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INSIDE On Deck ...... 2 Gold for the Colorado capital dome was donated by CC&V ...7 AmeriCorps crew helps prevent, mitigate wildfi re threats ...... 2 Critter Corner ...... 7 2013 Midland Days Symposium ...... 2 2013-14 fi shing, hunting Mueller State Park’s spring programs and guided hikes ...... 13 In case of haunting...... 3 licenses now on sale ...... 8 Guffey Cemetery ...... 14 The Slowpoke...... 4 Saved in time: The fi ght to establish Florissant Fossil Beds J. A. ribbon cutting Feb. 28th ...... 14 National Monument...... 8 Going to the dogs...... 4 Fly fi shing: move over guys, the ladies are here to stay ...... 15 Ice fi shing in South Park ...... 8 Cripple Creek job fair at Aspen Mine Center April 30th ...... 4 Preliminary report on a fossil bone from the Jurassic period 15 Geology Class in Teller County ...... 8 Fine art comes to Lake George Charter School ...... 5 Excitotoxins: What you may not know ...... 16 Becoming a water wise westerner ...... 10 PPRH Senior Circle Luncheon features Help Yourself Reduce Investment Stress ...... 17 “The History of Ute Pass” ...... 5 What is a moose? ...... 12 Changes at the Lake George Post Offi ce ...... 17 Lake George Charter School-Beyond the Abc’s – Guffey 9 Health Fair May 5th ...... 12 Adopt Me ...... 17 The Music Program...... 5 Last chance to win is May 1st ...... 12 Woodland Park Youth Job Fair - Ute Pass Cultural Center, Turkey hunting seminars in Colorado Springs ...... 5 Prospect Home Care & Hospice ...... 12 April 9th ...... 18 Haren and Felina’s story ...... 6 Rampart Library District news ...... 13 PPRH offers free classes! ...... 18 Happy birthday Mother Earth...... 7 Career Mentoring at CCV High School ...... 13 “Alverta Burns - Angel of the Hills” exhibit...... 18 Page 2 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - April 2013

AmeriCorps crew helps prevent, mitigate wildfi re threats by The Coalition for the Upper South Platte

midst the unpredictable weather of the green forest with a focus On Deck Aa Colorado winter, a group of young on catastrophic wildfi re pre- his has been an exciting issue to put together. sawyers has been hard at work in the forest. vention. Sawyers strategically TWe are grateful for our readership response; AmeriCorps National Civilian Community felled trees to open up densely keep that feedback coming! We receive a wide vari- Corps (NCCC) crewmembers assisted the populated forests and remove ety of submissions and do our best to fi t everything Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP) fuels. Low-lying brush was in. There are times we must make the diffi cult deci- with forest health initiatives from February also targeted and cleared out. sion on what to cut and what to hold off until next 8th through March 22nd. Spacing trees and removing time. We hope you are pleased with the result. While CUSP’s expert fi eld crew typically ladder fuels that enable fi res to April showers bring May fl owers; let’s hope! works through much of the winter on forest become extremely hot crown Crew of AmeriCorps volunteers after a hard day’s labor. We are enduring a drought more severe than projects, volunteer help is usually limited due fi res is crucial to promote any of us expected. Adaptation will be the key to inclement weather and work in hard-to- healthy forest ecology. to survival. Minor changes in behavior can save reach areas. This winter, however, CUSP was All said and done, the private lands. Helping out at Glen Eyrie on gallons of water and may literally save our lives the western edge of Colorado Springs, the because water is the second most important fortunate to get a helping hand from an en- crew cleared about eight acres of brush and crew felled trees that will be used as erosion resource for human survival (see “Becoming a thusiastic and hardworking thinned about three acres water wise westerner” for the fi rst). NCCC crew of nine. With at the Catamount Center. control structures during future workdays. Send in a way of saving water that is not in post-fi re fl ooding impacts These treatments, as part of Out at Flying W Ranch, another business the article and we will publish it next month. Call from the Waldo Canyon Fire landscape-scale efforts, are CUSP has been working with on post-fi re 719-686-7393 or email utecountrynewspaper@ looming and another year of important to slow wildfi res, restoration, the NCCC crew helped fell ad- gmail.com Special thanks to the following for drought looking all but cer- reduce fi re intensity, and ditional trees. Many of these once-hazardous water-saving tips or related in this issue: Ashcraft tain, the extra help could not protect communities in the trees were then installed as log erosion bar- Family, Barb, Beth, Carmen, Amy of CUSP, Jim, have come at a better time. Wildland-Urban Interface riers (LEB) with the help of students from Julie, Maude, and Michael. The NCCC crew started - areas where residential Doane College. Twenty-six students from April 22nd is Earth Day and Bani Kurth has in early February with a structures and forests meet. Doane College, located in eastern Nebraska, taken time out of a very busy schedule to wish full day of safety train- The NCCC crew also expe- dedicated their spring break to working with Happy Birthday to Mother Earth. Welcome back, ing led by CUSP staff. rienced the challenges of res- CUSP to assist communities affected by the Bani, or at least for April. We continue to wish Waldo Canyon Fire. These students, working Bani well on her other endeavors. Neal Vercler, NCCC crew toration in a post-fi re environ- in the burn area from March 18th to 23rd, Rainey Hall took the photo of the chemtrail in leader, was grateful for the ment. Working in the recent Bani’s article. She is expanding her talents in many emphasis on safety while burn scar of the 2012 Waldo joined forces with the NCCC crew to install directions. She’s a great writer, historian, photogra- crewmembers learned to Canyon Fire, the NCCC crew 40 LEBs along the steep inclines surrounding pher, and also will help you get your ad in our paper wield their power saws discovered what it meant to Flying W Ranch. Citing the work at Flying W (719)748-3377, especially west of Woodland Park. as his favorite project, Vercler was amazed at over the next seven weeks. Felling a tree on a slope calls get truly dirty. Ash-covered Rainey is easy to talk to and has a great sense of Vercler and his crew honed from head to toe as a result of the sheer amount of work the crew was able humor. We’re glad to have her on our team! their saw and teamwork for a fi rm stance. working among charred trees, to accomplish and gratifi ed by seeing the pro- We also wish to welcome Christine Ford, aka, skills as they worked in the crewmembers carefully identi- gress and impact as they worked to stabilize “Ghostwriter in the Sky.” Christine is keeping us starkly different environments of crowded, fi ed and felled unstable trees. These trees the high-elevation hillslopes. posted on activities of the paranormal fl avor in Teller green forests and charred, black forests. were then put to good use as erosion control The erosion control work at Glen Eyrie and Park Counties. If you have a spine-tingling story Within the unburned forest, CUSP and structures along mountainsides. and Flying W Ranch will benefi t more than or some activity that is beyond rational explanation, NCCC crews worked at the Catamount Center The crew worked in several areas these individual properties. As a result of feel free to give Christine a call 719-963-0081. this work, surrounding and lower-elevation We are hoping by the time you are reading west of Woodland Park. The crews worked in throughout the burn, on both public and infrastructure, homes, schools, and busi- this our website will be up and running. It’s funny how cyberspace seems to run on different nesses will be better protected from fl ooding time than the other space-time continuum. In and erosion impacts when the spring and any case, the web surfer will be able to read not summer rainstorms hit barren hillslopes. only our current month’s issue, but also peruse 2013 Midland Days Symposium Traveling farther west into the forest, the the archives to read your favorite past issues. NCCC crew also went to work on Forest Advertisers will be able to download rate sheets Service land in Northfi eld Gulch. CUSP and contact their local representatives: Bill of fi rst began working in Northfi eld Gulch last Woodland Park and East (719-351-0549) or October to stabilize hillslopes in an effort Rainey selling west of Woodland Park (719) 748- to slow fl ood fl ows. NCCC crewmembers 3377. We hope to tell you more in May. continued this work by felling trees and, in Mr. Spaz is already looking forward to new cooperation with Doane College students, photos to choose from for Critter Corner. Please using these trunks to install about 61 LEBs. send them in soon. March was a long month and With approximately 18 acres in the burn treat- he ready for May’s choices. Email your cute crit- ter pictures to [email protected] ed by felling trees and inserting blackened trunks to slow erosion on hillsides, the NCCC crew, Thank you, aided by the Doane College students, offered a — Kathy & Jeff Hansen tremendous service to communities across the Pikes Peak region. In return, the NCCC crew A special thanks to all learned hands-on about preventive measures, saw listed here for their the impact their work had on the environment professional work and the community, and enjoyed the Colorado and time to make Mel McFarland presenting an overview of the Midland Terminal Railroad (left), Springs area. Crewmembers met homeowners this possible. and retired CS police offi cer talking about a Wells Fargo robbery that involved benefi tting from the crew’s work and began to the Midland (right). understand the devastating impacts imminent Published by: fl ooding could have on lives, homes, and vital High Pine Design ifty-six “Midland” railroad enthusiasts attended the 4th annual Midland Days infrastructure. In their free time, crewmembers Publishers: Jeff & Kathy Hansen FSymposium on Saturday, March 30, at the John Wesley Ranch in Divide. “Midland further connected with the community by volun- Sales: Days” Symposium is a fund-raising event co-sponsored by the Teller Historic and teering and exploring Colorado Springs. Bill Sinclair: 719-351-0549 Environmental Coalition and the Divide Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds support the Additionally, to welcome and thank the crew- Andrea Burkey: 719-761-4935 Midland Depot at Divide Preservation Project. members, the Colorado Springs Convention Rainey Hall: 719-464-8784 and Visitors Bureau worked with local partners Writers: to provide the NCCC crew with discounted Flip Boettcher, Danielle Dellinger, Christine and free passes for activities across the Pikes Ford, Carol Grieve`, Rainey Hall, Dave Peak region, including those at: Colorado Martinek, Jeff Tacey, Maurice Wells Springs Fine Arts Center, Adventures Out West, Reporters: ANA Money Museum, Brunswick Zone, City Divide: Dave Martinek: 719-687-1516 NEED MORE SALES? Rock, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, McAllister Lake George: Maurice Wells: 719-748-1017 MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT House Museum, Michael Garman Studios Outdoor Events: Jeff Tacey: 719-748-0300 Magic Town, Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain West Teller & Park Counties: Rainey Hall n STARTING A NEW BUSINESS Highway, Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Contributors: n EXPANDING YOUR BUSINESS Foundation, Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, and Paul Combs, CUSP, Randy Hampton, the Space Foundation Visitors Center. Edward Jones, Bani Kurth, Joe Lewandowski, n EDITING BOOKS, ARTICLES Rita Randolph, Teddy Reeves, Michael n Reasonable Rates After logging approximately 1,860 Seraphin, Dave Taylor, TCRAS, Steven W. volunteer hours during an “amazing experi-

