Meet the candidates for Kremmling Town Council
Erik C. Woog
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
I have been a business owner for nearly 30 years, I sponsor many local events such as Kremmling Days and the Demolition Derby, and donate to many local entities. I have previously served on multiple committees such as the recent storage and aesthetics committee, and the off highway vehicle ordinance committee. I currently sit on the HTA (Headwaters Trails Alliance) board, and formerly served as a Trustee on the Kremmling Town Board. I continue to be actively involved in the creation and maintenance of local area trails. Additionally, I am a member of the Grand County Search and Rescue Advanced Backcountry Team. Kremmling is not just an awesome community to raise my family but it’s my home. I care deeply about its viability and direction moving forward.
David Sammons
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
I have been involved in many things in my 30 years in Kremmling. I served on the Middle Park Fair Board as the rodeo superintendent for 20 years, I am on the Sanitation Board, and have been involved with both the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association and the Middle Park Farm Bureau. I have also been involved with our local FFA Chapter. I help out behind the scenes with a lot of activities in and around Kremmling. If there is a need for equipment or supplies or labor for activities such as Kremmling Days or the numerous fund raising events, I can and do help.
Holly Martinson
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
Although small, my family and I attend and support the various events throughout the town as well as shop local.
Most of my volunteering has been related to our kids and their activities. In the past, I have helped out in the their classrooms, chaperoned trips, chaperoned activities at the school as well as cooked food for fundraisers and teacher conferences. They are also involved with 4-H where I have helped with BBQ’s, highway clean-ups, and fair concessions. I have tremendous respect for the residents of Kremmling who you continuously see helping at events throughout the town and now that our kids are getting older my goal is to volunteer more widely within the community.
Richard Terwilliger
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
As a personal accomplishment for me that also benefits the Town of Kremmling, I have donated cars to the fire station for their practice for 10 years.
I have also hauled scrap metal since 2002 – that cleans up our Town. I have also volunteered my time at town clean-up and fishing contest. I donate money and goods for the Christmas program, West Grand Wishes ‘operated by Todd Willson. I have also helped people get into town safely who have had trouble on Highway 9 and 40. I have even hauled they broke down cars free of charge into Kremmling. I tell them that’s what we do in Kremmling, help those in real need. That’s what I do to make a difference.
Wes Howell
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
My contributions to our community would include sitting on our town council and rec sports.
I’ve enjoyed coaching youth football, basketball, and baseball. For those of you who don’t know coaching in a small community like ours a coach is more than a coach. They maintain the area of play, schedule games, find refs, organize concessions, and the list goes on. I have spent hundreds of hours maintaining our baseball fields so our youth teams and adult softball teams had a safe field to play on. I am currently on a citizen committee to redesign our Red Mountain Sports Complex.
In our community most if not all events require volunteers. I would like to thank everyone who has volunteered their time and would like to leave you with a question. How have you done your part?
Grace Bohall
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
I have been a member of the Kremmling Rotary Club for four years and am the current treasurer. Through Rotary, I have volunteered at many of the events, including meet the candidates, community dinners, and working concessions, in which we use the proceeds to give back to the community. I was on the Kremmling Chamber Board for 3 years, also serving as treasurer. During my term I volunteered at Kremmling Days. The last two years I have also served as a judge at the Middle Park Fair, and I am also a current town trustee.
Scott Crandall
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
I have served on the Kremmling Town Board for six years. Along with the other board members, we have successfully worked on several large projects, such as finish the water line project in Kremmling Country, finding a new town manager, and continue paving other roads around town. We also worked to improve Doc Ceriani Park, and the roof at the ice rink. We continue to plan for future projects as well. I’ve also served on other boards for many years including the Mountain Valley Christian Academy school board. As well, I own a couple businesses that continue to contribute and offer services to the community.
Leo Pesch III
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
Most of my contributions I have made to Kremmling are through work related events. I have been a teacher/ coach for over 30 years in the town of Kremmling. As anyone who serves in the education industry knows, we don’t get into this profession for the money. A great majority of my extra time through the years has been spent coaching and mentoring the youth of Kremmling. I am pleased to have been supportive of the students and families of West Grand, getting to be a part of several generations of families.
