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Page 2 GRAND GAZETTE March 4, 2021 WWW.GRANDGAZETTE.NET Life at a Higher Elevation AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES VIRTUAL PUBLIC FORUM Thursday, March 11, 2021 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Learn more and register for this FREE event here: roadshowgrandjacksoncounties.eventbrite.com photo by Molly Johnson Below zero temperatures did not faze the experienced ranch hands from Bear Mountain and the Peak. Every year they make the drive the herd of expectant mommas to the pasture where they will calve. (L to R) Brian Manuel, Brad Probst, Rich Sherman, Corry Taylor and Mike Sherman. Spanish interpretation provided Not pictured Bruce James and Dave Hammer. Hosted by Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, and Colorado Fiscal Institute Our Community! Our News! Our Paper! send news items and pictures to [email protected] FAITH NOTES Kremmling Gore Range Baptist Church: photo by Jim Yust Community Church Pastor Allen will host a Sunday A bald eagle watches an opening in the Blue River. & The Gathering service via Facebook Live at 10am. Sunday worship gatherings Find this and other resources on will be held at 10am and 5pm. Facebook at Gore Range Baptist Weekly emails provide updates, Church. -- Take note that services ongoing opportunities, and Stirring are telecast via the private Facebook Historical Hindsights Group news. For more information group and not the Church’s main provided by the Grand County Historical Association or to sign up for email contact, go to page. Go to https://www.facebook. kremmlingcommunitychurch.org. com/groups/1236993409966318/ and request to join. Trinity Episcopal Church: St. Peter’s Catholic Church: (with St. John the Baptist in Granby) Masses continue with limited Services will be held via attendees. Sign up for 10am mass at Zoom at 5:00pm Saturday St. Peter’s in Kremmling online at and 9:30am Sunday. GrandCatholic.com. Confession is Centering Prayer is via available 30 minutes prior to mass. Zoom at 3pm on Fridays. Mass will also be live- Bible Study via Zoom streamed from Our Lady of at 11am Wednesday. the Snow in Granby at 9:30am All links and ongoing Sunday via YouTube at Grand updates can be found on Catholic. The Spanish language Facebook @TrinityKremmling mass is on Fridays at 7:00pm. or @StJohnsGranby or at Find streaming information and stjohnsgranby.org. sign up for ongoing updates via This is an image of Haying in the Jones meadow with a horse drawn Flocknote at GrandCatholic.com. mower. The man holding the whip is believed to be Frank Jones. Page 3 GRAND GAZETTE March 4, 2021 WWW.GRANDGAZETTE.NET March 20 declared Meat-In Day by Marissa Lorenz to CDA ag census data, Grand County’s On Tuesday, the Grand County traditional, family- Board of County Commissioners owned cattle and hay (BOCC) heard and approved ranches made up a $14.4 a request to support official million industry. celebration of a “Meat-In” Day on And in support of that March 20, in order to promote beef industry, local businesses and the beef and ag industries. are hustling to organize The request was brought forward “lots of happenings” by Kim Cameron, representing the for March 20. Middle Park Cowbelles, a group The Kremmling organized by local cattlewomen in the Mercantile, owned by mid-1950s in order to promote beef. local ranchers Dave and Cameron explained that the Karen Hammer, will be effort comes in response to Colorado serving free burgers, Governor Jared Polis having recently starting at 11:30 am. declared the same date a statewide They plan to serve 400 “MeatOut Day,” to advocate to 500 burgers from meatless diets to consumers. locally-sourced beef. “Removing animal products Middle Park photo by Molly Johnson Meat is working on from our diets reduces the risk of The Sherman brothers, Mike and Rich, trail the herd and keep track of the stragglers. various ailments, including heart promotional ideas, disease, high-blood pressure, stroke, according to rancher/ owner Mitch Lockhart. various cancers, and diabetes,” wishing to participate and for motioned for a vote to support Area restaurants will be offering reads the Governor’s proclamation, advertising. The local chapter of the official declaration. And just meat specials and promotions “and a plant-based diet helps protect Farm Bureau is also pledging its one hour later, Staff presented the in support of the event. the environment by reducing our support for the Meat-In Day. unanimous board with a written carbon footprint, preserving forests, The Grand Old West will be Cameron explained that trucks resolution for signature, declaring grasslands, and wildlife habitats, and serving an array of meat dishes for and trailers were being recruited March 20, 2021, and each year reduces pollution of waterways.” lunch and dinner, including