Veatch, Robert Younghanz, The Bug Guy by professional people ence working with CUSP”, Vercler and his Critter Corner Photo Editor: Mr. Spaz n Free Quotations team will continue working on a variety

Submit photos to: of service-learning projects throughout the [email protected] state of Colorado. The work these teams or PO Box 753, Divide, CO 80814 C Commercial do on CUSP projects becomes even more Publishers Emeritis: impressive because CUSP is able to leverage Carmon & Beverly Stiles NCCC volunteer hours as in-kind matches C Counseling for state and foundation grants, amplifying Cover Photo: Jeff Hansen The Ute Country News is not responsible for the their impact and community benefi t. content of articles or advertising in this issue. Service LLC As this NCCC saw crew moves on, CUSP Please address any comments to the publisher looks forward to welcoming more NCCC at [email protected] or POB members in April and May to continue mak- 753 Divide CO 80814. ing progress on Waldo Canyon Fire rehabili- First Class subscriptions are available for $36 a year. 687-5487: [email protected] tation and forest health projects. April 2013 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - Page 3

In case of haunting..... by Christine Ford

f you’re hearing strange bumps in the in Naturita,” says Lain of one of his adven- The show runs from 10 to midnight, Monday Inight, or shadows are crossing your path tures around the state. “It was a giant stewpot through Friday, on Pueblo Talk Radio, 1480 here in Teller or Park County, who you of paranormal activity.” He says he frequently am and 93.9 fm. gonna call for help? saw shadow men which he attributes to the The Graves have also investigated Mira- It turns out there is a thriving community area’s “rich history of mining and murder.” mont Castle and the Onaledge B and B at of paranormal experts in the area, with the Tonya Graves is also a Colorado native, The Red Crags Estate in Manitou, among largest groups located in Colorado Springs from a pioneer Lake George family, the others. Like other groups in the area, Graves and Denver. For instance, Rich Horn runs Quist’s. It was while living in her mother’s does not charge for its investigation services. Colorado ParaTech, a paranormal group home in the Indian Creek subdivision that Any money they make comes from ads on whose mission, according to their website, she had a close encounter with a tall shadow their YouTube account, where they post “is to provide factual and realistic answers fi gure that rushed up to her from behind. videos with the clients consent. based on hard evidence.” They also have a She stopped her planned errand into town Once asked to investigate a location, the paranormal investigation equipment manu- and spent time investigating, only to fi nd the team swings into action. The fi rst step in any Investigation at the Florissant cemetery. facturing division, designing and building road blocked by a fresh landslide when she investigation is the history of the location, equipment specifi cally to capture proof posi- did venture out. Co-incidence, she won- says Lain. The physical location is thorough- but she’s out there with her voice recorder tive that the “other side” exists. dered, or was it a family member delaying ly examined, as many real world answers in the cemetery, totally professional,” says “Haunted Like Me”, in Manitou Springs, her in order to avoid the landslide? Her exist for what can appear to be paranormal, Tonya of her daughter, Courtney, age 13. might be a good place to meet some of the mother would frequently see a low shadow he explains. For instance, a faulty furnace, Son, Joe, 16, especially enjoys debunking, investigators working in the Colorado area. fi gure near her bed, which they believe to leaking CO2, can cause hallucinations. So or fi nding real world answers for supposedly “Haunted Like Me” is a “meet up” group can high electrical paranormal events, and he frequently has his (www.MeetUp.com) that allows people the fi elds like those gener- friends over to participate in sessions. opportunity to share their personal experi- ated by power lines. Whether you want to document evidence ences with the paranormal. It currently has Once research is of paranormal activity, or stop it in your 35 members. Group founder, Lu Velazquez, fi nished, the team home or business in Teller or Park County, also publishes a monthly newspaper called moves in with their Graves Paranormal Investigations and “The Paranormal Inquiry” and has written a equipment to document Research is just one of the many local re- book, “The Down and Dirty on Paranormal the activity. Graves sources available. For more information on Investigators”, to assist people in fi nding the Paranormal is equipped when and where groups meet, please see the right investigator. See sidebar for contact with state of the art sidebar entitled, “Paranormal Activities”. info on these groups. ghost hunting equip- If you have a haunting story you would For those who are looking for an investi- ment, thanks in part to like to share, please contact Ghost Writer in gator to come to their home or business in Rich Horn of Colorado the Sky at 719-963-0081. Teller or Park County, one local resource ParaTech, who designs is “Graves Paranormal Investigations and and builds a specialty Research.” This family owned and run item called a ghost business consists of Lain and Tonya Graves light. In addition to this Paranormal activity of Lake George, CO, frequently joined by tool, which is used for in our area Tonya’s teenaged children and occasionally fi lming in total dark- This is only a partial list of the many by her mother. Courtney with orbs (or light anomalies) surrounding her at the ness with night vision groups and activities in our area: The couple met in 2011, in a free online Onaledge Bed and Breakfast. cameras, the Graves use dating site called PlentyofFish.com. They digital recorders to pick Colorado ParaTech shared an interest in the paranormal going up EVP’s or electronic www.coloradoparatech.com back to childhood for both of them. Lain be a family dog buried on the property. The voice phenomenon, an infrared digital video 719-203-4651 is a Colorado native who graduated from activity continues to this day. recorder, a K-2 meter, which picks up electro- high school in Fountain and has worked for Together, “our level of interest just kept magnetic fi elds or EMF, and an E meter, Colorado Springs Ghost Hunters CDOT at various locations around the state, growing,” says Tonya. They have investi- which picks up electrical fi elds in the air. www.csghosthunters.com including the paranormally famous Evergreen gated South Park City in Fairplay, a collec- “You have to know your equipment and what 719-646-0653 Cemetery. He began to attend meetings of a tion of historic buildings from around the it can do,” says Lain, in order to de-bunk, or paranormal group and join in investigations county moved onto one site as a museum. disprove, a claim of paranormal activity. www Wednesday’s Paranormal in 1999. “I pretty much lived in the Ray Hotel There they witnessed objects in a sealed Once they have documented the activity, the Investigations.com glass room that had been moved, as well team takes steps to halt it, if that is what the www.pikespeakghosthunters.com as a rocking chair rocking on its own. “It’s client requests. “The big question we are hear- 719-474-9682 packed head to toe with ‘paranormalphana- ing from people, is ‘How can I learn to live lia’,” said Tonya, inventing a word on the with it?’ It’s the cool thing now.” says Lain. Mountain Valley Paranormal Society, spot which seems to be quite appropriate, Graves, who describes himself as a non- Victor, CO referring to objects which have paranormal denominational minister, specializes in ridding www.simplyghost.com, an extensive, energy attached to them. The couple agrees; homes of paranormal activity. “Most of the information packed website! Fairplay has a large amount of activity. time, you can get it to quit,” says Graves, In fact, Lain Graves has a theory that there whose choice of ghost-ridding tools depends Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research is something called a “lay line” connecting on the clients own religion or belief system, or Society Fairplay, Hartsel, Lake George, Florissant sometimes on the belief system of the paranor- www.rockymountainparanormal.com and Manitou Springs, possibly co-inciding mal activity in question. He refers to a haunting 1-720-201-1234 with a geologic structure called the Florissant on a local ranch that ceased when the identifi ed Lineament. The Graves gave a presentation entities were provided with headstones. Haunted Like Me on this topic at the February Chautauqua put Tonya’s teenagers frequently join in www.meetup.com/hauntedlikeme on by the Pikes Peak Historical Society at these investigations. “They’re my two best 720-251-3702 the Florissant Library. Sixty-seven attend- investigators,” says Lain Graves, who gave ees, the largest turn-out for a Chautauqua so them ghost hunting kits for Christmas last The Paranormal Inquiry far, shows the high level of interest in the year. “How often do kids get a chance to www.paranormalinquiry.com community on this subject. The Graves will prove their parent’s wrong?” The teenagers 720-251-3702 speak again at the Chautauqua on June 23rd frequently participate in trips to the Floris- at 2:00 pm at the Florissant Library. They will sant Cemetery, where they have successfully Graves Paranormal Investigations and also be featured, along with Lu Velazquez of used their digital voice recorders and video Research A shadow fi gure caught at the Miramount the Paranormal Inquiry, on “After Dark with equipment to capture voices and orbs. www.gravesparanormal.net Castle. Dr. Mike” a radio show, on Friday, April 5th. “She’s the biggest scare-dy cat at movies, 719-748-1131 Minor Repairs Locally-owned Spring into a new home! and operated Including Brakes When you are buying or selling property in today’s from • Full Service Oil Change real estate market, it’s important to have confidence • Transmission Flush in your real estate professional. Pat Schemel will be • Transmission Filter there for you! 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The Slowpoke by David Martinek

