Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions at institutions of higher education are unconstitutional, marking what many consider to be a landmark decision for the conservative-majority court. At Affirmative action A6
In an unsurprising turn of events, the Gunnison County Assessor's Office has received the largest number of appeals in over a decade. Among other factors, the COVID-era housing market exerted upward pres-
sure on the price of Gunnison Valley homes. Residential property values saw an average 53% increase this year. Facing a higher tax bill, some property owners took their case to the county assessor, the first step in an appeals process for evaluating whether the new values need to be adjusted.
As of July 4, the assessor’s office had tallied 1,730 appeals. Th e lion's share of those came from residential accounts, followed by vacant lots. The number of appeals this year is the
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Residents should expect rolling closures through the summer
Bella Biondini Times Editor
Construction on the $2 million Ohio Avenue Multimodal Project is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 10. Crews will start at the intersection of Colorado Street before working their way west to Iowa Street.
Once the project is fi nished, the busy corridor will have a new bike lane, a continuous sidewalk with ADA ramps at each intersection and lighted bollards and benches — all of which will be separated from
the road by a raised median. The final design leaves room for parallel parking on the south side of the street, and includes bulbouts and improved crosswalks at the intersection of Main Street and Ohio.
Residents and visitors should expect rolling closures to through traffic on Ohio Avenue starting next week. Those who live on Ohio will still have access to their homes for the duration of the project. Crews
have already started surveying and removing concrete in preparation of the official kickoff on July 10.
The project was originally supposed to be fully completed by the end of this year, but administrative delays from the Colorado Department of Transportation and long lead times for receiving materials have forced a later start to construction. This year, the city
The most powerful tool that institutions of postsecondary education have today is indeed its people.
— Steven Parker, Western’s Vice President of Inclusivity
By Lauren Kugler, Executive Director, Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley
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Atmos Energy recently became aware of an ongoing “search engine phishing” operation, where cybercriminals will place a fake website into a browser’s top search results. Any user who clicks on one of these “spoofed” websites will be redirected to what looks like a legitimate Atmos Energy page, but that fake page will feature a fake customer service number and other false information. If a customer calls the number, they may be asked to provide login credentials or other sensitive information that the scammers can leverage to compromise bank, credit card or other accounts belonging to the same customer. Telephone scams are also on the rise, including one where impostors call customers directly and offer a discount on their Atmos Energy bill if they pay immediately over the phone.
If customers have concerns about the legitimacy of a call, they should hang up and call Atmos Energy customer service at 888.286.6700. Payments for a utility bill should be made through the online account center.
The Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) announced the Nonprofit Infrastructure (NPI) Grant Program, a statewide grant program for small, communitybased, nonprofit organizations providing services to communities who have historically been underrepresented, underserved or under-resourced.
DOLA is seeking small nonprofit applicants, with annual budgets between $150,000 and $2 million that have been affected by the infrastructure aftermath of COVID. While the grant is not for programming, it does open doors for other opportunities such as strategic planning, professional development for board and staff and technology.
Applications will be accepted until Aug. 31. More than $33 million will be awarded in grants.
On the afternoon of July 12, we will gather at the I Bar Ranch to celebrate the life-changing work of local nonprofit organizations. That phrase, “life-changing work,” comes from Maryo Ewell, our Director of Community Impact at the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley (CFGV). When she first suggested it to describe our annual Here for Good community celebration, I paused. Life-changing is a bold claim.
Then I thought about it some more. Merriam-Webster defines life-changing as “having or capable of having a significant impact on someone’s life.” Nearly 100 local and regional nonprofit organizations work in the Gunnison Valley, supporting all facets of life in our community. At CFGV, we award Community Grants to organizations working in eight broad categories: arts and culture; athletics and recreation; community development; domestic animal welfare; education; environment; health and human services; and historical tradition and preservation. Whether you live here full- or part-time, or you’re just passing through, I promise that at least a handful, and probably dozens, have impacted your life in a significant way in just the last week. Our local nonprofits engage in truly life-changing work.
When we talk about celebrating the
organizations that make our lives better, I invite you to think about the people who power those organizations. From volunteers and donors to board members and staff, these groups are powered by your friends, family members, and neighbors. That’s who we will celebrate next week.
Last year, Living Journeys Community Cancer Support brought Michael Franti here to perform at a benefit concert. His hopeful music and commitment to a better future make him a perfect match for our local nonprofits. In his song Follow Your Heart, he sings, “we are we are the dreamers, we are we are believers, and I know you feel it in your soul.” The people who make up our nonprofit community are the dreamers and believers Franti sings about. We all benefit from the passion that drives their work.
I know summer is a busy time for everyone. It’s short and we need to make hay while the sun shines.
If you can find or make the time, please join us at the I Bar next week Wednesday, July 12 from 3:30-6:00 PM to celebrate the dreamers and believers who work so hard to build a Gunnison Valley where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
NEW LISTING Mountain home with loft nestled in the trees with Gold Creek in the back yard on over 3 acres. Just 3.5 miles from Ohio City, 1 bdrm/1 bath, bordered by national forest, built in 1994 with well & septic. 1,008 square feet with generator and shed too. 3491 County Road 771; $635,000.
full bath & open living & dining room with spacious kitchen. Updated electric, large windows for passive solar, mud room & storage shed for your outdoor gear. 95 George Bailey Dr #23; $75,000.
VALLEY VIEWS from this 4 bdrm/3 bath, 2,788sf home on 4.7 acres with loafing shed. Lovely open kitchen, office off the mudroom, main floor master suite. Downstairs features 3 bedrooms, bath, living room, wood stove & bonus space for a home gym or game room. 262 Sage Drive; $875,000.
4 BDRM/2 BATH, 1920sf home and a fully remodeled basement with 2 car detached garage conveniently located near the new library & trail system. Includes a cozy great room & bonus room for storage or crafts. 108 Irwin Street; $629,000.
VIEWS OF BLUE MESA Reservoir from this 3 bdrm/2 bath, 1620sf home with 40 x 26 garage with 14 foot garage door for your boat to park next to the fish cleaning
MOVE-IN READY, 3 bdrm/2 bath nearly 1,200sf home on almost an acre just 15 minutes from town. Cozy pellet stove in the living room, new roof, spacious laundry room, fenced yard, green house, wood shed & storage shed. 97 Deer Trail; $325,000.
3 BDRM/2 BATH 1554sf home with open kitchen & dining room and a fully fenced backyard with storage shed. New metal roof in 2020 as well as exterior painting. Master bathroom was remodeled & includes two separate vanities with walk-in closet. 404 N. 7th St.; $399,000.
RANCH STYLE 3 bdrm/2 bath, 2,500sf home on over 7 acres of horse property with barn & detached garage that features a huge workshop above. Large sunroom, gas fireplace insert, spacious master suite with views of the Anthracites & Carbon Peak. 776 Pashuta Dr.; $900,000.
60 years, Gary Pearson, sister Sylvia Watkins, daughter Tracy Scheideman, grandchildren
Janna, Brian, Joy and Casey and great-grandchildren Faith, Joseph, Tanner, Hope, Taven, Heith, Layla, Mia, Noah and Tatum — as well as many nieces and nephews.
Colorado native Walter Steele Lambertson died in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 64. Walter was born in Craig, Colorado, the only son of Karl and Winifred (Black) Lambertson who predeceased him. Walter grew up in California and Wyoming, graduating from Riverton High School. He worked in mining all his life, in Leadville and, for the last 20 years, in Tucson. He was an avid cyclist and enjoyed mountain and road biking. A graveside service will be held at the Gunnison Cemetery on July 26 at 3 p.m.
Preceding her in death, and now dancing on streets of gold with her, are her parents Clarence and Mary Kohl, her beloved son Herb Pearson, granddaughter Jessica (Pearson) Maldonado and great-grandson Daniel Maldonado, along with many friends and loved ones that had the privilege to know her.
Jan had a deep faith in Jesus Christ and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She loved Pitkin, where she lived for 33 years to the day. The service will be held at Trinity Baptist Church in Gunnison at 11 a.m. on July 7, 2023, followed by reception, then burial at Gunnison Cemetery.
He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1955. After completing his PhD at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1960, he took a position at Westminster Choir College as chaplain and associate professor of religion. In 1968, he did post-doctoral research at the Liturgical Institute of Paris. In 1969, he was appointed director of daily chapel worship and taught worship and liturgical studies in Princeton Theological Seminary.
In 1982 Duba was called to be the professor of worship in the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary where he was also the dean. He was active in the North American Academy of Liturgy, Societas Liturgica, and the Association for Reformed and Liturgical Worship. Duba’s works continue to guide and renew the practice of worship and give voice to scripture in congregational singing.
He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Doreen E. Duba, his children Paul (Karen) Duba, Bruce (Susan) Duba, John (Carrie) Duba and Anne (Steven) Duba-Maack and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Alvera Duba, and his siblings, Ralph Duba and Eldora Duba Beeman. He donated his body to the Colorado State Anatomical Board.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Arlo Duba Fund at Princeton Theological Seminary at giving.ptsem.edu or at P.O. Box 821, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08542.
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Premium location, incredible access and views of the Gunnison River. Featuring 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and 3,216 square feet of living space to host your family and friends. Spacious kitchen, formal dining area and a wood a spacious game area with a pool table and entertainment space. Attached is a 2 car garage, two decks overlooking the Gunnison River, and the home has operated as a very successful VRBO.
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A treasure on the golf course! Beautiful two story Craftsman Mountain style home with 3,032 square feet, built in 2017. Enjoy unobstructed views overlooking the course, ponds, and Hartman Rocks area from oversized windows. Master suite on the main level, open concept living, gourmet kitchen with Thermador appliances and living area, cedar siding, heated 2 car garage.
MLS # 805276 • 218 N. 10TH STREET $615,000
3 BEDROOMS • 1 BATHROOM
0.287 +/- ACRES Charming log home located within the City of Gunnison. Corner lot with mature trees and grassy lawns highlighted by a circular drive. There are 3 bedrooms and a beautifully remodeled full bathroom. cabinet space and features a gas range. Additional parking is located off the bonus room just off the alley.
Louise “Jan” Pearson went to heaven on June 30, 2023 after a long battle with pulmonary hypertension and COPD. She is survived by her husband of
Arlo Dean Duba died in Gunnison, Colorado on June 27, 2023 at the age of 93. He was born in 1929 in Platte, a Czech community in rural South Dakota. Arlo met Doreen at the University of Dubuque where they were both studying. They were married in 1954.
A graveside service will be held in remembrance of Kevin Hicks on July 10 at 10 a.m. at the Gunnison Cemetery. Kevin passed away on Feb. 4, 2020 at the Gunnison Valley Hospital. Light refreshments at the chapel to follow.
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I peered over the edge of the crevasse, my heart thrumming in my ears and my fear so raw it sat like a rock in the bottom of my stomach. The snow bridge over the fi ssure in the glacier’s surface had grown thin due to the unseasonably warm weather on Mount Rainier before our arrival. The crack we needed to pass over was small, but a quick glance to my right revealed a much larger hole, much too deep to see the bottom — deep enough to swallow me and the rest of the rope team whole.
With a wide step and one hand on the rope, just to be safe, we were on our way. Less than an hour before, I was drowning in my own sweat as we inched our way up the Inter Glacier. With a nearly 50-pound backpack (I was deemed a backpack with legs by the crew) and the sun’s reflection off the glacier, it was like being in a solar convection oven. Each time we reached the top of a rollover, it would only reveal another hill of white. We clambered on, one step at a time, quite literally, watching with burning jealousy as skiers cruised downhill past us.
After both some success and failure climbing towering stratovolcanoes in Mexico this spring, I had spent the past three months training for a trip up Mount Rainier’s Emmons-Winthrop Glacier route. Between the annual summer rush at the Gunnison Country Times and intense cardio sessions, I let my social life fall mostly by the wayside. The
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days became almost cyclical: work, exercise, repeat. I hoped being strong enough meant we wouldn’t fail.
I recently read a New York Times article about an ultramarathon runner that said a need for distractions and a longing for self-esteem are among the reasons some people with mental illness, addiction and trauma are attracted to endurance sports.
It was a strange statement to read in print — so matter of fact. My own attraction to the sport of mountaineering has puzzled me. As a native of New Orleans, I grew up below sea level and joke that I was born underwater. When asked how I got into mountain climbing, I would always say I loved it because it was so wildly different from what I had grown up with.
But I knew there was a bit more to it. In high school, I was diagnosed with chronic anxiety and started going to therapy. It worsened once I went to college, and I lost weight and suffered from panic attacks and bouts of depression. I was afraid of my own medicine and nothing really helped. Parallel to my own internal tug of war, I watched my mother descend into despair, her own depression often too much for her. I was afraid I would look in the mirror and see the same thing.
Over time, the mountains became my medication. Perpetual motion and the burn of my muscles are just enough to override my brain. The daily worries that sometimes choke me during the week lift when I am forced to focus on the now — the rope connecting me
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Mike McBride Gunnison County Electric Associationto my friends, the biting cold, the crevasse beneath me, the crunch of my crampons as they hold me to a wall. There is no time for anything else.
Now I stood in the snow at camp, staring directly up at Rainier’s summit. Although it looked within reach, I knew it was merely an optical illusion. After an unfruitful attempt at a nap, it was time for our summit push. It was 8 p.m. and the sun still shined overhead.
The light slowly faded as we climbed higher. The temperature plummeted, and any stops we made were brief, otherwise I'd start shivering. It was an alien land, filled with darkness and blue castles of ice. In the silence, we heard a loud crash above us and the entire glacier shook under my feet. We froze in fear, suspecting a serac, a block of glacial ice that is usually the size of a house or larger, had collapsed somewhere nearby.
