2013: The Year in Review

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Snowmobile Club
offers classes Jan. 11
and Jan. 18 at Molas
The Silverton Snowmobile
Club is hosting a Colorado State
Parks Avalanche Awareness
Class on Saturday, Jan. 11 at
Molas Lake Park.
This is a free, basic avalanche
awareness class presented by
the very knowledgeable Randy
Engle of Colorado Sate Parks.
This class is fun and informative with both classroom time
and time on the snow. The
class will be held at Molas Lake
and starts at 10 a.m.
Then on Saturday, Jan. 18,
the Silverton Snowmobile Club
is presenting a State Parks
Certified Snowmobile Safety
Course.
This is a free safety course
designed for riders ages 10
through 16 to earn their
Snowmobile Safety Certificate.
“We will be spending time in
the classroom and on the
snow,” said Dean Des Palmes of
the Snowmbobile Club.
“We will provide the snowmobile. Bring some warm
clothes. This class is also at
Molas Lake and starts at 10 a.m.
If there are any questions
please call Dean Des Palmes,
(970) 744-1876
Sites hired to head
parks, facilities crew
John Sites of Silverton has
been hired as the town’s parks
and facilities director, Town
Administrator Brian Carlson
See BRIEFS, Page 4
Mark Esper/Silverton Standard & the Miner
Snow is shoveled from the roof of Romero’s Mexican Cantina on Greene Street on Monday, Dec. 30
2013: The Year in Review
PHOTOS:
LEFT: Ross, the
old Mountain
Goat at the Old
Hundred Mine
Tour, admires a
visitor’s vehicle in
August (photo by
Krystal Kuhlman)
CENTER:
Participants in
Dillon’s Run on
Aug. 31 (photo by
David Emory).
RIGHT: A bull
moose heads up
Shrine Hill in
September.
(photo by Criss
Furman).
Some highlights from
2013 in Silverton and San
Juan County:
January 10 — Scott
Fetchenhier was sworn in
as one of three San Juan
County commissioners
Tuesday morning, Jan. 8,
having won a 4-year term
in the Nov. 6 election.
Also taking the oath of
office administered by
County Judge Lyndon
Skinner was Pete McKay,
who was re-elected county
commissioner Nov. 6.
Terry Rhoades, who
served as county commis-
sioner for 20 years, was presented a plaque from the
county commissioners in
appreciation of his service
to the county.
The new board of commissioners decided to keep
Ernie Kuhlman as chairman.
January 17 — Kimmett
Holland has been named
director of the Silverton
Ambulance Service.
The brother of the late
San Juan County deputy
Hollis Holland, who died
last winter of a heart attack
at Molas Lake, Kimmett
Holland brings more than
30 years of experience as a
firefighter and EMS services, including work as a
flight paramedic and trainer.
January 24 — A workgroup assigned to drafting
recommendations for protecting the upper Animas
River and its tributaries
appears unlikely to reach a
consensus on whether a 27mile stretch of the Animas
below Silverton should be
designated as a National
Recreation River.
See YEAR, Page 3
Top Five Stories
of 2013
1 — Two miners, including a
former Silverton resident, were
killed by carbon monoxide at
the Revenue-Virginius Mine in
Ouray County on Nov. 17.
2 — The Silverton Town
Council passes an ordinance
allowing marijuana businesses, but opponents gather
enough signatures to place its
repeal on the April 2014 ballot.
3 — Silverton allows off-highway vehicles on some streets
for three special events; ballot
measures are slated for 2014.
4 — Snowmobiling is banned
from nearly 1,000 acres of BLM
land near Molas Lake Park, but
the BLM allows the use to continue for another season.
5 — The Silverton San Juan
Fire Authority gets grant funding for a new $584,000 building.
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OPINION
Facing the wildfire threat
By Ellen Roberts
Legislative session 2014 is less
than two weeks away and it’ll be
an interesting time in the
Colorado Senate. The recalls and
resignation of 3 Democratic senators since we adjourned in May
mean a nearly 10% turnover in a
nonelection year. Election season 2014 looms on the horizon,
too, so we’ll have quite the mix
of personalities, issues and politics this session.
Yet, no matter the upheavals
and distractions, we must focus
on the threat, no, make that the
promise, of continued cata-
GUEST OPINION
strophic wildfires and the concentrated effort needed to
improve forest health, statewide.
This may be assisted partly by
legislation, but much more
needs to be done outside that
avenue.
What I won’t be supporting is
the governor’s recent suggestion,
as reported in the Durango
Herald, that we rely on farmers
and ranchers as our first line of
defense in fighting wildfires. This
may have been an off-the-cuff
idea expressed by the governor,
but, when I read it, I wondered
whether to laugh or cry.
Fighting catastrophic wildfires
is not like extinguishing a ringed
campfire. We need professional
wildfire fighters, assisted by local
structure firefighters, law
enforcement and other first
responders. Facing a wildfire
bearing down on them, farmers
and ranchers are rightly preoccupied with moving livestock and
protecting family and other precious assets. The suggestion that
relying on the country cousins
to save burning metropolitan
suburbs, like Colorado Springs
and Fort Collins, should also be
See ROBERTS, Page 4
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A gr eat time to quit
Editor;
If your New Year’s resolution
is to quit smoking, you’re in
good company.
It’s a popular goal and
many, many people succeed.
There are more former smokers
in the United States — nearly
50 million — than current
smokers. Planning ahead can
help make your healthy resolution a reality.
Two good resources to help
you quit are
www.smokefree.gov and 1-800QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669),
where you can get free advice
and support.
Please contact Becky Joyce,
RN at San Juan County Public
Health for more information or
encouragement at (970) 3870242.
Thanks!
— Becky, Joyce, RN, BSN,
San Juan County Tobacco
Initiative, Silverton Public
School Nurse
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FROM THE STANDARD
MAIL CAR
Gathering of the Tribe
By Freddie Canfield
Twelve months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760
hours, 525,600 minutes — 2013 will be history as
you, good reader, receive this week’s edition of the
Silverton Standard & Miner.
Your cooperative weather observer, however,
will have to include that final day of December
2013 in next year’s second edition of our paper.
Our next experience of substantial snow accumulation will also have to appear in the new year. Let it
snow, let it snow, let it snow!
No snow this weather week that was, though a
light snow was falling Tuesday morning, New
Year’s Eve. Instead, lots of bluebird days or ones
with only a faint overcast. Daytime highs — mid30s to mid-40s, nighttime lows, not too far above
or below zero, -10 to +2.
Days still were very short with only a few hours
potentially above freezing — great conditions for
the Great Outdoors.
We have run our Alaskan Huskies into the noon
hour without any overheating — just good
appetite, plenty of thirstiness and wildly wagging
tails.
Sam at 15 and Ninja now 12 are hard at it. Sally,
our beloved 14-year-old longtime leader, now
gracefully accepts that her pulling days are over.
Sally chows down contentedly when we make up
team without any loss or longing. We are grateful
that she isn’t missing out emotionally. We do finally miss her enthusiasm and leadership on trail
Her final run was a strong one, but nearly did
her in. I do not have the heart to refuse an eager
and willing sled dog. Near their end I let their
choice outweigh my personal concerns. It truly is
all about the dogs and not a matter of attachment.
My son, Mark, dreamed two nights ago about
the temperature reaching 100 on Monday. That
level of global warming fortunately did not occur
WEATHER AND OBSERVATIONS
Date
High Low
Precip., conditions
-10 Clear
Dec. 24 40
-10 Clear
Dec. 25 35
Dec. 26 39
-8
Clear
Dec. 27 44
-3
Faint overcast
2
Near clear
Dec. 28 39
Dec. 29 36
-5
Clear
Dec. 30 38
-5
Faint overcast
Season total: 79.6 inches of snow
in reality and proved only to be a source of merriment for us. We find dreams to be of great shared
interest. How about you?
