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Summiteers — if they’re not running and barging, they’re getting hitched. And surely we are all very thankful.
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California’s recent Big Sur Half Marathon, a 13.1-mile trail run on the Old Coast Highway along the ocean coastline with fabulous views, attracted this strong Summit County contingent: Susie Magrino, Sharon Schoeffield, Lisa Ferguson, Gini Bradley, Priscilla Peoples, Laura Pless, Cheryl Jensen, Rocket Nelson, Emily Boyd, Cathy Carleton, Donna Miller and Diane Austin, along with a two-woman support team of Kathy Grotemeyer and Cynthia Gordon.
The high altitude ladies fared extremely well with four of them winning their age groups: Emily Boyd, Cheryl Jensen, Lisa Ferguson and Susie Magrino.
Susie says the course is very challenging because it encompasses three 1,000-foot ascents and three 1,000-foot descents.
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Nancy and Matt Wyatt of Wyatt West and Cornflower boutiques on Old Frisco Main Street went canal barging in France this fall.
Their report: “Our trip was very fun and easy. Biking, hiking, wonderful wine and food, markets, and a great way to see rural France.
“France, in general, and the Canal du Midi specifically, is great to barge because one does not need a license to drive the boat, it is safe, and there are not a lot of rules.
“We traveled from Port Cassafieres, near Beziers, along the Midi Canal to Castelnaudary. There were 64 locks along the way and we were on the boat for about eight days.”
They booked the trip through Le Boat, the US rep for Crown Blue out of Annapolis (www.leboat.ie).
“As you can see one could go most anywhere barging,” says Matt.
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Now just because two veteran ski techs at Jim “Jimbo” Deines’ Precision Ski and Golf in Frisco got married this fall, please don’t start calling his shop the “love shack.”
Tying the knot Nov. 8 were Tim McDonald and Hadley Osenga, both of Leadville, with Judge Neil Reynolds officiating.
Tim, in addition to being a ski and board tuner for nearly 30 years, has been a Class V river guide for two decades. He has a son, Tristan, 12.
Hadley is the general manager of The Managers property management company now owned by Eric Gill.
The other couple, Dan Berggren and Aurora Minette, also of Leadville, were married Sept. 17 at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, in a ceremony performed by Dillon Dam brewmaster Matt Luhr, before his recent passing.
The couple has a lovely daughter, Sydney, 5.
Aurora is the manager of the Copper Mountain Resort Starbucks franchises.
Congrats to all.
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Former Friscoite Sylvia Lobato Gutierrez reports she is now managing editor of (San Luis) Valley Publishing, which produces six weeklies out of Monte Vista. Husband Jake manages to build something every little while and enjoy retirement with his sidekick, grandson “Bubba,” who turned five on Veterans’ Day.
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Ex-Summit Daily News staffer Dale Strode, longtime sports editor at The Durango Herald, is now the paper’s Outdoors editor.
Dale had been sports editor since 2002, with a one-year hiatus to work in Summit County.
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Congrats to Salida City Planner Dara McDonald, who has been promoted to community development director.
“Dara deserves it,” says her former boss, Frisco Director of Community Development Mark Gage.
Moving into Dara’s position was Vail planner Michael Yerman, who likes the lifestyle in Salida.
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We see that Sue Boyd, a former Summit County government assistant manager sometime back, is the new Buena Vista town administrator.
Following a stint with the City and County of Denver she moved up here and worked for nearly seven years before taking early “semi-retirement.”
Still a resident of Fairplay, Sue is finding “Buenie” a hot spot as the board of trustees is currently trying to oust Mayor Cara Russell for a comments her honor made in a Chaffee County Times column just before the recent election.
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Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed “Spike,” a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College, and a resident of Summit County since 1982. He is an award-winning investigative reporter who, with wife Mary E. Staby, owned newspapers in Summit County for nearly 20 years.
