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Good afternoon! It's Josue with today's newsletter.
It's just a few weeks into the fall sports season at Montrose High School, but all teams are off to strong starts. In fact, as of today, boys soccer, softball, volleyball and football all have winning records.
MHS Athletic Director Lyle Wright has an idea of why the school's athletic programs perform so well: coaching.
"What separates us (from the others) is coaching," Wright told MDP contributor Stephen Woody.
Woody did some digging and found that MHS has either won or finished second in 56 Southwestern League championships since 2004.
With the way MHS teams are playing right now, they could add to that total before winter.
Realities at rural hospitals: Lisa Young of the Delta County Independent, our sister paper, spoke with Matt Heyn, CEO of Delta Health, regarding the hospital's financial struggles.
The hospital was experiencing loss before the pandemic, but it's been exacerbated since the pandemic's start. Financial viability has been a challenge for other rural hospitals, too.
"Let the legislators and the regulators know that we take care of a very rural community and we deserve Sole Community Hospital status just because we're a mile too close to Montrose shouldn't mean that we have to suffer from a financial standpoint," said Heyn.
Meeting at MADA tonight: The La Raza/Tortilla Flats historic context survey kick-off meeting is tonight at 6:30 p.m. at MADA offices (17 N. 6th St.).
The event has been months in the making after the City of Montrose received a $25,000 grant from History Colorado to prepare a historic context survey. It's intended to provide some insight into the history of Tortilla Flats and how to best recognize and designate the neighborhood.
"We hope that this will lead to some sort of formal historical designation for the neighborhood that will be beneficial to its residents," said Jon Horn, chair of the Montrose Historic Preservation Commission, in March.
The city is encouraging participation from the community for tonight's event.
In case you missed it: Montrose-based Geyser Systems is making some moves. The company announced this week its plans to distribute water-optimizing products in Mexico.
"The people of Mexico City immediately recognize our product as a means to reduce their water and energy bills by ten times," CEO and Founder Jonathan Ballesteros said. "They now see a whole new future beyond what's occurring today: waiting and fighting for water trucks to deliver potable water to their homes. The current challenges make us a great fit for Mexico."
I spoke with Ballesteros in March regarding the company's recent endeavors and future goals. Part of those goals include expanding to other countries — the company secured an exclusive distributor in Australia earlier this year.
Montrose trivia: It's been fun receiving your submissions for trivia! Let's keep it rolling.
How many years has it been since Montrose's "Snoballs" began serving the community?
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