Mark’s mom, B, as I have always known her,
decided to follow her dream — what with all of us
living the dream up here in the high San Juans B
made a decisive journey out our way back in
September.
On Christmas Eve, B returned here with Mark,
who drove a Budget rental truck. B is now officially
one of us in Silverton.
Torrential downpours followed by three states’
worth of ice storms couldn’t keep her away!
B here now and welcome home!
In addition to our own Gathering of the Tribe,
extended family and friends are in great evidence
in our little town. Also, lots more recreational visitors are enjoying our community and all of our
early-season snow — creative and arduous.
Call it work or play. We are out there. Wearing
out ourselves and lots of powder. Day after day.
Change and challenge. Surprises around every corner.
Life is wondrous. As we grow, our sense of gratitude keeps expanding to encompass the joyfulness
of it all.
Pray for snow — make it powder!
Editor;
As always, I enjoy the format, news, photos and history
in the Standard & the Miner. I
only wish I could live out West
and enjoy it firsthand, but your
weekly is the next best thing.
Now if only you could get
the USPS to send all my copies
in a timely manner. Sometimes
I receive the latest issue the
Monday following publication.
Then there are times when an
issue arrives two or three weeks
late, like the Dec. 5 issue,
which has still not arrived.
Well, I expect the 19th to be
late, what with Christmas and
all.
— Bill Tetley, Nederland,
Texas
The Standard takes me
to Silverton every week
Editor;
I enjoy my weekly visits to
Silverton with the Standard. I
read every page, and attend
every meeting, party and event
through these pages, and can
even taste all the goodies
served at these times.
The days I spent in your
town are still very vividly
remembered with great joy for
all the fun I had. The scenery is
very beautiful, all seasons.
I am really glad that I don’t
have to shovel off my roof like
you sometimes do.
Keep the newspapers coming.
— Betty Lorenz, Cleveland,
Ohio
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Building permits, Silverton
and San Juan County
Year Permits
80
2005
97
2006
94
2007
89
2008
41
2009
66
2010
49
2011
34
2012
27
2013
Value
$2,413,298
$6,892,626
$2,598,149
$1,879,756
$992,876
$872,644
$690,009
$1,890,081
$712,400
2013 BY THE NUMBERS
Total property sales
San Juan County,
2005-2013
Foreclosures down,
real estate sales up
By Mark Esper
Foreclosures were down and
real estates sales were up in
2013, but building permit activity dropped sharply as San Juan
County’s economy continued to
slowly climb out of the Great
Recession.
The San Juan County
Treasurer’s Office recorded two
foreclosures in 2013, down from
seven in 2012, and 11 in 2011.
The San Juan County Assessor’s
Office meanwhile, recorded 42
property sales last year, up from
32 in 2012, and 26 in 2011.
But only 27 building permits
were issued in Silverton and San
Juan County last year, down
from 34 in 2012. And the total
value of the construction proj-
YEAR, from Page 1
But it may agree on other protection measures for the Animas
River Canyon.
January 31 — A citizens panel
is being formed to advise the
Silverton Town Council on
whether the town should grant
requests from two groups who
want to operate ATVs on town
streets during special events this
summer.
ATVs and unlicensed off-highway vehicles are prohibited from
streets and highways under state
law. San Juan County allows
ATVs on county roads, but they
must be insured and operated by
a licensed driver.
February 7 — Nearly 1,000
acres of BLM land adjacent to
Molas Lake Park that has been
used as a snowmobile playground
for decades may soon be off limits to all motorized use.
Jeffrey Christenson, outdoor
recreation planner for the BLM
Tres Rios field office in Dolores,
said the area in question is the
West Needles Contiguous
Wilderness Study Area.
New guidelines for management of such WSAs were released
in July last year. Christenson said
Tuesday that those rules basically
prohibit snowmobile traffic and
require the BLM to manage the
area as if it were actually a designated wilderness.
However the BLM has allowed
snowmobiling to contin
A 23-year-old Durango man
was killed Saturday afternoon,
Feb. 2, in an avalanche about a
mile and a half north of
Gladstone.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s
Office identified the victim as
Peter James Carver.
A second skier, John Duncan
Rothwell, 53, suffered a possible
WINTER
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Silverton, Colorado
Year Sales
77
2005
58
2006
49
2007
8
2008
21
2009
19
2010
26
2011
32
2012
42
2013
ects totaled only $712,000,
compared to nearly $1.9 million
in 2012..
Other statistics
Seven death certificates were
issued in San Juan County in
2013. None of the deceased
were county residents and three
of the seven were ruled suicides.
The seven deaths in 2013
compares to nine in 2012, and
11 in 2011, but the 2011 number included six people who
died in two plane crashes. Four
death certificates were issued in
2010.
Death in San Juan County in
2013 included:
• On Jan. 30, 2013, the body
of Randy Rice, 58, of Leesburg,
Fla., was found near the top of
broken femur and a third skier,
Nate Klama, managed to escape
serious injury.
The slide reportedly snapped
off trees up to 8 inches in diameter.
After 12 days of struggling to
keep water flowing to businesses
and residences in town, the Town
Crew on Wednesday morning
declared the crisis has passed,
with the Bear Creek raw water
line back in service and the
Boulder Gulch line also performing satisfactorily.
At one point, the town crew
had to use the fire department’s
water truck to ferry water to the
plant to keep the town’s supply
adequate.
And the town crew put in
long hours under miserable conditions clawing through frozen
ground in the struggle to keep
the water system floating.
“What we’re pretty sure happened is that there was an avalanche up above the headgate at
Bear Creek,” said Town Public
Works Supervisor Gilbert
Archuleta. “That stopped the
water supply which in turn froze
up the water line.”
February 14 — A mile-long
zip line could send people flying
down Arastra Gulch to the
Mayflower Mill this summer, providing a significant new tourist
attraction.
Cameron Winters, owner of
the Full Blast Adventures Zip Line
on U.S. 160 near Durango, is near
a deal with the San Juan County
Historical Society to use the old
Mayflower Tram and its easement
for the project.
Winters said the zip line will
include the longest span in
Colorado — 2,058 feet.
February 21 — Thousands of
spectators converged on historic
Foreclosures by year
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Foreclosures
5
2
2
5
7
11
11
7
2
the Kendall Mountain Ski Area.
The death, from a drug overdose, was ruled a suicide.
• On Feb. 2, the body of
backcountry skier Peter James
Carver, 23, of Durango, was
recovered after an avalanche
near Gladstone.
• On March 30, the body of
Larry Padgett, 61, of Appollo
Beach, Fla., was found near his
abandoned vehicle near the
summit of Coal Bank Pass. The
death, from a drug overdose,
was ruled a suicide.
• On May 16, Shirley Louise
Richardson, 72, of Benton, Ore.,
died when her vehicle drove off
of Red Mountain Pass.
• On July 11, Howard
Scotland, 52, of Cheyenne,
Wyo., died in a plunge while
climbing.
On July 17, Adam Jason
Booker, 29, of Durango, died
after intentionally driving his
vehicle off of Coal Bank Pass.
• And on Aug. 12, Cory
Ferrier, 10, of Steamboat
Springs, died in an ATV accident on South Mineral Creek
Road.
For the eighth year in a row
there were no birth certificates
filed in San Juan County.
Meanwhile, the county
clerk’s office reports 15 marriage
licenses issued in 2013, up from
14 in 2012, but down from the
20 in 2011.
Only two of the couples wedded here in 2013 were San Juan
County residents.
