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Not only is the Bowie mine nearPaonia running at full-scale, com-pany officials say the mine is in-creasing production and hiringmore employees.

That is good news to hundreds offamilies in the North Fork and sur-rounding areas.

On Sept. 30, 2010 Bowie Re-sources was unable to meet its pay-roll and sent their hourly employeeshome. Sources close to the operationat the time said the employees werebasically told they would be calledback if and when some financialproblems were solved.

Ultimately, according to vicepresident and general managerDewey Tanner, GE Energy FinancialServices provided some interimfunding, allowing the payrolls to bemet.

“We had our employees off fornine days when we missed our pay-roll. We have all those employeesback and we are actually hiring

In an about-face of just afew months ago when theDelta County School Boardannounced superintendentMike McMillan was retir-ing and that former schooldistrict employee Ed Long-field would be taking over,at the Dec. 9 school boardmeeting the board an-nounced it would retainMcMillan’s employmentfor another two years be-fore beginning a superin-tendent search.

At the Feb. 25, 2010

meeting, in a surprise an-nouncement the board saidthat since June 2009,McMillan had been work-ing under a work agree-ment and had retired. Theyannounced then that Long-field, who had left the dis-trict a year before to serveas the superintendent inManitou Springs, would re-turn to Delta County June15 to serve as superintend-ent.

After much backlash bythe community Longfielddeclined the job, though hecited personal reasons. Hekept his position in Mani-

tou Springs. At that time,then-president of the schoolboard Bob Tweedell saidMcMillan would remain assuperintendent until a can-didate search could be con-ducted.

Now, the board has saidit will wait to launch thatsearch for another twoyears instead of beginningthe search in January as ex-pected. Next November,three of board seats are upfor reelection; Tweedell isterm limited. “We don’twant new board membershave to come in and imme-diately think about having

to do a search,” new boardpresident Bill Kehmeiersaid. “This better serves thepurposes of the district.”

After McMillan’s officialretirement, a work contractwas drawn up to allow himto continue to serve the dis-trict for 140 days, until July1, 2011. Instead of extend-ing that work agreementwhen it expires, the boardplans to rehire him under atwo-year contract.

Kehmeier said bothMcMillan and the schooldistrict attorney Aaron Clay

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The coal coming from the Bowie mine near Paonia seemed unending two years ago, then a se-ries of problems plagued the mine. Last September the mine owners were unable to meet payrolland sent more than 200 miners home for nine days. Now, officials say the problems are behindthem and the coal is flowing again.

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As usual, this week we get an example of the qual-ity of thinking practiced by many of our regular read-ers. Take a look at the letter submitted by RandyLitwiller. He makes some great points.

We have long harbored some skepticism aboutsome of the so-called “green energy” options. Whilewe are in complete agreement that we should alwaysbe looking for better ways, we are also somewhattaken back by how quickly people tend to believethings.

We have a real problem with the whole “globalwarming” claim and find it interesting that the perpe-trators of the story keep changing the titles. First, weheard all about “global warming,” then it all became“climate change.” Now, we are hearing some of thepromoters of exactly the same concepts refer to “cli-mate variability.” We think they change their names toavoid detection, much like other prevaricators.

But the point Litwiller makes is one of the mostvalid. We are constantly told how this green energywill be cheaper and more efficient. Those doing thetelling are often leaving out some of the important in-formation.

One of our favorite scams is the hype over the com-pact fluorescent lamps. The overzealous promotion ofthese things may actually make the possession of anincandescent light bulb illegal in the foreseeable fu-ture. And we don’t really see the benefits. Even if wediscount the fact that these things have mercury inthem and will likely be targeted by the environmen-talists of the future for that reason, we have to wonderabout the other claims.

We were given to believe by one governmentsource that the replacement of all the light bulbs withCFLs in an average American home would result in anaverage annual energy savings of about $143.Nowhere in that document was the cost of the lightsthemselves mentioned. We have determined that thebulbs cost about $2.60 each. Using that figure, and re-placing about 18 bulbs in a three-bedroom house, thefirst year savings is only $96. Then, we are told theseugly little swirls will last almost forever, but we knownow that is not true and that some fixtures, especiallybathroom fixtures, do not like the CFLs, and that theonly solution to that is a new fixture, which we deter-mined cost about $80. If we put one in each of twobathrooms, we now are $64 in the hole that first year.Half of the next year’s savings is already spent and wehave not even dropped one and broke it yet.

The bottom line is that we all need to look at thelogic behind some of these new “green” things beforewe jump on the bandwagon. And while we are at it,we should be very cognitive of just how much of those“savings” are really subsidies that are paid by usthrough an archaic tax system and overzealous porkbarrel spending.

Mountain Valley News December 15, 2010

Editorial LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A little logic cango a long way

Dear Editor:

Re: Free power

I was happy to see thatPaonia has been able to im-plement an energy effi-ciency program utilizinggrants and donated labor toinstall a solar panel gridsystem. According to Mr.Pevec, in the December 8tharticle “It’s basically free,clean power,” or is it?

If the system cost is$26,000 with donated laborand it will last 25 years, theannual cost is $1,040. If youinclude labor the price be-comes $40,000 and the an-nual cost over 25 years isnow $1,600. We do, how-ever, save $900 per year inelectrical costs. Unfortu-nately, this comes up short$140 to $700 per year ofbeing “free” power. Over a25 year life the additionalcost for the “free” powerwould be as high as $17,500.

Of course if we see en-ergy prices rise by 78 per-cent (almost double) thenthe system will pay for it-

self. Let’s just hope wedon’t see those kinds ofelectrical rate increases.Let’s also hope the solarpanels are maintenance freeover the 25 year life.

So maybe “free” is notquite the right word. Howabout “clean”? That soundsmuch better. Solar panelsrequire silicon, crushedquartz, copper, steel, alu-minum, titanium, phospho-rus, and lead for electricalstorage. All these mineralsmust be mined, refined, andshipped to be assembledinto the “free, clean power”product we admire.

Power from the sun has

such a nice sound to it, butthe reality is that it alsocomes at a price. Nothing is“free” and anything we useis not entirely “clean.” Butit sure sounds good.

The real scary part is thedirection Colorado is going(30 percent renewable).Think where electrical ratesare headed to pay this bill!This valley has relied oncoal for 100 years. Maybeit’s not such a bad deal afterall – affordable power withthe technology to produce itin a clean, safe manner.

Randy LitwillerCrawford, Colo.

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December 15, 2010 Mountain Valley News

“I saw the writing on thewall and knew it was timeto do something differentwith my store,” said GaryEspinoza, owner of the BigE Market in Eckert.

Espinoza is no longer inthe grocery business; he is inthe antique and collectablebusiness.

“I had been thinkingabout doing this for a longtime, and when I went onvacation in June, I cameback full of energy,recharged and ready tomake this change,” said Es-pinoza.

“When I got back frommy Cancun vacation, I tookall the grocery items out andgave them away. I was ex-cited and wanted to getstarted right away,” he said.

Espinoza said that hewas going to take all the re-frigerated cases out, but de-cided they might makeinteresting display cases forhis collectables.

“These cases have hadmeat, vegetables, dairy, andproduce in them over theyears. I thought it might becool to leave them in and letthem display all the won-derful fun things that I havehere in the store.”

Not only does the storehave collectables and an-tiques, but Espinoza locateda vendor in Corpus Christi,

Texas, that provides himwith new cowboy and west-ern motif home décor acces-sories. Big E has jewelry,lamps, furniture, clocks andall kinds of wonderful giftideas.

“I bought this store in1988 and we have done a lotof things through this busi-ness. I will continue to sellthe local produce in season.Some of my customers havecome in the threatened me ifI don’t have the OlatheSweet Corn,” said Espinozalaughing.

“I will also continue tohave the wild game process-ing here. The produce andthe game processing arewhat pay the bills, the restof this is simply just fun. Ihad lost my fire for the storeand doing this has given methat feeling back,” he said.

According to Espinoza,the Big E Market was thefirst trading post along whatis now known as Highway65.

“This building wasraised in 1884, and was thefirst trading post along thetrail to Grand Mesa. This issuch a rich old historicalbuilding. Now I have someof the things from the early1900s in here to sell,” saidEspinoza.

Big E takes consignmentsale items and if someonehas just the right thing, Es-pinoza will purchase it di-rect from the seller.

Big E Market – out with the food – in with the antiques

Big E in Eckert has changed the merchandise they sell. In addition to continuing to provide produce in season and wild gameprocessing, Gary has put his dream of having an antique shop in his building into play.

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By Lindy J. GwinnMountain Valley News staff

The Delta Police Department dealtwith 36 law incidents for the weekending Dec. 2, 2010. Officers issued 44traffic citations and made 5 arrests.The following is a summary of inci-dents from the department’s most re-cent significant activity report:

Dec. 4 at 3:43 amD10-2036: Stephen D. Bryant, 25, ofHotchkiss was arrested and jailed for al-leged third degree assault, disorderly con-duct, and violation of a protection order.

Dec. 8 at 3:09 amD10-2053: Larry H. Romero, 48, of GrandJunction was arrested and jailed for allegedspeeding, driving while revoked, DUI andpossessing an open alcoholic beverage in avehicle. Romero is being held at the DeltaCounty Jail on a $10,000 bond.

Dec. 8 at 1:35 pmD10-2055: Krysta M. Morris, 19, of GrandJunction was issued a ticket for allegedshoplifting. Nia M. Ramirez, 24, of Olathewas issued a ticket for alleged complicity tocommit shoplifting and was arrested andjailed on an unrelated warrant with a $5,000bond.

Dec. 9 at 12:37 amD10-2057: Patrick J. Garcia, 19 of GrandJunction was arrested and jailed for allegedspeeding, littering, DUID, offenses relatingto marijuana concentrate and possession ofdrug paraphernalia.

Dec. 9 at 5:16 pmD10-2063: Zachary L. Smith, 23, of Deltawas arrested and jailed on a warrant with a$2,500 bond.

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Patrons and staff at theBill Heddles Rec Center inDelta were asked to evacu-ate the building Fridayevening, Dec. 10, after a pa-tron noticed smoke fillingthe weight room.

No one was in danger,but the building was emp-

tied at 5:30 p.m., for aboutan hour, as the Delta FireDepartment responded tothe center. Fire chief AdamSuppes said that a light bal-last in the roof overheatedand caused the smoke. Theroof is being redone at therec center, and constructionworkers from the companydoing the work put screwsthrough the ballast, causing

it to malfunction. There wasno fire, Suppes said.

The weight room wasthe only place in the facilitythat saw smoke. WilmaErven, the cultural andrecreational director for theCity of Delta, said she did-n’t know how many peoplewere in the building at thetime.

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“My faith is extremely important to me and bringsme peace. I want to do what is right for me, what Godhas for me, whether it is easy or hard. My church has al-ways been behind me and really pushed me to succeed,”says Hotchkiss High School senior Kyle Douglass.

Douglass has experienced success in football,wrestling, track, band, student council and as a BESTmentor. He has also helped coach pee wee wrestling. Hehas All Conference and All State honors in football andis a two-time state qualifier in wrestling placing third lastyear.

Wrestling is Douglass’ favorite activity. “Wrestlingteaches character. Because it is an individual sport youare only as good as how hard you work. Sports teachhumility, work ethic and integrity,” says Douglass.Learning the qualities of integrity and honesty have beenthe most valuable life lesson Douglass has learned andhe stresses, “You only get what you work for.”

Douglass has helped in the pee wee wrestling pro-gram for four years and likes working with the little kids.“They are in there to have fun and it keeps me in check,so I do the sport for the fun of it,” says Douglass.

Coach Glen Suppes has been the most influential per-son in Douglass’ life. “Coach has been like a father tome. I really wasn’t a good athlete, but he encouraged meand made sure I knew he’d be there for me,” says Dou-glass

Suppes says, “Kyle is one of those kids who have beatall the odds. He is an incredible, successful young manwith huge potential. He is a stellar athlete and a stellarstudent.”

