Category Archives: Letters

2018

Ready, Set, Go! Campaign

Press Release
West Custer County Library

The Ready, Set, Go!  (RSG) Program is managed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). This program helps firefighting and emergency preparedness professionals teach community members who live in high risk wildfire areas how to best prepare themselves and their properties against fire threats. Cindy Howard, the Custer County Emergency Management (OEM) Director, will present the Ready, Set, Go program to the public at the West Custer County Library on Tuesday, April 24th at 5 p.m.
Howard will address expectations for a potentially active 2018 fire season including drought and forest health conditions. The Code Red system and the Custer County Notification and Warning Plan will also be discussed. Library staff will be available to help you sign up for the Code Red system at the event.
Howard’s role with the OEM since 2016 includes: public outreach to educate and inform the citizens of Custer County how to personally plan, prevent and mitigate risks to threats such as wildfire and winter storms. The Hayden Pass, Beulah Hills and Junkins fires, as well as the post-wildfire flash-flooding along Hardscrabble Creek in 2017 and a deployment to hurricane Irma are just some of the challenges she has faced. Ms. Howard has been an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Custer County Board of Zoning Adjustment, the Custer County Planning Commission and the Custer County Tourism Board.
For more information on these free library events, please contact Cathy at 719-783-9138 or email cathy@westcusterlibrary.org.

2018, Letters

The Gun Grabbers are HERE in Boulder

The Gun Grabbers are HERE in Boulder

Editor;

Hi, I’m writing to you because I subscribe to your paper and it would be a waste of time to write to The Denver Post, The Times Call or The Daily Camera. I attended the Boulder City Council Gun Grab meeting. I would say that there were approximately 20 gun owners to every gun grabber. The gun grabbers had their children with them bearing signs that said things like ” No more sales of Military Weapons”. The kid was about four [ years old] , his Mom was pregnant and this is scary. The sound system was terrible, you could not hear the speakers, the visual sub-titles were at the bottom of the screen so that if you were not Tall or infant you could not tell what was being said and there was no air, no open window and no air conditioning. The place was packed, upstairs downstairs and the back room. It was so unpleasant that I got the feeling that they did not want us there. I also got the feeling that this law was already passed. There will be another Government fee and a $100,000 fine if you don’t register your guns.

I looked up violent crime statistics for Boulder. (2013- 0 murders, 33 rapes) (2014- 1 murder, 43 rapes) (2015- 1 murder, 39 rapes) (2016, 0 murders, 46 rapes) (2017- 3 murders, 41 rapes} The crime statistics do not say if the murder were gun related, knife or beating. I do remember some homeless guys beating a guy to death in that time period. Those rape numbers are extraordinarily high and should be addressed. If those women were armed I bet the numbers would come down but being Boulder what we need is a [phallic] registration program, fee determined by size; in Boulder it is not function but appearance.  I also think we need a Second Amendment PRIDE Day, where everyone who owns gun that has not shot a person has to open carry that gun on Second Amendment PRIDE Day. In this action we can show the snowflakes how many guns
are out there that have not broken out of their gun safes and attacked them.

Ed Dloughy,
Longmont, Colorado

2018

2018 Silver Cliff Election Results Are In

Update: Final ballot count:  Jeremy Handy (124), David Elliott
( 119), Lisa Guarnere (87), Mary Behrendt (85), Mary Gompf (82) and Samantha Moos (39). 

Unofficial results for the Silver Cliff Town Board:

Two of the three open Town Board portions have been decided: Jeremy Handy (119 votes) and David Elliott (114 votes) are in. Absentee ballots out so the third position will have to wait for these to be counted. The three candidates for the final spot are Lisa Guarnere (85 votes), Mary Behrendt (81 votes) and Mary Gompf (81 votes). Samantha Moos had (38 votes). April 12th is the final day for election results with the positions taking office at May town meeting.

