delta county independent, issue 13, march 28, 2012

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INDEX Delta hosts home showThe Delta Area Chamber of Commerce

is sponsoring the 2012 Home, Garden & Recreation Show Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31, at Bill Heddles Rec-reation Center. Vendors will be onhand with the latest ideas in home improve-ment, gardening and recreation. With admission of $2, you’ll enjoy demonstra-tions, drawing and activities. The show is open Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Until 10 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday morn-ings, the VFW will be serving breakfast for just $5.

MARCH 28, 2012VOL. 129, NO. 13

Food pantry movesThe Delta Food Pantry has temporarily

relocated to the old City Market building at 124 E. 6th Street. Marvin Cox, financial secretary, said the food pantry will be in that location for about six weeks, until a remodeling project at St. Michael’s Cath-olic Church has been completed.

Cox had high praise for the Knights of Columbus, Altrusa International, Mod-ern Appliance, Bray & Co. Realty, Delta County Board of Realtors, the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce, and the 25 vol-unteers who accomplished the move in just two hours Saturday morning.

Vote totals will be onlineVoting is currently underway for munic-

ipal elections in Cedaredge, Crawford, Delta, Orchard City and Paonia. Mail-in ballots must be returned to the Delta County Courthouse by 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, to be counted. Voters in Hotchkiss will actually go to the polls on Tuesday. Votes may be cast at the Hotchkiss Town Hall, 276 W. Main Street, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Results of all the municipal elections in Delta County will be posted online at www.deltacountyindependent.com as soon as they become available.

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A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DELTA COUNTY INDEPENDENT

BY PAT SUNDERLANDManaging Editor

Just minutes before Charles and Patricia Keune appeared in Delta County Court on a single charge of cruelty to animals, the Delta County Sheriff ’s Office issued a second summons alleging 11 counts of cruelty on the horses and cows seized from the property a day earlier.

The initial charge was filed after the death of a horse. During a hearing before Judge Sandra Miller on March 21, deputy district attorney Anna Cooling said the horse laid in the field overnight with-out any food or water, as it suffered a “lengthy, painful movement toward death.” The horse was finally shot to death by Charles Keune.

The Keunes did not argue with the factual basis of the charge, as outlined by Cool-ing, and pleaded guilty with the understanding they would receive a deferred sentence.

Sentencing is set for April 16, after the Keunes have taken the anger management courses mandated by state statute. In addition, the guilty

plea prohibits the Keunes from owning or possessing any livestock for two years.

As they considered their options in court, it was clear Charles and Pat felt they were being backed into a corner. The horses and cows seized from the property were impound-ed, but the Keunes were still responsible for their care. Even if they could post bond of $1,420, they could not bring the animals home because of the two-year restriction. Cool-ing said she was willing to forego the bond if the Keunes would forfeit their animals. They reluctantly agreed.

Patricia Keune said the sit-uation was “not quite as bad as it appeared.”

“We did everything they said,” she told the judge, refer-ring to the recommendations from the state veterinarian and the sheriff ’s office. “When you’re a horse and you’re 20 years old, sometimes it’s your time.”

Charles Keune added that whoever said they let the horse suffer is a liar. He said they tried to give hay and water to the horse, but he

would not get up.After the hearing, Patricia

Keune said people should quit sticking their noses in other people’s business. Those hors-es were her “babies,” she said, and although they had trouble locating hay, the animals were not in danger. They believe the sheriff ’s office intended to confiscate their animals from the get-go.

“That’s the last thing we wanted to do,” said Delta County Undersheriff Mark Taylor. “We tried working with the Keunes to get the animals back to a healthy status. But everything we suggested, that the state veterinarian sug-gested, they ignored.”

The breaking point came the morning of March 20, when they stopped by the Keune property on Redlands Mesa to check on the ani-mals. Although two large round bales of hay had been left on the ranch, the Keunes had distributed just one small bale to all 11 animals since the previous afternoon.

“That solidified our deci-sion,” Taylor said. “It was time to do something.”

Keunes face additional charges of animal cruelty


In just one year, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge has become the largest specta-tor sporting event in Colo-rado and one of the largest cycling events in North Amer-ica. Nearly one million people viewed the event from the roadsides in 2011, with many following the racers from com-munity to community.

Convinced that the world-class event will pass through Delta at some point, a commit-tee has been formed to put the city forward as a stage start-ing point for 2013 or 2014.

Delta is the only communi-ty in the county large enough to be considered for a start city, but it’s not large enough to be a finishing point, city manager Joe Kerby explained at a council work session last week. Finish cities must be able to provide about 700 hotel rooms, which means the racers end the day in a large city or resort community.

Montrose is one of the host cities for the 2012 event, which takes 135 of the world’s best cyclists on a seven-day race through the Colorado Rockies Aug. 20-26. The first stage of the race the bicyclists will ride from Durango to Tel-luride. The second day takes them from Montrose to Crest-ed Butte. Gunnison, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge,

Colorado Springs, Golden, Boulder and Denver are also 2012 host cities.

The first year of the event, 20 cities expressed interest in hosting the event. This year competition doubled to 40 cit-ies.

The reasons are simple, said Kelli Helper, Delta Coun-ty tourism coordinator. The immediate economic impact can be huge, and the media exposure can bring visitors to the area for years to come. Cyclists are the type of people Delta County wants to attract, Hepler said. They have discre-tionary income, they’re gen-erally well educated, they’re environmentally conscien-tious, and they enjoy getting to know the area — and people — they’re visiting. Plus, the number of people who enjoy cycling recreationally is grow-ing at about 5 percent a year.

“A bicycle race is great thing to showcase a communi-ty,” Hepler said. The cameras are running as the bicyclists go through and around town, showcasing landmarks and points of interest Hepler illus-trated with a slide show.

“We are very interested in hosting this event, but regard-less of whether the City of Delta is successful or not, at some point very soon this race will come through our county and we want to make sure as many citizens as possible

know about this event and what kind of impact it could have on our community,” she explained.

The Delta County Tourism Cabinet is taking the lead in organizing a committee to submit an application for 2013 or 2014. Hepler and Wilma Erven, the city’s director of

culture and recreation, head the local organizing commit-tee.

The city’s GIS coordinator has also been involved, lay-ing out proposed routes which would originate from Delta.

If successful, Kerby said the city will need to come up with $15,000 to $50,000 to cover

USA Pro Cycling require-ments for hotel rooms, media meals and other expenses.

Construction of the city’s alternate truck route will be a challenge, Kerby added, par-ticularly as it might impact access to a staging area in Confluence Park.

Delta will chase pro cycling event

Photo by Pat Sunderland

Friendly greetingA trio of Ute Indians leave their village on horseback to greet Fathers Escalante and Dominguez in the City of Delta’s newest mural. “Gateway to the Canyons” can be seen on the north side of the municipal light and power building on the south end of town. The mural was designed by W. Richard Doherty and painted by Seth Weber, a Paonia artist.

BY HANK LOHMEYERStaff Writer

Judge J. Steven Patrick on March 23 issued an order denying a request for prelimi-nary injunction against West-ern Slope Layers.

Forty-two residential neigh-bors of Western Slope Layers had asked for the injunction to halt construction work on the hen house. Western Slope layers is a proposed 15,000-hen, 20,000-square-foot egg laying operation on Powell Mesa north of Hotchkiss.

Named defendants in the action were the Board of County Commissioners who had granted specific develop-ment approval for the hen house last August, Western Slope Layers principal Edwin Hostetler, and others. Argu-ments were heard by Judge Patrick during a five-hour-long hearing in Delta on March 21.

In order to have won their motion for the preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs had to convince the judge on six legal points.

The plaintiffs satisfied four of the six conditions. They were able to show the possi-bility of “real, immediate, and irreparable harm,” and most significantly they were able to convince the judge they had a “reasonable probability of suc-cess” in the injunction action

proceedings.Plaintiffs argued the coun-

ty’s approvals for Western Slope Layers did not meet professional standards of sci-ence and credentialed exper-tise. The county’s witnesses disputed the claims. Among those called to testify at the hearing were Powell Mesa residents Dr. Susan Raymond and Mogli Cooper, and county employees Dave Rice and Ken Nordstrom.

The motion for preliminary injunction is a separate pro-ceeding from a second legal challenge to Western Slope Layers, known as a Rule 106 appeal. The Rule 106 action aims to overturn the BoCC’s specific development approval and is expected to be tried later this year.

Even as the Rule 106 trial is pending, Hostetler testified at last week’s hearing that he has already spent “probably in excess of $60,000” on his hen house facility. “I’ve ordered the building materials, equip-ment, and chickens,” he told the court.

The county had previously ordered Hostetler to cease work on the hen house because he had not fully complied with its terms of approval.

On March 15, the BoCC lifted that restriction finding Hostetler had complied and could continue work.

Judge denies hen house injunction

PRO CYCLING TO A3

A2 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 OPINION Delta County Independent

Orton Family Foundation has a limited roleDear Editor:

The Orton Family Foundation is honored to work in the North Fork Valley over the next two years on the Heart & Soul project to learn what matters most to you, the region’s residents, about the future of your val-ley. I’d like to clarify the foundation’s roots and purpose, particularly in reference to Benjamin Hogan’s recent letter to the editor.

An independent not-for-profit organization,

the Orton Family Foun-dation is funded entirely by Lyman Orton, propri-etor of the Vermont Coun-try Store, a family-owned mail order retailer based in Vermont. Lyman, a sev-enth generation Vermont-er, is proud of his rural heritage and believes in the importance of indi-vidual responsibility and accountability. Through the foundation, Lyman has used profits from the Vermont Country Store to help small cities and towns keep their unique

character in the face of change. He believes that the people who live and work in a town — not self-appointed or out-side experts — hold the answers to its challenges and its most successful future. The foundation’s role in the towns where we work is limited to advising on and helping bring about a successful public engagement pro-cess that results in broad local input — on a com-munity driven vision for the future. Local part-ners and volunteers, including the chambers of commerce of Paonia, Hotchkiss and Crawford and Delta County Eco-nomic Development, Inc. drive the North Fork Val-ley Heart & Soul project. In other words, folks who live and work in the valley hold the reins. The foun-dation’s staff and mone-tary resources are offered to assist those partners find ways to hear from all residents about their concerns and dreams for the valley so that togeth-er they can build toward a future they think is worthy of their children and grandchildren. More information about the foundation can be found at www.orton.org.

John Barstow Director of

Communications Orton Family

Foundation

LETTERSLETTERS

Municipal candidates deserve our thanksDear Editor:

I would like to send kudos to all of the coun-cil and mayor candidates in every town in Delta County for stepping up to the plate and offering to serve their communities. The large number of par-ticipants speaks well for us as being a well ground-ed community. Residents of Orchard City have a unique opportunity in the municipal election this year.

In Orchard City there are six candidates seeking to fill four seats. I want to emphasize that I think every one of them would do a good job because I believe they are all truly interested citizens and the welfare of the town and its residents are why they are running. We are blessed to have no burn-ing or controversial issues that are driving any of these candidates’ offers to serve.

However, I do think there are two who should be given special consider-ation by the voters. The first is Craig Fuller. Pre-viously he served with distinction for six years as a trustee for Orchard City. From firsthand expe-rience I can tell you that Craig is among the most outstanding trustees to have served this com-

munity in the 45 years I have been involved in Orchard City.

The second candidate that I feel deserves your consideration is Matt Soper. Matt is truly the unique candidate for a number of reasons but most importantly he is YOUNG in a commu-nity that has been lead by a lot of us old buz-zards long enough. The time has come for a new generation. Matt is less than half of the age of the present trustees. An out-standing student, a com-munity activist with an interest in government since grade school, Matt

has earned his law degree from Edinburgh Universi-ty and has participated in local government here in Delta County throughout his educational journey.

Having had the oppor-tunity to serve this com-munity myself, I urge you to give special consider-ation to these two can-didates. As for the other two trustee seats to be filled I think any of the four candidates will serve us well.

With profound grati-tude to have been able to serve,

Tom HuerkampFormer Mayor of

Orchard City

Gerald Roberts will hit the ground runningDear Editor:

We would like to pub-licly endorse Gerald Rob-erts for his efforts to be elected to the Delta City Council. A vote for Gerald Roberts is a vote for prov-en leadership. Gerald has been involved in city gov-ernment for most of his 33 years that he has lived in the City of Delta.

Gerald’s community activist and public ser-vant over the years proves his love for the city and the welfare of the citizens.

Gerald regularly attends council meeting and stays abreast of the issues that the city is addressing. He actively promotes the City of Del-ta’s alternate truck route, representing the Citizens Committee for a Safer Downtown.

We need proven lead-ership and ability to work with others in behalf of the citizen, so when elect-ed can hit the ground running and get the city moving in the right direc-tion. We urge voters to elect Gerald Roberts in the upcoming Delta City Council election.

Ed and LeonaMurray

Delta

Former employee takes pride in her serviceDear Editor:

As an at-will employee who was unexpectedly ter-minated on March 12 from Cedaredge High School, I was simply told by the school district, “Ms. Nakai was terminated from her food service position at Cedaredge High School pursuant to school board policy GHDQ.” That was the only official explana-tion which I received and was verbally told that as an at-will employee no explanation is required. I was willing to accept this and move on with my life. After reading the article in the Delta County Inde-pendent dated March 21, which states principal Todd Markley and Rhon-da Vincent believed a change in staffing would improve the “school cli-mate and culture,” I decided a response was necessary.

The comment men-tioned in the paper con-cerns me regarding my role as a mother, wife and volunteer in the Cedaredge community. As one of a few Navajos living in this communi-ty I took it upon myself to start volunteering at the elementary school in

2000 and have contin-ued volunteering as my kids progressed through middle school into high school. I recently played a significant part in vol-unteering with my hus-band, David Gordon, in assisting the Cedaredge High School marching band with fundraising and attending the state competition, where they won first place. Every Thursday, I volunteer at the Cedaredge Food Bank and I received com-ments from the commu-nity about the dismissal. I am a part of this com-munity and believe giv-ing back is essential and wish to provide a good example to my own kids and other children. After 9/11 I noticed a certain suspicion of anyone who was not part of the domi-nant culture and really endorsed the chance to have a great part-time job at the CHS kitchen where I could be close to my kids and interact with children who may seldom come in contact with Native Americans.

To set the record straight, I never was rep-rimanded for doing my job, the children were

served their lunch on time and no one ever got sick from eating the food. In my opinion the school district was not patient in following their own policies and abused the at-will law by terminat-ing all three employees. I will continue to volun-teer with the high school marching band even after my last daughter has graduated and will also continue to volun-teer at the food bank. The phrase to improve culture and climate of the school was listed as a reason for the termination. As a volunteer I will continue to remember that phrase and continue my volun-teer efforts improving the culture and climate of Cedaredge. As human beings we need to work with each other and not conduct sneaky business behind closed doors. We have a history of a lot of broken treaties over the years. This type of activ-ity should change.

Maria NakaiEckert

(Editor’s note: This let-ter refers to a short article in the March 21 issue pub-lished to dispel rumors of illegal activity.)

Roberts, Penick, Raley: Intelligent leaders for DeltaDear Editor:

As the Delta City Coun-cil election comes closer, we sincerely recommend Gerald Roberts, Ray Penick and Bill Raley. All these men have served our community with dili-gence and integrity. As councilmen they have the maturity and objectivity to assess the city’s needs with a long-term view.

Having lived here

for nearly 40 years we have seen some elected who had personal axes to grind or personal agendas to promote! In these diffi-cult times we need people who are committed to the total welfare of our city. We think Roberts, Penick

and Raley bring the intel-ligent leadership needed.

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this very important Delta city election.

Paul and Nancy Hunter

Delta

Overnight visitors are appreciativeDear Editor:

On the weekend of March 16 to March 18, approxi-mately 1,000 tired and hungry sandhill cranes spent the night at Fruitgrowers Reservoir near Eckert after flying up from Monte Vista. We would like to thank all of those residents and visitors from near and far who came to watch us feed and rest.

We particularly wish to thank those organizations and individuals who supported Eckert Crane Days 2012: AppleShed Gallery, Audubon Colorado, Bill Heddles Recreation Center, Black Canyon Audubon Society, Colorado Gold Distillery, Colorado Parks and Wildlife – Volunteers, Delta County Road and Bridge District 2, Delta County Sheriff ’s Office, Delta Coun-ty Tourism, Evelyn Horn – a Naturalist in Training, Grand Mesa Southern Baptist Church, Graphox Design and Advertising, Hutman Media, Jim Durr, Montrose Recreation Department, Prism Interpre-tive Services, Rivendell Farm, Starr’s Guitars, Vela Ranch and Wildfire Pizzeria and Wine Bar.

Our thanks also goes to the residents of Hart’s Basin for your patience during the three hours on Saturday when traffic was slowed crossing the cause-way.

We hope that you enjoyed the spectacle of our lift-off and that we get to see you again next year

The Sandhill Cranes of Eckert Crane DaysSubmitted by Christopher Lazo

KUDOSKUDOSJurca: A strongleader for DeltaDear Editor:

Delta residents have the opportunity to re-elect the sharpest, most consci-entious council member that I have seen in the 24 years I have lived in this area. Robert Jurca is a leader who has consis-tently stood by solid prin-ciples even when it wasn’t popular.

This is the strength of leadership we need on all levels of government right now. Since I live in the county, I cannot vote for city council members; so I hope many residents will.

Delta is and has always been a great place. Be sure to vote, and also to shop locally.

Sara RappDelta

Robert Jurcahas servedDelta wellDear Editor:

Something to think about when Delta city voters decide who to vote for to fill the at-large spot on the Delta City Council election.

Robert Jurca is run-ning for this spot. Robert has shown us during his current position on the City Council that he is a man that thinks through situations, determines the pros and cons and votes his personal convic-tions.

We believe Robert Jurca has served his con-stituents well in the past and will continue vot-ing his own mind in the future.

Don and Peg LucyDelta

An update on burn victimsDear Editor:

Just wanted to send you a clarification/update. on the article “Hotchkiss man burned.” My hus-band Jim was life flight-ed to St Mary’s and from there to the trauma burn unit at University Medi-cal Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he still resides. He has a full thickness third degree burn to 75 percent of his right lower extremity. He also suffered burns to his face, right hand and left knee. Jim will be a long time healing, but we got

the word on Friday that he will keep his leg. Very grateful.

I did not refuse medi-cal treatment. I drove myself to the hospital in Delta where I was treated and released for burns to both my hands and face, from rolling and patting Jim until the burns were out. The burn unit in SLC also treated me while I was there without any cost or charge to us. Thank you for your article.

Pamela AllenHotchkiss

Share what is important to youDear Editor:

The North Fork Val-ley Heart & Soul partner-ship is a citizen led two-year project that invites us all to share what we cherish and love about where we live. This place has a rich history, and is home to a lot of dif-ferent people, young and old. We see this partner-ship as an opportunity to learn more about the valley so we can preserve and enhance the quality of life here, and build on the many successes we do have in our businesses and communities.

The Heart & Soul pro-cess is about reaching out to as many people as possible and listen-ing to what they have to say. By listening to one other’s stories, we will gain understand-ing about our strengths as families, groups and communities and how

that strength can pro-tect what is vital to this place, and create positive change where needed. Mr. Hogan is welcome to participate, like everyone in the valley, to share what is important to him about living in the North Fork, about what makes up the heart and soul of the area. What I under-stood from Mr. Hogan’s letter to the DCI last week is that he values his property rights, and this is a perfect example of what the North Fork Heart & Soul aims to do — find out what matters to people so that when we make decisions about our future, we are tak-ing into the account the values and vision of the people who live here.

Alexis Halbert North Fork

Heart & SoulProject Coordinator

Paonia

BLM should not limit our optionsDear Editor:

I have tried to e-mail comments for this sec-ond comment period but have been unable to use e-mail address the BLM has made public. I called the help number pro-vided and was told by a very helpful and friendly lady that only Internet Explorer would work now or at anytime during the comment period. You have to be kidding. There are many other programs being used and with some-thing as important as this leasing proposal the BLM should have the ability to receive all of our e-mails. This seems to be another example of the complete indifference of the local BLM office to the con-cerns of those of us living here as the BLM consid-

ers leasing the pristine land that surrounds us for gas drilling.

The FONSI reasoning that there is no signifi-cant impact to leasing because the only impacts possible come from drill-ing, not leasing, is dis-torted and faulty. It is like saying that there is no significant impact from jumping off a tall building, it is only when you hit the ground that an impact is created. Or that there is no signifi-cant impact from light-ing the fuse on a stick of dynamite, it is only when the fire hits the stick that impact occurs.

The BLM has already leased the 200,000 acres behind this thin 30,000-acre protective rim of land separating all of us from future mineral develop-ment on the previously leased land. And the BLM finding is that there is no significant impact to leas-ing the rest of the land. Then BLM limits input by choosing Internet Explor-er as the only electronic method of communicating comments. This is after BLM requested that the preferred method of com-municating comments was electronically.

BLM should either set up their computers so that all e-mails can be submitted or extend the comment period until we all have the opportunity to send an e-mail whether we have Internet Explor-er or one of the numerous other popular and widely used programs. To limit people’s commenting options is a disgrace and not the way a government agency should deal with the public.

Michael McCarthyHotchkiss

BLM: Do theright thingDear Editor:

I want to thank the BLM for efforts so far to include public input for gas/oil leases. The impor-tant thing to remember is that the implications and impacts are most likely irreversible. And are not only environmental, but can disrupt much more than we can anticipate — agriculture, tourism, wildlife, water quality to mention a few that are vital for a healthy and sustainable future. Our future depends on our wisdom to take care of the land we live on. Why take a chance at disrupting our valley for a short term gain? Let’s live in harmo-ny and with no regrets.

Margit YatesPaonia

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ed Ride the Rockies, Hep-ler likened that event to “a 5k in your town park, whereas this is more like the Olympics.”

Still, she said, “We feel comfortable and confi-dent that we can pull this off.” Because community support is critical, she plans to take her presen-tation to every commu-nity in Delta County.

FROM PAGE A1BY HANK LOHMEYER

Staff WriterThe county govern-

ment is commissioning a study of ground water in a 16-square-mile area centered on Oak Mesa north of Hotchkiss.

The project, initiated at the urging of Ken Nor-dstrom, director of envi-ronmental health, and with support from county administration, is aimed at answering questions about geologic and hydro-logic structures that underlay the county and their effect on groundwa-ter flows.

The company that won the $15,000 contract for the work is Integral Consulting, a firm that has completed a compre-hensive geo-hydrologic profile of Pitkin Coun-ty. That effort, which spanned 12 years, cost an estimated $120,000 to $150,000, according to a presentation made to county commissioners and department heads in January.

Ken Kolm, senior sci-

ence advisor for the com-pany, outlined a step-by-step approach they used for developing the groundwater modeling tools for Pitkin County. As funds became available, the study would move to areas of the county where officials felt they needed more detailed informa-tion about groundwater structures and flows.

The Pitkin County commissioners were deal-ing with a high growth situation “where every-body wanted their own well and septic,” Kolm said.

Nordstrom explained that during high growth years here, people have raised questions about the effects of rural resi-dential development and septic systems on the county’s shallow ground-water aquifers. Rogers Mesa has been an area of special attention and study.

Nordstrom said that Kolm’s company can provide “a ground water monitoring tool to

answer questions more thoroughly.” The hydro-graphic analysis will pro-vide models of sub-sur-face structures and their effect on aquifers and water flows.

As with the study done by the company in Pitkin County, local officials see the work being expanded beyond the study area into other parts of the county in future years.

The study area will encompass a block of land 16 miles square, including Oak Mesa east into the Hubbard Creek drainage, and south to an area between Paonia and Crawford.

Nordstrom said the county also had a pro-posal from the U.S. Geo-logical Survey for a more expensive study that would have gone into sci-entific detail the county doesn’t need.

“Integral can provide a thorough and under-standable study and will produce a researchable, usable database that is

GIS friendly,” Nordstrom said. The study is to be completed this year.

The information devel-

oped for the study will become a tool for county land use planning poli-cies and decisions.

Ground water study commissioned

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FOR THE FUTUREOF DELTA,

ELECT

GERALD E. ROBERTS ✩ ✩ Proven Leader ✩ ✩ Dedicated ✩ ✩ Knowledgeable ✩ ✩ Progressive ✩ ✩ Experienced ✩ ✩ Responsive

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The first meeting of the City of Delta’s Citizen Financial Task Force will take place Wednesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m.

The task force is com-prised of Linda Sanchez, Kay Carlquist, Jo Rosen-quist, Thelma Starner, David Lane, Dennis Phillips, Vicki Ripp, Bill Hellman, Brad Kolman, Chalmer Swain, Bob Barnes, Fay Mathews and Terry Kimber. They will act in an advisory role to the Delta City Council.

The formation of a Citizen Financial Task Force was proposed by city manager Joe Kerby during the budget process last fall. With flat rev-enues, the city has seen its fund balance drop for several consecutive years. Without a change in direction, the fund bal-ance will continue to drop below the $1 million level Kerby believes should be maintained.

One of the biggest

challenges for the Citizen Financial Task Force will be determining how to reduce the subsidy from the municipal light and power fund to the golf course.

Citizen Financial Task Force formed

The following discussion is the fi rst of a proposed series of “ads”, with the intent of set-ting the record straight concern-ing what at least one qualifi ed observer has called the biggest hoax of all time, the theory of hu-man-caused global warming. Due to gross dereliction of duty, the MSM, or mainstream media, electronic, printed and otherwise (including the DCI) have largely ignored this issue. Please consult this space in the coming months wherein the false premises of a new religion referred to henceforth as “The Church of Global Warming” or TCOGW will be thoroughly re-viewed.

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The North Delta Irri-gation Company is a big step closer to having water from the Gunni-son River this year for watering members’ fields, stock, and crops.

On Tuesday, March 30, company representatives Lynn French and Ken Nelson traveled to Denver and secured a grant/loan funding package from the Colorado Water Con-servation Board (CWCB) for making emergency repairs to the company’s irrigation tunnel through Cory Bluff.

Since a section of the 110-year-old tunnel col-lapsed last summer, work has proceeded non-stop in an effort to put esti-mates, engineering, and funding in place and get water flowing again from the Gunnison River for

this year’s season.That effort is not let-

ting up now with irriga-tion season approaching and funding finally in hand.

Working through last weekend, final plans and specifications for the proj-ect were to be finalized by Sunday so that bids for pipe could go out and be returned by this Friday, French explained.

The tunnel will be replaced with a 54-inch-diameter, thick-walled pipeline running the same course under Cory Bluff. The pipeline will then be grouted in place with an expanding con-crete material that com-pletely surrounds and seals the structure for many decades into the future.

The CWCB funding support was augment-ed by additional funds

approved by the Gunni-son Basin Water Round-table. “Both of the orga-nizations understood the urgency of the situation and our problem,” French said. They responded to the need with expedited approval of the company’s request for assistance, he added.

The company can use a backup water supply for North Delta irrigators delivered to its system via Tongue Creek. It is hoped that will last until construction of the pipe-line is completed in time for use this season.

In the longer term, French explained, the company has applied to other available irriga-tion funding programs for money to extend the pipeline work and system improvements beyond the tunnel to its Gunnison River takeout.

Funding approved forN. Delta irrigation work

(Editor’s note: A por-tion of this story appeared in last week’s issue of the Delta County Indepen-dent. Due to a production oversight, the end of the story was not carried to page 3 as intended.)


The City of Delta has adopted an ordinance which will give a 5 per-cent advantage to local bidders. The ordinance was discussed at a work session in January, then sent back to the Econom-ic Restructuring Commit-tee (ERC) of the Com-munity Revitalization Partnership Program for revisions.

At that work session, ERC chairman Gynee Thomassen suggested a bid preference of 8 percent, not to exceed $100,000. While council members understood the benefits of keeping tax-payer dollars local, they balked at both the per-centage and the $100,000 cap.

So instead, the city will give local bidders a 5 percent preference, not to exceed $10,000.

A local business is defined as an individual or entity who, at the time of submitting a bid for a contract relating to a City of Delta purchase or work project:

1) Currently main-tains one or more fixed business offices or tax-

able distribution points located within Delta County;

2) Has a pre-estab-lished mailing address, other than a mere post office box, also located in Delta County; and

3) The majority of employees performing the work are residents of Delta County.

Statistics indicate that for every $100 spent in locally owned indepen-dent stores, as much as $68 returns to the com-munity through taxes, payroll and other expen-ditures, while the same amount spent at national chains, outlets typically returns as little as $43 to the local community and the same amount spent for online purchas-es returns nothing to the community.

City attorney Mike Schottelkotte drafted an ordinance which allows the city to also consider other factors in the bid process, such as quality of the work and the abili-ty to complete the project in a timely manner. The ordinance passed unani-mously on first reading and adopted at the March 20 council meeting.

City of Delta gives local bidders a 5% advantage

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In an effort to increase seat belt use and save lives on rural Colorado roadways, the Colorado State Patrol and 29 rural law enforcement agencies in 49 counties , including Delta, are mobilizing for a Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement period April 2-8. The enforcement is combined with a seat belt education campaign, aimed at dispelling the

myths and excuses people make for not buckling up.

“Crashes on rural road-ways represented over half of the state’s fatali-ties in 2011,” said Col. James Wolfinbarger, chief of the Colorado State Patrol. “We would much rather write a citation than notify a loved one of death that could have been avoided if they had simply buckled up.”

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Delta’s super seniors were the guests of honor on Wednesday, March 21, at a luncheon hosted at the Delta Senior Center.

Thirty-one seniors at least 90 years old responded to the Delta Seniors’ invitation to

attend the event and enjoy a lunch of roast tur-key compliments of the Delta County Council on Aging (DCCoA).

Delta Seniors presi-dent Larry Davidson said that other senior meal sites in the county were also planning to host the super seniors in their communities.

Heddy Smith of Delta, a resident of Heaven’s

View, took top honors as the most super senior in attendance at 103 years old.

Heddy said that she was born in Poland and lived in Connecticut for some 60 years. Then she lived in Florida before moving to Delta.

Heddy and other invited guests brought family and friends with

them and the attendance at this special noontime meal event was 136. The Delta Seniors host the noon meal program five days a week and mem-bers also volunteer to deliver Meals on Wheels to others.

The Delta Seniors actively contribute to the community in other ways focusing efforts on ser-vice to others and proj-ects that support that mission.

The special Thanks-giving-style dinner pre-pared by the Volunteer’s of America kitchen staff included turkey with trimmings, cranberry sauce, and chocolate cake for dessert. Meadow Gold Dairy provided ice cream. Ruby’s Floral gave white and red carnations for the guests. And, seven handmade lap pads were given away.

The Delta Lions Club and its Leo Club youth group provided table ser-vice for everyone.

There was much wis-dom for good living repre-sented in the dining hall

that day. The top tip for living long and prospering was, “Trust in the Lord.” Other golden nuggets of widson, as gathered by Angie Helmericks, were the following: Be active, do lots of walking and exercise; no drinking or smoking (or, only in mod-eration); have good fam-ily genetics; take one day at a time; get-r-done “by hook or by crook”; and, if you don’t use it you lose it.

Some milestones in the lives of local seniors were noted for Mildred Miller who raised 11 children; Erla and Lova-na Wilson who have been married for 67 years; Edna Ives whose birth-day was March 23; and, Horst Gummin who was born in Berlin, Germany.

The super seniors who were able to attend the event were Bridget Anderson, Martha Atch-ley, Marcy Boss, Nellie Clark, Gerald Davidson, Vera Faries, Koretha Gabrial, John Hall-ock, Verda Hines, Shir-ley Hodgin, Edna Ives,

Howard Dean, Jeanette Kalisciak, Evelyn Mack-lin, Leona Martin, Anna Marsh, Jo and Ray Myers, Charles Morley, Frances LaGault, Lola Page, Carrie Panter, AnnaMae Suppes, Anna Seitz, Heddy Smith, Rose Smith, Howard Roberts, Bob Rye, Erla Wilson, Lovana Wilson and Hazel Young.

Community’s ‘super seniors’ honored

Photo by Hank LohmeyerBob Rye of Delta cel-ebrated his 95th birth-day at the Delta Seniors luncheon.

Photo by Hank LohmeyerHeddy Smith, 103, was was honored as the most senior super senior March 21.

Senior CommUnity meals are served at four dining sites in Delta County — Cedaredge Community Center (Monday-Thursday), Delta Community Cen-ter (Monday-Friday), Hotchkiss Senior Cen-ter (Monday-Thursday) and Paonia Senior Citi-zen 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

April 30 follows:Tuesday, April 2 —

Italian chicken, baked potato, broccoli, garden cottage cheese, bread-stick and sliced peaches.

Wednesday, April 3 — Baked cod, fettucini par-mesan, three-bean salad, carrots and fresh apple.

Wednesday, April 4 — Roast beef, mashed pota-toes and gravy, broccoli, pickled beets, broccoli, wheat roll, frosted cake and half an orange.