March 14 — Presented with
petitions signed by 194 people,
the Silverton Town Council has
scheduled an April 15 public
hearing to get input on a proposal to hire a marketing and special-events director to help boost
the town’s stagnant tourism
industry.
Darlene Watson, co-owner of
Silverton Grocery, told the Town
Council on Monday that the
petition drive she launched
requesting that the town hire a
special-events coordinator has
gotten wide support in the business community as well as “individuals who would like to see
more activities for the kids.”
Watson noted that business in
town boomed during the
Silverton Skijoring Festival last
month, and she’d like to see
See YEAR, Page 5
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Silverton on Saturday and
Sunday, Feb. 16-17, to watch
horses, riders and skiers race for
some serious cash prizes in the
fourth annual Silverton Skijoring
Festival.
Organizers estimated up to
2,000 people on hand Saturday
and another 1,000 on Sunday for
the action, with teams from
across the country taking part.
February 28 — The Silverton
Town Council has unanimously
approved the use of unlicensed
ATVs and off-highway vehicles
on town streets for two special
events this summer, but with
some stipulations.
The town staff was instructed
to draft an ordinance to require
any such ATV users to be licensed
drivers with proof of insurance.
And the council said no more
such special-event use of ATVs
will be permitted until after the
two events already approved
have been assessed.
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Gloria (Gallegos) Martinez
dies in Montrose at age 66
Gloria (Gallegos) Martinez,
age 66, passed away peacefully in
her home in Montrose, Colorado
on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013.
Gloria,
known as
“Weda” to her
family and
friends, was born
in Antonito,
Colo., on Oct.
24, 1947. She
and her family moved to
Silverton in 1956. She and her
siblings enjoyed a wonderful
childhood in Silverton. She graduated from Silverton High School
in 1965.
Gloria is survived by her sons,
Robert Martinez Jr. and Timothy
Martinez; grandchildren,
Antoinette (Nettie) Martinez, Tim
Martinez Jr. and Cereana
Martinez; Great Grandson, Aaron
Kisner and grandson-in-law,
Robert Kisner; brothers, Jake
(Domie) and Rick (Elaine)
Gallegos; sisters, Vivian Giron
and Linda (Gene) Samora.
She is also survived by several
nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents,
Jake and Alva Gallegos, her
granddaughter, Desiree, niece,
Darlene Giron and brother-inlaw, Max Giron.
She will be deeply missed but
her memories will forever be in
the hearts of her family and
friends.
FOR THE RECORD
San Juan County
Sheriff’s Office blotter
Dec. 23 — Two warnings were
issued for speeding. A warning
was issued for failing to dim
headlights. Two motorists were
assisted.
Dec. 24 — Responded to a fire
alarm at the Courthouse; the coal
furnace smoked the building. A
warning was issued for speeding.
Dec. 25 — A warning was
issued for speeding.
BRIEFS, from Page 1
announced on Monday.
“I am pleased to announce
that John Sites will be joining our
intrepid crew as Parks and
Facilities director, beginning Jan.
6,” Carlson said. “Please join me
in welcoming John. He’ll be a
welcome addition, and we’ll hit
the ground running on Monday.”
The parks and facilities department has been split from the
town’s public works crew.
Retail marijuana arrives,
but not yet in Silverton
Retail marijuana shops opened
across the state of Colorado on
Jan. 1, with the state issuing 348
retail licenses as of Dec. 23.
Marijuana possession and sale
became legal in Colorado as a
result of a 2012 ballot initiative.
Regulations for retail outlets went
into effect Jan. 1, including a 25
percent sales tax.
In Silverton, the Town Council
in November passed an ordi-
MOUNTAIN HAPPENINGS
Wednesday, Jan. 8
• San Juan County Boar d
of Commissioners, 8:30 a.m.,
County Courthouse.
Saturday, Jan. 11
• Silverton Miners high
school basketball home
games: Silverton vs. Mancos,
10 a.m., Mancos vs. Dolores,
noon, Silverton vs. Dolores, 2
p.m.
• Silverton Snowmobile Club
free avalanche awareness class,
10 a.m., Molas Lake Park.
Monday, Jan. 13
• Silver ton Town Council,
7:30 p.m., Town Hall.
Saturday, Jan. 18
• Silverton Snowmobile
Club free safety certification
class for riders ages 10-16, 10
a.m., Molas Lake Park.
Ongoing
Dec. 26 — A motorist was
assisted. A dog-at-large warning
was issued.
Dec. 27 — Three motorists
were assisted. A citizen was assisted. Three warnings were issued
for speeding.
Dec. 28 — A warning was
issued for speeding. A warning
was issued for defective headlight.
Dec. 29 — A stuck semi-truck
was assisted.
• San Juan County
Historical Society Archive —
Regular hours on Fridays, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. (starting Nov. 8).
• Silverton Movement
Center: Mondays — Pilates,
8:30 a.m.; full body workout,
5:15 p.m.;; Tuesdays — Yoga
with Elizabeth, 8:30 a.m.; Belly
Dance III, 6 p.m., Kendall
Mountain Community Center;
Wednesdays — All Level
Kettlebells, 8:30 a.m.; Core
nance to allow retail shops in
Silverton, but that ordinance was
suspended after a group opposed
to it submitted enough petitions
to force a referendum on repealing the ordinance. That will likely
come in the form of a ballot
measure in the town’s April 1
election.
San Juan County has not yet
finalized its ordinance on the
matter.
The nearest retail marijuana
stores from here are in Telluride,
where three stores are now operating.
Several towns and counties in
the state are refusing to license
marijuana businesses, but adults
over 21 are still allowed to possess marijuana statewide and to
grow up to six plants.
properly licensed for 2014.
Fees are $5 per year for
spayed/neutered pets, and $10
per year for au-natural. Evidence
of rabies vaccination is required
for first-time license purchasers.
Tags are required to be worn
on the pets’ collars.
Town officials remind dog
owners to please: Keep their dogs
on a leash. Clean up after their
dogs. Monitor and pre- vent, or
at least promptly put a stop to,
excessive barking. These things
are prohibited by ordinance, and
offenders will be cited, town officials say.
In 2013 the town issued 62
dog and cat tags, down from 72
in 2012.
Dogs — and cats —
need town licenses
The town of Silverton is
reminding residents that it is
time to get their dog —or cat —
Business licenses
are up for renewal
Officials at Town Hall are
reminding Silverton business
owners to apply for 2014 business licenses.
All persons or entities receiving revenues for goods and/or
services within the Town of
Silverton must obtain a Town
business license, which must be
renewed each year. Nonprofit
entities must also obtain a business license, however no fees
apply.
The deadline for year-round
businesses to obtain licenses is
Jan. 31.
The deadline for seasonal businesses is May 1.
Fitness Roller (limited to 10 students), 5:15 p.m.; Thursdays —
Yoga with Katie, 5:30 a.m.;
Pilates, 8:30 a.m., Belly Dance
Troupe, 7:25 p.m.; Fridays —
Kettlebell etc. workout, 8:15 a.m.
• Blair Street Historic
District Association, 10 a.m.,
first Wednesday of each month,
Empire Street Bunkhouse.
• Alcoholics Anonymous
meets in Silverton every
Wednesday at 7 p.m. For locations, questions or help, call
(888) 333-9649.
• American Legion
meetings, 7 p.m. first Thursday
of the month, Legion Post.
Silverton Youth
Center activities
Winter schedule:
Monday-Thursday, 5-9 p.m.;
Friday-Saturday, 4-10 p.m.;
Sunday 3-9; Thursday, 6 p.m. —
elementary movie night
Spiritual events
• Church of Christ, Sundays:
Bible class, 8 a.m.; service, 9
a.m.; and Sunday Bible discussion, 5 p.m., (970) 946-7648.