(For visitors coming to central Colorado, sant. The line of cars is still a line. Saguache and Mosquito mountain ranges are you may often find yourself behind a slow The pastures on the left beyond the fire also visible. Pikes Peak is behind you. Eleven- moving vehicle, or a line of them, on one station in Florissant stay moist along the mile reservoir lays glistening on your left and of our many two-lane highways. If you do, confluence of Grape and Twin creeks; wild- the Spinney mountains dot the valley floor. don’t forget to appreciate the gift of nature life can often be seen. Off in the distance The scene stretches before you like a shallow appearing just beyond your car windows.) you spy a small herd of mule deer tensely bowl. It seems the whole world has opened up feeding in the grass, ready to scamper off at and flattened out. Spread in wide squares like a here’s a slowpoke up ahead. After a the slightest provocation – their kangaroo- wonderful old quilt are miles of pastures tied to- Trestful night somewhere along Ute Pass, like ears pointed to the sky and their white gether by the always curving South Platte River. you wake up to a sunny mountain morning tails flickering. You wonder if you might At first, the tundra looks barren without a Two new employees at Bliss Hair Studio: and drive west on U.S. Highway 24 out of have missed that sight had you been going past worth mentioning. But actually the region Woodland Park, zipping up the four-lane 60 with the wind in your hair. is steeped in the history of centuries. Less than Odasis - Haircuts, Haircolor, Facial Wax highway towards Divide, barely aware of the Out your right window a coyote lopes 200 years ago, Arapaho and Ute natives fought splendid view of Pikes Peak on your left – a across grasslands as you pass from Teller great battles over what were once incredibly Monica- Haircuts, Razorcuts, Haircolor scene preserved especially for your pleasure into Park County. You’re seeing things rich summer hunting grounds. The Indians by years of conservation easements. you’ve only heard about and now the slow followed the buffalo up Ute Pass from the east- At the Ute Pass summit in Divide, the line of cars up ahead might not be bothering ern plains and hunted them in the once lush highway narrows to two lanes and that is you half as much. valley. Famed frontiersmen, Zebulon Pike, Kit 719-687-6822 where the slowdown begins. A rusty old West on U. S. 24 at Lake George the South Carson, and John Fremont crossed the Park in pickup truck towing a small camper trailer Platte River valley opens up as the waters their explorations of Colorado. 1111 N. Center St Unit B • Woodland Park is doing about 40 miles per hour (the speed curve through the meadows like a snake. You Wildlife in the valley is a nonstop attrac- limit is 60); he is seemingly in no hurry. As mentally picture yourself wading in the mid- tion. Prong-horn antelope are invariably a result, you and the nine cars ahead of you, dle of the river, fly rod in hand, taunting the present. The sharp-eyed visitor can often Like New CUSTOM Home on aren’t hurrying either. trout with your lures. Farther west, the road spy mule deer, elk, an occasional coyote, over 4 acres, Granite Counters, Scenes like this are common during “spring weaves back and forth, and around this curve and even black bear or mountain lion in and summer season” in Colorado. Lines of and that, past the Round Mountain Camp- the sparsely treed areas. Bison herds graze 3 Bedroom 2.5 Bath, Florissant cars appear on just about every major two- ground and the entrance to the Tarryall State and grow in the meadows around the small, $249,900 lane highway in the Rockies, all proceeding Wildlife Area, eventually crossing into BLM former railroad and spa town of Hartsel. at the mercy of the one leading the pack. land and the Pike National Forest leading A transformation has occurred. That slow Now you’re frustrated. You’re on vacation towards Wilkerson Pass. poky pickup in front of you no longer matters. with only a few days left. There are places At the crest of the Pass you find yourself In fact, you’ve also forgotten about the stresses you want to be and things you want to see, right behind that rusty old pickup. All the back home – work and the frantic rush-hour and this slowpoke is holding you up! other cars in the line have managed to go traffic. Instead, you marvel at the landscape As the road gently falls down into Cougar around him. Somehow, you are no longer in before you. It’s hard to drive a straight line; Canyon and along the swampy wetlands a hurry to do the same. there’s so much to see and imagine. Perhaps along Twin Creek, a beaver swims a tree Passing the rest area at the summit of for the first time, you realize what a great branch across a pool; you seem to notice that, Wilkerson Pass and around the turns, a whole gift you’ve been given by that rusty old truck but only briefly. Swinging around the Signal new vista meets you in the morning sun. The doing 40 miles an hour: you are seeing things Looking for Rock area you behold and appreciate the highway descends sharply to become a thin rib- you want to see; and you are exactly in the unique formations on both sides of the road, bon running down through a 30-mile expanse place you want to be! You are at peace. Call Joe Watson like “frog rock’ and ‘dome rock’ - a veritable that is the South Park valley. The Sangre de For a brief expanse of time, Colorado a way to save? garden of boulders all delicately balanced on Cristo mountain range sparkles clearly in the has come alive. You will cherish the mo- You719-510-1001 need to insure both your one another. Before long you are in Floris- distance like a postcard. Off to the right, the ments forever. auto and your home, so why not save money in the process? Call today for a free, Going to the dogs no-obligation look at auto by Flip Boettcher photo by Flip Boettcher and home discounts from Frank W Gundy Agency, Inc. Looking for American Family. 101 Sundial Drive, Suitehe first B2 meeting of the new Guffey 4-H Mason said she already had a a way to save? 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Mason said she would teach the and she recommended heartworm, kennel All the dogs were fitted with choke chains Home Office – Columbus, OH 43240 American Standard Insurance Company of Ohio trainers, but the trainers had to practice at cough and canine flu vaccinations as well. and the trainers were shown the proper way Homeamfam.com Office – Columbus, OH 43240 amfam.com least one half hour each evening. “The supplies needed,” stated Mason, “are to put on a choke chain by Mason. Mason © 2005 001726—4/05 © 2005 001726—4/05 Mason said that the class would be a six foot leather leash, a bag for gear, a dog stated that good training equals a good cor- working on agility training, rally training water bottle, a fifteen foot long line, a choke rection and she would show the trainers how (obedience through an obstacle course) and chain and toy.” to properly make a correction. Mason also working towards their Canine Good Citizen At the end of this level’s training all the stressed that all dogs need a regular collar LIVING test (CGC). The CGC test involves walking dogs would be able to sit in a line across with ID and tags. on a loose leash, wandering through a crowd and away from their owners. Mason said Mason said they would be following the and meeting people, walking away and sit- she would walk around everyone bouncing a book, The Koehler Method of Dog Train- STREAMS stay-come, according to Mason. The club ball and no dog would move. Of course no ing, by William Koehler. Then she passed plans to host a CGC test this summer and one believed their dog would be able to do out bubble gum to everyone. “The gum is CHURCH to keep your mouth busy so you won’t talk to your dog and to remind you to keep your right hand “stuck” to your belly button with Cripple Creek job fair at the leash gathered up in it at all times,” said Mason. The trainers should put their dog in a Aspen Mine Center April 30th quiet place without food or water for 20-30 Building relationships one heart at a time. n January 2013, the Teller County Unemployment rate was 8.7%, up 0.3% from minutes before training. Trainers and dogs IDecember and 0.2% from January 2012. This means that over 1000 people in Teller need to practice half an hour every night. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. County were officially listed as unemployed. This number does not include those dis- After practice, return their dog to that quiet Christ Centered • Spirit Filled • Bible Based couraged workers who have stopped actively looking for a job. place for an hour. To connect hiring businesses with work-ready Teller County job seekers, the Pikes The club will meet every Thursday even- www.livingstreamchurch.net Peak Workforce Center will host a job fair on Tuesday, April 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the ing at the fire station for 60-90 minutes and Aspen Mine Community Center. there will be guest speakers. The class will Employers interested in booth space should contact Hank Nelson at hanknelson@ be taught the parts of the dog as well. “It is 719-323-0525 elpasoco.com or 719.689-3584. too late now to sign up for the 4-H dog club, Job fair attendees should dress appropriately; bring multiple copies of their résumés, but there will be a chance to sign up again [email protected] and application information to help them fill out applications. next fall for 4-H,” stated Mason. April 2013 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - Page 5