Thursday, April 5 — Homemade beef pizza, tossed salad, cottage cheese, wax beans with red pepper, and mixed fruit.

Friday, April 6 — Baked ham, whipped sweet potatoes, pine-apple coleslaw, corn and green bean casserole, and gingerbread with lemon sauce.

Monday, April 9 — Beef burrito with cheese, onions, lettuce, tomato and sour cream, Spanish rice, refried beans and fresh orange.

Tuesday, April 10 — Chicken pot pie, green beans, V-8 juice, onion rye roll and honey fruit dessert.

Wednesday, April 11 — Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, Ital-ian blend vegetables, Italian bread and diced pears.

Thursday, April 12 — Roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, honey-glazed carrots, pickled beet and onion salad, half an orange and a cupcake.

Friday, April 13 — Sloppy joes, pea and cheese salad, cauliflower and apple crisp.

Monday, April 16 — Meat loaf, macaroni and cheese, green beans, tossed salad, biscuit and

mixed fruit.Tuesday, April 17 —

Hot roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and pearl onions, coleslaw and peach crisp.

Wednesday, April 18 — Sally’s pepper steak, parsley buttered pota-toes, western corn, Wal-dorf salad and carrot cake.

Thursday, April 19 — BBQ chicken sand-wich, baked beans, green pea salad, a quarter of a fresh orange and sliced peaches.

Friday, April 20 — Chicken parmesan over spaghetti, fresh fruit cup, Italian vegetables and PBOK cookie.

Monday, April 23 — Potato-crusted cod, stewed tomatoes, kidney bean salad, wheat roll and almond-cherry des-

sert.Tuesday, April 24

— Pot roast with pota-toes and carrots, cottage cheese and peach salad, maple-kissed Brus-sels sprouts and fresh banana.

Wednesday, April 25 — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, wax beans with red peppers, cranberry juice, onion biscuit and fruit cocktail.

Thursday, April 26 — Baked lasagna, Cali-fornia blend vegetables, Kirby’s supreme salad, V-8 juice and cherry crisp.

Friday, April 27 — Turkey and noodles, black-eyed peas, carrot-fruit salad, wheat roll and honey bee ambrosia.

Monday, April 30 — Chicken tamale pie, black bean salad, corn, tortilla chips with salsa and honey fruit dessert.

Senior CommUnity meals for April

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March 30 marks the annual observance ofNational Doctor’s Day in the United States.

The day is celebrated to honor the medical professionand is an opportunity to raise public awareness aboutthe active roles physicians play in their community.

Doctors of all specialties are annually recognized on March 30 because of the efforts of an anesthesiologist.

On March 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long ofJefferson, Georgia, administered the fi rst ether

anesthetic for surgery. This history-makingachievement, fi rst celebrated in the U.S. on

that day in 1933, and the continuous efforts byphysicians to alleviate human suffering hasbecome the basis for National Doctors’ Day.

Delta County Memorial Hospital is proud to recognize their physicians on Doctors’ Day.

Thank you for providing quality health care to ourpatients. Delta County is fortunate to have

such excellent physicians “Here for your Health.”

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Richelle Burk and Kris Thomas of Delta are the parents of a daugh-ter, Abbigayle Maken-zie Thomas, born March 16, 2012, at Delta Coun-ty Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19.5 inches in length.

Alekz and Maria Payan of Delta are the parents of a son, Cesc Payan, born March 21, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 21 inches in length.

Jamie and Dave Botts of Delta are the parents of a daughter, Jayren Eve-lyn Botts, born March 14, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20 inches in length. Her grandparents are Pat Cooper and Ruth Groom, both of Delta.

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The Grand Mesa All Star Cheerleading Team is hosting a family and friends night Monday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at Delta Middle School.

The competition cheer-leading team is made up of girls between the ages of 8 and 18. Members include Kailyn Williams, Jordyn Galvin, Cherlyn Flonnes, Shashawna Val-dez, Chelsa McDonald, Billie Flonnes, Samantha Lane, Abi Turk, Venessa Kettle, Ashley Lahoe, Shianne Valdez, Michele Merritt and Lea Gonza-les. Stephanie Rapozo is the stunt coordinator and choreographer. The coach is Kristine Galvin, who coached at Delta High School for almost six years. When cheer-

leading was cut from the high school’s budget, she decided to form a com-petitive team so the girls could continue cheering.

The Level III senior team is registered with NCA, UDA and USASF. They compete at least four times between August and March.

Last November the team placed second at the Western Slope National Cheerleading Competi-tion at Colorado Mesa University. The girls recently competed at the Denver Grand Champi-onship Competition for the state of Colorado and placed first in their divi-sion of 13 teams. A total of 116 teams competed at the Colorado Convention Center March 10.

See cheerleaders in action on April 2

Delta County Independent LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, March 28, 2012 A5

Door Prize Donors:Tara’s of Delta • Alpine Bank • First Colorado Bank • Delta Ace HardwareDelta NAPA • Delta Bank Center • Roscoe’s Restaurant

Grand Mesa Motor Sports • Delta County Independent Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado

WalMart • Delta Library • Jan Speas • Dani TupperRichard Simmons • Mark Lee • Eva Veitch

American Cancer Society • Big O Tires • Safeway Dr. David James • Kathy Tiffany • GW King • Lynn Shirk

The Delta Kiwanis and DHS Key Clubwould like to thank the community and the

following businesses and individuals for supportingtheir fi rst annual Charity Poker Tournament.

The $2500+ in proceeds will help the Delta Kiwanis and the DHS Key Club in their fund raising projects throughout the year!

Watch for the 2nd Annual Charity Poker Tournament next year!

Table Sponsors:NAPA of Delta • Delta Bank Center • Speas Insurance & Financial SolutionsDr. David James, DDS • Flower Motor Company • The Insurance Center

Sports Center Lounge • First State Bank of Colorado

Underwriters:Moonshine Liquors • Richard Simmons

Thank You!

Kids Wellnesscast™Delta County

April 2012❒ Seasonal levels of respiratory infections

such as RSV continue to decrease, reaching low level activity in April. Limited increase in croup activity expected into May.

❒ Seasonal asthma risk persists through April at declining levels. An Illness Watch™ for asthma in Delta County remains in effect with a high number of children seeking emergency treatment at Delta County Memorial Hospital and expected to require hospitalization to man-age their asthma in April. Ascel Bio forecasts that seasonal asthma risk will continue to decrease through May in Delta County.

❒ RSV-triggered bronchiolitis continues to present a risk for severe infection, with declin-ing activity expected through April.

❒ Impetigo risk levels continue to increase through April due to streptococcus and staphy-lococcus bacterial infections, including MRSA.

❒ Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) risk continues to increase through April. Child-care centers and early-age school classrooms should maintain vigilance with prevention measures.

❒ Minimal increase in throat inflammation occurrence, including streptococcal pharyngi-tis, expected through May.

❒ Elevated campylobacteriosis risk remains through April with an anticipated declining trend in May. Other seasonal risks from food-borne illnesses like Salmonella remain low in April.

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So, why is the land-fill closed on some after-noons before 4 p.m.?

The Adobe Buttes Landfill has the nor-mal operating hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week, but some days it is necessary to close early.

There are a myriad of reasons that the land-fill would be required to close, from equipment failure to weather condi-tions, with the primary reason being the wind.

Elevated winds at landfills can present many safety and health risks and the Adobe

Buttes Landfill is no different from the rest. The State of Colorado requires the landfill to close when sustained winds reach 40 miles per hour but the landfill can become a very danger-ous place at wind-speeds much lower than that limit. When the wind picks up, it takes the dirt and the loose trash with it first. As it gets stronger, just like a tor-nado, it can start tossing around larger flat items like sheet metal and plywood. These types of uncontrolled flying objects present a real

safety and health risk to the people unloading waste outside of their vehicles. The concern for the safety and health of the residents of Delta County is why the land-fill operators sometimes have to close early.

To alleviate safety and health concerns for the residents from the flying debris and dust we sometimes do have to close early, but the solid waste previ-ously brought in still must be covered. This is why the landfill does not re-open once closed until the next day. After

closing the landfill, the operators complete the night cover procedures, burying that day’s trash, which prepares the landfill for the next day.

With the wonderful spring weather, Delta County also receives a lot of wind and it usu-ally comes in the after-noon. Therefore, it is best to schedule your trip to the landfill in the morning if it is pos-sible. If that is not fea-sible, and you notice the winds are picking up, please call 835-7999 and ask if the landfill is open. This may help to save you an unneces-sary trip.

Also, please leave yourself enough time to be unloaded and leav-ing by 4 p.m. when the gates close.

News You Can UseItems of interest from Delta County Integrated Solid Waste Program


A 2011 update to the county’s housing needs survey shows a continu-ing lack of affordable housing here, reports Jo Rosenquist, director of the Delta Housing Authority (DHA).

The report projects a gap in affordable rent-al housing of 220 units over the next five years, Rosenquist said during a meeting of the DHA board on March 15.

According to the 2011

update, the combined affordable housing sup-ply shortage over five years is 594 units includ-ing both owner-occupied and rental units.

Previous housing needs assessments have been completed here in 2003 and 2006. The 2006 document led to construction of the Vil-las at the Bluff 48-unit project now operated by the DHA.

The 2011 report con-tains additional data from various sources which are offered to help explain why the afford-able housing gap exists here:

• The price of hous-ing here compared with wage levels is an ongo-ing problem. In 2004, the report states, “prices were raising more than wages and creating affordability issues for the local workforce.” By 2010 the situation was still the same, though prices compared with wages “had eased a bit.”

• Rosenquist says that 20 percent to 30 percent of income is the maximum recommend-ed for housing costs. In Delta County, she adds, many people have to pay 50 percent to 60 percent of their income on hous-ing.

• More than a third of the county’s house-holds have incomes

below 60 percent of the average median income. Rosenquist explains that translates into a family of four with an income of $28,691 or less.

• Between 2006 and 2010 the unemployment rate in Delta County increased from 4 percent to 9.6 percent.

• The DHA has wait-ing lists of up to nine months for available rental units and for its HUD Section 8 voucher program.

• According to the report published in November, there are a total of 293 affordable housing units in the county with a combined wait list of 179.

• Occupancy of the Alta Vista de la Mon-tana project, which is not affiliated with DHA, has an occupancy of about 50 percent which has increased with the recent location of an eth-nic Burmese (Myanmar) population from Denver, Rosenquist reported.

Study: Affordable housingneeds not being met here

Womenwith cancermeet forlunch, support

The Delta County Breast and Women’s Can-cer Support Group meets the last Friday of every month in the Grand Mesa Cancer Infusion & Edu-cation Center, just north of Delta County Memo-rial Hospital. The brown bag lunch begins at 12 noon. The next meeting is March 30.

Women with any type of cancer are invited to join this support group of women supporting women. For more infor-mation or a ride, call 872-3309 or 778-8146 by Thursday evening.

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A free Medicare 101 And More program is scheduled Wednesday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the Grand Mesa Oncol-ogy, Infusion, and Rheu-matology Center, 1501 E. 3rd Street, Delta, just north of the Delta County Memorial Hospital build-ing.

This program, titled “Are You New To Medi-care?” will help those

attending understand more about Medicare and the available benefits. This program is present-ed by the Colorado West Retired Senior Volunteer Program, AeroCare, the Colorado Health Foun-dation, and the State Health Insurance Assis-tance Program (SHIP). For more information, contact RSVP Colorado West at 249-9639.

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The Delta Coun-ty School and Public Employees Retirement Association will meet April 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the school district office at Read. The agenda includes an update on current bills affecting PERA, the annual retire-

ment dinner for new retirees, and a plan for effective dissemination of information regarding PERA.

For more informa-tion, call Dan Burke, 872-2274, Krista Spitzer, 856-9498, or Mary Blake, 527-4504.

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Fri., Mar. 30 Girls Tennis at Vail Mountain, 4:00 p.m.

Sat., Mar. 31 Girls Soccer at Steamboat Springs, 11:00 a.m.; Track at Cedaredge Invitational; Baseball at Steamboat Springs, 11:00 a.m.

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Virtuous KidsEarlier this month, Lincoln Elementary and the Kiwanis Club of Delta recognized the Virtuous Kids: (top row) Leala Hamblen (compassionate), Alex Lindberg (generous and compassionate), Jaspe Arias (dedicated), Adam Ward (patient, responsible and leadership), Darnell Randall (hard worker and improved), Briana Blas (hard worker and improved), Karen Martinez (hard worker and diligent), Ashton Passmore (thoughtful, generous and caring), Eduardo Rubio (effort); (middle row) Emma Corbasson (dedicated), Osvaldo Ramirez (dedicated), Christine Romero (dedicated), Allyssa Leib (on task), Bryant Passow (responsible), Treyton Sandoval (generous), Isaac Chavez (compassionate), Jeffery Griffi th (tenacious); (bottom row) Daniel Garcia (successful), Rowdy Sharpe (friendly), Jor-dan Johnson (encouraging), Lucas Herrick-Torres (respectful), Peyton McLaughlin (enthusiastic),Levi Esser (respectful), Libni Mendoza (confi dent), Mayte Alvarado (caring and generous), Jackie Chaffi n (diligent), Kimberly Ponce (respectful), Justine Rodriguez (joyful), Trenton Lovelace (compassionate), Damien Gallegos (helpful), Cristina Rubio (effort).

The Delta High School speech team traveled to Central High School in Grand Junction the week-end of March 23 and 24 to compete in the Western Slope Regional National Qualifying Tournament. It is this tournament

from which students are chosen to compete in the National Forensic League National Tournament, to be held this year in India-napolis June 11-15.

In public forum debate, the team of Saw-yer Keeline and Valerie Velasco compiled a 6-1 record, which earned them the district cham-pionship and qualifica-tion to nationals. This is Sawyer’s second trip to nationals, as she qualified

in public forum debate last year and competed in Dallas with Emily Han-sen, who graduated in 2011.

DHS also has sev-eral high alternates as other students made it to the final round in their events. Ridge Green is the first alternate in Lincoln-Douglas debate, Taylor King is the first alternate in humorous interpretation, and Aya-sha and Alysha Richards

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The team will be hold-ing its annual fundraiser, Desserts and Diversions, on Wednesday, April 18, at the Delta United Meth-odist Church Fellowship Hall to raise money for this trip. More informa-tion will follow in future weeks, but tickets are available from any speech team member, from coach Jeanette Roberts at 874-4853, or at the door.

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Photo submittedOn March 14, the following Garnet Mesa kindergarten and fi rst grade students earned a Terrifi c Kid Award from the Kiwanis Club of Delta for their efforts to be a responsible citizen and student: Brett Lahoe, Klayden Wyant, Jovanny Romero, Nayeli Sanchez, Jadyn Urich, Dakota Jesse, Eh Ler Say, Ishmael Angu-lo, Shwe Sin Paw and Eh Law Kyaw.

DMS recognizes the following outstanding students for the month of March.

Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Moon honor Uyen Nguyen, an eighth grader at Delta Middle School. Uyen is always polite and willing to help out oth-ers. She has grown as an inquisitive, hard working student. This year Uyen participated in both vol-leyball and basketball.

She has taken the ini-tiative to be a student aide and done very well. Uyen’s positive attitude makes it a pleasure to have her in class.

March’s seventh grade student is Megan Suppes, selected by Mrs. Hancock. In the classroom Megan is always attentive, helpful and engaged. She helps other classmates when they might not under-stand an assignment. She gets her work in on time and will take it home to go above and beyond. She is friendly to everyone. In Student Council she has also shown leadership serving as the co-chair of the dance and talent show committee, which is the largest group in STUCO. Megan is a plea-

sure to have in class, and a wonderful young lady!

Josh Reeder was selected by Mrs. Salcedo. Josh is an extremely dili-gent sixth grade student with a fantastic attitude. He is always focused on classroom instruction and always does his best. Josh is also very help-ful and kind to other students, always giving assistance to others when he sees that they need it. Because of his hard work, respect for others and great attitude, Josh is well deserving of this recognition.

Administrators and staff are proud of the students at Delta Middle School and all the great things they have accom-plished this year.

DMS recognizes Students of the Month

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Hey kids, got talent? The City of Delta Rec-reation Department is looking for talented kids in grades K-12. The sec-ond annual “Night of the Stars” talent show will be held Saturday, April 28, at Bill Heddles Recre-ation Center from 5 to 7 p.m. Performance catego-ries are voice, dance and variety (music, comedy, etc.). Grade categories will be K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. Pick up the guidelines at Bill Heddles Recreation Center in Delta. Please register by April 20 at 874-0923. The registra-tion fee is $5 per per-former.

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Delta County Independent OBITUARIES Wednesday, March 28, 2012 A7

Susan RobbinsSusan Elaine Robbins

of Delta died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at her home. She was 51.

A memorial service was held March 27 at First Baptist Church in Delta.

Mrs. Robbins was born Sept. 3, 1959, in Cañon City, to Oscar James and Jeannie Coleman. She spent her childhood and attended school in Cañon City.

She married Dennis Robbins on June 21, 1976, in San Bernardino, Calif. They celebrated 34 years of marriage. He died Oct. 24, 2010.

Mrs. Robbins enjoyed crocheting, needlepoint, collecting antiques, and arts and crafts. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Delta.

She is survived by her parents, Oscar James of Litiz, Pa., and Jeannie Coleman of Cañon City; two daughters and their husbands, Vicky and Rich-ard Hill of Roy, Utah, and Caren and Jon Smith of Ogden, Utah; four broth-ers, Steve James and his wife Debbie of Iowa, Bob Geisler of Cañon City, Russell James and his wife Tammy of Cañon City, and Ronald Geisler and his wife Tammi of Paonia; a sister, Pamela Antunez of Ogden, Utah; and six grandchildren.

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

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory handled the arrangements.

William SandsWilliam Anthony

Sands of northern New York, formerly of Delta, died Aug. 16, 2011, of lung cancer. He was 65.

Mr. Sands was born June 5, 1946.

He lived in Delta before moving to northern New York five years ago. He was a project manager at Del-Mont Engineering in Montrose. After retir-ing he went to work for CH2MHill in Denver.

Mr. Sands is survived by his wife, Sarah; two sisters, Julie Neece and Barbara Mopes; his pre-vious wife and mother of his children, Betsy Sands; a son, Anthony Sands; a daughter, Cheryl Reeves; five grandchildren; and many nieces and neph-ews.

Cremation has taken place. A graveside service will be held Friday, April 13, at 1 p.m. at Memorial Gardens in Grand Junc-tion.

Clyde HollenbeckClyde Delbert Hollen-

beck died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at Horizons Care Center in Eckert. He was 90.

Mr. Hollenbeck was born June 23, 1921, near Gunnison, to John and Elizabeth Hollenbeck. He became an orphan when he was 12. He lived with various families in the Gunnison area including an older brother and sis-ter-in-law, Matt and Mil-dred Hollenbeck. When he was 15 he started working on farms and ranches in Colorado and Kansas, where he was allowed to work on farm equipment.

When he was 20, he traveled to Los Angeles,

Calif., to learn welding. He worked in the ship yards building Liberty cargo ships for the war effort.

Mr. Hollenbeck mar-ried Ruth Means on July 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, Calif. After the war, he and his family returned to Gunnison where he became a heavy equip-ment mechanic and weld-er for various construction companies in Colorado. He worked on the Pacific Northwest hydroelectric projects in Washington, Oregon and northern California. He lived and worked in Pakistan, Iraq, Israel and Saudi Ara-bia. He was a member of White Salmon Lodge #163 A.F. & A.M., and the Delta Masonic Lodge #62 A.F. & A.M. He was a 32 degree Mason. He retired and moved to Delta to be closer to family and friends. He enjoyed fish-ing, hunting, golfing and Masonic activities.

He is survived by a son, Johnny Hollenbeck of Eureka, Calif.

Mr. Hollenbeck was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Hollenbeck; and six brothers and sis-ters.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, March 31, at 10 a.m. at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta, with Reverend Roy Trueblood and Delta Masonic Lodge #62 A.F. & A.M. officiating. A funeral service will be held Mon-day, April 2, at 2 p.m. at Gunnison Cemetery with James Gall officiating.

View the Inter-net obituary and sign the online guest reg-istry at taylorfuneralservice.com.

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is han-dling the arrangements.

Lucretia JonesLucretia I. Jones,

a longtime resident of Cedaredge died Wednes-day, March 21, 2012, at Heritage Club in Denver. She was 94.

A memorial service was held March 24 at Drinkwine Family Mortu-ary in Littleton. Burial took place at Cedaredge Cemetery.

Mrs. Jones was born June 4, 1917, in Gowan, Okla., to Luther and Mat-tie (Jackson) Fitzgerald. She spent her childhood in Denver. She graduated from North High School in 1936.

She married John Jones on April 3, 1943. They lived in Denver before moving to Cedaredge in 1973. They celebrated 52 years of marriage. He died in 1995.

Mrs. Jones moved to Denver in 2007 to be near family. She was a home-maker and worked as a cook in Denver Public Schools, Denver Univer-sity and Horizons Care Center. She enjoyed gar-dening, knitting, sew-ing, crocheting, camping, reading and spending time with her family.

She is survived by two daughters, Sherry Heath and her husband Gary of Littleton, and Judy Jones of Aurora; two grand-daughters and their hus-bands, Wendy and Calvin Hamler of Castle Rock, and Heidi and Craig Sand-man of Highlands Ranch; and five great-grandchil-dren, Morgan, Patrick, Ethan, Jack and Caden.

Mrs. Jones was preced-ed in death by her hus-band, John Jones; and a brother, Odel Fitzgerald.

Drinkwine Family Mor-tuary in Littleton handled the arrangements.

Lloyd AustinLloyd W. Austin Sr.

died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Eckert. He was 89.

Mr. Austin was born March 22, 1922, in Kan-sas City, Kan., to Samuel and Leta Austin Sr.

He was a minister for the Seventh-day Adven-tist Church, retiring in 1988. He was formerly a pastor for Seventh-day Adventist churches in Delta, Cedaredge and Paonia. He served in World War II.

Mr. Austin is survived by his wife, Marion Aus-tin of Eckert; a brother, Samuel Austin Jr. of Lit-tleton; three sons, Donald Austin and Lloyd Austin Jr. of Lincoln, Neb., and Richard Austin of Gree-ley; two grandchildren, Stephanie Austin-Ludwig of Omaha, Neb., and Jon Austin of Lincoln, Neb.; and a great-grandchild, Cooper Austin-Ludwig of Omaha, Neb.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 14, at 3 p.m. at the Montrose Seventh-day Adventist Church.



Thelma HoldenThelma Kjelland Hold-

en of Delta died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Valley Manor Care Center in Montrose. She was 97.

A funeral service will be held Friday, March 30, at 2 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta. Interment will follow at Cory Cemetery. A potluck will be held in the community room at 1445 Porter Court, Delta.

Mrs. Holden was born March 12, 1915, in Green Township, N.D., to Alfred and Anna (Kjelland) Kjelland. She spent her childhood and attended schools in Green Town-ship. She graduated from Western State College in 1963.

She married David “Jack” Holden on March 14, 1946, in Toponas. They moved to Delta in 1956. They celebrated 17 years of marriage prior

to his death on Nov. 11, 1963. They adopted two children.

Mrs. Holden was a member of a nonde-nominational church. She enjoyed gardening, church, tutoring and her yard.

She is survived by her son and his wife, John and Marsha Holden of Beatty, Nev.; a daughter, Chris-tine Gourley of Wenden, Ariz.; a sister, Olivia Carl-son of Westbrook, Minn.; three grandchildren, Jon Roxen and his wife Cara, Lenore Cars-well and Jenna Holden; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Mrs. Holden was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, David Holden; two brothers; and four sisters.



Katherine Humphrey

Katherine Marie Humphrey of Delta and Montrose died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospi-tal. She was 90.

Mrs. Humphrey was born March 31, 1921, to Mark and Georgia (Weed-man) Esser.

She married Dale Humphrey on March 30, 1970, in Craig.

She worked as a wait-ress for several years in Denver, Grand Junction, Delta and Montrose. She enjoyed the outdoors, playing bingo, her flow-ers and working in her garden.

Mrs. Humphrey is sur-vived by three sons, Jay Atchley of Delta, Ronald Atchley and his wife Betty of Montrose, and Dennis Atchley of Texas; a son-in-law; five brothers; four sisters; six grandchildren; and several great-grand-children.

She was preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, March 29, at 2 p.m. at Crippin Funeral Chapel. A private family inurnement will take place at Olathe Cem-etery at a later date.

Crippin Funeral Home & Crematory is handling the arrangements.

Betty Mae DragooBetty Mae Dragoo

of Paonia died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was 77.

At her request, no ser-vices will be held.


Albert HurfordAlbert Alva Hurford

of Delta died Monday, March 26, 2012, at his home. He was 84. At his request, no services will be held.


LaVerne LeeLaVerne Lee of Delta

died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Willow Tree Care Center in Delta. She was 90.

Funeral services are pending.

Mrs. Lee is survived by a daughter, Yvonne Rowland of Delta; a step-son, Charles Bentley and his wife Loretta of Ken-tucky; a stepdaughter, Nadine Schmidt of Lake-wood; a brother, Wes England and his wife Mary of Austin; a sis-ter-in-law, Ruth England of Austin; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 724, Delta, CO 81416, or Delta County Humane Society, P.O. Box 1111, Delta, CO 81416.

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Wife, Mother, Grand-mother, Great-Grand-mother, Great-Great-Grandmother, Sister, Nurse. Clara Inez How-ard Marshall was born Oct. 21, 1910, in Monte Vista, Colo. After being reared in Read, Colo., next to the beautiful Gunnison River, Clara and her sister, Thelma, moved to Pueblo, Colo., where they became nurses for 40 years, first at Parkview Episcopal Hospital and retiring after working at Colo-rado State Hospital.

She met and married Jasper Gordon Marshall and was blessed with three children: Thom-as (Lola), JoAnn (Neil Whalen), and Shirley (Russ Scholz). In addi-tion, she has fond memo-ries of 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

After retiring, Clara and her sister Thelma

moved back to Austin, building their duplex on the edge of Roy Long’s hill overlooking their old home across the river in Read. She was able to spend the remaining years of her life attend-ing the Seventh-day Adventist Church with her sisters, Marjorie, Merle, Mabel, niece Betty, brother Guy and friends. She volunteered as a pink lady at the Delta Hospital for many of those years and trav-eled with her sisters, children and grandchil-dren. At her 100th birth-

day party, she received over 100 long stem roses from her family mem-bers.

Clara died March 26, 2012, at the hospi-tal in Delta, Colo. The funeral will be held at Taylor Funeral Home in Delta at 10 a.m., March 30, 2012. Viewing will precede the funeral at 9 a.m. In lieu of flow-ers the family asks that a donation be given to Delta Adventist School. Clara will then be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, Gordon, and sister, Thelma (Bruce), Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m. at Imperial Gar-dens in Pueblo, Colo.


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A8 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 OBITUARIES Delta County Independent

Mary ScottMary Elizabeth Scott

of Cedaredge died Tues-day, March 20, 2012, at Horizons Care Center in Eckert. She was 89.

At her request, a pri-vate family graveside service was held.

She was born Oct. 12, 1922, on Rogers Mesa, to James and Clara (Bopp) Harding. She spent her childhood in the Hotchkiss and Ragged Mountain areas. She attended school in Paonia and Hotchkiss.

Mrs. Scott moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1942. She was a “Rosie the Riveter” at Doug-las Aircraft plant in El Segundo, Calif. She had a certificate of work recog-nition and a pair of wings awarded for quality work. She worked on the BTD destroyer, DB7-(A20) and the A26 fighter bombers.

She married Arthur Scott on March 22, 1943. They moved to Colora-do in 1944 and later to Cedaredge to help Art’s aunt and uncle on the Bar I Ranch.

Mrs. Scott is survived by her children, Logan Scott, Linda Davis and her husband John, and Betty Burnett and her husband Rod; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Scott; a brother, Lee Harding; and an infant sister.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Alpine Hospice, 924 Spring Creek Road #C, Montrose, CO 81403.



Bruce SealeBruce DeWitt Seale of

Montrose died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at his home. He was 49.

Mr. Seale is survived by his wife, Jennifer Seale of Montrose; a son, Austin Seale of Montrose; his parents, Gerald and Betty Seale of Eckert; a sister and her husband, Bonnie and Jeff Curtis of Delta; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held March 26 at Crippin Funeral Home Chapel in Montrose.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Vectra Bank Colorado, the Bruce Seale Donation Fund, 1200 S. Townsend, Montrose, CO 81401.

Crippin Funeral Home & Crematory handled the arrangements.

Mae RugloskiCecilia “Mae” Rugloski

of Cedaredge died Sat-urday, March 17, 2012, at Colorow Care Center. She was 94.

Rosary was recited March 26 at St. Francis of Assisi Historic Catho-lic Church in Bend, Ore. Burial followed at Pilot Butte Cemetery.

Mrs. Rugloski was born April 26, 1917, in Dresser Junction, Wis., to Robert LaMere and Cecilia Thompson.

She married Andrew Rugloski on Aug. 28, 1937, in Long Lake, Centuria, Wis. They cel-ebrated 64 years of mar-riage. He preceded her in death.

Mrs. Rugloski lived in Cedaredge before mov-ing to Bend, Ore., in 1983. She moved back to Cedaredge in 2011 to live with her daughter.

She enjoyed garden-ing, painting landscapes, wildlife scenes and flow-ers, making flower cards and spending time with family and friends. She volunteered at Catho-lic Daughters and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Mrs. Rugloski is sur-vived by four sons, Rob-ert Rugloski and his wife Katie of Camp Verde, Ariz., Raymond Ruglos-ki and his wife Carolyn of Florissant, Richard Rugloski and his wife Mary of Gordonsville, Va., and Paul Rugloski and his partner Pam of Anchor Point, Alaska; two daughters and their hus-bands, Joan and Morris Cranmer of Little Rock, Ark., and Mary and Dale Parker of Cedaredge; 16 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Andy Rugloski; and a brother, Harold.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Colorow Care Center, 750 8th Street, Olathe, CO 81425, the Servants of Charity, 16195 Old U.S. 12, Chelsea, MI 48118, Daughters of St. Mary of Providence, 4200 N. Austin Ave., Chicago, IL 60634, or the Pious Union of St. Joseph, 953 East Michigan Ave., Grass Lake, MI 49240.

Niswonger Reynolds Funeral Home in Oregon handled the arrange-ments.

John HolvoetJohn Edward Holvoet

of Paonia died Wednes-day, March 21, 2012, at his home. He was 69.

A funeral service was held March 24 at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Hotchkiss, with James Gall officiating. Interment followed at Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss.

Mr. Holvoet was born Sept. 2, 1942, in Hotchkiss, to Joseph and Elizabeth (Verraest) Hol-voet. He spent his child-hood in Hotchkiss and graduated from Hotchkiss High School in 1960. He received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Colora-do University in Boulder. He later attended George Washington University.

He lived in Falls Church, Va., before mov-ing to Paonia two years ago. He was a member of the American Legion and Mensa Society. He enjoyed reading, working on his computer, playing with his grandchildren, and cooking and enter-taining.

Mr. Holvoet is survived by his wife, Doris Bell of Paonia; a son and his wife, Kristian and Erin Holvoet of Phoenixville, Pa.; a daughter, Kather-ine Holvoet and her hus-band Jerry Goller of Mur-ray, Utah; two brothers and their wives, Charles and Jennifer Holvoet of Wichita, Kan., and Joseph and Janice Holvoet of Hotchkiss; two sisters, Ida Rose Cruse of Paonia, and Elizabeth Kuta of Delta; and three grandchildren, Eli Holvoet, Samuel Hol-voet and Jackson Goller.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Mary Ann Brown; and a brother, Henry Hol-voet.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to any veterans organization or the charity of the donor’s choice.



Larry Banuelos Jr.Lawrence M. “Larry”

Banuelos Jr. of Delta died Monday, March 19, 2012, at Montrose Memorial Hospital. He was 70.

A Mass of Resurrection was held March 27 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Delta, with Father Canice Enyiaka officiat-ing. Rosary was recited before the service. A pri-vate inurnment will be held at Delta City Cem-etery at a later date.

Mr. Banuelos was born April 4, 1941, in Delta, to

Lawrence and Margaret (Moralez) Banuelos Sr. He spent his childhood in Delta and attended school in Delta and Olathe. He graduated from Olathe High School.

He worked for City Market for over 30 years and for the City of Delta and the Town of Hotchkiss as a police officer. He enjoyed reading Louis L’Amour books, listening to country music, playing with his dogs and spend-ing time with his family. He was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church and a former member of the Delta Elks Lodge.