• St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church, Father Nat Foshage,
Mass, 5 p.m. Saturdays and
Wednesdays, 1005 Reese St., 3254373.
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distressing to residents of the
Front Range.
We may not be able to fund a
state-owned air fleet right away,
but we must have a reliable emergency radio communications system and a steady, reliable supply
of single engine air tankers, larger
capacity planes and nimble,
speedy helicopter operations. We
can at least forcefully advance a
western states’ regional air fleet
that moves with the shifting fire
dangers hitting states at different
times of the fire season. We need
to see that local, state and federal
firefighters have ample ground
resources, too.
We can expand and help fund
education on home mitigation
efforts and the need to do prescribed burns, not dictated by air
regulations to occur only in
windy times to disperse the
smoke, but when they can be
completed safely. We must do a
better job of protecting our state’s
watersheds and soils from the
devastation caused by wildfires
and this’ll require getting into
our forests to responsibly thin
out the gnarled and diseased
trees. There’s no better exhibit of
the terrible condition of
Colorado’s forests than driving
over Wolf Creek Pass, immediately east of my district.
Catastrophic wildfires destroy
more than homes, possessions,
and happy memories. Colorado
has lost lives in these fires each
Best Wishes for the New
Year to all our Silverton
friends and Standard
subscribers.
- Karen & George Chapman
• Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, President
Duane Eggett, Sunday services: 9
a.m. priesthood, 10 a.m.; sacrament, 11 a.m. Sunday school,
727 Greene St., 387-5338.
• First Congregational
Church of Silverton, Sue Kurtz,
moderator. Sunday service 9 a.m.
All are welcome. 1070 Reese St.
(970) 387-5759. e-mail: [email protected] Website: silvertonchurch.org Look for us on
Facebook!
• Silverton Church on the
Hill, 11th and Snowden, Pastor
Mark Lawson, (970) 387-5215.
Sunday KSJC (92.5 FM) 8-10
a.m., Christian music, devotional and sermon; Bible study, 9
a.m.; Children’s Sunday School
at 10:15; 10:15 a.m. regular service; Wednesday night prayer/fellowship, 7 p.m.
• Word of Life Fellowship,
Pastor Jim Greenfield, Sunday
service starts at 9 a.m., 1706
Empire St. 387-5893.
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year recently and neighboring
Arizona suffered the immeasurable loss of 19 wildfire fighters last
summer.
The federal government owns
68% of Colorado’s forests. The
local federal foresters aren’t to
blame for out of touch
Washington, D.C., policies that
have led to the forest devastation
and the loss of the timber industry previously here. Yet, it’s
impossible to address Colorado’s
problems without demanding
better stewardship from the federal landowner. This is where the
governor should seek responsible,
meaningful assistance and I’ll be
right there to help him.
It is infuriating and ironic that
the U.S. Forest Service is considering closing public restrooms,
that is, pit toilets, along the highways of Southwestern Colorado
as the agency “no longer has the
resources to properly maintain”
the toilets. If the agency can’t
pay for maintaining a few pit toilets, can we really expect them to
do better with maintaining our
forests? The cost of fighting fires
has decimated the most basic
budget items, and yet, the federal
government appears content to
repeat the same insanity of reacting to catastrophe instead of getting ahead of it with restorative
forest health practices.
There is a better way, but,
apparently, the state of Colorado,
and its governor, must lead the
way as the feds cannot, or, will
not. If what Governor
Hickenlooper wants to focus on
this legislative session is jobs for
our state, trust me, job opportunities abound and public safety
will improve, if we take this challenge seriously and with dedicated focus.
Colorado’s present, and future,
demands it from us.
State Sen. Ellen Roberts, RDurango, represents the 66th Senate
District, which includes Silverton.
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more such events.
Watson said the town needs a
“professional, energetic, educated” person to market the town
and organize events to bring people here.
The Silverton-San Juan Fire
Authority unveiled preliminary
plans for a $470,000 fire department building north of the
Carriage House this week, and
the proposal was greeted positively by Town Council members
and county commissioners.
The 7,200-square-foot building
would include four bays to house
fire department equipment,
including the recently acquired
ladder truck. One of the bays
would be used as a sort of museum housing the department’s
antique firefighting equipment.
Alesandro T. (Tommy
Abeyta) Valdez, 67, of Española,
N.M., and formerly of Silverton,
passed away on Friday, March 8,
2013 following a brief illness
with his son and his cousin Judy
by his side.
March 28 — The Silverton
Downtown Revitalization
Committee presented a list of
draft recommendations to the
Town Council on Monday that
included more attractive street
lighting, landscaping, and converting vacant lots into pocket
parks.
And the panel also advised
development of a prototype custom-made trashcan for possible
deployment on Greene Street at a
cost of $650. The Town Council
approved that expenditure unanimously.
April 4 — The BLM decision
to withdraw snowmobiling permits on nearly 1,000 acres adjacent to Molas Lake Park drew fire
from residents and business owners last week during a hearing at
the San Juan County Courthouse.
Some 80 people were on hand
and the dozens that spoke were
unanimous in criticizing the decision that removes a popular
snowmobiling area that has been
used for decades.
But the federal land managers,
while expressing sympathy, reiterated that they can no longer
allow snowmobiling in that area
unless Congress takes action,
since it is a designated a wilderness study area.
April 11 — Malcolm
MacDougall has been appointed
to the Silverton Town Council,
replacing John Schertz, who
resigned last month.
In a unanimous Town Council
vote (with Trustee Pat Swonger
absent), MacDougall, 30, was
selected to serve until the next
town election in April 2014.
April 18 — Reconstruction of
at least a small stretch of the historic Silverton Northern Railroad
could begin as early as this summer if organizers can raise about
$7,500 for the project.
“The idea is to lay 200 or 300
feet of track as a demonstration
project at the powerhouse,” said
Fritz Klinke, who is leading the
effort for the San Juan County
Historical Society. “The main
issue we’re facing now is money.”
Klinke said he has secured a
mile of track for the project. But
there’s a need for 300 to 400 ties
and other supplies. He estimated
the cost for materials might reach
$6,500 to $7,500.
April 25 — Two weeks after
announcing plans to fill the large
crater in the vacant lot at 12th
and Greene to develop a pocket
park there work on the project
has begun.
Pete Maisel Excavating began
filling the Big Hole on Tuesday,
and by Wednesday afternoon,
April 24, the job was complete,
leveling off the vacant lot in the
heart of downtown Silverton.
“The good news is that this
puts us a bit ahead of schedule,”
said Mark Esper, editor and publisher of the Silverton Standard &
the Miner.
The newspaper has been raising money to clean up the lot,
which has been an eyesore since
the Iron Horse building collapsed
there in March 2008 due to snow
and ice on the roof.
May 2 — The long-awaited
return of mining to San Juan
County is a step closer to reality
with the announcement last
week that a company plans to
launch prospecting work this
summer at the Buffalo Boy Mine
nine miles southwest of Silverton.
“We’re here to announce what
we hope is the commencement
of activity at the Buffalo Boy
Mine,” John Wright of Silverton,
consulting engineer on the project, told the San Juan County
commissioners last week.
Mining in San Juan County
ended with the 1992 closing of
the Sunnyside Mine.
Rising metal prices in recent
years have raised hopes that
some mining jobs may soon
return.
May 9 — Gerald (Jerry) Jay
Sandell, 77, of Silverton, passed
away on May 2, 2013, at
Montrose Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Tonapah, Nev.,
on March 9, 1936. He spent some
time in Salt Lake City, McGill,
Nev., and Malvern, Ark., before
coming to Silverton in 1950 with
his parents, William Glen and
Mildred Sandell.