their to help promote the Meat-In Day after as “Grand County Ranching, Saturday night prime rib dinner. However critics, such as and that messages on banners Livestock, and MEAT-IN DAY, in The 9&40 will offer beef and pork the Colorado Farm Bureau, in support of the agricultural order to promote the importance specials. The Dean West, which contend the move discounts industry were encouraged. of and to support the agricultural the fact that agriculture and serves locally-sourced beef from industry in the State of Colorado.” livestock are important economic Battle Creek Ranch near Parshall, will Commissioner Kristen Manguso drivers in Colorado. also offer special deals for the day. With the MeatOut proclamation, Debbie’s Drive-In in Granby, says local rancher Doug Bruchez, a family-owned restaurant “Polis is disregarding rural America. whose owners have grown from (....) We don’t get a lot of opportunities restaurateurs to also become cattle to let our voices be heard. But this ranchers with the purchase of a event has really struck a chord.” ranch on Corral Creek, is also Colorado’s ag industries planning to support the event. contributed $41 billion to the “There was a time in my life Colorado economy and employed where I was vegan for nearly 20 nearly 173,000 people in 2018, years, so I actually understand that according to the Colorado Department perspective,” says Debbie Fitch, of Agriculture (CDA), which also co-owner of Debbie’s Drive-In and reports 60% of the state’s $7.1 billion Fitch Ranch in Parshall, on why her in agricultural cash receipts that restaurant will be participating in year being credited to livestock. Meat-In Day. “I discovered I liked Colorado remains the “third- beef while attending a culinary largest producer of sheep and lambs course and now, look--I raise cattle in the US and has 2.7 million head of and own a hamburger restaurant! CELEBRATE cattle,” reads the Colorado Livestock “What is important to me Association’s website. The state is that politicians do not try to MEAT-IN DAY is a leader in ag science education influence our communities on a and meat processing and packing whim, disregarding how it may technology. And it has pioneered negatively impact any industry- 3-20-21 efforts in the related fields of livestock -this time, specifically targeting health and land/water conservation. our animal agriculture industry in Colorado. I’d rather they stand up Join us for Free Hamburgers at the Merc The CDA also notes that 11:30-ish until they are gone “agritourism” brought in an additional and give a nod to the thousands of $64 million in Colorado ag income ranchers and farmers who work Meat for every meal! in 2017 when 1,056 Colorado farms hard, acknowledging the quality provided agritourism and recreational we produce as well as the Western Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner services, “to connect consumers Heritage for which we are known.” with the heritage, natural resource, Commissioner Merrit Linke added or culinary experience they value.” to Cameron’s listi of participants, Everyday stating that the Middle Park Grand County is a historically SPONSORED BY: agricultural county, with sheep and Stockgrowers Association had also KREMMLING MERCANTILE MIDDLE PARK FARM BUREAU MIDDLE PARK STOCKGROWERS cattle ranching being the primary discussed the Meat-In event and occupation even among the earliest had committed funding support for MIDDLE PARK COWBELLES 3R'S 4H CLUB MOUNTAIN MAMA'S EMBROIDERY homesteaders. In 2017, according restaurant and food establishments Page 4 GRAND GAZETTE March 4, 2021 WWW.GRANDGAZETTE.NET Fishing with Bernie | Grand County Fishing Report Grand Lake - Grand Lake continues to grow ice with the current temperatures that we are having up there. Along with the cold temps comes snow and that means pockets of slush can be found throughout the lake. Please plan accordingly when thinking about what type of boots are needed to ensure a comfortable fishing experience. Rainbows and browns are still being caught but have moved off slightly deeper in search of their next meals. Focus efforts photo by Kem Davidson in 10-20 feet of water and very early in the day for the fastest action. Small Wolford Report jigs tipped with wax worms have been best. photo courtesy of Dan Shannon by Kem Davidson, Project Caretaker We would suggest a small CLAM caviar jig or drop Doug Sloat with a 41.5 inch mackinaw. The reservoir received 80,000 fingerling rainbow trout this week. They kick jig for best results. were stocked through a hose and hole drilled in the ice. Ice fishing will Lake trout have been starting to show up suspending over deep water. to melt off the ice throughout March remain a possibility as long as the ice continues to support anglers. Outflow we should start to see more Northern remains at 22 cfs. This week, we found fish at over 160 foot depths.