Delta County Independent August 28, 2019 edition

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Sunday “Police involved incident” proves fatal

By Emy LYNN RoQue Cisneros Staff Writer

A 33-year-old male Delta resident who collapsed during an “officer-involved situation” and was sent to the hospital Sunday was pronounced dead Wednesday, Aug. 21, by St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. Cause of death hasn’t officially been determined and the Delta Police Department (DPD) is waiting on the autopsy and toxicology reports.

At around 11:48 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, officers from the DPD responded to a call of a suspicious person possibly breaking into cars in the 40 Heinz Mobile Home Park in Delta, according to a statement from the DPD. Officers made contact with the male, now identified as Mark Arnold Porter, whose “eyes were open wide, he was shaking, mumbling, and seemed very afraid and confused, causing officers to be concerned for his well-being.” Porter informed the officers he was “on a large dose of methamphetamine,” the DPD said. Paramedics with the Delta County Ambulance District were called by officers for assistance. Details of the incident were shared with the Delta County Independent through a special news release on the morning of Aug. 23.

In an attempt to leave the scene, Porter ran into a narrow walkway between a home and a wooden fence. Officers tried to coax him out as the area did not have an exit and was too small for everyone to fit in.

According to the report, at this time, “Porter’s arms were flailing, and his feet were continuously moving around as though he was having extreme difficulty controlling his body movements and listening to what officers were asking him to do. Officers were concerned for Porter’s safety and the safety of everyone else in the area.”

Porter then started tearing out pieces of the fence and throwing it at officers. A piece hit and caused a minor injury to one officer, according to the statement. The Delta County Sheriff’s Department also responded after hearing that the suspect was armed with a board with nails sticking out of it and was uncooperative via the police radio.

After officers’ attempts to convince Porter to come out of the area failed, officers entered the area to help him.

Porter continued to fight or try and get away from officers, and when deployed, officers’ tasers had no effect on him, the DPD said.

After officers backed away,

Porter came out of the area.

“His movements were still very sporadic and uncontrolled as he attempted to move away from everyone and leave the scene,” the release stated.

“After all attempts to achieve cooperation failed, an officer tackled Porter, which put him in a position to be hand-cuffed,” the release continued. “Porter began to kick, twist, turn and pull away in an effort to free himself while he made grunting noises and tossed his head back and forth. Paramedics attempted to render medical aid to Porter as he continued to twist, yell and kick at everyone. As Porter started to calm down he became limp and unresponsive. Officers and paramedics determined he had lost consciousness.”

It hasn’t been determined why Porter lost consciousness, but DPD Chief Luke Fedler said there’s “no indication he lost consciousness from any actions of law enforcement.”

Handcuffs were then removed and emergency medical treatment was performed on Porter. He continued to receive medical attention while being transported to Delta County Memorial Hospital.

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DCMH prepared for West Nile Virus cases By don benjamin Staff Writer

The Delta County Department of Health is reporting a second and third human case of West Nile virus. Of the 10 mosquito samples collected from within Delta city limits on Aug. 13, four tested positive for the virus.

Current cases include a female from the North Fork area diagnosed Aug. 9 and recovering from West Nile virus uncomplicated fever; a male from the North Fork area, diagnosed Aug. 16, who is recovering from WNV encephalitis; and a male from the Delta, diagnosed Aug. 16 and recovering from WNV uncomplicated fever.

The presence of positive samples of mosquitoes is a clear indication that virus remains present and poses a risk to those who are bitten, according to an Aug. 20 health department press release.

August through September are when most human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Colorado.

“West Nile virus can be a serious illness and residents should understand the health risks associated with this virus,” said Delta County Environmental Health Director Ken Nordstrom.

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When the virus is active, Jessica Walters has an important job as a registered nurse at Delta County Memorial Hospital (DCMH). As the hospital’s infection control nurse she helps monitor the ebb and flow of WNV cases in the county. One of her primary duties is to make certain WNV cases are reported to the Delta County Health Department and the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WNV is one of several dozen conditions that Walters is obligated to report. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment circulates a list of no less than 85 “communicable reporting conditions” that are monitored and reported, among them common mountain illnesses such as hantavirus, Rocky Mountain spotted tick fever and lyme disease. Other monitored health issues include Zika virus, with special emphasis on communicable diseases such an anthrax, cholera, diphtheria, mumps, rubella, measles and smallpox.

During the annual influenza season, Walters reports flu cases that result in hospitalization or death. During the summer when local residents

Senior centers holiday closures announced Due to the federal Labor Day holiday, the four Delta County senior center meal sites in Delta, Cedaredge, Hotchkiss and Paonia, as well as those in Olathe and Montrose County, will not be serving meals on Monday, Sept. 2. In addition, there will also be no Meals On Wheels deliveries made that day.

Normal schedules, meals, and Meals On Wheels deliveries will resume at all meal sites on Tuesday or Wednesday, Sept. 3 or 4, according to individual site schedules.

and visitors are enjoying the outdoors, her reporting tends to include waterborne illnesses such as giardiasis.

From August through October her focus is on WNV. Walters works cooperatively with the DCMH laboratory and emergency room as well as physicians and urgent care facilities. Depending on the severity of symptoms, individuals may contact their health care provider, an urgent care facility or the hospital emergency room. Severe WNV symptoms include high fever, an altered mental state and severe numbness or tingling in extremities or even partial paralysis. Less severe symptoms are those often associated with the flu, such as general fatigue, joint pain or a low-grade fever.

According to health officials, most people bitten by a mosquito infected with WNV show no symptoms of illness; however, some people may develop symptoms within three to 15 days after being bitten. About one in five will have mild illness with fever, and about one in 150 become severely ill. Physicians are urged to test for the virus in patients showing signs of fever, altered mental status, DCMH prepared to A5

Photo by Lucas Vader

A sign warning visitors about the closed swim beach hangs at the entrance of Sweitzer Lake State Park. The high levels of E. coli were discovered on July 8.

High E. coli levels continue at Sweitzer Lake for fifth week

By Lucas Vader Staff Writer

Sweitzer Lake State Park will likely open its swim beach this weekend after one final water test, after high levels of E. coli closed the section over a month and a half ago.

The high E. coli levels were suspected to have been caused by high runoff levels from the amount of rain that fell earlier in the summer. A water test on July 8 initially revealed the unsafe bacteria level and a water source was diverted

on July 25 when park staff suspected it was the source of the E. coli.

When the high E. coli levels continued, the park diverted the second and only other source of water.

On Tuesday afternoon, officials announced on the Sweitzer Lake State Park Facebook page, “The E. coli levels have dropped significantly! Tomorrow we will confirm test and looks like the beach and lake will be open for the weekend!”

Intent to sue letter a factor in school district facility use policy change By tamie Meck Managing Editor

A revision to a Delta County School District 50J policy will require that groups using district property for non-district events provide proof of liability insurance.

At its July 18 meeting, the district school board approved a change to the policy covering the application and agreement for use of district facilities. Under the change, when applying to use a district-owned facility, the applicant must submit proof of $1 million in liability per occurrence, $2 million aggregate, along with their application.

District assistant superintendent Kurt Clay said that the insurance requirement has been a district policy for several years. It applies to

anyone using district facilities for little league sports, AAU basketball and other activities not sponsored by the district. Prior to the policy change, groups were allowed to submit an application and use school facilities without proof of insurance so long as they agree to indemnify the district from all liability and take full responsibility for what happens at the event, said Clay.

Earlier this summer the district received a letter of intent to sue after a man was injured at an AAU basketball event. Clay said that at this point, no formal suit has been filed. The DCI has not yet obtained a copy of the letter.

While the letter of intent was considered in the policy Intent to sue to a3

DCMH helps land helicopter for patient On Aug. 21, Delta County Memorial Hospital, or DCMH, closed road in front of the urgent care to allow for a helicopter landing.

The helicopter was carrying 19-year-old Troy Rubalcaba, who was flown to DCMH after going into anaphylactic shock due to severe bee stings received in the mountains outside of Glenwood Springs. With poor cell service, the pilot sent an email to DCMH to notify the facility of the incoming patient. The hospital responded via air traffic controller at the airport.

“We notified the air traffic controllers that we had the fire department closing the road so that they could land the [helicopter] at the hospital,” said Karen Lyons, the director of trauma/emergency/ICU services at DCMH. “We didn’t know how big their helicopter was and if our pad could accommodate, but we all knew the urgency of the situation and that Rubalcaba needed help immediately.”

The helicopter landed safely onto Stafford Road. There, the emergency department team was waiting for Troy and began life-saving treatment soon after the landing.

Rubalcaba is now stable and will be discharged, Lyons said.

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LETTERS Science will prevail Dear Editor: Just a comment on Robert Riggs/Paonia letter to the editor of Aug. 21. I am guessing that Mr. Riggs uses a car made out of wood and pulled by a team of horses? Mr. Riggs’ house, must be held together by mud, has no indoor plumbing, no electricity, no phone. Mr. Riggs must not have a phone, cell phone, smartphone or any other kind of communication devices. I am also guessing that he does not have internet or for that matter a computer. I think I have made

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my point that the energy, all energy segments, provide almost all that we use in our everyday life.

“Temporary moratorium” will quickly turn into permanent since energy companies are already pulling out of Colorado.

So-called renewables cannot come close to supporting our way of life. The United States is already far and away the leader in cleaner environment, clearer air, cleaner water, etc. than most of the rest of the world combined. So please enough with the “evil oil and gas” companies. Science will pre-

Support for Voter ‘ID’ law Dear Editor: To the residents of Delta County, please do not allow Russia/Russians to interfere with our 2020 election.

Vote for, a voter “ID” law. Thank You. Lloyal Anderson Delta

vail and come up with an affordable “clean” energy in the future. Energy is one of the most regulated industries in the country.

I bet the free market (if we can keep what is left of it) will solve our problems.

Larry John Cedaredge

What’s the Rush To Throw Away Local Control?

Dear Editor: Since when does a West Slope county, let alone Delta County, rush to give up control to the state? That’s what happened at last Wednesday’s Delta County Planning Commission meeting.

The Delta County Planning Commission voted to approve a rushed proposal to repeal oil and gas regulations that would leave Delta County with no leverage and no ability to protect residents and other impacted commercial or agricultural businesses from this intensive, industrial land

use. Not only would this proposal give up local authority for a promise of resuming local control when the time is right, it puts other property owners and commercial businesses at a disadvantage. Why should the oil and gas industry be exempt from the regulations?

The county says that it needs to repeal the regulations because it’s a waste of time and resources to defend them, and they’re afraid of lawsuits. Not just any lawsuit, but a lawsuit from Citizens for a Healthy Community.

Well, the threat of litiga-

tion comes with the territory of being a County Commissioner and a regulator. The best way to avoid it isn’t to throw away your power and let someone else do the job for you, it’s to do your job! Be a good regulator, follow your own rules, obey the law, and protect your residents. That should be easy enough.

Delta County staff and the county commissioners have stated publicly on numerous occasions that the Specific Development Regulations are inadequate, inconsistent, and invite uncertainty from all sides. Delta County’s

response to this problem, as it specifically relates to oil and gas activity in the county, is to throw up its hands and let the State regulate for them.

If the county pursues this strategy, it will be harder to install a new septic tank than to drill and frack a natural gas well in Delta County.

Andrew ForkesGudmundson Paonia (Andrew Forkes-Gudmondson is associate program director for Citizens for a Healthy Community, a nonprofit founded to fight irresponsible oil and gas development in the North Fork Valley.)

Great Depression and concerned a margin tax.

The people challenged the tax but failed to overturn it. The last time the petition clause was successfully used was in 1916. It had to do with the legislation of doctors.

The legislature wanted to change the medical practitioner profession to a state-regulated profession from a self-regulated profession. The medical community successfully gained enough signatures and placed the issue on the ballot, where it was successfully overturned.

The petition clause has not been used since that 1932 tax initiative which is quite interesting. So why not use the petition clause on the “Red Flag” law? Because it is attached to a safety clause. The legislature can determine that a

bill is for the health and safety of the citizens of Colorado and attach the safety clause to it. A safety clause bill can’t be petitioned to be placed on the ballot. One could argue whether the ‘Red Flag’ law warrants such a tag, but that’s where it stands.

We’ll find out by Aug. 31, or shortly thereafter, if the petitioners have enough signatures to place the issue on the ballot in 2020. If they do, then the rhetoric will continue to heat up, but at least in the end it will be the voters who will decide how their votes will be counted. And that’s a cool twist to Colorado state legislation.

Dennis Anderson is group publisher for Wick Communications, Alaska and Colorado. He can be reached by email at dennisa@montrosepress.

Opinion:

The unpopular, popular vote

By Dennis Anderson Soon we will find out if the Colorado secretary of state will ratify a petition to repeal the so-called National Popular Vote law and have it placed on the November 2020 ballot. The petition clause allowed opponents of the law signed by Gov. Jared Polis the opportunity — providing they got enough qualified signatures — to have the people decide if this is the

route they want to take in regard to the presidential election.

The movement, made of more than just rural Coloradans opposing another law pushed through the last legislative session by the Democratic-led legislature, has proven to be statewide. According to District 54 Rep. Matt Soper, signatures were obtained everywhere, from smaller communities like Delta County, to metropolitan areas such as Denver and Boulder.

Soper’s Facebook page received an incredible response when he posted that the movement obtained more than enough signatures. In effect, that leaves it up to the voters of Colorado to decide whether they want to be part of the interstate compact that would automatically cast all

Colorado’s electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

As of Aug. 1, the post reached over 58,000 Facebook users and garnered 1,600 plus reactions, 278 comments and 932 shares. That’s an impressive amount. Remember in order for the law to officially be put into effect, enough states have to sign on to combine for 270 electoral votes. The count, including Colorado, sits at 196.

The Coloradans Vote group submitted more than 227,000 signatures.

They were required to have at least 124,000 valid signatures. The odds are in their favor that they’ll hit that minimum. We’ll more than likely get to vote, and the eyes of the nation will be upon us in the November elections. There’s another

election on the ballot that day, and the main character behind this movement will be up for re-election.

Of course, we know this is mainly about President Donald Trump, and no one expressed that better than Rep. Lori Saine when she introduced on the House floor a sarcastic short title for the bill. The “We really, really, really, really hate Donald Trump” Act of 2019. It also has something to do with the sting of the Bush-Gore election of 2000.

The petition clause is an effective way to have citizens’ voices heard. In other words, voters have a veto power if they choose to use it.

According to Soper, the last time the petition clause was used in Colorado was in 1932. It was at the height of the

Guest editorial:

The impact of climate change

By Pete Kolbenschlag High in the San Juan Mountains and rising from the porous geology of the Grand Mesa, the headwaters to the Gunnison River — the second largest tributary to the Colorado River system — are among the areas in our nation most threatened from climate change.

The Gunnison heads on the northern slopes of the San Juans at its southern edge, in the Sawatch and Elk mountains just west of the Continental Divide; the West Elks and Grand Mesa, and on the eastern flanks of the Uncompahgre Plateau. It starts at some of the highest elevations in the U.S. and joins the muddy Colorado River in the desert at the edge of canyon country in Grand Junction —ºº the confluence being that city’s namesake.

It’s a storied river, for the Ute tribes that lived and farmed there for centuries, and for Spanish priests searching for a route to connect New Spain with the missions on the coast; for French fur trappers, mountain men, and miners. Finally, for settlers who turned the valley lands to agriculture. Some of Colorado’s most productive farms and ranches are watered by the Gunnison, and square in climate change’s crosshairs.

Now a new county-by-county look from the Washington Post shows just how threatened the Gunnison Basin is from the climate crisis. The August 13 report, “2°C: Beyond the Limit: Extreme climate change has arrived in America,” identifies seventy-one U.S. counties that have already hit the “two degree” threshold of

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warming.

But global warming does not heat the world evenly. A Washington Post analysis of more than a century of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration temperature data across the Lower 48 states and 3,107 counties has found that major areas are nearing or have already crossed the 2-degree Celsius mark. Seventy-one [U.S.] counties have already hit the 2-degree Celsius mark.

This 2°C threshold is broadly identified as the too-far-gone benchmark to avoid even more catastrophic climate disruption. And eight of those 71 counties are in Colorado, seven on the Western Slope — which is to say that 10% of U.S. counties that have already crossed the threshold. Five counties on that list comprise major portions of the

Gunnison River, together representing 7 percent of all the nation’s 71 identified climate critical counties. The climate crisis is real — and it is already here in Colorado.

The politics of Mesa, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties vary — from strongly Democratic to staunchly Republican. But protecting our at-risk water resources ought to be something that unites everyone. And, of course, just because these seven counties made the list, it is not the case that their neighboring headwaters counties are not likewise imperiled.

Water resources are a state matter and the Colorado River Compact is a federal concern.

Counties and municipalities can take important and meaningful climate action, but much of the

biggest shifts need to come through policy in Denver and Washington, D.C. Fortunately, the State is stepping up, and recently enacted new laws to begin addressing climate change. Governor Jared Polis has been using his executive power to begin shifting Colorado away from carbon-heavy fuels and toward renewable power, and into electric vehicles.

U.S. Representatives Crow and Neguse have made climate change central to their work, and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet has also championed addressing climate change. None of these efforts are yet enough, but at the state level and among some of the delegation, momentum is shifting. Few expect much from Reps. Tipton, Lamborn, or Buck, and thus most attention is

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now focused on Senator Cory Gardner.

And while Sen. Gardner has gone so far lately as to acknowledge that climate change is real, he mostly attempts to dodge the topic and talk instead about batteries or windmills or NREL funding.

Sen. Gardner prefers to talk very little, if at all, about the climate crisis down on the Rocky Mountains and America’s headwaters. Coloradans ought to find this lack of leadership unacceptable, and make that feeling known. If Sen. Gardner will not use his position to take climate action, then let’s remind him that we can find someone who will.

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Olathe Spray Service pilot survives crash

By Katharhynn Heidelberg

Mike Holden and his brother Drew were working in their yard just before the crash. Holden spotted Felix flying over the nearby corn.

“He was close enough I could see him. I waved, but he was concentrating.

Maybe five seconds after he flew by us, we heard this crash. We saw smoke in the air. My brother took off running,” Holden said.

Holden’s wife, Irene, asked what the noise was.

“I said Felix went down; call 911,” Holden said.

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Olathe resident and well-known crop-duster Leonard Felix survived when his helicopter crashed near a cornfield off Jay Jay Road late Tuesday morning.

Felix, 74, was listed in fair condition at Montrose Memorial Hospital later in the day.

Felix’s family business, Olathe Spray Service, performs crop-dusting and has repeatedly over the years assisted in search and rescue efforts, as well as other public service work. Tuesday, Felix got that same kind of help in return, starting with Jay Jay Road prop- FROM PAGE A1 erty owners. transferred to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction for treatment.

EGYPTIAN THEATRE “Treatment was ulti452 MAIN - 874-9770 mately unsuccessful, and www.movies.qwestoffice.net Porter passed away,” the DPD release stated.

According to Fedler, there were two officers involved in this incident, LAsT Two niGhTs but no names were given.

Wed. & tHur., Aug. 28 & 29 The two are not on leave.

Feature at 7:00 p.m. ONLy Due to the nature of the incident, and the officer’s “use of force,” the 7th Judicial District CritPG ical Incident Investigation Team was requested to respond and investigate the incident. Fedler said, the best way he describes the investigations team is that they’re called out if there’s any serious injury or fatality to someone in custody or

As Irene went for the phone, Holden got on a side-by-side and drove down the dirt road between his yard and cornfield, collecting his brother along the way.

The corn was so dense, though, that they missed the crash site at first; even standing on the vehicle to peer over the corn did not help them locate the wreckage.

As the brothers turned their vehicle around to search again and rounded a curve, they got a surprise: Felix, walking out of the corn, holding

an injured hand.

“He seemed to be in good spirits, maybe in semi-shock,” said Holden, who added he thought Felix had a broken sternum and facial lacerations.

“I was visualizing having to go in and dig somebody out of the wreckage, but we didn’t have to.

We’re just happy we were home and able to help out,” he said.

“The cornfield, if we weren’t here, nobody would know it unless they flew overtop it. On driving by, you can’t see

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Intent to sue FROM PAGE A1 change, Clay said it was one of several factors that led to the change. Clay said the district regularly reviews its facilities policy — most recently in 2015 and 2017 — and that the district’s insurer has repeatedly urged the board to make the change to require liability insurance in recent years.

The requirement isn’t intended to prevent groups from using district facilities, said Clay.

attempting to be taken into custody.

According to the release, “The Critical Incident Investigation Team is a group of law enforcement officers from different agencies throughout the 7th Judicial District which has gone through specialized training to conduct investigations in incidents where officers have been involved or implicated in an incident where serious injury to another person may have occurred. Serious injury in these incidents involves any injury which may have involved loss of consciousness, extensive emergency medical treatment, injury by gunshot, and/or incidents involving death.”

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team is still handling the investigation and this case will likely go to the District Attorney, according to DPD. No further information is currently available or is estimated to be available in the near future.

On Friday, Jamie Head, DPD public information officer, said there was no arrest affidavit, and the incident report and the body and dash camera footage are not available due to the investigation.

Porter’s recent arrest history was also given.

This year, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor second-degree trespass of a vehicle for probation and suspended jail term. Originally accused of first-degree trespass.

The names of the officers involved are being withheld for investigative reasons. It hasn’t been “I think everybody confirmed if Porter was (at the district) pretty involved in the conduct much understands that prompting the initial call. kids are the center of the community,” he said.

“Everyone wants kids to be there.”

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The Holdens put Felix in their vehicle and drove back toward their house.

“They were the good Samaritans of the day,” Montrose County Undersheriff George Jackson said. “I’m glad he’s OK.” Irene’s 911 call brought the Montrose County Sheriff ’s Office within minutes, Holden said.

“And then it was like every few minutes, more and more people showed up. We probably had 60 people here at one point,” he said.

The Montrose Fire Protection District and its ambulance service quickly made the scene.

Felix appeared to be conscious and alert as paramedics loaded him into the ambulance.

It was not immediate-

ly clear what caused the chopper to come down.

Jackson said it did not appear as though Felix encountered any obstructions, such as lines or trees. The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified of the crash and is responding to take on the investigation.

Montrose Daily Press Managing Editor Justin Tubbs contributed to this report.

Katharhynn Heidelberg is the Montrose Daily Press assistant editor and senior writer. Follow her on Twitter, @kathMDP.

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On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Delta Senior Citizens prepares lunch at the Delta Community Center, 427 Meeker St., beginning at noon. The following is the menu for September: Sept. 3: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, garlic bread and brownie.

Sept. 5: Chicken casserole, peas, homemade roll and bread pudding.

Sept. 10: Taco Tuesday, refried beans and peanut butter cookie.

Sept. 12: Turkey and noodles, tossed salad, biscuit and cherry crisp.

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Sept. 19: Lasagna, green beans, garlic bread and white cake with icing.

Sept. 24: Ham and beans, tossed salad, cornbread and sugar cookies.

Sept. 26: Roast beef, mashed potatoes, California vegetables, homemade roll and carrot cake.

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Senior Community Meals serves lunch for a donation of $3.50 for those 60 years and older. Delta Senior Citizens serves lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a suggested donation

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DalPiazs mark 60th moved to Cedaredge in 2000.

Chuck served on the Cedaredge Planning and Zoning Commission and is a member of the Cedaredge Rod and Gun Club and Delta Trap Club.

They both are members of the Thunder Mountain Wheelers Club and Delta County Schools Public Employees RetireChuck and Mary DalPiaz ment Association.

Chuck and Mary DalPiaz were married in Leadville on Aug. 14, 1959. They have two sons, Darrin and Derek. They

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Photo by Emy Lynn Roque Cisneros

County Commissioner Mark Roeber, retiring Human Resources Administrator Bill Bever, Commissioner Don Suppes and Commissioner Mike Lane pose for a photo commemorating Bever’s 17 years of work for the county during a commissioner meeting Aug. 20 in Delta. During the meeting, Town Administrator Robbie LeValley said they wanted to note for the record their appreciation for him, his expertise and mentorship over the years.

Healthcare — specifically when looking at costs and dealing with a period of high utilization linked to high premiums.

Bever’s role was making sure employees were aware of what contributed to high costs and encouraged wellness and wellness programs. High utilization only takes a couple individuals to get sick, such as with cancer, and Bever had to help employees understand but still encourage them that this is why insurance exists.

Another significant challenge was working with salaries. Since neighboring counties, such as Mesa and Montrose, are in a position to pay more, it was sometimes a challenge to recruit and retain employees. “That said, Delta County is fortunate that we have a high calibur workforce. I attribute that in part to individuals that work in Delta County want to be here,� he said.

Bever’s favorite part of the job, though, was the interactions he had with the employees. He enjoyed the chance to talk with employees when they had concerns, whether general inquires about the county or if they had challenges where they needed someone to talk things through

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Bill Bever, Human Resources Administrator (HRA) for Delta County, is retiring on Aug. 27 after 17 years of service. As HRA, Bever recruited and hired new employees. He also developed benefits, policies and served as a mediator when challenges arose in the workplace.

What kept Bever motivated throughout his employment was coming Chuck and Mary DalPiaz in every day to new opportunities, new situations. “I loved seeing an employee who came in with few skills and was able to advance in the county,� Bever said. “It’s EVERY THURSDAY great when you’ve had a difficult position to fill and – 7 P.M. – it with someone who OPEN TO THE PUBLIC filled was absolutely dynamic BOOK YOUR PARTIES and then you could look at them and say they helped AT THE ELKS improve the county.�

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to understand the supervisor’s point of view. “I liked having the opportunity to help improve their work situations,� he said.

From Bever’s 17 years of service, he’s most proud of how he was able to work with all the department heads and elected officials. “I felt like I had good relationships with them, that I built a trust that made it easy to work with them,� he said. “I think Delta County has had the type of officials that came in not with an agenda, but a desire to make the county better and that made everybody’s job easier.�

Prior to working as HRA Bever spent 24 years with the Colorado Association of Public Employees.

