Archives for October 2017

2016

Janet McDonald … dedication to family, education, community marked life of 77-year old Lake City woman.

Written by Production Dept, October 27, 2017

Gunnison native Janet Miller McDonald, 77, who died as the result of a massive stroke last Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2017, graduated from high school in Gunnison in 1958 and following marriage to Walter “Bud” McDonald, spent her entire married life — over 58 years — in Lake City. In the process she and Bud…

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2016

Consummate Gardener, Brenda Wagner Dies at Age 77

Written by Production Dept, October 20, 2017

Lake City locals were grieved early Tuesday morning, October 17, by news of the death of long-time local resident Brenda Creel Wagner in Gunnison. Brenda, age 77, had been in declining health the past several years as the result of lung problems. After spending last winter at lower elevation out of Lake City, she returned…

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2016

Halloween Happenings

Written by Production Dept,

Halloween is upon us once again, and this year there will be a variety of events for ghouls and goblins of all ages to enjoy, beginning this Saturday, October 21 at Lake City Community School. From 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., pumpkins to carve will be provided for all ages. There will also be a…

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2016

Hinsdale School Board Votes Unanimously Against Creede Sports Cooperative.

Written by Production Dept, October 16, 2017

Thursday evening, October 12, Hinsdale County School Board received the ninth installment of the carefully negotiated basketball cooperative agreement with Creede School District. With a full complement of board members, Rob Hudgeons, Elizabeth Stuntz, Bill Reinhardt, Tara Hardy and himself, in attendance, Hinsdale School Board President Phil Virden noted this was the first opportunity the…

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2016

Cemetery Project Utilizing Radar Identifies 100s of Unmarked Graves

Written by Production Dept, October 13, 2017

The normal quiet of the cemetery, its ground covered by the fragrant needles of Ponderosa pines, is interrupted by the steady click-click-click sound as the retired Virginia geologist makes repeated passes across the ground with the wheeled contraption in a grid-like pattern. Pausing to catch his breath on the normally quiet hillside, Matthew Turner scans…

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2016

Hinsdale School Board Agrees to Basketball Proposal

Written by Production Dept, October 6, 2017

Angst and emotion were repeatedly expressed during a marathon four-hour joint meeting in Lake City between members of Hinsdale County School Board and their counterparts from the Creede School Board on Wednesday evening, October 4. At the conclusion of the meeting, and in a non-unanimous vote, Hinsdale directors narrowly approved a five-point resolution renewing a…

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2016

‘Courageous Discussion’ Called for at Creede Meeting on Basketball Agreement

Written by Production Dept,

The future of cooperative athletic endeavors involving both Creede and Lake City athletes — and particularly the two schools’ joint basketball program — was discussed at length during a three-hour-plus meeting of Creede School Board at the Creede school’s lecture hall on Monday evening, October 2. Taking part in the lively discussion with an audience…

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2016

Speedy Firsts by Middle Schoolers in Runners’ Invitational

Written by Production Dept,

Lake City Community School fielded an impressive number of speedy runners during the school’s second annual cross country invitational which was held in Lake City last Friday afternoon, September 29. In addition to teams of Lake City high school girls and a highly diversified squadron of middle school girls and boys from Lake City Community…

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