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Haren and Felina’s story by Danielle Dellinger

ountain cottontail tended to be more solitary crea- away her chance of protection and just let nature put her “Felina,” she replied simply, gracefully hopping over a Mtures except during mating season. But there would out of her misery. He caught up to her and she growled small fallen branch. be several existing in one territory. However, even though when she saw him and tried to kick him in the side without “Pretty name. Where are you going, Felina?” they were close by to one another, it was still every rabbit breaking stride. He just barely dodged away and glared at “Home. This was a complete waste of time.” for himself. Spring was always a hectic time. Flowers were her. He heard other rabbits running with them and assumed “What about your sick kit? Who’s going to protect you blooming, trees were budding, and songbirds greeted the that they all must be heading for the same spot. A faint, two?” day with their songs that were either beautiful or obnox- nauseating odor fl oated over them on the wind and it was “Don’t know. We’ll probably just end up dying. That’ll ious. But spring was also a mysterious time. Things were all Haren could do to keep from fainting. Even just a whiff probably be better than suffering through life.” set into motion the instant that fi rst patch of green grass ap- was potent and churned his stomach. He was sure that the “So that’s it? You’re suddenly done with life?” peared. Now that the predators had an easier time hunting instant they crested the hill, everything would explode into “What else am I supposed to do? That dumb beast was them down, the rabbits would do anything for protection. chaos. my last shot, and it was a ridiculous notion in the fi rst Haren, a mountain cottontail, had heard stories that However, at the top of the hill, everyone stopped and place. The species of Bigfoot may exist, but they’re not whoever could capture the elusive Bigfoot, would be able looked around. The odor was still faint, but they could pick designed for symbiotic relationships.” to tame him and use him as a bodyguard since no animal up strange rumblings. The mangy doe glared at Haren and “You’re so wise, Felina. I’d love to help you out if I dared to mess with the beast. Haren was tired of zipping the others for a moment before racing down into the valley. could, now that I owe you for saving me. Plus, I’m a rabbit from one place to another; he just wanted to munch on his The sickly gal could move, Haren noted as he took off after of my word.” grass in peace. No hawk would ever try to mess with him her. He heard the other rabbits follow suit. As they raced “I don’t need your pity. Just do what I’ve been telling again if he could capture Bigfoot for himself. He fi gured down the hillside, a roar unlike any other echoed through you right from the start: Get lost, rodent.” She stopped that in the hills of Teller County, there had to be a Bigfoot the silence. Did Bigfoot know they were coming? The momentarily to glare at him to drive her point home. around. Though, he would not be surprised if the bears had strange rumblings got louder, and as they neared the valley “Fine. But at least let me walk you to your warren. Then told Bigfoot about how aggressive the humans could be if fl oor, it became clear that the rumblings were footsteps. I’ll scram.” they spotted a creature they didn’t like on their property. Something big was running, and doing so rather quickly. Felina didn’t respond, so he guessed that he was allowed It’d be tough to fi nd Bigfoot. But who even knew if the Haren didn’t have much time to think on it since the trees to walk her home. He eventually got his blood fl owing in thing could be caught in the fi rst place? thinned, and he looked up to see a massive shape running his hind legs, so he was able to keep up with her. By the Haren knew that he would have some challenges. He toward them at full speed. The ground quaked beneath time they reached the entrance to her warren, the sun was would have to fi rst fi nd Bigfoot and do so before all the them. None of the rabbits in his sight hesitated once they dipping low into the sky and the world was cast in a soft other mountain cottontails. Plus, breeding season was were close enough to what only could be Bigfoot. The gold glow. Felina started into her hole without a backwards underway and he had yet to fi nd a pretty doe to court. He stench made Haren’s fur stand on end. Bigfoot let out a glance. Haren felt that he should call her back, to say some- knew he should have started looking back in February for roar as thousands of tiny bodies leaped onto him. Some thing comforting to her. The thought of her going home to a gal, but now the task seemed daunting, even though he had man-made rope or twine in their mouths and they did just die made his stomach twist and fl ip horrendously. Then had until July to get the job done. But all the best girls will their best to get it around his neck to bring him down. The he had an idea. have been taken by then. He had a feeling he was going to thick, hairy arms fl ailed about, sweeping aside small waves “Felina, wait. Why don’t you take your kit and yourself have to settle. He hopped along, grumbling to himself and of rabbits. Only a few were too injured to continue. Haren to that place where pets of humans go and come out look- sniffi ng clumps of grass here and there. Right now it was saw the mangy doe trying to bite and dig at Bigfoot’s ankle. ing much better? I’m sure someone would take you in and slim pickings since the grass was still struggling to turn He didn’t think that would be very effective, but he did help you. I know just the place where you could go, too.” green after such a dry winter. He wondered if the does had see that Bigfoot was staggering a bit more as he moved She looked over her shoulder at him, wary about the an easier life than the bucks. He fi gured they didn’t though, around. So maybe she was onto something. Haren dodged prospect of letting humans touch her and her baby. She since they had to raise up to six kits, or kittens, at a time. the gigantic feet that could easily crush his skeleton into fi nally shook her head and disappeared down her hole. That life didn’t sound too appealing. dust and jumped onto the beast’s legs, scratching as hard Haren made a split-second decision and followed after her, He came to a paved road and stopped, listening while as he could. Even though he still planned to take Bigfoot joining her in the large den where her baby was nestled in a his nose wiggled furiously. He heard the faint rumble of a for himself, he fi gured he and the mangy doe could work pile of dry grass at the far end. Felina looked at him, angry. motor, but he didn’t know if he had much time to cross the together up to a certain point. “Get out, rodent! Git!” She charged him and tackled him road. Those scary, smelly monsters always moved so quick- Bigfoot’s body swung around and Haren held on the best down, thumping him and shoving him towards the exit. ly and so unpredictably. He took the chance and zoomed he could, but he noticed that the doe had gotten knocked “Wait, wait! Please come with me! They can help, and across the road and into the forest on the other side. He away somehow. Despite her unsightly appearance, she you know it!” He rolled away to the opening of the tunnel caught the scent of many other rabbits and he knew that he was hard to locate. The ground was crawling with rabbits, and sat there. was heading in the right direction. A Bigfoot usually had and there were a few trying to get on top of everyone and Felina looked from him to her baby, then back to him. a nasty odor and not many ventured close to it when they launch onto Bigfoot. Bigfoot roared again and brought “Fine,” she grumbled. “But if anything happens, you’re came upon it for the raunchy stench was overwhelming. his enormous fi sts down, taking out numerous rabbits that dead.” Haren had not yet thought about how he would capture time. Haren felt sick as he looked down at the fl attened Haren nodded. “You got it. I’ll let you kill me yourself.” Bigfoot, but he had never been much of a planner. He bodies. This was almost turning into a suicide mission, and fi gured the others would be bringing material that would be he considered aborting it and going back to his warren. ****** more cumbersome rather than useful. But he felt that he was too invested. A group of ten rabbits The three mountain cottontails sat patiently outside the He hopped quickly through some brush, the terrain was attempting to wrap rope around Bigfoot’s ankles to back door to a vet clinic in one of the small towns of Teller becoming steep. All around him he heard rustling caused trip him. The beast roared with frustration and went to take County. They knew someone had to come out eventu- mostly by birds, but there was one rustling sound that a step. Time slowed for a moment before the beast fell ally. Finally, the door opened and out stepped a man and sounded similar to his own. He stayed still as he listened forward, smashing into a large portion of the rabbit popula- a woman. The man was the fi rst to notice the trio, and his but the rustling stopped too soon for him to get a good tion, taking out some trees as well. Haren felt his world go frown lines deepened as he looked more closely at Felina. pinpoint on its location. He tried sniffi ng the air. The next black. He said something to the woman and she looked at Felina thing he was aware of was being on his side with an intimi- When he awoke, he found it diffi cult to breathe. As it too before going back inside. Soon, Felina found herself dating doe in his face, yelling at him, though the impact turned out, he was trapped under one of Bigfoot’s legs. He resting peacefully with her kit in a plastic box with bars had knocked him for a loop. He winced when he fi nally grunted and squirmed, doing his best to get free. He tired and a fl uffy towel underneath her. Her skin felt much better heard her yelling clearly, and he shoved her off of him. quickly and laid there breathing rapidly, panic starting to and her belly was full for once. Her gaze drifted lazily to “I’m not doing anything wrong!” Haren exclaimed. seep into his heart. He didn’t want to die trapped under the window and she saw Haren peering in at “This is my trail! Get your ratty tail off of it!” the doe some stinky beast. This really was a terrible idea. Whoever her. She gave him a nod before she laid hollered back. said that mountain cottontails needed to have Bigfoot as her head down and fell asleep. Haren Haren hopped a few paces away to give himself space protection was sorely mistaken. As his breathing became watched her a moment and found that and to assess what the heck was happening. He fi nally got more labored, he looked around for the mangy doe, won- he was rather fond of her. He liked her a good look at the doe and was surprised and concerned dering if she had escaped. At times, he could feel Bigfoot spunkiness. at what he saw. She was thin and missing tufts of fur. She twitch, which meant that he was just knocked out, but who looked mangy and like she had some sort of horrible skin knew when he would awaken. ****** condition. Honestly, he was repulsed by the sight of her . . Scuffl ing came from nearby and Haren lifted his It wasn’t long before the battle with . and by the stench that he was sure rivaled that of Bigfoot. head and tried to see what was going on. To his sur- Bigfoot and the other rabbits became a She looked toward him with wild, frenzied eyes. Her gaze prise, the mangy doe was limping towards him. She hazy memory. Felina and her baby were didn’t linger on him and it darted away to frantically search kept her right front paw pulled up tight against her released back into the wild once they were the woods. chest, even when she sat down in front of him. well enough. Felina found Haren on “Why are you here?” the doe fi nally asked. “Well, I’m at a loss as whether to help you, or a grassy hill munching on deli- “To capture Bigfoot,” Haren replied. “Just like every leave you to nature like you were going to do to cious fl owers. She cautiously other rabbit in the forest.” me,” she said sourly. approached him and asked She shook her head and scratched vigorously behind her “I’m sorry about that. Really. But please help me. I him softly if he still needed ear with her hind foot, patches of dry skin fl aking away. don’t want to die here . . . Not like this.” Haren did his a mate for the season. He grimaced and restrained himself from shooting off best to look sincere with his apology. Haren grinned at her and into a nearby bush. She licked her uninjured paw then washed behind her quickly cuddled up to “I can’t let you capture Bigfoot,” she said breathlessly. “I ear a few times. “But it’s what you deserve. What goes her. To this day, they need him. I need more than any of you rodents.” around, comes around,” she said. “Or at least that’s what share theories as to Haren didn’t doubt that, but he wondered how much the humans say.” what happened to longer she was actually going to live and why nature hadn’t “What does that have to do with anything?” Haren asked. Bigfoot after the run its course on her yet. What was keeping her alive? “Nothing. Just something I picked up.” battle that, oddly “Why do you need Bigfoot for protection, other than He frowned at her. “Are you going to help me or not?” enough, brought because of your . . . condition?” he fi nally demanded, losing patience quickly. them together for She narrowed her eyes at him and bared her teeth a lit- She smirked and chuckled. “Fine. I’ll help. But you a mating season. tle. “I have a sickly kit back in my warren. We both need owe me.” She pressed herself against the leg and started protection, not just me.” pushing while Haren tried to pull himself out. Eventually Haren was stunned. How did she get a mate? Did he re- he jerked himself free and stumbled away. His hind legs ally want to know . . . ? True, she probably looked the way barely worked from the lack of blood circulation. He felt she did because she’d had some bad luck, so he tried not to trapped in his own body. The doe started limping away, her be too hard on her. job complete. She glared at him, apparently sensing his thoughts. “Get “Wait!” Haren called, dragging his hind legs behind him lost, rodent!” she snapped, and then took off up the trail. as he crawled after her. “I never caught your name.” Haren chased after her, not wanting her to get to Bigfoot “You never asked.” fi rst. He fi gured he would be doing her a favor if he took “So? What is it?” April 2013 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - Page 7