Although the mood had changed, we decided to keep going. Our path suddenly grew steep as we approached the first large crevasse we would need to traverse around. Graham, who was 50 feet above me, said the route — which had been baked by the sun the day prior and refrozen — was near ice. A slip without protection would mean a thousand-plus-foot tumble back down the way we came or worse, into a hungry crevasse. We turned back into the night.
As someone with anxiety, I’ve frequently looked to my accomplishments for security. Mountain summits were easy tokens of success and a job where I could physically build
rowers. They’ve set the precedent of overturning policies simply because they were enacted by a Democratic president.
This can’t go on. We need to move away from these types of extremely partisan rulings and restore the legitimacy of the court.
something (a newspaper) each week anchored me into the community. But it often felt like it all could be snatched away without warning. Who am I without those things? I’m not always sure.
I live in what I believe to be one of the most beautiful places in Colorado and landed a rewarding job in my fi eld after graduation. I am expected to be happy. With ample access to public lands and outdoor recreation, each day is supposed to be the best day ever. What is there to complain about? But as many of you know, this kind of pressure can make matters much worse.
As a community, we have been raising awareness and working on our mental health together. Each friend I have here is eager to listen to me talk about my adventures and equally willing to hear the ugly parts. With each passing day, they feel less hidden, and I, just a little more healed.
After each failed objective, the summit has become less of the goal. Part of the intent has become to learn how to cope with the anxiety I live with — something that is somehow more potent than the fear I felt looking beneath the skin of the glacier.
And just as quickly as I had boarded the plane, I was back at my desk, almost like a fever dream. Soon I’ll be on to the next newspaper — and the next summit.
(Bella Biondini can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or bella@ gunnisontimes.com.)
hospice, the Foundation, TETWP, Living Journeys and so many more — friends and even strangers — who gave Jill everything they could. They gave their all.
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Our fundamental freedoms are being attacked by the Supreme Court.
The partisan right-wing majority on the bench gutted voting rights, opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate money in our elections, struck down gun safety laws and limited the government’s ability to protect our air and water.
In the year since they overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has been effectively banned (with extremely limited exceptions) in 14 states. Nearly one in three Americans have lost access to abortion care.
This year, the court overturned access to clean water and student debt relief for millions of middle- and low-income bor-
Congress has a constitutional duty to act as a check on the Supreme Court and restore faith in our judicial system. It’s time they act before it’s too late.
Pam Plummer GunnisonI wish I had more words to express my thanks
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How can anyone say thank you with only two small words when I need more like two thousand words to even come close to expressing how I feel.
The gratitude that I feel for all of the support, service, love, care and kindness shown for my daughter, Jill (James) Adams, is beyond mere words. You are all a part of my heart and always will be. Jill’s EMS family: the first responders, doctors, nurses, staff of Gunnison Valley Hospital,
And it was not just to Jill, but to her family — her daughters, Sarah and Elena, the girl's dad, Cliff Adams, Jill’s “adopted” dad, Ricky Pruett, and to me, her mom, and the gift of giving and love continues to flow to the family everyday. And a thank you to all of her other EMS families who came from Denver, Alamosa, Pueblo, Delta and members of the “Wolf Pack” from her ski patrol days, all who came to say goodbye and support those of us who are left behind to mourn her passing.
In Jill’s last weeks and days, she was never alone, her “families” were there to hold her hand, roll her bed into the sunshine, bring her treats, or just to sit with her and be still. I truly do love and thank all of you and wish I had more words to express all that is in my heart.
Barbara “Brandy” James Gunnison County
The Community Foundation has a quiz for you. The lucky winner can direct CFGV to provide $500 to a nonprofit or program of your choice in Gunnison County that appears in the Basic Needs Resource Guide.
For people in the Gunnison Valley seeking anything from mental health resources to legal advice to reading clubs, the 2023 Basic Needs Guide is a good place to start. The 72-page booklet, compiled by the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley, includes vital information about how to get help at both ends of the valley.
The guide is for all people, said Foundation Director of Community Impact Maryo Ewell. It offers a resource for people with restricted incomes who may not have access to health insurance, regular food or need help with substance use. But it’s also for veterans, people with special needs, immigrants and even members of the “missing middle,” she said.
“When people look at the title and they see basic needs, they tend to think of food, clothing and shelter. But we define it a little more broadl y than that,” Ewell said. “It may be that you are able to find food, but then you have to make a trade-off between being able to get the car fixed or being able to afford camp for your kid.”
For example, the guide includes Gunnison Valley Animal Welfare League’s “Silver Whiskers,” a program which pairs older residents with wellbehaved animals and covers expenses like a leash, cat litter, neutering and vaccinations. It also includes Juntos 4-H, a program that helps Latino youth and their families prepare for the transition between high school and college.
Years ago, the Foundation received a grant to create an allin-one resource for community members who needed essential services. The first edition came out in 2020, and it was only about 20 pages long. Three years later, it’s now 72 pages
and offers more resources than ever before. Soon, 1,500 English and 1,000 Spanish copies will be widely available.
That growth is not only a testament to what is needed, but to how many people answered that call, Ewell said. Over 40 people came together to compile and fact-check the guide. That cohort of reviewers not only verifies the information and keeps it current, but also makes sure each listing has all the necessary information.
Gunnison Valley Health has been a partner in the project since day one, said Jenny Birnie, executive director of the Gunnison Valley Health Foundation. The GVH Foundation has paid to have the books printed for the last couple years.
GVH employees, especially those working in the emergency room, recognized a need to provide people with basic information about where to get food, shelter and other social services. In GVH primary care clinics, all patients are given a “social determinants of health screening,” Birnie said, but doctors then wondered what the next step was.
“Some of the feedback we were getting from our medical staff was, ‘Well, what do we do now? We'd ask the question, and they need resources, and they may not know where every single resource in our community is.’ Now we have a guide that we can hand somebody,” Birnie said.
The perception of what a basic need is in the valley has also expanded, said Foundation Community Impact Coordinator Scott Krieger. Now, the guide offers information about social opportunities: churches, nonprofits and clubs, for example. All the opportunities are either free or offered at a heavily-reduced cost.
“Now we’re starting to think differently about what basic needs mean to just an average community member, recognizing that many who live below the poverty line live in systems where they can access some sort of care, but often there are barriers to that access,” he said.
The guides are distributed at obvious places like Gunnison County Health and Human
Here are 10 questions. Without peeking at the Guide, how many can you answer? The first person to answer more than seven correctly by Aug. 1 will be contacted by CFGV. Replies and contact information should be sent to specialprogram1@cfgv.org.
1. At least how many LGBTQ support groups are actively meeting here?
2. At least how many Spanish-speaking congregations of faith are there here?
3. If your child is sick after hours, and you aren’t sure whether you need to go to the emergency room, is there somewhere you can turn? Describe.
4. Suppose your child is interested in art and you’re in Gunnison. Are there outof-school options that could offer a significant price break to him or her?
5. Suppose you’re a senior and you’d like to take an enrichment class or two at Western. Are there price breaks available to you?
6. Think of all those deer, dead at the side of the road. Is there a way to legally take them for food?
7. Suppose you’re a veteran on pension benefits and can’t afford the high cost of broadband. Can you get help? How?
8. Suppose you’re a caregiver of an Alzheimer’s patient. Where can you turn for support?
9. Suppose your partner is behaving violently towards you. Is there a place to turn for emergency shelter?
10. Can you name at least five places you can turn if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide?
Services, Juvenile Services, GVH facilities and the Gunnison Country Food Pantry — but also at liquor stores, dispensaries and even auto repair shops.
For Birnie, the book’s value is that it is a singular resource — one publication that offers resources to help anyone, no questions asked.
“By having a guide, which someone can peruse very quietly and to themselves, and make decisions for what services they want to access in our community — [that] is a very private decision,” Birnie said. “This is an avenue in which to accomplish that.”
(Abby Harrison can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or abby@ gunnisontimes.com.)
Scott Krieger, community impact coordinator at the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley, distributes the 2023 Basic Needs Guide at the Gunnison County Library on June 26.
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Western Colorado University, senior administrators said the decision will have little effect on university operations.
Regardless, Western administrators released a statement last week denouncing the decision and reaffirming Western’s commitment to a diverse student body.
“We do not agree with this decision of the Supreme Court and recognize that inequality remains and that this will impact all of us, and in particular, the lives of minority populations,” the statement read.
Western recently hired a new Vice President of Inclusivity, Steven Parker, and just adopted a new strategic plan that calls out aff ordability and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Plus (DEIJ+) initiatives as campus-wide priorities.
"We are accepting every single qualified student that comes to us,” said Vice President of Enrollment and Marketing Leslie Taylor. “And we're working really hard to grow that pool of qualified students.”
The opinion
On July 29, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that race-conscious admissions programs — commonly referred to as “affirmative action” — were unconstitutional and unlawful under the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The nearly 200-page decision features differing opinions about how affirmative action has shaped the world of higher education in the last several decades. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority.
“The student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual — not on the basis of race. Many universities have for too long done just the opposite. And in doing so, they have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges
learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice,” the majority opinion read.
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that in reversing the decision, the court would “upend the status quo based on their policy preferences about what race in America should be like, but is not, and their preferences for a veneer of colorblindness in a society where race has always mattered and continues to matter in fact and in law.”
The concurring judges add that universities are still able to consider an applicant’s race, but it must be through the lens of “how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.”
Following the court’s decision, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser released a statement countering the decision, stating that affirmative action policies have helped “correct for past discrimination,” by providing more opportunities for historically underrepresented students. Weiser joined a coalition of 20 state general attorneys who also disagreed with the court’s decision and filed a legal brief describing their dissent.
At Western, the historic decision will not have a “huge impact” on the school or on most public schools in Colorado, Taylor said. As of 2015, only three of the 13 public four-year universities in Colorado reported considering race in admissions; Western was not one of them. For the last several years, the university has assessed each student holistically, including academic achievement, educational opportunities and personal experiences.
Instead, the decision will weigh most heavily on what Taylor calls “highly rejective,” schools like Harvard, Princeton or Yale, places where one student gets in at the expense of maybe a hundred who don’t. For example, Western accepts about 92% of applicants.
“We had to work really hard to make sure that our processes and practices do not disadvantage students of color, low income students and first-generation students,” Taylor said.
Last year, 21% of Western’s on-campus, undergraduate degree-seeking students self-reported as non-white. Including non-degree seekers and concurrent enrollment, the ratio rises to 31%.
versities around the state have been working on ways to make admissions more equitable, Taylor said.
In 2021, the legislature made it optional for Colorado's public, four-year universities to use national test scores in the admission process, a decision many touted as a step forward for diverse student bodies. Taylor also credits the state’s success to the growth of pre-collegiate opportunities like federally-funded TRIO Programs, a collection of programs which help low-income and first-generation college students work upward on the academic ladder, starting as early as middle school.
Western’s recently-approved strategic plan not only highlights DEIJ+ as a priority, but it also calls for more financial support for students in the form of scholarships, a reduced facility fee to students and supporting the use of low- and no-cost instructional materials in place of expensive textbooks. The cabinet has also approved the first formal Division for Justice and Inclusion, meant to centralize the university’s diversity efforts. Despite her feeling that Western will fare well through the decision, Taylor said she
worries most about the psychological impact on students, that some will feel that they no longer belong at institutions of higher learning.
“What I worry about the most is what students and families are going to feel, hear, see and process this,” Taylor said. “A lot of people are going to feel like, ‘college isn't for me, after all. They don't want me there. I don't belong there’ … If someone is at Western Colorado University, they have the qualifications. They have the desire to earn an education, and we believe they can be successful.”
At Western, all are welcome, Parker said, and the community should continue to look to its students, staff and faculty for leadership and security.
“The most powerful tool that institutions of postsecondary education have today is indeed its people. The power in its people leaning into things such as diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, anti-racism. Leaning deeply into that,” he said. “The students will continue to push for it, that is certain.”
(Abby Harrison can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or abby@ gunnisontimes.com.)
highest it’s been in nearly 15 years. In 2007 and 2009, property owners submitted over 2,200 appeals, a nod to the housing market crash during the Great Recession. But that number plummeted in the following years, as the economy recovered, to as low as 531 in 2013.
To calculate 2023 property values, county assessors use retrospective appraisal reports, meaning the property is valued using an analysis of comparable sales that occurred up to a certain date, in this case, June 30, 2022. The 2021-22 housing market saw rapid increases in property sale prices, partly due to the COVID-era migration to resort towns and the federal government lowering interest rates.
For this reason, the number of appeals is no real surprise, said Deputy Assessor of
Appraisal Alexandra Cohen. People are looking at valuations based on prices that are over a year old, a system that means even as the housing market cools off, the evidence of the hot market lives on in locals’ tax rates.
“We see that property values have slowed down since that day, not a lot, but that really starts to concern some of the taxpayers when they see that their property isn't quite as valuable as it may have been back in 2022,” said licensed appraiser Walt Sorrentino.
Sorrentino contracts with the Gunnison County Board of Equalization — composed of the Board of County Commissioners — to provide appeals recommendations.
The assessor's office is now processing the appeals in order to send a Notice of Determination out by Aug. 15. During the appeals process, officials will follow up with property owners’ concerns
about their valuation. This process can sometimes include a physical property inspection to check the quality or condition of the home — to determine
whether it’s smaller or in worse repair than the valuation suggests.
The appraiser’s office usually adjusts the valuation in about 50% of the appeals that come in, Cohen said.
“I don’t think we’ve worked our way through enough of them to know if we will hit that historic 50% figure or if it'll be lower, because most people aren't really giving us any reasons, they just want the value to be lower, because it has gone up so much,” she said.
Property owners who disagree with new valuations can further appeal those decisions to the Board of Equalization. When making recommendations, Sorrentino looks at comparable sales submitted by both the property owner and the assessors office.
Sales can be impacted by the condition of the property, which may affect its marketability, so Sorrentino encouraged property owners pursu-
ing an appeal to have copious evidence, including photos and videos that detail the state of the home.
