1 year ago: Granby high schooler is named state champion in trap shooting, participates in national rodeo

Granby high schooler Rider Linke headed to the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming. On July 18, 2024, he participated in trap shooting along with hundreds of students from across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand. Only the best in their event are chosen to compete in the junior high finals. He placed 31st in the long go-round with a total score of 94. The Colorado State High School Rodeo Association also named Linke state champion in trap shooting. 

— From the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Ski-Hi News

5 years ago: Middle Park Health invests in lab equipment to help with COVID-19 test backlog

With a delay in COVID-19 testing causing results around the state to take as long as 12-15 days, Middle Park Health invested in laboratory equipment to process tests quicker and more efficiently. On July 30, 2020, Middle Park Health’s board approved a $56,000 purchase of a test processing machine and $4,000 for COVID-19 test reagents. The hospital hopes to have the equipment installed by the end of the first full week of August, which would allow them to begin processing around 15 tests per day. The machine can also process other tests, including influenza and gastrointestinal panels.  

— From the Aug. 5, 2020, edition of Ski-Hi News

10 years ago: Sheriff’s deputies train with wildlife officers for new Grand County boat patrol

Deputies were out on the water in late July 2015, undergoing boat training for the Grand County Sheriff’s Office and preparing for the beginning of their regular patrol duties on the lakes and reservoirs of the High Country. The two Grand County officers were in the Three Lakes region with wildlife officers from Colorado Parks and Wildlife training on the proper procedures and regulations regarding boating law-enforcement. As more deputies receive training on boating law enforcement, locals and tourists can expect a more regular law-enforcement presence on the lakes. Prior to the department’s current efforts to create a boat patrol unit, the waters of Grand County were primarily patrolled by Parks and Wildlife officers. 

— From the Aug. 5, 2015, edition of Ski-Hi News

50 years ago: Western Slope audience members express frustration with railway service

Audience members representing interests across the Western Slope expressed frustration with the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway’s offered services during a special meeting put on by the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments in Winter Park on Aug. 6, 1975. Various audience members said the railroad was deliberately discouraging passengers and livestock shippers from using rail service, since neither yielded as much profit as freight like coal. The council of governments has been working on possibilities for future transportation needs in western Colorado, including trying to use the renewal of the railroad’s Moffat Tunnel lease as a lever to force improvements to passenger rail service.

— From the Aug. 7, 1975, edition of Middle Park Times

100 years ago: Denver vegetable company expects to buy $85,000 on Kremmling lettuce

A representative of the C. M. Wildt Vegetable company said his company expects to purchase $85,000 worth of head lettuce from the ranchers around Kremmling in 1925. The company expects to purchase around 100 train cars full of lettuce, which will be practically all of the head lettuce in the vicinity. The company started shipping on Aug. 5, with an expectation of shipping five carloads to Denver by the end of the week. The company is offering $2 a crate for their lettuce and will handle crating, packing and shipping expenses.

— From the Aug. 7, 1925, edition of Middle Park Times

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