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<br />OClober, 1961
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<br />Colorado RUIlIl Electric; News
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<br />Prizes Set For Christmas Lighting
<br />Winners In Mountain ViewTerritory
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<br />Mountain View Electric Association
<br />will again sponsor a residential Christ-
<br />mas Lighting_ Contest in -1961. Details
<br />of prb.:es, ~ dates of'the contest will
<br />he announced in the November issue
<br />Of Colorado Rural Electric News.
<br />" plvislons' of the Contest will be as
<br />follows: D.ivlslon I"the_arell within II
<br />circle two miles in diaMeter, the center
<br />of which will :be tlie Mountain View
<br />Electric ~sociation- OUice in Limon.
<br />Division II, ,all otjl.er .area served by
<br />MO,untllin Electric Assn. '
<br />New(!oJ;Iler's Division, all of the ar€'1l
<br />served by Mountain View-Electric Assn..
<br />Special.rules-fof_ the Newcomer's DiVI-
<br />sion: Persons entering this division
<br />must not have entered previous MVEA
<br />Christmas Lighting Contests; Total 610:-
<br />penses (excepting whit~ light bulbs
<br />usable for other than decorative pur-
<br />poses) may not exceed $25.00. This con_
<br />test division allows persons with llmited
<br />means or decorative experience to com-
<br />p'ete for top prizes.
<br />All communities will receive a great
<br />many benefits from an allolit effort to
<br />decorate homes in their areas.. The con-
<br />test will provide pleasure for e..,eryone
<br />participating, will beatify the com-
<br />munities during the Holiday Season',
<br />and will foster friendlier community
<br />spirit.
<br />MVEA wishes to apologize to the
<br />member in the Fountain area who en-
<br />tered the Christmas Lighting Contest
<br />last year, whose home was not judged
<br />due to the lateness on the hour the
<br />judges arrived in the community. Bar-
<br />ing untorseen clxcumstances, all entries
<br />'?fill be judged this year, and pictures
<br />of the wlm~ins: homes will be forward-
<br />ed to,the papers serving the area.
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<br />Charlie Davis, Monte Vista, Is
<br />shown being presented wIth the cer-
<br />tIficate for the George Wilson Me.
<br />morlol ScholarshIp. Ray ViUyard,
<br />chairman of the San Luis Volley rural
<br />electric makes the presentation.
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<br />lIIewEfficiency At
<br />Sangre De Cristo
<br />
<br />The massive structure of steel that is
<br />visible from 'the highway north of
<br />Buena Vista, is the much talked about,
<br />and' greatly needed substation for San-
<br />gre De Cristo Electric Ass'n.
<br />Irby Construction 'Company of Jack-
<br />son, MississIppi, was awarded the con-
<br />u.act when the bids were opened June
<br />7, 1961. Irby Construction Co., was
<br />detained in starting and did not arrive
<br />in Buena Vista until September 1st.
<br />In approximately two weeks the sub-
<br />station Was erected. On Sept. 15th it
<br />was energized for testing purposes, and
<br />on September- 19th. it went into full
<br />ope.ration.
<br />At a ceremony Tuesday Sept. 19,
<br />1961 Paul Huntley, President of Sangre
<br />D'e Cristo Electric Ass'n.: closed the
<br />switch, energlzing the substation and
<br />making the neW"service to Buena' Vista
<br />and the surrounding area a realitJ<-.
<br />The new 3,750 KVA substation with
<br />2.81 miles of H5 KV' transmission lines,
<br />will greatly increase the efficiency of
<br />SangJ:e De Cristo Electric. The new
<br />substation wlll serve the Town of
<br />Buena Vista, north and south of Buena
<br />Vista, and the Colorado State Reforma_
<br />tory, with a cut in electricity line loss
<br />from 18 percent to 14 percent.
<br />Those present at the ceremony were
<br />Normal1 S. Knudson. mansger of San-
<br />gre De Cris~ Electric; Shirley Avery,
<br />Mayor of Bueno Vista. Carl Douglas,
<br />Deputy Warden of the Colorado State
<br />Reformatory; as well as seven directors
<br />of the Association.