In retirement Bever has plans to work on “lots of projects around the house.� He’ll also spend some time bicycling, hiking and eventually plans to travel with his wife, Rhonda, who is a real estate agent in Grand Junction.

Sheryl Coffey will be the next to fill the role of HRA. “She has great experience,� said Bever.

Coffey previously spent 10 years with Mesa County and has HR experience with Community Hospital.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019 A5

West’s to be demolished next month

By Lucas Vader

park from Delta High School students, who recommended naming The City of Delta is it West Legacy Park to moving forward with honor the legacy that the plans for the empty buildWests left behind. According on Main Street that ing to Betsy Suerth, was once West’s Home director of public works and utilities for the City of Delta, the West Legacy Park project has a budget of about $840,000. It will allegedly be 50 feet wide by 125 feet long, making it 6,250 square feet.

According to Orval Proctor, involved citizen and classic car collector, West’s Home Center closed when the long-time owner Bill West stepped down around 2015 following 47 years of hard work running the business and another store in Paonia.

West and wife Josie obtained the business in 1968 when they purchased the Gambles store from Robert Hudspeth and his wife. Josie’s brother, Joseph Landis, and his wife, Monica, purchased two additional neighboring lots of Photo by Lucas Vader property from the HudsBoards and tarps cover the doors and windows of the closed West’s Home peths in 1973, and from Center. The City of Delta has plans to install a pocket park at the site, with there, they remodeled the neighboring lots to create building demolition slated for mid-September.

Staff Writer

Center. The building will be leveled and the lot will be used for a pocket park.

Demolition is set to begin around the middle of next month, after the abatement work is done and is

inspected by the state for asbestos.

The Youth Advisory Council, an organization created by the Colorado State Legislature, took name suggestions for the

DCMH prepared FROM PAGE A1 suspected meningitis or encephalitis, or sudden painless paralysis in the absence of stroke, in the summer months.

One of the challenges in diagnosing WNV is that symptoms can be difficult to recognize, even for a trained health care provider, said Walters.

Some patients admitted to the hospital have no idea that they have contracted West Nile.

“Symptoms can be quite vague and can be associated with other illnesses,” she said.

A person in the early stages may experience only mild discomfort, and symptoms sometimes pass after a period of rest combined with other flu remedies.

A blood test can detect the presence of the virus, but in some cases, further tests may be required.

Fluid obtained from a spinal tap as well as blood drawn to test for antibodies are sent to another location for analysis, but that need to have the sample analyzed elsewhere does not delay treatment, said Walters.

DCMH physicians and medical staff are regularly updated on WNV in the county, and are given a review of how to recog-

nize symptoms and test for infection. While cases generally occur from August through October culminating with the first heavy frost, national statistics suggest that cases could spike in September.

Based on 2018 CDC statistics for Delta County, the hospital may see 10 or fewer WNV cases this year. The county recorded a single death last year.

Treating WNV is a process of symptom management, explains Walters. Each case is based on the severity of symptoms and geared to the individual patient. Less severe non-neuroinvasive cases can be treated with outpatient care or a brief hospital stay, while more serious neuroinvasive infections may impact the patient’s brain and nervous system and require more advanced care.

DCMH does not have a neurologist on staff, said Walters, a Delta native and a graduate of Delta High School and Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University).

She has been employed at DCMH since 2004 and also serves as patient advocate and operates the physician referral line. More severe cases may require hospitalization at St. Mary’s Medical

Center in Grand Junction and may require recuperation in a nursing care facility. The effects of a severe WNV infection can last for years, may result in long-term neurological impairment, and in rare cases can lead to death.

Walters reminds citizens that there is no vaccine for WNV and cautions that those who have had the virus are not immune to the disease. Citing a statement issued by the CDC she notes that “it is assumed than an infection with the West Nile virus confers lifelong immunity, but the immunity may dwindle as years pass.” Walters adds that the virus is not contagious. When an infected mosquito bites a human, a horse or other mammal, the virus is said to have reached a so-called “deadend host.” The virus cannot be passed on to others by the terminal host.

In the article “Fouryear-old boy drowns in Delta area pool” in the Aug. 21 edition, the Delta County Independent lists the Delta Police Department as the agency that responded to the call.

This is incorrect. The Delta County Sheriff ’s Office was the responding agency.

It is the Delta County Independent’s policy to promptly correct errors of fact that appear in its news reporting. Corrections and clarifications will appear in the paper as soon as possible after the error is called to our attention.

You can report a factual error by letting us know the date the error appeared and the article it appeared in. Contact the managing editor, Monica Garcia, by calling 970-874-4421 or emailing editor@deltacounty independent.com.

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Sat., Aug. 31 Varsity Cross Country at Battle Mtn., 10:00 a.m.; Softball Tournament at Eaton vs. University, 10:00 a.m. and vs. Lamar, 12:30 p.m.

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Wow, did this summer fly by or what?

For anyone that says that “nothing much” happens in Delta County, they obviously weren’t paying attention! We enjoyed Crawford Pioneer Days, the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, Rural Philanthropy Days, Ride the Rockies, Delta Pride, Paonia Cherry Days, Cedaredge’s Patriotic Parade & Park Celebration, Music at the Fairgrounds, Deltarado Days, and the 114 th annual Delta County Fair. We also enjoyed weekly farmers markets throughout the county, endless summer nights and beautiful sunrises and sunsets; how lucky are we? As summer slowly fades into what I hope will be a beautifully long fall, I for one am ready to enjoy cooler temperatures, Friday nights under the big lights, and bit of a slower pace.

Don’t be fooled by the end of summer though, we still have lots of activities to enjoy starting with the Pea Green Pedal on September 7 in Delta, Delta’s Car Show and Speed Celebration on September 13 –14, Paonia’s Mountain Harvest Festival September 26-29, and Cedaredge’s Applefest October 5-6. We can also enjoy the beautiful fall colors throughout all of Delta County, in a few short weeks; get out and enjoy everything that Delta County has to offer!

I want to take this opportunity to say a great big THANK YOU to Bill Bever, who has been the Human Resources Administrator for Delta County for 17 years; his last day was yesterday. Bill has literally touched the lives of every single Delta County employee; we simply can’t thank him enough for his many years of service to Delta County, he will be missed. I’d also like to say “Welcome” to Sheryl Coffey, who will be stepping into the role of Human Resources Administrator; Sheryl comes to Delta County with over 25 years in Human Resources experience and is already proving to fit right into the Delta County family.

We are excited to have Sheryl on board. If you’d like to stay up to date on all things Delta County, be sure to like our Facebook page: Delta County, CO-Government, and our Tourism Facebook page at Delta County, Colorado.

As always, I’d love to hear from you; I can be reached at 970-874-2108 or dwise@deltacounty.com

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In 1979, Bill and Josie West bought the combined lots from the Landis family. It remained a Gambles store until 1993, when it was retitled to West’s Home Center.

The Wests’ sons stepped in to help when Josie opened the Gambles and a Radio Shack in Paonia. Rick West, the younger son, helped her run the business. The older son, Chris West, joined up with Bill to help with West’s Home Center.

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Law enforcement blotter: August 18-24 From the Delta Police Department (edited for length): Aug. 18 Officers responded to 40 Heinz on a report of a suspicious male getting into vehicles in the area. A 33-year-old male was contacted by officers and taken to the hospital with a medical emergency.

Aug. 19 Officers contacted an adult male in the parking area of 1044 Palmer Street, Delta Best Storage due to suspicious activity in the area. Joseph Jess Anthony Baker, 19, of Delta was arrested and jailed for alleged second degree burglary, criminal mischief, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and possession of burglary tools.

Code Enforcement relinquished an impounded dog to TAILS. The dog, a brown pitbull type, was caught in the 400 block of 1600 Road on the south end of town and has not been claimed by an owner.

An officer responded to the 200 block of Main Street, in the alley, for a report of theft of tools from a vehicle.

Code Enforcement responded to the 200 block of Howard Street for two loose dogs. The dogs were taken to TAILS for boarding and later released to their owner. Michael Alan Abeyta, 34, of Delta was issued a ticket for running at large prohibited x2.

Officers responded to the intersection of 1800 Road and H Road for a two vehicle crash.

No injuries were reported or observed. Kaylee Dawn Davis, 18, of Eckert was issued a ticket for failure to yield right of way from a stop sign. One vehicle was towed from the scene.

Officers contacted a vehicle at Alta Gas Station in reference to a wanted person known to be associated with the vehicle.

Kendahl Rae Longwedel, 32, of Olathe was arrested and jailed for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Elvisa Perez, 38, of Delta was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $2,000 bond.

An officer conducted a traffic stop. Sandra Martin, 19, of

Olathe was arrested and jailed for disregard of a traffic control device, DUI, driving a motor vehicle while license revoked, failed to display evidence of insurance, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of bail bond conditions x5.

August 20 An officer spoke with a resident in the 800 block of 1575 Road reporting someone had sprayed his dog with suspected “mace” while the dog was inside the fenced yard.

Armando Aparicio, 31, of Eckert was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $500 bond.

August 21 An officer contacted a suspicious male in the 300 block of Grand Avenue. Bryan Doyle Dille, 38, of Delta was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $750 bond.

Officers responded to H-75 Road and 1675 Road to assist Delta County Sheriff’s Deputies with a traffic stop.

George Patrick Rodriguez, 59, of Cedaredge was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $1,500 bond.

An officer took a report of a possible child abuse and sexual assault on a child.

Officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of Grand Boulevard in reference to a male attempting to enter the residence. Robert Kyle Brown, 34, homeless in Delta was issued a ticket for disorderly conduct.

An officer conducted a traffic stop. Daniel Gomez, 65, of Delta was issued a ticket for disregarded a stop sign, improper lane change, failed to present evidence of insurance, owner operated uninsured motor vehicle and fictitious license plates.

August 22 Code Enforcement responded to a residence in the 900 block of Meeker Street on a report of two dogs running loose and one of them biting a person causing injury. The dog owner was located and given a verbal warning for running at large prohibited x2 and vicious animal x2. The dog was placed on a 10 day quarantine for rabies observation.

Code Enforcement responded to Wal-Mart on a report of a dog running loose. The dog was later released to his owner.

The owner was given a verbal warning for running at large prohibited, rabies vaccination required and City animal license required.

Code Enforcement responded to the 400 block of Grand Avenue on a report of a dog running loose. The dog was picked up, the owner identified by the tags on the dog’s collar and the dog was reunited with his owner. A verbal warning was given for the running at large prohibited.

An officer conducted a traffic stop. Steven Joseph Rzeznik, 56, of Delta was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $500 bond.

Code Enforcement responded to the 300 block of Palmer on a report of a loose dog. The dog was picked up and released to the owner. Christina Teresa Hernandez, 55, of Delta was issued a ticket for running at large prohibited.

An officer took a report of a “porch pirate” theft that occurred in the 1700 block of Roundup Road.

Officers conducted an agency assist to Grand Junction Police Department in regards to the recovery of stolen property located at a residence in the 900 block of East 11th Street.

An officer responded to the 200 block of Hartig Drive on a report of two young children walking alone. The children, ages two and five, had walked away from home and were safely reunited with their family.

Officers responded to 674 Stafford Lane, Taco Bell, on a report of harassment. A 17-year-old male of Montrose was arrested, and later released to a responsible person, for obstruction of telephone/telegraph service, harassment and theft as an act of domestic violence.

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attacked by vicious dogs at large. Although his chickens weren’t killed, they had been injured and scattered from his property.

The sheriff’s office received a report of child abuse at a residence on Redlands Mesa Road.

Aug. 21 Skye Colburn was arrested and jailed on a $1,500 bond.

The sheriff’s office was notified of a report of vicious dogs at large in the town of Austin.

The reporting party advised at least four large dogs, either boxers, pitbulls or a mixture thereof, had attempted to get into his yard and tried to attack him and his dog. A summons was issued to the owner of the dogs.

Aug. 22 A traffic stop was conducted for speeding in the 700 block of Main Street.

Kevin E. Oh was issued a citation with a return court date of Oct. 9.

Deputies received a report of a stolen welder from Fruitland Mesa Road. The welder is valued at $500. No suspects are known at this time.

The sheriff’s office took a report on a theft from Electric Mountain Lane in Paonia.

The sheriff’s office responded to F Road in Delta for a report of dogs harassing livestock. Two dogs were shot at by the livestock owner on his property. The dogs and calf were all injured but survived.

Aug. 23 Deputies responded to Ward Creek Road for a reported unattended death. No foul play is suspected and nothing out of From the Delta County the ordinary was found at the Sheriff’s Office (partial list): scene.

The sheriff’s office respondAug. 20 ed to the Paonia High School Deputies responded to the to assist the Paonia Police 14000 block of Dry Gulch Road Department (PDP) after hearing for a report of sexual assault. a Safe2Tell notification through The Delta County Sheriff’s dispatch. A 17-year-old juvenile Office responded to Spruce male was placed on an M1 hold Lane where a male party and transported to Delta County advised his chickens had been Memorial Hospital (DCMH) for

evaluation after allegedly making threats of violence against students at the PHS. Ashley Groda of Delta was arrested and jailed on two outstanding warrants totalling $17,000.

Deputies received a reported fraud incident from Vista Grande Driver.

Deputies were requested to respond to Mesa View Drive in Austin for an alarm call. The house was secured and nothing out of the ordinary was found.

Deputies responded to the American Legion at 40772 Lamborn Mesa Road for a single vehicle UTV accident, rollover.

Both occupants were transported to DCMH. The driver was airlifted with a serious head injury.

Aug. 24 The sheriff’s office conducted a traffic stop in the construction zone on Highway 133. As a result of the stop, Thomas Croswell, of Maryland, was issued a citation for speeding in a construction zone.

Deputies responded to Niagara Avenue in Paonia to assist the DPD with a suspicious vehicle. As a result Steven Englert was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and several other traffic offenses.

Deputies took a report of a possible fraud and forgery from Apple Lane.

A theft was reported from Surface Creek Road in Cedaredge.

Melinda Gatewood was arrested for criminal mischief and domestic violence.

Deputies responded to J Road in Hotchkiss by request of Hotchkiss Fire Department.

Upon further investigation, it was determined a fire was contained at one point and put out, then ignited again after the property owner left the residence. HFD responded and a helicopter was utilized to fight the fire. The property owner did call the burn line. No negligence was found. There was no dam-

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Aug. 23 An officer on foot patrol in the 100 block of Main Street contacted an individual in the alley. Katrina Arlene Beebe, 31, of Delta was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $750 bond.

K9 Raico and Officer William Hammon were called upon for an Agency Assist with the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office to attempt to locate an individual with K9 Tracking Skills.

Aug. 24 Jake Kramer Davis, 31, of Delta was arrested and jailed on a warrant with a $400 bond.

Officers responded to the 600 block of 1725 Road on a report of a single vehicle crash.

One vehicle was located in the ditch and was not occupied. A short time later a male arrived on foot and claimed responsibility. Jake Kramer Davis, 31, of Delta was arrested and jailed for resisting arrest.

Officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of Kellogg Street on a report of an alleged assault with serious injury. Melissa Marie Chavez, 38, of Delta was issued a ticket for false reporting to authorities.

Officers responded to the 1600 block of H-75 Road on a report of an assault. Sharron Rose Ross, 44, of Delta was arrested and jailed for third degree assault and criminal mischief as an act of domestic violence.

All charges are merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until or unless proven guilty.

Lynn Bradford

Lynn Bradford died July 28, 2019, in Rogers, Ark. He was 89.

He was born Nov. 21, 1929, near Paonia. He was the youngest child of Carl and Madge Bradford. He graduated from Paonia High School.

He married Betty Jones, and they moved to Colorado Springs, where he worked for Emerson Electric Co. In 1965 he moved to Rogers, Ark. where he worked for Emerson Electric Co. and FM Corp.

Mr. Bradford served in church at Rogers First Assembly of God and Springdale First Assembly of God. He was also a member of the Gideons International for more than 50 years and was a long-time member of the Emerson Alumni Supper Club.

He is survived by his sister, Vivian Long of Fortuna, Calif; children, Chuck (Teresa) Bradford of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Bruce (Libby) Bradford of Waltham, Mass., Sandy (Hobart) Hostler

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the Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church in Cedaredge. He belonged to the American Legion, Colorado West Gun Club, Delta Trap Club, Cedaredge Rod & Gun Club, Thunder Mountain Shooters and Surface Creek Historical Society.

He enjoyed shooting, hunting, camping, mechanical work, cars and fixing just about everything.

Mr. Garman is survived by his wife, Joyce Garman; son, Curt Garman; daughter, Carrie Combs; son, son-in-law, Richard Look; son-in-law, Roy Combs; stepsons, Mark Beard and Ray Beard; stepdaughters-in-law, Megan Beard, and Lisa Beard; grandchildren, Candace (Matthew) Ott and Camile (Brenden) McQuaid; great-grandchildren, Emilee, Hailee, Lillee Ott and Faith McQuaid; step-grandchildren, Arika, Austin, Allison and Adam Beard; and sister, June (Michael) Allen.

Mr. Garman was preceded in death by a step-grandchild, Bella Pearl Beard.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Cedaredge Community United Methodist Scholarship Fund, PO Box 369, Cedaredge, CO 81413, or to HopeWest, PO Box 24, Lee Garman Delta, Co 81416.

Cedaredge resident Taylor Funeral Service Leroy Ernest Garman and Crematory handled died Aug. 15, 2019, at his the arrangements. home. He was 82.

Upon his request no services will be held.

He was born July 14, 1937, to LeRoy and Mignonette (Kazmar) Garman in Culver City, Calif. He spent his childhood and attended schools in Culver City, graduating from Culver City High School in 1955.

He went on to further his education at UCLA from 1956-1959.

Mr. Garman joined the United States Coast Guard in 1955 and wasn’t Nancy Pittsinger discharged until 1997. He Nancy L. Pittsinger worked as an aerospace died Aug. 25, 2019. She engineer at Boeing for 35 was 87. years before retiring.

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On Aug. 1, 1958, he 21, 1931, to Joseph Holmarried JoAnne McFarlin loway of Blue Lick, Mo. in Culver City. They had and Edith Burkett of Raia son and a daughter. sin Market, Lincolnshire The marriage ended in County, London, England. divorce.

She married ranchOn June 29, 2002, he er Ronald Pittsinger in married Joyce Beard in Delta in 1973. The couAustin. They had just cel- ple managed feedlots in ebrated their 17th wed- Fruita, Carbondale, Glending anniversary. wood Springs and KremMr. Garman was mling. a member of the All They retired to Delta Saints Lutheran Church in 1990. They served callin Austin but attended ings as ward stake misof Concord, N.C., and Mike (Heather) Bradford of Renton, Wash.; grandchildren, Shawna (Rickey) Davis, Brent (Dawn) Bradford, David (Pam) Hostler, Laurie Hostler and Drew Cartwright; great-grandchildren, Lindsey Davis, Lacey Davis, Logan Davis, Mikayla Bradford, Brady Bradford, Silas Hostler, Logan Hampton and Mason Hampton.

Mr. Bradford was preceded in death by brothers, Dale Bradford, Dean Bradford and Winton Bradford; wife, Betty Bradford; and son, Terry Bradford.

Donations may be made to The Gideons International, PO Box 1034, Rogers, AR, and the Muscular Dystrophy Assoc.

Funeral services were held Aug. 2 at Rogers, Ark.

sionaries and traveled to many different areas.

They were sealed for all time and eternity in the Boise, Idaho temple.

Mrs. Pittsinger is survived by sisters, Peggy Thomas of Syracuse, Mo., Beverly Carollo of Las Vegas, Nev., Patricia (Andrew) Hoover of Desert Hot Springs, Calif., brothers, David Holloway and Estelle Holloway of Robinston, Mass., sons, William Schock of Delta, Paul Schock of Grand Junction, Timothy (Michelle) Schock of Independence, Mo.; daughters, Cathy (Michael) Smith of Delta, and Cecelia (Burl) Walker of Casa Grande, Ariz.; and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Ron Pittsinger; brothers, Stephen Holloway and Jim Holloway; and sister, Amy McMellen.

A viewing will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delta.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delta.

Interment will follow at Mesa View Cemetery in Delta.

Lunch will be served at the church for family and friends following the interment.

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

Visit the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at www. taylorfuneralservice.com.

Mark Porter

Lifetime Delta resident, Mark A. Porter died Aug. 21, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. He was 33.

A memorial service is pending.

He is survived by his son, Evan Porter; mother, Alisha Tuck of Clearwater, Fla.; mother, Bessie Rule of Delta; sister, Amanda (Cody Yeoman) Porter of Delta; half-sisters, Shonda (Eric) Croly of Santa Maria, Calif., and Katrina (Cade) Nielsen of Rangely; half-brothers, Ronnie Holm of Horton, Kan., Dave Porter of Canon City, and John (Cristi) Porter of Salt Lake City, Utah; and extended family.

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

Visit the internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at www. taylorfuneralservice.com.

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Community Calendar Egyptian Theater to host veteran Wednesday, August 28

CedAredge Community FArmers mArket, Wednesdays, 7:30-11 a.m., lot across Hwy 65 from The Apple Shed. For more information, call Charla Meeks, 970-986-2441. dementiA-CAregiver support group in north Fork AreA meets, 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, Hotchkiss Town Hall council chambers. For more information, call 970-510-0724. surFACe Creek Community serviCes Food BAnk at 245 Main Street in Cedaredge distributes food every Wednesday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. surFACe Creek Weekly soCiAl Wogging CluB, Wednesdays, 6 p.m., in front of Creekside Cafe, Cedaredge for a 2- to 4-mile out and back “wog” (walk or jog) along Surface Creek Trail followed by dinner. pAoniA: Al-Anon, Wednesdays at 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 3rd & Onarga. Contact Lisa 949-395-3608, Chris 970527-3366 or Marjorie 970-433-1856.

August 29-30

Cpr And First Aid ClAss, Delta County Memorial Hospital, Grand Mesa Oncology building, Stafford Lane, Mesa Lake classroom, 1-4 p.m. $40. Call 874-2298 or 399-2615 to register.

Limited to eight attendees.

thursday, August 29

surFACe Creek Food BAnk at 245 Main Street in Cedaredge needs volunteer help to sort and distribute food every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ChApel oF the Cross ConCert, 7 p.m., Pioneer Town, Cedaredge. Admission by donation. Today’s concert: Olivia Lindsey & Friends, youth violins.

BlACk CAnyon BArBershop Chorus prACtiCes, every Thursday, 7 p.m., Olathe United Methodist Church, 518 Hersum Avenue, Olathe.

Bingo, every Thursday, 7 p.m., Delta Elks Lodge, 563 Main Street.

Open to the public. For more information, call 874-3624.

CedAredge: Al-Anon, Thursdays, 8 p.m., Wick Hall behind First Baptist Church, 370 W. Main Street. Contact Mary M. 970856-6123 or Jim 970-874-7855.

Friday, August 30

BoArd oF eduCAtion sChool BoArd meeting, 7 a.m. special meeting, Delta County School District, 145 W. 4th Street, Delta. surFACe Creek Food BAnk at 245 Main Street in Cedaredge needs volunteer help to sort and distribute food every Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. deltA County museum Free Admission on Fridays through October, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Third and Meeker one block north of post office, Delta. Features: Victorian butterfly collection; old log cabin and “Alferd Packer” life-size doll in jail, dinosaur exhibit; King of Siam’s robe and a clock from Versailles. Ring the large outdoor bell collection. For information, call 874-8721.

saturday, August 31

CedAredge Community FArmers mArket, Saturdays, 7:30-11 a.m., lot across Hwy 65 from The Apple Shed. For more information, call Charla Meeks, 970-986-2441.

Bingo, every Saturday, 6:50 p.m., Independent Order of Odd Fellows Delta Lodge #116, 860 Highway 92, Delta. For more information, call 874-4588.

Wednesday, september 4

dementiA-CAregiver support group in surFACe Creek meets, 1:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month, Centennial Room, Cedaredge Civic Center. For more information, call 970-510-0724. surFACe Creek lions CluB Bingo, doors open at 6:15 p.m., Cedaredge Masonic Hall (held first and third Wednesdays).

Snacks and drinks sold. For information, call Jody, 856-1140.

thursday, september 5

BreAstFeeding support group, 11 a.m., Stork’s Landing, DCMH. Meetings free. Snacks provided. For more information, call 874-2255. Sponsored by Stork’s Landing, Obstetrics Department, Delta County Memorial Hospital. Meets the first Thursday of each month. the BlACk CAnyon voiCes - the loCAl toAstmAsters CluB meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, 12:15-1:15 p.m., First Colorado National Bank, 150 Gunnison River Drive, Delta. For more information, call Edith Johnston, 874-2840. Guests welcome. “i hAve dementiA,” support group for those dealing with dementia, 1 p.m., first and third Thursday of the month, Crossroads Campus, 1353A Aspen Way, Delta. Call Sue at 720-3122612 or email maclaren.sue@gmail.com; or Dr. Jess Deegan at drdeeganii@gmail.com or leave a message at 970-510-0724.

saturday, september 7

First sAturdAy Art WAlk & FleA mArket CedAredge. For more information, contact theoldslaughterhousemusichall@gmail.com. surFACe Creek Writers meet, Cedaredge Library on the first Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Join us as we share our writing and give critiques of other writers. For more information, call Kathy, 970-835-3453.

Co FAther’s netWork — dedicated to providing community and education to fathers of special needs kids. Meets monthly on the 1st Saturday at 11 a.m., 511 E. 10th Street, Delta. See website for more details: www.codads.org.

monday, september 9

hotChkiss: Al-Anon, Mondays, noon, Methodist Church, 285 N. 2nd. Call Elsie 970-210-8090 or Marjorie 970-433-1856. deltA-montrose Bridge CluB meets, 12:30 p.m., Bill Heddles Recreation Center, Delta, every Monday. For more information, call Barb Larkin, 970-640-9807. diABetes support group, 2nd Monday of each month, 2:30 p.m., Crag Crest Room, Grand Mesa Rheumatology and Oncology Building, Delta County Memorial Hospital, 1501 E. 3rd Street, Delta. Open to the public, and those with diabetes, their family members and caregivers. No charge to attend. For more information, call 874-6410. No meeting in August. legACy outFitters monthly dinner meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Delta Trap Club, 8017 Trap Club Road, Delta. Legacy Outfitters is a group for men, ages 16 and up that meets monthly on the second Monday at the Delta Trap Club. Meetings are free; no membership fees. Call or text 970-463-7355.