The biggest change Douglass notices from his fresh-man year to his senior year is an increase in confidenceand he says, “I feel ready to do anything. I know I’ll beable to succeed.” He believes his greatest weakness iscontrolling his emotions as it relates to athletics andkeeping composure. Concerning his greatest strength hesays, “My greatest strength is all the support I have fromeverybody in my life.”

Douglass believes small communities create deepfriendships and closer relationships with teachers. Heviews the whole school as a second family. “It was agood experience growing up in Hotchkiss,” he says.

Douglass took every college class he could. While heis good at math, and plans to pursue a teaching degree inmathematics, his favorite subject is history. “I am a his-tory geek. I’ve always enjoyed world history,“ he con-fesses.

Douglass plans to attend the University of NorthernColorado or Adams State College. He hopes to wrestle incollege. He is the son of the late Melissa Douglass andthe grandson of Marlin and Alice McCracken.

By Kitty BurnsSpecial to Mountain Valley News

In between talk of nextyear’s budget and approv-ing the minutes from lastmonths’ meeting, the DeltaCounty School Board got anew president in BillKehmeier at the Dec. 9meeting.

He brought up the issueof reorganization, citing“stress in Bob’s (BobTwedell, board president)life.”

Board presidents,Tweedell explained, usuallyserve two years. He hasserved for three. “I think it’svery appropriate to reor-

ganize at this time,” he said.Kehmeier was unani-

mously approved as thenew board president, andTweedell wasted no time inpassing over the president’sgavel. Tammy Smith wasvoted as the new vice presi-dent, the post formerly heldby Kehmeier, and Tweedellwas approved as the secre-tary.

Tweedell said he hadasked to reorganize a yearago, but with the newboard, that never came tolight.

“I’m the new kid on theblock, so please be nice tome,” Kehmeier joked with

his fellow board membersafter the vote.

“We’ll be gentle,”Tweedell said, and then pro-ceeded to move or secondmotions for the rest of theevening.

“He’ll do a great job,”Tweedell said of Kehmeier.Tweedell has served on theboard since 2003, takingover as president fromBetsy Marston three yearsago. He will be term limitedin November 2011.

Kehmeier has served onthe board for three years.He said he is undecidedabout running when histerm expires in 2011.

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It says a lot about thesehard times when kids go toschool just to ensure theywill have breakfast andlunch, meals they might notget at home. It says evenmore when the communitysteps up to ensure kids willhave meals on the week-ends and school holidays.

“This community is verygiving,” said Harold Burch,a volunteer who works withHelping Hands, a weekendmeal program for kids inthe North Fork. “It’s amaz-ing.”

Burch works inHotchkiss, preparing bagsof food for students thatcontain breakfast and lunchitems for a full weekend. Hepasses out the bags on Fri-day afternoons at HotchkissPreK-8 and picks up theempty bags on Mondaymornings. He meets withhigh schoolers off campusto distribute food to them,for privacy for the kids.

Helping Hands also hasvolunteers in Crawford andPaonia. Between the threecommunities, HelpingHands distributes food bagsto 88 children every week.“There is more need than Iexpected,” Burch said.

“We are here to fill a des-perate need,” said volunteerBecky Kiefer.

Helping Hands startedlast school year in March.They started with about halfthe number of bags theyhave now; when this schoolyear rolled around, theysaw their numbers double.The group tries to assist kidswho are on free or reducedschool lunches, “but we’llhelp any child or parentwho asks,” Burch said. “Ourgoal is to make sure theirtummies are full.”

Kiefer and her husbandKevin launched the pro-gram. They knew of a simi-lar, faith-based program inMesa County. Kevin toldBecky they should startsomething like that in DeltaCounty, though Becky saidshe was reluctant at first. “Iasked him if there was re-ally a need here,” she said.Within four months, aftersome research, they bothcame to the same conclu-

sion: “We found out it was aneed that is pretty preva-lent,” she said.

“We knew there was agroup of kids here whoneeded help, and wewanted to try to do some-thing,” Burch said. “It’s justtaken off. We had no idea itwould turn out this won-derful. We’ve been blessed.”

Through discussionswith Food Bank of the Rock-ies, Kevin learned that thePaonia Rotary Club wantedto address the issue, too,and so they joined forces.“They were graciousenough to give us the seedmoney to start HelpingHands,” Becky said.

Some of the kids whoneed the bags are in familiesfacing tough economic situ-ations at home, Burch said.He just added a family tohis roster last week in whichone parent lost a job andneeded help feeding theirchildren.

Last summer, theyhelped a family where bothparents had been laid offand their one vehicle hadbroken down. The familycouldn’t even get toHotchkiss to pick up thefood, so Burch drove to theirhome weekly to give themgroceries. “They said, ‘Toyou, this is just a bag of gro-ceries. But to us, this is keep-ing our family alive,’ ”Becky said.

In a few other cases,Burch said, they do see chil-dren whose parents don’ttake the time to preparewholesome, filling meals.“But we’re not here tojudge. We just want to helpthe kids,” he said.

The bags are available toany student, preschoolthrough high school senior,who is enrolled in anyNorth Fork school. Kidswho take part in HelpingHands are those of singleand two-parent families,traditional families and kin-ship families, from parentsor guardians that are unem-ployed, under-employed, orfully employed. “It’s just allof the above,” Becky said.“It’s every imaginable situ-ation.”

The bags are filled withkid-friendly food, like indi-vidual boxes of cereal or

oatmeal packets for break-fast. For lunch, kids getpeanut butter, jelly, andbread, cans of soup or tuna,Easy Mac ‘n Cheese andseasonal fresh fruit, donatedby area orchardists. Theyalso get a few snacks, likegranola bars or crackers,and two juice boxes. Nojunk food finds its way intothe bags; volunteers striveto give healthy fare.

Helping Hands is 100percent donation based.They have sponsorshipsfrom the Paonia RotaryClub and the Cocker Kids’Foundation. Rogers MesaFruit Company has donatedspace inside the packingshed to store the food. Sev-eral area churches and or-ganizations have held fooddrives or given cash. Thegroup is able to purchasefood at a huge discountfrom Food Bank of theRockies in Grand Junctionand supplement with fooddonations from the localcommunity. They make reg-ular trips to the food bank,where, for $300, they bringhome a pallet of food thatwill fill the 88 tummies forone month.

Because of the bulk buy-ing, Becky estimates it costs$4 per child, per bag, perweekend.

Helping Hands is in theprocess of applying for a501(c)(3) non-profit status,and hope to have that com-pleted by the end of thismonth. After that, they’ll beable to start applying forgrants.

“We want people toknow that if things happen,just call us. We’ll be glad todo whatever we can,” Burchsaid.

“I love our community,”Becky said. “I love the waywe rally around each otherin our times of need andhow we respond. We saw aneed, we do what we can tofill that need, and we moveon. I love that.”

For more information, todonate, or to sign up yourchild, call Harold Burch at778-9951 or 527-4570 orBecky Kiefer at 872-4241.The group is also on Face-book, or can be reached viae-mail at [email protected].

North Fork group serves lunch to hungry kids

On Dec. 1, after taking advantage of a quick sale of an overabundance of donatedfood by Food Bank of the Rockies, Helping Hands was able to purchase threepallets of meat and bread for only $53. Meat has never been given away in thebackpacks because Helping Hands doesn’t have freezer space; thanks to this saleand the donation of freezer space by Hotchkiss PreK-8, Hotchkiss Home Plateand Delta County, kids will get ground beef and chicken in their Christmas boxes.Here, HPK-8 kitchen manager Cherie Teansky and Helping Hands volunteerHarold Burch load the kitchen’s freezer with the donated food.

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The rabbit hunting sea-son in Colorado begins inOctober, but I rarely getout and look for bunniesuntil December brings insome good cold weather.

Because one of my fa-vorite spots is closed to allhuman activity from Jan-uary through April, I tryto get in a trip or two inDecember. The old par-ody of “Jingle Bells,”which changes the wordsto “jingle bells, shotgunshells, and rabbits on therun,” always comes tomind this time of yearand my favorite .22 riflesseem to reach out to meon a sunny afternoon. Iprefer hunting rabbitswith a .22, rather than ashotgun. I never haveliked the taste of shot pel-lets, and my teeth are get-ting to the point wherethey will not tolerate thestuff at all.

As with any game ani-mal, the more you know

about the animal, themore successful yourhunt will be.

Rabbit populationstend to run in cycles, buteven low populationyears offer some excitingexperiences. I try to deter-mine how the populationis during other outdooractivities. I look for signsof rabbits while fishing orbig game hunting. Thebreeding period for mostwild rabbits is from Au-gust through February.Gestation is only 28 days,so the female rabbit canproduce two or three lit-ters per year, each con-sisting of from three to sixoffspring.

Another important factabout rabbits is that theyhave a very high metabo-lism rate. They eat con-stantly and are veryefficient in convertingtheir food to energy. Theirhighest intake of food isduring the early morning

and early evening. In be-tween those eating fren-zies they like to sit aroundand primp. Rabbit fur isnot waterproof. Thatmeans that soft fur coatneeds a lot of attention.When the sun is hittingthe hillsides and rocks ina good habitat area, itmeans the bunnies will bedoing their thing. Theymunch a little, primp a lit-tle, and then primp a littlemore.

A slow walk through arock-strewn area with alittle snow on ground willreveal the runways wherethe rabbits go from eatingto primping. They canhunker down in theseareas and do a great job ofblending into the sur-roundings. An accuraterifle is a must when hunt-ing these areas. Gettingtoo close will send therabbit underground in ahurry.

If the weather permits,I also like a December tripto higher country in pur-suit of a snowshoe hare.Rabbits and hares are twodifferent critters. Both areleporids, but they belongto different genera, thehare being of the genusLepus. The snowshoehare is well named. Itsback feet are large andfurry, allowing it to nego-tiate deep snow. Theychange color as the sea-

son changes and becomealmost pure white in De-cember. It takes a sharpeye and a constant exam-ination of the ground tofind a hare sitting still.Once they run, they usu-ally run farther than a cot-tontail. Breeding timesare similar, but the gesta-tion runs about 35 days.The young are very sus-ceptible to predation andonly about 30 percent ofthem survive. Hares eatyoung trees and the nee-dles of the variousconifers during the wintermonths, although muchof their eating is done atnight. The wooded areasand young aspen standsare the best bet for a goodhunt.

Both the cottontail andthe snowshoe are tastytable fodder. A little ofyour favorite marinadeprior to frying or bakingwill take much of thetoughness out.

An alternative to hunting cottontail rabbits is hunting the snowshoe hare. While they are larger, they also require some travelto the higher elevations.

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David and DebbieFaulkner of Crawford haveturned their 40-acre ranchalong the Smith Fork into ananimal sanctuary for aban-doned cats and dogs.

The Faulkners have fos-tered hundreds of animalson their ranch with variousanimal groups in the county.In late 2009, they decided toform a 501c3 and created theBlack Canyon Animal Sanc-tuary. They house homeless,abandoned and stray dogsand cats until homes can befound for them.

They are in the process ofrenovating their horse barninto a dog facility. The newspace will have room for anoffice, grooming area, in-door playroom, and, up-stairs, a cat climbing wall.There is also an outdoor,five-acre play yard for theanimals. A pet memorialgarden and lots of walkingtrails make the BCAS awonderful haven for ani-mals.

“It’s just a special placeto go,” Debbie said. The ren-ovation of the barn shouldbe complete in January,pending weather.

Though Debbie fostershorses through Spirit WindHorse Rescue, throughBCAS she’s going to try tofocus on sheltering dogsand leukemia cats.

