Roots run deep
Photos courtesy the Fairlamb family This family portrait was taken in the 1930s while the Fairlamb family rented a house in warm California for a vacation from the winter cold of Colorado. Pictured are, top row, Millard and Charles Fairlamb with Stella Fairlamb in front of Millard, and Ethel Fairlamb in front of Stella. In front are Lale Fairlamb, an unidentified Schuyler relative, Charlotte Fairlamb, and another unidentified Schuyler relative.The Fairlamb generations have held forth in the United States for 313 years. The first record of a Fairlamb in the U. S. indicates Nicholas Fairlamb came to the U.S. in 1700 from Farlam, England.
Grinding towards success
Photos by Hank Lohmeyer A conveyor piles up mountains of ground aspen bark used and marketed as quality cattle feed by brothers Kirt and Keith Mautz of Olathe.Kirt and Keith Mautz are brothers and graduates of Olathe High School who have harnessed the American free enterprise spirit to build their Olathe feedlot operation into a busy hub of local resource use and innovation.
The brothers, who are in partnership in the Banner Road operation with their mom, Penney, have branched out from the feedlot into composting, custom grinding and feed mixing, and another experimental enterprise – biochar.
A renaissance girl looks at life at age 12
Photos by Tamie Meck Ayla Bristow, who started painting at age 11, shows off a recent painting. Bristow isn’t afraid to try anything new. She writes and sings and recently started playing clarinet. The first time Ayla Bristow tried her hand at painting, she uncovered a hidden talent. With her first strokes she created a series of snow-capped peaks under an early-morning sky.
Use it, not lose it!
Photos by Verna Barr Carol Robertson has been working out for a little over a year wth the exercise group gathering at the Stolte Shed in Cedaredge. “All the women in my family have had high cholesterol,” said Carol. “It has dropped significantly. Exercising did it!”Adapted from a story by Susan Wilmot.
Come meet Linda Bull and her regular group of spirited exercise enthusiasts.
Cooking with Miletta
Photo by Pat Sunderland A project to refinish her kitchen cabinets turned into a complete kitchen remodel at Miletta Knob’s North Delta home. With the help of family members the project was completed with minimal labor costs. The result is extremely workable, Miletta says. She especially loves the island with its large work surface.Whoever said you can't trust a skinny cook has never met Miletta Knob. Despite the legions of pies, cakes, loaves of bread and German specialties she's cooked over the years, she has stayed trim and fit.