CedAredge Community BAnd reheArsAl, Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m., True Life Church. Don’t have to be a resident of Cedaredge to participate. For more information, call Grady, 8561063.

fundraiser, Colorado showing of ‘Oildale’ staff report

The film “Oildale” will premiere in Colorado at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Egyptian Theater in Delta. The filmmakers have partnered with the Delta VFW-Post 3571, DAV and Elks USA to bring the film to Delta.

Half of the proceeds from ticket sales will to veterans served by the VFW. A new independent motion picture about the emotional and financial challenges often faced by veterans after they return home from war, the film is about an aspiring country singer and her younger brother who befriend three homeless veterans.

They, in turn, help the siblings in ways they would not have imagined.

Directed by David Mueller and written by Lynn Salt, “Oildale” debuted March 30 to a sold-out audience in Bakersfield, California, which raised funds for the Wounded Heroes Fund of Kern County to provide support and appreciation for veterans returning to civilian life.

The filmmakers are now taking “Oildale” on a “Heartland Tour across America,” partnering with and raising funds for a local veterans organizations.

“The ‘Oildale’ screening will raise much-needed funds to help us continue to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts as well as to serve our veterans, the military and our communities and to advocate on behalf of all veterans,” said Matthew Gallegos, Auxiliary President of VFW Post 3571.

“There is a tremendous need here in Delta, as well as across Colorado and across the country. We need to ensure that veterans are respected for their service, always receive their earned entitlements, and are recognized for the sacrifices they and their loved ones have made on behalf of this great coun-

Facebook photo ‘Oildale’ will be showing Aug. 31 in Delta try.” all 50 states. “‘Oildale’ is a heartfelt “This is the first leg and inspiring movie that of our Heartland Tour,” we are proud to be asso- said Mueller. “We’re very ciated with,” said Judy proud and honored to be Atencio with Montrose partnered with the VFW, Elks Lodge No. 1053, and D.A.V. and Elks for this west district chair of the screening in Delta. These Homeless Veterans and organizations are fulfillBack to Work Veterans ing such an important Programs through the need in each community.”

Colorado Elks AssociaSalt and Mueller, both tion. “Elks have support- experienced filmmakers, ed our veterans for over previously collaborated on 100 years. We also help the multi- award-winning those who are current- Native American doculy deployed and have a mentary, “A Good Day to working relationship with Die,” and the surfing film, the Colorado National “Beautiful Wave.” They Guard. Elks Care, Elks consider “Oildale” to be Share. The motto of our their most personal projElks National Veterans ect yet.

Service Commission is, ‘As “This is an old-fashlong as there are veterans ioned story with a univerthe Benevolent and Pro- sally appealing message,” tective Order of Elks will said Salt. “It’s about faminever forget them.’ This is ly, friendship and how peowhy we’re so excited to be ple in small towns tend to partnering with Lynn and take care of each other.”

David to bring ‘Oildale’ to “The movie is proving Delta and eventually to to be healing for many other communities here in veterans,” said Mueller.

Colorado and across the “The emotional response country as a fundraiser to from veterans across genbenefit local veteran pro- erations has been both grams.” gratifying and humbling.”

Salt and Mueller are Set in the Bakersfield taking “Oildale” across the suburb of Oildale, the film country and hope to reach follows 18-year-old Car-

lie (Jessica Castello) and her 13-year-old brother Pete (Caleb Brown), who are left alone after their grandfather (Phil Painter) is forced to move into a rest home. Desperate for money, they take in an Iraq War veteran (Cyrus Zoghi) and two Vietnam veterans (Michael David Farrow and Sonny H. King) as boarders. When the veterans learn that Carlie dreams of being a singer, they encourage her to enter a singing competition at a local theater.

Standing in her way is another contestant, Jessie Ann Jessup (Kelsey Bohlen), who doesn’t play by the rules, and their long-absent, itinerant father who shows up to kick out the veterans and reclaim the house.

“Both my parents were World War II veterans,” said Salt. “My dad was a West Point graduate.

He fought in WWII and was on the ground in the Korean War for a year and a half. When our Vietnam War veterans returned home, they were treated horribly by a large portion of the public who blamed them for the war instead of the politicians who sent them there. Ever since, I was determined to write something that would help right this wrong. It took me this long, but I feel in my heart that the characters in ‘Oildale’ speak for the Vietnam veterans.”

In keeping with their grassroots business model, the filmmakers are coming to Delta for the second stop on their 18-month Heartland Tour to screen the movie across the country in partnership with local veteran groups.

“Military men and women have sacrificed so much for this country, and many have come home carrying memories of their friends who died,” Salt said. “There are 22 suicides by veterans every day. Our veterans cannot heal until their fellow Americans help them.”

Activities to do this week ious galleries, farms and wineries.

The Friday prior to the tour, Aug. 30, there will be a farm-to-table dinner fundraiser at Edesia Kitchen, 395 Clark Ave., Paonia. Tickets are $55 a person and includes live entertainment. A silent auction will also take place during the event.

For more information, to view the tour map and Photo by Tamie Meck purchase dinner tickets, A 13-foot tall bronze cast of a fisherman was one of visit northforkcreative. the amazing works of art featured in the North Fork org.

Valley Creative Coalition’s 2018 Art + Ag Tour Lands End Sculpture Center. Land’s End is No. 16 of 55 art and agricultural stops on the fourth annual tour, scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday.

Artist, galleries, farms — oh my!

Labor Day is right around the corner and the Nork Fork Valley has some fun up its sleeve.

The North Fork Valley Creative Coalition is hosting its fourth annual Art +Ag Tour Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. This self-guided

daytime tour offers 55 art and agricultural destinations in Hotchkiss, Crawford and Paonia from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

The farm tours and demonstrations are scheduled in two-hour time blocks both days.

Attendees will be able to visit artist’s studios, var-

It’s all about the ladies at local gallery

The “Women of the Valley” art show will showcase the female artists in the community.

The opening reception will take place 7-9 p.m., Aug. 30, at The Cirque Cyclery, 232 Grand Ave., Paonia. Opening reception will take place during August’s Final Friday Frolic.

Mediums include abstract to realistic and watercolor to oil. Participating artists are: Olive Love, Jen Sanborn, Robin Arthur, Mandy Cotten, Melissa Jaffee, Shannon Richardson and Spencer Mahaffey Lightfoot.

The art will be up all month. For more information, visit cirque cyclery.com.

Check out these rides

The Black Canyon Classic Car Club will host its Labor Day Show Aug. 31.

The car show will take place 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Russell Stover, 2146 S. Townsend Ave., Montrose. There is a $10 registration fee for those looking to enter their car.

The money raised will be donated to the suicide prevention hotline in Montrose. Dotties Dames will also be hosting a pinup contest at the show.

monday, september 16

Co FAther’s netWork — dedicated to providing community and education to fathers of special needs kids. Meets monthly on the third Monday at 6:30 p.m., 511 E. 10th Street, Delta. See website for more details: www.codads.org.

City of Delta Activity Update

Wednesday, september 18

surFACe Creek Writers meet, Cedaredge Library the third Wednesday at 4 p.m. Join us as we share our writing and give critiques of other writers. For more information, call Kathy, 970-835-3453.

thursday, september 19

BoArd oF eduCAtion sChool BoArd meeting, 6 p.m. regular meeting, Delta County School District, 145 W. 4th Street, Delta.

tuesday, september 23

deltA Food pAntry open every fourth Tuesday 5:30-7 p.m., behind St. Michael’s Church, Meeker and 5th streets. The pantry understands that those working day jobs might not be able to stop by during normal hours of 10:30-11:30 a.m. weekdays. items for the Community Calendar may be faxed to 874-4424, mailed to p.o. Box 809, delta, Co 81416 or emailed to: editor@deltacountyindependent.com deadline is tuesday at 10:00 a.m.

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

• Tai Chi/qigong for healTh and longeviTy - Mondays at 6:00 p.m.

Drop-in fee.

• yoga for better backs - On Wednesdays, 5:15-6:30 p.m. Drop-in fee.

• cpr/first aid class - Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Please register in advance.

• Volleyball skills and drills - Register

by September 29 for grades K-4th. The Skills program runs from October 21-November 18 on Monday evenings.

• Volleyball for 5th and 6th grades - Register by September 3. Practices start late September and games start on October 22.

• bob ross painting class - Next class is Friday, September 13 from 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Please call the instructor to register at 970-618-3639.

• fall youth dance classes - Registration going on now for all fall dance classes with Linda Dysart. We offer classes in jazz, ballet and hip hop — all levels. Also, pre-school dance classes.

Classes begin the week of September 17.

• saVe the date: - Mark your calendars — Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, October 26.

• youth tennis clinic - for ages 8-13, 8:00 a.m. on Saturdays, Sept. 7, 14 and

21. Register in advance.

• start smart tennis - For ages 5-7 and their parents on Saturdays, Sept. 7, 14 and 21 at 9:00 a.m. Please register by September 5.

• toddler time - Coming back in September on Thursday, Sept. 5, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

• holiday craft show - Call for vendors for craft fair at BHRC on Saturday, Dec. 7. Register today - spaces fill up fast. Please pick up your vendor packet at BHRC. • goblin Valley/moab oVernight trip - Wednesday and Thursday, October 9 and 10. Register early for this great trip.

• aliVe at 25 classes - Next class is offered Monday, Sept. 23 from 4:309:00 p.m. Please register at www.aliveat25.us.

• lifeguard training class - October 14-17

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Bulldog your way through cancer

Beth Quinn, the author, made keeping strong a priority.

By Robbie WinnE Staff Writer

Josie Mullally of Eckert is the first to admit that she’s a “crazy dog person.” If that is the case, she’s in good company with her crazy dogs.

She has four bulldogs who have their own sense of style, one could say (if one happens to be a crazy dog person, that is.) But these four pooches are more than pretty faces. They happen to be spokesdogs for a special kind of cancer therapy.

The Eckert resident teamed up with Beth Quinn on a book, “Bulldog Your Way through Cancer.” The premise is that the disease is no laughing matter, but the patient might as well get a chuckle when they can.

Aside from their different way of looking at cancer treatment, the relationship between the two women is unusual. It’s a bond that has transcended traditional family ties. Bob Quinn, Beth’s husband, is Mullally’s father.

Mullally explains it this way,

“Beth is my half-brother’s mother.” The duo had limited contact through Mullally’s younger years, with the exception of a few occasions.

However, they developed a friendship.

When Quinn developed stage four lung cancer, Mullally kept in contact with her step-mother, daily. Mullally entertains herself, and others, by dressing up her very accommodating bulldogs in fancy attire. Sometimes a simple hot pink wig does the trick and tutus, of course, are classic bulldog garb to fend off the doldrums. Mullally started sending Quinn a picture a day of the diva dogs to check in with her and cheer her up.

Quinn is a part-time English professor at Orange County Community College in New York, a writer, an editor, a writing coach and a columnist in Goshen, New York. She and her grandchildren had already written and self-published three books. So it was a given that Mullal-

Submitted photo/ Josie Mullally

Gaining weight is the new losing weight.

ly’s pictures of Sophie, Mister, Einstein and Tator Tot found their way into print. Paired with Quinn’s humorous text to provide cancer-context to the photos, “Bulldog Your Way through Cancer” was born.

The elements of a long-distance, blended family relationship, a woman who takes goofy pictures of her dogs and a writer with a sense of humor suffering from a terrible illness, came together to create a bit of whimsy to ease the pain of others.

The pair didn’t stop after they self-published the book on Amazon. Mullally keeps a stock of books on hand and makes rounds at local oncology offices and doctors’ waiting rooms to give a copy of the book to anyone who is interested.

Mullally recalled one visit to an oncology waiting room.

She encountered a down-atthe-mouth patient who looked as though she’d rather be anywhere else than there. She saw the receptionist hand a copy of the book to the woman and noticed the patient’s miserable expression transform into a smile as she flipped through the book. Mullally said that it was the first time she had seen firsthand what a positive and immediate response the work that she and Quinn had been doing.

“It was so fulfilling to see her mood lighten,” Mullally exclaimed.

Submitted photo/ Beth Quinn

The light at the end of this tunnel is that after numerous chemo trials and immunotherapy, Quinn is in remission and sees it as a small miracle, as does her son who happens to be an oncologist.

She continues with her work teaching, writing and healing.

Mullally keeps handing out books and continues her dayto-day work as a host home provider to two developmen-

Submitted photo/ Josie Mullally

That’s Mister Mullally, super dog to you.

tally challenged young adults.

Sophie, Mister, Einstein and Tater Tot haven’t let the fame go to their heads, yet, but continue to pose affably for their mistress.

“Bulldog Your Way through Cancer” is available from Amazon for $9.50. The bulk of the cost goes towards printing costs. For information email josiemullally@gmail.com or huckquinn@gmail.com.

Submitted photo/ Josie Mullally

Tater Tot is pretty cute (and inspirational) au natural.

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Josie Mullally, Sophie, Mister, Einsterin and Tator Tot enjoy quality time at home.

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Petition calls for water tap sale moratorium By tamie meck Managing Editor

A former trustee is calling for a moratorium by the town of Paonia on future sales of water taps.

According to an Aug. 23 press release, Bill Brunner circulated and submitted a petition to the Town of Paonia calling for the moratorium.

According to the press release, the petition would put a freeze on the sale of water taps until the town can prove it has the ability to store water in wet years for use in dry years or acquires additional water rights. “Multiple engineering reports conclude that without action, system shutdowns will become commonplace, even without additional water sales.”

The release states that if the town doesn’t act, the petition will force the moratorium to go to a vote.

The town has 30 days to validate the 91 signatures on the petition and the merits of the petition. Once cured, a lengthy process begins that includes a protest period and acceptance or rejection by the board of trustees. According to town clerk Corinne Fergu-

son, a timeline for the entire process will be laid out during the curing process and made available to the public.

The town estimates that 425 water taps are currently on stand-by, meaning the taps are either not yet installed or not in service. Of the taps, 317 belong to Mountain Coal. On April 9, Mountain Coal Company representative expressed concern to Paonia trustees following last February’s water emergency and in light of a proposed 50-unit development just outside of Paonia town limits that would require town water service. The crisis resulted in a loss of water service to the entire system, with some customers going without water for a month.

Under a 1976 agreement under which the town traded 400 water taps for water rights, the town must maintain the infrastructure to service those taps. The representative asked that until the town proves it can do so, it considers placing a moratorium on sales of all new water tap.

At the meeting, and at numerous meetings since, Brunner has echoed the call for a moratorium.

Photo by Tamie Meck

At a July board meeting, Bill Brunner gives a presentation to Paonia town trustees on why the town should place a moratorium on future water tap sales. The town was presented a petition calling for a moratorium last Friday.

“There’s a lot of people with that studies on the town’s abil- climate.”

“The Paonia Water System the perception of, by selling ity to provide water have been another tap you’re taking ignored by elected officials, cannot reliably supply water away the right to water that’s “who in the past attempted to all its existing tap holders,” already been sold,” said Brun- to keep the conclusions secret. according to the press release. ner. “It’s a very real percep- The studies show even the “It is well documented, yet tion, and I think that’s pretty ability to serve the existing the Town Council continues to close to exactly what’s hap- water users in a series of dry sell more water taps. Because years is doubtful. None of the of this, citizens of Paonia are pening.”

The press release states studies considered a drying taking action.”

Bringing ag education into the 21st century By tamie meck Managing Editor

Becky Kiefer grew up in Kansas and the heart of American agriculture. She learned home economics through the Future Homemakers of America, had friends in 4-H, went to county fair and learned where her food came from. Without those experiences, said Kiefer, a teacher at North Fork Montessori at

Crawford, “My life would be very different.”

Kiefer lives on a small farm near Hotchkiss. Her two daughters are active in 4-H and the family breeds Kiefer show pigs. You can say she is actively involved in agriculture. She also wants her students to understand where food comes from and how it is produced. But more than that, she sees them as part of the

Photo by Tamie Meck

Becky Kiefer volunteers at the Delta County Fair in early August. A teacher at North Fork Montessori at Crawford School, Kiefer recently attended an agriculture conference in Arkansas that will help her and her fellow educators bring standards-based agricultural education into the classroom and get kids interested in farming and ranching.

future of agriculture.

In June, Kiefer joined 400 educators from across the country in attending the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference, or NAITC, in Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended on a scholarship from The CHS Foundation, which for 70 years has invested in innovative agricultural education.

Among her many field trips during the three-day conference was a visit to the headquarters of Heifer International, which for 75 years has sought to end hunger through empowering small-scale farmers. She also visited community gardens and a bee farm, and learned about new and innovative ways to grow and raise food.

Kiefer discovered new and clever ways to bring agriculture into the school and the classroom through simple ideas like labeling restrooms “drone bees” and “queen bees,” and how plants can be grown hydroponically in the classroom in glass jars. She learned about keyhole gardening and other ideas that entice a child’s sense of wonder. She discovered that Ford Motor Company is recycling jeans into sound absorption materials and using rice hulls to re-enforce plastics. The conference, she said, brought her into the world of 21st century farming.

“I had no idea that much

of this even existed,” she said.

One of her biggest takeaways came from one of two keynote speakers, Dr. Marty Matlock, who borrowed a quote from educator Harry Wong: “Work smarter, not harder.” His message, said

Kiefer, is that the global population could grow to 12 billion by 2050. Matlock asks how agriculture will feed everyone.

Farmers need to use every available technology from now until 2050 to continue to feed ag education to B3

Paonia bicycle incident not a hit and run, says police chief

By Tamie Meck Managing Editor

An Aug. 16 incident in Paonia involving a bicycle and motorist that was posted on Facebook was not a hit-andrun incident, according to the Paonia Police Department.

According to Chief Neil Ferguson, last Friday afternoon, a male citizen reported to the department he was parked facing south on the 300 block of Grand Avenue and opened his car door when a male riding a bicycle hit the door. The driver reported he advised the cyclist to go to the hospital.

The rider declined a call for an ambulance and left in another vehicle.

A Facebook user posted on the Paonia Colorado Message

board that on Friday, “a little after 5 my son was hit by a car. He was on his bike.

The driver DID NOT report it.

It’s considered a hit and run.

My son has extensive medical bills. If you saw anything or if by chance got the guys plates please contact me or the Paonia police department.

It happened across the street from the brewery by the green cottage. Thank you for any help.”

Ferguson did not release the name of the driver or cyclist due to an ongoing investigation. He did say he does not know the extent of the cyclist’s injuries, since the officer assigned to investigate the incident was unable to locate the cyclist.

Benevolent Elks seek help with leaky roof

By Tamie Meck Managing Editor

Since 1952 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Hotchkiss Lodge No. 1807 has given back to the community it calls home.

“Giving is what the Elks is about,” said longtime Elks Lodge member John Marta. A truly benevolent organization, “We give out everything we take in.”

An Elk going on 61 years, Marta’s father was a charter member, and his grandfather homesteaded on Rogers Mesa where John was born. He also serves on the Hotchkiss Town Council.

“Being an Elk is about thinking of other people besides yourself,” said Marta.

“People don’t realize how much we really do for the community.”

For the past year, a leaky roof has caused a loss of income and has hobbled the organization’s ability to raise money for its numerous charitable programs.

“You can see what’s happening,” said Marta on a recent tour of the 80-year-old building the Elks have called home since the lodge was founded in 1952. Since then, countless initiations, meetings, funer-

als and celebrations, dinners, dances and charity balls have been held there. Memorabilia marks milestones and recognizes past and current members who have helped the lodge carry out its charitable mission.

In the large meeting room, he points to gaping holes in the ceiling where lathe and plaster are peeling away, and the sheetrock above is crumbling. The elk mounts, original light fixtures and other priceless items have been removed from the walls and ceiling and put in dry storage.

On the floor, plastic buckets and kiddie pools wait to catch the water that pours in when it rains.

“It’s been like that for close to a year,” lamented longtime Elk and past Exalted Ruler Charlie Sickles said. It is an ongoing problem.

About four years ago the lodge paid to have the foam roof sealed, but about nine months later it started leaking again. Last fall they patched some leaks just before their biggest benevolent fundraiser, the annual Elks Charity Ball, but they didn’t last. This past winter, one of the wettest on record, the roof began leaking worse

than ever before.

“Colorado was grateful for the snow,” said Exalted Ruler Chery Gordon. “But we weren’t.”

The problem is bigger than a leaking roof. Since 1952, the lodge has relied on use and rental income from the building to fund its programs and pay the bills.

They estimate that just to install a rubberized roof and stop the leaks will cost $50,000. To raise what they need, the Elks have to be able to rent the facility. Because of the liability, they don’t dare use the room, let alone rent it out.

It’s a Catch-22 situation.

Rentals are a major funding source for the lodge, and that funding came to a halt last fall. The lodge needs to rent the facility to fund a new roof, but until they get a new roof, they can’t rent the facility.

“We need all the help we can get,” said Sickles. “Our lot in life is to make money and give it away, because that’s what we do. Now we can’t fix our roof.”

In recent years, said Marta, they also lost another major funding source: progressive Bingo. Players once filled the room hoping to hit the jack-

pot. During those years, “We made a lot of money, sometimes $20,000-$30,000 a year,” said Marta. “That paid a lot of

the bills.”

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Hotchkiss Elk member John Marta holds up an original goldleaf light fixture installed when the lodge was formed in 1952.

The fixtures were taken down in the past year due to a leaking roof that has rendered much of the lodge unusable and taken away the ability to earn money to pay the bills. ‘We didn’t want them to fall,’ said Marta. ‘You can’t replace them.’

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Just in time for school, a new playground in Crawford

By Robbie Winne Staff Writer

The students at the Montessori School at Crawford have something to look forward to this school year. A new playground sprouted up at the school, just in time for recess.

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The playground encourages running, jumping, climbing, hiding, building and interaction with a rich natural environment. In addition to free play, the new area will be used for learning about nature, gardening and other sciences. The facility is now up and available for play with some finishing touches still to come.

Clearwater Designs, Ltd. of Paonia designed and executed the improvements.

This much-needed improvement came about through a $29,428 Healthy Beginnings, Active Futures grant from Qualistar (now Healthy Childcare Colorado) and the Colorado Health Foundation.

The North Fork Montessori School at Crawford, of the Delta County School District 50J, has a student population of 150 children preschool through sixth grade in the North Fork

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The Delta County Independent will be publishing a special section in the September 25 issue for Paonia’s 19th Annual Mountain Harvest Festival.

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Valley. The school has been designated as a School of Innovation by the state of Colorado, the only rural school desig-

nated in the state. Its consistently students score among the top percentile in the state-onstate assessments.

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Sam Peluso and JD Stark try out the new wiggly bridge at the playground found at the Montessori School at Crawford.

Hotchkiss Elks FROM PAGE B1 they used to be, he said.

And it is harder to find volunteers. At one point, attendance was so low that the lodge lost money.

A new group of young members is interested in reviving the game, said Gordon. “But until we get the roof fixed, they can’t.”

Despite it all, the organization is thinking like “The Little Engine That Could,” said Allen. They have almost 250 members, and new, younger members are joining who want to help fix the place up.

The lodge isn’t entirely without income. Its commercial kitchen and dining area are available for rent, and it is open to the public for dinner every Friday night. Once a month it holds a Navajo taco fundraiser dinner that is very popular.

“We make good Navajo tacos,” said Allen.

The dinner scheduled for Sept. 20 will be donated by lodge secretary Rex Emmons and wife Donna, with 100% of proceeds going toward

the roof.

The Elks are also raffling off a rifle. The drawing will be held Nov. 16 at the annual Charity Ball. Because they can’t use the building, the ball will be held at Hotchkiss Memorial Hall. The fundraiser will include live music, dancing, a cake circle and a silent auction, for which donations are being accepted. The lodge is considering raffling off more firearms, since it can sell a lot of tickets.

They would like to hold other fundraisers, said Allen. “We’re open to any suggestions.”

The lodge is located at 190 Bridge St. Citizens over age 21 are welcome to apply for membership.

It meets the second and fourth Monday of the month, except in July and December.

Donations for the roof can be sent to the Hotchkiss Elks Lodge, P.O. Box 81, Hotchkiss CO 81419. The lodge can be reached at 970872-3355, or by emailing hotchkisselks@yahoo. com.

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Hotchkiss Elk members John Marta, Chery Gordon, Janet Allen and Charlie Sickles stand in the Bingo room where buckets and kiddie pools help catch all the water that leaks from the roof whenever it rains.

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Ag education FROM PAGE B1 the world’s populations, she said. “It’s our responsibility, as farmers, to work smarter, not harder.” To do so, she said, will require using GMOs, the source of insulin, and new and emerging technology like aquaponics, hydroponics and vertical farming, and by empowering people through community gardening.

Author Temple Grandin also spoke at the conference.

Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and an autism spokesperson. Kiefer gleaned from Grandin’s address the message that “students get interested in things they get exposed to.”

Grandin urged educators to focus on vocational classes like shop, ag, home economics and art.

She described vocational students as often “living on the edge of society,”

and the ones who go on to work at NASA and Lockheed Martin.

“How will we finish that mission of feeding 12 billion people if we eliminate (vocational education) and just focus on standards?” said Kiefer.

Addressing teachers, said Kiefer, Grandin was “preaching to the choir.

We’re the people in the trenches, working hard to do what we’re mandated to do,” which is to focus on test standards.

“I wish that our legislators would hear that message and stop taking things away from children that could open up new career fields.”

The state is also preparing to implement the next generation of science and social studies standards for the 2020-21 school year (cde. state.co.us/coscience/ 2020cas-sc-changes).

That was a motivator for applying to the con-

ference. Kiefer had spent the last two summers searching for resources on ag-based curriculum to teach to her students.

“I wasn’t looking in the right places,” she said.

She found what she needed at the conference.

