Page 2 GRAND GAZETTE www.grandgazette.net September 20, 2018 To the editor.... Colburn Family thanks for all who Jilly's closes doors with a thank you extended their help We would like to thank everyone who It was nice to know so many cared On behalf of Jilly’s, we want to considerations. Thank you to all who extended their help, vehicles and trailers and were willing to help gather and haul extend our thanks and love to the town of supported us. We are sincerely grateful to help get our pairs evacuated from our our cows and calves. Kremmling, and to Grand County. We for the many beautiful friendships we acreage near the Peak Ranch. A special have had an amazing adventure opening have made along the way. Our family thanks goes to Jeannine Jones, Sheridan The Colburn Family and running Jilly’s for the past five years. is staying in the community and we look Myer, Pat Pryor, Brian Manuel and Tim We have had much love and support forward to our further adventures in Wall. from our community, and we have felt Kremmling and Grand County. See you honored to participate in and contribute around! to many organizations and fundraisers. Stuwe We have enjoyed a special camaraderie Ken, Kendra, Jill, Andrew, with the other restaurants in Kremmling- and Galen Wilkinson, Carol chosen to be -we are all in competition to a point, but Hochstrasser, and the Amazing we are a community first! (with a capital A) crew of Jilly’s Honorflight It was difficult to make the decision to close, and there were many Arizona Korean War veteran Don Preschool aviation history adventure day thank you Stuwe was chosen to be on Honorflight Arizona on 56 children, 18 adults, 8 aviation September 4, 2018. While museum volunteers (Ann Stricklin, on this flight to Washington, Rudy Perez, Aric Kloss, Jim Hoyhtya, D.C., to honor veterans, they Bob & Carolyn Barker, Bill & Penny were escorted to and visited or Hamilton. Ken Ball, GCHA President, toured World War I Memorial, visited & took several photos.) The World War II Memorial, entire staff and children of Early Korean War Memorial, Education Center of Winter Park and Vietnam War Memorial, the Grand Kids of Fraser brought their Changing of the Guard at school vans full of eager adventurers. the Tomb of the Unknown Thank you for your support of this Soldier, Women in the U.S. important annual community aviation Military, Arlington National history education event. Cemetery, Washington National Monument, Navy Penny Hamilton Museum, Air Force Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. Don and his wife, photo by Ann Stricklin Gert "Culbreath" Young, were former Kremmling residents. They now reside courtesy photo in Gold Canyon, Arizona. Don Stuwe Sunday Worship photo by Kim Cameron Kremmling Chamber of Commerce Director Tara Sharp and Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin enjoy the Roadkill Supper/First Responder Appreciation dinner. While at the dinner, Schroetlin continued to monitor the Silver Creek Fire and the fire along County Road 3. Page 3 GRAND GAZETTE www.grandgazette.net September 20, 2018 Kremmling Police Department receives new equipment from SHIELD616 Officers with Kremmling Police enforcement officers, on our backs, Department (KPD) were given new that gave the ultimate sacrifice for active shooter and tactical gear in a all of us. We rode because we believe SHIELD616 ceremony on September in providing first responders with 6 at the Faith Tabernacle Church in the gear they need when they go Kremmling. into an active shooter situation. We SHIELD616 is non-profit believe in SHIELD616." Katalin first organization formed to equip first proposed the idea of a bike ride as a responders and to create a group who fundraiser for SHIELD616 and also supports their officers through prayer was one who completed the 352 mile and encouragement. The founder of trek. SHIELD616, Jake Skifstad, knows the Each cyclist was encouraged to importance of both. As a Colorado have at least $1000 in sponsorships to Springs police officer, he held participate in the Shield 616 ride, and specialized jobs with the Major Accident the money earned went directly to the Unit, Crowd Control Riot Team, and purchase of the officer equipment. with the SWAT team. “SHIELD616 was a gift from He was involved in the active God. As the new chief for this shooter situation at New Life Church in department, this could not have come photo by Kim Cameron 2007 and the Planned Parenthood active at a better time. When departmental shooter in 2015. SHIELD616 Founder Jake Skifstad, Officer Jared Sralla, Chief Jamie Lucas, budgets continue to tighten and the The name for SHIELD616 was Sergeant Todd Willson, Officer Mike Minhas, bike fundraising organizer Cary need