Happy birthday Mother Earth by Bani Kurth Critter pril 22nd is Earth Day, a time to refl ect to strangers, your friends, the local govern- Aon how our Mother Earth is faring. ment offi cials about these issues. For several years I have been aware of Rosalind Peterson, author of “The Corner changes to the Colorado climate. The memo- Chemical Cover-up”, a former USDA Farm ries of camping treks to the Rockies from Service crop loss adjuster, is at the forefront Minnesota as a kid to fi sh at Deckers, in the of chemtrail research. She says, “Chemtrails South Platte River, cannot be replicated. are causing detrimental human health effects The skies are less blue. The ground is and environmental degradation.” Health parched. Fire danger is scary. Critters rove complications are usually fungus related and near homes to fi nd sustenance. will not respond to antibiotics. While listening to 850 AM KOA Den- According to KOA’s broadcast discussion, ver radio in the wee hours one sleepless $175,000 has been allocated for weather night, George Noory of Coast to Coast.com engineering in Colorado for July 2013. discussed chemtrails. The long white trails Geo-engineering is being called global ex- behind high fl ying white jets…the trails that perimentation by some scientists. According look like vapor that we expect to be emit- to publicity these chemtrails are comprised of ted. The thing that I had noticed is that the several chemicals including aluminum, along sky trails I have been seeing are long lasting. with arsenic, barium, lead, and others. These Chemtrails in the sky. They spread into linear cottage cheese shaped chemicals affect the air we breathe, our water, Photo by Rainey Hall clouds that hang in the sky. Some days, our earth. Some say these chemicals have several of these planes form x’s or grids. The been disbursed from the sky for between 50 trails coagulate into huge hanging clouds that to 70 years. Are chemtrails being used to ma- We each need to do our own investiga- fi lter the sun for hours. This radio program nipulate the weather? To stop global warm- tions into environmental issues for our own advised listeners to do their own research via ing? Do they cause global warming? What health and safety. the website. Look at: www.geoengineering- effect do these chemicals have on our Mother Do something positive for Earth Day… watch.org. Check out the movie, “What are Earth now? How about the future? Rake your slash. Plant a tree. Start your ve- they spraying?” Why do our weather people Remember the Hollies song, “All that I gie plants in pots on the kitchen window sill. not address these trails on radio and TV? Talk need is the air that I breathe and to love you.” It’s good to have a Healthy Mom.

Gold for the Colorado capital dome was donated by CC&V by David Martinek David K. Johnson, Arabian Acres/Florissant hen work begins this summer to regild the gold came from a variety Wthe Colorado state capital dome in Den- of out-of-state and inter- ver, the gold will have come from the Cripple national sources. Now, the Creek and Victory Gold Mining Company tradition of providing gold located right here in Teller County. In a from Colorado has returned. ceremony with Governor Hickenlooper in After part of the dome struc- September 2011, company offi cials presented ture fell off in 2006, due to a him with a 68-pound gold dore (an impure century of corrosion, it became button of mostly gold and silver) mined and necessary to restore the dome poured at the ADR plant outside of Victor. and regild it yet again. “CC&V is proud to provide the gold for “Back in 2006, when the the capital dome,” said Jane Mannon, the piece of cast iron fell off local community relations manager for the the dome, I contacted the mine. “We see it as a real example of living state and said, ‘We have our mining heritage.” a gold mine here,’” said After the ceremony, the semi-pure gold Marie Patterson, manager of Scooter was then transported to a refi nery in Salt state government affairs for Lake City where it was converted into seven AngloGold Ashanti, the par- 24 karat gold ingots, about 65 ounces, worth ent company of the Cripple John and Kelly Lavrinc - Divide $120,000. From there, the gold was fl own Creek and Victor gold min- under tight security to Florence, Italy to the ing operation. Patterson is Giusto Manetti Battiloro gold leaf factory also a member of the board ave a cute critter? Send us where the ingots are being shaved into of directors for Colorado your favorite critter photos and 140,000 “tissue-thin” (1/8000s of a mil- Preservation Inc. H limeter) sheets approximately three inches Once the gold leaf is returned A gold button, or ‘Dore,’ similar to those pictured was we’ll feature them here in the Critter square. The Italian factory has been milling to Denver, the actual gilding of presented to Gov. Hickenlooper in September 2011. Corner! Indoor or outdoor pets or gold leaf for some time, providing their the dome will take a half-dozen Photo by David Martinek handiwork for such famous structures as people working on scaffolding wild critters are what we’re looking Buckingham Palace and the Hall of Mirrors to apply and burnish about 50 to for. We will not accept any photos in the palace at Versailles. 100 square feet a day with cot- better off for [our] having been there,” said depicting cruelty or harming animals Back in 1908 when Colorado’s capital ton balls. During that time, the capital dome will Ron Largent, Executive Vice President of dome was fi rst gilded to commemorate the be shrouded. A completion date and unveiling is AngloGold Ashanti’s Americas Operations. in any way. Email your critters to state’s gold rush era, the gold came from set for sometime in 2014. “The donation of gold from CC&V has been [email protected]. Colorado mines – a group of miners pooled “Participating in this initiative aligns with mined by employees dedicated to safety and together 200 ounces. Prior to that time, the AngloGold Ashanti and CC&V’s values in environmental stewardship. They all take Be sure to include the critter’s name dome had been overlaid with copper. How- that safety is number one and the commu- pride in knowing they played a signifi cant as well as your name. ever, when the dome was regilded in 1991, nity and society in which we operate will be role in the restoration of the capitol dome.” Page 8 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - April 2013

CHOOSE YOUR STUFFED 2013-14 fi shing, hunting licenses now on sale by Joe Lewandowski

Chicago-Style olorado Parks and Wildlife hunting and State Parks pass. A pass, good for entry at 42 state Cfi shing licenses are on sale now for the parks, costs $70 and is good for a year from the $ LARGE 2013-14 seasons at retail outlets, at parks date of purchase. Buy one at a Parks and Wildlife and wildlife offi ces and on-line. offi ce or online at https://parksstore.state.co.us. 10 Anglers are reminded that they must have Anglers should pick up a 2013-14 fi shing OR a new license by April 1. brochure to check regulations and to see Lion hunters also now have an extra month- what’s new. You must know the regulations 5-Meat Family Size -through April--for hunting, but they must buy for the waters you are fi shing. Brochures a new license on or after April 1. That license are available at license dealers or any parks it for $2 will be valid through March 31, 2014. and wildlife offi ce, and online at http://case. 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If you suspect a licenses for those 64 or older cost just $1. “bucket biologist” is transplanting fi sh, please A combination fi shing-small game license contact a Parks and Wildlife offi ce or call is available for $41. A small-game license Operation Game Thief at 1-877-265-6648. costs $21, but only $1.75 for those under 18. Anyone who takes a boat to a lake or reser- Turkey season starts April 13. A resident voir is reminded that Colorado Parks and Wild- license is $21 and just $11 for anyone under life conducts mandatory boat inspections and 18. Remember that the deadline for applying decontaminations at 27 state parks and 58 other for big game limited licenses is April 2. locations around the state. Information about the Purchase of any hunting or fi shing license state’s extensive boat inspection program can be also includes a search and rescue fee. found online at http://wildlife.state.co.us/Fish- Now is also a good time to buy a Colorado ing/Pages/MandatoryBoatInspections.aspx. Saved in time: Organic Foods | Local Produce | Gluten-Free | Grass-Fed Beef | Pet Food The fi ght to establish Florissant Fossil Beds 719-687-9851 National Monument 790 Red Feather Lane • Woodland Park uly 30, 1969, Florissant, Colorado. Women exciting fossil discoveries by early paleontolo- Jand children stand in front of the bulldoz- gists, homesteaders, and landowners, along Hours: 9:00am-6:30pm Mon-Fri • 10:00am-5:00pm Sat ers, determined to save the 34 million year with some of the stories behind the national old fossils. One child (Holly Buchan) remem- monument. One review states that the “book bers “…standing and staring at them. They reads like a mystery thriller.” Gift Cards Now Available were big and fi erce like dinosaurs. I heard my Herb Meyer, the book’s coauthor, is the mom (behind me) saying something like ‘Just paleontologist for Florissant Fossil Beds Na- stand still. Don’t move, Honey! They won’t tional Monument. He is also Adjunct Curator, hurt you.’ I felt like I was all alone there to University of Colorado at Boulder, and Re- face down/stop the bulldozers from breaking search Associate, Denver Museum of Nature all the fossils.” On Sunday, April 14, 2013, & Science. Dr. Meyer is also the author of the Slow down, relax, and don’t think about you are invited to join Dr. Herb Meyer as he highly acclaimed book “The Fossils of Floris- talks about his new book “Saved in Time: sant” (Smithsonian Institution, 2003). your electric bill for another year. The Fight to Establish Florissant Fossil Beds Dr. Meyer’s talk will be held at the Floris- National Monument”. sant Public Library, Sunday, April 14, at It is as easy as 1, 2, 3: The exciting excerpt (quoted above) is from 2:00 p.m. This program is presented as a the just released book by Estella Leopold and public service by the Pikes Peak Historical Herbert Meyer, detailing the story of these un- Society together with the Friends of Floris- sung heroes of the Florissant Fossil Beds Na- sant Fossil Beds. Admission is free but seat- tional Monument. It also exposes the villains ing is limited. Refreshments will be served, as the story unfolds with all of its many twists, and a book signing will follow. For more turns and insults. Herb Meyer also recounts the information, call 719-748-3562. Ice fi shing in South Park by Jeff Tacey

