-foot front door with sidelights and an over-head transom. The living room, with cherry wood floors, opens through double French doors on a covered patio facing east overlooking an apple orchard, with views of the West Elk mountains. Of interest are the cher-ry fireplace and hemlock stairway crafted by Mark Andersen of Cedaredge. The master bath fea-tures a marble tile floor with contrasting bor-der, steam shower and a sauna. Off the master bedroom is a yoga room, which opens to a bal-cony facing the moun-tain view. The home is light and airy, with high ceilings in a lovely quiet setting.

Hotchkiss home tour will benefit Memorial Hall and scholarship

Delta County Independent LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, May 30, 2012 B5

Pickin’ Productions free summer concert series, in its fifth year for Paonia and Ridgway, will now have a free June series in Ouray. All concerts hap-pen on Thursday nights from 6 p.m. until dark. Shows are family friendly with on-site kids’ activi-ties and include food and beer vendors.

The Mountain Air Music Series will be locat-ed next to the Ouray Hot Springs. Ouray’s line-up presents Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams June 7, The Pimps of Joytime June 14, O’Brien Party of 7 with Tim and Mol-lie O’Brien June 21 and

Chuck Prophet June 28. For more information visit www.ouraycolorado.com.

Ridgway’s line-up presents The March 4th Marching Band July 5, Shinyribs July 12, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds July 19 and Rose’s Pawn Shop July 26.

Paonia’s line-up pres-ents Carrie Rodriguez Aug. 2, Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys Aug. 9, Liza’s Gogo Lab Aug. 16 and Darrell Scott Aug. 23.

For more Ridgway and Paonia series information visit www.pickinproduc-tions.com.

Pickin’ Productions expands concert series

Grant Home

Tembrock Home

Hambrick and Spencer Home

Marta Home

Stechert Home

The Paradise Theatre in Paonia presents Hymn for Her, with Sea Stars opening. It’s an evening of unique Americana, roots, and pop-punk music on Saturday, June 16, at 8 p.m.

Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing are “Hymn For Her.” Both are multi-instrumentalists and one tight unit. They describe their music as “stomp-grass punk folk with a hint of Americana.”

Tight plays a three-stringed broom handle/cigar box guitar, banjo and sometimes even a glocken-spiel as she shares vocal duties with Wayne, who also plays acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, and/or har-monica all while handling percussion on bass drum and hi-hat. Bullet micro-phones and an arsenal of effect pedals give this

band a sound like no other. Check out their website at www.hymnforher.com.

Opening the show is Sea Stars — the com-bined work of Kurt Bau-mann and Katie Gray. The two met in Los Angeles in 2008 and have been together mak-ing music since. From California to England, Texas and beyond, the musical couple recently returned to Colorado. More about Sea Stars at www.reverbnation.com/seastars.

Tickets are avail-able online at www.paradiseofpaonia.com as well as at KVNF Public Radio and the Paradise Theatre Box Office for $12 in advance or $15 at the door.

Hymn for Her returns June 16

CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR RETIREES!

The Board ofEducation

andDelta County

School Districtsalutes this year’sretiring employees.

We can’t thank youenough for your

dedication and yearsof service to children.To this year’s retirees,

we wish you awonderful retirement. We will miss all of you!

William BoydCedaredge Bus Garage

Denzel BrownPaonia Jr./Sr. High School

Nancy CarlsonHotchkiss High School

Theresa DavisCrawford Elementary School

Susan EverestHotchkiss K-8 School

Kathleen GatesHotchkiss K-8 School

Arlene HutchinsDistrict Offi ce

Bruce KeithDelta High School

Cheryl KeithDelta High School

Lois KellyCrawford Elementary School

Barbara KuklishHotchkiss K-8 School

June MalmbergDelta Bus Garage

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Deanna O’BrienLincoln Elementary School

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HHS seniors honoredAt the May 9 awards ceremoney at Hotchkiss High School Lindsey Todd, Nolan Tracey and Jessi Mautz received Clem Audin Memorial Scholar-ships. Todd and Tracey were awarded $500 each and Mautz $400.

A special award in psy-chology was presented to two Paonia-area high school students, Katelan Sinski and Savannah Russell, at the 57th Colo-rado Science and Engi-neering Fair April 5-7. The students from the North Fork Vision Home and Community Program studied the relationship between equestrian ther-apy and speech volume improvement for a child with Downs syndrome and displayed a project titled, “A Study of the Speech and Riding Connection.” Results indicated a very clear upward trend in speech volume over four weeks of data collection. The students found that very little research has been done to document and measure the bene-fits of horseback riding, especially for people with impaired speech. The students hope to contin-ue their project over the next school year, broad-ening their data set and using more controls in their study. Their hope is to raise awareness about the benefits of horseback riding for the benefit of

other disabled students.Details of their project

were reported in a story in the Delta County Inde-pendent in February.

“A Study of the Speech and Riding Connection” also caught the attention of KJCT8 and was fea-tured on the nightly news in March.

Vision students focus on science

Hotchkiss Emblem Club #306 held its annu-al Americanism contest May 7. Third grade chil-dren from Hotchkiss and Crawford and their fami-lies were invited for ice cream and cake and to receive their awards.

Hotchkiss winners were Caidy Danielson, first; Isabelle Brezonick, second; and Genevieve Fisher, third.

Crawford winners were Carson Beck, first; Emma Nielson, second; and Maria Burris, third.

After receiving their awards Carson Beck shook hands and thanked each Emblem Club mem-ber for honoring them.

Karen Martin opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Roll call found first assistant marshal Laura Reick, second trustee Sue Whittlesey, third trustee Nikki Carpenter and first guard Margie Brungardt absent.

Financial secretary Karen Emmons and trea-surer JoAnn Anderson gave their reports, which were filed for audit.

The Colorado State Association of Emblem Clubs convention will be held in Hotchkiss June 16 and 17. Reservations are due by June 1.

Bethany Malinski returned a donation from the club, saying she will be unable to make the trip to India. Several donations in memory of Margaret Deutsch were received. The bills were read and voted to be paid.

Gwen Carpenter made her community service report.

Thirteen signed the register. Karen Emmons won the dime march and Donna Williams celebrat-ed a May birthday. Karen Martin said articles are still needed for the kitch-en and bath baskets. Ruth reported on the state meeting in Cortez. Only four members were able to attend Delta #462 installation.

There was discussion about placing a bench at the park in memory of Margaret Deutsch. The discussion was tabled to

gather more information. Karen thanked Karen

Emmons and Gwen Car-penter for chairing the Americanism contest.

The Emblem Club mother-daughter brunch was held May 12.

Ruth made the motion to accept Mildred Miller’s resignation with regret.

Donna thanked those who attended her birth-day party.

Gwen read an article about mothers for the good of the order. Ruth has the good of the order at the next meeting. Mar-gie Brungardt and Katie Moran will serve refresh-ments at the next meet-ing.

Members sang Karen’s song and the Emblem Club song. The meeting closed at 8 p.m.

Karen MoranClub press

correspondent

Emblem Club recognizes Americanism contest winners

Photo by Kathy Browning

Talented toesIt was the girls against the boys to see who could lift little plastic objects, some looking like bugs, from the water to a tray. The team with the most recovered items won. All this fun was part of Crawford Field Day on May 23, the last day of school. It was a great send off to summer.


Rezak Memorial award winnersTrevor Walters, Alexandria Farnsworth and Daniel Ford received Richard Rezak Memorial Booster Club awards during the Paonia High School Evening Awards Ceremony on May 15.


Winning recipe(Left to right) Daniel Calderilla, Chris Lovato and Raul Mendoza won the fourth quarter Beef Cook-off at Hotchkiss K-8 and qualifi ed for the Iron Chef held on May 22. Their team was named Mexican Bruhas. Their winning recipe was bacon, ranch and beef quesadillas. The beef was donated by Black Mesa Cattle Women. Judges for the event were Shirley Cotten, Cynthia Houseweart and Karen Todd. Teresa Burns provided grills used to cook the entrees. The fi ve teams cooking were comprised of seventh and eighth graders. Second place was awarded to The Super Duper Fluppers comprised of Noel Jaramillo, Ashley DelaBarcena, Trentyn Nicholas and Matthew Williams for their beef burrito.

Business After Hours

The Paonia Cham-ber of Commerce invites everyone to a Business After Hours get-together Thurs-day, May 31, from 5-7 p.m. at the Paonia Wellness Center, 317 Grand Avenue. Meet physicians assistant Jean Ceriani, who has joined Rebecca Miller at the center to offer integrated medicine for the North Fork.

BY GEORGE SIBLEYGunnison Basin Roundtable

Education CommitteeOfficials across the

state, from Grand Junc-tion to Greeley, and even Governor Hickenlooper, have declared 2012 to be the “Year of Colora-do Water” — despite the alarming absence of that “guest of honor.” Current-ly, all the river basins in Colorado are well below the average winter pre-cipitation that is the state’s — and the whole Southwest’s — primary source of water.

Why is 2012 the “Year of Colorado Water”? The idea of a “Year of Colo-rado Water” began with the realization that three of Colorado’s more impor-tant water organizations are celebrating their 75th anniversaries this year — but we are not even going to say what those three organizations are right now because they all have longish titles mix-ing up basically the same set of words (“Colorado,” Conservation,” “Water,” et cetera), and that is usu-ally the point where eyes start to glaze over and minds wander off to imag-es of eternally babbling

streams . . . .Locally, Water 2012

activities will focus on the current water situ-ation in the Gunnison River Basin, because that is where we live, and its rich history of water development by those who were here before us. You are, for example, invited to Gunnison on June 4 to tour Blue Mesa dam and hear about its his-tory, and the Hotchkiss area on August 6 for farm tours and a celebration of how the Paonia Res-ervoir brought water to North Fork orchards and farms (details will appear in the Delta County Fair book). Even if you cannot come to those events, you will have the opportunity through media stories to assemble a coherent pic-ture of how that past has shaped the present — and what from that past we should and should not try to carry into the future.

The Colorado Foun-dation for Water Educa-tion has led the charge in organizing the “Year of Water,” but the Gunnison Basin Roundtable is car-rying the torch in Delta County and upstream. The Roundtables are two

of nine representative bodies statewide, in other river basins, created by the legislature to encour-age more public involve-ment in water decision-making for the coming decades, during which Colorado’s population may approach twice what it is now. Each roundtable is made up not just of water managers, but also representatives from local governments, and agri-cultural, environmental and recreation interests. Among their tasks are to assess and seek ways to meet the region’s water needs — both for “con-sumptive uses” (drinking water, irrigation & indus-try) and “nonconsumptive uses” (rafting, growing cottonwoods, providing fish habitat — anything that doesn’t take water out of the stream).

The Water Center at Colorado Mesa Univer-sity is supporting the Gunnison Basin Round-table in these efforts. We will also be working closely with a number of “grassroots” water orga-nizations in our valleys that need your support as much as you (whether you know it or not) need

theirs.We encourage you to

participate in Colora-do’s “Year of Water” as much as you are able to — visit www.water2012.org to find information on events, a book club, a blog, art exhibits and other ways Coloradans are connecting to their water this year. You will come away with a deeper and richer appreciation of what makes Colorado special — and how care-fully and respectfully we must treat the year’s “guest of honor.” We also encourage you to learn more about what the Gunnison Basin Round-table and other Basin Roundtables around the state are up to — and let them know what you think! Information on the Roundtables can be found at www.coloradomesa.edu/WaterCenter.

Upcoming EventBlue Mesa Dam Tour

& Commemoration Activ-ities — June 4 in and around Gunnison.

11 a.m. — Tour Blue Mesa Dam. For reserva-tions, call 970-641-6065 by May 31.

3:00-5:00 p.m. — Gunnison Basin Round-

table open meeting, West-ern State College Center Ballroom.

5:30-6:30 p.m. — Open reception with desserts, hallway outside Western State College Center Ball-room.

6:30 p.m. — “State of the River” Program: Learn about stream and reservoir storage levels, the history of the Colorado River Storage Project and see pictures of the Blue Mesa Dam construction.

Gunnison Basin celebrates ‘Year of Water’

A new National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) committed to improv-ing impaired waterways in Colorado has recently been announced. NWQI allows Natural Resourc-es Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado to focus technical and finan-cial resources in our pri-ority watersheds. Two watersheds in Colorado were identified including the Fruitgrowers Res-ervoir located in Delta County. Using funds from the Environmental Quality Incentives Pro-gram (EQIP), NRCS will manage the initiative by making funds available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. NRCS is accepting NWQI appli-cations until June 15, 2012, for funding consid-eration, during this fiscal year.

“Water quality is important to all the farmers and ranchers in the watershed, which includes Fruitgrowers Reservoir, for the produc-tion of food and forage,” says Wes Boyce, NRCS District Conservationist in Delta. “It is also criti-cal in helping to sustain the migratory and nest-ing waterfowl populations that use the watershed. This is a great opportu-nity for agricultural pro-ducers to work together with NRCS in this water-shed to have a positive impact on this valuable resource.”

Using funds from the Environmental Qual-ity Incentives Program, NRCS will provide fund-ing and advice to produc-

ers to install conservation practices such as cover crops, filter strips irriga-tion water management, as well as nutrient man-agement in watersheds with impairments where the federal investment can make a difference to improve water qual-ity. Through this effort, eligible producers in the Fruitgrowers Reservoir watershed will invest in voluntary conservation actions to help provide cleaner water for their neighbors and communi-

ties.“The selected water-

sheds were identified with the help from state agencies, NRCS partners and State Technical Com-mittee,” says Phyllis Ann Philipps, NRCS State Conservationist, Denver. “We hope by focusing our efforts we will be able to have a cumulative impact on water quality. This is an opportunity for farmers and ranchers within those watersheds to obtain a conservation plan and implement con-

servation practices which will benefit the sustain-ability of their operation and contribute to cleaner water.”

NRCS accepts applica-tions for financial assis-tance on a continuous basis throughout the year. If you are an agricultural producer in Delta County and are interested in par-ticipating in this initia-tive, please check with your local NRCS field office to see if your opera-tion is located within a selected watershed. All applications for fund-ing consideration, dur-ing this fiscal year, must be received by June 15, 2012, with contracts to be developed by July 1.

Since 1935, NRCS’s nationwide conservation delivery system works with private landowners to put conservation on the ground based on specific, local conservation needs,

Special funding to improve water quality around Fruitgrowers

Delta County Independent AGRICULTURE Wednesday, May 30, 2012 B7

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Molly is a 5-6-mo.-old female Aust. shepherd/Shar-pei mix. She’s very loving & wants to be your best friend. Molly knows some commands & is well behaved. To learn more about Molly, contact Carol at 970-399-7227 or [email protected].

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Great job of spreading the wordThe Delta County Commissioners congratulated Isaac Munoz and Karen Scheele-Nittler of the Delta County Extension Offi ce for their outstanding, and now award-winning, efforts to keep 4-H’ers and their families informed about the 4-H program. The two were notifi ed earlier this month that their work is now advanced to national competition in two different categories. Their 4-H Parent Handbook (Educational Piece) and the monthly newsletter (Periodic Publications) were judged best at both the state and regional level for National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. The regional competition includes entries from 15 western states. The winners from each of the four regions will now be judged and the winner announced at the national confer-ence in July. Pictured are commissioner Bruce Hovde, Isaac Munoz, commis-sioner Olen Lund, Karen Scheele-Nittler, and commissioner Doug Atchley.

B8 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 SPORTS Delta County Independent

SPORTSwww.deltacountyindependent.comMay 30, 2012

BY WAYNE CRICKDCI Sports Editor

After four weeks of adult softball play on the hill at Mountain View Park, there are no unbeaten teams left to brag about. Last year’s women’s team, H & R Block brought a 44-game win streak into their con-test against Wells Fargo Mortgage on May 17. Wells Fargo snapped that winning streak with a 9-4 decision forcing H & R to start building a new streak (if possible).

H & R’s 44-game win

streak is the longest for teams playing in the Bill Heddles Rec League since slowpitch softball has been played in Delta.

In all, the 2012 sum-mer league team lineups features 29 teams play-ing in coed and men’s and women’s leagues. The number of players involved isn’t readily known as that number fluctuates during the sea-son with players being added and dropped for various reasons.

The range of players participating in the sum-mer league begins with

high school-aged athletes to players well past 50 years of age. Ellen Gar-cia is a prime example of that seasoned veteran who has played in the now defunct fastpitch league and is still play-ing at the age of 60. A surprise birthday gather-ing prior to last week’s game between Republic Mortgage (Garcia’s team) and Overholt Truss made clear to fans, and players in attendance, just how revered some of the more seasoned players were needed.

Brenda Brown, who

also plays on the Repub-lic Mortgage team, didn’t say how old she was, but she did say she had been out of high school for 27 years. Twenty plus of those years have been spent on the fields of Delta.

This year’s weekly divi-sion for the various levels of play remains the same as it has for a number of years. Monday nights are set aside for the less than gung ho teams who enjoy the chance to get some exercise and compete in a relaxed atmosphere (most of the time).

Tuesday night is the competitive coed league’s arena where a number of teams remember who did what from the previous season and a challenge is set to see who is going to be the top team in the current season. It could be said that grudges have been established over the years between the more established teams in the league. There are some new teams over the past years who believe the powerhouse teams of the past are getting past their prime and are chal-lenging to begin a new era of dominance.

The week concludes with women’s and men’s slowpitch teams playing on Thursday evenings.

H & R Block has been the dominant team the past few years with Wells Fargo Mortgage the team that has been the closest challenger. Each of the four teams have some very talented athletes and things may not be as easy in 2012 for H & R.

Men’s slowpitch is also played on Thursday evenings with 11 teams competing for the team title. There are definitely a few grudge games to please the avid slowpitch softball fan on this night. As in the other three leagues, there has been, and continues to be, an infusion of younger adults who wish to play summer softball on ‘The Hill’.

Players who play in Delta come from all over Delta County and have been known to travel from Grand Junction, Montrose, Norwood and Nucla.

Monday CoedThis year’s Monday

Coed league has eight teams. Every team listed in the league has at least one win. US Bank, All Glass Station, and TK Mining hold down the top three spots with identical 4-2 records.

Fourth place is shared (record-wise) between Kwiki Auto Service, Edward Jones, Invest-ments, and Ahlberg Farms/Tri-County Seem-less with 3-3 records.

Freakin A’s is 2-4 and DCC Crush has one win in six starts.

In last week’s games, Ahlberg/Tri-CountySeemless forfeited to US Bank, TK Mining defeated Kwiki Auto and Edward Jones, Ahlberg/Tri-County Seemless defeated DCC; All Glass Station defeated DCC; and Edward Jones beat

Freakin A’s.There were no games

on May 28.Tuesday Coed

With only one loss, and a 5-1 record, Delta Family Fun Park has a one-game lead over Wells Fargo Mortgage (4-1). Twist Off is in third at 4-2 and Hellman Chevy is 2-3 and in fourth place. Mr. Concrete and The Pondy are in the bottom two spots with 1-4 and 0-5 records respectively.

Last week’s scores had Delta Family Fun Park easing past Twist Off 25-23, Twist Off com-ing back with a 27-26 decision over Hellman Chevy, Wells Fargo Mort-gage beating The Pondy 24-3, and Delta Family Fun Park whipping Mr. Concrete 23-4.

Women’s SlowpitchAgain, as in years

past, two teams appear to be the dominant forc-es in women’s slowpitch play on ‘The Hill’. H & R Block and Wells Fargo Mortgage share the top rung with 5-1 records after defeating each other in early round play. H & R sneaked past Wells Fargo 22-20 on May 3 and Wells Fargo handed H & R a 9-4 setback on May 17.

Republic Mortgage is the third-place team with its 2-4 record and Overholt Truss has sole possession of the cellar at 0-6.

Last week’s scores include H & R’s 26-11

win over Overholt Truss, Republic Mortgage’s 15-3 win over Overholt, and a 13-3 decision for Wells Fargo Mortgage over Republic Mortgage.

Men’s SlowpitchThe 11-team field is

already finding room at the top of this league to be crowded. Classic Wood Floors/Aftershock and Where’s My Pitches have the top spot tied up with 5-1 records while third-place Delta Metals Cru-saders have a 4-1 record with a loss to Classic Wood Aftershock.

Mr. Concrete has a 4-2 mark while Hellman Motor and Balls Deep are 3-3. The seventh spot belongs to Hellman Chevrolet at 3-4 followed by Big B’s (2-3), Kwiki Tire (2-4), The Casers (2-5), and Misfits (0-6).

