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Board needs some schooling in transparency
03/10/2010 | Randy Sunderland

Trust is a fragile thing, especially when talking about the public’s trust. The announcement that Delta County School Superintendent Mike McMillan was retiring was a surprise at the Feb. 25 school [ ... ]

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Delta

Delta Area news

Phone tariffs raised for new 911 dispatcher
10 March 2010
The Board of County Commissioners has adopted a resolution raising the 911 emergency service surcharge on phone bills from 60 cents to 70 cents per month. The funds will be earmarked for an...

10 March 2010 Teens injured in accident
10 March 2010 Delta Housing Authority to host grand opening
10 March 2010 Ride the Rockies meeting set
10 March 2010 Longfield named new superintendent
10 March 2010 Campbell gives up his school board seat
10 March 2010 Joe Kerby tapped for Delta city manager
10 March 2010 Set in stone
10 March 2010 Caucuses set for March 16
10 March 2010 Quick response

North Fork

Hotchkiss house is a total loss
10 March 2010
While Don and Holly Russell were away in Craig, their home at 33700 J80 Road was completely destroyed by fire. According to Delta County Sheriff Fred McKee, dispatch received the first call about...

10 March 2010 Only one incumbent Paonia trustee seeks re-election
10 March 2010 Delta Conservation District has 18 candidates
10 March 2010 Wendell Koontz is running unopposed for Hotchkiss mayor
10 March 2010 Administrators: PHS discourages bullying, rewards positive behavior
10 March 2010 ‘First Encounter’ wins People’s Choice Award
10 March 2010 WSERC, NFRIA may merge by summer
10 March 2010 Three are running for Crawford trustee seats
10 March 2010 Elections cancelled for North Fork special districts
10 March 2010 Bullying defined
10 March 2010 WSERC’s annual meeting was jam packed info and issues
10 March 2010 PHS speech team
10 March 2010 Future Olympians?
10 March 2010 Kids’ Pasta Project raising relief funds for Chile
10 March 2010 Deadline for Health Kits is March 18

Surface Creek

Four vie for three council seats in Orchard City
10 March 2010
There will be four candidates competing for three seats on the Orchard City town Board at the April municipal election. Each of the open seats is a four-year term.

10 March 2010 Cedaredge voters to pick mayor, three trustees
10 March 2010 New chief is on the job
10 March 2010 Source water report nearly done
10 March 2010 Cedaredge couple home safely but concerned for friends in Chile
10 March 2010 Fun in the Grand Mesa snow
10 March 2010 Hot air for a cold day
10 March 2010 Barnelopet is fun day for kids
10 March 2010 Students raise $805 for Wyatt
10 March 2010 Cedaredge students see glimpse into life on a real working ranch
10 March 2010 Take heed . . . stop!
10 March 2010 Surface Creek women join others around the world for a day of prayer
10 March 2010 Reaching out
10 March 2010 Eckert Crane Days is near

Sports

Paonia girls back to state for fourth time
10 March 2010
Defense is the name of the game as Paonia’s Grayson Pipher, 22, and Kelly Stewart isolate a Hoene Farmer from her team Saturday in the 2A regional championship game. The Eagles soundly...

10 March 2010 Bulldog boys lose bid for state cage berth
10 March 2010 Paonia boys basketball season completed
10 March 2010 Hotchkiss girls lose first round basketball contest in 3A regional
10 March 2010 Hotchkiss girls lose first round basketball contest in 3A regional
10 March 2010 Amy Loy signs to play in Rangely

Around Delta County this week in photos

Opinion

Opinions

Board needs some schooling in transparency
10 March 2010
Trust is a fragile thing, especially when talking about the public’s trust. The announcement that Delta County School Superintendent Mike McMillan was retiring was a surprise at the Feb. 25 school...

10 March 2010 Store’s closure is no reflection on staff or volunteers
10 March 2010 Ann Barker-Honchell is well qualified
10 March 2010 Art center intended to be an asset
10 March 2010 Delta County doesn’t need another gallery
10 March 2010 School board is taking the wrong approach
10 March 2010 We must show compassion for our fellow man
10 March 2010 An endorsement for Gerald Roberts

Neighbors

Friends and Neighbors

Scholarship awarded
10 March 2010
The Preceptor Gamma Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi presented Deborah Lazear with the 2009 educational $300 scholarship. The presentation was made by 2009 president Linda Croft. Preceptor Gamma...

10 March 2010 Scholarships for adult students offered
10 March 2010 Reception planned for Lucky Cox’s 80th birthday
10 March 2010 Births
10 March 2010 Campbell, Hutchinson will exchange vows in October
10 March 2010 People in the news
10 March 2010 Hotchkiss Emblem Club elects officers
10 March 2010 Paonia nurse headed for Haiti
24 February 2010 Births

Obituaries

Marion Wright
10 March 2010
Marion I. Wright of Cedaredge died of natural causes at her home on Feb. 24, 2010. She was 81.

10 March 2010 Ove Johannsen
10 March 2010 Flora Kuykendall
10 March 2010 June Rozman
10 March 2010 Norma Chartier
10 March 2010 Bud Rider
10 March 2010 Senny Trujillo
10 March 2010 William Coleman
10 March 2010 Juan Archuleta Sr.

Happenings

Happenings around Delta County

Celtic band, Irish dancers highlight St. Patrick’s celebration
10 March 2010
The Western Slope Concert Series will present Celtic band FEAST and eight champion dancers straight from Ireland in a fantastic Irish St. Patrick’s Day music and dance celebration in three concerts...

10 March 2010 4-H Beef Roast set for March 14
10 March 2010 Winemaker dinner kicks off Eckert Crane Days
10 March 2010 Register now for Spring into Shape 5K
10 March 2010 Candidates to speak at Republican women’s lunch
10 March 2010 Learn to eat like the Mediterraneans
10 March 2010 Dance to the music of the Western Kinsmen
10 March 2010 City of Delta offers five summer softball leagues
10 March 2010 Barbershop chorus presents annual show
10 March 2010 Republicans plan lunch March 18

Caucuses set for March 16

Delta Area
Written by Hank Lohmeyer
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:00
A first step on the local level in the process towards choosing candidates to run for office in November will take place next week on Tuesday, March 16, in Delta County at local precinct party caucuses. The caucus process is where citizens on the precinct level meet and choose delegates to represent their precinct at the party’s county assembly later this year.
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Longfield named new superintendent

Delta Area
Written by Pat Sunderland
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:00
A year after leaving Delta County to take a position as superintendent of schools in Manitou Springs, Ed Longfield is returning to lead the school district he has served in various capacities since 1991. In a press release issued Monday, school board president Bob Tweedell said the school board has negoiated an employment contract with Longfield which is expected to be ratified at the next school board meeting, March 18 in Crawford.
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Administrators: PHS discourages bullying, rewards positive behavior

North Fork
Written by Tami Meck
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:00
Rumors that Paonia High School homecoming traditions would end were allayed last week at a meeting hosted by school administration. The issue arose when parents reported that their children complained about being bullied.
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