“What better way to reach those standards than through the platform of agriculture, even in my first, second and third grade classrooms,” said Kiefer. Going to the conference, she said, made her realize she doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel, because “the educational resources are already attached to the standards. We just have to let teachers know about it.”

A perfect conduit for sharing her message is “Beyond Textbooks.”

Recently adopted by the Delta County School District, Beyond Textbooks is a database where teachers can share information, research stan-

dards and access curriculum. Started at the Vail School in Arizona, the resource has been adopted by more than 110 districts. Kiefer can upload all the activities, lesson plans and other resources from the conference onto the database for access by anyone who wants them. Because the world is constantly changing, said Kiefer, “We need to use technology to reach students.”

At home, implementing what she learned is a work in progress. She and co-worker Cami Bair are introducing their students to agriculture through visits to Thistlewhistle Farm to work with Mark Waltermire, a farmer who is inspiring a generation of kids to learn about food, nutrition and sustainable farming.” They also envision a tiered garden on the school campus, and in the future, a composting program where stu-

dents can make and sell soil to raise money for educational programs in their future. “It’s our job to expose kids to this,”

Paonia High School Activities Thur., Aug. 29

Football Parent Meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Sat., Aug. 31

Cross Country at Battle Mountain (Vail), 10:00 a.m.

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and hunting and outdoor equipment, generously donated or underwritten by local individuals and businesses.

The mission of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is to permanently protect crucial elk winter and summer ranges, migration corridors, calving grounds and Submitted photo other vital areas, and to secure and improve hunt- Life members Rick and Anne Pulley. er access throughout elk country. The North Fork Valley Chapter is dedicated to this mission and would like to extend its thanks to the many individuals and businesses in the local community who made donations and made this year’s banquet a success. Those interested in becoming an RMEF member of RMEF or joinSubmitted photo ing the North Fork Chap- Paul, Tim and Gretchen Gonzales with Backcountry ter, can visit rmef.org.

Goods.

The North Fork Valley Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation held its ninth annual fundraising banquet Aug. 17 at Heritage Hall at the Delta County Fairgrounds in Hotchkiss.

The banquet sold out again this year, thanks to all who support RMEF and its mission. The volunteer committee and chapter chairman Dany Gray are grateful for all the hard work that goes into the event.

Approximately 176 attendees enjoyed a prime rib dinner catered

by Zack’s Bar-B-Q of Hotchkiss and participated in the silent auction, drawings and live auction. Many attendees went home with high-quality firearms

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12th & Grand, Delta • 874-3717 pastor tim Hoover Sunday: Sunday School (all ages) 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

CHUrCH oF CHrist

164 Grand blvd.

(Left on top of 3rd St. Hill) • 874-4971 Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Brown Bag Lunch 12:00 Noon Sunday Afternoon Service 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

El bUEn pastor bilinGUal assEmbly oF God

860 Crawford ave., delta (behind Walmart) pastores - Carlos & rosemary sluder kid’s Zone - anayansi santillán middle school - Gabriela youth - Juan & olivia rios Women - rebecca Carrasco Varones - oscar ortega musica - Francisco santillán Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Culto y Predicacion 11:00 a.m.

Culto de la Tarde Terreno 5:00 p.m.

TODOS BiENvENiDOS Niños Youth - Middle School 5:00 p.m.

GUnnison VallEy CHUrCH oF tHE naZarEnE

1721 H Rd., Delta • 874-0848 pastor terry: 970-778-8516 Sunday Morning Worship: Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Youth Group (ages 12-18, food, fun) 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening: Old-fashioned prayer meeting. Worship from the hymnal, a short devotional and old-fashioned prayer around the altar.

6:00 p.m.

Come join us. Everyone is welcome.

prEsbytErian CHUrCH

4th and Meeker, Delta • 874-4893 rev. keri shelton Sunday School all ages 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Child care available

dElta CHristian CHUrCH

628 Meeker St., Delta • 874-3300 CHUrCH UnitEd mEtHodist CHUrCH Fr. albeiro Herrera-Ciro delta sales yard, 700 West 5th, delta 3rd & Aspen, (PO Box 369), Cedaredge • 970deacon price Hatcher 835-3897 856-3696 Saturday: Bible Study 9:00 a.m. pgubkin@cedaredgecumc.com Confession 3:30-4:30 p.m. Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday: English Mass 5:00 p.m. Cowboy breakfast and coffee gratis Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Spanish Mass 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday: Sunday: Grace Tuesday informal worship and book English Mass 10:30 a.m. discussion/Bible study (at CUMC) 6:30 p.m.

Spanish Mass 12:30 p.m. riVErs CHUrCH Sacred Bites book discussion/Bible Study Monday: (at CUMC) 10:00 a.m. assEmbly oF God Communion 8:00 a.m.

Saturday 762 Dodge, Delta • 874-3568 Daily Mass Tues.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.

Men’s Gathering at Aspen Trails 8:00 a.m. pastors — Jason neely (lead) UMW 1st Thursday Veronica smith (srs.) (of each month) 9:30 a.m. mark thompson (Children) OPEN HEARTS! OPEN MiNDS! OPEN tyler Hines (youth) dElta UnitEd mEtHodist DOORS! Facebook: rivers Church delta CHUrCH Website: riversChurch.org 5th & meeker streets, delta Sunday: office — 874-9501 Small Groups (all ages) 9:00 a.m. sUrFaCE CrEEk church@deltamethodist.org Worship Service http://deltamethodist.org (Nursery provided) 10:00 a.m.

CommUnity CHUrCH pastor tom Hazelwood Tuesday Bible Study 10:00 a.m.

21987 Austin Road • Austin Sanctuary is handicap accessible Wednesday: copperjohna@gmail.com Contemporary Worship 8:30 a.m.

Adult/Children’s Classes 7:00 p.m.

John Copper, Pastor • 970-250-4798 Sunday Worship Services 10:45 a.m.

Youth Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sunday: Communion Worship 1st Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Nursery is available at 10:45 service.

Wednesday: Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

UMW 3rd Thursday 9:30 a.m.

UMW 4th Thursday 6:30 p.m.

Men’s breakfast Tuesday 7:30 a.m.

Adult Choir, Bell Choirs and Special Music ECkErt prEsbytErian National Historical Register Site CHUrCH OPEN HEARTS! OPEN MiNDS! OPEN pastor: nancy Howarth DOORS! 13025 Highway 65, Eckert • 835-3441 p.o. box 7 www.eckertpresbyterianchurch.com Sunday: First baptist CHUrCH oF GraCE CommUnity CHUrCH Morning Worship: Delta Campus • “Love Him. Love Others.”

CEdarEdGE Year Round 10:30 a.m.

Delta High School • 1400 Pioneer Road 370 W. Main St., Cedaredge • 856-3830 Children’s Sunday School during worship gracedelta.org • 399-3100 p.o. box 400, Cedaredge, Co 81413 pastor brian Workman Email: fbc@kaycee.net Worship: Sunday: 10 a.m. senior pastor dik abbott Sunday: Sunday School for All Ages 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service 10:15 a.m. st. lUkE's EpisCopal CHUrCH MorningChildren’s Church Available 5th & palmer st., delta Evening Service 6:00 p.m. rev. lili bush interim rector AWANA and Youth 6:30 p.m. rector's office: 970-874-9489

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Catch the spirit Holy Eucharist and Sunday School (Sunday)

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sEVEntH-day adVEntist CHUrCH

5th and Oak, Paonia • 527-4239 bishop scott morley Sacrament Meeting 10:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.

Sunday School 11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m.

Priesthood & Relief Society 12:10-1:00 p.m.

biblE CEntEr CHUrCH

1117 Third Street, Paonia • 527-4629 www.biblecenteronline.com John owen, pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Youth Clubs - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

st. marGarEt mary CatHoliC CHUrCH

Bridge & Pinon St., Hotchkiss • 527-3214 Sunday Mass 11:00 a.m.

CraWFord CommUnity UnitEd mEtHodist CHUrCH

297 Dogwood Ave., Crawford • 921-3300 pastor rev. Joshua langille-Hoppe Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m.

Bible Study TBA Thrift Shop & Food Bank Hours M&S 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

W 2-5 p.m.

paonia CHristian FElloWsHip CHUrCH

235 Box Elder Avenue, Paonia • 527-3161 www.paoniafellowship.com pastor scott mcintire Sunday Services: Adult Sunday School Study 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service 10:15 a.m.

Children’s Church 10:15 a.m.

Monday Ladies Bible Study 6:45 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study 6:45 p.m.

Friday: Youth Group Ages 11-17 6:00 p.m.

Please join our family for a variety of music and worship.

Something for everyone!

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saCrEd HEart CatHoliC 409 3rd St., Paonia • 527-6151 290 S.W. 2nd Ave., Cedaredge • 856-6863 pastor Gaylen kinser CHUrCH CommUnity oF CHrist Eliezer roque Cisneros associate pastor Chris stanfield 235 North Fork, Paonia • 527-3214 1061 meeker st., delta Sabbath School Saturday 9:15 a.m. Sunday: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 10:50 a.m. Sunday worship services 8:45 & 10:30 a.m. Saturday Evening Mass Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m. cofchrist.org Prayer Meeting Wednesday 4:15 p.m. Refreshments and fellowship 10:00 a.m.

Children’s programs are available at both services paonia sEVEntH-day for ages 0 to 6th grade.

CHUrCH oF JEsUs CHrist Grand mEsa soUtHErn

Reaching the children and youth of Western Delta County I Rd. & 1600 Rd., North Delta • 874-4322 www.deltachristianchurch.org oF lattEr day saints ministry staff: 1679 Pioneer Rd., Delta • 874-3444 Eric duncan - senior and student pastor Corner of E. 16th st./F rd. and pioneer rd.

Jay alsdorf - administrative pastor kirsten alsdorf - Children and Family pastor Sunday: Delta Ward Sacrament First 9:00 a.m.

Find us on Facebook at delta Christian Uncompahgre Ward Sacrament First 10:30 Church Sunday: Worship 10:00 a.m. a.m.

Children’s Church: Age 3-5th grade Childcare (infant/preschool) all services.

For Elem., M.S. & H.S. activities, please call CEntEr For spiritUal liFE 658 Howard st., delta, Co 81416 970-874-3425 • www.csldelta.org Sunday Services 10:30 a.m.

GarnEt mEsa baptist Wednesday Services 7:00 p.m.

CHUrCH A spiritual community honoring all...

863 a street, delta expressing God as Love!

Jerry Hilterbrand, Pastor • 874-4837 Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Services 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting (Wednesday) 7:00 p.m.

CalVary baptist CHUrCH independent, Fundamental

(sbC)

1290 A St., Delta • 874-9497 pastor: Greg teel rEdEEmEr lUtHEran CHUrCH Website: www.calvarydelta.org (missouri synod) E-mail: office@calvarydelta.org 1000 Pioneer Road • 874-3052 Sunday: www.deltalutheran.org Bible Study 9:00 a.m. kurt Van Fossan, pastor Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Worship Service 9:00 a.m.

Bible Classes and Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Tiny Treasures Preschool

adVEntist CHUrCH

41006 lamborn dr., paonia, Co 81428 baptist CHUrCH Eliezer Roque Cisneros • 527-5683 110 S.E. Jay Ave., Cedaredge • 856-4672 saddlE moUntain FElloWsHip Saturday Services 9:00 a.m. grandmesasbc.org non-denominational Discover Answers to Life’s Deepest Questions: pastor dennis scroggins Hope Channel 368 on Direct Tv Bible Study 9:30 a.m. 3842 Stearman Lane, Crawford • 921-LORD (5673) Worship Service 10:45 a.m. pastor Jerry dutton Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. associate pastor mike West Prayer & Bible Study 10:00 a.m.

(Wednesday) 6:30 p.m. Sunday Worship Service Refreshments & Fellowship 9:30 a.m.

Children’s Church and Nursery 10:00 a.m.

Youth Group and Adult Life Studies www.saddlemountainfellowship.com all saints

Olathe

lUtHEran CHUrCH, ElCa

20101 Deer Creek Rd., Austin • 835-3667 www.allsaintslutheranco.org paul rosin, pastor Sunday: Worship 10:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Class 9:00 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Open Communion (1st & 3rd Sundays)

nEW HopE EVanGEliCal FrEE CHUrCH

17464 surface Creek rd., Cedaredge pastor dave Williams teaching pastor russ ooms www.newhopeefree.org sEVEntH-day 856-4458 adVEntist CHUrCH Sunday Bible Study 9:00 a.m.

CHristian sCiEnCE soCiEty 763 Meeker St., Delta • 874-9482 Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

751 Meeker St., Delta • 874-8083 Eliezer roque Cisneros Children’s Church 10:45 a.m.

Sunday: Bible Lesson Sermon 10:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Nursery Available Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sabbath School Saturday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Men’s Breakfast 2nd & 4th Wednesday: Testimony Meeting Prayer Meetings Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

1st & 3rd Sat. 7:00 at Creekside Cafe April-Oct. 7:00 p.m. • Nov.-March 4:00 p.m.

Men’s Prayer 2nd & 4th Sat. at church Child Care Provided • Everyone Welcome Youth Groups — schedules vary Call for time and place

First CHUrCH oF God

WEstErn Colorado HolinEss CHapEl

1102 Howard St., Delta • Church 874-4647 20798 Hwy 92 (east of delta) deltafirstchurchofgod.com 970-712-0291 bob and linda aubery Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School Classes 6:00 p.m. for All Ages 9:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service 10:15 a.m. Wedesday Night Bible Study Kids Klub Wed. Bible Study (Fellowship Hall) 2:00 p.m.

Prayer Chain Contact Darlene Wright 921-7001 First baptist CHUrCH oF

dElta

american baptist Church 1250 Pioneer Road, Delta • 874-3847 deltafirstbaptistchurch.com pastor James Conley “teaching the Full Gospel of Jesus Christ” Sunday: meets at bill Heddles recreation Center, Sunday School 9:15 a.m. delta Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. ron Howard, pastor 12:30 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Karen Baptist Fellowship Sunday Night Church 6:00 p.m.

Children’s Church Provided Wednesday: Home Bible Studies Available AWANA (Sept.-April) 6:00 p.m. information: call 200-7816 or 874-4372 Saturday: Men’s Bible Study 7:30 a.m.

CommUnity CHristian FElloWsHip

trUE liFE CHUrCH

1507 S.W. 9th St., Cedaredge • 856-3586 bob Hillyer - senior pastor Children’s pastors: Cynthia and mark tingler youth pastors: dan and Jenni neil Adult Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Children’s Churches 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Engage Youth 6:00 p.m.

Wed. Adult Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Men's Breakfast (Saturday) 7:00 a.m. tlcedaredge.org tlcedaredge@gmail.com

st. pHilip bEniZi CatHoliC CHUrCH

290 n.W. Cedar ave., p.o. box 713 Cedaredge, CO 81413 • 970-856-6495 rev. albeiro Herrera-Ciro, administrator deacon price Hatcher tHUndEr moUntain CHUrCH Sunday Rosary: 7:30 a.m.

Sunday Mass: 8:00 a.m. oF CHrist Faith Formation & Teen Classes 9:30 a.m.

800 palmer st., delta Grand mEsa biblE CHUrCH Tuesday: Sundays: 710 Crawford Ave., Delta • (970) 497-0800 Adoration 12:00 noon-5:00 p.m.

Bible Classes 9:30 a.m. pastor Gary Culp Confessions 4:30 p.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School For All Ages 9:30 a.m.

Mass 5:00 p.m.

(Children’s church available) Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday: Weekly home Bible studies Please call for information about Youth Faith Formation Class 3:15-4:45 p.m. information: 234-7816 Bible studies and Prayer times

moUntain ViEW biblE CHUrCH

lazear, Co – 872-2139 biblE baptist CHUrCH pastor Jim Jesser – 323-6412 112 Main St., Olathe • 970-497-0790 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. www.biblebaptistchurcholathe.com Morning Service 11:00 a.m. pastor Gabe skillo Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Morning Services 10:30 a.m.

Christ Centered Country Church Sunday Evening Services 6:00 p.m. independent and Fundamental Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

HotCHkiss CommUnity UnitEd mEtHodist CHUrCH

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roman CatHoliC CHUrCH 2nd & Orchard, Hotchkiss • Office: 872-3540 latin mass pastor rev. Joshua langille-Hoppe Sanctuary & Stewart Hall are handicap acces- 59350 Carnation Rd., Olathe • 970-323-5057 Sunday Mass 9:30 a.m. sible Adult Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Rosary & Confessions 1/2 hour before each Children's Sunday School 10:15 a.m. mass Daily masses as scheduled Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Peace Circle, 2nd Tues.

12:30 p.m.

Wearhouse hours: Monday 9 a.m.-3:00 p.m. olatHE assEmbly oF God UMW Meet 3rd Saturday 9:00 a.m.

402 n Us Hwy 50 business loop National Historical Register site Olathe, CO 81425 • 970-323-5647 www.olatheassembly.com Facebook: olathe assembly of God First baptist CHUrCH senior pastor: Justin atchley Sunday Services: oF HotCHkiss 9:45 a.m.

203 W. Main, Hotchkiss • Church 872-3313 Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

Bible Study 9:45 a.m. Sunday A.M. Service Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Night: Squad 27:4 Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Evening Service 5:00 p.m.

Awana Club Wed. 6:30 p.m.

Adult Bible Study & Prayer Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Youth Group/Teen Bible Study Wed. 7:00 p.m. also offering counseling, men’s prayer meetings, ladies’ bible study, teen outings and nursery. Contact pastor Jake deField for more information. www.hotchkissbaptist.com

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paonia UnitEd mEtHodist CHUrCH

CottonWood biblE CHapEl

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3rd and Onarga, Paonia • Office: 527-3348 Grand Junction, Co 81506 pastor rev. Joshua langille-Hoppe 970-245-3511 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. pastor: rev. bradley barker Worship 11:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m. immanUEl lUtHEran CHUrCH Wednesday (missouri synod) 5th & north Fork, paonia at the northwest corner of City park Pastor Duane O. Daeke • 527-3232 Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.

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City receives $7,500 CRAFT Implementation Funding

By Emy LYNN RoQue Cisneros Staff Writer

Having successfully completed a Colorado Rural Academy for Tourism (CRAFT) Grant, the City of Delta applied for, and recently received, $7,500 from an Implementation Grant to advance tourism-related goals. The city applied for collateral pieces like brochures, stickers, hats and t-shirts to help implement the city’s new marketing aimed at expanding the city’s economic base through tourism.

The first grant, CRAFT 201, was through the Colorado Tourism Office. The grant didn’t carry any funding, but provided a consultant to work with a steering committee headed by Wilma Erven, parks, recreation and golf director for the city, in hopes of marketing Delta in a way that increases tourism.

As the CRAFT grant wound down, the city hired Darrin Hamm in April as marketing coordinator to help “brand” the city and implement an action plan developed through a series of community stakeholder

meetings, held earlier this year.

Hamm started by focusing on marketing the Smith Mountain Rally. He created a Facebook page, website and designed brochures and posters that were distributed across the region.

Then Hamm created a new brand statement, logo, website, designed consistent marketing materials like the new banners on Main Street and has boosted the city’s social media efforts.

Hamm is now working to boost attention to attractions like the Devil’s Thumb Golf Course and improving events, like the Car Show & Speed Celebration planned for Sept. 13 and 14.

Having a funding source for complementary materials was needed to implement Hamm’s work to further market efforts for the city.

“When we got into the [CRAFT grant] it became obvious that [additional funding] was something we needed,” said Erven.

Other than budgeting for a marketing position, the city’s 2019 budget didn’t carry any additional marketing funds.

Pool closed Thursdays until further notice

By Emy LYNN RoQue Cisneros Staff Writer

Due to being short staffed, the Bill Heddles Recreation Center in Delta is closing all pools and sauna on Thursdays until further notice. Closures started Thursday, Aug. 22.

To open again on Thursdays, Heddles needs

lifeguarding staff, specifically those able to work day-time hours. Lifeguard training is currently being offered for free to those interested in employment.

Flexible scheduling and free facility use are also job perks. Those interested can contact the aquatics coordinator at 970-874-0923 or stop by the pool office.

Upon completion of CRAFT 201, the city became eligible to apply for funding through an Implementation Grant up to $7,500 to support tourism outcomes and next steps as identified from completing CRAFT 201.

Funds couldn’t be used for staffing, basic overhead, capital improvements, professional training, reimbursement of fees, office supplies or items for resale.

Erven said the city plans to give away all the purchased items, such as passing out shirts at the upcoming disc golf Photo by Emy Lynn Roque Cisneros tournament to promote Stickers, brochures, hats and shirts were some of the collateral pieces purGunnison Edge. Fiercely chased with the $7,500 received from an Implementation Grant for the City of Colorado shirts will be Delta to advance its tourism. available at events. Brochures are being sent to various visitor centers.

Next year, a marketing budget will help fund for items like those purchased through the Implementation Grant.

This funding will come from the general fund, though the hope is that this fund will be augmented with increased sales tax as a result of the city’s marketing efforts.

As the city moves toward implementation of its tourism vision, overall success of the city’s marketing efforts will be measured in a number of ways including sales tax, hotel surveys and Google analytics. “[These additional Photo by Kaylee Dunham funds] have given us a kickstart, an opportunity to get things rolling Delta Tractor Supply Company held an animal adoption Aug. 24 as part of as soon we we’ve come its month long, annual event — Out Here with Animals Celebration. Particout of the grant,” said ipating this year was Tails, a local pet adoption center. Tails brought dogs Erven, who’s excited to of all ages and others brought puppies and laying hens to the event in showcase the diversity of hopes of finding the animals their forever homes. Olathe resident Karissa what Delta has to offer.

Cotten, right, brought bantam chickens to rehome. A little girl is pictured The plan, she said, is holding one of Cotten’s chicks. In addition to the animal adoption event, that these materials will Tractor Supply customers, throughout the month of August, can help raise awareness about support local animal shelters in the community by participating in the pet Delta and bring in toursupplies drive. ists.

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Derelict property in Orchard City faces only one violation despite repeated complaints By lucas vader Staff Writer

In 2017, a fire broke out on Marshalls Road in Cory, destroying a mobile home just up the hill from the highway near the Cory General Store.

The incident injured resident Perry Blake, reportedly burning about 30 percent of his body, hospitalizing him.

Following the fire, the Delta County Environmental Health Division and the Town of Orchard City started facing repeated complaints, along with safety red flags as Blake continued to live on the derelict and unsafe property.

Neighbors frequently began reporting scattered rubbish.

Initial complaints after the fire reported incidents of people using the irrigation ditch by the road as a “flush toilet.” “[Perry Blake] was pretty severely burned and so he was out of the picture for some time,” said Delta County

Health Department Specialist Keith Lucy. “However, some people decided to camp out there.”

Those campers, according to Lucy, were the ones reported to be using the irrigation ditch as a toilet. This happened either while Blake was in the hospital for his burns or while he was recovering at his sister’s house in Grand Junction.

Lucy said they informed the campers they had to leave, and they did, but the complaints didn’t stop there. The issue of the rubbish continued, as did the concern for unsafe conditions.

Now, two years after the fire that destroyed the mobile home, the property has continued to be a repeated concern for the environmental health division and for the Town of Orchard City. Blake still lives on the premises in an RV parked beneath the

Photo by Lucas Vader

Rubbish litters the ground of a property in Orchard City. The state of the property has instigated several complaints since a fire occurred there two years ago.

Photo by Lucas Vader

Perry Blake’s RV sits beneath the overhang of the shed on his property in Orchard City. The shed stood separate from the mobile home that burned down. overhang of the structure that stood separate from the old mobile home. He moved back onto the premises shortly after the fire.

According to both the Delta environmental health department and the Town of Orchard City, surrounding residents of the derelict property have complained, either by phone or at health department meetings. Orchard City Trustee Mel Cook estimated there have been approximately 15-20 complaints from people who have come to health meetings.

While Delta County Environmental Health Director Ken Nordstrom said Orchard City didn’t want to act on the complaints, Cook indicated that the county health department didn’t want to take the

situation as a priority.

“When I talked to the commissioners down at the health department meeting, they didn’t want to take precedence over this because there’s actually not a law, I guess, in Delta County over rubbish,” Cook said. “They didn’t want to take precedence over at the county, so they handed it back to Orchard City.”

Cook said that four months ago, Blake had a cease and desist order to make him do an asbestos test on the property. He has now been given 30 days to have a legal sewage system, as there is currently not one in place.

As recently as last Wednesday, Lucy visited the premises to investigate the sewage situation. While there, Lucy found the problem had a relatively

straightforward solution.

“There is an existing system there that he can connect his RV to in some manner and he would be legal and in compliance,” Lucy said. “We need to follow it up with a notice of violation as it is because it’s not in compliance at this point, so that was the reason and nature of our visit.”

Lucy said the existing system is left over from the mobile home that had burned down. “[It’s] kind of a rough deal.

I feel bad for the guy,” Cook said. “At the same time, I feel bad for the citizens having to put up with that.”

Apart from the current lack of a legal sewage system, the Marshalls Road property has no other legal violations at this time.

New committee kickstarts community pride

By Emy LYNN RoQue Cisneros Staff Writer

In March, the Town of Cedaredge started forming an Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) to shape and guide its economic future. Now, after several meetings, it’s building

momentum by focusing on two ideas to foster community pride and generate community awareness.

Trustees, big business, small business, startups, long-term business, realtors and retirees are among the wide variety that contribute

to the EDAC. Meetings are more of an open format, with over 20 individuals invited to attend as they’re able. These members are what Economic Development Coordinator and Town Clerk for the Town of Cedaredge Kami Collins sees as a “diverse group of people

Remembering Betty Smith: involved businesswoman dies unexpectedly By lucas vader Staff Writer

On Saturday, Aug. 3, well-respected Cedaredge citizen Betty Smith died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 57, after appearing in normal health the same morning. Betty was on the board of directors of the Cedaredge Area Chamber of Commerce (CACC), and she owned Love Your Lashes on Main Street.

On the day of her death, Betty showed up at 9 a.m. to help with The Pondy’s Annual Cancer Warrior Walk downtown, according to Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Alisha Komives.