“I don't disqualify any information,” he said. “I look at every bit of information that's submitted, it's not up to me to say whether or not this piece of evidence is good and this piece of evidence is bad.”
When appeals get to Sorrentino’s desk, about 40% end up adjusted, he said. Although most appeals ask for a lower valuation, sometimes the end result can be an increase.
There are three options after the Board of Equalization, the Colorado Board of Assessment Appeals, district court or binding arbitration. The Board of Assessment Appeals can be free, whereas the other two options have mandatory fees attached.
(Abby Harrison can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or abby@ gunnisontimes.com.)I look at every bit of information that’s submitted, it’s not up to me to say whether or not this piece of evidence is good and this piece of evidence is bad.
Walt Sorrentino, Licensed appraiser
plans to finish two blocks — Colorado to Iowa — before moving across Main Street to Wisconsin Street in 2024. No restrictions are planned for Main Street this summer, and landscaping will be done next year.
Years in the making, the Ohio Avenue Multimodal Project is a collaboration between the City of Gunnison and Western Colorado University. The intent was to create a safer route from campus to Gunnison’s central business district and then, eventually, the Gunnison Watershed School District schools and the VanTuyl trail system.
The city had applied for additional grant money to extend the corridor west all the way to 11th Street, but was unsuccessful. According to City Engineer Cody Tusing, the Public Works Department will likely reapply next year.
Additional project information can be found at gunnisonco.gov/cityprojects. To receive weekly project and road closure updates, email safe2schoolsroutes@gmail. com.
(Bella Biondini can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or bella@gunnisontimes.com.)
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Uncertainty over the future of the Gunnison Fruit Stand has been temporarily laid to rest. The popular source of fresh produce lost its former location at 501 W. Tomichi last fall when a Grand Junction-based developer purchased the lot in order to build a brick and mortar Starbucks store. Owner Javier Mortensen has signed a lease agreement to set up shop in the parking lot of the vacant Dollar Store building, owned by Gunnison Valley Health. The new site is just two blocks east of the old one.
The business has been serving the Gunnison community for more than 30 years. Thanks to the agreement, shoppers can continue to choose from tables over flowing with fresh regional produce like apples, zucchini, cantaloupe and New Mexico chilis.
“We’re excited, we’re happy. This is a really good spot,” Mortensen said.
Mortensen’s father, George, started the fruit stand in the late 80s. Javier then bought the business two decades ago and has been running it with his wife ever since. From July to September, they travel around the Western Slope, from Grand Junction to Palisade to Olathe and Delta, buying wholesale fruit to then resell to valley residents in the hottest months of the year.
After the lot sold last fall, the family closed the fruit stand with no idea what the future would hold. The Mortensen’s scouted two potential permanent locations, but neither were along Hwy. 50, the preferred location.
Months later, GVH Vice President of Operations Wade Baker came to the couple with a proposition: use the empty lot in front of the Dollar Store building for the summer, as nothing better was happening on it. already had access to electricity and is situated on Hwy. 50.
“We definitely saw the community's need for that. So many people, locals as well as tourists, value that fruit stand,” Baker said. “We know location is really a driver for that, and a spot that's off Main Street or Tomichi would be challenging.”
The stand will operate on that lot until September, and then it’s back to the drawing board for where the stand will go in the future.
(Abby Harrison can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or abby@ gunnisontimes.com.)
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Next winter, the Rural Transportation Authority’s (RTA) express bus will no longer be an option for those in a hurry to get to and from the ski resort.
On Friday, June 30, the RTA board of directors approved a new winter 2023-24 commuter bus schedule during a regular meeting in Crested Butte. The schedule includes 42 daily trips, up from 35 last year. During peak commuter times, buses will arrive every 15 minutes, with the longest wait about half an hour. The winter bus schedule will start on November 22.
“When we had one-hour service and we had a mechanical or weather problem, it's a long time to wait for the next bus when you’ve already been waiting and the bus doesn’t show up,” said Executive Director Scott Truex. “The longest you’d ever have to wait is 35 minutes if everything's running on time.”
Although increased service will reduce the number of hourlong gaps in the evenings, the tradeoff was the discontinuation of the RTA’s express buses. These buses skip the Crested Butte South stop, saving passengers time on the way to their destination. The estimated amount of time saved is typically less than 10 minutes.
The RTA started running express buses during the winter of 2014 to reduce commuter congestion. Many buses would often fill up in Gunnison long before they arrived in CB South.
But this meant longer wait times for CB South residents, and sometimes drivers would forget to make the stop entirely — adding to the confusion for those trying to get home or to work.
“It'd be a lot easier for everyone, and make the schedule work better, if everybody does the same thing,” Truex said.
Under the old schedule, bus service dropped down to once an hour at night, making it easier to get stranded if a bus was missed or if weather delays slowed arrival times. With the addition of more trips during peak times and in the evening, the hope is that these problems will be solved.
“I'm a little conflicted, because we really tried to prioritize the express bus to go up and down Valley … But I suspect this will increase ridership numbers overall without those big hour gaps,” said board member Liz Smith. “I think that on the whole it's a win.”
Like many other employers in the valley, staffing has remained a persistent problem for Alpine Express, the company that runs the RTA’s bus service. Truex told the Times that Alpine Express has promised it will be able handle the increase in daily trips. The RTA will need to hire about seven new drivers to make the new schedule possible this winter.
To try and relieve the shortage, the organization has acquired eight housing units for its drivers and employees: seven townhomes at the Lazy K affordable housing development in Gunnison and one condominium in Crested Butte. During the meeting, the board approved the purchase of a ninth unit, a three-bedroom house at Lazy K.
In addition to trying to accommodate increased ridership, the reason for the boost in daily trips is the growth of the RTA’s fleet from eight to 10 buses this spring — giving the RTA the flexibility to run reliable routes and still have enough time for maintenance. Between the winter of 21-22 and 22-23 alone, the number of winter riders rose 42%.
Comparing 2019 (numbers were skewed between 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic) to 2022, ridership rose 11%. Truex said he anticipates that the RTA will carry up to 350,000 passengers in 2023.
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There will be 4 units that are 1 and 2 bedroom units being offered at $170k- $229k and 2 units that are 3 bedroom units being offered at $409k-$429k.
Application deadline is July 12th and the lottery will be held on July 20th. This will restricted units.
details and an application or you can obtain this information at GVRHA.org. Individuals can apply for all available units and local businesses or institutions can apply for the 3 bedroom units only for employee housing.
Now that construction of the new Gunnison County Public Library is fi nally complete, the board is shifting its focus to the future.
At the end of June, Gunnison County Libraries released a user survey with the goal of continuing to improve library services county-wide. Library leaders are looking to the Gunnison Valley community for the organization’s next steps — seeking feedback on public library services, events and facilities. The survey will be open until Tuesday, July 11.
Some of the questions within the survey include: What ideas do you have for new and improved library services? How about increased access to downloadable eBooks? Shorter wait times for new and popular titles? Expanded library hours? More events and activities for all ages and interests?
Following the construction of the new library on Quartz Street in Gunnison, the library team is also searching for feedback on the community’s willingness to support a similar level of service to the north in Crested Butte.
“We serve the entire county, and we have a responsibility to provide the best possible library services to the people that live in our service area,” said Executive Director Drew Brookhart. “We know that we're providing a very different user experience in Gunnison than we are at the north end of the valley. We have a responsibility to understand if there's a desire for improved services. And if
there is, then we would work toward that.”
The Gunnison project wrapped up in October of last year, almost 50 years after the county's first public library was constructed on Wisconsin Street. Th e new 15,000-squarefoot space is nearly three times the size of the old library and has room for a library collection of nearly 50,000 books. The library has distinct spaces for young adults and children and meeting and event spaces throughout the building.
Crested Butte’s Old Rock Community Library, situated at 504 Maroon Ave., is a historic building from the 1800s. It is approximately 2,000 square feet spread across two floors, but has no meeting rooms, areas for events and activities or a children’s library. Regardless, it still remains a busy location, Brookhart said.
One of the library board’s priorities is to understand the community’s willingness to support a similar level of library service in the North Valley. Right now, only 40% of Gunnison County residents live within 10 miles of the new Gunnison Library. The next large population pocket is north of Round Mountain.
The feedback that library managers collect this summer will be incorporated into the organization’s strategic plan, which will be updated this fall. That will inform its 2024 budget, as well as its priorities next year.
“It's really an opportunity for the public to tell us what they like the most, what they would like more of and if they want something new and different,” Brookhart said.
To take the survey, visit gunnisoncountylibraries.org/feedback/.
(Bella Biondini can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or bella@ gunnisontimes.com.)
On Wednesday, June 28, a crowd gathered at the I Bar Ranch to celebrate a number of grants and scholarships given out by the Gunnison Rotary Club. The Rotary gave three scholarships to recent high school graduates Mike Riser, Adamary Vitinio and Amelia Kaleta. Rotary also awarded money to Six Points, the Book Bus, Crested Butte and Gunnison Nordic, the Gunnison Country Food Pantry and Wonderland Nature School.
On July 3, the Gunnison County Public Library hosted one of its biggest storytimes yet. The event is on Monday and Thursday mornings at the Gunnison Library.
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The air filled with a pungent scent, just enough to wrinkle the nose, as Chief Wastewater Operator Donald Getz strolled past the humming wastewater treatment plant. Just behind the plant, the waste was being transformed into something much more useful. Here, towering piles of freshly made compost, close to completing its circular lifecycle, smelled more like earthy forest humus.
After the flush of a toilet, the sewage generated by Gunnison residents and visitors is funneled to the wastewater treatment plant, located just west of town toward Blue Mesa Reservoir. The liquids are treated before they are returned to the Gunnison River. The solid by-products of the waste are then processed, diverted from the landfill and repurposed as Gunny Gold — a local compost that is in high demand each spring when the grass greens and it is time to return to the garden.
As the Public Works Department treats incoming wastewater, it is left with thick biosolids that need to be dried. Facilities in larger communities can generate millions of tons of these biosolids each year, which typically end up in a landfill. But this isn’t the case in Gunnison. Instead, the nitrogen-rich sludge becomes the main ingredient of the City of Gunnison’s Gunny Gold composting operation.
After a machine separates the solids from the liquids, crews mix the concoction with wood chips from the local tree dump. The mixture is then left to cook for up to a year, before the larger chips are screened out. The final product (which is tested and completely safe) resembles a soft mulch, and is sold directly back to the community as a soil amendment and organic fertilizer.
It is placed on local lawns and rangelands, as well as in backyard gardens and nurseries. The compost is also a commodity at the Gunnison Watershed schools, where it has been used for planting more than 50 trees and often winds up in on-campus gardens.
“We believe in it, we use it and we like it,” said Paul Morgan, the school district’s
facilities manager.
The Gunny Gold operation sits on approximately five acres of land. Because the process requires a sizable amount of space, many towns and cities end up throwing the waste away. Gunnison is one of few Colorado municipalities with a city-run composting program.
“This is special and something that not everybody has,” said Water and Wastewater Superintendent Mike Rogers.
During the summertime, it may take the team up to eight hours a day to tend to the towering piles of compost that accumulate on site. In addition to mixing, screening and stacking the compost, the crew is also responsible for testing the mixture for metals, total coliform, salmonella and other viruses to make sure it falls within safe limits for home and garden use.
By the time it reaches the hands of the community it has already been “digested” or baked. It often reaches temperatures up to 170 degrees for months at a time, which is monitored around the clock by giant thermometers. Piles will start 15 feet high and will fall down to 12 as microorganisms physically consume the biosolids and the wood chips — a process that makes heat and kills any harmful contents.
Last year, the Public Works
Department produced almost half a million pounds of Gunny Gold compost. At $30 a yard, the compost generated approximately $90,000 in revenue — used to offset the costs of the operation. According to Rogers, it also saves the city money, because it can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to dump it in the landfill.
“Th is gives back to the community,” Rogers said. “It does have a cost, but the cost is to offset the labor that goes into it.”
Gunny Gold has grown in popularity, and the city often comes close to selling out each year. Following the program’s success, the city is looking for more ways the community can get involved in the composting process. This spring, the Public Works Department started drafting a composting master plan with help from Western Colorado University and the Gunnison Valley Climate Crisis Coalition.
In addition to making the process more efficient, the city is exploring the feasibility of designing a community composting program. This would be separate from Gunny Gold and collect yard waste and food scraps from residents and bring it to a central location.
“It would be like having your organic section in the grocery store versus your normal, because some people might be leery of Gunny Gold because of its origin,” Rogers said.
The new project is still in its early phases. The team is working directly with Ricardo Vazquez-Perales, an assistant professor of environment and sustainability in Western’s Master of Environmental Management program, to research what it would take to build and support a municipalscale composting program in Gunnison.
Although small-scale composting is occurring throughout the valley, the team believes having a centralized site would potentially divert thousands of pounds of organic waste from the landfill. Vazquez-Perales said that community composting could also help residents become active participants in the city’s recently adopted sustainability plan.
“Once we compost, we change our way of looking at food waste,” he said. “Waste is not something to discard, it is something that is really necessary for the soil and environment … Small actions have a big impact. [This would] involve people in a way that our sustainability plans are living plans. They become practices. Not only for city staff or academia, but for the common citizen.”
(Bella Biondini can be contacted at 970.641.1414 or bella@ gunnisontimes.com.)
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HOUSEKEEPER WANTED: $21-23/hour, DOE. Weekends, Fri-Sun starting LateJune through Aug. Contact PR Property Management today. prpropertyoffice@gmail. com / 970-349-6281.