I have also served on a recreation committee and also coached recreation sports, baseball, basketball, and football. I currently run a golf tournament, (Lazy Shamrock) for the school to raise money. The money is spent on a wide range of things for students. Every summer, I take the student-athletes of Kremmling to camps all around the state. I am committed to the families of our town and want to see our town flourish for years and generations to come.
Peter L. Moschonas
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
I am a member of the Grand County Historical Association and have volunteered for the Kremmling museum. I have helped repair pipes, repair waterheaters, reworked manifolds, hung pictures, and weed eated.
I have also enjoyed volunteering at the Kremmling Chamber for the ice fishing tournament, Christmas tree lighting, Roadkill supper and Kremmling Days. I have also done repairs at the Chamber. I believe in helping my neighbors and will often shovel snow for them, cut down trees and help wherever needed.
Meet the Mayor Candidates
Grover Pryor
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
I’m raising a family in Kremmling so I’m involved in and support a pretty wide range of activities. I have been a beef superintendent at the fair and helped with the ranch rodeo for the past 10 years. I think Kremmling Days and the Middle Park Fair and Rodeo are very important to our community. We love the Demolition Derby and everything it brings to town. My wife, Sara, is on the Education Foundation. My kids are already showing their dogs, horses and sheep at fair. They have been in dance, cheerleading, the junior rodeo, and Learn to Skate. We hunt and fish within a few miles of town. I have a lot to benefit from all of the fun things we have to do in Kremmling and always help when I can.
Thomas Clark
What positive contributions have you made to Kremmling? Please address boards you have served on, volunteer activities, promotional events you may help with, etc.?
When I first came to Kremmling in 1994 I worked with Father John to do maintenance on St Peter’s Church & its rectory. We also helped many residents with moving, maintenance/construction, food, and whatever they needed.
I also helped rebuild the bowling alley and became the secretary-treasurer of the Thursday night men’s league and then later became the secretarytreasurer of the Grand County Bowling Association.
In 2002 I was elected mayor of Kremmling. Working with the managers, the Board of Trustees and others, over the past 16 years,, we have accomplished the following;
• Complete revamping of the water system (we no longer have water restrictions or black water)
• New playground equipment in the kiddie park and Ceriani Park, and the new hockey rink at the Red Mountain Complex
• Collaborating with the chamber, businesses, and citizens we built a visitor center and chamber building with a stage in the Town Square
• We finished the streetscape of Park Avenue (curb/gutter and sidewalks, lights, benches and lane realignment)
• The town has annexed lands into our boundaries for the Kremmling Mercantile and the K-8 school
• The town has been supportive ofnew businesses like the Kum and Go and the Dollar Store
• The town continues to work with the Kremmling Area Chamber of Commerce on permitting for fireworks and cash and in-kind to help staff the Visitor Center and help with events
Boards, groups and volunteer activities;
Grand County Water Information Network- founder and past chair
I-70 Coalition- initial member
Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative founding member and past chair
Colorado Basin Round Table- Lobbied for the legislation and past elected at large member
Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG)(This group consists of the Governmental entities in Grand, Jackson, Summit, Routt and Pitkin counties as well as Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs and Carbondale)- Secretary-Treasurer and employee health pool representative NWCCOG/QQ- Vice chair of this water quality and quantity group
NWCCOG Economic Development District- Chair
NWCCOG Regional Transportation Coordinating Council- Chair and founding member
Northwest Transportation Planning Region- Kremmling representative
Grand County local emergency planning committee- Elected official representative
Grand County Utility Coordinating Council- Kremmling representative
Grand County Mayors, Managers, Commissioners- Kremmling representative
Kremmling planning and zoning- Board member
Various specific topic groups- creative, housing, economic resilience, etc.
Boards that distribute grant fundsforest help, water projects, seniors (nutrition, health, transportation, etc.)
The Grand Gazette will be introducing candidates for mayor and town council over the next few weeks. Ballots will be mailed before March 19 and this should give early voters a chance to get to know the candidates before then. Ballots need to be returned to the Town Hall in person or by mail by April 3. If you would like to see a question for all the candidates answered here, please email to grandgazette@gmail.com.
