North Fork

Deputies are true heroes

Kathy Browning

Published on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:30

Photo by Kathy Browning

Hotchkiss deputies Chad Lloyd and Gates Shaklee (center) receive Medals of Valor from Hotchkiss Mayor Wendell Koontz, Marshal Dan Miller (far right) and Hotchkiss Fire Chief Doug Fritz (far left). Lloyd and Shaklee saved the lives of apartment residents during an April fire and pulled an unconscious 46-year-old man to safety from the apartment where the fire began.

On April 19, around 11:30 p.m., Hotchkiss deputies Chad Lloyd and Gates Shaklee were called to a structure fire at 260 East Orchard Street.

Marshal Dan Miller learned about the bravery of his two deputies the morning after the fire from Hotchkiss Fire Chief Doug Fritz.

A good time fishing

Kathy Browning

Published on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:29

Photo by Kathy Browning

A good time fishing

Students from North Fork Community Montessori School in Hotchkiss tied fishing flies under the guidance of Jeff Hatton and other anglers last week. Then on May 17, the students went to the ponds at Sunshine Mesa and fished with their own flies. The results were great. Among those who caught rainbow trout were fourth grader Sam Gibb and fifth grader Kaiya Firor. Gibb used the red hare’s ear fly he had tied, and Firor used her brown wooley bugger fly. Hatton and the Gunnison Gorge Anglers helped the kids reel in some large catches.

North Fork

North Fork

Deputies are true heroes

A good time fishing

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