THE TOWN OF MT. CRESTED BUTTE is looking for a full-time, year-around parks worker. This position has a wide range of duties from landscaping, maintaining playgrounds, cleaning up after events, installing and repairing sprinkler systems, operating chain saws, vehicles, power and hand tools, light equipment such as skid steer and lawn mowers, snow removal in the winter with hand shoveling, ice picking and using a bob cat. For a full job description please go to mtcb.colorado.gov. Schedule is 4 10-hour days with one weekend day in the winter required. Must have a seven-year clean driving record, the ability to obtain your flagger certification, safety lift 80 pounds, good customer service, communication and team work skills, and ability to work outside in the winter and summer for an extended period of time. Starting pay is between $44,000-$61,000, depending on experience.
The Town offers an amazing benefit package with paid health, vision and dental insurance for you and your family, 401(1) or pension plan, 12 paid holidays, generous vacation and sick time, wellness program and more. Contact Tim Roybal at troybal@ mtcb.colorado.gov with any questions. To apply, email your resume, cover letter and three references to Tiffany O’Connell at toconnell@mtcb.colorado.gov.
SPALLONE CONSTRUCTION has immediate openings for dump truck drivers in the Gunnison, Crested Butte area. Experience of 3-5 years required. Must be able to assist laborer performing physical tasks involved in construction activities. Must have a valid drivers license, references required. $25-$38 depending on experience, benefits available after one year of employment. Please submit resume to: office@spalloneconstruction.com.
NEED SUMMER WORK? Summer grounds and maintenance person needed. $23/ hour from now - Aug. Perfect for a college student home for summer looking for beer money. Contact PR Property Management today. prpropertyoffice@gmail.com / 970349-6281.
OFFICE MANAGER POSITION: The Catholic churches in the Gunnison and Crested Butte area are looking for an experienced office manager. The ideal candidate will demonstrate professionalism, a positive attitude, maintain confidentiality and have strong interpersonal and organizational skills. Experience with bookkeeping, publisher and Microsoft windows is preferred but not required. This is a part-time position and offers a competitive wage. For questions, call 970641-0808. Send resumes to: stpeters@ gunnisoncatholic.org.
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Are you looking for a full time year around position in the valley with great pay, health insurance, on-call pay, company vehicle, company phone, paid vacation, ski or health and wellness pass, 5 day work week and more? Iron Horse Property Management is adding another position to our maintenance team and we are looking for the right individual to help maintain our luxury homes.
We are looking for someone who has a great work ethic, maintenance skills, is punctual and wants to quit having multiple jobs to make it in the valley. If this sounds like you, and you have a clean driving record, then please send your resume to steve@ ironhorsecb.com and qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview. No phone calls please. Pay DOE.
ROAD MANAGER AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT MONITOR: Crested Butte South Metro District: This position would be responsible for planning, organizing and directing all activities and staff related to the district’s roads and maintenance. Duties include road maintenance, snow removal, drinking water operations, wastewater operations and other day-to-day tasks of running a utility. This job requires the applicant to have heavy equipment experience. Motor grader and loader specifically. Applicants must be 18 years of age and have a valid Colorado Driver’s License. The successful applicant is eligible to receive an elite benefit package. Full job description, requirements, pay ranges and benefits are available on the District’s website at cbsouthmetro.net. Email resume to info@cbsouthmetro.net or drop off at 280 Cement Creek Road.
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time, year-round in a fast paced fun office environment. Must have solid computer skills and knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets. Experience in the construction industry is a plus. Please contact David at 970-901-1798 or send a resume to david@davidgrossgc. com.
WANTED: Master Electrician to work for local solar installer. Regular part time, seasonal work, no solar experience necessary - will train the solar stuff. Low stress, flexible schedule, and opportunity for more hours/full time work if desired. 970-642-5554/info@ nunatakenergy.com.
THE CRESTED BUTTE/MT. CRESTED BUTTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is seeking a qualified membership coordinator responsible for growing chamber memberships and for building sustainable relationships with new and existing members, for the accounting for new memberships and invoicing new and existing members. This position is responsible for membership communications, renewals and generating and onboarding new members.
Attention to detail is key. Knowledge of QuickBooks preferred. This is a contractor position starting in July. Email cover letter and resume with references to director@ cbchamber.com. Please put ‘Membership Coordinator’ in the subject line. E.O.E. cbchamber.com.
DAVID GROSS GENERAL CONTRACTOR is seeking a high level construction project manager to manage multiple current and future projects. Full-time salaried position with potential health, 401k, ski pass and a kick-ass team to work with. Fast-paced high volume general contractor. Pre-construction through punch list. Must have attention to detail and be proficient in all computer related skills. Great work environment. Send resume to david@davidgrossgc.com.
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TEMPORARY LABORERS NEEDED: Need some cash this off season? The Town of Crested Butte Parks and Recreation Department is hiring temporary laborers for spring prep/cleanup season. Work will begin once the snow is gone from the majority of parks and public areas. Duties include raking, power washing, painting and general cleanup and repairs. Full job description and application available online at townofcrestedbutte.com click on “Careers”.
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Are you looking for something with growth potential? Join CB Dental as a scheduling coordinator. No experience preferred. Happy to train anyone open to learning new skills and who enjoys helping people. Full-time, year round, competitive pay and benefits. $20-25/hr DOE. Shoot us an email with your cover letter and resume to amy@ crestedbuttedentist.com.
WOOD PRODUCT SIGNS is seeking a personable, highly-organized and reliable individual for a full-time office position. This position manages the daily operations of the office and is the first point of contact for customers. Requirements for this position include excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to multitask and handle multiple projects at once including managerial tasks and extensive knowledge of QuickBooks, Adobe and Microsoft programs. Experience in design software is recommended. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, retirement plan contributions and working in a brand-new facility in 2024. Please submit resumes to office@woodproductsigns.com.
THE GUNNISON COUNTRY TIMES IS SEEKING A DELIVERY DRIVER to deliver the Times to Crested Butte in the early hours of Thursday morning. 3-4 hours work. $125 + $25 gas allowance. Call 970-641-1414 to inquire, or stop by the Times office at 218 N. Wisconsin for an in-person interview.
PINNACLE ORTHOPEDICS is seeking a FT medical assistant to join our team. Duties include clinical documentation, x-rays, medical supply inventory management and casting/splinting. Good organization and computer skills while working in a fast-paced environment are important. Position is for both our Crested Butte and Gunnison offices. $20-$24/hr DOE. Please send resume to
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PRECISE PAINTING IS HIRING PAINTERS: Seasonal or year-round full-time. Must be willing to commit for at least Spring/Summer/ Fall. Pay starts at $22/hr. for inexperienced candidates, more with experience. 4 or 4.5 day work week, earn PTO, raises come quickly, opportunity for benefits. Happy to train the right people. Call Rob at 970-5090851.
CRESTED BUTTE AUTO REPAIR IS HIRING: We are looking for a full-time service writer/office assistant for a fastpaced environment. Experience preferred but willing to train. Computer skills and strong attention to detail required. Tasks include communicating with customers, scheduling appointments, answering multiple phone lines, billing and developing cost estimates. Pay starting at $20/hour or more based on experience. We offer health insurance, retirement, vacation and sick pay. Please email resume to crestedbutteauto@ yahoo.com or stop by 301 Belleview to fill out an application.
CB FARMER’S MARKET: We are seeking a reliable, organized and highly motivated individual to fill our market director position. Must be available most Sundays until October 8th, have a vehicle that can tow a small trailer and be physically able to lift/ set-up market tents and other equipment. Good communication skills are important as you’ll be the main point of contact for all market vendors. It is estimated to be 11 hours/week, with most of that on Sunday. This is a contract position with a stipend for the entire season, which is roughly $25/hr. Email info@cbfarmersmarket.org for more information or to submit your resume.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY in Crested Butte is now hiring and assistant manager – previous management experienced preferred. Counter helpprovide excellent customer service, scoop ice cream, stock cases and other duties. Fun job, great tips. Flexible hours. Apply in person at 314 Elk Ave., Crested Butte or send resume to ashlee.rmcf@hotmail.com.
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Timberline Mechanical Contracting is looking for a service technician for troubleshooting and plumbing repair. Plumbing and customer service experience preferred. We offer high pay, paid holidays, paid vacation, health insurance and ski pass. Clean driving record is mandatory.
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STUDIO WEST, INC in downtown CB is looking for a shop hand for immediate hire. One will move and help stage inventory in the showroom and at job sites. Must be physically fit and have a valid driver’s license. Hourly pay starting at $25 and flexible hours. Please submit a resume or request application by contacting manager@ studiowestcb.com or by phone at 970-3497550.
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Savings and Loan Association is seeking applications from qualified individuals with strong customer service skills looking for a career in banking. The position includes performing teller functions and assisting
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Gunnison Watershed School District believes that students thrive when they are connected to something bigger than themselves. That’s why we create learning experiences that spark curiosity, helping students discover who they are and how to make a difference in the world around them. And as they excel in academics, athletics, and the arts, students find the confidence to pursue any opportunity in life. Our team is “Driven to be the Difference!”
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Building Manager-CBCS
Assistant Building Manager-CBCS
Lead Custodian-Lake School
Permanent Substitute-CBSS Bus Drivers Substitute Teachers
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Nutrition Program Supervisor
IT Professional-District 2nd and 4th grade Teacher-CBES 3rd grade Teacher-GES
Counselor-GES-(1 year only)
Counselor-CBES ELL Teacher-GMS
Special Education TeachersGMS and GHS
Coaching:
GHS-Speech and Debate
CBCSHead and Assistant Hockey Coach GMS 7th grade
Head and Assistant Volleyball Coach GMS 8th grade Assistant Volleyball Coach
Please contact: Superintendent’s Office JoAnn Klingsmith 800 N. Boulevard 970-641-7760 jklingsmith@gunnisonschools.net
Please contact:
Superintendent’s Office JoAnn Klingsmith 800 N. Boulevard 970-641-7760
*Housing is held for Gunnison County employees and may be available for you to rent*
Health Educator – Health Services
Intern HHS: Temporary - Part-time, 2530 hours/week, hourly rate range from $23.02-$25.20, plus partial benefits. This position will start in July of 2023 and go through August of 2023.
Clinical Services Manager HHS: 40 hours/week, monthly salary range from $7,009-$9,915, plus full benefits.
Juvenile Diversion Case Manager/ School Based Inspire Mentor Juvenile Services: Full-time, 40 hours/week, hourly rate range from $27.15-$38.41, plus full benefits.
Clinical Case Management Coordinator Juvenile Services: Parttime, 35 hours/week, hourly rate range from $28.78-$40.71, plus full benefits.
Accountant I Treasurer: 40 hours/ week, monthly salary range from $4,440-$6,281, plus full benefits.
Eligibility Technician HHS: 40 hours/week, monthly salary range from $3,764-$4,285, plus full benefits.
Summer Seasonal Public Works: Guaranteed 40 hours/week, hourly rate range from $15.75-$22.28 depending on experience, plus partial benefits. Outdoor work that includes traffic control, fencing, tree and brush removal, trail work, recycling, equipment training and much more, all in a 4 day work week.
Health Coalition Coordinator HHS: Part-time, 25 hours/week, hourly rate range from $27.15-$38.41, plus partial benefits.
Patrol Deputy Sheriff: Full-time, 40 hours/week, monthly salary range from $5,552-$7,853 plus full benefits.
Detention Deputy Sheriff: Full-time, 40 hours/week, monthly salary range from $4,989-$7,057 plus full benefits. Only work 14 days a month.
For more information, including complete job descriptions, required qualifications and application instructions, please visit GunnisonCounty.org/jobs.
Journeyman & Residential Wireman for projects in the Gunnison and Crested Butte areas. Must have a valid Colorado driver’s license and pass a pre-employment drug screen. Top pay & Benefits.
Send resumes to info@ec-electric.com or call 970-641-0195 www.ec-electric.com/careers
Communications Assistant/ Records Manager Full-time, $47,500-$55,500/yr.
$22.84-$26.68/hr.
Provides a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers of the City. This position has the important responsibility of records management and invests substantial amount of time in online communication and the implementation of strategic communication through social media, the website, video, photos and print. This position collaborates internally and externally to drive civic engagement through transparent, clear and proactive communications.
Police Officer
Full-time, $62,200-$84,000/yr
$29.90-$40.38/hr
Performs technical, professional, and administrative duties related to maintaining the security of the City, protecting constitutional guarantees of all persons, protecting life and property, preserving public peace and order, preventing, solving and detecting crimes, facilitating the safe movement of people and vehicles and other emergency services as needed. POST Certification not required. The city will pay for the police academy if needed and pay a cadet wage while attending the academy. Includes a $5,000 signing bonus.
Part-time Openings
Parking Attendant-up to $25.44/hr
The City of Gunnison offers a competitive benefit package including 75% of medical, dental and vision premiums paid for the employee and their dependents, 5% of gross wages in a retirement plan, 3 weeks of vacation (increasing based on the years of service), 12 paid holidays and 12 days of sick leave per year.
For more information, including complete job descriptions, benefit packages, required job qualifications and application instructions, please visit GunnisonCO.gov/HR
AUTOMOTIVE MASTER
TECHNICIAN. If you are curious about how your current job compares to Precision Automotive? EMAIL your resume to precisionauto4040@hotmail.com, call or text Steve at 970-596-9999 ALL INQUIRIES ARE STRICKLY CONFIDENTIAL! Benefits include: PAID VACATION, PAID HOLIDAYS, MEDICAL, DENTAL, MATCHING IRA.
AUTOMOTIVE APPRENTICE Do you love cars? Get your start in the well paid and exciting world of Automotive Repair that could turn into your life passion. Work along side your mentor a Master Certified Technician while completing online modules such as: Electrical, Engine mechanical, Transmission, Drive train, Suspension & Steering, Heating & A/C, Engine Performance and Brakes.
