The passage of Amendment 64 to legalize recreational marijuana has caught local lawmakers by surprise. Delta County and its towns had by council action or votes by the people previously banned medical marijuana commercial facilities.

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Photo by Stephanie Neff

Crawford kids help clinic

Crawford School’s kindergarten is shown with Jenny Mitchell (back, right) of Crawford’s health clinic, Needle Rock Family Health Clinic. The students paid $1 to wear a band aid last Friday and all the proceeds went to support the construction of a building for the clinic in Crawford — $99 dollars worth! This was Crawford School’s Quarterly Cubs Care Project, one way the children are taught that caring, fund raising and service to people and communities are important and something Crawford is passionate about.