Balls Deep was a double winner last week with wins over Hellman Motors (20-15) and The Casers (20-10). Hellman Chevy split with Mr. Concrete (loss, 24-13) and a win over Big B’s (19-16).

Where’s My Pitches knocked Classic Wood/Aftershock from the unbeaten ranks with a 27-26 decision and The Casers evened their eve-ning’s play with a win over the Misfits, 12-11. Kwiki Auto dealt Misfits their second loss of the evening 30-9 while Delta Metals Crusaders ham-mered out a 24-20 win over Kwiki Auto.

44-game win streak ends

Adult softball going strong

Photo by Wayne CrickSoftball action from the Friday Men’s slowpitch division is pictured above. Kwiki Tire’s Tyler Sandoval touches home ahead of the tag by the Delta Metals Crusaders’ catcher. Delta Metals came from behind to score a 24-20 decision. The win gave Delta Metals a 4-1 league record which is good for third place behind front runners Classic Wood/Aftershock and Where’s My Pitches.

Photo by Wayne CrickA ground ball to H & R shortstop Bear Duran had double play potential and second baseman Jen Lahoe steps on second and prepares to turn towards fi rst. The double play did not materialize, but H & R did win to start another winning streak to replace the 44-game streak that ended with a 9-4 loss to Wells Fargo Mortgage on May 17.

Photo by Wayne CrickH & R Block’s Tiffany Schaaf gets a hit during action against Overholt Truss in women’s slowpitch soft-ball action last Friday (May 25). Watching in the background is Bear Duran. H & R had a 44-game win streak snapped by Wells Fargo on May 17.

SOFTBALL

MONDAY SILVER COED LEAGUE

Schedule for Monday, 06-04-2012Black Field

6:30 p.m.DCC Crush vs Edward Jones7:30 p.m.US Bank vs Edward Jones8:30 p.m.Freakin A’s vs TK Mining

Red Field6:30 p.m.US Bank vs All Glass Station7:30 p.m.Ahlberg Farms/Seemless vs All Glass8:30 p.m.Ahlberg Farms/Seemless vs Kwiki

TUESDAY GOLD COED LEAGUE

Schedule for Tuesday, 06-05-2012

Black Field7:00 p.m.The Pondy vs Mr. Concrete8:00 p.m.Twist Off vs Wells Fargo Mortgage

Red Field7:00 p.m.Hellman Chevy vs Delta Family8:00 p.m.Mr. Concrete vs Hellman Chevy

THURSDAY MEN’S SLOWPITCH

Schedule for Thursday, 05-31-2012Black Field

6:00 p.m.Casers vs Big B’s7:00 p.m.Casers vs Delta Metals Crusaders8:00 p.m.Classic Wood/Aftershock vs Kwiki9:00 p.m.Kwiki vs Where’s My Pitches

Green Field

9:00 p.m.Classic Wood/Aftershock vs Hellman Chevy

Red Field6:00 p.m.Delta Metals Crusaders vs Hellman Motors7:00 p.m.Hellman Motors vs Misfits8:00 p.m.Misfits vs Mr. Concrete9:00 p.m.Mr. Concrete vs Balls Deep

THURSDAY WOMEN’S SLOWPITCH

Schedule for Thursday, 05-31-2012Green Field

6:30 p.m. H & R Block vs Republic Mortgage7:30 p.m.Republic Mortgage vs Overholt Truss8:30 p.m.Overholt Truss vs Wells Fargo Mortg.

Cedaredge High School’s baseball coach Randy Brown released the 3A’s All-Conference baseball selections for the Bruins. There were four athletes honored for the elite squad and all were selected to the first team.

Making this year’s all-conference team were Greg Edgington (catch-er), Drew Beach (pitch-er), Sterling Rose (util-ity), and Trent Walker (infield).

Brown commented on the season and post-season play. “We had a

good year. This has been the most fun year I have had. The kids worked hard and did everything to win. Our win against the Classical Academy was awsome. To go to a regional and beat a team that was 14-4 is a big accomplishment. It was fun. Faith Christian was pretty talented. It’s easy to be that good when you can recruit. I told my team that I would much rather have a team that grew up together in a small town than the the athletes from Faith Christian.”

Cedaredge hasbaseball all-stars

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In memory and honorIn the annual calendar of patriotic celebrations and remembrances, Memorial Day stands out as the most solemn of them all. It is the occasion when those who died in defense of America and in defending American freedoms are remembered and honored. Surface Creek Valley members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Boy Scouts of America joined on Monday for Memorial Day observances at Cedaredge Cemetery, Cory Cemetery, and above at Eckert Cemetery.


The second of four days with scheduled special events during Orchard City’s Centen-nial Year observance will take place on Saturday, June 23.

It will be an event dedi-cated to the history of the town featuring interpreta-tive tours at the Cory and Eckert cemeteries. There will be descendants of some of the area’s founding families on hand to share their remem-brances and reminiscences, along with friends of pioneer family members

The day begins at 9 a.m. with tour events taking place concurrently at both cemeter-ies. Visitors are welcome to

join either or both of the tours that will last until 11 a.m.

The tours are scheduled to be followed by an old-fash-ioned box lunch social at Town Park from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Details on par-ticipating in the box lunch event are available at the town hall.

At Town Park there will also be a door prize drawing for copies of the Orchard City Centennial Cookbook. There will be performances given by Linda Dyshart’s Delta County Dance Company.

A fitting finalé for the days events will be presentation of “A walk Through Time in Orchard City,” a play written by Nome Boyd.

Next centennial event has ahistorical focus


Sixty-three members of the Cedaredge High School Class of 2012 received their diplomas during graduation ceremonies at the school on Saturday, May 26.

The Class of 2012 chose a theme of forward looking liv-ing for itself. The message of the class quote, “Go Hard or Go Home,” of the class song, “On My Way,” and of the par-ent dedication song, “Young Forever,” was echoed in the address by class co-valedic-torian Sam Williamson who encouraged his classmates to “Break your personal sound barriers. Your goals and dreams are your personal sound barriers.”

Cody Wieben shared vale-dictorian honors with Wil-liamson. Salutatorian was

Jessie Jo Houghton.Almost half of the gradu-

ates earned college class credits during high school or attained other academic dis-tinction and honors.

The Class of 2012 achieved impressive success earning scholarships and offers for continuing education. Accord-ing to the school, 23 of the graduates received substan-tial scholarship offers and awards totaling over $1 mil-lion value in assistance, along with other offers of up to 80 percent of full-ride scholar-ships. The scholarship awards range from heartfelt gifts of $250 from community group fundraisers to the $414,000 value placed on an appoint-ment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. A number of the cash awards are renewable in subsequent years of study.

Scholarship winners in the class of 2012 announced by the school are Esmeralda Alejandre, Alexis Anderson, Miguel Barajas, Michael Bar-nosky, Drew Beach, Kostya Callihan, Cole Caywood, Alycia Cok, Jason Elflein, Cameron Hawkins, Brianna Henrie, Bryn Marah, Daniel Martinez, Savannah Macin-

tire, Ellen McKinney, Sidney Navarro, Rhonda Peters, Ash-ley Waddington, Jordan War-ner, Cody Wieben, Sierra Wil-liams, and Tani Zamarripa.

CHS graduates 63


Throwing cold waterA late May cold front that moved through the area following last Saturday’s wind storm sent temperatures plunging far enough to freeze solid the spray from a side roll irrigation line operating near Cedaredge Sunday morning and creating a scuplture in ice.

Photo by Hank LohmeyerWith tassels turned, the CHS Class of 2012 was offi cially on its way.

Photo by Hank LohmeyerCHS senior Rhonda Peters receives her diploma from District 50 School board member Pete Blair.

Photo by Hank LohmeyerGraduation ceremonies are a time for thanking friends and family members for much love and support devoted through school years.

BY VON MITCHELLSpecial to the DCI

While the number of what Tom Brokaw calls “The Great-est Generation” dwindles everyday, I am privileged to know one who remains. He lives right up the street. His name is Phil Ellsworth and he’s one of my heroes. Mine has been the experience of watching “Saving Private Ryan” or “Flags of Our Fathers” and saying, “Those are life-changing films. Everyone should see them.” His was the experi-ence of fighting in the Sec-ond Great War and enduring its atrocities. But for him and those like him, we might all be singing a different anthem.

The Early DaysPhil Ellsworth was 16 when

the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He says, “All the boys knew that unless rejected for physical reasons, we would enter the armed services as soon as we were old enough. Our athletic fields became obstacle courses and our gym classes became real physical fitness classes.”

After joining the Army Spe-cialized Training Reserve Pro-gram, Phil soon found himself in the 100th Infantry Divi-sion at Fort Bragg, N.C. It was the spring of 1944, a few months before D-Day. Phil was 18 years old. On Nov. 9, 1944 — Phil’s 19th birthday — he ventured into combat for the first time in the Vosges Moun-tains of northeast France. He still remembers standing in the woods in the rain with the chaplain leading his com-

rades in a few hymns just prior to a German artillery attack. He would remain on the front lines until war’s end.

“In World War II in the American Army in Europe,” says Phil, “combat infantry

units stayed on line continuous-ly. Individual soldiers stayed there until killed, captured, wounded, or until the war ended. From the minute a division went into combat the infantrymen were almost never out of the reach of enemy mortars and

artillery. I thought I would probably never hear the sound of thunder again without think-ing it was artillery.”

Brother in ArmsAround New Year’s Day

in 1945, during what proved to be one of the coldest win-ters on record, Phil shared a foxhole with Robert Burlison, a Browning automatic rifle-man a few year’s Phil’s senior. Phil had become so weak from what he describes as “some-thing like dysentery” that he couldn’t line up for food. When he showed signs of internal bleeding, Burlison took Phil to the medics, who sent him to a field hospital where he stayed for approximately two weeks. During that time, German tanks overran Phil’s company. Most of Phil’s platoon (around 40 men) were killed, wounded, or captured. His friend, Rob-ert Burlison, was killed.

“There are a very few for whom fear just doesn’t seem to exist,” says Phil, “or at least it never shows outwardly. When

A hero among us

Photo submittedPhil Ellsworth

during World War II

A HERO TO C2

A heroFROM PAGE C1they act, their bravery seems so much a normal part of them that it goes unrecorded. This was Rob-ert Burlison. I believe I owe my life to him.”

Phil remembers his friend as “the bravest soldier I knew, the brav-est person I have ever known.” He wrote the fol-lowing poem in honor of his fallen comrade:

Robert BurlisonIf he knew fear, I did not

see.He was a brother’s arm

to me,And when he fell, fell part

of me.By war’s end, Phil Ells-

worth was the only one of his original squad remain-ing.Shadows of Heilbronn

Upon his return to the battle lines, Phil found his platoon ripe with replace-ments. In a matter of weeks, he became a squad leader in charge of men who were “facing danger surrounded by people they didn’t know.”

In April 1945, Phil’s company trucked after the retreating Germans to the factory and rail-road town of Heilbronn, on the Neckar River. His platoon received instruc-tions to lead a river cross-ing in small paddleboats. The reports of the day detail heavy shelling and gunfire, but Phil says he doesn’t remember any of that. “I think at times I was in a mental state that thought only of getting to the next cover,” he says.

Once across the river, the men took up positions on the second floor of a nearby factory building. Soon they heard German

voices on the floor below them and saw a “potato masher” hand grenade tumble up the stairs into their midst. Fortunately, the grenade didn’t explode and Phil and his comrades eventually made their way back to their company.

The next day Phil tra-versed alone to company headquarters. He came to the corner of a build-ing in Heilbronn just as a German soldier rounded it from the other direction. Both startled and armed, they warily gave safe pas-sage to one another. Phil calls this The Meeting:Once, in a contested place,I met a soldier face to

face.We stopped and turned

and walked away,Both to live another day.I often wonder who he

wasAnd where he is and whom

he loves,And if he ever sees, like

me,A soldier in his memory,Or if before the end he

fell,Leaving only me to tellOf our meeting, face to

face,Once, in a contested place.

In the days that fol-lowed, Phil and his squad received orders to advance on a hill and clear it of Germans. They reached the top without resistance and found it unoccupied. Returning to the bottom of the hill, they heard voices from some kind of dugout. Phil and his men approached the entrance and called, “Kommen sie aus-handen hoch,” which means, “Come out — hands high!” From the opening emerged a group of German men and offi-

cers. The Americans had passed them on the way up!

“If it had happened a few days earlier,” says Phil, “they would have ambushed us. Fortunate-ly, they had decided their war was over and they were ready to surrender.”

The war wound down after Heilbronn, and even though much of what hap-pened in those days —the villages, skirmishes, marches, artillery, and mortars — has blurred into a dream for Phil Ells-worth, some memories, like the river crossing and “the meeting” remain as vivid as ever.

No BitternessI’ve read “Unbroken”

and marveled at the cour-age of American soldiers, especially Louis Zamperi-ni. You can’t read about his days afloat on the Pacific or his perseverance as a prisoner of war in the face of cruelty without being moved. “Unbroken” is an incredible story about sacrifice and the power of forgiveness. It’s one of those books that should be required reading for every American.

But I know Phil Ells-worth, and he’s better than any book. I stand amazed at how narrow-ly he escaped death on numerous occasions to prevail and tell his story — a story I find just as tri-umphant as “Unbroken.” This remarkable man is a living, breathing war-rior poet. The absolute absence of bitterness in his makeup is an inspi-ration to me. Here is a man who went to war and experienced profound loss, yet bears no grudges.

“Most of my contact was with the ordinary German soldiers,” says Phil. “I didn’t feel any real personal animosity toward

them. I almost felt like they were going through the same thing I was. They had to survive the winter outdoors just like we did. Now, I wasn’t dealing with SS officers. The ones that I shot at, I knew they were probably just like I was. They were there because somebody said they had to be there.”

In recent years, Phil Ellsworth has shared his World War II experiences with select American his-tory classes right here in Delta County. He tells young people, “It isn’t that we want to be remem-bered for ourselves, it’s that we want what we did and why we did it to be remembered; and we want those remembered who, like Robert Burlison, had dreams for the future like you do, but who were called to serve and didn’t come home to live out those dreams.”

So, for my incredibly smart neighbor who did come home to live out his dreams — he worked as a mineral exploration geologist for 37 years and was married for 55 years to his beloved wife, Margaret, with whom he raised three wonderful kids: Ruth, Carolyn, and Philip. I will remember. For Louis Zamperini and Robert Burlison and that brave class of history mak-ers who fought through Depression and War, I will remember. I will remem-ber what they did and why they did it. For my grandfather, Cecil James Watson, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, I will remember. For all of our servicemen and women who stand the wall everyday to pro-tect our way of life, I will remember.

Yes, sir. I will remem-ber.

C2 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 SURFACE CREEK NEWS Delta County Independent

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Black Canyon campoutThe Boy Scout Troop 497 of Cedaredge enjoyed a camping trip into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison on May 5-6. Pictured are Mr. Harris, Duane Harris, Scottie DaCosta, Scoutmaster Rick Schaefer, Patrick DaCosta, Nate Stumpf and Lucas Vader.


Hi-power washCedaredge High School football and volleyball players teamed up last Friday for a fund raiser car wash at the T&LC bays on Hwy. 65. Accord-ing to Amber Hancock, who told the DCI she operates the car wash with her husband, Ron, the couple donated use of the facility and sup-plies, along with a gas grill to use at future fundraisers for the school’s athletic programs.


Max DeBusk of Aus-tin admitted to a bit of surprise when his wife of 65 years, Lurleen, announced one day that she would like to take a flyover of Delta County and have a look at the place from the air.

Lurleen has never flown, and had declined on many past occasions to take an airplane for the couple’s trips, Max reminded her.

“That was in an air-plane. I never said any-thing about a helicopter!” was Lurleen’s reported reply.

As the account con-tinues, Max a few days later told the story to longtime neighbor, Tom

Huerkamp, and asked if Tom knew anyone with a helicopter. Tom does.

So on Thursday, May 24, the DeBusks’ 65th wedding anniversary, Max and Lurleen boarded a helicopter at Orchard City Town Park along with friends and family for a tour of the area in the helicopter owned by Tom’s friend who lives in Rifle.

Friends and neighbors were present, helping to provide a festive event for the occasion

Max and Lurleen were married in Arkansas in 1947 and have lived in Delta County for many years. “I am truly pleased to be able to provide them with this 65th anniver-sary gift,” said Tom.

A unique 65th anniversary gift

The First Baptist Church of Cedaredge would like to invite the children of the Cedaredge area to vacation Bible school to be held June 4–8. Hours are 8:45 a.m. to noon daily.

This program is free of charge and is for children ages 4 through entering the 6th grade. The theme is SonRise National Park and the theme verse is Philippians 4:19, “My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

The best summer destination is SonRise National Park where

children will enjoy a great time singing songs, watching skits, creating crafts, playing games and enjoying delicious snacks. But most impor-tantly, they’ll learn about how much God loves them and that He gave us His Word to show us the best way to live.

SonRise National Park VBS will be an inspi-rational adventure for your children. Children may be registered at the church on the opening day or may be registered early by contacting the church office (856-3830) for a registration form.

Vacation Bible school offered in Cedaredge

KindergartenJaxson BlairShelven FairChristopher HathewayAaron NeustelJazmin RiveraHayden RuppKeaton SandersTally Waehner

First GradeMadison CarranzaKevin BarronMegan ConwayShelby FairGabe EiseleNoah HallmarkKole Hawkins

Lizzie McCrackenCody NationSammie PritchettGraceann ProsserKayden Stephens

Second GradeDevin BarwickJoseph AvilaSavannah BaldozierHayden ConwayJadianna HarperJazzmine HarperGabe MartinezBrandon McCrackenKacey McIntireBailey MillerNicholas Moulton

Kyler ParkerFaith VaderCabe WaehnerKayley Withrow

Third GradeKimber AlankoAlex BarronJacob BrownGia BushmanLily EiseleHalee LowranceMcKayla MeyerTaelor MillsMegan MorinChristoferr MyersAJ RobidouxMykel Ross

Fourth GradeAlexis AtencioNatalie BarnardKaleb BerardiHannah CarlsonElisabeth ColeAlayna EdwardsEthan FishGrace HathewayRebecca HofiusHannah HohensteinDamiyen KnightAby LozanoReganne McIntireJD MillerDustin NationWilliam Parker

Jothan PyleJacqueline RiveraSummer Young

Fifth GradeDalia AlejandreCamie BaldozierWade BarnardSeth BeldenEmalee BrooksJoe EilerTaylor HancockChloe HartKiki McFarlandRobert MeyerTyler Neff-CarlstromShea PercivalTaj VanderLinde

Cedaredge Elem. honor rollThe following students were named to honor roll at Cedaredge Elementary

School for the fourth quarter of the 2011-12 school year:

Photo submitted by Peter Sullivan

For a good causeOn Saturday, May 19, the Cedaredge Rotary Club hosted a golf tournament at Cedaredge Golf Course to raise funds for its scholarship program. The winners, from the left, were Randy Bodwell, Scott Eklund and Keith Butler (Steve Larson is not pictured).

Hannah Watts and Ashley Wenner, both of Cedaredge, were named to Fort Lewis College’s Dean’s List for the winter 2012 semester.

Watts is majoring in anthropology. Wenner’s major is business admin-istration — international business option.

To be eligible for Dean’s List, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of graded college level work and have completed all work for which they are registered by the end of the semester.

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Attention Alumni ofCedaredge High School, 1977-2012:

Mc is Retiring!For 35 years, Don McFadden has taught the youth of Cedaredge to sketch, paint, sculpt, carve, print, etch, glaze, frame, mold, and chisel. He has staged

comedies, tragedies, mysteries, and musicals,and through them introduced countless young

performers and stagehands to the theater.He has coached kids on backhands and forehands,

jump-shots and lay-ups, head-locks andtakedowns. And this spring, Mr. Mc is retiring.

An Open Housewill be held in his honor at

6 p.m. on June 2at the McFadden home north of

Cedaredge: 19795 2325 Rd.If you would like to help him celebrate his long and

colorful career, please consider stopping by to reminisce.Bring a snack or a beverage and your

favorite memories.Call 970-856-6478 for directions or to RSVP.

