Page 2 GRAND GAZETTE June 10, 2021 WWW.GRANDGAZETTE.NET Around K-Town A walk to support inclusion On May 27, father and daughter duo, Emma and Dan Perritano, began their trek across Colorado to raise money and awareness for disabilities. They recently traveled through Kremmling as part of their 320 mile journey that is expected to take 22 days and take them from their starting point in Mountain Home, Wyoming to their finish in Antonito, Colorado on the New photo by Bruce Backes Mexico border. May 26 Lunar Eclipse nearing totality just before the moon set over a The two have already ridge near Gore Pass. walked through their home state of Pennsylvania and admit they enjoy the time they spend together on their adventures. Emma, 22, has cerebral palsy and her dad, Penn State Behrend men’s soccer coach, have raised over $12,000 and hope to purchase one Facebook/Courtesy Photo or even two running Hoyt Blades like the one Emma lifestyle. uses. These will be given to Ainsley’s To learn more about Emma and Angels riders, a nonprofit in Colorado, Dan’s Journey, please visit their committed to building awareness about Facebook page, Emma and Dan’s Walk America’s special needs population Through Colorado... and encourages inclusion and an active photo by Kim Cameron Cousins Nellie Webb and Henry Cordova illustrate you should always take time to “stop and smell the flowers.” The two attended the first gymkhana of the season on June 6. Dr. Richard Pfeiff er Orthopaedic Surgery | Sports Medicine FAITH NOTES Middle Park Health and Vail Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery are excited to Kremmling Gore Range Baptist Church: announce the newest member of our team Dr. Richard Pfeiffer Community Church Pastor Allen will host a Sunday Dr. Pfeiffer will be based out of Middle Park Health – Granby Campus full time to serve Grand & The Gathering County residents and visitors service via Facebook Live at 10am. Sunday worship gatherings Find this and other resources on Dr. Pfeiffer is an orthopaedic surgeon who is board certifi ed and specialty-trained in general Facebook at Gore Range Baptist orthopaedics and sports medicine. His practice includes general orthopaedic surgery with an will be held at 10am and 5pm. interest in arthroscopic surgeries of the shoulder and knee. Weekly emails provide updates, Church. -- Take note that services are telecast via the private Facebook He has served in various leadership positions throughout his career. During his ten years in ongoing opportunities, and Stirring private practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dr. Pfeiffer served as an assistant clinical profes- Group news. For more information group and not the Church’s main sor in the Department of Orthopaedics for both the Veteran’s Administration and the University or to sign up for email contact, go to page. Go to https://www.facebook. of Colorado in Denver, Colorado. Following his private practice, Dr. Pfeiffer was the fellowship com/groups/1236993409966318/ program director of sports medicine while serving as an assistant professor for the Department kremmlingcommunitychurch.org. of Orthopaedic Surgery at Texas Tech University. Prior to joining the team at VSON Dr. Pfeiffer was and request to join. employed by Health First Medical Group in Melbourne, FL and The Covenant Medical Group in Lubbock, Texas. Trinity Episcopal Church: St. Peter’s Catholic Church: (with St. John the Baptist in Granby) Dr. Pfeiffer’s passion for sports medicine goes beyond the offi ce. He has held a variety of roles working as the team physician for The Colorado College, U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski and Snow- Masses continue with limited boarding teams, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Christian University, and various high schools in Services will be held via attendees. Sign up for 10am mass at both Colorado and Texas. Zoom at 5:00pm Saturday St. Peter’s in Kremmling online at Dr. Pfeiffer is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is board certifi ed and 9:30am Sunday. GrandCatholic.com. Confession is through the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons in both orthopaedic surgery and orthopae- Centering Prayer is via dic sports medicine. available 30 minutes prior to mass. Zoom at 3pm on Fridays. Mass will also be live- Dr. Pfeiffer’s wife of 35 years is a Microbiologist and has remained active in many volunteer Bible Study via Zoom roles in the community. He has 2 children Tim and Jenni, both married living in the Maryland and streamed from Our Lady of Washington areas. He remains active in a number of hobbies to include: Flying, Skiing, Mountain at 11am Wednesday. the Snow in Granby at 9:30am biking, Sailing and Fly fi shing. All links and ongoing Sunday via YouTube at Grand updates can be found on Catholic. 