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Out of 24 Starters, Swiss Racer is 1st in 100-Mile High 5 After 37.51 Hours

Exhausted runners in last weekend’s 7th annual High 5 100-mile mountain ultra run were contemplative after a continual multiple day and night slog through the mountains surrounding Lake City.For first place Swiss runner Benjamin “Benji” Wiederkehr, who crossed the town park finish line near dusk on Saturday 37 hours and 51 minutes after start of the run, most memorable and “magical” were shadows cast by a near full moon on the summits of 14,001’ Sunshine and 14,034’ Redcloud Peaks.Utah ultra runner Jared Campbell — second to cross the finish line at 11:07 p.m. Saturday and third overall with a start to finish running time of 41 hours, 7 minutes — stated he enjoyed “experimenting” with his race trajectory. He acknowledged some of the experimental routes, such as ascending 14,015’ Wetterhorn Peak and Matterhorn Peak, at a mere 13,590’, were successful in terms of time efficiency, while other self-determined routes such as bypassing vertically challenging Sunshine Falls near the base of Sunshine Peak in the dark were perhaps less successful and in fact “downright questionable.”A repeat favorite in this year’s High 5 was Gunnison middle school educator Dustin Simoens whose blunt post-race assessment after crossing the town park finish line at

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Historical Society Seeks Help Saving Histories

Have you ever wondered how a woman born more than a century ago would describe her childhood in Lake City?Are you fascinated by local mines and curious to learn what it was like to work underground?Did you ever wish you had recorded a relative’s memories before it was too late?If so, the practice of oral history will interest you.Hinsdale County Historical Society (HCHS) is revitalizing its oral history program and is seeking interviewers, narrators, and transcribers to participate. Oral histories are recorded conversations about the past between a narrator and interviewer.They are transcribed, shared, and preserved to enhance the public’s understanding of the past.Oral history is not about documenting precise dates or details. It is about capturing the way that people remember the past today—the emotions, meanings, and memories that animate their lives.The historical society has a range of oral history recordings, many of which still are not transcribed. Some were saved on cassette tapes. Others were in a CD or digital format.HCHS has transferred these audio files so that anyone interested in transcribing them can access them from their home computer.The oral histories awaiting transcription convey fascinating tales. One oral history is between pioneer railroad worker John Benson (1868-1957),

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Editor's Pick

Dear Lake City Community,

On behalf of Wee Care, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended and supported our recent fundraising event, Putt for Purpose on August 4th.Thanks to your support, we were able to raise over $6,000 for our early childhood childhood center. This impact would not have been

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Dear Grant,

The Lake Fork Valley Conservancy’s Bluebird Project is wrapping up its second year of monitoring the nesting activity of the Mountain Bluebirds along State Highway 149. When monitors and other volunteers are certain that all nesting activity has ceased, they will clean out their nest boxes and winterize the boxes

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Dear Grant and Lake City Residents,

The 2025 Lake City String Academy was a wonderful success, bringing six collegiate-level violinists to town for the week!I thank the entire community for their support and enthusiasm for these talented young people, especially attending the Mort and Ceil Weir Finale Concert, the Senior Concert, and the Kids “try-a-violin” Concert.Lake

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Dear Editor

All who attended the Lake Fork Wind Ensemble concert on July 20 will agree the director was amazing, the musicians were outstanding, and the performance was spectacular.We want to thank all who came to this annual event. Your generous tax deductible donations are very much appreciated and will fund the

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Dear Editor,

In my initial thank you letter, I inadvertently omitted a vital acknowledgment that deserves deep appreciation.I want to extend heartfelt thanks to Jerry Gray and the San Juan Solstice (SJS) Board for their continued generosity and support of the Hardrock 100 and the Sherman Aid Station. Each year, the San

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Dear Grant,

Jeanie wants every everyone to know, especially those who read the Silver World, how grateful she is to the EMT’s who responded Sunday afternoon, June 30, Sheriff Starnes and “Deputy Dan” were the first to arrive.Currently we are at our son-in-law and daughter’s home near Buena Vista for three weeks

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