250 S. Grand Mesa Dr.

Cedaredge • 856-7007

FATHER’S DAYCHECK LIST

❏ Breakfast ❏ Wine❏ Barbecue Lunch ❏ Art

❏ Gourmet Foods❏ Chocolate

OPEN TIL 2 P.M. ONFATHER’S

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A SALUTE TO FATHERHOOD

‘50s PartySaturday, June 2Stolte Shed at Pioneer Town

in Cedaredge11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Classic Car Cruise-In

Hamburger or Hot Dogwith chips or french fries, drink &dessert

With Chips – $6.00With French Fries – $7.00

Milk Shakes Juke Box

Everyone is welcome...bring your classic car!

Proceeds will go to the elevator fund at the Cedaredge United Methodist Church which will

help us serve our community better.

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BY VERNA BARRStaff Writer

Walking around Pio-neer Town on Heritage Day Saturday, May 26, was special indeed! Jane Everett was the first to greet visitors on arrival. She was the person who made the flyers and pro-grams for the event.

If you started your tour at the Welcome Center you had the opportunity to meet Jennifer Bowler and sample a bit of sour-dough bread and sour-dough chocolate cake.

Inside the building Linda Brown and Jill Serr demonstrated sock-knit-ting machines. Members of Cranky Piecers’ (a quilting club) Polly Pulver, Sally Waldron, Brenda McFar-lane, Margaret Osborn, and Lida Letey made quilt blocks using a hand cranked sewing machine. They also provided a dis-play of vintage portable sewing machines.

Alan Albert, Pioneer Town’s long time and only sheriff, was seen sitting on a bench outside of the town’s Lizard Head Saloon while inside Lyn Moseley was often found standing behind the coun-ter. Cherp Rodrick could be seen and heard playing tunes from earlier days on the upright piano.

Local crafts people were

at other locations through-out the grounds and buildings. Dick McGuire displayed samples of his leatherwork set up in front of the Sunderland Indian Museum. Jeanne Swanson and John Loring each took a shift, talking about the displays inside of the museum.

At the Doll and Toy House, Peggy Baxter demonstrated crocheted rag rug making and Gerry Murano gave a rug knot-ting demonstration. Judy Greear and Mary Albert could be found tying a quilt made from tee-shirts.

The blacksmith shop

was manned by Paul Michaels and Raymond King, one in the morning the other in the afternoon. Al Smith was offering information in the Austin depot.

Sharon Clark shared her talent as an organist as she played inspirational music in the Chapel of the Cross. A harmonica could be heard at the Rotary Club barbeque.

Women on horseback, from Surface Creek Sad-dle Club, were seen rid-ing throughout the town, frequently stopping to talk with visitors. Rid-ers were Linda Bundoc

on Beau, Gwen Almeida riding Smitee, Lorie Moli-tor on Rojain during the morning. Melanie Son rode Jazzie and Carolynn Anderson was on Mahr Amir in the afternoon. One animal getting a lot of extra attention was a small Mediterranean don-key, named Zachariah, led by Estella Holmes.

Rae-Ann Simmons, representing the Black Canyon Camera Club, a visitor herself, was busy taking numerous photos of the visitors, especially those who came dressed in vintage and western cloth-ing. The historic buildings in Pioneer Town made a fitting background for her and her camera.

The Cedaredge Rotary Club set up their lunch items, grill, tent and seat-ing, under the trees in front of the Indian muse-um this year. Everyone, club members and visi-tors alike, appeared to be happy with the new location. There was sun and shade and the build-ing provided some wind protection.

Many Surface Creek Valley Historical Society volunteers could be found within some of the build-ings or roaming through-out the grounds offering pamphlets, information and directions to visitors. Among these were: Roger and Sandy Carlson, Chuck and Jan Harrington, Gael McCully, Judy and Jerry

Weaver, Lois Baker, and organizers Dick Brooks and Gini Moseley. There were others on the scene and many working unseen to make everything work so smoothly.

Pioneer Town is now open for the summer sea-son. Entrance is through the Welcome Center located just off Highway 65, three blocks south of Main Street in Cedaredge. Hours are: Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday from May 26 through Sept. 23. Admis-sion is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors, $1 for students,

no charge for children six years and under.

Group tours can be arranged by call-ing 835-3143. For addi-tional information check our web site at www.pioneertown.org or phone 856-7554.

Other special events are planned for this sum-mer. Concerts at the Chapel of the Cross are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings and 2 p.m. on Sunday after-noons.

Tuesday, June 12, plan to attend a Night on the Town and July 28 is the annual ice cream social.

Pioneer Town shines on Heritage Day

Photo by Verna BarrJennifer Bowler offers Zella Willoughby and other visitors a sample of sourdough bread and sour-dough chocolate cake along with ‘how-to’ informa-tion.

Photo by Verna BarrEstelle Holmes and her Mediterranean donkey received a lot of attention during Heritage Day at Pioneer Town.


This looks like a great way to help young peo-ple learn about customs, schooling, and social life of early settlers in the west. For two weeks, fourth grade students and their teachers at Cedaredge Elementary School have been simulating situations as if they were attend-ing classes in a one room schoolhouse.

Boys sat on one side of the classroom with girls on the other side.

Students formed groups (families) with each taking on the identity of siblings of different ages, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds. Discussions followed on how these factors affected the school experience.

A point system was in place with points given for attendance, dressing in period dress, bringing lunch in a bucket or pail, passing inspection of clean hands, face, and teeth. A ‘show and tell’ session was held with period arti-facts brought from home. Learning the Gettysburg Address and other lessons gained more individual points.

Or points could be taken away for bad behav-ior, being late to class, or for dirty hands, face

and teeth, not complet-ing assignments, and numerous other reasons. Everyone with 300 points or more received a gradu-ation certificate follow-ing the picnic, held in Cedaredge Park on May 18th.

The teachers, Sheri McFadden, Chuck Miller

and Ryan Bond worked from the same lesson materials with each using adaptations to suit the student’s needs.

McFadden stated, “This has been a fantastic springtime program, hold-ing students’ interest dur-ing the last few weeks of the school year.”

Fourth graders learn through role playing

Photo by Verna BarrA picnic in Cedaredge Park celebrated the end of a two week study of pioneer days for fourth graders at Cedaredge Elementary School. From the left, in cos-tumes: Zoe Wood, Kaleb Berardi, Katie Lindley, Ethan Bates, and one of the fourth grade teachers, Sheri McFadden, who took on the role of Miss Prouty.


Volunteers are an inte-gral part of many resi-dent activities at Hori-zons Care Center. To rec-ognize the time, efforts and talents given and to say “thank you,” the Activities Department held an ice-cream party

on Friday, May 18.The jobs done by vol-

unteers who were pres-ent included visiting one-on-one with resi-dents, one of the volun-teers regularly brings her dog to visit, helping with Pokeno, playing in the Sunnyside Christian Band, and garden clubs

planting the flower pots and helping residents choose what they want to plant (vegetables or flow-ers) in their section of the raised-beds.

Some of the residents joined the gathering, applauding as names were called to receive cer-tificates of appreciation.

‘Green thumb’ volunteers recognized

Photo by Verna BarrAmong the volunteers honored at Horizons Ice Cream Social were members rep-resenting two of the four local garden clubs that plant and care for the courtyard garden at Horizons Care Center. From the left: Friends and Flowers Garden Club are Sue Stanley, Cheryl Vennette, Orene Hinkley, and Jenna Childress-Hinkley. From Four Seasons Garden Club are Virginia Menke, Marilyn Stumpf, and Esther Summers.

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An oil portrait of Cedaredge sculptor Daphna Russell that was painted by a Montrose friend of hers took best of show honors in the annual Delta Fine Arts show at the AppleShed.

Daphna is a well-known and energetic advocate and contributor to all things touching on community or having to do with art. She wasn’t at the DFA show opening reception on May 25 to see her portrait honored. She was halfway around the world in the African nation of Rwanda on a church mission sharing her love of art and teach-ing it to children there, her friends at the DFA reception event said. The DFA donated some of the art materials Daphna took along for use on the mission trip, explained Dave Rasmussen, DFA board member.

Frank Gauna is the multi-talented art-ist from Montrose who painted Daphna’s por-trait. Gauna is an accomplished graphics and jewelry designer, in addition to his oil paint-ing accomplishments.

His portrait of Daph-na shows her sitting with a lamb sculpture which Daphna created and which Gauna owns. Gauna said that Daph-na participated in five, hour-and-a-half long sit-tings for the work.

The DFA show is hosted annually by the AppleShed. Owner Con-nie Williams and the Loading Dock Deli staff prepared a complimen-tary buffet for the sev-eral dozen artists and others who attended the event.

Sixty artists from Fruita to Ouray entered some 170 framed works,

sculpture, photography and mixed media piec-es in the show. Entries were judged by Carol Vance Courtney. Awards were given for first place and honorable mention in several categories.

First-place honors were taken by the follow-ing artists: James Daw-son, “Almost There,” oil; Carol Ann Rasmussen, “Red Dog,” sculpture; Laurae Fortner-Welch, “You Look That Way, I’ll Look This Way,” pastel; Norman Gibbs, “Iris,” photography; Sharon Marolf, “Old Iron,” draw-ing; Virginia Blackstock, “Grand Gulch Ruins,” watercolor; Joyce Lee Peterson, “Burst of Color,” water media.

Honorable mention honors were won by the following artists: Anna Clarie Johnson, “Wyvern Song,” alcohol and ink; Tommie Howerton, “Painted Lady,” pastel; Ron Henry, “Playful Fil-lies,” oil/acrylic; Judy Leonard, “They Lurk Beneath,” sculpture; Daphna Russell, “Chas-ing Cats,” bronze sculp-ture; Sandy Williamson, “Indian Reds and Umber Vinegar Painted Chest,” mixed media; Catherine

Deuter, “Retired,” oil/acrylic; Craig Hammer, “Ash Mesa Corn Field at Dawn,” photography; Linda Aubry, “Trophies and Time,” photography; Rae Ann Simmons, “The Gobblins,” photography; Susan Blackstock, “Con-templation,” photog-raphy; Barbara Torke, “Three Girls Wading,” pastel; Sherry Moon, “Melange Flying Carpet,” mixed media; Loretta Casler, “Yosemite Seren-ity,” color pencil; Dani Tupper, “Golden Aspen,” watercolor; Wanda Brun-emeier, “Kristin N. Des-tin,” watercolor; Cassydy Zamarripa, “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow,” pas-tel; third grader Zach-ary Kuta, “Making the Goal,” pencil; David Kuta, “Moon for Alex,” watercolor; and Carol Vinz, “Far Horizons,” watercolor.

Portrait of Daphna isbest of DFA art show

Photo by Hank LohmeyerPortrait of Daphna Rus-sell with a sculpture of hers that won Best of Show at the Delta Fine Arts exhibition.

Marbled GodwitIt’s warm, almost feels

like summer. And there’s been a dramatic change in the northeast pond — the cattails along the north edge have been burned down. Black stalks contrast starkly with the greenish field beyond. Some of the small trees and shrubs along the inlet ditch . . . reduced to charred sil-houettes. Looks dread-ful!

But in plant pro-gression, silt and sand accumulate with the ebb and flow of water. Small plants take root and debris collects around them (more silt and sand plus bits of dead leaves,

tiny plants). Gradually larger plants take root and we have a marsh-land, such as the cat-tail beds. As time passes, more debris collects and eventually what was a watery place becomes land. And so, to retain the water, the cattails must be controlled. How-ever, right now it looks

appalling!But time passes,

things change. And it’s time to look for shore-birds. I look carefully along the edges of the northeast pond . . . noth-ing but ducks. Check with the binoculars . . . there’s movement, but I can’t tell what it is. Time for the spotting scope. Birds . . . large, gray and brown. But look at the legs and necks . . . long! Focus on one bird . . . the bill is impossible! It’s at least three times the width of the head! It looks orangish at the base . . . darker toward the tip. It’s slightly upturned. Godwit!

Each spring some of

these birds appear at Harts Basin during their migration. I always lis-ten for their call. I think of it as a soft “meow” but with a clothespin clipped on that long bill.

The dictionary sug-gests that the name “godwit” is echoic of that call.

Now I see them more clearly, and I count 10. Simply standing, sleeping, or preening, although two are probing the water with that long bill. I know that there are three other species of godwit, but they don’t migrate through our region. So seeing these marbled godwits is a treat for me.

Birds of the Western Slope A look at local birds with Evelyn Horn

Photo courtesy public-domain-images.com


End in sightThe school year drew to a close for Hunsicker Elementary School students last week as they participated in traditional fi eld day activities at the school. Racing towards the fi nish of the school term above are, left to right, third graders Dennis Jackson, Skyler Sakala, Winnie Hirsch, and Justine Valdez.

The Cedaredge Rotary Club’s Thunder Mountain 5K and 10K walk/run will be Satur-day, June 2, beginning at Cedaredge Middle School.

The fun walk/run begins at 8 a.m., regis-tration at 7:15-7:45 a.m. Cost is $20 for adults, $10 for 12 and under. Registration available at wcedaredgerotary.org or

www.active.com_detail.cfm?event_id=2017257

Proceeds help fund scholarship, dictionaries and community grants. Call Jamie Meiklejohn at 970-778-2868 for more.

Rotary run on Saturday

Melinda Lenise Fergu-son of Cedaredge gradu-ated with a bachelor of science in nursing during the Union College com-mencement ceremonies on May 6. Union College awarded 170 degrees to 156 students.

Founded in 1891 by the Seventh-day Adven-tist church, Union is located on 50 acres of tree-covered property in southeast Lincoln, Neb., and is a site in the statewide arbore-tum system.

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MEDICAL - RESIDENTIAL Zoning...1/2 acre near Delta County Memorial Hospital and services. Beautiful trees and a redwood deck. Currently medical building — could be transformed into residence. 2 car de-tached garage with shop. A BARGAIN AT $149,000! #662439/662511

Kim Guthrie-Burch 234-7563

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RENTALS RENTALS COMMERCIALRENTALS

SECOND STORY APART-ment for rent in Delta. One bedroom with storage unit, laundry. All utilities except electric paid. 874-4436, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (2x22)

SECOND STORY APART-ment for rent in Delta. Two bedroom, two bath, 1100 square feet, storage unit. Laundry facility, deck on roof. All utilities except elec-tric paid. 874-4436 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (2x22)

THREE BEDROOM, TWObath, fenced xerscaped yard. Newly remodeled. Consider small dog. Shed, corner lot, deposit and ref-erences required. $725 per month. Call 640-0852 or 835-3213. (2x21)

HORIZONS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY11411 Hwy. 65 • Eckert, CO 81418

Studio Apartment Senior Living 55 and older.

Includes all utilities except satellite and phone$624 per month

Additional services available

Horizons Retirement Community970-835-3113

874-9803 • 874-4006

RENTALPROPERTIES

We havecorporate housing

available —long term or short.

RentalsOffi ce building

for lease indowntown Delta.

Great parking.

BEAUTIFUL TWO BED-room duplex overlooking the Gunnison River, just off Hwy. 65 about five miles from Delta. Garage, stor-age, appliances, water included. $750/deposit/one month rent/refer-ences. 970-245-5765 or [email protected]. (4x21)

FOR SALE OR RENT-TO-own, two cabins on Gunnison River above Somerset. Sale price $225K with $10,000 down payment and principle and interest (3.7852% over 30 years) with payments of $1,000. Or lease to own for two years at $1,500 per month with all lease payments applied toward purchase. Contact Leverich Real Estate at 970-925-5400. Seller is a licensed real estate broker. (4x21)

COUNTRY HOME ON 10acres fully landscaped, three bedroom, two bath, washer/dryer included. 30x60 garage, located in Vista Court, Delta. Call Omega Realty, 970-245-7571. $1,200 month plus deposit. (4x19)

SPECIAL DEAL. MOVE in now. Five year old home, central air, maintenance free yard. For on-the-go kind of people. On Garnet Mesa. Call 596-6157. (4x19)

FOR RENT IN PAONIA:Two bedroom, one bath, 800 square foot house. $650 per month. Gas heat. References. One month security. Available now. 970-261-2737. (tfnx7)

OFFICES FOR RENT.Great location on Hwy. 65 in Cedaredge. Several differ-ent offices, most complete-ly remodeled. Many units include high speed Internet and electricity in rent. From $220 to $450 per month. Call 970-856-3032 or 970-361-6776. (4x21)

DEEP IN CREDIT CARD DEBT?If you are unable to meet your family’s basic needs because

of debt, contact…

GALLEGOS LAW OFFICE249-7676

(Free consultation)

PERSONALS

CARD OFTHANKS

OUR GRATEFUL appreciation to all the many friends and family of Conne Simpson who celebrated her life on Monday, May 21 at the Stolte Shed in Cedaredge. Many thanks to Howard Johnson Motel, RMR Ranches, SnoKrusers Club, Grand Mesa Lodge, Pioneer Town, Reverend Bill Hillyer and Delta County Memorial Hospital. Thanks also to those who provided flowers and refreshments. Sincerely, Ken Simpson and family. (1x22)

LOST &FOUND

STOLEN, FOUR English bulldog female pup-pies, five weeks old, red and white to fawn and white with eye patches. Pictures on website www.bulldogs-pugs.com. Reward. 234-1596 or 234-1595. (2x22)

FORSALE

FAST TREES GROWsix to 10 feet yearly. $12.95 to $16.95 delivered. Potted. Brochure online www.fasttrees.com or 509-447-4181. (4x19)

18, 16FT TIPI POLES for sale. $140, OBO. Call 874-6105 for info. (tfnx19)

TRAILERSALES

ENCLOSED 5X8 UTILITYtrailer. Factory made Haulmark brand. Excellent condition. $1700.00 874-4558 (tfn)

SELL YOUR UNWANTEDitems in the DCI Classifieds, call 874-4421 today.

Classified Adsget results.

Call 874-4421.

Subscribeto the DCI.

Call 874-4421for the rates in your area.

Buying or selling?Place a Classified Ad.

Call 874-4421.

D2 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 CLASSIFIEDS Delta County Independent

COMPILED FROM DELTA NEWSPAPERSBy DELTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

251 Meeker St., Delta • 874-8721May 31, 1912

(From the Delta Independent)J.E. Gallup, one of Delta’s well known and most

substantial citizens, has purchased what is known as the John Cloe property on North Main street, just opposite the Delta Hotel, and will soon begin the erection of a modern automobile garage.

The old frame buildings on the lots purchased have been torn down, the lumber removed and work on the foundation will be instituted as soon as material can be secured. The building is to be 50 by 150, of concrete, and it is proposed to make it one of the most up to date automobile establishments on the Western Slope.

Monte Gallup, youngest son of J.E. Gallup, took a course of training in an auto establishment in Kansas City a short time ago, and is therefore fully equipped for the management of the garage, which he is to assume.

* * *Erickson, the North Main street photographer,

has purchased the large film of the school group and can supply those fine pictures at 75c each. Call at his studio and see them.

* * *Messrs Miller and Nicholson, owners of the

stage line between Delta and Cedaredge, have just purchased a Buick truck and entered the horse-less wagon in the mail express and freight service Monday.

* * *The Delta Store was removed the first of this

week from the Stockham building to the Odd Fellows’ building and Manager Hebson says he was never out of condition long enough to check business, even when enroute from one building to the other.

* * *S. Porges, the furnishing goods man, has taken

a lease on the Main street business room in the Delta National bank building, and will occupy it with an increased line of goods on or about the fif-teenth of next month. The room is now being fitted up for his use.

* * *A free barbecue is to be given by the Hotchkiss

Fair association in the park in that town, Friday, June 1, and all who attend will without question enjoy the doings of that day.

* * *Montgomery Ward’s circus came and went,

Tuesday. It proved to be a clean little aggregation with some good features and was greatly enjoyed by the goodly number attending. The Independent editor had to take his grandsons to the evening show, and they enjoyed it.

* * *Col. Wm. Shaver, landlord of the Delta House,

frequently talks of purchasing a twenty-five or

thirty acre ranch near town, which will be operated so as to furnish pure cream, butter, eggs, turkeys, chickens and green stuff in season, for his house. The idea is certainly a good one, and would meet the hearty approval of all guests.

* * *Charles Hammontree, the amateur aviator and

flying machine builder of Grand Junction, who is but 19 years of age, made his first air trip one day the latter part of last week, and it was a perfect success, but for his machine striking a telephone wire twenty feet above the ground and causing the young driver to fall. He is badly injured and may die. A height of several hundred feet was attained and he was making a slanting glide to earth when the accident happened.

* * *A difficulty with the Paonia town safe cre-

ated some anxiety among the officials last week. Through a misunderstanding while the combina-tion was being changed during the transfer of the clerk’s records the door was shut. Drilling became necessary and the consequent repairs will cause further temporary inconveniences.