The assessed valuation of San
Juan County is down 13 percent
from last year, according to San
Juan County Assessor Dan
Salazar.
And that’s close to what town
and county officials have projected as they forecast future property tax revenue.
Property taxes provide about a
third ($947,173) of San Juan
County’s 2013 total budget of
$2.9 million. The lower property
values will mean about $120,000
less in revenue for the county.
Meanwhile, the Town of
Silverton, with a 2013 budget of
$2.7 million, gets $263,371 in
property taxes. The lower property values will mean about
$43,000 less next year for the
town.
May 16 — Three of the 12
teachers at Silverton School may
not be returning next year due to
severe budget cuts the district is
facing. And two teaching-assistant positions may also be lost as
the district struggles to rein in
costs.
The school board on Tuesday
voted to not renew contracts for
teachers George Foster, Mary
Morris, and Sam Walsh.
But Superintendent Kim
White held out hope that at least
one of those teachers could be
spared if the budget picture
improves by fall.
According to a school district
report, total revenue for the
2013-14 school year is expected
to be $1.1 million, which would
be about $265,000 less than the
current school year.
Steve Lowrance has been hired
as a deputy for the San Juan
County Sheriff’s Office.
Lowrance has 12 years of
experience in law enforcement,
having most recently served as a
Costilla County deputy. He previously served as a police officer in
Center and Minturn.
May 23 — A 72-year-old
Oregon woman died Thursday,
Oct. 16, in a one-vehicle crash on
Red Mountain Pass, according to
the Colorado State Patrol.
Shirley Richardson of Alsea,
Oregon, was southbound on U.S.
550 at mile marker 79.6, just this
side of the Red Mountain Pass
summit, when the 2001 Ford
Escape she was driving plunged
off the east side of the highway.
May 30 — Town
Administrator Jason Wells has
been placed on administrative
leave, according to Mayor Chris
Tookey.
But town officials refuse to say
if and when the Town Council
took the action and how the
trustees voted.
The Town Council held an
executive session on Monday,
May 20 with town attorney Jeff
Robbins. Since then Wells has
been absent from Town Hall.
Silverton School’s graduating
class of 2013 was honored
Thursday, May 23, with a ceremony at the school performing
arts center. The two graduates are
Kacey Foster and Gerardo Acosta.
June 6 — After 135 years in
Silverton, the oldest Masonic
Lodge on the Western Slope of
Colorado is closing its doors and
auctioning off its building — and
perhaps the building’s contents
— on Aug. 3.
Lodge officials blame the closure on declining membership.
June 13 — A mountain goat
hanging around the Old
Hundred Mine Tour in recent
days had the mine tour crew
doing a double take.
Tour guide Ernie Kuhlman
said they immediately noticed a
resemblance to the late John
Ross, long-time Silverton resident, local character and mine
tour guide. Ross died in
September 2009 at age 72.
Former Silverton resident
Angelina V. (Anesi) Franch died
Thursday, May 23, 2013, in
Boulder. She was 97.
Known as “Dutchie,” she was
born to Frank Baldesari and
Luigia Oberoster Anesi in
Silverton, which always had a
special place in her heart, her
family said. She was the youngest
and last surviving member of her
generation, which included four
brothers and four sisters.
June 20 — There’s something
of a building boom going on in
the ghost town of Animas Forks
this summer as rehabilitation
work on five structures is under
way, including the iconic Duncan
House, one of the most photographed ghost town buildings
in Colorado.
Loren Lew of Klinke and Lew
Construction, contractor for the
$185,000 project, was busy
Tuesday, June 18, disassembling
cribbing beneath the Duncan
House, which was built in 1879.
June 27 — The large West
Fork Complex fire in Hinsdale
and Mineral counties is not considered an actual threat to San
Juan County, but it may already
be causing some economic damage, given the negative attention
it has drawn to Southwest
Colorado.
Rose Raab, director of the
Silverton Area Chamber of
Commerce says she expects visitor numbers for June will be
down compared to last year.
“We’re concerned about the
national news now reporting this
as ‘Southwest Colorado fires,’”
Raab said.
Philip D. Antonelli passed on
June 23, 2013.
He is survived by his wife
Romana; children Therese
Landin, Philip Antonelli II,
Cecilia Goergen, and Mark
Antonelli: step-children Andreina
Pier, Carla Pier, and Mario
Heinbaugh, and seven grandchildren
Phil was born in Silverton on
July 27, 1924 to Fidenzio and
Rena Antonelli, immigrants from
the Austrian Südtirol, which later
became the autonomous Italian
province of Trentino-Alto Adige.
Phil’s pride in his heritage was
exhibited in his later life by his
involvement with the TirolesiTrentini del Colorado where he
served for many years as club
president and reigned proudly as
Polenta King.
July 3 — Work has begun to
launch prospecting operations at
the Buffalo Boy Mine this summer, with a crew putting up a
fence around the 2.6-acre permitted area at the Oyama Tunnel
near the summit of Stony Pass.
Officials with the Buffalo Boy
Mining Co. and Running Sun
Advisory Services, a Denver-based
mining venture firm, said they
see the potential for a 100-ton-aday mining operation by accessing the Buffalo Boy workings
through the nearby Oyama
Tunnel.
Living at 9,318 feet may be
easy for those of us who are used
to it, but when you've traveled up
here from sea level, it can be difficult to get around. For a lot of
visitors, exploring the whole
town by foot is just not possible.
But Jessie New, one of Silverton's
newest business owners, has
found a solution.
Proud new owner of Silverton
Golf Carts at 1246 Blair Street,
Jessie and his family have started
renting out electric, emission-free
golf carts for use within the town
limits. Carts are limited to
licensed drivers only, and have a
top speed of 25 miles per hour.
July 11 — Town Trustee
Cassandra Papp has resigned
from her seat on the Town
Council and the Council plans to
appoint a replacement at its July
22 meeting.
Papp, appointed to the Town
Council in April 2012, said “it
has been an honor and privilege
to serve as a trustee for the last
year.”
John Velarde was born in
Silverton, on October 9, 1946, to
Cleo C. Velarde and Joe E.
Velarde, both deceased, and graduated from Silverton High School
in 1964.
John died on June 29, 2013, in
Phoenix, Arizona, where he was
residing.
July 18 — A 52-year-old
Wyoming man was killed
Thursday morning, July 11, in a
climbing accident on Jagged
Mountain in the Chicago Basin
area.
Killed was Howard Scotland
III, an attorney from Cheyenne.
Scotland fell 300 to 400 feet
said Undersheriff Bruce Conrad.
After some 55 years in
Silverton, Allen Parker, proprietor
of Vern Parker’s Hitchin’ Post
shop on Blair Street, has sold the
building and is moving to
Prescott, Ariz.
Allen said he and his family
came to Silverton in 1958, from
Benson, Ariz. They first stayed at
The Arcade building. The following year the family bought two
buildings here.
Arbela Santistevan, former
resident of Silverton, was reunited with the Lord on June 22,
2013, where she joined her late
husband, deceased brothers and
sisters, and other family members
who preceded her in death.
July 25 — The body of a 29year-old Durango man was discovered Monday, July 22, below
the Twilight Peak turnoff, five
days after he apparently drove his
vehicle off U.S. 550, plunging
some 350 feet.
Deputy County Coroner John
Jacobs said Adam Booker is
believed to have driven off the
highway near Coal Bank Pass at
about noon on Wednesday, July
17.
His girlfriend reported him
missing at that time and a search
was launched based on cell
phone use data. But the body
and car remained in the San Juan
National Forest for five days
before discovery.