CAR WASH/DETAILER/SHOP MAINTENANCE. Call or text 970-596-9999 for interview. PRECISIONAUTO.NET
Competitive pay, 401K, insurance, paid vacations. 40 hour work week. Apply at John Roberts Motor Works.
equipment operation of motor grader and loader, specifically, with opportunity for fleet management. Applicant must be able to correctly diagnose and make repairs on a variety of equipment, which may include welding. Duties include equipment operation, maintenance repair of various pieces of light and heavy motorized equipment used in road construction, road maintenance, snow removal, drinking water operations, wastewater operations, manual labor and other generalized work. Applicants must be 18 years of age and have a valid Colorado Driver’s License. The successful applicant is eligible to receive an elite benefit package. Full job description, requirements, pay ranges and benefits are available on the District’s website at cbsouthmetro.net. Email resume to info@cbsouthmetro.net or drop off at 280 Cement Creek Road.
with paid health, vision and dental insurance for you and your family, 401(1) or pension plan, 12 paid holidays, generous vacation and sick time, wellness program and more. Please visit mtcb.colorado.gov for the full job description. Contact Bobby Block at bblock@mtcb.colorado.gov with any questions. To apply email your resume, cover letter and three references to Tiffany O’Connell at toconnell@mtcb.colorado.gov.
THE TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE seeks applicants for a finance administrative assistant to join the Finance and Administrative Services team. The finance admin assistant is responsible for daily financial tasks including administration of the sales tax collection process, cash receipting, departmental customer service and file/records maintenance. This yearround position includes an excellent benefits package with 100% employer paid health, dental, vision, life insurance and contribution to retirement plan after one year of employment. Starting salary is $47,200$57,500 DOQ. Full job description is available on the town’s website at townofcrestedbutte. com. Please submit application, cover letter and resume via email to jobs@crestedbutteco.gov. Position is open until filled. The Town of Crested Butte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
MILITARY SURPLUS: Canon City. Delivery or meet in the middle. Ammo, cans, tents and more. Jon 720-220-8951.
in the loan department. The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong work ethic, attention to detail and an enthusiastic, positive attitude. Benefits include an enjoyable and friendly work environment, employer-assisted health insurance, monthly health savings account contribution, 401-K retirement plan, paid vacation and sick leave. Starting salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Please submit a letter of application and resume with references to Janice English, Sr. Vice President, 303 North Main, Gunnison, CO 81230, jenglish@gunnisonsl.com or 970642-4642. Equal Opportunity Employer.
SPALLONE CONSTRUCTION has immediate openings for laborers in the Gunnison, Crested Butte area. Experience required not required, but preferred. Must be able to assist laborer performing physical tasks involved in construction activities. Must have a valid drivers license, references required. $22/hr or higher depending on experience, benefits available after one year of employment. Please submit resume to: office@spalloneconstruction.com.
LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
PRESCHOOL is looking for a motivated, nurturing, creative, flexible lover of kids to join our team. Position would start in July with part-time and move to full-time midAugust. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a rewarding career including very competitive pay ($19-25/hr starting depending on education and experience), benefits including insurance, retirement, paid sick and vacation days and yearround full-time work with no off-seasons. Paid education to become early childhood teacher qualified is provided as well. Please inquire with Jessica at lilredschoolhouse1@ gmail.com with resume and cover letter.
FLEET MAINTENANCE AND HEAVY
EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Crested Butte South Metro District: This is a skilled position responsible for fleet maintenance and heavy
WE NEED YOU! Find your niche at Six Points helping adults with disabilities with activities of daily living. No experience needed. Clean driving record preferred and background check. Part and full-time available. 50% off everything in the store, plus the intangible benefits of building meaningful relationships. $15/hr. Contact resmgr@sixpointsgunnison. org or call 970-641-3081.
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER: Mountain Roots is seeking an experienced individual to oversee all aspects of financial management. Budgets, forecasting, reporting, compliance, internal controls, strategic financial goals. 3 days/week. Salary DOE. Full description at mountainrootsfoodproject.org.
THE TOWN OF MT. CRESTED BUTTE is looking for a full time year around maintenance worker. Typical job duties will vary from season to season and will include but are not limited to: snow shoveling, plowing of the Mt. Crested Butte roads and various parking lots, maintaining town equipment and vehicles, emptying trash cans, repairing fence lines, building maintenance, road maintenance including sweeping, flagging, filling potholes, maintaining the town’s ditches and culverts. Schedule is 4 10hour days with one weekend day in the winter being required. Overtime is expected during snow cycles. Minimum qualifications include the ability to obtain a class B commercial driver’s license, clean seven year driving record, ability to obtain their flagger certification, safely lift 80 pounds, good customer service, communication and team work skills, ability to walk on uneven surfaces, ability to work outdoors for an extended period in the summer and winter, basic knowledge of heavy equipment and snow plowing experience. Preferred qualifications include having a class B commercial driver’s license, flagger certification knowledge of heavy equipment operations, loader, backhoe and snowplow experience, knowledge of vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance (mechanic) welding experience and building maintenance and upkeep experience. Starting pay range is $48,590-$56,436 depending on experience. The Town offers an amazing benefit package
STORAGE UNIT SALE: New merchandise added weekly. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. 108 S. 11th, alley side.
HEAVY-DUTY STEEL ROOFING SHEETS: Approx. 50, used. $3 each. Great for interior/ exterior architectural interest, construction. 303-870-3098.
RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE at the Gunnison Meadows Mall next to City Market, +/-1,500 sqft available. For more information and pricing visit GunnisonMeadows.com or call Jordon Ringel at 817-733-6947.
TRAILER: 2 bedrooms, washer/dryer, wood burning stove. End lot with privacy fence. $35,000. Lot rent is $725. Must be approved by the landlord. 719-221-8739.
PRIME OFFICE SPACE on Main St. Five private offices. Client waiting/conference room, reception desk, 12 paved parking spaces. Call or text 970-596-9999 for more info.
OFFICE SPACE TO RENT: In Gunnison. Health, beauty, general. Shared bathrooms and kitchen. Call 970-641-2423 or text only 970-497-6121.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Public Notice is given on JUNE 22, 2023 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Gunnison County, Colorado Court.
The Petition requests that the name of PATRICK BRADLEY BLACK-DALE be changed to
Kate Cook
Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk
/s/ Kate Cook
Gunnison Country Times Gunnison, Colorado
Publication dates of June 29, July 6, 13, 2023
9727
Colorado Air Quality Control Commission
Notice of Public Hearing, Rulemaking
Hearings, and Public Comment Hearings
HEARING SCHEDULE:
DATE: August 3, 2023
TIME: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The public comment hearing will begin at 4:00 p.m. and the hearing will conclude by 6:00 p.m. or earlier if all who wish to speak have been heard.
IMPORTANT: There will be no in-person participation for the public comment hearings. The public comment hearing will be held virtually over Zoom and will be recorded.
For more information on the virtual meeting, please refer to the Air Quality Control Commission website at: cdphe.colorado. gov/aqcc OR to see details related to the public comment hearing please refer to the hearing notices at: cdphe.colorado.gov/ rulemaking-boards-and-commissions/airquality-control-commission/aqcc-hearingnotices
Mountain Coal Company, LLC – Arch Coal Inc.
West Elk Mine – Gunnison County
Title V Operating Permit (20OPGU411)
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission will hold a public comment hearing to elicit and record comments on a proposed Title V Operating Permit for the Mountain Coal Company, LLC – Arch Coal Inc. (West Elk Mine – Gunnison County) located at 5174 Highway 133, Somerset, Colorado. notice
Gunnison Country Times Gunnison, Colorado
Publication date of July 6, 2023 9775
Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE MEETING
Monday, July 24, 2023 7:30 PM
The Board of Directors of the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) will conduct a regular semi-annual meeting of the Water Activity Enterprise on Monday, July 24, 2023 at approximately 7:30 PM at the UGRWCD Offices, 210 W. Spencer Ave., St. B, Gunnison, CO 81230 and via Zoom video/teleconferencing. This meeting will immediately follow the UGRWCD Board Meeting scheduled at 5:30 PM on Monday, January 30, 2023.
If you plan to attend the meeting via Zoom video/teleconferencing, please contact the District for login instructions. An agenda will be posted at the District Office prior to the meeting.
Gunnison Country Times Gunnison, Colorado
Publication date of July 6, 2023 9777
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29. Creative output 31. Recesses 32. District in N. Germany 33. Rider of Rohan 35. The official emblem of the German Third
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado, at 8:45 a.m. of the 18th day of July, 2023, in the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room, Gunnison County Courthouse, 200 East Virginia Avenue, Gunnison, Colorado for the purpose of adopting a re-districting resolution, “A Resolution Establishing the Districts of Gunnison County commissioners as a Result of the 2020 Federal Census”. This notice given and published by the order of the Board of County Commissioners. Dated this 30th day of June, 2023.
COUNTY OF GUNNISON, COLORADO Publish as a Public Notice in the July 6, 2023 edition.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF GUNNISON, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 2023-______
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICTS OF GUNNISON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS A RESULT OF THE 2020 FEDERAL CENSUS
WHEREAS, Colorado Revised Statute § 30-10-306(1), as amended, provides that each county shall be divided into three compact districts by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado (“Board”); and
WHEREAS, Colorado Revised Statute § 3010-306(4), as amended, provides that, after each federal census of the United States, each district shall be established, revised, or altered to assure that such districts shall be as nearly equal in population as possible based on such census and shall be completed by September 30 of the second odd-numbered year following such census; and
WHEREAS, the United States Bureau of the Census has completed the 2020 federal census, therefore requiring the Board to complete the revision or alteration of Gunnison County Commission districts on or before September 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Colorado Revised Statute § 3010-306(5), as amended requires the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado to conduct a public hearing on the proposed district boundaries at least thirty (30) days before adopting a resolution to change such boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado conducted such public hearing on _________, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Bethany Church
Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado has considered information and data received from the United States Bureau of the Census for the 2020 census and has, in addition, considered comments and input received at the aforementioned public hearing on the question of commissioner district boundaries;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado, that:
Section 1:
Commissioner’s District 1 is hereby declared to be that portion of Gunnison County lying south and west of a line commencing at the point of intersection of the western-most boundary of Gunnison County with the Third Standard Parallel South, which is also the northern-most boundary of Township 51 North and the southern-most boundary of Township 15 South;
Thence running along said line east to the boundary between Range 87 West and Range 88 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian;
Thence north along said boundary line to the southern-most boundary of Township 14 south;
Thence east along said line to the point of intersection with the Ohio Creek Road, being County Road #730, said point of intersection being located at or near the northwest corner of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 87 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian; Thence along the centerline of Ohio Creek Road in a southeasterly direction to the point of intersection with the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135;
Thence south along the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135 to the point of intersection with the centerline of Elizabeth Avenue in the City of Gunnison;
Thence west along the centerline of Elizabeth Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of Pine Street;
Thence south along the centerline of Pine Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Leroy Avenue;
Thence west along the centerline of Leroy Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of Spruce Street;
Thence south along the centerline of Spruce Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Arthur Avenue
Thence west along the centerline of Arthur Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of 12th Street;
Thence south along the centerline of 12th Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue;
Thence west along the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of 10th Street;
909 N Wisconsin St. (behind Powerstop) • 970-641-2144
Summer schedule, One service at 9am! gunnisonbethany.com
9 am: Family Service with nursery & children’s church
Check out our website for updates!
Or download our app on the App Store by searching, Gunnison Bethany.
B'nai Butte Congregation
PO Box 2537 Crested, Butte CO 81224 305-803-3648 www.bnaibutte.org
Friday night service, July 7th- 6pm
Shabbatluck at Becky & Joe Williams, bring a dish to share
Saturday July 8th: 10:30am Meet the rabbi, Rabbi Mark at Rumors Coffee
Saturday July 8th, 5 PM Havdallah service and at the Werners, bring a favorite appetizer/summer drink to share.
Sunday July 9th, 11 AM; Torah Study at the Rolfes, in Gunnison
RabbiMarkKula@gmail.comwww.bnaibutte.org for additional details
Church of Christ
600 E. Virginia • 970-641-1588
Sunday Morning Bible Class: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship: 6 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Class: 7 p.m.
Thence south along the centerline of 10th Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Railroad Avenue; Thence southwesterly along the centerline of Railroad Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of South 8th St;
Thence north along the centerline of South 8th Stto the point of intersection with the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue; Thence west along the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway #50;
Thence westerly along the centerline of U.S. Highway #50 to the point of intersection with the centerline of Gold Basin Road, being County Road #38;
Thence in a southerly direction along the centerline of Gold Basin Road, being County Road #38 extended, extended to the point of intersection with the boundary between Gunnison County and Saguache County.
Section 2:
Commissioner’s District 2 is hereby declared to be that portion of Gunnison County lying east and south of a line commencing at the point of intersection between the boundary of Gunnison County and Saguache County with the centerline of Gold Basin Road, being County road #38 extended;
Thence northerly along the centerline of Gold Basin road extended to the point of intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway #50;
Thence easterly along the centerline of U.S. Highway #50 to the point of intersection with the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue;
Thence east along the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of South 8th St;
Thence south along the centerline of South 8th Stto the point of intersection with the centerline of Railroad Avenue;
Thence northeasterly along the centerline of Railroad Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of 10th Street;
Thence north along the centerline of 10th Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue;
Thence east along the centerline of Rio Grande Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of 12th Street;
Thence north along the centerline of 12th Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Arthur Avenue;
Thence east along the centerline of Arthur Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of Spruce Street;
Thence north along the centerline of Spruce Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Leroy Avenue;
Thence east along the centerline of Leroy Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of Pine Street;
Thence north along the centerline of Pine Street to the point of intersection with the centerline of Elizabeth Avenue;
Thence east along the centerline of Elizabeth Avenue to the point of intersection with the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135;
Thence north along the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135 to the point of intersection with the centerline of County Road #730 also known as Ohio Creek Road; Thence northwesterly along the centerline of County Road #730 to the intersection of that portion of the “Skito to Crested Butte TriState 115 kV Transmission Line” the location of which is referenced in the documents identified in Appendix “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein;
Thence northerly along that portion of the “Skito to Crested Butte Tri-State 115 kV Transmission Line”, the location of which is referenced in the documents identified in Appendix ‘’A”, to the intersection of the centerline of County Road #749 also known as Alkali Road;
Thence east along the centerline of County Road #749 also known as Alkali Road; to the intersection of the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135;
Thence north along the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135 to the point of intersection with the centerline of the road known as Jack’s Cabin Cutoff, being County Road/Forest Route #813; Thence easterly along the centerline of Jack’s Cabin Cutoff to the point of intersection with the centerline of Taylor River Road, being County Road/Forest Route #742;
Thence easterly along the centerline of Taylor River Road to the point of intersection with the centerline of Cottonwood Pass Road, being Forest Route #209; Thence easterly along the centerline of Cottonwood Pass Road to the point of intersection with the Continental Divide, which is also the eastern boundary of Gunnison County.
