Delta County Independent, Issue 35, Aug. 31, 2011

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AUGUST 31, 2011 VOL. 128, NO. 35

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Hen houses get go-ahead

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

Eighteen weeks of divisive community debate ended with the county commissioners’ approval Monday of two proposed egg laying operations in Delta County’s North Fork area.

Edwin Hostetler and Greg Hostetler got the BoCC’s endorsement on each of their 15,000 hen house operations. Edwin Hostetler’s is planned for Powell Mesa and Greg Hostetler’s for Redlands Mesa.

Both approvals came with a long list of conditions and requirements intended to address concerns of neighbors who vigorously opposed the specific development applications.

One neighbor, Dr. Susan Raymond, has been a leading figure in the effort to block the Powell Mesa operation. It is to be built across the road from her home and 27-year veterinary practice which she says will be hurt by it.

“This is a travesty,” Raymond said following the BoCC vote. She said the commissioners’ action has taken rights away from neighbors who oppose the hen houses.

The BoCC “has not looked at the broader issues involved,” Raymond said, adding that “a parent company” to the egg-laying operations has had regulatory problems in another state.

And while the commissioners’ vote may have ended the community debate, the issues

may continue. Raymond said she is ready to file a lawsuit against the board’s action.

The list of conditions tied to the BoCC’s approval include a

requirement that Greg and Edwin Hostetler develop and file operations management plans. Those include water supply and control, manure

and litter handling, fly control, noise reduction, air quality including dust and odor, solid waste disposal of dead HEN HOUSES TO A3

Lukus Koch begins 20-year sentence

BY PAT SUNDERLAND Managing Editor

Lukus Koch is paying the price for the death of a 2-yearold boy left in his custody last November. Jesse Connor Dorsch, the son of Lukus’s girlfriend, died as the result of child abuse, specifically a massive internal hemmorhage caused by blunt force trauma.

“I won’t say that price is the right price, but hopefully this 20-year sentence will put some closure on this crime for the victim’s family,” deputy district attorney Keri Yoder said during Monday’s sentencing hearing.

Koch, 27, entered a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office which included sentencing in the “aggra-

vated” range because Koch failed to timely report the child’s injury.

When he handed over the 2-year-old to Jesse’s paternal grandmother, Yvonne McCain, on Nov. 27, he said Jesse had just woken up from a nap. By the time she got home with Jesse, she realized there was a serious problem. Jesse’s father Danny immediately took him to the hospital. According to the arrest affidavit, Jesse was lifeless and non-responsive when he arrived at the emergency room, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Family members believe Lukus could — and should — have done more to save Jesse’s life. “I will never understand LUKUS KOCH TO A3

Photo by Pat Sunderland

Farm-to-school A farm-to-school program which was launched in the North Fork schools last year has expanded to include Delta. Above, Irl McCracken delivers cantaloupe raised by Doug and Patty Carlson of Austin to Delta Middle School. Christy Eckstine (right), DMS kitchen manager, says the cantaloupe will be sliced and served to about 525 Delta Middle School, BELA, Head Start and Delta Opportunity School students. Rhonda Vincent, the school district’s food service manager, says the Hunger-Free Kids Act requires schools across the nation to serve more fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruit has always been readily available from local orchards. Vegetables, however, have not always been grown in the quantity needed to serve the schools. Last spring Vincent met with local farmers, gave them a breakdown of the vegetables needed and the price the school district is able to pay. “We don’t want to short the farmers and ranchers, but our budget is pretty slim,” Vincent said. As a result, a wide range of fresh vegetables being harvested locally this summer are ending up in school cafeterias.

School board race draws eight candidates

School enrollment Delta County drops by 19 FTEs faces possibility

BY PAT SUNDERLAND Managing Editor

Enrollment in Delta County School District #50 was down slightly at the end of the first week of school.

Compared to the final numbers for 2010-2011, student enrollment on Friday, Aug. 26, had dropped by 33 in the district’s traditional schools.

Numbers are slightly higher in the Vision Home & Community Program, which includes the Delta Academy of Applied Learning, Montessori and the North Fork, Delta and Surface Creek Vision programs.

The net result is a loss of 30 students, which equates to 19 FTEs, or fulltime equivalents. That’s right in line with the enrollment forecast built in the district’s 20112012 operating budget.

On the bright side, a fifth

kindergarten section was added at Garnet Mesa Elementary School to handle a surge in 5-year-olds.

A drop of 20 students was expected at Crawford School, where the seventh and eighth grades were consolidated, but enrollment at Hotchkiss K-8 was also down. Overall, the Hotchkiss community lost 15 students.

Paonia Elementary School lost students, but enrollment is up at Paonia Junior-Senior High School for a net gain of nine.

In Cedaredge, elementary and high school numbers dropped but Cedaredge Middle School has about 10 percent more students, resulting in a net loss of three for the community.

Delta schools are down just slightly, with four fewer students overall.

of bilingual elections

BY PAT SUNDERLAND Managing Editor

Eight candidates have indicated their interest in the Delta County Board of Education. The candidates include: District 1 — Jill Jurca, Barry Singleton and Katherine Svenson.

District 3 — Pete Blair and Mike Mason.

District 5 — Shelley Clement, Dave Evans and Tom Mingen.

Although the candidates must reside in the district which they represent, registered electors residing within school district boundaries will be able to cast votes for all three seats, regardless of their place of residence.

There are no incumbents

INDEX

Labor Day Closures

Accent ........................... A4 Activities ....................... A9 Agriculture .....................B5 Back Page ................. D10 Business ........................ A8 Church ........................... D6 Classifieds .................. D1-2 Editorial ......................... A2 Legals ......................... D3-5 North Fork Times ........B1-4 Obituaries ..................... A7 School Zone .................. A6 Service Directory ........ D9 Sports ..........................C1-8 Surface Creek News ...B6-8 TV Listings ................. D7-8

All City of Delta government offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in recognition of Labor Day. Bill Heddles Recreation Center will be closed, but Devil’s Thumb Golf Club will be open regular hours. Monday’s refuse will be picked up on Tuesday.

The Delta County Courthouse will also be closed, as will banks and schools.

Early deadlines will be in effect for the Sept. 7 issue of the DCI. Display advertising deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday; classifieds and legal notices must be submitted by 10 a.m. Friday.

in the race. Holly Sweetwood (Paonia-Crawford) and Bill Kehmeier (Cedaredge area) declined to run for re-election.

Bob Tweedell (Delta) is term limited.

The November ballot will also contain a statewide question concerning a tax increase which would be used to finance K-12 education.

The Town of Paonia will ask voter approval to add $3 to utility bills to pay for “nonmotorized” pathways, which could include sidewalks.

The North Fork Mosquito Abatement District is finalizing wording for a de-Brucing question. The final wording must be certified by the county clerk by this Friday.

The November election will be conducted by mail, with the ballots going out the week of Oct. 11.

According to Colorado Counties Inc. (CCI), Delta County is one of 23 Colorado counties which may be required to print ballots in both English and Spanish.

The U.S. Department of

Justice and the U.S. Census are analyzing the most recent Census numbers to determine whether the counties’ nonEnglish speaking populations have reached a legal threshhold that would compel them (under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act) to conduct bilingual elections (including printing dual-language ballots).

County clerk Ann Eddins says it’s unlikely that determination will be made in time for the November 2011 election, so any determination made by the U.S. Department of Justice would not take effect until 2012.

According to the CCI newsletter, “Counties with more than 10,000 or over 5 percent of the total voting age citizens in single minority language group, limited English proficiency, and depressed literacy rates are required to provide language assistance for elections.”

Currently, 10 Colorado counties must provide bilingual ballots.

Delta Firefighters Fill the Boot Delta firefighters will be out on Labor Day with boots in hand, as they kick off their annual Fill the Boot fund-raising campaign for children and adults with muscle-waisting diseases. Firefighters will be on Main Street at a voluntary toll station between 3rd and 4th streets beginning at 8 a.m.

Fill the Boot funds will be used to benefit over 1,800 families in Colorado served by the MDA. Donations are used to fund clinic visits, support groups, repairs on braces and wheelchairs, and MDA summer camp in Empire.

Committed to ending neuromuscular

diseases, firefighters are a longtime friend and supporter of MDA. The Fill the Boot tradition began in 1952 when 20 Boston firefighters did a door to door canister drive to raise money for a child with muscular dystrophy. Since then, firefighters across the nation have continued the tradition.

MDA is the non-profit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. This Labor Day weekend marks the 46th annual MDA Labor Day Telethon. For more information visit www. mda.org.

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OPINION

LETTERS There’s a difference between law and facts Dear Editor: William Bailey’s letter in the Aug. 10 DCI complaining about my actions at the Crawford Area Planning Committee meeting disregards an important fact and contains a misunderstanding about the difference between law and fact.

Mr. Bailey says after closing the comment period, I mentioned “compatibility” and “density” and these were “facts” that had not been brought up during the hearing.

These are not facts, but are legal standards in the county’s subdivision regulations. New subdivisions are required to be compatible with the neighborhood. Mr. Bailey’s representative, Kelly Yeager, is a former Delta County planning director and I know he is well acquainted with

this law.

One way of determining compatibility is comparing the density of the proposal to other lots in the area. In a newer version of the subdivision regulations, the county codified density regulations implied in earlier versions. The county provides members of the APC with maps showing the acreage of each lot in the neighborhood. Those lot sizes are facts unchallenged by the applicant or his representative.

After the applicant and neighbors are heard, the committee members discuss the facts as applied to the laws, in this case, the county and state subdivision regulations.

After I stated I did not believe this application met the compatibility standard, Mr. Yeager stated there were a few small

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lots in the general area and Mr. Bailey’s lots were of similar size and thus, compatible. Mr. Yeager was not silenced. Everyone heard him, except perhaps Mr. Yeager’s client who disregarded this fact in his letter. I do not agree with Mr. Yeager’s interpretation of the facts and law, though perhaps other committee members did.

This application was presented to the APC three months before the July meeting. When the applicant’s representative made his presentation, we discovered it to be substantially different from the one submitted to the planning department and the paperwork the committee members and public had reviewed to prepare for the meeting. These major changes made without notice to anyone, were, I believe, disrespectful to the committee and to the public who attended the meeting.

We tabled the application until we had time to review the newest proposal and for the applicant to answer a list of questions we had. One question was about water availability and it still had not been answered at the time of the July meeting.

The applicant had two meetings to make his arguments and I am confident anything he had to say was said. As the application goes through the process, he will have more opportunities to present his case.

When I have chaired the Crawford APC, I try to strike a balance between informality and an orderly discussion according to the standard agenda recommended by the county. Everyone has had a chance to state his or her position. All I ask is it be germane to the discussion and not include personal attacks.

Gene Goffin Crawford

Delta County Independent

The war is nearly over, but who won?

Dear Editor: Well, the wars are almost over we’ve been told but who won? Can anyone tell us that? I don’t think it was our country or its citizens, although some people seem to be happy. But that’s the way it seems to be with wars. Some people like the results, but the true story is not revealed until long after the battles are over, and then there are lots of surprises.

I’ve lived long enough so nothing much surprises me anymore. I remember standing next to our piano when I was a little kid while my mother played war songs, trying to figure out what war was all about and why my brothers had to go off and fight in one when they didn’t want to go and we didn’t want them to go. So why did we have wars when nobody liked them?

Then I grew up and learned that lots of people liked wars. Liked them so much in fact that they didn’t want to leave

anybody out, and they had one for every generation. The way I saw it was that our country was acting like it was the world’s mother-in-law, and we were always telling people in other countries how they should lead their lives and spend their money because our way was best.

But was it really?

Look at what happened recently in our country when two political parties played chicken with each other to try to prove some points, and so they could say “I won.” Is that how we prove what a great country we are, and why other countries should emulate us?

Sure, we’ve got a great Constitution we claim we live by, but in truth what we adhere to are smug self-righteous theories we claim are consitutional, and are what the Founding Fathers meant when they started us out on the path we are on. We insert those theories all over the place and don’t give a damn about what our concepts do to other guys

You’ll need a computer to get accident report Dear Editor: I recently had my yard light pole completely totaled because a semi truck got hung up on the telephone wire that was hanging too low.

The police department showed up to do the accident report. The officer was very nice and did a professional job. When he was all done with his report, he told me it was very plain that the phone company was to blame because they allowed the wire to be so low. Then he handed me his card and told me I could get a copy of the accident report by getting online; the address was on the back of his card.

Anyone who knows me knows how much I hate computers. I am just barely getting where I can get my e-mails, so my computer skills are very limited. I finally was

able to get online and I scrolled through about 40 pages of listings. I wasn’t able to find anything that listed the Delta Police Department or accident reports, so I asked a friend of mine who knew more about computers.

He found the website and said I needed to submit all my information and apply for a membership.

Later they will let you know if your membership was accepted.

For those who have never had to get an accident report online and are active on the computer, this must seem very petty.

But for someone like me, or people who have no access to a computer, this is an impossible task and an inconvenience. So I went down to my insurance company and asked them to help me get my accident report. They couldn’t help because you

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Dear Editor: Members of the hunting/angling group the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) have a saying: “The adventure begins where the roads end.” And here in Colorado (and across the West) that adventure equates to some of the finest backcountry big game hunting and wild trout angling in the lower 48 states. However, today this worldclass backcountry is in the crosshairs of some short-sighted politicians and motorized recreation groups hell-bent on opening up what little remains of our wild public lands to a free-forall development frenzy being pushed by the likes of foreign-owned mining companies, Texas-based oil and gas drillers, and scorched-earth/extractive industry front groups like the Blue Ribbon Coalition. They’re seeking to roll back protections of the same public lands and natural resources that have made our state a destination for sportsmen and women from across the country and around the world.

This anti-hunting legislation, HR 1581 (the Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act), would open up millions of acres of roadless public lands to development. Roadless areas are not just blank spots on the map. They represent the premier fish and game habitat in the state. Within their boundaries are over 60 percent of all habitat for the state’s three species of native cutthroat trout, and the headwaters for every major river in Colorado. Colorado’s roadless backcountry is also home to over 50 percent of all

if we can convince ourselves that we deserve to come out on top and they don’t.

We say we don’t want our kids to have to pay for our spendthrift habits, but what about the nasty tricks we have gifted them with, that will take them years to figure out? Is that okay? Sure, we can think up nicesounding names to call ourselves, and can get some folks who have big bucks to spread them all around for us, but time and history will reveal what we were really all about, which was selfish motives.

But what the heck. Go off it if you can. Call it what you will and see who buys it. Tell yourself you are number one and see if anybody believes it. But know this: This ain’t no ball game we are playing. There are prices that will have to be paid eventually, and it probably will be your grandchildren who will be paying them.

Marjorie Johnson Eckert

summer concentration and production areas for elk. And, perhaps most importantly, of the 15 most hunted game management units in Colorado, 12 of them each contain over 100,000 acres of roadless public land. Without protection for these critical areas, hunting and angling on public lands as we know it would cease to exist.

Ninety-two percent of all national forest lands in Colorado already lie within one mile of a road.

There are currently over 17,000 miles of roads in the national forests of Colorado — many damaged or in disrepair, and that stands at roughly $68 million. Additionally, the Forest Service has stated they only need 20 percent of the current road system. HR 1581 amounts to gambling with the future of our great outdoors. And it’s got to stop. Colorado’s nearly one million hunters and anglers — and the fly shops, outfitters, guides, and hotels that depend on their business — shouldn’t stand for it.

After all, the outdoor recreation these lands support is an essential building block of our national economy — sustaining more than 6.5 million jobs and contributing more than $730 billion to the U.S. economy, according to the Outdoor Industry Association. Here in Colorado, outdoor recreation is a $10 billion industry providing more than 100,000 jobs and adding $500 million to the state’s tax coffers.

Lastly, there are the negative consequences on public health of this bill. We as a nation are struggling with an obe-

sity epidemic, brought on by many causes, not the least of which is sedentary lifestyles. In this context, the government should not be using public resources to promote ever-increasing motorized transportation and recreation. The maintenance and promotion of hunting and fishing traditions that involve travel by foot, horseback, and canoe are positive for public health. As a lifelong outdoorsman who grew up fishing wild rivers and hunting in the roadless backcountry of our public lands, I’ve seen the natural cycles of nature ebb and flow. Years of plenty have followed years of lean as surely as the seasons follow one another.

But today, I’m starting to worry that our outdoor heritage might be headed for an irreversible decline — and this time, the cause (HR 1581) is manmade. Ask your legislators to oppose HR 1581.

David Lien Co-Chair Colorado Backcountry Colorado Springs

have to become a member of that website and there was a $9 charge for reports. So I went down to the police department and asked for help. The lady in the office was very friendly but told me that she couldn’t help. If she did it for me, then she would have to do it for everyone else. If I didn’t have a computer, I could always use one at the library.

So on Aug. 16 I went to the city council meeting and explained to them the challenges that I have experienced just trying to get a copy of my accident report. I also explained to them the concerns I had about all my personal information just floating around on some website that anyone could access.

You figure your accident report contains your name, address, your phone number, your social security number, your date of birth, the make, model and serial number of your car. And once you are successful in getting your report you have to supply the website with your credit card number or bank information to pay for the report.

So then all your personal information is on the website forever, for anyone who is capable of jumping through all the hoops to access at any time.

I asked the council if they would please reconsider and restructure the policy of accident reports.

I told them I would be more than willing to pay $10 to $20 at the police department just to receive this report locally.

If you need an accident report and run into some of the same challenges I’ve had, please send a nice friendly letter to city council explaining the challenges you’ve experienced. Let’s please keep the friendly personality in service in Delta. After all, that is why we all still live here.

Orval Proctor Delta

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LOCAL NEWS

Delta County Independent

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Region 10 is a wise investment, director says

BY PAT SUNDERLAND Managing Editor

The municipalities of Delta County pay Region 10 assessments of $144,256, an investment which is returned 14 times through programs for seniors, services for businesses, transportation planning and development, and economic

development.

That was the message conveyed by Paul Gray, Region 10’s executive director, to Delta City Council earlier this month. As local municipalities prepare their budgets for the coming year, he wants to make sure they understand the benefits of membership in

Region 10.

With the support of the Area Agency on Aging, which is operated by Region 10, Volunteers of America provides meals to senior citizens in Delta, Cedaredge, Paonia and Hotchkiss.

Gray said VOA plans to continue that service, not because it is making

inspect the premises and operations.

Other conditions include obtaining various county permits for access and an access agreement with neighbors, and proof of sufficient water and backup supply. There will be no egg washing allowed on site, an improvement location map must be provided to the county, the operators must submit a “bio-security plan” for their operations and consult regularly with a veterinarian on animal health and avian disease management.

Prior to making his motion to approve the hen houses with conditions, Commissioner Olen Lund presented a half-hour-long

report on his extensive research into state and local statutes and regulations governing the hen houses.

Commissioner Doug Atchley, responding to opponents who said the hen houses were industrial businesses, summed up his view of the hen house application: “Clearly, I see no state statute reference to the terms ‘commercial ag, industrial ag, or corporate ag.’ What I see is that ag is ag. It doesn’t matter if it’s an individual family farm or a corporation. In the Colorado statute it’s (all) defined as agriculture.”

Commissioner Bruce Hovde also addressed arguments against the hen houses. He said, “The fear factor (expressed by neighbors) does not create a nuisance. Something cannot be a nuisance until it becomes a nuisance.”

Commissioner Olen Lund said he agreed with Hovde’s statement and added, “I think the problems presented (by opponents) can be minimized and mitigated by the conditions.”

The commissioners’ decision overturned recommended denials by the area planning committee and the county planning commission.

The Hostetlers and the county will have to agree on a signed development agreement stating all conditions of approval before the specific development review process is completed.

Hen houses FROM PAGE A1 chickens and eggs and packaging materials, an egg-handling plan, site drainage plans, the maximum number of chickens allowed in the hen house at one time, and an inspection plan that will give county and state personnel access to enter and

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Lukus Koch FROM PAGE A1 Lukus’s actions that day,” Yvonne McCain told Judge David Westfall Monday.

Lukus’s failure to seek medical attention, or to even tell Yvonne that Jesse had been injured, was just the first in a series of events which Renee Loy, Jesse’s maternal grandmother, say demonstrate a total lack of remorse.

“He only felt sorry for himself, instead of sorrow for the death of Jesse,” said Ashley Dorsch, the child’s mother. “I just wish he could take responsibility and tell me what really happened that day.”

Trying to contain her sobs, she closed her comments to the judge by saying a 20-year sentence is not long enough. “God’s justice will be served,” she said.

The members of Lukus’s family who addressed the court were also distressed by the loss of 2-yearold Jesse, as well as the impact Lukus’s lengthy prison sentence will have on his 7-year-old son, Ashton.

“I’m sorry Ashley lost her son, but so did Lukus, and a 7-year-old is losing his dad,” said Jeremy Jones, Lukus’s best friend. “There are no wins here, only losses. We are all looking forward to the day he can return home.”

Each family member who spoke said Lukus would never have hurt Jesse or any other child on purpose. His uncle, Casey Koch, said he knows Lukus is sincerely sorry and willing to pay his dues.

In his comments to the judge, Lukus Koch repeatedly expressed remorse.

He admitted he is guilty of neglect, but said he did not intentionally hurt Jesse.

Lukus, who had been free on bond for several months, was immediately taken into custody.

money but because they believe it’s an important component of the services they provide to seniors in this area.

“That’s a good thing because there aren’t a lot of alternatives,” he said.

Region 10 also supports All Points Transit services in Delta, Montrose and San Miguel counties.

“We look for All Points to be a star player in transit development as we identify and seek grant monies for additional transit links in this region,” he said.

Another key accomplishment is the business loan fund. Working local banking partners, Region 10 has been able to leverage funds to enhance the local economy. Business loan director Vince Fandel closed 11 loans totaling $400,140 in fiscal year 2011 (although none were in Delta County) and was able to re-establish the SBA microloan program. One of only two such programs in the state, this program offers small business loans of less than $50,000. “The low rates, simple application and approval process, and lack of job creation or match restrictions for these loans should help us provide more capital to local businesses in need,” Gray said.

Region 10 also facilitates business tax credits for eligible capital invest-

ments.

The newly-renovated Region 10 building in Montrose is now an enterprise center which houses 18 emerging businesses and non-profit organizations at affordable rates.

Region 10 also organizes the Gunnison Valley Transportation Planning Region Committee, which prioritizes transit projects, and was instrumental in the creation of the Three Rivers Regional Transit Coordinating Council to coordinate, prioritize and help fund transit projects in the region.

Under economic development, Region 10 participated in the governor’s “Bottom Up” economic development process.

That effort will continue this fall with a comprehensive economic development strategy that will identify and focus on actions that can be taken to move the regional economy out of the reces-

sion.

After completing his review of FY 2011 accomplishments, Gray explained the member assessments. While the total assessment of $144,256 for Delta County has not changed, Gray said the assessment for each member has been adjusted for total and senior populations and other factors.

As a result, the assessments for Delta, Cedaredge and Delta County will go up; Crawford, Hotchkiss and Paonia will see a decrease.

Delta is looking at an increase of 2.8 percent, or $204, for a total assessment of $7,519.

Council member Bill Raley, who serves as the council’s liaison to Region 10, was recently elected to the organization’s executive board.

“I think the city gets quite a bit of good out of membership,” he said.

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Wyatts renew vows on 60th anniversary

Marilyn and Calvin Wyatt

Senior CommUnity meals are served at four dining sites in Delta County — Cedaredge Community Center (Monday -Thursday), Delta Community Center (MondayFriday), Hotchkiss Senior Center (Monday-Thursday) and Paonia Senior Citizen Center (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).

Meals on Wheels are also delivered from each location. More information is available by calling the Cedaredge meal site, 856-3636; the Delta meal site, 874-7662; Hotchkiss Senior Center, 872-3494; and Paonia Senior Citizen Center, 527-3435.

The menu through Sept. 30 follows: Thursday, Sept. 1 — Beef short ribs, homemade potato salad, carrots and crunchy garden salad.

Friday, Sept. 2 — Hamburger on a wheat bun, lettuce/tomato/onion, baked beans, sweet corn and fresh cantaloupe.

Monday, Sept. 5 — Labor Day. No meal service.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 — Spaghetti with meat sauce, California vegetables, tossed salad, breadstick and diced pears.

Wednesday, Sept. 7 — Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, Parmesan

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Wednesday, September 7 at 7:00 a.m. at Miller’s Deitch Haus 860 Hwy 92 in Delta.

Cost is $10.00 per person for the breakfast buffet.

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Calvin and Marilyn Wyatt recently celebrated their 60th anniversary at their home in Hotchkiss.

In attendance were their four grown children and their spouses, nine grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Wedding vows were renewed with Pastor Eli Wyatt, a grandson from New Hope Community Church in Chandler, Ariz., presiding. Beautiful vocal music was presented by granddaughter Chelsea Baldwin of West Jordan,

Utah. Over 30 relatives and friends attended the Friday evening ceremony which concluded with a vase of different colored sands contributed by family members to form layers of multiple colors of sand. Everyone enjoyed a beef barbecue and all the fixins, followed by the traditional wedding cake.

Calvin and Marilyn were delighted to have so many participate in a grand and joyous celebration.

Calvin and Marilyn Wyatt

Senior CommUnity meals

Delta Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Breakfast as we welcome

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RSVP to the chamber at 874-8616.

pea salad, western corn, Italian bread and cake.

Thursday, Sept. 8 — Best-ever chicken casserole, brown rice, honeyed carrots, spinach salad and red Jell-o.

Friday, Sept. 9 — Baked fish sandwich on whole wheat bun, cauliflower, V8 juice and peach cobbler.

Monday, Sept. 12 — Ham loaf, macaroni and cheese, confetti peas, crunchy garden salad and bran muffin.

Tuesday, Sept. 13 — Liver and onions or beef patty, mashed potatoes and gravy, French cut green beans, wheat roll and apple crisp.

Wednesday, Sept. 14 — Baked halibut filet, stewed tomatoes, cole slaw, cauliflower au gratin and sliced peaches.

Thursday, Sept. 15 — Roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, tossed salad, peas and pearl onions, buttermilk biscuit and cake.

Friday, Sept. 16 — Baked paprika chicken, cornbread stuffing with gravy, broccoli, pickled beets and fresh banana.

Monday, Sept. 19 — Sweet and sour chicken, brown rice, Oriental blend vegetables, mandarin spinach salad and fortune cookie.

Tuesday, Sept. 20 — Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, fresh veggies and dip and Sheila’s applesauce delight.

Wednesday, Sept. 21 — Potato crusted cod, baked sweet potato fries, garden cottage cheese salad, wheat bread and fresh grapes.

Thursday, Sept. 22 — Homemade ground beef pizza, western corn, tossed salad and warm cinnamon apple slices.

Friday, Sept. 23 — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrot and raisin salad, French

BIRTHS Brian and Heather Peterson of Cedaredge are the parents of a daughter, Brylee Nichole Peterson, born Aug. 22, 2011, at Delta County Memorial Hospital.

She weighed 5 pounds, 2.4 ounces and was 18.5 inches in length.

Shawn and Caelle Davison of Cedaredge are the parents of a daughter, Lennyn Antoinette Davison, born Aug. 20, 2011, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches in length.

Brenda and Leonardo Lizola of Delta are the parents of a son, Ramon Guadalupe Lizola, born Aug. 22, 2011, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 8.8 ounces and was 19 inches in length.

Delma Villarreal and Abraham Ramirez of Delta are the parents of a son, Angel Arturo Ramirez Villarreal, born Aug. 24, 2011, at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20.5 inches in length.

cut green beans and peanut butter cookie.

Monday, Sept. 26 — Chicken enchilada casserole, Spnish rice, California vegetables, tossed salad and homemade cinnamon roll.

Tuesday, Sept. 27 — Pork roast, boiled red potatoes, rye roll, Waldorf salad and sliced peaches.

Wednesday, Sept. 28 — Pepper steak with peppers and onions, Par-

mesan garlic potatoes, pineapple coleslaw, buttermilk biscuit and honey bee ambrosia.

Thursday, Sept. 29 — Chicken ala king with egg noodles, green beans, tossed salad and sunset yogurt dessert.

Friday, Sept. 30 — Turkey breast wrap, dilled potato salad, orange glazed carrots, cranapple juice and pineapple tidbits.

Fishers celebrate golden anniversary Darrell and Barb (Boxberger) Fisher of Austin will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 2. The Fishers are former residents of Lakewood. The couple moved to Austin five years ago and are active in the community. Darrell is a member of Delta Masonic Lodge and the Western Colorado Shrine Club. He participates as a clown and attends numerous parades in the area. Barb is a volunteer at Delta County Memorial Hospital and a member of Orchard City Women’s

Club. The couple have one son, Darrell, his wife Misty and two grandsons, Clay and Ryan, all of Lakewood.

Barb and Darrell Fisher

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LOCAL NEWS

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Rev. Hofman honored on 50th anniversary of ordination

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

Rev. Marion Hofman will tell you that his life story is not a story about him. It is a story about God working in a man’s life.

The former pastor of Delta’s Redeemer Lutheran Church had occasion to reflect on that life last month when he and family and friends observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination.

Rev. Hofman says, “Serving my Savior, Jesus Christ, and His people by teaching them what the Bible says is enjoyable, and having been called to do this is very humbling.”

Rev. Hofman was born in Brazil. Rev. Hofman’s

father was himself a recently ordained Lutheran minister from Nebraska, and his mother, “a central Texas farm girl,” when they answered a call to minister in Brazil.

Marion arrived a short time afterward, and he spent his first 10 years growing up in a community where he spoke Portuguese and German, and where at home he spoke English.

His preparation for a life in the ministry culminated in his receiving ordination into the office of Ministry of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, by his own father, Rev. Martin F. Hofman.

That very solemn and uniquely joyful event took place at Trinity Lutheran Church, Blue Hill, Neb.,

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in 1961.

Rev. Hofman explains, “At my ordination, I received several charges, or commands of office.”

And those charges have been the guiding principles of his professional life ever since.

The charges are passages from the Bible: Teach them to observe all things I have commanded. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.

Tend my sheep. Reprove, rebuke, and exhort . . . for the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching. All scripture is . . . profitable for doctrine, reproof, and correction.

Rev. Hofman explains, “You see, I am under orders by my church and by my Lord Jesus Christ.

Until Jesus relieves me from office, I am obligated to do my best to uphold the doctrine of the scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions. I have no choice in the matter, except for the choice of forsaking my office.”

Retired since 2002, Rev. Hofman is still an active member at Delta’s Redeemer Lutheran Church. During his tenure as pastor, the congregation achieved some lasting accomplishments by moving to the present location on Pioneer Road and starting the Tiny Treasures preschool program.

Rev. Hofman has served as volunteer chaplain at the Delta Correctional Facility, and he volunteers at Delta County Memorial Hospital. He helped set up the first community meeting in Delta with Dr. Nicholas Taylor, a meeting which with the help of former county commissioner Wayne Wolf ultimately became the Prevention and Recovery/Meth-Free Delta County organization and program.

Woodworking is among Rev. Hofman’s hobbies.

He is proud of having hauled Redeemer’s pipe organ here from Tennessee and installing it. He also lists camping with family, hunting, and fishing as special interests.

He enjoys classical music, sang with the Valley Symphony Chorus and its predecessors, and was a charter member of the Valley Symphony Association board.

In addition to pastoring at Redeemer Lutheran, Rev. Hofman has served congregations at Paonia, Montrose, Rangely, Craig, Steamboat Springs, and in Ohio, Missouri and Iowa.

He has also served in advisory and administrative positions for his Lutheran district, synod, and seminaries.

He and his wife of almost 51 years, Nancy, live in Eckert.

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Education is topic of LWV meeting

“My wife of nearly 51 years, Nancy, has always been very understanding and supporting,” said The League of Women will host its monthly Rev. Marion Hofman. The couple were honored by friends at Redeemer Lutheran Church July 10 Voters of Montrose Coun- meeting Thursday, Sept. marking the 50th anniversary of his ordination. The ty (which now includes 8, at noon.

A guest panel will disHofmans have four children and six grandchildren. the Delta County League) cuss the role of federal government in public education, funding and equity for K-12 schools, early childhood education and educating disadvantaged students.

The panel will include Mike McMillan, superinThe Dolphin House protective capacity of our Seating is limited to tendent of Delta County Child Advocacy Cen- communities’ parents and 75, so early registration Joint School District; ter together with Mon- caregivers.” is encouraged. Registra- Sheryl Solow, assistant trose County Health and The training will be tions will be handled superintendent, curricuHuman Services Empow- conducted by Feather by the Dolphin House. lum and instruction, for ering Dads Program Berkower, a licensed clin- Please contact Sue Mont- the Montrose and Olathe will conduct a Parenting ical social worker. She gomery at sue@dolphin schools; and Beth Sass, SAFE Children training. holds a master’s of social housecolorado.com or principal of Vista Charter The training is free and welfare from the Universi- 240-8655. Registration School. open to all professionals ty of California, Berkeley, information must include The meeting will be in the 7th Judicial Dis- is an expert in the field a full name, agency name, held in the community trict who are mandated of child sexual abuse pre- title/job at the agency, room of the Montrose to report suspected child vention and has worked e-mail address, mailing Regional Library. Bring abuse. The course will with over 70,000 chil- address and phone num- a friend! take place on Monday, dren and 6,000 parents. ber.

Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to Berkower is the author of If more than 75 regis2:30 p.m. in the Montrose the book “Parenting Safe ter, the same class will be County School District Children” and provides offered the following day, administration office. training throughout the Tuesday, Sept. 27. Each Lunch will be provided.

United States for parents person attending will “With the rise of child and their children and receive a copy of Feather abuse victims in our dis- professionals who work Berkower’s book, as well trict, our goal is to pro- with children and their as a notebook of additect our children through parents. tional materials. prevention education, support services and community collaboration.

This training meets one of our first educational objectives,” said Sue Montgomery, director of the Dolphin House Child Advocacy Center. “By working together to meet the goals of the district’s Child Abuse Prevention Education Initiative we can and will increase the

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Chorus rehearsals to begin Sept. 6 Valley Symphony Chorus will kick off rehearsals for its 41st season on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Presbyterian Church at 135 E. 4th Street in Delta.

Rehearsals will feature pieces to be sung for the Valley Symphony Christmas concerts on Dec. 3 in Delta and Dec. 4 in Montrose.

Anyone interested in joining is asked to contact director Lenore Hample at (970) 901-7609.

For a complete schedule of the VSA’s 2011-12 season,visit www.valley symphony.net or e-mail info@valleysymphony.net.

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SCHOOL

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Collaboration puts kids on the path to success Families Plus children and families traditionally start the new school year with a picnic of appreciation and celebration.

This year the picnic was a collaborative effort of Families Plus, Altrusa, ASTRA Club, and local businesses. Members of the ASTRA Club, with some help from advisor Amanda Twamley, put on the picnic from planning, to setting up, grilling, and taking down.