* * *Delta county will probably be put to the

expense of rebuilding several bridges which will be destroyed by high water this year. Time will come when cement bridges will span our streams and stay where they are put. Penny wise and pound foolish is the present policy of highway construc-tion.

* * *The first election for the purpose of electing a

set of officers for the new town of Orchard City will be held Saturday, June 1st.

* * *

FROM THEFROM THEPASTPAST

YARDSALES

CAMPERS AND HUNT-ers delight. Great Father's Day gifts. Lawn mower, snow blower, recumbent exercise bike. Friday and Saturday, June 8 and 9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1461 Criterion Street, Delta. Cunningham Orchard Estates. (3x21)

HELPWANTED

NOW TAKING APPLICA-tions for main fruit packing season 2012. Please apply in person at Rogers Mesa Fruit, 3100 Road and Hwy. 92, Hotchkiss. (3x21)

D E LT A - M O N T R O S ETechnical College has a position available for a full-time LPN Instructor. Must be a registered nurse with a current Colorado License in good standing, minimum of bachelor's of science degree, master's degree preferred. Minimum of five full years recent experience; minimum of two of these years in direct patient care, and preferably one year experience in nursing ser-vice. Salary depending on experience and education. Send letter, resume and references to Birdie Young, Delta-Montrose Technical College, 1765 Hwy. 50, Delta, CO 81416. Closing date is June 15. (3x22)

PART-TIME ANIMALShelter Manager. Delta County Citizens for Animal Welfare and Shelters (CAWS) is seeking a dynamic leader for our ani-mal shelter in Delta. This is a 20-hour-per-week posi-tion. The ideal candidate is well organized, able to work independently, excel-lent problem solver, and experienced working with dogs and cats. Veterinarian technician preferred but will train the right candi-date. Computer savvy and excellent customer service skills a must. Inquiries by e-mail only. Send cover letter and resume to [email protected]. $12/hour. EOE. (1x22)

ASSISTANT MANAGER,Animal Shelter. Delta County Citizens for Animal Welfare and Shelters (CAWS) is seeking an assis-tant shelter manager to fill in during the current man-ager's days off. This is a four-hour-per-day position, two days per week. The ideal candidate is well orga-nized, able to work inde-pendently, excellent prob-lem solver, and experienced working with dogs and cats. Excellent customer service skills a must. Inquiries by e-mail only. Send cover letter and resume to [email protected]. $10/hour. EOE. (1x22)

NURSE NEEDED: MA,LPN or equal experience applications/resumes being accepted at Cedaredge Doctor's Office. Position includes extensive paper-work and multi-tasking. Part-time beginning in mid June. Must be flexible. Send to Marilyn, 255 S. Grand Mesa Drive, Cedaredge, CO 81413. (2x22)

ADVERTISE 874-4421

HELPWANTED

HELPWANTED

HELPWANTED

UNDERGROUND COALAssistant Surveyor

Bowie Resources LLC, an underground coal mine near the town of Paonia, Colorado has an opening for an Assistant Surveyor to work in its Engineering Department. The qualifi ed applicants should possess a high school diploma, strong math and computer skills. General knowledge, experience in land or underground coal mine surveying experience, and MSHA 32 hour training is preferred. AutoCAD and SurvCADD experi-ence is also preferred over all other applicants.

The company offers a competitive pay and benefi t package that includes a medical, dental, vision, prescription drug program, life insurance, bonus plans, 401(k) plan. If you qualify for the above vacancy and want to work in a team-oriented environment, and would enjoy working underground and on the surface at a coal mine with a high standard in safety and an outstanding future, please send your resume to the following address:

Bowie Resources, LLCPO Box 1488Paonia, CO 81428970-527-4135email: [email protected]

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ad sales repThe Delta County Independent has an opening in its advertising sales depart-ment for an energetic person to help

local businesses grow by incorporating the DCI into their marketing program.

This position requires a creative person with an understanding of how marketing, and especially newspaper advertising, is an essential tool for business. You must be able to establish a personal working relationship with business managers, translating their marketing ideas into

creative print and online ad campaigns.

For details, or to submit your resume, contact Roxanne McCormick,

[email protected]

DELTA COUNTY

INDEPENDENT401 Meeker, Delta CO 874-4421

HORIZONS CARE CENTER11411 Hwy. 65 • Eckert, CO 81418

Looking for a new challenge?

Then Horizons Health Care is looking for you!

Director of RehabilitationBusiness Office Manager

Join a team that is making a difference in the lives of seniors.

Send resume to [email protected] call (970) 835-3113

EOE/AA

SERVICES SERVICES

Criminal DefenseQuality, Affordable,

Payment Plans Available

Call Attorney D Brown970-688-2766FREE Consultation

PUBLICSERVICE

PUBLICSERVICE

PUBLICSERVICE

THE DELTA COUNTYIndependent runs these items as a public service free of charge for non-profit organizations, if no fees are charged. However, each group is asked to please keep them current by call-ing 874-4421.

BEGINNING THIS MONTHthe Pioneer Al-Anon Family Group will host a special speaker meeting on the last Thursday of each month. Everyone is welcome. 7-8 p.m. in Cedaredge at First Baptist Church, 370 W. Main Street in Wick Hall behind the church, west end. Call Mary 856-6123 or Vicki 856-7115. (tfnx12)

CHAPTER, UNITS OF DAVregular meetings on the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Veterans Building, 15th & Howard, Delta. For further information, call Paul Carter 874-5150. (tfx19)

HOTCHKISS-CRAWFORDHistorical Museum. Winter hours, Saturdays 1-4 p.m. thru December 24. $3 admis-sion or free to members. Come see our museum at 2nd & Hotchkiss Streets in Hotchkiss. 872-3780. (tfx44)

DELTA FOOD PANTRYneeds meals for Delta families who are temporar-ily in need. Donations of non-perishable food may be brought to 628 Meeker. (tfx36)

ALCOHOLICS ANONY-mous, at Friends of Bill W. club at 9th and Palmer, meets Sunday 1 p.m., 7 p.m. Monday at noon, Tuesday at noon, Wednesday at noon, 5:30 ladies only. Thursday at noon, and 8 p.m., Friday at noon, Saturday 12:15 p.m. Call 874-8282. (tfnx5)

BECAWS! DISCOUNTspay and neuter coupons available. Call 970-527-3350, or visit cawsonline.org. Delta County Citizens for Animal Welfare and Shelter (CAWS)

PAONIA AMERICAN Legion runs a year round non-perishable emergency food pantry. This is for the North Fork area. For information, call 527-6252. (tfx49)

ALANON FAMILY GROUPmeets in Delta at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 5th and Palmer. If there is a prob-lem of alcoholism in a family member or friend, we can help you. You are not alone. Call Shirley at 323-5067 or Elizabeth at 874-9832 for information. Alateen meeting in Delta, same time, same place. Call first. (TFNx19)

THE PREGNANCY RE-source Center needs staff volunteers to join our team of those committed to pre-senting life and the truth of Jesus Christ. Why not call us at 874-5733 and find out more? (tfx26)

YOU HAVE THE POWER TOchange a child's life! Children are waiting for senior partners in Delta County right now! Can you spare 3 hours a week? We need your help! Call today for more information. Please volunteer to spend time with a child in our community. Partners of Delta, Montrose and Ouray, 874-4661, www.partners-west.org. or [email protected]. (tfx13)

SAVE EYEGLASSES, OLDjewelry and silver or bits of gold and silver scraps. The Grand Odd Fellow Lodge is sending them to: New Eyes for the Needy, 549 Millburn Ave., Short Hills, NJ 07078 or send them to: Gale Conger, Secretary of IOOF Lodge #116, 544 St. Hwy. 548, Delta, CO 81416.

THE AMERICAN RED Cross needs you. Become one of the Red Cross vol-unteers who says, “We’ll Be There, Because Help Can’t Wait!” Call your local Red Cross Chapter at 970-242-4851 or 1-800-HELP NOW for information on the dif-ference you can make in someone’s life as a disaster volunteer. ((TFNx4))

SUPPORT GROUP: CARE-givers, friends and loved ones of Alzheimer’s and dementia victims. Facing difficult situations? Get help. 2nd Monday every month, 10 a.m. Grand Mesa Southern Baptist Church, 110 SE Jay, Cedaredge. Call Karen for more details, 835-3113. (tfx3)

EDUCATION

CLASSICAL CONVER-sations is a Christian home school group that meets weekly throughout the school year assisting and equipping parents to school their children through the Classical Model. Please come to the information-al meeting at 7 p.m. on June 12 at 326 Main Street, Suite 103, Delta. Call Britny Havertape for more infor-mation 874-6802. (2x22)

MISC. MISC.

BOOKKEEPER, INDIVI-dual needs to have gen-eral accounting knowl-edge, computer skills and excellent customer service. Competitive salary and ben-efits. EOE. First State Bank of Colorado, Hotchkiss, CO. [email protected]. (2x22)

TOO LATETO CLASSIFY

Delta County is accepting applications for a Landfi ll Manager for the Adobe Buttes Landfi ll and Trans-fer Station. Position is a working manager and re-sponsible for the day to day management of the landfi ll and transfer station, house-hold hazardous waste and recycling programs, compli-ance with all federal, state and county regulations, supervision and scheduling of landfi ll employees, op-eration and maintenance of heavy equipment assigned to the landfi ll ability to work with engineers and contrac-tors on the development of the next cell. Require-ments include High School Diploma or GED and eight years of landfi ll experience with three years in a super-visory capacity. Household hazardous material or recy-cling experience is a plus. A degree in Environmental Science or a related fi eld may be substituted for four years of experience. Quali-fi ed applicant should be profi cient in operating front end loader, dozer, compac-tor and other heavy equip-ment and have a thorough knowledge of principles, methods and equipment applicable to modern solid waste management; includ-ing policies, laws and regu-lations. A valid Colorado driver’s license is required. Solid Waste Association of North America training is desirable. Salary Range: $43,953 - $48,358 per year DOQ. Interested persons may submit a County Applica-tion to Delta County Human Resources on or before Friday, June 8, 2012 at 12:00 Noon. Applications may be obtained at the Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer St., Ste 227, Delta, CO 81416 or by call-ing 970-874-2459. Applica-tions and a complete posi-tion description may also be obtained on our website at www.deltacounty.com. A resume may be attached to the completed County ap-plication. Delta County is an EOE/ADA employer.

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Delta County Independent PUBLIC NOTICES Wednesday, May 30, 2012 D3

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2012-0046

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 19, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Branden Duane FryOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Republic Mortgage Home Loans, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LPDate of Deed of Trust 9/12/2006County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 9/18/2006Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 607789Original Principal Amount $146,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $136,682.02Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 5 AND 6 IN BLOCK 7 OF

GARNET MESA SUBDIVISION,

COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF

COLORADO.

Also known by street and number

as: 718 East 4th Street, Delta, CO

81416.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED

HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY

CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY

THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/18/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/23/2012Last Publication 6/20/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/19/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:ALISON L. BERRY #34531CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-02344©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent May 23, 30, June 6, 13 and 20, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0047

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 20, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Kelly Brooks and Karen A. BrooksOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 2/16/2007County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 2/22/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 612366Original Principal Amount $289,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $271,954.48Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 7, BLOCK 3, HIDDEN VALLEY

ESTATES PHASE 1 & 2, DELTA

COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO.


as: 13645 Ragged Mountain Drive,

Paonia, CO 81428.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/18/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus

attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/23/2012Last Publication 6/20/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/20/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:REAGAN LARKIN #42309CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-00698©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0048

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 21, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) MILTON J. VIDRINE JR.Original Benefi ciary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, REPUBLIC MORTGAGE HOME LOANS LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LPDate of Deed of Trust 11/20/2009County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 11/25/2009Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 639341Original Principal Amount $222,360.00Outstanding Principal Balance $218,414.76Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 8 IN BLOCK 2 OF PANORAMA

HEIGHTS COUNTY OF DELTA,

STATE OF COLORADO


as: 24285 VALLEY VIEW CIRCLE,

CEDAREDGE, CO 81413.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/18/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/23/2012Last Publication 6/20/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/21/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:HEATHER DEERE #28597LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL P MEDVED PC 355 UNION BLVD #302, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228-1508 (303) 274-0155The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-910-21410©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2011-0203

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On November 16, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) WENDELL HERRICK AND D’ANNE HERRICKOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as nominee for PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust 10/19/2010County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 11/15/2010Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 646794Original Principal Amount $273,697.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $269,138.84Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BENTLEY MINOR

SUBDIVISION

TOGETHER WITHOUT WARRANTY

ONE (1) TRI-COUNTY WATER TAP

AND FIVE (5) SHARES UVWUA


as: 4986 PEACH VALLEY ROAD,

DELTA, CO 81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 11/16/2011Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:EMILY JENSIK, ESQ. #31294Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 9105.02840©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent May 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0035

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 6, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Kelley C. HarperOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 4/29/2008County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 4/29/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 625124Original Principal Amount $258,400.00Outstanding Principal Balance $245,627.90Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 29, 30, 31 AND 32 IN BLOCK

7 OF HOTCHKISS SUBDIVISION,


COLORADO.


as: 404 W Hotchkiss Ave, Hotchkiss,

CO 81419.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/06/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ #40351CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-02701©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0029

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On February 24, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) KEVIN BRADLEY HOWELL AND BRENDA

LEA HOWELLOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) BW MORTGAGE, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust 3/17/2005County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 3/18/2005Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 589172Original Principal Amount $118,937.00Outstanding Principal Balance $104,969.23Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE LEGAL DESCRIPTION

ATTACHED HERETO AND

INCORPORATED HEREIN BY

REFERENCE.

ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION

PART OF BLOCK A OF THE

GARNET MESA SUBDIVISION

OF THE CITY OF DELTA,

COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE

RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, MORE

PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS

BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST

CORNER OF SAID BLOCK A;

THENCE SOUTH 278 FEET; AND

THENCE EAST 70 FEET; THENCE

NORTH 278 FEET; AND THENCE

WEST 70 FEET TO THE POINT OF

BEGINNING. COUNTY OF DELTA,

STATE OF COLORADO.


as: 516 CRAWFORD AVENUE,

DELTA, CO 81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 02/24/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:LISA CANCANON #42043Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 9105.03509©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


PUBLIC NOTICE

Delta County, 501 Palmer Street, Delta, CO 81416, (970) 874-2035 has filed an application for an Amendment to a Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The proposed mine is known as the Lemoine Pit and is located at or near NW1/4SE1/4, Section 20, Township 14 South, Range 92 West, 6th Prime Meridian, Delta County, Colorado.The proposed date of commence-ment is August 1, 2012, and the proposed date of completion is October 30, 2020. The proposed future use of the land is General Agriculture.Additional information and the tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder's office; 501 Palmer Street, Delta, Colorado, 81416, or the above named applicant. A complete copy of the application is available at the above named County Clerk and Recorder's office and at the Division's office.Comments Concerning the applica-tion and exhibits must be in writ-ing and must be received by the Division of Minerals and Geology by 4:00 p.m. on June 19, 2012.Please note that under the provi-sions of C.R.S. 34-32.5 -101, et. seq., comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or econom-ic concerns are issues not subject to this Office's jurisdiction. These subjects are typically addressed by your local government, rather than the Division Reclamation, Mining and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board.

Published in the Delta County Independent May 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0031

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On February 24, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Randall K. Nuss and Shirley A. NussOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National AssociationDate of Deed of Trust 3/10/2008County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 3/14/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 623808Original Principal Amount $337,949.00Outstanding Principal Balance $319,308.32Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust

and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO

AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY

REFERENCE

EXHIBIT "A"

Part of the Southeast 1/4

Southeast 1/4 of Section 27,

Township 13 South, Range 94 West

of the 6th Principal Meridian, more

particularly bounded and described

as follows:

Beginning at a point in a County

Road and on a Section line from

which the Southeast corner of said

Section 27 bears South 0°59' West

889 feet;

thence running South 88°43' West

484.3 feet;

thence North 0°04' East 444.1 feet

to a point in a County Road and a

subdivision line;

thence following said road and line

North 88°41' East 491.6 feet to the

Northeast corner of said Southeast

1/4 Southeast 1/4 Section 27

which is at an intersection with

another County Road;

thence following the Section line

and County Road South 0°59'

West 444.5 feet to the POINT OF

BEGINNING,

County of Delta,

State of Colorado.

Also known by street address as:

25926 Q 25 Road, Cedaredge, CO

81413


as: 25926 Q25 Road, Cedaredge,

CO 81413.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 02/24/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER #34145CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 11-17688©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0033

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 2, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) MARK A. NESS AND MELONIE D. NESSOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL COLORADO, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL COLORADO, INC.Date of Deed of Trust 11/16/2007County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 11/28/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 620980Original Principal Amount $169,702.54Outstanding Principal Balance $167,067.72Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

SEE LEGAL DESCRIPTION

ATTACHED HERETO AND

INCORPORATED HEREIN BY

REFERENCE.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

LOT 9, SURFACE CREEK ESTATES,

a part of the Northwest Quarter of

the Northwest Quarter of Section

25, Township 14 South, Range 95

West of the 6th Principal Meridian,

according to the Recorded plat

thereof on fi le in the Offi ce of the

Delta County Clerk and Recorder.

County of Delta, State of

Colorado.


as: 20199 PLATEAU DRIVE,

AUSTIN, CO 81410-8285.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/02/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:EMILY JENSIK, ESQ. #31294Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 9106.02190©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0037

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 7, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Mike GriggsOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 9/19/2008County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 9/25/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 629047Original Principal Amount $297,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $288,264.29Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.



REFERENCE

EXHIBIT A

Part of the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 29, Township 15 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, more particularly described as follows:Beginning at a point on the North line of said Section 29, which is in the center of the county road, whence the Northeast Corner of said Section 29 bears East a distance of 324.1 feet;thence South 0°19' West 537.6 feet;thence South 89°59' West 324.1 feet to the West line of said E1/2 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4;thence North 0°19' East to the North line of said Section 29 a distance of 537.6 feet;thence East a distance of 324.1 feet more or less to the Point of Beginning.County of Delta, State of ColoradoAlso known by street and number

as: 1790 F Road, Delta, CO 81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/07/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:CAMILLE Y. HARLAN #43789CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-02825©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2011-0204

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On November 16, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Tony Alonzo and Patrice AlonzoOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Horizon Home Loan CorporationCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for theholders of the Certifi cates, First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Certifi cates Series FHAMS 2007-AA1, by First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank NationalAssociation, Master Servicer, in its capacity as agent for the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing AgreementDate of Deed of Trust 3/1/2007County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 3/16/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 613132Original Principal Amount $270,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $256,950.04Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.



REFERENCE

EXHIBIT A

A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE NW 1/4 OF THE SW

1/4 AND THE SW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 15 SOUTH, RANGE 92 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, HAVING A DESCRIPTION BASED UPON A REARING OF NORTH 89° 44' 44" EAST FROM THE SECTION CORNER COMMON TO SECTIONS 26, 27, 34 AND 35 TO THE 1/4 CORNER COMMON TO SECTIONS 26 AND 35 WITH ALL OTHER BEARINGS RELATIVE THERETO AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE 1/4 CORNER COMMON TO SECTIONS 26 AND 27 (MONUMENTED BY A 2" IRON PIPE WITH A 3 1/4" ALUM. CAP PLS 25972); THENCE ALONG SECTION LINE NORTH 00° 08' 52" EAST 50.83 FEET (MONUMENTED BY A 5/8" REBAR WITH A 2" ALUM. CAP PLS 25972); THENCE NORTH 89° 39' 06" EAST 1322.72 FEET (MONUMENTED BY A 5/8" REBAR WITH A 2" ALUM. CAP PLS 25972); THENCE SOUTH 00° 13' 48" WEST1201.96 FEET (MONUMENTED BY A 5/8" REBAR WITH A 2" ALUM. CAP PLS 25972); THENCE SOUTH 89° 41' 55" WEST 1320.28 FET (MONUMENTED BY 5/8" REBAR WITH A 2" ALUM. CAP PLS 12766); THENCE NORTH 00° 06' 46" EAST1150.03 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO.Also known by street and number

as: 37822 Linmann Rd, Crawford,

CO 81415.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 11/16/2011Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:ALISON L. BERRY #34531CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 11-11442©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0030

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On February 24, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) JENNIFER J. LAHOEOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust 3/26/2009County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 3/31/2009Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 633261Original Principal Amount $183,353.00Outstanding Principal Balance $176,577.00Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 17 YORKSHIRE SUBDIVISION,


COLORADO.


as: 936 YORKSHIRE COURT, DELTA,

CO 81416.