Mr. Banuelos is sur-vived by a son, Augustine “Augie” Banuelos of Delta; a daughter, Sandra Mar-tinez of Grand Junction; a stepdaughter, Jenny Ban-uelos of Phoenix, Ariz.; three brothers, Ray Banu-elos and his wife Rosa of Telluride, Tommy Banu-elos and his wife Patty of Shelton, Wash., and Ray-mond Banuelos Jr.; six sisters, Toni Roy and her husband Roland of Sara-sota, Fla., Mary Mendoza and her husband David of Kennewick, Wash., Moni-ca Banuelos of Bardolph, Ill., Patricia Medina of Denver, Jeanie Quintero and her husband George, and Susie Ortega and her husband Jose of Delta; four grandchildren, Des-tinie Salazar, Hope Sala-zar and Ricky Salazar, all of Grand Junction, and Dallas Salazar of Aus-tin, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by an infant broth-er, Augustine Banuelos; his first wife, Sara Banu-elos; and his second wife, Terri Banuelos.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2480 W. 26th Ave., Denver, CO 80211, or to any organization supporting the cure of glaucoma.



Margaret DeutschMargaret Elizabeth

Deutsch died Friday, March 23, 2012, at Delta County Memorial Hospi-tal. She was 78.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 31, at 10 a.m. at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Crawford. A celebration of life will follow at 11 a.m. at Hotchkiss Elks Lodge with Reverend John Hiestand and the Hotchkiss Emblem Club officiating.

Mrs. Deutsch was born Aug. 3, 1933, in Maher, to Burtis “Bill” and Mary (Stewart) Ayer. She spent her childhood in Maher and graduated from Crawford High School. She attended Western State College in Gunni-son.

She married Terry Deutsch on Aug. 17, 1953, in Delta. They celebrated 40 years of marriage. He died June 14, 1994, in Crawford.

Mrs. Deutsch enjoyed sewing, painting, writing poetry, playing the piano and singing in the church choir. She was a member of Crawford Community United Methodist Church, the Needlerock Club and Hotchkiss Emblem Club. She was vice president of the Hotchkiss Crawford Historical Society. She worked as a kindergar-ten teacher, truck driver, rancher, farmer and Mary Kay consultant.

She is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Leta and John

Hughes of Cedaredge, and Lori and Randy Hobbs of Palmer, Alaska; a son and his wife, James and Faye Deutsch; two sisters, Mary deKoevend of Grand Junction, and Henrietta Keenan of Crawford; five grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Deutsch was pre-ceded in death by her husband, Terry Deutsch; a brother, Jim Ayer; a sis-ter, Audrey Collings; and a nephew, Bruce deKoe-vend.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Emblem Club or Crawford Community United Meth-odist Church.



Dorothy Sollenbarger

Dorothy H. Sollenbarg-er died Friday, March 23, 2012, at Horizons Care Center in Delta. She was 88.

A celebration of life will be held Sunday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at Delta Church of Christ with Wayne Kitch-ens officiating.

Mrs. Sollenbarger was born June 19, 1923, in Sargents, to Harvey and Mary (Lynch) Hicks. She attended school in Sar-gents and Gunnison and graduated from Gunnison High School in 1941. She attended nursing school in Denver and beauty col-lege in Grand Junction.

She married Earl Sol-lenbarger on Feb. 7, 1947. They celebrated 40 years of marriage. He preced-ed her in death in 1987. She later married Charles Rockey and they lived in Grand Junction.

Mrs. Sollenbarger was a receptionist. She enjoyed entertaining friends, tak-ing drives, traveling in her motor home and spend-ing time with her family. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Delta and TOPS.

She is survived by a son and his wife, James “Jim” and Karleen Sol-lenbarger of Eckert; two brothers and their wives, Elmer and Myrna Hicks of Bridgeport, Texas, and Jack and Charley Hicks of Cedaredge; a sister, Hazel Hamilton of Paonia; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Sollenbarger was preceded in death by her first husband, Earl Sol-lenbarger; her second husband, Chas Rockey; a son, Gerald “Jerry” Sol-lenbarger; a sister, Bonnie Smith; and three broth-ers, Ed Hicks, Lloyd Hicks and Jimmy Hicks.

Memorial contributions may be made to Alpine Hospice, 924 Spring Creek Road, Montrose, CO 81403, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.



Peggy AndersonCharlotte Ruth “Peggy”

Anderson of Olathe died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe. She was 91.

A graveside funeral ser-vice will be held Wednes-day, March 28, at 10 a.m. at Mesa View Cemetery with Doyle and Robbie Bates officiating.

Mrs. Anderson was born Oct. 1, 1920, in Miles City, Mont., to Robert and Carla (Goodson) Purdum. She spent her childhood

in Ekalaka, Mont., until she was nine. She moved to Spokane, Wash., and attended North Central High School. She gradu-ated from Delta-Montrose Technical College in 1976.

She enjoyed crocheting, jewelry making, hot air balloons, her children and grandchildren, and ani-mals, especially chickens.

Mrs. Anderson is sur-vived by four sons, Jerry Anderson and John Ander-son, both of Delta, Morris Anderson of Green River, Wyo., and Tom Anderson of Grand Junction; a daugh-ter, Jennie Anderson of Montrose; a sister, Sally Keyohara of Moriarty, N.M.; 13 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grand-children; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer “Andy” Anderson; a son, Dennis Anderson; a grandson, Micheal Ander-son; a brother; four sis-ters; and two daughters-in-law.



Benjamin VigilBenjamin Vigil of Aus-

tin died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at his home. He was 75.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Service Chapel in Delta.

Mr. Vigil was born May 21, 1936, in Greeley, to John and Molly (Baca) Vigil. He spent his child-hood and attended school in Greeley.

He served in the United States Army.

Mr. Vigil married Dolo-res Espinoza on June 21, 1958, in Denver. They cel-ebrated 53 years of mar-riage. She survives.

He was a detention offi-cer for Delta County Sher-iff ’s Office for many years. He enjoyed playing cards, ministry work and spend-ing time with his fam-ily. He was an avid pool shark. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Cedaredge.

Mr. Vigil is survived by his wife, Dolores Vigil of Austin; three sons, Ben-jamin Vigil and his wife Danita, and Andy Vigil, all of Burbank, Calif., and David Vigil and his wife Lorraine of San Fernando, Calif.; five daughters and their husbands, Patricia and Garry Stockdale, and Peggy and Michael Car-rara, all of Delta, Rachel and Dustin Bissell of Aus-tin, Elizabeth and Daniel Trujillo, and Brenda Vigil and Henry Garcia, all of Grand Junction; three brothers, Manuel Ramirez and his wife Marcella of Denver, Leroy Vigil and his wife Liddia of Fontana, Calif., and John Vigil Jr. of New Castle; a sister, June Recio of New Cas-tle; seven grandchildren, Bryan Stockdale, Bran-don Vigil, Joey Carrara, Ryan Healzer, Brianna Jordan, Brittney Sanden and Alexis Garcia; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Law-rence Vigil; and two sis-ters, Cleo Sanchez and Ernestine Davis.



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Nordiccouncilplans end-of-season party

Grand Mesa Nordic Council (GMNC) will hold an end-of-season party from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 6, at Sky-way. GMNC will provide tamales, beans, greens and beverages. Please bring a side dish to share and your skis as it’s a full moon! Please RSVP to [email protected], so the nordic council can get an idea of how much food to purchase.

Thanks to the dedica-tion of the GMNC board, staff, volunteers, and members, a wonderful season of cross-country skiing was enjoyed on Grand Mesa.

Valley Symphony Chorus

Valley Symphony Association will continue its 41st anniversary sea-son with a spring celebra-tion of great choral music as the Valley Symphony Chorus presents a con-cert entitled “A Musical Tapestry.” Chorus direc-tor Lenore Hample has selected a wide range of magnificent choral favor-ites. Concert selections will include Requiem by

John Rutter (accompa-nied by an instrumen-tal ensemble), selections from the popular Broad-way show Les Misérables and a variety of contem-plative sacred pieces as well as rousing patriotic numbers.

Concerts will be held Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. at the Delta Performing Arts Center and Sunday, April 1, at

3 p.m. at the Montrose Pavilion auditorium.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students 17 and under and may be purchased in advance at Clubb’s in downtown Delta or at Homer L. Sims Agency, DeVinny Jewel-ers and Howard David-son Insurance Agency in Montrose. Tickets are also available for purchase

online at www.valleysymphony.net and at the Montrose Pavilion office by credit card either in person or by telephone (249-7015).

For concert infor-mation, e-mail info@valleysymphonynet or call 209-2295. For complete concert schedule infor-mation for the 2011-12 season, visit www.valleysymphony.net.

Chorus presents spring concert

Saturday, March 31, will bring Shane Kraus-er of the American Acad-emy for Constitutional Studies to the Miller’s Deitch Haus in Delta for an all-day seminar, Constitution I - “How to Argue the Constitution and Win Every Time.” The American Academy for Constitutional Edu-cation (AAFCE) offers citizens from all walks of life an opportunity that is not offered anywhere else in the United States — a chance to learn about the Constitution and the

principles of freedom in a high-intensity, high-energy environment that will capture your atten-tion in ways you never thought possible. Focus-ing on the original intent of the Constitution, as well as the forces that have shaped its interpre-tation throughout his-tory, the AAFCE gives citizens the tools they need to understand and influence today’s social and political issues.

Without question, this is the Constitution like you wish it had been

taught to you in school, like you hope it will be taught to your children, and like you’ve never experienced before.

Shane Krauser is the director of the Ameri-can Academy of Consti-tutional Education, an adjunct professor of con-stitutional law, the chief instructor of K-Force Vanguard (a firearms training institute), and a practicing trial attor-ney in the Phoenix area. He brings a wealth of knowledge to any forum, and that knowledge will inspire you. His experi-ences will captivate you. His dedication will move you.

On Sunday, April 1, from 2 to 4 p.m., Kraus-er will share on the “Inspired” Constitution.This experience will be dynamic, interactive, and moving as Krauser

discusses what makes this country great, the fortitude of the men who sought to protect inalien-able liberties, and the awe-inspiring documents written to support our God-given rights. More than this, Krauser will discuss our obligation to freedom, the importance of maintaining the integ-rity of the Constitution, and why our reliance on the “divine Creator” is essential to restoring America.

Pre-register for Sat-urday’s event for $30 per person or, at the door, $40 per person or $55 per couple.

Sunday’s event is free. For more information, or to register for the event contact Bob Huspen at (970) 261-1073, e-mail [email protected] or visit the academy online at www.aafce.com.

U.S. Constitution comes alive

League ofWomen Votersmeets inMontrose

The League of Women Voters of Montrose Coun-ty presents “Privatization of Traditional Govern-ment Services.” In part three, the policies and procedures of privitaza-tion will be explored by league members. A dis-cussion of possible ele-ments to be included in a national position devel-oped by the League of Women Voters will follow. The public is encouraged to attend and provide input on this important issue.

The meeting takes place Thursday, April 5, at noon in the Mon-trose Library Community Room.

The Montrose Com-munity Band will present its annual spring concert on Sunday, April 15, at 3 p.m. at the Montrose Pavilion. This concert is entitled “Spring Swing” and features swing music from Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman along with other World War II era music including Thanks for the Memories, Blue Moon and American Patrol. The concert is free and all ages are invited to share an afternoon of music sure to get your feet tapping. This concert is sponsored by TEI Rock

Drills.For more information

visit www.montroseband.com or call Tina Wood-rum at 596-1188.

Swing into spring with community band

Thursday, March 29COMMUNITY INTEREST MEETING for city’s proposed community

garden, 7 p.m., Delta Public Library.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. at the American Legion of

Paonia. This week’s progressive is 53 numbers for $158. Blue is 51 numbers and grey is 55 numbers for $250. Come early for hamburgers and hot dogs.

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.

JACK HAWKINS MEMORIAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT at Delta High School. A chili cookoff precedes basketball play with all-you-can-eat chili for $5 beginning at 5 p.m. Basketball games will be played from 6 to 8 p.m.

March 30 & 31SWINGIN’ BEATS & LATIN HEAT PHS DESSERT SHOW, 7 p.m.,

Paonia High School. Features Paonia Junior-Senior High School mixed choirs and swing choir. Pre-purchase tickets: $7 kids 12 and under; $10 adults; $12 at the door. Contact PHS or a choir member to purchase tickets.

Friday, March 30ORCHARD CITY CENTENNIAL COOKBOOK PROJECT DEADLINE

TODAY. Include name and address (Austin, Cory or Eckert) with your recipe submission. Recipes can be emailed to Beth Suppes, [email protected] or dropped off at Town Hall.

BREAST AND WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING, 12 noon, brown bag lunch, Grand Mesa Cancer Infusion & Education Center, Delta County Memorial Hospital. For more information or a ride, call Dorthy, 872-3309 or Marie, 778-8146 by Thursday evening.

BARBE CHAMBILL SHARES STORIES OF PEACEMAKERS she interviewed from Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Iraq, Zimba-bwe and Paonia, 7-9 p.m., Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia. For more information and tickets: www.bluesage.org.

HOME, GARDEN & RECREATION SHOW, Bill Heddles Recreation Center, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $2 per person.

Saturday, March 31HOME, GARDEN & RECREATION SHOW, Bill Heddles Recreation

Center, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: $2 per person“GET CONTROL OF YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA” WORKSHOP by

Steve Traudt, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Stolte Shed, Cedaredge. Spon-sored by Black Canyon Camera Club. For more information, email [email protected] or call Rae-ann, 856-7809.

SPARKING THE LOVE IN YOUR LIFE: A PLAYSHOP INTENSIVE FOR COUPLES, 1-6 p.m. Call 361-1233 for location. www.WildHeartCenteredLiving.com.

“UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOP-MENT,” 12:30-5 p.m., Hotchkiss High School commons area.

ALL DAY SEMINAR, “CONSTITUTION I - HOW TO ARGUE THE CONSTITUTION AND WINE EVERY TIME,” Miller’s Deitch Haus, Delta. Presented by Shane Krauser, American Academy for Constitutional Studies. Admission charged. To register, call Bob Huspen, 261-1073, email: [email protected] or visit www.aafce.com.

HOTCHKISS-CRAWFORD HISTORICAL MUSEUM presents “When the Grass Stood Stirrup-high: Facts, Photographs and Myths of West-Central Colorado,” written by David Bradford, Floyd Reed and Robbie Baird LeValley. 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 1“INSPIRED” CONSTITUTION, presented by Shane Krauser, 2-4

p.m., Miller’s Deitch Haus. Free.SPRING DANCE RECITAL featuring high School dancers from the

Delta County Dance Company. 3 p.m. at the Delta Performing Arts Center. Admission is free.

THE MAN WHO QUIT MONEY. Learn about Moab resident Daniel Suelo, the man who quit money. Sunday, April 1, 5:30 p.m. at the Paonia Library Community Room. Enter on the north side of the library building.

Monday, April 2ST. MARY’S BLOOD DRIVE at Hotchkiss City Market, 10 a.m. to 2

p.m. Donate blood and get a free JUCO ticket.GAME NIGHT, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Blue Sage Center for the Arts,

Paonia. Bring your favorite games and find an opponent. From Scrabble to Hearts, to chess and Apples2Apples, etc.

AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION practice, 7 p.m. at Austin Baptist Church.

Tuesday, April 3“FRESHSTART” TOBACCO CESSATION CLASS SERIES BEGINS

— Four week course develops a plan for tobacco cessation in a positive, supportive group facilitated by an instructor. Classes free so pre-register by calling 874-2412.

DELTA COUNTY SCHOOL AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING, 3:30 p.m., School District office, Read. Update on current bills affecting PERA, plan for retire-ment dinner for new retirees, plan for effective dissemination of information regarding PERA. For more info, call Dan Burke, 872-2274, Krista Spitzer, 856-9498 or Mary Blake, 527-4504.

Wednesday, April 4TOASTMASTERS 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.


ADDENDUM FUNDS meeting, PRC office, 9:30 a.m.

Thursday, April 5PUBLIC LANDS PARTNERSHIP meets at the Ute Museum, Mon-

trose, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Public lands agencies will update proj-ects and issues that affect area communities.

Friday, April 6CRAWFORD WOMEN’S AUXILIARY BAKE SALE, 8 a.m.-12 noon

or until goodies are gone, Crawford Methodist Church. All proceeds go to Pioneer Days fireworks display at Crawford State Park.

CONTRA DANCE, 5:30 p.m., Heritage Hall, Delta County Fair-grounds, Hotchkiss. Hosted by Sweet Sunny South and North Fork Community Montessori School. Food served at 5:30 p.m. Dances called by Andrea Early begin at 6:30 p.m. Auction items and baked goods too. $10 for adults, $5 students. Tick-ets at: Hardin’s and The Rose in Hotchkiss, KVNF, Backcountry Coffee and Farm and Home Supply in Paonia. For more infor-mation, call 527-5112.

END-OF-SEASON PARTY hosted by Grand Mesa Nordic Council at Skyway, 5-8 p.m. Bring a side dish to share and your skis as it’s a full moon. RSVP to [email protected].

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

Lincoln Elementary School, 1050 Hastings Street, Delta. Main-stream dance with announced Plus tips and one round between tips. Club caller is Larry Schulz. Cuer is Maxine Springer. Prerounds/instructions at 6:30 p.m. For more infor-mation, call Loren, 249-4858 or Gwen, 856-4157.


EASTER EGG HUNT, Paonia Town Park, 10 a.m., for kids one year through the fourth grade. IHS Photography will take pictures of kids with the Easter Bunny from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

POTLUCK DINNER for outgoing Mayor Jim Crook, Crawford Town Hall, 5 p.m. Crook was mayor of Crawford for 24 years.

Monday, April 9DIABETES 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.

Thursday, April 12ROGERS MESA MODERN WOMAN’S CLUB FAMILY BINGO

NIGHT, 6 p.m., Rogers Mesa Community House (corner of Highway 92 and 3100 Road). Bring cans to donate to the food pantry. For more information, call Lou Ann, 872-4816.

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Life is a danceHigh school dancers from the Delta County Dance Company prepare for their upcoming spring dance recital, “Life is a Dance,” which will be held Sunday, April 1, at 3 p.m. at the Delta Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. Over 100 dancers ages 3-18 will perform a variety of ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop dances under the instruction of Linda Dysart. Pictured above: Felix Heinz, Arla Nelson, Emily Huene, Elise Scates, Haley Dona-thon, Julie Cassel, Grace Kathrein, Rachel Tallent and Kassydy Braddy.

The Ugandan Orphans Choir, a group of 10 tal-ented children ranging in age from 11 to 14, will perform at Delta Chris-tian Church Tuesday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. All 10 children have been given hope through Childcare Worldwide’s (CCW) spon-sorship program, and now they devote their energy to helping other children have access to sponsorship and educa-tion.

These exuberant chil-dren delight audienc-es with their dramatic

drumming, singing, and high-energy dancing as they perform tradition-al Ugandan songs and dances. Former audience member Kurt Swanson raved, “Audiences just can’t seem to get enough of what these children have to share, from their natural musical talents to their raw expression of African culture. People are also amazed by the deep joy these children have despite the circum-stances they came from.”

Each of the 10 children has a story to tell about

how their lives have been changed through the power of education provided through CCW’s sponsorship program.

CCW serves children in nine countries in the developing world, help-ing them succeed edu-cationally. The ultimate goal of education is to break the cycle of poverty in children’s lives.

Ugandan orphans spread hope for children in poverty

Delta County Memo-rial Hospital is offering the tobacco cessation class series “FreshStart” beginning Tuesday, April 3. Come to these posi-tive, supportive group sessions, facilitated by an instructor. Over the course of four weeks, the instructor will work with you to develop a plan for tobacco cessation.

This program is

designed by the Ameri-can Cancer Society, and provides information on strategies for tobacco cessation, how to handle cravings, stress manage-ment, healthy living for you and your children, and more. Assistance with nicotine replacement will also be available.

The classes are FREE and you must pre-regis-ter by calling 874-2412.

Tobacco cessation classes begin April 3

Meet theman whoquit money

Learn about Moab res-ident Daniel Suelo, the man who quit money. In 2000 Daniel gave away his life savings to pursue a new life. Meet Daniel and Mark Sundeen, author of New York Times bestsell-er “North by Northwest-ern” at this special event Sunday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the community room of the Paonia Pub-lic Library. Enter on the north side of the build-ing.

A10 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 LOCAL NEWS Delta County Independent

S&B Quilters donated 225 quilts Sunday, March 25, at the Disabled Vet-erans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass. Five S&B Quilters members and four family mem-bers spent their Sunday personally helping each

veteran to find the right quilt from all the possi-bilities.

This is the sixth year that S&B Quilters has donated quilts to dis-abled veterans. Each year members load a couple of vehicles full of handmade donated quilts and set out at 5:30 a.m. on the open-ing Sunday of the Winter Sports Clinic. After three

hours of intense activity, it’s all over and anywhere from 120-443 quilts have found new homes. This year 18 lucky guide dogs also got comfortable hand-sewn beds.

S&B Quilters estimate that, in addition to cost of fabrics, thread and batting (stuffing), each handmade quilt repre-sents 40+ hours of time. Each quilter’s donation demonstrates her appre-ciation for the veterans’ service to our country.

The Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic is sponsored by the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs and the Disabled Ameri-can Veterans.

Quilters envelop veterans with warmth

Photo submittedMargaret Osborn, Nancy Foster, Lisa Wolf-Johnson and Paul Tschoepe begin unloading 225 donated quilts for disabled veterans.

Photo submittedS&B volunteers (front, left to right) Margaret Osborn, Lisa Wolf-Johnson and Craig Johnson; (rear) Sallie Waldron, Don Foster, Nancy Foster, Eleanor Tschoepe and Paul Tschoepe transported quilts to Aspen.

Photo submittedA guide dog tries out her new dog bed made by S & B Quilters and donated Sunday at the Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass.

Gather yourteam forRelay for Life

Walk on a team for the Delta County Relay for Life and help in the fight to triumph over cancer. The annual event will be held June 29 at the Delta High School track. Relay-ers walk all night and raise funds for cancer research and local patient services. Visit DeltaRelayforLife.com for more infor-mation or to sign up. Modest Mallow

I step out onto the deck to enjoy the sun-shine. To our south and west, the squalls race across the Uncompah-gre Plateau...canyons appear only to vanish...rugged, rocky shelves seem to snag clouds as they rush past.

I wouldn’t care to be there right now, but my mind wanders back to a sunny day on the Pla-teau where I found a new flower: the Modest Mallow. Within a curve ahead of us, I saw an area of bright white flowers...of course Allen stopped so that I could look. When I stepped out, I realized that there was a bit of moisture trapped in the roadside ditch and in the tangled growth. Half a dozen plants, over 2-feet-tall, with lovely white blos-soms...they’re mallows! I can easily see the col-umn of united stamens...this is called a “stame-

nal column” and is the clue to the mallow fam-ily. Each stamen is made up of the lower portion, called filaments, and at the tip is the anther (the pollen bearing portion).

There are blossoms a plenty, so I pluck one and step back toward the car. The edges of the petals look ruffled...no, they’re merely notched. It’s about an inch and a half wide and in the center is the half-inch-tall stamenal column: whitish below with red-dish anthers clustered at the tip. Lovely! The green leaves are a bit larger than the blossom. Checking Janet Wing-

ate’s Rocky Mountain Flower Finder, I find my flower as Sidalcea can-dida. Sidalcea is a com-bination of “sida” refer-ring to a group of mal-low plants plus “alcea” meaning “mallow.” The term candida means pure white. It’s also

known as “Checkered Mallow” but I don’t see anything “checkered.” Why “modest”? Wingate includes another spe-cies that’s rose-purple: maybe this one is less showy?

As I gaze at this lovely blossom, I think of other plants in this family. There’s the common hol-lyhock, the commercial cotton plant, our com-mon orange-red Desert Mallow and Hibiscus. In times past, “marshmal-low” was made from a mallow plant that grew in marshy areas. But I hear a car coming up this narrow road. Time to move on.

Plants of the Western Slope A look at local flora with Evelyn Horn

Delta County Libraries will host a Food for Fines drive during National Library Week, April 9-14, at each of its libraries. Library patrons will get $1 in current overdue fines waived for each can or package of food donat-ed during the drive.

The donated food will go to each community’s local food bank — Sur-face Creek Food Bank, Crawford Food Bank, Delta Food Pantry, Hotchkiss Community United Methodist Food Cupboard, and the Amer-ican Legion Food Pantry

in Paonia.Items especially need-

ed include canned meats, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned soups, boxed cereals, pasta, peanut butter, pancake mix and syrup.

The food drive does not include replacement fees for lost or damaged items, card replacement fees, and future overdue fines. Additionally, no drop-offs are allowed. No glass containers, open packages, repackaged or expired products will be accepted.

Bring canned goods, or

items in boxes or plastic bags or plastic jars to the circulation desk at your library. Don’t forget your library card!

“We are excited to help our local food banks and pantries,” says Annette Choszczyk, library dis-trict director. “This food drive provides critically needed donations to those in need in our communi-ties.”

For more information about the Food for Fines drive, please contact your library or visit the Delta County Libraries’ website at www.deltalibraries.org.

Library fines waived for canned food donations

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The Bureau of Land Man-agement released a draft Environmental Assessment on a proposed Master Devel-opment Plan (MDP) for nat-ural gas exploration by SG Interests on March 23.

The plan includes develop-ing up to 146 natural gas wells (about 50 percent shale gas and 50 percent coalbed natural gas), four water disposal wells and associated infrastructure on federal and private mineral leases within a federally-unit-ized area known as the Bull Mountain Unit (about 19,645 acres) north of the Paonia Res-ervoir State Park.

SG Interests began leasing minerals in the Bull Mountain Unit in 2000. The company currently owns and operates 11 private and five federal natural gas wells on 13 well pads along with one water disposal well occupying about 22 acres in the unit. The wells were developed at an average of two per year for the past six years.

“Instead of structuring the development of the federal leases as a series of individ-ual actions as was the case with the initial 13 well pads, the BLM encourages the use of multi-well development plans to manage federal lease development more effective-ly,” said Barb Sharrow, BLM Uncompahgre Field Office manager. “Additionally, the MDP under federal unitiza-tion allows for placement of wells within the unit in a logi-cal fashion without regard to setbacks from committed lease lines in order to minimize road development, pipelines and other surface impacts.”

Every federal action pro-posed within the Bull Moun-tain Unit would still require site-specific analysis in com-pliance with the National Environmental Policy Act before exploration or develop-ment can occur.

“An approved MDP pro-vides an environmental analy-sis in which subsequent Appli-cations for Permit to Drill and NEPA efforts would be tiered,” said Sharrow. “Approval is also subject to onsite examinations of each proposed well, pipeline and road location including current cultural and biological

resource surveys.”Although actual operations

are subject to change as con-ditions warrant, SG Interest plans to drill 27 wells per year until the resource is fully developed in just less than six years. Once completed, the productive life of coalbed nat-ural gas, shale gas and water disposal wells is estimated to be 40 years, which is the pro-duction phase of the project.

To review the environmen-tal documents associated with the MDP, go to www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Information/nepa/ufo.html#9-5. Written comments regarding the Envi-ronmental Assessment must be submitted by the close of business on Tuesday, April 24, to the BLM Uncompahgre Field Office, Attn: 3160 BMMDP, 2465 S. Townsend Ave., Montrose, CO 81401, fax 970-240-5368 or e-mail to [email protected].

Comment window opens for Bull Mountain drill plan

BY KATHY BROWNINGStaff Writer

Everybody knows how much news the North Fork Valley continually makes. When Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the Colorado Cottage Foods Act on March 15, it was a success for every little farm and orchard across the state. The creation of this act by Senate Bill 12-048, spear-headed by Sen. Gail Schwartz and Rep. Don Coram, means that a producer may use their home kitchen or a commer-cial, private or public kitchen to produce foods sold directly to their personal customers.

The act allows the produc-er to sell certain foods that are considered not potentially hazardous and do not require refrigeration. The foods, the act says, are limited to spic-es, teas, dehydrated produce, nuts, seeds, honey, jams, jel-lies, preserves, fruit butter baked goods including candy. While pickles and tomatoes are not allowed to be sold, many other fruits and veg-etables are. The act contains specific guidelines on market-ing small number of eggs.

The producer must be cer-tified in safe food handling and processing by a third party certified entity, which locally would be CSU Exten-sion and Delta County Health Department.

The foods cannot be sold to grocery stores or restaurants. They must be sold from the producer’s premises, roadside stand, farmers’ market, com-munity-supported agricul-ture organization, or similar venue where the product is sold directly to consumers.

Each producer can earn $5,000 net per food product. If an orchard makes seven

different flavors of jam, the producer has the potential to make $5,000, after all expens-es are subtracted, per flavor.

Jim Brett of Slow Food Western Slope, who testified and worked for passage of the act, said now producers can supplement their income throughout the year. It diver-sifies their income. Seconds which can’t be sold at farm-ers’ markets can now be made into applesauce or preserves or sold as dried fruit directly to customers.

Mark Waltermire, who owns Thistle Whistle Farm and is a member of VOGA (Valley Organic Growers Association), credits Monica Wiitanen of Small Potatoes Farm with working with Sen. Gail Schwartz to find a bill that would be advantageous to local farmers. The Cottage Foods Act keeps Thistle Whis-tle Farm’s market for sales open for a full year. Previ-ously, he and other local farm-ers had a limited amount of time to bring fresh produce to farmers’ markets. Now, dried items from previous years can be sold. Not only will it pro-vide a better income for the producers, it will cut waste on the farms.

Waltermire noted that epi-sodes of foodborne contami-nation has come from large regulated and inspected oper-ations. Here customers will buy their food directly from their local producer, someone they can look in the eye, and if something is wrong the cus-tomer knows exactly where they got it from.

The bill failed in the 2011 legislature. It received oppo-sition from the Farm Bureau, health departments and the restaurant association. The bill this year was introduced early and Sen. Schwartz worked with those who had previously opposed the act, garnered support, made necessary changes to this year’s bi-partisan bill, and it passed. At the governor’s signing ceremony in Denver, Sen. Schwartz called Monica Wiitanen the champion of the bill. Wiitanen was pres-ent and given a pen by Gov. Hickenlooper used in signing the bill. The governor told Wiitanen, “Now you can sell your bread!”

What the act means for Wiitanen is that she can sell the delicious bread she makes in her outdoor brick oven to customers. “We’ll start bak-ing one day a week, maybe two days a week,” she said. Yohann Gasparach, a profes-sional baker, and Wiitanen will be able to build their clientele. “We’ll see where we go with it. In the meantime, we’ll have a lot of fun,” Wii-tanen said. She points out that the Cottage Foods Act is for Colorado residents and is not limited to farmers. The

act includes labeling require-ments.

Wiitanen says she was stunned when notified by the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union lobbyist the bill had passed.

Wiitanen’s father, a builder by trade and a conservation-ist by conscience and deed, told her of the man who wrote the Wilderness Act. It took eight years and 66 rewrites before the act was passed.

“We are one of 30 states to have a cottage foods bill,” Wii-tanen remarked. These bills make farms viable and will save the nation’s farmlands. That knowledge made her

feel even better to have been part of this bill.

About being the champi-on of the bill, Wiitanen said it took everyone to make it happen including VOGA, the people who testified in person and by video, senators, rep-resentatives, even those who drove her back and forth to Denver.

Wiitanen testified every opportunity she could both last year and this year. She realized she was following in her father’s footsteps.

“This is what you have to do if you want a bill passed. You have to show up,” she said.

Locals champion cottage foods bill which helps small farms

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Can’t out run themThis young calf did his best to get away from the rest of the herd being moved to a new pasture across the road, but all to no avail. The Mt. Lamborn Ranches’ cowboy and two dogs fi nally won. The little calf probably slept the rest of the day.

Photo by Kathy BrowningThe Cottage Foods Act in Colorado means small farmers will have the opportunity for additional streams of income from canned and dried food products sold directly to customers. Monica Wiitanen (top) was hailed as the champion of the bill. Scott Horner (middle) works in Wiitanen’s Small Potatoes Farm greenhouse. Mark Waltermire of Thistle Whistle Farm in Hotchkiss will benefi t from a short growing season being expanded to year round sales.


Paonia prom royaltyThe Paonia High School Prom Royalty for 2012 were crowned on Saturday night, March 24. From left to right are Queen Gabrielle Moet, King Trevor Walters, Princess Mandy Bushta and Prince Brett Gill. The gymnasium was decorated for the Black and White Masquerade Ball which was hosted by the Class of 2013.

Hotchkiss council calls special meeting

The Hotchkiss Town Coun-cil is holding a special meet-ing on Wednesday, March 28 at 5 p.m.

There will be a discussion about the building inspector and possible employment.

After the meeting is adjourned, there will be a public work session as the council discusses how to pro-ceed with the Enhancement Trail Project.

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The Paonia Youth Center will coordinate the Easter egg hunt in the Paonia Town Park on April 7. The Easter Bunny will arrive at the town park just before 10

a.m., and the hunt will begin at 10 sharp. Don’t be late and miss out!