“She had carried a stack of water and she thought that she had just pulled a muscle, and so she had gone home and

Photo by Lucas Vader

A sign of farewell hangs on the glass front door of Betty Smith’s business.

she was at home for about an hour and she couldn’t quite get comfortable,” Komives said.

Betty’s husband Mike, who had served as a medic in the military, suggested to Betty that they go to the hospital just to be on the safe side, and Betty agreed.

“They got her to the ER and she coded,” Komives said. The cause of Betty’s heart attack is unknown.

Betty’s good friend, Creekside Café owner Codi Nelson, told of her plans to strengthen the Cedaredge community.

“She was very, very supportive of the Pondy and their cancer walk,” Nelson said, referring to the event with which Betty spent her final morning helping out.

Komives and Nelson said Betty was very supportive of the community and loved local businesses coming into town.

“She was very well invested in this community and very supportive of any new businesses and helping anybody she could possibly help,” Komives said.

“She would love to go to new businesses and order them beautiful bouquets and flowers from the flower shop on Main Street, the Gazebo,” Nelson said. “She, I’m sure, spent a lot of money there.”

Betty was also planning an organized Christmas light display, where businesses and anyone else could come out and put up their Christmas lights on the golf course,

geared toward anyone and everyone who would want to drive through and enjoy the holiday spirit.

“She decided on her own that she was going to do whatever she needed to do to accomplish this dream of hers,” Nelson said.

Last November, before Betty had even become a board member for the CACC, she had donated all the turkeys for the free Thanksgiving dinner that Nelson traditionally held at her café.

“I’ve never had another business help out, but Betty bought all the turkeys,” Nelson said.

Betty’s mission was to have there be a place in the tightknit community of Cedaredge where women could come to enhance their beauty without having to drive all the way to Grand Junction, according to Nelson. Betty had started off very small and her business had grown into more advanced beauty techniques.

“She just wanted us to be more of a community and to work together,” Nelson said.

“She didn’t like how people would get into cliques and beef other businesses out or think that they were better than other businesses. She felt like we all needed to be involved [in] the community.”

Betty’s memorial service took place Sunday at the Creekside Italian Cuisine and Wine Bar, hosted by Nelson.

The community of Cedaredge was invited to come and pay its respects.

who have a lot of passion for the community and who want to see positive, sustainable economic development for the valley.”

Collins started her position in April 2018 because the town developed the new role of economic development coordinator. Her belief is that impactful, responsible economic development is done with buy-in and support of the community.

“I can’t come in and say ‘You should do this.’ The business community needs to identify their needs and wants. My response and responsibility is to go forth and do what they’re asking,” she said.

From her role as staff listening to the group’s priorities, Collins has identified that the group wants to focus on community enhancement. She said they’re taking a place-

based strategy approach by working on community placemaking — to create a place where people want to love to live and bring visitors.

Over the last several months the EDAC has worked to establish and outline community priorities.

They’ve reviewed both the 2008 Community Economic Development (CED) Assessment and the 2010 Downtown Cedaredge plans and started assessing what in those is still relevant, what is/should be a priority, and what’s missing.

The group also began brainstorming ways to survey area businesses for baseline data, discussed marketing campaigns and started looking at how to generate funds to aide in economic development projects.

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Upcoming concerts at the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center

By Emy LYNN RoQue Cisneros Staff Writer

Entering into the fall season, the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center (GMAEC) plans to host at least five more concerts in its 2019 Bank of Colorado theater season. Performances will include an Americana duo, returning artist Karla Bonoff, an Eagles Tribute and more.

Bonoff wrote the song “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me,” popularized by Linda Ronstadt.

Concerts are sponsored

by Starr’s Guitars, a guitar shop in downtown Cedaredge owned by musician David Starr. Starr also serves as vice president of GMAEC board of directors. Starr said he “continues to look for unique acts” to feature at the GMAEC. “As a songwriter, I’m always excited about good songwriting, bringing good songs to the stage,” he said.

In the future, Starr said

he’d love to host a songwriting festival and more songwriting workshops. For 2020, he’s already working on bringing in more local, regional and national acts and hopes to include some Nashville-style songwriting events.

Seats for concerts may be reserved by calling Starr’s Guitars at 970-856-2331, stopping by the shop at 250 W. Main St. in Cedaredge, or going online at starrsguitars. com. No paper tickets are issued. A will-call list will have customer names at the door on the day of the show.

“Don’t be afraid to buy tickets for something new,” said Starr, who’s had many people walk away pleasantly surprised when attending unfamiliar shows.

Some details may be subject to change. Keep up with concert activities, donate to the center or to volunteer visit the GMAEC website at grandmesaartscenter.com. fall preview to B7

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Rotary Golf Tournament tees off Saturday by don benjamin Staff Writer

The Cedaredge Rotary Club’s annual summer scramble golf tournament tees off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Cedaredge Golf Course, 500 SE Jay Ave., Cedaredge.

Participating businesses which have not already done so, are reminded to forward their sponsorship contributions (including monetary or donated items or services) to the club as soon as possible. Checks can be mailed to Cedaredge Rotary Club, P.O. Box 750, Cedaredge, CO 81413.

The tournament is a major fundraiser for the club with proceeds going to support scholarships for Cedaredge High School (CHS) graduating seniors.

Members of the CHS class of 2018 received $6,500 in Rotary scholarships.

Golfers who still wish to register a four-person team have

until 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 31 to sign-up at the Cedaredge Golf Club House. Registration forms can be obtained and also dropped off at the golf club during business hours. Players will compete for an assortment of prizes and a hole-in-one will earn a car donated by Hellman Motor Company of Delta.

Anyone who purchased a Rotary Club raffle ticket has a chance to win cash prizes. The raffle drawing will be held that Saturday at 2:30 p.m. First, second and third raffle prizes are $250, $100, and $50, respectively, and winners need not be present. Raffle tickets are still available. Contact the Rotarians listed below.

To register, sponsor, or donate to the scramble, or for other information, contact: Bob Michael, 970-8563610, bmichael76@ gmail.com; or Richard Udd, 970-778-9911, rludd69@gmail.com.

Photo by Don Benjamin

Back the Badge. A landmark Surface Creek business makes a generous donation to benefit local law enforcement. On hand to present a check for $1,000 were (from left) Richard Udd, representing the Cedaredge Rotary Club Foundation; Cassandra Kelton, owner of Cedaredge Tire & Auto; and Cedaredge Police Department Chief Dan Sanders.

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A longtime Cedaredge business is the first to contribute to the town’s Back the Badge fund. Last week, Cassandra Kelton, owner of Cedaredge Tire & Auto presented a $1,000 check to Chief Dan Sanders of the Cedaredge Police Department.

The contribution was made through the Cedaredge Rotary Club’s Foundation which has established a fund to support local law enforcement. Early in August, Rotary held a fundraiser which generated over

Community pride

FROM PAGE B6 main ideas emerged — to focus on fostering community pride and generate community awareness.

The first idea will utilize a promotion they’re calling “Love Cedaredge.”

Plans are for this to kick off Saturday, Sept.

21 with a Party in the Park. The following week the town is pushing for a community-wide beautification/clean up initiative.

Dumpsters are planned to be available throughout the week to encourage cleanup.

Nonprofits, civic groups and churches are being encouraged to use the time for more participation within the community.

The second idea will use a hyper-local marketing initiative to make the community more aware of Cedaredge’s shopping, dining and business offerings as well as events and other happenings. Collins said they’re starting by creating a one page monthly calendar of all events happening in town and highlighting some business news.

The hope is that by

gathering information into something tangible then it can then be shared with businesses so when a visitor asks “What’s there to do here?” they’ll have a resource.

Collins said people are welcome to email kcollins @cedaredgecolorado.com with items to include in the one-page listing, so long as it’s something that will attract visitors.

As for the survey part of the discussions, Collins currently sits on the Delta County Tourism Cabinet representing Surface Creek. Ideas are floating around about doing a survey to capture tourism specific information. The EDAC is waiting to see if this survey will gather some of what they’re wanting to know about Cedaredge business.

Anyone interested in shaping the future growth of the town is invited to contact Collins and learn more about the EDAC. “We come with different perspectives but everyone wants to see the community improve,” said Collins. “Those that show up have a vested interest in seeing Cedaredge succeed.

Fall preview FROM PAGE B6 Upcoming shows: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

22: Award winning Americano duo Ordinary Elephant will perform with special guest Shelley Rae. Tickets are $20.

More info, visit ordinary elephant.net.

7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28: Returning for another show at the GMAEC is Karla Bonoff with special guest David Starr. Her last show sold out quickly, and Starr is confident this performance will be no different. Tickets are $30. For more info, visit karla bonoff.com or davidstarr music.com.

7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26: Actor/songwriter Ronny Cox has performed all over the U.S. at folk festivals, concert venues and theaters. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit ronnycox.com.

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Committee members need not be a resident of the Town of Cedaredge (but must reside in the Surface Creek Valley).

“Let’s talk and see if they

CEDAREDGE HIGH SCHOOL ACtIvItIES Fri., Aug. 30

7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2: Boys of Summer is a band that tours constantly and is cited as one of the top Eagles Tribute acts. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit boysofsummer tribute.com 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14: John Smith is an artist with eight solo CDs under his belt and leads musical tours to Ireland. Tickets are $20.

For more information, visit johnsmithmusic. com.

can contribute to the positive growth and change we’re fostering ideas for,” she said. Collins can be reached at 970-856-3123 ext. 112.

Sat., Aug. 31 Tues., Sept. 3

Wed., Sept. 4

Jostens Taking Orders During Lunch; Softball at Sheridan Tournament Friday & Saturday; Cross Country at Devil’s Thumb, 10 a.m.; Blue & White Football Scrimmage, 7:00 p.m.

Cross Country at Battle Mountain, 10:00 a.m.; Softball at Sheridan Tournament.

JV Football at Delta, 4:00 p.m.; JV/C Volleyball Scrimmage at Home vs.

Hotchkiss, 4:00 p.m.; Marching Band Practice on Football Field, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Boys Golf at Yampa Valley (Craig); FFA Meeting & BBQ, 6:30 p.m.

Sponsored by:

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Sept. 22 • $20 • 7 p.m.

ordinary elephant

$1,500 for the fund. That amount, together with the Cedaredge Tire & Auto contribution, will go toward acquiring protective vests for officers as well as other law enforcement needs identified by local police.

Rotary encourages other Surface Creek organizations, businesses and individuals to make a one-time or monthly contributions to Back the Badge Foundation fund.

For information, contact Richard Udd at 970-7789911 or rludd69@gmail. com.

with shelley rae

Sept. 28 • $30 • 7 p.m.

Karla Bonoff

with david starr

Oct. 25 • $20 • 7 p.m.

ronny Cox

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County schools excel on Grand Mesa

Photo by Wayne Crick

The start of the girls cross country teams, held at Grand Mesa’s County Line Trails, on Aug. 23 shows all three Delta County teams: Hotchkiss, Paonia and Delta.

Photo by Wayne Crick

The start of the Aug. 23 boys cross country race, on Grand Mesa, began nearly an hour after the completion of the girls race.

By Wayne Crick Sports Editor

The 2019 cross country season had a cool start for Delta County’s three teams on Aug. 24.

Delta, Hotchkiss and Paonia sent teams to the top of Grand Mesa at the County Line Trails. De Beque, Caprock Academy and Ouray joined the frolick on County Line trails under mostly cloudy skies and cool temperatures the morning of Aug. 23.

Caprock senior Ashleigh Gardner won the girls 5k run with a near-record time: 23: 58.76. Her winning time was over three minutes faster than the course record. Paonia senior Katya Schwieterman turned in a brilliant race to claim second place with a run that took 25:45.50 and was also under the per-existing course record. Hotchkiss sophomore Karlie Egg-

ing, another runner finishing near the course record, was third with 26:01.37 and Delta freshman Kylee Terry finished fifth with 28:36.37 and Grace Hall, a junior at Delta High School, placed ninth with 30:29.47.

Ouray won the team title with 36 points with Hotchkiss finishing second with 53, Delta’s 57 points third and Paonia’s 68 earned the team fourth.

The top five runners from each participating school combine placepoints to create team scores. Schools without five runners in the meet are not in the race for team titles. Individuals, on the other hand, vie for places, regardless of school affiliations. Only the top four teams were identified from the Grand Mesa Meet on Friday.

Other Delta runners, not finishing in the top 10 places are: freshman

Sophie Williams, 12th; junior Tayler Huntley, 19th; sophomore Maria Lamas, 23rd; junior Kaitlyn Branson, 24th; sophomore, Jazmine Spearow 26th; and sophomore, Sophie McCrackin, 27th.

Other Hotchkiss girls, finishing outside the top 10 are: junior Adair Ela, 14th; junior Isabella Spano, 15th; senior Nadia Hill, 16th; and senior Grace Hatheway, 18th.

Paonia team members outside the top 10 are: junior Cristina Rankin, 11th; sophomore Abby Reedy, 20th; sophomore Irene Shenk, 22nd; and senior Mikayla Wiley, 25th.

In the boys competition, Caprock Academy ran away with the team title after scoring 35 points. Paonia finished second (70), followed by Delta (76), Hotchkiss (90), Ouray (102) and De Beque (124).

Caprock senior Jeremy Swaim made it a sweep of individual titles, and set a new course record, with his win in the boys race at 20:43.39. Delta senior Shad Lewis turned in a 21:06.52 to place second with Paonia freshman Odessa Shenk’s 23:15.08 coming in at sixth place.

Hotchkiss junior Kenny Drbohlav (23:52.73) and Paonia sophomore Birk Alyster (23:52.83) treated trackside fans to a drag race the final 30 meters to earn eighth and ninth places, respectively. The 10th place, and final medal award, went to Paonia sophomore Alejandro Garcia with his time of 24:12.90.

Lewis had back-toback races in two days with his run in the Central Warrior Invitational on Aug. 24. His 17:57.60 landed him in 12th place in the event.

Delta head cross country coach, JB Lopez, had positive comments on the Panthers performance.

“I wasn’t surprised, but was impressed in the racing ability of fresh-

man Kylee Terry,” Lopez said. “She has a lot of drive and runs hard.

Grace Hall has been sick but raced well on Saturday. I am looking forward to have Emma Corbasson and Zoe Williams back in action this weekend.

Freshman Sophie Williams was impressive in her first cross country race. I was not surprised with Shad Lewis’ race; he is in good shape and should have a great senior season.

Doyle Young looked good

and should be stronger this weekend. Freshman Braeden Sprout is going to be a good one; he had a great first high school race and was last year’s middle school division winner.”

Paonia Eagles who had good races but finished outside the top 10 tier are: senior Milo Chavez, 22nd; sophomore Matt Delaney, 23rd; freshman Jeremy Straub, 37th; and sophomore Isaac Forbes, 39th.

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Delta County’s top 10 placers in last week’s Grand Mesa Meet included, from the left, Paonia senior Katya Schweiterman (second), Hotchkiss sophomore Karlie Egging (third), Delta freshman Kylee Terry (fifth) and Delta junior Grace Hall (ninth).

Photo by Wayne Crick

Paonia senior Katya Schweiterman opened her cross country season with a second place finish behind Caprock Academy senior Ashleigh Gardner. Gardner’s winning time was 23:53.76 and Schweiterman’s time was 25:45.50.

Photo by Wayne Crick

Delta High School freshman Kylee Terry began her cross country career with a fourth-place finish in the Aug. 23 Grand Mesa County Line Trails meet.

Photo by Wayne Crick

Hotchkiss sophomore Karlie Egging continued her strong finish to last year’s season with a third-place finish (26:01.37) in the Aug. 23 Grand Mesa Meet.

CHS softball team plays hard in loss

By KIRBY Henderson

day,” Montoya said. “This team amazes me with their work ethic.

The Cedaredge High “We need to do the School Bruins softball little things, and we will team hosted Montrose be a very competitive ball High School Aug. 19, and club. If we can make roueven though the Bruins tine plays and control the did not come out on top, things we can control, we they stayed true to Coach might shock some peoTerry Montoya’s season ple around the state later motto of “Grind.” this season.”

The competition He’s fully confident ended in a 13-8 win for that the team is willing the MHS Indians. to do what it takes to be “I feel like we took the best. a major step forward “We have all the piecagainst Montrose,” Mones, but we just need toya said. “That is a wellto see where they fit,” coached team, and we Montoya said. “We are dug ourselves into a hole in the very infant stagearly.” es of the process, but it Junior Makayla Meyer looks great. We’re going was the starting pitchto work hard and hold er and pitched over two each other accountable for our effort every day and continue to improve.”

Although the varsity lost, the Cedaredge junior varsity came away with a win to finish out the night.

“We are having fun and working hard, and in my eyes, that is a win every day. I’m excited to see them reach their potential,” Montoya added.

The Bruins varsity squad played at home against the Longhorns of Basalt High School Tuesday, Aug. 27. The varsity will also travel to the Sheridan tournament to get in four more games Friday, Aug. 30, and SatGame Photo by Kirby Henderson urday, Aug. 31. times are to be deterCedaredge High School shortstop, Jazmyn Hart fields the ball to stop Montrose mined.

High School runners from scoring as her teammates look on.

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innings. Senior Summer Young pitched in relief and finished out the seven-inning game. The two faced aggressive batters from Montrose the entire game.

“I am proud of the way we responded being down eight runs early.

We came back and made it a one-run ball game at one point,” stated the proud coach.

As the game progressed, Cedaredge’s defense stepped up, including a nice catch by centerfielder, senior Violet Gonzalez. Third baseman Elle Lewis, shortstop Jazmyn Hart, catcher Jamie Meyer, first baseman Ivy Kirk and

second baseman Chaycelynn Urquhart, improved communication. their The infield responded well, and shortstop Jazmyn Hart made several nice stops to prevent Montrose runners from advancing.

The Cedaredge offense threatened in the late innings by getting some runners on base but just couldn’t quite get the much needed hits to knock in the runs. With several new faces at the varsity level, the season will only get better for the team.

“Every one of our players contributed, and they are all very eager to better themselves every

Photo by Kirby Henderson

Cedaredge High School catcher, Jamie Meyer, gets a solid hit in the late innings for the Bruins. Despite the 90-plus degree heat, the team fought hard the whole game.

Photo by Kirby Henderson

Cedaredge High School all-conference senior, Summer Young, delivers a pitch in a hard-fought loss against a feisty Montrose team.

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Barracuda swim team wins state title

By Wayne Crick Sports Editor

The Delta swim squad can proudly say it is the champion of the 2019 state meet.

The Delta Barracuda swim team attended this year’s State Swim Meet held in Ouray, and took home first in the medium team division. The meet, which was held Aug. 2-4, was divided into three levels (large, medium and small teams).

Team representative Courtney Hellman

passed along numerous results from the meet.

Grady and Charlie Hellman placed first in their respective divisions. Grady was the winner in the 9-10 boys division with 157 points, placing first in 10 of 11 of his events. Charlie Hellman won the 8 and under boys division with 106 points placing first in eight of his 10 events.

Gwyneth Hasto placed fourth in the girls (9-10) 50-meter breaststroke and 100 breaststroke

and was fifth in the 100 freestyle.

Doyle Young had a fourth place finish in the 15 and over 100 butterfly, fifth in the 200 butterfly, seventh in the 400-intermediate and ninth in the 400 freestyle.

Jake Waxler finished 12th in the 13-14 100 backstroke and 17th in the 100 breaststroke.

Jaylena Gibson placed 12th in the 13-14 200 breaststroke; Leila Young was 10th in the 11-12 50 and 100 back-

stroke; Ashleigh Richards finished 18th in the 13-14 100 backstroke and Joella Payne placed third in 9-10 division’s 50 backstroke, eighth in the 50 breaststroke and ninth in the 100 breaststroke.

Brooklynn Mininger placed 22nd in 13-14 200 backstroke and 100 breaststroke; Atticus Langille-Hoppe placed third in 8 and under 50 freestyle and 25 freestyle and fourth in 100 freestyle and Walden

Panthers sweep Aspen in DH

By Wayne Crick Sports Editor

Delta High School Panthers’ softball got off to a big start to the 2019 season in Aspen last Monday with a doubleheader sweep over the Skiers, 26-6 and 21-0.

All nine starters in game No. 1 had at least a single in the 18-hit attack spearheaded by four RBIs each from Keslie Sandoval and Teja Smith who had doubles in the game. Keely Porter and Amanda Cotten began

their seasons with home runs for the Panthers and finished the game with three RBIs each.

Delta swiped nine bases in the win with Porter’s three leading the way and closely followed

by Shania Garcia and Caitlyn Carlquist with a pair of steals each.

Cotten was the winning pitcher going five innings and allowing just three hits and six runs in the five-inning contest.

Elana Hancock had a perfect day at the plate

in game two with four hits — a triple and three RBIs. Porter hit her second home run of the season in a three-for-three game and finished with four RBIs while Cotten had a triple in two at bats for five RBIs. The Panthers added another nine bases to their stolen-base list with Hayley Burwell and Morgan Barnard adding three and two pilfers, respectively, to team totals.

Jill Robinson picked

Photo by Wayne Crick

Langille-Hoppe placed fourth in 9-10 100 and 50 backstroke and was fifth in 100 freestyle.

Peyton Huntley placed 12th in 9-10 100 backstroke competition.

Haddie Hellman placed third in 6 and under 25 backstroke and fifth in 50 freestyle; Nathaniel Waxler finished fifth in both 9-10 50 and 100 backstroke competitions with Nathaniel Quammen finishing third in 8 and under 100 intermediate, 25 butterfly and 100 freestyle.

Jacob Merriman placed third in 15 and

over 200 butterfly, second in 400 intermediate, third in backstroke and was fourth in 200 and 400 freestyle events.

The Barracudas placed first in mixed 18 and under 200 medley relay (Doyle Young, Joacob Merriman, Megan and Alex Waxler); fourth in 14 and under 200 relay (Brooklynn Mininger, Jaylena Gibson, Madysn Hannegrefs and Ashleigh Richards); and first in 8 and under mixed relay (Nathaniel Quamman, Adalynn Hannegrefs and Charlie and Haddie Hellman).

up the win in a three-inning contest allowing just one hit and striking out four Skiers.

Delta’s next diamond battles are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 30-31, in the Eaton tournament. The Panthers play at 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 30, against Eaton and face University High School at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31 and Lamar at 12:30 p.m. The Panthers host MontezuSubmitted photo ma Cortez 3 p.m. TuesDelta swim team members attending the 2019 State day, Sept. 3.

Swim Meet, Aug. 2-4 in Ouray, are pictured with their medium team first place trophy which was presented to the team at its recent banquet.

Submitted photo Photo by Wayne Crick The 2019 Delta Barracudas, who attended this

Delta High School’s Jill Robinson delivers a pitch Delta High School junior Keely Porter displays the year’s state swim meet, model new hats, donated by during the Panthers second game of a doubleheader form she used to hit two home runs in the Panthers’ Jolley Smiles. Delta won a state title in the medium team division. sweep over Aspen’s Skiers. Delta won the contest 21-0. doubleheader sweep over Aspen Aug. 20.

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Cedaredge golfers have busy month

By KIRBY Henderson Sports Writer

The Cedaredge High School golf team has been busy during the month of August, recently playing in three tournaments in four days. With such a short season, it has to be active, and that hard work has paid off.

Taking advantage of every opportunity to participate in competitions and practices has resulted in much improved overall play from the Cedaredge golfers. On Aug. 19, the linksters were on the Adobe Creek course in Fruita for a varsity-only tournament.

Senior Tristan Campbell gained confidence by finishing as the No. 1 Bruin player of the tournament with a 97. Brysen Har-

ris, Aspen Furubotten and Dylan Furubotten ended in a three-way tie for second at 98. Junior Jacen Brown turned in a 102, helping the team to a total score of 293.

Fruita earned the team win with a 226.

On Aug. 21, the Bruins made their way to Montrose to take part in the Black Canyon tournament. First-year golfer, junior Trey Geyer, came out of the tournament as Cedaredge’s No. 1 on the day. His 91 was his best of the season and a sign he’s figuring out the game of golf. As he has all season, Harris showed consistency by shooting a strong 92.

With Mason Smelser’s 96, Jacen Brown’s 100 and Campbell’s 109, the

team finished with a 279. Kyler Parker (113), Tyler Marks (118, and Wyatt Stone (128) were also given the opportunity to compete that day.

Durango’s 231 earned it the team title. Gunnison and Aspen tied for second with a 246.

Following a short turnaround, Cedaredge golfers were back in Montrose on Aug. 20 for

the Cobble Creek tournament. For the first time this season, sophomore Dylan Furubotten finished as the team’s No. 1 with a commendable 88. Harris completed his day with a quality 89.

Ian Anderson shot a 97 and was closely trailed

by Campbell’s 98. Trey Geyer’s 115 contributed to an overall team score of 274, Cedaredge’s low-

est team score of the season. Aspen Furubotten (101), Kyler Parker (105), Isaac Blair (108) and Kyle Brown (124) gained more experience, as well. Montrose won the team portion of the tournament.

Coach Ken Brown was very pleased to see the team finish the week on a strong note. He also pointed out that Madeson

Laman and Kyle Brown played in their first high school tournament.

The Bruins golfers went to Rifle today. On tap for the Cedaredge golfers will be the Yampa Valley tournament in Craig 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4. The following day, the team is scheduled to compete in Steamboat at 8 a.m. at Haymaker Golf Course.

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Cedaredge High School junior Jacen Brown drives Cedaredge High School junior Trey Geyer follows the ball off the tee at Montrose’s Black Canyon tour- through with the swing during competition at the nament this past Wednesday.

Black Canyon tournament in Montrose.

Delta golf team showing improvement

By Wayne Crick Sports Editor

Delta High School senior Ben Cooper shot his lowest round of his career, an 83, at Adobe Creek Golf Course Aug. 19. Delta golf coach, Frank Walch, reported Zach Kuta and Brendan Baier also had their best year-to-date scores of 96 for the Panthers.

Senior Atley Harris continued scoring the

team’s best individual round with a five over 77. He also placed fourth overall in the tournament.

“I see lots of improvement from all players overall,” Walch said of the team’s start this season.

The Panthers played Aug. 21 at Black Canyon (Montrose) and were in Gunnison Aug. 26, with a trip to Rifle scheduled 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28.