 

2018

“Wifi Towers” Still Possible w DOLA GRANT

“Wifi Towers” Still Possible:
DOLA Will Dole with Matching Funds

The Sentinel received a copy of the following Grant Response from DOLA to the BOCC Chair from Senator Crowder. We’ll provide more details in next week’s BOCC report.  The letter’s text is below:

—March 27, 2018

RE: EIAF 08635 – Custer County BB Infrastructure Expansion

Dear Chairman Flower:
The Department of Local Affairs is in receipt of your application for state Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance funds. These revenues are derived from oil, gas, carbon dioxide, coal, and metals extracted in Colorado. Continue reading “Wifi Towers” Still Possible w DOLA GRANT →

2018

Candidate for U.S. Congress 5th District, Darryl Glenn

Candidate for U.S. Congress 5th District, Darryl Glenn
Holds Community Forum at Gibson Mansion

by Barbara Penezic
for Fremont County Crusader and SDC Sentinel

Darryl Glenn was introduced by his lovely and articulate wife Jane Northrup Glenn. Mrs. Glenn describes her husband as a man of God. A man who can withstand the pressure of government work and represent his constitutes without wavering. Darryl is an Air Force Academy Alumni and a retired Lt. Colonel.
The forum was an open discussion on gun control, school safety, immigration and other hot button issues of concern within Fremont County. Glenn welcomed all who had taken the time from their busy schedules to attend the event. Continue reading Candidate for U.S. Congress 5th District, Darryl Glenn →

2018

Interviews: Candidates for The Wet Mountain Fire District Board

(Editor/GG: There are two board positions up for grabs on Wet Mountain Fire Protection District Board come Election Day, May 8th. There are four candidates running for the two positions, Jeremiah Coleman, Dave Tonsing, Scott Virden and Jim Lewis. Below are interviews with Coleman, Tonsing and Virden. Lewis failed to respond to contact attempts. The election will be May 8th, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., AT THE FIRE HOUSE. Unless you get an absentee ballot ahead of time, you must go to the Fire House to vote.)

INTERVIEWS:

by Fred Hernandez Continue reading Interviews: Candidates for The Wet Mountain Fire District Board →

2018

USDA Designates Custer County Primary Natural Disaster Area

USDA Designates Custer County
and Other Counties in Colorado as Primary Natural Disaster
Areas Due to Drought

Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC
— March 29, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Bent, Custer, Huerfano and Prowers Counties in Colorado as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought.
Farmers and ranchers in the following contiguous counties in Colorado also qualify for natural disaster assistance. Those counties are: Alamosa, Baca, Costilla, Fremont, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo and Saguache.
Farmers and ranchers in the contiguous counties of Greeley, Hamilton and Stanton in Kansas also qualify for natural disaster assistance. Continue reading USDA Designates Custer County Primary Natural Disaster Area →

Letters

Lt. Col. Bart Wilbanks “Sets the Record Straight” on U.S. Military

Letter to the Editor ;
I have spent the last 19 years in the United States Air Force living out my childhood dream of serving my country. In every community I lived in, I was always encouraged by the generosity and appreciation that has been shown to me just for doing my job. I truly believe that the area around Hill Air Force Base supports the military better than anywhere else in the world. The community consistently reminds us with picnics, Thanksgiving dinners and the constant “thank you” when I’m out in the community in uniform. However, every once in a while there are things that happen that really make me take a step back and think about the job that our country has asked us to do. Last week I had the opportunity to listen to Mr. Gregory Salicido teach his students at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, CA, that those of us in the military are “not high-level thinkers. They’re not academic people. They’re not intellectual people. They’re the lowest of the lowest of the low”, and “that our parents didn’t love us enough to push us” to make something of ourselves. For some reason this put my “low level of thinking” into a slightly elevated state. Several days have passed since I heard the video, and I have been unable to get his words out of my head. We (the military) failed Mr. Salicido because there is not doubt that he believes his words are true and it is disappointing that we have Americans that could feel this way. Continue reading Lt. Col. Bart Wilbanks “Sets the Record Straight” on U.S. Military →

2018

Easter Services

Abounding Grace Full Gospel Fellowship
At High Altitude Fitness
50 Main St, Silver Cliff
Hal 783-3347, Dan 720-436-7335, Ron 318-840-4799
Friday, March 30, 6-8 p.m.