Ashley Church was the ASTRA Club leader of this effort. Altrusa International supplied dessert and paper products. Also

helping out were Big E Market with lots of Olathe Sweet corn picked early that morning and McDonald’s with beverages for all.

The annual picnic seems to be the start of a good year for the children involved. Data collected by Families Plus shows that 95 percent of Families Plus children ended the school year with a “C” average or above last year. That hard work and effort will build strong futures for these children. The teachers of Delta County public schools put extra

energy into guiding Families Plus supporters to help each child succeed in school.

Families Plus is a local mentoring program that currently supports 50 area children with a wide range of services, including families to mentor many of them all during their maturing years.

Families Plus is a community based organization that relies on donations and volunteer time to support the children.

For more information call 874-0464 or view the website at Familiesplus. net.

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Back-to-school celebration Thanks to Garnet Mesa Elementary’s wonderful PTO parents, over 600 students and family members enjoyed Garnet Mesa Elementary School’s Back to School Carnival Friday, Aug. 26. Pictured are fourth graders Nallelly Martinez and Ylissa Gilliam, proudly wearing their Central Michigan University shirts, enjoying a hot dog and some cotton candy.

State will determine graduation guidelines

BY PAT SUNDERLAND Managing Editor

To ensure that all students are equally prepared for college or the Photo by Pat Sunderland workforce, the Colorado A picnic celebrating the start of the school year was put together by Families Department of Education has announced it will Plus, Altrusa, ASTRA Club and local businesses. establish statewide grad-

uation guidelines later this year.

Local schools must adopt or exceed the new requirements from the state board.

In his weekly newsletter, superintendent Mike McMillan said students who meet the graduation guidelines will automatically be accepted into Colorado colleges.

Currently, Colorado and Massachusetts are the only two states with no statewide requirements.

Graduation will require three years of math, four years of English, three years of science, and three years of social studies, which is consistent with the guidelines in place in Delta County. The school board recently modified the graduation require-

ments to include a semester of economics as a component of social studies.

Students who plan to attend college are further encouraged to take a foreign language and additional math, science, social studies and English classes. The most recent ACT scores indicate that less than 50 percent of Delta County students are ready for college level classes.

DHS hosts back-toschool night Parents of Delta High School students are encouraged to attend backto-school night Thursday, Sept. 1, from 6 to 7 p.m.

SCHOOL BREAKFAST LUNCH Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 1 — Whole wheat pancakes, cereal, whole wheat toast, fruit and milk.

Friday, Sept. 2 — Biscuits and gravy, oatmeal, whole wheat toast, fruit and milk.

Monday, Sept. 5 — Labor Day. No school.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 — Ham and cheese toast, cereal, whole wheat toast, fruit and milk.

Wednesday, Sept. 7 — Yogurt parfait, oatmeal, whole wheat or cheese toast, fruit and milk.

Lunch K-5 Thursday, Sept. 1 — Cheese pizza, vegetables, fruit, applesauce cake and milk.

Friday, Sept. 2 — Hot ham and cheese, vegetables, fruit, chocolate chip cookies and milk.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 — Tacos, refried beans, fruit,

cinna-sticks and milk.

Wednesday, Sept. 7 — Baked cheese sandwich, tomato soup, vegetables, fruit and milk.

Lunch 6-12 Thursday, Sept. 1 — Cheese pizza, hot beef wrap or chef salad, vegetables, fruit, applesauce cake and milk.

Friday, Sept. 2 — Hot ham and cheese sandwich, chicken ranch sandwich or chef salad, celery and peanut butter, fruit, chocolate chip cookies and milk.

Tuesday, Sept.

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Wednesday, Sept. 7 — Baked cheese sandwich, tomato soup, chicken salad sandwich or chef salad, vegetables, fruit and milk.

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OBITUARIES

Delta County Independent

Leonard Mattive Leonard Frank Mattive of Cedaredge died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

He was 85.

A funeral service will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Cedaredge.

Burial will follow at Cedaredge Cemetery.

Mr. Mattive was born July 30, 1926, in Arvada, to Giovanni “John” and Anna (Francescotti) Mattive. He attended Holy Family Catholic School for 11 years. The family moved to Brighton where he graduated from Brighton High School in 1944.

He married Dorothy Dewey in 1953. She preceded him in death. He married Leota Reeves on Jan. 12, 1974, in Loveland. They moved to Cedaredge in 1975. She survives.

Mr. Mattive worked on the family farm, in masonry construction and was a hod carrier.

He helped build several Western Slope high schools, banks, Mesa Mall and downtown renovations in Denver in the early 1980s. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he enjoyed the 2:7 Discipleship class and the church library.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, farming, his animals, reading, rock and wood collecting, and attending his seven grandchildren’s sports activities. He had lived at Willow Tree in Delta since 2009.

He is survived by his wife, Leota Mattive of Cedaredge; a son and his wife, Kevin and Kateri Reeves of Mosca; a daughter and her husband, Kim and Scott Frost of Grand Mesa; four grandsons, Kyle Reeves and his wife Amber of Burlington, Stephen Reeves and his wife Samantha of Fort Lupton, Corp.

Jordan Reeves and his wife Lance Corp. Courtney Reeves of Fallbrook, Calif., and Jeremy Frost and his wife Rylee of Cedaredge; three granddaughters and their husbands, Rebekah and Zach Brooks of Cedaredge, Valerie and Nathan Brasby of Fort Morgan, and Jacque and Don Straka of Grenada, Nicaragua; 12 great-grandchildren, Alysia, Elizabeth, Abigale, Rachel, Corbin, Joshua, Kyra, Quentin, Lillian, Lilah, Isaac and Baby Brasby; a sister and her husband, Lorraine and Carl Rigli of Fort Morgan, and their children, Joe, Jim and Julie; a brother, Johnny Mattive of Pueblo Coun-

ty; and three sisters-inlaw, Dorothy Mattive of Brighton and her children, Patti, Dave, Bob and Michael, Liz Conley and Betty Hosclaw, both of Fort Lupton.

Mr. Mattive was preceded in death by a brother, Wayne Mattive; and his first wife, Dorothy Dewey.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 370 W. Main Street, Cedaredge, CO 81413, or Willow Tree Care Center, 2050 S. Main, Delta, CO 81416.

View the Internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at taylor funeralservice.com.

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

Charles Hallenbeck Jr. Charles V. Hallenbeck Jr. of Hotchkiss died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was 85.

A memorial service was held Aug. 29 at Hotchkiss Community United Methodist Church. A private interment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Hotchkiss.

Mr. Hallenbeck was born Oct. 22, 1925, in Rifle, to Charles Hallenbeck Sr., and Olive (Finnegan) Hallenbeck.

He spent his childhood in Rifle, Denver and Whitewater. He graduated from Abbey High School in Cañon City in 1942.

He enlisted in the United States Army in 1944. He served in Europe and received the rank of sergeant. He was honorably discharged in 1947.

Mr. Hallenbeck owned and operated a cattle ranch near Hotchkiss until 1948. He worked in construction in Colorado and Wyoming from 1948 to 1951.

He married Gwendolyn Leitzinger on June 21, 1951, in Hotchkiss.

They celebrated 60 year of marriage. She survives.

Mr. Hallenbeck attended the University of Wyoming and received a civil engineering degree with honors. He then attended the University of Colorado as a graduate student and instructor and obtained his master’s in 1956. He was a professor of civil engineering at the Uni-

versity of Colorado from 1956 to 1974. While he was teaching he was a consultant for the City of Boulder, evaluating and obtaining water rights.

He was project manager for Black and Veatch Engineers in Denver until 1983. Projects included Project 7 Water Authority in Montrose.

He moved to Hotchkiss in 1979 where he owned and operated a farm and continued engineering.

He served as a director of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, chairman of the Six City Water Committee, director and president of the Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir Company, director and president of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, and Delta County Commissioner from 1985 to 1989.

Mr. Hallenbeck is survived by his wife of 60 years, Gwendolyn Hallenbeck of Hotchkiss; a son and his wife, Charles and Mary Kay Hallenbeck of Timnath; a daughter and her husband, Amy and Gary Hauptman of Boulder; four grandchildren, William Hauptman and Eric Hauptman, both of Boulder, Katie Hallenbeck and her husband Sean Bowden of Denver, and Charles Hallenbeck of Fort Collins; a sisterin-law, Carol Hallenbeck of Delta; a cousin and his wife, John “Jack” and Mary Finnegan of Delta; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by four sisters, Gladys, Patricia, Josephine and Norma; and a brother, Clyde.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hotchkiss Community United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 576, Hotchkiss, CO 81419.

View the Internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at taylor funeralservice.com.

Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory handled the arrangements.

Dolores Pettis Dolores Marie Pettis of Delta died of natural causes on Aug. 15, 2011, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junc-

tion. She was 79.

Mrs. Pettis was born Aug. 28, 1931, in Ludell, Kan. to Hugo and Florence (Gray) Baumfaulk.

She spent her childhood and attended school in Atwood, Kan. She married Leslie “Red” Pettis on Aug. 30, 1949. They lived in the mountains of Colorado, in Cimarron for many years. He preceded her in death in 1989.

Mrs. Pettis moved to Delta after her husband’s death to be near her family. She knitted or crocheted a bedspread for each of her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed needlepoint, sewing, ceramics and singing. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Delta, American Baptist Women and Cimarron Club.

She is survived by two sons and their wives, Clifford and Sandy Pettis of Montrose, and Kenneth and Cheri Pettis of Delta; three daughters, Lewella Blair and her husband Bill of Olathe, Connie Pettis of Naturita, and Dale Jenson of Phippsburg; a sister, Virginia Clermont of Hays, Kan.; and Corky and Della Ware of Hotchkiss, and Kathe and Able Velarde of Montrose.

Mrs. Pettis was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie Pettis; three daughters, Ethel, Viola and Pamela Ware; a son, Keith; a grandchild; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Vonda Corder and Janice Torver.

A funeral service was held Aug. 19 at First Baptist Church of Delta, with Pastor James Conley, Pastor Kenny Pettis and Cliff Pettis officiating. Interment followed at Grand View Cemetery in Montrose.

Hank Chastain Henry F. “Hank” Chastain of Cory died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, at the home of his son, Michael Chastain in Cory. He was 93.

Mr. Chastain was born July 19, 1918, in Gazelle, Calif., to Henry and Lily (Lorensen) Chastain. The family moved many times during his early years. He worked in the outdoors,

Honor is a genuine, heartfelt commitment to one another that can sustain both caregiver and care recipient through the most challenging times.

It’s a source of focus and determination. It fuels every conversation, every decision, every task that involves providing care.

Excerpt from “And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver’s Companion.”

In our lifetimes, many of us become caregivers.

We’re often driven by a sense of obligation — but on a deeper level, caring for our loved ones demonstrates the love, gratitude and honor we

feel toward them. Many caregivers feel that the role has enhanced their lives in unexpected ways, strengthening their relationship with their loved one, or giving new purpose to their own lives.

Caregiving also can be exhausting and frustrating work. One of the biggest challenges for caregivers is remembering to pay attention to their own physical and emotional needs.

“If you’re trying to care for someone else, you have to care for yourself,” says Stefanie Coleman, clinical manager for Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado. “You need

A look at local birds with Evelyn Horn

tion, but I’ll bet that it’s hovering over the water.

Watch the entire area . . . there’s my bird. He’s perched on a cottonwood branch just north of the pond. I think that his dive was successful . . . he seems to be eating. A small fish?

These petite birds (about five ounces) eat primarily fish, but they’ll consume amphibians, young birds, mice, reptiles and insects.

This little pond easily provides a varied diet!

And probably suitable nesting sites as well: Both parents work at

haying, woodcutting and mining on the family’s claims Mr. Chastain entered the U.S. Navy in 1942. He served at the sub base at Pearl Harbor and volunteered to go to the Aleutian Islands where he performed his duties as a carpenters mate until the end of the war.

He married Marjorie Hathaway in 1954. She preceded him in death in 1992.

Mr. Chastain owned a construction company. In 1964 he moved his family to Polebridge, Mont., where they experienced -30 degree weather, forest fires, moose, elk and grizzly bear in the front yard.

He moved back to California in the 1970s and started another construction company that specialized in concrete work.

He retired in 1980 and moved to Idaho, Montana and Nevada before moving to Delta in 1992.

He is survived by a sister, Betty of Oraville, Calif.; a son and his wife, Michael and Gaylene Chastain of Cory; his granddaughters, Sarah, Annie, Deb, Joanna, Genia and Dee; and his grandsons, Ed, Allen and Charlie.

A gathering will be held Sunday, Sept.4. Contact 835-3568 for information.

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practicum in North Carolina in 1995 and received his instructors certificate.

He worked in Florida from 1995 to 1996 as an Outward Bound instructor.

Mr. Legg moved to Carbondale in 1996 and was involved in the Solar Institute International before moving to Paonia in 2004. While in Colorado, Mr. Legg helped plan various art/music festivals, worked with local radio stations, served on the arts council and continued his work as a master craftsman/painter.

He traveled extensively to Central America and Europe. In 2009 he moved to Manhattan to continue his education in film, photography and website design. He became the first Leed Green Painter in Manhattan and started his company “Geo-painting.” He enjoyed landscape and still photography, website design and his dog Saddie.

Mr. Legg is survived by his parents; and sister, Dr. Kimberly Legg Corba and her husband Dr. Robert Corba of Allentown, Pa. A private service was held.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Solar Energy International, c/o Keller Funeral Homes, Inc., P.O. Box 52, Fogelsville, PA 18051.

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Geoffrey Legg Geoffrey D. Legg of Manhattan, N.Y., formerly of Hotchkiss, died Aug. 19, 2011. He was 41.

Mr. Legg was born in Allentown, Pa., to Geoffrey and Karen Legg. He graduated from Parkland High School in 1988.

He attended college and worked in Philadelphia.

He completed the Outward Bound instructor’s

“The Final Toast,” written by Stuart M. Kaminsky, opens the Magic Circle Players Community Theatre’s 52nd season Sept. 9.

Individual tickets will be available Tuesday-Thursday, 2-5 p.m., beginning Sept. 6. They are also available from 5:30-7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Sept.

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Season tickets are also now available. Call 2497838 for reservations, or visit the theatre box office at 420 S. 12th St.

Caregiving: Rewards and needs

Birds of the Western Slope Belted Kingfisher I slow down . . . carefully checking the rearview mirror for oncoming traffic. All’s clear for the moment. And there’s my bird! Right on the wire where I saw it last time I was on this stretch of Highway 65.

I’m just past Aspen Trails Resort, heading downhill toward Eckert.

There’s a small pond just beyond the fence and the tangled growth on my left. Water means life, and this small area is often quite productive: I’ve seen raccoon, porcupine, rabbits, vultures, various other birds, and this belted kingfisher.

Now my bird raises its crest . . . am I disturbing it? No. It suddenly takes off . . . I can’t quite see it for the tangled vegeta-

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excavating a yard-long tunnel in a bank to serve as their nest. I’ve read that the tunnel may be much longer, and that it is often slanted upward, creating an air pocket at the top in case of flooding. There’s a grass lined cup at tunnel’s end for the six or seven eggs that both parents incubate for three or so weeks.

The chicks are altricial: eyes closed, downless, or in short, totally helpless. I recall reading

Adapted from the “Birder’s Handbook”

in the “Birder’s Handbook” that the chicks cling together to maintain body temperature and that they fledge within three and a half weeks. The parents teach them to fish by dropping bits of food into the water . . . I’d love to see that!

These blue-gray kingfishers nest into Alaska and Canada and winter as far south as northern South America. They can be found throughout our continent. The male has a gray head, white collar, with a gray band below.

The female is similar but she also has some russet along the flanks and a russet band below the gray one.

But I hear a car coming . . . yes, it’s time to move on.

to take time to replenish your body and mind. It’s not selfish — it’s absolutely necessary.”

If you’re a caregiver, the following tips can be valuable for you to keep in mind: Sit down and eat three meals a day — it is so easy to forget this when you’re busy. Making enough food for two or three meals can help.

If your nights are broken up assisting your loved one, take a nap during the day while he/she rests. When you miss a few nights of sleep, it’s hard to keep going.

Get out for a breath of fresh air or a change of scene. Even a brief walk around the neighborhood can make a big difference in your outlook.

Relax in a warm bathtub or with a good book.

Let yourself be alone to clear your thoughts and worries.

Let friends and other family members help you.

If they can participate somehow, they will feel less helpless. Let people bring meals, run errands, stay with your loved one while you go out, etc.

Talk with friends and family about your feelings and concerns. This may not be easy, but it can be healing to cry and express emotions.

Support groups help by showing you that you’re not alone. In the group setting, you can share your experiences and ideas with people who are in similar situations.

Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado offers ongoing help for family members, as well as for patients. Their website, www.hospicewco. com, describes their wide range of supportive services and care.

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BUSINESS

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Construction mishap evacuates Safeway

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

Delta Safeway store was evacuated last Wednesday, Aug. 24, when construction workers on a remodeling project accidentally opened a pressurized refrigerant line.

A worker experienced a

burn from the super-cold liquid refrigerant, which when released gassed off exposing others nearby to fumes.

A total of seven people were transported and treated in the emergency room, reported Tom Mingen, DCMH administra-

tor.

A spokesman for Safeway in Denver said six of the seven treated were customers and store employees.

Delta Fire Department Chief Adam Suppes said “a large quantity of the freon-like refrigerant was dumped” in the mishap.

Local firemen assisted in the evacuation, cleanup, and venting of all residual fumes from the store.

The call came to the

fire department at 1:18 p.m., Suppes said. He added there are no longterm health effects suspected from the exposure.

The store was closed and the entire parking lot and gasoline island were cordoned off by police for over two hours.

When the refrigerant line was accidentally cut, cooling to some of the store’s meat display coolers failed. The displays were emptied and the

meat was transferred to operating units in the back to prevent any spoilage. The store’s produce area remained cordoned for a short time after reopening.

Suppes said valuable time was lost while firefighters attempted to locate a current MSDS (Materials Safety Data Sheet). Firefighters were using self-contained breathing apparatus inside the store while

they tried to identify the chemical, its side effects and amounts used in the refrigeration system.

“The Delta Fire Department cannot express enough, how important it can be to have updated, accurate and easy-to-find MSDS sheets, log books and a list of chemicals and where they re stored,” Suppes said. “This information is critical in an event of a spill, accidental release or fire.”

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Delta fire and police departments responded to an incident last Wednesday when a construction mishap cut a refrigerant line that released fumes in the Safeway store.

EMS is honored with 9-11 pins

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

This year is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Employees of the Delta County Ambulance District are wearing commemorative pins marking the remembrance.

The pins commemorate the work, courage, and sacrifice of emergency medical personnel who found themselves at the

Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

Employees of the Delta County Ambulance District are wearing pins that commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

scene that September morning.

The local EMS workers including EMTs and paramedics feel a close kinship with the first responders who answered emergency calls on 9/11, many of whom lost their lives when they entered the doomed World Trade Center buildings to help others reach safety.

The pin shows a New York skyline with the twin towers in the background. In the foreground is an EMS responder who is grieving the loss of life that day.

Members of DCAD units are going to be in attendance at 9/11 memorial events in Cedaredge and Delta.

Also, the Lee Marts VFW Post and Auxiliary #3571 will conduct a 9/11 memorial on Friday, Sept.

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A free seminar, “Medicare 101,” will be presented Thursday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Grand Mesa Oncology Center just north of Delta County Memorial Hospital. Trained counselors from RSVP Senior Health Assistance Program (SHIP) will present a program to help seniors, caregivers and new Medicare beneficiaries understand Medicare and how to navigate the system.

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Open for business Catherine Rodeback, L.Ac, Delta’s first acupuncturist, celebrated the grand opening of her business with city officials, chamber of commerce representatives, family members and clients last week. Delta Acupuncture Vitali-Tea & Wellness is located at 823 Main Street. In addition to traditional acupuncture, Rodeback offers no-needle acupuncture, other alternative healing practices, and herbal medicine.

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Carson, a board-certified hearing instrument specialist, has provided hearing aid services for 22 years.

He truly enjoys helping folks reconnect with their loved ones. “My dad showed his wisdom when he told me that if a man can make a living helping people, he is helping himself by helping others.”

Carson is proud to be the exclusive dispenser of Audibel hearing aids for the Western Slope. Audibel is an American manufacturer that leads the world in new technology and service.

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ACTIVITIES

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Community Calendar Register for Partners Challenge Ride Thursday, September 1

BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT, 6-7 p.m., Delta High School.

PAONIA ROTARY CLUB MEETING, 12 noon, Paonia Town Hall.

Program begins at 12:30 p.m.: John Wilson and Sherrie Braslin of Arch Coal Foundation speak on their innovation teaching grants. Public welcome.

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

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

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

BINGO, every Thursday, 6:50 p.m., American Legion of Paonia.

Come early for hamburgers and hot dogs. This week progressive is 59 numbers for $685, blue is 51 numbers and grey is 51 numbers for $250. For more information, call 527-6252.

Friday, September 2

OPENING RECEPTION for “Locally Grown Art,” 6 p.m., Blue Sage Gallery, Paonia. With works by the Hotchkiss Fine Arts Association.

HOWARD BERKMAN PERFORMS SOLO of original music, 8 p.m., Louie’s, Paonia.

Saturday, September 3

HOWARD BERKMAN PERFORMS dance music for a “Goodbye Summer” event, 4 p.m., Black Bridge Winery, Paonia.

Monday, September 5

LABOR DAY BREAKFAST, 7-11 a.m., at the post, 15th and Howard streets, Delta. Served by Lee Marts Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3571 and its Ladies Auxiliary. Menu: pancakes, eggs to order, biscuits and gravy, sausage and beverages. $5 per adult or $3 for kids under 12.

Tuesday, September 6

INTENDER’S MEETING, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 31085 Lazear Road, Lazear. Learn to bring positive events into your life. Free. Visitors welcome. Bring a small snack to share. For more information, call 872-3224.

Thursday, September 8

PAONIA ROTARY CLUB MEETING, 12 noon, Paonia Town Hall.

Program begins at 12:30 p.m.: Dr. Theo Colborn talks about The Endocrine Disruption Exchange: from a small town to international non-profit. Public welcome.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MONTROSE COUNTY MEETING, (now includes Delta County League), 12 noon, Montrose Regional Library community room. Topic: The Role of the Federal Government in Public Education - Funding & Equity - K-12, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Students. Speaker panel: Mike McMillan, Delta schools; Sheryl Solow, Montrose and Olathe schools; Beth Sass, Vista Charter School.

FREE MEDICARE 101 SEMINAR, 7 p.m., Delta Oncology Center, Grand Mesa room, north of Delta County Memorial Hospital, Delta. Program for seniors, caregivers and new Medicare beneficiaries to help them understand Medicare and how to navigate the system. For more information or to make an appointment, call RSVP office in Delta, 874-7834 or the Montrose office, 249-9639.

FRIENDS OF THE CEDAREDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETING, 2 p.m., at the library. Phil Ellsworth presents program, “Journey to Angel Falls and the Lost World.”

Friday, September 9

FREEDOM RALLY, 9 a.m., Lincoln Elementary School. Hosted by Lee Marts VFW Post #3571 and its Ladies Auxiliary. For more information, call Jim or Sandy Baker, 874-8172 or Mike or Linda Stahley, 874-9203.

Saturday, September 10

FREE “POPS IN THE PARK” CONCERT, by Valley Symphony Orchestra and chorus members, 5 p.m., Cedaredge Town Park. Bring picnic basket, chairs or a blanket. Valley Symphony Association members providing ice cream, pie and root beer floats for purchase for fund raiser. For more information call 970-209-2295 or email: info@valleysymphony.net.

MEET AND GREET PICNIC/POTLUCK, 11:30 a.m., Crawford Town Hall Park. Sponsored by Crawford Country Chamber. Chamber provides meat, lemonade, table service, etc. Everyone bring a dish to share. The chamber would like a business to give a short talk about their business, 5 minutes. So if you would like to talk and share, call the chamber to be put on the agenda. A great time to network, have fun and help us understand what goes on in each others’ worlds.

HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE “DENIM AND DIAMONDS” GALA, Bill Heddles Recreation Center, Delta. For tickets or more information, call Lynn Shirk, 874-6823.

Sunday, September 11

FREE “POPS IN THE PARK” CONCERT, by Valley Symphony Orchestra and chorus members, 3 p.m., Montrose Rotary Park (by Columbine Middle School). Bring picnic basket, chairs or a blanket. Valley Symphony Association members providing ice cream, pie and root beer floats for purchase for fund raiser. For more information call 970-209-2295 or email: info@valleysymphony.net.

Tuesday, September 13

THRIFT STORE FASHION SHOW, 10 a.m., Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church, 210 NW 3rd Street. Guest speaker: Mary Lou Powell (aka Second Hand Rose), music by two Cedaredge vocal artists, and a fashion show. Luncheon follows. No charge. For more information and to RSVP, call 856-4697 or 856-4116.

Thursday, September 15

BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, 6 p.m. policy review, 7 p.m. regular meeting, Delta Center, 822 Grand Avenue, Delta.

Friday, September 16

UTE TRAILS CAR CLUB HOSTS COLORADO GRAND FOR LUNCH, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Paonia Town Park. Public welcome to view cars.

Saturday, September 17

DELTA HUBWHEELER SQUARE DANCE CLUB MEETS, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Elementary School, 1050 Hastings Street, Delta. Mainstream. Announced Plus tips and one Round between tips.

Club caller is Larry Schulz. Cuer is Maxine Springer. Prerounds/ instructions at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Loren, 970249-4858 or Gwen, 970-856-4157. School Daze donations.

PARK CLEAN-UP DAY — Meet at Crawford State Park visitor center at 9 a.m. to check in and get a supply of trash bags.

Bring gloves. Potluck lunch at the pavilion at noon. Sponsored

by Friends of Crawford State Park. For more information, call John Watkins, 921-5252.

CAHALEN MORRISON AND ELI WEST PERFORM, original oldtime tunes, 8 p.m., KVNF community room, Paonia. $10 cover at the door.

September 22-25

PAONIA MOUNTAIN HARVEST FESTIVAL.

Friday, September 23

WAYNE COOLEY MEMORIAL 4-H GOLF TOURNAMENT, 1:30 p.m., Devil’s Thumb Golf Course, Delta. Colorado 4-H Foundation teams up with area 4-H programs to provide an afternoon of golf to raise funds for local and state 4-H programs. Individuals play for $75 which includes 18 holes of golf, cart, and steak dinner following tournament. Prizes awarded. Sponsorships available. For more sponsorship information or to register for the tournament, visit http://www.co4hfoundation.colostate. edu/golf_delta.shtml or call Gary Small, 970-491-1537.

Sunday, September 25

COLOR SUNDAY — All day events across Grand Mesa, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Appearances from Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl. Rocky Mountain Nature Association book sale, Grand Mesa Visitor Center. For more information, call 856-4153 or http://www. fs.usda.gov/gmug.

Registration for the 17th annual Partners Ride Challenge has started. The ride starts at Cerro Summit Saturday, Sept. 24, between 7-8 a.m. and continues to Ouray over Owl Creek Pass. Day two of the ride, Sunday, Sept. 25, has riders traveling from Ouray to Montrose.

The ride is a benefit for Partners of Delta, Montrose and Ouray counties, which is a oneto-one mentoring program that has helped kids in the area since

Thrift shop fashion show planned The Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church, 210 NW 3rd Street, is hosting a thrift store fashion show Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m.

Don’t miss special guest speaker Mary Lou Powell (also known as Second Hand Rose), music by two Cedaredge vocalists, and an entertaining fashion show. A luncheon will follow. There is no charge.

For information and to RSVP call 856-5697 or 856-4116.

1987. All money raised will be used to sustain, provide activities for, and promote positive relations among local partnerships.

The challenge ride is a weekend get away, that “is an exciting, challenging, superbly-supported mountain bike ride offered by Partners,”

said Rob Brethouwer, one of the organizers of this year’s ride.

Registration deadline for the ride is Aug. 31; a form is located on the Partners’ website, www. partners-west.org. Participation will only be confirmed upon receipt of the $150 registration fee. Donations of at least

an additional $100 or more are encouraged.

“Everyone is encouraged to set their own pace for this ride on graveled back country roads. This is not a race,” Brethouwer said.

For more information, check out the website, or contact Brethouwer at 596-4682.

Outdoor pops concerts kick off symphony season Valley Symphony Association will kick off its 41st season with concerts featuring favorite “pops” music and an ice cream social. These concerts will be great fun for all ages. Two free concerts are scheduled — Saturday, Sept. 10, 5 p.m. at Cedaredge Town Park, and Sunday, Sept. 11, 3 p.m. at Montrose Rotary Park (near Columbine Middle School).

Bring a picnic basket, chairs or a blanket and enjoy the beautiful sounds of the Valley Symphony Orchestra musicians, selections by the Valley Symphony Chorus and more. There will be something for everyone to enjoy.

Valley Symphony Association members will be

providing ice cream, pie and root beer floats for purchase as a fund raiser for their 2011-12 concert season.

For information, call

970-209-2295 or e-mail info@valleysymphony.net.

For a complete schedule of the VSA’s 2011-12 season, visit www.valley symphony.net.

Denim & Diamonds: A night to remember It’s time to reserve your tickets for Delta’s premier gala. Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado presents its annual Denim & Diamonds event on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Bill Heddles Recreation Center.

This year’s theme, Glitz and Glamour, promises an unforgettable evening. Champagne reception and silent auction begin at 6 p.m., followed

by a 7 p.m. dinner and live auction, and 8:30 p.m. dancing to the music of Chase N The Dream.

Tickets are $100 per person, with all proceeds supporting the mission of Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado in Delta County.

For ticket reservations or more information, call Lynn Shirk at 874-6823 or visit www.hospicewco. com.

What’s up at your library?

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

Cedaredge Who’s Who in Whoville - Genealogy Class.

Learn how to find your ancestors and chat with other family history researchers on the first Friday of each month at 10:30 a.m.

Adult Computer Classes: AdvancedBeginners. Cedaredge Public Library is offering computer classes for “advanced-beginners” on the second and fourth Friday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

What’s the buzz?

BTOP Open House!

Find out what’s buzzing at your library — new computers, laptops, iPads, and more. Learn about upcoming computer classes! Don’t miss the fun Saturday, Sept. 17, from noon to 2 p.m.

Open Tech Lab. Bring your computer questions, laptops, ereaders, iPads, etc., and library techies will be on hand to answer questions at the Cedaredge Public Library every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Storytimes for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers. Baby storytimes are Thursdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschooler storytimes are Thursdays at 11 a.m.

For more information, contact the library at 856-3518.

Crawford Storytimes for Babies, Tots, and Pre-

schoolers. Baby storytimes are Thursdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschooler storytimes are Wednesdays at 11 a.m.

For more information, contact the library at 921-3500.

Delta Teens — $10,000 Pyramid! Based on the popular game show, teens will have fun showing off their knowledge of teen trivia to win prizes Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 4:15 p.m.

What’s the buzz?

BTOP Open House!

Find out what’s buzzing at your library — new computers, laptops, iPads, and more. Learn about upcoming computer classes! Don’t miss the fun Thursday, Sept. 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Storytimes for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers at the Delta Public Library. Baby storytimes are Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschooler storytimes are Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m.

For information, call the library at 874-9630.

Hotchkiss Teen Movie Night.

Join the fun and watch a movie at the Hotchkiss Public Library on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 6 p.m.

Storytimes for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers. Baby storytimes are Mondays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Mondays at 10:30 a.m.

Preschooler storytimes are Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m.

For more information, contact the library at 872-

Veterans to serve breakfast Labor Day Lee Marts Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3571 and its Ladies Auxiliary will be cooking up a storm for their traditional Labor Day community breakfast. Between 7 and 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 5, they will be serving an “all you can eat” breakfast consisting of pancakes, eggs to order, biscuits and gravy, sausage, coffee, hot tea, and/or orange juice. A donation of $5 per adult and $3 for kids under 12 is suggested.

Proceeds from the breakfast will be used

for a variety of programs supporting local veterans and their families and local active duty military personnel, especially those deployed overseas, and their families. These programs vary from the loan of durable medical equipment to the supplying of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq with personal toiletries, goodies, and pocket size toys to hand out to the kids — a dramatic showing of the fact that American soldiers are friends, not enemies.

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

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

• ALIVE AT 25 - Driver’s Awareness Class for ages 16-25 taught by Colorado State Patrol. Register now at www.aliveat25.us Next class is Sunday, Sept. 25 at 4:30 p.m.

• HATHA YOGA - NEW TIME! On Wednesdays from 5:00-6:15 p.m.

Drop-in fee.

• COMMUNITY EVENING DANCE - Saturday, October 15 from 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

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

• BOXING FOR KIDS - It’s back on Saturdays from 10:00-11:00 a.m.

• AARP DRIVERS SAFETY - Monday, Sept. 19 from 8:00 a.m.-12:30

p.m.

• GET STARTED AND STAY COMMITTED - (4) one hour personal training sessions (great gift idea) to get you started on your workout routine.

• COMMUNITY CPR/FIRST AID - Saturday, October 15 and November 12 from 8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.

• PUNT, PASS AND KICK - on Saturday, September 10 at 4:30 p.m. for boys and girls ages 6-15 (age as of December 31, 2011) • TENNIS CLINICS - High School, adults, experienced at 8:00 a.m.

Kids 8-13 and/or beginners at 9:00 a.m. on Saturdays, September 10 (4 weeks).

• SILVERTON DAY TRIP - Friday, Sept. 23 from 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

• CRAFT SHOW CALL FOR VENDORS - Our Annual Holiday Craft Show is Sat., December 3.

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Handcrafted items only!

SWIM AND GYM - Program offered on early release Wednesday from DCSD, September 14 from 1:303:30 p.m. Please pre-register.

DOUBLE DUEL RACQUETBALL/ GOLF TOURNAMENT - Saturday, September 24 morning — play racquetball, afternoon 9-Hole scramble at Devil’s Thumb Golf Course. Questions call Gary West.

FALL DANCE CLASSES - Instructed

by Linda Dysart, 10-week session starts the week of September 6. Register now for Pre-School, Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced Classes, in Ballet, Jazz or Tap. Drama Music Classes and Hip Hop Classes.

BABY SITTING TRAINING COURSE - Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

ADULT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT - Turkey Bowl Classic 5-on-5 Tournament, November 5. Please pre-register by October 30.

YOUTH AND ADULT GUITAR LESSONS - On Saturdays September

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Paonia A.M. Bookies Harvest Brunch! Join the Paonia library’s morning book club on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 9 a.m. at Judy Lafferty’s home. Share the bounty of everyone’s gardens. Read any book (fiction or nonfiction) about harvest, gardening, etc., and share with the group. For more information, contact the library at 527-3470.

