May 18, 2024
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During this week of appreciation for our law enforcement officers, we would like to thank our local Hinsdale County team. These individuals demonstrate commitment to our community, and we are grateful.Please join us in thanking Sheriff Chris Kambish, Undersheriff Jordan Kaminski, Deputy Brennan Pantleo, Deputy Denim Starnes, Deputy Sarah Poet, Deputy Mark Zeckser, Bobbi McDonald, and reserve deputies Keith Chambers, Kaylin Trivisonno, Kelly Elkins, John Bonner, and Rick Hernandez.Respectfully,Commissioner Kristie Borchers,Commissioner Robert Hurd,Commissioner Greg Levine
GCEA will begin its annual election of board directors next Monday, May 20, and we are excited for all GCEA members to receive their ballots in the mail, review the voting instructions, and then cast their votes.Polly Oberosler is running uncontested to retain her seat for District 6 and we have three candidates running for District 7: Frank Stern, Edward Howard, and Shannon Hessler. Regardless of where you live, all GCEA members are encouraged to vote. Candidate and voting information may be found at www.gcea.coop.To help make voting easier, GCEA offers electronic voting. Ballots will be sent out to all GCEA members on May 20, with the option to either vote electronically by June 16, return your mailed ballot by June 18, or vote in person on June 18, at the annual meeting. It is important to note that members may only vote once and there is only one vote per membership. If you try to vote electronically and by mail, you’ll cancel both votes.Whether you’ve never voted in a GCEA election or have voted every year, your vote is important and signals your opportunity to select directors who best support your goals and priorities for safe, reliable, and affordable electricity. We appreciate your interest in your local electric cooperative and encourage you to vote!Kind regards,Alliy SahagunMember Relations Supervisor,GCEA
I am thrilled to bring attention to the recipients of the Gunnison Basin Roundtable’s 2024 Water Education Grant. These diverse initiatives across Western Colorado are great examples of our community’s dedication to nurturing an understanding and stewardship of our basin’s water for future generations.First, the Friends of Youth and Nature (FOYAN) will fund visits to the Eureka! Science Museum, ensuring that Western Slope youth can access enriching water education experiences without barriers.Coldharbour Institute will support the creation of educational materials, to enhance their ability to educate children and students through hands-on experiences at their Tomichi Creek ranch.Lake City Community School will utilize its grant to support the K-5 STEM Program. This program is critical in a remote area like Hinsdale County, as it connects students with practical science applications, offering opportunities to directly connect to their natural surroundings.Paonia K8’s project includes an overnight camping trip, a field trip, and enhancements to a classroom trout tank system. These activities are designed to deepen students’ connections with their environment and foster education extending beyond traditional classroom walls.GROUNDWORK is setting a precedent with their development of an experimental curriculum focused on the Colorado River Basin. This curriculum will be tested and shared statewide.North Fork High School will use funds to continue facilitating its “How’s The River” program, which brings kids directly to the North Fork to learn about water quality and ecology hands-on.Last, the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership is utilizing its grant to provide essential resources and guides for local educators, supporting comprehensive watershed education.This grant is just one example of how the Gunnison Basin Roundtable (GBRT) catalyzes educational opportunities and change on a local level. Please consider checking out gunnisonriverbasin.org to learn more, including ways to get involved.Sincerely,Savannah NelsonGBRT Public Education, Participation, and Outreach (PEPO) Coordinator
Under socked-in skies and in chilly spring temperatures, members of Hinsdale County Search and Rescue as well as the Lake City Area Fire Department completed training for Swift Water Rescue last weekend, May 10 – 12.Instructor Aaron Kent of Southwest Rescue and Training in Durango taught a variety of topics including solo swimming technique, self-rescue, defensive swimming, patient rescue techniques, rope handling in rescue, and boat rescue scenarios. Pick up a copy of the May 17 issue of the Lake City Silver World to see the full article. Not a subscriber? Subscribe HERE
— By Lori Bowling Growing up, the Bowling brothers were pretty darn close. Aged 4 years apart, their mom couldn’t take them to the store together because they were always rough-housing and goofing around and thumping each other on the head.As years passed, Bill, the elder of the two, went into the Marine Corps and the younger brother, Doug, followed in his father’s footsteps and became a Geologist.During Doug’s college days, he would do odd jobs like build barns and fences, whatever it took to help pay for college or keep a roof over his head. He bought this ragged and tattered old 1948 Ford Truck to run back and forth to jobs and school.It was always breaking down on him. It rattled like a bucket of bolts. He didn’t have money to fix it, so he did the best he could with bailing wire and tape, odds and ends of this or that. It had what he called “may pop” tires, because they “may pop today, they may pop tomorrow.”As time went on and he graduated college, he and his wife and kids got an assignment to live and work with Chevron in Indonesia. He didn’t want to part with this old truck, so he gave it to his nephew in Texas, hoping to get it back someday.The nephew decided to take it all apart and turn it into a low rider. Parts and pieces were all over the pasture where the old truck lived.Years passed, and Doug is very successful now in the oil field. He would always reminisce with Bill about his old ‘48.Bill retired from the Marines and soon after he and I (his wife, Lori) moved up to Lake City to the old Bowling cabins. It was then Bill decided to contact the nephew, get that truck, and redo it.With a 20-foot trailer in tow, he made the long journey back to Texas to get that old truck of Doug’s. On his arrival he discovered the nephew purchased another ‘48 for parts, so they loaded all the rusted parts and extra truck up, and Bill came back to Lake City.Bill and I unloaded all the parts, sifting through the rubble, trying to figure out what parts were what, and which would be better to use. Piece by piece and 3 years later, we have a 1948 truck with some extra hidden goodies with Bowling style.For instance, the breather for the carburetor is an old Grangers tobacco can. Their father, Dewey, smoked a pipe and this was his favorite brand of tobacco, so why not use it for such a cool memory?Some parts are new, and most are handmade by Bill. There was lots of banging to remove dents, and some super bondo to fill holes came into play. Bill even took the old nuts and bolts and put them in a rock tumbler to remove the rust.Lots of love and time went into this truck. Last week, Bill loaded the 76-year-old truck back up on the same 20-foot trailer and took it to Louisiana where Doug and his wife reside now.Doug didn’t know what was about to happen as it was all a surprise. Bill gifted the old 1948 Ford Truck Doug adored back to him. The love between these two brothers may just be the deepest you can get. photos show the dilapidated state of disrepair — merely a rusty husk — the truck was in when Bowling received it.
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