NOTICE OF SALE



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COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0040

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 13, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Bonifacio Arreola and Guadalupe ArreolaOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 6/25/2010County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 6/30/2010Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 643807Original Principal Amount $275,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $268,358.56Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, HINES FARM RESOURCE

PRESERVATION MAJOR

SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO

THE PLAT THEROF FILED FOR

RECORD SEPTEMBER 24,2001

IN PLAT BOOK 26 AT PAGE 45.


COLORADO.


as: 2745 Tessman Road, Delta, CO

81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/11/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/16/2012Last Publication 6/13/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/13/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Barbara J. Pierce, Deputy Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER #34145CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-03042©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent May 16, 23, 30, June 6 and 13, 2012.

Commissioners Proceedings

April 2012

Delta County Government

Salaries 407,2733rd Millennium Cla Serv 60A-1 Collection Age Serv 1,057Afl ac CAIC Serv 2,330Alpha Plumbing An Serv 214Alpine Fencing And Serv 1,022Alsco Serv 895American Family Li Serv 2,951Americenter Serv 48Anderson Farm Su Serv 113Ansafone Contact C Serv 56Aramark Serv 1,154Arthurs,Jesse Serv 700B & F Distributing I Serv 78Ballard,Laura Serv 405Basher,Robert Serv 26Beep West, Inc. Serv 89Bertram,Bruce C. Serv 242BI Incorporated Serv 180Big John’s Lumber Serv 181Big Valley Bumpers Serv 1,496Bizy B’s Serv 35Blair And Associate Serv 10,600Blythe Group And Serv 965Bob Barker Compa Serv 696Bolinger & Queen Serv 271Boren, Lance Serv 400Boss In Montrose Serv 37Brethouwer DO,N R Serv 1,300Briscoe/Judith Serv 255Brones, Meredith Serv 13Bullard,Barry Serv 150Callaway Packing, I Serv 4,766Callicutt/Webb Serv 225Canon Financial Se Serv 1,587Caremark Serv 707Carquest Auto Part Serv 377CEBT-Willis Serv 111,350Cedaredge Market Serv 30Central Distributing Serv 5,948Century Equipment Serv 1,444Century Link Serv 4,468Child Support Enfo Serv 300City Of Delta Serv 9,794Clark/Ralph E. Serv 26Colo Dept Of Labor Serv 60Colo Dept Of Public Serv 6,909Colorado Assessor’ Serv 300Colorado Assn Of C Serv 50Colorado Counties I Serv 1,400Colorado Departme Serv 670Colorado Machiner Serv 2,251Colorado State Tre Serv 2,455Colton Truck Suppl Serv 2,744County Sheriffs Of Serv 150Cummins Rocky M Serv 2,468Custom Direct Llc Serv 13,109Delta Auto Parts Serv 2,048Delta Co Memorial Serv 409Delta Co Treasurer Serv 16,622Delta County Abstr Serv 23,000Delta County Clerk Serv 17Delta County Gis D Serv 39Delta County Indep Serv 589Delta County Sherif Serv 49Delta County Treas Serv 118,588Delta County Treas Serv 54,337Delta Federal Credit Serv 3,722Delta Fire Safe Llc Serv 249Delta Hardware Co. Serv 1,321Delta Housing Auth Serv 7,931Delta Rigging & To Serv 256Delta-Montrose Ele Serv 4,558Dependable Lumbe Serv 48DG Concrete Serv 550Double D Saws Serv 192Double J Disposal I Serv 750Doughty Steel & M Serv 100Dowell, Charlie Serv 300Dr Curb Serv 1,098DTS Fluid Power In Serv 87Duckwork’s Auto P Serv 160Earley, Laura Serv 255Easypermit Postag Serv 1,929Eaton Sales & Servi Serv 1,771Eddins,Ann Serv 227Elan Financial Servi Serv 1,018Enterprise Fund Serv 329Erickson,Sharon L. Serv 85Essman,Lynn Serv 32Experient Corp Serv 800

Faris Machinery Co Serv 200Federal Express Serv 25Fiedler,Robert Serv 174First State Bank Of Serv 85Flex One/Afl ac Serv 88Forensic Science C Serv 210Gall,James M. Serv 100Gallenbeck,Ty Serv 532Gambles Of Hotchk Serv 555Gempler’s Serv 444Girardi’s Heavy Ha Serv 493Gmco Corporation Serv 4,940GMSI Serv 25,341Govconnection Inc Serv 5,843Grainger Serv 132Grand Junction Pip Serv 9,158Grand Mesa Discou Serv 1,864Graphox Design An Serv 2,186Great Experiences Serv 1,225Green, Larry T. Serv 51Guthrie’s Floor Cov Serv 421Hanson Internation Serv 836Hart Intercivic Inc Serv 2,389Hartman Brothers Serv 260Hellman Collision C Serv 1,038Hellman Motor Co Serv 80,852Hensley Battery & Serv 213Hewlett-Packard Co Serv 973HHH Inc Serv 13High Country Gas Serv 151High Country Shop Serv 93Hinchman Construc Serv 6,288Hobart Service Serv 533Home Depot Credit Serv 1,043Hometown Electric Serv 80Hotchkiss High Sch Serv 100HSBC Business Sol Serv 40Ikon Offi ce Solution Serv 1,062Intermountain Path Serv 10,200Interstate Batteries Serv 100Inventory Trading C Serv 72J & A Traffi c Produ Serv 116JM Plumbing & He Serv 235John Deere Financi Serv 184Johnson, Susan C. Serv 255Johnstone Supply Serv 330Kalenak,Robert Serv 70K-D Flags Serv 221Keyman Security Ll Serv 409Kimball-Midwest Serv 409King Soopers Cust Serv 106Knight,Christine L Serv 10KP & Company Serv 1,800Kwiki Tire Service I Serv 2,496L & B Vacuum Serv 99Lacal Equipment In Serv 274Laird Automotive Ll Serv 508Lawson Products In Serv 600Lemoine Jr,William Serv 3,516Lewis-Goetz And C Serv 19Loy,Rene Serv 159Luna,Patricia V Serv 31Lyle Signs Inc. Nw Serv 1,302M & A Welding Serv 1,678Main Street Printer Serv 1,187Mark’s Plumbing P Serv 1,462Master Petroleum Serv 62,540Mckee,Frederick D. Serv 64Meadow Gold Dairi Serv 1,293Mesa Bearing & Po Serv 429Mesa County Serv 1,981Messenger & Asso Serv 240MGT Of America In Serv 1,473MHC Kenworth - Gr Serv 397Mid-American Rese Serv 174Midwestern Colora Serv 116Montrose Memoria Serv 1,375Morton,Duane Serv 14Moss Jr.,Leo Serv 1,270Mountain Pest Cont Serv 110Mountain Valley Co Serv 129,614Mountain Valley Ne Serv 48Myers Enterprises Serv 2,080Newtek Technology Serv 95Nielsen,Scott Serv 3,332Nimthor Inc Serv 47North Fork Aviation Serv 650North Fork Commu Serv 200NWCC Serv 250Offi ce Depot Serv 6,278Pack Shack Serv 398Pagone,Donna L. Serv 85Paonia Auto Parts Serv 2Paonia Ditch Comp Serv 222Pest Away Sprayin Serv 3,785Pitney Bowes Serv 789Pizza Hut Serv 47Power Equipment Serv 3,891Professional Elevat Serv 400Prospace Interiors Serv 276Ramada Inn And S Serv 395Recla Metals Serv 1,420Record,Larry R Serv 26Red Rocks Commu Serv 695Reserve Account Serv 199Respond First Aid S Serv 109Rice,David L. Serv 66Riverbend Machine Serv 1,000Roadpost Usa Inc Serv 76Robert’s Enterprise Serv 2,348Sanders Alignment Serv 769Save-On-Tools Serv 695Schroeder,Ben Serv 0Scott Electric Inc Serv 915Serck Services, Inc. Serv 198Service Printing Inc Serv 124Sherwin-Williams Serv 193Shields,Phyllis Serv 180Shock,Lucas Serv 75Shuss,Connie Serv 85Sickles/Frank D. Serv 101Simmons Lock And Serv 195Smiling Aviation In Serv 1,500Snap-On-Tools Cor Serv 229Social Security Ad Serv 185Sourcegas LLC Serv 5,344State Industrial Pro Serv 149Stephenson, Teresa Serv 35Stephenson,Teri Serv 85Stroud, Georgette Serv 24Sun Life Financial Serv 2,242Suppes Heating An Serv 204Sysco Intermountai Serv 3,274Taylor Funeral Serv Serv 1,376Tayshen Automotiv Serv 971TDS Telecom Serv 1,629Texas Refi nery Cor Serv 506The Father’s House Serv 80The Place I Go Serv 1,095The UPS Store #57 Serv 145Thyssenkrupp Elev Serv 2,003Tim Hellman Chevr Serv 91Tire Distribution Sy Serv 15,961Town Of Cedaredg Serv 10,000Town Of Hotchkiss Serv 219Town Of Orchard Ci Serv 48Town Of Paonia Serv 85Tracker Software C Serv 844Triad Resource Gro Serv 1,787Tri-County Water Serv 69Trispoke Technolog Serv 120Tri-State Generatio Serv 900Tuck Communicati Serv 48Twenty First Centur Serv 1,040Two-Way Communi Serv 32U S Postal Service Serv 779Uniform & Accesso Serv 311United Reprographi Serv 299Us Imaging Serv 2,063Us Tractor And Har Serv 181Venard,Frederick L Serv 300Verizon Wireless Serv 1,052Vermeer Sales And Serv 154Wagner Equipment Serv 19,822Wal-Mart Communi Serv 2,205Waste Managemen Serv 2,090Weavers Small Eng Serv 34Weekender Sports Serv 376Welfelt Fabrication Serv 204Wells Fargo Serv 742West Slope Branch Serv 380Wilbur-Ellis Compa Serv 180Worley,Amanda Serv 117Worthington,Micha Serv 210WSI Corporation Serv 597Grand Total 1,348,459I,R. Olen Lund, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Com-missioners Proceedings and per-taining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-25-11) and a brief state-ment of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated this 23rd day of May, 2012. /s/ R. Olen Lund, Chairman.Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of May 2012. /s/ Sandy Cross, 501 Palmer St.Delta, CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013.Published in the Delta County In-dependent this 30th day of May, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

RESTART - PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2010-0088

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On February 24, 2012, the

undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Lynette MottOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Norwest Mortgage, Inc.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt The Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York as Successor in interest to JP Morgan Chase Bank NA as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust 2005-SD4, Asset-Backed Certifi cates, Series 2005-SD4Date of Deed of Trust 7/26/1999County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 7/27/1999Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 527032 Book: 836 Page: 589Original Principal Amount $42,500.00Outstanding Principal Balance $36,599.24Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.



REFERENCE

Exhibit A

PART OF LOT 23, BLOCK 2, BRUCE

AND JOHNSON SUBDIVISION

LOCATED IN THE NW1/4SW1/4

OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 15

SOUTH, RANGE 95 WEST 6TH P.M.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED

AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT

THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST

LINE OF SAID LOT 23 WITH THE

PRODUCED LINE FROM A NUMBER

5 REBAR AND ALUMINUM CAP BY

L.S. 12457 TO A NUMBER 5 REBAR

AND ALUMINUM CAP BY L.S. 3657

WHICH BEARS NORTH 72°22'27"

EAST 2,097.67 FEET FROM DELTA

TOWNSITE CORNER NUMBER 2

(D.T.2) AND CONSIDERING A LINE

FROM A BRASS MONUMENT AT

SAID D.T.2 ON THE NORTH EAST

CORNER OF THE CURB AT THE

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY

92 WITH HIGHWAY 50 TO A

RAILROAD SPIKE IN HIGHWAY

50 AT CONTROL POINT 31 OF

THE DELTA CONTROL SYSTEM

TO BEAR NORTH 12°46'04" EAST

AND ALL OTHER BEARINGS TO

BE RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE

SOUTH 08°35'50" EAST 102.66

FEET ON THE SAID EAST LINE OF

LOT 23 TO THE NORTH LINE OF

CRAWFORD AVENUE; THENCE

SOUTH 84°27'05" WEST 91.00

FEET ON THE SAID NORTH LINE

OF CRAWFORD AVENUE; THENCE

NORTH 05°14'49" WEST 102.63

FEET TO A POINT ON THE SAID


5 REBAR AND ALUMINUM CAP

BY L.S. 12457 TO A NUMBER 5

REBAR AND ALUMINUM CAP L.S.

3657; THENCE NORTH 84°31'38"

EAST 85.00 FEET ON THE SAID


5 REBAR AND ALUMINUM CAP BY

L.S. 12457 TO A NUMBER 5 REBAR

AND ALUMINUM CAP BY L.S. 3657

TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

COUNTY OF DELTA,

STATE OF COLORADO.


as: 517 Crawford Avenue, Delta,

CO 81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 06/27/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/2/2012Last Publication 5/30/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 02/24/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:CHRISTOPHER T. GROEN #39976CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 10-10283©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0039

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 12, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) RUSSELL WHITEOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust 7/31/2009County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 8/5/2009Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 636714Original Principal Amount $197,496.00Outstanding Principal Balance $191,457.51Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 74 OF STONE MOUNTAIN

VILLAGE FILING NO. 2 COUNTY OF

DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO


as: 1512 GUADELUPE STREET,

DELTA, CO 81416-5700.





NOTICE OF SALE



Commissioners ProceedingsApril 2012

Delta County Social ServicesSalaries SERV 155,716.99AFLAC Flex One SERV 35.20AFLAC CAIC SERV 865.54AFLAC SERV 849.30AT&T Mobility SERV 140.76Atchley, Paul SERV 127.60Beep West Paging SERV 45.50Blaine, Susan SERV 120.20Bowler, Brian SERV 202.00Bullard, Angela SERV 33.60CEBT SERV 28,296.72Chaffee Co Sheriff SERV 25.00Christine Knight/BoCC SERV 10,326.25Colonial Life SERV 240.68CO Correctional Ind. SERV 16.79CWFC SERV 230.00Comfort Suites SERV 168.00Courtyard Tech Center SERV 318.00Cressler, Lori SERV 206.00Delta Co Commission SERV 8,530.61Delta Co Health SERV 2,816.82Delta Co Independent SERV 39.08Delta Co Public Library SERV 1,985.32Delta Co School Dist SERV 22,634.25Delta Co Sheriff SERV 117.60Delta Co Telecomm SERV 423.24Delta Co Treas SERV 32,518.65Delta Co Treas SERV 4,638.00Delta Co Treas SERV 733.30Delta Co Treas SERV 16,843.74Delta Federal CU SERV 100.00Doyle Petroleum SERV 576.60Enterprise Fund SERV 16.75Experian SERV 77.00Fairfield Inn SERV 594.00Gallegos, Anne SERV 581.60Gallegos, Carol SERV 103.00Garver, James SERV 124.40Grand Valley Imaging SERV 239.44Great America Leasing SERV 127.09Greer Co Sheriff SERV 50.00Grimes Co Sheriff SERV 100.00Gunnison H&H Svs SERV 3,926.36Harper, Mary SERV 50.40Hewlett Packard SERV 986.00HHH, Inc SERV 9.73High Country Shopper SERV 1,071.42Hilltop Com Resources SERV 41,992.11Holiday Inn Select SERV 119.95IMS Colorado SERV 389.50Jefferson Co Sheriff SERV 35.00King Soopers SERV 19.87Laboratory Corp SERV 228.00Lashmett, Heather SERV 42.80Lemoine, William SERV 437.00Lexis Nexis SERV 50.00Magdalenski, Ulrike SERV 240.58Main Street Printers SERV 6,314.00Marchun, Karin SERV 111.20Melgoza, Deborah SERV 259.41Mesa Co Sheriff SERV 65.00Michigan Process SERV 55.00Montrose Co School SERV 200.00Montrose Co Sheriff SERV 49.00NCSEA SERV 315.00Northeastern Process SERV 89.00Nutt, Erin SERV 187.60Office Depot SERV 1,806.56Queen, Tamara SERV 256.20Records Management SERV 237.80Ross, Kristi SERV 33.60Rowe, Sue SERV 48.00Sears SERV 179.99Sheraton Steamboat SERV 327.00STABBS SERV 180.00Struble, Kari SERV 78.00Sun Life Financial SERV 617.55Swisher, Sue SERV 33.60Talx Corporation SERV 32.50UCOWF SERV 35.00UPS Store SERV 37.44Total 353,081.79I, R. Olen Lund, Chairman of the Board of Social Services in and for the said County and State afore-said, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-25-11) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated this 30th Day of May, 2012. /s/ R. Olen Lund, Chairman. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th Day of May, 2012. /s/ Sandy Cross 560 Dodge St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013.Published in the Delta County Independent May 30, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0041

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 13, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) James W. Slaughter and Paula K. SlaughterOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 7/30/2010County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 8/6/2010Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 644563Original Principal Amount $292,011.00Outstanding Principal Balance $284,984.56Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the

covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.



REFERENCE

EXHIBIT A

Part of he East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 31, Township 15 South, Range 95 West of the 6th principal meridian, described as follows:Beginning at the Southwest 1/16th corner;Thence North 48 degrees 21' West 433.5 feet;Thence North 16 degrees 36' East 245.7 feet to the South side of 1600 road;Thence South 44 degrees 18' East 363.4 feet along the South side of 1600 road to the East line of the said East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4;Thence South 263.4 feet along the East line of the said East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, more or less to the point of beginning.County of Delta, State of Colorado.Also known by street and number

as: 3335 1600 Road, Delta, CO

81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/11/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/16/2012Last Publication 6/13/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/13/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:REAGAN LARKIN #42309CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-03044©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


Health Board ProceedingsApril 2012

Delta County Health DepartmentSalaries SERV 48,162.77AFLAC SERV 317.19AFLAC Flex One SERV 17.60AFLAC CAIC SERV 302.09AR Services SERV 199.18CEBT SERV 8,663.62Colonial Life SERV 13.44CO West Business SERV 458.18Comfort Inn Eagle SERV 599.94Courtyard Denver Tech SERV 198.00Courtyard Park SERV 326.00Cumulus SERV 1,412.44Delta Auto Parts SERV 20.49Delta Co Commission SERV 3,197.77Delta Co Human Svs SERV 485.26Delta Co Independent SERV 199.62Delta Co Hospital SERV 1,526.24Delta Co Treas SERV 10,277.12Delta Co Treas SERV 1,489.00Delta Co Treas SERV 424.99Delta Co Treas SERV 4,273.36Delta Federal CU SERV 625.00Doyle Petroleum SERV 315.32Grand Valley Imaging SERV 71.36High Country Shopper SERV 382.20King Soopers SERV 22.95Koehler, Bonnie SERV 381.20Hudnall, Larry SERV 72.00Lucy, Keith SERV 72.00Main Street Printers SERV 511.00Metropolitan Path SERV 850.00Nordstrom, Ken SERV 90.00Orona, Becky SERV 39.00Paragard SERV 785.55Patsy’s Secretarial SERV 66.50Payment Remittance SERV 107.79Probert, Karen SERV 25.60Smith Medical Partners SERV 2,793.88Subway SERV 50.00Sun Life Financial SERV 201.79Teva Pharmaceuticals SERV 656.16Theracom SERV 892.98Total 91,576.58I, R. Olen Lund, Chairman of the Board of Health in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-25-11) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated this 30th Day of May, 2012. /s/ R. Olen Lund, Chairman. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th Day of May, 2012. /s/ Sandy Cross 560 Dodge St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013.

Published in the Delta County Independent May 30, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0044

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 15, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Lori B HunterOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National AssociationDate of Deed of Trust 5/3/2010County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 5/11/2010Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 642681Original Principal Amount $228,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $227,513.58Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to

pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.



