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- University of Northern Colorado
- The University of Northern Colorado is a public baccalaureate and graduate research university located in Greeley, Colorado.
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- Ute Water Conservancy District (Mesa County, Colorado)
- According to Fred Joseph Simpson, a founder of the district, he was driven to find drinking water solutions for rural Mesa County people when he returned from World War I to find his parents hauling drinking water to their ranch by horse-drawn carriage. He became chairman of a Grand Valley committee to bring water to rural areas. They worked with county agent Richard “Dick” Woodfin, who was instrumental in the helping organize a committee that included people from throughout the valley. The water committee, as Simpson refers to it, solicited plans from the US Bureau of Reclamation for the Collbran-Vega water project. They received preliminary plans from the Bureau in 1944. Construction began in 1957, and by 1967, the project brought water to the Conservancy and the Grand Valley. Rhiney Wilbert served as the first manager of Ute Water. Wayne Weathers and Ted Ford were also managers. According to the Ute Water website, 90,000 Mesa County residents received water from the conservancy as of 2024.
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- Vail Players: Melodrama Theatre Group 1966 - 1971
- During the 1960s, Vail, Colorado was a fledgling ski town and the community often created its own entertainment. Spearheaded by John and Cissy Dobson, Lillian Miller, and Ted Poliac, the Vail Players melodrama theatre group operated between1966 and 1971, with its season running from June until October. Performances were often sold out and proceeds supported community projects such as the medical clinic and Vail Interfaith Chapel. On 31 December 1971, the Vail Players performed for a Vail Clinic fundraiser and “… out-of-town guests included House Republican Minority Leader, Congressman Gerald Ford of Michigan and his wife and youngsters …” John Dobson wrote and directed the productions. Community members participated as actors and worked behind the scenes with props, costumes, make-up and hairstyling, live music, or otherwise assisted with advertisement, set design, stage production and hosting the melodramas. Known Vail Players productions included: 1966 “Curse you, Sterling Finesoul,” 1967 “Abner Grubstake’s Secret,” 1968 “Dirty Doings at the Depot,” 1969 “Widow Heartaches Revenge,” 1970 “Aunty Bellum’s Last Stand,” and 1971 “Curse You, Villain” and “Snowplow and How!” Known actors and players included: Bob Allen, Shelley Barthel, Diane Burt, Jerome “Jerry” Blackwell III, Stephanie Cherin, Barbara Cooke, Karen Daly, JoAnn Deardorf, Brigette Duvall, Brooke Meyer Franzgen, Joan Garton, Barbara Gillmore, Kay Kauzlaurich, Jackie Klein, Merv Lapin, Dennis Mikottis, Lillian Miller, Buddy and Beverly Piper, Ted Poliac, Mark Rabin, George Rau, Red Shelsta, Marty Simmons, Carol Strickland, George Ward, and Jim Wolfe.
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- Vail Public Library
- Vail Public Library is the municipal library for the Town of Vail in Vail, Colorado. The library has been located in its current location since 1983. Vail Public Library offers access to information resources of many types to serve the needs of Vail’s guests, residents, businesses and schools. The library holdings include over 52,000 fiction, non-fiction, visual media, and audio books and more than 300 magazine subscriptions and newspapers in print or electronic format.