January 2026

 

January was a mix of snow (not much), fall temperatures, and bitter cold. With highs in the upper sixties and lows of negative eight as reported by the AG Met sensor in Penrose. The snow did not equal to any reported precipitation for the month. We are hoping winter doesn’t let us down as we really could use a lot of moisture.

Please be prepared for our Annual Shareholders meeting to be held February 28^th at the Penrose Elementary School at 1:00 pm. All shareholders must either attend or sign a Proxy to the proxy committee or another shareholder to have your shares represented. This is very important as we must establish a Quarum to have a meeting. A Quarum consists of 1766 shares represented either in person or proxy signed to another shareholder or proxy committee. This year we have three Board of Director positions to vote on. One of the positions is a vacant position, one is a two- year term as the interim position must be voted on and currently held by Steve Parr and the third position is currently held by Bart Adams as his term is up, however he is running to maintain the Board position for another 3 years. If you should be interested in any of these board positions, please attend the meeting and have another shareholder nominate you for any of the positions above.

Hope to see you at the Annual Shareholders Meeting!

 

 

2025 was a very interesting year. The following is a summary of the year.

January started the year with cold and snow throughout Penrose. Preparation for the annual shareholder meeting in February was underway. February the Annual Shareholders meeting was held on 2/22/25 with 63% participation either in person or via proxy. Charlie Newlon retained his Board seat with Steve Smith winning the vote for the open position. March was warm and dry. Repairs and ditch cleaning was completed. April gave us the ability to start irrigation water early. Weather was mostly warm and dry until a Spring snow storm in the later half of April. May provided us with much needed 2 ½ inches of rain, this created issues with irrigation canals filled with grass clippings after it dried out. Grass and other debris should never be put into the irrigation water canals. 1^st irrigations were almost completed with seconds following after completion. The ditch riders were provided with tablets to record irrigations for a more- timely view of where the water is. June followed suit with May providing the area with 2 inches of rain. After the rain dried, many fields were in the process of 1^st cuttings. As always, we have shareholders running irrigation water off their fields unto the road. This is not only a Beaver Park Water problem but it is a County and State issue that we have to account for and each shareholder could be held responsible for any damage caused by their neglect. July was hot and dry most of the month. Rain was falling north of us creating the creek to flow at 40 c.f.s. Irrigation water has been plentiful for this year. Second irrigations are almost completed with thirds following shortly behind. August delivered us heavy rain throughout the region primarily north west of Penrose causing flooding down the canals. September provided a mixture of summer and fall temperatures. Water in the creek remained high. Third irrigations were ending with some starting forth irrigations. Unfortunately, we lost one of our Board Members, Steve Smith due to a sudden death. The Board appointed an interim board member, Steve Parr until the annual shareholders where he could run for the balance of the 2 -year term. We also lost a previous ditch rider, Larry Degenhart. Larry worked the West Side as a ditch rider for over ten years. October was warm and dry with the creek still running at 15 c.f.s. Some shareholders have elected to continue irrigating while others are done for the season. November was mostly dry. Due to a resignation, we do have an opening for a ditch rider. December was warm for the month with no snow anticipated for the holidays. Sadly, we lost our Board President that had been a board member for almost 40 years. Sonny Daniels was born and raised in Penrose. He led the Board with a strong conviction to preserve Beaver Park Water and was an advocate for all shareholders. His knowledge of our system is irreplaceable. He will be truly missed.