It is so much fun to watch all the kids, from under one year through the fourth grade, search

the park for the hidden eggs.

IHS Photography will be taking pictures of the children with the Eas-ter Bunny from 10-11:30 a.m.

The success of this event depends on the community’s financial support, and any and all support is appreciated. To donate money or priz-es for this event please contact: Paonia Youth Center, 14725 Bethlehem Road, Paonia, CO 81428.

If you have any ques-tions call Ellen Smith at 527-3990.

The kids, their par-ents and grandparents greatly anticipate this event every year. Those coordinating the event are Ellen Smith, Danita Green, Kara Cowan and Rene Atchley.

Easter Bunny hops into Paonia April 7


Their generous warm smiling faces tell much of their stories. Elaine Violett and Lois Cotten are two women, two vol-unteers who have given and given and then given some more to make life a great experience for the young students at Hotchkiss K-8 School.

It was a natural move for Lois Cotten to volun-teer. She was a K-8 teach-er for 27 years mainly in Price, Utah, and then six years as the literacy coach at Hotchkiss K-8. She has volunteered for two years helping second graders improve their reading skills.

Cotten volunteers because she would miss the kids if she wasn’t at the school. “It just feels good to be over here with the kids and in the middle of things. And the teachers [Laurie Hill and

Christa Hawk] are great,” Cotten said.

Elaine Violett has vol-unteered at Hotchkiss K-8 two different times, first in 1972 when her own kids were in school. Then when her grand-kids started attending, she began volunteering again. They’ve, of course, grown up and left, but she has stayed for a total of 14 years “because I enjoy the kids.” Violett works with fourth grad-ers in their Acceler-ated Reading program. She also helps with any projects they have. “For Christmas we did jars of beans for bean soup. We made clay for a map of the State of Colorado and painted the maps. We bake cookies,” Vio-lett laughed. “We roasted pumpkin seeds this fall. That was new. I used to go on field trips with the kids when my grandkids were here.”

“I enjoy seeing the kids grow up,” Violett said. “Ones I started with, of course, graduated last year.”

Cotten added, “It’s hard to see how fast they grow up. Every year I’m surprised at who is grad-uating. Oh, they can’t be old enough to graduate.”

Both women grew up in Crawford and were childhood friends. Violett was in the last graduat-ing class from Crawford School. Cotten attended high school in Paonia and Gunnison.

“I’m very proud of our school. We’re so fortu-nate,” Violett said.

“Such wonderful teach-ers and staff. Everyone works together,” Cotten agreed.

Violett laughed, “I’ll keep on volunteering at Hotchkiss K-8 as long as they’ll have me.”

“Ditto for me,” Cotten said.

These volunteers have big hearts

Photo by Kathy BrowningStanding under The Volunteer Tree which names the people who provide so many wonderful services for Hotchkiss K-8 are (left to right) Elaine Violett and Lois Cotten. They love both the kids and what they do to help the students and teachers. The two women were recently recognized at a school board meeting for their years of service.


Hotchkiss voters will be selecting five trustees for the town board on April 3. Seven candidates will be listed on the ballot with one more running as a write in candidate.

Dustyn Foster has lived in Hotchkiss three years and cur-rently serves on the town council and town plan-ning com-mission. He would like to continue his service to the town for another term. He moved to Colorado in 2007 after graduating from col-lege in Montana having taken a job in the North Fork Valley. He has a back-ground in engineering and project management.

“The town is currently finalizing its master plan, the implementation of which will be a priority in upcoming years,” Fos-ter said. “General mainte-nance and upgrade projects are always being reviewed and considered, some of which the town has com-pleted recently. I intend to be unbiased and straight-forward while serving and will put the best interests of the town forward.”

Georgia Hopper has lived in Hotchkiss 55 years.

She was born and raised in Paonia. Hopper, who earned her masters degree in education, is a retired school

teacher. She taught at Hotchkiss K-8 for 25 years. She has fought back from contracting the West Nile virus six years ago.

Hopper is running for the Hotchkiss Town Coun-cil because she feels chang-es are made too quickly. “I talk to other senior citi-zens and we feel like we’re getting run over. I want to represent the senior citi-zens,” she said. “The town has done a good job . . . I want to think about things and consider both sides of the issue and not just vote what everyone else votes for,” Hopper said.

She realizes that when the council gives to some-one, it takes away from someone else.

With her husband’s help, Hopper will have the time to commit to being a trustee. The couple care for their autistic granddaugh-ter and one of them must always be home with her. Evening council meetings will fit their schedules.

“I want to spend time in the community talking to people,” she said. “To acquaint them with things we are considering and getting their opinions.”

Jim Roberts said immediately, “I owe my success to my wife.” He and his wife have lived in Hotchkiss since 1978. They left in 1987 and returned in 1992. He returned because Hotchkiss is green. While living in California he had forgot-ten how pretty Hotchkiss is. “There is not a prettier piece of real estate in Colo-rado. I like Hotchkiss.”

Roberts spent his for-mative years in Monte Vista. After graduating from high school he served three years in the U.S. Navy during the Cuban missile crisis and the beginning of the Viet Nam conflict. He is a member of the Wilson-Head American Legion Post in Paonia. He is also a member of the Hotchkiss Elks Lodge.

For 12 years Roberts was an EMT and driver for the North Fork Ambulance Association. He has been a Hotchkiss firefighter and driver for 16 years. He has retired twice but the fire department keeps needing him to come back. He is finishing 12 years on the

fire board. Roberts serves on the Willow Heights Irri-gation board.

“People from the town asked me to run [for trust-ee], and several others said go ahead and run,” Roberts said. “I have some time to talk to the guys and help to improve some of the town streets and alleys. Get rid of some of the potholes, even if I have to help do it myself.”

He continued, “It is a challenge. I helped build the new fire station. We have dealt with a lot of money . . . I believe that can be a head start on what the town’s doing.”

Roberts worked for Rio Grande County for nine years and Delta County for 18 months. He worked at a coal mine for two years.

In California he drove cement trucks and worked for a gravel company from 1987 until 1992. When they came back to Colo-rado, he started with Tri-County Gravel. He has hauled concrete and gravel for Western Gravel.

Another issue he is really interested in is the water runoff from the chicken farm on Powell Mesa, because, Roberts said, the runoff water from the pond on the chicken farm will contaminate the Willow Heights irrigation system. “I’m against it.”

He also wants to do something about north Cedar Drive, which nei-ther the town nor the county claim and refuse to maintain.

“I bother people when-ever I can catch them. I drink coffee. I hate to see people leave Hotchkiss, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.”

He wants to improve the economy and have input on which direction Hotchkiss is going. “We need more business in town.”

He would like to see Coyote Drive-In return to being a fast food outlet or for a fancy restaurant to be built on those three lots.

Mary Hockenbery has lived in Hotchkiss for 3-1/2 years. She and her hus-band moved here from New Mexico in 2008. She picked Hotchkiss because it brought her closer to her kids and grandkids. If her fam-ily should leave, she and her hus-band will enjoy continuing to live in Hotchkiss.

Hockenbery grew up in Los Angeles County. Her great-grandparents came to live in Los Angeles County when they could still see the remnants of irrigation ditches in down-town L.A. She left as soon as she could. “I was in high school in the late ‘60s, and I just loved the whole idea of back to the land. I flipped through farm cata-logs all the time,” she said. She moved to the southern mountains of California. From there she moved to Santa Cruz and stayed for 13 years. Her first arts commission was in Santa Cruz.

Her work experience in Santa Cruz was at a coun-ty parks department in facilities and customer ser-vice. Hockenbery worked her way up from opening buildings to running the operation. She worked the equivalent of seven years full-time. That experience, she believes, is what will most benefit her on the town council.

When her first husband died, she took a small pen-sion and moved to New Mexico where she lived for nine years. It was there she began working on her photography and vol-unteering on community projects. She re-married a widower, Touffic Haddad, and the couple moved to Hotchkiss in 2008. She has been involved in The Creamery Arts Center and the Blue Sage Center for the Arts.

“Community service is irresistible especially in a small town where you can make a difference,” Hock-

enbery said. In the fall of 2010, she

joined the Hotchkiss Plan-ning Commission. She wanted to learn about her new town, and she was attracted to what the com-mission was working on — trails and sidewalks. She selected tourism and town pride as her contri-bution to the town’s mas-ter plan. She then joined the Hotchkiss Chamber of Commerce after listening to a merchant who wanted flowers to return to down-town. She wants to see tourism increased in the valley.

With the North Fork Valley receiving the Orton Family Foundation Grant and the Emerging Cre-ative District designation, she wants to be an advo-cate for those projects on the town council. She is already working on the Heart and Soul advisory board.

“I think this town func-tions very well. I feel like a booster at this point and I would like to do it as an elected official,” Hock-enbery said. She wants to work on a Downtown Improvement Plan. She thinks Hotchkiss could use some help in marketing and beautification which would include some arts. “We have a good down-town. It just needs some sprucing up,” she said.

“I’m very grateful to live here in Hotchkiss, and the North Fork Valley. It’s a beautiful place.I love buy-ing my food locally,” Hock-enbery said.

Jane Wills has lived in Hotchkiss for 22 years. She was born in Tennessee, and grew up in Indiana. She left home when she was 16 and received her

GED. When she was in her 30s she went to Parkland College in Champaign Urbana, Ill.

She moved to

Colorado around 1990. She lived in Glade Park and Grand Junction where she attended Mesa State Col-lege. She met her future husband, Tom Wills, as his pen pal for eight months. Jane encouraged Tom, who is a writer and painter, to move from the mountains and move to a bigger town. He agreed to a new town, but not too big. The deci-sion was made to move to Hotchkiss, where they sell art and used books at Wills Used Books on Bridge Street.

Jane has served twice on the town council, once for two years, and most recently when she was appointed as a trustee.

“I’m running because right now it’s an important time. I think we need to do our basics, and get some of our streets and alleys repaired. I’d like to see them do a walking path [to Hotchkiss High School],” Wills said.

“I think the mayor is going in the right direc-tion, but we have to be careful and realize that the Town of Hotchkiss is sometimes made up of one person in a home. It’s not a high economical town,” she said.

“I think we need to pay attention to Region 10 and roads,” Wills said.

Wills is a retired store-keeper. She represents the town on the Leroux Creek Area Planning Commit-tee. Last year she worked with Hospice. She has also served with the historical society, the Memorial Hall board and senior fund rais-ers.

“I think our town is a nice little town and a safe little town. I would like to see it grow a little bit,” Wills said.

Ralph Sandmann II is a Colorado native who grew up in Denver. He moved to Paonia about 15 years ago and has lived in Hotchkiss for about nine years.

He is an eighth genera-tion carpenter and wood-worker. He has had his own shop in Hotchkiss called Misty Mountain

Woodworking for eight years.

“It’s kind of scary seeing the empty businesses and hous-es here,” Sandmann said about why he

wants to be a town trust-ee. “I want to see if I can do something about that. I have a few ideas kicking around. One is to bring more events into the area, Hotchkiss in particular, to stimulate the economy more.” Sandmann is inter-ested in more concerts and Wild West re-enactment shows.

“I think we need to start addressing the streets and sidewalks. Those are the key things we need to worry about as far as the appearance of the town at this point. Once we get that fixed then we can move on,” Sandmann said. “I really love this town. I would like to see us pros-per.”

Sandmann serves on The Creamery Arts Cen-ter board and is an artist-member. He makes wood or copper jewelry boxes and furniture.

Sandmann plans to serve on the council in the same manner as he has operated his business. “I try to run my business straightforward and hon-est and that’s my intention in all my dealings,” Sand-mann said.

Carrie Wingfield grew up in Hotchkiss and grad-uated from Paonia High

School. She then lived in Oklaho-ma for nine years. In early 2003 she moved back to Hotchkiss.

She is a stay-at-home mom.

Wingfield was appoint-ed to the town council one year ago.

“Because I grew up in Hotchkiss, I like the small town atmosphere. I like the community,” Wing-field said. “I always said that when I had kids I was going to bring them back so they could grow up in the same small town I did. I do it for my kids,” Wingfield said as to why she wants to continue on the council. “To make sure the town keeps flourish-ing and keeps growing for my kids.”

As far as issues, she wants downtown beau-tification to continue. “I would like to see down-town spruced up a little,” she said. “I really don’t think Hotchkiss has a lot of issues. I think more of them are brought to our attention at meetings. I think as long as we help Hotchkiss grow and keep it pretty, we take the issues at hand.”

Wingfield is the co-organizational leader for a local 4-H Club. She vol-unteers and helps with the police department’s Santa project each year.

She is running for trustee to keep the town flourishing. “I’d like Hotchkiss to stay a diverse, yet close-knit, community with ranch-ers, farmers, coal miners and small businesses. I’d like to see the downtown

area beautification con-tinue,” Wingfield said. “I also do this to learn more about the town.”

Lindee Cantrell, a life-long resident of the North Fork Valley, is run-ning for trustee because she wants to preserve the way of life in Hotchkiss and pro-mote eco-nomic growth.

Cantrell gradu-ated from Paonia High School in 1989. A year after graduation, she enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. After serving a three-year tour over-seas, where she met her future husband, Sean, she returned to the North Fork Valley. She and Sean were married in 1994 and made their home in Hotchkiss in 1995. Together they had two children, Marissa and Jared.

She has volunteered with the Hotchkiss K-8 Pit Crew for several years. She was also on the com-mittee which succeeded in fund-raising and purchas-ing the LED sign at the K-8 school. Cantrell is active with the Paonia American Legion post, serving as the adjutant for the past three years.

Cantrell has worked at the High Country Shop-per since 2005. Her sales position has allowed her to build and main-tain professional rela-

tionships with all types of local businesses and business owners. She has first-hand experience and insight to the challenges local entrepreneurs face with the current economy and political issues and feels that experience is an asset to the Town of Hotchkiss.

She has served as town trustee for the past two years and has enjoyed being on the council.

“When my husband and I got married we decided to make Hotchkiss our home because we love the small town feel and thought it would be a great place to raise our kids. I want to keep our way of life here how it has always been. I believe Hotchkiss needs economic growth and improvements, such as our streets and side-walks. Agriculture and mining are important parts of our community. A large portion of the money that people spend in our stores and tax dol-lars comes from these industries.

“Unfortunately you won’t see my name on the ballot. I didn’t have a change of heart, life just got in the way and regretfully I didn’t get my paperwork turned in by the required deadline. So I am an official write-in candidate and would appreciate your vote,”

To vote for Cantrell, write her name on the ballot and put a check mark by it.

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Mission successLacey Rodriguez (left) and Jared Cantrell (right) from Hotchkiss K-8 School made a fi nal report to the Hotchkiss Town Council on March 8. The pair reported on the Disney Planet Challenge where the students raised $13,000 to purchase over 100 LED lights to reduce energy costs at the school. The lights are now installed.


This year’s tag line for the second annual Paonia Film Festival was “Shoot Locally.” And the residents of the North Fork Valley did just that with ample tal-ent, good humor, pur-pose and skill.

The event was held on Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, at the Paradise Theatre and the Blue Sage Center for the Arts. The red carpet arrivals, reception and awards ceremony were on Saturday night. The big award-winner of the night was “No Strings.”

The awards presented were for:

Best Documentary — “Drinks with Felix,” Cyn Holder

Best Film Featur-ing Kids — “Stop Mime Fotography,” Leo Chap-man

Best Environmental Documentary — “The Living Farm,” EcoJaunt

Best Comedy — “Son-Shades,” Delta County Film Collective

Best Promotional Video — “Solar Energy International,” Hutman Media

Best Music Video —”Something Happening in the Air,” David Jacob-son

Best Drama — “No Strings,” Logan Woods-Darby, Jordan Schevene

Best Actor — Freder-ick Zimmer, “No Strings”

Best Actress — Eliza-beth Woods-Darby, “No Strings”

Best Child Actor — Leo Chapman, “Stop Mime Fotography”

Best Cinematography — Jordan Schevene, “No Strings”

Best Film — “No Strings”

Audience Choice for Best Film — “Stop Mime Fotography”

Budding Filmmaker Award — Eden Clearwa-ter for “The River”

Filmmaker Mentor Award — Jordan Sche-vene

The Delta County Film Collaborative provided a wonderful spoof of this year’s entries for the fes-tival finale.

Paonia Film Festival showcases local talent

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Sat., Mar. 31 Baseball at home vs. Aspen, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m.;

Track at Cedaredge; Tennis at home vs Vail Mountain, 2:00 p.m.; Oil & Gas meeting, 12 Noon-5 p.m.

Mon., Apr. 2 Spring Sports Pictures, 2:30 p.m.

Tues., Apr. 3 Baseball at Cedaredge, 4:00 p.m.April 4-7 State Science Fair in Ft. Collins

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Crawford honor roll

Photo submittedStudents at Crawford School who made the third quarter honor roll with a 4.0 GPA are, from the left: front — Ivy Kirk, Maria Burris, Robert Cochran, Emma Nielsen, and Electra Lovato; back — Gillian Knott, Ethan Guy, Jace Peebles, George Arroyo Jr., Shelby Rogers-Ellison, and Kyla Selders (not pictured).

Photo submittedStudents at Crawford School who made the third quarter Black and Orange honor roll with a 3.5-3.9 GPA are, from the left: front — Ellieyanna Lowe, Candace John-son-Sieber, Carson Beck, Lillian Kuban, Alanna Drennan, and Natashia Brown; back — Jazmyn Hart, Jacob Palecki, Malykai Klaseen, Elijah Kirk, Braxton Trujillo, and Zachary Brown. Not pictured are James Scriver and Hunter Gallob.

Photo submittedStudents at Crawford School who made the third quarter Cubs honor roll with a 3.0-3.5 GPA are, from the left: front — William Scarlett, Trea Denny, Richard Crane, and David Gallob; back — Alyssa Palecki, Kash Williams, Daniella Baxter, Colton Peebles, and Taylor White.

Crawford Reservoir opens for boating

Crawford State Park will open for boating on Friday, April 6, if ice conditions allow. Due to early season conditions, boaters must keep a look-out for possible floating debris and always be aware that unmarked hazards may exist. If debris or hazards are dis-covered, please notify the park staff. Before boat-ing, check that your ves-sel has all of the required safety items on board.

All trailered ves-sels must go through an aquatic nuisance species (ANS) inspection prior to launching. The ramp will be open for ANS inspec-tion from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily. If you wish to boat outside of those hours, you must obtain a seal from a certified ANS boat inspector and go through the proper pre-inspection procedure. Remember to always clean, drain, and dry your vessel to help prevent the spread of ANS.

Virginia Blackstock exhibit opens in Montrose

A solo show featur-ing Virginia Blackstock of Hotchkiss will be dis-played at Around the Cor-ner Art Gallery, 447 E. Main St. in Montrose, for the month of April. The show titled “Celebrating Spring In Our Area” will feature her watercolor paintings of individual flowers and still lifes. This will be her 58th solo show.

Virginia Blackstock, an accomplished water-colorist, is a signature member of 13 national watercolor societies and is published in five books.

An opening reception will be Friday, April 6, 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Photo by Kathy BrowningA limo full of fi lmmakers and actors arrives at the Paradise Theatre for the Paonia Film Festival Saturday night. In its second year, the festival was held over two nights at two venues, the Paradise and the Blue Sage Center for the Arts. The fes-tival is one of the ways to satisfy the creative urges of the multi-talented residents of the North Fork Valley.

Photo by Kathy BrowningYoung starlets arrive in top fashion for the red carpet walk into the prestigious Paradise Theatre. View more photos at www.fl ickr.com/kdbrowning.

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Sawmill heritageDanny Cotten shared story after story of the history of sawmills for the Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society on March 17. The audience was so large, the presentation was moved to the basement of the Masonic Lodge next door to the museum. Above is one of the photographs enlarged by Cotten. It’s of the Ferrier Saw-mill. Cotten told of the Powell Sawmill on Fer-rier Creek, the Crystal Creek Mill, the Roy Cotten Sawmill at the head of South Dyer Creek owned by Danny’s grandparents, the Feil and Durkin Sawmill, the Bill Briggs Sawmill, Edwards and Dodge Sawmill, Ruby Bear Sawmill, Luce Pipher’s Sawmill on Crystal Creek and others. It was infor-mative and entertaining.

On Saturday, April 7, come honor outgoing Crawford Mayor Jim Crook at Crawford Town Hall at 5 p.m.

Mayor Crook has served the Town of Crawford 24 years, and this potluck and party is

very well-deserved.Don’t miss out on the

fun and take the time to thank Mayor Crook and share memories with him.

Call Crawford Town Hall at 921-4725 for more information.

Potluck in honor of Mayor Jim Crook

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Photo by IHS Photography

Swingin’ beatsPaonia Junior-Senior High vocalists will be showcased at a dessert show to be held at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31. “Swingin’ Beats & Latin Heat” will feaure the mixed choirs and swing choir. Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for kids 12 and under. The cost will be $12 at the door. Contact Paonia High School or a choir member to purchase tickets.

Arch Coal, Inc. announced on March 22 that employees of Moun-tain Coal Company’s West Elk Mine and Ark Land Company were honored with Colorado’s top coal mine safety award and two state environmental awards at the annual National Western Mining Conference in Denver.

“We’re honored to receive three statewide awards for operating responsibly in Colora-do,” said John W. Eaves, Arch’s president and chief operating officer. “Our employees clearly recognize the importance of supplying safe, respon-sible, life-enabling and world-developing ener-gy.”

The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining

and Safety presented the 2011 Excellence in Safety Award to West Elk mine, the state’s leader in safety among large underground coal mines. West Elk’s rate of 1.70 MSHA total incidents per 200,000 employee-hours was 68 percent lower than the national under-ground average of 5.28 incidents. This marks the third consecutive year that West Elk has been recognized as Colorado’s safest underground coal mine.

West Elk also was recognized by the Colo-rado Division of Reclama-tion, Mining and Safety (CDRMS) for its environ-mental practices associ-ated with its new $27 million coal preparation plant. West Elk’s award-

winning practices include limiting construction to existing disturbed areas, reducing coal refuse gen-eration and improving resource recovery.

In addition, the CDRMS recognized Ark Land Company with an Excellence in Reclamation award for its outstanding treatment of U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands during exploration and subsequent reclama-tion, including replacing native boulders and veg-etation and re-grading former access roads on rugged terrain.

West Elk Mine wins three awards

The public is invited to the Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum for a presentation by David Bradford, U.S. Forest Service, on March 31 at 1:30 p.m. Bradford will discuss the book, “When the Grass Stood Stirrup-high: Facts, Photographs and Myths of West-Cen-tral Colorado,” written by Bradford, Floyd Reed and

Robbie Baird LeValley. This will be a Power-

Point program of photo-graphs taken over 100 years ago and at the same location about 12 years ago. The book is a well-written documentation of how the countryside has changed and how graz-ing land has improved through the efforts of the Forest Service.

David Bradford to speak at museum

Photo submittedCattle grazing in tall grass on Black Mesa in the fall of 2011. Some people thought the ‘dobies looked like this before overgrazing during the last part of the 19th century.

Tickets are now on sale for “Beautiful Radi-ant Things,” a new musi-cal play by Paonia play-wright Marty Durlin. The plays opens Friday, April 13, with a gala reception at the Blue Sage at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 7:30 performance at the Para-dise Theatre.

Based on an incident in the life of anarchist Emma Goldman, the play stars seven women as inmates of the Mis-souri State Penitentiary for Women in Jefferson City, where Goldman was imprisoned for opposing the draft during World War I.

Sally Kane stars as Emma Goldman, with local vocalist Ellen Hutto as the socialist Kate Richards O’Hare. Other inmates are portrayed by Alyssa Pinkerton, Amber McDaniel, Jenell Wehn, Christy Eller and Mar-ian Pierce. The show is choreographed by Lenore Cambria, with musical

direction by Sticky Mul-ligan and vocal harmo-nies by Pam Petersen.

Durlin spent the past year researching and writing the play. Set in June 1919, on Emma Goldman’s 50th birth-day, the musical explores the life of the women in prison against the backdrop of Goldman’s political theories. Known

most for her bold and compelling oratory, Gold-man toured the country in the 10 years leading up to her imprisonment in Jefferson City, speak-ing on everything from theater to economics to birth control. Her com-mitment to anarchism was based on ultimate personal liberty, and she is best known for saying

“I don’t want to be in your revolution if I can’t dance.”

“Beautiful Radiant Things” plays April 13-15 and 20-22 at the Par-adise Theatre in Paonia. Tickets are available at the Paradise Theatre during operating hours, at KVNF, or by phone: 970-314-3457. Sorry, no credit cards.

Tickets go on sale for ‘Beautiful Radiant Things’

The Wags and Menace Foundation has launched the new Medical Fund Partnership with Spirit Wind Horse Rescue.

Spirit Wind Horse Rescue is happy to now be part of a family work-ing toward making the world a better place for our equine friends.

The foundation has helped with the medical needs of a young Arabian

horse rescued last year in the North Fork Valley by Spirit Wind.

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B6 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 SPORTS Delta County Independent

SPORTSwww.deltacountyindependent.comMarch 28, 2012

BY TAMIE MECKDCI Sports Writer

There’s a new high school baseball rule that states all bats must be “batted ball coefficient of restitution,” or BBCOR certified. In layman’s terms, the spring of the ball off the bat just isn’t what it used to be. The results: fewer big hits, fewer home runs, more grounders.

When Jaime Rodri-guez connected on a fast pitch Saturday in game two against Rifle, the ball sailed above left field and over the fence. It was the first Bulldog homerun of the season and one of two game RBIs for Rodri-guez.

“I was kind of sur-prised about that,” said Rodriguez, who was four for four in game two and hit a triple in game one. There is a difference in the new bats.

Hotchkiss split the double header against the Bears. After a close 2-1 loss in game one, the Bulldogs rallied in game two for an 11-3 win.

While the homerun was a highlight of the day, the Bulldogs aren’t known for their big hits.

“We’ve never really been a homerun team,” said head coach Jason Yantzer at a recent prac-tice. “We focus on hitting line drives, so anything that gets lifted out of the park is a bonus. You can hit a line drive just the same with a BBCOR as you can with any other bat. It just doesn‘t carry as much.”

Yantzer said the increase of shorter hits also means more work for the infield, “because we’re going to get a lot of ground balls, a lot of... slower ground balls.” The defense is adjusting to the changes.

But it wasn’t the defense that lost in game

one. “We missed a lit-tle offense in that first game,” said Yantzer. But better to lose a tight game against a strong oppo-nent than to have it blow up. “We responded well in that second game... but we’ve got work to do.”

Before game two, Yantzer instructed his players to “attack that first-pitch fast ball,” and that changed the over-all pace of the game. Rodriguez opened his pitching game with three Ks. Dylan Rupe led off in the bottom of the first with a double, and Rodriguez singled and advanced to second on a Bear error. Jacobe Gal-ley was walked, and with the bases loaded, Conner Beard slammed a two-run double into center field. Russ Evans hit a single RBI to score Galley and give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead.

The Bulldogs scored two in the second inning. With Marco Meza on third, Rodriguez got in a pickle stealing second. While the Bears tried to chase Rodriguez down, Meza headed for home. The Bears took the bait and threw to home, allowing Rodriguez to steal second and Meza to score.

Galley brought Rodri-guez home on a double.

Rifle’s Danny Bartels scored the first Rifle run in the top of the third.

In the bottom of the fourth, Rodriguez drove a single down the third base line. With Galley at bat, Rodriguez stole sec-ond, then third. Galley was walked, then stole second. Brayden Wilson scored Rodriguez on a single. Beard brought Galley home, but his infield hit resulted in a double play for Rifle. Gal-ley stepped in to pitch in the fifth, and Rifle took advantage of the adjust-

ment period to score two. With a Rifle runner on first, Galley walked his first batter. With Dal-ton Bornholdt and Tan-ner Quick on second and third, Triston Quigley hit a two-run double to center field.

With a 7-3 lead, Edgar Macias opened with a triple. Kacey Miles hit a sacrifice RBI. Rupe sin-gled, and with two outs, Rodriguez hit his home run.

Galley struck out his first three batters in the top of the sixth. Beard was walked in the bottom of the sixth, and a single to left field by Ryan Pachl brought Beard in for the final run of the game.

Yantzer said the first game was more indica-tive of how tight the two

teams played against each other. He credited pitcher Bartels with a great first-game win. Rifle is “a good ball club,” he said.

Rodriguez, who was credited with the win in game two, was disap-pointed in the loss. “Rifle is solid,” he said. “We’ll see them later on down the road.”

The Bulldogs are now 3-1 in Western Slope com-petition. They host Aspen (0-6) in a double header this Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. On Tuesday, April 3, they face the Bruins at Cedaredge, beginning at 4 p.m.

With wins over Coal Ridge and Gunnison, Cedaredge remains the only undefeated team in the 3A WSL.

‘Dawgs’, Rifle split DH

Photo by Tamie MeckAfter a spectacular diving stop of a hit ball, Hotchkiss shortstop Jacobe Galley found a way to twist his body so he could make the tag on Rifl e’s Tanner Quick at second in game two. See www.deltacountyindependent.com for the entire sequence.


For the last two years, Paonia has had a dearth of upperclassmen in the lineup. But the few juniors and seniors they did have were talented. The Eagles have had a winning season and have made the playoffs in the last three years. The past two seasons, they did it with only one senior on the team. In 2010, Paonia placed fourth in state 2A competition.

That year, there was only one senior and one

junior on the team.Last year, they were

also fourth in state. With only one senior.

This year, there are eight seniors in the line-up: Derek Heiniger, Adri-an Lopez, Dustin Braslin, KC Christian, Zane Anderson, Kyler Bear, Riley Gill and Landon Long. All of them have played ball together since elementary school, and all are multi-sport ath-letes. Being so familiar with one another helps on the field, said Long, a third baseman and start-

ing pitcher. Juniors Taylor Katzer,

Keaton Kropp, Tyler Ken-dall, Jacob Leon and Jus-tin Manuppella make up the balance of the team.

They have a solid outfield, their infield is experienced, and three of their four pitchers are seasoned seniors. The Eagles played a non-con-ference double header yesterday (March 27) at Nucla. Before that, their last varsity game was on March 17.

What they need now are games.

With last week’s sched-uled game against 4A Bat-tle Mountain postponed until April 3, they’ve only played four games this season, and three were played at last week’s 4A Lloyd McMillan tourna-ment. Their record now stands at 0-3-1.

That they haven’t won yet is a bit frustrating, said Long. But then, they’ve only faced bigger schools, which should pay off later in the season.

New head coach Drew Potter said the team was

Eight may be enough;Paonia nine rich in seniors

Photo by Tamie MeckLandon Long is one of eight seniors for Paonia High School’s baseball team. For the past two seasons, the Eagles have made it past fi rst-round playoffs with only one senior. With a strong core of upper-classmen, they hope to improve that mark.BASEBALL TO B7


The sun was shining on Hotchkiss Saturday, and the Hotchkiss girls track team was beaming. The Lady Bulldogs won six events and earned 126 points to win at the 12th annual Hotchkiss Invitational track and field meet.

Jenni Celis was one-tenth of a second shy of breaking the 2001 meet record in the 400m dash, winning the event in 58.85. Natalie Anderson won the 1600m with a time of 5:30.63 — more than 24 seconds faster than the second-place time.

Hotchkiss also won the 400m,1600m and medley relays.

Freshman Aleksus Wil-son won the 200m dash in 28.37. Kelli Buhrdorf placed third in the 100m and fifth in the 200m.

Savannah Rocha won the high jump and was the sole competitor to clear the 5-foot mark. In her first high jump competi-tion of the season, Rocha made three attempts to clear 5-02, but got a clean

jump when the bar was lowered to 5-01.

The height was a per-sonal best and topped her career-best 5-00, which gave her a seventh-place finish at state in 2011. “I’m happy with it,” said Rocha after running in the 800m relay, in which Hotchkiss placed fourth.

Rocha spent the win-ter training for the high jump, focusing on plyo-metrics and other forms of exercise intended to increase her vertical lift. Rocha said she got into high jumping while at Crawford School. Both her dad and older brother were athletes and attend-ed college on track schol-arships.

“I really want to con-tinue the tradition of get-ting a track scholarship,” said Rocha.

In addition to compet-ing at state last year in the high jump, Rocha ran the 200 leg for the state champion med-ley team and competed in the 400m and 800m relay teams. She also ran on the 1600m team that placed second. She has run on all four sprint

relay teams, and ran on the medley and 1600m relay teams that now hold the school record. She hopes to compete in hurdles as the season progresses.

Rocha has steadily increased her high jump height every year since middle school, and set a goal this year of plac-ing in the top three. A state championship is possible, and that’s defi-nitely a goal, said Rocha, a junior.