Boys’ Book Club. Join the boys’ monthly book club (grades 3-5) where they will make video book reviews of what they read this summer at the Paonia Library on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m.

Remarkable Creatures.

The Paonia library’s evening book club selection for September is “Remarkable Creatures” by Tracy Chevalier.

Read the book and join the discussion, Thursday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m.

VAMPS — Vampires Are Made Purposely Silly — Book Club. Join the sixth-eighth grade girls and their mothers, who will never read any vampire books but will read “Alanna: The First Adventure” by Tamora Pierce and “The Help”

by Kathryn Stockett on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 6 p.m. at the Paonia Public Library.

Storytimes for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers. Baby storytimes are Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Tot storytimes are Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Preschooler storytimes are Fridays at 11 a.m.

For more information, contact the library at 527-3470.

24-October 22. Youth classes at 10:30 a.m. Adult classes at 11:30 a.m. Please bring your own guitar.

• BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS - On Mondays September 12November 7. Beginners at 6:30 p.m.; Intermediates at 7:30 p.m.

On Wednesday evenings call for Private or showcase Lessons.

• LINE DANCING LESSONS - On Sundays from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

September 11-October 2. Pay by the session or drop-in rate.

COUNCIL TREE POW WOW IS BACK IN DELTA! September 16-18 Call 874-1718 for information Call the Bill Heddles Recreation Center and Cultural Dept. for more information on any of these classes and registration - 874-0923.

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LOCAL NEWS

Delta County Independent

Plan offered to save old growth forest

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

The GMUG’s Grand Valley Ranger District has released a plan to save the Grand Mesa’s old growth stands of Engelman spruce from the ravages of spruce beetle.

An environmental assessment (EA) released Aug. 18 for public comment also sets out the Forest Service’s plan for helping restore aspen

cover lost to SAD (sudden aspen decline syndrome).

Kevin Kyle of the Grand Valley Ranger District said that ground and aerial surveys of the spruce beetle die-off are ongoing. Loss of the old growth Engelman spruce cover already extends to “thousands of acres,” he said.

It will be “a multi-year effort” treating the spruce beetle and aspen stands.

At most, 800 acres of spruce per year and 240 acres per year of aspen will be treated, according to the EA. All the while, more areas of the Grand Mesa and GMUG are experiencing spruce bee-

tle infestation, and more possible loss to SAD. Spruce beetle affected areas are increasing rapidly. The Forest Service will use a technique it calls “adaptive management” to fight it. “District timber staff, using various forms of data, (plan to) identify and treat active infestations quickly. This will be based on data collected yearly from aerial and ground surveys and other information sources, and would be used to annually prioritize areas for treatment,” says the EA. “The proposed action would allow the Forest Service to react quickly to

Emergency home loans extended The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and NeighborWorks® America has reopened the application process for the Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program (EHLP) to give homeowners at risk of foreclosure more time to apply for the program. While the original application deadline was July 27, HUD estimates that resources will be available to reach more struggling homeowners and will accept applications submitted through Sept. 15. As a result of the extension, the

A graphic image displays the extent of spruce beetle infestation (red) and SAD (brown) on the Grand Mesa’s Grand Valley Ranger District (GVRD). EngelGrand Junction Hous- man spruce die-off (red) caused by the spruce beetle is presently significantly ing Authority has been greater than the graphic displays, said Kevin Kyle of the GVRD. authorized to accept additional pre-applicants for EHLP. EHLP will newly infested areas and the northern Uncom- action is not guaranteed provide selected Colora- (blowdowns) in hopes of pahgre Plateau before to be wholly effective, it do homeowners at-risk reducing the spread into significant root death does increase the odds of foreclosure with the nearby stands and recre- occurs,” explains the EA of maintaining spruce document. “It is estimat- dominated stands on the opportunity to apply for ational areas.”

Top priority treatment ed that 12,600 acres or Grand Mesa in certain an interest-free loan to help pay their monthly will go to blowdown areas approximately 8 percent areas,” says the EA. Timber sales, stewardmortgage for up to two of more than one-half of the aspen on the Grand years, or up to $50,000 acre. Down trees provide Valley District is affected ship contracts, and “other breeding and incubation by SAD.” methods” will be used to whichever comes first.

There would be no treat affected stands.

Eligibility require- for spruce beetle and their treatments conducted The GMUG is acceptments may be found at larvae.

“The proposed action is in roadless areas, which ing public comment on www.FindEHLP.org. Local homeowners may contact also intended to regener- comprise approximately its EA until around mid the Grand Junction Hous- ate sudden aspen decline half of the GMUG’s three- September. Call Kyle at (970) 263-5829 for more ing Authority directly at (SAD) affected stands plus million acres. on the Grand Mesa and “Although the proposed information.

683-1056.

Wildfire defense grants available

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

Fresh Local PEACHES ARE IN! Suncrest & Rozas

Bartlett Pears Ginger Gold Apples

Peaches, Melons, Tomatoes Peppers and other Veggies

We also have jams, syrups and honey.

Pears coming soon

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FRUIT STAND #1 PEACHES $1.99 per lb. $14.99 per flat $24.99 per box

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Individual homeowners who live in one of Delta County’s many wildland fire risk zones may qualify for grants of up to $35,000 to create defensible space around their homes.

In addition, neighborhood associations that want to band together and create “landscape wide” fire defense zones also have grant money available.

The person to contact about the 90-percent funded grants, and for information about other programs for landowners, is Lilia Colter, community wildfire protection plan coordinator, 249-9051, ext. 125 in Montrose.

Colter, along with Rob Fiedler, county emergency manager, and Kelly Rogers, state forester, told the county commissioners on Monday that the 90-percent grant funded program will likely end at year’s end. Other programs with lower match ratios will still be available into 2012, they told the BoCC. A cooperative effort by numerous agencies, including the county’s fire districts, has created a final community wildland

fire protection plan for the entire county.

The document focuses on specific zones and points in the county where wildland fire risk is greatest. There are 23 of the high- and highest-level risk areas in Delta County ranging from Coalby Canyon northwest of Cedaredge to Long Gulch southeast of Crawford.

The community fire planning document recommends specific fuels treatment regimens for homeowners, or for neighborhood associations, that want to decrease wildland fire risk in their areas.

The 90-percent match grant money is being made available through the BLM. Several types of programs are available.

State forester Rogers explained the grant money is an incentive for people to put the plan’s recommendations to work. “We don’t want this to be just another study that sits on a shelf,.”

Colter said that compared with neighboring counties, there has been high public interest in Delta County during the wildfire plan’s development and in accessing grant funds for defensible space.

250 S. Grand Mesa Dr. Cedaredge • 856-7006

CONSTITUENTS’ PUBLIC FORUM Tuesday evening, September 13, 2011 Delta County Courthouse 501 Palmer Street, Room 234 Delta, CO 81416 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

The Commissioners introduced the public forums in 2010 to provide an opportunity for constituents to visit with the County Commissioners about issues and concerns. The public forums are convened quarterly in the evening and at different locations throughout the County for the public’s convenience.

The Commissioners welcome your attendance and participation in the public forum.

For further information, feel free to visit the County’s website at www.deltacounty.com or call the Administration office at 874-2100.

6:00 p.m. COLORADO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD/ Presentation and update of the Delta Range Cleaning Project 7:00 p.m. Delta County Commissioners Re-districting map

NORTH FORK August 31, 2011

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Crawford aims to get kids off OHVs in town limits

BY KATHY BROWNING Staff Writer

Crawford mayor Jim Crook advised the trustees at the Aug. 17 work session that the changes in regulations on offhighway vehicle (OHV) travel through the town will not require a public hearing. Town attorney Jim Brown said the resolution should be posted at three locations in town. The resolution can be read at town hall, the post office and the Crawford library.

The town is trying to address the problem of so many youth without valid Colorado driver licenses riding OHVs and snowmobiles through town.

Town clerk Jackie Savage relayed that Brown thinks several OHV signs that state drivers must have a license should be installed around town.

Public works director Bruce Bair said his department does have some OHV signs, but will have to acquire signs stating “licensed drivers only.”

The next town council meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m. The board will vote on the resolution.

From their previous discussions it appears the council is in agreement the changes need to be approved.

The main reason for requiring only operators with valid Colorado driver’s licenses is because the trustees believe it “is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare” of Crawford’s citizens.

The resolution states, “The Town of Crawford finds that the operation of OHVs and snowmobiles upon the streets and roads of the Town of Crawford by operators who are not properly trained or experienced in the operation of rules of traffic safety presents a hazard to the traffic safety of the inhabitants of the Town of Crawford.”

There have been close calls with other motor vehicles.

There is also the nuisance issue of young drivers on neighborhood streets at late hours.

If approved, the resolution will modify the requirements for operation of OHV and snowmobiles on streets and roads of the Town of Crawford.

Photo by Kathy Browning

Willing to oblige This buck and doe were photographed just before sunset on Sunday, Aug. 28 in a field along 3400 Road. They had been enjoying the sunset before a pesky photographer stopped the car to take several photos. The couple determined the human was harmless enough and stopped to pose several times before disappearing over the crest of a hill.

Hotchkiss drinking water is safe; no ban ever issued Water quality not a health emergency, although treatment plant ‘not doing what it was hoped to do’

BY KATHY BROWNING Staff Writer

Due to misinformation that received a lot of media coverage, customers of the Town of Hotchkiss water treatment system have been needlessly led to believe their water is unsafe to drink.

“The water is perfectly safe to drink,” states Rick Koplitz, compliance assurance monitoring and enforcement unit manager with the State of Colorado Public Health and Environment Department.

Koplitz explained that the town’s water tested at “a very slight exceedance of the HAA5 maximum contaminant level. And the way compliance was determined for those particular contaminants is based on a running annual average. [The Town of Hotchkiss] take a sample every quarter . . . They will continue to sample but they won’t be able to return to compliance until that running annual average is recalculated.”

According to Koplitz, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes the maximum contaminate levels on laboratory animals.

“There is not even a proven link between cancer and this particular pollutant,” Koplitz said.

Ken Nordstrom, director of Delta County Public Health and Environment, stated, “As far as the threat goes . . . If you ingest haloacetic acid over many years in a longterm chronic exposure it may be cancer causing. This is only one part per billion over the standard of an average of one year’s test samples. And that standard is set very high.

It’s a very protective standard.

So the risk is minimal.”

The Town of Hotchkiss water tested one-billionth over the maximum standard for disinfection by-products.

Specifically the town had elevated levels of haloacetic acids. There are five kinds of haloacetic acids and hence the abbreviation of HAA5. The MCL (maximum contaminant level) for haloacetic acids is .060 milligrams per liter, and the town’s level averaged over the past year was .061.

There are 2,236 drinking water systems within the State of Colorado, and of those only 20 systems are having problems with disinfection byproducts. “It could be due to the time of the year. There could be high organic matter in the water which causes the disinfection by-products to be elevated a little bit,” Koplitz said. The length of time water sits in the pipe and heat can all contribute to higher levels.

“Typically, systems are able to come back into compliance with a subsequent sample,” he added. “There’s just so many variables that can happen with a drinking water system, especially the more sophisticated they are they are a little harder to operate.”

Nordstrom agrees that Hotchkiss will resolve the problem. “The Town of Hotchkiss will be on it to flush out their water and comply with the state standard,” he said. “For Hotchkiss water, this is a first, that I know of, that they have exceeded disinfection by-product standards.

It is not an imminent health hazard. If it were, the Colorado Department of Health would have issued bottled water notices. They are just issuing an advisory to just let people know.”

Notice Sent Out The notice sent out by the Town of Hotchkiss on Aug. 22 says, “You may want to use an alternative drinking water supply (e.g., bottled).

If you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor. This is not an immediate risk. If it had been, you would have been notified immediately. However, some people who drink water containing haloacetic acids in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer.”

Webb Callicutt, Rogers Mesa Domestic Water Company president, is advising “Rogers Mesa customers to not drink the water if they are pregnant. If customers are concerned about the water quality, they might consider a filter such as Brita, available at City Market or Walmart.”

Rogers Mesa Domestic Water Company buys treated water from Hotchkiss.

Because of the distance of their delivery system from the Hotchkiss water plant, they are testing at higher levels than in Hotchkiss. In June 2011 they had readings of 124 and 103 for HAA5 at their two farthest customers. Those

readings are double and 90 percent, respectively, over the standard. Callicutt said readings from a year ago when the old water treatment system was still in place were compliant. Readings July 2010 at the same locations were just 45 and 41 parts per billion.

Callicutt stated, “This is the first major problem we have had and we need a plant adjustment.”

Leroux Creek is the water source for Hotchkiss and Rogers Mesa. Hotchkiss gathers water for Rogers Mesa and treats it. Rogers Mesa Domestic Water Company is a delivery system and does not treat their water. “If we start treating the water ourselves in any fashion it will probably be illegal. We take what we get,” Callicutt said.

The town’s notice describes the corrective action being taken by the town. “The Town of Hotchkiss is working with the membrane filter manufacturer, Pall Corporation, town

engineer and CDPHE engineer to evaluate the water supply and research options to correct the problem. These options will include treatment to reduce disinfection by-products including haloacetic acids as well as total trihalomethanes.” The estimated time frame to resolve the problem is six months.

The Town of Hotchkiss began using the new $1.6 million Pall Corporation filtration system July 2010. The expectation was that the new water system would meet all standards for many years to come. “The new plant is not doing what it was hoped to do,” Mike Owens, Hotchkiss public works director, said.

He acknowledged that Rogers Mesa water users who live the farthest from the Hotchkiss water plant are going to have higher levels of the disinfection by-products because the chlorine sets and reacts with the organics a longer time.

Owens stated on Monday,

Aug. 29, that the situation is not an emergency. An article in the Daily Sentinel was picked up by the Associated Press which led to radio and television stations and others repeating misinformation. “Saying don’t drink the water has sent people into hysteria. And to say there is a six-month ban is not true,” Owens said.

Owens knew the quarterly tests results for the disinfection by-products was creeping higher. “We were hoping we could get a cure before it went over, but it didn’t. And it will probably go up more before it goes down. It takes time for us to get the equipment installed. It will take time for any results that we see at the treatment plant to make it through the distribution system which is where we test.

We test it at the longest residence time in the distribution system. . .Where the water has sat in the pipe the longest DRINKING WATER TO B2

Work almost complete on Hotchkiss water line

BY KATHY BROWNING Staff Writer

The Hotchkiss Town Council tabled one donation request but approved another.

On Aug. 18, because no representative was present from the Needlerock Family Health Clinic to answer questions about their $100 request, the council tabled any action.

The council approved a $500 donation for the Hotchkiss Memorial Hall.

King Robertson represented the hall. He stated the hall is in good condition except for the floor, where water is soaking into the wood. The hall board has received two bids to redo the floor. The project will commence at the end of August to put a new water-based hard finish that should provide a 10-year or longer life for the floor. The total cost is under $10,000.

Robertson said they will be looking for donations from the entire North Fork Valley.

The council scheduled Dec. 27 through Jan. 2 for a town cleanup with Double J Disposal. More information will be made available. A second spring cleanup is tentatively scheduled for next April.

Joanne Fagan, town engineer, gave her report on the

progress of the high school water line. “We almost have a water line,” Fagan began. “All we are missing is the highway crossing and the river crossing.” The water users will have much improved water pressure.

From the report she submitted she wrote, “There should not be any other significant water service outages during the construction although individual services on the south side of the river may be out of water while their service has a pressure regulator installed.”

Fagan and public works director Mike Owens have stressed to the contractor that the water line under the river must be installed very soon.

On the walking trail along Cedar Drive, Fagan submitted a request to CDOT for an intergovernmental agreement. This included a Finding in the Public Interest concerning moving the road to the west to make space for the walkway on the east.

CDOT does not want to use the town’s in-kind work as a match. Moving the road would cost $80,000. Mayor Wendell Koontz said Fagan would be given the town’s

decision on how to proceed at the Sept. 8 meeting.

Lawrence Hill, an eightyear resident and business owner, had planned to set up a hot dog cart at the car wash on Bridge Street. He had previously been doing business in Paonia. He was told by town staff that he would have to first present his proposal to the Hotchkiss Planning Commission which he did not want to do. He wanted to have the hot dog cart on a permanent basis, not temporary. He wanted the town council to grant him approval to set up his hot dog cart because he is “losing time and money.”

Town attorney Jim Briscoe pointed out that current zoning laws do not have his type of business listed, which means Hill would need to have a special review before the planning commission and town council.

The time schedule to publish and hold the meetings did not fit Hill’s requirements.

He declined to apply for the special review stating he was “shocked by the amount of red tape.”

The next town council meeting is Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m.

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NORTH FORK TIMES

Delta County Independent

Region 10 updates North Fork councils

BY KATHY BROWNING Staff Writer

Paul Gray, executive director of Region 10, attended the Aug. 17 Crawford work session and the Aug. 23 Paonia Town Council to provide a review of the non-profit organization which supports local communities and businesses. Region 10 serves six counties: Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel.

Gray listed key accomplishments for fiscal year 2011. Their current programs include Area Agency on Aging, Enterprise Center, Enterprise Zone, Business Loan Fund, Transportation and Transit Planning and Assistance and Grants.

The Area Agency on Aging distributed $931,731 in services to 14 contractors providing services to seniors in the six counties. That represented 162,521 units of services. Gray said the dollar amount and units of services exceeded past years.

Region 10 continues to support Volunteers of America’s CommUnity Meals as senior meals provider for Delta and Montrose County. VOA is a national company who are committed to stay in this area. Gray said VOA is probably just breaking even or less on the services they provide.

All Points Transit provides transportation to seniors in Montrose, Delta and San Miguel counties.

This includes contract services for nursing homes, senior living center, and the Veteran’s Administration. All Points has grown to be over a $1 million a year organization.

This year Region 10 has reduced the number of senior services providers to 11. Federal and state budgets have been cut by 11.6 percent.

Region 10 has a little bit of carry over money from last year to augment the 2012 budget of $823,779.

It was an up and down year for the Business Loan Fund. After seven months of negotiations,

Region 10 was unable to close a $1.02 million loan to Extra Aircraft at Montrose Airport. Key conditions placed on the parties involved were not met by June 24. If the loan could have been given, Region 10 would have had the double advantage of having use of the money as it was paid back to help other businesses.

Region 10 closed on 11 loans totaling $508,000 in FY2011. Most were completed by the new business loan director Vince Fandel.

Region 10 re-established the SBA Microloan program for small business loans of less than $50,000. Gray said the loans have low rates, simple applications and a simple approval process.

The money is borrowed from the Federal government at a low rate.

Enterprise Zone is a state investment tax credit program. Region 10 approved about $3.9 million in tax credits last year.

Another branch of the Enterprise Zone is the donation program. Once a listed non-organization gets a donation, donors can receive much of that back through deductions.

Approximately $25,000 was awarded for marketing project grants.

The Enterprise Center is located in Montrose.

It’s offices are leased to 18 emerging businesses and non-profit organizations. The facility is 100 percent occupied and operates without any local public funding.

Region 10 operates transportation and transit planning and development through the Gunnison Valley Transportation Planning Region Committee and the Three Rivers Regional Transit Coordinating Council. Region 10 helped to create Transit Advisory Councils in Delta, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel Counties. The first project is to update a transit study in 2008 to make sure they are still needed and to come up with the funding needed to put the

Change in public Drinking water perception saves pets A lot has changed since 1970: clothes, music, gas prices, and the public perception around spaying and neutering pets.

In 1970 as many as 20 million unwanted dogs and cats were euthanized, this year the prediction is 4 million. That dramatic decrease comes even as pet ownership has tripled in that timeframe, to about 170 million pets today.

So why the change?

Much has to do with educating the public about the importance of spaying and neutering, as well as accessibility to low cost

procedures. Many people now see spaying and neutering as an integral part of being a responsible pet owner, but there are still tens of thousands of puppies and kittens born each day in the US, partly due to financial barriers for pet owners.

Delta County Citizens for Animal Welfare and Shelter (CAWS) wants to be sure that there are no financial barriers keeping pet owners in Delta County from spaying and neutering their pets. CAWS has recently received generous funding from the ASPCA,

PETCO Foundation, Ryan Newman Foundation and the Foundation for Protection of Animals to continue their mission to address pet overpopulation through spay and neuter.

If you have a dog or cat and need financial assistance spaying and neutering, please contact CAWS directly by calling the CAWS helpline at (970) 527-3350 or by visiting our thrift store, Barkin’ Bargains in downtown Paonia. You can also get more information on our website, www.cawsonline.org.

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The Town of Hotchkiss has been working with Pall to resolve the problem. The town has sent water samples to Pall which is having a university run tests. A Pall technician arrived on Monday to help troubleshoot and a new piece of equipment will be installed on Wednesday.

“We are installing a mixing unit which will provide better mixing with our coagulants before the membrane and according to Pall this will increase our organic removal,” Owens said.

plans into place. “We are hopeful of putting some transit routes together in the next few years,” Gray said.

Region 10 worked on county plans and a regional plan for economic development in conjunction with Gov. Hickenlooper’s Bottom Up process. This fall, Region 10 will conduct “Stronger Economies Together” training for the economic development teams in the six counties. A comprehensive Economic Development Strategy will be created that will hopefully “focus on the high potential actions we can take regionally to move our economy out of the recession.”

For Delta County following a cost-benefit analysis, there will be no change in the 2012 assessment from 2011.

That totals $144,256. The analysis resulted in individual assessment being decreased by 3.6 percent for Crawford, 11.5 percent for Hotchkiss and 11.4 percent for Paonia.

The three towns will look at the assessment during

their budget discussions for 2012. The Crawford assessment is $534, Hotchkiss $1,238 and Paonia $1,693.

The return on membership assessments to Delta County in fiscal year 2011 was 16.2 to one.

Gray hopes that all of the members of Region 10 will pay their assessments. “The failure of one member to pay its assessment causes members that do pay their assessments to feel that they are being unfairly burdened, and encourages them to not pay their own assessments.”

Region 10 has reduced staff by 38 percent since the early 2000s. Two new programs have been added with no increase in staffing. Six programs utilizew just 5.6 full-time employees.

Region 10 is now in the black without any increase in total assessment.

“We really appreciate your membership, and hope you will continue to be a member in 2012,” Gray concluded.

At the old water treatment plant, chemicals in the clarifier and no chlorination kept the maximum contaminant level low. The Pall plant is not designed with a clarifier in front of its filtration.

The installation of the new mixing unit will probably be one of many steps the public works department and Pall will have to take in order to control the problem.

“We will have this cured before it becomes a problem for anyone,” Owens said.

Tuesday afternoon, Lori Maldonado, deputy director of the Office of

Communications for CDPHE, requested the Daily Sentinel make corrections to their article.

“The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s water quality staff working on this issue wanted to clarify some significant errors found in the Aug. 27 article regarding the Hotchkiss drinking water issue that is misleading for residents and needs to be corrected,” Maldonado wrote. She specifically referenced the article’s claim about a six-month ban which is untrue. People can drink, bathe in and cook with Hotchkiss water.

NORTH FORK TIMES

Delta County Independent

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Colorado Grand rolls into Paonia Sept. 16

BY KATHY BROWNING Staff Writer

drivers from around the the tour and get to enjoy at it’s peak. The 1,000 to complete. The 2011 world will participate in beautiful fall foliage mile tour takes five days Colorado Grand will run from Sept. 12-17 starting and finishing in Vail.

The tour is for 1960 and earlier sports and race cars of distinction.

According to the Colorado Grand website, the event was founded in 1989 by Englewood automotive enthusiast Bob Sutherland.

The public can expect to see several cars from

The popular 1,000 mile motor tour through Colorado is making a lunchstop for the drivers in Paonia on Friday, Sept. 16. The 23rd Colorado Grand will arrive at Paonia Town Park about 11 a.m. The drivers will depart by 2 p.m.

The public is invited to stop by and admire the classic sport cars and meet the drivers.

Ellen Smith of the Paonia Teen Center said this year the cars will be driving from Grand Junction over Grand Mesa and then down into Paonia.

The Colorado Grand will be awarding a $4,000 scholarship to a Paonia High School senior.

The Colorado Grand has contributed more Photo by Kathy Browning than $3 million dollars DRIVER GARRETT BOUTON (LEFT) and his co-driver Fritz Bullman arrived in classic to Colorado charities. style in this 1939 Jaguar in Hotchkiss at last year’s Colorado Grand. This year the lunchApproximately 85 stop will happen at Paonia Town Park on Sept. 16 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

RE/MAX is there for North Fork Children’s Christmas Party

BY KATHY BROWNING Staff Writer

Each summer RE/MAX Mountain West holds an indoor yard sale at Paonia Town Hall. This past Thursday, Linda Lario presented a check for $1,500 to the North Fork Children’s Christmas Party. Joining with Linda were agents Nancy Wood, Shari Davis, Doris Danielsen, Bob Lario and Carrie Silvernail.

Pam Bliss, director of the North Fork Children’s Christmas Party, accepted the check. Last year, 165 kids received mountains of gifts or gift certificates thanks to the generosity of businesses and individual donors.

Infants through 10 years of age receive a huge bag of gifts including toys, pants and shirts, jackets, shoes, books, crayons, bath towels, crib quilts and diapers (if applicable), underwear and socks, hats and gloves. Gift certificates go to children over 10 years of age that are in middle school.

This will be the 20th annual Christmas party.

Forms will be sent out for needy kids mid-September with an Oct. 7 deadline for returning the forms.

Photo by Kathy Browning

RE/MAX Mountain West agents give Pam Bliss, director of the North Fork Children’s Christmas Party, a check for $1,500 that was raised at their annual yard sale and fundraiser for local charities. From left to right are Nancy Wood, Shari Davis, Pam Bliss, Linda Lario, Doris Danielsen, Bob Lario and Carrie Silvernail.

Additional fundraising will happen midOctober. The community is encouraged to support kids at $50 per child.

One hundred percent of donations are used for the children’s gifts and their party. North Fork Children’s Christmas Party is a 501(c)3 and all donations are tax deductible.

Please help keep this party a North Fork Valley tradition.

Hay directory now available The Colorado Department of Agriculture publishes the Colorado Hay Directory annually to help connect hay producers with buyers. The 2011 edition of the directory is available to the public at no cost.

“Hay continues to be a leading crop in the state, and we have requests from around the country for Colorado hay,” said Wendy White, marketing specialist for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. “The directory is a great way for producers to market their hay and it is an important resource for buyers across Colorado and the nation.”

The 25th edition of the Colorado Hay Directory features nearly 100 producers and brokers of hay as well as companies that provide hay-related products and services. Categorized by region, each listing includes the type and amount of hay available, bale type and size, whether or not laboratory analysis is available, certified weed free status and identifies organic hay.

The directory is available online at www. coloradoagriculture.com/ hay. For more information or to request a copy call the Colorado Department of Agriculture at (303) 239-4115.

Photo by Kathy Browning

New Rotarians At the Paonia Rotary Club on Aug. 11, new members John Hiestand and Annette Pretorius were inducted into the club. They received their framed certificates on Aug. 18.

the 1920s and 1930s.

Typical makes include Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Porsche, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Maserati, Allard, and such exotic names as Amilcar, Cisitalia, Squire, Delahaye, and Talbot-Lago.

The event is run with the cooperation of the Colorado State Patrol and in towns where the drivers have lunch.

Clean up day set for Crawford State Park Please join the Friends Questions? Call John of Crawford State Park Watkins at 921-5252. in picking up trash at the park on Saturday, Sept.

17, at 9 a.m.

Meet at the Visitor Center for your volunteer day pass, a trash bag and instructions. It would be a good idea to bring gloves and wear old shoes.

Volunteers are invited to participate in a noon potluck at the pavilion.

Bring your own table service and a dish to share.

Lemonade will be provided.

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Trapping info now online As August comes to an end, the North Fork Mosquito Abatement District issued an update, noting it is seeing the numbers of adult mosquitoes fluctuate wildly. One of its Bowie traps went from 1283 to 31, while downtown Paonia went from 1 to 21 over the same weekly time period.

It currently has 20 trap locations throughout the district. Trap data is available online at www.

Fri., Sept. 2

Sat., Sept. 3

Mon., Sept. 5 Tues., Sept. 6

pmcd.editme.com and is updated weekly. Clicking on “Trap Sites” on the left hand side of the page will enable you to get information on counts at individual traps.

There is also a link to obtain educational information on the five breeds of mosquitoes most commonly encountered in the North Fork Valley: • Aedes vexans, • Ochlerotatus dorsalis,

Volleyball at Home vs. Cedaredge, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.; Football at Home vs. Cedaredge, 7:00 p.m.; Soccer at Montrose, TBA; Cross Country at Delta.

JV Football at Home vs. Hotchkiss, 10:00 a.m.; Volleyball at Palisade Tournament; Soccer at Montrose, TBA. LABOR DAY, NO SCHOOL. Soccer at Home vs. Colo. Rocky Mtn., 4:00, 6:00 p.m.

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Volleyball at Home vs.

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Cross Country at Delta Invitational; Football at Home vs. Roaring Fork, 7:00 p.m.

Volleyball at Coal Ridge & Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 Noon, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

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• Culex tarsalis, • Culex pipiens and, • Culiseta So the next time you swat one of these buggers, maybe there will be enough left for you to compare the pictures and identify just what type it was! And if identifying mosquitoes turns your crank, contact NFMAD and become a member of our identification team!

Traps are set one night per week and collect adult mosquitoes for 12 hours.

By emitting carbon dioxide, the traps attract mosquitoes in the same way humans do, by breathing.

The adult mosquitoes that are captured in the light traps are frozen and identified to species. Species numbers are tallied and monitored weekly for peaks and dips in the trap population. A trap that suddenly has a high number of mosquitoes indicates there is an unknown water source nearby that is breeding mosquitoes. Since each species of mosquito has breeding site preferences, the search is focused.

The same week that high trap counts are detected, a district crew is on foot in that area, trying to find the water and source of the mosquitoes. These efforts in locating mosquito breeding sites, when successful, have shown results in the following week’s trap counts. On the other hand, if the trap numbers show no decline, the crew is back combing the area again.

Any new sites are then mapped, fine-tuning the data that will be used in future years.

You can help reduce mosquitoes. Report stagnant water that stays in place for two or more days and a crew will be

out as soon as possible to check. Prevent standing water by allowing fields to drain and dry before the next watering. Store under cover or turn over anything that collects water, such as buckets, trashcans, wheelbarrows, and old tires. Protect yourself and your family against biting mosquitoes by wearing long sleeved shirts, long pants, and repellent.

Thanks to more than 30 people for reporting standing water this year alone! The majority of sites the district investigated has led to identification and mapping of new breeding sites and fewer mosquitoes for everyone.

Don’t be afraid to flag down a technician while in your neighborhood and have them check out a potential mosquito breeding site. The mosquitoes bite, but our technicians don’t.

Please call Elizabeth Collins, operations manager, North Fork Mosquito Abatement District at 527-6681.

Volunteers needed for two local projects On Saturday, Sept.

24, more than 180,000 volunteers at over 2,000 sites throughout the United States are expected to volunteer to help restore the beauty and vitality of our public lands as part of the 18th annual National Public Lands Day. Volunteers working with the Montrose Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office will be coming together at two different locations to complete two different projects.

One project will be in the Dry Creek area and the other in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area.

In Dry Creek this year’s events are focused on: • planting riparian species • preparing and reseeding areas • installing a flat wire fence • and moving boul-

ders to limit an ATV trail.

Volunteers for the Dry Creek project will meet from 8-8:30 a.m. at the Montrose Public Lands Center, 2465 S. Townsend Ave for bagels, coffee, and carpooling to Dry Creek.

In the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area this year’s events are focused on: • removing an unnecessary fence • and trail maintenance.

Volunteers for the Gunnison Gorge will meet at the Smith Mountain trail head from 8:309 a.m for bagels, coffee, and an orientation.

Lunch and t-shirts will be provided free to all volunteers at both projects so be sure to register.

To register, for more information, directions, or maps please contact Katie Grablander at 970-240-5308 or jgrablander@blm.gov.

Jan VanDenBerg off to study demography Jeanette VanDenBerg (Jan) of Hotchkiss has been admitted to the University of California, Berkeley and will pursue there a PhD in Demography, which is the study of human population change and composition.

The discipline researches birth and death rates, age composition, migration and other characteristics of human populations.

UC Berkeley is ranked as the best public university in the United States

Capture spirit of ag in your photos Summer harvest is underway and it is a great time to snap a photo and enter the annual “Colorado...it’s AgriCultural” photography contest. Colorado agriculture is easily captured in pictures and the 14th annual photography contest is seeking entries as a way to celebrate Colorado agriculture.

“The contest celebrates the diversity of Colorado agriculture as well as its importance to the state’s economy,” said Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar. “It is exciting to see how photographers capture the spirit of agriculture in the state.”

Entries must be submitted to the Colorado Department of Agriculture by Dec. 31. All photographs must be taken in the 2011 calendar year and must relate to Colorado agriculture in some way.

Prizes will be awarded in five subject areas: agri-

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tourism, crops, livestock, people and open professional. Amateur and professional photographers are encouraged to enter, however professionals may only enter agriculture-related photographs in the “open professional” category.

Judging will be based on theme, creativity and technical quality. The photographer whose picture best depicts the “spirit” of Colorado agriculture will receive a $150 gift card, and category winners will receive a “Colorado...it’s AgriCultural” prize pack.

Visit online at www. coloradoagriculture.com/ aginsights or call (303) 239-4119 for complete contest rules and an entry form. The contest is sponsored by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the AgInsights Committee and Northeastern Junior College.

and only seven percent of applicants are accepted.

The Demography Department at UC Berkeley is the only free-standing Demography Department in the United States and is ranked in the top four or five programs in the United States.

Jeanette (Jan) VanDenBerg graduated magna cum laude with honors from the University of Washington, Seattle with a bachelor of arts in Japanese studies and economics, was a recipient of an Alumnae Club Full Tuition Scholarship and was in the Phi Beta Kappa sorority. She further earned a master’s at Stanford University and attended MIT and the Harvard School of Public Health, studying political science and demography.

Her work experience includes being a research and teaching assistant to Prof. Kozo Yamamura at University of Washington where she co-authored “The Japanese Television Case” with Prof.

Yamamura. She worked as an economist in Japan 1983 to 1993 for S. G. Warburg Securities and Merrill Lynch, Inc. She was with the U.S. Treasury Dept., Washington D.C., as a Japan economist in the Office of Analysis and Stastistics for Industrialized Economics.

Professionally, Jan was the Japan economist for Merrill Lynch throughout the peak and implosion of the Japanese stock bubble. She worked at the U.S. Dept. of Treasury

Jan VanDenBerg reporting to Tim Geithner and Lawrence Summers under President Clinton. Since then she has been a real estate investor developer, has developed subdivisions, created condominiums from apartment buildings and managed apartments and a seniors housing development in Boston, Mass., Albuqueque, N.M., and Montrose, Mesa and Delta counties in Colorado.

