May 25, 2013

New business on Main Street

c01 duckworthVaughn and LaKen Duckworth prepare a cup of their signature salty caramel white mocha for a customer.Vaughn and LaKen Duckworth are the owners of a new business that just opened on Main Street in Cedaredge.

The Dream Weaver Books and Coffee offers customers a cup of premium coffee in an atmosphere of relaxed browsing through a collection of new and used books that are also for sale.

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Saturday is Heritage Day at Pioneer Town

c01 pioneertownPhoto by Verna Barr Robin Rogers and volunteers have been very busy putting together a gift shop in a corner of the Welcome Center at Pioneer Town in Cedaredge. All will be ready by this weekend with the 2013 season’s opening. Special demonstrations and activities are planned for the season's opening of Pioneer Town in Cedaredge on Saturday, May 25. On this day, known as Heritage Day, admittance is free.

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Sharing their shooting heritage

c01 shoot2Photo by Hank Lohmeyer In the interest of safety first, all of the CHS students participating in the annual Senior Shoot received individual instruction and supervision, whether they were expert or novice trap shooters.A unique Surface Creek Valley tradition that has taken place every year since 1961 continued for the 52nd time when the Senior Shoot was hosted by the Cedaredge Rod and Gun Club at the club's range west of Cedaredge overlooking Green Valley.

It's a great time for the graduating class members to enjoy an activity together before they go separate ways in life.

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Closed meeting with police chief leads to apologies

A Cedaredge Town Board executive session requested in April by the police chief took place prior to the trustees' work session on May 9.

Chief Robert Yant had asked for the closed-door session to address comments about department operations that trustees made during the April 18 meeting.

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Biggest float yet

b01 floatPhoto by Randy Sunderland

Biggest float yet

The 14th annual river awareness float, sponsored by the Conservation Center in Paonia, attracted 209 to float from the Gunnison River Pleasure Park to Gunnison River Farms near Austin. With a flotilla of some 40 rafts, paddleboards and kayaks, the group saw firsthand how much safer the river is for recreational users thanks to the Relief Ditch Diversion dam project which removed a major obstacle in the Gunnison River. They also were treated to witnessing an archeaological dig in progress being conducted by the BLM along a bluff above the river valley. Watch for more on this river trip in the next issue of the Delta County Independent.

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Falling bricks raise safety concerns

b01 bricksPhoto by Kathy Browning The Town of Paonia has contacted the Paonia Masonic Lodge concerning repairs. Daniel Gannon of the Masons said he has applied for a building permit so the repairs can be made.Recent strong winds have dislodged some bricks near the top of the Paonia Masonic Lodge. Citizen Jason Ross notified the Town of Paonia and attended the April 23 council meeting to receive an update.

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It was a fashionable council meeting

b01 schwietermanPhoto by Kathy Browning ‘It’s the hat that makes it art,’ said trustee Eric Goold as Mayor Neal Schwieterman showed off his gifts from the mayor in LLave, Peru. Schwieterman received medals and the key to the city plus security. He was vacationing with his family.Mayor Neal Schwieterman surprised those attending the May 14 Paonia Town Council meeting as he donned gifts received during a recent visit to Peru.

Several months ago before the council's public meeting with the Bureau of Land Management concerning the oil and gas leases, the mayor received an invitation to meet the mayor of LLave while vacationing with his family in Peru.

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DMEA top pay averages $193K

The average of seven top salary and benefit packages paid to DMEA administrators in 2011 was over $193,000. The total that year for the seven positions was $1.35 million.

Six candidates running for three openings on the DMEA board heard those numbers during a candidate forum on May 15.

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Multiple gunshots fired in drug deal gone bad

A former Cedaredge resident was shot multiple times Sunday night during what appears to be a drug deal gone bad.

Justin Coslett, 19, was initially treated at Delta County Memorial Hospital and was later airlifted to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction.

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