Dear Fellow Citizens/Business Owners of Custer County
May the 4th of July be with you.
The 4th of July has historically been a great time for tourists and brings in a lot of visitors to the county.
As you may have heard or read, the Fire Department is not going to put on the display this year. Therefore, I am asking for your support. Continue reading Fireworks this Year- Donation Cans are Here!
Custer County Schools
From the awards presentation by School Counselor Troy Bomgardner
To 2021 Graduates;
First thing I want to say to seniors and their guests tonight- I am extremely proud of you. I am amazed at your resilience and ability to make it to the finish line of graduation. As teachers, we often talk about how difficult the past year has been, but I think we sometimes forget how difficult it may have been for you- going through your senior year- trying to navigate the close of one chapter and the beginning of another in your life. I want to say that sincerely I admire what you have gone through and how you have done it. Congratulations on a job well done! Continue reading Graduates and Scholarships- Custer County High School 2021
CODE RED COLORADO
column by Chris Bryson
The Biden Administration is Training Slaves
The Democrat leadership love to say they “follow the Science” so here is some Science that will help Americans understand the irrational behaviors we see from our leadership and the Democratic base. Here is how conditioning can elicit very specific responses from the target group, Democratic Voters in this case, against their own free will or rationality. Continue reading The Biden Administration is Training Slaves
Celebration Signing for Tristin Greenhagen held May 6, 2021
at Custer County High School
Custer County Schools Senior, Bo Van Duys, will attend Oklahoma State University on an Equestrian Scholarship.
L to R: Holly Van Duys, Shane Brown (Trainer), Bo Van Duys, Bob Van Duys, Garrett Oloman and Katie Wilkinson.
Courtesy photo
Congratulations to Miss Van Duys!
“Before the Time Comes” Workshop
Author Monica E. Young will present information from her new book “Before the Time Comes” on May 14th, at 10 a.m. at the All Aboard Westcliffe facility on 110 Rosita Ave., in Westcliffe. The focus of her talk is how to have a senior conversation with aging parents in order to have the best possible outcome for everyone involved. Eventually a parent(s) will need to make a move and transition to different housing whether through an emergency or life circumstances. Monica says: “making a plan, choosing a new home, taking care of the person, collecting essential paperwork and recording the legacy are all required steps.” Her book helps families discover where to start and create family teamwork in the process. Monica will be signing and selling her book at the workshop.
The author embarked on her newest career as a writer in March of 2019. Her life’s journey has included: working at Walt Disney World, and the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. After 11 years and 1000 plus senior managed moves, she sold her senior move management business to a national organization. She lives with her husband in the foothills of the Sangre De Christo Mountains and loves to travel.
For more information on this free library event, please contact Cathy at 719-783-9138 or email cathy@westcusterlibrary.org.
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
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
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
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.
