Photo by Kathy Browning Marshal’s office remodeled Work was completed April 24 on the remodeled Hotchkiss Marshal’s office at town hall which also has offices for the town clerk, deputy clerk, public works director and the council chambers. Above is the new waiting room where people will be checked in by an officer at the window. Behind a locked door, the interior rooms provide for the marshal’s office and another room for officers. The new arrangement prevents members of the public walking in on sensitive investigative interviews and provides a secured area for evidence lockers. The marshal also has installed new security cameras to monitor town hall. The remodel created a storage area for files in the attic.

Photo by Randy Sunderland

Biggest float yet

The 14th annual river awareness float, sponsored by the Conservation Center in Paonia, attracted 209 to float from the Gunnison River Pleasure Park to Gunnison River Farms near Austin. With a flotilla of some 40 rafts, paddleboards and kayaks, the group saw firsthand how much safer the river is for recreational users thanks to the Relief Ditch Diversion dam project which removed a major obstacle in the Gunnison River. They also were treated to witnessing an archeaological dig in progress being conducted by the BLM along a bluff above the river valley. Watch for more on this river trip in the next issue of the Delta County Independent.