August 1 — Town officials
and the San Juan County Sheriff’s
Office say the experiment allowing limited use of off-highway
vehicles on town streets last
weekend generally went smoothly.
“Like any first-time event it
needs to be tweaked,” said Sheriff
Sue Kurtz. “But there were no
major problems.”
Kurtz said a few ATV operators
got on the wrong streets by mistake, but they were eager to cooperate.
“The people were all very
polite. I think it went very well,”
Kurtz said.
August 8 — The Silverton
Town Council, in a unanimous
vote Monday evening, Aug. 5,
appointed Town Clerk Brian
Carlson as the new town administrator, replacing Jason Wells,
who resigned in May.
Carlson, 43, has been serving
as interim administrator since
that time.
Carlson has been town clerk
since June 2008.
The 130-year-old Masonic
Lodge building at 13th and Reese
streets sold at auction on
Saturday, Aug. 3 for $139,500,
with brothers Fred and Tim
Hewett becoming the new own-
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SILVERTON STANDARD
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF
REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE
AND OF APPLICATION FOR
ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S
DEED
To Every Person in Actual
Possession or Occupancy of the
hereinafter Described land, Lot or
Premises, and to the Person in
Whose Name the same was
Specially Assessed, and to all
Persons having an Interest or
Title of Record in or to the said
Premises and To Whom It May
DEED
Concern, and more especially to
Joseph & Rhonda A Leath
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on the 16th day of
November, 2010, the then county
Treasurer of the County of San
Juan, in the State of Colorado,
sold at public tax sale to San
Juan County the following
described real estate situate in
the County of San Juan, State of
Colorado, to-wit:
Colorado, to-wit:
Osiris Gold, Sial Exploration Inc,
Frank W. Baumgartner, Caribou
Resources LLC
GIBRALTER 4853 UND 32.5%
EACH; 10% CARIBOU
RESOURCES LLC, F.BAUMGARTNER SURFACE RTS
UNCOMPAHGRE MNG DIST
DEED
DEED
DEED
DEED
DEED
and said County Treasurer issued
certificates of purchase therefore
to San Juan County. That said tax
sale was made to satisfy the
delinquent taxes assessed
against said real estate for the
EAGLE NEST lode mining claim
U.S.M.S.-18180, INTER OCEAN
lode mining claim U.S.M.S-18180
both situate in the ANIMAS MING
DIST, and the HEMATITE lode
mining claim U.S.M.S.-14634
EUREKA MING DIST San Juan
County Colorado
BONANZA GOLD CORP
Colorado, to-wit:
Jeff Bischoff
ROBERT A CURTIS
Colorado, to-wit:
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
year 2008;
Undivided 25% interest in the
Gibralter lode mining claim,
U.S.M.S. 4853
situate in the Eureka Mining
District, San Juan County, State
of Colorado.
year 2008;
That said real estate was taxed or
Colorado, to-wit:
BLK 36 LOT 5
TOWN OF SILVERTON SAN
JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO;
And said County Treasurer issued
year 2009;
HAWKEYE NO 2 lode mining
claim- USMS 18202
SITUATE IN ANIMAS MNG DIST
SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO;
year 2009;
specially assessed in the names
Colorado, to-wit:
ALL SITUATE IN EUREKA MNG
DIST SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO;
SAVE AND EXCEPT all reservations and exceptions to title as
specified in that certain special
warranty deed from Idarado
Mining Company to the Trust for
Public Land recorded April 1,
2005 under reception number
144077 of the San Juan County
records.
CROSS lode mining claim-USMS
16275, TIMBERLINE mining
claim- USMS 16275 IRON CLAD
lode mining claim- USMS 568
BLK 1 LOTS 5-8 TOWN OF SILVERTON, SAN JUAN COUNTY,
COLORADO;
DRAKOS & CO, LLC
Colorado, to-wit:
year 2009;
of
DRAKOS & CO, LLC for the year
year 2009;
of Bonanza Gold Corp for the
year 2009;
That Terry Cummins, the present
holder of said certificate has
made a request upon said county
for a deed to said real estate;
That a Treasurer’s Deed will be
issued for said real estate to Terry
Cummins at 9:00 a.m. on the 12th
day of March, A.D. 2014, unless
the same has been redeemed.
year 2008;
Cummins at 9:00 a.m. on the 12th
Said property may be redeemed
from said sale at any time prior to
the actual execution of said
Treasurer’s Deed.
Witness my hand this 30th day of
December 2013.
Beverly E. Rich
County Treasurer of San Juan
County
Published in the Silverton
Standard & the Miner Jan. 2, Jan.
9, and Jan. 16, 2014.
Treasurer’s Deed.
December 2013.
Beverly E. Rich
County
9, and Jan. 16, 2014.
year 2008;
Treasurer’s Deed.
Cummins at 9:00 a.m. on the
12th day of March, A.D. 2014,
unless the same has been
redeemed.
December 2013.
of Trust for Public Land for the
year 2009;
Treasurer’s Deed.
That Kent Taylor, the present
issued for said real estate to Kent
Taylor at 9:00 a.m. on the 12th
December, 2013
of
ROBERT A CURTIS for the year
2009;
Treasurer’s Deed.
Beverly E. Rich
County
9, and Jan. 16, 2014.
Beverly E. Rich
County
9, and Jan. 16, 2014.
December, 2013
Beverly E. Rich
County
Standard & the Miner on Dec. 26,
2013, Jan. 2 2014, and Jan. 9,
2014
year 2009;
of Trust for Public Land for the
year 2009;
Treasurer’s Deed.
Beverly E. Rich
County
2009;
Treasurer’s Deed.
That VERNON BRIDGEWATER,
the present holder of said certificate has made a request upon
said county for a deed to said
real estate;
issued for said real estate to
VERNON BRIDGEWATER at
9:00 a.m. on the 12th day of
March, A.D. 2014, unless the
same has been redeemed.
December, 2013
2013, Jan. 2 2014, and Jan. 9,
2014
December, 2013
Beverly E. Rich
County
2013, Jan. 2 2014, and Jan. 9,
2014
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ers under a newly formed company called Greenberry LLC.
And the new owners say they
plan to embark on what they see
as a 5-year restoration project to
bring the deteriorated building
back to life.
August 22 — A 10-year old
boy from Steamboat Springs was
killed Monday morning, Aug. 12,
in an ATV accident near the
South Mineral Creek
Campground.
Cory Kenneth Ferrier was pronounced dead at the scene by
San Juan County Deputy John
Jacobs.
It was nearly a year ago when
Silverton teenager Dillon Paxton
died in a pickup truck crash just
outside of town, stunning the
community.
On Saturday, Aug. 31, the first
anniversary of that tragic event, a
6-mile run will be held at Kendall
Mountain Recreation Area in his
honor.
Funeral services for former
Silverton resident Robert Melvin
“Bob” Knoll will be held at 10
a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at
the Ute Mountain American
Legion Post #75. Military honors
will be conducted.
August 29 — Sharp differences emerged during a public
hearing Monday, Aug, 26, on
whether the town should allow
retail marijuana businesses, but
in the end, the Silverton Town
Council voted 5-2 to regulate and
not prohibit such operations.
Mayor Chris Tookey and
Trustee David Zanoni dissented.
Zanoni had earlier offered a
motion to ban retail sales here,
but that motion died for lack of a
second.
Marijuana possession for recreational use by adults has been
legal in Colorado since January,
following a ballot issue in 2012.
The state is drafting a regulatory
framework set to be in place by
Jan. 1, 2014, when the state will
begin issuing licenses for retail
marijuana sales.