Due to her success in real estate, Jan is free to pursue intellectual pursuits fulltime for the rest of her life. She is interested in studying the maximum permanently sustainable population of the earth and the environmental implications of human birth and death patterns, among many other fascinating subjects.

VanDenBerg graduated from Hotchkiss High School in 1976. She will be leaving the North Fork Valley for California in order to start classes in Berkeley in late August.

‘Virtual Workforce Centers’ launched at local libraries The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has announced the introduction of computer workstations called Virtual Workforce Centers at more than 40 participating libraries across Colorado, including the libraries in Delta, Cedaredge, Hotchkiss, Paonia and Crawford.

The Virtual Workforce Centers, set to debut in mid-September, will allow library patrons to tap into a wide range of job search resources and information. The Virtual Workforce Centers will allow library patrons to tap into a wide range of job search resources and information. Among the first to receive the new digital technology will be 10 libraries across west-

ern Colorado.

“Each Virtual Workforce Center has an interactive screen that makes getting started easy,” says Ellen Golombek, executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

“We think our customers will find them convenient and user friendly.

They will bring most of the services found at our employment offices to job seekers who are increasingly turning to libraries for career exploration and job search activities.”

“It’s a new world of service delivery for libraries,” says Jamie Hollier of the Colorado State Library.

“The notion that libraries are simply a quiet sanctuary for reading is out of date. Libraries offer so much more — and the

Virtual Workforce Center is a perfect fit for them.

We’re excited to be a part of this statewide project.”

Following the launch, the online services and features will be strengthened and enhanced. Plans are in the works for Virtual Workforce Centers to offer training sessions for job seekers on such topics as how to create a résumé, how to be successful in a job interview and much more. And in some libraries, Virtual Workforce Centers will even be equipped with a camera, microphone and an ISDN video line that will allow a job counselor at the nearest Workforce Center to consult one-onone with job seekers by appointment.

“The technology is a big step forward,” Ellen

Golombek says. “It is providing us a cost effective way to extend our outreach to customers across Colorado while also ensuring the personal service that has long been our tradition.”

The Virtual Workforce Centers at the libraries in Delta, Montrose, Ouray and Gunnison counties are being launched as part of Workforce Development Month, an annual statewide focus on critical workforce development issues. During September, Workforce Centers, led by the Colorado Workforce Development Council and the Department of Labor and Employment, will be providing information and services that unite the needs of both workers and employers statewide.

AGRICULTURE

Delta County Independent

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

What’s bugging you?

Problems of woody plants and their solutions

BY JIM LESER Cedaredge Tree Board

This week I will finish up my rather long winded discussion about quaking aspen trees, highlighting six of the more common problems.

Are your tree leaves turning prematurely yellow? If so, you are not alone.

The most common problem with aspens is yellowing of leaves and sometimes leaf burn. These symptoms are almost always caused by a poor site problem that took a while to push your tree over the edge. Some times your tree is just giving up the ghost — and maybe you should too!

Yellow leaves can be caused by insufficient nitrogen but more commonly are due to too much or too little water. If you decide that insufficient nitrogen is the cause, do not apply a nitrogen based fertilizer after July 4 unless you plan on having problems with winter kill. Wait until the spring.

Ammonium sulphate is all you will need to buy. If you try iron for your chlorosis, be advised to use a product for alkaline soils.

The most common leafyellowing problem is related to water. Aspens have an extensive root system and therefore trees need to be watered out, away from the tree trunk, not in a well around the base of the tree, at least after the first year following planting. Too little water can put a tree into drought stress and cause not only yellowing of leaves but leaf burn as well. Too much water will suffocate the tree’s roots, closing off the open spaces between soil particles and starving the roots of oxygen. This

is especially true for our tight clay soils. Deep, less frequent watering is the key. Mulching would help a lot too.

Plant diseases are many with aspens. A common one is cytospora blight.

The fungus often attacks stressed trees or trees with damage to their bark.

Cankers are observed on branches and the tree trunk and are associated with brown discoloration or “bleeding” from the canker site. Remember, trees are predisposed to this disease because they are weakened by other stressors or have had their bark integrity broken. There is no cure for this disease. It will eventually kill the tree but maybe not for several years. Prevention is the key. Maintain a healthy tree, remove diseased branches and avoid creating wounds on the trees.

Disinfect your pruning equipment between each cut with alcohol or Lysol.

Marssonina blight is another fairly common disease. Symptoms include brown spots or blotches on leaves often with yellow margins. While this disease rarely kills a tree, it can cause premature leaf loss and certainly will reduce or eliminate the golden leaf color in the fall we so dearly covet. It over winters on old diseased leaves so sanitation is the key to minimize further infestation. Warm, wet springs produce the best conditions for this disease.

Fungicides applied at bud break followed by one to two more applications 7-10 days apart should minimize the incidence of this disease.

The most common insect problem of aspens is the poplar twiggall fly. The twiggall fly causes swellings or galls on the new growth of the year. These large twig knots cause permanent disfigurement of branches and can weaken

Women in Construction hosts annual gymkhana The Western Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction will sponsor its 12th annual Gymkhana Saturday, Sept.

24, at the Sheriff ’s Posse Grounds at 25 and F 1⁄2 Roads in Grand Junction.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. for participants in five age groups — 6 and under, 7-10, 11-13, 14-18, and 19 and over.

Eight classes, most of which are timed events, will include: Cone and ball — take ball off one cone and place onto another cone.

Flag race — take flag out of one bucket and put into another.

Tunnel race — race to end of arena, jump off horse, crawl through tunnel, back on horse and race to other end.

Pole bending — weaving in and out of pole.

Soda can stack —stack can on top of can pyramid.

Barrel race — weave in and out of barrels.

Goat tail tying — race to end of arena, tie flag onto goat’s tail.

Keyhole — steer horse in and out of keyhole without horse going outside the lines.

Registration is $6 per class or $40 for all day. Buckles and other awards will be given for top points.

Events begin at 9 a.m.

Admission to the public is free; concessions will be available.

For more information, contact Tara Cerny at (970) 216-5801 or ftcerny@yahoo.com.

NAWIC is an international professional association whose core purpose is to enhance the success of women in the construction industry. NAWIC offers networking and educational opportunities through monthly chapter meetings, regional and national conferences.

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infested branches. I would not expect a tree to fail due to this insect pest. With only one generation a year, control is easy. The use of the insecticide imidacloprid as a soil drench around the base of the tree will provide control for a year. I would apply this treatment in the fall.

Oystershell scale feed mainly on the tree’s trunk and primary branches.

They can kill the area where they feed, cause branch dieback and severely stress the tree, opening it up to cytospora canker. They are difficult to see as they blend into the texture and color of the tree’s bark. Old oystershell scales remain on the tree for years even when dead. The eggs of this scale

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Learn fruit bud grafting techniques at Paonia workshop

hatch in late May or early June producing a crawling stage. This is when you must spray, before they lose their legs and secrete a protective shell over their soft bodies and become immobile. Sprays of Sevin or Orthene are effective.

This ends our brief discussion of problems associated with growing aspens in our area. Next time we’ll talk more briefly about pinyon pines and their problems with twig beetles, Ips beetles and mistletoe.

Jim Leser retired to Cedaredge after a career with Texas A&M University Extension in entomology. He is a member of the Cedaredge Tree Board and a master gardener.

Dr. Curtis Swift with Colorado State University Tri River Area Extension will be conducting a workshop on bud grafting in Paonia between 10 a.m. and noon on Friday, Sept.

2.

Orchardists and others desiring to learn how to convert existing fruit trees to a new variety should attend this session.

This technique can also be used to convert a seedling fruit tree to a named cultivar. Swift will demonstrate bud grafting techniques

and give participants the opportunity to practice this method of grafting. Fall is a great time to bud-graft fruit trees.

Swift will be available from 10 a.m. to noon to work with anyone desiring this training. The training will be provided at the home of Carol and James Schott, 42229 Lamborn Mesa Rd. in Paonia.

Contact Swift’s Grand Junction office at 244-1834 for more information about this workshop.

Foreign owners must report Delta County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Alan Bull reminds foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their holdings and any transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

“Any foreign person who acquires, transfers or holds any interest, other than a security interest, in agricultural land in the United States is required by law to report the transaction no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction,” said Bull.

Foreign investors must file Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) reports with the FSA county office that

maintains reports for the county where the land is located.

“Failure to file a report, filing a late report or filing an inaccurate report can result in a penalty with fines up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land,” said Bull.

For AFIDA purposes, agricultural land is defined as any land used for farming, ranching or timber production, if the tracts total 10 acres or more.

Disclosure reports are also required when there are changes in land use.

For example, reports are required when land use changes from nonagricultural to agricultural or from agricultural to nonagricultural. Foreign investors must also file

a report when there is a change in the status of ownership such as owner changes from foreign to non-foreign, from nonforeign to foreign or from foreign to foreign.

Data gained from these disclosures is used to prepare an annual report to the President and Congress concerning

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the effect of such holdings upon family farms and rural communities in the United States.

For more information regarding AFIDA and FSA programs, contact the Delta County FSA office at (970) 874-5726 X2 or visit the USDA Web site at http://www.usda. gov.

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THANK YOU TO THE BUYERS 2011 DELTA COUNTY FAIR JUNIOR MARKET LIVESTOCK SALE The Delta County Fair’s Market Livestock Committee and Delta County 4-H and FFA members wish to again publicly express their thanks to the businesses and individuals who purchased livestock in 2011, and invite them all to support the 2012 Market Livestock Sale!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO: Chandra Carr Delta Sales Yard Staff CSU Cooperative Extension Holly, Dan, Devon & Lane Varner Les Mergelman Rod & Dale Hall Cliff Morgan Mark LeValley Angie Collins North Fork Bank & Staff Irene & Chris Stewart Mallery Valdez We would also like to give special thanks to the Buyers’ Pool and Gary Peebles of North Fork Bank for raising the floor prices for beef, goat, sheep and swine. (*denotes Volume Buyers)

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Orchard City looks ahead to centennial year Fireworks, pig roast among the events being planned

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

A community pig roast and a rousing display of fireworks are two of the centerpiece events being planned next year to mark Orchard City’s centennial.

Town trustees discussed briefly some current planning for next year’s events at their Aug. 10 meeting.

Various events are being planned beginning in May and concluding in August.

May 12 will be the date of a pancake breakfast. It will be a fund raiser for a fireworks display town officials hope to stage later in the summer.

Trustees considered the steep cost of fireworks displays during their discussion. The going rate is about $1,000 per minute, Mayor

Don Suppes told the board. A 20- to 30-minute-long display is what the trustees are aiming for.

Antelope Hill is being discussed as the possible site for staging the fireworks.

A pig roast will also be part of the year’s centennial observances if all the plans come together. The fireworks and pig roast would coincide with the town’s annual picnic event in August.

In June, an historic tour of the Cory and Eckert Cemeteries is planned along with a drama presentation. A box picnic lunch is part of the plans for that event.

A series of historical articles in the DCI is another hoped-for addition to the Centennial, and Suppes said a flyover during the town picnic may be included also.

Its hoped the local private pilots association can participate in the flyover. The Navy Blue Angels are already booked for that weekend, Suppes remarked.

Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

First light As first light clears the mountains and mesas to the east, it reveals a scens of deep countours and rich colors of Tongue Creek Valley.

Officer and K-9 cop make book meaningful

BY BOB BORCHARDT

Culvert repair will drain road budget

BY HANK LOHMEYER Staff Writer

A big, culvert replacement project on Fairview Road is expected to drain the town’s road budget for two years or more, Orchard City trustees learned on Aug. 10.

The culvert carries irrigation water to fields and orchards south of Fairview Road. The culvert itself is in very bad shape, explained Mayor Don Suppes.

Attempts to jet accumulated silting from the culvert are of little value, Suppes said.

That is because “the bottom of the culvert is rotted out,” Suppes explained.

In addition, the roadway itself is sluffing off into the irrigation ditch, and repeated patches to try and fix that problem are no longer effective.

The town board approved spending $4,945 from the contingency fund this year for an engineering study of the problem. That study is to produce cost estimates and a set of working plans for replacing the culvert.

The job will be complicated by the presence of three headgates located within a few feet of the culvert outlet. Those headgates will probably have to be rebuilt as part of the culvert replacement, increasing the project cost.

Another difficulty, Suppes said, is that a town water line also runs through the culvert envelope.

Trustees will consider the project as a “major budget item” for 2012 when they begin in September to work on next year’s spending plans.

Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

Three headgates lined up within a few feet of a culvert outlet on Fairview Road will complicate and add cost to replacing the culvert, Orchard City Trustees learned on Aug. 10.

Staff Writer

On Friday, Aug. 26, Cedaredge’s K-9 police officer Buddy and his partner Sergeant Dan Sanders, were once again called upon to demonstrate Buddy’s drug sniffing abilities to the 70-plus third grade students at Hunsicker Elementary School in Cedaredge.

According to the thirdgrade teachers Mrs. Gash, Miss Schmalz and Miss Lampton, Sgt. Sander’s presentation, with the help of Buddy of course, complements the book the children are reading titled “Officer Buckle and Gloria” by Peggy Rathman, winner of the 1995 Caldecott Medal. The book tells the story of a school safety officer (Officer Buckle) who is upstaged by his canine partner (Gloria).

The book is filled with humorous illustrations and the story emphasizes the importance of teamwork.

Sgt. Sander’s presentation focused on how and why working dogs (specifically police dogs) and police officers need to work together as a team in performing various aspects of law enforcement, including tracking, sniffing out drugs and in the arrest and capture of suspected criminals.

Sgt. Sanders explained to the third graders, “Buddy is a dual purpose canine police officer.” He noted that in addition to the usual obedience training — come, sit, stay, etc. — Buddy’s training included tracking, evidence/ article search, officer protection, drug detection and bite work. Sanders also told the kids that Buddy was not trained to kill, only to “bite and hold” a suspect until a police officer can come and arrest the suspect.

During the presentation Buddy “sniffed” out drugs hidden in various locations near the pavilion in the Cedaredge Town Park. Sanders explained to the kids that when Buddy

Photo by Bob Borchardt

Improvements at tennis court Sporting a bright blue surface, the tennis courts at Cedaredge Town Park are ready for play with a new, cushioned surface. The public is welcome to try out the refurbished courts except when the Cedaredge High School tennis team is practicing (scheduled for after school on weekdays).

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Sgt. Dan Sanders and K9 partner Buddy were in the spotlight during a program for Cedaredge third grade students on Friday, Aug. 26. smells a “Big Mac” he actually smells every single ingredient. “Unlike you and me,” said Sanders, “we just smell a Big Mac.” Sanders told the kids that Buddy is a German shepherd who was imported from Holland. According to Sanders, Buddy is with him and/or his family 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “I depend on him and he depends on me,” said

Sanders.

Sgt. Sanders told the students that he was unable to send Buddy out on a “chase and seize,” due to recent injuries Buddy has incurred in the line of duty and in training exercises. Buddy is expected to recover from those injuries but for now he is on “light duty.”

Nonetheless, Buddy still stole the show.

Cedaredge moves ahead on park grant

BY BOB BORCHARDT Staff Writer

A resolution supporting the application for a $7,500 “Park Development Planning” grant from Great Outdoor Colorado (GOCO), with a commitment from the Town of Cedaredge for $2,500 in matching funds, was approved by the Cedaredge Town Council during its regular meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18.

With a total estimated cost of $10,000, the proposal includes $3,500 to develop a master plan for High Country Park; $2,250 for a water attorney; and $4,250 for an engineering feasibility study to convert all of the town’s parks from a domestic (treated) watering system to using non-potable irrigation water.

The study will include a preliminary survey for possible water diversions A resolution to amend agreements for use of town facilities, including fees and permits, and the the town’s policy regarding the closing of streets was also approved with trustees Nelson Cederberg and Michael Meskel

casting “no” votes.

The resolution also allows the town administrator to waive the fees for use of the community center by nonprofit organizations where in-kind or low cost human services are provided.

The trustees also approved an intergovernmental agreement with Delta County School District 50J, regarding the installation of playground equipment at the Cedaredge Elementary School (CES), and a resolution supporting the agreement between the Town of Cedaredge and the State Board of the GOCO Trust fund, regarding the funding of the new CES playground.

In other business the trustees also approved: • developer John Peters’ request for a nine month extension for the submittal of the final plat for the Orchard Meadows subdivision; • an ordinance to add a section to Section 13 of the Municipal Code regarding the issuance of “paper taps;” and • a resolution regarding lifetime golf passes for green PARK GRANT TO B7

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Judy Leonard (pointing) teaches a dog obedience class at Cedaredge Town Park.

Teaching Fido to obey

BY BOB BORCHARDT Staff Writer

More than a dozen of “man’s best friends” of varying shapes, sizes, colors and breeds, along with their owners, gathered in the Cedaredge Town Park on Thursday, Aug. 25, to take part in the first class of a six-week basic obedience course sponsored by the City of Delta Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Town of Cedaredge Parks and Recreation.

Trainer Judy Leonard (K-9 Capers) told the pet owners that the purpose for the obedience training course is to promote better understanding and a good relationship between a dog owner and

their best friend, and to teach the owners the best techniques to use when it comes to teaching their best friends simple basic obedience commands, e.g., come, sit, stay, down and heel, all done on leash. Leonard also demonstrated how best to break up a dog fight while avoiding injury to oneself.

Leonard noted that for dogs, “coming to an obedience class is better than being on a six-foot chain in the backyard.” Leonard told the pet owners, “It’s also better for you if your dog is a pleasure, rather than a pest.”

A dog trainer for more than 30 years, Leonard teaches both dog

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obedience classes (K-9 Capers) and dog agility classes (Fido Follies) through the City of Delta Recreation Department.

She is also the entertainment chairman for the Surface Creek Ladies Saddle Club, a member of the Delta Fine Arts Club, superintendent of the dog project at the Delta 4-H fair and is affiliated with Paws With a Cause, a service dog organization for the handicapped.

Leonard is also teaching the course in Delta.

She said the cost of the six-week basic obedience course is $50, and checks need to be made out to the City of Delta Recreation Department.

Leonard also noted that the size of the classes are limited.

For more information on the obedience classes or the agility classes, call Leonard at 234-1643 or 856-6065.

The final event in the Surface Creek Saddle Club’s 2011 Summer Gymkhana Series was held on Aug. 17 at the Surface Creek Arena and was the third Gymkhana Fun Night. Riders of all ages showed up to finish out the fun summer events. In addition, awards were given that evening to the season high point winners for the five Rodeo Gymkhana’s held this summer. Results for both events are shown below. The Surface Creek Saddle Club appreciates all of the riders and especially all of the volunteers who worked so hard to make these events held this past summer so successful.

Gymkhana Fun Night Event Winners 8-17 year olds: Bootlace Race — Dusty Koch, Trace Axtel, Taylor Berardi; Banana Relay Race — Team Axtell D. Koch Z. White, Team Hamilton Oard Berardi, Run Trot Walk — Dusty Koch, Shay Hamilton, Zane White, Shelby Oard, Taylor Berardi; Ribbon Pole Bending — Team Koch White, Team Oard Berardi; Simon Says — Dusty Koch; 18+: Bootlace Race — Donna White, Shirley Koch, Ole Morgan; Banana Relay Race — Team Andersen Morgan Mason, Team T.

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Dill R. Garrett Holmes, Team L. Clifford R. Clifford Holmes; Run Trot Walk — Judy Mason, Donna White, R. Clifford, Ole Morgan, Lisa Clifford; Ribbon Pole Bending — Team White Koch, Team R. Clifford L. Clifford, Team T. Dill Holmes; Simon Says — Rebecca Clifford Rodeo Gymkhana Season High Point All Around Honors 7 & Under — Josie

COME ONE, COME ALL! Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church 210 NW 3rd Street is having their

Thrift Store Fashion Show TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 • 10 A.M A.M..

Don’t miss Special Guest Speaker Mary Lou Powell (also known as Second Hand Rose), Music by two Cedaredge Vocal Artists, and an Entertaining Fashion Show.

Luncheon will follow • No Charge

For information and to RSVP call 856-4697 or 856-4116

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It only seems apropos that the final performance in this year’s Chapel of the Cross Summer Concert Series would be one filled with inspirational songs of abiding faith and hope.

That, with references to her own strong Christian faith, is exactly what local singer/songwriter Jeri Arbaney did, singing some of her own original songs and old favorites to the appreciative audience. Her performance, brings this year’s summer concert series to an end.

Carol Gamble, music committee president for the Chapel of the Cross, said attendance at each

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Jeri Arbaney performance has been outstanding and the performers have been wonderful.

Gamble said to look for information regarding the starting date and a schedule of performers for the 2012 Chapel of the Cross Summer Concert Series in the Delta County Independent.

Join walking group at Orchard City park

BY VERNA BARR Staff Writer

Do you want to walk, but not alone? Do you want a safe place to walk, away from traffic?

Miriam Hartig has answers to both questions. Join her and others at Orchard City Town Park, 2100 Road, Austin.

This activity started on Monday, Aug. 29, and will continue every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 9 a.m. (excluding Wednesday or Sunday).

Everyone is welcome.

The 1-1/4 mile trail is in sections so a participant can take cut-offs for shorter distances, as needed. The trail is easy

walking on a hard surface of red sand. There are several benches along the trail; rest rooms are at either end of the park, and new drinking fountains are located at the pavilion.

There are no fees and no commitments. Come any day or days. Pace yourself by walking as far as you want, and walk as slow or as fast as you choose. The only competition is competing with yourself for growth and self-satisfaction.

Bring sunscreen, a hat and wear solid walking shoes. Please, no dogs on the trail during this event.

For more information, call 835-3169.

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Sounds of praise Sounds of praise filled the air as Christian vocalist Steve Desmond performed live before an enthusiastic crowd of music fans of various Christian denominations and other music buffs.

The second in a series of concerts sponsored by the Cedaredge Assembly of God’s “The Bridge” (a program for young adults and older teens), Desmond’s performance, which included some country, classics and contemporary songs of praise, took place on Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Cedaredge Town Park.

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The trustees also discussed at length setting the parameters for the 2012 budget work session (Sept. 7); and a request from golf pro Larry Murphy for additional fund-

Sat., Sept. 3

ing for additional inventory purchases to cover special orders not stocked at the pro shop.

Town administrator Kathleen Sickles noted that the Party in the Park is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3, beginning at 5 p.m. The town will provide meat, soft drinks and service, and the David Starr Band will perform, starting at 6 p.m.

Rumble, Conner Cannon, Ryan Searcy, Kole Hawkins, Elaine Cannon; 8-13 year olds — Kendall McHugh, Courtney Freeman, Dusty Koch, Mariah Isaman, Kaitlyn Sharpe; 14-18 year olds — Alyssa Isaman, Sierra McHugh, Jennifer Badding, Maykayla White, Chelsea Hotchkiss; Adults — Donna White, Jessie Brown, Shirley Koch, Lana Sulkey.

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Pep Rally, 12:34 p.m.; Volleyball at Paonia, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.; Football at Paonia, 7:00 p.m.

Tennis vs. Cortez in Delta, 10:00 a.m.; Volleyball at Roaring Fork, 10:00 a.m.; Softball at Home vs. Montrose, 11:00 a.m.; Volleyball at Coal Ridge, 4:00 p.m.

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Golf at Moffat County, 9:00 a.m.; Softball at G.J. Central, 11:00 a.m.; Accountability Meeting, 4:00 p.m.; Band Night Rehearsal, 6:00 p.m.; FFA Back to School Barbecue, 6:00 p.m.

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Yard sale to benefit Habitat program

BY BOB BORCHARDT Staff Writer

Nearly a year ago, 23 volunteers from Longmont came to Cedaredge to work on a Habitat for Humanity home. The home is located at 760 NW Birch Avenue in Cedaredge. The work included the installation of all new siding, all new

interior walls, windows, painting, new flooring, converting the garage into a third bedroom with bath, and a new backyard fence. At the time, Perry Hotz, president of Habitat for Humanity of Delta County, noted that there was some inside work that still needed to be done.

Photo by Bob Borchardt

Perry Hotz Esmerelda, Martin and Maria Alejandro in front of their home in Cedaredge. The Alejandros will invest “sweat equity” into the home by helping finish the interior. A yard sale on Sept. 8, 9 and 10 will help finish this Habitat For Humanity project.

Each Habitat affiliate selects “partner families” to become Habitat homeowners. Partner families are selected based on level of need, ability to pay and their willingness to partner with the local Habitat affiliate with the building of their new home.

And now after nearly a year, Martin and Maria Alejandro and their family (Esmerelda, Susi, Geroveva, Martin, Alejandro, Dalia and Cristobal) have been selected by Habitat for Humanity, Delta County, to be their “partner family” for this particular home.

According to Hotz, now that the “partner family” has been chosen it is time to complete the inside work. To help complete the work, Habitat will be holding a huge yard sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 8, 9 and 10, at the old Duckwall building on W. Main Street in Cedaredge.

The yard sale is scheduled to go from 9 a.m until 6 p.m on Thursday and Friday, and from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday. Terry Hotz, organizer of the event, noted that Pat Ford of Ouray and owner of the Duck-

wall building, donated use of the building along with several antiques for this yard sale.

According to Terry, bargain hunters can expect to find high quality items, including some antiques, “at great prices.”

Perry said Habitat for Humanity helps people who help themselves. “It’s not a free handout,” he said. He explained that before they can move into their new home the Alejandros will need to put in 500 hours of “sweat equity” on their new home and/or on other Habitat sponsored service projects. The Alejandros will then be able to purchase their new home at Habitat’s cost, with financing through affordable no-interest loans.

Those monthly mortgage payments, paid by the Alejandros, will then be used to build more Habitat houses.

According to their website, Habitat for Humanity is “a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need.” Along with building/renovating affordable homes in Delta

County the Delta chapter also tithes to Habitat International.

Hotz said they are always looking for new board members, volunteers to work on the homes, people willing to work on fund raisers and of course donations are always welcome. And, because land is now the

most expensive part of the project, they are always in search of donated or low-cost real estate.

For more information on donating items to the yard sale, or for information regarding Habitat for Humanity of Delta County, call Perry Hotz at 856-3173 or at 2167446.

Local veterans to commemorate 9/11

BY BOB BORCHARDT Staff Writer

Helen Barton, adjutant for the Cedaredge American Legion Post 104, said that on Sunday, Sept. 11, the District 10 American Legion Posts will commemorate all those who were killed during the terrorist attacks on Sept.

11, 2001.

The ceremony will take place at the Cedaredge Masonic Lodge Hall, 295

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Barton noted that all veterans are invited to attend the ceremony.

Barton also noted that after the commemoration ceremonies, the Cedaredge American Legion Post 104 will hold its annual meeting at the lodge following lunch.

For more information call Helen Barton at 8566337.

Photo by Hank Lohmeyer

Very wary A buck in velvet enjoying a feast of fallen apples presents a wary posture to an intruder near Cedaredge.

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Panther 11 regroup in 2011

BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor

After finishing with a 5-5 record a year ago, the Delta High School Panthers are hoping the 2011 season will bring better results. The Panthers missed the playoffs last year and could have a chance to reach postseason play in 2011 if injuries don’t plague the team.

Delta is set to go with a running game in 2011 to compliment the Panthers’ hard running backs.

Ben Johnson returns as the head coach for the Panthers and will have a more than capable staff in 2011. Johnson’s assistants include Ryan Whittington, Derek Carlson, Bruce Keith, Paul Shean, Steve Reiher, Lane Varner and Dakota Lindsey.

Johnson reports a

total of 60-plus athletes who have been practicing, 25 of which are freshmen. The senior and junior classes both have 12 players each while the sophomore class is represented by 18 gridiron hopefuls.

A few impact players the Panthers hope rise to the occasion each week include Brandon Campbell, a senior offensive and defensive lineman, Chris Lopez, a senior running back and linebacker, and Alex Standis, a senior running back and outside linebacker.

Johnson’s take on how well his Panthers would fare in league play this season was a simple “Good.” The 3A WSL is balanced with the loss of many key players for some of the top teams.

Delta tested the waters

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Delta High School’s head football coach, Ben Johnson, looks on as linemen get some work on the sled during a recent practice session. The Panthers opened their gridiron season last Friday with a loss to the Aspen Skiers in Aspen.

early (Aug. 26) with a zero-week game against a strong Aspen team from a year ago. The Skiers are down as are several 2A teams in the WSL due to graduation.

Despite the fact Aspen lost an all-conference quarterback to graduation, the Skiers hosted Delta last week and came away with a 35-12 victory.

The Panthers were

holding their own late in the first half and trailed the Skiers 7-3. Before halftime came, Aspen had tallied three quick scores to make it a 28-3 score at intermission.

Miguel Ramirez’s 25yard field goal was the only score for Delta in the opening half of play.

Delta was able to do more things that kept the Skiers from reaching the end zone and actually

outscored them 9-7 for the final 35-12 score.

Johnson was not pleased with all aspects of the game with offensive line play one of the glaring weaknesses.

Aspen changed their offense from a ground game to a passing one that had the Panthers struggling on defense.

“We prepped the kids on a running game that Aspen coach (Mike) Sirko

Bruins optimistic as new grid season approaches

BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor

Mike Milholland returns for his second season as the head football coach for the Cedaredge Bruins. It will be his ninth overall as a football coach and the Bruins will be out to improve on their 3-7 mark from a year ago.

The Bruins have some size and speed but are not especially deep at many positions.

Milholland sees every team in the competitive 2A WSL as a top opponent as he believes the Bruins have a tough schedule and they don’t look past any team.

This year’s coaching staff will be nearly the same with CJ Cannell coming on board. The returning staff members include Kirk McGlaugh-

lin with nine years overall coaching football, Kevin Dunbar in his third season, and John Kuemmerlin who will be working on his seventh year.

Last season was a growing process for many of this year’s returning lettermen and incoming underclassmen. Milholland’s style and techniques should generate more success as the players and coaches become accustomed to his methods.

There are several players the Bruins will rely upon to have a successful season. A few of those key players include senior Drew Beach who will guide the Bruins’ offense from the quarterback’s position. Beach also plays defensive end and will be invaluable at

that position.

Other senior members who should contribute considerable impact play includes Miguel Barajas on both sides of the ball, Luke Wieben from his tight end and defensive end positions, and Joe Laird who plays both offensive and defensive line for the Bruins.

A pair of juniors will also be asked to contribute as impact players.

Carter Wasser will run the ball from his fullback’s position and should be a force as a linebacker on defense. Dante Markley could make defenses worry as a running back on offense and his speed and experience at safety on defense will generate caution by opposing offensive coordinators.

Milholland was asked how his Bruins would

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ROARING FORK (7:00 p.m.) at Cedaredge (7:00 p.m.)

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SARGENT (7:00 p.m.) at Rangely (7:00 p.m.)

LAKE COUNTY (7:00 p.m.)* at Hayden (7:00 p.m.)

PAONIA (7:00 p.m.) at Meeker (7:00 p.m.) * Homecoming Game

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fare in 2011. “We will be competitive in every game! We will surprise some people this year.”

Cedaredge opens their season with a non-conference battle with the always tough Paonia Eagles in Paonia beginning at 7 p.m.

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has used for years,” noted Johnson.

Robert Williams led Delta’s defense with over nine tackles while Mitch Whiteside was eight for 19 and 106 yards passing. Taylor Smith caught a majority of the passes for 91 yards.

Johnson is optimistic that his team will play better in future games.

“They’re a good bunch and work hard.”

Head Coach: Scott Rienks

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CEDAREDGE (7:00 p.m.)

GRAND VALLEY (7:00 p.m.) at Basalt (7:00 p.m.) at Dolores (1:00 p.m.) at Hayden (7:00 p.m.)

MEEKER (7:00 p.m.)* at Lake County (7:00 p.m.) at Hotchkiss (7:00 p.m.)

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Delta diamond crew set for start of 2011 season

BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor

Matt Hall returns to guide the Delta Lady Panther softball team in 2011. Last year’s squad finished the year at 10-9 and missed the playoffs.

Hall, in his fifth season, will have Glen Conger and Ray Smith, who coached previously but has been inactive for a few years.

There are 27 athletes

on Delta’s roster, including 11 freshmen. Four seniors and six juniors make up the upper classmen representation while the sophomore class has six hopefuls practicing daily.

There are five players who return from last year’s team with seniors April Easter and Kaitlyn Johnson leading the way.

Juniors Darrian Horn and Kaitlin Davis will see

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plenty of action in 2011 while sophomore Jazmine Gomez will add plenty of offense and defense as one of the younger players at the varsity level.

According to Hall the Lady Panthers have some impact players who could spark the play for Delta this season.

Easter will be a player to watch on the mound while Johnson should control the infield from her shortstop position.

Horn will get the call behind the plate to solidify Delta’s defense.

Hall believes the teams to beat in the 4A WSL are Palisade, the reigning league champion, and Cortez because they were the team that knocked the Lady Panthers out of post-season play.

The Panthers are optimistic in 2011 as Hall noted the Lady Panthers are always looking to be the league champions.

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fy for regionals and are aiming at participating in the state tournament on Oct. 21-22.

Delta is looking to compete at home on their new softball field just north of DHS. The ground work is mostly completed with the backstop and base implants some of the last items missing to make the fields playable. The Lady Panthers will have Mountain View Park to fall back on if the new complex isn’t ready for Sept. 7 and the first home game with Montrose.

Coach Hall and his staff are excited to have their own field which will have walk-in dugouts with a storage unit in the home team’s dugout.

Hall thanks the various organizations and individuals for their many hours of work preparing the new field. TK Mining (Dave Schaaf) contributed dirt to the field and Dan Cholas has worked numerous hours.

First Sergeant JB Lopez will put his seven years of coaching experience to work as this year’s Delta High School’s cross country teams have high hopes of qualifying for state. There should be several individuals who will more than have legitimate shots at qualifying and that could help pull both the boys’ and girls’ teams together for a chance to qualify as a team.

Lopez has 36 athletes contesting for varsity team spots with the senior and sophomore classes leading the way with eight runners each.

The junior class has six hopefuls and the freshman class has 14 names on the roster (one of the largest class turnouts Lopez has seen while coaching in Delta).

The top seven boys for Lopez in 2011 will most likely include Jake Ames (Sr.), Ethan Baier (Sr.), Brett Bigham (Sr.), Daniel De La Rosa (Sr.),

Jake Davignon (Sr.), and Dustin Ownbey (So.).

Lopez’s top seven female runners will include Clarissa Whiting (Jr.), Cleo Whiting (Jr., Leda Stinson (So), Kyla Ownbey (Sr.) and Carissa Sidor (Sr.) Delta will open their cross country season on Sept. 2 with their annual Delta Invitational at Confluence Park. Races get underway at 1 p.m.