A remarkable aspectabout the BCAS is that theFaulkners are paying foreverything out of pocket.“We’re fortunate that wewere successful in ourworking years,” Debbiesaid. Once the non-profitstatus is complete, she’splanning to start applyingfor grants. Donations andadoption fees help withsome of the costs, too.

Since Jan. 1 of this year,BCAS has rescued 121 dogs,and have been able to adoptout 80 of them. Many adop-tive families come from theFront Range, though Debbiehas had a couple from LasVegas come and adopt adog.

What’s unique about the

BCAS adoption process isthat families often come tothe ranch and stay for a pe-riod of time, usually a week-end, and observe and playwith all the animals to seewhich they connect to. “It’sall part of the experience,”she said.

Right now, she has 38dogs and two cats. Whenthe barn renovation is com-plete, she’ll be able to hold42 dogs and 10 cats. She alsohas six foster homes in theNorth Fork to take in moreanimals. BCAS often takesanimals from Montrose andGrand Junction, and is partof a state-to-state transportprogram, and so often ac-cepts animals from otherstates, too. Recently, BCAStook a mother heeler mixwith 10 puppies from Mis-souri that were going to beput down.

Along with the sanctuarycome several programsFaulkner is doing to helpspread her mission. One is asummer kids’ camp. Kidscamp at the shelter for aweek. They choose one ofthe dogs currently beinghoused there, and spend theweek with the animal, train-ing them and taking themtrough agility courses. “Itwas a pretty remarkablething to see these kids and

these dogs and what theycan do together,” saidLorinda Hernandez, aBCAS volunteer and fosterhome.

Another program helpsthe elderly who may behurting financially keeptheir pets. BCAS will trans-port the pets to the vet forprocedures, and often payfor those pricey procedures.They also assist in purchas-ing food for the animals.

Faulkner is in the processof setting up a fund that willbe used primarily for med-ical assistance for elderlypets—at this time, fundingfor this program is hergreatest need, she said.

BCAS can be reached bycalling the sanctuary cellphone at 631-5073 or onlineat blackcanyonanimalsanc-tuary.com.

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This summer, Carter Keegan, 16, from Paonia, was one of 24 kids aged 10-16 who took part in the BCAS kids’ summercamp. Each camper was assigned to a sanctuary dog for one week, and helped train the dogs in obedience and agility skills,and learned some grooming techniques. Carter was assigned Abby, a golden retriever mix who had been chained up herwhole life and displayed erratic and aggressive behavior. After this camp, she was adopted by a couple in Vail.

Photo provided courtesy of Debbie Faulkner

By Kami CollinsSpecial to Mountain Valley News

On Dec. 3, Delta CountySearch and Rescue wascalled out to search the areaaround Crawford Schoolwhen a female eighth gradestudent left school after shefaced disciplinary action.

The Crawford Fire De-partment also assisted in thesearch. The groups searchedthe area immediatelyaround the school, whichincluded a snow-covered CHill. They searched for sev-eral hours before the girlwas found at a friend’shouse in Hotchkiss.

The 14-year-old girl re-portedly faced disciplinaryaction from school principalHelen Groome. School dis-trict spokesperson JohnJones said the action wasroutine, and that Groomebecame involved after thegirl had been in trouble sev-eral times for the same of-fense.

She left on foot mid-morning. She changed herjacket, Jones said, and beganwalking to Hotchkiss.

Along the way, she caught aride, but whether she calledfor a ride or hitchhiked, hedidn’t know. She went tothe home of a school class-mate. When the friend real-ized what had happened,she called the school admin-istration, Jones said. Shewas found there about 4p.m. Volunteers had beensearching for her the entiretime. About the time they

were beginning to widentheir search efforts, law en-forcement officers checkedthe home of the friend andconfirmed the girl wasthere.

The girl is facing furtherdisciplinary action for leav-ing school grounds, thoughshe will not be expelled,Jones said. She was sus-pended for a short time butwill be back in school soon.

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In an early morningteachers’ meeting atHotchkiss High School lastweek, Eric Hollembeak wassurprised with the presenta-tion of $2,000 from HoraceMann insurance agent DaveWatson.

The award is part of theinsurance company’s “Win$ Win” sweepstakes pro-gram. Horace Mann, whichinsures educators in the na-tion, offered 81 matchingprizes ranging from $500 toone grand prize winner of$10,000. Hollembeak wasone of 50 winners in the na-tion for the $2,000 prize. Hewas chosen by a randomdrawing, Watson said.

“That probability ispretty low,” said the mathteacher, amazed. Also low isthe probability of winningthe Powerball, which he willnot be spending his moneyon, he joked.

The sweepstakes givesthe teacher $1,000 for hisown personal use and$1,000 to an educational,not-for-profit organizationof Hollembeak’s choosing.He decided to give themoney to Hotchkiss HighSchool, but he does not yetknow where he would liketo spend the money. He alsohas no grand plans for hisgrand.

“I haven’t even thoughtabout it,” he said. “I justlearned about this two min-utes ago. It totally surprised

me.”“It totally surprised me

too. The prize went to agreat individual and a greathuman being,” Watson saidof his longtime friend.

“It’s outstanding,” saidprincipal Mike Beard.“What a neat thing for him,and a neat thing for HoraceMann to do for us to use forour students.”

Hollembeak also coachesthe girls’ basketball team.This is his first year teachingat HHS, after transferringfrom Cedaredge HighSchool, where he taught for13 years.

Only one other teacher inthe state won the sweep-stakes. A teacher in Kiowawon $500.

HHS teacher wins $2,000 sweepstakes

Horace Mann insurance agent Dave Watson surprised HHS teacher Eric Hollembeak with a $1,000 matching sweepstakesaward last week. Hollembeak gets $1,000 for himself and $1,000 to use for activities at HHS.

MVN Staff Photo by Kami Collins

Peggy’s PotpourriA Collection of Recipes, Hints and Thoughts

By Peggy Cox

The recipe this week is one of my daugh-ter-in-law’s. Most of you know my son. Bobis an avid hunter. One of the recipes theymake is summer sausage. They use part deerburger.

SUMMER SAUSAGE

Mix together: 2 pounds ground meat, 2 1/2teaspoons Morton’s Tender Quick Salt, 2 tea-spoons mustard seed, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1teaspoon garlic powder and several dropsliquid smoke. Add just enough water tomake it bind. Cover and set in refrigerator.Knead every day for three days. On thefourth day, make it into rolls 2 inches in di-ameter. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Thissausage will freeze well.

My brother, Marvin and his wife make a sim-ilar recipe. It is larger.

SUMMER SAUSAGE (2)

5 pounds ground meat. (They use venison)5 rounded teaspoons Morton’s Tender QuickSalt2 1/2 teaspoons onion salt2 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt2 1/2 teaspoons coarse ground pepper2 1/2 teaspoons mustard seed2 1/2 teaspoons liquid hickory smoke2 cups water

First day-Mix all ingredients and refrigerateovernight.

Second day-Mix againThird day-Mix again andmake into rolls.Fourth day-Bake on broilerpan for 3 hours at 300 de-grees.

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HOTCHKISS


If anyone was expectingmore of the same when itcame time for the HotchkissTown Council to hold apublic hearing regardingmedical marijuana, theylikely heard the same typesof comments—both for andagainst—as they’ve heard inevery other government ju-risdiction in the county.

The council held thepublic hearing on Dec. 9.For the past six months theyhave been in a wait-and-seemode, observing the vari-ous discussions around thecounty. The town, like all ju-risdictions in the state, hasuntil July 1, 2011 to enactlaws regulating or banningthe growing and sale ofmedical marijuana in townlimits before state laws takeover. Currently, the townhas a moratorium until July1 that bans commercial cen-ters and grow operations intown.

At the Nov. 4 councilmeeting, town attorney Jim

Briscoe recommended thecouncil bring the issue be-fore the public to see howthey wished to proceed andthen create ordinances ei-ther to allow or ban the op-erations in town before theJuly 1 date.

At that meeting, MarshalDan Miller recommended aban. “Our resources are al-ready stretched,” he said,and added that most pa-tients residing in Hotchkissgrow their own plants andwouldn’t likely utilize a dis-pensary. “It will bring peo-ple into town, and we’ll be atarget for theft,” he said.

At the public hearing, 13people spoke on the issue;seven were against and sixwere for allowing opera-tions in town limits. Ofthose 13 who spoke, onlyfive actually live in townlimits.

“The only people whospoke for it were the Paoniapeople,” said town clerkMarlene Searle. “No onewho lives in the town saidyes.”

On the coattails of the in-

tense Paonia public hearingon Nov. 23, HotchkissMayor Wendell Koontz waswell prepared for his publichearing with a list of specificrules, which he read to thelarge crowd gathered.

“Please understand thatwe are intelligent and in-formed,” he said. “Tonightwe’ll just hear testimony…not whether or not medicalmarijuana should be legal orillegal or the merits of use.”The only issue the councilwould hear testimony on,he said, was whether or notthe Town of Hotchkissshould allow medical mari-juana operations in town.

The comments for allow-ing operations in townranged from the necessityfor patients; lack of proofthat medical marijuanacauses crime; tax dollarsfrom the sale; marijuana isalready in the valley anddispensaries would offer alegal avenue of sale; care-givers aren’t regulated; andpatients’ rights issues.

Comments against oper-ations included that it will

be a bad influence for chil-dren; that medical mari-juana is readily available inCrawford and Delta; therewill be little benefit from in-creased tax revenue; itwould result in more workfor local police; and there isalready marijuana in thevalley and we don’t needany more venues.

Two men, Marley Ducloand Jim Pratt, both saiduntil the federal govern-ment gets involved by legal-izing and taxing marijuana,the town should bow out ofthe dispensary business.

Scott Wilson, who part-ners with Jere Lowe in a dis-pensary in Paonia, was atthe meeting with his partnerto encourage the town toallow dispensaries inHotchkiss. He enticed thecouncil by saying he waswilling to move his businessto Hotchkiss since Paonia is-sued a March 15 end to hisbusiness. George Barker, theowner of the other Paoniadispensary, was also at themeeting, and also encour-aged the council to allow

businesses such as his.The town has also re-

ceived three letters from res-idents regarding the issue;two against and one for.

The council refrainedfrom speaking for or againstthe issue or answering ques-tions or comments from the13 speakers. Instead, Koontzadvised those gathered thatthe council will hold a worksession on Thursday, Jan. 13,at 5:30 p.m., during whichthey will discuss this issue.The work session is, ofcourse, open to the public,but no public comment willbe taken at this time. A reg-ular council meeting followsthe work session, and it’sexpected that the councilwill vote then one way orthe other to allow or banmedical marijuana opera-tions in town.

Until Jan. 10, Searle is ac-cepting written commentsvia letter or e-mail, whichshe will distribute to councilmembers in time for thework session for their con-sideration on the matter.

Pot talk wafts its way to Hotchkiss councilBy Kami Collins

Mountain Valley News staff

The Colorado Division ofWildlife Habitat PartnershipProgram has honored agroup of volunteers fromthe North Fork of the Gun-nison Committee for theirtireless work to remedy pri-vate land damage caused bybig game animals. TheHabitat Partnership Pro-gram State Councilawarded both of the 2010Joe Gerrans’ awards toNorth Fork Committeemembers at the StatewideHabitat Partnership Pro-gram bi-annual meeting inGrand Junction last week.

The Joe Gerrans’ Awardfor service by an individual

was given to three individ-uals from the North ForkCommittee - Ross Allen,Jess Campbell and SteveKossler. The three haveserved continuously on theNorth Fork committee sinceits inception in 1989.

“They have providedthoughtful, positive input indealing with big game con-flicts in the North Fork Val-ley,” wrote David Bradford,the committee chair whonominated Allen, Campbelland Kossler. “They deserverecognition for their lengthof service, amount of effortand level of commitment tothe Habitat Partnership Pro-

gram.” They were also cho-sen because, in the words ofthe State Council, they“showed that HPP couldwork.”

