Photo by Kathy Browning ‘It’s the hat that makes it art,’ said trustee Eric Goold as Mayor Neal Schwieterman showed off his gifts from the mayor in LLave, Peru. Schwieterman received medals and the key to the city plus security. He was vacationing with his family.Mayor Neal Schwieterman surprised those attending the May 14 Paonia Town Council meeting as he donned gifts received during a recent visit to Peru.

Several months ago before the council's public meeting with the Bureau of Land Management concerning the oil and gas leases, the mayor received an invitation to meet the mayor of LLave while vacationing with his family in Peru.

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The average of seven top salary and benefit packages paid to DMEA administrators in 2011 was over $193,000. The total that year for the seven positions was $1.35 million.

Six candidates running for three openings on the DMEA board heard those numbers during a candidate forum on May 15.

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