Photos submitted A view of Carpenter’s Fishing Resort on the Gunnison River at Cebolla. The main building is the second one built following a fire that destroyed the first one. Sonny was born in a house located just out of the picture at right. The bridge at right was called the Carpenter Bridge. The main lodge building was moved to Gunnison before the area was flooded by rising waters of Blue Mesa Reservoir in the 1960s. Carpenter Ridge on the south side of Blue Mesa Reservoir overlooking Cebolla Creek is named for Sonny’s family.Sonny Carpenter was born and raised in a world that lots of people would call paradise. It's a world that is no more.

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Photo by Ron Sunderland Jake Johnson was selected field conductor for the DHS marching band two consecutive years.Delta High School has produced some outstanding musicians, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers as teachers and performers. But few have been able to mix vocal and instrumental music as successfully as DHS senior Jake Johnson.

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Photos provided The Saw family celebrated Karen New Year on Jan. 12 at the First Baptist Church in Delta. Pictured from the left are grandfather Saw Htoo, grandmother Abey Htoo, Blessing Saw, Naw SuSu, Solomon Saw and Richard Saw Peter.Richard Saw Peter has experienced vagaries in his life, few of which were of his choosing, and blessings for which he expresses deep gratitude to God.

Richard was born and came to adulthood in Burma, also known as Myanmar.

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Photos courtesy Al Rozman The kitchen/dining room area of the Jardon home before renovations began. Work on the project began in late August 2012 and ended in time for the Jardon family to celebrate Thanksgiving. Ron Jardon's home in the community of Lazear blends in well with the neighborhood. It's a quiet, close-knit community.

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