The Joe Gerrans’ Awardfor service by an agency em-ployee was presented toDoug Homan, who retiredfrom the Division ofWildlife in 2008. Homanwas named to the NorthFork committee as Divisionrepresentative in 1991 andcontinues to serve as the ad-ministrative assistant for thecommittee in his retirement.

Homan’s nomination,also by committee chairBradford, states that Doug’sknowledge from his careeras a District Wildlife Man-ager makes a big difference.“Since Doug was the DWM,he was often on the receiv-ing end of conflict situa-tion,” Bradford said. “Dougknows more than most thevalue of HPP in providing aprocess that tries to solvebig game damage conflictsin a more positive manner.”

The Joe Gerrans’ Awardsare presented annually bythe State Council of theHabitat Partnership Pro-

gram. They are named forthe founder of the HabitatPartnership Program, whopassed away in 2005. Theawards are given to peoplewho exemplify the dedica-tion, effort and advocacythat Gerrans developed andran for more than ten years.The awards are presentedby Joe’s wife, Linda and re-cipients are recognized withstatuettes and permanentrecognition on a plaque atthe Division of Wildlifeheadquarters in Denver.

The Habitat PartnershipProgram is authorized bythe Wildlife Commissionand the State Legislatureand is designed to help re-duce wildlife conflicts to

agricultural operators andto assist the Division inmeeting game managementobjectives on public and pri-vate lands. Funded by biggame hunting license fees,the Habitat Partnership Pro-gram develops partnershipsbetween landowners, landmanagers, sportsmen, thepublic and the DOW to re-solve conflicts through habi-tat improvements, fencing,water development, vegeta-tion monitoring, forage pur-chases and other innovativetechniques. More informa-tion about the Habitat Part-nership Program isavailable by contacting yourlocal DOW office or on theDivision of Wildlife website.

Habitat program honors North Fork members

Linda Gerrans with Jess Campbell.Photo submitted

Linda Gerrans with Doug Homan.Photo submitted

CEDAREDGE


On Tuesday, Dec. 7Cedaredge High SchoolPrincipal Todd Markley andAssistant Principal RandyBrown, requested that theCedaredge Police Depart-ment bring their K-9 to thehigh school for a narcoticsearch.

According to ChiefYant, the school staff hasbeen investigating reportsfrom students that mari-juana-associated activityhas been occurring on theschool grounds.

After meeting withMarkley and Brown, Ser-geant Dan Sanders, ChiefYant and K-9 Buddy went tothe school parking lot wherethey initiated a search of allvehicles in the parking lot.

“The K-9 ‘indicated’ onthree vehicles in the parkinglot,” said Yant. According toYant, the first vehicle wasbeing driven by 18 year oldJesse Andrew Barbich, asenior and the student bodypresident.

When officers got per-mission from Barbich tosearch his vehicle, theyfound a small amount ofmarijuana, a pipe, and sev-eral illegal knives.

According to the policereport, Barbich told school

staff that there might bemarijuana in his vehicle, butif there was, it belonged tohis father. After further in-terviewing by police, Bar-bich recanted and toldpolice that the marijuanawas his.

When Officer Sanderstold Barbich that he had in-formation that accused Bar-bich of selling marijuana toother students, Barbich ini-tially denied any such activ-ity, but a few minutes later,allegedly confessed to occa-sionally selling marijuana toother students.

Barbich was issued a ci-tation for possession of lessthan an ounce of marijuanaand possession of parapher-nalia. There may be furthercharges pending concerningweapons violations.

While conducting theparking lot search, Buddyalso hit on a vehicle drivenby a male juvenile.

The juvenile, whoseidentity is protected becauseof his age, told police that hewas not surprised that thedog “hit” on his vehicle be-cause other people hadsmoked “pot” and then gotin his car. He told officersthat there was a gun in hiscar. When officers searchedthe car with permission,they located a single shot .22

caliber / 20 gauge convert-ible rifle in the rear hatch ofthe vehicle.

“Unfortunately this is aClass 6 felony to have a gunon school property. It wasnot a catastrophic thing, butit is serious, and a verycostly mistake for thisyoung man,” said Yant.

“The gun was not easilyaccessible, nor was itloaded,” said Chief Yant.According to Yant, theyoung man told officers thathe and a friend were outplinking a few days prior,and that he had forgotten totake the weapon out of hisvehicle before coming toschool. It is against the lawfor any firearm to be onschool property.

Another juvenile wascited for drug paraphernaliawhen the K-9 hit on a thirdcar in the school parkinglot.

Officers got permissionto search the vehicle and thestudent told officers thatthere was a pipe in the carand where to find it.

All three of the teenswere suspended fromschool pending the findingsat a school board hearing. Itis possible for the students

to be expelled from school.When Yant addressed

the board of trustees he wasasked, “What would havehappened if you did nothave K-9 Buddy? Whatwould the procedure havebeen without the K-9?

“It would have beenmuch more difficult. Wewould have had to im-pound the cars, get a searchwarrant, and it would havetaken lots of man-hours and

time. We also would notlikely have found theweapon without the dog“hitting” on that car. Thedog gives us the probablecause to have been able toexecute our search in thistimely fashion,” said Yant.

“We hate to see this kindof thing happen. It’s not fairto the other students to havethis kind of stuff happen-ing,” said Bill Carlquistfrom the school district.

Teens at CHS cited for drug and weapons charges

have been in contact with PERA officialsseveral times to make sure everythingwith this agreement is okay.

At last month’s meeting, board mem-ber Tammy Smith said she wanted the op-portunity to speak to staff andcommunity members before the searchbegan.

“I think the community is ready for asuperintendent search,” Bill Kehmeiersaid then.

“Part of the upset last time is that thestaff didn’t feel they got a say,” Smith saidat that meeting. In December, she saidafter speaking to staff, she’s heard thatmost people want him to stay on.

Tweedell agreed, saying that of themany letters and e-mails he’s received onthe issue, “95 percent are in favor of re-taining Mr. McMillan.”

“Mike wants to stay on, and we wanthim to stay,” said board member CherylHines at the Dec. 9 meeting, adding itwasn’t fair to the community to have anewly-elected board do a candidatesearch after next fall’s election. “He

knows where we’re at. It would be a dis-service to bring someone in and set themup for failure.”

“What we realized when we talked toCASB (Colorado Association of SchoolBoards) is that we have to be sure of whatwe want before we do a search,”Kehmeier said.

For a district this size, a superintend-ent search will run $13,000-$20,000. Theposition will be advertised nationallythrough CASB and the Colorado Associa-tion of School Executives, and staff andthe public will have the opportunity tomeet potential candidates, Kehmeier said.

“There are going to be some peoplethat are not going to agree with us,”Kehmeier said. “We’re glad we can keepMike on board. He’s doing a great job forthe district,” adding that under McMil-lan’s leadership, the school district budgethas gone from $3 million in the red tobeing in the black, and student instructionhas improved.

The board and Clay will draw up anew contract for McMillan. “Thank youfor the opportunity to continue to leadthis school district,” McMillan told theboard, after their announcement.

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Members of the VFWPost 9221 hosted a potluckdinner in honor of PearlHarbor Day at theCedaredge Assembly ofGod Church on Tuesday,Dec. 7.

About 100 people at-tended the dinner in honorof those who gave their livesat Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The ladies auxiliary pre-pared ham and turkey, com-plete with the fixings, whilemembers and attendeesbrought side dishes anddeserts.

Attendees participated ina white elephant gift raffle.Members donated the gifts.“The more you buy the bet-ter your chances,” said Nel-son Cederburg.

The attack on Pearl Har-bor caused PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt to de-clare war on Japan.

The attack on Pearl Har-bor was a surprise attack on

the U.S. Navy by the Japan-ese Navy on the morning ofDec. 7, 1941. The attack onPearl Harbor was intendedto be a preemptive strike,disabling the Americanships in the Pacific Fleet andpreventing them from beingable to intervene on behalfof Britain, the Philippines,Europe, and Southeast Asiawhen the Japanese struckthose countries. The base atPearl Harbor was attackedby 353 Japanese aircraft intwo waves, launched fromsix Japanese aircraft carriers.

On Dec. 7, 1941, four bat-tleships were sunk, fourmore were crippled, threecruisers were sunk, threedestroyers were demol-ished, 2,402 people werekilled, and 1,282 more wereinjured.

“Although so many ofthe men and women thatserved in WWII are gone,we will continue to honortheir service to this countryand her citizens,” saidKrista Spitzer.

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VFW Post 9221 hosted Pearl Harbor Day Dinner at the Cedaredge Assembly of God Church on Dec. 7.MVN Staff Photo by Lindy J. Gwinn


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ORCHARD CITY


The Dec. 8 regular Or-chard City trustees’ meetingdrew a large crowd of con-stituents, eager to be heardon proposed ordinance2010-10, which would havebanned businesses in thetown from selling medicalmarijuana products, thoughit grandfathered in the cur-rent dispensary.

Most speakers opposedthe proposed ordinance formaking that exception, andMayor Don Suppes pref-aced the public hearing bysaying that if the ordinancefailed, a new one nextmonth would require a totalban. The majority seemed tolike the idea.

Several objections tomedical marijuana and theexisting business were re-peated:

Prescription medicines be-long in pharmacies. Thiswas the first argument, andit was echoed many times.Some even wanted FDA ap-proval for marijuana first.Some approved medicinesalready contain marijuanaderivatives, but the plant it-self and home preparationsof it are not approved.

Medical marijuana is notproperly regulated. Speak-ers doubted the credibilityof marijuana prescriptions,one even saying more than1,300 had been suspendedin Denver alone because theprescribing doctors wereconsidered suspect.

Medical marijuana legit-imizes drug use. Similar tothe common “gatewaydrug” argument, this wasthe claim that a legitimateuse for a drug could lead toincreased recreational use.

The presence of marijuanainvites crime. Dispensaryowner Jay Deason admittedthat the first building wasbroken into, prompting amove to a more secure site.Several speakers believedcriminals would be drawnto the area.

Making an exceptionmeans granting a monop-oly. The language of theproposed ordinance saidthat Deason should be al-lowed to recover the setupcosts of his business, so hewas the sole exception aswell as the sole dispensary-owner in the town. Manyspeakers rejected this idea,including one who was notopposed to medical mari-juana.

The current site is in a resi-dential area where childrenlive. Like the crime argu-ment, this foresaw a bad ef-fect on the community.

The business will lead toincreased traffic in the area.A few speakers contradictedthis, but the claim was fre-quent.

The business is not neces-sary to the area. There areother ways to get the mari-juana, according to somespeakers.

Bring the matter to a publicvote. This was very com-mon, and even a fewtrustees echoed it, such asJerald Brunemeier. Suppessaid a vote wasn’t necessarygiven how the communityvoted on the medical mari-juana amendment (roughly70 percent opposed), theoutcome was predictable.

Speakers in favor of medicalmarijuana and/or the dis-pensary were usually pa-tients. They generally saidthat

Marijuana relieves painwithout typical drug sideeffects. No one directly con-tradicted this, though somesaid there were healthier al-ternatives.

Medical marijuana is nec-essary to a reasonable qual-ity of life. They said theycouldn’t function without it.

They also denied smokingmarijuana, usually prefer-ring salves or baked goods.

Trustees voted unani-

mously against the pro-posed ordinance, paving theway for a complete ban tobe considered next month.

The December student ofthe month is Casey Cheva-lier, a senior at CedaredgeHigh School. His primaryinterest is computers.

Dispensing with dispensaries - Orchard Cityprepares to ban medical marijuana sales

more employees now,”said Tanner last Friday.

The newfound life forBowie is the direct resultof an investment in themine by L & L Energy, acompany founded in 1995and headquartered inSeattle. The company op-erates mining and distri-bution businesses inChina and recently madethe decision to invest inBowie’s ongoing coal op-erations.

