Celebrating 100 years

Verna Barr

Published on Thursday, 06 May 2010 18:18

Early Baptist worship services in Austin were held in a railroad chapel car named Goodwill. It was parked on a siding in town. Note that almost everyone, men and women, is wearing a hat in this photo.

On Sunday, May 9, from 1-3 p.m. a special service will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Austin Baptist Church. The service will be dedicated to those who have kept the Lord’s work alive at this church.

Refreshments will follow the service. Members extend an invitation for the public to attend.

The First Baptist Church of Austin was organized on April 22, 1910, following a series of evangelistic meetings conducted by Rev. L.T. Barkman and family in a chapel car. This was a railroad car brought to Austin and placed on a siding.

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On a soul-searching journey

Kami Collins

Published on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 01:00

This photo of Kristen Kropp with her friend Christina (right) and her mother, Kaminizum (left) was taken in the village of Maidi. “Kaminizum was the most gracious host ever,” Kristen said. “I cried when I left her... after only a week. She was such a blessing to me.” Kristen, who graduated from Paonia High School in 2007, and is now a student at Abilene Christian University in Texas, took a three-month mission trip to Nepal earlier this year.

When Kristen Kropp was 20 years old, she embarked on a journey many people older than she — both in experience and in years — never take.

A 2007 graduate of Paonia High School, Kristen was a freshman at Abilene Christian University in Texas.

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Life is full of adventures

Verna Barr

Published on Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:10

Rain or shine, the ride goes on. Dan Paradis found that stone bridges are common in France during his rides through Europe. The physical therapist enjoys the adventures of riding in small groups or alone in both the U.S. and abroad.

Dan Paradis has been riding bikes since he was a kid with a paper route. He started riding in bike events while in therapy school in the 1970s and is riding more now than he’s ever done before.

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Preserving the past

Pat Sunderland

Published on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 01:00

Historic photographs of the Hammond House were closely examined to replicate the different shaped shingles and bands of varying colors on the cupola. The spire on top of the cupola (see accompanying photo) also existed in the historic photo and was purchased from a company on the East Coast that specializes in making roof adornments. The Sukles also plan, at some point, to replace the wrought iron fence along the gables of the home, to continue the Hammonds’ long-standing superstition that it prevented witches from landing on the roof.

The Sukle family has begun the task of rehabilitating the exterior of the historic Hammond House located at the corner of 2nd and Main in Delta.

The wrap-around porch has been stabilized and pushed back against the house.

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Adventure of a lifetime

Bob Borchardt

Published on Wednesday, 07 April 2010 01:00

This is one of the striking scenes a group of Cedaredge High School students and their adult chaperones enjoyed during a trip to Costa Rica during winter break. While in Costa Rica, the group enjoyed many amazing adventures as well as a work project at a school.

Some kids take their winter break a bit more seriously than others. Such was the case for eight excited Cedaredge High School students, all members of Spanish Club, who spent their break in Costa Rica.

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A great geneology resource to check out

Hank Lohmeyer

Published on Thursday, 01 April 2010 14:54

LaDonna Gunn holds a masters degree in history and has experience in local history curation. She teaches history at Mesa State College and works on the staff at Cedaredge Public Library. She is working on a project to make the county library district’s technological resources, online database, and staff personnel assets available to library patrons wanting to conduct their own family history geneology research. She is shown here at work in the homey surroundings of the Cedaredge library’s computer terminal center.

LaDonna Gunn wants everyone to have the chance of finding out who he really is.

Gunn, who works at the Cedaredge Public Library, is working to bring the county library district’s technological and human resources together to create a comprehensive genealogical research service that library patrons can use, for free.

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Methodists celebrate Founders’ Day

Verna Barr

Published on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 01:00

In the early days of the Cedaredge Methodist Church, the congregation met in homes and in the old Stolte packing shed (where this photograph was taken). The current church was dedicated in 1929.

A Founders’ Day celebration was held at Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church on Feb. 28 to rededicate the hearts of its members and to remember 113 years of church history.

A booklet, compiled by Enid Lewis for the event, includes much of the history used for this article, a list of the 45 pastors who served the congregation from the ﬁrst — John Wood — to the present — Debra A. Edwards — and a page of many projects undertaken over the years.

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Eagles are still soaring high

Pat Sunderland

Published on Thursday, 18 March 2010 16:17

CHRIS WELDON (RIGHT) is the administrator at Delta County Jail. He says the lessons he learned in Scouting influence the way he thinks, acts and works every day.

Eagle Scout is the highest attainable rank in Boy Scouting and requires years of dedication and hard work. Scouts must demonstrate proficiency in leadership, service, and outdoor skills at multiple levels before achieving the Eagle rank.

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Beef roast was once chicken

Kami Collins

Published on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 00:00

Six washtubs full of dressing for chickens were prepared by Mrs. Wallace Klaseen, Mrs. Floyd Tharp and Mrs. Ralph Pritchard in this photo from a 1953 article in the Denver Post. (The black and white images are all from that article.)

Delta County 4-H’ers will host their 60th annual beef roast on March 14, but one family remembers when the beef roast was a chicken roast, and the cost of admission to the dinner and square dance was a pie.

The year was 1950 and Walt Bonine, the leader of a club in Eckert, decided to host a chicken roast.

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