Section 3:
Commissioner’s District 3 is hereby declared to be that portion of Gunnison County lying north of a line commencing at a point on the easterly boundary of Gunnison County where the County line intersects with the centerline of the Cottonwood Pass Road, being Forest Route #209; Thence westerly along the centerline of the Cottonwood Pass Road to the point of intersection with the centerline of the Taylor River Road, being County Road/Forest Route #742; Thence westerly along the centerline of the Taylor River Road to the point of intersection with the road known as the Jack’s Cabin Cutoff, being County Road/Forest Route
Community Church of Gunnison
107 N. Iowa • 970-641- 0925
Pastor Larry Nelson
Sunday Morning Worship 9:30 a.m.
Nursery & Age-Graded Ministry Weekly Student Ministry
Weekly Adult LifeGroups
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9:00-4:00
For more info: ccgunnison.com or email info@ccgunnison.com
Join us in-person, listen to our broadcast on 98.3 FM, or view online stream on YouTube
Transforming Lives • Building Community
First Baptist Church
120 N. Pine St. • 970-641-2240
Pastor Jonathan Jones
9:30 A.M. Share & Prayer Fellowship
10 A.M. Sunday School Classes
11 A.M. Morning Worship Service
6 P.M. Evening Service
Wednesday 7 PM - Children's Patch Club
Gunnison Bible Institute
Thursday 7 PM - College & Career Christian Fellowship www.firstbaptistgunnison.org.
The Good Samaritan Episcopal Church
307 W. Virginia Ave. • 970-641-0429
Rev. Laura Osborne, Vicar
Sunday Morning Holy Eucharist, Rite II 9 a.m.
Children's Sunday school 9 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Office Hours: M-Th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. www.goodsamaritangunnison.com
Visit our partnership church: All Saints in the Mountains, Crested Butte Holy Eucharist, Rite II, Sunday 5 p.m. Union Congregational Church, 403 Maroon Ave., Crested Butte.
Gunnison
Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
317 N. Main St. • 970-641-3203
Open and Affirming Whole Earth · Just Peace
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Casual, Relaxed, “Come As You Are” Worship www.gunnisonucc.org
Grace Covenant Church Gunnison
101 N. 8th St. Gunnison Meeting at the Historic 8th St School House
Reformed, Confessional & committed to Expository preaching
Sundays 10:00 a.m.
Thursdays 1:00 p.m.
Women's Bible Study gracegunnison.com
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
711 N. Main • 970-641-1860
Bible Study and Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. on Sundays Church Service at 10:00 a.m. on Sundays
Pastor Robert Carabotta, Pastor Jacob With
New Song
Christian Fellowship
77 Ute Lane • 970-641-5034
A Christ Centered Gospel Sharing Community where we want to be part of a community who encourage and support one another in our spiritual journey.
Sunday 10am / Wednesday 7pm
www.newsonggunnison.net
#813; Thence westerly along the centerline of the Jack’s Cabin Cutoff to the point of intersection with the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135; Thence south along the centerline of Colorado State Highway #135 to the point of intersection of the centerline of County Road #749 also known as Alkali Road; Thence east along the centerline of County Road #749 also known as Alkali Road to that portion of the “Skito to Crested Butte Tri-State 115 kV Transmission Line”, the location of which is referenced in the documents identified in Appendix “A”; Thence southerly along that portion of the “Skito to Crested Butte Tri-State 115 kV Transmission Line”, the location of which is referenced in the documents identified in Appendix “A”, to the point of intersection of the centerline of County Road #730 also known as Ohio Creek Road; Thence northwesterly along the centerline of the Ohio Creek Road to the point of intersection with the southern boundary of Township 14 South, which point of intersection is located at the approximate northwest corner of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 87 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian; Thence west along the southern boundary of said Township 14 South to the point of intersection with the boundary line between Range 87 West and Range 88 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian; Thence southerly along said boundary line to the third Standard parallel South, which is the boundary line between Township 51 North and Township 15 South; Thence west along the Third Standard parallel to the point of intersection with the western-most boundary of Gunnison County.
Section 4:
The Chairperson of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado is hereby authorized to affix his signature upon one or more maps of Gunnison County or portions thereof depicting the location of the above-described boundary lines of commissioners’ districts for Gunnison County also identified in Appendix “B” attached hereto and incorporated herein.
Section 5:
The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, Colorado hereby finds that the above-described commissioners’ districts are as compact and as nearly equal in population as possible, in accordance with Colorado law.
INTRODUCED by Commissioner, seconded by Commissionr, and adopted this ____ day of _______, 2023.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Rocky Mountain
Christian Ministries
1040 Highway 135 (1/4 mile N. of Spencer Ave.) • 970-641-0158
Sunday Morning Worship 9:30am
Nursery and Children’s ministry through Middle School “Remedy” Worship Nights Small Group Ministries www.rmcmchurch.org
St. Peter’s Catholic Church 300 N. Wisconsin • 970-641-0808
Fr. Andres Ayala-Santiago
www.gunnisoncatholic.org
www.crestedbuttecatholic.org or call the Parish Office.
St. Peter's - Gunnison Sat 8:30 am, 6:30 pm & Sun 10:30 am, 12:00 pm (Spanish) Mass
First Sunday of every month bilingual Mass at 11am Queen of All Saints - Crested Butte, 401 Sopris Sun 8:30am Mass
St. Rose of Lima - Lake City Mass Service, Sat 4:00pm
Trinity Baptist Church
523 N. Pine St. • 970-641-1813
Senior Pastor - Joe Ricks
Sunday Service 9:30 a.m.
Adult Bible Study 8:00 AM
www.trinitybaptistsgunnison.com
APPENDIX “A”
The location of that portion of the “Skito to Crested Butte Tri-State 115 kV Transmission
Line” is identified in the following documents:
1. Easement, recorded in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado in Book 385 at page 471; and
2. Easement, recorded in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado in Book 385 at page 476; and
3. Easement, recorded in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado in Book 387 at page 191; and
4. Easement, recorded in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado in Book 387 at page 196; and
5. Easement, recorded in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado in Book 387 at page 200; and
6. Right of Way No: 1641, Book 16, recorded in the records of the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Gunnison County, Colorado in Book 387 at page 485; and
7. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Special-Use Permit No: OUR400601.
Gunnison Country Times
Gunnison, Colorado
Publication date of July 6, 2023
9789
BOARD MEETING NOTICE
Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
Board of Directors Meeting
Monday, July 24, 2023
5:30 PM
The Board of Directors of the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) will conduct a regular Board meeting on Monday, July 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM at the UGRWCD Offices, 210 W. Spencer Ave., St. B, Gunnison, CO 81230 and via Zoom video/teleconferencing.
If you plan to attend the meeting via Zoom video/teleconferencing, please contact the District for login instructions. An agenda will be posted at the District Office prior to the meeting.
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The Saguache County Board of Commissioners are accepting written offers for County Owned Property currently.
The lots available will be accepted by the Commissioners, at their discretion, until July 25, 2024.
If you would like to submit a bid offer for any available properties a bid packet and a list of properties is available on the Saguache County website at www.saguachecounty. colorado.gov or you can call the Land Use office at 719-655-2321 or by email request to landuse@sagauchecounty-co.gov.
Bids must be submitted on a County bid form. Funds must accompany bids. NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED.
**You must enclose the completed bid form in a sealed envelope marked “County Owned Property Bid” and indicate on the envelope the block, lot or lots and parcel number, the bid is intended for. **
The Board reserves the right to refuse any bid submitted.
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Case No. 2023CV030002
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED
DEFENDANT: STEVE LEIGH
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.
This is an action for declaratory and other relief to enforce violations of Colorado’s
On-Site Wastewater Treatment System
(“OWTS”) Act, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-10-101 et seq., as well as Gunnison County’s land use, wastewater treatment, and building regulations and codes.
OFFICE OF THE GUNNISON COUNTY
ATTORNEY
By: /s/ Alex San Filippo-Rosser Matthew R. Hoyt, Atty Reg. No.
51792
Alex San Filippo-Rosser, Atty. Reg. #43874
Sammy Obaid, Atty Reg. No. 39392
Dated: June 15, 2023
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DISTRICT COURT, GUNNISON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
200 East Virginia Gunnison, CO 81230 970-642-8300
Plaintiff: Colorado Outward Bound School
f/k/a Outward Bound Wilderness, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation,
v.
ROCK CREEK MINING DISTRICT, A STONE IN PLACE; THENCE N32°52’38’’E A DISTANCE OF 414.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE LINE BETWEEN ANGLE POINT NO. 9 AND ANGLE POINT NO. 10 OF THE GREENSBORO PLACER, A REBAR AND CAP LS.#19598 IN PLACE, THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N45°15’05”E ALONG SAID LINE A DISTANCE OF 174.10 FEET TO SAID ANGLE POINT NO. 10, A REBAR AND CAP L.S. #14111 IN PLACE; THENCE S45°11’00”E ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN ANGLE POINT NO. 10 AND ANGLE POINT NO. 11 OF SAID GREENSBORO PLACER A DISTANCE OF 430.82 FEET TO A REBAR AND CAP L.S.#19598 IN PLACE; THENCE LEAVING SAID LINE N67°15’49’’W A DISTANCE OF 99.59 FEET TO A REBAR AND CAP L.S.#19598 IN PLACE; THENCE N57°27’42’’W A DISTANCE OF 119.41 FEET TO A REBAR AND CAP L.S.#19598 IN PLACE; THENCE N58°10’26’’W A DISTANCE OF 25.77 FEET TO A REBAR AND CAP L.S.#19598 IN PLACE; THENCE N67°37’06’’W A DISTANCE OF 35.01 FEET TO A REBAR AND CAP L.S.#19598 IN PLACE; THENCE N74°15’05’’W A DISTANCE OF 189.58 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 0.752 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. JUNE 17, 2022
SUMMONS
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
DISTRICT COURT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO
Court Address: 200 East Virginia Avenue
Gunnison, CO 81230
Plaintiff: The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Gunnison, State of Colorado
v.Defendant:
Steve Leigh, an Individual
Attorney: Matthew R. Hoyt, Atty. Reg.
#51792
Alex San Filippo-Rosser, Atty. Reg. #43874
Sammy Obaid, Atty. Reg. #39392
Office of the Gunnison County Attorney
200 East Virginia Avenue Gunnison, CO 81230
Phone Number: (970) 641-5300
Fax Number: (970) 641-7696
E-mail: mhoyt@gunnisoncounty.org
Defendant: Patrick J. Bridge, an individual; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.
Attorneys for: Colorado Outward Bound School
Corey T. Zurbuch, #37850
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
675 Fifteenth Street, Suite 2900 Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone Number: 303.223.1100; FAX Number: 303.223.1111
czurbuch@bhfs.com
Case Number: 2023cv030025
Div.: 2
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirtyfive (35) days after service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons will be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice.
This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to the real property situated in the City and County of Gunnison, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached to and made a part of this Summons by this reference.
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
By: /s/ Corey T. Zurbuch Corey T. Zurbuch, #37850 Attorneys for Plaintiff
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION PROPERTY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL
A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE VALLEY CLAIM: (MINERAL SURVEY NO. 3388) OF THE ROCK CREEK MINING DISTRICT IN TOWNSHIP 11 SOUTH,. RANGE 87 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF GUNNISON, STATE OF COLORADO; SAID PARCEL BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT ANGLE POINT NO. 7 OF SAID GREENSBORO PLACER (MINERAL SURVEY NO. 12204) OF THE
By 1923 the organizers of the annual Cattlemen’s Day celebration were worried the event had become too “big for its britches”, and they were discussing how to abolish professionalism as it was “responsible for the fact that less and less are the local boys and girls taking part in the races and contests.” A suggestion was made that more contests be restricted to Gunnison county, or counties of the Western section of the state.” And Reverend Jones suggested, “can the women not arrange some very interesting booths at the ‘Cattlemen’s Days’ display, of home canned products, needlework, garments, and etc., a dairy booth a booth of homemade products?” Well plans for the “Home Talent Midway” were soon underway with an old-fashioned masquerade carnival, games of skill, food, exhibits, and entertainment planned that, “will be one of the most attractive and interesting of all.”
An article in the March 8, 1923, edition of Western’s Top of the World newspaper began with, “The Wild West has long been losing its wildness” and goes on to review the tradition of Cattlemen’s Days when, “The ghost of the old west walks the streets of Gunnison again.”
“It was held on one day only. The racetrack was Main Street and the field for bucking contests a small enclosure fenced with woven wire. Often horses plunged among the crowd scattering women and perambulators. Only the reckless got a good view of the proceedings.”
“Then the Colorado Normal School was built and on its campus the Cattlemen put a grandstand and racetrack. The school and
community have since worked together to make the celebration successful.”