According to docu-ments released by L & L,they have provided abridge loan to Bowie Re-sources, LLC. Under theterms of the loan, L & Lwill provide initial fund-ing to Bowie of up to $3million to fund the miningoperations. The first $1million was funded onNov. 23. L & L will receivean option to acquire up tonine percent equity inter-est in Bowie. L & L holdsco-senior status withBowie’s only other se-cured creditor, GE Energy.

L & L released theirpreliminary second quar-ter financial statements onDec. 9, 2010.

“Our continued focuson the improvement ofour acquired operationshas enabled us to morethan double revenue com-pared to last year’s quar-ter. Additionally, ouragreement to providebridge financing to theBowie Mine is an excitingfirst step that extends thecompany onto the globalstage,” said L & L Chair-man and CEO DicksonLee.

The success of L & L isreflected in the bottomline, which shows thecompany had a revenuegrowth of 167 percent forthe fiscal year ending inApril, and showed an im-pressive 230 percent overthe previous fiscal year.

Tanner says the L & Linvolvement has nothingbut good consequencesfor Bowie. “We are in theprocess of hiring addi-tional employees now. Weare running our secondunit. In the middle of Jan-uary we will be addingour third continuousminer unit, and we are ac-tually hiring today,” Tan-ner said.

Tanner attributedmuch of the company’stenacity to the employees.“We have a very loyalworkforce. Without ouremployees, we wouldn’tbe anywhere,” he said. Herelated that Bowie senthome 235 employees inSeptember. “We lost fiveguys and three of thosehave come back now,” hesaid.

Historically, Bowie hasproduced as much as 5.5million tons of coal, annu-ally. Bowie, like all theNorth Fork mines, pro-duces a “super compli-ant” coal that hasextremely low sulfur andash residuals and is highlyvalued by the energy pro-ducers. The mine cur-rently provides anaverage of 3 million tonsper year to the TennesseeValley Authority.

Bowie mine on track...Continued from page 1

By Steve RiceSpecial to Mountain Valley News

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CHRISTMAS


Santa and Mrs. Claus were in Delta last weekend for a last minute check up on Delta boys and girls before Christ-mas. After a yummy breakfast at the recreation center, kids waited in line to remind Santa that they’d been goodall year, and of what present they most wanted. Daelen Che, 5, of Delta, and his brother, seven-month-old Tay-dyn Dillon are asking for a Toy Story Prospector Ball and light up toys, respectively.

MVN Staff Photo by Kami Collins

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Weekend schedules include national favorites including Bryan and the Judge and Bob Brinker (Money Talk).

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5 am – 7 am – The Wall Street Journal Report7am – 9am – Jim Kerschner Morning Digest and Trading Post (local)

9am – 10am – Agritalk10am – 1pm – Dr. Laura

1pm – 5pm – Phil Valentine5pm – 8pm – Brian and the Judge

8pm – 11pm – Jim Bohannon11pm – 12 midnight – Coast to Coast

Girls from the Cedarege Girl Scouts Troop #411 lent Hospice and Pallia-tive Care of Western Colorado a helping hand this Christmas season bydecorating their Memorial Tree at the office in Delta. The tree is adornedwith 153 crystal heart ornaments; each representing one of Hospice’s pa-tients in Delta County that passed away this year. The Girl Scouts alsomade and donated cookies for Hospice’s annual memorial service.

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PES Christmas program

UPPER LEFT: Paonia kindergarten through third graders performed “ABugz Chritmas ” Thursday, Dec. 9 to the delight of parents, grandparentsand guests.

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Jami Taylor and RobShenold opened TayshenAutomotive in 2007, at atime when the economywas just taking a downturn.

“It was really scary tobuy a business at that time,but we are doing well. Ithink that the reason we aredoing well is due to thecommitment we have, notonly a business in the com-munity, but we are a part ofthe community on a per-sonal level,” said Jami.

Jami and Rob not onlyown Tayshen Automotive;they are very active withtheir children in the com-munity.

“We are involved in 4-H,FFA, and rodeo. We belongto many of the local organi-zations, and we try to giveback to this community bygetting involved in support-ing out youth and their ac-tivities,” said Jami.

“We just completed atwo week food drive, andwe were able to donate,with the help of our cus-tomers, 250 pounds of food.We gave everyone thatbrought food items a $5 dis-count, and then enteredthem in a raffle. The firstplace winner of the rafflewon free oil changes for ayear, and the second placewinner received a transmis-sion service,” she said.

“I own this business.This is the only female

owned auto repair shop thatI know of in this area, and Iwant the women out thereto know that none of mymechanics will be taking ad-vantage of them becausethey may not know muchabout their vehicle. I wantwomen to know that herewe take a special interest inthem, as we do all our pa-trons, in providing servicesand maintenance on theirvehicles,” said Jami.

“When I bought thisbusiness, this place was adeep dark man cave. I wantwomen to know that theywill be taken care of here,”she said.

According to Jami,Tayshen Automotive is afull service auto repair shop.They work on foreign vehi-cles, RV’s and gas and dieselengines. Their focus is onmaintenance scheduling.

“Any car out there willgo 300,000 miles-plus if theyare maintained,” said Rob.

Jami also noted thatTayshen Automotive is oneof only four shops in thegrand valley that is BlueSeal Certified, meaning thattheir mechanics are in-volved in continued educa-tion monthly, and retaketheir certification annuallyin order to keep up with themanufactures new designs,engines and computer diag-nostics.

“People don’t realizehow much education a me-chanic/technician needs

these days to work on vehi-cles. It used to be that any-one with an aptitude for awrench could do this job.Now you have to know allkinds of things and youhave to know how to utilizethe technology that manu-facturers are placing in thesevehicles,” said Jami.

One of the other servicesthat Tayshen is most proudof is the 50-point inspectionthat each vehicle that comesin the shop receives.

“We do that 50-point in-spection so that we can helpour customers look ahead atmaintenance and repairsthat are going to be neededin the near future. That way

people can budget those re-pairs before something goesterribly wrong and theyhave a breakdown thatcould be very costly to themif the problem goes unno-ticed or the repairs are putoff to long,” said Jami.

Jami said that one of thethings that she likes to dofor her customers is put outa newsletter that informspeople what specials theyare running, what events aregoing on in the communityShe said the newsletter alsogives people a little humor.

One of Jami’s special joysis to be able to provide serv-ices to the elderly, particu-larly women. “So many of

our clients are elderlywomen who just want toknow that their car is safeand sound. It gives me sucha good feeling to know that,when they bring their car infor us to check, they aresafer on the road becausewe are able to take a quickpeek and make sure theircars are running for them.We see more of that withwinter coming on. Some ofthese women are recentlywidowed and don’t haveanyone to do that for them.It gives them some assur-ance and it makes my day alittle nicer knowing thatthey can drive a safe vehi-cle,” she concluded.

Tayshen Automotive more than just a mechanic’s shopBy Lindy J. Gwinn

Mountain Valley News staff

Jami Taylor and Rob Shenold pose with their children at their automotive shop in Delta. Tayshen wants to thank their cus-tomers for their loyalty and patronage for the last three years.


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SPORTS


For 17 successful sea-sons, Scott Reinks has beencoaching high school bas-ketball. That success issomething Coach Reinksknows and instills in hisgirls, or as Paonia’s athleticdirector Tim Esgar puts it:“He just relates to the kids.He has ‘it’.” Esgar contin-ued “He has a good under-standing of basketball,obviously, and he combinesthat with really relating tothe kids and getting them tobe their best and perform tothe best of their ability. Theyknow if we allow this guy todo what he does we’regoing to be successful.”

After winning their firsttwo games last season, theLady Eagles fell to Olathe ina heartbreaking 48 – 35 loss.That game was a wakeupcall to Coach Reinks and hisgirls. The ladies stepped upand won 23 straight games,culminating with the raisingof the 2A state champi-onship banner now hangingin the Paonia High Schoolgym. Coach Reinks has a lotto do with the Lady Eagles’success. Since taking over atPaonia, Reinks teams havewon 88 percent of theirgames, going 64– 9 overthree seasons, and twiceplaying for the 2A statechampionship, winning itall last season. If winning isinfectious, Coach Reinks isspreading what he has. Hetook the time to sit downand tell us what he feels.

MVN: What happened lastseason that propelled you to23 straight wins endingwith the state title?

SR: We had a great summer.Then, when we lost thatthird game of the season toOlathe, it woke me back up.I think we went in there,and as a coach, I didn’t pushthem as hard in practice as Ineeded to. So it woke usback up and we got refo-cused after that. Like in thestate championship game,when the game got close,the girls never panicked.This group of girls won’t getthat way either. They justdon’t seem to panic. They’repretty much ready to go.

MVN: Is there pressurecoming into this season?

SR: We know there’s a tar-get on our back. We’vetalked about it. There mightbe some. We have our goalsand expectations we want to

reach, but our pressure istrying to be as good as wecan be. We feel if we reachour full potential we’regoing to be good.

MVN: Half your rostergraduated. How is thatgoing to impact this year’steam and who is going tostep up and fill those openspots?

SR: We lost eight seniors,but we have Jessica Altmanwho’ll be my starting pointguard, and was in my rota-tion last year. Chelsy Reedwas actually a pretty goodcontributor in the state tour-nament last year as a defen-sive specialist for us. SierraCarson got in last year atstate. Abby Campbell got inat state last year and thoselast three are all juniors.Monica Croft, AlexFarnsworth and KaylaWingsfield all had suited upon varsity at times, so wefeel we have a good chanceto be pretty good this year.We have 14 girls picked forvarsity and I wouldn’t beafraid to put any of the 14 inif I had to. We’re young.We’re very fast. We’re notvery tall, but this group ofgirls has won a lot of gamestogether. They’re used towinning and they expect towin.

MVN: Is the lack of sizegoing to be a problem?

SR: Height can be a prob-lem if you let it hurt you,but this group will figureout how to play large. We’lluse our speed and knowl-edge to combat that, andwe’ll be okay.

MVN: Is it a reasonable ex-pectation to say this groupcan repeat as league cham-pions and play for anotherstate title?

SR: It’ll be tough, but wefeel like we’re still eyeingthe league championship.We feel like, until someonebeats us, because we wereundefeated in league play,we’re still the team to beat.We still feel we’re goodenough to win. I don’t knowif I would say right now thatwinning a state champi-onship is a reasonable ex-pectation. I think your goalis always to get to state andthen have a chance. That isreasonable for us, to get tostate. Our first goal is ourfirst win, and after that, tokeep on getting better everyweek. This group has a lotof potential to be prettygood.

MVN: More than a few ofthe girls you have coachedhave gone on to play in col-lege. Is that your goal, to getthe girls who have the abil-ity into college?

SR: If some of these girlshave the talent and that’stheir dream, yeah we’ll dowhatever we can to helpthem get there. What webring into this is “teamfirst.” There are no super-stars. There is no one personabove another. We’re all oneteam. That’s how we playand it’s what we believe in.We talk, and they know thecoach is going to push themto reach their full potential,regardless if they want toplay college ball or not. Ihave a lot of great athletesout here. We’re going topush them to their fullest.

MVN: Does all your win-ning experience set yourgoals and expectations evenhigher?

SR: Really, I have a strongbelief in the girls and theirwork ethic. I know, with thecoaching staff I have, (asst.coaches Tonya Pipher andCraig Cerise) that we’ll besuccessful regardless of

what happens during theseason and how we finishup. This program will stillbe successful; I don’t haveany doubt in that. So yes, Ihave expectations but myexpectations lie in my beliefin the girls.

“I think anytime you have acoach that you relate to welland really like as a person itmakes you want to workthat much harder to pleasehim. He’s just a good guy,”said starting point guardAltman.

Meet the coach:Paonia Eagles girls’ basketball Coach Scott Reinks: He has “it”

Coach Reinks wearing his game face.Photo by Chuck Fasse

By Chuck FasseSpecial to Mountain Valley News

This year marks our 15th year of our Giving Tree. It has been a real

success story thanks to our community.