ce out is coming to the South Park high a month with all the bug life and weed growth. Icountry lakes on the South Platte River Try using power bait and night crawlers at system. Ice out will all depend on the weath- Antero as the trout will hit bait best at ice out. er. One year it’s the fi rst of April and the Next up try Elevenmile Reservoir. Hungry 1. Sign up for E-Billing next year it’s closer to the end of April. But trout and northern pike will be cruising the Receive your monthly bill by email so you don’t have to keep track of paper bills. you want to be their when the ice melts as shoreline looking for an easy meal. Some the warmer water, food sources, and hungry of the biggest fi sh of the year are caught in 2. Sign up for Budget Billing trout will be close by shore. spring. Again, bait will work best at Eleven- Make sure you get to Antero Reservoir as mile until the water starts to warm up. Have the security of knowing the amount you can expect to pay the limit was moved from 2 trout to 8 trout as Last on the list is Spinney Mountain for 11 months of the year with a true-up in the 12th month. the Denver Water Board is preparing to drain Reservoir. Spinney is a fl y and lure only lake, (See website for eligibility requirements) the reservoir. Antero will close on May 1st. so no bait. Try a Pistol Pete, Woolly Bugger, The water will be sent downstream to Chees- or egg pattern on a spinning rod with an air 3. Sign up for Automatic Bill Pay man Reservoir. Although draining Antero will bubble. The same fl ies will work on a fl y rod. Rest easy, your bill will be paid on time every month. hurt the fi shing community, it will help in the For lures; chuckers, Kastmasters, Krocidiles, long run as the sucker fi sh population is killed Daredevils, and fl oating Rapalas work well. off and the reservoir will benefi t from “new Don’t forget to buy your new 2013 Colo- reservoir syndrome” where the fi sh grow rado fi shing license and check the 2013- Bill paying with IREA is as easy as 1, 2, 3 rapidly after refi lling the lake. 2014 Colorado Fishing Guide for all rules Go to www.irea.coop and click on Billing In the summer, the trout can grow 2 inches and regulations. or call us to get started today! Geology Class in Teller County By Paul Combs Sedalia - 303-688-3100 Conifer - 303-674-6879 eller County enjoys some of the most amazing geology on the planet. Community Partnership Strasburg - 303-622-9231 TFamily Resource Center (a Colorado non-profi t) offers a six Saturday course on The Geology Woodland Park - 719-687-9277 of Teller County, in Divide, APR 6 - MAY 11. Learn about gold, gems, fossils, NEWLY DIS- www.irea.coop COVERED giant meteorite craters, faults, volcanoes, glaciers, and more, with computer imagery, giveaway specimens, and hands-on activities. Choose mornings (9 – noon) or p.m. (1 – 4) for your convenience. Field trip included! Great for teachers, rock hounds, students, or general interest. NO TESTS Cost: $80 Call 686-0705 for registration & info. Classes fi ll quickly; register early. April 2013 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - Page 9 #1 Largest Subaru Dealer in America! BASED ON 2012 NATIONAL DEALER RANKING The All New The All New 2013 SUBARU FORESTER 2.5x 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA 2.0i

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Becoming a water wise westerner by Kathy Hansen

t is likely you have heard the word towns throughout our state. two gallons of water per day through fl uids clean water can be used to refi ll ice cube “drought” sometime in the past few Fast forward 200 years. Railroads, high- and foods. We will lose this water through trays, in the Brita, for coffee, tea, or juice, Iweeks. Defi nitions of drought all refer to ways, and airports run from east to west. sweat, urine, feces, and our breath. Then we for cooking, and/or for refreshing your a lack of precipitation affecting hydrologic Metropolises, cities, and towns are well de- will use water to clean ourselves. pet’s water dish. Clean water can be added imbalances (aquifers and watersheds) and veloped. GPS guides us via satellite instead of It is increasingly imperative we learn to to your clothes washing machine before the ability to sustain plant and/or animal life. constellations. Hunting and gathering means conserve when we can. The average human you turn it on as there is a sensor when the In other words, an abundant water supply is either you are adept at scoping out which consumes100 gallons/day, 75% used in the water is adequate for the load size. necessary to sustain life. restaurant will serve the food you are hungry bathroom and 25% of that is in the toilet. • Use dishwashers and clothes washers only The San Luis Valley and Arkansas Valley for or gathering the best choices at the grocery, with full loads or adjust water levels ac- are experiencing challenging drought condi- perhaps both. Our water comes out of a faucet. WAYS TO CONSERVE WATER: cordingly. tions. Antero Reservoir will be drained May I adore the pleasure of modern conveniences. • Start with a trickle. Most people will turn • Minimize use of sink garbage disposals. 1st and the water will fl ow into the Cheese- I enjoy a hot shower after a challenging work- the faucet on full blast then turn it down. • Wash veggies and fruits in a pan of clean man Reservoir. This preserves the water by out. I like hot running water for cooking and What if you would start with a trickle water instead of letting water run. preventing evaporation. The last time this cleaning up. Doing laundry at home compared and turn it up only to the point where you • Do not let water run while rinsing dishes action was taken was 2002, due to similar to the time, travel, and expense of the laundro- need it to be? when you wash by hand. Do use a basin drought conditions. 2002 was the year of mat is a no brainer. By the way, how is it that • Our faucets, shower heads, and toilets are to capture rinse water. This can be used to the Hayman Fire. In January 2013, USDA only the clean laundry lands in the puddle? the mechanisms by which our 100 gal- wet hair when you wash hair. designated 43 of Colorado’s 64 counties as I remember growing up in Wisconsin lons/day will fl ow. It makes sense that we • If you run a business that has a public disaster areas due to severe drought. Teller where water was plentiful. In fact, our fam- assure these mechanisms are effi cient, wa- restroom, post a sign stating we are expe- and Park Counties are included. ily shared a well with one neighboring fam- ter-saving, and leak free. A worn or leaky riencing a drought – please be water wise. Is the drought limited to Colorado? In ily. Grandmother would faucet can lose • When it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s 1990, 30 US states reported “water stress” bring her water jugs when 20 gallons/day or brown fl ush it down. Most toilets take two conditions. In 2009, 45 states reported she came to visit because Most of us who more. Switching to fi ve gallons of water to empty. If the “water stress” conditions. We are beginning she didn’t like the taste of to water saving average human uses the toilet every two to see a need throughout our country to con- the “city water” she was live in Colorado shower heads hours and the average human is awake for serve. See the end of this article for helpful hooked up to. today were born and low fl ow 16 hours, then they fl ush eight times/day, web sites regarding drought statistics. I recall noticing how someplace else. aerators can be a using between 16 to 40 gallons of water Is there an end in sight? We do know last she and Mother rinsed smart investment per day or 480 to 1200 per month. Experi- summer’s drought across the US is con- dishes differently (both We need to learn of usually under ment and see what works best for your cerning to our food supply, especially meat washed by hand). One to adapt to our $20. The cost of family and sewage/septic system. I am not and dairy products. Similar conditions are day, I asked Grandma replacing fi xtures suggesting we clog or overfl ow; no one predicted for this year. why she rinsed dishes the environment. can be recovered wants to deal with that. However, if you What can be done? Science has yet to fi nd a way she did and Mom did by saving on could decrease the number of fl ushes per way to control weather patterns, which means it differently. Grandma said, “Your Mom has drought fees. day, you will save water accordingly. no replenishment of our aquifers. However, we her own well that she shares with only one • Put bricks or plastic bottles fi lled with pebbles • Place a bucket in the shower with you and can become more aware of our choices which neighbor, whereas we are hooked up to city in your larger capacity toilet tank to take up aim the shower head at the bucket while impact how we use our second most precious, water and have to share with everyone in the volume. Make sure it will not interfere with shampooing and/or soaping. We have saved life sustaining natural resource - water. The city.” the working mechanisms in the tank. at least 1,000 gallons/month capturing this fi rst, of course, is oxygen. We cannot live Grandma then told me when she was grow- • Read your water bill for usage and compare water to use as fl ushing water. Did you more than six minutes without oxygen. We can ing up there was no indoor plumbing. The to last bill as well as this time last year. It know MOST other cultures are appalled that live three to fi ve days without water. While average home had an outhouse. There was a may be the best way to identify a leak. If the US wastes fresh water to fl ush? I choose drought conditions prevent aquifers from well on the property. People would haul the you have your own meter, check it before fresh water for drinking; cooking, cleaning replenishing we need to learn to conserve. We water into the house. “Modern” homes in her a two hour period when no water will be and I choose gray water for fl ushing. must adapt in order to sustain our existence. day had a pump inside the kitchen so you used. If the meter has moved when no water • Capture gray. What about the water that Let’s take a little trip through time and didn’t have to go outside to pump water. It was used, you have a leak or a faulty meter. comes off your hands during the wash- refl ect on cultural differences. was convenient to have to only haul the water • Do not use your toilet as a waste basket. ing process? What about rinse water from The Utes were a nomadic people who WITHIN the house. Grandma’s water saving • Tell your server at the restaurant whether doing dishes? How about the dish water traveled through this area before they were style had deep roots. or not you want ice water with your meal. itself? What do you do with the water from taken to reservations. As hunters/gatherers, The fi rst lesson was supply and demand. • Be sure to let fl atlanders who visit know boiled potatoes or pasta? What about water they were well aware of their resources. They The second lesson was about doing things we are in a drought. A friend who had a used to wash vegetables? How about the followed the availability of their resources differently in different places, rural was dif- house-guest for several months noticed a unfi nished water in your glass/bottle or across the land and over the seasons. They ferent from city. The third lesson was about 2/3 water usage increase. A little educa- your pet’s dish? These are all examples of knew what resources could feed them in which habits that can be changed based on current tion goes a long way. gray water and that water can still be used; seasons, as well as the best route to get there. situation and need. • Insulate your water pipes. You will get hot perhaps not best for ingestion. They used only what they needed and often Most of us who live in Colorado today water faster and use less energy. • Gray water can be used to fl ush the toilet. gave something back to the earth in gratitude. were born someplace else. We need to learn • Learn which faucet gives hot water fastest. Gray water can be used for houseplants The early settlers brought provisions with to adapt to our environment. We fi nd we need You can save gallons walking an extra as well as garden plants. Gray water can them as they came west. Rivers, lakes, and to learn to become fi re wise as fi re is one of few feet to the faucet with the hottest be used in the pot on the woodstove that streams were clean, free of pollution, and the natural disasters common to our geo- water fastest. helps to get some humidity into the air. readily available for replenishing their water graphical area. Water conservation is another • Shave using a bowl of water to rinse the • Consider using gray water for rinsing supply. In fact, most European immigrants way we adapt to living in the mountains. We razor instead of letting the water run. off dirty dishes instead of fresh running followed the streams, whereas many natives simply need to change our mentality and • Run only what you need. Turn off the water, whether you wash dishes by hand traversed the ridges. The resource (furs, attitudes about water. The behavioral changes faucet while brushing teeth or soaping up or with dishwasher. buffalo, gold, and water) they were seeking will follow and they can be easy. Read on. hands or shampooing. • Gray water could be captured from your played a large factor in where they settled. It is increasingly important that we • Capture clean. When you must let the faucet clothes washing machine. For those who are Once the resource was gone, they left. This consider how much water we are using. The run to get to a hot or cold temperature, cap- mechanically inclined with lots of space you is evidenced by the many abandoned mining average adult human ingests approximately ture the clean water in a gallon jug. This could direct the empty-hose of your clothes April 2013 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - Page 11