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<br />
<br />.ltPaid These Folks
<br />To'Attend Annual
<br />Mountain View Meet
<br />
<br />L!-sUd,belqw are _the wlvners of the
<br />~mrn do~~"~:e'k~:;,"J~'l~I~d ~r..~!,eE~~:t~~J
<br />ASS'n.,'telll-ln,Llmon-Saturday, September
<br />9, J::~e .
<br />drill;
<br />Vernlo,
<br />room H
<br />Louis
<br />Blanket;
<br />lInA1fJ:n
<br />Addison,
<br />ChUl'oh.
<br />Ynrd J,;
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<br />CHEYENNE. -WYO.-National Rural
<br />Electric Cooperative Assn. Region VII
<br />annual meeting, Oct. 19.20, Plains Ho-
<br />tot
<br />DENVER- Farm Power Council, Oct.
<br />20, Hotel 'Continental-Denver.
<br />EVERY COMMUNITY _ Farm - City
<br />Week,Nov.17,23.
<br />DENVER_Midwest Electric Consum-
<br />ers Assn. annual meeting, Dec. 4-5,
<br />Shirley-Savoy Hotel.
<br />
<br />Creede Project Is
<br />Now Half Complete
<br />CREEDE-Workmen for the San LUIS
<br />Valley Rural Electric Co-op. Inc., are
<br />reported to be half-way completed with
<br />the new Creede project. The project
<br />calls for the installation of about eight
<br />miles of lines into the :Mineral County
<br />Seat town to serve some 300 users.
<br />'Work on the project was financed by
<br />a $427,000 REA loan recently approved
<br />for the San Luis Valley Association.
<br />The other portion of the loan will be
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<br />used by the group for normal expan-'
<br />&ion into areas served by their lines,
<br />The San Luis Valley rural electric
<br />was issued a franchise, by the Creede
<br />Town Board after they found out thst
<br />the costs 01 remodeling and updating
<br />their municipally owned plant would
<br />cost more than the city budget- could
<br />stand.
<br />The municipally owned plant pro-
<br />vided only the minimum service to
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<br />the users in the mining-town area. The
<br />mines in the area operated on their
<br />own power plants.
<br />Crews from San Luis Valley have
<br />been making the connections as rapidly
<br />as possible and the entire changover is
<br />expected sometime this fall.
<br />Included in the project will be setting
<br />up several new street lights in this
<br />mountain situated town.
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<br />WelL DONE-The annual top award for tlie best entry in 'the Youth Elec_
<br />tric Foil' went to .BUI Rooks of Grand Junction. The ploque w!.ls presented by
<br />President William Byers. Bill developed his drill press from old form machine
<br />parts and junk, with exception of the chuck which had to be purchased. Total
<br />cost wos $23.50, plus the motor. Other plaque winners were, Lorry Volber_
<br />ding of Elba route, Akron; and Carl Critchfjeld of Vernon, .
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<br />Virgil Wagner, and Ronald Wadleigh, both of the San Luis Valley inspect
<br />the boiler unit in .the Creede Municipal Power plant thot will be reploced by
<br />oil-new rural electric power. About 200 users will be connected to the lines
<br />In this project. -
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<br />UTILITY PLUS BEAUTY-To the eyes of people- interested in art or electricity, here we hove a thing of beouty.
<br />Scenic Buffalo Peak ood Midlond Hili range in the background, 0 beautiful blue sky and white billowy clouds to cor-
<br />respond with the shiny-new steel of Sangre De Cristo Electric Ass'n. substotion.
<br />Those in the foreground inspeding the new substation orel Ray Dewall, Weslcfiffe Office; Peter A. Young, Secre.
<br />t~ry.TreclSurerJ 0, C, .Greenwald, Boord Member; Doll B. MtCrory, State Board Member; Robert F. Horrlson, Engineer;
<br />GIlbert E. Gregg, EdItor of Chaffee County Republican; Paul L. Huntly, President; Willard A. Wolker, (back to camero)
<br />Boord Member; J, M, Kennon, Director-af.Large; and William S. Rush, Attorney of Sangre_ De Cristo Electric Ass'n.-
<br />Photo by Morri5 Studio
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