CHRISTMAS IN SURFACE CREEK VALLEY

One of our biggest projects is our:

“ANGEL GIVING TREE”The tree will be located at Cedaredge Food Town beginning November 26.

The Angels on the tree will have a family code number and child’s first name. Pleasewrap and tag gifts with the child’s name and family code. It will be delivered by community persons or if any one would like a family to shop for and deliver to

please call or pick up a form.Forms for family nomination to receive a gift can be picked up at CedaredgeElementary, Cedaredge Middle School or at Hennessey Realty or at Blair and

Associates both of which are located at 105 SE Frontier (by Pizza to the Limit)Mary Ann or Angie at the numbers below.

All gifts need to be returned to 105 SE Frontier Ave., Suite A

“BLAIR & ASSOCIATES” before December 17, 2009.

Any questions or if you would like to help with thisproject please call Mary Ann Hennessey

at 856-6868 or Angie at 856-7550

SPORTS


Paonia head basketballcoach Steve Swartzendruberwasn’t exactly pleased withwhat he saw following histeam’s complete disman-tling at the hands of theHotchkiss Bulldogs at thebeginning of the week. TheEagles needed to rebuildtheir confidence; what theyneeded was to bounce backwith a big game against abig opponent. Friday nightPaonia got just what thedoctor ordered when theyplayed Olathe.

For the first period eachteam went back and forthmatching each other basketfor basket, with neitherteam able to break away orbuild a substantial lead. Atthe end of the first periodPaonia finally began tobuild a lead, using their ballmovement and outsideshooting to pull ahead 17–10. Just when it looked likethe Eagles were ready topull away, Olathe steppedup and cooled off Paonia’soffense, forcing the Eaglesinto turnovers and convert-ing them into Pirate points.By the end of the second pe-riod, Olathe had outscoredPaonia 19-15 to head into

halftime trailing by onlythree points.

The start of the secondhalf was a carbon copy ofthe first; now trailing by justone (37–36) the Piratesmatched the Eagles pointfor point. Just when itseemed one of the teamshad grabbed hold of the mo-mentum and was pullingaway an errant pass orrushed shot eliminated thethreat and swung things inthe other direction. Olathefinally took the lead, 40–39,just before the end of thethird period on two KeiferWollert free throws.

The Pirates entered thefourth period up 42–41when Olathe’s Jason Ar-mendiaz hit back-to-backthree pointers taking the Pi-rates to their first substantiallead. Paonia’s AdrianPenny and Kacey Kroppstepped up and took over.Penny cut Olathe’s lead tofour points, hitting one of apossible two free throws,then from behind the line hesunk one of his five threepoint shots of the night, re-ducing the Pirates’ lead to asingle point, 48–47. The Ea-gles tied the game at 51 apiece on an Adrian Pennylay-up and then took thelead for good when Kacey

Kropp hit for two from theoutside. Paonia’s lead grewto four points when An-thony Roeber went two-for-two from the free throwstripe. Olathe got as close astwo points, 61–59, with 1:57left in the game, but got nocloser as the Eagles hit mul-tiple free throws and sunk athree pointer to take a 10point lead with 12 secondsleft in the game. The PiratesTaylor Carlson sunk a threepointer with two secondsleft to make the final score69–62, Eagles.

After the loss, Olathe’shead coach Lance Readydidn’t cut corners whenasked what happened. “Wethrew easy passes away inthe first half. We missed alot of lay-ups in the first halfand you have to make theeasy shots when you havethem; if you don’t, you pay.We didn’t shoot the ball aswell down the stretch andPaonia hit any open shotthey took.”

Paonia’s coach Swartzen-druber said after the game,“It’s a big win after the lossin Hotchkiss. We didn’tpanic; we held the ball forgood shots. We went insideout and made some bigshots. A win like this does alot of good for our confi-dence.”

Paonia bounces back with big win

Paonia’s Kacey Kropp (No. 22) scored 20 points against the Olathe Pirates thispast weekend. Paonia won the contest 69-62.

Photo by Scott Burns


It didn’t look good; infact it looked pretty muchlike a done deal. The PaoniaLady Eagles were trailingOlathe’s Lady Pirates by 14points and it was only theend of the first period.Nothing was going right forPaonia. The Lady Pirateswere shutting down the Ea-gles offense, closing downthe middle and not allow-ing Paonia any penetrationto the basket. To compoundthings, the Eagles weremaking things easy forOlathe as they continued toturn over the ball withrushed shots and missedpasses. “We were nervous,we were scared, we weren’treally playing basketball,we were intimidated,” saidcoach Scott Reinks.

Led by Morgan Stans-berry (14 points) Olathe’slead grew to 16 points asthey out rebounded, outshot and simply out hustledPaonia, taking a 28–15 leadinto halftime.

The second half startedoff as a mirror image of thefirst with the Lady Pirateskeeping up the defensivepressure, but in contrast tothe first half, the Lady Ea-gles responded with defen-sive pressure of their own.Paonia held Olathe score-less for almost six minuteswhile they whittled away atthe Lady Pirates’ lead.Using their speed andtenacity, led by Chelsy Reedand Carson Pipher (11points and 9 points), theLady Eagles began blockingshots, rebounding and forc-ing turnovers of their own,which they then turned intobaskets, reducing Olathe’slead to 10 points by the endof the third period.

The final period sawPaonia reduce the Lady Pi-rates lead to single digits,only to have Olathe buildback their lead to 42–31.Then, with just over twominutes left to play, theLady Eagles kicked it up anotch. Capitalizing on stealsand penalties, Paonia used

the foul line to boost theirlead. Chelsy Reed hit multi-ple free throws and madekey steals that she used toset up her teammates withher sharp passing. TheLady Pirates were unable tostop the Lady Eagles as theycontinued to push the ballup court.

With the Paonia HighSchool gym literally rock-ing, the Lady Eagles lookedto make the comeback com-plete with a couple of de-fensive stops. Then, just asquickly as the comebackstarted, it was over. TheLady Pirates collected them-selves. Using solid ballmovement, they forced Pao-nia into clock-killing penal-ties, sending Olathe to theline. The Lady Pirates con-verted their shots to take asix-point lead, 48– 42, clos-ing out the game and per-manently killing the LadyEagles comeback.

Coach Reinks saw a lotthat he liked. “I think thisgives us the boost that weneed. Really, I couldn’t bemore pleased in the girls’ ef-

fort. It proves to the girlsthey can play. They canhang with teams andthey’re not going to giveup.”

Olathe coach Paul Al-thaus also evaluated histeam’s performance. “Beingthis was just our secondgame and knowing that

Paonia would come at us,they’re not going to quit, Ithink we got a little bitgassed at the end of thegame. In the end the girlsplayed with composure,causing Paonia to workharder for their shots andthe girls just came downand took care of business.”

Olathe survives furious Eagles rally By Chuck Fasse

Special to Mountain Valley News

Paonia’s Chelsy Reed (No.15) looks to pass while being defended by Olathe’s An-drea Kinterknecht (No.12).

Photo by Chuck Fasse

SPORTS


The Paonia Lady Eaglessimply were too much forHotchkiss last Tuesdaynight. On their way to a 30-point victory, Paonia usedtheir speed, defense and ballhandling to pound the LadyBulldogs in all aspects of thegame.

The Lady Eagles jumpedout in front early, taking a15-point lead into the sec-ond period. Paonia’s de-fense continued to forceHotchkiss turnovers, hold-ing the Lady Bulldogs with-out a basket for almostseven minutes. Hotchkissbroke the scoring droughtafter hitting two free throwswith 3:34 left in the secondperiod, making the score 18-5. The Lady Bulldogsscored three more times be-fore the half, but could notslow down the Lady Eaglesoffense as the teams enteredhalftime with Paonia lead-ing 28–10.

The second half startedmuch the same. The LadyEagles scored often as theirlead grew to 27 points tak-ing a 43–16 lead into the

final period. Hotchkiss wasunable to convert the op-portunities they had as theLady Eagles went six for 23from the free throw line,while Paonia scored from allareas of the court, makingfree throws, two point andthree point shots. Led byJessica Altman and CerraCarsten, the Lady Eaglesturned up the heat offen-sively, as they intensifiedthe defensive pressure, lur-ing the Hotchkiss ladies intomissed shots and errantpasses.

Led by ChelseaHotchkiss, the Lady Bull-dogs did what they could,which unfortunately, wasnot enough to reduce thelarge deficit they faced.Paonia went to their benchfor the final minutes of the

game, as the Lady Eagleswere able to cruise to a 52–22 victory.

Hotchkiss head coachJosh Kasper said after thegame, “I expected us to looknervous and we looked re-ally nervous. We did a lot ofthings we shouldn’t do. Alot of it was jitters. We madea lot of mental mistakes wedon’t normally make.”

Despite Paonia’s gooddefense and strong offen-sive output, Paonia headcoach Scott Reinks said hisgirls could play much better,“We’ve got a lot of work todo. We weren’t as intense aswe ought to be. We shot alittle bit better, but I don’tthink, overall, we played aswell.” That’s a scarythought for Paonia’s up-coming opponents.

Paonia girls double up Lady Bulldogs

Paonia’s Abby Campbell (No.43) awaits the pass from teammate Chelsy Reed(No.15).

Photo by Chuck Fasse


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Delta County School District

Sports ScheduleWeek of December 2-8

WRESTLING

BASKETBALL

Fri. 12/17 DHS/HHS/CHS/PHS @ Warrior Classic TBA

Sat. 12/18 DHS/HHS/CHS/PHS @ Warrior Classic TBASat. 12/18 PHS/DHS @ Fruita Tourn (JV) TBA

Matches are listed as both Varsity and Junior Varsity unless otherwise noted.

Th. 12/16 HHS vs Montrose JV (GJV/BJV) 6/7:30

Fri. 12/17 DHS/PHS/HHS/CHS@ Bank of the West Tourney TBA

Fri. 12/17 HHS/CHS/PHS vs Delta County Tourney @ Cedaredge (JV ONLY) TBA

Sat. 12/18 DHS/PHS/HHS/CHS@ Bank of the West Tourney TBA

Sat. 12/18 DHS/HHS/CHS/PHS vs Delta County Tourney@ Cedaredge (JV ONLY) TBA

Game times are listed from JV Girls, JV Boys, Varsity Girls, Varisty Boys, unless otherwisenoted. “C” team contests are listed ny time as “C” team girls, “C” team boys. Please notethat some “C” teams may actually consist of Freshmen only (i.e: Delta) while others con-sist of primarily Freshman and sophomores.

PHS - Paonia High School • CHS - Cedaredge High SchoolDHS - Delta High School • HHS - Hotchkiss High SchoolV - Varisty • JV - Junior Varsity • BBB - Boys Basketball

GBB - Girls Basketball

For information on how to sponsor the SportsSchedule contact Kitty Burns at 234-1863.