The July 23, 1923, Elk Mountain Pilot headline, “Cattlemen’s Day a Success”, was followed by, “Three Days of Fun and Frolic. Rain Somewhat Interferes but Does not Materially Detract from the Pleasure of the Occasion”, and a good portion of the front page was devoted to review the event and publish results of contests. Peggy, Teddie and Fay were the names of the top three steeds in the first event, the Exhibition of Saddle Horses, while Taylor Button won the Maverick race aboard Johnteol, and then partnered with Earl Carpenter to win the Wild Cow Milking contest. Horse and pony racing at a variety of distances were held every day, including a Cow Horse Race where only horses that were used in the previous spring roundup could be entered, no professional riders allowed. Besides plenty of horse racing, a Potato race, Roman race, Package race, Bucking contests, along with Draft Team, Bull-Riding, and Quadrille on Horseback exhibitions entertained the crowds. “The time-honored dance at La Veta brought the Celebration to a happy finish. The floor was packed until midnight, and just cozily crowded until time for breakfast. It was such a good Celebration that most everybody is sorry that it wasn’t twins.”
Local ranching and Cattlemen’s Day related artifacts can be found throughout our extensive campus, and the wall of well-worn cowboy hats on display in the Coleman Building from the many departed pioneer ranchers in our valley is a somber testament to the legacy they left behind. We encourage locals and visitors to honor our wonderful ranching heritage and plan a visit real soon now!
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FROM MAY 15 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.
Admission $15 ages 13+, $5 for ages 6-12, Free for 5 and under. Follow us on Facebook for current information and amazing local history!
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ABANDONED VEHICLE —
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ANIMAL: NUISANCE ABATEMENT
- EXCREMENT — 408 S. 11TH ST.
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ACCIDENT — 100 N. WISCONSIN ST.
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THEFT: INTENDS TO
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JUNE 27
-Missing person report - person was located
-Suicidal subject - Mobile crisis on scene and assisted
-Theft report - under investigation
-Welfare check
-Out-of-county arrest
-Disorderly conduct report
-Agency assist to the Gunnison Police Department with a person having some personal issues
JUNE 28
-Burglar alarm
-Warning for camping in a no-overnight-camping area
-Gunnison County ordinance #5vicious dog report - accidental bite
-Gunnison County ordinance #5 and 2018-30 - vicious dog and dog at large warning
-Information report - issues with ex-employer
-Theft report - stolen tent and camping equipment at Hartman Rocks
-Littering - large pile of garbage left near Hartman Rocks
-Welfare check on possibly missing campers - found safe
JUNE 29
-Agency assist to the GPD for the report of a stolen vehicle
-Paper service
-Lost property report - license plate
-Indecent exposure report
-Information report - welfare check
-Burglar alarm
-Information report
-Summons issued for underage possession - consumption of alcohol
JUNE 30
-Burglar alarm
-Theft of fly rod
-Paper service
-Vin inspection
-Harassment
-Family dispute
-Vehicular eluding
-Trespass
-Information report - civil assist
-Information report - welfare check
-Agency assist to Colorado State Patrol
JULY 1
-Agency assist to CSP
-Information report - welfare check
-Information report - property dispute
-Paper service
-Information report - welfare check
-Information report - search & rescue
-Information report - structure fire
JULY 2
-Information report - vehicle check
-County Ordinance 2018-30 - dog at large
-Agency assist to GPD
-Agency assist to GPD
-Information report - aerial fireworks
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COMMUNITY: Why is Crested Butte the wildflower capital of Colorado? B3
CAPTURED: Gunnison’s Fourth of July celebration, B6, B7
Pinnacles Bike Race Series returns to CBMR, B10
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Individual ranks are represented through the colors of students’ belts. In Tang Soo Do, the belt colors symbolize seasons. New students wear white belts depicting the purity and innocence of winter snow. After three to six months the snow begins to melt, and students are promoted to an orange belt, symbolizing early spring. A green belt represents growth and advancement as the spring season. Two years of training brings the “Long summer,” symbolized with a red belt. Students will wear a red belt for over two years in preparation for their “Midnight Blue” belt, the final color. Unlike other martial arts, Tang Soo Do does not include a black belt — as black represents perfection. Midnight blue symbolizes mastery, and the continuation of learning and growth.
teaches the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do in the upstairs dance studio at the Gunnison Arts Center.
Alex
McCrindle Times Staff Writer
Erik Niemeyer delicately balanced on his toes. He widened his stance, tucking a right fist against his chest. In a flash, Niemeyer broke the silence with a booming command. Students mimicked their instructor — fiercely casting their arms in a striking motion. Dressed in white “Dobok” uniforms with colored belts, the students glided towards the front of the room. They moved methodically and listened carefully to the instructions given in Korean.
Working under chief instructor Tony Maldarella, Niemeyer
Unlike the Korean martial art Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do is a non-competitive practice. It is structured around the fi ve “Moo do” values: history, tradition, respect, discipline and technique. These values are intertwined into each practice through showing respect, learning Korean vocabulary and partaking in Korean tradition — a philosophy Malderalla said is rooted in non-ignorance.
“Our philosophy is an action philosophy,” he said. “It is where we act, and complete the objectives that need to be done.”
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Gunnison Valley Health is pleased to welcome internist, Dr. Lauren Sullenberger to the Family Medicine Clinic. Dr. Sullenberger attended medical school at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences and completed her internal medicine residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA. After residency she moved to Pueblo, Colorado where she practiced as a hospitalist and nocturnist at Parkview Medical Center.
Dr. Sullenberger’s focus as a primary care physician is a holistic approach to medicine incorporating all aspects of health, including preventative medicine.
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room, or “Do Jang,” for training. Although the Gunnison Martial Arts school has only been active for a year, local ski patroller Andy Tyzzer taught Tang Soo Do in the valley for 30 years before his retirement last summer. Today, Tyzzer’s legacy endures, as Gunnison locals train in the mindful art.
“Self defense is secondary to character building,” Maldarella said. “We practice mutual respect, filial piety, family values, respect for your parents, your elders, your partner. Our whole practice consists of several ceremonies of respect from the moment we enter the Do Jang.”
During a practice on June 14, students reinforced previous skills, like stances and punches, before learning new techniques. Experienced students demonstrated skills to the younger pupils — before following Niemeyer’s Korean commands and practicing as a group.
Niemeyer paused his lesson. He walked one by one to the students, teaching new blocking techniques. The children in the group grinned at the Korean phrases and slowly moved their arms and legs into unfamiliar positions.
“I have seen the positive influence it creates in our students,” Niemeyer said. “Parents have told us they see an improvement in discipline and behavior. Our students are building a layer of toughness, of grit, that you can only achieve through the practice of a traditional martial art. It takes a lot of determination, and carries over to the rest of your life.”
Gunnison Martial Arts is operated through the Gunnison Arts Center. More information can be found at gunnisonartscenter.org.
What role does the town of Mancos in southwestern Colorado play in our wonderful w ildflower displays here in the Crested Butte area? A big one, it turns out. That’s because it matters what kind of soil the flowers have to grow in, and Mancos lends its name to a particularly rich bed in our mountains.
The town of Mancos contains what geologists refer to as a “type location,” where a particular rock formation (such as Mancos shale) has a consistent set of physical characteristics that distinguishes it from adjacent layers of rock and occupies a particular position in the layers of rock in a geographical region. A type location is where a rock formation was named, described, examined and often first mapped.
Mancos shale can be found throughout the Intermountain West. To an untrained eye, it can look like a pile of dirt — not a particularly attractive layer of rock. Its outcrops often make up badlands in lower elevations where it typically is found.
A relatively widespread and thick shale formation, the Mancos was deposited during
the Cretaceous Period in a shallow interior seaway between 80 and 95 million years ago. It is approximately 4,000 feet thick in the upper Gunnison Valley. It is clay rich, soft, friable and breaks down very easily. It also weathers and decomposes into a very productive soil that can hold water and nutrients and with just the right amount of drainage.
The Elk Mountains, where Crested Butte lies, contain an abundance of sedimentary rock, largely dominated by Mancos shale compared to other Colorado mountain ranges.
These sedimentary rocks play
a sizable role in why wildflowers are so diverse and exceptional here. Many other parts of the Colorado Rockies are dominated by soils sourced from granite and other hard rocks. These break down much more slowly and produce acidic soils of poor nutritional value.
In the Crested Butte area, we have a high concentration of relatively young mountains which are igneous intrusions called laccoliths — Mount Crested Butte, Gothic Mountain and Whetstone, for example. Softer and less stable Mancos shale surrounds these laccoliths, forming the ideal locations for open meadows where wild-
flowers flourish.
Aspens also thrive in the Mancos shale-derived soils. By contrast, conifers don’t have root systems that adequately support them in the Mancos shale, and they prefer the more stable granitic soils of the laccoliths and other igneous rocks in the Colorado Rockies.
Aspen groves, with interspersed meadows provide desired sunlight for wildflowers to flourish and provide dappled light for other species such as columbines, geraniums, mariposa lilies and many others in their understories that prefer indirect sunlight.
Another attribute of the
Crested Butte area that supports our prolific wildflowers is the south and south-westerly exposure that dominates the Elk Mountains at the head of the Gunnison Valley. This aspect provides for the much-needed sunlight that wildflowers crave.
Why is Crested Butte the wildflower capital of Colorado?
The answer lies beneath your feet.
(Jeff Delaney is a member of the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival board) Mancos shale at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. Mancos shale does not support much plant life in this location. There are many outcrops like this one throughout the Intermountain West that are much drier than the Crested Butte area, which receives over three times the amount of precipitation. Bella Biondini Wildflower bloom near Crested butte last summer.
Private First Class James
E. High was a World War II Marine who experienced some of the most horrific combat of the Second World War against the Japanese. His unit, the 4th Marine Division, carried out four major amphibious assaults, in the battles of Kwajalein (RoiNamur), Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. High was wounded in action on Iwo Jima just after he saw the raising of the first and smaller flag on Mount Suribachi.
Iwo Jima was the only battle in the Pacific theater in which U.S. casualties (wounded and dead) outnumbered the Japanese casualties. He recovered at the San Diego Naval Hospital. He was then scheduled to return to his unit for the invasion of Japan, which was called off when the Japanese surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. High then quickly separated from the service.
Jim High was my father. Dad passed away in 2009; however, his Purple Heart hangs in a place of honor in our living room. It was his example of military service that led me to join the peace-time Marine Corps in 1983.
My father never talked about the combat he experienced. I once had a student complete a National History Day project on the Battle of Iwo Jima. I sent the student to another room at Gunnison Middle School to call my father. (This was before cell phones were common.) The student returned to me within a few minutes and explained that my dad — a tough Leadville retired Miner and the strongest man I’ve ever known — was sobbing uncontrollably and was unable to talk. So, I never learned about the details of the four battles he experienced, and I did not inquire again. However, my father often told the story of how he became a Marine.
Dad was born in 1924 and
grew up in the middle of the Great Depression in a small town just south of Florence, Colorado. He went to a tworoom schoolhouse. My mom (Dorothy High) recalled that my father was the bad boy of the school, so he was asked to leave after 8th grade. However, he never learned to read. This was before intervention programs were introduced, so, according to both my mom and dad, nobody particularly cared that Jimmy was illiterate as long as he behaved himself (which was seldom, according to my mom). My dad then joined his father in a small business that transported supplies over the mountains to the mining camps in the Wet Mountain Valley.
During the first few years of WWII, my dad and grandfather worked on construction in Leadville to help expand the Climax Molybdenum Mine for
war production. It was here that my father learned the local draft board was about to call him in.
In Dad’s words, “I’d rather ride than walk,” so he traveled to Denver to the armed forces processing station to volunteer for the U.S. Navy before he could be drafted for the U.S. Army.
Remember that my dad was illiterate? According to him, he could not read the signs or the paperwork and somehow ended up in the Marine Corps. However, he slowly learned to read as his buddies took turns tutoring him on the long and slow transport voyages across the Pacific. Later, Dad learned to love reading, especially Western novels and the newspaper.
Dad always ended this story by stating, “The only good thing that came out of that damned war was me learning to read!”
VETERAN EVENTS & LOCAL INFORMATION
Friday, July 14th is Patriot Night Rodeo! 7 pm start. Veterans get 2 free tickets at the Ticket Trailer Booth at GB&T. The US Army will thrill us all with a 2 ship BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER FLYOVER!
Saturday, July 15th is The Cattlemen’s Days Parade! Please come on down to ride the VETERAN FLOAT! Loading at 9:45am!
Wed. July 19th: American Legion monthly meeting. Dinner at 5pm, meeting starts at 6pm. All veterans are welcome to attend.
Post 54 started a GoFundMe for the ADA bathroom remodel: https://gofund.me/e6687356 or by mail: American Legion Post 54 PO Box 395 Gunnison CO 81230
Be the One! Ask, Listen and Reach Out to a veteran you know!
VETERANS: PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FELLOW VETS CARE ABOUT YOU!
Courtesy U.S. Marines raise the flag of victory after the Battle of Iwo Jima. U.S. Marine James High at the end of WWII.On Tuesday, the I Bar Ranch hosted Pinkapalooza, a Tough Enough to Wear Pink fundraiser, during Gunnison’s Fourth of July celebration. Attendees enjoyed country music from Chancey Williams and Ward Davis before the fireworks show.
Free legal help
Get free legal advice on the second Wednesday of every month from 2-5 p.m. at the Gunnison County Library at 1 Quartz St. in Gunnison and at the Old Rock Community Library in Crested Butte. Volunteer attorneys will offer assistance one-on-one, via computer link. In Gunnison call 970.641.3485 or in Crested Butte call 970.349.6535 to be added to the sign-up sheet.
Living Journeys hosts free and confidential monthly support groups — open to all Gunnison County residents.
-Caregivers Support Group: 1st Monday of each month.
-Bereavement Support Group: 2nd Monday of each month.
-Cancer Support Group: 1st Thursday and 3rd Monday of each month.
Professional therapists facilitate in-person and zoom meetings, no RSVP necessary. Get details at livingjourneys.org/ Calendar.
