A shared love for gardening

Verna Barr

Published on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 01:00

Photos by Verna Barr

The flower bed near the Chapel of the Cross is cared for by Four Seasons Garden Club members. In photo (l to r) Marilyn Stumf, Margie Keep, Vernetta Mackley and Shirley Hutchinson are planting additional marigolds. The dianthus plants are in full bloom and the Shasta daisies will be blossoming soon.

There are five garden clubs in Delta County. Each has their own agenda, programs, and field trips.

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Finding the strength to overcome

Pat Sunderland

Published on Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:56

Several times a week, Rick Marion bikes to Bill Heddles Recreation Center where he works on his strength and balance. Sitting around and trying to drink his troubles away didn’t work; instead he’s found purpose by challenging himself physically. “Rick is a role model for all the patrons of the rec center,” says Gary West, fitness/aquatics coordinator.

For 10 1/2 years after Rick Marion was partially paralyzed in a 20-foot fall from a ladder, he vacillated between feeling sorry for himself and drinking and smoking — a lot. When he was diagnosed as a borderline diabetic, Jeannie Mueller, a physician's assistant at Surface Creek Family Practice, asked him if he had anything to live for.

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Model citizen

Hank Lohmeyer

Published on Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:33

Photos by Hank Lohmeyer

Ed Bernadou of Cedaredge has his best known and most admired work of model building, a complete scale model of Pioneer Town, on display at the Welcome Center.

A lot of people know that the masterpiece scale model of Pioneer Town on display at the Cedaredge Welcome Center was built by Ed Bernadou.

What people may not know is that Ed's model building career began in the 1930's when he was a young boy, and that his career continues to this day.

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Quality in . . . quality out!

Tamie Meck

Published on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 01:00

Photos by Tamie Meck

Lance Hanson describes the distillation process at Peak Spirits headquarters.

Anna and Lance Hanson don't know who nominated their business, Peak Spirits, for a James Beard Foundation award last spring. But it's a tremendous honor, said Lance, who was nominated in the Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional category, given to a winemaker, brewer or spirits producer who "has had significant impact on the wine and spirit industry nationwide."

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Locals’ guide to cycling

Pat Sunderland

Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:00

d08_bp1 Cycling is a great way to savor the beauty of western Colorado. Take advantage of the great weather and hop on your road or mountain bike for one of these rides, which have been suggested by three local residents.

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Tropical transplant

Pat Sunderland

Published on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:20

d08_bp1 Lady Jane Seymour Cartwright is likely the closest thing to royalty Delta will ever see. On her mother's side she is an English Seymour, a descendant of the Plantaganets.

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Drop off brush, limbs

Pat Sunderland

Published on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:38

The City of Delta is hosting its annual Memorial Day brush drop-off for city residents. Brush, bagged leaves and tree limbs no larger than four inches in diameter can be dropped off at the Horse Country Arena, 201 Kellogg Street.

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From our dairy farm

Verna Barr

Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:00

Healthy contented cows produce more high quality milk. The tag on the left ear has the number used on the farm. A small chip on the same ear is a radio frequency identification tag that records all data pertaining to the animal throughout the animal’s life.

There has probably been a dairy at the same location on 2100 Road in Austin for 100 years. Andy and Polly Wick started here in 1972.

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Runner, teacher, soldier, coach

Von Mitchell

Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 01:00

d10_bp1 When J.B. Lopez joined the Army in September 1971, little could he have known what kind of race lay just ahead. The son of a World War II vet and a schoolteacher, First Sergeant Lopez spent the next 33 years of his life on the run, accumulating the life lessons which uniquely qualified him for his present job — teaching JROTC and coaching cross-country/track at Delta High School.

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