washer to a large enough tub. If you are re- your fi rst goal is to save 500 gallons/ ally inclined, direct that water to the toilet. month. Ask each person what they think Individual differences and safety matter. they can do to help make a difference. Every family unit is unique. It is important Decide how you will reward your family to identify those changes you believe you for reaching the goal. When you reach this can easily make. Safety should ALWAYS fi rst goal, challenge your family to con- come fi rst. If you are unsteady on your feet or serve 750 gallons/month as the next goal. Grand Opening have diffi culty standing, then a bucket in the What will your annual water savings goal shower could be a hazard. However, you may be and how will you achieve it? be able to assure you are using only what is • Meet with your neighbors to share ways to needed, or be the one who tells the server save water. Challenge your neighbors to who wants ice water at your table. conserve. Special thanks to Jim and Barb of the New Addition for taking time to meet with us. The op- PEOPLE TEND TO RESIST CHANGE. portunity to hear how each of your fami- HERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE IT lies were able to get water usage down EASIER: to 1,500 and 1,250 gallons per month, April 6th, 2013 • Start with one idea. If your family is accus- respectively, was very encouraging! tomed to free fl owing water implementing all of these changes will only set you up for HERE ARE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS failure. Try one change at a time. As you OF WATER CONSERVATION: become more comfortable with the fi rst • Saving water saves money on your utility 12 noon-5 pm change, try adding another way to conserve. bill. • Have your tools at the ready. There are a • Water conservation helps prevent pollution few tools that will make your efforts for in nearby lakes, rivers, and water sheds. water conservation easier. Have the bucket • Water conservation extends the life of your to capture shower water in the shower. I septic system. • Free Raffles fi nd a handle on the bucket is helpful for Wells are running dry in Park County and those of us who are a little clumsy. Have a some areas in Teller County need to turn off jug or pitcher with a lid next to the sink so wells to check rate of refi ll. Each aquifer is • Food when you are running water, the capture unique in its rate to replenish which will depend vessel is right there. You are more likely to on precipitation, type of substrate, if the ground • Facility Tours use it if it is where you will need it. Place is frozen, and how much water is being used. the hand sanitizer next to the soap at the Some areas have had to purchase water to sink so you don’t have to think twice. Keep replenish their holding tanks. Drought fees • Equipment Demonstrations a gray capture container in your sink or in are being applied to water bills. The cost the cabinet below so it’s easy to get to. of fresh water out of the faucet is going up. • Challenge yourself. Find new ways to con- Some water systems have had to shut down serve or re-use water. After a recent snowfall, for repairs or replenishment. I began to fi ll some containers with snow What happens if the well runs dry? How to melt. I heard the water dripping from the would we handle water rationing? What if Free Doggie Wash-n-dry and adoptable pets roof and placed several buckets to capture the laundry could only be done on certain days? snow melting from the roof. That netted 12 What if our street were allotted a specifi ed gallons I had not previously considered. amount each month? • Think in terms of fl ushes. A fi nancial Can we be the generation of people who advisor once recommended considering will learn the balance of using our second most Teller County’s only purchases in terms of how many hours precious resource wisely enough to settle and it would take to earn the amount of the survive the west? What simple changes are we AAHA accredited veterinary purchase. For example, if earning $10 willing to make to live in the mountains? Just per hour, a $60 purchase takes six hours like the European settlers and the native Utes, hospital is opening a to pay for. That 12 gallons recovered we need to adapt to our current circumstance. full-service Equine hospital from the snow melting off the roof (see 3 While one person conserving will make a above) becomes 4.8 fl ushes. difference, our communities working together and new Doggie • Make a game out of it. Do you have a will make a sustainable impact. healthy rivalry in your home or a competi- The Ute Country News is willing to Wash ~n~ Dry Station. tive nature? Let this work to your advan- publish a new “Water Saving Tip” each tage. As you became more water aware, month if you are willing to send something Don’t forget we have seek additional ways to conserve. Notice in that hasn’t been covered in this article. Doggie Day Care how less can be recovered through shorter We are also willing to give you a bucket if showers or how a single clean catch jug is that is the only reason you are unwilling to and Boarding Services! all that’s needed for recovery. conserve. Call 719-686-7393 to submit your • Teach your children well. Get the kids in- water saving tip or request a bucket. volved in your water conservation efforts. Check out these websites for more infor- Check out this website with your kids for mation on drought conditions or to report Stop by and see the new facility and meet the staff. games and more info www.epa/gov/wa- your own statistics. tersense/test_your_watersense.html http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state. • As a family, take a look at your water bill htm?CO,W for usage and set a new goal. Suppose http://www.ext.colostate.edu/drought/

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What is a moose? by Rainey Hall