Cody Park Community Church
0157 CR 27A, Cotopaxi
719-942-3526
April 1, Easter Sunday Sunrise Service, 6 a.m.
Followed by Potluck Breakfast
Regular Service @ 10:30 a.m.

Community United Methodist Church
202 S. 6th St, Westcliffe
719-783-2511
March 30, Good Friday Service 6 p.m.
April 1, Easter Sunday, Service 9 a.m., Brunch 10 a.m.

Cotopaxi Community Church
20326 Hwy 50, Cotopaxi
719-942-4339
April 1, Easter Sunday
Sunrise Service, 7 a.m. above Cotopaxi Cemetery
8 a.m. Breakfast at the Church
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Sunday Morning Service & Easter Cantata

Cowboy Church at Crossroads
4th & Illinois, Penrose
719-784-9126
With Bagpipes
Join us for a time of reflection and remembrance this Easter
Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m. Breakfast Brunch following
Regular Sunday Service 8 a.m. with Communion
All are welcome

First Baptist Church of Westcliffe
417 S. 6th St, Westcliffe
March 30, Good Friday 10 a.m.
Children’s Mega Egg Hunt 2 yrs old –
6th Grade On the Bluff 5,000 candy-filled eggs
April 1 Easter Sunday 8 a.m.
Community Sunrise Service On the Bluff
10:45 a.m. Service at the church with Choir and Communion

Hope Lutheran Church
3rd & Powell Sts, Westcliffe
719-783-9773
March 30, Good Friday Service, 7 p.m.
April 1, Easter Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.
All are welcome

Livingstone Calvary Chapel
830 Bridge Street, Cañon City
719-276-0863
April 1, Easter Sunday 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
(Outdoor Service)

Our Lady of the Assumption
Roman Catholic Church
109 S 5th St, Westcliffe
719-783-3507
March 30, Good Friday Services, 3 p.m.
March 31, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Mass, 7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection
of our Lord – 11 a.m.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
3rd & Rosita Sts, Westcliffe
719-783-2477
March 30, Good Friday 12 Noon Service
April 1, Easter Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Service
Potluck following. Church providing the ham

St. Patrick’s Anglican Church
403 S. 2nd St. Westcliffe
719-783-3242
March 30, Good Friday, 3:30 Holy Communion
March 31, Saturday, Hat decorating—call 371-3277
April 1, Easter, 11 a.m. Holy Communion followed by coffee hour

Sangre de Cristo Fellowship
120 Jerry Court, Westcliffe
719-783-0903
March 30, Good Friday Service at 6:30 p.m.
April 1, Easter Sunday coffee & donuts at 9 a.m.
Easter Service 9:30 a.m.

Wetmore Baptist Church
Junction of Hwy 96 & 67, Wetmore
719-371-1230
April 1 Easter Sunday, 6:30 a.m.
Sunrise Service @ New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore
Potluck Breakfast 9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. Western Gospel Singer/Preacher Greg Waggoner

Wetmore Community Church
699 CR 395, Wetmore
719-784-0596
April 1, Easter Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m.
At Jackson Hill, look for signs
Pancake Breakfast at The Wetmore Community Building 7:30 a.m.
Worship Service at the Wetmore Community Church 10 a.m.

Wild West Cowboy Church
60260 Hwy 69 North, Westcliffe
April 1, Easter Sunday
Children’s Bible Study 3 p.m.
Church Service 4 p.m.
Followed by Potluck