Considered by many to be the finale of the Crested Butte sum-
mer season, the 37th Paragon People’s Fair will be held Sept. 2-3 on Elk Avenue in Crested Butte. Booth spaces are still available, so get your applications in by visiting paragonartgallery.com or pick one up at the Paragon Gallery, 132 Elk Ave. in Crested Butte.
Weekly intermediate and advanced tennis mixer will be held Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. in Crested Butte. No registration is needed, just show up at the town tennis courts located across from the visitor center. Mixed doubles is the game. No partner is needed to participate, and anyone is welcome. The cost is $5 per night or $20 for the season, with the cost going toward tennis balls. For more information contact Don Cook at 970.497.0123.
The Crested Butte Mountain Runners will run Baxter Gulch on July 8 at 8:30 a.m. For trail maps and further information visit cbmountainrunners.org.
Join Western Colorado
Singles clay mixer
On July 7 from 6-9 p.m., singles night will focus on an introduction to wheel throwing. Students will learn to center, pull and shape their own masterpiece. All ability ranges are welcome. The cost is $64 for members and $75 for nonmembers.
On July 12 from 5-8 p.m., Jenifer from Soladera Soaps will
walk you through the process of creating a bath soak and your very own bar of soap. All are supplies included in the price.
The cost is $40.80 for members and $48 for non-members.
On Thursdays in July from 6-9 p.m., students will expand their throwing knowledge to create more advanced forms. All ability ranges are welcome. The cost is $201 for members and $236 for non-members.
University student Emily Gustin and Gunnison Gardens farmer Sue Wyman for a free workshop on July 9 from 2-5 p.m. at the Gunnison Gardens Greenhouse, 600 W. Hwy 50. Learn how to make no-turn, supercharged compost using the Johnson-Su bioreactor. Call 970.964.8226 for more information.
Join women of all ages, colors and backgrounds on July 11 at 7 p.m. in the back parlor at 403 Maroon Ave. in Crested Butte to learn about reclaiming your power and reconnecting to your deeper, truer self.
On July 15 at 9 a.m., join Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, the Gunnison Wildlife Association and the West Elk Archers for the 3rd Annual Sportsman’s Volunteer Day. Volunteers will enhance brood-rearing and summerfall habitats for the threatened Gunnison sage-grouse and improve big game winter/spring habitat. Please pre-register at backountryhunters.org.
Missoula Children’s Theater presents “The Secret Garden” from Aug. 7-12 at the GAC. Please call Julia Wilson at 970.275.8863 for more information and to register.
IOOF Park was adorned in red, white and blue on Tuesday for Gunnison’s annual Fourth of July festivities before the party moved to Jorgensen Park. Once the sun set, the funfilled afternoon came to a conclusion with an impressive fireworks show that could be seen from across town.
JULY 7 • 4-11PM
Paige Stewart Studio and Fig Hollow Studio 723 S 9th St: Come
Friday afternoon for a tour of two neighboring artists!! Paige Stewart is a contemporary ceramic sculpture artist and Jennifer Vannatta is a painter and muralist; you may know her as the owner of Fig Hollow. Can't make it Friday, come for the Grand Opening on Sunday, July 9th from 3-6pm.
Gunnison Art Center 102 S. Main St.: This July, check out our three galleries for three incredible exhibitions. With “Out West” by Kim Nesbit, Matthew Thornburg, and Doug Tredway in the Main Gallery and “The Granddaddy of Colorado Rodeos” by Jacob Speltzer, Mackenzie Bode, and Bella Biondini in the Cafe Gallery, the ranching culture of the Gunnison Valley is fully celebrated. Upstairs, Karolina Szumilas will exhibit her mixed media show, entitled “The Places I’ve Been.” Stop by for art, cocktails, live music, and snacks.
Gunnison Gallery 124 N. Main St.: “Mountain Musings” created by BECKA JAHELKA include watercolor batiks, linocuts, dry point and intaglio prints. Soladera Soaps by JENIFER PUSEY and Colorado Minerals by JESS FOUTCH. Face painting by PATRICIA, Live Guitar Music by MATTHEW GRANT and Gunnison’s Buckel Wine Tasting.
Top O’ the World Garden Club has awarded Jason Macort and his family of 400 South Taylor with Yard of the Week. Macort has lived in Gunnison for eight years with his three boys. “We have done a lot of work on our home inside and out,” Macort said. “It was time to give our yard a facelift. The inspiration came from our yard being very overrun by weeds and dying grass. We were overwhelmed by doing our 2/3 acre lot on our own (we usually do all the remodeling ourselves), so we hired Alpine Landscapes to get the job done. Alpine Landscapes went above and beyond our expectations and we certainly could not have done this on our own. Our family loves the new landscaping. It is an added bonus and honor to have been considered Yard of the Week!”
Rocky Mountain Frames & Trophies 228 N. Main St.: Featuring photography by Daphne Fiedler, watercolor paintings by Elinda Card, art on marble by Leanne Lee along with 15 additional local artist. Music by Ron Kibler and the Old Time Pickers.
Peace Hero Museum 235 N. Main St.: PEACE EDUCATION THROUGH THE LIVES OF PEACE HEROS
South Main Gunnison Art Jam 8-11pm - 513 S. Main St.: All Aboard! Join us for a night of Fire, Art, and Music at the South Main Gunnison After Hours Art Jam. Tour the gallery, studios and live art of Amanda Sage and Joe Bob Merritt. Vibe and Flow in the Sanctuary with DJ Glideswell. Family Friendly, BYOB, and all are welcome to bring live painting setups.
Gunnison Pizza Company • 303 E. Tomichi
High Alpine Brewery Company • 111 N. Main Mario’s Pizza & Pasta • 213 W. Tomichi The Dive Pub • 213 W. Tomichi
Nancy Dean
The Gunnison gymnastics squad competed at a regular season meet on June 30 in Commerce City. In compulsory competitions, Tesla Weske took third on beam with a score of 8.9, and third on floor with 8.1. Tess Hemmert finished third on floor and Jamie Moran took second on vault with a 7.1 score. Eliza Wickenhauser stole the show, placing first on floor with a high score of 8.8. In the optional competitions, Kailyn Japuntich finished second on floor with a
The Pinnacles Bike Race Series returned to the dirt trails of Crested Butte Mountain Resort on Friday, June 30. The first race took place on the Luge trail. Four more races are scheduled for each Friday through the remainder of July, each on a different trail.
Expert Adult Female
1 Clara Lantz3:11.70
2Lola Wais3:16.21
3Jules Williams3:28.63
Expert Adult Male
1Joey “Bag O’Salad”2:55.76
2Jordan Newth2:56.49
3Korbin Moorehead2:59.89
Expert Junior Male
1Isaac Jennings2:58.50
2Brooks Miller3:01.08
3Cameron Montgomery 3:03.58
Sport Adult Female
1Olivia Gordon3:29.58
2Ashley Bouey3:37.53
3Kylie Kreimeyer: 3:42.75
Sport Adult Male
1Samuel Sanchez3:03.78
2Jake Wells3:06.34
3Conner Sample3:06.36
Sport Junior Female
1Shyla Field 3:28.04
2Rylie Jennings4:00.69
3Leah Jennings4:19.55
Sport Junior Male
1Luca Williford3:20.04
2Max Sutter3:20.12
3Torin Murphy3:20.33
The 12U Gunnison Blue baseball team faced off against Crested Butte on Thursday, June 29, pulling off a narrow 5-4 win after four innings. Gunnison set up a strong lead early and managed to hold onto it for most of the game before Crested Butte began to find home plate.
In the first inning, a number of walks turned into points on the board when Ryan Platt hit a double — bringing in two of his teammates. Dawson Schultheis also hammered a big one, and by the end of the first, the score was 5-1. Strong pitching helped keep Gunnison in the lead, said Coach Kory Platt.
“Our batters were hot to start the game,” Platt said. “Asher pretty much shut down Crested Butte to one run for a while.”
But as time dwindled, a few defensive mistakes from Gunnison gave Crested Butte an opening which the team capitalized on, putting up three runs in the fourth and final inning. Gunnison’s lead held strong and the game ended 5-4.
The game marked one of the final non-tournament competitions of the season.
On July 11, Gunnison Blue will play Gunnison Green, then both teams will play Crested Butte for the last time. Games are scheduled for 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
at 970.641.1414 or jacob@gunnisontimes.com.)
(Jacob Spetzler can be contacted James Osbourne and Ryan Platt Asher Chodorowski Jacob Spetzler Taylor Ahearn/Crested Butte Mountain Resort
A pair of Gunnison students have taken first place in the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Americanism Essay Contest. Sixth-grader Julien Klingsmith and eighthgrader Althea Stansbery both won at the state level for their essays answering the question, “What is your American Dream?”
One of the world’s greatest violinists, Jascha Heifetz, once said, “The more I learn and know of other things, the better artist I will be.” In my eyes, Heifetz is a man who pursued his American Dream, and I aspire to reach his high level of skill. Because public schools are free, and I attend, the more
I will learn, and hopefully become a better artist.
What is the American Dream, exactly? Well, to me, it is the dream of anybody to be successful in life. The American Dream does not refer exclusively to Americans, but to all persons following their dreams. The name simply symbolizes the freedom to dream and be successful. Because we are free to follow our dreams here in America, we become an example of freedom.
Your dream might be to earn money, raise a family, or to improve the world around you. Whether your dreams are ambitious or not, they matter. Your family and friends support you, the government supports you, but most importantly, America supports you.
My own American Dream is
to be an artist, and I have been inspired by Heifetz and others similar to him. I am free to pursue my dream, just as anybody else could. The American Dream is exclusive to nobody. Anybody can dream, whether they be one year old, an adult, or a senior. People who hope to open a business, or work at a business may do so, thanks to our capitalist society, which should be equitable to all workers. Virtually any dream you have, you can follow it, because we live in a wonderfully free country.
To conclude, to be free and to follow your American Dream are privileges to be thankful for.
I believe the American dream can be different for many peo-
ple and depends on what you are given, what you want, or what you are willing to achieve. My American dream is to build a future for myself where I am happy and able to achieve anything I want knowing I have worked hard for everything I have and gained in my life. I want to know I built the life I did with the hard work I put in and pushed through the obstacles to get where I wanted. I believe if you really want something you are the person that can make it happen and you should put yourself up to it if you know that’s what you want.
My parents always told me they came from nothing, with their parents having no money and them barely having enough food for meals, and suddenly they’re here in the present having a wonderful family and life
living in a beautiful place and being able to do anything. They taught me that if you work hard you can achieve anything, if you are willing to show up and put the work in then you will get where you need to be. I often worry that as an adult I won’t be able to create a future or find a career but I remind myself that if I continue to try hard I will find something. Your dreams can sometimes seem unreachable but you are the only person that can make the decision to make that dream come true. I am so incredibly grateful that we live in a country that has democracy, freedom of speech, and education for everyone because truly I believe America is the place to make dreams come true.
• July 6: Hike – Gunsight Connector/North Lupine Loop. Rated Easy +. RSVP Required! This is a great hike to do to launch your hiking season! New hikers are required to complete an “Easy” hike before signing up for Intermediate or
• July 11: Hike – Deer Creek Trail. Rated Easy +/Intermediate (length and elevation). RSVP Required!
• July 12 (12:45pm): Medicare & You. Come learn all about Medicare and your options! Led by Region 10 Medicare advisors. Please RSVP for planning purposes.
• July 18: Hike – Scarp’s Ridge. Rated Intermediate (high elevation). RSVP Required!
• July 20 (Morning): Tour of Lost Miner Ranch & Equestrian Center. This tour includes a petting pen with all your favorite ranch animals! RSVPs required for planning purposes. Transportation provided.
This hike subject to change depending on weather. Please check with Senior Center Coordinator for latest info!
Mondays –Computer Use (9 a.m.), Bridge (1 p.m.); 2nd & 4th
NEXT WEEK’S MENU:
Mon., July 10: Shepherd’s Pie, coleslaw, homemade rolls, fruit
Weds., July 12: Salisbury Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade bread, cottage cheese
Fri., July 14: Friendship Spaghetti Casserole, veggies, Jello with fruit, homemade garlic bread
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays – 11:30 a.m. arrival. Pick-ups from 11 – 11:15 a.m. $5 per meal.
Advance orders encouraged: 970-641-8272. Homemade desserts with every meal!
AT THE SENIOR CENTER 200 E. SPENCER AVE. ALL SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM INFO & RSVPS: EGILLIS@GUNNISONCO.GOV OR 970-641-8272.
Tuesdays @ 2pm: Canasta; Wednesdays – Book Club (1st Wednesday); Thursdays –Bridge (1
there is no beer’Pete Dunda Polka Band performed on July 3 as part of the 100-year anniversary of the Almont Pavilion. The pavilion was filled with dancing, laughter and the occasional Hokey Pokey. Abby Fostveit Dancers spin with their partners throughout the decorated pavilion.
Six Points Evaluation and Training celebrated 41 years of community service on Friday, June 30 at the organization’s annual picnic and party. Attendees enjoyed a spread of grilled food while the nonprofit’s director, Daniel Bruce, read out raffle items from the thrift store.
Taylor Canyon Fire Station hosted its first-annual fundraising event on July 3. The celebration included a barbeque, live music, face painting, ice cream and plenty of Fourth of July festivities. Although attendance was free, donations were accepted to help the fire station reach its $25,000 goal for new equipment.
We are hosting a community listening session for mothers who have delivered children in our hospital during the past two years. The purpose of the session is to gather feedback on if we are meeting the specific needs of our community.
Space is limited for the session and is available on a first come, first served basis. Please scan the QR code and complete a short interest form if you would like to participate.
July 13, 2023
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
GVH Senior Care Center
1500 W. Tomichi Ave.
Gunnison, CO 81230
Dinner will be provided.
