May 22, 2013

This week's headlines

First ride

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Photo by Hank Lohmeyer
It was Al Robinson’s first ride in the 1951 GMC pickup project he has been working on since last August, and it was right in style for the 1950s drive-in theme fund raiser at the Stolte Shed last Saturday. Al applied the nice, two-tone, platinum-and-gray paint in his own garage. Still at the “work in progress” stage, the truck displays Al’s distinctive custom grill work and a 396 c.i. Chevy engine reminiscent of the ‘66 Chevelle SS he had in high school, and which moves the truck nicely to sunny day venues.

City rescues cat from power pole

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Photo by Pat Sunderland
Concerned citizens set out food and water in an attempt to entice this cat down from the power pole where it perched for days. The cat’s predicament caught the attention of a Grand Junction television crew. The cat was finally rescued by a municipal light and power crew and has hopefully learned its lesson.
After a tomcat was observed on top of a power pole at 3rd and Kellogg for several days in a row, citizens began calling the City of Delta expressing concern. Rather than shut down the power to hundreds of residents, municipal light and power opted to leave the animal alone and let it come down on its own, which is generally what will happen.

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