REFERENCE

EXHIBIT A

A tract of land situated in the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 17, Township 13 South, Range 94 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, more particularly described as follows:Beginning at a point whence the North Quarter corner of Section 17 bears North 14°17' West a distance of 1925.5 feet;Thence North 84°57' East 86.4 feet;Thence South 62°32' East 193.1 feet;Thence South 47°48' East 133.1 feet;Thence South 3°48' East 230.1 feet;Thence North 89°52' West 349.4 feet;Thence North 3°09' West 400.0 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.Also known as Lot 16 of Northridge Subdivision,County of Delta,State of ColoradoAlso known by street and number

as: 18571 Eastridge Rd, Cedaredge,

CO 81413.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/18/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/23/2012Last Publication 6/20/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/15/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Barbara J. Pierce, Deputy Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER #34145CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 12-01099©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


Notice of Availability

USDA-Forest Service, Grand

Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunni-

son National Forests

Federal Coal Lease Modifi cations

COC-1362 & COC-67232 Draft Envi-

ronmental Impact Statement

Paonia Ranger District

Gunnison County, CO

On May 25, 2012, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests will pub-lish the Notice of Availability in Federal Register for Federal Coal Lease Modifi cations COC-1362 and COC-67232 Draft Environmental Im-pact Statement (EIS) on the Paonia Ranger District, Gunnison County, Colorado. This publication identi-fi es the offi cial comment period for this Draft EIS. In order to be eligible to appeal (36 CFR 215 and 251 and regulations pertinent to cooperat-ing agencies) and to be most help-ful in completing this project, com-ments must be received by July 9, 2012. In 2010, a scoping/comment period occurred during the devel-opment of this project as it was be-ing prepared as an environmental assessment for which some of you submitted comments. Please sub-mit additional comments on your review of the Draft EIS if you wish to maintain appeal eligibility.Project Information

A Draft EIS has been prepared which analyzes the effects of the Forest Service consenting to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to lease these parcels and issue the lease modifi cations. At the leasing stage, the federal agencies evalu-ate the effects of subsidence (low-ering of the land surface incident to coal removal) and identify which surface resources may require spe-cifi c protection from subsidence or foreseeable surface uses. The quantity of mineable coal in the lease modifi cations would extend the existing operations approxi-mately 19 months beyond those leases that are currently approved. No increase in coal production is anticipated nor would any addi-tional jobs be created at the West Elk Mine if BLM decides to issue the lease modifi cations.The BLM manages the federal min-eral estate for coal leases. Where the land surface is managed by the Forest Service, BLM must have consent from the Forest Service be-fore leasing can occur. Subsequent permitting would also be required before mining could occur. There-fore, the BLM (Uncompahgre Field Offi ce and Colorado State Offi ce), the Western Region of Offi ce of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) and the Colo-rado Division of Reclamation Min-ing and Safety (DRMS) are coop-erating agencies and will be using this same analysis to inform their decision making processes and regulatory requirements.In 2009, the Bureau of Land Man-agement Colorado State Offi ce notifi ed the GMUG that parent coal company, ArkLand Company ap-plied to modify existing federal coal leases, COC-1362 and COC-67232, by adding about 800 and 921 acres respectively to them. Coal in the existing leases is mined by Moun-tain Coal Company (MCC) from their West Elk Mine near Somerset in Gunnison County, Colorado. The applications were made to prevent bypass of federal coal reserves. The coal lease modifi cation areas lie in portions of sections 10, 11, 13, 14, 22, 23 of township 14 south, range 90 west, of the 6th prime meridian. The modifi cation areas include National Forest System (NFS) surface lands managed by the GMUG. The coal estate in this area is administered by the BLM Uncompahgre Field Offi ce. The BLM is required by law to consider leasing Federally-owned minerals for economic recovery. With respect to lands managed by the Forest Service, the agency

considers consenting to the BLM leasing coal reserves underlying lands within its jurisdiction, and prescribes conditions (as stipula-tions) for the protection of non-mineral resources. In this instance, the Forest Service is considering consenting to BLM modifying Ark-Land’s existing federal coal leases COC-1362 and COC-67232 by add-ing 1,722 cumulative acres to them. The Forest Service identifi es any needed stipulations to protect non-coal (surface) resources. If Forest Service consent is given, the BLM would offer the modifi cations by non-competitive bid. If the lease modifi cations occur, the coal in this area would be accessed and recovered by underground longwall mining methods. The coal would be transported using MCC’s existing coal transportation system and surface facilities. At the leasing stage, the federal agencies evalu-ate the effects of subsidence (i.e. the land surface lowered as a result of mining) on surface resources, and identify which surface resourc-es may require specifi c protection from subsidence or foreseeable surface uses. Under a foreseeable mine plan scenario, surfaces uses on these modifi cations may include methane drainage wells (MDWs), and depending on the alternative framework analyzed, associated access roads required to safely mine the coal resources. Specifi c locations of the MDWs and roads are not known at the leasing stage and will not be known until the specifi c mine plans are approved during the subsequent permitting process. However, the surface uses are reasonably projected for cumu-lative effects analysis purposes in NEPA at the leasing stage. Approximately 1,450 acres of the modifi cation areas are within the West Elk Inventoried Roadless Area (equates to approx. 1,540 acres in proposed Colorado Roadless Area). If the lease modifi cations are approved, temporary roads and incidental timber cutting may be needed to construct, operate and maintain MDWs. This leasing ac-tion itself does not authorize any surface disturbing activities; how-ever it does evaluate the need for conditions on subsequent use of the land surface. In this case, con-ditions from parent leases would be applied to the modifi cations. Conditions may, however, need to be updated to comply with current regulations. The GMUG Forest Supervisor is the Responsible Offi cial for this discretionary consent decision on these coal lease modifi cations. The BLM State Director is the Respon-sible Offi cial for the BLM leasing decision. Subsequent permitting activities are anticipated within the Department of Interior and by the DRMS. Given the purpose and need, the Responsible Offi cial will review the proposed action, the other alternatives, and the environ-mental consequences in order to decide the following:

• Forest Service-whether or not to consent to the BLM modifying existing federal coal Lease COC-1362 by 800 acres and existing federal coal Lease COC-67232 by 922 acres and prescribe con-ditions (stipulations) needed for the protection of non-coal re-sources. • BLM-whether or not to add acres to lease.• OSM-whether or not to make a mine plan modifi cation adding acres.• DRMS-would permit mining of additional acres, if added, to the mine plan.

A No Action alternative and two alternatives developed with stipu-lations are considered in detail that respond to different roadless area regulatory frameworks are considered in the DEIS. Eight other alternatives were considered but eliminated from detailed study it the DEIS.Submitting Comments

Pursuant to 36 CFR 215.13 (b), only those individuals or organizations who submit comments during the offi cial comment period will be eligible to fi le an appeal. Reviewers should provide the Forest Service with their comments by July 9,

2012. This will enable the agen-cies to analyze and respond to the comments at one time and to use information acquired in the prepa-ration of the fi nal EIS, thus avoid-ing undue delay in the decision making process. Reviewers have an obligation to structure their par-ticipation in the National Environ-mental Policy Act process so that it is meaningful and alerts the agency to the reviewers’ position and con-tentions. Environmental objections that could have been raised at the draft stage may be waived if not raised until after completion of the fi nal environmental impact state-ment. Comments on the Draft EIS should be specifi c to these lease modifi cations and should address the adequacy of the statement and the merits of the alternatives dis-cussed (40 CFR 1503.3).Send Comments to:

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and

Gunnison National Forest

Attn: Forest Supervisor

2250 HWY 50

Delta, CO 81416

Email: comments-rocky-moun-

[email protected]

Fax: 970-870-6698

Electronic comments will be ac-cepted, and must be submitted as an ANSI compatible format (e.g. *.doc, *.txt, *.rtf) or .pdf. Please note in the subject line that the comments are for Federal Coal

Lease Modifi cations COC-1362 and

COC-67232. If the sender does not receive an automated acknowl-edgement of the receipt of com-ments, it is the sender’s responsi-bility to ensure timely receipt by other means. Electronic comments should be sent to: [email protected]. Hand delivered written comments will be accepted at the GMUG Na-tional Forests, 2250 HWY 50, Delta, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for federal holidays. Reviewers are advised that com-ments they submit will become part of the Final EIS and may be released in their entirety including personal information. Comments submitted to the Forest Service will be shared with cooperating agen-cies. It is suggested that document links be included in lieu of attached appendices to facilitate incorpora-tion into the fi nal document. Form letters submitted will count as only one comment no matter how many copies are received and if received through an organization’s clearing-house or member campaign will be assumed to represent the views of that organization. Obtaining Copies

Copies of the Draft EIS may be downloaded from the internet at the following link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=32459. For further information or to obtain copies of the Draft EIS if unable to download directly, please contact Niccole Mortenson at 406-329-3163 or [email protected] or Ryan Taylor at 970-527-4131 or [email protected].


Legal Deadline10 a.m. Mondays

Delta County Independent PUBLIC NOTICES Wednesday, May 30, 2012 D5District CourtDelta County, ColoradoCourt Address: 501 Palmer Street, Room 338Delta, Colorado 81416Petitioner: THE CITY OF DELTA, a

Colorado Municipality

v.

Respondents: THE FAMILY

HOUSEHOLD TRUST DATED JAN-

UARY 19, 2005, WALTER RAYNOR,

BERNARD BARRERE, THE COLO-

RADO PACKING CORPORATION,

JOHN E. HILLMAN, THE DELTA

COUNTY CANNING COMPANY,

NICHOLAS ABEYTA, AURELIO

RODRIGUEZ, HELEN RODRIGUEZ,

SENTENEY FAMILY TRUST, JIM

VENTRELLO AS TREASURER OF

DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO, AND

ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PER-

SONS WHO MAY HAVE OR CLAIM

ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT

MATTER OF THIS CIVIL ACTION.

Attorneys for Petitioner:Brown, Schottelkotte, Stimpert &

Vaughn, LLC

Michael Schottelkotte550 Palmer St., Ste. 201P.O. Box 43, Delta, CO 81416Phone No.: 970-874-4451FAX No.: 970-874-7433Email: [email protected]. Reg. #: 2414

Case No.: 12 CV 72

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF

CONDEMNATION

To the Respondents identified

above as: FAMILY HOUSEHOLD

TRUST DATED JANUARY 19,

2005, WALTER RAYNOR, BER-

NARD BARRERE, THE COLO-

RADO PACKING CORPORATION,

JOHN E. HILLMAN, THE DELTA

COUNTY CANNING COMPANY,

NICHOLAS ABEYTA, AND ANY

AND ALL UNKNOWNS PERSON

WHO MAY HAVE OR CLAIM ANY

INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT

MATTER OF THIS CIVIL ACTION.

You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court at the address listed above, on or before the date of July 27, 2012, an answer or other responsive pleading to the Petition in Condemnation ("Petition") filed by the Petitioner, the City of Delta, Colorado, in this matter. Your answer or other response must be accompanied by any applicable fil-ing fee, and a copy thereof should be served upon the Petitioner's attorney.

You are hereby informed that this is a special statutory proceeding in eminent domain for condemnation of specific real property in Delta County, Colorado brought by the Petitioner pursuant to C.R.S. 38-1-101, et seq. and 38-6-101 et seq. Any objection concerning the legal sufficiency of the Petition, or the regularity of other aspects of this proceeding, must be raised as part of any answer or response that you may elect to file with the Court, as provided by C.R.S. 38-1-109. Said real property being sought by condemnation is more specifically described as parcels 1 through 7 on Exhibit A attached hereto.

"EXHIBIT A"

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

PARCEL 1.

RIGHT OF WAY DESCRIPTION PAR-

CEL 18

A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL

OF LAND KNOWN AS PARCEL

B DESCRIBED IN BOOK 866 AT

PAGE 261 OF THE RECORDS OF

DELTA COUNTY AND LOCATED

IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER

OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER


SOUTH, RANGE 96 WEST OF THE

6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY

OF DELTA, COUNTY OF DELTA,

STATE OF COLORADO, BEING


AS FOLLOWS:

BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE LINE

BETWEEN DT-1, MONUMENTED

BY A STONE WITH A CUT CROSS

IN CONCRETE, AND DT-20, MONU-

MENTED BY A 2-1/2 INCH DIAM-

ETER ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED

LS36067, BEARS S 06°32'17" E, A

DISTANCE OF 2700.09 FEET, BEAR-

INGS ARE BASED ON THE MESA

COUNTY LOCAL COORDINATE

SYSTEM KNOWN AS DCLC02

(2009);

COMMENCING AT CORNER

NUMBER 20, DELTA TOWNSITE;

THENCE S33°38'31"E A DISTANCE

OF 2,227.89 FEET TO THE MOST

NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID

PARCEL B AS SHOWN ON THE SUR-

VEY OF PAUL SHERMAN ESTATE,

RECEPTION NUMBER 2000505

AND BEING ON THE SOUTHWEST-

ERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, SAID

POINT BEING THE SOUTHEAST-

ERN CORNER OF THAT PARCEL

OF LAND DESCRIBED IN RECEP-

TION NUMBER 650383, SAID

POINT ALSO BEING THE POINT OF

BEGINNING;

THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH-

WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE

OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,

S 41°22'27" E, A DISTANCE OF

650.00 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY

LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND

DESCRIBED AT RECEPTION NUM-

BER 652755 OF THE RECORDS OF

DELTA COUNTY

THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY

LINE, N 89°52'27" W, A DISTANCE

OF 156.60 FEET; THENCE ALONG

THE ARC ON A NON-TANGENT

CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A

RADIUS OF 1010.00 FEET, A CEN-

TRAL ANGLE OF 04°26'35" AND

AN ARC LENGTH OF 78.32 FEET,

THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS

N 43°35'45" W, A DISTANCE OF

78.30 FEET;

THENCE N 41°22'27" W, A DIS-

TANCE OF 513.92 FEET TO THE

NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID PAR-

CEL B;

THENCE ALONG THE NORTH-

ERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL B,

N 69°31'07" E, A DISTANCE OF

128.79 FEET TO THE POINT OF

BEGINNING;

PARCEL 2.


CEL 18A

A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL OF

LAND KNOWN AS PARCELS A

AND B DESCRIBED IN BOOK 866

AT PAGE 261 OF THE RECORDS

OF DELTA COUNTY AND LOCATED









AS FOLLOWS:







LS36067, BEARS S 06°32'17" E, A





(2009);



THENCE S 30°05'46" E A DIS-

TANCE OF 2,147.88 FEET TO THE

INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH-

WESTERLY LINE OF THAT PARCEL


TION NUMBER 650383 AND THE

SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF THAT

PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED

IN BOOK 247 AT PAGE 519 AND

BEING 120.32 FEET SOUTHWEST-

ERLY BY PERPENDICULAR MEA-

SURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST-

ERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,

SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF

BEGINNING; THENCE S 41°22'27"

E, A DISTANCE OF 569.22 FEET;

THENCE ALONG THE ARC ON A

TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT

HAVING A RADIUS OF 1010.00

FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF

04°26'35" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF

78.32 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH

BEARS S 43°35'45" E, A DISTANCE

OF 78.30 FEET TO THE NORTHER-

LY LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND

DESCRIBED AT RECEPTION NUM-

BER 652755 OF THE RECORDS OF

DELTA COUNTY;

THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY

LINE, N 8952'27" W, A DISTANCE

OF 56.40 FEET;

THENCE ALONG THE ARC ON A

NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE

RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF

1050.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE

OF 02°13'51" AND AN ARC LENGTH

OF 40.88 FEET, THE CHORD OF

WHICH BEARS N 42°29'23" W, A

DISTANCE OF 40.88 FEET;



SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID

PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN

BOOK 247 AT PAGE 519;

THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH-

EASTERLY LINE, ALONG THE ARC

ON A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO

THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF

374.56 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE

OF 06°37'26" AND AN ARC LENGTH

OF 43.30 FEET, THE CHORD OF

WHICH BEARS N 71°04'00" E, A

DISTANCE OF 43.28 FEET FEET TO

THE POINT OF BEGINNING;

PARCEL 3.


CEL 20



A DESCRIBED IN BOOK 866 AT


DELTA COUNTY AND LOCATED IN

THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION

24, TOWNSHIP 15 SOUTH, RANGE

96 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL

MERIDIAN, CITY OF DELTA, COUN-

TY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORA-

DO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:







LS36067, BEARS S 06°32'17" E, A





(2009);



THENCE S30°19'43"E A DISTANCE

OF 1,564.53 FEET TO THE MOST

NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID

PARCEL A BEING ON THE SOUTH-

WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,


BEGINNING;



OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAIL-

ROAD, S 41°22'27" E, A DISTANCE

OF 225.27 FEET AS SHOWN ON

THE SURVEY OF PAUL SHERMAN

ESTATE, RECEPTION NUMBER

2000505 TO THE NORTHERLY COR-

NER OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND

DESCRIBED IN RECEPTION NUM-

BER 650383;

THENCE ALONG THE NORTH-

WESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL,

S 48°37'33" W, A DISTANCE OF

120.32 FEET;


TANCE OF 225.27 FEET;

THENCE N 48°37'33" E, A DIS-


POINT OF BEGINNING;

PARCEL 4.


CEL 20A





DELTA COUNTY AND LOCATED IN

THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION

24, TOWNSHIP 15 SOUTH, RANGE

96 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL

MERIDIAN, CITY OF DELTA, COUN-










LS36067, BEARS S 06°32'17" E, A





(2009);



THENCE S30°19'43" E A DISTANCE

OF 1,564.53 FEET TO THE SOUTH-

WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD;

THENCE S 48°37'33" W. A DIS-

TANCE OF 120.32 FEET AND THE

POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE


517.14 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST-

ERLY LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF

LAND DESCRIBED IN BOOK 247

AT PAGE 519;

THENCE ALONG SAID LINE, S

48°37'33" W, A DISTANCE OF 40.00

FEET;



THENCE N 48°37'33" E, A DIS-


POINT OF BEGINNING;

PARCEL 5.


CEL 35

A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED









AS FOLLOWS:


BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST COR-

NER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP

15 SOUTH, RANGE 96 WEST, 6TH

P.M., MONUMENTED BY A 2-1/2

INCH ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED

LS 17485, 1997, AND DT-20, MON-

UMENTED BY A 2-1/2 INCH DIAM-


LS36067, BEARS N 42°53'45" W, A





(2009);





INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH

LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUAR-

TER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAR-

TER OF SAID SECTION 24 AND

THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT

OF WAY LINE OF THE UNION

PACIFIC RAILROAD, WHENCE THE

SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID

SECTION 24 BEARS S 52°55'19"

E A DISTANCE OF 2,188.75 FEET,


BEGINNING;

THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE

OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER

OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF

SAID SECTION 24, S 89°54'56" W,

A DISTANCE OF 99.91 FEET;



SOUTHERLY LINE THAT PARCEL


TION NUMBER 652755;

THENCE ALONG THE SAID

SOUTHERLY LINE, N 89°54'56" E,

A DISTANCE OF 111.87 FEET TO

THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF

WAY LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC

RAILROAD;

THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF

WAY LINE, S 41°22'27" E, A DIS-


POINT OF BEGINNING;

PARCEL 6.


CEL 35A

A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED









AS FOLLOWS:


BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST COR-

NER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP

15 SOUTH, RANGE 96 WEST, 6TH

P.M., MONUMENTED BY A 2-1/2

INCH ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED

LS 17485, 1997, AND DT-20, MON-

UMENTED BY A 2-1/2 INCH DIAM-


LS36067, BEARS N 42°53'45" W, A





(2009);





INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH

LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUAR-

TER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAR-

TER OF SAID SECTION 24 AND



RAILROAD, WHENCE THE SOUTH-

WEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION

24 BEARS S 52°55'19" E A DIS-

TANCE OF 2,188.75 FEET; THENCE

ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE

NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE

SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID

SECTION 24, S 89°54'56" W, A

DISTANCE OF 99.91 FEET TO THE

POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE CONTINUING ALONG

SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH-

WEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH-

EAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION

24, S 89°54'56" W, A DISTANCE OF

66.15 FEET;



SOUTHERLY LINE THAT PARCEL


TION NUMBER 652755;

THENCE ALONG THE SAID

SOUTHERLY LINE, N 89°54'56" E,

A DISTANCE OF 66.15 FEET;

THENCE S 52°52'35" E, A DIS-


POINT OF BEGINNING;

ANY PORTION OF THE FOLLOW-

ING DESCRIBED PARCEL WHICH

LAY WITHIN PARCELS OWNED BY

FAMILY HOUSEHOLD TRUST;


CEL 21 VAC

ALL OF THAT SIXTEEN FOOT

WIDE ROADWAY EASEMENT

DESCRIBED IN BOOK 64 AT PAGE

333, BOOK 163 AT PAGE 47, BOOK

240 AT PAGE 127, BOOK 270 AT

PAGE 372, AND BOOK 277 AT

PAGE 539 OF THE DELTA COUN-

TY RECORDS; LOCATED IN THE

DELTA TOWNSITE AND IN LOT

4 AND THE SOUTHEAST QUAR-

TER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 5


6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUN-










LS36067, BEARS S 06°32'17" E, A



COUNT LOCAL COORDINATE SYS-

TEM KNOWN AS DCLC02 (2009);



THENCE S 02°23'51" E A DISTANCE

OF 635.52 FEET TO THE INTER-

SECTION OF THE SOUTHWEST-

ERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND

THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF

WAY OF BRIDGE STREET, BEING




OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

THE FOLLOWING THREE COURS-

ES:

1. S 41°22'27" E, A DISTANCE OF

605.92 FEET TO DELTA TOWNSITE

CORNER NUMBER 23;

2. ALONG THE LINE FROM DELTA

TOWNSITE CORNER NUMBER 23

TO DELTA TOWNSITE CORNER 19,


166.85 FEET;

3. S 41°22'27" E, A DISTANCE OF

527.44 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST-

ERLY LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF

LAND RECORDED AT RECEPTION

NUMBER 650383;

THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH-

WESTERLY LINE, S 48°37'33" W, A

DISTANCE OF 16.00 FEET;







SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY

LINE OF BRIDGE STREET;

THENCE ALONG SAID LINE, N

48°23'32" E, A DISTANCE OF 16.00

FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-

NING;

PARCEL 7.