Get your business recognized and support ourlocal youth sports programs

Sports Schedule

GIRLS SWIMMING

Sat. 12/18 Delta vs Cortez/Durango/Montrose

CEDAREDGEBoys Basketball (0-1)

12/09 Snake River (Wyo) NRMeeker Tournament

Girls Basketball (1-1)12/02 @ Meeker W48-4612/03 @ Palisade L54-33

DELTA

Boys Basketball (2-3)12/07 vs. Grand Junction LOSS12/09 @ Coal Ridge W75-63

Girls Basketball (1-2)12/07 vs. Grand Junction L31-51

12/09 @ Coal Ridge W60-30

Girls Swimming12/03 @ SW Conference

Girls Relay Meet 9th of 11

HOTCHKISS

Boys Basketball (1-1)12/07 vs. Paonia W54-5112/11 vs.Palisade L45-36

Girls Basketball (1-1)12/07 vs. Paonia L52-2212/11 vs.Palisade W52-42

PAONIA

Boys Basketball (2-1)12/07 @ Hotchkiss L51-5412/10 vs Olathe W69-62

Girls Basketball (2-1)12/07 @ Hotchkiss W52-2212/10 vs Olathe L42-48

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Stats and scores from local high school sports

Get your team recognized!Fax your results to 970-856-7499 or

email them to [email protected]

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Middle school boys basketballteams took to the Paonia highschool and middle school gymsthis weekend to compete for thehonor of taking the traveling tro-phies home for a year of brag-ging rights. Teams from Delta,Hothckiss, Paonia, Crawford andCedaredge competed in the an-nual Delta County Middle SchoolTournament. Four trophies werehanded out: 7th grade ‘A’, 7thgrade ‘B’, 8th grade ‘A’ and 8thgrade ‘B’. Delta took home everytrophy except the 7th grade ‘B’trophy which went home withHotchkiss.

RIGHT: Hotchkis seventh grade‘A’ team point guard Cole Carvillbrings the ball down the court inthe championship game againstDelta. Delta won the game andthe trophy.

BELOW: James Starkey tries topass to teammate Jonny Poncein the championship game inPaonia on Dec. 11.

All photos by Steven Starkey

Middle school boys basketball playerswrap up season at tournament

ABOVE: Hotchkiss seventh grade ‘B’ team player Trentyn Nicholas goes upfor a layup in the seventh grade ‘B’ championships. Hotchkiss took homethe trophy, besting Paonia in the final game.

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Wednesday 7:23 a.m. 4:51 p.m.Thursday 7:24 a.m. 4:51 p.m.Friday 7:24 a.m. 4:51 p.m.Saturday 7:25 a.m. 4:52 p.m.Sunday 7:25 a.m. 4:52 p.m.Monday 7:26 a.m. 4:52 p.m.Tuesday 7:27 a.m. 4:53 p.m.

Wednesday 12:55 p.m. 1:46 a.m.Thursday 1:25 p.m. 2:46 a.m.Friday 1:59 p.m. 3:47 a.m.Saturday 2:39 p.m. 4:49 a.m.Sunday 3:28 p.m. 5:52 a.m.Monday 4:25 p.m. 6:51 a.m.Tuesday 5:30 p.m. 7:46 a.m.

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highs and Wednesday night's lows.

Considerable cloudiness Wednesday. A bit of snow, accumulating a coat-ing to an inch east of Cedaredge; a passing shower in central parts andnorth of Cedaredge. A chance for a bit of snow or flurries Thursday. Achance for snow south and east of Cedaredge Friday.

Travel Forecast

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Livestock Stress RatingWednesday 45, Safe

Weather History

Burn Ban

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

High for the week 53°Low for the week 19°Normal high 39°Normal low 18°Average temperature 36.0°Normal average temperature 28.6°Temperature departure +7.4°

Total for the week traceTotal for the month traceTotal for the year 9.02"Normal for the month 0.24"Normal for the year 9.36"% of normal this month 0%% of normal this year 96%

Ski ConditionsSunday, December 12

AspenNew Snow 2"Base 31"-47"Trails Open 256

DurangoNew Snow 0"Base 21"-21"Trails Open 37

PowderhornNew Snow 0"Base 0"-0"Trails Open 0

Silverton Mtn.New Snow 5"Base 27"-72"Trails Open 25

TellurideNew Snow 0"Base 32"-32"Trails Open 13

VailNew Snow 4"Base 32"-32"Trails Open 184

The Cedaredge Police De-partment responded to 15calls between the dates ofNovember 30 and December7. The following is a selec-tion from those reports.

Dec. 1, 11:40 a.m.A male party that lives onNorthwest Beech Avenue cameto the police department for hisquarterly registration as a sexoffender. The man filled outthe required forms and his in-formation was checked withno negative reports found. Theman was fingerprinted and thenecessary fees were paid.

Dec. 1, 6:55 p.m.Sgt. Sanders responded to the1500 block of Highway 65 for areport of an injured deer in theroadway. Upon arriving at thescene, Sanders observed ayoung buck that appeared tohave just been hit by a vehicle.The deer was severely injured,so Sanders put it down. Dis-patch contacted a man on theroad kill list and he respondedto retrieve the carcass. Sanders

provided the man with a roadkill permit.

Dec. 2, 9:28 a.m.An officer responded toCedaredge Elementary Schoolto speak with a male studentthat had been stealing things.Upon arriving at the school,the officer spoke with the boyand his mother and explainedthat it was wrong for him to bestealing things from others andthat he could be charged withtheft if he continued to steal.

Dec. 2, 2:56 p.m.A male student at CedaredgeHigh School was found to be inpossession of marijuana andSgt. Sanders responded to in-vestigate. The student toldSanders that he purchases themarijuana about once a weekfrom a person right in theschool parking lot. The mari-juana was sold in smokeless to-bacco cans. Sandersconfiscated a tobacco can fromthe student’s backpack thatcontained approximately 2grams of marijuana. The caseis currently under investiga-tion.

Dec. 2, 3:14 p.m.A possible domestic disputeoccurred in front of CedaredgeElementary School and an offi-cer responded to investigate.The officer spoke with a maleparty and a female party whostated that they were arguing.The woman wanted to walkaway and the male partygrabbed the coats she was car-rying. The woman slipped andfell to the ground. The maleparty stated that he did notmean to make her fall down.The officer taking the reportdetermined that there were noprotection orders on file withthe two and he advised themto be more careful in the future.Both parties were then releasedwithout further incident.

Dec. 4, 1:45 a.m.An alarm call went off at abusiness in the 900 block ofSouth Grand Mesa Drive. Of-ficers Hernandez and Curtisand Deputy Jones respondedto the building and found it tobe secure with no sign offorced entry. After a brief in-

vestigation, it was determinedthat one of the employees hadaccidentally set off the frontdoor motion sensor. After con-firming the building was se-cure, all officers cleared thescene.

Dec. 5, 6:11 p.m.Officer Hernandez was moni-toring traffic in the 400 block ofEast Main Street when he ob-served a vehicle driving west-bound towards the intersectionof Highway 65 and Main

Street. The vehicle had onlyone working headlight. Her-nandez contacted the 30-year-old female driver in the 200block of South Grand MesaDrive and explained the reasonfor the stop. The woman’s dri-ver’s license was suspendedfor an unpaid citation inWyoming. Hernandez issuedthe woman a proof of serviceand kept her driver’s license inhis possession. The womancontacted a relative to pick herup.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR


Ongoing EventsDelta County

Cedaredge Food BankBring non-perishable items to245 West Main St. (behindtown hall) on Mondays from 9-11 a.m. or Thursdays from 1-3p.m. Volunteers needed. Con-tact: Lisa Pinel at (9700 856-7672.

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

City/Town Council Meetings

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

Delta County Ambulance District

The Delta County AmbulanceDistrict meeting is held on thethird Tuesday of the month, 7p.m. at DCAD Station #1, 60Heinz Street, Delta. Public isinvited to attend.

Delta County Senior Resource Council

Holds its meetings at theGrand Mesa Oncology Infu-sion and Education CenterNorth of the Delta County Me-morial Hospital on the fourthThursday of every month from8:30-9:30 a.m. Our mission andgoal is to serve the needs of theSeniors age 55 and over inDelta County by what evermeans we can. Contact: LeahLewis, Delta Senior Coordina-tor at (970) 712-2295 or visit ourweb page at www.dcsrc.org.Looking forward to seeingyou!

Grand Mesa Scenic Byway Association

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

Grief Support Groups/Mending Hearts This group is offered weeklyby Hospice & Palliative Care ofWestern Colorado at the fol-lowing locations: CedaredgePublic Library, every Tuesdayfrom 2-3:30 p.m.; HotchkissUnited Methodist Church,every Monday 1-2:30p.m. These are for adults whohave lost a loved one. No feeinvolved. Open groups to any-one in the community. Forquestions, please call Cheryl orJane at 874-6823.

Paonia American Legion BINGO

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

Parents Helping ParentsParents and caregivers of chil-dren (0-20 years) with disabili-ties meet every third Mondayof the month from 4:30-6 p.m.at the Delta Memorial HospitalMeeting Room B. Childcareprovide but only if you RSVPto Angel at (970) 856-9415.

Plant and Dig Garden Club

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

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

Montrose CountyKinship Connection

Are you a relative raising afamily member’s children? Ifyou need help, support, educa-tion, and access to resources, ora safe place to share your feel-ings, the Kinship Connectionfor Kids offers a free supportgroup. Meetings are the firstand third Thursdays of themonth from 6-8 p.m. at theUnited Methodist Church, 19South Park, Montrose, Down-stairs. Contact: The Center forMental Health at (970) 252-3235.

Mesa CountyHeartbeat for Kids

Heartbeat for Kids is a supportgroup for children who havelost a loved one by suicide.This group meets the thirdTuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. at the Grand JunctionHospice office. There is also aseparate group that adults mayattend during the same time.The group will meet at Hos-pice & Palliative Care of West-ern Colorado, 2754 CompassDrive, Suite 102, in GrandJunction.

Events this WeekDelta County

Cedaredge…December 18

Cedaredge’s Grand MesaSouthern Baptist Church,Delta’s Calvary Baptist Churchand Olathe’s Community Bap-tist Fellowship Church are pre-senting three opportunities toreally get into the Christmasmood by attending “Home forChristmas” a special musicalcantata with combined choiron three nights. This presenta-tion will take place at theGrand Mesa Southern BaptistChurch at 7:30 p.m. Come a lit-tle early and enjoy singing car-ols until the cantata starts. Thecantata is free and open to thepublic.

December 18The Cedaredge Lodge will behosting its second annualChristmas buffet and gift driveto benefit House Of Promise(Olathe) and the Delta CountyWomen’s & Homeless Shelter.We will be collecting women’s,men’s, children’s, and babies’clothing, toiletries, blankets,baby items and non-perishablefood items on that day, and as a“thank you” we’ll be serving alunch/dinner buffet, drinksand desserts to all that attend.So please bring your contribu-tions and your appetites to theCedaredge Lodge from 1-7p.m. Contact: Gary and DonnaAllen at (970) 856-3727.

Delta…December 18

Cedaredge’s Grand MesaSouthern Baptist Church,Delta’s Calvary Baptist Churchand Olathe’s Community Bap-tist Fellowship Church are pre-senting three opportunities toreally get into the Christmasmood by attending “Home forChristmas” a special musicalcantata with combined choiron three nights. This presenta-tion will take place at CalvaryBaptist Church located at 1290A St. at 7:30 p.m. Come a littleearly and enjoy singing carols

until the cantata starts. Thecantata is free and open to thepublic.

December 21Singer and guitarist, Jeri Ar-baney, will perform at St.Luke’s Episcopal Church, lo-cated at 5th and Palmer, start-ing at 12:10 pm until 12:55 pm.Please join us for this annualtradition of preparing forChrist at Christmas. Contact:Nyla at (970) 874-9485 or callSt. Luke’s at (970) 874-9489.

Montrose County

Olathe…December 16

Cedaredge’s Grand MesaSouthern Baptist Church,Delta’s Calvary Baptist Churchand Olathe’s Community Bap-tist Fellowship Church are pre-senting three opportunities toreally get into the Christmasmood by attending “Home forChristmas” a special musicalcantata with combined choiron three nights. This presenta-tion will take place at theOlathe Community Baptist Fel-lowship Church at 7:30 p.m.Come a little early and enjoysinging carols until the cantatastarts. The cantata is free andopen to the public.

Future EventsDelta County

Cedaredge…December 25

There will be a free Christmasdinner at the Stolte Shed at Pi-oneer Town from noon until 2p.m. Everyone is welcome.Menu will include: turkey, hamand all the fixings, as well asdesserts of every kind. You arewelcome to bring your favoritedessert to share. For informa-tion or to volunteer, contactDorothy Mergelman at (970)856-6676. Donations greatlyappreciated and will go to Sur-face Creek Community FoodBank and the Stotle Shed elec-trical and heating improve-ments.

and the

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

The fee is just $6 for the different seasons.