In throwing, Kylie Hodges placed second in the shot put and sixth in the discus, and Lindsey Todd’s first throws of the season produced a fifth place in the shot put and second place in the dis-cus.

Cody Bartlett won the only gold for the Hotchkiss boys, combin-ing speed and endurance to win the 800m run in

2:05.17. The boys team earned 69 points to place third. Coal Ridge won with 157.50 points.

Most of the Bulldogs’ points came in the sprint relays. The 400m, 800m and 1600m relay teams all placed second behind Coal Ridge.

Vikash Hypio sprinted to fourth place and a per-sonal best time of 11.96 in the 100m dash. He was one of three runners to post a sub-25-second time in the 200m dash, finishing in 24.77 to place third.

Tell Hawk placed third in the 400m dash.

Thrower Mason Oxford broke two personal best distances, throwing the shot put 35-2.5 to place 11th and surpassing the 116-foot mark in the dis-cus to place fourth.

The Bulldogs will com-pete this Saturday at the Cedaredge Invitational.

Hotchkiss trackstersset PR’s at Invitational

Photo by Tamie MeckSavannah Rocha easily clears the bar at 5-0 on Sat-urday of last week. She won the high jump with a jump of 5-1, setting a new personal record and topping her 2011 best height by one inch. Rocha, a junior, has been jumping since middle school.

Photo by Tamie MeckBulldog Mason Oxford throws in the fi nals of the discus competition at Saturday’s Hotchkiss Invita-tional. Oxford set new personal records in both the discus (placed fourth) and shot put. The Bulldogs are headed to Cedaredge this weekend.

Photo by Tamie MeckBulldog Jaime Rodriguez can’t help but smile after hitting the fi rst Hotchkiss home run of the season against Rifl e on Saturday. The Bears and Bulldogs split games in a double-header played in Hotchkiss (Rifl e 2-1 game one; Hotchkiss 11-3 game two).

Delta County Independent SPORTS Wednesday, March 28, 2012 B7

BY WAYNE CRICKDCI Sports Editor

Delta’s Panthers performed well at last weekend’s Mickey Dunn Invitational Track Meet in Grand Junction. The Lady Panthers finished fifth with 59 points while the boys were sixth with 51.

In the girls’ race for the team title, Palmer Ridge (Colorado Springs) was first with 102.5 points with 4A WSL’s Glenwood Springs second with their 95 points. Bat-tle Mountain (4A WSL) was third with 73 points and Durango was fourth with 62.

Mountain Vista (High-lands Ranch) won the boys division with 102.5 points with Grand Junc-tion second with 61. Durango placed third (60 points), Palmer Ridge

was fourth (56.5 points), and Fruita had 54 points to place fifth.

Delta GirlsAs the current track

season wears on, Delta High School’s Lady Pan-ther track team will con-tinue to improve. There were no first-place fin-ishes for Delta but there were several top five and eight finishes.

One of the bright spots for an individual performance came in the 200m dash. Junior Skylyn Webb, a Lady Panther soccer player a season ago, was entered in the 200m with no experience since middle school. Webb, despite not having much time work-ing with starting blocks, turned in an impressive 26.25 to finish second behind Palmer Ridge’s MacKenzie Gouner who won the race with a time of 26.13.

Webb, who admit-

tedly acknowledges her poor starting techniques (upright in the first week), may be a force when she masters the basic techniques of using starting blocks.

In other notable indi-vidual performances, Bryanna Music, though if you were to ask her she might disagree, had a fair day in the field events of shot put and discus. Music was visibly upset after her final pre-liminary throw went out of bounds, leaving her with a low 30’s throw as a best. Music qualified for the finals and threw the shot 35-3.5 to place sec-ond behind Rifle’s Joey Kuheim, who had a win-ning throw of 40-1.75.

Music was a third-place winner in the discus after a throw of 104-6.

Triple-jumper Patti Chapman didn’t qualify as high as she would have liked but still had one of her better efforts of the year with a fourth-place finish with a jump of 33-5. Chapman, a junior at Delta High School, is still working on ironing out the intricacies of the tri-ple jump. “I’m not doing well on my third phase (the last jumping step of the event).” Teammate Natalie Larkin finished seventh.

Delta’s relay teams are carrying the torch for the Lady Panthers and finished in the top five in four relay races. The 3200m relay team of Clarissa Whiting, Mac-Kennea Broyles, Kyla Ownbey and Cleo Whit-

ing placed third behind Durango and Glenwood Springs.

Junior Callie Gaf-ford, the second leg of the Lady Panthers’ 800m relay team, understands the importance of good handoffs in relay races. In Saturday’s race, Delta finished fourth, about three seconds behind the race winner Glenwood Springs. With better, and quicker, handoffs Delta may have a shot at post-season competition. Erin Zunich is the first leg of the relay with sister Tay-lor Zunich running the third leg and handing off to Webb for the final 200m.

Webb, the Zunich sis-ters, and Chapman make up the 800m sprint med-ley team and were just two seconds off the pace with a fourth place fin-

ish.The same is true for

the 400m relay team. They were about two sec-onds behind the winning team from Palmer Ridge with handoffs making a difference in the team’s outcome. The team is the same four comprising the 800m relay team.

Clarissa and Cleo Whit-ing had top eight finishes in the 1600m run with Clarissa placing fifth and Cleo sixth.

Eighth-place finishes went to Taylor Zunich (400m) and Broyles (3200m).

Delta’s Lady Panthers will participate in this

Saturday’s Cedaredge Invitational beginning at 9 a.m.

Delta BoysEthan Jack Baier

scored the Panthers’ lone first-place finish last Saturday. Baier won the triple jump with an effort of 43-7.25 and teammate Jake Ames placed fifth. Baier had second-place finishes in both the high jump and long jump com-petitions.

Zach Decker had anoth-er strong day in the open 400m with a third-place finish making him the highest placing WSL 4A competitor in the event.

Other top eight indi-vidual placers for the Panthers included Irvin Hernandez (5th-300m hurdles), Justin Music (6th-shot put), and Bran-don Campbell (8th-discus and shot put).

Delta had a strong 3200m relay team (Dan-iel De La Rosa, Ames, Dustin Ownbey, and Jon Kinderknecht) that clocked a time of 8:57.28 to finish third.

The Panthers will join their Lady Panther team-mates at this weekend’s Cedaredge Invitational on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

DHS track teams in top six

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Photo by Wayne CrickTaylor Zunich hands off the baton to Skylyn Webb for the fi nal leg of the 200m relay.

Photo by Wayne CrickDetla senior Ethan Jack Baier runs a leg of the 2 X 400m relay at the Mickey Dunn Meet in Grand Junction.

Photo by Wayne CrickIrvin Hernandez makes the handoff to Colin Fra-ser in the 800m relay in Grand Junction last week.


Cedaredge had a slow start in game one of their double-header against Gunnison’s Cowboys on Saturday, March 24. After two innings of play the score was 1-0 in favor of the Bruins.

By the time six innings had been played, Cedaredge had built their lead to 8-0. That would be the way it ended with Drew Beach picking up the win for the Bruins. Beach went the distance and struck out eight bat-ters on his way to the win.

James Ledonne and Aaron Henrie had two for three days at the plate for Cedaredge with an RBI each.

Beach was two for four with the bat with an RBI while Peter Williamson had a double and an RBI as well.

In game two, the Bruins wasted no time in getting a lead. A five-run first inning gave Cedaredge what seemed to be a comfortable lead. Three hits and four walks helped the Bruins score their five runs in the inning. Gunnison also committed one error that led to a run.

With Sterling Rose on the hill, the Bruins cruised through the first two innings before Gun-nison finally scored a run. Rose hit the first batter of the inning with the sec-ond hitter reaching base on a single. The next two batters grounded out but

drove in runs to make the score 5-2 with the Bruins coming to bat.

Cedaredge’s offense made up the two runs given up the previous inning on a two-out rally in the bottom of the third. Two flies to the outfield had the Bruins looking at a quick inning. A walk to Sam Williamson ignit-ed the rally. Peter Wil-liamson reached base on an error and before the inning had ended, both runners had scored to make the score 7-2.

A three-hit fourth led to a pair of runs for the Cowboys and a 7-4 Cedaredge lead.

Beach opened the bot-tom of the fourth with a towering triple to right field. A wild pitch allowed Beach to score and make it an 8-4 lead for the Bru-ins.

One more run in the bottom of the fifth gave Cedaredge their ninth run and a 9-4 lead.

Gunnison’s last gasp effort came in the sixth when they exploded for four runs.

The Cowboys failed to score in the top of the seventh leaving the final score at 9-8.

Dillon Nicholas was the big stick for Cedaredge in game two with three hits in three at bats. Trent Walker was two for two, including a double and two RBI’s, and Ledonne had a hit in three at bats with a pair of RBI’s.

Rose picked up the win for Cedaredge as he went 5.2 innings allowing the

eight Gunnison runs on three hits. Walker picked up the save in his 1.1 innings of work. Greg Edgington and Peter Wil-liamson were behind the plate for the Bruins.

Between games, head coach Randy Brown expressed his feelings on the play of his Bruins. “The kids were phenom-enal. They were consis-tent in their play and in general, better than they were last week against Coal Ridge.” Practices

last week were centered around focusing on the game when leading big.

For game one against Gunnison, “We stayed focused and had no errors and we were throwing strikes.”

Cedaredge is in Basalt on Saturday, March 31, for a double-header with the Longhorns beginning at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. On Tuesday, April 3, the Bruins host Hotchkiss for a game beginning at 4 p.m.

Bruins 4-0 after DH win

solid on defense through-out the tournament, although they struggled in their 8-5 loss to Moffat County. They were a lit-tle weak on offense, said Potter, but had practiced outside for less than a week going into the tour-nament. They’re improv-ing with every practice.

Last year, the Eagles went undefeated in league play. They hope to repeat that feat. They’re a tougher team than last year, and the other 2A teams have likely improved, too. “We don’t

know which teams they are now,” said Long, “but I’m pretty sure there will be a team that will step up.”

Long said the seniors want to have a fun year, “But we want to make it a winning season.”

The Eagles will have their first chance to size up the 2A competition when they play their first conference games of the season this Saturday in a double header against Rangely. Game one begins at 11 a.m. at Volunteer Park with the second set for 1 p.m.

BaseballCONTINUED FROM B6

Photo by Wayne CrickCedaredge fi rst baseman Drew Beach has the ball in his mitt and appears to be about to make the tag on a Gunnison player diving back into the bag. The player was safe on the play. Cedaredge went on to sweep the Cowboys 8-0 and 9-8.

Don’t forget the ourth nnual Jack Hawkins’ Night Memorial Bas-ketball Tournament and Chili Cook Off Thurs-day, March 29, at Delta High School. The eve-ning starts at 5 p.m. with a chili “all you can eat” event. Buy a raffle ticket for a Troy Tulow-itzki jersey ($5 for one or three for $10) and enjoy a silent auction during

game competiton begin-ning at 6 p.m.

Your entry ticket will make you eligible to win one of 10 family pizzas in drawings throughout the evening. Admission for adults is $5 and $3 for students.

Come enjoy chili, a beverage, Meadow Gold ice cream, and a night of basketball to honor an old friend.

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B8 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 SPORTS Delta County Independent


The Montrose Indians took advantage of walks to score a 6-0 shutout over the visiting Delta Panthers on March 20.

Montrose took the lead in the bottom of the sec-ond after a leadoff walk to Lopez. A double from Perez gave the Indians their initial run in the second inning.

For the next two innings it was a defensive battle with neither team finding enough offense to

muster baserunners let alone any scores.

After a three-up, three-down in the top of the fifth for the Panthers, Montrose went to work capitalizing on miscues to score three times. In the inning, Delta pitch-ing gave up three walks and a base hit to help the Indians’ offense plate three runs.

Montrose scored two more times in the bottom of the sixth after a walk, double and an error.

Montrose found other

ways than their bats to do most of the damage in their non-conference win. Of the six runs scored by the Indians, four came off walks.

Keaton Reiher led Delta’s hitters with two hits in three at bats to account for half of the Panthers’ four hits. Chris Lopez and Chad Fedler had the other two hits.

Jordan Sandoval took the loss for Delta and Haynes the win for Mon-trose.

Delta is 4-2 overall

and 2-0 in 4A WSL play following the loss at Mon-trose.

Panthers coach Marty Rover felt his kids played well enough but just couldn’t come up with the hits to provide baserun-ners and scoring oppor-tunities.

The Panthers played Palisade on Monday, March 26, and have Olathe at home on Wednesday, March 28. On Saturday, the Pan-thers are in Steamboat Springs for two games.

Delta blanked by Indians

Photo by Wayne CrickKeaton Reiher watches the ball come off his bat in last week’s 6-0 loss to Montrose. Reiher had two of the Panthers’ four hits, a leadoff double and a single in the game.


Sue Poulos has been coaching the Paonia throwers for a dozen years now. In all those years she’s produced one state championship: her daughter, Stacey, who went on to throw for the Colorado State Univer-sity Rams. Stacey Pou-los still holds the Paonia High School records in the shot put and discus.

Poulos, a volunteer, does produce some strong throwers. There’s hardly a year that she hasn’t taken a thrower to state. Last year, she took two girls, Kayla Wingfield and Abby Campbell, and two

boys, Tony Darling and Nate Emmons; in 2010, Jordyn Rienks placed at state in both events.

Poulos, who also coached PHS volleyball in 2002 and 2003, started coaching, she said with a laugh, when she was attending practices and a coach asked her to help out.

This year, Poulos has four female and eight male throwers, and despite a large field of competitors (at Hotchkiss, about 40 girls and 70 boys com-peted in each event), they’re earning points for the Eagles. On Saturday, Morgan Hartigan placed third in the shot put, and

Kayla Lachney, a junior from Cedaredge, placed seventh. Tony Darling threw 43-04.75 to place second in the shot put, and Morgan Rieder threw 105-04 to place eighth in the discus. Jonathan Van-Vleet, Tristan Littlejohn and Josh Kimball also competed. Senior Myles Cumpston, who was sev-enth in the discus at last week’s Delta meet, had the day off.

The Paonia boys team earned 52.5 points to place fourth overall. The 3200m relay team of Trevor Walters, Jason Sturgis, Jacob Helleckson and Ben Justman domi-nated the event. Walters

took an early lead, pulling ahead of the rest of the pack by the 200m mark. The Eagles went largely unchallenged, with Just-man crossing the finish line 13 seconds ahead of second-place Coal Ridge.

In individual track events, sophomore Wil-liam Austin placed fourth in both hurdle races, and Walters was third in the 1600m.

In track events, when there is more than one heat, the last heats are reserved for the faster racers. Freshman Jesse Reed had yet to submit a qualifying time in the 1600m run. With 43 run-ners in the event, Reed

was placed in the first of two heats. He finished more than 100 meters ahead of the second run-ner and posted the ninth-fastest time of the day. It’s likely that Reed, a state champion wrestler whose three older sisters are all state-champion runners, will never run in a slower heat again. Reed also placed seventh out of 38 runners in the 800m and was the high-est placing freshman.

The Eagles earned points in all three jump-ing events, with Alex Hart placing third in the long and triple jumps. Ben Linnell was fifth and Anthony Roeber sixth in the high jump.

Chelsy Reed and Taylor Polson topped Saturday’s Paonia girls performances. Reed won the 800m run in 2:33.13, and Polson won the 300m hurdles in 52.03.

The 3200m relay team of Braiden Clement, Car-son Pipher, Polson and Reed handily won with a time of 10:36.53, 43 seconds ahead of second-place Crested Butte.

Polson placed in four events, finishing sec-ond in the triple jump and second in the 800m relay along with Jasmine Gomez, Taylor Plymale and Brooklynd Erickson.

Paonia placed three runners in the 100m dash, with Erickson plac-ing fourth, Gabrielle Moet seventh and Alexandria Farnsworth eighth.

Ce’rra Carsten placed second in the high jump, and Mandy Bushta was third in the long jump.

Paonia will com-pete this Saturday at Cedaredge.

Paonia High throwers shine

Photo by Tamie MeckMorgan Rieder throws in the discus fi nals in Hotchkiss. Rieder placed eighth and is one of eight throwers for Paonia.


For Rebecca Deal, jumping just comes natu-rally. Since her freshman year, Deal has consis-tently placed in the long and triple jumps, and placed fourth and sixth respectively at the 2011 3A state meet.

The talent seems to run in the family. Deal’s sister Jamie was also a state qualifier for Cedaredge in the long and triple jumps.

At Saturday’s Hotchkiss Invitational, Deal broke the meet record of 16-04.75, set in 2002, by clearing 16-09.5 in the preliminaries.

In the finals, she broke her personal record, which was also the Cedaredge High School record, by an inch with a distance of 17-03.75. She knew it right away.

“Yeah, I felt it,” said

Deal after winning the event. “I think I got more height and brought my legs forward, and it was just a good jump.”

Deal also cleared 33-6.5 to win the triple jump and is on track to qualify for state in both events.

Deal and teammates Savannah McIntire, Rachael Latta and Mack-enzie Kehmeier placed second in the 1600m relay.

Cedaredge elite sprinter Sierra Williams didn’t compete Saturday, but the Lady Bruins still earned 94 points to place second, with Paonia plac-ing third with 92 points.

Rachel Latta cleared 15-09 to place second in the long jump. The 400m relay team of Tani Zamar-ripa, Summer Herman, Bree Gutierrez and Keh-meier also placed second. The Bruins didn’t enter teams in the medley,

3200m and 800m relays.In throwing, Kristen

Alward went over the 30-foot mark to place sixth in the shot put, and Kai-tlyn Kissner was fifth in the discus with a throw of 87-08.

The Cedaredge boys team won seven events and earned 112 points to place second. Coal Ridge High School won the meet with 157.50 points.

Two of those golds were earned by hurdler Dante Markley, who won the 110m high hurdles with a time of 16.29, and the 300m hurdles in 44.26.

His times in the 300m hurdles are on par with his times at this point in the season, said Markley, who a year ago also won both events.

In 2011, Markley placed fifth at state in the 300 hurdles and sev-enth in the 110 hurdles. But in the 110 hurdles,

“They’re faster than they were last year,“ said Mar-kley, who bested his per-sonal record Saturday by a tenth of a second.

Because hurdles require skills beyond run-ning, athletes typically peak in hurdles in their junior and senior years. In 2010, Markley placed seventh at state in the 300m event and was the only freshman to make the finals.

Markley said he keeps in shape during the off-season by running and strengthening. “And I stretch a lot to increase my flexibility.” While he’s concentrating this sea-son on the hurdle events, he also runs sprints and placed second Saturday in the 100m dash, losing by a mere 100th of a sec-ond. Markley runs on the 1600m relay team, which placed fourth at state in 2011, and hopes to be on another state-qualifying sprint relay team.

“We should have a pretty strong team,” added Markley.

While he’s already con-sidering a college career and is eyeing Western State College, he has some time to improve and think things over. Mark-ley is only a junior.

Reid Gates and Danny Martinez both upped their performances in the high jump after placing one and two respective-ly at Delta. They were the only athletes at the meet to post National Elite standards, and both topped their personal best height by clearing 6-06, with Gates clear-ing the bar twice for the win. Neither jumper threatened the 2001 meet record of 7-00.

In 2011, Martinez and Gates placed fourth and fifth respectively at the state 3A meet.

Gates, a sophomore, also won the long jump Saturday, with a new personal record distance of 20-8.5, and placed fifth in the discus.

Cedaredge earned 35 points in throwing events. Miguel Barajas outdis-tanced more than 70 throwers to win the shot put and discus events.

Senior Tylor Balistreri was seventh in the discus and third in the shot put, with freshman teammate Austin Williams placing sixth.

Bruins place high atHotchkiss Invitational

Photo by Tamie MeckPaonia’s Taylor Polson has a comfortable lead heading into the bell lap of the 3200m relay. Paonia won by :43.

Photo by Tamie MeckCedaredge senior weight man Tylor Balistreri throws in the discus fi nals at the Hotchkiss Invita-tional Meet last Saturday. Of the 112 team points scored by the Bruins, 35 were earned in the throw-ing events.

Photo by Tamie MeckRebecca Deal soars to a new Hotchkiss Invite Meet record in the long jump with an effort of 17-4.75.Deal bested the old record, set in 2002 by Rachel Schmucker of Hotchkiss, by a foot. Deal also won the triple jump and ran in the 1600m relay.

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Mesa’s moodsStreaks of morning sunlight fall on the southern slopes of Grand Mesa giving a sense of unending landscape variety in this desert-to-alpine view seen from Hamilton Road.


The full Orchard City Town Board has endorsed a trustee water committee request to pursue a $20,000 grant application that would pay for “planning, design, and permitting activities” of a pro-posed small hydro power unit at the town’s water treatment plant.

Discussion and study of the idea has been under way for many months. The trustee water committee, comprised of Jim Boyd and Jan Gage, explained they envision a hydro power unit installed at the treatment plant’s inflow. It would generate electric-ity to replace the plant’s esti-mated $10,000 annual cost of propane heating and provide power for other operations.

Gage said there is current-ly an estimated five-to eight-year payback on the project’s total $107,000 “design and construction cost.”

Gage explained, “This is a very preliminary estimate. We will not know the full details until we have the full-blown engineering study done.” The town would pay the full $107,000 or other final amount “unless we are able to get additional grants,” Gage said.

During their March 14 meeting, the board voted unanimously to go ahead

with the application for the $20,000 grant, which would require a matching $20,000 from the town. But a compli-cation since March 14 could slow the project. “Since we met,” Gage explained, “we found out we were not able to get into the (state’s grant) program, so we are going to have to (work) through (fed-eral permitting regulations) on our own.”

In other business during their March 14 regular meet-ing, the Orchard City Town Board dealt with the follow-ing matters:

• Trustees approved a boundary line adjustment between the Magnuson and Blunk properties on 2100 Road.

• The town staff report-ed that a private landowner whose property was crossed by the West Main transmis-sion line project is satisfied with finish and cleanup work. An easement issue is near-ing completion of some “final paperwork.”

• Trustees approved a con-tract with the Field of Dreams youth sports organization for use of town park facilities.

• Trustees heard some details of an idea for placing a display case in the community room. It would be located next to the Fairview School model and would hold mementos of former classmates.

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BY BOB BORCHARDTStaff Writer

Students and teachers are anxious to move into the new Cedaredge Elementary School, but they will have to wait until next fall.

On Nov. 3, 2010, ground was broken on the new school with an anticipated comple-tion date for early 2012. John McHugh, director of facilities and maintenance for Delta County School District 50, said that the move-in dates have been postponed until late summer for various rea-sons.

McHugh explained that seasonal factors contributed to the delay. He said it did not make sense to work on a new parking area during the winter. Also, a 30-day air exchange, certified by LEED’s (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and required by the BEST grant, would have been more expense to accomplish during the win-ter months.

The new facility and remod-eling the existing school was

funded with an $8.8 million Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant, with the school district contribut-ing $2.6 million. The project also received a $200,000 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado

for playground improvements, which will include two play areas with swing sets, tether ball, adjustable basketball goals, soccer nets and other play structures.

The new facility will also

feature an improved solar sys-tem, installed by Bright Leaf, a Montrose company. The sys-tem is capable of generating 10kWh of power and 285,000 BTU of solar hot water heat.

Currently, students are

crossing NW Cedar Avenue during school hours to get to the gym, lunchroom, music room and library. With the new facility, students will have all services under one roof and will not have to cross the street. The new elemen-tary school, located on the old playground on the south side of NW Cedar Avenue, will house all the classrooms, library, cafeteria, staff and special education offices and music room.

Cedaredge Elementary Prinicpal Amy Geddes said the administrative staff, facul-ty and students are all excited over the prospect of moving into the new state-of-the-art school. The teachers and staff will move in during the sum-mer months and be ready to receive students when school starts in the fall.

Geddes pointed out the building on the north side of NW Cedar Avenue (the old Hunsicker Elementary build-ing) will be the future home of the Vision program, with space for community projects.

New elementary school will be ready for students in the fall

Photo by Bob BorchardtStudents and faculty are getting excited about the new elementary school in Cedaredge. Staff will move in this summer, and have it ready for students to begin the new year in a new school.


On Friday, March 23, Cedaredge Fire Chief Kevin Walker delivered the latest of three new additions to the Cedaredge Volunteer Fire Department’s fleet of trucks.

The new fire engine is a 2011 four-wheel drive Interna-tional equipped with a water canon mounted on the front bumper and a light tower over the cab. Walker said the truck will be used primarily for res-

cue, such as at auto accidents, and structural fires.

Walker said the truck has “pump and roll capability” — meaning the truck does not need to be stationary to pump water but can do so while moving — and that all the tools, including the cutters and spreaders used to rescue people trapped in a car, and two 100-foot hydraulic hoses used to operate those tools are all stored in the truck’s front bumper.

Volunteer firefighter John McHugh noted that the new truck has the storage capac-ity of 750 gallons of water. McHugh said the truck has the capability of pumping 1,250 gallons of water per minute, all with the flick of a switch from inside the cab. McHugh added that the hoses are all “pre-connected,” mak-ing it much easier for the firefighters to go into action as soon as they arrive on the scene.

Truck adds capability to Cedaredge Fire

Photo by Bob BorchardtThe Cedaredge Fire Department is better equipped to serve the community with the arrival of its newest engine, a 2011 four-wheel drive International with “pump and roll” capability and a full range of rescue equipment.


Two more private pipeline companies have accepted the Town of Orchard City’s offer to join the town system.

On March 14, the trust-ees approved financing deals for the West Thornton Pipe-line and the Tongue Creek Pipeline that will bring their systems up to current town specifications and allow them to become direct customers of the water utility.

Orchard City’s standing offer to private pipeline com-panies is to pay one-half the materials cost for the needed upgrades. The water users on the lines pay the other half of materials and all of the labor.

The West Thornton project will get a $3,870 contribution from the town for improve-

ments to 1,500 feet of water distribution line.

In addition, the town has agreed to pay for installation of 424 feet of additional line that will create a loop with the existing town distribution lines.

The Tongue Creek Pipe-line has qualified for a $9,616 funding pledge from trustees for upgrading between 4,800 and 5,000 feet of line. The project will also solve other water service problems for the users, trustees noted.

Also, the town is prepar-ing to complete its financial arrangements with residents of the Meadow View neigh-borhood, trustees learned at a March work session. The town has agreed to accept the private pipeline company into

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Einstein would be proud. On Friday evening,

March 23, more than 200 Cedaredge Middle School students, proud parents and area residents turned

out for the third annual Family Science Night at the middle school.

Science teachers Doug Craig, Heather Stratman and Cynthia Kinsey pro-vided the students with a variety of science proj-ects, and the students were given the opportu-nity to choose the project that they wanted to work on.

The main purpose of the Science Night is to get the students excited about their chosen science projects, explained Craig, and to provide them with a venue and the opportu-nity to demonstrate and share with the commu-nity the results of those projects, and what it is that they do in science class.

Science Night also helps the students devel-op communication skills by explaining details of their projects as they demonstrate them to the public and answer-ing questions regarding those projects.

One of the more popu-lar exhibits among the students and adults alike were the large and small telescopes that were setup on the CMS Cam-pus by members of the Black Canyon Astronomi-cal Society.

With those telescopes, those attending the Fam-ily Science Night were able to safely observe sunspots (using “white light” filters) during the evening hours and were given the opportunity to

look at the moon, Venus, Mars and Saturn during the nighttime hours.

And, according to Craig, with 70-80 young middle school students participating in 35 stu-dent interactive science

projects — and for the first time ever, 25 stu-dents from Hunsicker Elementary School’s sixth grade classes tak-ing part — the night turned out to be an “astronomical” success.

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More than 30 years ago, women of the Cedaredge Rebekah Elberta Lodge

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Their latest meeting was held March 20 at the IOOF Hall for a pot-luck luncheon, followed by games of Yahtzee.

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Photo by Verna BarrRebekah’s birthday club members (left to right) Helen Barton, Ruth C. Dawson, Ruth A. Dawson and Mary Grace Farmer gathered for a game of Yahtzee after enjoying a once a month potluck luncheon.

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Senior recognitionThe Cedaredge Senior Board honored those who were 90 or older at the senior meal site recently. Pictured from the left are: (front row) Mary Rose Wooley, Alan Albert, Max Good, Art Woltering, Clara Booze and John Queen; (back row) Evelyn Tuck, Mary Grace Farmer, Viola Ray, Lois Baker, Chuck Worley, Charlie Hawkins and Herb Briscoe. Each of the 13 received recognition, a carnation from the Cedaredge Senior Board and lunch. Max Good (third from the left in the front row) is the eldest of the group at age 98 with another birthday coming up in December.

Photo by Bob BorchardtThe Black Canyon Astronomical Society set up a variety of telescopes as part of Science Night at Cedaredge Middle School, giving students an opportunity to view Venus, Mars, Saturn and the moon.

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The Delta SnoKrus-ers Snowmobile Club had a very successful sea-son. In addition to host-ing the Colorado Snow-mobile Convention in January, the group held club rides, including 29 members riding to Glen-wood Springs for a week-end in February.

The club is excited to see an increase in mem-bership of 30 percent. As the SnoKrusers add more activities and becomes more involved in the com-munity, the club hopes to see its membership grow to 100 families and busi-nesses for next season!

On St. Patrick’s Day it hosted the second annu-al poker run at Roscoe’s and Thunder Mountain Lodge. All proceeds went to the Garrett Carothers’ Memorial Scholarship Fund. By honoring the memory of Garrett at the Poker Run, the club raises awareness of the dangers of avalanches not only for snowmobilers, but for all that participate in snow activities. The family of Garrett Carothers was given $635 for the schol-arship. The SnoKrus-ers would like to thank the area businesses that sponsored our poker run — Thunder Mountain Lodge, Roscoe’s, Grand Mesa Motorsports, Montrose Implement Motorsports, Grand Val-ley Powersports, Grand Mesa Lodge, Electric Mountain Lodge and Skooterz n Shooterz.

If you saw some inter-esting green costumes on the Grand Mesa, now you understand why! The club showed great enthusiasm and sportsmanship as they enjoyed being Irish for a day while riding the trails and working the checkpoints.

The final club event of the season will be a day of ice fishing followed by a fish fry on Sunday, April 1. If you would like

to participate, be at the Visitor Center parking lot by 9 a.m. Even if you are not a club member, you are welcome to attend. Remember, the 2012-2013 fishing season starts on the first, so you will need to renew your fishing license by Sunday.

The final club meet-ing for the season will be held Thursday, April 12, at The Ole Bakery Café in Cedaredge. A social

hour begins at 6 p.m., the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The meeting will feature election of officers, discu-sion of next year’s events and planning Highway 65 clean up and Grand Mesa trail marking dates for the summer. The club welcomes all new mem-bers, all levels of riders and all ages. Our mission is to maintain the integ-rity and longevity of the sport of snowmobiling by

promoting riding safety, environmental aware-ness, community involve-ment, a sense of adven-ture and an opportunity to enjoy snowmobiling as a group.

For more information contact Donna Anken-bauer at 856-3875 or e-mail [email protected]. Updates on the Delta SnoKrusers can be found at www.facebook.com/snokrusers.

A good year for ‘krusin’

Photo submittedMembers of the Delta SnoKrusers Snowmobile Club paused for a group photo during their St. Patrick’s Day poker run on the Grand Mesa. Their fi nal club event of the season will be a day of ice fi shing on Sunday, April 1. If interested in joining the fun, meet up with the club at the Grand Mesa Visitor Center parking lot by 9 a.m.

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Cedaredge honor rollThe following students were named to the honor roll at Hunsicker Elemen-

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During Holy Week, area churches welcome all to attend services remem-bering that Jesus Christ suffered, was crucified and died on the cross. On Easter Sunday the Lord’s resurrection is celebrated with prayer, music and messages of hope. Presbyterian Church

of DeltaPalm Sunday, April 1

— Gather in the court-yard at 10:15 a.m. for a processional leading into the sancutary for praise music and worship.

Maundy Thursday, April 5 — A soup supper and ecumenical worship service will be conducted in conjunction with the Delta United Methodist Church and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. The service will be held in Westminster Hall, 4th and Meeker, Thursday, April 5, at 6 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 8 — Breakfast, 9 a.m., fol-lowed by a children’s egg hunt and a 10:30 a.m. cel-ebratory worship. Nurs-ery is provided for young

children.Calvary Baptist

ChurchEaster Sunday, April 8

— Special Easter service at 10:30 a.m. A children’s egg hunt will be held prior to services at 9 a.m. Calvary Baptist Church is located at 1290 A Street in Delta. For more infor-mation please contact us at 874-9497 or visit www.CalvaryDelta.org.

First BaptistChurch of Delta

Palm Sunday, April 1 — At 10:30 a.m. the adult choir and the praise teams of First Baptist inspire us with new music, “Unfet-tered Praise” and “O What a Savior.”

