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filled w ith tiny, ns Shadow boxes figurine s of Dungeo hand-pa inted in Don characte rs hung were and Dragons living room. They Lansford’s new moved to boxes before he space. hidden away in there just wasn’t larger Lazy K because home isn’t much Even though the place at the Holden than his previous feels that home park, it Village mobile said. much bigger, he Gandalf in a hob“I don’t feel like now,” got room for stuff like a bit house, I’ve “It just feels more Lansford said.
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n home.” to the Gunniso Lansford moved College Western State two Valley to attend rented for the past in 1996, and has dreamed of buying a decades. He always to save up for a house, but struggled crawled , as home prices down payment upward. leaving the consider to begun He had the City stumbled across valley when he housing first affordab le of Gunniso n’s K. development, Lazy
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some “I think we have leaders risAbby Harrison tic talent of young It’s hard to … Times Staff Writer ing in our district process how any hiring School know I am hopeful Gunniso n Middle will unfold, but Hanks and some strong Principa l Andy ary School that we'll have tes,” Nichols internal candida Gunniso n Element will Seefried Principal Michael their positions continued on A10 both depart from the Gunnison next fall, leaving
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cheatgra ss and County’s new tor. 40 community restoration coordina Approximately at the Fred habitat event was hosted by Bella Biondini The members gathered in partMarch 1 for a Times Editor Gunniso n County Field Center on n s treatment work- nership with the Gunniso and a free cheatgras District and help landownWith funding secured tor in shop designed to Conser vation of impacts ancy of the coordina understand the the Bird Conserv workshop new cheatgrass are taking ers Although not the noxious weed. this work- Rockies. The all-day of topics place, county leaders and ss range awarene kind, covered a wide the first of its steps to build of the invasive first event orgaCheatgrass A8 slow the spread range in the shop was the Gunnison g Simic, nized by Petar weed’s expandin Gunnison Basin.
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