PARCEL 21AE

ANY PORTION OF THE FOLLOW-

ING DESCRIBED PARCEL WHICH

MAY LAY WITHIN THE PARCELS

OWNED BY FAMILY HOUSEHOLD

TRUST.

A THIRTY FOOT WIDE ACCESS

EASEMENT OVER AND ACROSS

A PORTION OF THE DELTA TOWN-

SITE AND LOT 4, SECTION 24,

TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 96

WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL

MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DELTA,



AS FOLLOWS:







LS36067, BEARS S 06°32'17" E, A





(2009);



THENCE S 00°59'48" E A DISTANCE

OF 648.44 FEET TO A POINT ON

THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF

WAY OF BRIDGE STREET AND

20.32 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF



RAILROAD, SAID POINT BEING


THENCE S 41°22'27" E, A DIS-


NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF A PAR-

CEL OF LAND KNOWN AS PARCEL



DELTA COUNTY;

THENCE ALONG SAID LINE, S

48°37'33" W, A DISTANCE OF 30.00

FEET;

THENCE N 41°22'27" W. A DIS-


SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY

LINE OF BRIDGE STREET;

THENCE ALONG SAID LINE, N

48°23'32" E, A DISTANCE OF 30.00

FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-

NING;

At a hearing to be scheduled in this proceeding, or pursuant to a stipulation for immediate posses-sion, the Court may authorize the Petitioner to take full and imme-diate possession and use of the property described in the Petition, as allowed by C.R.S. 38-1-105(6)(a). Then, a valuation trial will be scheduled in this proceeding for purposes of determining just compensation to be paid by the Petitioner for the property taken by condemnation. If more than one Respondent is determined to be entitled to share in the just

compensation awarded in this mat-ter, a subsequent apportionment trail will be conducted pursuant to C.R.S. 38-1-105(3).

If you fail to answer the Petition

in Condemnation by the date spec-

ified, or otherwise fail to appear

and assert your rights at the valu-

ation and/or any apportionment

trial, the Court, without further

notice, will cause reasonable com-

pensation to be determined and

title to the subject real property to

be vested in the Petitioner, all in

accordance with applicable law.

This summons and notice is being issued and published pursu-ant to C.R.S. 38-1-103.

Dated this 22nd day of May, 2012

BROWN, SCHOTTELKOTTE, STIMPERT & VAUGHN, LLCBy: /s/ Michael Schottelkotte#2414Attorney for Petitioner, City of Delta, Colorado

Published in the Delta County Independent May 30, June 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2012.

NEWSPAPER NOTICE

(Grand Junction, CO)

On May 7, 2012, an applica-tion was tendered for filing with the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., for consent to assign the licens-es for radio stations KKNN(FM), 95.1 MHz, Delta, CO, KEKB(FM), 99.9 MHz, Fruita, CO, KBKL(FM), 107.9 MHz, Grand Junction, CO, KEXO(AM), 1230 KHz, Grand Junction, CO, KMXY(FM), 104.3 MHz, Grand Junction, CO, and KDBN(FM), 101.1 MHz, Parachute, CO, from Cumulus Licensing LLC to Townsquare Media Grand Junction License, LLC.

The officers, managers, mem-bers, directors and other attribut-able parties to the assignor are Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., John W. Dickey, Jonathan G. Pinch, Richard S. Denning, Joseph P. Hannan, Linda Hill, Robert H. Sheridan, III, Ralph B. Everett, Eric P. Robison, Cumulus Licensing LLC, Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., Cumulus Media Inc., Crestview Radio Investors, LLC, Blackstone FC Communications Partners L.P., and Dickey Holdings Limited Partnership, LLLP.

Crestview Radio Investors, LLC is controlled by Crestview Partners II, L.P., Crestview Partners II GP, L.P., and Crestview, LLC. The mem-bers of the controlling entities are Jeffrey Marcus, Arthur J. Reimers, Thomas S. Murphy, Jr., Barry S. Volpert, Richard M. DeMartini, Robert J. Hurst, Robert V. Delaney, Evelyn C. Pellicone and various trusts and partnerships formed by these members.

Blackstone FC Communications Partners L.P. is controlled by BCMA FCC L.L.C. The attributable mem-bers of BCMA FCC L.L.C. are Joseph Baratta II, David Blitzer, Michael S. Chae, Chinh E. Chu, David I. Foley, Robert L. Friedman, Lawrence H. Guffey, Hamilton E. James, the Marcus Group. Garrett Moran, James Quella, Neil P. Simpkins, David Tolley, Kenneth C. Whitney, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Prakash A. Melwani, Benjamin J. Jenkins, BG/BLK-1 Ltd., Blackstone FC Communication Capital Associates I L.P., and various trusts formed by these members.

The partners in Dickey Holdings Limited Partnership, LLLP are Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., John W. Dickey, Michael W. Dickey, David W. Dickey, Caroline Dickey Oberg, Patricia L. Dickey, The Lewis W. Dickey Declaration of Trust, Lewis W. Dickey, Sr., Trustee, and The Patricia A. Dickey Declaration of Trust, Patricia A. Dickey, Trustee.

Townsquare Media Grand Junction License, LLC, the pro-posed assignee, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Townsquare Media Broadcasting, LLC, which is ultimately controlled by Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC. Other entities with an attributable interest in the pro-posed assignee are Townsquare Media, Inc., Townsquare Radio, Inc., Townsquare Radio, LLC, Townsquare Radio Holdings, LLC, Townsquare Management Company, LLC, Townsquare Media, LLC, OCM PF/FF Radio Holdings PT, L.P., Oaktree Fund AIF Series, L.P. - Series I, Oaktree Fund AIF Series, L.P. - Series D, OCM POF IV AIF GAP Holdings, L.P., OCM/GAP Holdings IV, Inc., OCM Principal Opportunities Fund IV AIF (Delaware), L.P., Oaktree Fund AIF Series, L.P. - Series B, Oaktree Fund GP AIF, LLC, Oaktree Fund GP III, L.P., Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P., Oaktree AIF Holdings, Inc., and Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. The 10% or greater shareholders, managers, members, officers and directors of these entities are John Frank, Bruce Karsh, Stephen Kaplan, David Kirchheimer, Howard Marks, Steven Price, Stuart Rosenstein, Alex Berkett, Dhruv Prasad, Erik Hellum, Scott Schatz, B. James Ford, Andrew Salter, David Quick, David Lebow, Gary Ginsberg, Todd Molz, Richard Ting, Lisa Arakaki, Brian Beck, Emily Alexander, Martin Boskovich, Jay Ghiya, Cary Kleinman, John Edwards, and Jeff Arnold.

A copy of the application and related materials are on file for public inspection during regular business hours at 315 Kennedy Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, or at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 - 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.

Published in the Delta County Independent May 23, 30, June 6, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0049

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 27, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) RACHEL L. ALVAREZOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) COLORADO HOUSING ENTERPRISES, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt IRBC, LLCDate of Deed of Trust 11/13/2003County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 11/17/2003Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 573722Original Principal Amount $10,309.00Outstanding Principal Balance $9,071.19Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 26 OF PIONEER PLACE

SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2


COLORADO.


as: 1753 PIONEER CIR, DELTA, CO

81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/25/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/30/2012Last Publication 6/27/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/27/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:JOAN OLSON, ESQ #28078Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 6025.00005©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0050

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 27, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) RONDA M ROGACKIOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust 8/14/2003County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 8/19/2003Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 570375Original Principal Amount $100,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $85,826.53Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 11, BLOCK 2, HOFREFE

AND WILSON’S ADDITION TO

THE TOWN OF CEDAREDGE,

COLORADO.

Also known by street and

number as: 520 W MAIN STREET,

CEDAREDGE, CO 81413.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/25/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/30/2012Last Publication 6/27/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/27/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:LISA CANCANON #42043Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 9105.03696

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0052

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On March 28, 2012, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s) Christopher Beilfuss and Desiree BeilfussOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) First Mortgage CorporationCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationDate of Deed of Trust 5/15/2007County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 5/18/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 615252Original Principal Amount $219,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $213,818.64Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notifi ed that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT

BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 76, STONE MOUNTAIN

VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, COUNTY

OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.


as: 1516 Guadelupe Street, Delta,

CO 81416.





NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has fi led Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 07/25/2012, at Public Trustee’s Offi ce, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certifi cate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 5/30/2012Last Publication 6/27/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 03/28/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee(SEAL)The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ #40351CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2301, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 11-15030©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of FREDERICK JOHN

INGALLS, a/k/a FREDERICK

J. INGALLS, a/k/a FREDERICK

INGALLS, Deceased

Case Number 12PR43

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before September 17, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald E. IngallsPerson Giving NoticePO Box 945King City CA 93930

Attorney for Personal RepresentativeAaron R. ClayPO Box 38,Delta CO 81416

Published in the Delta County Independent May 16, 23 and 30, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Garnet Mesa Investments, LLC, P.O. Box 784, Delta, CO 81416, (970) 874-9986 has filed an application for a Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The proposed mine is known as the Warren Pit and is located at or near NE1/4NW1/4, Section 9, Township 15 South, Range 95 West, 6th Prime Meridian, Delta County, Colorado.The proposed date of commence-ment is August 1, 2012, and the proposed date of completion is October 30, 2032. The proposed future use of the land is Private

Recreation.Additional information and thetentative decision date may beobtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder's office; 501 Palmer Street, Delta, Colorado, 81416, or the above named applicant. Acomplete copy of the application is available at the above named County Clerk and Recorder's office and at the Division's office.Comments Concerning the applica-tion and exhibits must be in writ-ing and must be received by theDivision of Minerals and Geologyby 4:00 p.m. on July 3, 2012.Please note that under the provi-sions of C.R.S. 34-32.5-101, et. seq., comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property val-ues and other social or economic concerns are issues not subject to this Office's jurisdiction. These subjects are typically addressed byyour local government, rather than the Division Reclamation, Mining and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board.

Published in the Delta County Independent May 23, 30, June 6 and 13, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of David Lee Mangum,

Deceased

Case Number 2012 PR 42

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to thepersonal representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before September17, 2012, or the claims may beforever barred.

Ralph L. Mangum18384 B RoadDelta, Colorado 81416

Published in the Delta County Independent May 16, 23 and 30, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Sheldon R. Goodloe aka

Sheldon Goodloe aka Sheldon

Roy Goodloe, Deceased

Case Number 2012PR45

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to thePersonal Representative or to theDistrict Court of Delta County, 501 Palmer St., Room 338, Delta, Colorado 81416 on or beforeSeptember 24, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Coleen A. Webb12221 East Amherst CircleAurora, Colorado 80014

Published in the Delta County Independent May 23, 30 and June6, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Charles Larue

Farrington, a/k/a Charles L.

Farrington, a/k/a Charles

Farrington, Deceased

Case Number 2012PR44

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to thepersonal representative or to theDistrict Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before September9, 2012, or the claims may be for-ever barred.

Charlotte Louise KetchumPersonal Representative10024 3300 RoadHotchkiss, CO 81419

Attorney for the EstateSandra J. Nettleton, #42411Briscoe & Associates, P.C.P.O. Box 120Hotchkiss, CO 81419970-872-3118

Published in the Delta County Independent May 30, June 6 and 13, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICEMountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision No. TR-129 to MCC’s Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-80-007 with theColorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provi-sions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993 (effectiveAugust 1991), July 1996, July 2001, April 2007 (effective July 2006), and November 2011 (effective July2011.) The current five-year per-mit term expires July 31, 2016. The West Elk Mine five-year permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13S, R90W, 6th PM; and Sections 23-26, T13S, R91W, 6th PM, and Sections 1-5 , 8-12, T14S, R90W, 6th PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The loca-tion of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current permit area encompasses approxi-mately 17,154.9 acres.This Technical Revision is to revise the location of a few longwall panel MDW road segments and pad loca-tions resulting in a net reduction of more than 1,250’ of previously approved roads.Copies of the technical revision application are available for review at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the revi-sion application should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 10 days after thedate of publication of this notice in order to be considered.


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DELTA FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GODEaton & Dodge, Delta • 874-3568

Pastor: Lee PonderSunday: Celebration Service 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Celebration Service 11:00 a.m.Tuesday: Bible Study 9:00 a.m.Wednesday: Family night 7:00 p.m. Royal Rangers Missionettes Fireproof Youth (Jr. & Sr. High)Saturday: Men's Prayer Breakfast 6:00 a.m.

LANDMARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

12th & Grand, Delta • 874-3717Pastor: Ken Gilchrist

Sunday: Sunday School (all ages) 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Afternoon 2:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST164 Grand Blvd.

(Left on top of 3rd St. Hill) • 874-4971Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Sunday Brown Bag Lunch 12:00 NoonSunday Afternoon Service 1:00 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

EL BUEN PASTORSPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD

860 Crawford Ave., DeltaCarlos & Rosemary Sluder,

Pastors – 874-0167Benjamin y Eunice Aviña Addlescentes – 874-0517Arturo & Alicia Carrasco,

Children – 874-0771Domingo: Escuela Dominical 10:00 a.m. Predicacion 11:00 a.m. Culto de la Tarde y Niños 5:00 p.m.Miercoles: Family Night 7:00 p.m. Jovenes 7:00 p.m.

GUNNISON VALLEYCHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

1721 H Rd., Delta • 874-0848Website: gvcnazarene.org

Email: [email protected] Pastor Terry D. Hedrick

Associate Pastor Edward (Mike) SandridgeSunday: Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. Worship Service: With Worship Leader Gary Lear & The GVC Praise Team Including Children’s Church And Nursery 10:45 a.m.Wednesday: Ladies’ Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Fellowship & Bible Study Including Potluck Dinner 6:00 p.m.Study Groups:Meeting at various places and times throughout the week.

We want to extend a personal invitation to every-one. Please come and make yourself at home.

“Our church could be your home.”“We exist to glorify God by raising up

Christ-centered, Spirit-filled Disciple makers.”

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH4th and Meeker, Delta • 874-4893

Rev. Alisa SecrestAdult/Children’s Sunday School 9:00 a.m.Praise Music 10:15 a.m.Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Child care available

DELTA CHRISTIAN CHURCHReaching the children and youth of

Western Delta CountyI Rd. & 1600 Rd., North Delta • 874-4322

www.deltachristianchurch.orgMinistry Staff: Will Pruett, Jeremy Kane,

Kirsten Alsdorf, Jake SullivanFind us on Facebook at Delta Christian Church

Sunday: Worship First Service 9:30 a.m.Second Service 11:00 a.m.Children’s Church: Age 3-5th grade

Childcare (infant/preschool) all services.For Elem., M.S. & H.S. activities, please call

GARNET MESA BAPTIST CHURCH863 A Street, Delta

Jerry Hilterbrand, Pastor • 874-4837Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Services 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.Prayer Meeting (Wednesday) 7:00 p.m.

Independent, Fundamental

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH(Missouri Synod)

1000 Pioneer Road • 874-3052Pastor Jeffrey Ryan

Worship Service 9:00 a.m.Bible Classes and Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Tiny Treasures Preschool

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST1061 Meeker St., Delta • cofchrist.org

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.For more information call 626-3347

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC)1290 A St., Delta • 874-9497

Pastor: Randy UnruhWebsite: www.calvarydelta.orgE-Mail: [email protected]

Sunday: Bible Study 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY751 Meeker St., Delta • 874-8083

Sunday: Bible Lesson Sermon 10:00 a.m.Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Wednesday: Testimony Meeting 7:00 p.m.

Child Care Provided • Everyone Welcome

GRAND MESA BIBLE CHURCH710 Crawford Ave., Delta • 874-8315

Pastor Gary CulpSunday School For All Ages 9:30 a.m.Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Please call for information about Bible studies and Prayer times

FIRST CHURCH OF GOD1102 Howard St., Delta • Church 874-4647

deltafirstchurchofgod.comBob and Linda Aubery

Sunday School Classes for All Ages 9:00 a.m.Sunday Worship Service 10:15 a.m.Wed. Bible Study (Fellowship Hall) 2:00 p.m.Wed. Cedaredge Bible Study (856-3854) 4:00 p.m.Prayer Chain Contact Janice Bridwell 874-4621

MARANATHA FELLOWSHIP(The LORD Cometh)

1712 H Road, Delta • 874-9135Pastor Earl Douglas

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.Wed. Prayer & Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

All Welcome

ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH“Loyal to the orthodox Christianfaith as received by Anglicanism”

5th & Palmer St., Delta • Rector's Study: 874-9489Pastor Tom Seibert

Holy Eucharist and Sunday School (Sunday) 10:15 a.m.Order of St. Luke & Healing Service, First Monday each month 6:00 p.m.Morning Prayer/Communion Wednesday 10:30 a.m.

ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE ORTHODOX

298 Bert St., Delta • 874-5225www.saintandrewsdelta.org

Father Daniel JonesSaturday Great Vespers 5:00 p.m.Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.Please call: for feast day services schedule

SEVENTH-DAYADVENTIST CHURCH

763 Meeker St., DeltaPastor: Seth Coridan

Sabbath School Saturday 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Prayer Meetings Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER DAY SAINTS

1679 Pioneer Rd., Delta • 874-3444Corner of E. 16th St./F Rd. and Pioneer Rd.

Sunday: Uncompahgre Ward 9:00 a.m. Delta Ward 11:00 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF DELTAAmerican Baptist Church

1250 Pioneer Road, Delta • 874-3847deltafirstbaptist.org

Pastor James ConleySunday:Sunday School 9:15 a.m.Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.Sunday Night Church 6:00 p.m.Wednesday:Middle School Blitz 6:00 p.m.AWANA (Sept.-April) 6:00 p.m.Saturday:Men’s Bible Study 7:30 a.m.High School Saturday Night Live 7:00 p.m.

COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Meets at Bill Heddles Recreation Center, DeltaRon Howard, Pastor

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.Children’s Church Provided

Home Bible Studies AvailableInformation: call 200-7816 or 874-4372

ST. MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH628 Meeker St., Delta • 874-3300

Father Canice Enyiaka Saturday: Confession 4:00-5:00 p.m. Mass 5:30 p.m.Sunday: English Mass 10:00 a.m. Spanish Mass 12:00 NoonDaily Mass Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING658 Howard St., Delta

Rev. Kay Spinden • 874-3425Sunday Services 10:30 a.m.Children’s Classes 10:30 a.m.

Science of Mind Classes Also Available

DELTA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH5th & Meeker Streets, Delta • Office — 874-9501

[email protected] Trueblood, Pastor

Early Service 8:30 a.m.Sunday School 9:15 a.m.Late Service 10:45 a.m.Youth Group 5:30 p.m.Communion Worship 1st Sunday

RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH1065 E. 7th St., Delta • 874-0308 • Cell: 314-0116

Pastors David & Michele MurphySunday:Prayer Time 9:00 a.m.Annointed Worship & Praise 9:30 a.m. Annointed preaching to follow

Where the fire & glory of God are manifested

AGAPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPOF DELTA

326 Main St., Suite 103 (Columbine Mall), Delta(970)201-7013

Pastor Jason HavertapeSunday Service 10:30 a.m.Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

THUNDER MOUNTAIN CHURCH OF CHRIST

800 Palmer St., DeltaSundays: Bible Classes 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

(Children’s church available)Weekly home Bible studiesInformation: 234-7816

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CEDAREDGE

370 W. Main St., Cedaredge • 856-3830P.O. Box 400, Cedaredge, CO 81413

Email: [email protected] Pastor Dik Abbott

Sunday:Sunday School for All Ages 9:00 a.m.Morning Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Children’s Church AvailableEvening Service 6:00 p.m.Wednesday:Bible Study 6:00 p.m.AWANA and Youth 6:30 p.m.