Thursday, April 5 — Last Supper worship service starting at 6 p.m. with a soup and sandwich supper, followed by a wor-ship service with Christ and the disciples seated at the Last Supper.

Friday, April 6 — Men-nonite singing group to perform. More details to follow.

Easter Sunday, April 8 — At 10:30 a.m. the combined praise teams, Potters Clay and One Accord, and the adult choir will sing combined pieces praising the Risen Lord. Signing for the deaf community is offered if it is needed.

First Church of GodPalm Sunday, April 1

— The children will con-duct a parade of palms. A free Easter egg hunt and carnival follow at 12:30 p.m., after a free potluck lunch (open to all who attend the 10:15 a.m. worship service).

Good Friday, April 5 — A 6 p.m. service will fea-ture special music and a “gospel chalk talk” by Pastor Linda Aubery.

Easter Sunday, April 8 — Human poised art will depict the life and min-istry of Jesus. The 10:15 a.m. service will also fea-

ture special songs and music.

The church is located on the corner of 11th and Howard streets in Delta.

St. Luke’sEpiscopal ChurchGood Friday, April 6

— Ecumenical worship, 7 p.m., with open com-munion and combined choirs.

Agape ChristianFellowship of DeltaEaster Sunday, April

8 — Morning worship begins at 10:30 a.m. Agape Christian Fellow-ship meets in the Colum-bine Mall at 326 Main Street, Delta.

Delta Christian Church

Tuesday, April 3 — The Ugandan Orphans Choir performs at 6:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 8 — First service, 9:30 a.m.; second service, 11 a.m.

Thunder Mountain Church of ChristSaturday, April 7 —

Resurrection celebration at 820 Palmer Street in Delta. The church plans on having a variety of activities for children from 10 a.m. until noon. There will be cotton candy, pop-corn, a bump and jump, face painting, Easter egg hunt, and much more. The event is free to the public. Please bring one perishable food item for the local food pantry. For more information, call 234-7816.

Olathe UnitedMethodist ChurchEaster Sunday, April 8

— Children are invited to send prayers into the world Easter morning via colorful helium-filled bal-loons. The event begins at 9 a.m. in Stewart Hall where people of all ages will write prayers on slips of paper. The prayers will be laminated and attached to helium-filled balloons with ribbons. While the prayers and balloons are being pre-

pared, a free continental breakfast will be served. We will join together for worship, after which we will take our balloons out-side and release them to find the person in need of our prayers. Olathe Unit-ed Methodist Church is located at 512 S. Hersum in Olathe. For more infor-mation call 323-6465.

Eckert Presbyterian Church

Good Friday, April 6 — Joint worship service with All Saints Lutheran Church in Cory at 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 8 — Morning worship, 10:30 a.m. All services are open to the public and we welcome guests at 13025 Highway 65, Eckert.

CedaredgeCommunity United Methodist ChurchPalm Sunday, April

1 — Easter cantata, “Because He Lives.” Combined service at 10 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 5 — Play at 6 p.m. “Transformation: A Liv-ing Last Supper.”

Easter Sunday, April 8 — Celebration service, “What is the Purpose of Your Life,” 9 a.m.

Traditional worship with communion, 10 a.m. “Family First.” Kids, don’t forget to bring your Easter baskets for an Easter egg hunt after the 10 a.m. service.

Cedaredge Commu-nity United Methodist Church is located at 3rd and Aspen.Grand Mesa Southern

Baptist ChurchEaster Sunday, April 8

— The church will pres-ent the Easter cantata, “More Than a Carpen-ter” at 10:45 a.m. There will be additional musi-cal selections as we cel-ebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The church is located at 110 S.E. Jay Avenue at Hwy. 65 in Cedaredge.

Paonia Friends Church

Easter Sunday, April 8 — Sunrise service at 6:45 a.m. at the church prop-erty across from Paonia High School. There will be a bonfire, worship music and a brief devotional as we remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ Our Savior. A pot-luck breakfast follows in the fellowship hall at 7:15 a.m. At the 9 a.m. wor-ship service, we celebrate “Jesus Is Alive” through song, testimony, special music and the Bible.

North ForkMinisterial AllianceGood Friday, April 5

— Worship at 7 p.m. at Paonia Christian Fellow-ship Church.

North Fork Catholic Community

Palm Sunday, April 1 — Mass at Sacred Heart, Paonia, 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Margaret Mary, Hotchkiss, 11 a.m. No Saturday eve-ning mass at Sacred Heart, Paonia, on March 31.

Tenebrae Wednesday, April 4 — at Sacred Heart, Paonia, 6:30 a.m.

Holy Thursday, April 5 — Mass at Sacred Heart, Paonia, 6:30 p.m., followed by adoration until mid-night.

Good Friday, April 6 — Stations of the Cross at St. Margaret Mary, Hotchkiss, 5:30 p.m. Good Friday ser-vice at St. Margaret Mary, 6:30 p.m.

Holy Saturday, April 7 — Easter Vigil Mass at Sacred Heart, Paonia, 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 8 — Mass at Sacred Heart, Paonia, 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Margaret Mary, Hotchkiss, 11 a.m.

To include your church’s activities in this schedule, please e-mail [email protected].

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High Country Equipment, LLC36356 Highway 92

Hotchkiss, CO 81419

970-872-3890

970-872-3894

Alan M. KingFinancial AdvisorBranch Manager

874-0789 or Toll Free 866-893-3813www.RaymondJames.com/AlanKing

338 Main Street • Delta

Come celebrate Holy Week at the Presbyte-rian Church of Delta! On Palm Sunday, April 1, youth and adults will gather in our courtyard at 10:15 a.m. for a proces-sional into the sanctuary for praise music and wor-ship.

The church will host a soup supper and ecu-menical worship service with the Delta United Methodist Church and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Westminster Hall on Maundy Thursday, April 5, at 6 p.m. All are invit-ed to share this time of quiet reflection and open

communion.St. Luke’s will host an

ecumenical worship on Good Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m., with open com-munion and combined choirs.

The Delta Ministeri-al Alliance will host the annual Easter Sonrise service at 6:45 a.m. at Confluence Lake. After

the Sonrise service, the Presbyterian Church will serve breakfast at 9 a.m., followed by an egg hunt for children (please bring your own basket) and a 10:30 a.m. celebratory worship. All are welcome to join in any and all Easter activities. A nurs-ery is provided for young children.

Churches join together for Holy Week observances

April 1: 10:00 a.m.– Easter Cantata “Because He Lives” Combined serviceApril 5: 6:00 p.m.–Maundy Thursday Play, “Transformation: A Living Last Supper”April 8: Easter Sunday • 9:00 a.m.– Celebration Service - “What is the Purpose of Your Life?” • 10:00 a.m.– Traditional Worship with Holy Communion, “Family First” • Easter Egg Hunt after 10:00 a.m. service Kids, don’t forget to bring your Easter Baskets!

LET’S CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD! Open Hearts Open Minds Open Doors

CEDAREDGE COMMUNITYUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

3rd and Aspen, Cedaredge

HOLY WEEK EVENTSHOLY WEEK EVENTS

The Colorado State University Extension is offering a webinar on poisonous plants on Colorado small acreages on Wednesday, April 4, from noon to 1 p.m. The webinar can be viewed

by anyone with a com-puter with Internet access.

Plant poisoning con-cerns landowners with livestock and horses throughout Colorado. Many native plants and

noxious weeds are poi-sonous to animals that eat them, causing eco-onomic losses through death, reproductive fail-ure, weight loss and the cost of herbicides, fenc-ing, etc. Important toxic plants of the intermoun-tain area and the Front Range will be discussed, giving the specific tox-ins, the clinical signs produced, treatment where possible and fac-tors predisposing ani-mals to plant poisoning.

This free webinar is presented by Dr. Tony Knight, CSU clinical science professor and author of several poi-sonous plant books. It is sponsored by CSU Extension and the Nat-ural Resources Conser-vation Service.

The link to register for this webinar through Google Documents is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDIxdU1zZ0RWQWFCbUJ2S0ZaZ04xLXc6MQ#gid=0

For more informa-tion contact Jennifer Cook at [email protected] or call her at 303-659-7004, ext. 3.

Locally, contact F. Isaac Munoz, CSU Exten-sion small acreage man-agement at 249-3935 or John Rizza at 243-5068, ext. 128.

Webinar on poisonous plants offered April 4

Easter ‘Sonrise’ service to be held in Delta

A community Res-urrection Day Sonrise service is planned at Confluence Lake Park Sunday, April 8, at 6:46 a.m. followed by a community breakfast at Gunnison Valley Church of the Naza-rene located at 1782 H Road in Delta.

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Montrose office hunter education instructors will be con-ducting a hunter educa-tion course April 16, 18, 23, and 25, from 6 to 9 p.m. each night. The classes will be held at the Montrose Rod and Gun Club indoor range.

Participants must pre register by calling 252-6000. Class fee is $10. Class size is limited but a minimum of 10 students

are required to hold the class.

Another class will be held May 19-20.

All persons purchas-ing any type of Colorado hunting license who were born on or after Janu-ary 1, 1949 must have a Hunter Education card.

Contact the Colora-do Parks and Wildlife, Montrose office, at 252-6000, for information on courses to be offered later in the year.

Hunter ed class offered in April

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Norm or Christi Prettyman856-7791

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John Freeman856-3300


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Marsha Bryan856-8800

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Bob or Linda Lario527-7756

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Delta –Vacant Land

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MOBILEHOMES

RENT TO OWN A mobile home set up in our quiet park outside of town of Montrose. Low down payment with a monthly payment as low at $485 per month. Utilities not includ-ed. A few three bedroom, two bath units available with more coming soon. Background checks done on all prospective tenants. Call today 970-249-8314. (8x9)

COMMERCIALRENTALS

MEDICAL OFFICE building. Ideal location directly across from Delta County Memorial Hospital. Sale or lease. Available May 2012. 970-249-7485. (6x10)

RENTALS

RENTALS

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.

1 bedroom - 1 bathapartment in Austin

Rentals

Offi ce buildingfor lease in

downtown Delta.Great parking.

CEDAREDGE, THREEbedroom and office, two bath vaulted ceilings, RV parking, 28 foot single car garage, beautiful home close to golf course and high school, private patio overlooking the San Juan Mountains, xeriscaped yard, w/d, dishwasher and refrig-erator. $800 per month. Pets OK. Call Jonnell. 970-379-5744. (4x13)

SMALL HOME IN Austin available March 1. $500 rent, $500 deposit. No pets. Call 275-5791. (tfnx7)

CLEAN ONE BEDROOM,one bath house convenient-ly located in Delta. $500 per month plus utilities, $500 deposit. Smoke free, pet free. References required. Call Ron at 249-0992. Leave message. (2x13)

AUSTIN THREE BED-room, two bath house, views, fireplace, covered patio, washer, dryer, evap. cooler, water paid. Dog/horse possible. No cats. $825 per month. 303-904-1458. (4x11)

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RENTALS

FOR RENT IN PAONIA:Two bedroom, one bath, 800 square foot house. $650 per month. Gas heat. References. One month security. Available March 16. 970-261-2737. (tfnx7)

SUPER CLEAN RENTALAvailable now. Four-year-old 1,450 square foot duplex. Maintenance free yard. Close to schools. Good neighborhood on Garnet Mesa. Call and leave message 252-8872. (3x11)

THREE BEDROOM, 1 1/2bathroom, dining room, living room, fenced front and back yard. Ditch water available for use. This area is in city limits as well as in a great neighborhood. $900 per month plus damage deposit. Pets OK. Contact Mickie at 970-275-5675. (4x11)

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PERSONALS

IF YOU ARE INJUREDin a work or auto accident,

contactGALLEGOS LAW OFFICE

249-7676(Free consultation)

CARD OFTHANKS

THE FAMILY OF DICKKuta wishes to thank every-one for their acts of kind-ness with cards, calls, food, flowers and comforting support during this very dif-ficult time. (1x13)

AGRICULTURE

FARM LAND FOR RENTin Orchard City. 19-32 acres with water. Terms nego-tiable. Call 707-937-2630. (1x13)

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LIVESTOCK

SIMMENTAL BULLSblack and red yearlings Silverjack Simmentals. Greg Freeman. 970-209-2326. (10x8)

AUTOMOTIVE

2009 SILVER PRIUSvery nice condition. 47.5 MPG documented. Mileage over 39,000. Call 835-4430. (2x12)

PICKUP ALUMINUM BOXdiamond plate box for smaller pickups. Mounts on rail of pickup bed. 2 doors, easy access side entry. Dimensions: 60" Lx15”Tx17”W Good condi-tion. $100. Call 874-4558, leave message. (tfn41)

RECREATIONALVEHICLES

1996 SKI-DOO SUMMIT500. Good condition with reverse, rear rack and cover. 323-5151 after 6 p.m. (tfnx5)

TRAILERSALES

TORSION TRAILER AXLE3500 lb. rated torsion axle with 5-lug (4 1/2" pat-tern) spindles included. Dimensions are 82” track length, 65” frame width, 30 degree angle??? $175 874-4558, leave message. (tfnx41)

CHILDCARE

WANT TO WATCHchildren in my home. Any age, Monday through Friday, days or evenings. Low price. Call 874-3152. (2x12)

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D2 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 CLASSIFIEDS Delta County Independent

MISC. MISC.

LEGALS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARSHA CHERIE

MCGEHEE, a/k/a MARSHA

C. MEGEHEE, a/k/a MARSHA

MCGEHEE, Deceased

Case Number 2012PR32

All persons having claims againstthe above-named estate arerequired to present them to thePersonal Representative or toDistrict Court of Delta County,Colorado on or before August 6,2012, or the claims may be foreverbarred.

Gary McGeheePersonal Representative52040 Banner RoadDelta, CO 81416

Attorney for Personal Representative:Aaron R. ClayPO Box 38Delta CO 81416

Published in the Delta CountyIndependent March 28, April 4 and11, 2012.

TOO LATETO CLASSIFY

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MARKETING SALES MERCHANDISINGMARKETING SALES MERCHANDISINGAssistant to founder/owner of Smith Fork Ranch

part-time project basis, potential for full-time

PLAY A KEY ROLE in direct marketing & sales via internet, catalog and phone for western Colorado’s renowned Smith Fork Ranch and a new lifestyle collec-tion of products (decorative accessories, home furnishings, wearables, edibles, etc) associated with Smith Fork Ranch.

Responsibilities include:Assist in all areas of business; product development, sourcing, packaging, merchandising, marketing, sales, customer service, fulfi llment, customer list management, special events, etc. Generate sales by developing relationships with merchandising/marketing partners and websites. Contribute to develop-ment and management of tactical sales, publicity and promotion plans. Assist in generating media attention and publicity for SFR guest ranch business and SFR lifestyle collection through cultivating relationships with industry partners, editors, writers, etc. SFR is located near Crawford, CO, midway between Aspen and Telluride -stunningly beautiful area – center of Colorado’s exceptional wine country,organic farms and artisan community. Work with outstanding artists andcraftsmen along with the exclusive Smith Fork Ranch guest ranch operations.

REQUIRED skills & experience:EXTREMELY STRONG COMPUTER SKILLS in both Apple/Mac and PCEXTREMELY STRONG INTERNET MARKETING SKILLS (social networking,e-commerce, website management)Recent experience in direct marketing, sales, customer service, fulfi llmentOrganized, detail orientedOutgoing personality with strong people skillsSelf-starter, multi-tasker

HELPFUL skills & experience:High-end retail/catalog experience (home furnishings, decorative accessories, apparel) High-end hospitality experience (resorts, lodges, inns)Photography, Photoshop and other graphics design software experienceWork experience in entrepreneurial environmentCreative, artistic

Level of compensation dependent on skills and experience.

Send resume, job references, salary history, salary expectations and recent photo to:

Smith Fork Ranch, attn: Marley HodgsonPO Box 286

Crawford, CO 81415Or

E-mail above info to: [email protected]

Join the DCImail room

team!The Delta County Independent is

accepting applications for our mail crew. The position is part-time and

requires an energetic, team-oriented person.

This position requires some physical lifting, a good attitude, and ability to work with others. Hours are approxi-mately 4-5 hours on Tuesday evenings

beginning around 7 p.m. Duties include inserting, and delivering to vendors and racks in Delta-Olathe

area. Must have reliable vehicle and good driving record. Possibility of Monday morning hours as well.

Please applyin person

DELTA COUNTY

INDEPENDENT401 Meeker, Delta CO 874-4421

Do you like being a part of a fun team atmosphere? Helping people realize their dreams?

We are the dominate leader in our industry. Founded in 1955, Aaron’s is one of the fastest

growing retailers of brand name Furniture,Appliances, Computers and Electronics.With over 1,900 stores nationwide and

new stores opening every week,this may be the opportunity for you.

Customer Accounts ManagerRequires excellent communication skills forcollections on customer accounts and the

ability to lift 55 lbs unassisted. Must have avalid driver’s license and be at least 21.

Benefi ts include: ✓ Competitive pay ✓ 2 Weeks Paid Vacation ✓ Health Insurance ✓ Performance-Based Bonus Plan

For immediate consideration pleaseApply in Person at 3012 Stafford Lane

Delta, CO

HORIZONS CARE CENTER11411 Hwy. 65 • Eckert, CO 81418

Looking for a new challenge?

Then Horizons Health Care is looking for you!

PRN DriverCertified Nursing Assistant

RN Human Resource Manager

Join a team who is making a difference in the lives of seniors.

Send resume to [email protected] call (970) 835-3113

EOE/AA

MINERS WANTEDUnderground mining contractor is currently acceptingapplications for certifi ed miners. We specialize in the

installation of ventilation controls, roof supports, and roof injection. We off er a full benefi t package including paid

medical and retirement. Applicant must have current MSHA training, have a valid driver’s license and dependable

transportation, be able to pass a physical and drug screen, and be willing to travel extensively.If qualifi ed and interested you may

apply in person or mail an application to: HR Manager1114 16 Road

Fruita, CO 81521 You may also fax your application to 970-858-0696.

NO PHONE CALLS

OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTSTANDING PEOPLE!

Move your life forward with a career opportunity where you can reach your full potential! Join in our success at the Elk Creek Mine in Western Colorado’s beautiful North Fork Valley!

Oxbow Mining, LLC is seeking Underground Mine Mechanic/Electrician candidates. All applicants should possess MSHA underground certification with high and low voltage electrical certifications desired. Substantial diesel and elec-trical underground coal mine maintenance experi-ence and additional certifications are desired.

Great pay! Excellent benefits!

Qualified candidates submit resume to:

Human ResourcesOxbow Mining, LLC

P.O. Box 535Somerset, CO 81434Phone (970) 929-5122

Fax (970) 929-5177e-mail: [email protected]

EOE/AA

Paonia Care andRehabilitation Center

NOW HIRING

Full-Time LPN

Full-Time RN

Full-Time Cook

NEW GRADS

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FIRST COLORADONational Bank is seeking to fill a full-time Personal Banker position at its Paonia location. Please contact Branch Manager, Jennifer Abila at 527-4141 or 874-0100 or pick up an application at either branch location (Paonia or Delta). (2x12)

THE TOWN OF HOTCH-kiss is seeking qualified applicants for a Town Deputy Marshal position for a community of just over 1,000 citizens. Applicant must be 21 years of age or over at time of appli-cation. Applicant must be Colorado POST certified, first aid and CPR certified or be certifiable by the State of Colorado. Must possess or be able to obtain a Colorado Drivers License. Applicant must pass a detailed back-ground and criminal records check and pass a written and oral exam. This position also includes a benefit pack-age. Submit application to the Town of Hotchkiss, 276 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 369, Hotchkiss, CO 81419 by April 6, 2012 by 4 p.m. A town application and resume must be completed. Town applications are avail-able at Hotchkiss Town Hall or call 970-872-3663 or 970-872-3848. EOE. Complete job description available at Hotchkiss Town Hall. (3x12)

PART-TIME LIBRARYAssistant, Cedaredge Library, 20 hours/week, Teen Emphasis. We are seeking a friendly, outgoing, cus-tomer service oriented indi-vidual. Hours include one evening each week and two Saturdays each month, with occasional special events. Must have above average computer skills, be willing to work with teens and assist with program delivery and outreach activities. Public library or school experience preferred. Experience work-ing with teens preferred. Applications are available on the Library District web-site: www.deltalibraries.org. Send application with letter of interest and resume to: Carol Foreman, Cedaredge Library Manager, Cedaredge Public Library, P.O. Box 548, Cedaredge, CO 81413. For more infor-mation call: 970-856-3518. (2x13)

PEOPLE LOOK FOR JOBSin the classifieds. 874-4421

THE CITY OF DELTA ISaccepting applications for part-time positions at the Recreation Center for Recreation Specialist I and II, with emphasis in Aquatics and Fitness Departments. Hourly rate range $8 to $11 per hour. Recreation Specialist I - Any combi-nation of education and experience equivalent to completion of 10th grade; lifeguard age requirement is 17 years of age or older at time of hire. Recreation Specialist II - any combi-nation of education and experience equivalent to completion of high school. Both positions require CPR and first aid certifications at time of hire or able to acquire within 30 days of hire date; possession of cur-rent ARC Lifeguard Training certification or ability to obtain within four weeks of hire. Fitness requires ability to successfully com-plete training by Fitness Coordinator; for a per-sonal trainer must be cer-tified in personal training. Schedules can include early mornings, nights, weekends and holidays; hours will be scheduled as needed. Application to be submitted to HR Director, City of Delta, 360 Main Street, Delta, CO 81416 (please do not submit applications to Recreation Center). Applications avail-able at www.cityofdelta.net. Open until filled. EOE/MF (2x12)

THE CITY OF DELTA ISnow accepting applica-tions for the position of Custodian. Position is part-time (approximately 20 hours/week); hourly rate is $11.77/hour. Custodian will perform duties that involve keeping assigned build-ings and grounds clean and orderly; prepare rooms for meetings; may make minor repairs. Experience and training equivalent to completion of eighth grade, and one year of janitorial experience; related voca-tional or trade school train-ing is desirable. Possession of a valid driver's license is required, and must suc-cessfully pass background check, pre-employment drug test. Working sched-ule includes evenings and weekends. Submit completed City of Delta employment application to HR Director, City of Delta, 360 Main Street, Delta, CO 81416. Must be received by Monday, April 9, 2012. Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will not be con-sidered. Applications avail-able at www.cityofdelta.net. EOE/MF. (2x13)

HIGHLY QUALIFIEDEducator Consultants (HQECs) for North Fork VISION Home and Community Program. Now accepting applications for: one position to focus upon elementary language arts, one position to focus upon secondary language arts and one position to focus upon k-12 science. May consider only one position for k-12 language arts if top candidate is qualified at both levels. HQECs are key learning support liaisons, in their content area of exper-tise, with our learners and their families. They are able to support our learners with a whole child perspective. Our HQECs are responsible for the academic health of our program. Alternative education or home school experience is preferred. Teaching experience, understanding differenti-ated instruction and famil-iarity with learning styles are also a plus. Flexibility, a sense of humor and ability to work well with others is appreciated in this multi-tasking environment. These are part-time positions that average 12-15 hours per week during the academic year. For more information, qualifications and how to apply go to www.nfvision.com. (3x13)

KVNF COMMUNITY radio Operations and Facilities Director (OFD). KVNF is a 32 year-old rural public radio station that broadcasts over 10,000 square miles of western Colorado. KVNF broad-casts 24 hours a day, and offers music programming, national news (NPR), live music broadcasts, and local news and public affairs programs. KVNF is com-mitted to ongoing devel-opment of our local news and public affairs capacity. This requires a multimedia operation, complete with terrestrial broadcasting, Internet streaming, ongo-ing website development, social media, and video. The OFD is responsible for the physical plant and daily operational functions at KVNF, including compre-hensive building mainte-nance, management of digi-tal platforms and software implementation. Strong technical experience and IT background are required. A full job description is available at www.kvnf.org/kvnf-business/kvnf-job or e-mail Slly Kane, Executive Director at [email protected]. Electronic submissions of a resume, cover letter, and three references are required. No phone calls please. KVNF is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to a fair and diverse workplace. (2x13)

DELTA MONTROSE Technical College has an immediate opening for a Nurse Aide Training Coordinator. Must be a Registered Nurse with a current Colorado License in good standing. Have a mini-mum of two years of nurs-ing experience in caring for the elderly and/or the chronically ill of any age, of which at least one year must be in the provision of services in a long-term care facility. Must possess sufficient education, experi-ence and/or training to be approved by the Board of Nursing, and must be quali-fied for Vocational creden-tialing. Demonstrate good fundamental nursing knowl-edge and the ability to plan, initiate and evaluate educa-tional/clinical programs or ideas. Salary depending on experience and education. Closing date for applying is March 30, 2012. Send resume with qualifications to Birdie Young, 1765 Hwy. 50, Delta, CO 81416, or e-mail to [email protected]. For more information call 970-874-6519. (3x11)

MA NEEDED PART-TIMEfor front end/nursing backup position beginning May 1. Must be experienced, flex-ible and able to work recep-tion and nursing. Please send resume to Marilyn, Cedaredge Doctor's Office, 255 S. Grand Mesa Drive, Cedaredge, CO 81413. No phone calls please. (2x12)

Classified Ads,a great addition to your advertising campaign.Call 874-4421for information.

VERY CONVENIENTtwo bedroom, two bath, partly furnished apartment, attached garage. $600 per month. One month deposit. Application required. No pets. 874-7845. (3x13)

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DONATE YOUR USED car, truck, motorcycle, or RV to Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado for a tax deduction and help enhance the quality of life for those facing serious illness and grief. Hospice handles the paperwork and vehicle removal. Vehicles need not be in running order, but should have a clear title and no major damage. Call 970-257-2366 or 970-683-3207. (tfx24)

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC-iation Caregivers' Support Group, Delta. Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, Grand Mesa Oncology Center, 1501 E. 3rd Street, Tuesdays at 2 p.m.

BECAWS! SHOP BARKIN'Bargains Thrift Store in Paonia. All proceeds to to CAWS. Call 970-527-5111. Delta County Citizens for Animal Welfare and Shelter (CAWS)

THE ABRAHAM CON-nection offers emergen-cy overnight shelter to Delta County homeless and houseless November through April. We provide a hot meal and a place to sleep away from the ele-ments. The shelter is oper-ated by volunteers and through donations. If you can volunteer, donate, need a place to stay or want more information on our mission, please call the shelter at 773-8290. God bless, and thank you for your support Delta County.

THE DELTA COUNTYDemocratic Party invites you to visit their Facebook page for announcements, information and intelligent discussion of issues. You are not alone! Contact Rick Stelter at 527-6496.

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)

FREE DIAPERS FOR UPto one year! Pregnant women in Delta County can now get help to quit smok-ing and get something they can really use after their baby arrives — free diapers. Healthy moms have healthy babies. Enroll in the Baby & Me Tobacco Free program today. Contact the Delta County Health Department at 874-2165 or your local physician. (TFNx2)

THE DISTRICT ATTORN-ey's Office provides ser-vices to those who have been victimized by a crime of domestic violence, assault and other crimes. To learn more about the victim assistance services provided by the District Attorney's Office, please contact Lou Nesbit at 970-252-4260. (tfx41)

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)

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BECAWS! DOG/CAT foster families needed. Call 970-527-3350, or visit caw-sonline.org. Delta County Citizens for Animal Welfare and Shelter (CAWS)

COLORADO QUITLINE ISa free, confidential tele-phone coaching service for anyone calling from a Colorado area code. With QuitLine, tobacco users can receive free supplies of the nicotine patch as they work with trained coaches who create a personalized quit plan just for them. To con-tact the QuitLine, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or visit www.coquitline.org.

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)

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Delta County Independent PUBLIC NOTICES Wednesday, March 28, 2012 D3

Commissioners Proceedings

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Delta County Government

Salaries 413,772A & B Mechanical Serv 592A Project Resource Serv 3,380A-1 Collection Age Serv 1,057ACZ Laboratories, I Serv 4,385Afl ac Caic Serv 2,362All Seasons Equip Serv 161Allied Supply Serv 78Alpine Fencing And Serv 200Alsco Serv 1,018American Family Li Serv 3,027Americenter Serv 48Amerigas-Delta Co Serv 238Anderson Farm Su Serv 160Anode Systems Co Serv 290Ansafone Contact C Serv 49Arthurs,Jesse Serv 875B & F Distributing I Serv 128Ballard,Laura Serv 495Beep West, Inc. Serv 89Bertram,Bruce C. Serv 141Best Way Chemical Serv 344Bolinger & Queen Serv 6,755Bonine,Terry Serv 278Boren, Lance Serv 600Boss In Montrose Serv 37Boucher,Debi Serv 200Brethouwer Do,N R Serv 2,400Brones, Meredith Serv 38Business Solutions Serv 274Callaway Packing, I Serv 5,828Callicutt/Webb Serv 108Canon Financial Se Serv 1,680Caremark Serv 2,627Carquest Auto Part Serv 141Caselle, Inc Serv 2,073CCNC Serv 100CCVSOA Serv 25CDA Insectary Serv 250CEBT-Willis Serv 109,404Cedaredge Market Serv 45Central Distributing Serv 2,919Century Link Serv 4,528Child Support Enfo Serv 300City Of Delta Serv 8,597Colo Dept Of Labor Serv 35Colo Dept Of Public Serv 1,188Colo Gov’T Fin Offi Serv 60Colorado Activity C Serv 2,500Colorado Assessor’ Serv 10Colorado Associati Serv 125Colorado Bureau O Serv 116Colorado Departme Serv 165Colorado Departme Serv 457Colorado State Uni Serv 8,941Colorado Supreme Serv 225Colton Truck Suppl Serv 2,396Conney Safety Pro Serv 179Consolidated Electr Serv 219Creations By Ja-Me Serv 489Cross,Sandy Serv 53Custom Cage Inc Serv 2,070Dave’s Truck Acces Serv 2,847Days Inn Denver W Serv 126Delta Auto Parts Serv 2,269Delta Co Administr Serv 10Delta Co Treasurer Serv 17,463Delta County Demo Serv 42Delta County Healt Serv 33,199Delta County Indep Serv 712Delta County Public Serv 21,992Delta County Sherif Serv 7Delta County Treas Serv 122,982Delta County Treas Serv 55,228Delta Federal Credit Serv 3,722Delta Fire Safe Llc Serv 14Delta Hardware Co. Serv 1,158Delta-Montrose Ele Serv 3,534Dependable Lumbe Serv 61Division Of Reclam Serv 323Double D Saws Serv 274Double J Disposal I Serv 399DTS Fluid Power In Serv 1,279Duckwork’s Auto P Serv 308E. Schaaf & Associ Serv 673Easypermit Postag Serv 3,280Elan Financial Servi Serv 885EMD Of Colorado Serv 10Enterprise Fund Serv 377Experient Corp Serv 800Family Support Re Serv 214Faris,Ladean Serv 400FBI Command Coll Serv 830Federal Express Serv 291Fedler,Luke Serv 137Fiedler,Robert Serv 43Firstview Communi Serv 259Flex One/Afl ac Serv 88Franklin Covey Pro Serv 28Gambles Of Hotchk Serv 242Girardi’s Heavy Ha Serv 350GIS Colorado Serv 45Grainger Serv 145Grand Junction Pip Serv 15Grand Mesa Discou Serv 570Graphox Design An Serv 4,491Great Experiences Serv 825Guthries Floor Cov Serv 270H & H Hydraulics In Serv 591Hampton Inn Serv 168Hanson House Inc. Serv 625Hanson Internation Serv 1,003Harbor Freight Tool Serv 88Hart Intercivic Inc Serv 952Hartman Brothers Serv 136Hellman Motor Co Serv 344Heritage Title Com Serv 18,227Hewlett-Packard Co Serv 3,176HHH Inc Serv 5High Country Gas Serv 79High Country Shop Serv 93High Mountain Mac Serv 339Hinchman Construc Serv 23,557Home Depot Serv 145Home Depot Credit Serv 205Hometown Electric Serv 244HSBC Business Sol Serv 440Independent Pump Serv 6,101Insight Public Secto Serv 1,785Interstate Batteries Serv 98J C Propane Serv 1,794John Deere Financi Serv 280Johnstone Supply Serv 759Justice Benefi ts, In Serv 572Keyman Security Ll Serv 644Kimball-Midwest Serv 895King Soopers Cust Serv 95Kwiki Tire II Inc Serv 788Kwiki Tire Service I Serv 356Laird Automotive Ll Serv 974Lawson Products In Serv 3,094Lewis-Goetz And C Serv 236Luna,Patricia V Serv 10Lyle Signs Inc. Nw Serv 359MacDonald Equipm Serv 139Mark’s Plumbing P Serv 59Master Petroleum Serv 70,443McKee,Frederick D. Serv 35Meadow Gold Dairi Serv 1,928Mesa Bearing & Po Serv 300Messenger & Asso Serv 240Mgt Of America Inc Serv 5,205MHC Kenworth - Gr Serv 886Mid-American Rese Serv 258Midwestern Colora Serv 116Morton,Duane Serv 126Motorola Solutions Serv 1,619Mountain Pest Cont Serv 110Munro Supply Inc. Serv 389Nakano,Joanne Serv 36Nevco Services Inc Serv 900Newman Traffi c Sig Serv 601North Fork Aviation Serv 500Offi ce Depot Serv 2,989Paonia Auto Parts Serv 38Paper Works Ink,Th Serv 26Peterbilt Of Wyomi Serv 993Pitney Bowes Serv 185Pizza Hut Serv 35Plainsman Printing Serv 713Pocket Press Inc Serv 0Postmaster Serv 90Power Equipment Serv 2,598Prendergast, Tony Serv 88Pueblo County Co Serv 80RAC Transport Co I Serv 338Recla Metals Serv 105Reserve Account Serv 698Respond First Aid S Serv 193Robert’s Enterprise Serv 1,536Rocky Mountain Su Serv 511Rundle, Becky Serv 300Sanders Alignment Serv 468Serck Services, Inc. Serv 1,032Sid Harvey Industri Serv 700

