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| Festive weekend |  | | Balloon pilots, business owners and spectators deemed Balloona Vista July 23-25 successful. The weather was good for flying and a large number of spectators attended, according to Buena Vista Rotary club committee chair Linda Nyberg.
The hot-air balloon launches drew 500 spectators each day of the three-day event. The number of people attending the evening balloon glow was estimated at 800 to 1,000, Nyberg said. The pilots commented that they had more fun at Balloona Vista than they had in a long time. The pilots want to come back, Nyberg said. Business owners said the pilots and crews did a good bit of shopping and dining. “We’re really pleased,” Nyberg said. Balloona Vista was held at Buena Vista rodeo grounds.
The fifth annual Collegiate Peaks Music Festival held July 23 and 24 in McPhelemy Park received great reviews on music venues and vendors, co-organizer Bobby Kuepper said July 27. Vendors liked the flow of the people in the park and people liked having the vendors separated from the music, he said. McPhelemy Park was large enough and it was outdoors, he noted. The downtown venue was good for local businesses and restaurants did well, he said.
This year’s festival appeared to have more people, with attendance up from last year’s 2,800 to over 3,000 on Saturday, Kuepper said. The band See-I enjoyed Colorado. They are scheduling a Colorado tour for the first week in August. They are planning for a tour including Denver, Aspen and Durango. A Buena Vista stop is being considered, he said. See-I is the rhythm section of Thievery Corporation, Kuepper said.
Buena Vista Police officers received calls about loud music, police chief Jim Tidwell said July 26. The festival’s park permit allowed the event to be in the park until 10 p.m. Police officers followed up on the noise level complaints and made sure the music stopped at 10 p.m., he said. By KATHY DAVIS- Times Reporter
Photo by Ericka Kastner
Crowds gathered in Buena Vista last weekend for the Collegiate Peaks Music Festival and Balloona Vista.
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Local leaders hear ideas for economic development
| Deana Sheriff, former economic development director for Delta County, spoke July 21, at 9 a.m to a group of about 20 Chaffee County residents interested in hearing more about creating jobs in the county.
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| | News | | BV planning & zoning commission eyes
plans to deal with abandoned buildings | Buena Vista Planning and Zoning Commissioners July 21 continued to work on developing a town policy to address issues of vacant buildings. The town hopes to find a way to deal with vacant buildings and with the abandoned service station at U.S. Hwy. 24 and East Main Street.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 More... |  | | Mission needs school supplies | Arkansas Valley Christian Mission Station will distribute school supplies to about 90 mission children beginning Monday, Aug. 16. The children are in kindergarten through high school.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 More... | | | DeMoor collects Catholic stories | Seth DeMoor, 25, turned to the power of his feet and the power of the Internet to wake other Catholics up to the idea of living their faith. DeMoor, a recent University of Colorado graduate, biked from Florida to Colorado over three months, and stopped along the way to video the stories of over 200 Catholics and load them onto his Web site, onebillionstories.com.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 More... | | | Town to prepare ordinance to ban dispensaries | In a decision which could reverse a previous ordinance, the Buena Vista trustees July 27 approved a motion 5-1 directing town employees to prepare an ordinance to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in Buena Vista. Trustee Duff Lacy voted no.
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| | Letters | | Lasting influence | There were several news stories in the July 22 issue of The Times that have the potential for influencing this community for years to come, but the one with the most long-term influence was about the resignation of Carole Barnes from her position as first-grade teacher at Avery-Parsons Elementary School.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 More... | | | Library thanks | The Buena Vista Public Library annual Book Sale was held on Saturday, July 10, and it is my pleasure to report that we received $4,040 from the sale of the books, videos and audio books donated to the library throughout the year. As always, the funds will be used to add new materials to the library's collection.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 More... | | | Breakfast in the Classroom | Avery-Parsons Elementary School is launching a new breakfast program this year, "Breakfast in the Classroom." We received two grants to start up. What a great opportunity to offer breakfast to students no matter what their income.
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