Your social info may be emailed to milesfporteriv@aol.com
LOTS
California’s recent Big Sur Half Marathon, a 13.1-mile trail run on the Old Coast Highway along the ocean coastline with fabulous views, attracted this strong Summit County contingent: Susie Magrino, Sharon Schoeffield, Lisa Ferguson, Gini Bradley, Priscilla Peoples, Laura Pless, Cheryl Jensen, Rocket Nelson, Emily Boyd, Cathy Carleton, Donna Miller and Diane Austin, along with a two-woman support team of Kathy Grotemeyer and Cynthia Gordon.
The high altitude ladies fared extremely well with four of them winning their age groups: Emily Boyd, Cheryl Jensen, Lisa Ferguson and Susie Magrino.
Susie says the course is very challenging because it encompasses three 1,000-foot ascents and three 1,000-foot descents.
LOTS
Nancy and Matt Wyatt of Wyatt West and Cornflower boutiques on Old Frisco Main Street went canal barging in France this fall.
Their report: “Our trip was very fun and easy. Biking, hiking, wonderful wine and food, markets, and a great way to see rural France.
“France, in general, and the Canal du Midi specifically, is great to barge because one does not need a license to drive the boat, it is safe, and there are not a lot of rules.
“We traveled from Port Cassafieres, near Beziers, along the Midi Canal to Castelnaudary. There were 64 locks along the way and we were on the boat for about eight days.”
They booked the trip through Le Boat, the US rep for Crown Blue out of Annapolis (www.leboat.ie).
“As you can see one could go most anywhere barging,” says Matt.
LOTS
Now just because two veteran ski techs at Jim “Jimbo” Deines’ Precision Ski and Golf in Frisco got married this fall, please don’t start calling his shop the “love shack.”
Tying the knot Nov. 8 were Tim McDonald and Hadley Osenga, both of Leadville, with Judge Neil Reynolds officiating.
Tim, in addition to being a ski and board tuner for nearly 30 years, has been a Class V river guide for two decades. He has a son, Tristan, 12.
Hadley is the general manager of The Managers property management company now owned by Eric Gill.
The other couple, Dan Berggren and Aurora Minette, also of Leadville, were married Sept. 17 at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, in a ceremony performed by Dillon Dam brewmaster Matt Luhr, before his recent passing.
The couple has a lovely daughter, Sydney, 5.
Aurora is the manager of the Copper Mountain Resort Starbucks franchises.
Congrats to all.
LOTS
Former Friscoite Sylvia Lobato Gutierrez reports she is now managing editor of (San Luis) Valley Publishing, which produces six weeklies out of Monte Vista. Husband Jake manages to build something every little while and enjoy retirement with his sidekick, grandson “Bubba,” who turned five on Veterans’ Day.
LOTS
Ex-Summit Daily News staffer Dale Strode, longtime sports editor at The Durango Herald, is now the paper’s Outdoors editor.
Dale had been sports editor since 2002, with a one-year hiatus to work in Summit County.
LOTS
Congrats to Salida City Planner Dara McDonald, who has been promoted to community development director.
“Dara deserves it,” says her former boss, Frisco Director of Community Development Mark Gage.
Moving into Dara’s position was Vail planner Michael Yerman, who likes the lifestyle in Salida.
LOTS
We see that Sue Boyd, a former Summit County government assistant manager sometime back, is the new Buena Vista town administrator.
Following a stint with the City and County of Denver she moved up here and worked for nearly seven years before taking early “semi-retirement.”
Still a resident of Fairplay, Sue is finding “Buenie” a hot spot as the board of trustees is currently trying to oust Mayor Cara Russell for a comments her honor made in a Chaffee County Times column just before the recent election.
••••
Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed “Spike,” a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College, and a resident of Summit County since 1982. He is an award-winning investigative reporter who, with wife Mary E. Staby, owned newspapers in Summit County for nearly 20 years.
Your social info may be emailed to milesfporteriv@aol.com
