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Grand Valley Power, 845 22 Road, named Coy Sears the recipient of the 2021 Western Colorado Community College Electric Lineworker Scholarship.
The scholarship is awarded to a Mesa County resident pursuing a career as an electric lineworker and is attending WCCC.
Sears, a 2020 graduate of Fruita Monument High School, is a full-time student at WCCC and is certified in emergency medical response. He was a member of the National High School Rodeo Association and Tri-County Rodeo Team. He also volunteered for the Grand Junction Fire Department.
âProviding our community with opportunities to further their education is one of seven cooperative principles and it remains close to GVPâs heart,â said Christmas Wharton, communications manager of Grand Valley Power. âWe are proud to award exceptional students like Coy who aspire to further their education.â
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Two local irrigation districts are looking to replace the aging Grand Valley Power hydroelectric plant by the Colorado River near Palisade with a new, adjacent plant after deciding against trying to keep the old plant running.
The Orchard Mesa Irrigation District and Grand Valley Water Users Association expect to spend some $10 million, not counting cash spending and in-kind contributions to date, on what is to be called the Vinelands Power Plant. It will replace a plant that dates to the early 1930s.
The existing plant is owned by the federal Bureau of Reclamation but administered by the two local irrigation entities, with Orchard Mesa Irrigation overseeing day-to-day operations and Grand Valley Water Users diverting water for it. The local entities hold a lease of power privilege contract granted by Bureau of Reclamation to operate and maintain the existing plant, and will be negotiating a new lease with the agency for the new plant.
UNION OF NONE, 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, Wingers Bar and Pool Hall, 3225 I-70 Business Loop, Unit 12A, Clifton, facebook.com/wingersbarpoolhall.
ELI COOK, doors 7 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 7, The Listening Room at Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery, 232 E. Main St., Montrose, an intimate evening of blues, limited capacity seating, show also will be live-streamed, tickets $25, tickets at the gallery and healthyrhythm.net.
CHANCEY WILLIAMS, 7:30–11 p.m. Friday, May 7, Warehouse 25Sixty-Five, 2565 American Way, country rock, $25, warehouse2565.com.
GABRIELLE LOUISE, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, Poulos Park in Paonia, Live Music Still Soothes the Soul Series with guests Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears, $25 in advance, $30 day of show, paradiseofpaonia.com.