G Address Service Requested GUNNISON±ALLEY Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 11 Gunnison, UT ECRWSS *wet eft,f4tereefAfit Ifeuvizafteti Volume 7 • Number 40 3 Thursday, October 6, 2011 Copy Price • One dollar Gunnison's Main Street gets a face lift Gunnison Auxiliary Post 104 will be selling raffle tickets to raise money for Girls State at the Gunnison Market Oct. 7 & 8 Please come & support their efforts. Donations for the raffle can be brought into the store or given to Elaine Jensen. Haunted River Walk Every Fri, Sat & Mon in October $5 per person $20 per family Gunnison City's 2011 facade initiative is well underway. To this point 17 businesses have signed up to participate in the program. The program offers a 50% matching grant, up to 53000 for businesses willing to improve their facades. The grant comes 25% from the county and 25% from the city. As part of their initiative, businesses are also offered a free private consultation with Don Hartley, the Utah State Historical architect. Several facade restorations have been completed and many more are currently underway. ar • en me unman "a ey azette Action Video Plus, previously K&Js, is being prepared for a new coat of stucco. Gunnison Camp DUP Meeting Mon Oct 3 • 2 pm Gunnison Stake Center A worker paints the Golden Sea Restaurant. Mar Hen one uninson Va ey azette - The work on Dorius Law Office and Farmers Insurance has been completed. Hillsports has new windows, stucco and paint. Blood Drive Fri Oct 7 • 2 - 7 pm LDS Stake Center LDS Singles 30+ Dance Fri Oct 14 • 7 pm @ Salina Stake Center Senior Pot Luck Dinner Oct 17 • 6 pm Gunnison City Hall Axtell's Got Talent Ward and Community Party Tue Oct 18 • 6:30 Axtell Ward Building Dutch oven pork ribs and potato dinner Mar - Hen we/ unntson Va ey azette Workers from Dave's Custom Cabinets have completed work on the Dorius Law Office and Hillsports' Building and are currently working on Action Video, the Golden Sea Restaurant, Body Barn and Coach B's Lotsa Motsa Pizza facades. Front: Levi and Shaydon Olsen. Back: David Olsen, Jesse Fullmer and Pascual Sanchez. Mar Hen ine/ ultimo'? Va ey azette - The old facade has been removed from the Body Barn and Coach Bs Lotsa Motsa revealing the signs from previous occupants Gunnison Implement and Rasmussen's Ace hardware. ar • en me unntson "a ey azette Runners headed out early Saturday morning to join the 5K Walk to Remember to benefit Gunnison Valley's Home Health and Hospice. Run to Remember 5K held by EMILY COX The second annual Run to Remember 5K race, sponsored by Gunnison Home Health and Hospice, was held this past Saturday October 1st in Gunnison. It was a beautiful morning for the 5K walk/run. 41 participants signed up to race, with many of the runners pushing strollers. Prior to the race 51 balloons were released in honor of the Hospice patients who have passed on since last October. The Hospice and Home Health employees and volunteers were privileged to help them on their journey home and they wanted to hold this fundraiser to continue to help their families heal and honor them. All proceeds from the race will go towards memorials for the families this winter. The winners of the 5K were first place, Gabe Howell, 16, of Manti with a very impressive time of 17:51. Second place went to Ryan Campbell of Logan, with a time of 20:10 and 3rd place went to Joseph Howell, 13 Manti, his time was 20:23. Prizes were given to the winners and participants. Sponsors include Rasmussen Ace Hardware in Gunnison, Candies on Main of Manti, Subway of Gunnison, T & R Sports of Ephraim, Coach B's Lotsa Motsa of Gunnison, and Therapy West. Three very impressive walkers all over the age of 80 also completed the walk: Kirsten Olsen, Iris Neill and Betty Oliver. The Scott and Leslie Johnson family of Sterling, along with the members of the Hess family both walked to honor their loved ones who have passed on this year. 2 The Haunted Tamarack Trai put on by the Gunnison Valley ref mod: Businessmen, opened this past Monday evening. It has two trails, one for young . *444_ children that is not scary, and one for older children and adults that is sure to give lots of chills and thrills. It will be open on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays throughout the month of October from 7 until 10 p.m. The proceeds from the event go to run the programs the businessmen provide such as the free Christmas movie in December.