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FROM PAGE B8 There were seven Delta Panthers who finished outside the top 10: junior Doyle Young, 11th; freshman Braeden Sprout, 14th; senior Zach McMillan, 18th; senior Jack Jones, 31st; junior Wyatt Smith, 33rd; junior Kiril Ortega, 36th; and sophomore Devan Neil, 42nd.

Hotchkiss athletes outside the top 10 finishes are: senior J.D. Miller, 13th; senior Tevin Keller, 16th; sophomore Ben Rodriguez, 21st; sophomore Pablo Camacho, 32nd; and freshman Kegan Davis-Daniels, 43rd.

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The boys will follow at approximately 11 a.m. with a middle school division to follow that race.

Delta and Paonia are also scheduled to attend the cross country meet in Edwards for the Battle Mountain-Minturn Nordic event beginning at 10 a.m. Hotchkiss will resume its cross country schedule 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, with the Hotchkiss Invitational.

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Delta County was well represented in the top 10 places of the Aug. 23 Grand Mesa cross country meet. Five of the 10 places were earned by, from left, Delta senior Shad Lewis (second), Paonia freshman Odessa Shenk (sixth), Hotchkiss junior Kenny Drbohlav (eighth) and Paonia sophomore Alejandro Garcia.

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By DELTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 251 Meeker St., Delta • 874-8721 August 29, 1919 (From the Delta Independent) School opens September 8th. It is time to be getting things in shape in order to start right.

Many of the students have planned to make this year one of the best in their history. *** Everyone in this part of the county should plan to attend the Delta County Fair at Hotchkiss next week. The program offered is sufficient to warrant taking a few days off and besides help to make the fair a big success. *** The baseball game between Delta and Montrose played here Sunday afternoon was one of the keenest games ever staged on the home diamond. The visitors had on their fighting clothes and waded right into our boys and at times it looked as though we were going to be goose-egged until the fatal 7th inning was being brought to a close, when Graham singled to deep center with Roatcap up with a three-bagger. Matney bunted

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Both teams played excellent ball and the visitors fielders were very good. At the end of the game, Delta was victorious with a one run lead. *** The flower show given by the Woman’s Club of Delta for the purpose of encouraging the move for making our city more beautiful, and which has become an annual event, will be held at the Delta National Bank September 6th, in the afternoon and evening. All entries for prizes should be made in the afternoon.

The Woman’s Club is offering a first prize of $3.00 and second of $2.00 for the finest asters grown by a child under 16 years of age, and a first prize of $3.00 and second of $2.00 for the finest bouquet grown by a child under 16 years of age. *** With each oncoming service at the “big tent” where the boy preacher of Malden, Mass. Is preaching the crowds have been increasing from night to night and on last Sunday night there was a climax and all the seats were filled on the inside with nearly one hundred children in the straw around the front, then the extra seats that are prepared on the outside were all filled with many standing back near the side walk.

Mr. Bachellor is a forceful preacher fearless to uncover the modern sins of the day. High class society sins are no more to him than the so-called low class sins. He has been preaching since he was 16 years old and has a wide range to draw illustrations from.

Next Sunday afternoon there will be no services at the tent but there will be baptismal services at the river near the bridge north of town where we baptized last year. *** Acting Governor George Stephan of Delta,

Public Service What Types Of Cottage Foods Can I Produce? Whole eggs, spices, teas, dehydrated produce, nuts, seeds, Honey, jams, jellies, and preserves, fruit butter, candies, certain bake goods If you have any questions, please call: 8742165. Delta County Health Department. (4x32) THE DELTA COUNTY Independent runs these items as a public service free of charge for non-profit organizations, if no fees are charged.

However, each group is asked to please keep them current by calling 874-4421.

Legacy Outfitters is an outdoor group for men ages 16 and up that meets monthly each second Monday at the Delta Trap Club for dinner and a speaker. Meetings are free with no membership fees. Call or text 970-46373355.

The Delta Food Pantry announces extended evening hours. Every 4th Tuesday of each month, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Alley door behind St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 6th & Meeker. Bring proof of Delta area residency.

Regular daytime hours are still M-F 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Domestic Violence Support Group for Adults and Children: Every Wednesday in Delta from 5-7 p.m. there will be a free support group for adults whose lives have been impacted by domestic violence and a separate group for children at the same time.

Please call 970-874-4941 to sign up.

has issued a proclamation designating Monday, September 1st,1919 as Labor Day in the State of Colorado. *** The ball game last Thursday afternoon between Crawford and Delta resulted in a score of 10 to 4 in favor of Delta. *** In cooperation with the American Bankers Association and the War Department, the American Red Cross has established banks at the remobilization camps in this country where men can make deposits to the banks in their home towns or wherever desired. Reports covering operations to July 4th showed a total of money deposited at these banks of $1,132,077. Of the 131,681 men demobilized in camps having these banking agencies, 11,262 made deposits, an average of $100.52 each. *** Gus Tsangaris, local manager of the Golden Rule Store company, which concern is opening up a branch house in Delta, is here attending the many matters incident to getting the building in shape as well as looking after the shipments of goods that are already arriving.

The new manager says the store will open for business about the 10th of September and next week they will inform Independent readers of what they propose to handle in the store at Delta.

This store is one of a chain of 19 stores with headquarters at Helper, Utah. *** A number of prominent Delta people will leave within the next few days to be in attendance at the G.A.R. Convention at Columbus, Ohio, held September 7th-13th. [Grand Army of the Republic – Union Civil War veterans] ***

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969.00 Commercial Clearing Services ……………

180.00 Dairy Specialists, LLC 297.00 Delta County …………

40.00 Dependable Lumber, Inc. …………………

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210.00 Enterprise Fund/Landfill Fee …………………

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628.05 Paonia Auto Parts …

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45.44 Oldcastle SW Group Inc …………………

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90.00 Roop Excavating LLC 9,700.00 SGS North America Inc …………………

922.33 TDS Telecom …………

277.75 Weavers Small Engine Repair ………………

206.89 Winwater Corp ………

340.74 Grand Totals: ………… 77,526.02 July 2019 Payroll …… 39,228.40 Published in the Delta County Independent August 28, 2019.

CounTy CourT DelTa CounTy, ColoraDo Court Address: 501 Palmer Street, Room 338, Delta, CO 81416 in the matter of the Petition of: Joshua adam Kossick Adult: for a Change of name to: emilia aurora Hale Case number: 2019C130 PubliC noTiCe of PeTiTion for CHange of name Public Notice is given on August 15, 2019, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Delta County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Joshua Adam Kossick be changed to Emilia Aurora Hale By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) Published in the Delta County Independent August 21, 28 and September 4, 2019. noTiCe To CreDiTors estate of warren m. eriCKson, a/K/a warren melvin eriCKson, a/K/a warren eriCKson, Deceased Case number 2019 Pr 30069 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before December 26, 2019, or the

claims may be forever barred.

Arlene Findley, Personal Representative 1534 A Crestview Way Grand Junction, CO 81506 Published in the Delta County Independent August 21, 28 and September 4, 2019. noTiCe To CreDiTors estate of DonalD louis oCHs, a.K.a. DonalD l. oCHs, a.K.a.

DonalD oCHs, Deceased Case number 2019Pr30068 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before December 18, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Russell Barton Ochs Person Giving Notice c/o Brown & Brown, P.C., 1250 East Sherwood Drive Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21 and 28, 2019. noTiCe To CreDiTors estate of PaTriCia ann sHiPley, aka PaTriCia a. sHiPley, Deceased Case number 2019Pr30071 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before December 23, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shawn Patrick McKinney, Personal Representative c/o Nugent & Palo, LLC P.O. Box 1902 Grand Junction, CO 81502 Published in the Delta County Independent August 21, 28 and September 4, 2019. noTiCe To CreDiTors estate of riCHarD JosePH gallegos, Deceased Case number 19Pr30049 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

personal representative or to the District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before November 11, 2019, or the claims may be forever barred.

THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL D. VAUGHN /s/ Michael D. Vaughn #36484 Published in the Delta County Independent August 28, September 4 and 11, 2019.

DISTRICT COURT, DELTA COUNTy, COLORADO 501 Palmer Street, Room 338, Delta, Colorado 81416 Petitioner: THe PeoPle of THe sTaTe of ColoraDo In the Interest of: D. b., Child and Concerning Respondents: D. m. (mother), Toby blooDgooD (father) Attorney for Petitioner: John F. Baier, Atty Reg # 38345 County Attorney Jose Pablo Galván, Atty Reg # 49446 Assistant County Attorney Adriana Hartley, Atty Reg # 53117 Assistant County Attorney Address: 550 Palmer St., Suite #102, Delta, CO 81416-1610 Phone Number: 970-874-2090 Fax Number: 970-874-2094 E-Mail: attorney@deltacounty.com Case number: 2019 Jv 17 Division: 1 alias summons (PubliCaTion) TO: TOBy BLOODGOOD you are hereby notified that a verified Petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that D.B., is neglected and dependent child for the reasons set forth more fully in said Petition, incorporated herein by reference. It is alleged that you are the Father of the child D.B. In addition to the original Petition filed in the Court, a copy may be obtained from the office of the Delta County Attorney, 550 Palmer St., Suite #102, Delta, CO 81416.

Termination of the parent-child relationship is a possible remedy available if this Petition alleging that the child is dependent and neglected is sustained. A separate

hearing must be held before such termination is ordered. Termination of the parent-child legal relationship means that the child who is the subject of this Petition would be eligible for adoption. you are further notified that the Court has set said petition for an advisement hearing on the 16th day of September, 2019, at 1:00 o’clock p.m. you are hereby notified to be and appear before this Court at said time.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court this 22nd day of August, 2019.

SHERRy KUHN Clerk of the Combined Court By: /s/ Sharon Meath Deputy Clerk (COURT SEAL) Published in the Delta County Independent August 28, 2019.

noTiCe of sale PursuanT To sTorage lien Pursuant to C.R.S. 1973 Section 38-21.5-101 et. seq., notice is hereby given that the following property of Robin Hunter. The last known address 321 Grand Ave. Apt. # 5, Delta, CO. 81416 whose property is stored at Grand Mesa Mini Storage, Unit #69 will be sold to the highest bidder at 11 AM on September 7th, 2019 at Grand Mesa Mini Storage, 1355 SW 9th Street, Cedaredge, CO 81413.

The storage unit contains the following property: misc. goods.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 28 and September 4, 2019.

noTiCe of sale PursuanT To sTorage lien Pursuant to C.R.S. 1973 Section 38-21.5-101 Et. Seq., notice is hereby given that the following property of Allie Garnier, whose last known address is P.O. Box 2223, Hobbs, New Mexico 88241 which property was stored at C & N Storage, Unit # 040, will be disposed of on September 11, 2019, at 10:00 A.M., at C & N Storage, 15004 G Rd., Delta, CO 81416.

The storage unit contained the fol-

lowing items: Miscellaneous personal and household items.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 28 and September 4, 2019.

noTiCe of sale PursuanT To sTorage lien Pursuant to C.R.S. 1973 Section 38-21.5-101 Et. Seq., notice is hereby given that the following property of Eric R. Willy, whose last known address is 1078 Griffith Ave., Elburn, IL 60119 which property was stored at C & N Storage, Unit # 050, will be disposed of on September 11, 2019, at 10:00 A.M., at C & N Storage, 15004 G Rd., Delta, CO 81416.

The storage unit contained the following items: Miscellaneous personal and household items.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 28 and September 4, 2019.

noTiCe of sale PursuanT To sTorage lien Pursuant to C.R.S. 1973 Section 38-21.5-101 Et. Seq., notice is hereby given that the following property of Kathy Anders, whose last known address is 2143 St. Andrews Dr., Billings, MT 59105 which property was stored at C & N Storage, Unit # 109, will be disposed of on September 11, 2019, at 10:00 A.M., at C & N Storage, 15004 G Rd., Delta, CO 81416.

The storage unit contained the following items: Miscellaneous personal and household items.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 28 and September 4, 2019.

PubliC noTiCe Pursuant to the liquor laws of Colorado, Surface Creek Valley Historical Society, Inc. has requested the licensing officials of the Town of Cedaredge to grant a Special Liquor License to dispense malt, vinous, and spiritous liquor by the drink at 388 S. Grand Mesa Dr, Cedaredge, CO 81413 on October 5, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Written objections to the issuance of this permit may be received through noon on Friday, September 6, 2019 at the Town of Cedaredge Town Clerk’s Office, 235 Main Street, PO Box 398, Cedaredge CO 81413, or via email at townclerk@cedaredgecolorado.com.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 28, 2019.

noTiCe To CreDiTors estate of riCHarD alberT Cerise, a/k/a riCHarD a.

Cerise, a/k/a riCHarD Cerise, Deceased Case number 2019Pr30078 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before January 8, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Terry Cerise Person Giving Notice 19478 2325 Road Cedaredge, CO 81413 Attorney for Personal Representative: Michael R. Dodson PO Box 38 Delta, CO 81416 Published in the Delta County Independent August 28 September 4 and 11, 2019.

noTiCe To CreDiTors estate of PaTriCia Diane weller, Deceased Case number 2019Pr30077 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Delta County, Colorado on or before January 8, 2020, or the claims may be forever barred.

Forrest Ryan Mock Person Giving Notice 40 Naniuka Place Makawao, HI 96768 Attorney for Personal Representative: Michael R. Dodson PO Box 38 Delta, CO 81416 Published in the Delta County Independent August 28 September 4 and 11, 2019.

public notices Wednesday, August 28, 2019 C3

Delta County Independent

Public Notices because of the labor day holiday — deadline for legals for the sept. 4 issue is friday, aug. 30 at 10 a.m.

Ordinance nO. 8, 2019 an Ordinance granting Black Hills/colorado Gas Utility company, LP d/b/a Black Hills energy, its lessees, successors and assigns, a natural gas franchise and the authority to construct, operate, maintain, and extend a natural gas distribution plant and system, and granting the right to use the streets, alleys, and other public places within the present or future corporate limits of the city of delta, colorado Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Delta, Colorado, as follows: 1. FrancHiSe GranTed The City of Delta, Colorado (hereinafter referred to as “Grantor”), hereby grants a non-exclusive franchise to Black Hills/Colorado Gas Utility Company, LP d/b/a Black Hills Energy, (hereinafter called “Grantee”), its lessees, successors and assigns.

Grantee is hereby granted the right, privilege, franchise, permission and authority to lay, construct, install, maintain, operate and extend in, along, over or across the present and future streets, alleys, avenues, bridges, public rights-of-way and public easements as are now within the present or future limits of said Grantor, a natural gas distribution system and all facilities necessary for the purpose of supplying natural gas or processed gas and other operations connected therewith or incident thereto for all purposes to the inhabitants of said Grantor and consumers in the vicinity thereof, and for the distribution of natural gas from or through said Grantor to points beyond the limits thereof. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, all mains, services, pipes, conduits and all other apparatus and appliances necessary or convenient for transporting, distributing and supplying natural gas for all purposes for which it may be used, and to do all other things necessary and proper in providing natural gas service to the inhabitants of Grantor and in carrying on such business.

2. TerM This franchise shall take effect on the first day of the month following the date this Ordinance is finally approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission or upon the first day of the month following the approval of this franchise by the voters of the City of Delta as required by the Delta City Charter, whichever is later (the “Effective Date”), at which time Grantee will begin to collect the franchise fee set forth herein, and this franchise shall remain in effect for a period of twenty (20) years from the Effective Date of this Ordinance.

Until the Effective Date, Grantee shall continue to collect and remit to Grantee the franchise fee required by the prior franchise granted by Ordinance No. 24, 1999, as amended

by Ordinance No. 13, 2015 (the “Prior Franchise”), which was previously assigned to Grantee.

Upon the Effective Date, the Prior Franchise shall be deemed terminated and of no further force or effect. Nothing herein shall be interpreted as an extension or renewal of the Prior Franchise, even if the Prior Franchise expires by its own terms prior to the Effective Date.

3. FrancHiSe FeeS Or TaXeS In exchange for the franchise granted herein, Grantee shall collect from all customers, but not from the City of Delta, located within the corporate limits of Grantor and pay to Grantor an amount equal to $0.0282 per therm of gas delivered within the present or future limits of Grantor.

The amount paid by Grantee shall be in lieu of, and Grantee shall be exempt from, all other fees, charges, taxes or assessments which the Grantor may impose for the privilege of doing business within the present or future corporate limits of Grantor, including, without limitation, excise taxes, occupation taxes, licensing fees, or right-of-way permit fees, and in the event the Grantor imposes any such fee, charge, tax or assessment, the payment to be made by Grantee in accordance with this section shall be reduced in an amount equal to any such fee, charge, tax or assessment imposed upon the Grantee. Ad valorem property taxes imposed generally upon all real and personal property within the present or future corporate limits of Grantor shall not be deemed to affect Grantee’s obligations under this section.

Grantee shall list the franchise fee collected from customers as a separate item on bills for utility service issued to its customers. If at any time the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) or other authority having proper jurisdiction prohibits such recovery, then Grantee will no longer be obligated to collect and pay the franchise fee, but if collection of the franchise fee is prohibited for more than a six-month consecutive period, then Grantor shall have the right to terminate this franchise by written notice to Grantee without any obligation to purchase Grantee’s property, unless Grantee agrees to pay an annual amount to the City equal to the amount of franchise fees collected during the calendar year preceding the prohibition, which amount shall be increased annually thereafter based on the Consumer Price Index (all items, Denver/Boulder). Any customer refunds ordered by the Commission or other authority due to an unlawful or prohibited collection of the franchise fee collected by Grantee and remitted to Grantor shall be refunded by Grantor.

Within ten (10) days of the date of this ordinance, Grantor shall provide Grantee with a map of its corporate limits (the “Map”). The Map shall be of sufficient detail to assist Grantee in determining whether their customers reside within Grantor’s corporate limits. The Map along with Grantee’s Geographic Information System (“GIS”) mapping information shall serve as the basis for determining Grantee’s obligation hereunder to collect and pay the franchise fee from customers; provided, however, that if the Grantor’s corporate limits are changed by annexation or otherwise, it shall be the Grantor’s sole responsibility to (a) update the Map so that the changes are included therein, and (b) provide the updated Map to the Grantee.

Grantee’s obligation to collect and pay the franchise fee from customers within an annexed area shall not commence until the later: (a) of sixty (60) days after Grantee’s receipt from the Grantor of an updated Map including the annexed area, or (b) after Grantee’s receipt from the Grantor of an updated Map including the annexed area as is reasonably necessary for Grantee to identify the customers in the annexed area obligated to pay the franchise fee; provided, further that neither party

shall have the obligation to correct a mistake, including but not limited to collection of the fee by Grantee from its customers or remittance of that fee by Grantee to Grantor, that is discovered more than one (1) year after the occurrence thereof. In addition, Grantee shall not be liable for paying franchise fees from or to any customer originally or subsequently identified, or incorrectly identified,

by Grantor or by Grantee, as being subject to the franchise fee or being subject to a different level of franchise fees or being exempt from the imposition of franchise fees.

Grantor shall have access to and the right to examine, during normal business hours, such of Grantee’s books, receipts, files, records and documents as is necessary to verify the accuracy of payments due hereunder. If it is determined that a mistake was made in the payment of any franchise fee required hereunder, the mistake shall be corrected promptly upon discovery such that any under-payment by Grantee shall be paid within thirty (30) days of recalculation of the amount due, and any over-payment by Grantee shall be deducted from the next payment of such franchise fee due by Grantee to Grantor.

Five (5) years from the date of enactment of this Ordinance, and every five years thereafter until the end of the term as defined herein, Grantor may review the percent of gross receipts payable to Grantor pursuant to this Ordinance. Grantor shall notify Grantee in writing, no later than one hundred and eighty (180) days before each five (5) year anniversary of the Effective Date if it desires to amend the percent of gross receipts collected from Grantee’s customers and payable to Grantor. Grantee shall not unreasonably withhold approval of such a request and shall utilize its best efforts to secure approval of the PUC. 4. GOVerninG rULeS and reGULaTiOnS The franchise granted hereunder is subject to all conditions, limitations and immunities now provided for, or as hereafter amended, and applicable to the operations of a public utility, by state or federal law. The rates to be charged by Grantee for service within the present or future corporate limits of Grantor and the rules and regulations regarding the character, quality and standards of service to be furnished by Grantee, shall be under the jurisdiction and control of such regulatory body or bodies as may, from time to time, be vested by law with authority and jurisdiction over the rates, regulations and quality and standards of service to be supplied by Grantee.

Provided however, should any judicial, regulatory or legislative body having proper jurisdiction take any action that precludes Grantee from recovering from its customers any cost associated with services provided hereunder, then Grantee and Grantor shall renegotiate the terms of this Ordinance in accordance with the action taken. In determining the rights and duties of the Grantee, the terms of this Ordinance shall take precedence over any conflicting terms or requirements contained in any other ordinance enacted by the Grantor, but in the event of any conflict between this Ordinance and the Delta City Charter, the Charter shall control.

5. PrOViSiOn FOr inadeQUaTe enerGY SUPPLieS If an energy supplier is unable to furnish an adequate supply of energy due to an emergency, an order or decision of a public regulatory body, or other acts beyond the control of the Grantee, then the Grantee shall have the right and authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations limiting, curtailing or allocating extensions of service or supply of energy to any customers or prospective customers, and withholding the supply of energy to new customers, provided that such rules and regulations shall be uniform as applied to each class of customers or prospective customers, and shall be non-discriminatory as between communities receiving service from the Grantee.

6. cOnSTrUcTiOn and MainTenance OF GranTee’S FaciLiTieS Any pavements, sidewalks or curbing taken up and any and all excavations made shall be done in such a manner as to cause only such inconvenience to the inhabitants of Grantor and the general public as is reasonably necessary, and repairs and replacements shall be made promptly by Grantee, leaving such properties in as good as condition as existed immediately prior to excavation.

Grantee agrees that for the term of this franchise, it will use its best efforts to maintain its facilities and equipment in a condition sufficient to meet the current and future energy requirements of Grantor, its inhabitants and industries. While maintaining its facilities and equipment, Grantee shall obtain permits as required by ordinance and will fix its excavations within a commercially reasonable time period, except that in emergency situations Grantee shall take such immediate unilateral actions as it determines are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; in which case, Grantee shall notify Grantor as soon as reasonably possible. Within a reasonable time thereafter, Grantee shall request and Grantor shall issue any permits or authorizations required by Grantor for the actions conducted by Grantee during the emergency situation.

Grantor will give Grantee reasonable notice of plans for street improvements where paving or resurfacing of a permanent nature is involved that affects Grantee’s facilities. The notice shall contain the nature and character of the improvements, the rights-of-way upon which the improvements are to be made, the extent of the improvements, and the time when the Grantor will start the work, and, if more than one right-of-way is involved, the order in which the work is to proceed. The notice shall be given to the Grantee as soon as practical in advance of the actual commencement of the work, considering seasonable working conditions, to permit the Grantee to make any additions, alterations, or repairs to its facilities.

Grantee shall comply with the provisions of C.R.S. § 9-1.5-101, et seq., as now in effect or as hereafter amended, and Grantee shall be deemed the “project owner” for purposes of said statute.

7. eXTenSiOn OF GranTee’S FaciLiTieS Upon receipt and acceptance of a valid application for service, Grantee shall, subject to its own economic feasibility criteria as approved by the PUC make reasonable extensions of its distribution facilities to serve

customers located within the current or future corporate limits of Grantor.

8. reLOcaTiOn OF GranTee’S FaciLiTieS If Grantor elects to change the grade of or otherwise alter any street, alley, avenue, bridge, public right-of-way or public place for a public purpose, unless otherwise reimbursed by federal, state or local legislative act or governmental agency, Grantee, upon reasonable notice from Grantor, shall remove and relocate its facilities or equipment situated in the public rights-of-way, at the cost and expense of Grantee, if such removal is necessary to prevent interference.

If Grantor or Grantee determines that Grantee’s facilities or equipment is intentionally or unintentionally disrupting Grantor facilities or equipment, including but not limited to, boring Grantee facilities or equipment through Grantor facilities or equipment, then Grantee will remove its facilities or equipment from the Grantor’s facilities or equipment and repair or replace with like material(s) Grantor’s damaged facilities or equipment at Grantee’s expense.

If Grantor orders or requests Grantee to relocate its facilities or equipment for the primary benefit of a commercial or private project, or as a result of the initial request of a commercial or private developer or other non-public entity, and such removal is necessary to prevent interference, then Grantee shall receive payment from the private developer or other non-public entity for the cost of such relocation as a precondition to relocating its facilities or equipment.

Grantor shall consider reasonable alternatives in designing its public works projects and exercising its authority under this section so as not to arbitrarily cause Grantee unreasonable additional expense. If alternative public right-of-way space is available, Grantor shall also provide a reasonable alternative location for Grantee’s facilities. Grantor shall give Grantee written notice of an order or request to vacate a public right-of-way; provided, however, that its receipt of such notice shall not deprive Grantee of its right to operate and maintain its existing facilities in such public right-of way until it (a) if applicable, receives the reasonable cost of relocating the same and (b) obtains a reasonable public right-of-way, dedicated utility easement, or private easement alternative location for such facilities.

9. cOnFidenTiaL inFOrMaTiOn Grantor acknowledges that certain information it might request from Grantee pursuant to this Ordinance may be of a proprietary and confidential nature, and that such requests may be subject to the Homeland Security Act or other confidentiality protections under state or federal law. If Grantee requests that any information provided by Grantee to Grantor be kept confidential due to its proprietary or commercial value, Grantor and its employees, agents and representatives shall maintain the confidentiality of such information, to the extent allowed by law. If Grantor is requested or required by legal or administrative process to disclose any such proprietary or confidential information, Grantor shall promptly notify Grantee of such request or requirement so that Grantee may seek an appropriate protective order or other relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Grantee acknowledges that Grantor is a public entity subject to the Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972, C.R.S. § 24-6-101, et seq. and the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. § 24-72-101, et seq., and nothing herein shall be construed to require Grantor to violate any such statutes.