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Practice sessions, after stretching, include the short-toss for all players. The drill is designed to work on proper throwing techniques.

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The recent Four-Corners softball trip by Delta’s Lady Panthers started out well as Delta scored a 5-4 decision over Cortez in the first game of a doubleheader played on Friday (Aug. 26). Host Cortez turned the tables on Delta in game two by winning that contest by an 11-8 decision.

Stats for those games played in Cortez were unavailable.

The Panthers were in Durango for non-conference doubleheader play on Saturday. Delta played well but eventually lost a 12-11 decision to the Lady Demons in eight innings of play. The second contest was cancelled due to lightning.

The game was scoreless for two innings before Durango broke things open with three runs in the bottom of the third inning.

The Panthers bounced back with a strong top of the fourth inning and five runs to take a 5-3 lead. Unfortunately for the Panthers, Durango found their bats again in the bottom of the inning

and scored twice to tie the game at 5-5.

Delta stayed hot offensively in the top of the fifth and regained the lead after scoring three times to take an 8-5 advantage heading into the bottom of the fifth.

Durango answered with a pair of runs to trail 8-7 going into the sixth.

The Panthers added to their lead with a single run while Durango rallied for three in the bottom of the inning to take a 10-9 lead with one inning left in regulation play.

Delta scored the tying run in the top of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.

The Panthers kept a scoring trend intact with a run in the top of the eighth to mark the fifth straight inning with one run or more. Durango was slightly more efficient than the Panthers as they tallied two runs in the bottom of the inning to win 12-11.

Jazmine Gomez had three RBIs for the Panthers while teammates Kaitlyn Johnson and Kasha Culver had a pair of RBIs. Seven players had two or more hits.

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ing quarterback Braeden Horton. “If we don’t get that, we’ll be very disappointed. That’s what we’ve been aiming for, that’s what we want.”

Horton saw little time at QB in 2010, but that doesn’t concern him or Coach Lemon. “He did what he needed” to prepare for the season, said Lemon. “He’s going to be able to do all of the things that we ask of him.”

Horton, who trained throughout the off-season, said he is confident in his skills, and just as confident in his teammates, and for good reason. They’ve earned the trust.

Tailback Jaime Rodriguez rushed for more than 1,000 yards and scored 24 touchdowns last season, while averaging almost 10 yards per

carry. Rodriguez is quick, knows his job, and can turn a little daylight into big gains for the Bulldogs. And his teammates look out for him. “I trust my boys,” he said.

Despite the loss of key players, Rodriguez believes this year’s team is just as strong and talented as last year’s, for a number of reasons, and has a clear shot at the state championship.

“Hopefully we’re gonna take that baby,” he said.

“We’ve waited four years for this. If we keep working hard, we can be better than last year.”

Another handoff option for Horton is junior fullback Jacobe Galley. As a sophomore, Galley rushed for 915 yards and 12 touchdowns, and carried for more than 100 yards in four games, averag-

A quick recap: The Hotchkiss Bulldogs ended the 2010 season with a 10-2 record, a third consecutive 1A WSL title, and just one game away from playing in the state championship game after a disappointing 20-13 loss to Burlington in the semi-final game.

Despite the loss of six talented seniors and several skill positions, there’s no lack of talent and experience, or enthusiasm, on this year’s team.

Of the 30 players on the roster, eight seniors and 13 juniors are returning players, and 12 players are returning starters.

Twice in three years they’ve been deep into the playoffs, and they know that a state title, which the school last won in 1949, is within reach.

As far as making the playoffs, “We should be in the same place as last year,” said head coach Zac Lemon. “We have high expectations and should be there again.”

Hotchkiss hasn’t lost a league game or missed making the playoffs since 2008. Their only two regular-season losses were to 2A Aspen.

Photo by Tamie Meck “Our goal has been a state championship, so Hotchkiss senior Bryce Simpson will be a force that’s what we’re going to contend with on the line for the Bulldogs this to strive for,” said start- season.

ing almost 12 yards per carry. His combined size, speed and ability to read the play make him tough to catch and bring down.

Horton can look to pass to junior tight end Conner Beard, who caught passes for 300 yards and four touchdowns in 2010.

Beard will ease his way back into the game after suffering a shoulder injury last winter.

Expect to see action from senior wide receivers Tanner Simpson and Tell Hawk, as well as Jesse Head and Marco Meza.

BY TAMIE MECK Hotchkiss one singles Ryan Pachl is more accustomed to playing with a partner, but convincing opening wins reflect a player who is ready to go it on his own.

Pachl, a senior, could have nabbed a singles spot his junior year, but elected to play at one doubles with senior partner Brandon Duval. “Now that he’s gone, I want to try my hand at singles,” said Pachl, who easily slipped into the team’s top slot.

Pachl spent some time on the court over the summer, and attended the Nike camp at Denver, where he said he picked up some valuable pointers. “I have a pretty good serve, if I’m on those days,” said Pachl in the first week of practice.

“And I guess my ground strokes are my strong point.”

“He’s got a great ground stroke,” said head coach Brian Benson.

Pachl knows there are some one singles that will be tough to beat, and he knows who they are. Because there are only two classes in Colorado, 4A and 5A, small schools like Hotchkiss play against much larger schools, many of which, like Steamboat Springs and Aspen, have access to

year-round facilities and coaching. Getting past regional competition is a long shot.

But Pachl has the right attitude and will give it all he’s got.

“Steamboat, Aspen, and, I think, Cortez, are going to be a good challenge for me,” he said.

“All the rest (of the players) are going to be tough, too, but I think those are going to be the best matches for me.”

Pachl defeated Grand Junction’s Brian List, 63, 6-3, in his first match of the season, then went on to defeat Fruita Monument’s Jake Bishop, 6-4, 6-0. His prediction about Cortez proved to be right.

He lost Friday to Graham Cathey, 7-6, 4-6, 5-7. The match, according to Benson, “lasted almost three hours... Just a tremendous match.”

Senior Chris Lamberg will also step away from doubles to play his last season at two singles. “It will be different,” said Lamberg. “I’m used to having a partner, and I like having a partner, but I’m ready for singles.”

Lamberg lost his first match to Grand Junction’s Andy Bowen, then played a strong three sets against Quintan Barnett of Fruita Monument, eventually falling to Barnett, 6-7, 6-2, 5-10.

Lamberg fell to Cortez’s

Logan Dean Friday. Benson called Dean “a terrific #2 player.”

Junior Cody Bartlett starts the season at 3 singles. Bartlett, who attended school at Hotchkiss in the sixth grade, transferred from Windsor and is also running on the cross country team.

Juniors Brydie Mitchell and Tony Ibarra teamed up at one doubles. They went three sets against Fruita Monument’s Chris Cordova and James Stagg, but despite the extended game, narrowly missed pulling out a win to end the match, 6-3, 46, 8-10.

Returning players Ben Gruber and David Oviedo, playing two doubles, also had a close match against Fruita, losing 6-7, 4-6. The match “... was oh so close to being a threesetter,” said Benson.

Tyler Suppes and Reed Hubbell start the season at three doubles, and freshmen Ulises Mendoza and Alex Baranov round out the team at four doubles.

The 0-7 loss to Cortez was disappointing, said Benson. “Cortez was definitely the toughest opponent we faced in this first week, and I think overall, we probably played

Rodriguez, Horton, Meza and Hardin will cover the safety positions. Senior Dylan Hill, and juniors Jesse Head and Dustin Head will line up at cornerback.

With 15 returning seniors, the Skiers are likely to again be the toughest competitors this season, said Lemon.

Roaring Fork has a new coach, “and will probably be bringing the program up.”

In league play, Paonia, under a new coaching staff, is always a team to watch out for.

The Bulldogs kick the season off this Friday when they host the Roaring Fork Rams, beginning at 7 p.m.

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Senior guards Bryce Simpson, Zack Taylor and tackle Brayden Wilson will return to the offensive line, with a second starting tackle position still to be filled.

The defense held its opponents last season to just 122 points. Familiar names will fill this year’s line, including Bryce Simpson, Zack Taylor and Brayden Wilson. Eric Steckel and Russ Evans will also show up in the rotation.

Galley, who made 47 tackles as a sophomore linebacker, will take over as middle linebacker, with Trenton Tomayo, Ronny Hicks and Simpson filling out the linebacker positions.

our best tennis thus far against them.”

Knowing that some of the competitors live for the game and aren’t likely to lose a match to a smaller school, Benson said he still expects his singles and top doubles teams to be competitive.

Benson has coached “one thing or another for 30 years,” including Hotchkiss boys basketball, and was an assistant under former tennis coach Mike Price. Competing in tennis is different than in other sport, in many ways, he said. For one, there are no officials and players make their own calls. There has to be honesty, fairness and trust, and etiquette and sportsmanship are qualities that tend to come through. Amongst the team, players are free to challenge other players for position. “With tennis, you decide your own fate,” he said.

Hotchkiss played Tuesday against Montrose, and will play their second match against Cortez at noon Saturday, Sept. 3, at Delta. On Sept. 8, they host Cedaredge beginning at 4 p.m. The only other home match will be on Sept. 14, when they host Fruita Monument.

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New look for PHS gridders man, Myles Cumpston, couldn’t be happier about the change. “Last year we were more drop back and throw, but this year we’re going to run it right down people’s throats,” said the left tackle.

Last year’s offensive line didn’t allow a single sack throughout the season. To prepare them for game changes, Rienks devoted much of the off-season efforts to his linemen. He was quick to credit senior Jacob Leon for attending all of the summer camps and “improving by leaps and bounds” over the summer.

The linemen “are going to have to work really hard this year,” if they expect to be competitive, said Rienks. An off-season line camp with former Bronco

BY TAMIE MECK DCI Sports Writer

After three years as a passing team, the Paonia Eagles are returning to the run. Senior Anthony Roeber will take over at starting quarterback.

Roeber, a two-year JV quarterback, gained almost 300 yards as a junior wide receiver and was the team’s back-up QB in 2010.

The team is adapting well to the game changes, said head coach Scott Rienks. “They love it, they actually love it.

When three of your running backs are seniors, of course they love it.”

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Dave Studdard, and the addition of Don Holt as a volunteer line coach will give them more skills to work with Holt “knows the line,” and passes that knowledge on, said starting center Daniel Ford, one of six returning varsity linemen.

The team faces plenty of pre-season challenges, said Rienks. Several injuries — a shoulder, a pulled quad, a broken hand — are being considered as Rienks fills starting positions. While no one is out for the season, injuries could affect early-season and non-league games.

“We haven’t faired very well in the last few years with our non-league games,” said Rienks. In 2010, the team lost all three of its non-league games, “So we really need

to come out strong.”

Despite a lot of uncertainty, Rienks did single out a few returning players, two of whom will fit into the new running game. Running back Adrian Lopez rushed for almost 500 yards in 107 carries last season, and scored nine touchdowns.

Sophomore William Austin, whom Rienks called a “quality, quality running back,” should also see a lot of action this season.

TK Kendall is the only returning tight end and will be a key in moving the ball.

While the focus will be on the run, returning wide receiver Dustin Braslin will be ready for the pass option.

Ford, Leon, Morgan Rieder, Cumpston and Jonathan VanVleet will cover the line, and expect

BY TAMIE MECK DCI Sports Writer

More than 40 players from throughout the county signed up for the Hotchkiss boys soccer team, and are all “high quality players,” said head Hotchkiss High School soccer coach Elaine Wood, now in her eighth year as head coach.

“It’s a lot of kids, so I really have to be organized,” said Wood. In order to keep everyone focused and on track, she tries to create a daily curriculum.

Wood said she will likely break players down into a varsity and two junior varsity squads and will be looking to pick up some extra JV games throughout the season, since not all schools have a JV team.

Fortunately, she added, she has a great assistant coach and two new volunteer coaches, everyone is there to play soccer, and they’re a focused group.

“We’ve been in the 30s before,” said assistant coach Eddie Sanford.

But they never had this many.

This year also marks the 10th anniversary of soccer in Delta County.

Wood said the team will celebrate at a home game later in the season.

This could be a good year for the decade-old team, which boasts eight returning seniors. Last season, Hotchkiss was 78-1 and made the first round of playoffs, losing to Colorado Springs Christian. But what this group remembers most is winning the state championship in 2008, their freshman year. And this is the strongest the team has been since they won that title.

Their biggest strength this season lies in their depth of skill, said Sanford, who has worked with several players since they were 4 years old. “I think it’s going to be huge.”

Brian Hernandez and

Alex Quinonez, both of whom have a brother on the varsity squad and were senior star players on the 2008 state championship team, return as assistant coaches.

Quinonez, 2008 leagueplayer of the year and all-state team member, said he has continued to play regularly since high school. “Soccer is my passion,” said Quinonez, whose younger brother, Jorge, is a senior. “We have a lot of kids, a lot of talent, so we’ll see.”

This year’s starting team brings a great deal of experience to the game. Senior Irvin Hernandez “will be critical to the team this year,” said Wood.

Hernandez, a midfielder and a leading scorer for the team in 2010, said he will work more as a defender in order to fill gaps left by last year’s three seniors. Hernandez has spent a lot of time scouting and recruiting younger players for the team.

“It’s a younger team, but most of the freshmen coming up are pretty skilled,” he said. “I’m just waiting to see how they play in a game situation.”

Senior Ben Justman is another critical player, said Wood. Justman took every opportunity to play this summer in order to keep his skills sharp.

“Coming into the season I feel like I’m the most ready I’ve ever been,” said Justman, a former defensive player who switched to the offense and hopes to play striker and outside middle.

Justman sees a focus in winning in this year’s team that has been lacking since 2008, and he sees a great deal of potential for the season.

“We have a lot of athletes on this team,” he said.

“Some are only lacking in experience, but that will come as the season progresses.”

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Sept. 24

Vail Mtn. School

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Rifle

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Defense will be a vital part of the season, and Hotchkiss is a defensive team, said senior Josiah Fuller. “That’s just the way coach coaches us: always defense first, offense second.” With many of the state’s top players in Hotchkiss’s league, their defensive mentality should serve them well, said Fuller.

Also on the varsity squad is Edgar Macias, along with Keaton Kropp, whom Wood described as “a solid junior,” and thirdyear returning goalie Jonathan Holiman.

Miguel Ramirez led the team in goals last season and was one of the league’s top scorers. Josiah Spano brings invaluable speed and dexterity to the team.

Mid-fielders Kempton Albee, a sophomore, and Jorge Quinonez, a junior, whom Wood described as cogs in the team’s wheel, “will distribute the ball and make a lot of things happen.”

Danny Etter, AJ Huey, Kai Maulhardt, Landon Ochs, Caeden Quist and Malaki Rhode round out the varsity squad, each bringing a special set of skills to the team, said Wood.

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teams in our league,” said Wood, including Aspen, Roaring Fork, and Coal Ridge. While playing this summer, “We saw some opponents that are going to be tough. Coal Ridge lost a lot of seniors, but we saw some kids that concerned us.”

Basalt handed the Bulldogs two big losses last season. Justman said that after a shutout loss to the Longhorns this summer, the only team to go undefeated in 2010 league play, he sees them as “our biggest rivals.

They could be tough to beat.”

And Colorado Rocky Mountain School, whom the Bulldogs will host on Sept. 6, can be tough to predict, said Wood, since they traditionally bring in players from all over the world.

Other teams in 3A Region 3 soccer include Rifle, Grand Valley and Vail Mountain. This year’s schedule includes seven home games and five away games. The Bulldogs open the season this Friday and Saturday at the annual Montrose tournament.

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, Hotchkiss hosts CRMS beginning at 4 p.m., at Hotchkiss High School.

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The largest number of players on the roster are sophomores.

That list is made up of Chase Buckallew, Dylan McCain, Austin Bowen, and Michael Smith. The lone freshman to sign up so far is Ryan Bowen.

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is looking to have a fun season. “I hope some teams will look past us and we can have some fun,” noted McFadden.

The top two players in Cedaredge are seniors Dylan Buckallew and Fairchild.

McFadden doesn’t know which is the top singles’ player as the competition is back and forth and evenly played.

Steamboat Springs and Aspen are the top teams in league play simply because they are year around club teams.

Cedaredge faced Grand Junction’s junior varsity on Friday, Aug. 26 in Delta.

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Barracudas swim, part two Last week’s swim story ended with Coach Hatch’s account of the annual Delta Barracuda Home Swim Meet. This week’s article will have results after that home meet.

The Barracuda’s first chance to swim in the pool where the State competition would be held in Craig came one week after our home meet.

With only a handful of athletes, the Barracudas performed well.

The top Barracuda of this meet, Sara Geddes, placed first in all four of her swims; the 25 free, back and breaststrokes, and the 50 free.

Three more Barracuda’s swimmers, Landre Whelan, Joseph Marah and Nathan Giffin placed in the top three in all of their swims with posting seasons best Short Course Meters Times for all of them. Marah earned first place in the boys 13-14 200 IM (2:59.66), 100 fly (1:22.90), and the 100 free (1:09.80). Whelan placed first in the 11-12 girls category in both the 200 individual medley (3:37.39) and the 50 free (:37.51). Giffin maintained second place in four out of his eight swims, the 200 individual medley (3:25.02), 100 breaststroke (1:40.00), 50 breaststroke (:46.75) and the 200 freestyle with a time of 3:08.99.

Newcomer, and youngest member of the team, Bella Beilfuss traveled to Craig with the ‘Cudas’ and put forward an excellent effort bringing in top 16 swims in all of her events.

Brooke Giffin also represented the team with great team spirit and a can-do attitude at this meet swimming two events she had not competed in before; the 100 back and breaststrokes.

Closer to home, the Montrose Invitational came up next in the schedule. This was a smaller meet than it has been in the past but the competition was fierce.

Several of the Barracudas had personal best swims at this meet including Samantha Cassel (50 free 1:03.74), Reagan Clay (200 free 3:48.69), Kaylee Dunham (100 back 1:47.80), Jaylena Gibson (25 backstroke :42.53), Kati Neely with two personal best swims in the 100 free 1:45.50 and the 100 back 2:05.52.

Julia TenNapel had three personal best swims in the 25 free (:25.05), 25 back (:29.00) and the 50 free (:59.36), Marah with three personal best swims in the 100 fly (1:14.92), 100 breaststroke (1:35.57), and the 400 free (5:26.42).

Kendra TenNapel was the star Barracuda of this meet with first or second place finishes in all but one of her events. TenNapel achieved personal best swim times in all but two of her events at this meet and scored a total of 65 points at this meet for the team.

While the Barracuda’s swim team was preparing for the Western Slope Championships, one of its members was traveling off to Mt. Hood Aquatics Center in Gresham, Ore., for the USA Swimming Speedo Championship Series Western Meet.

Each year this meet displays some of the top swimming talent from across the United States, and Barracuda Logan Morris (16), accompanied by surrogate coach Brent Bergsted from the Rocky Mountain Thunder, qualified and represented the Barracudas with exceptional swims.

Morris qualified for the meet in both the 100m and 200m breaststrokes, she also competed in time trial events in the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, turning out lifetime best swims in the 200 IM, 100 fly and 100 breaststroke.

Morris finished in the top 16 out of over 100 swimmers in the 100 breaststroke with a best time of 1:14.75, an accomplishment that brings her one step closer to realizing her goal of qualifying for the Olympic Trials to be held in Omaha, Neb., in June 2012.

The rest of the team was preparing for the Western Slope Championships at the El Pomar natatorium at Mesa State College in Grand Junction while Morris was in Oregon.

The Barracudas had more swimmers qualify for the Western Slope Championships than they have had in several years past. With multiple personal best times, and most swims being seasonal best times at the time, the Barracudas had a team of kids at that meet that were more than ready to fight

for wins. This winning attitude was never more clear than in key swims

by Hope Morris, Elias Carlson, Jillian Carlson, Sarah Bules, Noah Nortnik and Kendra TenNapel. Each won their heats in multiple events and swam smart races that culminated in solid placements and excellent competition to watch.

This meet proved to be an excellent opportunity for Delta’s eight and under swimmers to show off.

Some very big improvements were made by some of the Barracudas’ Blue Group swimmers. Elias Carlson took 32 seconds off his 400 freestyle time to earn 6th place, Hope Morris improved in seven out of her nine swims with the most time taken off (24 seconds) in her 400 individual medley for a 9th place finish at 6:27.34.

Joseph Marah improved every event he swam at this meet with the largest of them being his drop of 13 seconds in the 400 freestyle for an eighth place finish with a time of 5:35.83.

Nathan Giffin also had a notable swim in the 200 individual medley, dropping over a minute to finish seventh with a time of 3:31.10.

With an overall eighth place finish out of 22 teams it was clear that the ‘Cudas’ swimmers worked very hard, both before and during the meet.

The Barracudas qualified 40 percent of their swimmers for the State Championship meet.

Twenty-two swimmers qualified and the Barracudas were represented by 17 very dedicated individuals. The state team consisted of Joseph Bules, Sarah Bules, Elias Carlson, Jillian Carlson, Reagan Clay, Isaac Gibson, Jaylena Gibson, Brooke Giffin, Nathan Giffin, James Goff, Garth Knutson, Lance Knutson, Lars Knutson, Joseph Marah, Noah Nortnik, Dustin Ownbey and Landre Whelan.

Fifty-four percent of the times achieved at the State meet were personal best swims, and of those 11 earned the swimmer a top three finish in their events.

They are young, but they are mighty was Head Coach Amanda Hatch’s thoughts going into the

state meet. “I consider it the greatest accomplishment of a coach when you can say with certainty that you have sent your athletes out there having given them all the tools they need, and then watch them swim with their heart and deliver their best.

The Barracudas worked hard and delivered gold star performances each and every time they left the block at the State Championships.”

“I consider all of our State swims to have been the best efforts of all the swimmers, but two swimmers in particular put their heart out there and turned out some amazing overall performances, bringing home State Championship Titles. Joseph Marah brought home the boys 13-14 200m butterfly State Championship Title in a time of 3:03.49.

While not a personal best time, Marah finished the race more than a half length in front of his competition.

Elias Carlson was a force to be reckoned with at the State Championship meet bringing home three State Titles; the boys 11-12 400 freestyle in 5:24.60, 200 individual medley in 2:56.50 and the 200 freestyle with a personal best time of 2:33.42 after finishing the race more than five body lengths ahead of his closest competitor.

Carlson finished in the top three in all but two of his events, placing him second for overall points.

Each and every single Barracuda swimmer at the meet finished in the top 16 in at least one of their swims scoring points for the team and helping achieve their eighth place finish at the State meet.

The coaches would like to take this public opportunity to thank a very special group of people, the parent volunteers on the team.

The team could never do what they did without them, nor would we want to. “The parents are the backbone of the Barracudas’ accomplishments,” noted Hatch.

Thank you also to the City of Delta and the recreation center staff, and our community businesses for sponsoring the team and making our season a success.

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Cedaredge softball team working for solid year

BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor

This year’s Cedaredge Lady Bruins’ softball team has 22 names on the roster sheet. Seven are listed as seniors while just two come from the junior class. The sophomore class is represented by six athletes and the freshmen have seven girls on the team roster.

Angela Morgan will be the head coach for the Lady Bruins with husband Mike Morgan and Brian O’Hern assisting.

Cedaredge will be out to improve on last season’s 1-16 record and by all accounts from Angela Morgan, that won’t be a problem.

Morgan will be rely-

ing heavily on returning players, and seniors, Savannah McIntire (3b), Hope Shaw (p), and Brianna Henrie (p).

Other seniors listed on this year’s team roster include Frankie Hejny, Katherine Jackson, Michaela Laird and Emily Rodriguez.

The two juniors on the roster are Chloe Brewster and Lindsey Cotton.

Sophomore players include Kristen Alward, Ashley Balistreri, Kaitlyn Kissner, Ashlee Love, Katie O’Hern and Micaela Shaw.

The seven freshmen hopefuls include Tahnee Allnutt, Dominique Attarian, Ali Brooks, Abbey Burget, Mycala Read,

Raylee Banderlinde and Rhiannon Wagner.

When asked which team was the one to beat, Morgan showed no special respect for any one team. “We need to beat all of them so we can go take state.”

Morgan looks for a better season than last year and noted, “We will be very competitive this sea-

son. We only lost three players and gained some great freshmen.”

The Lady Bruins faced Grand Junction’s junior varsity on Aug. 23 and tied the first game and lost the second.

Cedaredge has their first home game Thursday (Sept. 1) with a doubleheader against Rifle beginning at 3 p.m.

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These two Barracuda swimmers distinguished themselves by bringing home state swimming titles in 2011. Elias Carlson, left, won the 400 freestyle, 200 individual medley, and the 200 freestyle.

Joseph Marah won the 200M butterfly.

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Lady Bulldogs excited for volleyball season start

BY TAMIE MECK DCI Sports Writer

With new coaches and a more experienced roster, the Hotchkiss Lady Bulldogs are working to put last year’s winless season behind them.

“We had a lot of inexperience last year,” said senior middle hitter, Lindsey Todd, recalling that there were only two seniors on the varsity squad and neither had much varsity experience.

“A lot of us have grown, both as people and as players... It’s all going to come together.”

The players are also optimistic about their new coaches.

Head coach Christa Hawk is a 2004 HHS graduate, “So I’m familiar with the school,” said Hawk at a recent practice.

Hawk played at the intramural level in college and coached at the middle school level in

Grand Junction and at Hotchkiss K-8 school.

Last year, she coached the junior varsity team and was the assistant coach for the girls basketball team. Basketball coach Josh Kasper will take over as assistant and JV coach.

“We’ve coached together in basketball, too, so it’s kind of nice. We know each other well,” said Hawk of Kasper.

With 32 players and at least five returning seniors, “We’re kind of up in the air as far as positions are concerned,” said Hawk. Todd, one of the top blockers in the league in 2010, will be a middle hitter. Todd said she’s gaining confidence in her hitting and continues to be a strong blocker.

Junior Kristina Deloury could also work at middle hitter. “She’s really good on the net,” said Hawk. “She can read the sets really well.”

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has kept active as a member of the varsity basketball team. “She’s really athletic,” said Hawk, and should be a strong contributor to the team.

Senior outside hitters Kelsey Spadafora and Brandy Dutton also return to the court this season. Sophomore Kelli Buhrdorf, juniors Faline Farmer and Sadie Smith and senior Sam Henderson round out the varsity roster.

League competition begins tomorrow (Sept.

1) against Olathe. Matches begin at 4 p.m., with varsity play scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Despite losing their star player, Hawk expects the Lady Pirates, who were second in the 10-team 3A Western Slope League, will be a tough team again this season.

On Saturday, Hotchkiss travels to Coal Ridge for a morning match, then will face last year’s league champion Roaring Fork Lady Rams at Carbondale in the afternoon.

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Last year, the 3A Hotchkiss girls cross country team turned a lot of heads. Freshmen Natalie Anderson, Taylor Polson, Jennifer Celis, Braiden Clement and Dakota Baldozier combined to win most of their meets and place second at state. Anderson placed third overall at state, just seconds behind two senior elite runners.

“I think they caught everybody by surprise,” said coach Kelly Cowan.

“Now everybody knows they’re there, so we’ll see.”

All of last year’s freshman girls are returning this season.

Also returning are seniors Vela Bair, Nikki Buhrdorf and Erin Jones.

They more than add just strength and experience to the table. “They’re good leaders for us,” said Cowan. “The other kids look to them and know they always work hard.

They bring those things to the team that a lot of times people don’t realize are so valuable and important.”

“After breaking my foot last year, it’s great to be back,” said Bair, who missed much of her junior year. “I’m just working really hard this year.”

Bair, also a distance runner in track, said she’s working to qualify for state, but knows her biggest competition could be her own teammates.

“It’s not that we don’t get along. We get along

great, but it’s just nice to have that competition to push us.”

Buhrdorf, a member of the 2011 state champion Hotchkiss sprint medley team, agreed, adding that competition between teammates is part of what she likes about the sport. “It’s nice,” she said, “because everybody pushes everybody.”

Chelsy Reed, the team’s only junior and a two-time state qualifier, brings solid performance to the team. “She ran really well last year, and we’re looking for a continuation of that,” said Cowan.

New to the girls team this year are freshman Tiffany Clock of Paonia and Hotchkiss sophomore Laura Edigi.

Trevor Walters was the only runner to represent the Hotchkiss boys at state in 2010, and

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Ridgway Invitational 4:00 p.m.

Hotchkiss Invitational 9:00 a.m.

Anna Banana - Fruita 10:00 a.m.

Cortez 9:00 a.m.

Montrose Relays 9:00 a.m.

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State Championships Aurora 9:00 a.m.

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would like to see more of his teammates make the cut this year.

“I see a lot of potential, because we’re all running together,” said Walters, referring to teammates Jason Sturgis, Kurt Katzdorn and Cody Bartlett, a junior transfer student who ran as a sophomore for 4A Windsor. “I just hope we go to state together as a team.”

Ethan Ferguson, Lars Knutson, Joe McChesney, Mason Oxford and Keegan Palmer also return this season.

“I think that we’re going to go far this year,” said McChesney, a thirdyear senior. “I think that we have the drive and we have the team cohesion and I think that we can just have fun with it and we’ll do well.”

Hotchkiss senior Mitch McCallister and junior

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With runners from Cedaredge, Paonia, and Hotchkiss, the Hotchkiss cross country team is coming into the season in shape and ready to run.

Hotchkiss will commence their run for state this Friday at the Delta Invitational beginning at 9 a.m.

Taylor Schreiner are first-year runners who were pushed by their basketball coach to join the team as a way of staying in shape. Both show great potential, said Cowan.

The team also picked up Paonia junior Jacob Helleckson, an avid bicyclist. “He hasn’t run before, but he’s got some talent,” said Cowan. “He’s kind of run on his own in the past and decided he’d give it a try.”

Four freshmen — Kaleb Bayless and Tyrell Clock from Hotchkiss, and Garrett Morgan and Jessi Reed from Paonia — are also on the roster.

“The nice thing about our boys team, we’re primarily upper-classmen, finally,” said Cowan. In recent years most of the team was young, but this year, “They’ve got experience and they’ve come in good shape. They want to do well.”

Their strength, he said, “is that they push each other.”

The annual Hotchkiss Invitational will be held Sept. 24. With its hilly, winding course, it makes for one of the toughest races of the season.

A citizens race will be held prior to the start of the high school race, and runners of all ages and abilities can register the morning of the race.

Hotchkiss will begin the season this Friday, competing against more than 15 Western Slope teams at the annual Delta Cross Country Invitational at Confluence Park.

Delta golfers score low ing in meets for a couple of weeks. Head coach Roger Delta High School’s golf Hutchison fielded 20 linkteam has been participat- sters for the 2011 season

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Savannah Rocha (junior), above, and senior Chelsea Hotchkiss, below, will have key roles for the Lady Bulldogs in 2011. Hotchkiss will play as a setter and will also be asked to be a hitter. Rocha is an experienced backcourt player and service specialist.

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“Most times I’ll probably run a 6-2 and have two setters, because our setters are pretty good hitters, too, and I want to give them an opportunity to hit,” said Hawk.

Junior Savannah Rocha will ease into the setter position after gaining some experience there as a sophomore, and Darryl Batt, last year’s JV setter, and sophomore Jessie Violet will also rotate in at setter.

Chelsea Hotchkiss, an all-around capable player whose strengths are in her serves and digs, will start the season on full rotation. “She can play any position,” said Hawk, and usually hits outside or back side. Hotchkiss, a senior, attended summer camps and said the team has improved on reaction time and will rely a great deal on communication skills. “We communicate really well,” said Hotchkiss, “so we’ll get along well on the court.”

Junior Alexis Westergren has been off the court for two years and

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with 10 of the team roster coming from the freshman class. There are two sophomores with this year’s junior and senior classes being represented by four team members each.

This year’s varsity members include senior Sean Lishtee and juniors Chris Black and Austin Kimber. There are two sophomores on this year’s varsity roster. Those players are Tyler Garcia and Keaton Reiher. Freshman Ryan Geddes rounds out the varsity roster for 2011.

Delta began the season with tournament play New Castle (Coal Ridge). The top three scores produce team scores and Reiher led the Panthers with his 80 while Kimber carded an 89 and Garcia a 99 for a team total of 268. The other two members of the Panthers’ squad were Black with a 106 and Geddes with a 144.

Black and Garcia tied with 83’s at Bookcliff Country Club in Grand

Junction. Reiher was third for the Panthers with his 90. Completing the fiveman team scores was Kimber with a 98 and Lishtee a 102.

Reiher’s 79 paced Delta’s 254 in Montrose at the Black Canyon Golf Course.

Black was second with an 86 and Kimber third with an 89. Garcia finished with a 90 and Geddes a 113.

The Panthers were in Cortez on Aug. 24. Hutchison noted the team’s 251 scored in the meet was the team’s lowest score of the season so far but did not place the team in the top five.

Leading the way for Delta was Reiher with an 82 while Kimber and Garcia carded an 84 and 85 respectively. Black had an 88 to complete the fiveman team’s scoring.

Hutchison was pleased with his teams effort noting their scores have come down as they have improved throughout the season.

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Delta senior Irvin Hernandez is one of eight seniors returning to play soccer for the Hotchkiss Bulldogs in 2011.

Photo by Wayne Crick

Thunder Mountain Raceway results Results from Thunder Mountain Raceway for racing on Aug. 20 are: Dwarf - Feature Pos Driver Car 1 Ricky Alverado 47V 2 Shane Simper 87H 3 Jim Coley 70 4 Doug Tiffany 1 5 Charlie Steinberg 3 Dwarf - Heat 1 Doug Tiffany 1 2 Ricky Alverado 47V 3 Shane Simper 87H 4 Jim Coley 70 5 Charlie Steinberg 3 Hobby Stock-Feature 1 Steve Anthony 3A 2 Ray Penland 88 3 Bill Barker 32 4 Mario Pagone 71 5 Sidney Tenney 27 6 Chance Wolfe 3 7 Duane Huff 8 Hobby Stock-Heat 1 Steve Anthony 3A 2 Bill Barker 32 3 Ray Penland 88 4 Chance Wolfe 3 5 Duane Huff 8 6 Mario Pagone 71 7 Sidney Tenney 27 I Stock-Feature 1 Don Hoselton, JR 44 2 John Young 6 3 Ron Merritt 4 4 Ed Brown 47 I Stock-Heat 1 Ron Merritt 4 2 Ed Brown 47 3 John Young 6 4 Don Hoselton, JR 44 Late Model-Feature 1 Jeep Berry 75B 2 Steve Gray 98 3 Jason Davis 29 4 Nate Beacham 4B 5 Shane Simper 87 6 Dakota Berry 75BX 7 Curt Daniels 3C Late Model-Heat 1 Jeep Berry 75B 2 Nate Beacham 4B 3 Shane Simper 87 Late Model-Heat 2 1 Jason Davis 29 2 Curt Daniels 3C 3 Steve Gray 98 4 Dakota Berry 75BX Modified-Feature 1 Ricky Alverado WW1 2 Chase Ruble 27 3 Bubba Alverado WW2 4 Craig Teter 81T 5 Enos Ruble 3R 6 Kody Wilson 5W 7 Jason Haug 77 8 Troy Spencer 21 9 Greg Scott 353 10 Cliff Michael 9M Modified-Heat 1 1 Ricky Alverado WW1 2 Chase Ruble 27 3 Bubba Alverado WW2 4 Craig Teter 81T 5 Enos Ruble 3R Modified-Heat 2 1 Kody Wilson 5W 2 Troy Spencer 21 3 Greg Scott 353 4 Jason Haug 77 5 Cliff Michael 9M Renegade-Feature 1 Johnny Sinicki 6 2 Payton Roberson 1 3 Fred Knob 54 4 Danny Raichart 9 Renegade-Heat 1 Johnny Sinicki 6 2 Payton Roberson 1 3 Fred Knob 54 4 Danny Raichart 9 Sports Mod-Feature 1 Roland Thomas 77 2 Jesse McElroy 28M 3 Bill Haack 81 4 Matt Ruf MM13 5 Kurt Katzsdorn 27 6 Dan Katzdorn 6 Sports Mod-Heat 1 Matt Ruf MM13 2 Roland Thomas 77 3 Jesse McElroy 28M 4 Dan Katzdorn 6 5 Kurt Katzsdorn 27 6 Bill Haack 81 For race schedule and other information visit www. thundermountainraceway. net.