Simmons Lock And Serv 9Sissons Feed & Ra Serv 297Skaggs Serv 7,000Smiling Aviation In Serv 1,206Snap-On-Tools Cor Serv 87Social Security Ad Serv 185Solid Waste Associ Serv 228Sourcegas Llc Serv 7,999Speas,Jan Serv 49Spillman Technolo Serv 20,370Stratman, Greg Serv 16Sun Life Financial Serv 2,269Suppes Heating An Serv 782Swana Colorado R Serv 15Sysco Intermountai Serv 3,050Taylor Funeral Serv Serv 286Taylor/Mark Serv 9TDS Telecom Serv 1,584The Master’s Touch Serv 4,798The Place I Go Serv 270The UPS Store #57 Serv 138Thompson Plumbi Serv 3,143Timberline Plumbin Serv 104Tire Distribution Sy Serv 19,155Town Of Hotchkiss Serv 212Town Of Orchard Ci Serv 47Town Of Paonia Serv 3,085Transports Across Serv 50Transwest Trucks Serv 2,616Triad Resource Gro Serv 860Tri-County Water Serv 61Trispoke Technolog Serv 99Tuck Communicati Serv 190Tuin Glass Shop Serv 21Twamley,Mike Serv 20Twenty First Centur Serv 1,017Uline Serv 57Uniform & Accesso Serv 3,622United Companies Serv 611United Reprographi Serv 26University Of Color Serv 100US Forest Service Serv 10,000US Tractor And Har Serv 18USA Mobility Serv 14Vance,Gary Serv 636Verizon Wireless Serv 1,058Volgamore,Ken An Serv 304Wade And Hightow Serv 180Wagner Equipment Serv 8,037Wal-Mart Communi Serv 1,254Waste Managemen Serv 997Water Enhancemen Serv 1,000Welfelt Fabrication Serv 5,531Wells Fargo Serv 1,701Western Colorado Serv 214Wilmore And Co Pr Serv 422Winslow,Patricia Serv 40Worthington,Micha Serv 300Yeager,Kelly Serv 300Grand Total 1,169,143I,C. Bruce Hovde, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners inand for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the bestof my knowledge and belief, a truestatement, 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 21st day o f March , 2012. /s/C. Bruce Hovde, Chairman.Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of March 2012. /s/ Sandy Cross, 501 Palmer St.Delta, CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013Published in the Delta County In-dependent this 28th day of March, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2011-0230

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On December 28, 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) ELWIN JESS SANDERSOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2006-8Date of Deed of Trust 6/8/2005County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 6/13/2005Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 592369Original Principal Amount $245,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $218,825.18Pursuant 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, SOUTH VIEW

SUBDIVISION

Also known by street and number

as: 18953 D ROAD, 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, 04/25/2012, 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 2/29/2012Last Publication 3/28/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 12/28/2011Jim 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: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 # 9105.03163©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent February 29, March 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2011-0231

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On December 28, 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) JAMES J HANSONOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 4/30/2007County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 5/1/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 614653Original Principal Amount $182,698.00Outstanding Principal Balance $178,275.71Pursuant 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 25, BLOCK B, MARJO HEIGHTS

ADDITION DELTA COUNTY, STATE

OF COLORADO


as: 715 NE 2ND ST, 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, 04/25/2012, 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 2/29/2012Last Publication 3/28/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 12/28/2011Jim 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: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 # 9105.03175©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE - DEFERRED

- PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-803(6) FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2011-0182

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On October 12, 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) MICHAEL W. VERTREES AND WINDEE B. VERTREESOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, CAPITAL ONE HOME LOANS, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt CAPITAL ONE, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 11/7/2007County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 11/29/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 621039Original Principal Amount $174,500.00Outstanding Principal Balance $171,461.78Pursuant 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, BLOCK 5, CEDARDALE

SUBDIVISION, AS AMENDED,

DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO.


as: 240 SE GREENWOOD AVENUE,

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. The original Sale Date was scheduled for February 8, 2012 but was deferred pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-801 et seq. The deferment period has been terminated or ended and the Sale may now proceed according to law.THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 05/09/2012 (formerly scheduled for February 8, 2012 and continued for deferment) , 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 of Notice of Deferred Sale 3/14/2012Last Publication of Notice of Deferred Sale 4/11/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 2/9/2012Jim 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 # 11-910-20060©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent March 14, 21, 28, April 4 and 11, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0002

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 5, 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) RICHARD C. HALL AND ERRIN N. HALLOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust 3/14/2008County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 3/18/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 623907Original Principal Amount $202,898.00Outstanding Principal Balance $195,322.76Pursuant 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 44, EMERALD HILLS

SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 2,

COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF

COLORADO.


as: 1969 SAPPHIRE WAY, 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, 05/09/2012, 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 3/14/2012Last Publication 4/11/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/05/2012Jim 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 # 9105.03227©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0004

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 10, 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) MICHAEL SHAINE SNYDEROriginal Benefi ciary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITYDate of Deed of Trust 10/16/2009County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 10/16/2009Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 638343Original Principal Amount $167,902.00Outstanding Principal Balance $163,482.29Pursuant 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.

LOT 12 OF YOUNG ESTATES,


COLORADO.


as: 545 LABOR 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, 05/09/2012, 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 3/14/2012Last Publication 4/11/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/10/2012Jim 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:LINDSAY J. MILLER #42372Janeway Law Firm LLC 19201 E MAIN STREET SUITE 205, PARKER, CO 8013-49092 (303) 706-9990The 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 # JLF#13751©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0005

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 11, 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) Angela R. AshurstOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt GMAC Mortgage, LLCDate of Deed of Trust 10/2/2002County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 10/3/2002Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 559231Book: 943 Page: 542Original Principal Amount $76,900.00Outstanding Principal Balance $64,401.06Pursuant 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 12 OF VENABLE SUBDIVISION,


COLORADO.


as: 1319 Highway 65, Eckert, CO

81418.





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, 05/09/2012, 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 3/14/2012Last Publication 4/11/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/11/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 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 # 11-17302©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0009

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 18, 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) CYNTHIA J. DURANOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE MORGAN STANLEY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2Date of Deed of Trust 11/16/2006County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 11/22/2006Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 609943Original Principal Amount $204,210.00Outstanding Principal Balance $206,390.08Pursuant 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 65, STONE MOUNTAIN

VILLAGE FILING NO. 2, COUNTY

OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.


as: 789 GENESSEE 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, 05/16/2012, 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 3/21/2012Last Publication 4/18/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/18/2012Jim 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 # 11-910-20439©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent March 21, 28, April 4, 11 and 18, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0007

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 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) Lori M. Rodriguez and Kevin SternsOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust 6/24/2005County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 6/29/2005Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 592923Original Principal Amount $128,250.00Outstanding Principal Balance $115,575.53Pursuant 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.

LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 6, SOUTH

DELTA ADDITION, DELTA COUNTY,

STATE OF COLORADO.


as: 1015 Palmer St, 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, 05/16/2012, 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 3/21/2012Last Publication 4/18/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/13/2012Jim 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:CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER #34145CASTLE 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 # 12-00180©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent March 21, 28, April 4, 11 and 18, 2012.

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL

ESTATE LIEN AT TAX LIEN SALE

AND OF APPLICATION FOR

TREASURER'S DEED

TAX YEAR 2007 SALE YEAR 2008

TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE

NO. 2008-00018

TAX YEAR 2008 SALE YEAR 2009

TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE

NO. 2009-00031

YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE TO CURE THIS TAX LIEN ON REAL PROP-ERTY.TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and to every person in actual posses-sion or occupancy of the hereinaf-ter described land, lots, premises or mineral rights, and to the per-son in whose name the same was taxed or specially assessed, and to all persons having an interest or title or record in or to the same, and particularly to:

NANCY L. BLOOM AND

DUANE D. BLOOM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT TAX LIEN SALES LAWFUL-LY HELD ON THE 6TH, DAY OF

NOVEMBER, 2008, and the 5TH

DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2009, thethen County Treasurer of Delta County, State of Colorado, duly offered for delinquent taxes and/or special assessments for the year 2007 and 2008, the following real property, situated in the County of Delta and State of Colorado, as described below:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Beginning 20 feet West of the NE corner of the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 25, Township 15 South, Range 95 West of the 6th P.M.,Thence North 89°34' West 328.76 feet, thence South 00°15' West 1320.62 feet to the South line of the NE1/4 NW1/4; thence along said South line South 89°37' East 328.08 feet, thence North 00°15' West 1320.24 feet to the point of beginning.Together with all rights of way and easements appurtenant thereto and all improvements thereon and all water and water rights, ditches and ditch rights including 5 units of Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association irrigation water, and one Tri-County Water Conservancy District Water Tap.COUNTY OF DELTA,STATE OF COLORADOAlso known by street and number as: 21468 F Road, Delta, CO 81416Tax Parcel Number: 345525200019

Tax Account Number: R013196

Said real property was assessed and taxed for the year 2007 AND

2008 in the names of:NANCY L. BLOOM AND

DUANE D. BLOOM

At said sale, a lien secured by the real property herein was sold to, and a Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase #2008-00018 was dulyissued to:

MARK N. WILLIAMS

on the 6th day of NOVEMBER,

2008 and assigned to CECYLIA R.

BARBICH AND TOM A. BARBICH on the 16TH day of MARCH, 2012. At a subsequent sale held on the 5TH day of NOVEMBER, 2009, a lien secured by the real property herein was sold to and a tax lien sale Certificate of Purchase #2009-00031 was duly issued to CECYLIA

R. BARBICH AND TOM A. BARBICH, the present holder, and legal owner thereof, who has made request upon the Treasurer of Delta County for a deed, and unless the same be redeemed on or before the 20TH day of JULY, 2012 or unless the parties described or anyone else having an interest in the mineral rights, files a written response disputing this action under the protection of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, accompanied with a statement, under oath, and also accompanied by the facts and sup-portive documents for this dispute and this response delivered to the Delta County Treasurer's Office, 501 Palmer, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 20TH day of JULY, 2012 thesaid County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer's Deed therefore to said Certificate Holder or his/her assigns.Dated at Delta, Delta County, Colorado, the 19TH day of MARCH,

2012.

/s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Delta County Treasurer(SEAL)CERTIFICATE HOLDER: CECYLIA R. BARBICHTOM A BARBICHFirst Date of Publication: March 21, 2012Second Date of Publication: March 28, 2012Third and Last Date of Publication: April 4, 2012

Published in the Delta County Independent March 21, 28 and April 4, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Bowie Resources LLC, P.O. Box 1488, Paonia, CO, 81424 has sub-mitted an application for a partial bond release to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety for its mining permit No. C-81-038. The mining permit was initially approved on September 24, 1981 and renewed on April 20, 2008. The current reclamation bond is $4,624,936 and is in the form of three corporate surety bonds. This permit action will release about $1,250,000 from the reclamation bond. The area for which partial bond release is being requested is at the Bowie No. 1, East Mine.Reclamation work was performed in 2008 and 2009 at the East Mine. The East Mine is located in the NW/4SE/4, SW/4NE/4 of Section 24, Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M. The mine facilities and portal area have been back-filled, graded to approximate origi-nal contour and hydroseeded. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located in Delta County, approximately four (4) miles north of Paonia, CO. The surface facilities, located north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, are located in portions of Sections 23 and 24, Township 13 South Range 92 West; and Section 29, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir, Colorado Quadrangle maps within the following sections.

Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M.

Sections: 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 22, 23, 24 and 25

Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M.

Sections: 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, and 30

containing 8,541 acres more or less.

The surface of the permit area is owned by numerous private land owners and the U. S. Government. The Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area contains 8,541 acres of land, 6,368 acres of private surface and 2,173 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed per-mit area encompass 213 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 8,328 acres.A copy of the bond release applica-tion is available for public inspec-tion at the Delta County Clerk and Recorders office 5th and Palmer, Delta, CO, at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-3567. Written comments or objections to the proposed release, and a request for a public hearing or informal conference may be sub-mitted to and additional informa-tion obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, Co. 80203-2273, phone (303) 866-3567. Comments, objections or requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be made within thirty (30) days of the last publica-tion of this notice or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection, whichever is later.

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, April 4, 11 and 18, 2012.

Public Notices

Legal Deadline is Monday at 10 a.m.

YourRight

To Know

Legal Deadline

is 10 a.m.

Mondays

D4 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 PUBLIC NOTICES Delta County Independent

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2011-0232

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On December 28, 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) Hank Dean KennedyOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First NLC Financial Services, LLC, DBA The Lending CenterCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certifi cateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certifi cates, Series 2006-HE7Date of Deed of Trust 4/4/2006County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 4/12/2006Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 602432Original Principal Amount $280,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $278,825.00Pursuant 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.

SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED

EXHIBIT "A"

Part of the West of the East of the Southeast of Section 6, Township 14 South, Range 93 West of the 6th Principal Meridian described as follows:BEGINNING at a point on the East line of the said West of the East of the Southeast whence the Southeast corner of said Section 6 (a monument by P.L.S. 11530) bears South 44 degrees 15' 08" East, 949.06 feet, considering the South line of said Section 6 between the said Southeast corner and the Southwest corner (a monument P.L.S. 3657) to bear North 89 degrees 57' 00" East, from the U.S. G.L.O. plat, and all other bearings to be relative thereto; Thence South 00 degrees 12' 11" East, 650.37 feet on the Said East line of the West of the East of the Southeast to the North right-of-way line of O Road; Thence South 89 degrees 57' 00" West, 659.86 feet on the said North right-of-way line to the West line of the said West of the East of the Southeast; Thence North 00 degrees 10' 52" West, 650.76 feet on the said West line of the West of the East of the Southeast; Thence North 89 degrees 59' 02" East, 659.61 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.County of Delta, State of Colorado.Also known by street and number

as: 28803 Redlands Mesa Road,

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, 04/25/2012, 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 2/29/2012Last Publication 3/28/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 12/28/2011Jim 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:NATHAN S. SILVER #28836ROBERT J HOPP and ASSOCIATES LLC 333 W COLFAX AVENUE STE 200, PO BOX 8689, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 225-0811The 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 # 11-04859CO©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2012-0006

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 11, 2012, the under-signed 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) THOMAS V. BARNES AND ROBERTA K. BARNESOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as nominee for METROCITIES MORTGAGE, 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, LLPDate of Deed of Trust 9/25/2008County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 9/30/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 629195Original Principal Amount $198,743.00Outstanding Principal Balance $211,738.98Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 pay-ments 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 ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”

LEGAL DESCRIPTION HERETO

AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY

REFERENCE.

EXHIBIT "A"

(Legal Description)

Part of the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of

Section 12, Township 14 South,

Range 95 West of the 6th P.M.

beginning at a point on the East

right of way line of State Highway

65 whence the South 1/4 corner

of the Section 12, Township and

Range aforesaid bears South 23°

25' 53" West 2463.9 feet;

Thence along the arc of a curve

to the left along the East right of

way line of said Hwy 16.8 feet (the

radius of said curve is 5790 feet

and the long chord bears North 26°

38' East 16.8 feet);

Thence along the East right of way

line of said Hwy North 20° 24' East

76.2 feet;

Thence South 73° 58" East 226.74

feet;

Thence South 0° 38' East 85.31

feet;

Thence North 76° 20' West 260.32

feet to the point of beginning.

County of Delta,

State of Colorado.


as: 13442 HIGHWAY 65, ECKERT,

CO 81418.



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 filed 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 auc-tion, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 05/09/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the high-est 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 indebted-ness 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication 3/14/2012Last Publication 4/11/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/11/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe name, address, business tele-phone number and bar registra-tion number of the attorney(s) rep-resenting 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 # 1269.08306©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


TOWN OF ORCHARD CITY

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE LIST BY

VENDOR FOR FEBRUARY 2012

VENDOR NAME AMOUNT PAIDACE ……………………… 266.02All Points Transit …… 3,260.00Austin Post Office …… 643.64Beckner & Achziger … 35.00Benson Brothers ……… 6,121.82Best Connections …… 73.35Big Johns Lumber CO 471.47C & L Welding ………… 390.00Carquest ……………… 42.99Caselle, Inc. …………… 1,794.00Cedaredge Area ……… 50.00Civic Plus ……………… 1,177.20Classic Computers …… 119.95Colo Rural Water Assoc 75.00Delta County Independent ………… 124.62Delta County Treasurer 1,145.04Delta Fire Department 9,400.00Delta Housing Authority …………… 250.00DMEA …………………… 1,515.30Double J Disposal …… 84.00Edward Rodrigues …… 1.00Energy Laboratories Inc …………………… 1,854.00Feather Petroleum Co 1,189.28HACH …………………… 253.95Hartman Brothers Inc 15.96Hice Surveying ……… 300.00J & A Traffic Products 479.50Josiah Fuller ………… 100.00Kathleen Clarke ……… 1.00Mesa County Health Dept ………………… 40.00Michael Reeves ……… 2,006.25NAPA Delta Motor Parts ………………… 267.65Office Depot …………… 539.08Payroll Summary …… 31,717.47Pest Away Spraying … 60.00Pinnacol ……………… 726.00Skybeam ……………… 46.45SourceGas …………… 398.01SplishSplash Car Wash 41.58TDS ……………………… 298.56Trustee Fees …………… 1,600.00US Tractor & Harvest Inc …………………… 29.74USA Bluebook ………… 39.90

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION


SALE NO. 2011-0233

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On December 29, 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) DAVID E. KEEGANOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) NORTHFORKBANKCENTER-MONTROSEBANKCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt NORTHFORKBANKCENTER-MONTROSEBANKDate of Deed of Trust 10/29/2008County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 10/31/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 629877Original Principal Amount $120,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $122,647.25Pursuant 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” WHICH IS

ATTACHED

EXHIBIT AA parcel of land being Lots 21, 22, 23 and the West 10.66 feet of Lot 24, block 11, Town of Hotchkiss in Section 30, Township 14 South, Range 92 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, having a description based upon a bearing on North 90°00'00" East from the Section corner common to Sections 25, 36, 30 and 31 (monumented by a 3 1/4 inch aluminum cap under asphalt) to the 1/4 corner common to sections 30 and 31 (monumented by a 3/14 inch aluminum cap fl ush with asphalt) with all other bearings relative thereto, and

more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the 1/4 corner common to Sections 30 and 31 and running North 00°00'00" East 40.00 feet to Southeast Corner Block 11; thence along the South line of said Block North 90°00'00" West 209.59 feet to the True Point of Beginning. (monumented by a "+" chiseled in the concrete); thence continuing along said South line North 90°00'00" West 85.66 feet to the Southwest corner Lot 21 (monumented by a "+" chiseled in the concrete); thence along the West line of said Lot North 00°00'00" East 125.00 feet to the Northwest corner Lot 21 moumented by a 5/8" rebar with a 2" aluminum cap 25972); thence North 90°00'00" East 85.66 (monumented by a 5/8" rebar with a 2" aluminum cap 25972); thence South 00°00'00" East 125.00 feet to the True Point of Beginning.Delta County,State of ColoradoAlso known by street and number

as: 350 E. BRIDGE STREET,

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, 05/02/2012, 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 3/7/2012Last Publication 4/4/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 12/29/2011Jim 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:AARON CLAY #9666CLAY and DODSON PC 415 PALMER STREET, PO BOX 038, DELTA, CO 8141-60038 (970) 874-9777The 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 # NORTH FORK BANK CENTER vs DAVID E. KEEGAN©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent March 7, 14, 21, 28 and April 4, 2012.

COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART

- PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II)

FORECLOSURE SALE NO.

2011-0012

Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On September 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) MICHAEL MCCLUREOriginal Benefi ciary(ies) PAONIA STATE BANKCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt PAONIA STATE BANKDate of Deed of Trust 3/30/2010County of Recording DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust 4/2/2010Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 641888Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust 4/19/2010Re-Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number) 642227Original Principal Amount $19,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance $19,000.00Pursuant 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.

SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED

HERETO AND INCORPORATED

HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

EXHIBIT "A"

Notice of Election and Demand for

Sale by Public Trustee

NO. 2011-0012

A parcel of land located within the NE1/4 of Section 27, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P.M., having a description based upon a bearing of S.88°46'54"E. from 1/4 Corner common to Sections 22 and 27 (monumented by a 2-1/2" USGLO brass cap) to the Section Corner common to Sections 22, 23, 26 and 27 (monumented by an 3-1/4" aluminum cap PLS14621), with all other bearings relative thereto and being more particularly described as follows:Beginning at the 1/4 corner common to Sections 22 and 27 and running along the north line of said NE1/4 S.88°46'54"E. 1301.65 feet to the E1/16 corner common to Sections 22 and 27 (monumented by an 3-1/4" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the east line of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 S.02°07'57"W. 646.22 feet (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the north line of the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 S.88°41'13"E. 647.95 feet (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the east line of the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 S.02°23'08"W. 647.34 feet to the south line of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along said south line S.88°35'28"E. 645.08 feet to the N1/16 corner common to Sections 26 and 27 (monumented by an 3-1/4" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the east line of said NE1/4 S.02°38'15"W. 648.48 feet to the SE corner of the N1/2 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the south line of said N1/2 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 N.88°29'40"W. 1284.41 feet (monumented by a witness corner bearing S.88°29'40"E. 563.29 feet from the true corner position and being a 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the west line of said N1/2 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 N.02°07'57"E. 646.22 feet to the NE1/16 corner of said Section 27 (monumented by an 3-1/4" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the west line of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 N.02°07'57"E. 29.63 feet (monumented by an

2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence N.83°14'19"W. 80.29 feet (monumented by an 2" aluminum washer on a gate post PLS25972); thence S.88°37'28"W. 392.22 feet (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence S.85°28'29"W. 174.69 feet to the SE of the S1/2 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the east line of said S1/2 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 N.01°52'43"E. 322.55 feet to the NE corner of said S1/2 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along the north line of said S1/2 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 N.88°38'21"W. 646.51 feet to the NW corner of said S1/2 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 also being on the west line of said NE1/4 (monumented by an 2" aluminum cap PLS25972); thence along said west line N01°37'26"E. 966.00 feet to the point of beginning.TOGETHER WITHThe SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 22, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P.M.Together with all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances, including a perpetual easement over and across the existing road that runs through the land as described in Warranty Deed recorded June 17, 2005, under Reception No. 592478; and together with all water, and water rights, ditches and ditch rights appurtenant thereto or used in conjunction therewith.County of Delta,State of Colorado.Also known by street and number

as, TBD STUCKER MESA ROAD,

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, 05/02/2012, 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 3/7/2012Last Publication 4/4/2012Name of Publication Delta County IndependentDATE: 09/16/2011Jim 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:Marek, David A #8388David A. Marek PO Box 1387, Paonia, CO 8142-81387 (970) 527-5353The 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 # PSB vs MCCLURE©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent March 7, 14, 21, 28 and April 4, 2012.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION

The Colorado Division of Reclama-tion, Mining and Safety (Division) has issued a proposed decision to approve Surety Release Applica-tion No. 1(SL-1) for the Elk Creek Mine, Permit No. C-1981-022. The mine is operated by Oxbow Min-ing, LLC under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Min-ing Reclamation Act of 1979. The surety release application was sub-mitted by the Division on February 21, 2012. The liability adjustment is being conducted under Rule 3.02.2(4) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. This liability adjustment is a result of Technical Revision 66 (TR-66) which modifi ed the procedures for sealing gob vent boreholes not located in an aquifer. TR-66 was approved by the Division on March 12, 2010. The proposed cost adjustment would decrease the reclamation cost liability for the Elk Creek Mine from $4,812,510.39 to $4,298,923.39. The affected area is located in Delta and Gunnison Counties, approximately 0 miles North of Somerset, CO.Copies of the proposed decision are available for review at the Colo-rado Division of Reclamation, Min-ing and Safety offi ce, 1313 Sher-man Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, and at the offi ce of the OA.RH.Name.Any person who has an interest which is or may be adversely af-fected may request an adjudicatory hearing regarding this proposed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within thirty (30) days of the fi rst publica-tion of this notice, and shall state with reasonable specifi city the rea-sons for the request and objections to the proposed decision.

Published in the Delta County Independent March 21 and 28, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Judy Mae Middleton

a/k/a Jude Middleton, Deceased


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 July 20, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dawn R. WolfPersonal Representative7505 W. Chesapeake LaneSioux Falls, SD 57106

Published in the Delta County Independent March 14, 21 and 28, 2012.

ORDINANCE #6, 2012

AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING

THE NEED FOR PARTICIPATION,

AND AUTHORIZING AND DI-

RECTING SUCH PARTICIPATION

BY THE CITY OF DELTA, COLO-

RADO, IN THE OPERATION OF

MUNICIPAL ENERGY AGENCY

OF NEBRASKA AND TO PRE-

SCRIBE THE TIME WHEN THIS

ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL

FORCE AND EFFECT.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO:

Section 1. The City Council here-by fi nds and declares that, in con-sideration of the present and future needs of this City for electric power and energy, and the inadequacy and unsuitability of the City's sup-ply of electric power and energy available to meet those needs, and in consideration of the economic and other advantages which will be

realized by cooperative action with other municipalities, it would be in the public welfare and in the inter-est of the customers of the City's electric utility that the City become a participant in the Municipal Ener-gy Agency of Nebraska, an agency which has been formed pursuant to the Municipal Cooperative Financ-ing Act contained in the Nebraska Revised Statutes §18-2401 et seq., as a participating municipality. At the present time, the Agency is comprised of the municipalities of:

Nebraska: Alliance, Ansley, Ar-nold, Bayard, Beaver City, Ben-kelman, Blue Hill, Bridgeport, Broken Bow, Burwell, Callaway, Chappell, Crete, Curtis, Fairbury, Falls City, Gering, Grant, Impe-rial Public Power District, Kim-ball, Lyman, Mitchell, Morrill, Nebraska City, Oxford, Pender, Pierce, Red Cloud, Shickley, Sid-ney, Stuart, West Point, Wisner, Wood River;Colorado: Aspen, Fleming, Fort Morgan, Fountain, Glenwood Springs, Gunnison, Haxtun, Julesburg, Lyons, Yuma;Iowa: Breda, Indianola Munici-pal Utilities, Sergeant Bluff, Wall Lake, Waverly Light and Power;Wyoming: Basin, Torrington

It is anticipated that there may be other municipalities that may be-come participants pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Coop-erative Financing Act.The general description of the busi-ness in which the Agency engages, and the location and method of op-eration of the proposed plants and systems of the Agency are:

To generate and supply electrical energy and engage in the own-ership and operation of power projects as defi ned in the Munici-pal Cooperative Financing Act, within and without the State of Nebraska, and exercise all other powers granted by law relating to the above activities. The prin-cipal place of business shall be Lincoln, Nebraska.Section 2. It is hereby ordered

and directed that the City of Delta, Colorado, acting through its Mayor and City Clerk, become a partici-pating municipality in Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, an organization which has been cre-ated pursuant to the Municipal Co-operative Financing Act contained in the Nebraska Revised Statutes §18-2401 et seq. and do all things necessary to become a participant in such Agency. This would include the submission of an application to the Municipal Energy Agency of Ne-braska expressing this City's desire and need to become a participating municipality and the appointment of a director to the Agency.

Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and take effect after its passage, approval, and publica-tion as provided by law.

Passed and approved on the 6th day of March, 2012.

/s/ Mary Cooper Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ Jolene E. Nelson City Clerk

ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 20TH DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO/s/ Mary Cooper Mayor


CERTIFICATESTATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss.CITY OF DELTA )

I, Jolene E. Nelson, City Clerk of the City of Delta, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was intro-duced, read in full and passed on first reading at a regular meeting on the City Council of the City of Delta on March 6, 2012, and published in the Delta County

Independent, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation published in the City of Delta in its issue of March 14, 2012, and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on March 20, 2012, and ordered published as Ordinance No. 6, Series of 2012, of said City as provided by law.

IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the City of Delta, Colorado, this 20th day of March, 2012.(SEAL)

/s/ Jolene E. NelsonCity Clerk


COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2012-0017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 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): SYLVIA MARTINEZOriginal Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITYDate of Deed of Trust: 12/19/2007County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 12/20/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 621601Original Principal Amount: $133,898.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $128,945.77Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 3 OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOX SUBDIVISION COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 655 FOX COURT, DELTA, CO 81416.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012

Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/24/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:DAVID R. DOUGHTY #40042Janeway Law Firm LLC 19201 E MAIN STREET SUITE 205, PARKER, CO 8013-49092 (303) 706-9990The 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 # JLF#13827©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2012.

ORDINANCE #7, 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY

OF DELTA, COLORADO ADDING

CHAPTER 2.75 TO THE DELTA

MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE PUR-

POSE OF AUTHORIZING CER-

TAIN PREFERENCES FOR LOCAL

BUSINESSES BIDDING ON CITY

CONTRACTS.

WHEREAS, the Delta City Coun-cil recognizes that individuals and entities who have established busi-nesses in the City limits contribute substantially to the local economy by, among other things, employ-ing local residents and paying local sales taxes; and

WHEREAS, the Council believes that local business owners should be given certain preference over other contractors in contract set-tings that involve competitive bid-ding for City of Delta public works, services and material supply proj-ects, provided that the local busi-ness owners are otherwise quali-fi ed to perform the contract work.

WHEREAS, available statistics in-dicate that for every $100.00 spent in locally owned independent stores, as much as $68.00 returns to the pertinent source commu-nity through taxes, payroll and other expenditures, while the same amount spent at national chain outlets typically return as little as $43.00 to the local community and the same amount spent for on-line purchases returns nothing to the community.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OR-DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:A new Chapter 2.75 is hereby added to the Delta Municipal Code which provides as follows:

Chapter 2.75PREFERENCES FOR LOCAL CON-TRACTORS BIDDING ON CITY PROJECTS.Sections:

2.75.010 General Application2.75.020 Exceptions2.75.030 Penalties for Providing False Bid Information2.75.010 General Application.Except as otherwise provided in

this Chapter, whenever competitive bidding is required by law for any contract involving materials, ser-vices and/or labor furnished to the City of Delta, preference shall be given to each qualifi ed local busi-ness in the manner more particu-larly described in this Section.A. Defi nition of Qualifi ed Local Business:

A qualifi ed local business means an individual or entity who, at the time of submitting a bid for a con-tract relating to a City of Delta pur-chase or work project, (1) currently maintains one or more fi xed busi-ness offi ces or taxable distribution points located within Delta County, Colorado, (2) has a pre-established mailing address, other than a mere post offi ce box, also located in Delta County, Colorado and (3) the majority of employees perform-ing the work are residents of Delta County.B. Award of Specifi c Contracts:

In the course of evaluating bids or proposals pertaining to any con-tract for the purchase or lease of supplies, materials, equipment, or other personal property and/or any contract for labor to be performed on a public works project and/or any professional services contract, the City will strive to extend an fi ve percent (5%) preference, but not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), to each otherwise eligible contract bidder who suf-fi ciently demonstrates ownership of a qualifi ed local business in the related bid proposal documents. It is provided, however, that when applying this provision to spe-cifi c contract settings, the City will continue to give appropriate con-sideration and weight to all other relevant information and factors customarily used for comparison of bids in the process of selecting the lowest responsible bidder in-cluding, but not limited to the fol-lowing: (1) the relative quality of any proposed material items and their conformity with pertinent contract specifi cations, (2) the rela-tive benefi t to the City of proposed delivery and discount terms and conditions and proposed terms of warranty and repair for material items, (3) the overall experience, qualifi cation and reputation of the bidder for performance of similar contracts, etc.

2.75.020 ExceptionsThe following contracts shall not be eligible for preferences contem-plated by Section 2.75.010:

A. Contracts for which applica-tion of the provisions of said Sec-tion would be prohibited by State or Federal law or regulations.

