{"id":1310324,"date":"2019-05-15T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:16:00","slug":"rifle-chamber-awards-community-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Rifle Chamber awards community members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.4554579673777\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-978314-377\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.0393700787402\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7.4330708661417\">\n<p><strong>Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/postindependent.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+PostIndependent.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | Chairwoman Helen Rogers and other members of the New Ute Theater Society accept the award for the top nonprofit organization of the year last Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards ceremony.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.75\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chairwoman Helen Rogers and other members of the New Ute Theater Society accept the award for the top nonprofit organization of the year last Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards ceremony.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8.6785714285714\">\n<p><strong>Chairwoman Helen Rogers and other members of the New Ute Theater Society accept the award for the top nonprofit organization of the year last Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards ceremony.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/postindependent.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+PostIndependent.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-1.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | Jay Rickstrew accepts the Oran B. Harmon Person of the Year at Rifle's Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.2045454545455\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Rickstrew accepts the Oran B. Harmon Person of the Year at Rifle's Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7.6363636363636\">\n<p><strong>Jay Rickstrew accepts the Oran B. Harmon Person of the Year at Rifle&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/postindependent.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+PostIndependent.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-2.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-2.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent | New Your Chamber serving the Colorado River Valley director Tanya Doose talks during the annual dinner and awards Saturday at Garfield County Airport.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.1921052631579\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"New Your Chamber serving the Colorado River Valley director Tanya Doose talks during the annual dinner and awards Saturday at Garfield County Airport.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7.6210526315789\">\n<p><strong>New Your Chamber serving the Colorado River Valley director Tanya Doose talks during the annual dinner and awards Saturday at Garfield County Airport.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/postindependent.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+PostIndependent.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-3.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/RifleChamberAwards-rct-051619-1-3.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Rifle community celebrated its own last Saturday, as leaders from the western Garfield County town\u2019s top organizations cheered for one another at this year\u2019s local chamber of commerce annual dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Your Chamber serving the Colorado River Valley (formerly the Rifle Area Chamber of Commerce) hosted its annual dinner and awards at the Rifle-Garfield County Airport May 11, as several key organizations and community members were honored for the work they did in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Among the winners on Saturday was the New Ute Theater Society (N.U.T.S.), which served as a somewhat unconventional choice for nonprofit organization of the year, for their work isn\u2019t necessarily feeding hungry families or rehabilitating troubled teens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">However, its work in reestablishing the Ute Theatre as a legitimate concert hall has been enjoyed by many people in Rifle and the surrounding communities, and is clearly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOther nonprofits do wonderful work, but nothing like this has been recognized by the city before,\u201d said Helen Rogers, chair of N.U.T.S. \u201cI think to bring more culture and arts into the community is important as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">N.U.T.S. formed in the spring of 2010 as it set out to help rebuild one of Rifle\u2019s most treasured landmarks, the Ute Theater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After a renovation project was completed in 2017, which included new lighting, retractable seating and more, the Ute reopened and continues to be run by N.U.T.S. It has since been the site of high school proms, quinceaneras, music concerts and a variety of other different shows and conferences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">N.U.T.S. has been behind the scenes for each and every one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe were a group of people that wanted to see the Ute succeed and do well in the downtown area,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cIt\u2019s really brought in all kinds of people from the Western Slope and Denver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Alpine Bank\u2019s Jay Rickstrew, who also serves as the president of the Garfield Re-2 School Board, was honored with the final award of the night as he was named the Oran B. Harmon Person of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201c[To win an award like this] You have to have a lot of great people behind you to make that happen,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Rickstrew and his family moved to Rifle in 1996 and would go on to call the town home for 20 plus years and counting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cRifle is just a great place to raise a family,\u201d he said. \u201cWe came to the town new to the area, and the town just embraced us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:azorn@citizentelegram.com\">azorn@citizentelegram.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/rifle-chamber-awards-community-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards Saturday at Rifle-Garfield County Airport.Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent Buy Photo Chairwoman Helen Rogers and other members of the New Ute Theater Society accept the award for the top nonprofit organization of the year last Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards ceremony.Kyle Mills \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-11 01:52:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}