Celebrating 125 years and more

Stephen Woody

The Notebook

Birthday coming — Montrose’s big 125th celebration is Saturday. All-day long in downtown Montrose. The parade is at 11 a.m., the community photo at 2 p.m.. Plus a big schedule of entertainment and other activities, at Centennial Plaza.

  • Wednesday night/125th birthday notes, at the Montrose Pavilion.

  • The hat looks good on you, mayor.

  • A number of people turned out in “period dress”….including: city councilor Noelle Hagan, Marilyn Cox, and other tickets/usher volunteers like: Carolyn Bellavance, Prescilla Fry, Carla Gartner, Michelle Gottlieb, Cheryl Harshman, Yvonne McChesney, Vanessa Sprang, Richard Fike, Susanna Fuerste-Fry, Jim Gibson, Carol Harris-Fike, Katie McChesney, Sandy Nelson.

    Would believe their spirit of volunteerism added some zest to the spirit of the evening..

  • Happy Birthday Greetings! to One of Life’s Good Guys, Rotary Club president and school board member, Jim Schwoebel.

  • Speaking of One of Life’s Good Guys…….

    The Notebook was saddened to read how Eldon Musselmann is retiring for good, closing his doors of his shoe shop/boot repair this weekend.

    Simply put, he’s the best “leathersmith” I’ve known. He’s fixed Woody family briefcases, baseball gloves, footwear, purses and so forth. Always with a friendly conversation, and a reasonable price. An artisan, and a good man.

  • One more retirement note, also for One of Life’s Good Guys, Mary Lou Jeffers.

    Mary Lou has been the longtime night mailroom foreman for the Daily Press. She joined us when we added our Sunday edition, almost 10 years ago.

    We print a good many Western Slope newspapers in our commercial printing division, and part of the service is mailroom services. We have two crews, one day, one night, and they “assemble” the newspaper after printing — inserting sections, specials, and all those marketing inserts.

    Mary Lou was responsible for staff scheduling and making sure the right insert got into the right newspaper on the right day. Get it wrong, and the telephone rings and the complaints roll in. Mary Lou got it right, and did so gracefully. She often followed up with printing customers via telephone to ensure the proper order.

    She’s a cancer survivor, too — three-plus years out, and doing well. Her positive outlook was good for us, and our customers.

    She’ll be missed, and we wish her the best.

  • Coming Sunday, in the Montrose Daily Press. It’ll be a good one.

  • We’re publishing a special four-page “wrap” on “brite-white” paper, commemorating the community group photo at 2 p.m. Saturday in Centennial Plaza. It’s part of the city’s 125th anniversary celebration. In this extra coverage, there will be photos, stories about the Saturday festivities. Photojournalist Barton Glasser and members of the Daily Press staff will provide the coverage.

  • Sunday Feature: What else — a story about Montrose and its 125th birthday. Montrose native/historian/book author and Daily Press Lifestyles Editor Elaine Hale Jones provides the story.

  • Sunday Focus: Photojournalist Joel Blocker has a photo essay about the Montrose High School girls soccer team.

  • Sunday Opinion: Telling people what they owe is complex. Montrose County tax assessor Brad Hughes explains the hows-and-whys of county taxation, in a Sunday guest column. Also, Garrison Keillor’s column and your letters.

  • Sunday Sports: Sports Editor Jonathan Maness and staff provide a weekend wrap-up of local sports.

  • Inserts: USAWeekend magazine, pre-printed marketing info.

  • More music Saturday. This update, from Blue Sky’s Dave Bowman:

  • Donny Morales, at Blue Sky Music/Books, after the parade.

  • Main Street Blues Band, at Canyon Creek Bed & Breakfast, 7 p.m.

  • Top Shelf Jazz, at La Cabana at Sicily’s, 9 p.m.

  • Quotable

    “If you hear a voice within you saying, ‘You are not a painter,’ then by all means, paint. And that voice will be silenced.”

    —Vincent Van Gogh, artist

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