September 5 — About 45
members of the local community
as well as runners from Ridgway,
Ouray, and beyond converged on
Kendall Mountain on Saturday,
Aug. 31, for the first-ever Dillon’s
Run, honoring Dillon Paxton, the
16-year-old Silverton youth who
died in a pickup truck crash last
year.
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CLASSIFIEDS
October 3 — Construction of
a $3.4 million fiber-optic link
between Silverton and Durango
will happen next year, officials
with Eagle-NET told state legislators last week.
The long-awaited project
would relieve a bottleneck for
bandwidth in town. Currently
Silverton is served by a series of
microwave towers, limiting the
amount of data entering (or leaving) Silverton, resulting in slow
Internet speeds.
October 31 — The Bureau of
Land Management has agreed to
allow snowmobile trail grooming
this winter in a wilderness study
area adjacent to Molas Lake Park,
reversing a decision earlier this
year to ban winter motorized
recreation from the popular 966acre parcel.
“We’re going to move forward
with grooming as usual this winter,” said Jim Lokey, president of
the Silverton Snowmobile Club.
But Connie Clementson, the
BLM’s Tres Rios field office manager, told the San Juan County
commissioners last week that this
will be the last winter the
Silverton Snowmobile Club will
be allowed to groom about two
miles of trails in the area, unless
Congress releases it from its
wilderness study area status.
November 7 — San Juan
County voters followed the
statewide trend Tuesday, Nov. 5,
by soundly rejecting a proposed
income tax increase to boost
school funding and overwhelmingly approving steep taxes on
recreational marijuana.
County Clerk Ladonna
Jaramillo reported 352 of the
county’s 664 registered voters
took part in the election, a 53
percent turnout. The election was
a mail-in ballot, though voters
had the option of voting in person
November 14 — A draft ordinance that would allow marijuana retail businesses to be as near
as 250 feet from Silverton School
drew fire Tuesday night, Nov. 12
at the Silverton Town Council
meeting.
A public hearing on the proposed ordinance is scheduled for
Monday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m.,
but town officials have already
indicated they prefer to put the
matter before voters in the April
1, 2014 election.
A couple of dozen Silverton
residents packed the Town
Council chambers Monday in
opposition to the ordinance.
November 21 — Two miners
were killed and 20 injured in an
accident at the Revenue-Virginius
Mine south of Ouray Sunday
morning, Nov. 17, according to
the Ouray County Sheriff's Office.
The incident was reported at
about 7:20 a.m.
Killed were Nick Cappanno,
33, of Montrose, and Rick
Williams, 59, of Durango.
Williams, a former long-time resident of Silverton, was a 1972
graduate of Silverton High
School.
Cause of death has been ruled
carbon monoxide poisoning.
November 27 — After a
heated public hearing at Town
Hall attended by more than 80
people Monday night, the
Silverton Town Council voted
4-2 to allow marijuana-related
businesses downtown and in
the Economic Developmentzoned portions of town.
The ordinance prohibits such
businesses within 500 feet of
Silverton School or the
Silverton Family Learning
Center preschool.
But the move sets the stage
for a ballot measure in the
town’s April 1, 2014 election,
with Silverton resident Edith
Mary Eggett vowing to launch a
petition drive to let voters
decide whether they would prefer to “abolish and repeal
Ordinance 2013-05 (the ordinance allowing marijuana-related businesses).”
The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission has
informed the Silverton-based
San Juan County Historical
Society that its proposed 11kilowatt hydro project at the
Mayflower Mill qualifies for
exemption from federal permitting requirements.
This makes it the first small
hydro project in Colorado —
and one of the first in the
nation — to receive the new
exemption.
December 5 — With the
town embroiled in controversy
over marijuana-related business-
Colorado, to-wit:
for the year 2009;
BONITA lode mining claimUSMS 1129 SOONER lode mining claim- USMS 1440 BOTH
SITUATE IN EUREKA MNG DIST
SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO;
SAVE AND EXCEPT all reservations and exceptions to title as
specified in that certain special
warranty deed from Idarado
Mining Company to the Trust for
Public Land recorded April 1,
2005 under reception number
144077 of the San Juan County
records.
Treasurer’s Deed.
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
November, 2010, the then county Treasurer of the County of San
Rose (Andreatta) Pfister, a
native of Silverton, died Oct. 27,
2013, in Richmond, Calif.
Rosie was born in Silverton on
March 25, 1915, to Frank and
Lena Andreatta. She was the
fourth of five children and
worked from a very young age at
the French Bakery to help out her
family.
And said County Treasurer
issued certificates of purchase
therefore to San Juan County.
That said tax sale was made to
satisfy the delinquent taxes
assessed against said real estate
for the year 2009;
That said real estate was taxed
or specially assessed in the
names of Trust for Public Land
December, 2013
Beverly E. Rich
County
2013, Jan. 2 2014, and Jan. 9,
2014
Page 7 — Thursday, January 2, 2014
es and off-highway vehicle use
of town streets, voters are likely
to face at least five ballot questions in the town’s April 1,
2014 election.
That’s in addition to electing
four town trustees.
At this point it looks like two
ballot measures will involve offhighway vehicles. One would
ask voters to make the temporary OHV routes established in
town this summer permanent.
The other would ask voters
to disallow even those temporary routes and to revert to
allowing ATVs only on the
truck bypass and at the staging
area at Silverton Lakes
Campground.
Tony Berenyi has owned the
landmark Benson Building for
barely a week but he already
has big plans that include a
business innovation center, a
distillery and an upscale restaurant.
And he says that while he
plans significant improvements
to the 112-year-old building,
current tenants don’t need to
worry that their rents are about
to go through the roof.
The Benson Building at the
corner of 12th and Greene was
sold for $720,000 to BRI, LLC, a
company owned by Berenyi,
with county officials recording
the transaction on Nov. 22.
December 12 — Opponents
of an ordinance passed by the
Town Council last month that
would permit marijuana-related
businesses in town have gathered enough signatures to force
a vote in the April 1, 2014 election on whether to repeal the
measure.
Town Administrator and acting Town Clerk Brian Carlson
said that residents Edith Mary
Eggett and Kevin Baldwin submitted petitions with 70 signatures, twice the number necessary.
December 19 — The Forest
Service is planning to permanently flush the public restrooms at Molas Pass and Coal
Bank Pass, a move that could
make it more uncomfortable for
travelers along U.S. 550 when
nature calls.
San Juan National Forest district ranger Matt Janowiak, in a
Dec. 3 letter to county commissioners, said the agency “no
longer has the resources to
properly maintain the toilet
facilities” at the popular
turnouts.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The San Juan County Board of
Commissioners is seeking applications for appointments to fill
expiring terms on the Tourism
Fund Board, the Noxious Weed
Management Board and the
County Board of Adjustment.
These are volunteer appointments for terms of two or three
years. Written applications must
be received by the County
Administrator no later than 4:00
P.M. on Tuesday, January 7,
2014. Applications may be
mailed to PO Box 466 Silverton,
CO 81433 or hand delivered to
the Courthouse at 1557 Greene
St. or emailed to
[email protected]. For
further information contact
William Tookey, County
Administrator at 387-5766.
{Published in the Silverton
Standard & the Miner on January
2, 2014.
Metal Prices
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2013
Gold
1202.20
Silver
19.40
Platinum
1367
Palladium
714
Copper
3.3418
Nickel
6.2708
Zinc
.9397
Lead
.9963
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“The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.” — William Faulkner
Thursday, January 2, 2014, Silverton, Colorado
NEW YEAR’S DAY, 1918
From the January 2, 1902
edition of the Silverton Standard:
MRS. KETHING CHARMS
THE BACHELORS.