10. FOrce MaJeUre It shall not be a breach or default under this Ordinance if either party fails to perform its obligations hereunder due to force majeure. Force majeure shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) physical events such as acts of God, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, freezing, storms, floods, washouts, explosions, breakage or accident or necessity of repairs to machinery, equipment or distribution or transmission lines; 2) acts of others such as strikes, work-force stoppages, riots, sabotage, insurrections or wars; 3) governmental actions such as necessity for compliance with any court order, law, statute, ordinance, executive order, or regulation promulgated by a governmental authority having jurisdiction; and (4) any other causes, whether of the kind herein enumerated or otherwise not reasonably within the control of the affected party to prevent or overcome. Each party shall make reasonable efforts to avoid force majeure and to resolve such event as promptly as reasonably possible once it occurs in order to resume performance of its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that this provision shall not obligate a party to settle any labor strike.

11. indeMniFicaTiOn, inSUrance, BOndS a. The Grantee shall maintain its structures, apparatus, mains, pipes and other equipment and facilities as to afford all reasonable protection against injury or damage to persons or property. b. General Indemnification. The Grantee agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless, and defend the Grantor, its officers, elected or appointed officials, employees, agents, boards and employees, from any action or claim for injury, damage, loss, liability, cost or expense, including court and appeal costs and attorneys’ and expert witness fees and expenses, arising from any casualty, accident, injury or loss to person or property, including, without limitation, copyright infringement and defamation, and all other damages in any way arising out of, or by reason of, any construction, excavation, operation, maintenance, reconstruction of the natural gas delivery systems or any act done under or in connection with this Ordinance by or for the Grantee its agents or its employees by reason of any negligence or other fault of the Grantee. c. Insurance. The Grantee shall save the Grantor harmless from all liability or damage and all reasonable expenses necessarily accruing against the Grantor arising out of the negligent exercise by the Grantee of the rights and privileges hereby granted; and for this purpose the Grantee shall procure and maintain the minimum insurance coverages listed below. Such coverages shall be procured and maintained with forms and insurers acceptable to the Grantor. All coverages shall be continuously maintained to cover all liability, claims, demands, and other obligations assumed by the Grantee pursuant to this Ordinance. In the case of any claims-made policy, the necessary retroactive dates and extended reporting periods shall be procured to maintain such continuous coverage: i. Worker’s Compensation insurance to cover obligations imposed by applicable laws for any employee engaged in the performance of work under this franchise, and Employers’ liability coverage with minimum limits of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) each accident, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) disease policy limit, and FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000) disease - each employee. Evidence of qualified self-insured status may be substituted for the Worker’s Compensation requirements stated herein. ii. Commercial General Li-

ability insurance with minimum combined single limits of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) each occurrence and TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000) aggregate.

The policy shall be applicable to all premises and operations. The policy shall include coverage for bodily injury, broad form property damage (including completed operations), personal injury (including coverage for contractual and employee acts), blanket contractual, products, and completed operations. The policy shall include coverage for explosion, collapse, and underground hazards.

The policy shall contain a severability of interests provision. iii. Comprehensive Automobile Liability insurance with minimum combined single limits for bodily injury and property damage of not less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) each occurrence and TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000) aggregate with respect to each of Grantee’s owned, hired and non-owned vehicles assigned to or used in performance of the services provided in accordance with this franchise. The policy shall contain a severability of interests provision. If the Grantee has no owned automobiles, the requirements as set forth herein shall be met by each employee of the Grantee providing services to the Grantor under this franchise.

The policies required above, except for Worker’s Compensation, shall be endorsed to include the Grantor and Grantor’s officers and employees as additional insureds.

Every policy required above shall be primary insurance and any insurance carried by the Grantor, its officers, or its employees, or carried by or provided through any insurance pool of the Grantor, shall be excess and not contributory insurance to that provided by Grantee. No additional insured endorsement to any policy shall contain any exclusion for bodily injury or property damage arising from completed operations.

The Grantee shall be solely responsible for any deductible losses under any policy required above. Grantee, upon request, shall furnish a certificate of insurance to the Grantor for said insurance.

The parties hereto understand and agree that the Grantor is relying on, and does not waive or intend to waive by any provision of this franchise, the monetary limitations (presently $350,000 per person and $990,000 per occurrence) or any other rights, immunities, and protections provided by the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, 2410-101 et seq., as from time to time amended. d The obligation of this Section 5 shall not extend to any liability or damage and all reasonable expenses accruing against the Grantee arising out of the negligence, recklessness, or specific intent of the Grantor, its officers, employees, agents, representatives, or contractors. e. Bonds or Other Surety. Except as expressly provided herein, the Grantee shall not be required to obtain or maintain bonds or other surety as a condition of being awarded the franchise or continuing its existence. The Grantor acknowledges that the legal, financial, and technical qualifications of the Grantee are currently sufficient to afford compliance with the terms of the franchise and the enforcement thereof. The Grantee and the Grantor recognize that the costs associated with bonds and other surety may ultimately be borne by the subscribers in the form of increased rates for natural gas delivery systems. In order to minimize such costs, the Grantor agrees to require bonds and other surety only in such amounts and during such times as there is a reasonably demonstrated need therefore. Initially, no bond or other surety will be required. In the event that one is required in the future, the Grantor agrees to give the Grantee at least sixty (60) days prior written notice thereof stating the reason for the requirement. Such reason must demonstrate a change in technical, legal or financial qualifications which would materially prohibit or impair Grantee’s ability to comply with the terms of the franchise or afford compliance therewith, or may be based upon the Grantee’s demonstrated failure to comply with the terms of this franchise in a timely manner. f. Grantee hereby waives any claim for damages to its property within streets, alleys and gas easements against the Grantor, its officers and employees, except for damages caused by the negligence, recklessness, or the specific intent of the Grantor, elected or appointed officials, its officers, agents, boards or its employees.

12. TerMinaTiOn Grantor shall have the right to terminate this franchise before the end of the Term by providing at least sixty (60) days prior written notice to Grantee, subject to the condition that Grantor agrees to purchase the personal property of Grantee located within Grantor’s easements and rights of way, subject to Colorado law. In such event, the purchase price for the property to be acquired

by Grantor shall exclude all value of the grant or renewal of this franchise.

13. SUcceSSOrS and aSSiGnS All rights, privileges and authority granted to Grantee hereunder shall inure to the benefit of Grantee’s lessees, successors and assigns, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions herein contained, and all obligations imposed upon Grantee hereunder shall be binding upon Grantee’s lessees, successors and assigns.

14. FOrFeiTUreGrantor reserves the right to declare a forfeiture of this franchise for the breach of a substantial and material provision thereof. In the event that the Grantor believes that the Grantee has not complied with any term of the franchise, it shall notify the Grantee in writing in reasonable detail of the nature of the alleged noncompliance. No forfeiture shall be declared until the Grantee shall have had an opportunity to be heard and to correct the alleged breach. Upon failure of the Grantee to exercise reasonable diligence to correct such condition, or to demonstrate that remedying the breach is legally proscribed, the Grantor may declare this franchise forfeited and notify Grantee in writing. In the event that this franchise is forfeited, then the Grantee agrees to continue to render service as theretofore for a period of six (6) months to give the Grantor time to decide upon its course of action.

15. nO THird ParTY BeneFiciarieS This Ordinance constitutes a franchise agreement between the Grantor and Grantee. No provision of this Ordinance shall inure to the benefit of any third person, including the public at large, so as to constitute any such person as a third party beneficiary of the agreement or of any one or more of the terms hereof, or otherwise give rise to any cause of action for any person not a party hereto.

16. SeVeraBiLiTY If any clause, sentence or section of this Ordinance is deemed invalid by any judicial, regulatory or legislative body having proper jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

17. nOn WaiVer Any waiver of any obligation or default under this Ordinance shall not be construed as a waiver of any future defaults, whether of like or different character.

18. rePeaL cOnFLicTinG OrdinanceS This Ordinance, when accepted by Grantee as provided below, shall constitute the entire agreement between the Grantor and the Grantee relating to the franchise granted by Grantor hereunder, and the same shall supersede all prior ordinances relating thereto, and any terms and conditions of such prior ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 24-1999 of the City of Delta, Colorado, as amended by Ordinance No. 13-2005, is hereby repealed as of the Effective Date hereof. In the event that the voters of the City of Delta fail to approve this Ordinance as required by the Delta City Charter, then Ordinance 24-1999, as amended, shall remain in effect until it expires by its own terms on February 8, 2020.

19. eFFecT and inTerPreTaTiOn OF Ordinance The captions that precede each section of this Ordinance are for convenience and/or reference only and shall not be taken into consideration in the interpretation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance.

20. accePTance Upon final passage and approval of this Ordinance by Grantor and by the voters of the City of Delta, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, Grantee shall file its acceptance by written instrument, within sixty (60) days of approval by the voters as required by the Delta City Charter, with the Clerk of the City of Delta, Colorado. The Clerk of the City of Delta, Colorado shall sign and affix the community seal to acknowledge receipt of such acceptance, and return one copy to Grantee. If Grantee does not, within sixty (60) days following approval by the voters, either express in writing its objections to any terms or provisions contained therein, or reject this Ordinance in its entirety, Grantee shall be deemed to have accepted this Ordinance and all of its terms and conditions.

Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Delta, Colorado, this 6th day of August, 2019. /s/ R.G. Austin Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Jolene E. Nelson Clerk of City of Delta, Colorado Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21, 28 and September 4, 2019.

DISTRICT COURT, DELTA COUNTy, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2018CV30098 SHeriFF’S SaLe nO. 19-0374 nOTice OF SHeriFF’S SaLe OF reaL PrOPerTY (PUBLicaTiOn) BANk OF WISCONSIN DELLS Plaintiff v.

DELTA HOTEL GROUP, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company; LISA J. TAFOyA, or her successor, in her official capacity as Delta County Public Trustee; Defendants Regarding: LOT 3 OF AMENDMENT NO. 3, CONFLUENCE COMMERCIAL PARk SUBDIVISION COUNTy OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO. and commonly known by street and number as 180 Gunnison River Drive, Delta, Colorado 81416 (the “Property”).

Under an Order Granting Stipulated Motion and Entering Judgment and Decree entered on April 30, 2019, relating to a dead of trust recorded in the Delta County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE NAME DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: you and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriffs Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Section of the Sheriff’s Office of Delta County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 8th day of October 2019 on the steps of the Delta County Court House, located at 501 Palmer Street, Delta, CO 81416, phone number 970-874-2011. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. all bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 970-874-2000 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have one hour following the sale to tender the full amount of the full bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid. **BidderS are reQUired TO HaVe caSH Or cerTiFied FUndS SUFFicienT TO cOVer THe iniTaiL Bid aT THe TiMe OF SaLe.** PLeaSe nOTe THaT THe JUdGMenTS BeinG FOrecLOSed MaY nOT Be a FirST Lien On THe SUBJecT PrOPerTY. nOTice OF riGHTS yOU MAy HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTy BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. yOU MAy HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTy OR yOU MAy HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPy OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLy CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAy AFFECT yOUR RIGHTS SHALL BE SENT WITH ALL MAILED COPIES OF THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, yOUR RIGHTS MAy BE DETERMINED

By PREVIOUS STATUTES. iF THe SaLe daTe iS cOnTinUed TO a LaTer daTe, THe deadLine TO FiLe a nOTice OF inTenT TO cUre BY THOSe ParTieS enTiTLed TO cUre MaY aLSO Be eXTended; iF THe BOrrOWer BeLieVeS THaT a Lender Or SerVicer HaS ViOLaTed THe reQUireMenTS FOr a SinGLe POinT OF cOnTacT in SecTiOn 38-38-103.1 Or THe PrOHiBiTiOn On dUaL TracKinG in SecTiOn 38-38-103.2, THe BOrrOWer MaY FiLe a cOMPLainT WiTH THe cOLOradO aTTOrneY GeneraL, THe FederaL cOnSUMer FinanciaL PrOTecTiOn BUreaU (cFPB), Or BOTH. THe FiLinG OF a cOMPLainT WiLL nOT STOP THe FOrecLOSUre PrOceSS. colorado attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor denver, colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral. gov Federal consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 iowa city, iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov All telephone inquires for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 970874-2000. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Deanne R. Stodden, Esq. MESSNER REEVES, LLP, 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202, 303-623-

1800.

Dated: 8/6/19 /s/ Mark L. Taylor, Sheriff Sheriff of Delta County, Colorado First Publication: August 14, 2019 Last Publication: September 11, 2019 Published In: Delta County Independent Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21, 28 and September 4 and 11, 2019. cOMBined nOTice PUBLicaTiOn crS §38-38-103 FOrecLOSUre SaLe nO. 2019-0019 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 23, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s) kEVIN C SWOFFER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SySTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CORNERSTONE HOME LENDING, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITy Date of Deed of Trust May 31, 2017 County of Recording Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 695643 Original Principal Amount $120,675.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $117,644.17 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THe Lien FOrecLOSed MaY nOT Be a FirST Lien.

See aTTacHed LeGaL deScriPTiOn PUrSUanT TO aFFidaViT OF ScriVener’S errOr recOrded On 5/17/2019 aT recePTiOn nO. 710929 TO cOrrecT THe ManUFacTUred HOMe inFOrMaTiOn. eXHiBiT a LeGaL deScriPTiOn LOT 1 OF BROOkS MINOR SUBDIVISION, COUNTy OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO MANUFACTURED HOME INFORMATION MANUFACTURER: SCHULT MODEL: PRE MODEL yEAR: 1998 SERIAL NUMBER: GDGENE509716102 also known by street and number as: 16493 BULL MeSa rOad, cedaredGe, cO 81413.

THe PrOPerTY deScriBed Herein iS aLL OF THe PrOPerTY cUrrenTLY encUMBered BY THe Lien OF THe deed OF TrUST. nOTice OF SaLe The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 09/25/2019, at Public Trustee’s Office, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 7/31/2019 Last Publication 8/28/2019 Name of Publication Delta County Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE

By THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAy ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 05/23/2019 Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID R. DOUGHTy #40042 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S MERIDIAN SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-021555 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Delta County Independent July 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2019. nOTice OF deMand FOr rePLaceMenT STOcK cerTiFicaTe The Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir Company hereby gives notice that pursuant to section 7-42-114 C.R.S., a Petition for Replacement of Stock Certificate was filed by Joanie Bronfman, for Stock Certificate 3141 for 400 Class 2 Shares of the Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir Company and for Stock Certificate 3142 for 437 Shares of the Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir Company. The Company hereby states that pursuant to section 7-42-114 C.R.S. to section 7-42-117 C.R.S., the Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir Company will issue duplicate certificates for the above-mentioned lost original certificates to the registered owner, the registered owner’s legal representative, or assignee, or any lienholder named in the books of the Company as a lienholder of the lost certificate unless a contrary claim is filed with Company prior to the 4th day of October 2019.

Amanda Sullivan, Secretary Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir Company PO Box 543 Hotchkiss, CO 81419 Published in the Delta County Independent July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28 and September 4, 2019.

cOMBined nOTice PUBLicaTiOn crS §38-38-103 FOrecLOSUre SaLe nO. 2019-0021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 4, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s) CHERyL LyNN DONOVAN AND ROBERT F. DONOVAN Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SySTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BROkER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BROkER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING Date of Deed of Trust June 22, 2017 County of Recording Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 22, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 696158 Original Principal Amount $211,120.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $206,021.35 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THe Lien FOrecLOSed MaY nOT Be a FirST Lien.

LOT 32, MeSa creST eSTaTeS, aMendMenT nO. 2, cOUnTY OF deLTa, STaTe OF cOLOradO. also known by street and number as: 2582 ridGe rOad, deLTa, cO 81416.

THe PrOPerTY deScriBed Herein iS aLL OF THe PrOPerTY cUrrenTLY encUMBered BY THe Lien OF THe deed OF TrUST. nOTice OF SaLe The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 10/02/2019, at Public Trustee’s Office, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 8/7/2019 Last Publication 9/4/2019 Name of Publication Delta County Independent iF THe SaLe daTe iS cOnTinUed TO a LaTer daTe, THe deadLine TO FiLe a nOTice OF inTenT TO cUre

BY THOSe ParTieS enTiTLed TO cUre MaY aLSO Be eXTended; DATE: 06/04/2019 Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMANDA FERGUSON #44893 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 UNION BLVD., SUITE 250, LAkEWOOD, CO 80228 (303) 2740155 Attorney File # 81117-NAF The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Delta County Independent August 7, 14, 21, 28 and September 4, 2019.

PUBLic nOTice “Oxbow Mining, LLC, (OMLLC) located at 3737 Hwy 133, P.O. Box 535, Somerset, CO 81434 has submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, (CDRMS) an application for a revision to the existing permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado for the Terror Creek Loadout, Permit C-1983-059.

Oxbow Mining, LLC, has submitted a Permit Revision (PR-1) to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety for its mining Permit No. C-1983-059 for the Terror Creek Loadout. The proposed PR-1 will revise and update the Post Mining Land use for the loadout property to be continued as industrial/commercial use. Oxbow Mining, LLC desires to establish an RV/Boat Storage Facility while continuing to explore alternate commercial uses for this property.

The approved Terror Creek Loadout permit area is located in Delta County, north of Highway 133 and south of the old Bowie road. The Union Pacific railroad and North Fork of the Gunnison River are located south of the loadout. The Facility Permit Area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle map within the following section: Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M. Section 15: NE1/4SW1/4 and NW1/4SE1/4, north of State Highway 133 and the north of the UP railroad.

Containing 20 acres more or less.

The surface of the Permit Area is owned by Oxbow Mining, LLC and the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

A copy of the request is available for public inspection at the Delta County Planning Office, 5th and Palmer, Delta Colorado, and at the offices of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, (303)8663567. Comments or objections concerning the revision application should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 30 days after the date of the last publication of this notice in order to be considered.”

Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21, 28 and September 4, 2019.

nOTice OF deMand FOr rePLaceMenT STOcK cerTiFicaTeS The Terror Ditch and Reservoir Company hereby gives notice that pursuant to section 7-42-114 C.R.S., a Petition for Replacement of Stock Certificates was filed

by Robert B. Burrell Jr. for Stock Certificate No. 231 for 4 Shares and Stock Certificate No. 236 for 1½ Shares of the Terror Ditch and Reservoir Company. The Company hereby states that pursuant to section 7-42-114 C.R.S. to section 7-42-117 C.R.S., the Terror Ditch and Reservoir Company will issue duplicate certificates for the above-mentioned lost original certificates to the registered owner, the registered owner’s legal representative, or assignee, or any lienholder named in the books of the Company as a lienholder of the lost certificates unless a contrary claim is filed with the Company prior to the 18th day of September, 2019.

Brent Helleckson, Treasurer Terror Ditch and Reservoir Company, PO Box 313, Paonia, CO 81428 Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21, 28, September 4 and 11, 2019.

C4 Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Commissioners Proceedings Jul-19 Delta County Government Salaries Serv 482,155 Payroll Liabilities Serv 378,674 A Project Resource Serv 2,625 AA Investments LL Serv 1,750 ACZ Laboratories, I Serv 3,797 Advance Auto Parts Serv 154 AlertSam Serv 80 Alpha Plumbing An Serv 871 Alpine Fencing And Serv 15,090 Alsco Serv 1,186 Altenbern,Cindy Serv 26 Ameritech Inc Serv 30 Answering Solutio Serv 65 Armstrong Consult Serv 19,697 Asphalt Drum Mixe Serv 579 Atlas Integrated Serv 500 Audio Video Expert Serv 790 B & F Distributing I Serv 127 Baier, John Serv 245 Better Off Rolloff Serv 1,950 Big John’s Ace LLC Serv 206 Big State Industrial Serv 613 Black Hills Energy Serv 1,039 BND Batteries Serv 239 Bob Barker Compa Serv 1,782 Bolinger & Queen Serv 215 Brantley Distributin Serv 1,390 Brewer,Matthew Serv 14 Brones,Layne Serv 171 Brown Building Par Serv 1,700 Burris,Steve Serv 14 Business Solutions Serv 107 Callaway Packing, I Serv 3,043 Canon Financial Se Serv 1,926 Carpenter, Shane Serv 160 CDC Janitorial Serv 3,756 Centurylink Serv 3,922 Certified Laboratori Serv 328 Charter Communic Serv 283 City Of Delta Serv 15,126 Colo Dept Of Publ Serv 1,233 Colo Dept Of Public Serv 10,336 Colorado Assessor’ Serv 400 Colorado Associati Serv 1,405 Colorado Bar Assoc Serv 145 Colorado Bureau O Serv 693 Colorado Departme Serv 150 Colorado Departme Serv 257 Colorado State Uni Serv 9,287 Commercial Tire Se Serv 3,343 Consolidated Electr Serv 330 Cova Serv 75 CTSI Volunteer Insu Serv 1,371 Delta Ace Hardwar Serv 483 Delta Cleaners Serv 99 Delta Co Administr Serv 403 Delta Co Treasurer Serv 22 Delta County Clerk Serv 18 Delta County Distri Serv 148 Delta County Fair A Serv 8,800 Delta County Healt Serv 37,290 Delta County Indep Serv 1,459 Delta Fire Safe LLC Serv 281 Delta Professional Serv 1,500 Delta Rigging & To Serv 55 Delta-Montrose Ele Serv 3,789 Delta’s Best Storag Serv 0 Denver Industrial S Serv 210 Derco,Carrie Serv 10 Double J Disposal I Serv 3,880 Dowl Serv 10,863 Duckwork’s Auto P Serv 130 Easypermit Postag Serv 35 Eaton Sales & Servi Serv 4,655 Elevate Serv 816 ESRI Inc. Serv 6,100 Etter,Emily Serv 80 Faris Machinery Co Serv 78 Fastenal Company Serv 183 Fedler Spraying LL Serv 775 First State Bank Of Serv 46 Fleet Discount Prof Serv 467 Fleetpride Serv 275 Fruita Auto Parts Serv 1,330 Galls LLC Serv 367 Gambles Of Hotchk Serv 934 Gary George Roofi Serv 594 GCR Tires And Serv Serv 2,012 Genoa LLC Serv 1,563 George,Jolene Serv 26 GMCO Corporation Serv 28,440 Golder Associates I Serv 6,045 Gonzalez,Jose Serv 16 Grainger Serv 211 Grand Junction Pi Serv 24,962 Graphox Design An Serv 1,382 Griffith,Debbie L. Serv 219 H & H Hydraulics In Serv 2,526 Hartman Brothers Serv 40 Hellman Motor Co Serv 413 High Country Bever Serv 164 High Country Shop Serv 264 Honnen Equipment Serv 3,081 Hotchkiss Commun Serv 200 Hugh Phillips Serv 400 Imagenet Consultin Serv 1,975 Inland Truck Parts Serv 247 Integrated Docume Serv 1,620 Intermountain Path Serv 8,100 Johnstone Supply Serv 871 K-D Flags Serv 46 Ken’s Pit Stop Serv 40 Kevan M.D.,Samuel Serv 1,200 King Soopers Cust Serv 246 Kwiki Tire Service I Serv 9,184 Lamborn Mountain Serv 163 Lasting Impression Serv 80 Lawson Products In Serv 992 Lee, Debra Serv 16 Loy Maas,Rene Serv 41 Luna,Anthony Serv 560 Mackey,Angela Ma Serv 129 Maria Call PC Serv 240 Master Petroleum Serv 68,604 McCandless Truck Serv 11 McCormick,Amand Serv 200 Meadow Gold Dairi Serv 344 Mgt Of America Co Serv 5,513 MHC Kenworth - Gr Serv 90 Midwest Radar & E Serv 520 Mooving Company Serv 675 Mountain States Pl Serv 105 Moyer,Lynne Serv 43 Needle Rock Brewi Serv 375 Networks Unlimite Serv 30 Newman Traffic Sig Serv 2,461 NMS Labs Serv 140 North Fork Aviation Serv 500 Office Depot Serv 1,229 Official Payments C Serv 5 Ol Reds Towing Serv 82 Pacer Service Cent Serv 27 Peak Alarm Co Inc Serv 252 Penguin Pest Contr Serv 60 Pest Away Sprayin Serv 70 Pictometry Internati Serv 47,613 Pitney Bowes Glob Serv 732 Power Equipment Serv 1,851 Psychological Reso Serv 135 Purvis Industries Lt Serv 2,855 RCE Serv 1,455 RCM Headsets Serv 211 Reilly,Dana Serv 53 Reiner, Crystal Serv 70 Reserve Account Serv 898 Respond First Aid S Serv 190 Rifle Equipment Inc Serv 608 Robert’s Enterprise Serv 57 Rocky Mountain Inf Serv 50 Rocky Mountain Re Serv 114 Romisch, Eric Serv 70 S & E Ward’s Lands Serv 2,059 Sanford, Melinda Serv 22 Sanitary Supply Co Serv 402 Serpent Serv 175 Shamrock Foods C Serv 3,169 Shay,Kim Serv 114 Sherwin-Williams Serv 253 Silver Streak Plumb Serv 425 Simmons Lock And Serv 45 Smiling Aviation In Serv 1,580 Snap-On-Tools Cor Serv 15 Snipps Heat And Ai Serv 190 Southern Compute Serv 4,990 Springer,Christoph Serv 70 Sprint Serv 38 Stephenson,Antho Serv 70 Sterling Quality Ele Serv 905 Stewart Mesa Wate Serv 257 Summit Publishing Serv 910 Survival Armor Inc Serv -781 Taylor Funeral Serv Serv 590 TDS Telecom Serv 1,748 Texas Refinery Cor Serv 953 The Center For Me Serv 21,256 The Heating And C Serv 8,186 The Nature Connec Serv 24,285 The Pathology Gro Serv 1,310 The Place I Go Serv 225 The UPS Store #57 Serv 308 Thermo Fluids Inc Serv 287 Thyssenkrupp Elev Serv 2,610 Tiefenbach North Serv 153 Tim’s Auto Glass LL Serv 45 Town Of Crawford Serv 20,066 Town Of Hotchkiss Serv 359 Town Of Orchard Ci Serv -12 Town Of Paonia Serv 20,798 Tractor Supply Cre Serv 190 Triad Resource Gro Serv 1,772 US Postal Service Serv 631 United Companies Serv 154,509 United Reprographi Serv 159 US Bank Serv 4,327 US Tractor & Harve Serv 1,524 Valley Organic Gro Serv 500

Veritrace Inc Serv 122 Verizon Wireless Serv 51 Vervloet,Tony Serv 18 Vital Records Contr Serv 40 Volunteer Sports C Serv 4,500 Wagner Equipment Serv 7,858 Wal-Mart Communi Serv 372 Walters,Kevin Serv 103 Weekender Sports Serv 25 Welfelt Fabrication Serv 132 West Elk Web Medi Serv 0 Western Slope Aut Serv 189 Wiley,Hendrika Serv 26 Wilmore And Co Pr Serv 4,958 Yost Family Dentist Serv 412 Zep Sales And Serv Serv 711 Grand Total 1,598,836 I, Don Suppes, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-25-11) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated this 28th day of August, 2019. /s/ Don Suppes, Chairman.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of August, 2019. /s/ Teri Stephenson, 501 Palmer St. Delta, CO 81416. My commission expires 09/17/2022.

