Lake City Silver World Newspaper
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN OF LAKE CITY AND HINSDALE COUNTY COLORADO
2018
After a multi-hour discussion — at times heated and punctuated when one of the telephone participants suffered a heart attack — Hinsdale County Commissioners navigated an impasse allowing partial installation of conduit for broadband fiber cable on the route to the Hill 71 communications site. As reported in last week’s edition, Hinsdale Commissioners are at…
Read More about County Reaches Compromise on Hill 71 Project2018
by Sally Scott Moore This summer’s final public meeting to educate the community on the intricacies of the upcoming bond election was held Monday, August 6, in the commons area at Lake City Community School. A handful of full-time and seasonal residents gathered for another opportunity to hear details of the BEST grant, the upcoming…
Read More about Public Hosted at Third Meeting on Expanded School2018
On what proved to be a long day of complex meetings, Hinsdale County Board of Commissioners hosted a public meeting with guest speakers Zane Znamenacek of Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Mike Honn of Colorado Department Public Safety (CDPS), Colorado State Patrol (CPS) Major G.A. Dingfelder, as well as Hinsdale County Sheriff Ron Bruce, to…
Read More about County, Public Weigh in on Trial OHV Highway 149 Access2018
Lake City Arts’ annual melodious and instructional String Academy is underway with a flourish this week as seven exceptional violinists under the tutelage of Annie Chalex Boyle take part in a series of classroom instruction and public presentations. The musical week culminates on Saturday, August 11, with a Grand Finale Concert in Mary Stigall Theater.
Read More about Making Melodic Music…2018
by Mike Pearce On August 17, 18, and 19, Lake City Stinger Community Band welcomes musicians from throughout the region to join local performers for the annual Concert Weekend. A series of rehearsals begins Friday evening, August 17, continues on Saturday and Sunday mornings, August 18 and 19, culminating with a free concert entitled “Potpourri…
Read More about Stinger Band’s ‘Music Potpourri’ Featured Aug. 192018
Last August, Lake City played host to the wolves of WolfWood Refuge, a wolf rescue operation based out of Ignacio, Colorado. The experience was so rewarding for both humans and wolves alike that the group is returning again this summer. The wolves will be stationed at 720 North Gunnison Avenue at Ben Hake’s Backcountry Basecamp…
Read More about The Wolves of WolfWood Return to Lake City August 11, 122018
Texas native Rev. Finis Gene Fluker, who has died in Texas, age 91, held numerous Baptist pastorates during his long life, although he always considered his time behind the pulpit at Lake City’s First Baptist Church as the most eventful and rewarding in his life. Not coincident-ally, Rev. Fluker’s 13 years at the Bluff Street…
Read More about Finis Gene Fluker … past First Baptist Church Pastor, 91, revitalized local church as part of ministry which extended 1946 until 2015 retirement.2018
Hinsdale County Museum is sponsoring an impressive array of lectures, tours and special events in the concluding days of July and for the start of History Month in Lake City in early August. Among these is the first Pub Crawl featuring three entertaining lectures in three Lake City watering holes next Wednesday, August 1. The…
Read More about Museum’s Interior Tours, Pub Crawl Begin ‘History Month’2018
In a very brief special meeting of Hinsdale County Commissioners on Friday morning, July 20, the board met to consider and approve the contract of new Hinsdale County Administrator Jami Scroggins. In her opening statement, Commission Chairperson Susan Thompson offered her welcome, “I hope that the board, the elected officials, the other county employees will…
Read More about County Finalizes Admin Contract; 11th-Hour Write-In Candidacy Invalid
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