Kirk Stauffer is retiring from the Montezuma County road department after 42 years of service. Stauffer “did just about every job” in the department, and has seen a lot of improvement over the years. “Back then, it was 80 percent gravel roads, but thanks to taxes from Shell and Kinder Morgan, a lot of roads got paved and chipped-sealed,” he said. “I appreciated the steady job close to home, and I’m really looking forward to retirement.”
Kirk Stauffer is retiring from the Montezuma County road department after 42 years of service. Stauffer “did just about every job” in the department, and has seen a lot of improvement over the years. “Back then, it was 80 percent gravel roads, but thanks to taxes from Shell and Kinder Morgan, a lot of roads got paved and chipped-sealed,” he said. “I appreciated the steady job close to home, and I’m really looking forward to retirement.”Sam Green/The Journal