Published in the Delta County Independent this 28th day of August, 2019.

COMPENSATION PAID IN JUNE 2019 TO DELTA COUNTY EMPLOYEES Sergeant 5,122 Community & Economic Development Director 7,880 Equipment Oper IV 3,593 Deputy Assessor 4,897 Under Sheriff 6,000 Administrative Assistant 2,670 Detention Officer II 3,672 Veteran Officer 1,879 Attorney 8,055 Equipment Oper 3,529 Engineering Coordinator 2,989 Sergeant 4,936 Custodian(Temporary Part-Time) 1,502 Office Assistant I 2,309 Human Resources Admin 8,318 Coroner 3,514 Motor Vehicle Supervisor 3,056 Cook 3,433 Detective 4,495 Deputy Sheriff 5,407 Juvenile Diversion 420 Detention Administrator 4,575 Deputy Sheriff 3,741 Equipment Oper 3,209 Assistant Foreman 4,199 Detention Officer 3,181 Foreman 5,899 Client Manager/Juv Div 3,156 Dispatcher 1,725 Accountant IV 7,346 Bldg & Grounds Assistant Supervisor 3,969 Deputy Sheriff 3,741 Detention Officer 2,974 GIS Analyst/Coordinator 5,103 Detective 4,495 Detention Officer II 3,464 Deputy Sheriff II 4,178 Equipment Oper 3,127 Detention Officer 3,288 Dispatcher 3,673 Mechanic IV 4,001 Equipment Oper 3,137 Equipment Oper 3,457 Assistant Attorney 5,833 Office Assistant I 3,063 Process Server 3,470 Assr - Chief Appraiser 4,176 Foreman/Lead Mechanic 3,946 Equipment Oper 3,239 Motor Vehicle Clerk II 2,660 Cook 2,765 Assessor 6,211 Deputy Sheriff 4,000 Dispatcher 4,334 Assistant Foreman 3,693 Equipment Oper 3,206 Assistant Attorney 5,583 Detention Officer II 2,851 Recording Supervisor 3,313 Department Clerk II 2,533 Detention Officer 2,950 Detention Officer 3,547 Custodian 849 Dispatcher 3,880 Appraiser Entry 3,030 Dispatcher 3,866 Dispatch Supervisor 5,055 SB-94 Case Manager 1,210 Engineering Tech 3,605 Deputy Treasurer 3,991 Deputy Public Trustee 3,309 Assistant Foreman 4,239 Department Clerk I 2,131 Deputy Sheriff 4,178 Dispatcher II 3,590 Commissioner 6,346 Network Administrator 6,499 Nurse 1,460 Custodian 1,156 Deputy Sheriff II 4,178 County Administrator 9,193 Paralegal 5,486 Appraiser Entry 2,743 Appraiser Entry 3,190 Maintenance 3,245 Elections Supervisor / Chief Deputy 4,307 Security Deputy 3,033 GIS Technician 3,685 General Management Assistant 3,383 Detention Officer 3,102 Work Release Supervisor 3,382 Detention Officer II 3,672 Department Clerk I 2,402 Deputy Sheriff 1,762 Dispatcher II 3,648 Planning Tech 2,857 Assistant Foreman 3,700 3,834 Lead Equipment Operator Legal Assistant 2,531 Surveyor 350 Equipment Oper 3,800 Detention Officer 3,554 Equipment Oper II 3,188 Landfill Operator 3,396 Executive Assistant 3,385 Executive Assistant 720 Detention Officer 1,365 Lieutentant 5,502 Equipment Oper III 3,239 Equipment Oper 3,347 Detention Sergeant 4,518 Mechanic 3,891 Executive Assistant/PIO/FMC 4,000 Recording Clerk II 2,914 Landfill Operator 3,176 Deputy Sheriff 4,178 Foreman 5,821 Landfill Operator 3,004 Deputy Sheriff 4,017 Equipment Oper 3,119 Commissioner 5,850 Deputy Sheriff 4,467 Assessor Clerk II 2,469 Sergeant 4,791 Assistant Foreman 4,363 Department Clerk I 2,914 Foreman/Lead Mechanic 1,301 Equipment Oper 3,188 Accountant III / Payroll 5,214 Landfill Operator 620 Detention Sergeant 5,425 Department Clerk I 2,516 Deputy Sheriff 5,091 Coroner Deputy 250 Equipment Oper 3,305 Foreman 6,137 Cook 1,957 Bldg & Grounds Supv 4,610 Gatekeeper 3,424 Motor Vehicle/ Election Clerk II 2,914 Useful Public Service Coordinator 3,375 Detention Officer 3,394 Detention Officer 3,588 County Clerk 6,211 Emergency Management Officer 4,609 Custodian 2,455 Sergeant 5,422 Detention Officer 3,375 Dispatcher 3,648 Commissioner 5,850 Treasurer 7,273 Deputy Sheriff 4,000 Sheriff 8,068 Security Deputy 3,147 Dispatcher 3,609 Lead Equipment Operator 3,834

public notices Appraiser (Senior) 4,269 Coroner Deputy 800 Deputy Sheriff 4,064 Department Clerk I 2,417 Victim’s Advocate 4,108 Temp 560 Lead Equipment Operator 3,834 Equipment Oper II 3,209 Equipment Oper 3,609 Equipment Oper 3,093 Admin Assist I 2,477 Equipment Oper 180 Civil Department 2,500 Detention Officer 3,149 Equipment Oper 1,820 Coroner Deputy 375 Detention Sergeant 4,926 Personal Property Appraiser 2,836 Network Technician 4,988 Custodian 2,276 Transport Officer 3,575 Planning Manager 7,667 Office Assistant I 437 GM 2,527 WIC 1,498 Nurse 3,730 Enviromental 4,665 Nurse 2,137 Enviromental 4,340 Dietitian 1,049 WIC 3,760 Data Analyst 263 GM 6,641 Public Health Director 6,344 Health Education Coordinator 4,292 GM 6,277 Nurse 3,649 Health Education Coordinator 2,357 Office Assistant 2,421 Eligibility Tech (Team Leader) 3,334 Deputy Director 6,314 OLTC Case Manager 3,026 Childwelfare Caseworker 3,270 Child Welfare Supervisor 4,319 Legal Tech 2,844 Eligibility Super 4,527 OLTC Case Manager 3,170 OLTC Case Aide 2,883 Eligibility Tech (Team Leader) 3,175 Legal Tech 3,370 Adult & Family Services Administrator 5,722 Case Mngr TANF 3,697 OLTC Case Manager 2,958 Office Assistant 1,280 Case Mngr TANF 3,487 Office Assistant 2,386 Eligibility Tech 2,597 Childwelfare Caseworker 3,170 Case Worker Journey 4,025 Caseworker Lead 4,477 Director 8,394 Child Welfare Supervisor 4,319 Eligibility Tech (Journey) 2,748 Eligibility Tech 2,499 Eligibility Tech (Journey) 2,748 OLTC Supervisor 4,843 Legal Tech 4,484 Case Mngr 3,648 Case Mngr TANF 5,194 Eligibility Tech 2,624 Eligibility Tech (Journey) 3,132 Office Assistant 2,499 OLTC Case Manager 2,677 Child Care Tech(Journey) 2,748 Legal Tech 2,844 Gen Man Assistant I 3,179 Case Worker (Entry) 3,170 Legal Tech 2,708 Admin Assistant 2,256 Recovery Technician 3,401 Accountant II 3,644 Adult Protection Caseworker 3,457 Eligibility Tech 3,132 Childwelfare Caseworker 1,507 Eligibility Tech (Team Leader) 3,175 OLTC Case Manager 3,170 Case Aide 1,926 Adult Protection Caseworker 729 Grand Total 877,556 PUBLISHED IN THE DELTA COUNTY INDEPENDENT, AUGUST 28, 2019.

Commissioners Proceedings July 2019 Delta County Social Services Salaries SERV 168,523.44 All Copy Products SERV 588.40 CASA SERV 982.37 CashStar SERV 2,910.00 Clarin, Haley SERV 135.00 Corporate Payment SERV 290.59 Dauwe, Claire SERV 100.40 Dave’s Processing SERV 120.00 Delta Co Attorney SERV17,374.85 Delta Co Clerk SERV 20.00 Delta Co Commission SERV29,620.50 Delta Co Courts SERV 167.00 Delta Co Independent SERV 32.00 Delta Co Sheriff SERV 134.80 Doyle Petroleum SERV 447.31 Gray, Sharon SERV 101.20 High Country Shopper SERV 139.40 Hilltop Resources SERV10,956.64 Hotchkiss Postmaster SERV 176.00 Idemia Identity SERV 346.50 Lang, Elaine SERV 73.60 Lashmett, Heather SERV 298.97 Lemoine, William SERV 30.00 Lomax, Summer SERV 34.40 Mail Finance SERV 556.41 Main Street Printers SERV 127.80 Marchun, Karin SERV 111.82 Martinez, Albert SERV 16.80 McDaniel, Amber SERV 273.60 Mesa County Sheriff SERV 35.00 Montrose County SERV 1,085.00 Office Depot SERV 1,274.01 Parsons, Twila SERV 32.00 Payroll Liability SERV 104,312.67 Prowers County SERV 2,262.50 Thomson-Reuters SERV 341.01 Tunnell, Kimberly SERV 114.40 UPS Store SERV 29.77 Verizon Wireless SERV 526.00 Villumsen, Lory SERV 184.40 VRC SERV 232.86 Wal Mart SERV 54.78 Weber, Kelly SERV 36.80 Weld County SERV 1,085.00 Yazzie-Olivas, Danelle SERV 16.00 Total 346,312.00 I, Don Suppes, Chairman of the Board of Social Services in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-2511) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated, this 28th Day of August, 2019. /s/ Don Suppes, Chairman.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th Day of August, 2019. /s/ Teri Stephenson 501 Palmer St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 9/17/18.

Published in the Delta County Independent this 28th day of August 2019.

Health Board Proceedings July 2019 Delta County Health Department Salaries SERV 52,916.67 ACCELA SERV 668.51 Camp Robber SERV 122.50 Cannon Financial SERV 133.53 CDPH&E SERV 1,242.00 CO Dept. of Ag SERV 85.00 Corporate Payment SERV 1,990.05 Delta Co Commission SERV 3,227.98 Delta Co Human Svs. SERV 78.60 Delta Co Independent SERV 34.20 Doyle Petroleum SERV 369.56 Gaylord Opryland SERV 1,171.97 High Country Shopper SERV 72.40 Imagnet Consulting SERV 47.14 Lucy, Keith SERV 203.00 Metropolitan Path SERV 72.00 National Testing Lab. SERV 6,560.00 Nordstrom, Ken SERV 203.00 Office Depot SERV 352.44 Payroll Liability SERV 28,454.09 R&S Northeast SERV 130.12

Sanofi Pasteur SERV 1,780.56 Smith, Katherine SERV 8.61 Trizetto SERV 111.40 UPS Store SERV 14,180.02 Verizon Wireless SERV 1.41 Young, Jolyne SERV 10.42 Total 114,227.18 I, Don Suppes, Chairman of the Board of Health in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-2511) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated, this 28th Day of August, 2019. /s/ Don Suppes, Chairman.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th Day of August, 2019. /s/ / Teri Stephenson 501 Palmer St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 9/17/18.

Published in the Delta County Independent this 28th day of August 2019.

ORDINANCE NO. 2019-06 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF PAONIA, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE 11, SECTION 20 TO THE TOWN OF PAONIA MUNICIPAL CODE RECITALS: WHEREAS, the Town of Paonia (the “Town”), in the County of Delta and State of Colorado, is a municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado; and WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 3123-301, the Town has the power regulate buildings and other structures for the purposes of promoting health, safety and the general welfare of the community; and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees determines that it is in the best interest of the community and the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town to amend the Town Code to administratively facilitate the process for obtaining a Home Occupation provision of the Town Municipal Code.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF PAONIA, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative Findings.

The recitals to this Ordinance are adopted as findings of the Board of Trustees in support of the enactment of this Ordinance.

Section 2. Amendment of Town Code.

Sec. 16-11-20 shall be repealed and amended to the Town Code as follows: Sec. 16-11-20. - Home occupations.

A home occupation shall be permitted as an accessory use, provided that a home occupation permit is granted by the Town and the criteria for home occupations are met.

(1) Permit required. A person desiring to establish a home occupation within the Town shall apply as follows: (a) An application shall for home occupation shall be made to the Town Administrator, or its designee, in the form provided by the Town and accompanied by the appropriate fee as set by Resolution of the Board of Trustees. (b) Upon the receipt of a competed application for a home occupation permit, the Town Administrator, or its designee, shall notify the applicant within ten (10 days that such application is complete. (c) Thereafter the Town Administrator, or its designee, shall notify the applicant and set a date of public hearing before the Town Board of Trustees that will allow time for publication and notification of adjoining property holders. (d) Upon the setting of a public hearing before the Board of Trustees the Town Clerk shall notify the property owners within two hundred (200) feet of the applicant’s property by regular mail at the applicant’s expense.

The notification will include the nature of the application, a copy of this Article and the time and place of a public hearing.

(2) Revoke the permit. A home occupation permit may be revoked by the Town Administrator if at any time the home occupation fails to meet the criteria listed below.

(3) Nontransferability. Home occupation permits are issued to an individual for a specific property and use. Permits are not transferable should the property be sold or rented to other persons.

(4) Criteria for home occupations. A home occupation shall be allowed as a permitted accessory use, provided that the following conditions are met: (a) The use must be conducted entirely within a dwelling or accessory structure and carried on by the occupants of the dwelling and no more than one (1) non-occupant employee. (b) The use must be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and must not change the residential character thereof. (c) The total area used for such purposes may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the first-floor area of the user’s dwelling unit. (d) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation, including advertising signs or displays or advertising that solicits or directs persons to the address. A wall-mounted identification sign of not more than two (2) square feet shall be permitted. (e) There shall not be conducted on the premises the business of selling inventory, supplies or products, provided that incidental retail sales may be made in connection with other permitted home occupation. (f) There must be no exterior storage on the premises of material or equipment used as a part of the home occupation. (g) No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation, which creates any glare, fumes, odors or other objectionable conditions detectable to the normal senses off the lot if the occupation is conducted in a single-family dwelling or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family dwelling. (h) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of the home occupation shall be met with additional off-street parking spaces that are not located in a required yard adjacent to a street. (i) Under no circumstances shall any of the following be considered a home occupation: antique shop, barber shop, a beauty parlor (with more than one [1] chair), clinic, mortuary, nursing home, restaurant, veterinarian’s clinic or dance studio.

Section 3. Severability.

If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.

Section 4. Repeal of Prior Ordinances.

All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 5. Ordinance Effect.

Existing ordinances or parts of ordinances covering the same matters as embraced in this Ordinance are hereby repealed and any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, provided, however, that the repeal of any ordinance or parts of ordinances of the Town shall not revive any other section of any ordinance or ordinances hereto before repealed or superseded and further provided that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this Ordinance.

Section 6. Effective Date.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days after adoption.

INTRODUCED, READ AND REFERRED to public hearing before the Board of Trustees of the Town of Paonia, Colorado, on the 9th day of July 2019.

TOWN OF PAONIA, COLORADO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION By: /s/ CHARLES STEWART, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ J. CORINNE FERGUSON, Town Clerk HEARD AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Paonia, Colorado, this 13th day of August 2019.

TOWN OF PAONIA, COLORADO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION By: /s/ CHARLES STEWART, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ J. CORINNE FERGUSON, Town Clerk Published in the Delta County Independent August 28, 2019.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2019-0025 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 25, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s) AUDREY P. CALHOUN Original Beneficiary(ies) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION Date of Deed of Trust October 10, 1985 County of Recording Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 10, 1985 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 419486 Book: 0540 Page: 748 Original Principal Amount $45,100.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $11,183.81 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS HAVING A PROPERTY ADDRESS OF 433 EAST 11TH STREET, DELTA, CO 81416 LEGALLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO (THE “PROPERTY) EXHIBIT A (Legal Description) LOTS 14, 15 AND 16 IN BLOCK 6 OF HILLMAN’S SUBDIVISION TO THE TOWN, NOW CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE DELTA COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER. Also known as street and number: 433 East 11th Street, Delta, CO 81416 Also known by street and number as: 433 EAST 11TH STREET, DELTA, CO 81416.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 10/23/2019, at Public Trustee’s Office, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 8/28/2019 Last Publication 9/25/2019 Name of Publication Delta County Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 06/25/2019 Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Brittany Kuhn, Deputy Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CHRISTOPHER J. CONANT #40269 Hatch Ray Olsen Conant LLC 730 17TH STREET, SUITE 200, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 298-1800 Attorney File # USA v. CALHOUN The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Delta County Independent August 28, September 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019.

District Court Delta County, Colorado Court Address: 501 Palmer Street, Room 338, Delta, CO 81416 In re the Parental Responsibilities concerning: BRAXTON GURULE Petitioner: KYLE ALAN URICH and Respondent: KIERSTEN MARIE GURULE and NATE ANTON Attorney for Petitioner KYLE ALAN URICH Michael R. Dodson, #8052 CLAY, DODSON & HUFFMAN, P.C. 415 Palmer Street/P.O. Box 38, Delta, CO 81416 Phone No: 970-874-9777

Delta County Independent Fax No: 970-874-7224 Case Number: 2019 DR 30007 SUMMONS FOR ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES To the Respondent named above this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1420) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

The Petition requests that the Court enter a Order addressing issues involving the children such as, child support, allocation of parental responsibility, (decision-making and parenting time), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

Notice: Colorado Revised Statues §14-10-123, provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities by the Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Order is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded automatic temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10125, C.R.S. A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10-124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final order, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction — By Order of Colorado law, you and the other parties: 1. Are enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; and 2. Are restrained from removing the minor child(ren) from the state without the consent of all parties or an Order of the Court modifying the injunction; and 3. Are restrained, without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of all other parties or an Order of the Court, from cancelling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance or life insurance that provides coverage to the minor child(ren) as a beneficiary of a policy.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court may be decided without further notice to you.

Date: August 8, 2019 /s/ Michael R. Dodson Signature of the Attorney for the Petitioner Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21, 28, September 4 and 11, 2019.

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED TAX YEAR 1992 SALE YEAR 1993 TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE #28924 To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having Interest of Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: CARYLAS L. THARP 3058 D ROAD GRAND JUNCTION, CO 815048625 You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 18th day of November 1993, the then County Treasurer of Delta County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to Delta County the following described property situate in the County of Delta, State of Colorado, to-wit: CANAL ST AUSTIN - ORCHARD CITY 81410 S: 6 T: 15S R: 94W Subdivision: ORIGINAL AUSTIN Block: 5 Lot: 22 THRU: - Lot: 24 TOTAL 0.02 AC+-SEC 6 T15S R94W 6PM PART OF LOTS 22 TO 24 INCLUSIVE OF BLOCK 5 OF ORIGINAL PLAT LYING NORTH OF NORTH DELTA CANAL, IN THE TOWN OF AUSTIN, COLORADO. STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF DELTA PROPERTY ADDRESS: CANAL ST, AUSTIN - ORCHARD CITY 81410 ACCOUNT #R010723/PARCEL #345306205010 and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to Delta County.

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent property (and special assessment) taxes assessed against said property for the year 1992; That said property was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of CARYLAS L. THARP for said year 1992; That said DELTA COUNTY on the 13th day of November 2017, the present holder of said certificate (who) has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said property; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said property to DELTA COUNTY on the 16th day of December 2019, unless the same has been redeemed; Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

This Notice of Purchase has also been published in Delta County Independent on August 14, 2019, August 21, 2019 and August 28, 2019.

(SEAL) Witness my hand this 9th day of August 2019 /s/ Lisa J. Tafoya, Treasurer of Delta County, Colorado Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 21 and 28, 2019.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2019-0023 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 17, 2019, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s) MARILYN THEOS SULLIVAN Original Beneficiary(ies) SUMMIT BANK & TRUST Current Holder of Evidence of Debt DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

Date of Deed of Trust December 08, 2011 County of Recording Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 12, 2011 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 655145 Original Principal Amount $129,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $111,648.35 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 6, BLOCK 2, HIDDEN VALLEY ESTATES PHASE 1 AND 2, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 13636 LAMBORN MOUNTAIN LN, PAONIA, CO 81428.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 am on Wednesday, 10/16/2019, at Public Trustee’s Office, Delta County Courthouse, 501 Palmer Street, Suite 202, Delta, CO 81416-1764, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 8/21/2019 Last Publication 9/18/2019 Name of Publication Delta County Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 06/17/2019 Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Lisa J. Tafoya, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY #34531 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S MERIDIAN SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-021752 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Delta County Independent August 21, 28, September 4, 11 and 18, 2019.

INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF PAONIA CLARK ALLEY SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT AUGUST 16, 2019 Sealed bids for construction of the Clark Alley Sewer Line Replacement project will be received at the Town of Paonia, P. O. Box 460, Paonia, CO 81428 until 3:00 p.m., September 18, 2019, at which time, in said office, bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Mailed bids should be addressed to Town of Paonia, Attn: Corinne Ferguson.

The construction site is located in the Town of Paonia, Colorado, in the alley between Clark and Minnesota Avenues (between 2nd and 3rd Streets). The Owner has decided to provide all pipe and manhole materials required for the project.

The construction for which bids are being requested generally includes the following major items: 1. Installation of approximately 780 L.F. of 8-inch SDR 35 PVC sewer line to replace an existing 8-inch VCP sewer line that will be converted to a storm drain upon completion of the project.

2. Installation of eight (8) standard sanitary sewer manholes and two (2) drop manholes.

3. Reconnection of eight (8) active sewer service lines to the new sewer main including any necessary 4-inch SDR 35 PVC sewer service pipe and fittings.

4. Removal and disposal of one (1) existing sanitary sewer manhole with temporary bypass piping and fittings to accommodate live sewage flows during construction including control of live sewage during manhole removal.

5. Connection to existing sewer lines at three (3) new manhole locations, including control of live sewage.

6. Installation of one (1) new standard storm drain inlet catch basin with grate and frame.

7. Installation of one (1) new standard storm drain manhole.

8. Connections to existing manholes to be converted to storm drain manholes with new 8-inch SDR 35 PVC storm drain pipe at two (2) locations.

9. Potholing of existing sanitary sewer lines and service lines to confirm locations.

10. Site restoration including asphalt pavement and alley gravel surfacing.

11. Traffic control.

The Contract Documents, including Plans and Specifications, may be examined at the following locations: 1. WestWater Engineering, 2516 Foresight Circle #1, Grand Junction, Colorado 2. Town of Paonia, 214 Grand Avenue, Paonia, Colorado 3. Western Colorado Contractors, 2470 Patterson Road #14, Grand Junction, Colorado Paper copies of the Contract Documents (Plans and Specifications) may be obtained at the office of WestWater Engineering, 2516 Foresight Circle #1, Grand Junction, CO 81505, (970 241-7076), upon deposit of $25.00 per set. Optional digital files of the Plans and Specifications may be obtained by contacting WestWater Engineering. There is no charge for the digital files of the Plans and Specifications.

Complete instructions regarding insurance, bonds and bidding requirements are given in the Contract Documents. A bid security of 5% is required. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities in bids and to reject any or all bids. Performance and payment bonds are not required on the Contract.

A site visit for potential bidders will assemble at the Paonia Town Hall, 214 Grand Avenue, Paonia, Colorado at 2:00 p.m., September 5, 2019. Potential bidders can also visit the site by contacting the Town.

FOR THE TOWN OF PAONIA BY: Charles Stewart, Mayor Published in the Delta County Independent August 21 and 28, 2019.

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S ervice D irectory THE FINEST SERVICES IN DELTA COUNTY appliance repair

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Community Photos

Delta County Independent

Watch out!

Submitted photo/ Tammy Blanchette

A shot taken at the rodeo during Deltarado Days in July.

Submitted photo/ Scott McIntire

Bright colors

Submitted photo/ Kimberlee Eckhart

A sunset captured from a local yard.

Yummy eats

A woman is pictured preparing Navajo tacos at Pickin’ in the Park in Paonia.

Submitted photo/ Scott McIntire

Want to go shopping?

A recent photo of the storefronts in downtown Paonia.

Let’s get a moo-ve on Running cows up Stevens Gulch.

How to submit your photo

The Delta County Independent is pleased to publish photos submitted by readers. Please submit recent

Stop and smell the flowers

Submitted photo/ Scott McIntire

Flowers found in downtown Paonia.

Submitted photo/ Telina Pulliam

Toad-ally awesome

Submitted photo/ Kimberlee Eckhart

An amphibian friend stops by a local yard to say ‘hello!’ local photos with a wide interest to readers at a resolution of 300 resolution/dpi with minimal post-processing. Submissions must include photographer’s name/city, information about the subject and location,

and must be in focus. Not all photos will be published due to space restrictions. Email photos to editor@ deltacountyindependent.com. Please put ‘Community photos’ in the subject line.