January 24, 2025
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Many thanks for publishing the article,“President Jimmy Carter and the True Test of Leadership Effectiveness” by Dan McGee, Ph.D. It is not often that we get a glimpse inside the White House and its then presiding president, especially from the first-hand experiences of a Lake City resident. This insightful narrative of decades of experience at our nation’s capitol with the late President Jimmy Carter Memberis reassuring. It shows us how our country elevated a peanut farmer to the U.S. presidency, where he not only demonstrated true leadership but also won a Nobel Peace prize and brought health and hope to millions of people around the world. How fortunate Lake City is to have Dr. McGee who can share these recollections with friends and neighbors . . . and readers of Silver World. Lynn Bahrych, Ph.D., J.D.Shaw Island, WA 98286
Please find enclosed my check for renewal of the Silver World. As a longtime summer visitor to Lake City, I appreciate news of my favorite summer vacation location including stories of old times and people, at least some of which I remember fondly.My family first came to Lake City in the summer of 1940 to escape the searing heat of Oklahoma. We stayed in a cabin owned by Mrs. Liska. When the war ended, we had a car again to resume our annual escape from the heat. We found that Vickers cabins were just right for us. We resumed our annual visits and have since introduced our children and grandchildren to the pleasures of Lake City.Thank you for continuing to publish! Sincerely,Alice Van Eaton LanningNorman, Oklahoma
Hinsdale County Commissioners Robert Hurd and Greg Levine, with their newly re-appointed board chair, Kristie Borchers, have launched into the new year with an ambitious schedule of near-weekly meetings, focus for the county board being financial wrap-ups for both the now-complete 2024 budget and finalizing a myriad of details for the new, 2025 county budget in late December.At their first-of-year meeting Wednesday, January 8, County Commissioners had a clear, forward-looking focus as they named individuals who will represent the county on a variety of state and regional boards, and, looking still further ahead, plans which are shaping up in early spring for ground breaking ceremonies at the multi-million-dollar County Operations Building adjacent to Hinsdale County Courthouse on Henson Street.Still vexing to the commissioners from a financial viewpoint are continuing tardy delays in repayment to the county for major outlays already paid by the county but for which reimbursement is still lacking.Examples of delayed reimbursement includes far-flung members of the emergency deployment All Hazards Team which are promptly paid by the county, although state reimbursement is delayed in some cases in excess of 90 days. Commissioner Levine was sufficiently exasperated by the delayed repayments that during discussion at the county’s January 8 meeting, he suggested a temporary hold on further employment of the All Hazards Team “until we can figure out this situation… it makes no sense to continue putting these people out in the field.”Also exasperating in terms of county finances, is required up-front payment for sizable public improvement projects such as last summer’s chip & seal resurfacing of four miles of County Road 30 at Lake San Cristobal. In addition to several hundred thousand dollars which were contributed toward the project by the county, the cash-strapped county also fronted $900,000 in Colorado Department of Transportation funding — two checks, according to County Finance Officer Lynn McNitt, the first for $400,000 and a second for $500,000, which were paid to the contractor, A-1 Chip Seal — despite no reimbursement from the state as of early January. At the county board’s January 8 meeting, commissioners met with Sherry Boyce and Sarah Tubbs for a preliminary discussion on uncertainties on the exact location of the county’s north boundary line bordering………. Missing the whole story? Click below to subscribe to our weekly publication!
Outdoor recreation enthusiasts are in for some excitement throughout the month of February with a series of winter events scheduled every weekend, beginning with Town of Lake City’s annual Ice Climbing Festival February 1.Ice climbing festivals have been a yearly February celebration of ice dexterity in Lake City for the past 20 years highlighting Town of Lake City’s ever-expanding Lake City Ice Climbs Park at the mouth of Henson Creek.The town’s ice climbing venue on Henson Creek includes Pump House Park at the mouth of the canyon and, further up the creek, a succession of vertical ice climbing challenges known as the Beer Garden in reference to a German Beer Garden which occupied the site in the 1870s. Located on sheer walls of Henson Creek canyon between Pump House Park and Beer Garden is a series of even more awe-inspiring vertical ice walls christened “Dynamite Shack” in recognition of its proximity to a former explosive’s storage cavern on the Mount Morris Lode. Ice climbing walls at Dynamite Shack range in height from 80’ to over 110’ of near-vertical ice climbing challenges.Due to its popularity and an increasing number of climbers and spectators, this year’s festival will once again be located at the Beer Garden location. Two timed climbing events are planned: Top Rope, in which climbers use a preset climbing rope to ascend as quickly as they are able up to the cliff top, while safely belayed by their partner from ground level. Once at the top, a gong is sounded as climbers strike a metal skillet.The second ice climbing competition is Lead Rope, in which contenders incrementally ascend as they thread their climbing rope through screws set into the ice.The timed events for both Top Rope and Lead Rope are scheduled for men and women. Town of Lake City Recreation Director Ben Hake tells WORLD there may also be adaptive climbing courses, which are designed to cater to disabled climbers. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., entry fee is $35, and the climbing competition kicks off at 11:00 a.m.Amenities at this year’s festival will include canvas-walled warming tents, each equipped with a wood burning stove, located at the Beer Garden, as well as downstream at Dynamite Shack and Pump House Park.Also for spectators and contestants on Saturday, Hake will be manning the charcoal grill serving up hamburgers and hot dogs with chips and drinks for lunch, served at 11 a.m.Climbing will continue until early afternoon, with an awards dinner held at the Arts Center (300 Silver Street) at 6:30 p.m., and awards ceremony at 7:00 p.m. Meal tickets cost $20 and will be available at registration or at the door. The meal will include ‘Slumgullion Stew,’ sticky rice, rolls or cornbread and a key lime cup or vegetarian curry. A cash bar will be available with dinner.A variety of climbing equipment prizes from San Juan Soda Co. will be awarded, including the door prize of top-quality climbing rope. Other climbing equipment to be awarded as prizes is manufactured by well-known firms Black Diamond and Petzl.For more information the online website is www.lakecityice.com. There is something fun to do outdoors every Friday in February; upcoming events – with more details to come in upcoming issues of WORLD – include the 7th annual Brewski, February 8, where participants can walk, sled or ski to six stations on a mile-long course on Lake San Cristobal while enjoying beverages.The Lake City Search and Rescue Ice Fishing Derby Presented by Alpine Outfitters takes place out on Lake San Cristobal February 15, with prizes awarded to top 3 largest live length game fish.February 22 is the 9th annual Cannibal Snowshoe Scramble on Lake San Cristobal, sponsored by the Lake City Area Medical Center. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m., and racers can participate in a 5k challenge course, or do a one-mile fun run. Prizes are given for first, second and third place racers, as well as best-dressed in cannibal costume.Finally, March 1 is the annual Matt Milski ski race at the Lake City Ski Hill; more information to come as WORLD receives it.
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