Mrs. Hattie Kething arrived
in Silverton from Cripple Creek
last week. A widow considered
good looking, and raffles quilts
for a livelihood. As is the charitable and responsive nature of
Silverton’s inhabitants, the dollars given for a chance on the
handsome quilt were not few.
Even old bachelors contributed.
Did she return to Cripple
Creek? Inquiries are now made.
Return tickets have followed the
departed winsome. Further particulars ask our present 1901
bachelor county commissioner.
100 YEARS AGO
From the January 3, 1914 edition of the Silverton Standard:
CALUMET TRAGEDY
LIKELY TO SPUR
EFFORTS FOR PEACE.
The Christmas Eve tragedy at
Calumet, Michigan, which resulted in the deaths of seventy-two
persons, mostly children, and the
subsequent inhumane treatment,
shooting and deportation of
President Moyer of the Western
Federation of Miners, will very
likely result in the bringing of a
Congressional investigation of
the Michigan strike. This will
likely be extended to the strike in
the Colorado coal fields and
finally bring about a settlement
and restoration of peace the same
as federal authority ended the
great Pennsylvania strike a few
years ago.
From the January 15, 1918
edition of the Silverton Standard:
SILVERTON CELEBRATES
NEW YEAR WITH
BIG PARADE.
For the first time in fourteen
years, San Juan county celebrated
Christmas and New Year’s days
without any snow on her streets,
and with very little snow within
the county. In 1904, a picture of
the city sprinkling wagon sprinkling the streets of Silverton was
taken on New Years, this year
1918 Silverton held a parade,
very prominent int he pciture are
fishermen and base ball players,
men dressed up in summer clothing, wearing straw hats and coats
discarded formed the features of
the largest parade, if not the first,
ever held in San Juan on New
Year’s Day. ...
Last year New Year’s Day
found us just getting over about
a week’s blockade. This year, New
Year’s found all Silverton enjoying the day auto riding, walking
or in some manner partaking of
the splendid weather.
95 YEARS AGO
From the January 3, 1919 edition of the Silverton Standard:
BLAZE DESTROYS
EUREKA BUILDINGS.
A fire at Eureka New Year’s eve
Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society
The Dyson family’s buick on New Year’s Day 1918, with the top down. A banner on the side mentions an event at the Star Theatre. The Dysons lived at
1447 Reese Street. New reports from the time say the town had to sprinkle the streets around Christmas time to keep the dust down.
destroyed the Mike O’Toole hotel
and several cabins nearby before
water could be obtained to extinguish the blaze. Andy Coyle and
Francis Kearns had the place rented and were about ready to open
a pool hall. Andy was asleep in
the building at the time and was
picked up bodily and thrown
into the street, which he
remarked was not very pleasant,
but he is satisfied to escape with
his life. How the fire originated is
a mystery. We did not learn
whether Mr. O’Toole who owned
the building carried insurance or
not but he undoubtedly did.
70 Years Ago
From the January 7, 1944 edition of the Silverton Standard & the
Miner:
SGT. RHOADES
HERE ON FURLOW.
Sgt. Gene Rhoades arrived in
Silverton Tuesday to spend a furlough with his father, Kenneth
Rhoades, and brother, Billy, here.
Sgt. Rhoades just returned to the
United States from six months
service in Australia and when his
furlough expires Jan. 14, will
return to the Marana Air Base
near Tucson, Ariz.
Silverton experienced her
coldest night last Wednesday
when thermometers in town registered from 18 to 28 below zero.
Due to the location of the community, temperatures vary in different parts of town. The location
of the Rio Grande depot is reported to be the coldest spot; the hospital is said to be the warmest
place, temperatures ranging some
times as much as 10 degrees
warmer than in the south part of
town.
From the January 5, 1968 edition of the Silverton Standard & the
Miner:
1967 WAS AN
EXPENSIVE YEAR.
The two biggest events relating
to Silverton and San Juan County
during 1967 were probably the
two most expensive events this
community has faced in a long
time.
Sept. 7, four men gained
entrance to the San Juan
County Courthouse in Silverton
and made off with just over
$32,000. The crime has not
been solved, and only $5,000 of
the loss could be recovered
from insurance, with an abnormally large cash deposit present
in the courthouse because of
the traditional cashing of mine
payroll checks, a practice which
subsequently stopped.
On Nov. 2, the lengthy first
degree murder trial of Tom
Sergent for the death of vacationing Arizonan Milton
Moeller closed when the jury in
Durango returned a verdict of
guilty with life imprisonment.
It was the county’s first murder
in modern times, with neither
the victim nor the accused having anything to do with
Silverton, but with the county
legally liable (after a change of
venue) for the trial — an
expense which the very latest
estimates place at more than
$15,000.
GAMES, DANCE SLATED.
Silverton meets Norwood here
for two basketball games this
weekend, with the highlight of
the activities to be the annual
Homecoming festivities Saturday
evening.
Saturday night will be
Homecoming with a dance
planned to follow the game.
The Bacas will play for the
dance.
A king and queen will reign
over the Homecoming affair,
with balloting taking place this
week.
Candidates are Shirley
Kinternecht and Garry Baysinger,
juniors Cindy Tookey and Larry
Perino, sophomores Donna
Hadden and Roy Andrean, and
freshmen Christine Jaramillo and
Gene Samora.
Looking
back ...
10 Years Ago
January 3, 2004
Cyclists in this year’s Iron
Horse Bicycle Classic will be
able to try out the new pavement on Greene Street.
Silverton’s Town Board of
Trustees Monday voted unanimously to allow the IHBC to
place its finish line near
Memorial Park for the May 29
event. That means riders will
traverse the entire length of
Greene St. — for the past seven
years they have finished at the
south end of town near the
Visitors Center.
15 Years Ago
December 31, 1998
When you enter the County
Courthouse and hear the
sounds of laughter and giggles
wafting from the far corners,
don’t be alarmed, it’s just our
dispatcher, Melody Skinner.
20 Years Ago
Januar y 6, 1994
Sheriff’s blotter: Opened a
door for a resident whose dogs
had locked themselves in a bedroom.
25 years ago
December 29, 1988
It was a white Christmas in
Silverton, when 26 inches of
snow fell in the 48 hour period
from December 24 through 26.
This week marks the end of
thirteen years that the
Chapman family has owned
and operated the Standard.
Thirteen has not been unlucky.
We had the pleasure of taking two vacations: one a family
reunion in Hawaii and the other
a month long trip to the
Himalayas.
30 Years Ago
December 29, 1983
Snow, snow and more snow!
The weather station in my backyard is in danger of disappearing under the piles there. Pretty
soon I’ll have to dig a tunnel.
Unless something unexpected happens, Silverton and the
Silverton Standard will be hosting
the Colorado Press Association
summer convention in June of
1985.
Red Mountain Pass was
closed the better part of two
days this week, due to avalanches.
The Ernie Kuhlman family
took first place in the Silverton
Chamber of Commerce
Christmas decorating contest
last week.
Second and third places in
the residential division went to
George Bingel and family and
May Jaramillo respectively.
Honorable mentions went to
the Gerald Swansons, Gene and
Wanda Miller, the Kurtz family,
Chris and Sam Bass and family,
Claudia and Paul Korman and
Art and Cynthia Francisco.
40 Years Ago
Januar y 4, 1974
Terry Rhoades, 18, of
Silverton, suffered multiple stab
wounds in the early hours of
New Year’s Day, folllowing an
altercation which apparently
took place outside a local establishment.
Rhoades was rushed to
Durango Community Hospital
in the early hours of Tuesday by
automobile. There, doctors
stitched up a six-inch slash
across the man’s face and
worked on two puncture
wounds in his side.

2013: The Year in Review

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