Lake City Silver World Newspaper
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN OF LAKE CITY AND HINSDALE COUNTY COLORADO
2017
Bears have emerged from hibernation and are on the prowl for food. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is sending its annual reminder, asking Colorado residents and visitors to be “Bear Aware.” In early spring, bears can usually find sources of natural food as wild plants begin to grow nutritious new sprouts. Bears also prefer natural sources…
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Packed audience and SILVER WORLD staff were enthralled and mesmerized by the Lake City Voices Ensemble performance of The Ferraris, directed by Creede Repertoire Theatre’s Kate Berry and presented Wednesday, May 3 in Stigall Theatre. Intrigue, mob life and murder flowed throughout the creative student-written adaptation inspired by William Shakespeare’s King Lear, translated into the escapades…
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Lake City SILVER WORLD received a total of nine awards in a variety of advertising, editorial and photography/layout categories at last month’s annual Colorado Press Association Convention in Lakewood, Colorado. SILVER WORLD competed among weeklies from throughout the state in Class 2 for newspapers with paid circulations between 1,000 and 2,001. Judging was based on…
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Lake Fork Valley Conservancy reached an important milestone earlier this year with acquisition of a 2.3-acre tract of streamside property to the immediate north of the Ball Flats Bridge. The property — the first to be deeded to the organization since its creation in 1998 — was acquired from the Peter M. Main Estate through…
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Richard Moore was named Lake City ‘Citizen of the Year’ for 2017 at a gala event honoring local volunteers on Tuesday evening, April 25. Moore, well known as a versatile coach at Lake City Community School who frequently chokes with emotion in recalling school athletes’ accomplishments, and a Trustee for the Town of Lake City,…
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Former Lake City Silver World photographer Diane Hoffman-Brandt sent us a treasure trove of “blast from the past” photos. These were taken in 1985 – 32 years ago – at the “Lake City Prom,” which, according to organizer Phil Virden was a fundraiser for that year’s school spring trip. The prom was held at the…
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It may say spring on the calendar but it’s anything but as Blue Mesa resident Tom Stockton surveys the awe-inspiring expanse of snowfields looking out toward the West Elk Mountains and, to the east across the Cebolla, snow-covered Stewary, Mineral, and Baldy peaks. Stockton’s nearest neighbors are down the road in Blue Mesa Estates,…
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Pueblo, Colorado, newborn Aubrey Nicole DeHerrera has a notable Hinsdale County ancestry which dates back a remarkable eight generations, including Lake City native — and recently retired Hinsdale County Clerk — Linda Pavich who is a first-time great grandmother. Aubrey, who weighed a diminutive 5-lb., 15-oz., 19-1/2” long at birth, was born in Pueblo…
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Combined Lake City Fourteeners and Creede Miners’ Boys Varsity basketball team concluded their remarkable season with a win and two losses in last weekend’s State 1A Tournament in Greeley, finishing with a sixth place ranking in the state. For the season, the Creede and Lake City high school boys’ team — dubbed the “Cinderella Squad’…
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