This Cedaredge High School volleyball player blocked the ball during last Saturday’s scrimmage session at Montrose High School.

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Paonia head football coach Scott Rienks shares wisdom with his starting quarterback, Anthony Roeber.

PHS football

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Anthony Roeber gets good protection as he looks for an open man during Paonia’s annual preseason inter-squad scrimmage. Roeber, a senior, will take over at starting quarterback as the Eagles move to a running game instead of a passing one.

CONTINUED FROM C4 and we’re actually pretty solid there.”

Roeber and Taylor Katzer will play at cornerback, with Adrian Lopez at safety; freshman Jesse Reed is a possible backup safety.

On special teams, KC Christain is the possible choice at kicker, and Lopez has experience at punter. Katzer, Roeber and Lopez will get a shot as kick returners.

The Eagles have the

luxury of six coaches this season. In addition to Holt as a part-time line coach, Chase Roeber will take over as offensive coordinator. Jim Abshire returns after a year away, as the defensive coordinator. Drew Potter, new head coach for the Eagles baseball team, will oversee special teams, and volunteer coach Jeff Walters will work with running backs and linebackers.

The Eagles haven’t

won a conference title since 2005, and while he’s optimistic about the season, Rienks said he sees Hotchkiss as the team to beat.

The Eagles will open the season at home against Cedaredge this Friday.

Bruins second-year head coach Brandon Milholland “has done such a great job of getting those kids ready, so that’s a big challenge in the first game,” said Rienks.

I W T H G P N I R Y I D A L E P FOR DELTA COUNTY GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR AREA ATHLETES AND COACHES CEDAREDGE BRUINS School Colors: Blue & White Football Coach: Assistant Coaches: Volleyball Coach: Assistant Coaches: Golf Coach: Boys Tennis Coach: Softball Coach: Assistant Coach:

Brandon Milholland Kirk McLaughlin, CJ Cannell, Kevin Dunbar & John Kuemmerlin Heather Dunbar Brenda Jenkins & Emily Gregory Steve LeDonne Don McFadden Angela Morgan Mike Morgan

DELTA PANTHERS School Colors: Green & White Football Coach: Ben Johnson Assistant Coaches: Tony Music, Steve Reiher, Dakota Linsey, Ryan Whittington, Paul Shean, Lane Varner, Derek Carlson & Bruce Keith Volleyball Coach: Renee St. Jean Assistant Coaches: Kari Kuta & Teresa Davis Golf Coach: Roger Hutchison Assistant Coach: Robert Griffin Assistant Coaches: Glen Conger & Ray Smith Softball Coach: Matt Hall Soccer Coach: Elaine Wood Assistant Coaches: Eddie Sanford, Nathan Wood, Brian Hernandez & Alex Quinonez Cross Country Coach: J.B. Lopez Assistant Coaches: Beth French & Mary Groome

HOTCHKISS BULLDOGS School Colors: Red & White Football Coach:

Zac Lemon

Assistant Coaches:

Volleyball Coach: Cross-Country Coach: Boys Tennis Coach: Soccer Coach:

Christa Hawk Kelly Cowan Brian Benson Elaine Wood

Assistant Coaches: Assistant Coach:

Softball Coach:

Matt Hall (Delta)

Assistant Coaches:

Blake Carlquist, Jason Yantzer, Curtis Hintz & Doug Horton Josh Kasper & Kim Adams Richard Hypio Eddie Sanford, Nathan Wood, Brian Hernandez & Alex Quinonez

PAONIA EAGLES School Colors: Red & Black Football Coach: Assistant Coaches:

Scott Rienks Chase Roeber, Drew Potter, Jim Abshire, Don Holt & Jeff Walters

Volleyball Coach: Assistant Coaches:

Krista Carsten Krissey Allen & Amy Lacey

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DHS volleyball squad sharp

BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor

If the kind of excitement going around the halls of DHS is any indication, this year’s Lady Panther volleyball team is headed for a stellar season. After a lackluster season a year ago and missing the playoffs, Delta seems to be in better position to more than make up for their failure to be in post-season play.

There are only three

seniors on this year’s roster and five juniors.

The sophomore class contributes nine athletes and there are 14 freshmen who are battling for starting spots.

Taylor Zunich, senior setter/hitter, Katie Kahrs, senior middle hitter, and Sadie Carrillo will give the Lady Panthers plenty of leadership during the season. Zunich and Kahrs were mentioned as potential impact players

at their positions while juniors Natalie Larkin (libero) and Callie Gafford (middle hitter) were given similar roles as underclassmen.

Head coach Renee St. Jean sees Eagle Valley and Palisade as the teams to beat in the tough 4A WSL as they were the best in the league a year ago.

St. Jean and her assistants, Teresa Davis and Kari Kuta, will work diligently to prepare the

Lady Panthers as they make a run to the top of 4A WSL play in 2011. St. Jean optimistically voiced a projection as to how the Lady Panthers will fare in 2011. “We should be at the top of the league and ready to host districts.”

Delta will open its season this Friday when it hosts Montrose with varsity play at 5 p.m. On Sept. 6 Delta is home against Olathe with varsity play at 6 p.m.

Paonia netters defensive Photo by Wayne Crick

BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor

Late last week, Paonia head volleyball coach Krista Carsten still had a lot of work to do to fill in all her starting positions.

She’s got a lot of players to choose from among the 27 listed on her roster, but no shoe-ins. The returning players are all solid and bring experience and talent to the team, but she needs to see more before selecting her starters.

“The team is balanced,” said Carsten.

Where one player may show weaknesses in one area, they make up for it in other areas. But she wasn’t ready to say just which player will start at what position. Carsten expected to narrow things down after she sees how everyone played at last Saturday’s Montrose scrimmages.

Paonia finished the 2010 season with a 1214, 6-7 record and in third place in 2A WSL standings. They graduated three seniors, including their starting middle hitter. And while there are many inexperienced younger players on the roster, “ I’m seeing some

things that make me really happy as a coach, too,” said Carsten.

Despite being young, this year’s team is not lacking in ability, but it is lacking in one thing, and that’s height. Abby Campbell is the tallest and led the team in blocks last season. At 5’7”, Ce’rra Carsten led the league in attacks.

But without height, the team is limited in its ability at the net. They’re going to have to work hard to be competitive on the offense. That means, said Carsten, “We’re going to be a defensive team.”

When the tallest player is 5-foot-8 and it goes down from there, “Yeah,” said Carsten, “we’re going to have to play defense.

“I say that jokingly,” added Carsten, “but we really are going to have to play defensively, because we’re not a blocking team. Our kids will block well, and they’re athletic, but we’re going to have to work really hard defensively.”

That doesn’t mean they won’t be effective on offense. “We’re going to have to be strong passers, we have some kids

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that are hitting the ball, and I think that as time progresses, we could be pretty tough offensively.”

Among returning players, setter Jessica Altman led in aces last season with 47 and serves completed with 268, with middle hitter Campbell making 266 serves and leading the team in digs with 330. As a freshman outside hitter, Carson Pipher posted 51 kills, 148 serves and 250 digs.

Carsten has several other players with experience that she can go to, including Stephanie Long, Mandy Bushta, Alexis Johnson, Rosa Medina, Tyler Rapke, Kayla Wingfield, Chelsea Martinez and Susan Nieman. Summer participation was fairly well attended, and players picked up on a lot of new skills.

More than 10 freshmen are out for the team, and that bodes well for the future, said Carsten.

Working with them will be Amy Lacey, who returns for her second year as “C” team coach, and Kriss Allen returns to coach the JV squad.

This year’s schedule is tough and there

aren’t many breaks, said Carsten.

With the exception of the second Saturday in September, the team will have games every Saturday, including four “triangulars,” through October, and possibly into the playoffs.

Created to cut down on travel, triangulars are a full day of volleyball between three teams.

For the traveling teams, “You’re leaving pretty darn early and getting back really, really late,” said Carsten.

At the first triangular, on Sept. 17, Paonia will face Hayden and North Park, at Hayden “That’s all right,” said Carsten.

“I’d rather travel once up that way than do it twice.”

Paonia will host a triangular on Oct. 8 with Plateau Valley playing first and Rangely later in the day. Most of the triangulars begin at 12 noon and 6 p.m.

The Lady Eagles open the season this Friday with a home game against Cedaredge. “C” team competition, begins at 3 p.m., followed by JV games at 4 p.m., and varsity at 5 p.m.

Delta’s Katie Kahrs sets the ball over the outstretched arms of a defender last Saturday.

Photo by Tamie Meck

Chelsea Martinez, a sophomore at PHS, practices her serves during a practice sesson. The Lady Eagles are long on talent but short in height this season. Defense will be the name of the game.

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2011 Volleyball Action

* Montrose, 5:00 p.m. * Olathe, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Grand Junction Central, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 p.m. * Steamboat Springs, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m. * Moffat County, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m. * Eagle Valley, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m. * Battle Mountain, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m. * Palisade, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 p.m.

Glenwood Springs, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m.

Montrose, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Steamboat Springs, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m.

Moffat County, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m.

Paonia, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m.

Eagle Valley, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m.

Battle Mountain, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m.

Middle Park (Battle Mtn.), 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 p.m.

Palisade, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 p.m. * Glenwood Springs, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m. * Denotes Home Game

Fri., Sept. 2 Sat., Sept. 3 Sat., Sept. 3 Thur., Sept. 8 Thur., Sept. 15 Sat., Sept. 17 Sat., Sept. 17 Sat., Sept. 24 Sat., Sept. 24 Tues., Sept. 27 Sat., Oct. 1 Mon., Oct. 3 Thur., Oct. 6 Thur., Oct. 13 Sat., Oct. 15 Sat., Oct. 15 Tues., Oct. 18 Sat., Oct. 22 Sat., Oct. 22

Paonia, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.

Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon Coal Ridge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Olathe, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Gunnison, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Aspen, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon * Basalt, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Grand Valley, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon Rifle, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Coal Ridge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 noon Hotchkiss, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Hotchkiss, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Gunnison, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.

Aspen, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon Basalt, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Olathe, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Grand Valley, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon * Rifle, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Denotes Home Game

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Hotchkiss, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Aspen, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon * Basalt, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Delta, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Cedaredge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon * Coal Ridge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Grand Valley, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Gunnison, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Hotchkiss, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Aspen, 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon Basalt, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Gunnison, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon Coal Ridge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Rifle, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon Grand Valley, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Cedaredge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Rifle, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Denotes Home Game

Fri., Sept. 2 Sat., Sept. 3 Thur., Sept. 8 Fri., Sept. 9 Tues., Sept. 13 Fri., Sept. 16 Sat., Sept. 17 Sat., Sept. 24 Fri., Sept. 30 Sat., Oct. 1 Fri., Oct. 7 Sat., Oct. 8 Tues., Oct. 11 Sat., Oct. 15 Fri., Oct. 21 Sat., Oct. 22

* Cedaredge, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.

Palisade Tourn., TBD Hotchkiss, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Grand Valley, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m.

Norwood, 4:00, 5:00 p.m. * West Grand, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m.

North Park at Hayden & Hayden at Hayden, TBD Vail Christian at PV & Plateau Valley at PV, TBD * Meeker, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m. * Soroco, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 p.m. * Vail Mountain, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m. * Plateau Valley & Rangely, TBD * Delta, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 p.m.

Meeker at VC & Vail Christian at VC, TBD Rangely, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Crested Butte, 1:00, 2:00 p.m. * Denotes Home Game

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Hotchkiss Bulldogs Thur., Sept. 1 Sat., Sept. 3 Thur., Sept. 8 Sat., Sept. 17 Tues., Sept. 20 Sat., Sept. 24 Thur., Sept. 29 Sat., Oct. 1 Mon., Oct. 3 Thur., Oct. 6 Sat., Oct. 15 Tues., Oct. 18 Sat., Oct. 22

* Olathe, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Coal Ridge & Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon & 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Paonia, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Basalt & Aspen, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon & 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Gunnison, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Rifle & Grand Valley, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 noon & 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.

Olathe, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Coal Ridge & Roaring Fork, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 noon & 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Cedaredge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Cedaredge, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Basalt & Aspen, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon & 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

Gunnison, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Rifle & Grand Valley, 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 12:00 noon & 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. * Denotes Home Game

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Beautifully remolded 1684 sq. ft. Delta Original Home. 3 offices, reception area, conference room & half bath. Extra heated storage building. Buyer could easily convert back into a beautiful home. $229,900 #657728/661675

New Listing…Quiet Austin Country is captivated from this 3BR/2BA, 1512 sq. ft. home that sits in the middle of 3.3 acres. The front yard is landscaped and the back yard and dog run are fenced.

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Great Location…Walk to the Town Park, elementary school and downtown. This 3 bedroom/1 bath home features an oversized .5 acre lot complete with 1/2 share Stewart Ditch water. Clean and cozy, it includes most appliances and a hot tub! $185,000 #648801

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Includes three oars. Has been stored inside and inflated for its entire life with minimal usage. Can be seen by appointment at the Delta Fire Station, 8749655. Sealed bids can be mailed to Delta Fire Dept.

P.O. Box 731, Delta, CO 81416, Attn: Raft Bid and will be opened at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13. No bid received after 5 p.m. on Sept. 13 will be accepted. Full payment will be required by the high bidder no later than 10 days after being notified. At time of full payment, equipment will be released as is, where is. (2x35) DELTA FIRE DEPARTment will be accepting sealed bids for: One 1983 16x7 ft. two axle flat bed trailer that has been stored inside its entire life with minimal usage. Can be seen by appointment at the Delta Fire Station, 874-9655.

Sealed bids can be mailed to Delta Fire Department, P.O. Box 731, Delta, CO 81416, Attn: Trailer Bid, and will be opened at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13. No bid received after 5 on Sept. 13 will be accepted. Full payment will be required by the high bidder no later than 10 days after being notified. At time of full payment, equipment will be released as is, where is. (2x35) CRAWFORD MESA WATer Association is now accepting bids for the installation of five miles of domestic water line. A walk through will take place on Sept. 2, 2011, at 10 a.m. Meet at the Crawford Friends Church in Crawford, CO. A specification sheet will be provided at the walk through. Bids will be due by mail by Sept.

14, 2011 to: CMWA, P.O. Box 261, Crawford, CO 81415. If more information is needed contact Brent Cox 970-2345667. (2x34)

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(1x35) CANNING JARS, PINTS 50 cents a dozen, quarts $1 per dozen. 615 NW Cedar Ave., Cedaredge. (3x33) 100 VCR OLDER movies and VCR in excellent condition $75. Never been used electric wheelchair with neck brace. Was $3,000, asking $800. (4x32) FAST TREES, GROW 6-10 feet yearly. $13.95$18.95 delivered. Potted.

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YARD SALES HUGE YARD/GARAGE sale, rain/shine, Garnet Mesa, 500 Willow Wood Lane, Delta, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 3. Office/ household/kitchen, desks, lamps, couches, chairs, beds, afghans, blankets, shelving, cabinets, dressers, mirrors, TVs, VCRs, VCR tapes, shower curtains, answering machines, phones, cords, binders, books, printer cartridges, Christmas ornaments, manger scene, professional carpet cleaners, insulation, silverware, pans, dishes, cups, glassware, microwaves, other appliances, yard supplies, tools/tool boxes, sprinklers/parts, work bench, paint/supplies, gutter supplies, planters, automotive, tires, jacks, electrical, plugs/plates/wire, clothing, shoes, purses and more. (1x35)

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Bowie Resources LLC Accountant An underground coal mine near the town of Paonia, Colorado is seeking an Accountant to provide accounting support to the underground and surface operation. As a member of the Bowie Resources LLC team, this position will provide preparation of monthly operating reports, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, budget and forecast preparation, preparation of monthly cost allocations and journal entry preparation.

Dissemination of and adherence to all company policies, procedures and GAAP is integral in the business process. The position will provide practical, critical business advice and creatively facilitate appropriate options to solve problems and seize opportunities. The Accountant reports to the Bowie Resources LLC VP/General Manager with an indirect reporting relationship to the CFO at the corporate office in Kentucky.

BS degree in Accounting with emphasis in Business Administration or Finance and 3 years of accounting experience in coal or other energy related fields is required. CPA is preferred. The successful candidate will have excellent analytical and problem solving skills. In addition, to perform this job successfully an individual must have knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software, Accounting software; Inventory software and Order processing systems. Ability to establish rapport and mutual respect with a diverse group of people coupled with strong written and oral communication skills.

The company offers a competitive pay and benefit package that includes vacation, relocation, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan, performance bonus plan. If you qualify for the above vacancy and want an excellent opportunity to work in a team environment for a company that values safety and its employees, please send or e-mail your resume to the following: Apply: Bowie Resources, LLC Attn: Human Resources PO Box 1488 Paonia, CO 81428 email: lgrako@bowieresources.com Bowie Resources, LLC PO Box 1488 Paonia, CO 81428 Telephone Number 970-527-4135 An Equal Opportunity Employer

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C O M M U N I C AT I O N S Specialist. Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) is seeking a Communications Specialist. Responsibilities include producing DMEA's newsletter, graphics, brochures, ad designs, and other formal communications with DMEA's members. This position utilizes print and other media including web based and related electronic means to communicate with members, community leaders and others. A bachelor's degree with an emphasis in graphic design, advertising, communications, journalism, professional writing or related fields plus two years practical work experience is required. A combination of relevant formal education and/or job-specific work experience of six years or more may meet the degree and work experience requirement and will be considered. Personal computer experience using Microsoft Office products required. Experience using graphic design software such as Quark, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator required. Web design experience using Front Page, Dream Weaver, Go Live, or comparable programs required. Experience in videography and video editing is preferred. Must have and maintain a valid Colorado driver's license. To apply, contact the Colorado Workforce Center in Delta or Montrose, Colo. Phone 970-874-5781 or 970-2497783. Applicants must be registered with the Colorado Workforce Center.

Application packets are available from the Workforce Center. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 20111. DMEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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JOIN OUR TEAM! Oxbow Mining, LLC is seeking candidates for Surface/Underground Mechanic/Welder positions. MSHA underground safety training certification requred.

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By DELTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 251 Meeker St., Delta • 874-8721 September 1, 1911 (From the Delta County Independent) J.W. Day of Midland, Texas made what would have doubtless been a world record, at the shoot here Monday, killing 198 out of 200 blue rocks, including 50 doubles, losing one double and one single. The shoot, however, was not a registered event.

The shoot was a practice one of the Delta Gun Club made on the Hillman Addition on lower Grand avenue.

The home squads were led naturally by Fred King, amateur champion, and many of the new shooters and unpracticed members proved to the experts by quick eye and ready aim, that they had it in them.

The newly organized club will hold regular practice shoots and may produce some new claimants for championship honors. *** At 8:30 Wednesday evening, at the home of

Send resume to jkjones@voa.org or call (970) 835-3113 EOE/AA

TOWN OF ORCHARD City Road and Utility Worker.

The Town of Orchard City seeks a qualified individual to perform the required duties involved in road, water and park operations.

This position is responsible for all Town street and bridge maintenance and repair, grounds maintenance, snow removal, weed control and maintenance of the Town's park facilities.

This position will also assist in the operation and maintenance of the Town's water distribution system and will assist other departments and perform other duties as assigned. Desired qualifications include the ability to operate equipment such as a dump truck, a backhoe, a tractor, lawnmowers and other associated vehicles and equipment. A valid Colorado drivers license is required and a CDL is preferred. Additional desired skills include the ability to weld, program and repair sprinkler systems, familiarity with building construction, repair water line breaks, install and maintain landscaping, develop and follow a budget, develop a capital improvement plan and make recommendations, prioritize a workload, coordinate and supervise contract work and projects, develop and solicit proposals for maintenance and capital projects, and work well with the public, elected officials and other employees. Additional duties may be required depending on qualifications of the candidate who is hired. High school diploma or GED required with minimum two years work experience.

The salary for this position is $16 to $22 per hour depending on qualifications. Submittal of a Town of Orchard City application is required along with five references. A job application may be downloaded from the Town's website which is www.orchardcityco. org. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011.

Applications may be sent to David Varley, Town Administrator, 9661 2100 Road, Austin, CO 81410.

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CREATIVE LEARNING IS offering craft classes the second Tuesday of each RECREATIONAL month. Sign-up is required prior to class. Space is limVEHICLES ited. Sept. 13, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 175 E. Main, Cedaredge.

We'll be sharing folding CAMPER FOR SALE techniques for making your 2008 Jayco 23B, expand- own cards. RSVP. Judy 856able to 30 feet with slideout. 6393 or Vickie 856-3569.

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MECHANIC IN DIAGnostics and vehicle repair and all automotive systems light to heavy duty. Must be able to mechanic of Class A trucks and trailers. Must have DOT knowledge. Hydraulics is a plus. MSHA training a plus. Class A license is a plus. Please send resume to attention Kimberly, P.O. Box 532, Delta, CO 81416, or fax to 970-874-8434. (1x35)

the bride’s parents on Garnet mesa, was consummated the happy wedding of Miss Alice Fairlamb, youngest daughter of Judge and Mrs. S.L. Fairlamb of Delta and Mr. John G. McClelland of Mount Vernon, Iowa, in the presence of about fifty guests.

To the strains of the Wedding March, played

by Miss Ula King, the bride and groom took their places and were made one by Rev. J.A. Johnson, of the First Methodist church.

A sumptuous wedding repast was served and the bride was the recipient of many handsome and valuable gifts.

The happy couple will remain in Delta for a few days, then go to Salt Lake on a short tour, returning to Delta before leaving for their home in Iowa. *** The extra session of the legislature enacted a primary law with a convention or assembly feature. However it embodies all the elements of direct nomination after the convention has been held. This will be the first time that Colorado has elected officials under a direct primary nomination law of any kind. The fact that the law embodies both the convention and the direct primary feature will serve to complicate matters and especially will this be true inasmuch as it is the first election to be held. *** The contractors started excavating for the new Carnegie library building at the corner of Sixth and Palmer streets Monday, and the building will be rushed to completion as speedily as possible. It will add one more to the number of creditable buildings completed in Delta this year. *** The Shakespeare Study club will hold its first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. W.G. Cook. Mrs. Helen E. King, hostess; Mrs. C.P. Nutter, leader.

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874-0136. Application deadline noon Sept. 2. EOE/MF. (2x34)

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The last two acts of Hamlet will be the study for the afternoon and in response to roll call, quotations from Hamlet will be given. September 6th is the date. *** The Fair association has put in a drinking fountain at the Hotchkiss fair grounds in front of the grand stand. This is an improvement over the old hydrant. *** Men are at work this week moving the Hotchkiss beet dump back a few feet from the railroad track.

The dump was built when the track was narrow gauge and was too close when the rails were widened. *** The real matter of interest this week has been mass meetings held at Cory, Cedaredge and Eckert by fruit growers to devise some means by which the cash buyers might be notified that their fruit was for sale and for spot cash. All meetings were enthusiastic. A Fruit Growers Union will be organized for the benefit of fruit growers. *** A big tent, 35x50 has been secured by the fair management, to be used on the Delta fair grounds for the poultry exhibits and some of the livestock. *** The Fair Association has made arrangements for the Montrose, Hotchkiss and Olathe bands for the Delta fair. This means that we will have plenty of good music. The special train from Montrose will arrive here at 9:30 Wednesday morning, September 13th, and the Montrose band will lead the big parade to the fair grounds. All the pupils of the public schools of the county will be admitted for fifteen cents on this date. ***

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RN Supervisor – 2-10 p.m. shift Sign-On Bonus Valley Manor Care Center is currently looking for qualified individuals to join the organization as an RN professional to manage nursing functions on the evening shift. The Nurse Manager is responsible for staff supervision as well as ensuring the general well being of residents through the delivery of high quality care and services in a manner that is consistent with the philosophy of long-term care.

The ideal candidate must have 2 years nursing experience. Long-term care experience preferred.

All qualified candidates please submit your resumes or applications to:

Valley Manor Care Center 1401 S. Cascade, Montrose, CO 81401 or fax to: 970-249-6880 or contact the DON - Pamela M. Brim RNC 970-252-3116 or email her at pbrim@voa.org EOE/AA

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Oxbow Mining, LLC is seeking candidates for an Underground Surveyor/Drafter position. All applicants should possess MSHA underground certification with previous surveying, drafting and/or applicable work or educational experience. Strong mathematics skills and critical attention to detail are essential for success in this role that can, at times, require moderate physical exertion.

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Fax (970) 929-5177 SUBWAY RESTAURANTS in Delta are currently accepte-mail: steve.lewis@oxbow.com ing applications for assistant EOE/AA manager. Apply online at Subway.com, then submit resume in person at either MOUNTAIN PEAKS THE OSTEOPATHIC Delta locations. (4x34) Urgent Care is now accept- Treatment Center in Delta is APPROXIMATELY 30 ing applications for an LPN seeking a part-time, afternoon, hours weekly. Counter per- or medical assistant. Position entry level office assistant posison, presser, career orient- available Sept. 1. Drop tion. Basic phone, office and ed a plus. Apply at Delta resume off at 836 South computer skills very helpful.

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The ideal candidate must have minimum of 2 years nursing experience. Long-term care experience preferred. All qualified candidates please submit your resumes or applications to:

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CNAs Full & Part-time Positions available Valley Manor Care Center is currently looking for qualified individuals to join the organization. Qualified candidate must have current licenses, be a team player, previous long-term care experience preferred, & computer experience. Primary care nursing philosophy is a must with the ability to plan and provide direct care. All qualified candidates please submit your resumes or applications to:

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RESIDENTIAL CLEANup. Inside or out. Will haul off almost anything, anywhere, any place, any time.

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PUBLIC NOTICES County Court Delta County, Colorado Court Address: 501 Palmer #338 Delta, CO 81416 In the Matter of the Petition of: Parent/Petitioner: Olena Hulteen for Minor Child: Oleksandr Baranov to Change the Child's Name to: Alexander Hulteen Case Number: 11C88 NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION Notice to: Gennady Baranov, noncustodial parent.

Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011 Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: 501 Palmer Rm 338 Delta, CO 81416 for the purpose of requesting a change of name for Alexander Hulteen At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child.

To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing. /s/ Olena Hulteen Parent/Petitioner 26075 Redlands Mesa Rd. Hotchkiss, CO 81419 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0113 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 28, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): RED HAT PRODUCE, INC. Original Beneficiary(ies): U.S. BANK N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: 4/16/2008 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 4/22/2008 Recording Reception Number: 624945 Original Principal Amount: $600,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $561,677.80 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION Parcel No. 1 (shown on Surveyors Plat dated May 21, 1990 at Reception Number 90-SP-036) A tract of land situate in parts of Lot 1 of Section 1, T15S, R95W and Lot 4 of Section 6, T15S, R94W all in the 6th P.M. more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of Lot 4 of Section 6 from whence the NW corner of Section 6, T15S, R94W of the 6th P.M. bears N00°21'55"E a distance of 560.09 feet and considering the West line of the NW1/4 of said Section 6 to bear N00°21'55"E and all other bearings relative thereto; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right a distance of 320.00 feet, the long chord of which bears N80°53'11"E 319.76 feet, the radius of said curve being 2425.00 feet; Thence S00°21'55"W parallel with

the West line of Lot 4 of Section 6 to the North right of way line of the D&RGW RR a distance of 100.50 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the left a distance of 320.41 feet, the long chord of which bears S80°27'58"W 320.16 feet to the west line of said Lot 4, the radius of said curve being 2325.00 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the left a distance of 80.21 feet, the long chord of which bears S75°34'12"W 80.21 feet, the radius of said curve being 2325.00 feet; Thence N00°21'55E parallel with the east line of Lot 1 of Section 1 a distance of 103.75 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right a distance of 80.00 feet, the long chord of which bears N76°10'22"E 79.99 feet, the radius of said curve being 2425.00 feet to the point of beginning.

County of Delta, State of Colorado Parcel No. 2 (shown on Surveyors Plat dated May 21, 1990 at Reception Number 90-SP-036) A tract of land situate in part of Lot 4 of Section 6 from whence the NW corner of Section 6, T15S, R94W of the 6th P.M. bears N00°21'55"E a distance of 817.74 feet, and considering the West line of the NW1/4 of said Section 6 to bear N00°21'55"E and all other bearings relative thereto; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right a distance of 48.48 feet, the long chord of which bears N76°12'52"E 48.48 feet to the West line of Lot 16 in Block 7 of the Town of Austin, the radius of said curve being 2175.00 feet; Thence South along the West line of said Lot 16 to the SW corner thereof a distance of 18.06 feet; Thence East along the South line of Block 7 a distance of 175.92 feet; Thence South 25.00 feet; Thence East 295.00 feet; Thence East N66°36"E 42.80 feet; Thence N77°10'E 87.90 feet; Thence North 8.00 feet; Thence N77°10'E to the East line of lot 7 Block 6 of the Town of Austin a distance of 127.28 feet; Thence North along said East lot line to the South right of way line of the D & RGW RR a distance of 39.76 feet; Thence along the South right of way line of the D & RGW RR the following courses and distances; S87°25'46"W 119.76 feet N02°34'14"W 60.00 feet; S87°25'46"W 202.42 feet; Along the arc of a curve to the left a distance of 447.58 feet, the long chord of which bears S81°41'43"W 446.83 feet to the West line of Lot 4 of Section 6, the radius of said curve being 2235.00 feet; Thence S00°21'55"W along said Subdivision line a distance of 62.00 feet to the point of beginning.

County of Delta, State of Colorado Parcel No. 3 (shown on Surveyors Plat dated May 21, 1990 at Reception Number 90-SP-036) A tract of land situate in part of Lot 1 of Section 1, T15S, R95W of the 6th P.M. more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of Lot 1 of Section 1 from whence the NE corner of Section 1, T15S, R95W of the 6th P.M. bears N00°21'55"E a distance of 817.74 feet, and considering the East line of the NE1/4 of said Section 1 to bear N00°21'55"E and all other bearings relative thereto; Thence along the arc of a curve to the left a distance of 278.82 feet, the long chord of which bears S71°52'44"W 278.63 feet to the North line of block 11 of the Town of Austin, the radius of said curve being 2175.00 feet; Thence East along the North line of Block 11 to the NE Corner of Lot 1 of said Block 11 a distance of 242.23 feet; Thence South to the SE corner of Lot 1 of Block 11 a distance of 100.30 feet; Thence West along the South line of Lots 1 thru 16 of Block 11 to the SW Corner of Lot 16 a distance of

400.00 feet; Thence North along the West line of Lot 16 a distance of 29.82 feet; Thence along the arc of curve to the left a distance of 277.94 feet, the long chord of which bears S59°59'42"W 277.75 feet to the West line of the E1/2 of Lot 1 Section 1, the radius of said curve being 2175.00 feet; Thence N00°28'23"E along said subdivision line to the South right of way line of the D&RGW RR a distance of 60.10 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right a distance of 725.87 feet, the long chord of which bears N66°32'44"E 722.68 feet to the East line of Lot 1 of Section 1, the radius of said curve being 2225.00 feet; Thence S00°21'55"W along said subdivision line a distance of 51.69 feet to the point of beginning.

County of Delta, State of Colorado Parcel B (shown on survey recorded September 20, 1983 at Reception Number 406936 in Book 7 at Page 60) A parcel of land located in Lot 1 (NE1/4 of the NE1/4) Section 1, T15S, R95W, 6th P.M. more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North Right of Way of The Denver and Rio Grand Western Railroad whence the NE corner of Section 1, T15S, R95W 6th P.M. Bears N19°11'57"E 786.89'; Thence along the arc of a curve to the left 446.44' whose radius is 2290.00' and whose long chord is S63°39'52"W 445.74'; Thence leaving the north right of way of the railroad N00°08'48"E 121.25'; Thence N64°30'35"E 359.91'; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right 49.97' whose radius is 2390.00' and whose long chord is N69°13'35"E 49.97'; Thence S16°00'00"E 100.00' to the point of beginning.

County of Delta, State of Colorado Parcel C (shown on survey recorded September 20, 1983 at Reception Number 406936 in Book 7 at Page 60) Part of Lot 1 (NE1/4 of the NE1/4) of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 95 West of the 6th P.M. more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North right of way line of The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad whence the NE corner of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 95 West of the 6th P.M. bears North 19°11'57" East 786.89 feet; Thence North 16°00'00"West 100.0 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the right 219.66 feet, whose radius is 2390.0 feet and whose long chord is North 71°59'44" East 219.58 feet to the NW corner of that tract of land as described in deed recorded in Book 71 at Page 63; Thence South 00°07'17" East 103.77 feet; Thence along the arc of a curve to the left 191.27 feet, whose radius is 2290.0 feet and whose long chord is South 71°38'32" West 191.22 feet to the point of beginning.

County of Delta, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 22121 MAIN STREET, 22079 MAIN STREET, 21948 AUSTIN RD,, 21942 AUSTIN RD, 21946 AUSTIN RD, 21922 AUSTIN RD, AUSTIN, CO 81410 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, 10/26/2011, 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: 8/31/2011 Last Publication: 9/28/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/28/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: SHERI L. KELLY #27501 Markus Williams Young & Zimmermann LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 1700 LINCOLN STREET SUITE 4000, DENVER, CO 80203 (30 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.

Attorney file #: 10287.516 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2011.

