‘I thank the Lord for my eyes’
Photos by Annette Brand
Fred Honchell was painting away in Ridgway last Thursday on “Open Seating,” depicting this old car which he found at God’s Rods, a garage owned by a mechanic friend and his wife.When Fred Honchell of Delta left the U.S. Air Force in 1970, he went to work for Lockheed Aircraft Company in Marietta, Ga. Lockheed sent him to Edwards Air Force Base in the Mohave Desert where he worked on the C5A flight testing program.
"I was out in the desert by myself with spare time on my hands," Honchell said.
Preserving a community landmark
Photo by Pat Sunderland
The Hotchkiss Homestead is still the seat of the Hotchkiss family cattle ranch and is occupied by the founder’s great-grandson Dick and his wife Janice.The community has rallied around an effort to restore the Hotchkiss Barn, a landmark in the community that is named for Enos T. Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss built the structure in 1886.
A mosaic of nature
Photos by Hank Lohmeyer
The realism of this trout, the centerpiece of the community mosaic created by Barbara and DJ Hladik and their friends, is full of action as if ready to lunge at the fisherman’s fly.A community can adopt many things, from a school sports mascot to a feature of local geography as a symbol for the pride people take in the special feeling for the place that defines them.
In Cedaredge, the special feeling that community members have for their shared place and for one another has taken expression in a unique work of art created by Barbara and DJ Hladik and many of their good friends.
Two Teams, One Cause
When Lynn Shirk watched the volleyball match between Hotchkiss and Paonia in early October, she didn't pick a favorite team. It was Pink Night at Paonia High School, and the two teams were playing to support breast cancer awareness and to raise funds for Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado.
Celebrating 20 years of the Backpack Program