B. Contracts funded in whole or in part by grants, donations or gifts to the City of Delta, the conditions of which prohibit or discourage preferences of the sort allowed by Section 2.75.010.

C. Contracts for redressing emer-gency conditions in the City of Delta where any delay in comple-tion or performance of the contract would jeopardize public health, safety or welfare, or where in the judgment of the City Manager, or his or her designee, the operational effectiveness of a signifi cant City of Delta function would be seriously impaired if the contract were not entered into expeditiously without resort to competitive bidding pro-cesses.

D. Contracts in which there is only one bidder for supplies, mate-rial, equipment or other property to be furnished to the City.

E. Any other contract setting in which the City determines the ap-plication of a preference would be fundamentally adverse to the City of Delta's interest.

2.75.030 Penalties for Providing False Bid Information

If the City Manager, or his or her designee, determines that a person or entity submitting a bid for a City contract has made an intentional misstatement of fact to obtain a contract preference under this Chapter, the City of Delta may pursue all consistent legal and/or equitable remedies afforded by Colorado law and, in addition, may impose the following penalties:

A. A fi nding of such an intention-al misstatement by a contract bid-der shall furnish a basis for disqual-ifying all current and future bids on City contracts from that bidder and his or its related business for a pe-

riod of at least one full year from the date of the fi nding.

B. An intentional misstatement made to obtain a price preference under this Chapter shall subject the recipient of any such price prefer-ence to a civil penalty of treble the amount of the price preference ac-tually received, or Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), whichever is greater. The City may collect such penalty, plus all reasonable at-torney fees and costs incurred in the course of collection efforts, through civil proceedings fi led in the appropriate Court in Delta County, Colorado.

ADOPTED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 6TH DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

/s/ Mary Cooper Mayor


ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 20TH DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO/s/ Mary Cooper Mayor


CERTIFICATESTATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss.CITY OF DELTA )

I, Jolene E. Nelson, City Clerk of the City of Delta, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was intro-duced, read in full and passed on first reading at a regular meeting on the City Council of the City of Delta on March 6, 2012, and published in the Delta County

Independent, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation published in the City of Delta in its issue of March 14, 2012, and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on March 20, 2012, and ordered published as Ordinance No. 7, Series of 2012, of said City as provided by law.

IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the City of Delta, Colorado, this 20th day of March, 2012.(SEAL)

/s/ Jolene E. NelsonCity Clerk


Commissioners Proceedings

February 2012

Delta County Social Services

Salaries SERV 152,863.73AFLAC Flex One SERV 35.20AFLAC CAIC SERV 865.54AFLAC SERV 849.30Arapahoe Co Sheriff SERV 33.50 AT&T Mobility SERV 142.86Atchley, Paul SERV 92.40Beck, Renee SERV 33.60Beep West Paging SERV 45.50Bowler, Brian SERV 126.40Bullard, Angela SERV 67.20Carelli, Brad SERV 111.01CEBT SERV 28,575.12Christine Knight/BoCC SERV 5,746.25Colonial Life SERV 240.68CO Correctional Ind. SERV 158.47CO Welfare Fraud SERV 40.00Courtyard Tech Center SERV 110.00Delta Co Library SERV 5,679.40Delta Co Gen Fund SERV 8,571.34Delta Co Health SERV 2,816.82Delta Co Independent SERV 105.39Delta Co School Dist SERV 22,634.25Delta Co Sheriff SERV 122.00Delta Co Telecomm SERV 425.04Delta Co Treas SERV 31,947.81Delta Co Treas SERV 4,569.00Delta Co Treas SERV 733.30Delta Co Treas SERV 16,914.08Delta Federal CU SERV 100.00Delta Tire Center SERV 475.83Double Tree Inn SERV 109.00Doyle Petroleum SERV 362.20 Experian SERV 77.00Gallegos, Anne SERV 346.40Garver, James SERV 78.80Grand Valley Imaging SERV 609.62Great America Leasing SERV 127.09Gunnison H&H Svs SERV 3,059.78Hasler, Inc SERV 275.00HHH, Inc SERV 22.80High Country Shopper SERV 1,607.13High Mesa Com SERV 120.00Kolman, Brad SERV 116.80Kuemmerlin, Al SERV 31.25Laboratory Corp SERV 437.00Lemoine, William SERV 495.40Lexis Nexis SERV 194.94Magdalenski, Ulrike SERV 196.39Marchun, Karin SERV 60.00Martinez, Albert SERV 49.00Melgoza, Deborah SERV 46.26Mesa Co Sheriff SERV 42.50Miller, Victoria SERV 26.00Mountain View Travel SERV 1,679.80Nutt, Erin SERV 52.80Office Depot SERV 5,427.61 Records Management SERV 176.70Rowe, Sue SERV 64.00Smith Medical Partners SERV 258.00 Sun Life Financial SERV 617.55Talx Corporation SERV 26.00UPS Store SERV 25.64US Postal Service SERV 5,000.00Walmart SERV 112.52Western Slope Psych SERV 2,795.00Total 309,957.00I, R. Olen Lund, Chairman of the Board of Social Services in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowl-edge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allow-ance of bills, sale of taxes (as provid-ed in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-25-11) and a brief statement of such other mat-ters as is contained therein. Dated this 28th Day of March, 2012. /s/ R.Olen Lund, Chairman. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th Day of March, 2012. /s/ Sandy Cross 560 Dodge St Delta CO 81416. My com-mission expires 12/03/2013.Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, 2012.

NOTICE

Applications for appointment to the Board of Directors of the Grand Mesa Water Conservancy District ("District") for two directors to fill terms ending April 16, 2012 will be accepted by the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer St., Delta, CO until April 6, 2012. Applicants must have residence in the District for at least one year and be the owner of real property with-in the District. Applications should be accompanied by a resume reflecting agriculture, municipal, industrial, or other interests in the beneficial use of water within the District. Description of the Districts' boundaries are available from C.W. Armstrong, Secretary of the District, PO Box 129, Cedaredge, CO 81413. Phone (970) 856-7683.

C.W. Armstrong, SecretaryPublished in the Delta County

Independent March 21, 28 and April 4, 2012.

Delta County Independent PUBLIC NOTICES Wednesday, March 28, 2012 D5COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2012-0018To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 25, 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): STEVEN ANDERSONOriginal Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as nominee for MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS OF COLORDOCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOICATIONDate of Deed of Trust: 5/14/2010County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 5/18/2010Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 642934Original Principal Amount: $155,040.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $154,528.56Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

Legal DescriptionPart of the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 25, Township 14 South, Range 95 West, of the 6th P.M., described as follows:Beginning at a point in the center of the County Road whence the South ¼ corner of Section 25 Township 14 South Range 95 West 6th P.M. bears South 0°54´East 1,441.1 feet; thence North 0°54´ West 436.04 feet, more or less, to a point in the center of said County Road; thence leaving the center of said County Road North 89°10´ West 199.80 feet; thence South 0°54´ East 436.04 feet; thence South 89°10´ East 199.80 feet, more or less , to the point of beginning, County of Delta, State of Colorado.****Pursuant to Corrective Affidavit re: Scrivener’s Error Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-35-109(5) Recorded at Reception No. 655777 on January 11, 2012 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of Delta county, Colorado to correct the Legal Description.Also known by street and number as: 10267 2150 ROAD, AUSTIN, CO 81410.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/25/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 # 1068.03725©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011




To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 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): Daniel PetroccoOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lane MortgageCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: Flagstar Bank, FSBDate of Deed of Trust: 8/31/2006County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 9/11/2006Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 607570Original Principal Amount: $119,900.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $112,852.66Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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, BLOCK 10, FOOTE-WILLIAMSON ADDITION, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 112 North Fork Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/24/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 # 11-17268©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


Health Board Proceedings

February 2012

Delta County Health Department

Salaries SERV 48,126.21AFLAC SERV 317.19AFLAC Flex One SERV 22.00AFLAC CAIC SERV 302.09Beard, Kelly SERV 72.00Brattain, Loretta SERV 15.00CEBT SERV 8,663.62Charts & Carts SERV 163.00CLIA Laboratory SERV 200.00Colonial Life SERV 13.44CO West Business SERV 458.18Decade Software SERV 1,459.50 Delta Co Commission SERV 3,184.00Delta Co General Fund SERV 16.79Delta Co Health Dept SERV 66.28Delta Co Human Svs SERV 73.90Delta Co Hospital SERV 2,010.96Delta Co Treas SERV 10,265.43Delta Co Treas SERV 1,486.00Delta Co Treas SERV 499.99Delta Co Treas SERV 4,273.36Delta Family Physicians SERV 1,250.00Delta Federal CU SERV 625.00Don French SERV 72.00Doyle Petroleum SERV 259.31ETR Associates SERV 76.16Grand Valley Imaging SERV 147.59Henry Schein, Inc SERV 255.71High Country Shopper SERV 11.20Immunostics SERV 152.00Intermountain Path SERV 125.46 King Soopers SERV 11.13Koehler, Bonnie SERV 19.60LaQuinta Inn SERV 128.01Medical Systems SERV 52.80Mesa Co Health Dept SERV 20.00Moore Medical SERV 552.12New Paradise SERV 31.50Nordstrom, Ken SERV 40.27Offi ce Depot SERV 156.46Payment Remittance SERV 158.82Smith Medical Partners SERV 1,902.44Sullivan, Pat SERV 72.00Sun Life Financial SERV 201.79Theracom SERV 892.98Verizon Wireless SERV 37.65Walmart SERV 198.45Westin Westminster SERV 581.76Total 89,721.15I, 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 28th Day of March, 2012. /s/ R. Olen Lund, Chairman. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th Day of March, 2012. /s/ Sandy Cross 560 Dodge St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013.Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, 2012.



To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 23, 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): PETER M. MILLEROriginal Beneficiary(ies): MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as nominee for THE PRIME FINANCIAL GROUP INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: EVERBANKDate of Deed of Trust: 5/23/2007County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 5/24/2007Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 615410Original Principal Amount: $310,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $326,608.82Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 OF FAIRLAND FAMILY MOINOR SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 18424 F ROAD, DELTA, CO 81416-8201.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/23/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Barbara J. Pierce, Deputy Public TrusteeThe 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 # 4380.01242©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011




To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 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): Jeffrey D. Loy and Katie LoyOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Sher Financial Group Inc, a Maryland CorporationCurrent Holder of Evidence of DebtFlagstar Bank, FSBDate of Deed of Trust: 9/25/2008County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 10/8/2008Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 629366Original Principal Amount: $116,725.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $113,212.11Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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.THE SOUTH 1/2 OF LOT 6 AND ALL OF LOT 7 AND 8 IN BLOCK 13 OF PLAT B OF THE TOWN, NOW CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 735 Columbia St, Delta, CO 81416-1631.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/20/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 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 # 12-00003©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011




To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 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): Timothy M SayerOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust: 8/29/2006County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 8/30/2006Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 607229Original Principal Amount: $220,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $219,750.00Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 OF CLAPPER FAMILY MINOR SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 18563 Ward Creek Road,

Cedaredge, CO 81413.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/19/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 # 11-16411R©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2012-0010To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the fol-lowing described Deed of Trust:On January 19, 2012, the under-signed Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat-ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.Original Grantor(s): Charles C. Branum and Marelen E. Branum and Patricia June PeckoverOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Intermountain Industries, Inc. D/B/A Major Mortgage USACurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationDate of Deed of Trust: 11/25/2009County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 11/25/2009Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 639338Original Principal Amount: $221,340.00Outstanding Principal Balance:$216,698.98Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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, AMENDED TOURNEY BOUNDARY AGREEMENT BEING PART OF LOT 1, OF TOURNEY MINOR SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN BOOK 24 AT PAGE 24 AND PART OF LOT 2, OF THE DESERT ROSIE MINOR SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN BOOK 28 AT PAGE 16, LOCATED IN PART OF THE E1/2 OF THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 13 SOUTH, RANGE 94 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO.Also known by street and number as: 16250 2675 Lane, Cedaredge, CO 81413.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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 auc-tion, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/19/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe name, address, business tele-phone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) represent-ing the legal holder of the indebted-ness is:NEAL J. VALORZ #42496ROBERT J HOPP and ASSOCIATES LLC 333 W COLFAX AVENUE STE 200, PO BOX 8689, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 225-0811The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any informa-tion provided may be used for that purpose.Attorney File # 11-05572CO©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011




To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 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): Celso BencomoOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust: 3/14/2011County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/18/2011Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 649606Original Principal Amount: $95,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $93,056.92Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 AThat part of the Delta Townsite of the Town of Delta, Colorado described as follows: Beginning at a point whence Corner No. 20 of said townsite bears North 09°45' East 766.5 feet distant; Thence South 49°30' West 150 feet; Thence South 40°30' East 227 feet; Thence North 49°30' East 100 feet; Thence South 40°30' East 160 feet to the Raynor tract; Thence North 57°15' East 50.4 feet, said point being the Southwest corner of Watts tract; Thence North 40°30' West 394.5 feet, to point of beginning. Except a tract commencing at a point where Corner No. 20 of Delta Townsite bears North 09°45' East 766.5 feet; Thence South 40°30' East 394.5 feet to the Southeast corner of tract; Thence South 57°15' West 50.4 feet to corner No. 2 of tract; Thence North 40°30' West 176.6 feet to Corner No. 3; Thence North 49°30' East 50 feet to Corner No. 4; Thence South 40°30' East 183.4 feet to Corner No. 1, point of beginning. County of Delta, State of Colorado.Also known by street and number as: 612 Bridge St, Delta, CO 81416.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/20/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 # 12-00424©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

DECLARATION DEEMING

CANDIDATES ELECTED DELTA

COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION

DISTRICT #5 DELTA COUNTY,

COLORADO SPECIAL DISTRICT

ELECTION SCHEDULED MAY 8,

2012.

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the District by resolution empowered the Designated Election Official to cancel the elec-tion under (1-5-208, (1.5)) C.R.S., declare the candidates elected, publish the notice thereof, file notice with the County Clerk and Recorder, file notice with Division of Local Government, and inform each candidate of the results. The Designated Election Official hereby duly certifies that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 8, 2012, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candi-dates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, AND WHERE-AS, the validity of candidate and witness to the candidates' self nomination and acceptance were verified by an officer of the Delta County Clerk and Recorders' office. Now, THEREFORE, pursuant to 1-5-208 (1.5), C.R.S., the Designated Election Official HEREBY cancels the regular election to be conduct-ed on the 8th day of May, 2012.THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFI-CIAL DECLARES THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES DEEMED ELECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF OFFICE;

Rinda Pipher (4 year term)Lee Alexander (4 year term)one four year term left empty

Signed by Marsha Werth, Designated Election OfficialDate: March 19, 2012Contact Person: Marsha WerthSecretary to the BoardPhone: 970-921-5571DELTA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #5P.O. BOX 230CRAWFORD, CO 81415


PUBLIC NOTICE

Be it advised that Harve Hoff has been delinquent in payment of board since 11/15/10 for two horses located on the Eagle Butte Ranch in Paonia, CO. The amount owed totals $4,854.54, which includes board, storage of vehicle and equipment, and finance charges. A lien has been placed on the horses pursuant to section 38-20-206 of the Colorado State Statute. This amount must be paid in full by April 15, 2012, or the horses will be considered abandoned and disposed of pursuant to section 35-44-112. Also be advised that a two horse trailer and equipment contained there within has also been declared abandoned and will be disposed of if the outstanding balance is not paid.

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28 and April 4, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RUTH VIRGINIA

CARSTEN aka RUTH V. CARSTEN,

Deceased


All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before July 28, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael McMillanPersonal Representative618 Cedar Dr.Hotchkiss, CO 81419

Attorney for Personal Representative:James E. Link IIPO Box 567Ouray, CO 81427

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, April 4 and 11, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of KARIMA CAROL

MANSOUR, a/k/a KARIMA CAREL

BRIDGEWATER MANSOUR, a/k/a

KARIMA C. MANSOUR, a/k/a

KARIMA MANSOUR, Deceased


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 July 30, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Yolanda BernalPersonal Representative16824 Chipeta DriveMontrose, CO 81403

Attorney for Personal Representative:Aaron R. ClayPO Box 38Delta CO 81416

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, April 4 and 11, 2012.



To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:On January 23, 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): Daniel V Abeyta and Carolyn AbeytaOriginal Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Oak Street Mortgage LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for RASC 2006KS9Date of Deed of Trust: 8/26/2006County of Recording: DeltaRecording Date of Deed of Trust: 9/7/2006Recording Information(Reception Number and/or Book/Page Number): 607486Original Principal Amount: $290,500.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $280,564.41Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified 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 REFERENCEExhibit ATHE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY OF DELTA, AND STATE OF COLORADO, TO WIT: LOT 1 OF ROBIDEAU RIDGE MINOR SUBDIVISION. "SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS, CONDITION, AGREEMENTS OF RECORD", IF ANY.Also known by street and number as: 3903 Sundown Road, Delta, CO 81416.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed 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, 05/23/2012, at Public Trustee’s Office, 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 Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication: 3/28/2012Last Publication: 4/25/2012Name of Publication: Delta County IndependentDATE: 01/23/2012Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of ColoradoBy: Jim D. Ventrello, Public TrusteeThe 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 # 11-16190©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 6/2011


REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Delta County Public Library

DistrictConstruction Documents and Construction Administration

Involving the Rehabilitation and Preservation of the Exterior of the 1911 Carnegie Library in

Delta, Colorado. Purpose of Request: The Delta

County Public Library District, dba Delta County Libraries (DCL), is requesting proposals from qualified architects for the prepa-ration of construction documents, specifications and construction administration for the exterior rehabilitation and preservation of the 1911 Carnegie Library in Delta, CO (phase one of a multi-phase project).

It is anticipated that DCL will proceed with future phases, sub-ject to obtaining necessary fund-ing, and that the architect select-ed will perform work on future phases for continuity purposes. However, DCL cannot commit or expend any funds from any

source for architectural servicesrelated to any future phases priorto the successful completion of the State Historical Fund grant/contract process related to anyfuture phases.

Project Scope: DCL plans to begin exterior rehabilitation andpreservation work at the Delta Public Library located at 211 WestSixth St, Delta, CO 81416 dur-ing the summer of 2012. This isthe first phase of a multi-phase,multi-year project. DCL has com-missioned a Historical StructureAssessment which has been reviewed and approved by theColorado Historical Society StateHistorical Fund (CHSSHF) and covers all phases of work. Thisphase of the project is/was paid for in part by a State HistoricalFund grant from History Colorado,the Colorado Historical Society. The project must comply with thepertinent sections of the appli-cable Secretary of the Interior’sStandards for Archaeology andHistoric Preservation, Standardsfor the Treatment of HistoricProperties and the Guidelines for Preserving Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings and History Colorado’s Survey Manual and How to Complete Colorado Cultural Resource InventoryForms, Volumes I and II, all asamended from time to time.

Project Tasks: The project involves the preparation of con-struction documents and ongoing construction administration.

Construction Documents:1. Prepare construction docu-

ments and drawings, pro-cure engineering servicesand develop specifications for stabilizing exterior walls,establishing dry zones and preserving exterior walls of the 1911 Carnegie Building,

2. Incorporate the HistoricStructure Assessment and State Historical Fund (SHF) Scope of Work and relateddocuments in all work,

3. Methodology and servic-es should provide for and adhere to SHF grant practicesrelating to all deliverables forconstruction documents andspecifications.

Construction Administration:1. Provide construction admin-

istration to complete this phase,

2. Assist DCL with preparationof bid package and on-sitepre bid conference if deemedappropriate,

3. Consult with DCL, chosen contractor, SHF technicalspecialists, engineers, and archeologists (if required),

4. Review all submittals forcompliance with SHF deliver-ables and requirements, andpreparation of any changeorders,

5. Assist DCL with the prepa-ration of the SHF requiredSubcontractor CertificationForm, including its own,

6. Develop a time line for alltasks taking into consider-ation the area’s climate.

Qualifications: DCL requiresprospective architects to submit a statement of qualifications includ-ing, at a minimum, the following:

1. Proof of license as an archi-tect in the State of Colorado,

2. The firm’s profile, history andphilosophy,

3. The number of team mem-bers associated with the firm,

4. Resumes’ of the principalteam members that would beinvolved in the project,

5. List of similar work com-pleted, specifically work on Colorado Historical Fundprojects,

6. Examples of previous similarwork,

7. The names and telephone numbers of at least three references that may be con-tacted regarding the firm’spast performance, preferablyon similar projects,

8. Description of experience working within the Secretaryof the Interior’s Standardsfor the Treatment of HistoricProperties,

9. List of other projects the firm is involved with over the next two years.

The following criteria, which are not intended to be all inclu-sive, shall be used in the selec-tion of an architect: overall under-standing of the proposed project,experience working on ColoradoHistorical Fund projects, techni-cal knowledge and the ability toperform in a timely manner. An interview may be conducted tobetter assess qualifications andthe ability to successfully com-plete the project.

DCL has designated its ProjectManager, Steve Wasilkowich,as the lead contact for the proj-ect. Prospective architects are requested to contact him by call-ing 970-921-5320 or by email: [email protected] to requestcopies of the Historic StructureAssessment and State HistoricalFund grant Scope of Work, ProjectBudget, List of Submittals andProject Deliverables documents. All documents will be providedelectronically on a flash drivedevice due to their size.

This Request for Proposal does not commit DCL to awarda contract, nor to pay any costsincurred in the preparation andsubmission of a proposal in antic-ipation of a contract. DCL reservesthe right to accept or reject any orall proposals received as a resultof the request, to negotiate withqualified firms and to cancel orchange the Request for Proposal.

The selected architect, as a condition to architect’s selection,shall enter into a constructiondesign and administration ser-vices agreement with DCL.

Deadlines: Four copies of pro-posals are to be delivered no laterthan April 25, 2012, in hard copyform, to Steve Wasilkowich, DeltaCounty Public Library District, PO Box 858, Delta, CO 81416.

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28 and April4, 2012.

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION1-5-208(1.5), 32-1-104, C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by theRagged Mountain Fire ProtectionDistrict, Gunnison County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third daybefore the election, there werenot more candidates for directorthan offices to be filled, includ-ing candidates filing affidavitsof intent to be write-in candi-dates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2012 is herebycanceled pursuant to section 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S. The following candidate is herebydeclared elected:Mary J. Norris 4-year term until May 2016 /s/ Larry B. BecknerDesignated Election OfficialContact Person for the District: Larry B. BecknerTelephone Number of the District: (970) 245-4300Address of the District: P.O. Box 220 Grand Junction, Colorado 81502District Facsimile Number: (970) 243-4358

Published in the Delta County Independent March 28, 2012

Legal Deadline

is 10 a.m.

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D6 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 CHURCH Delta County Independent

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 (starting April 4) 7:00 p.m.

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.

cedarag.org

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

OLATHE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Located at 512 HersumSend mail to PO Box 148, Olathe, CO 81425

970-323-6465 • Email: [email protected] Worship 10:30 a.m.Wednesday: Breathing Space 6:00 p.m. Choir 7:00 p.m.

Everyone welcome

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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For over 38 years, the Labels for Education program has supported schools across the coun-try by providing more

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“Our goal is to collect 500 points, and we’re asking the comunity to help,” said Jace Holden, the coordinator for Tiny Treasures Preschool’s Labels for Education pro-gram. “If we work togeth-er, we can build better schools for our children.”

It’s easy to pitch in. Simply save product UPCs from any of the following eligible Campbell prod-ucts and drop them off at the preschool, located at 1000 Pioneer Road in Delta: Campbell’s soups, tomato juice, beans, gra-vies, canned pasta and meal kits; SpaghettiOs pasta; Prego Italian

sauces; Swanson stocks, broths and canned poul-try; V8 juice, juice drinks

and soup; and Pepperidge Farm breads, cookies and frozen products.

For more information, contact Holden at 874-3052.

Preschool is collecting labels for free merchandise

Tony Abbott invites all to a weekly Bible study Sundays at 5 p.m. called “Enjoying God.” Please call 201-1201 for location and other details.

Reverend Abbott is an ordained minister and hospice nurse from the Delta area. He has pas-tored in the South and in western Colorado.

Bible study focuses on ‘Enjoying God’

Agape Christian Fel-lowship gathers a few days each week to study the Bible. In Greek, agape means love and is demon-strated for us as sacrifi-cial love in Romans 5:8. Therefore, the church is a place where Christian believers gather togeth-er in fellowship and in the love that Christ has bestowed upon us and through us.

It is of utmost impor-tance to know what God has said to us, so the

Agape Christian Fellow-ship studies the Bible from beginning to end, verse by verse. The emphasis of Agape Chris-tian Fellowship is to know God’s Word, teach others how to be disciples of Christ, and share what Christ has done with those around us.

The church meets in Suite 103 in Columbine Mall, 326 Main Street in Delta. Sunday morning worship begins at 10:30 a.m. Services are held

Wednesday night at 7 p.m. starting April 4.

“Please join us in learning God’s Word together,” said Pastor Jason Havertape. He and his family welcome all who want to come and worship the Lord Jesus Christ through song and the study of the Bible.

On Easter Sunday, morning worship will be held as usual at 10:30 a.m. Please come and bring a friend. For more informa-tion, call 201-7013.

Agape Christian Fellowship worships through song, study

Tony Abbott

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D10 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 BACK PAGE Delta County Independent

Every week a group of about 30 men gather at the Olathe United

Methodist Church to share their love of music. These men comprise the Black Canyon Chorus, a vocal music group that sings four-part harmony. The music, the camaraderie, and the opportunity to travel throughout the area perform-ing for appreciative audiences have kept this group going since the late ‘70s.

Four-part harmony is music in its purest form, cre-ated with nothing but human voices coming together to create a rich and satisfying texture that is pleasing to the ears and invigorating to the soul. Other groups sing a cappella, or without instru-mental accompaniment, but barbershop groups create a unique blend of chords that soars beyond any one individ-ual’s voice.

Perfecting this musical art-form takes commitment, but it’s a labor of love for the men who have embraced singing as one of their favorite hob-bies.

Rex Pierson, one of a hand-ful of charter members still active with the group, recalls meeting with a representative from the Society for the Pres-ervation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Sing-ing in America about 38 years ago. It took a year for interest to spread and for the organiz-ers to sign up the 25 singers needed to create a full-fledged chapter of the SPEBSQSA. On March 1, 1976, the chorus received its charter with 36 members. “It’s been fun ever since,” Pierson said.

Gene Bond of Delta is another charter member who became part of a quartet that came together in the early ‘90s

to deliver singing valentines. The four men who made up the “Silver-Haired Daddies” enjoyed singing together so much, they stayed with it for 15 years. Bill Sutton, who sang tenor with the Silver-Haired Daddies, explains that a quartet is comprised of the lead singer, a tenor, a bari-tone and a bass. As with the larger chorus, the key is lis-tening closely to the harmo-nies weaving in and around the melody produced by the lead singer.

An exercise called “wood-shedding” helps choir mem-bers develop an ear for har-monies. Just for the fun of it, the men gather in a circle with their eyes closed. With-out referring to a written score, the lead singer takes off with the melody, and the choir members join in.

The ability to read music is not required for barbershop. “Your ear will tell you where to go,” said one chorus mem-ber. Of course some training helps!

Clinics, coaches, officer training, competitions and arrangements are all orga-nized under the auspices of the Society for the Preserva-tion and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., now known simply as The Barbershop Harmony Society. The soci-ety’s music library is the best source for four-part arrange-ments as well as learning CDs. Most four-part music has been arranged by barber-shoppers who have developed an ear for the dimension of sound that can be produced from great showtunes, gos-pel favorites and barbershop standards like “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Many of the arrangements are older songs that are no longer protected by copyright, but there’s an effort to update the library

with the Beatles, Billy Joel and the like to attract young-er singers.

The Barbershop Harmony Society also produces a basic packet of 20 “barber pole” arrangements which even the newest singers are expected to master. These are the songs which unite barbershoppers wherever they gather. It’s not unusual to hear men from Durango, Grand Junction and Montrose break out in one of these familiar songs when they get together in Silverton every summer.

While the members of the Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus have chosen to steer clear of the regional and national competitions con-ducted by the Barbershop Harmony Society, they love the opportunity to learn and sing at the Silverton Harmo-ny Festival. The get-together started when members of the Durango and Delta-Montrose chapters decided to meet half-way for an evening of sing-ing and drinking beer. As it grew, the event moved out of the bars and into the coun-ty courthouse. The audience quickly filled the courtroom benches, and the event was moved to its current venue, Silverton High School.

On Friday evenings, the quartets gather to rehearse with a well-known arranger. On Saturday, 100 or more sing-ers get together to rehearse the songs to be presented at that night’s show. During the

lunch and dinner breaks, four-part harmony can be heard emanating from the restau-rants lining Silverton’s histor-ic streets. These are men who love to sing at any altitude. The show is free, but they pass the hat to raise funds to support music programs in the local schools.

“It’s just a lot of fun to get together and sing with people you’ve never met before,” said Bond. “We get people coming over from Denver, from Salt Lake City and New Mexico.”

While several members of the Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus have found inspira-tion in the outstanding level of singing at the regional and national level, they say they’re just not willing to invest the time, money and travel that’s needed to excel in elite com-petition. Instead, they deliver singing valentines, perform at Ridgway State Park twice a year, sing at the Chapel of the Cross, and add patriotic flair to the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Olathe High School.

“We prefer to remain a happy band of singers,” said Larry Wilkinson, who is serv-ing his second term as presi-dent of the Black Canyon Bar-bershop Chorus.

This happy band of sing-ers welcomes any man who loves singing as much as they do. They pursue musical excel-lence every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the Olathe United Methodist Church at 518 Her-

sum Street. For more informa-tion call Kevin Cohenour at 964-4775.

They are confident the popularity of TV shows like “The Voice” will generate more interest in vocal singing groups like the Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus. Their two newest members, as a mat-ter of fact, are Olathe High School students, dispelling the impression that all bar-bershoppers are gray-haired men.

The decision to hire Mary-Ann Rathburn as the chorus’s paid director has also been a boon. The teaching expertise she brings to the chorus has raised their level of musical performance and helped the singers focus on their tech-nique and stage presence.

The former director, Tom Chamberlain, is a charter member of the Montrose Chap-ter of the Barbershop Harmo-ny Society who was recognized as the 2011 Barbershopper of the Year in appreciation for his efforts over the past 36 years.

The Black Canyon Chorus is available to sing at your fundraiser, party, or social event. More information is available from program vice president Larry Cooper at 209-9331 or on the chorus’s website, www.blackcanyonchorus.org.

And mark your calendar for the annual show, to be pre-sented Saturday, April 28, at the Montrose Pavilion.


Gary Wilson, Dave Corso, Bill Sutton and Sam Kevan make up the quartet “Fourmata.” Fourmata is one of three chapter quartets expected to take part in the Black Canyon’s annual show. Sound Production, com-prised of Phil Plumb, Larry Cooper, Bob Goodhue and Sam Kevan, and the No-Name-4 (Bill Snyer, Bob Good-hue, Dave Christian and Jason Ward) are also expected to perform. Below, choir members bring holiday cheer to nursing home residents.

Adam Reimnitz, Scott Delude, Tyler Wigginton and Michael Troyer are close friends who make great music together as “The Crew.” They began singing together casually back in 2010 and found that they sound pretty darn good! So they set their expectations high and, in the spring of 2011 (their very fi rst contest!), qualifi ed for the Barbershop Harmony Society’s International contest. Last fall they became the Rocky Mountain District Cham-pions. “The Crew” will be the guest quartet at the Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus’s annual show on April 28.

The Black Canyon Cho-rus is gearing up for its 37th annual show, “A Cappella Date Night.” This evening of harmony features a variety of songs sung a cappella, mean-ing “without musical accom-paniment.”

The show will be held Sat-urday, April 28, at the Mon-trose Pavilion, and consists of three parts — the cho-rus, the guest quartet “The Crew,” and an afterglow at Remington’s at the Bridges in Montrose.

Think of an evening with a bunch of guys who like to sing just to you. A sample of the

chorus songs to be performed include “The Longest Time,” “Some Enchanted Evening” and “The Whiffenpoof Song.” Several quartets from the cho-rus will also perform. Pulling the event together are direc-tor MaryAnn Rathburn and emcee Jim Kerschner.

After the intermission the coveted “Award of Harmony” will be presented to a special person, followed by the cham-pion quartet “The Crew.”

After the show, everyone is invited to drive the short dis-tance to Remington’s for food, a cash bar and more music. “Afterglows” are frequently

incorporated into male cho-rus and barbershop events.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $10 at the Montrose Pavilion or DeVin-ny Jewelry in Montrose. At the door, tickets will be $15. To encourage participation children under age 12 may enjoy the show at no charge.

Tickets are also available from any chorus member or by telephone at 249-7015.

Tickets for the afterglow, which includes a light buffet, are limited in number and cost $15. They may also be purchased in advance or at the show.

Don’t miss A Cappella Date Night

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