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- Bart Garton
- Bart Andrew Garton was born 2 July 1962 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Dave and Sara Garton, Jr. At four years of age, he removed to Vail and Colorado ski country with his family. In 1980, Garton graduated from Aspen High School, where he developed a love for theatre and film production. In 1984, Garton graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering specializing in the field of Product Design. He was a drummer in the politically colorful Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB). In 1988, Bart Garton formed Garton Video Productions, Inc. wherein he works as a cutting-edge video producer for the web and television. To his credit are productions for the Discovery Channel, 20/20, U.S. Paralympic Ski Team and the Handcycling Federation. In the 1990s, Garton and his wife, Lulu, owned Gondo’s Saloon in the old Gondola Building in Lionshead. In addition, Garton is president of the board of directors for Vail Valley Theatre Company. Garton is married to Lulu von Dedenroth. They have three children: daughter Bailey and sons Rio and Quaid. Bailey Garton inherited her father’s love of movies. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in Documentary Filmmaking, Bailey Garton now works as an “Underwater Video Pro,” as well as with her father. The Gartons currently make their home in Edwards, Colorado.
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- Bart Owens
- Cattle rancher in Mack in the early 1900's.
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- Basil T. Knight
- He was born in Ontario, Canada to Henry Knight, a Scottish immigrant and farm laborer, and to Selena Jane (Lucas) Knight, a homemaker. They moved in 1903 to an island in Michigan at the mouth of Lake Erie named Gross Isle, where he helped his family set up a small farm. He attended school at Michigan Agricultural College and studied agriculture and education. He joined the ROTC while in college and his unit was called to active service during World War I. While in school he met his wife, Velma Roe. They purchased a seven-acre orchard on 35 road in Palisade, Colorado in 1922. When a local teacher died in 1923, Knight was asked to step in for her at the Mt. Lincoln School because of his college background. He did so, and it became the start of a long career in education. He was soon asked to become principal of the school, which was a 1-8 school at that time. In 1925, he began teaching mathematics at Grand Junction High School, a job he kept until 1956. Upon his retirement from teaching he became a social worker for Mesa County Valley School District 51 and was known as Hooky John, presumably for his work combating truancy. He was elected Superintendent of Schools for Mesa County in 1962 and held the office until 1967, when he abolished it because it no longer served much purpose (after the creation of the three county districts, Mesa, De Beque, and Plateau Valley, each with their own superintendent). While superintendent, he reintroduced the spelling bee to Mesa County schools. Upon dissolving the office of superintendent he became the family contact person, in essence a social worker, for Mesa County School District 51’s new school for migrant worker children, a position he kept until around 1980. He was skilled at working with migrant students. Because many migrant workers in the Grand Valley were Navajo at that time, he toured the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Basil received an award from the Colorado Educational Association for being an outstanding educator, helped form the Mesa County Teachers Federal Credit Union, chaired the Mesa County Spelling Bee, and collected clothes for the Navajo in Kayenta, Arizona. Today, the Mesa County School District 51 administration building is named for him. The Kiva in the Mesa County Library Central Branch, which was demolished during the building's latest remodel, was also named for him. *Photograph from the 1943 Grand Junction High School yearbook.