by Mark Bunch/President Royal Gorge Gun Club/Chairman Fremont County NRA
For a couple of decades or so, I worked in pretty much all aspects of senior healthcare including Hospice, home health, physical rehabilitation and long-term care. It was both rewarding and tragic, depending on the circumstances of those I have helped. The one consistent theme that has always jumped out at me regardless of what field I have been in was how terrifying the loss of control is for patients as they struggle to understand and accept their new circumstances. Continue reading Escape and Evasion Scenarios
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LIBERTY ROCKS AT LOCAL TAVERN: With NO Secure Property – NO Liberty Exists
by Fred Hernandez
American taverns of the eighteenth century were not just a place to visit, they were a daily necessity. It was a place to eat, travelers stopped in to freshen up with food and rest, a place to meet and discuss issues affecting their lives. In the same way our own tavern style politics in Custer County is a way of getting the community together for fun filled and educational discussions on matters that affect local lives day after day.
On Thursday night, April 15, the Custer Citizens for the Constitution (CCC) presented the Liberty Rocks monthly forum at Tony’s Mountain Pizza with a mind-boggling presentation centered on the erosion of personal liberties of which we should all be keenly aware. Continue reading LIBERTY ROCKS AT LOCAL TAVERN: With NO Secure Property – NO Liberty Exists
Bugging Out for when TSHF
by Mark Bunch
President Royal Gorge Gun Club/
Chairman Fremont County NRA
Should you stay or should you go? Many of you reading this are probably in the same mind-set that I am in, as I plan to stay in place. Staying in place makes the best sense if at all possible, because you know what the score is in your neighborhood. Leaving to head off into someone else’s neighborhood, town, state or mountain range is fraught with potential unknown dangers. It also severely
limits what you can take with you and guarantees that someone you don’t even know might just move into your abandoned house and set up shop with your supplies that you had to leave behind. Think scumbag homeless drug addict loser drinking your wine and eating your burgers. Continue reading Bugging Out for when TSHF
Micah Zeller Signs On with Adams State
Photo by Kaya Huffman
CUSTER COUNTY, Colorado
On Thursday, April 17, 2021, Micah Zeller signed a cross-country and track scholarship deal with Adams State University where he will be attending and running for NCAA Division II Adams State University in the fall. Family, friends, teammates and Coach Hal Walter attended the ceremony.
Micah is one of best high-school runners in Colorado. Coach Hal wrote;
“ Even as a youngster I could recognize Micah’s tenacity. There were times at practice in those early years when we would “race” for a short distance and any time I stepped up the pace, he would respond by going even faster. That was back in the day when I could still actually keep up with him, something that became impossible for me over the next couple years as he got a lot faster and grew into his natural gait, while I got a lot slower.”
“Throughout the ups and downs of any athlete’s high-school career Micah was always as gracious in defeat as he was in victory. In his senior year, he placed first in seven of the nine total meets he ran, won the Southern Peaks League Championship, Colorado 2A Region 3 Championship, and was runner-up Colorado State 2A Champion. One of the greatest moments of his final season was watching Micah take control of a race against a favored 3A rival at the Salida Cross Country Invitational and run away with the win.”
Congratulations, Micah Zeller!
To read the whole article written by Coach Walter, go to https://halwalter.substack.com/p/a-ticket-to-run.
PFC Elias A. Zeller Awarded the Army Commendation Medal
PFC Elias A. Zeller
Awarded the Army Commendation Medal
Press Release
Congratulations to PFC Elias A. Zeller, of Westcliffe, Colorado for his accomplishments this month during the 2021 Colorado Army National Guard “Best Warrior” Competition. Continue reading PFC Elias A. Zeller Awarded the Army Commendation Medal
April 14 BoH: LTE to Tribune Requesting Retraction and Apology
by George Gramlich,
News and Notations
With the “spike” prediction by one of the Board of Health board members apparently not happening, the only drama this week was the Board’s final vote to send Jordy “Red Bug” Hedberg, Editor of the Wet Mountain Tribune a request to print a Letter to the Editor from them to Jordy asking Jordy to retract and apologize for being a bad boy. We’ll get to that tasty tidbit in a minute. Continue reading April 14 BoH: LTE to Tribune Requesting Retraction and Apology
County HR Finance’s Dawna Hobby Retires
Dawna Hobby’s retirement presentation took place during the March 31st BOCC Meeting.
Pictured below are (L to R); Laura Lockhart (Human Resources), Kelley Camper (County Clerk and Recorder), Dawna Hobby (retiring Finance/HR), J.D. Henrich (County Assessor), Jackie Hobby (Planning & Zoning), Guinevere Nelson (County Extension) and Virginia Trujillo (County Treasurer).
Courtesy photo
April 6th BOCC: Planning & Zoning Report, STR’s, Zoom Stays
by George Gramlich
Pretty mundane stuff at this one. The Custer County Board of County Commissioners’ April 6, 2021 meeting started at 9 a.m. with Chair Bill Canda and member Tom Flower present in the throne room and member Kevin Day participating via Zoom (as he is finishing up his isolation after testing positive for the red bug.) County Attorney Clint Smith and County Clerk Kelley Camper were also present. Continue reading April 6th BOCC: Planning & Zoning Report, STR’s, Zoom Stays
Ham and FM Radio for Survival Communications
by Mark Bunch
President Royal Gorge Gun Cub & Chairman Fremont County NRA
Once upon a time I traveled completely across the country coast to coast when I was only 17 years old. There wasn’t any cell phones back then, or MapQuest or MTV. Every couple of days I would call my (dearly departed) mother and let her know that I wasn’t in jail or dead or anything. Not sure how intelligent that feat was but I have a lot of great memories from that trip. The world wasn’t exactly a safe place even back then, however, I did have an 11 meter (CB) amateur radio in my car and my trusty Colt 1911 just in case I needed to call a fellow motorist for help or call for help for that fellow motorist or something…Smile… In that day, before CB radios were deregulated, they worked fairly well and it wasn’t uncommon to be able to transmit 20 plus miles from a base station and up to 10 miles for a mobile radio depending on terrain.
Continue reading Ham and FM Radio for Survival Communications
Change to Burn Permit Process in Custer/Fremont Counties Coming Summer 2021
The FRECOM dispatch agency will be changing the way burn permits are obtained in all of their responding districts. We are unsure of when these changes will take place, but we wanted to get the information out to district residents sooner rather than later. The new online system should be in effect prior to Summer 2021.
If you wish to obtain a burn permit, you will register through the new website and fill out the burn permit application. The application process is based on your geographic area and should give you the appropriate fire agency’s application. Once the application is filled out, the fire district will receive a notification to approve or deny your application. The system will then remember your address, contact info, and your permit number.
On the day of your controlled burn, you will call the phone number provided on the website, and the system will log that you are burning. FRECOM and all fire departments will have an automated map that will show where each controlled burn is located. The system will also tell you if there are any fire restrictions in place at that time. Once you are done with the controlled burn you will call in again and the system will log that you’re done burning for the day. There will also be a dashboard on the website where you can log that you are starting or finishing a burn, see current fire restrictions, update your information, etc. Implementing this system means we will be tracking all controlled burns (agricultural and open) since residents will no longer be able to call FRECOM and notify them of burning.
We are sorry that we cannot give you more accurate information on the start date, phone number, or website at this time. Once we have this information, we will put out another press release, have the info available on our social media page, as well as the WMFPD and County website.
Matt Nolting Fire Chief WMFPD
Wet Mountain Fire Protection District