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LOCAL AFFAIRS
Lions lease gun range to state Staff report
Bayfield Lions Club
As of May 15, the Bayfield Lions Club has completed a transaction with the Colorado Parks & Wildlife to take over management of the Lions’ Art Davis Gun Range on a long-term lease arrangement. The basic details regarding the lease arrangements are as follows: The range will retain the official name as Bayfield Lions Club/Art Davis Range; it will continue to be operated as a free public range for all
shooters; the Lions Club is granted approval to recover all brass not retained by range shooters; and the Lions Club is granted approval to conduct special shooting classes at the range. Donations for those classes will be accepted and retained by the Lions Club. All changes to the range will require a mutual agreement between the CPW and the Lions Club to include any physical facility development, or change of range size or hours of operation. Future maintenance and
supervision over the range will be the responsibility of local DPW employees, including intensive law enforcement to prevent trash dumping, unsafe shooting actions by careless shooters, and enforcement of existing range rules. All violators of the established range rules will be given a summons by DPW employees for an appearance in our local courts. Although the range will be managed by the CPW, the Bayfield Lions Club still retains ownership of the facilities.
May 31, 2013
Inspecting the troops
photos Robert L. Ortiz/SU Drum
Southern Ute Chairman Jimmy R. Newton Jr. addresses officers of the Southern Ute Police Department and Tribal Rangers during an annual inspection in front of the new Justice & Regulatory Building.
Lock and load
Southern Ute Chairman Jimmy R. Newton Jr. and Vice Chairman James M. Olguin give Ranger Gus Velasquez a Southern Ute pin in recognition during the inspection.
As with all law enforcement activities, safety came first.
photos courtesy James M. Olguin
Southern Ute Natural Resources Enforcement Ranger Babe Lansing stands in front of her unit awaiting a blessing by Eddie Box Jr.
Council honors law enforcement
Members of the Southern Ute law enforcement community got together for a good-natured shooting competition Wednesday, May 15. Competitors included members of the Southern Ute Police Department, Tribal Rangers, Detention staff and the Department of Gaming.
photos Jeremy Wade Shockley/SU Drum
Members of the Southern Ute law enforcement community stand at attention during a recognition ceremony on Wednesday, May 15 outside the Southern Ute Tribal Court. The ceremony was initiated by Southern Ute Chairman Jimmy R. Newton Jr. and supported by the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council.
Yellow Jacket singers performed a flag song during the recognition of local law enforcement; members of the Southern Ute Tribal Council also gave remarks.
Per a proclamation issued by President Obama, flags were lowered to half-mast in honor of law enforcement officers who have fallen in the line of duty.