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MIDDLE PARK HEALTH Keeping Life Grand Page 3 GRAND GAZETTE June 10, 2021 WWW.GRANDGAZETTE.NET Water Partners act quickly to mitigate early -season water concerns by Marissa Lorenz additional 100 cfs from the Moffat early draw of “Granby’s 5412 water,” at the Deberard Ditch, benefiting the tunnel system later Grand County and its water in the day, allowing partners reacted quickly this flows to continue week to early-season concerns for down St. Louis Creek aquatic habitat when monitoring into the Fraser River. systems showed continued And Northern low river flows partnered with Water/Municipal high water temperatures. Subdistrict began On Friday, the US Geological bypassing an extra 50 Survey’s Colorado River gage near cfs out of Windy Gap Kremmling reported a low river on Saturday evening, flow of barely 300 cfs (cubic feet water that would per second) and a temperature that normally be pumped peaked at 71 degrees Fahrenheit. into Lake Granby. With 58 years of data collected Together, the at the site, the historic mean for added waters brought flow this time of year--when the Colorado River runoff is normally increasing and/ flow near Kremmling or nearing its peak--is around 1750 up to around 500 cfs. Warm river temperatures at cfs and reduced any time of the year are considered temperatures to about dangerous for the fishery. 60 degrees overnight. photo courtesy of hte Colorado River District According to the Colorado “Thanks to the The Wolford Spillway River Headwaters Chapter of Trout Colorado River Unlimited, “Warm water holds District, Denver Water, and meaning the 5,412.5 acre-feet of water Colorado River below Kremmling.” less oxygen, and trout have trouble Northern Water (all as members stored in Lake Granby for release into getting enough oxygen in water of Learning By Doing) for their “Due to very dry conditions the Colorado River to help address a over 65 degrees. They can suffocate quick response and coordination, in the Blue River basin, the River 15-mile stretch of water near Palisade when water temps get into the 70s. and for working directly with District will be releasing up to and Grand Junction that is determined Playing, catching, and releasing downstream irrigators,” said Moyer, 26,000 acre feet from Wolford to be an endangered fish habitat. a fish in warm water is often a referring to the cooperative effort from July thru October for Denver death sentence for that fish.” to “maintain, and where reasonably That water is typically held until Water, in substitution for water the beginning of August, when stored in Dillon Reservoir and owed In response to the concerning possible, restore or enhance the it is released in the amount of 35 to Green Mountain Reservoir,” measurements, reported Grand aquatic environment in the Fraser, cfs, according to Moyer, in order Meyer described. “Williams Fork County Manager Ed Moyer, the Williams Fork, and Colorado to maintain a 75 cfs release out of Reservoir will also participate. The Colorado River Water Conservation River basins and their tributaries Granby Reservoir when flows would volume has not been finalized, but District (CRWCD) sent an email in Grand County, Colorado.” otherwise drop to 40 cfs on August 1. we expect to be releasing perhaps to Grand County and their other But in spite of the fact that flows 200 cfs beginning in July when Learning by Doing partners, are remaining relatively stable “We try to stretch that out through the Shoshone Call comes on.” Northern Water, and Denver several days later, water temperatures September,” says Moyer, “especially Water, including a call to action. continue to peak at concerning when the minimum flow drops from Meyer observed that Denver 40 to 20 [cfs] on September 1. In water reduced diversion through the The CRWCD asked each water levels during the day and there dry years, the 5412.5 AF water has Moffat Tunnel again on Wednesday management entity to allow for is no long-term strategy in place been released earlier than August 1, and is only diverting flows from the additional bypass flows from their for how to address unprecedented in mid-late July, due to flows in the Fraser River Diversion and the Jim various diversion projects that would water needs in a year during which 15-mile reach for the endangered fish Creek Diversion. They are bypassing permit “extra” water to continue Grand County and the entire Upper or as requested by Grand County all branches of Ranch Creek and naturally downstream, increasing Colorado River Basin has begun due to high temperatures on the Vasquez Creek and are expected to river flow and addressing high the summer in circumstances of Colorado River in Grand County.” reduce the Moffat Tunnel diversion temperatures on the Colorado “exceptional drought” (according to a “target flow” of 200 to 225 cfs.