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

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

Drop in VolleyballThursdays 6:30 until 9:00 p.m.

Ongoing Events this week Future eventsJANUARY 2-30

Little Gliders Program - We have the snow, so let’s go! TheGrand Mesa Nordic Council and Delta Recreation Departmenthave teamed up to offer a Cross Country Ski program forchildren ages 5-8. All children will be on waxless classic skiequipment. Ski days are Sundays January 2-30 from 10:30-12 p.m. Registration fee is $35 for Grand Mesa Nordic Coun-cil members and $40 for non-members.

JANUARY 2-30Gliders Nordic Program - The Grand Mesa Nordic Council andDelta Recreation Department have teamed up to offer theGliders’ Nordic program for youth ages 9-16 years old. Theprogram is designed for any level skier-from young skierswho want to learn how to cross country ski to skiers who havethe basic fundamentals and want to improve or even getready for racing. All skiers are required to have their ownclassic equipment (waxable or waxless). This program willtake place on Sundays January 2-30, the 30th being raceday and picnic, all lessons begin at 10:30 a.m. The fee isjust $40 for GMNC members and $45 for non-members.

Call 874-0923 for more information about ongoing events,

pool schedules and information and membership information

DECEMBER18Cross Country Ski Lessons - Bring your gear, snacks, and anappetite for winter fun on these cross country ski lessons forbeginners! Registration fee is $20 for Grand Mesa NordicCouncil Members, or $25 for non-members, which does notinclude ski rentals. Lessons will be held on the Grand MesaSkyway Trails beginning at 11 a.m.

REGISTER BY DECEMBER 21STRESS MANGEMENT - Come to this American Red Cross stressmanagement workshop. The class will give you stress reduc-tion tips and learn and practice effective relaxation exercises.Class held on December 22 from 6-8 p.m. Cost: $6/person.

Vera M. BergmannEckert resident Vera M.

Bergmann passed away onNov. 29, 2010, at DeltaCounty Memorial Hospital.She was 81.

Vera M. Bergmann wasborn to August and Minnie(Chigan) Bergmann on May28, 1929, in Aurora, Ill.

Vera was a member ofthe Cedaredge Seventh-dayAdventist Church.

Vera is survived by herniece, Wanda (Dave) Kaiserof Denver; and one sister,Ina Haugen of RockSprings, Ga.

Vera was preceded indeath by her parents; onesister, Audrey Hulett; andone brother, AlfredBergmann.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions may bemade in Vera’s name to acharity of the donor’schoice.

Arrangements wereunder the care and directionof Taylor Funeral Serviceand Crematory. View the in-ternet obituary and sign theonline guest registry at tay-lorfuneralservice.com.

Paul Franklin SpindenHotchkiss resident Paul

Franklin Spinden passedaway on Dec. 1, 2010, at hishome. He was 75.

A memorial service hon-oring Paul’s life will be heldat a later date.

Paul Franklin Spinden

was born to Robert J. andHallie B. (Callahan) Spindenon April 10, 1935, in Ever-green.

On Sept. 18, 1982, Paulmarried Iris L. Baker inDenver. The couple shared28 years of marriage to-gether this year.

Paul is survived by hiswife, Iris Spinden ofHotchkiss; three sons, Paul(Coleen) Spinden Jr., ofWestminster, Michael Spin-den of Golden, and KennethSpinden of Wheat Ridge;one daughter, Connie Spin-den of Wheat Ridge; fourstep-children, Keith(Denise) Baker of Phoenix,Ariz., Carrie (Keith)Younger of Byers, Jody(Rich) Counts of De Beque,and Lori Wale of Hotchkiss;and two brothers, Bob (Kay)Spinden of Hotchkiss andCarl (Cheri) Spinden ofPueblo West. He is furthersurvived by 12 grandchil-dren and seven great-grand-children.

Paul was preceded indeath by his parents; one

OBITUARIES


Cotton Wayne JohnsonStacy and Joshua Johnson of Delta are happy

to announce the birth of their son, Cotton WayneJohnson. Cotton was born on December 9, 2010 atDelta County Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7pounds 3.4 oz. and measured 20.5 inches inlength.

Taylor Beth NeilCathy and Lucas Neil of Delta are pleased to

announce the birth of their daughter, Taylor BethNeil. Taylor was born on December 6, 2010 atDelta County Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6pounds 2.8 oz. and measured 18 inches in length.

Ezeekiel Adam LopezCrystal and Cruz Lopez of Delta are excited to announce the birth of their son, Ezeekiel

Adam Lopez. Ezeekiel was born on December 4, 2010 at Delta County Memorial Hospi-tal. He weighed 5 pounds 14 oz. and measured 19 inches in length.

McKenna Jo DennyKatie Peebles and Brandon Denny of Hotchkiss are happy to announce the birth of

their daughter, McKenna Jo Denny. McKenna was born on December 5, 2010 at DeltaCounty Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds 15 oz and measured 19.75 inches inlength.

Nicholas Ray ParhamJeanette and Patrick Parham of Cedaredge are pleased to announce the birth of their

son, Nicholas Ray Parham. Nicholas was born on December 3, 2010 at Delta County Me-morial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds 6.4 oz. and measured 20 inches in length.

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son, Clifford Spinden; and asister, Rhoda Bartosh.


Ella Jean Madole Lemon

Delta resident Ella JeanMadole Lemon passedaway on Dec. 3, 2010, at herhome. She was 75.

She was born on May 4,1935, in Colorado Springs toGarland Zane and Melvina(Wagoner) Harper.

She is survived by herloving husband of 26 years,Lowell Lemon; three chil-dren; six grandchildren; twostep-children; and six step-grandchildren. She was pre-ceded in death by herstep-grandson Brent.


Viola Ruth HughesEckert resident Viola

Ruth Hughes passed awayon Dec. 6, 2010, at her home.She was 82.

Viola Ruth Thayne wasborn to Elmer Gleve andAlice Lavern (Guymon)Thayne on Jan. 11, 1928, inLa Jara.

On May 24, 1951, shemarried William “Bill”Hughes in Englewood. Tothis union, four childrenwere born. The couplewould have celebrated their60th wedding anniversarynext spring. Bill survives.

Ruth was a member ofThe Church of Jesus Christof Latter-day Saints inCedaredge.

She is survived by herhusband, Bill Hughes ofEckert; two sons, Craig(Sherry) Hughes of Battle-ground, Wash., and BrentWilliam Hughes of SanDiego, Calif.; two daugh-ters, Terry Ruth (Wilbur)Miller of Middlebury, Ind.,and Jodene Balanga ofBowling Green, Ky.; and onesister, Bonnie GertrudeHowell of Kansas. Ruth isfurther survived by 17grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Ruth was preceded indeath by her parents.


Geneva RossLongtime Delta resident

Geneva Ross passed awaypeacefully Dec. 6, 2010. Shewas 99.

Burial will take place atHill Crest Cemetery inRocky Ford. A celebration oflife will be held at a laterdate.

Geneva Ross was born toJohn Fredrick Fritz andMarie Durtschi on Dec. 25,1910 in Florence. She mar-ried Charles M. Ross inRaton, N.M., on Dec. 5,1945. To this union sevenchildren were born. Theyspent 14 years of love andmarriage together. Charlespassed away on May 30,1959, in Cedaredge.

Geneva was an activemember of the First Churchof God in Delta and was amember of the Ladies Aux-iliary V.F.W. of Delta.

Geneva is survived byher two sons, Robert Duane(Alice) Ross of BoyntonBeach, Fla., and WilliamJohn (Mayoury) Ross of

Brighton; four daughters,Jacqueline Marie (James)Richardson of Humboldt,Ariz., Darlene Louise (Her-man) Hilkey of Grand Ter-race, Calif., Lorella JeanMcCombs of Delta, andKathleen Ann (Bob) Petty ofLongmont; 18 grandchil-dren, nine great-grandchil-dren, and six great-great-grandchildren.

Geneva is preceded indeath by her parents; herhusband; a daughter, AnnaMae Ross; two brothers,

Robert and Jacob; two sis-ters, Louise Fritz and MarieCrocker; two stepsons,Charles Pat Ross and Ken-neth Ross; and her grandsonWilliam Ross.

In lieu of flowers, donorsare asked to make a dona-tion to their favorite charity.


OBITUARIES CONTINUED...December 15, 2010 Mountain Valley News

Ernest Clarence Hatchwas born July 31, 1917, inDry Creek Basin, where hisparents, Lee and Edith (Joy)Hatch, had homesteaded in1912.

He grew up there ranch-ing and farming with hisfamily, catching and break-ing wild mustangs, andrunning their herd of Here-fords on the Lone Cone.

He was nicknamed andknown all over San MiguelCounty as “Pete.” He wasadept at carpentry andbuilding, and becamesought after as a craftsmanfor repairs. When localsneeded something done,they were told to “Get PeteHatch to do that. He can fixanything.” While refurbish-ing a chimney at a nearbyschoolhouse, he met Eliza-beth Wallace, a studentteacher. They were marriedin Fruita on Nov. 16, 1941.

Ernest was inducted intothe U.S. Army on July 7,1942. He served with the287th Engineer Combat Bat-talion as Technician FifthGrade, Carpenter General,in the European Theaterbuilding pontoon bridges tosupport the Allied advance.He was honorably dis-charged Dec. 3, 1945.

He returned to his ranchand family in Dry CreekBasin where they lived until1950. They then moved tothe Midway area betweenHotchkiss and Paonia. Hisranch and herd of red andwhite Herefords, with thebackdrop of Mount Lam-born and Lands End, was

annually photographed andfeatured on calendars forthe First State Bank ofHotchkiss.

In 1964, he moved withhis family to Olathe wherein addition to farming hestarted to develop his tal-ents as a woodworker,building fine furniture forfamily and friends. He al-ways had a furniture or cab-inet project in progress inhis shop, but was never toobusy to stop for visitors or afriendly game of cribbage.

He was an avid horse-man, hunter and fisherman,had a wonderfully wrysense of humor, enjoyed amultitude of friends, andwas always a good neigh-bor, helping when needed,but always respectful of pri-vacy.

His children and sur-vivors grateful to haveshared his life are Jeanne(Mrs. Bradley Burch ofOlathe); Joy (Mrs. WillCromer of Whitewater);Roy Hatch of Olathe; DeanHatch (and Joanne Hatch)of Delta; Mary (Mrs. PaulSuppes of Delta); Laura(Mrs. Peter Rollins ofGoshen, N.Y.); Ernestine(Hatch) Manheim ofPhoenix, Ariz.; and his 13grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Ernest was preceded indeath by his wife of 58years, Elizabeth (Wallace)Hatch; his parents; abrother; two sisters; andthree grandsons, BenjaminBurch, Peter Rollins andJoseph Rollins.

According to his wishes,there was an immediate cre-mation with no funeral.There will be a memorialservice in the summer of2011.

Arrangements are underthe care and direction ofTaylor Funeral Service andCrematory. View the inter-net obituary and sign theonline guest registry at: tay-lorfuneralservice.com.

Ernest C. “Pete” Hatch

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Town of CedaredgeP.O. Box 398235 W. Main StCedaredge, CO 81413

Disbursement notice published by orderof the Cedaredge Town Clerk:

Total amount of expenditures for themonth of November was$295,334.93

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

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US Bank hosted the December Business After Hours on Dec 7. The employees atthe bank spent days cooking ahead in order to provide the delicious food for thewell attended event. Dawn Conrad said that they wanted to express thanks to theircustomers by providing homemade goodies for the guests.


U.S. Bank hosts CedaredgeChamber Business After Hours

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