for this equipment increases, inspired by Skifstad’s reading of Katalin. small departments have a difficult Ephesians 6:16, “Take up the shield of time getting funding for this type of faith, with which you can extinguish all equipment. I cannot thank SHIELD616 the flaming arrows of the evil one.” pouches for whatever officers may need equipment gives them and their families enough for providing our officers with in an emergency situation. Skifstad a sense of security.” As the gear – a ballistic helmet, this life saving equipment so that we advised of emergency situations, “You plate carrier vest, light weight rifle rate He commented on the presentation, can continue to protect the lives of the will be stressed and forget things.” He armor, and a gunshot wound trauma kit “When I received the equipment in this innocent and ourselves,” said Kremmling reminded them to think of extra radio - was presented to the KPD, Skifstad special way, it meant that I mattered. Police Chief Jamie Lucas. batteries and whatever they might need remarked, “I want this gear to embolden Gave me a few tears, I won’t lie. It was a For more information about Shield if they were under a table for eight hours. you to make that hard step to open the very special moment.” 616, visit www.shield.org. door. I want you to know that you have Officer Jared Sralla initially Cary Katalin commented, “We the best gear out there… We have the reached out to Shield 616 after hearing spent four days riding from Wyoming to best of the law enforcement and you the organization mentioned on TV, “I New Mexico with the names of 10 law deserve the best of the best.” looked them up and found out that they give away much needed gear for law “We can’t hesitate,” recalled Skifstad enforcement and are Christian based. I of his own experience arriving at the wasn’t sure how it all worked, but I know shooting at Planned Parenthood. “I we (KPD) have a huge need for advanced remember how terrified I was opening gear.” New exciting clothing the door.” He added, “What people may not He praised the officers for their understand is that our bullet proof vests, for fall have arrived at important job and said the officers would are not even rated for all pistol rounds and be supported and protected in prayer by do almost nothing for rifle rounds. This the 16 cyclists who participated in the gear will help give us the protection we bike ride to raise funds for the equipment. need to better protect this community.” The total gift for the KPD was valued at $6,000 ($1500 per officer) and will be Sergeant Todd Willson, who has updated again in five years at no charge been with the KPD for 24 years agreed, New jewelry too! to the department. “When you put on any equipment, I think it prepares your mind for battle The inside of the vest carries the or any type of situation. Since most Ephesians 6:16 verse and includes extra officers run towards gunfire I think the West Grand to host first ever cross country meet Sept 22 road closures expected Road closures are expected on County Road 22 in two places, for a cross country meet on one halfway between the two cattle Saturday, September 22. It will guards, and the second at the cattle be the first time Kremmling has guard near Jackson Avenue and CR 22. hosted a cross country meet. Drivers are encouraged to slow down West Grand High School has been as they cross these two places on CR working with the Kremmling Police 22, as high school and middle school Department and the Department runners will be competing in this area. of Public Works to determine Any further questions can necessary road closures for the be answered by contacting the course. Drivers are encouraged Kremmling Police Department and/ to detour around the race area. or the West Grand High School. Jackson Avenue will be closed Everyone is encouraged to come from Central Avenue to 21st Avenue watch the first home cross country from approximately 9:45 a.m. to 1 meet in West Grand’s History! p.m. There will also be road crossings 970-724-1185 |202 PARK AVE, KREMMLING Page 4 GRAND GAZETTE www.grandgazette.net September 20, 2018 Irrigating with reuse water begins at cemetery by Rich Rosene to provide the multi-year Communities Grant program within Sanitation District Manager water to irrigate, project of the Colorado Department of Public either town installing Health and Environment (CDPHE) to The Kremmling Sanitation water or reuse over 500 cover the $1.79 million cost the project. District recently started irrigating the water, with no Bio-Domes The district received an additional Kremmling Cemetery with reuse water. chance of a cross in two of grant from DOLA to help fund the Reuse water is wastewater that has been connection.