PUBLIC NOTICE In compliance with the Land Development Regulations of the Town of Paonia, Colorado, the Paonia Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Paonia Town Hall Community Center Room, 214 Grand Avenue, Paonia, Colorado to consider allowing an addition that would exceed the 30% maximum allowable lot coverage. The property is located at 315 Poplar Avenue in an R1, Single Family Residential zone, owned by Michael and Barbara Heck.

The Town Council will address the same application on September 27, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the same location. Interested parties are invited to attend the hearing, or send comments by September 14, 2011 to the Town of Paonia at PO Box 460, Paonia, CO 81428.

If you are unable to attend this meeting and would like to comment on this request, please submit comments in writing by September 14, 2011.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, 2011.

PUBLIC NOTICE Oxbow Mining, LLC. (OMLLC), P.O. Box 535, 3737 Highway 133, Somerset, Colorado 81434, has filed a complete application to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS) for Permit Revision PR-06 to its existing approved Permit No. C-1981022. The PR provide for an addition to the Permit Area to provide for 1) an updated mine plan and 2) a 2,247.43 acre addition to the Permit area. The additional Permit Area is made necessary to accommodate the inclusion of an existing Federal coal lease COC-61357 lease modification of 156.77 acres and a new Federal coal lease COC-70615 of 785.79 acres. All lands proposed for addition to the Permit Area are either managed by the USFS or the BLM. No additional private lands are proposed in the addition to the Permit area.

OMLLC's approved Permit Area is located in Gunnison and Delta Counties and north of the town of Somerset and the North Fork of the Gunnison River. OMLLC's current and proposed Permit Area would be included on the areas presented by the Somerset and Bowie USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps and is generally described as follows:

Township 12 South, Range 90 West. 6th PM All or parts of Sections 27-34 Township 12 South. Range 91 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 25-27 and 34-36 Township 13 South, Range 89 West 6th PM All or parts of Sections 6 and 7 Township 13 South, Range 90 West 6th PM All or parts of Sections 1-12 and 17 Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM All or parts of Sections 1-3 and 11-13 The revised permit area will contain approximately 15,676.51 acres of surface lands of which 5,551 acres are located on private land and 10,125.51 acres are on Federal land.

Complete copies of the PR-06 application are on file at the CDRMS offices located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, Phone: (303) 866-3567; at the Gunnison County Planning Office, the Delta County Planning Office and at the Paonia Public Library. Comments or objections concerning the application for revision should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice in order to be considered.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0114 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 28, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): BRANDON GLIMPSE AND SHANNON GLIMPSE Original Beneficiary(ies): NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC TRUST 2006NC4 Date of Deed of Trust: 2/24/2006 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/3/2006 Recording Reception Number: 601061 Original Principal Amount: $157,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $158,180.95 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION Part of the NW1/4SW1/4 of Section 3, Township 15 South, Range 93 West, 6th Principal Meridian described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South right of way line of County Road I-50 whence the West 1/4 corner of said Section 3 (an existing monument by PLS #12766) bears North 86°12'08" West 752.52 feet, considering the center line of the existing main track of the Denver and Rio Grand

Western Railroad Company across the said NW1/4SW1/4 to bear North 70°00'00" West from the railroad right of way map and all other bearings to be relative thereto; thence South 01°18'15" East 312.94 feet to the Northerly line of the said railroad right of way; thence North 70°00'00" West 177.26 feet on the said right of way line to the Southeast corner of the excepted parcel described by the instrument recorded in Book 505 at Page 824; thence North 04°20'20" East 255.96 feet crossing an existing fence corner to the said South right of way of I-50 Road; thence South 88°46'35" East 140.12 feet on the said road right of way line to the point of beginning, County of Delta, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 31136 LAZEAR ROAD, HOTCHKISS, CO 81419 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, 10/26/2011, 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: 8/31/2011 Last Publication: 9/28/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/28/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON #42043 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 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.

Attorney file #: 9106.01624 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2011.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BUSTER JOE HERRIN, a/k/a BUSTER J. HERRIN, a/k/a B.J. HERRIN, Deceased Case Number 2011PR67 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, 2011, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ricky Herrin Person Giving Notice 6049 Thornwood Dr. Loomis CA 95650-9543 Attorney for Personal Representative: Aaron R. Clay PO Box 38 Delta CO 81416 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31 and September 7, 2011.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF COLORADO, RL SHILTS LLC, DBA DELIRIOUS LIQUORS, HAS REQUESTED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ORCHARD CITY TO RENEW A LIQUOR RETAIL LICENSE FOR 12840 HWY 65 #4, COLORADO. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPLICATION TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE ORCHARD CITY TOWN HALL LOCATED AT 9661 2100 ROAD, AUSTIN, COLORADO. AT SAID PLACE AND TIME, ANY INTERESTED PERSONS MAY APPEAR TO BE HEARD FOR OR AGAINST THE RENEWAL OF SAID LICENSE. ANY PROTEST SHALL BE FILED IN WRITING WITH THE ORCHARD CITY TOWN CLERK WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER DATE OF NOTICE. DATE OF APPLICATION: 07/18/2011.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN OF ORCHARD CITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, 2011.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ernest C. Graham, a/k/a Ernest Graham, Deceased Case No. 11 PR 76 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 2, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott R. Graham Personal Representative 1344 E. Sherwood Drive, #4 Grand Junction, CO 81501 970-241-7769 James D. Brown Brown, Schottelkotte, Stimpert & Vaughn, LLC Attorneys for Personal Representative 550 Palmer St. - P.O. Box 43 Delta, CO 81416-0043 970-874-4451 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LODEMIA GLEASON, Deceased Case Number 2011PR77 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 3, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ron E. Jones Person Giving Notice 13022 Highway 65 Eckert CO 81418 Attorney for Personal Representative: Aaron R. Clay PO Box 38 Delta CO 81416 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

Case Number: 11C91 PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Public Notice is given on 8/22/11, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Delta County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Johnny Lee Moses IV be changed to Jacen Samuel Spampinato. /s/ Mandy Allen Clerk of Court By /s/ Daniel Ruiz Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

D4 Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Public Notices Early Legal Deadline LEGAL DEADLINE FOR SEPT. 7 ISSUE IS FRI., SEPT. 2 AT 10 A.M. COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0098 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 27, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): NATHAN J YAGER Original Beneficiary(ies): ARKLA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC DBA BENCHMARK HOME MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Date of Deed of Trust: 5/4/2007 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 5/9/2007 Recording Reception Number: 614909 Original Principal Amount: $189,900.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $182,936.28 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. LEGAL DESCRIPTION LOT 9 OF THE PARK ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF PAONIA, COLORADO, EXPECT THE SOUTH 25 FEET OF LOT 9 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID LOT 9, 25 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID LOT 9 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Also known by street and number as: 427 DELTA AVE, PAONIA, CO 81428 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, 09/28/2011, 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: 8/3/2011 Last Publication: 8/31/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 05/27/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON #42043 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 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.

Attorney file #: 9696.01907 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2010-0213 Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 8, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): Kelly F. Turner Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lane Mortgage.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Flagstar Bank, FSB Date of Deed of Trust: 3/8/2007 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/9/2007 Recording Reception Number: 612876 Original Principal Amount: $177,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $170,703.57 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOT 13, HAWK COURT SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 611 Hawks Court, Delta, CO 81416

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, 10/05/2011, 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: 8/10/2011 Last Publication: 9/7/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/08/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ #40351 CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 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.

Attorney file #: 10-21983 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 10, 17, 24, 31 and September 7, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0101 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 6, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): Russell W Quest Original Beneficiary(ies): Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: 7/31/2003 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 8/5/2003 Recording Reception Number: 569871 Original Principal Amount: $83,800.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $60,172.87 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE Exhibit A A tract of land situate in part of the NE1/4SW1/4 of Section 24, Township 13 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South edge of the road described in Road Book "B" Page 45 said point being also in the centerline of Kiser Creek from whence the W1/4 corner of said Section 24, Township 13 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian bears North 49°07' West a distance of 1,944.8 feet and considering the West line of said NE1/4SW1/4 to bear North 00°20' East and all other bearings relative thereto; thence South 66°08' East to the West right of way line of a county road designated as Road 2075 a distance of 236.5 feet; thence South 38°12' West along the edge of the county road designated as 2075 Road to the South line of said NE1/4SW1/4 a distance of 112.0 feet; thence 86°19' West along said South line of the NE1/4SW1/4 to the centerline of Kiser Creek 239.5 feet; thence Northeasterly along the centerline of Kiser Creek the following courses and distances; North 09°34' East 57.2 feet; North 02°50' East 52.5 feet; North 29°22' East 27.5; North 64°18' East 36.4 feet; North 59°36' East a distance of 38.9 feet more or less to the point of beginning.

Delta County, Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 17231 WARD CREEK RD, CEDAREDGE, CO 81413 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, 10/05/2011, 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: 8/10/2011 Last Publication: 9/7/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/06/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s)

PUBLIC NOTICES representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: REAGAN LARKIN #42309 CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 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.

Attorney file #: 11-05267 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 10, 17, 24, 31 and September 7, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0099 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 2, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): Vance G Curtis and Jeannie M Curtis Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mountain Pacific Mortgage Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Central Mortgage Company Date of Deed of Trust: 11/3/2006 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 11/13/2006 Recording Reception Number: 609578 Original Principal Amount: $171,040.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $169,636.59 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOT 130, STONE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 787 Albany Street, Delta, CO 81416 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, 10/05/2011, 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: 8/10/2011 Last Publication: 9/7/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/02/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER #34145 CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 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.

Attorney file #: 11-06450 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 10, 17, 24, 31 and September 7, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0105 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 13, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): DEBORAH M. SELLS Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: 12/30/2005 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 1/19/2006 Recording Reception Number: 599698 Original Principal Amount: $106,206.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $104,804.84 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. THE REAL PROPERTY SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF DELTA AND STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 3 OF THE 3RD AMENDED PLAT OF THE HESSEL SUBDIVISION Also known by street and number as: 230 SE INDEPENDENCE AVE, CEDAREDGE, CO 81413 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, 10/12/2011, 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: 8/17/2011 Last Publication: 9/14/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/13/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DOUGLAS W. BROWN #10429 Brown, Berardini & Dunning PC 2000 SOUTH COLORADO BLVD TOWER TWO SUITE 700, DENVER, CO 80222 (877) 234-3152 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.

Attorney file #: 1701-F15 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 17, 24, 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0104 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 13, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): Monty L Simpkins Original Beneficiary(ies): Navy Federal Credit Union Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Navy Federal Credit Union Date of Deed of Trust: 9/12/2003 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 9/19/2003 Recording Reception Number: 571589 Original Principal Amount: $172,806.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $154,377.78 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOT 5 OF CEDAR RUN ESTATES Also known by street and number as: 11465 Kelly Lane, Orchard City, CO 81410 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, 10/12/2011, 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: 8/17/2011 Last Publication: 9/14/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/13/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KIMBERLY L. MARTINEZ #40351 CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 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.

Attorney file #: 11-06897 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 17, 24, 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

District Court, Delta County, Colorado Court Address: 501 Palmer, Rm. 338, Delta, CO 81416 (970) 874-6280 Plaintiff: LAWRENCE M. JIRON v.

Defendant: CHARLES GREENACRE, et al.

Case Number: 2011 CV 93 Division: 7 DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint.

If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 20 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 30 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

Dated: August 3, 2011 /s/ Mandy Allen Clerk of Court/Clerk (SEAL) Published in the Delta County Independent August 10, 17, 24, 31 and September 7, 2011.

PUBLIC NOTICE Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety a complete application for the renewal of a valid existing permit to conduct mining in Colorado for its Bowie No. 2 Mine, mining permit No. C1996-083.

Most of the mine facilities are located north of Bowie Road near the town of Bowie, CO. A pump station, three sediment ponds, a coal mine waste disposal area and unit train loadout are located south

of Bowie Road. The Fire Mountain Canal is located south of the mine facilities and north of the unit train loadout.

The North Fork of the Gunnison River is located south of the mine permit boundary. The proposed mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle map within the following sections.

Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM Sec. 2: SW/4NW/4,SW/4 Sec. 3: ALL Sec. 4: ALL Sec. 5: S/2SE/4, SE/4SW/4, S/2NE/4NE/4SE/4, SE/4NW/4NE/4SE/4, E/2SW/4NE/4SE/4, SE/4NE/4SE/4 Sec. 6: Lots 5, 6, 7, SW/4NE/4, SE/4NW/4, E/2SW/4, SE/4 Sec. 7: ALL Sec. 8: NE/4, W/2 , W/2SE/4 Sec. 9: NE/4, NW/4, SE/4, NE/2SW/4, SE/4SW/4, NE/4SW/4SW/4 Sec. 10: ALL Sec. 11: SW/4, NW/4 Sec. 14: NW/4 except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way Sec. 15: NE/4, NW/4, Portions of the N/2SE/4, SW/4SE/4, S/2SW/4, excluding all privately held lands not owned or controlled by Bowie Resources LLC or the Union Pacific Railroad.

Sec. 16: N/2NE/4 Sec. 17: NW/4, W/2NE/4 Sec. 18: Lots 1,2, NE1⁄4, E/2NW/4 Sec. 22: Portion of NW/4NW/4, on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Township 13 South, Range 92West, 6th PM Sec. 1: SE/4 Sec. 12: Lots 1,2,7,8,9, and 10 Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM Sec. 27: SW/4, S/2SE/4, S/2 NE/4SE/4, S/2NW/4SE/4 Sec. 28: E/2 SE/4 Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE/4NW/4, S/2NE/4, NE/4NE/4 Sec. 34: ALL Sec. 35: SW/4 Lot 18, NW/4 Lot 19 The approved the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit contains 8,301 acres of land, 4,637 acres of private surface and 3,664 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed permit area encompass 1,957 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 6,344 acres.

A copy of the permit renewal application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third Street, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866-3567. Written comments, objections, or a request for an informal conference on the application may be submitted to and additional information may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety at the above address and must be received by the Division within 30 days after the last publication for this notice.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0100 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 2, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): Richard P. Gibson Sr, AKA and vested in title as Richard F. Gibson and Mary E. Gibson Original Beneficiary(ies): Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for MBNA America (Delaware), N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP Date of Deed of Trust: 9/10/2003 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 9/16/2003 Recording Reception Number: 571446 Original Principal Amount: $95,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $86,335.84 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE EXHIBIT "A" PART OF THE NW1/4 SE1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 95 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 65 AT A POINT WHENCE THE SOUTH 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 12 BEARS SOUTH 19°55'46" WEST 1736.2 FEET, SAID POINT BEING MARKED WITH A 6 INCH SPIKE; THENCE NORTH 32°10' EAST 159.47 FEET ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO A POINT MARKED WITH A SPIKE, WHICH POINT IS LOCATED NORTH 83°15'36" WEST 32.9 FEET FROM AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 83°58'36" EAST 100.27 FEET TO A POINT MARKED WITH AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 42°22'10" WEST 120.32 FEET TO A POINT MARKED WITH A STEEL POST; THENCE SOUTH 22°26'32" WEST 25.07 FEET TO A POINT MARKED WITH A STEEL POST; THENCE SOUTH 11°04'34" WEST 26.94 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE CEMETERY TRACT, MARKED WITH A POST; THENCE NORTH 81°01'13" WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID CEMETERY 89.88 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1340 Highway 65, Eckert, CO 81418 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has 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, 10/05/2011, 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

Delta County Independent sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 8/10/2011 Last Publication: 9/7/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/02/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: KEITH A. GANTENBEIN, JR. #39213 CASTLE STAWIARSKI, LLC 999 18TH STREET SUITE 2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 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.

Attorney file #: 10-26495 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 10, 17, 24, 31 and September 7, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0103 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 10, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): STACEY AINSLIE Original Beneficiary(ies): COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS. INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-23 Date of Deed of Trust: 10/24/2006 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 11/2/2006 Recording Reception Number: 609330 Original Principal Amount: $173,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $169,047.82 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION A tract of land beginning 208.7 feet west of the Northwest corner of the W1/2 of the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 95 West of the 6th P.M., running thence South 278 feet; Thence West 121.3 feet; Thence North 278 feet to the subdivision line; thence East on subdivision line 121.3 feet to the point of beginning.

County of Delta, State of Colorado Also Known as: 1030 E 5th Street, Delta, CO 81416 Also known by street and number as: 1030 E 5TH ST, DELTA, CO 81416-2516 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, 10/12/2011, 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: 8/17/2011 Last Publication: 9/14/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/10/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MICHAEL MEDVED #14669 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL P MEDVED PC 355 UNION BLVD #302, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228-1508 (303) 274-0155 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.

Attorney file #: 10-010-15579 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 17, 24, 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0111 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 22, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): KIM L. DABNEY AND WILLIAM E. DABNEY Original Beneficiary(ies): SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust: 10/6/2005 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 10/17/2005 Recording Reception Number: 596605 Original Principal Amount: $73,375.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $72,842.68 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 5, PORTER’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF CEDAREDGE, COLORADO, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 275 NW 3RD ST., CEDAREDGE, CO 81413 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, 10/19/2011, 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: 8/24/2011 Last Publication: 9/21/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/22/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DENNIS E BAKER #9619 Younge & Hockensmith PC 743 Horizon Court Suite 200, Grand Junction, CO 8150-6 (970) 2422645 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.

Attorney file #: ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0109 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 20, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): TERRY D. HEDRICK Original Beneficiary(ies): DIRECT LENDING, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LPP MORTGAGE LTD. Date of Deed of Trust: 3/29/2007 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 4/9/2007 Recording Reception Number: 613948 Original Principal Amount: $166,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $159,362.87 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOT 3 OF JACKSON SUBDIVISION OF THE JACKSON ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DELTA, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 725 E 10TH ST HILL, DELTA, CO 81416 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, 10/19/2011, 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: 8/24/2011 Last Publication: 9/21/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/20/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: CATHERINE A. HILDRETH, Esq. #40975 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 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.

Attorney file #: 1057.00652 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John S. Overton, Deceased Case Number 2011 PR 69 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 January 6, 2012, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lee S. Overton Person Giving Notice 111 Meadowbrook Court Paonia, CO 81428 David A. Marek Attorney at Law P. O. Box 1387 Paonia, CO 81428 Published in the Delta County Independent August 17, 24 and 31, 2011.

PUBLIC NOTICES

Delta County Independent Commissioners Proceedings July 2011 Delta County Government Salaries 402,829 A Project Resource Serv 1,376 A-1 Collection Age Serv 1,015 ACZ Laboratories, I Serv 1,033 Adamson Industrie Serv 940 Adamson Police Pr Serv 5,490 Aflac Caic Serv 1,782 All Points Transit Serv 23,820 Alsco Serv 928 American Bank Not Serv 218 American Family Li Serv 2,839 Americenter Serv 48 Anderson,Charlotte Serv 225 Apex Software Serv 1,480 Armstrong Consult Serv 18,000 Arthurs,Jesse Serv 700 Asphalt Drum Mixe Serv 5,454 B & F Distributing I Serv 150 Baier, John Serv 10 Ballard,Laura Serv 525 Baxter, Margaret L Serv 255 Beaver Run Resort Serv 378 Beep West, Inc. Serv 89 Bertram,Bruce C. Serv 239 Bever,William Serv 145 BI Incorporated Serv 450 Big John’s Lumber Serv 3 Big Valley Bumpers Serv 1,428 Bizy B’s Serv 45 Blair And Associate Serv 13,435 Blythe Group And Serv 4,480 Boren, Lance Serv 500 Boss In Montrose Serv 37 Brethouwer Do,N R Serv 1,050 Brones, Meredith Serv 51 Bullard,Barry Serv 150 Business Solutions Serv 281 CADMO Serv 250 Caldwell, Shelly Serv 500 Callaway Packing, I Serv 2,140 Callicutt/Webb Serv 308 Canon Financial Se Serv 1,540 Caremark Serv 800 Carquest Auto Part Serv 38 CDA Insectary Serv 250 CEBT Serv 114,222 Central Distributing Serv 3,445 Chambers,Debbie Serv 18 Child Support Enfo Serv 300 Christian,Roger Serv 50 City Of Delta Serv 11,390 Clark/Ralph E. Serv 380 Clearinghouse, Atla Serv 520 Coastal Instrument Serv 58 Colo Dept Of Public Serv 8,645 Colorado Ag-News Serv 155 Colorado Assessor’ Serv 300 Colorado Cabinetry Serv 2,280 Colorado Departme Serv 106 Colorado Floor Car Serv 375 Colorado Weed Ma Serv 240 Colton Truck Suppl Serv 1,579 Community Option Serv 4,000 Consolidated Electr Serv 112 Contech Constructi Serv 143 Cummins Rocky M Serv 661 Delta Auto Parts Serv 1,796 Delta Co Treasurer Serv 16,512 Delta County Clerk Serv 12 Delta County EconoServ 7,500 Delta County Healt Serv 33,199 Delta County Indep Serv 681 Delta County PlanniServ 11 Delta County Public Serv 43,984 Delta County Sherif Serv 51 Delta County Treas Serv 120,228 Delta County Treas Serv 56,701 Delta Drug Testing Serv 749 Delta Federal CreditServ 3,722 Delta Fire Safe Llc Serv 725 Delta Hardware Co. Serv 1,388 Delta Housing Auth Serv 8,931 Delta-Montrose Ele Serv 3,504 Delta’s Best Storag Serv 80 Diesel Doctor,The Serv 1,054 Disner, Dick Serv 126 Diversified Collecti Serv 328 Double D Saws Serv 15 Double J Disposal Serv 628 Dowell, Charlie Serv 600 DTS Fluid Power In Serv 66 Duckwork’s Auto P Serv 217 Easypermit Postag Serv 5 Eaton Sales & ServiServ 1,086 Elan Financial Servi Serv 716 Elevation Hotel An Serv 277 Enterprise Fund Serv 174 Erickson,Sharon L. Serv 85 Experient Corp Serv 800 Fairgrounds Fund Serv 59,050 Family Support Re Serv 735 Faris Machinery C Serv 226 Federal Express Serv 57 Fedler Spraying Llc Serv 1,008 Filter House,The Serv 74 Flex One/Aflac Serv 139 Forestry Suppliers I Serv 314 Gallegos,Benjamin Serv 382 Gambles Of Hotchk Serv 571 Girardi’s Heavy Ha Serv 575 GMCO Corporation Serv 2,465 Golder Associates I Serv 847 Goodwin Septic Ta Serv 145 Grainger Serv 14 Grand Mesa Discou Serv 1,783 Graphox Design An Serv 2,835 Hanson Internation Serv 374 Harbor Freight Tool Serv 167 Hartman Brothers Serv 26 Hellman Motor Co Serv 99,523 HHH Inc Serv 36 High Country Gas Serv 38 High Country Shop Serv 40 Home Depot Credit Serv 255 Hometown Electric Serv 80 Hunter,Paul Serv 66 Ikon Office SolutionServ 579 Intermountain Path Serv 2,700 Interstate Batteries Serv 91 Intrado Inc Serv 1,041 John Deere Financi Serv 148 Johnstone Supply Serv 468 Jones,Ron Serv 100 K T Electric Inc. Serv 400 Keyman Security Ll Serv 483 Kimball-Midwest Serv 218 King Soopers Cust Serv 167 Knight,Christine L Serv 22 Koppes Refrigerati Serv 85 KP & Company Serv 1,050 Kwiki Tire Ii Inc Serv 215 Kwiki Tire Service I Serv 411 L & B Vacuum Serv 15 Laird Automotive LlServ 2,571 Lapoint,Pat Serv 22 Lawson Products In Serv 885 Lewis, Brad Serv 456 Lexisnexis Risk Dat Serv 50 Loy,Rene Serv 85 MacFarlane, Priscill Serv 30 Main Street Printer Serv 738 Mark’s Plumbing P Serv 2,347 Master Petroleum Serv 30,767 McDaniel,Paul Serv 75 McKee,Frederick D. Serv 112 Meadow Gold Dair Serv 1,225 Mesa Bearing & Po Serv 122 Mesa County Serv 1,948 Messenger & Asso Serv 120 Mgt Of America Inc Serv 3,437 MHC Kenworth - Gr Serv 946 Midwestern Colora Serv 210 Montrose Memoria Serv 375 Motorola Solutions Serv 1,619 Mountain Pest ContServ 110 Mountain Valley Ne Serv 83 Mountain West Serv 77 Munro Supply Inc. Serv 108 Nevco Services Inc Serv 200 Niblack,C. Myron Serv 600 North Fork Aviation Serv 1,235 Office Depot Serv 1,621 Ore Communicatio Serv 261 Personnel Concept Serv 768 Pest Away Sprayin Serv 4,515 Philip J Latteier Dd Serv 100 Pitney Bowes Serv 418 Pizza Hut Serv 81 PNCI Construction I Serv 9,735 Police Legal Scienc Serv 1,200 Postmaster-Hotchk Serv 44 Power Equipment Serv 1,770 Prendergast, Tony Serv 175 Prism Interpretive Serv 1,000 Pro Electrical Contr Serv 4,130 Professional Parts Serv 4,534 Qwest Business Se Serv 4,408 RCE Serv 10,611 Reserve Account Serv 456 Rice,David L. Serv 500 Rivendell Retreat Serv 112 Robert’s Enterprise Serv 5,568 Rocky Mountain Su Serv 1,205 Schroeder,Ben Serv 500 Scott Electric Inc Serv 586 Seals,Mitzie E Serv 255 Serpent Serv 1,136 Service Printing Inc Serv 56 Shackelford,NathanServ 119 Shields,Phyllis Serv 180 Silver Streak PlumbServ 455 Slaughter/Montie D Serv 70 Smiling Aviation In Serv 1,000 Sourcegas Llc Serv 944 Southwest Colo Tra Serv 1,000 Speas,Jan Serv 570 Specht,Bret Serv 300

St. Mary’s Hospital Serv 422 State DisbursementServ 43 Stephenson,Teri Serv 85 Stewart Mesa Wate Serv 205 Sun Life Financial Serv 2,198 Superior Alarm & F Serv 65 Suppes Heating An Serv 8,506 Sysco Intermountai Serv 2,394 Taylor Funeral Serv Serv 874 TDS Telecom Serv 1,646 The Daily Sentinel Serv 2,800 The Place I Go Serv 0 The Title Company Serv 22,650 Thyssenkrupp Elev Serv 1,867 Tim Hellman Chevr Serv 188 Tim’s Auto Glass Ll Serv 159 Tire Distribution Sy Serv 6,991 Town Of Cedaredg Serv 9,500 Town Of Hotchkiss Serv 303 Town Of Orchard Ci Serv 48 Town Of Paonia Serv 84 Tracker Software C Serv 820 Transwest Trucks Serv 44 Triad Resource Gro Serv 1,787 Tri-County Water Serv 49 Trispoke Technolog Serv 99 Tuck Communicati Serv 85 Twamley,Mike Serv 81 Ullrey, Michael Serv 270 United ReprographiServ 13 UPS Freight Serv 35 USA Mobility Serv 14 Vaisala Inc Serv 442 Valuewest Inc Serv 2,430 Verizon Wireless Serv 1,174 Wagner Equipment Serv 5,227 Wal-Mart Communi Serv 484 Waste Managemen Serv 313 Welfelt Fabrication Serv 3,824 Wells Fargo Serv 110 Western Colo Peac Serv 15 Western Colorado Serv 30 Wiitanen, Monica Serv 115 Wilbur-Ellis Compa Serv 103 Worley,Amanda Serv 140 WSI Corporation Serv 597 Yeager,Kelly Serv 2,400 Zep Sales And Serv Serv 576 Grand Total 1,325,887 I,C. Bruce Hovde, 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 24th day of August , 2011. /s/C. Bruce Hovde, Chairman.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of August, 2011. /s/ Sandy Cross, 501 Palmer St. Delta, CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013 Published in the Delta County Independent this 31st day of August, 2011.

COMPENSATION PAID JUNE 2011 TO DELTA COUNTY EMPLOYEES Deputy Sheriff 3,968 Equipment Oper Iv 2,992 Inmate Crew Supv 2,841 Detention 3,067 Commissioner 4,875 Detention Sergeant 3,549 Veteran Officer 1,686 Attorney 3,167 Equipment Oper 2,931 Planning I 2,944 Engineering Tech 4,082 Sergeant 4,091 Admin Assist III 3,467 Lead Custodian 2,393 Solid Waste Coord 1,160 Admin 5,901 Assistant Foreman 3,870 Cook 2,968 Deputy Sheriff 3,937 Cet 2,765 Custodian 2,126 Accountant I 3,001 Weed Coordinator 3,386 Detention 2,832 Operator 2,582 Lead Operator 3,353 Office Tech III 240 Appraiser II 2,932 Juvenile Diversion 360 Detention 3,066 Foreman 4,786 Executive Assistant 2,978 Equipment Oper Iv 3,052 Deputy Sheriff 3,509 Appraiser III 3,696 Accountant II payroll 3,890 Dispatcher 2,655 Accountant IV 5,809 Bldg & Grounds 3,398 Security Deputy 2,500 Admin Assist I 1,717 Deputy Sheriff 4,062 Detention Officer 2,896 Detention Officer 3,150 Clerk 4,915 Admin Assist I 2,719 Deputy Sheriff 3,416 Gatekeeper 2,963 Dispatcher 3,067 Detective 4,402 Emer Prep Coord 4,534 Mechanic IV 3,493 Equipment Oper 2,709 Executive Assistant 3,009 Civil Process 3,103 Appraiser II 2,834 Dispatcher 2,814 Mechanic IV 3,221 Office Tech III 2,505 Equipment Oper 2,794 Temp 248 Cook 2,677 Landfill Supervisor 4,165 Assessor 4,875 Dispatcher 3,233 Deputy Assessor 3,047 Co Administrator 8,478 Equipment Oper 2,931 Equipment Oper 2,794 Mechanic IV 3,355 Detention 2,896 Records Clerk 2,175 Gis Coordinator 4,066 Dispatcher 2,930 Deputy Clerk/ Board 2,674 Bldg & Grounds 544 Commissioner 4,895 Detention Officer 3,159 Equipment Oper 1,610 Dispatcher 2,833 Deputy Sheriff 3,472 Equipment Oper 2,824 County Engineer 5,731 Deputy Sheriff 3,416 Equipment Oper III 2,883 Attorney 6,250 Dispatcher 3,478 Attorney 1,000 Admin Assit III 3,579 Assistant Foreman 3,805 Detention Officer 3,220 Deputy Sheriff 3,228 Network Administrato 5,316 Network Administrato 3,248 Temp 2,713 Sergeant 4,789 Paralegal 5,410 Office Assistant II 2,377 Maintenance 2,970 Elections Supervisor 3,012 Coroner 2,758 Commissioner 4,915 Records Clerk 2,578 Detention Super 2,856 Detention 3,224 Planning Tech 2,285 Hot Plant Oper III 2,931 Sheriff 6,383 Lead Operator 3,309 Detention Sergeant 3,773 Equipment Oper IV 3,113 Surveyor 275 Assistant Foreman 3,805 Detention 3,052 Detective 4,477 Landfill Operator 3,032 Landfill Operator 1,470 Gatekeeper 2,582 Assessor Clerk 2,117 Executive Assistant 2,977 Admin Assist II 1,333 Clerk 1,880 Sergeant 4,937 Emd Coordinator 2,472 Detention 2,860 Equipment Oper III 2,883 Equipment Oper 2,992 Public Trustee/ Asst 3,298 Gis Technician 3,166 Lead Operator 3,765 Motor Vehicle Superv 2,551 Foreman 5,281 Deputy Sheriff 4,236

Sr. Planner 3,294 Inmate Supervisor 900 Detention Officer 2,963 Custodian 2,079 Assessor Clerk II 2,665 Assistant Foreman 3,805 Admin Assist II 2,274 Foreman/Lead Mechani 3,453 Detention Officer 3,784 Detention Officer 3,168 Juvenile Diversion 1,767 Security Deputy 2,647 Equipment Oper 2,769 Admin Assist I 2,800 Foreman 4,786 Cook 2,356 Bldg & Grounds Supv 4,175 Dispatch Supervisor 3,792 Dispatch Supervisor 3,015 Dispatcher 3,116 Dispatcher 3,139 Deputy Sheriff 4,374 Detention Officer 3,388 Accountant I 2,354 Under Sheriff 5,879 Security Deputy 2,716 Lead Operator 3,309 Detention Officer 6,486 Motor Vehicle Clerk 2,872 Solid Waste Coord 4,000 Solid Waste Coord 5,917 Lead Operator 3,309 Equipment Oper II 2,766 Equipment Oper 3,117 Equipment Oper 2,785 Detention 2,803 Assessor Clerk II 2,395 Deputy Sheriff 3,927 Admin Assist I 2,848 Detention Super 4,144 Juvenile Diversion 1,560 Help Desk Technician 3,861 Detention Officer 2,714 Juvenile Diversion 560 Detention Officer 3,259 Appraiser II 3,032 Recording Super 2,617 Victim’S Advocate 2,914 Appraiser II 3,032 Interpreter 1,001 Nurse 4,182 Nurse 4,203 Nurse 3,346 Enviromental 3,693 Asst. Director 6,090 Enviromental 3,700 Wic 3,130 Gm 4,917 Tobacco 3,627 Gm 2,049 Wic 2,343 Women Health Nurse 980 Gm 5,370 Accountant III 4,674 Case Mngr 2,871 Fraud Investigator 3,483 Gen Man Assistant II 3,660 Childwelfare Mngr 4,617 Case Mngr 3,159 Case Mngr 2,871 Legal Tech 3,013 Caseworker Lead 4,405 Case Mngr 3,791 Office Assistantii 2,104 Legal Tech 2,879 Case Worker Journey 3,582 Tanf 3,786 Eligibility Super 3,719 Case Worker Journey 3,225 Director 6,926 Childwelfare Mngr 3,834 Legal Tech 2,833 Caseworker Lead 4,206 Legal Legal Tech 3,591 Gen Man Assistant I 3,172 Temp 420 Case Mngr Tanf 4,000 Office Assistant II 2,671 Eligibility Tech 2,834 Eligibility Tech 3,160 Sep 3,597 Case Worker Journey 3,497 Eligibility Tech 2,478 Eligibility Tech 3,097 Caseworker Lead 4,591 Case Worker Journey 3,739 Sep 3,870 Case Worker Journey 3,814 Child Care Tech 2,415 Eligibility Tech 2,263 Gen Man Assistant I 2,978 Eligibility Tech 792 Admin Assistant 2,740 Eligibility Tech 2,702 Sep Manager 5,385 Eligibility Tech 3,044 Eligibility Tech 2,955 Legal Tech 2,945 Clerk 2,449 Grand Total 788,139 PUBLISHED IN THE DELTA COUNTY INDEPENDENT, AUGUST 31, 2011 COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0108 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 17, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): CHARLES J. EULER AND JONI MICHELE WAINRIGHT-EULER Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: 3/19/2008 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/24/2008 Recording Reception Number: 624077 Original Principal Amount: $179,655.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $184,738.71 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOTS 13 AND 14 IN BLOCK “A” OF PEACH PLAT OF THE CITY OF DELTA, COLORADO, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 945 HASTINGS ST, DELTA, CO 81416 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, 10/19/2011, 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: 8/24/2011 Last Publication: 9/21/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/17/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON #42043

Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 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.