GRAND MESA SOUTHERNBAPTIST CHURCH

110 S.E. Jay Ave., Cedaredge • 856-4672Rev. Steven Puls

Bible Study 9:30 a.m.Worship Service 10:45 a.m.Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.Team Kid (Wednesday) 6:00 p.m.Prayer & Bible Study (Wednesday) 7:00 p.m.Brotherhood Breakfast (1st Saturday) 8:00 a.m.Fellowship Breakfast (last Tuesday) 8:00 a.m.

(at Ole Bakery)

ECKERT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH13025 Highway 65, Eckert • 835-3441

P.O. Box 7Pastor Jo DeVinny

Sunday: Morning Worship: Year Round 10:30 a.m.Children’s Sunday School during worshipThursday: Bible Study Held at Big E Market 7:30 a.m.

NEW HOPE EVANGELICALFREE CHURCH

Meets at Cedaredge Community Centerwww.newhopefree.orgPastor Bill Williamson

856-4458Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m.Children’s Church 10:45 a.m.

Nursery AvailableMen’s Breakfast 1st & 3rd Sat. 7:00 at Ole BakeryYouth Groups — schedules vary Call for time and place

CEDAREDGE COMMUNITYUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

3rd & Aspen, PO Box 369, Cedaredge • [email protected]

Pastor Deb EdwardsVickie Richards-Street, Pastoral Associate

Rev. Bob Watts, Pastor EmeritusChildren’s Sunday School 9:00 a.m.Worship Services 9:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.Communion Worship First SundayZero Gravity Youth Sundays 4:00 p.m.Youth and Adult Choirs, Bible Studies, Nursery

OPEN HEARTS! OPEN MINDS! OPEN DOORS!

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH290 S.W. 2nd Ave., Cedaredge • 210-3398

Pastor Seth CoridanSabbath School Saturday 9:15 a.m.Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.Prayer Meeting Wednesday 3:00 p.m.

ST. PHILIP BENIZI CATHOLIC CHURCH290 N.W. Cedar Ave., P.O. Box 713

Cedaredge, CO 81413Rev. Canice Enyiaka, Pastor

Sunday: 8:00 a.m. MassTuesday: 6:00 p.m. Mass

For more information, call 970-856-6495

ALL SAINTSLUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

20101 Deer Creek Rd., Austin • 835-3667www.allsaintslutheranco.org

Tom Lange, PastorSunday: Worship 10:00 a.m. Adult Bible Class 9:00 a.m. Children’s Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Open Communion (1st & 3rd Sundays)

SURFACE CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH

21987 Austin Road • [email protected]

John Copper, Pastor • 856-4675Sunday: Worship Service 10:00 a.m.with Children’s Church and nursery providedWednesday: Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

CEDAREDGE ASSEMBLY OF GOD1596 S.W. 9th St., Cedaredge • 856-3586

Bob Hillyer - Senior PastorMarvin Pemberton - Assoc. Pastor

Youth Pastor: Eric MusilJanet Noble - Children

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.Wed. Family Night: Adult Bible Study, Youth & Children's Ministries 7:00 p.m.Men's Breakfast (Saturday) 7:00 a.m.

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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE2291 Q25 Road, Cedaredge • 856-6137Pastors John and MaryLouise Dannels

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

NORTH FORK CHURCH OF CHRIST

40259 M Rd., Paonia • 970-527-5443Sunday Morning 10:00 a.m.Wednesday Evening 5:00 p.m.

Teaching Sound Bible Doctrine

PAONIA FRIENDS CHURCH409 3rd St., Paonia • 527-6151

Pastor Gaylen KinserSunday: SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 9:00 a.m. with NURSERY for children 19 mos.-3 years SUNDAY SCHOOL for ages 19 months-adults 10:00 a.m.

CRAWFORD FRIENDS CHURCHNon-denominational

3842 Stearman Lane, Crawford • 921-LORD (5673)Pastor Jerry Dutton

Youth Pastor JP DuttonSunday Worship Service 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.Coffee & Fellowship 10:00 a.m.Children’s Church and Nursery 10:30 a.m.

Youth Group and Adult Life Studieswww.crawfordchristians.org

HOTCHKISS CHURCH OF CHRIST175 N. 1st St., Hotchkiss • 527-3225

Minister Windell HowardSunday Service 10:30 a.m.

MOUNTAIN VIEW BIBLE CHURCHLazear, CO – 872-2139

Pastor Jim Jesser – 323-6412Youth Pastor Jake Erickson - 872-6329

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Service 11:00 a.m.Evening Service & Youth Night 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

Christ Centered Country Church Independent and Fundamental

HOTCHKISS COMMUNITYUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

2nd & Orchard, Hotchkiss • Office: 872-3540Pastor John Hiestand • 872-4881

Sanctuary is handicapped accessibleChildren's and Adult’s Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship Service 11:00 a.m.Peace Circle, 2nd Tues. 12:30 p.m.Wearhouse hours: Monday 9 a.m.-3:00 p.m.UMW Meet 3rd Saturday 9:00 a.m.

National Historical Register site

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHOF HOTCHKISS

203 W. Main, Hotchkiss • Church 872-3313Sunday School (all ages) 9:45 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 5:00 p.m.After School Program (K-8) Wed. 3:45 p.m.Adult Bible Study & Prayer Wed. 7:00 p.m.Youth Group/Teen Bible Study Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Also offering counseling, men’s prayer meetings, ladies’ Bible study, teen outings, nursery and a food pantry. Contact Pastor Jake DeField for

more information.

PAONIAUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

2nd and Onarga, PaoniaPastor Russell Fletcher

Bible Study 9:30 a.m.Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Worship 10:30 a.m.Youth Group 6:00 p.m.

Child care provided every Sun. and on special occasions.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH(Missouri Synod)

5th & North Fork, Paonia at the Northwest corner of City Park

Pastor Duane O. Daeke • 527-3232Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.Lent Worship Wednesday 7:00 p.m.Bible Study following worship service

Visitors Always Welcome.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER-DAY SAINTS5th and Oak, Paonia • 527-4239

Bishop Stephen W. BaylesSacrament Meeting 10:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.Sunday School 11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m.Priesthood & Relief Society 12:10-1:00 p.m.

BIBLE CENTER CHURCH1117 Third Street, Paonia • 527-4629

www.biblecenteronline.comJohn Owen, Pastor

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Awana Clubs - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

NORTH FORK BAPTIST CHURCH639 Samuel Wade Rd., Paonia • 527-4644

www.nfbcpaonia.orgPastor Tobey Williams

Bible Study 9:45 a.m.Worship Service 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:00 p.m.

Nursery Provided

CRAWFORD COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH297 Dogwood Ave., Crawford • 921-3300

Rev. John HiestandSunday Worship 9:00 a.m.Adult Education 8:00 a.m.Children’s Education 9:00 a.m.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF PAONIA

227 Oak Ave., Paonia • 527-7291 • 527-3450P.O. Box 413, Paonia, CO 81428

Pastor Ed HollettSunday School 9:30 a.m.Traditional Church Service 10:45 a.m.

PAONIA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH

235 Box Elder Avenue, Paonia • 527-3161www.paoniachristianfellowship.com

Pastor Scott McIntireSunday Services: Sunday School for ages 2-112 9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Children’s Church 10:15 a.m.Monday Ladies Bible Study 6:30 p.m. His Hands — Men’s Group 6:30 p.m.Wednesday: Ladies Bible Study 1:00 p.m. Converge for Ages 7-12 4:30 p.m. Youth Dinner 6:15 p.m. Youth Group Grades 7 & Up 7:00 p.m.

Please join our family for a variety of music and worship.

Something for everyone!

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH235 North Fork, Paonia • 527-3214

Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m.Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m.

ST. MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

Bridge & Pinon St., Hotchkiss • 527-3214Sunday Mass 11:00 a.m.

PAONIA SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTCHURCH

41012 Lamborn Dr., PO Box 932, Paonia, CO 81428Pastor Seth Coridan • 970-210-3398

Saturday Services 9:00 a.m.Discover Answers to Life’s Deepest Questions:

Hope Channel 368 on Direct TV

OLD KING JAMES BIBLEBAPTIST CHURCH

5th & Horton, Olathe • 970-497-0790Pastor Brian Lopiccolo

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Preaching 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH’S TRADITIONALROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Latin Mass59350 Carnation Rd., Olathe • 323-0243

Sunday Masses 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.Rosary & Confessions 1/2 hour before each mass

Daily masses as scheduled

LIVING WORD LUTHERAN CHURCH2820 Peyton Dr., Montrose • 249-4405

Pastor Matthew FreySunday Service 9:00 a.m.Sunday School/Bible Study 10:15 a.m.Wednesday Night Bible Study 4:00 p.m.

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being preached in certain parts of the church, that making it to heaven is dependent on your righ-teousness and not the Lord’s. Nothing could be further from the truth. Has anybody ever told you that you had to have your act together before Jesus Christ can use you? If they have, then I have some great news for you. God has never had any-body working for him yet who was perfect and all human.

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corrected our mistakes, our father in Heaven is constantly correcting our flaws. I would like to point out that our Lord Jesus loves us beyond our flaws, because he forgave every sin, past, present and future, while he hung on the cross. He even took the thief on the cross to heaven with him, simply because the thief believed in Jesus, repented of his old life.

The father now sees Jesus in us, because we now have his righteous-ness. We will never make heaven on our righteous-ness, ours is worthless. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For it is by free grace that you are saved, through your faith and this is not of

yourselves, but it is the gift of God; not because of works, lest any man should boast.” (Amplified Bible)

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Proceeds from the annual sale will be used by the women of the church for donations to charitable funds, special church needs and activi-ties.

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D8 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 BACK PAGE Delta County Independent

Cycling is a great way to savor the beauty of western Colorado.

Take advantage of the great weather and hop on your road or mountain bike for one of these rides, which have been suggested by three local resi-dents.

From CedaredgeJim Leser, an avid cyclist

from Cedaredge, used the Pioneer Town parking lot just south of Main Street as a starting point for these rides. “There are no level rides in our area,” he says. “They’re all up and down with some challenging hills.”

Ride 1. Go south on Hwy. 65 to Eckert where you turn right on North Road. Continue west for 1 mile to Running Deer Road and turn left. Follow Running Deer Road for 2.5 miles to Hwy. 65. Turn right and take your first left at Vista Grande Road (0.2 miles). After 1 mile, take 2100 Road (Austin cutoff) left back to Hwy. 65. Turn right and return to Eckert. Left on North Road for 0.2 mile and turn right on to Happy Hollow Road (2nd road on right). Follow this road all the way to SW 11th (3.8 miles). SW 11th will take you back to Hwy. 65. Turn left and return to the Pioneer Town parking lot. Total miles: 18. This route can be done in reverse for a change.

Ride 2. Go north on Hwy. 65 to the visitors’ center on Grand Mesa. There will be an elevation gain of about 4,000 feet. There are drinks and water at the center. Return to Cedaredge. Going up is a slow slog but coming down is a fast hoot. Watch for deer and make sure you have good brakes. Total miles: 34.

Ride 3. Same as Ride 2 but continue across and down Grand Mesa from the visi-tors center to the little town of Mesa at about 41 miles. There is a small store there for drinks and snacks. Return to Cedaredge. Round trip: 82 miles. This is not a ride for those unprepared for a long day in the saddle. Ride time will vary from 6.5 to 10 hours depending upon skill and fit-ness level.

The next two rides are short rides for the time challenged. Time, about one hour plus or minus depending upon fitness and hill climbing ability.

Ride 4. Go north on Hwy. 65, past Aspen Trails to Ute Trail Road (first road on right and about 4 miles out from the Pioneer Town parking lot.) Turn right on Ute Trail Road and follow east until it runs into Surface Creek Road. Bear right on Surface Creek Road and continue across Surface Creek and down to where it intersects with Main Street at the foot of Cedar Mesa. Turn right and continue to the light. Turn left onto Hwy. 65 and return to the parking lot. Total miles: 11. This route can be done in reverse for a change.

Ride 5. Go north on Hwy. 65 to the Main Street light. Turn right and go to Surface Creek Road and turn left. Travel up Surface Creek Road until you see Shady Oak Avenue

on your left. Turn left and go west across Surface Creek and take your first right on 2375 Road. Continue until intersection with Ute Trail Road. Turn left and continue to Hwy. 65. Turn left again and ride a short distance to Aspen Trails where you will turn right and then left again on 2325 Road. Continue down to Sage Road and then turn right. Sage will turn into Happy Hollow Road with a right angle curve. Continue through the first stop sign. At the second stop sign, turn left onto R Street (Main Street) and return to Cedaredge. Turn right on SW 2nd Street before the light. Continue through the stop sign to the Pioneer Town parking lot. Total miles: 12. This route can be done in reverse for a change.

From DeltaJohn York, a resident of

Delta and co-owner of Cascade Bicycles in Montrose, shares these rides:

“My favorite mountain bike ride is Sidewinder Trail because it is challenging in parts and easy in parts and so long that you make a day of it. Leave from the new trailhead facility at the foot of Smith Mountain off H75 road.It can easily be accessed from Montrose, Olathe or Delta as it follows along the side of the Gunnison Gorge.

“My other favorite, once the snow clears, is the Flowing Park trail on the Grand Mesa. The views are spectacular, the trial is mainly cross-country, not too technical and about 15 miles long. You reach it from Highway 65 to FS 100, take a quick left on Flowing Park Road and go about 1.5 miles to a gate where the trail starts.

For road bikers, York has two suggestions:

Ride 1. From Bill Heddles Recreation Center, head north to Hwy. 50. Make a right onto H38 Road and a left onto 1600 Road. In about a half mile, make a right onto I Road, which will turn into Trap Club Road. The road will take you through the ‘dobies to North Road. Turn right and ride a short distance to Ward Creek Road. Go north up Ward all the way to R Street where you turn right. This goes through downtown Cedaredge, but keep on it going east to climb Cedar Mesa. At the junc-tion just out of town turn right on Cedar Mesa Road. After gaining the top, stay on Cedar Mesa as it turns first right and then left. Then turn right on 2600 Road and head DOWNHILL towards Fruitgrowers Reservoir. To get to Fruitgrowers take a right at the intersection of 2600 (changes names) and North Road. Take North Road back west to Hwy. 65, then back to Delta on any num-ber of optional routes includ-ing back through the ‘dobies. Total miles: 39 if you return on Hwy. 65.

Ride 2. From the rec center take Main Street south to 1600 Road. At the “Y” before 1600 heads uphill, bear left onto D-25 Road, which will lead into Ash Mesa Road. Take Ash Mesa to B Road then left onto 1600 Road, which becomes 5500 Road

in Montrose County. Take 5500 all the way to Highway 348 where you turn right. Stay on 348 for just over two miles, until it curves to the right and heads down a short hill. At the bottom (1/4 mile) is Cedar Road. Turn left to take this scenic loop west of Pea Green. Take Cedar to Banner, then right on Banner past 348 all the way to 5400 Road (it becomes 1500 Road in Delta County). Take 1500 to D Road and take a right. Almost immediately, make a left onto Old Wagon Road, which will wind its way to Hwy. 348. Turn right onto 348 and it will lead you back to downtown Delta. Total miles: 27 with 607 feet of climbing.

Make friends with “Delta Road Bikers” to receive updates on group rides.

From Paonia/HotchkissSydney Shaw Nichols of

Crawford maps weekly rides for Women on the Move. She says the best mountain bik-ing in the North Fork, hands down, is the Jumbo Moun-tain Trail System on BLM land just outside Paonia. It’s mostly packed-dirt rolling singletrack routes range from those suitable for children to advanced terrain such as the “Ridge of Doom.” The system trailhead begins at the top of Apple Valley Hill. From town, take Rio Grande Av-enue, which leads into Pan American Avenue, which ends at the trailhead. There is lim-ited parking at the trailhead so the best option is to park in Apple Valley and ride up. For detailed information and trail maps, contact Galaxy Bike and Sport, 334 Grand Avenue. For trail conditions and possi-ble group rides, check out the Paonia Singletrack Society on Facebook.

The north rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison is another incredibly scenic mountain bike or hybrid bike option. Unlike Jumbo, the route isn’t technical but rather a well-maintained dirt and gravel road. Ride out and back from the national park ranger station to see magnifi-cent overlooks along the can-yon rim such as Island Peaks and Kneeling Camel. It’s just

over 8 miles round trip with about 450 feet of climbing.

For a longer adventure, ride the 12 miles up Black Canyon Road to the ranger station from the Crawford Reservoir on Hwy. 92 just south of Crawford. The road is paved for the first 5.7 miles from the intersection with 92 (3 miles south of town), then switches to hard-packed dirt, climbing steadily for the first 8 miles, then heading slightly downhill. Control your speed on the fast downhill return! 1,400 feet total climbing.

Needle Rock Loop is one of the best-loved road bike routes in the North Fork. It starts in downtown Paonia and heads over to Crawford for a spin near the iconic volcanic for-mation that gives the route its name. From Paonia, follow 1st Street onto Mathews Lane and out of town. In about 2 miles, make a left onto Crawford Road, gradually ascending on rolling hills across farmlands and ‘dobies all the way to Hwy. 92. Make a left turn onto 92 and ride into Crawford. Just before the post offi ce, make a left turn onto Dogwood Av-enue which will lead seam-lessly into Needle Rock Road and then 4200 Road. The road ends at a “T” with Cottonwood Creek Road. Make a left and start a 4-mile scenic downhill run back to the intersection with Crawford Road. At the “Y” intersection, bear right and retrace the route back to Paonia. Total: 32 miles and about 1,900 feet of climbing.

Around the Block, another top ride among locals, starts from Hotchkiss City Market. Take Bridge Street (Hwy. 92) toward town and make a right onto Cedar Drive to travel across lovely Barrow Mesa. At the top of the Cedar Drive hill, make a left onto Maple Drive, then right onto Bar-row Mesa Road, which leads smoothly left into L50 Road and left again onto 3300 Road for a swoop down to Leroux Creek and back up. At Hwy. 92, take a right and go half a mile on the narrow shoul-der, then turn right onto 3250 Road for a mile and left onto L Road. In another 1.5 miles, make a right onto 3100 Road and follow it just over 2 miles

to North Road. Make a left onto North, climb the hill and you’re offi cially on Redlands Mesa, ready to ride around the “block” that transcribes its borders. Make a right onto 2900 Road and then a left onto Redlands Mesa Road, which continues 5 miles, eventually curving back down to North Road. Make a left onto North and follow it across the south side of the mesa (watch for the buffalo farm on the right) and down the hill to 3100 Road. It’s mostly downhill from here! Make a right onto 3100 Road, keep descending, cross Hwy. 92 and a mile later make a left onto J Road. As J Road curves north along Rogers Mesa, look right for a special view of Sce-nic Mesa to the south and the North Fork of the Gunnison River below. Three miles from the turn onto J, make a right at the “Y” onto J-80 Road, which will lead down the steep “cemetery hill,” into Riverside Drive and back into town. 33 miles; 1,950 feet of climbing.

For a simpler but less var-ied route, start by going up cemetery hill to Redlands Mesa via J Road and 3100 Road. And for a shorter ride – 20.5 miles, with 1,200 feet of climbing – start at the Rog-ers Mesa Community House at the corner of 3100 Road & Hwy. 92. Bike north up 3100 Road to North Road to pick up the route.

On Grand MesaLake of the Woods Trail —

An 11.5-mile round trip that begins at the end of Forest Service Road 250. The trail is rated moderate.

Scales Lake Road — Six miles round trip, rated easy to moderate. The route begins just off Forest Service Road 118, in the Lands End area.

There are also a number of single-track backcountry trails. Just stick to the num-bered roads and trails; bike riding is prohibited in wilder-ness areas and other trails as posted.

Maps and recreational infor-mation can be obtained at theDelta office of the U.S. Forest Service, 2250 S. Highway 50,(970) 874-6600, or online at www.fs.fed.us/r2/gmug.


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