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SURFACE CREEK NEWS
Delta County Independent
Golfers raise money for Hospice BY BOB BORCHARDT Staff Writer
On Saturday, March 31, 80 golf enthusiasts took part in the first annual John Brewer Memorial Golf Tournament, a fourperson scramble to honor John Brewer who passed away in February of this year. Cedaredge Golf Club golf pro Larry Murphy told those taking part in the tournament that proceeds raised by the event,
via donations, will go to benefit Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado. Trustee Nelson Cederberg was recognized for his part in organizing the event. Murphy told the golfers that he is looking for the four golfers “closest to the pin” to compete to have their names etched on Brewer’s favorite putter. According to Cederberg, Brewer, a World
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War II veteran, was — at the young age of 92 — the oldest member to play the golf course on a regular basis. Cederberg said some even regarded Brewer as the “father” of the golf course. Brewer was also active in the community and had been am active member of the Cedaredge Planning and Zoning Commission before stepping down in 2009. Cederberg said the event raised $740 for Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, with more still coming in through donations. According to Murphy, plans are to hold the tournament each year, on the last Saturday of March.
Photo by Bob Borchardt
Under bright blue skies, 80 golfers turned out for the first annual John Brewer Memorial Golf Tournament at the Cedaredge Golf Club. Before hitting the links, local pro Larry Murphy offered final instructions and tips to the players. The event raised more than $700 for Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado in memory of one of the course’s long-time supporters.
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Delta County Choral Festival; FFA Officer Interviews, 5:00 p.m.; ASTRA Meeting, 6:00 p.m. Tennis at Delta County Tournament; JV Baseball at Coal Ridge, 3:30 p.m. Tennis at Delta County Tournament; Track at Palisade Invitational; Baseball at Roaring Fork, 11:00 a.m.; Spring Serenade/Night Club, 5:00 p.m. SPRING BREAK. Freshmen/Sophomore Track at Grand Junction; JV Baseball at Home vs. Olathe, 4:00 p.m. FFA Alumni Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
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A look at local birds with Evelyn Horn Redheads The wind is calm at last, but it’s still cold. I’ve lived here long enough to recognize snow-laden conifers on Grand Mesa, even from this distance! And that frosty scene is precisely reflected in the still water of the northwest pond here at Hart’s Basin. On the left there’s a clear reflection of the near hills, but on the right the image of the Mesa’s upper reaches is blurred with the encroaching clouds. It looks positively frigid! But here are ducks . . . lots of ducks. There’s one with a sharp pointed tail and a bright white strip down its neck . . . a Northern Pintail. There’s a duck with a
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Redhead male brown female.
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bright red head. Spotting scope up . . . the body is pale gray. The gray bill has a black tip. Now I see that the breast is black and there’s black on the tail . . . the eye is yellow. One of the best named ducks: Redhead! Check with the binoculars for a moment . . . there’s a pair of the familiar mallards, my “measurement bird,” about two feet long. The Redhead is smaller,
Civic center FROM PAGE C1 use the new facility (e.g. — VOA, Senior Citizens and others) will be asked to help defray the costs. If and when a new building is built, the existing Town Hall with staff and administrative offices, along with an expanded police department that would include a command center for emergencies, meeting rooms and an event center for expanded community uses, would be moved to the new site. It was suggest such a move would save the town money “because it would be more efficient for staff and energy efficient.” The town could then rent or sell the existing Town Hall “potentially to a store that would generate sales tax revenue.” Of those who responded to the first survey, 63.75 percent thought the existing facility was adequate; 90 percent would be willing to reuse or rent the existing facility again; only 15 percent felt there were needs not being met by the current facility; that the current facility is the only large space available; and that “the current facility is satisfactory overall to the groups using the facility.” Some suggestions regarding possible improvements included adjustable room sizes; WiFi; overhead projection; a good sound system and class rooms. Of those users who responded, 55 percent indicated they
would be willing to pay rent for space that meets their needs. VOA indicated that they would be willing to pay up to $500 per month. With such a mixed bag of responses, the committee decided to seek more input with an online survey to area residents and others who might be interested in using and paying for use of the facility. These results were reviewed during the March 28 meeting. According to committee chair, Nancy Sturgill, 80 percent of the responses to the second survey were positive, suggesting that a lot more users may be beginning to recognize the need for a new facility and what it could be and should be.
Band, choir students plan Spring Serenade Desserts, coffee and an evening of music will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the high school cafeteria. “Spring Serenade . . . Night Club” will be presented by the Cedaredge High School band and choir. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Be sure to bring some extra cash for the pie auction. The musical entertainment features band and choir selections, solos and ensembles, and the CHS color guard team.
Poetry reading at Cedaredge Library April is National Poetry Month. On Thursday, April 12, at 2 p.m. Friends of the Cedaredge Library will recognize this event with a poetry reading. Kathy Ziola, poet and author of “Feast for the Soul,” will share poetry to open the heart, touch the soul and remind us who we really are.
She is a certified trainer in Compassionate Communication, a psychotherapist, healer and parent. She draws on the innate wisdom of an awakened life, the challenges and joys of the human experience, and the willingness to share from a deep well of authenticity.
maybe about 20 inches. Now I see more of them, at least six and there are some “brown ducks” with them. No doubt these are the females. Though these common ducks prefer prairie potholes for nesting, they also occur in Alaska, and I wonder if I haven’t seen them here. I must watch more closely! The nest of rushes and cattails is concealed in emergent vegetation. Interestingly, the female may incubate her own eggs, tend to her own and lay some
in other Redheads’ nests, or not even bother with a nest by simply laying her eggs in other nests. Diet? Aquatic vegetation, insects, and even snails. They dabble in shallow water much like our familiar mallards. They winter along our Gulf Coast, wetlands in our southern states, into Mexico, Guatemala, and the Bahamas. Seems to me that’s a long way to fly! As I watch our local ducks, I’m always astonished at the distances of their migrations.
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