Attorney file #: 9105.01931 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

Commissioners Proceedings July 2011 Delta County Social Services Salaries SERV 151,475.30 AFLAC- Flex One SERV 59.40 AFLAC CAIC SERV 713.44 AFLAC SERV 890.44 AT&T Mobility SERV 186.95 Beep West Paging SERV 45.50 Bowler, Brian SERV 61.60 CEBT SERV27,063.80 Colonial Life SERV 240.68 CO Dept Corrections SERV 33.12 Delta Co Gen Fund SERV 8,397.92 Delta Co Health SERV 733.48 Delta Co Independent SERV 64.52 Delta Co Sheriff SERV 117.60 Delta Co Telecomm SERV 401.50 Delta Co Treas SERV31,374.71 Delta Co Treas SERV 4,370.00 Delta Co Treas SERV 946.64 Delta Co Treas SERV19,968.78 Delta Federal CU SERV 100.00 Delta Post Master SERV 76.00 Double J Disposal SERV 90.00 Doyle Petroleum SERV 851.50 Enterprise Fund SERV 21.00 Experian SERV 77.00 Fairfield Inn SERV 99.00 Fausett, Kelli SERV 16.80 Gallegos, Anne SERV 384.80 Garver, James SERV 59.50 Grand Valley Imaging SERV 212.60 Great America Leasing SERV 127.09 Gunnison H&HS SERV 4,399.49 Hellman Chevrolet SERV 229.50 Holiday Inn-Denver SERV 474.00 Kirkham, Nancy SERV 39.00 Kwiki Tire SERV 58.50 Laboratory Corp SERV 798.00 Lashmett, Heather SERV 333.48 Lemoine, William SERV 1,061.00 Lexis Nexis SERV 50.00 Link, Barbara SERV 160.00 Main Street Printers SERV 231.00 Mesa County Sheriff SERV 115.00 Nichols, Debi SERV 16.00 Office Depot SERV 471.34 Personnel Concepts SERV 127.94 Public Agency Training SERV 295.00 Queen, Tamara SERV 58.63 Records Management SERV 178.00 Rowe, Sue SERV 112.00 Salazar, Rhonda SERV 16.40 Sherry Ruble Ent. SERV 450.00 Smith, Susan JP SERV 45.48 Sun Life Financial SERV 574.97 UPS Store SERV 13.05 Walmart SERV 752.64 Weaver, Teresa SERV 13.00 Total 260,312.79 I, C. Bruce Hovde, 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. 30-25-11) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated this 31st Day of August, 2011. /s/ C. Bruce Hovde, Chairman. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st Day of August, 2011. /s/ Sandy Cross 560 Dodge St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, 2011.

Health Board Proceedings July 2011 Delta County Health Department Salaries SERV48,153.02 AFLAC SERV 242.17 AFLAC –Flex one SERV 13.20 AFLAC CAIC SERV 168.24 AR Services SERV 842.58 CEBT SERV 8,663.62 CDPH&E SERV 520.00 Colonial Life SERV 13.44 Daveto’s SERV 45.05 Decade Software SERV 624.75 Delta Co Commission SERV 3,184.00 Delta Co General Fund SERV 9.70 Delta Co Human Svs SERV 66.48 Delta Co Independent SERV 23.58 Delta Co Hospital SERV 1068.19 Delta Co Treas SERV10,425.30 Delta Co Treas SERV 1,502.00 Delta Co Treas SERV 206.66 Delta Co Treas SERV 4,273.36 Delta Federal CU SERV 625.00 Delta Hardware SERV 143.01 Dog House Espresso SERV 30.00 Don French SERV 74.00 Doyle Petroleum SERV 541.00 Grand Valley Imaging SERV 55.87 HHH Inc. SERV 14.37 High Country Shopper SERV 107.10 Holiday Inn SERV 285.00 Intermountain Path SERV 36.69 John W Hock Co. SERV 10.43 Moore Medical SERV 12.45 Nordstrom, Ken SERV 51.00 Office Depot SERV 13.62 Payment Remittance SERV 117.70 Smith Medical SERV 528.86 Sun Life Financial SERV 201.79 Verizon Wireless SERV 24.46 Water Control Div. SERV 460.00 Total 83,377.69 I, C. Bruce Hovde, Chairman of the Board of Health in and for the said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true statement, of the part of the Commissioners Proceedings and pertaining to allowance of bills, sale of taxes (as provided in the 1973 C.R.S. 30-25-11) and a brief statement of such other matters as is contained therein. Dated this 31st Day of August, 2011. /s/ C. Bruce Hovde, Chairman. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st Day of August, 2011. /s/ Sandy Cross 560 Dodge St Delta CO 81416. My commission expires 12/03/2013.

Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0107 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 16, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): THOMAS J. STRIDER AND MARIE E. STRIDER 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 Date of Deed of Trust: 5/12/1992 County of Recording: Delta

Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 5/12/1992 Recording Reception Number: 459800 Book No. and Page No.: Book: 684 Page: 679 Original Principal Amount: $40,014.78 Outstanding Principal Balance: $30,316.18 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED

BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOTS 13 AND 14, BLOCK 7, BUSINESS MEN’S SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF DELTA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE DELTA COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER. TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON. EXCEPT AND SUBJECT TO EXISTING EASEMENTS, RIGHTS OF WAY AND RESERVATIONS VISIBLE OR OF RECORD AND SUBJECT TO THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GEOFFREY D. ATCHLEY IN FAVOR OF FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION RECORDED IN BOOK 513 AT PAGE 426 OF THE DELTA COUNTY RECORDS. COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1351 HOWARD STREET, DELTA, CO 81416 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, 10/19/2011, 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: 8/24/2011 Last Publication: 9/21/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/16/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THOMAS L JAPHET # 15425 Office of the General Counsel U.S. Department of Agriculture, 740 Simms St., Room 309, Golden, CO 80401-4720 (303) 275-5555 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.

Attorney file #: 10-0326 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0106 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 16, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): HOLLIE R. FERRIER Original Beneficiary(ies): AEGIS FUNDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES RFC 2007-HE1 Date of Deed of Trust: 7/12/2006 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 7/13/2006 Recording Reception Number: 605505 Original Principal Amount: $152,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $152,622.09 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SE1/4 NW1/4 OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 15 SOUTH, RANGE 91 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., ALSO LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF CRAWFORD AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASED ON AN ASSUMED BEARING OF "NORTH" BETWEEN THE CONCRETE MARKER AT THE STIPULATED CENTER OF SAID SECTION 31 AND A REBAR AND PIN MARKING THE NORTH 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION WITH ALL OTHER BEARINGS RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE BEGINNING AT THE STIPULATED CENTER 1/4 CORNER AND RUNNING NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF "B" STREET 526.0 FEET; THENCE WEST 350.0 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING/ THENCE WEST 330.0 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF "D" STREET; THENCE NORTH 180.0 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF GREENWOOD AVENUE; THENCE EAST 330 FEET ALONG SAID LINE; THENCE SOUTH 180.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE EAST 220 FEET. COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 296 GREENWOOD AVE, CRAWFORD, CO 81415 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, 10/26/2011, at Public Trustee’s

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 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: 8/24/2011 Last Publication: 9/21/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/16/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON #42043 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 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.

Attorney file #: 5050.00112 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 24, 31, September 7, 14 and 21, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0116 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 29, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): CHARLES D. ANDERSON, JR. AND LAURA GWEN ANDERSON Original Beneficiary(ies): LIBERTY HOME LOANS, INC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-4 Date of Deed of Trust: 4/2/2004 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 4/7/2004 Recording Reception Number: 578369 Original Principal Amount: $372,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $335,573.14 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOT 3 OF AUTUMN GOLD MINOR SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 1079 3200 ROAD, HOTCHKISS, CO 81419 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, 10/26/2011, 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: 8/31/2011 Last Publication: 9/28/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/29/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LISA CANCANON #42043 Aronowitz & Mecklenburg, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 813-1177 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.

Attorney file #: 3202.59602 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2011.

COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2011-0115 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 29, 2011, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Delta records.

Original Grantor(s): NANCY E. TABILI ARROWOOD Original Beneficiary(ies): WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust: 7/1/2004 County of Recording: Delta Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 7/6/2004 Recording Reception Number: 581175 Original Principal Amount: $97,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $96,575.91 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. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A, LINE RIDER LEGAL DESCRIPTION PUBLIC TRUSTEE FORECLOSURE SALE NO 2011-0115

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Parcel A, according to the Parzybok/ Parzybok Boundary Adjustment #01BA048 recorded September 5, 2001 in the Plat Book 26 at page 31.

COUNTY OF DELTA, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 516 WOODS, HOTCHKISS, CO 81419 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, 10/26/2011, 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: 8/31/2011 Last Publication: 9/28/2011 Name of Publication: Delta County Independent DATE: 06/29/2011 Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado By: /s/ Jim D. Ventrello, Public Trustee (SEAL) The name, address, telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: NEAL K. DUNNING #10181 Brown, Berardini & Dunning PC 2000 SOUTH COLORADO BLVD TOWER TWO SUITE 700, DENVER, CO 80222 (877) 234-3152 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.

Attorney file #: 1701-F13 ©Colorado Public Trustees’ Association Revised 12/2009 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2011.

TOWN OF ORCHARD CITY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE LIST BY VENDOR FOR JULY 2011 VENDOR NAME AMOUNT PAID Austin Post Office ……

425.46 Ace Delta Hardware …

11.96 Colorado State Treasure………………

319.33 Beckner Attorney at Law …………………… 1,155.00 Benson Brothers ………

99.89 Colorado Rural Water Assoc. ………………

300.00 Colorado Department of Corrections …………

52.20 City of Delta ……………

25.00 Carquest ………………

145.82 Carrot-Top Industries…

662.25 Community Room ……

240.00 Dana Kepner ………… 3,802.10 Delta County Independent …………

332.22 DMEA…………………… 2,603.56 Delta County Commissioners ……

9.75 Double J Disposal ……

176.00 Feather Petroleum Company …………… 1,875.14 Freedom Mailing Services Inc …………

47.95 Grand Mesa Discount 1,725.00 Grand Jct. Pipe and Supply ……………… 24,016.92 K.C. Electric …………… 1,814.12 Kwiki Tire Service ……

61.45 Land's End Business Outfitters ……………

248.96 Mountain Valley News 193.55 Mountain West Communications……

5.00 Mesa County Health Dept. …………………

40.00 Olathe Spray ………… 9,490.03 Office Cleanings ……… 1,100.00 Office Depot ……………

338.68 Payroll Summary …… 36,909.06 Pinnacol ………………

744.00 Pest Away Spraying …

60.00 R.E. Beldon Construction………… 31,010.00 The Daily Sentinel ……

117.00 Summit Recreation LLC 173.50 SourceGas ……………

24.90 Silver State Service …

0.90 Splish Splash Car Wash …………………

45.36 Skybeam ………………

44.95 Sprint ……………………

192.25 Upbeat Inc ……………

396.39 TDS Telecom …………

357.06 The Paper Works ……

36.87 Williams Construction Contract ……………… 83,683.30 Trustee Fees …………… 1,250.00 ……………………… 206,362.88 Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, 2011.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Delta seeks qualified Energy Service Companies (ESSCO) to provide Performance Contracting Services to the City of Delta. To be eligible for consideration the ESCO must be pre-qualified and registered with the State of Colorado Governor's Energy Office Performance Contracting program (GEO/EPC). Only GEO/EPC firms will be considered.

The City of Delta intends to follow the State Secondary ESCO Selection Process to award the performance contract.

Proposals are due no later than October 13, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., and can be mailed to City of Delta 360 Main Street, Delta, Colorado 81416 Attention Rod Myers. Late proposals shall not be accepted and it is the responsibility of the offerors to ensure that the proposal arrives at City Hall by 3:00 p.m. on the above date. A pre-bid conference and facilities inspection will be held on September 14, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at Delta City Hall 360 Main Street.

This pre-bid is mandatory.

Complete bid packets can be downloaded from the City web page at www.cityofdelta.net. /s/ Rod Myers Fleet/Facilities Manager Published in the Delta County Independent August 31, September 7 and 14, 2011.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GAVIN WATSON SPORE, a/k/a GAVIN W. SPORE, a/k/a GAVIN SPORE, Deceased Case Number 2011PR70 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 19, 2011, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Wesley Spore Person Giving Notice P.O. Box 248 Hotchkiss, CO 81419 Attorney for Personal Representative: Aaron R. Clay PO Box 38 Delta CO 81416 Published in the Delta County Independent August 17, 24 and 31, 2011.

Early Deadline for September 7 issue is Friday, Sept. 2 at 10 a.m.

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FPU is available for churches, military, nonprofit agencies, and businesses. FPU will be held in Delta at: Delta First Assembly of God located at 762 Dodge Street in Delta. The classes will begin Sunday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. Contact Toby

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DELTA DELTA FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD Eaton & Dodge, Delta • 874-3568 Pastor: Lee Ponder Sunday: Celebration Service 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Celebration Service 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday: Bible Study 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday: Family night 7:00 p.m.

Royal Rangers Missionettes Fireproof Youth (Jr. & Sr. High) Saturday: Men's Prayer Breakfast 6:00 a.m.

LANDMARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 12th & Grand, Delta • 874-3717 Pastor: Ken Gilchrist Sunday: Sunday School (all ages) Morning Worship Sunday Afternoon Wednesday Evening

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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 SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD 860 Crawford Ave., Delta Carlos & Rosemary Sluder, Pastors – 874-0167 Benjamin y Eunice Aviña Addlescentes – 874-0517 Arturo & Alicia Carrasco, Children – 874-0771 Domingo: Escuela Dominical Predicacion Culto de la Tarde y Niños Miercoles: Family Night Miercoles: Jovenes

together for our future.”

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“FPU is a fun and easy to understand program.

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GUNNISON VALLEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1721 H Rd., Delta • 874-0848 Website: gvcnazarene.org Email: gvcnazarene@aol.com Senior Pastor Terry D. Hedrick Associate Pastor Edward (Mike) Sandridge Sunday: Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service: With Worship Leader Gary Lear & The GVC Praise Team Including Children’s Church And Nursery 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday: Ladies’ Breakfast 8:30 a.m.

Fellowship & Bible Study Including Potluck Dinner 6:00 p.m.

Study Groups: Meeting at various places and times throughout the week.

We want to extend a personal invitation to everyone. Please come and make yourself at home.

“Our church could be your home.”

“We exist to glorify God by raising up Christ-centered, Spirit-filled Disciple makers.”

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 4th and Meeker, Delta • 874-4893 Rev. Alisa Secrest Adult/Children’s Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Praise Music 10:15 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Child care available

DELTA CHRISTIAN CHURCH Reaching the children and youth of Western Delta County I Rd. & 1600 Rd., North Delta • 874-4322 www.deltachristianchurch.org Ministry Staff: Don Bavor, Kirsten Alsdorf Buffy Zentmeyer; Jay Alsdorf Jeremy Kane; Jake Sullivan Sunday: Worship First Service 9:30 a.m.

Second Service 11:00 a.m.

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

For Elem., M.S. & H.S. activities, please call

GARNET MESA BAPTIST CHURCH 863 A Street, Delta 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.

Independent, Fundamental

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) 1000 Pioneer Road • 874-3052 Pastor Jeffrey Ryan Worship Service 9:00 a.m.

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

Tiny Treasures Preschool

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others about finances through programs such as FPU. Each class participant needs a kit that includes a lifetime family membership to FPU, an FPU workbook, an FPU envelope system, 13 audio lessons, bonus CD, bud-

Redeemer Lutheran Church plans Fall Family Festival A Fall Family Festival is planned at Redeemer Lutheran Church Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The festival includes entertainment (musical as well as dog obe-

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by Falkenhof Kennels), arts and crafts, a silent auction, a live auction at noon and hayrides. This is an annual fund raiser and community outreach for the Tiny Treasures

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5th & Meeker Streets, Delta • Office — 874-9501 1596 S.W. 9th St., Cedaredge • 856-3586 751 Meeker St., Delta • 874-8083 delta.umc@juno.com Bob Hillyer - Senior Pastor Sunday: Bible Lesson Sermon 10:00 a.m.

Roy Trueblood, Pastor Marvin Pemberton - Assoc. Pastor Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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Janet Noble - Children Wednesday: Testimony Meeting 7:00 p.m. Worship Service Communion Worship 1st Sunday Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Child Care Provided • Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wed. Family Night: Adult Bible Study, Youth & Children's Ministries 7:00 p.m.

GRAND MESA BIBLE CHURCH Men's Breakfast (Saturday) 7:00 a.m.

710 Crawford Ave., Delta • 874-8315 cedarag.org RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH Pastor Gary Culp 1065 E. 7th St., Delta • 874-0308 • Cell: 314-0116 Sunday School For All Ages 9:30 a.m.

Pastors David & Michele Murphy Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Sunday: Please call for information about SURFACE CREEK Prayer Time 9:00 a.m.

Bible studies and Prayer times COMMUNITY CHURCH Annointed Worship & Praise 9:30 a.m.

Annointed preaching to follow 21987 Austin Road • Austin Where the fire & glory of God are manifested Jacopper@tds.net FIRST CHURCH OF GOD John Copper, Pastor • 856-4675 1102 Howard St., Delta • Church 874-4647 Sunday: deltafirstchurchofgod.com Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Bob and Linda Aubery with Children’s Church and nursery provided Sunday School Classes Wednesday: Bible Study 7:00 p.m. for All Ages 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF (Fellowship Hall) 2:00 p.m.

CEDAREDGE Wed. Cedaredge Bible Study (856-3854) 4:00 p.m.

370 W. Main St., Cedaredge • 856-3830 Prayer Chain P.O. Box 400, Cedaredge, CO 81413 Contact Janice Bridwell 874-4621 NORTH FORK CHURCH Email: fbc@kaycee.net OF CHRIST Senior Pastor Dik Abbott 40259 M Rd., Paonia • 970-527-5443 Sunday: Sunday Morning 10:00 a.m.

MARANATHA FELLOWSHIP Sunday School for All Ages 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday Evening 5:00 p.m.

(The LORD Cometh) Morning Worship Service 10:15 a.m.

Teaching Sound Bible Doctrine 1712 H Road, Delta • 874-9135 Children’s Church Available Pastor Earl Douglas Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday: Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Bible Study 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Night 6:00 p.m.

AWANA and Youth 6:30 p.m.

PAONIA FRIENDS CHURCH Wed. Prayer & Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

409 3rd St., Paonia • 527-6151 All Welcome Pastor Gaylen Kinser Sunday: SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 9:00 a.m.

ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH GRAND MESA SOUTHERN with NURSERY for children 19 mos.-3 years “Loyal to the orthodox Christian SUNDAY SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH faith as received by Anglicanism” for ages 19 months-adults 10:00 a.m.

110 S.E. Jay Ave., Cedaredge • 856-4672 5th & Palmer St., Delta • Rector's Study: 874-9489 Rev. Steven Puls Pastor Tom Seibert Holy Eucharist Bible Study 9:30 a.m. and Sunday School (Sunday) 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m.

CRAWFORD FRIENDS CHURCH Order of St. Luke & Healing Service, Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Non-denominational First Monday each month 6:00 p.m. Team Kid (Wednesday) 6:00 p.m.

3842 Stearman Lane, Crawford • 921-LORD (5673) Morning Prayer/Communion Prayer & Bible Study Pastor Jerry Dutton Wednesday 10 a.m.

(Wednesday) 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 Brotherhood Breakfast Children’s Church and Nursery 10:30 a.m.

(1st Saturday) 8:00 a.m.

Adult Bible Study 11:00 a.m.

ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE Fellowship Breakfast (nursery provided) (last Tuesday) 8:00 a.m.

ORTHODOX www.crawfordchristians.org (at Ole Bakery) 298 Bert St., Delta • 874-5225 www.saintandrewsdelta.org Father Daniel Jones Saturday Great Vespers 5:00 p.m.

HOTCHKISS CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.

175 N. 1st St., Hotchkiss • 527-3225 ECKERT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Please call: for feast day services schedule Minister Windell Howard 13025 Highway 65, Eckert • 835-3441 Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

P.O. Box 7 Pastor Jo DeVinny SEVENTH-DAY Sunday: ADVENTIST CHURCH Morning Worship: MOUNTAIN VIEW BIBLE CHURCH 763 Meeker St., Delta Year Round 10:30 a.m.

Lazear, CO – 872-2139 Pastor: Seth Coridan Children’s Sunday School during worship Pastor Jim Jesser – 323-6412 Sabbath School Saturday 9:30 a.m. Thursday: Youth Pastor Jake Erickson - 872-6329 Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Bible Study Held at Big E Market 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Prayer Meetings Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Evening Service & Youth Night 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Christ Centered Country Church NEW HOPE EVANGELICAL Independent and Fundamental OF LATTER DAY SAINTS FREE CHURCH 1679 Pioneer Rd., Delta • 874-3444 Meets at Cedaredge Community Center Corner of E. 16th St./F Rd. and Pioneer Rd. www.newhopefreechurch.org Sunday: Pastor Bill Williamson HOTCHKISS COMMUNITY Uncompahgre Ward 9:00 a.m.

856-4458 Delta Ward 11:00 a.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

2nd & Orchard, Hotchkiss • Office: 872-3540 Children’s Church 10:45 a.m.

Pastor John Heistand • 872-4881 Nursery Available Sanctuary is handicapped accessible FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF DELTA Men’s Breakfast 1st & 3rd Sat. 7:00 at Ole Bakery Children's and Adult’s Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

American Baptist Church Youth Groups — schedules vary 11:00 a.m.

1250 Pioneer Road, Delta • 874-3847 Call for time and place Worship Service Peace Circle, 2nd. Tues.

9:30 a.m. deltafirstbaptist.org Wearhouse hours: Monday 9 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Pastor James Conley UMW Meet 3rd Saturday 9:00 a.m.

Sunday: National Historical Register site Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

CEDAREDGE COMMUNITY Morning Worship 8:05 a.m.

Sunday Night Church 6:00 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Wednesday: 3rd & Aspen, PO Box 369, Cedaredge • 856-3696 Middle School Blitz 6:30 p.m.

Rev. Debra A. Edwards, Pastor FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AWANA (Sept.-April) 6:30 p.m.

Vickie Richards-Street, Pastoral Assoc.

OF HOTCHKISS Thursday: Rev. Bob Watts, Pastor Emeritus 203 W. Main, Hotchkiss • Church 872-3313 House of Prayer 6:00 p.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Sunday School (all ages) 9:45 a.m.

Saturday: Celebration Service 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Men’s Bible Study 7:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 5:00 p.m.

High School Saturday Night Live 7:00 p.m. Communion Worship First Sunday After School Program (K-8) Wed. 3:45 p.m.

Zero Gravity Youth 4:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study & Prayer Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Children, Youth and Adult Choirs Youth Group/Teen Bible Study Wed. 7:00 p.m.

COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN Bible Studies Available Also offering counseling, men’s prayer OPEN HEARTS! OPEN MINDS! OPEN DOORS! FELLOWSHIP meetings, ladies’ Bible study, teen outings, nursery Meets at Bill Heddles Recreation Center, Delta and a food pantry. Contact Pastor Jake DeField for Ron Howard, Pastor more information.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Church Provided CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Home Bible Studies Available 2291 Q25 Road, Cedaredge • 856-6137 Information: call 200-7816 or 874-4372 PAONIA Pastors John and MaryLouise Dannels Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

2nd and Onarga, Paonia ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH Pastor Russell Fletcher 628 Meeker St., Delta • 874-3300 Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Father Henry Aguwa, S.M.M.M., Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Saturday: Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sacrament of Forgiveness 4:30 p.m.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Youth Group 6:00 p.m.

Mass 5:30 p.m.

290 S.W. 2nd Ave., Cedaredge • 210-3398 Child care provided every Sun. Sunday: Pastor Seth Coridan and on special occasions.

English Mass 10:00 a.m. Sabbath School Saturday 9:15 a.m.

Spanish Mass 12:00 Noon Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.

Daily Mass Wed.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 3:00 p.m.

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(Missouri Synod) THUNDER MOUNTAIN CHURCH 5th & North Fork, Paonia ST. PHILIP BENIZI CATHOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST at the Northwest corner of City Park 290 N.W. Cedar Ave., P.O. Box 713 800 Palmer St., Delta Pastor Duane O. Daeke • 527-3232 Cedaredge, CO 81413 Sundays: Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST Rev. Canice Enyiaka, Pastor Bible Classes 9:30 a.m.

Lent Worship Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

1061 Meeker St., Delta • cofchrist.org 8:00 a.m. Mass Bible Study following worship service Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday: Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday: 6:00 p.m. Mass (Children’s church available) Visitors Always Welcome.

For more information call 626-3347 For more information, call 970-856-6495 Weekly home Bible studies Information: 234-7816

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC) 1290 A St., Delta • 874-9497 Pastor: Randy Unruh Website: www.calvarydelta.org E-Mail: office@calvarydelta.org Sunday: Bible Study Morning Worship

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ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

20101 Deer Creek Rd., Austin • 835-3667 658 Howard St., Delta www.allsaintslutheranco.org Rev. Kay Spinden • 874-3425 Tom Lange, Pastor Sunday Services 10:30 a.m. Sunday: Children’s Classes 10:30 a.m.

Worship 10:00 a.m.

Science of Mind Classes Also Available Open Communion (1st & 3rd Sundays)

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 5th and Oak, Paonia • 527-4239 Bishop Stephen W. Bayles 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.

Preschool and kindergarten. It will be held on the grounds of Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1000 Pioneer Road, Delta.

Call the church at 874-3052 for more information.

CHURCH OF GOD (Anderson Affiliate) 188 N. First Street, Hotchkiss • 872-3664 P.O. Box 477 • Visitors Welcome Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 p.m.

BIBLE CENTER CHURCH 1117 Third Street, Paonia • 527-4629 www.biblecenteronline.com John Owen, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Awana Clubs - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

NORTH FORK BAPTIST CHURCH 639 Samuel Wade Rd., Paonia • 527-4644 Pastor John Robbins Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:00 p.m.

Nursery Provided

CRAWFORD COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 297 Dogwood Ave., Crawford • 921-3300 Rev. John Heistand Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.

Adult Education 8:00 a.m.

Children’s Education 9:00 a.m.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF PAONIA 227 Oak Ave., Paonia • 527-7291 • 527-3450 P.O. Box 413, Paonia, CO 81428 Pastor Ed Hollett Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Traditional Church Service 10:45 a.m.

PAONIA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 235 Box Elder Avenue, Paonia • 527-3161 www.paoniachristianfellowship.com Pastor Scott McIntire Sunday Services: Sunday School for ages 2-112 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service 10:15 a.m.

Children’s Church 10:15 a.m.

Monday Ladies Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

His Hands — Men’s Group 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Youth Group 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Ladies Bible Study 10:00 a.m.

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SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH 235 North Fork, Paonia • 527-3214 Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m.

ST. MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH Bridge & Pinon St., Hotchkiss • 527-3214 Sunday Mass 11:00 a.m.

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 209 East Hotchkiss Avenue, Hotchkiss • 201-1201 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Child care available.

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OLATHE OLD KING JAMES BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 5th & Horton, Olathe • 970-497-0790 Pastor Brian Lopiccolo Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Preaching 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH’S TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Latin Mass 59350 Carnation Rd., Olathe • 323-0243 Sunday Masses 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m.

Rosary & Confessions 1/2 hour before each mass Daily masses as scheduled

MONTROSE LIVING WORD LUTHERAN CHURCH 33 N. Uncompahgre Ave., Montrose • 249-4405 Pastor Matthew Frey Sunday Service 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School/Bible Study 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

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Privileged to serve The Richards family joined a team of 44 nurses, doctors, dentists, dental hygienists and volunteers to provide basic care to the poverty-stricken children of Vietnam. The twice-yearly medical missions are organized by Children of Peace International.

BY PAT SUNDERLAND Managing Editor

en and Doris Richards traveled the world to create their closeknit family of seven. Identical twins Alex (Hung Thanh Tran) and Andy (Hai Thanh Tran) were born in Vietnam and adopted by the Richards in August 1999. Anha (Thuy Anh Thi Le), who was also born in Vietnam, joined the family in February 2001. Alysha (Hussainatu Koroma) and Ayasha (Hassanatu Koroma) were 5 when they were adopted from Sierra Leone.

Though the kids have traveled thousands of miles from their countries of birth, Ken and Doris have made it a priority to expose their children to the history, traditions and culture of their homelands. They also promised their children that they would take them back to Vietnam when they all reached middle school. That time came this summer.

The Richards traveled with close friends of theirs, friends they’d traveled with twice before to Vietnam when they adopted Andy and Alex.

Their friends had adopted a daughter from Vietnam at the same time and she too was ready to see her homeland. So they joined Children of Peace International (COPI) on their summer medical mission trip which started in Hanoi and ended in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

Vietnam is described as a developing country still mired in poverty and recovering from many years of war.

The years of turmoil created a large number of orphans.

COPI founder Binh Rybacki — a Vietnamese refugee — is dedicated to providing homes, education, medical attention and love to more than 6,000 orphan children in 14 orphanages and schools, hospitals and clinics throughout Vietnam.

Medical care is rare in the rural areas of Vietnam, so through two annual medical missions COPI provides hygiene training and basic medical and dental care. The team of volunteers is made up of American and Vietnamese medical and dental professionals, nurses, students, and other concerned citizens willing to give their time and effort for these two-and-a-half week trips.

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Through medical missions the Richards children would be given the opportunity to serve others at an important and influential time in their lives and for the three who were born in Vietnam, the experience of seeing their country as it really is — as opposed to just visiting the tourist highlights.

After a 13-hour flight from Los Angeles, they landed at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi (population five million). The next morning they were on a bus to the first clinic at Thanh Ba in Viet Tri. Altogether COPI conducted eight clinics. Along the way they visited orphanages and schools supported by COPI. The team was usually up no later than 6 a.m. and rarely back to their hotel before 8 p.m. after seeing 250 to 300 people each day. At a school for indigenous children in northern Vietnam, the Richards presented funds donated by the Presbyterian Church of Delta. While the donation of $700 may seem modest by U.S. standards, it will purchase a year’s worth of books and pencils for all 500 of the school’s students. The Vietnamese government does not recognize the rights of their indigenous population, so without the support of outside organizations such as COPI or the Presbyterian Church of Delta, these children would not receive an education.

Other funds donated by the church were used to purchase medical supplies.

At the medical clinics, the kids were first gathered in a staging area. Alex and Andy kicked around a soccer ball to help keep the kids entertained while they waited to be checked in. From the staging area each patient was checked into the clinic where basic medical information was gathered and tracking sheets were pinned to their shirts.

From here the kids moved on to the hygiene station where they washed their hands and faces and brushed their teeth. so they would be clean for the medical professionals. Doris and other volunteers worked this station, assisted at times

by Alex and Andy. Each kid was given a packet of toiletries that included a toothbrush and toothpaste, washcloth, fingernail clippers and comb. The kids were given lessons on how to properly brush their teeth and wash

Alysha lends a hand with a dental check-up.

their hands.

At the next station, the volunteer nurses cleaned the kids’ ears, checked their vital signs and conducted a visual assessment of their health.

Examinations were conducted by doctors at the next stop.

Those who needed a tooth pulled or a cavity filled were directed to the dental station. While professional dentists and dental hygienists provided services, volunteer team members including Ayasha and Alysha assisted the dentists and comforted small patients while other members cleaned and sterilized the dental instruments.

A pharmacist accompanied the team as well and filled prescriptions at the next stop.

In addition, all of the children were given vitamins.

The final stop was the “toy” station where each child was given a toy or treasure. This is where Anha often helped out.

The trained volunteer medical team included five nurses, three medical doctors, four dentists and a pharmacist.

Everyone else supported the medical team.

Between stations, volunteers kept the kids occupied with face painting, coloring, painting or beading. Vietnamese speaking volunteers helped facilitate the transition from station to station.

It’s a system that has been perfected over the years, to allow COPI volunteers to see as many patients as possible during the short clinics.

Ken arrived midway through the clinic schedule, but was able to step in and take the place of another volunteer who had to fly back to the U.S. early. The final clinic was conducted at the orphanage where Alex, Andy and Anha once lived. In 2001 the Delta Presbyterian Church donated funds to purchase two large instant hot and cold water bottle dispensers. They were still in use and in good condition at the orphanage that now cares for significant numbers of severely disabled children, including those born with deformities related to the ongoing effects of Agent Orange that Americans used to defoliate the jungle during the war.

After the medical clinics were concluded, and during the two free days built into the clinic schedule, the Richards explored Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta and Chu Chi. They also stopped outside the hospital where Alex and Andy were born. The twins, who weighed 2.8 and 3 pounds at birth, remained in the hospital for nearly six months before they were strong enough to be taken to the orphanage. They also stopped by the American Embassy which was built after Vietnam was re-opened to travel in 1993. Ken and Doris were among the first Americans to pass through the doors of the new embassy in 1999. They were processing paperwork in August 1999 when the embassy brought in dignitaries from around the globe for an open house; Ken and Doris were interviewed

by CNN International.

City streets, filled with

bicycles 10 years ago, are now teeming with moped and motorcycle traffic. Exhaust fumes were sometimes overwhelming. There were very few traffic signals, so crossing a busy street required courage and fortitude.

COPI is now raising funds to open a new children’s cancer wing at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Currently there is only one cancer wing for children in another part of the city. Ayasha and Alysha, along with other members of the team, visited the hospital where they saw poor conditions for the children who were suffering from cancer. Once the patients were admitted, their non-medical care fell to family members who brought in food, changed the bedpans and aired out the sheets and blankets. Family

members gathered in a celllike waiting area, sometimes going into the streets to beg for money. Although socialized medical care is provided for all citizens of Vietnam, often there are no medicines or supplies available.

Andy Richards uses an oversized toothbrush and false teeth to demonstrate proper brushing techniques.

Ken Richards changes out the water at the hygiene station, where the kids washed up before seeing the medical staff.

Like many Americans traveling abroad, the Richards returned home realizing how fully their lives have been blessed. They urge everyone to do what they can to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Anyone interested in a COPI medical mission trip can visit childrenofpeace. org to learn more.

“The mission was a lot of hard work, but it was also very enjoyable,” said Doris.

“The organization is well run, and anyone is welcome to join as long as they love people.”

Anha, Alex and Andy Richards are pictured with Binh, the founder of Children of Peace International and the Tam Binh Orphanage where the kids stayed before being adopted.

Terry and Maya Harris and Alysha, Ayasha, Anha and Doris Richards donned Vietnamese dresses for a farewell dinner.