Dillon News

Responding to the Town of Dillon's proposal to move Gold Run Circle and the recreation path and allow tandem parking, a representative for the Yacht Club Condominiums says no way.

Dillon Dam Brewery Home Brew Competition grand prize winner Art Ballah and Dam Brewmaster Cory Forster brewed Ballah's Schwarzbier on the Dam's small batch system this week.

Bringing Richard Wagner's epic "Ring Cycle" to its cataclysmic ending, the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Gotterdammerung" will be broadcast live via HD transmission at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Eileen & Paul Finkel Auditorium at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge, and at the Skyline Movie Theater in Dillon.

To the joy of many residents in attendance at Tuesday's council meeting, Dillon Town Council approved the implementation of a "tax increment financing district," a tool which will hopefully allow the town to increase funds for redevelopment.

Parking at the Dillon Yacht Club condos has been a thorn in the Town of Dillon's side for years.

Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office.

Colorado Mountain College President Dr. Stan Jensen applauds after telling Dr. Kimberly Harding of her honor as the collegewide and local campus's full-time faculty of the year.

When Alton Scales, vice president of Colorado Mountain College in Dillon and Breckenridge, describes the selection process for faculty of the year, he makes it clear that it's much more than a popularity contest.

A wastewater treatment plant is a town operation that consumes more energy than just about any other single governmental department, but in Silverthorne, that energy consumption is being addressed - constantly.

Tickets in 2011 Breckenridge: 1,336 Sheriff's Office: 1,336 State Patrol: 1,234 Frisco: 1,288 Dillon: 1,142 *Silverthorne numbers not available Summit County's five law-enforcement agencies and Colorado State Patrol collectively handed out more than 7,000 traffic tickets last year, but they weren't gunning for quotas or cash, local authorities say.

Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that, while more than slightly annoyed that the dang snow fell again on the $#@$!!! Front Range and not here, nonetheless is somewhat thankful that it's not 38 below zero.

In Granby, Rich and Marge Dowell 970-531-2547 oxbowrdd@msn.com In Kremmling, Bob Dillon www.4bardtraining.com 970-724-3311 gunsmokebob@msn.com Rich and Marge Dowell teach a Colorado Concealed Carry class that allows participants to apply for the permit to carry a concealed handgun.

A storm moving across eastern Colorado today is expected to cross Summit County as well, perhaps delivering up to 2 feet of snow in some places by Saturday morning.

Winter gained a bit of traction in January, as snowfall was above average for the first time this season, by about 20 percent.

A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m., Feb. 7 at the regular Dillon Town Council meeting, where council will consider amending its urban renewal plan to implement tax increment financing.

All business people doing business in the Town of Dillon are invited to the annual meeting of the Dillon Business Association on Thursday, at 6 p.m. at the Dillon branch of U.S. Bank at 704 E. Anemone Trail in Dillon.

Summit's state Rep. Millie Hamner is pushing legislation that would set aside nearly $2.5 million for forest restoration, wildfire prevention and pine beetle mitigation projects over the next five years.

In 2009, the Red, White and Blue Fire District Color Guard leads the procession up Lincoln Avenue as the Masons recreate the laying of the cornerstone at the Summit County Courthouse which took place in 1909.

What: Art of Elan, 'Stepping Out' Music for String Trio When: 4 p.m. Sunday Where: Lord of the Mountain Church, Dillon Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

A successful recycling program in Summit County, combined with other factors, has made the business model for the landfill unsustainable, county officials say.