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his article, however, is about the four- Tlegged moose. The name is believed to have originated from the Algonquian tribe from the Ottawa River valley of Canada. It means, “he who trims or cuts.” Others believe it denotes, “twig eaters.” There are seven species of moose in the world. The moose in Colorado are the small- est of the four sub-species named Shirasi or Shira. The antlers, not horns, are palmated, (shaped like a hand), not dendritic like those of deer and elk. Per John Broderick, Terrestrial Program encing declines in their moose populations.” Supervisor from Colorado Parks and Wild- This author has seen a white-eared moose life, “Moose are an introduced species to several times in Colorado. Broderick Colorado. There are historical records of states, “There are various degrees of patchy moose being here but no proof that there albinism…due to localized mutations in skin were self-sustaining populations.” Twenty- cells. Albinism in animals is hereditary and four moose were officially introduced into occurs when a recessive gene from each par- Colorado in 1978 and 1979 from Utah and ent is passed on to the offspring.” Wyoming. Many transplants have been made since then, the latest being into the Flat Tops Mountains/Wilderness Area in 2010. Broderick continues, “The moose Moosvelous facts: introduction effort has been very successful • The word for two or more moose is: and provides an increased opportunity for moose. Coloradans and our visitors to…enjoy these • Moose can run up to 35mph. Both magnificent creatures.” cows and bulls have been known to Will moose move as far south as Northern charge cars and people. New Mexico? Broderick says, “They might. • The funny thing hanging from the It is possible that a moose...could wander bottom jaw is called a bell. Cows and into New Mexico.” bulls have them. Biologists are still The largest of the deer family, moose tend uncertain what the exact reason is for to be soloists. There are always exceptions it; maybe an indication of age and to the rule. Wildlife viewers have seen large breeding health. The “clapper” can groups kneeling in spring to nibble on young freeze and fall off in the winter. shoots of grass. • The age of a moose can be determined What do moose eat? Per Broderick, “…es- by its jaw. timates assumed willows…comprise 85% of • Peak rut is generally late September to the…moose’s diet.” Moose have been seen early October. stealing from hay stacks and eating leaves. • If hunting moose, use appropriate size Broderick teaches, “Generally (Colorado) ammunition. Be certain your target is moose eat…79 lbs./day/dry wt. and less in a moose - not an elk or domesticated winter, 44lbs/day/dry wt. Moose do not have mammal. Unbelievable as it is, sev- upper incisors. They use upper molars to eral have made these mistakes. grind their food…and do very well on the • The moose’s hump is caused by the browse provided in Colorado’s mountains.” long vertebral processes of the spine How does hunting effect the moose which are covered by muscle. The SPRING RV SALE! population? Broderick answers, “We shape does not change due to sex now have moose hunting in 36 GMUs, hormones, food supplies or water, nor (Game Management Units). The estimated is fat stored there. LOW Prices on NEW and USED statewide post-hunt moose population…was • Moose antlers usually fall off in winter. th 1,800 in 2011, compared to 1,700 in 2010. In spring they grow again. 5 Wheels and Travel Trailers! License demand far exceeds allocation, with • Chronic Wasting Disease has been 15,400 applicants for 177 moose licenses in found in moose throughout Colorado. 2011. For 2012, we issued 219 licenses. The Per Jim Baker from Colorado Parks number of post-hunt moose for 2012 and and Wildlife, “CWD in harvested licenses to be allocated for 2013 should be moose is under 5%.” determined by the end of March, 2013.” • Gestation is approximately 243 days, calv- States Broderick, “Moose populations con- ing occurring in late May to early June. tinue to do well throughout Colorado. We are fortunate because most other states are experi- Guffey 9 Health Fair May 5th ARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! The 9 Health Fair is coming once again to Guffey on MSunday, May 5th from 7:00 a.m. to noon and will be held at the Guffey Charter School. The 9 Health Fair is Colorado’s largest non-profit health fair program whose sole mission is to promote health and awareness and to encourage individuals to assume responsibility for their own health. While children are welcome at the Health Fair, all participants must be at least 18 years of age. Blood cannot be drawn on anyone under 18 even with parental consent. 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Rampart Library District news New Lawyer in Woodland Park! by Rita Randolph ove books and want to discuss them Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Micro- Kirk Garner Lwith other book lovers? Join one of the soft PowerPoint. Pick up a schedule or look District’s book clubs. The Florissant Book online on the district’s website: http://rampart. Worms meets on the third Wednesday of colibraries.org, under Computer Classes. Attorney at Law the month at the Florissant Public Library On Thursday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m., General Civil Practice at 10:30 a.m. For April they are reading The Celinda Kaelin will present a program on Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. the “Spirit Trees” in the Pikes Peak Region • Contract Disputes Durrow, and in May, Unbroken by Laura at the Woodland Park Public Library, if you • Adjoining Landowners Hillenbrand. WP Book Club meets on the missed the program at the Florissant Library fi rst Tuesday of the month at 6:30 at the in March. The native Ute Indians marked • Personal Injury Woodland Park Public Library. April’s choice hundreds of trees in the area for spiritual Family Law is The Heartbreaking Work of Staggering reasons over their hundreds of years of occu- • Dissolution of Marriage Genius by Dave Eggers, and in May the club pation. Join us for this fascinating program! is reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. For more information call 687-9281 x132. • Child Custody Florissant Library’s themed storytime Are you a birder or interested in birds in Colo- • Parental Responsibilities continues to grow. Snacks and crafts are of- rado? Charlie Campbell of Colorado Springs will ten part of the fun. In April: Apr. 4 — Bun- discuss the common and the not-so-common Office located in the Pikes Peak Credit Union 720 W. Midland, Suite 201 nies, Apr. 11— Bears, Apr. 18 — Baking birds of Colorado at the Woodland Park Public Bread, and Apr. 25 — Boogers (hopefully Library on Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. no snacks this day!). The Florissant Library is open Monday, Woodland Park The computer classes being offered at the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 719-687-6869 [email protected] Florissant Library have been very popular, 10-5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10-2 p.m. and will continue. Classes included are Mouse Be sure to stop in during National Library Basics & Keyboard Basics, Computer Basics, Week, April 15-April 21! Career Mentoring at CCV High SUMMER VACATION School pick up a map before you pack by Dana Taylor Maps and travel guides for he “Career Mentoring” event was a success at Cripple Creek TVictor High School, sponsored by Second Chance Ranch. The Career Mentoring event was a three week series of presen- near and far. Trail maps, City tations, workshops and one-on-one mentoring using career profes- sionals in the community. The event focus was unique for each maps, USA & World. Our Alex Hutson, Chris Irelan, week. The fi rst week’s focus was on resume sharpening, taught by teacher, Mr. Mowery and Mike Perini of Perini & Associates. The Brandon Oxley, and Jaimi speciality is your Colorado. next week interview skills were practiced with many leaders of Cloud pay close attention the local community, who came in to help with mock interviews. as Joel Schultz of Men’s 929 W Colorado Ave Lori Gray, of CCV Gold Mine gave a presentation on interview Wearhouse shows how to tie Colorado Springs, CO tips. The fi nal week, Joel Schultz of Men’s Wearhouse gave the a necktie. students a presentation on how to dress for the interview. M-F 830-530 • Sat 9-5 719-633-5757 Mueller State Park’s spring www.macvanmaps.com programs and guided hikes by Michael Seraphin pring is springing!! Pack your gear for Check out the hands-on samples and Searly spring weather and get out and enjoy learn about local geology with volunteer your recreational activity of choice at Mueller naturalist Bob Hickey. View a complete State Park. Trails are open and accessible, representation of the sedimentary rocks campsites are available and sledding hills around us in the region. You can touch and are open as weather permits! Remember our feel specimens and learn how to identify cabins are available year-round. them! Also, bring your favorite rock to When enjoying the outdoors in Colo- show Bob! rado’s unpredictable weather, always have a map, be prepared with water, sun protection, EARTH DAY CELEBRATION and be dressed in layers. All of our offered EVENTS!! programs are free, but you must have a $7 April 21 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Meet at the daily parks pass or a $70 annual pass on Visitor Center your vehicle to enter the park. Join volunteer naturalist Nancy Remmler Mueller State Park is located 4-miles at 10 a.m. in the Visitor Center Parking Lot south of Divide on Highway 67. For weather for an Earth Day hike! Spend some time updates or for more information, call Muel- outside, refl ecting on our Earth and all that it ler State Park at 719- 687-2366. offers at Mueller State Park. Good for adults Here is a list of upcoming programs at and children alike; families welcome. The Mueller State Park. hike will be determined by the participants. Kids, come enjoy Earth Day arts and Your most ‘HIKING FOR FUN AND FITNESS’ – crafts with volunteer naturalist Rose Ban- HIKING SERIES zhaf at 11 a.m. at the Visitor Center. Perfect April 6 and 20 at 10 a.m. Meet at the Visitor for the whole family; picture frame projects important Center Parking Lot. will be made and stories will be read. Enjoy the spring; with or without snow! Afterwards, join volunteer naturalist Volunteer naturalist Nancy Remmler will Carole Larkey for a guided hike around the meeting of guide you on a series of hikes throughout nature trail! Bring your Earth Day spirit, craft the winter, every fi rst and third Saturday of hands, and sturdy shoes for hiking! Please the day. the month. Each hike will be determined by RSVP/sign up by April 19th if interested in YOU! Bring your favorite hiking suggestions, attending. The celebration will be limited to sturdy, insulated and waterproof shoes/boots, 35 children participants. You may sign up at winter shoe spikes/cleats, and/or snowshoes, the visitor center OR call or email Chelsea layered winter clothing, sun protection, Murray @ 719-687-2366 ext 107 or chelsea. water, and snacks. Please come prepared for [email protected] all types of snow conditions, hikes will take place regardless of amount of snow or ice. SERENE SATURDAYS – HIKING SERIES April 27 at 10 a.m. Meet at the Visitor ROCK CLINIC Center Parking Lot. April 6 at 10 a.m. at the Visitor Center Enjoy the serenity of a Saturday morning VOLUNTEER TODAY! Auditorium hike. Volunteer naturalist Carole Larkey will He’s eager for your real world skills. To learn about the business world, and Volunteer naturalist Bob Hickey will give an lead a hike on April 27. Your hiking destina- acquire the knowledge he needs to succeed. We give you the tools to help engaging and eye-opening talk about rocks and tion will be determined by YOU! Bring your you teach young people about money management and how business works. their formation. There will be true specimens favorite hiking suggestions, sturdy, insulated To provide hands on experiences that prepare them to compete in Sherri L. Albertson and examples for a complete representation of and waterproof shoes/boots, winter shoe the workforce. Learn more about Junior Achievement in Teller County at the rocks around us in the region. There will be spikes/cleats, and/or snowshoes, layered Teller County Area Coordinator http://southerncolorado.ja.org 194 Cornell Drive winter clothing, sun protection, water, and plenty of opportunity for discussion and Q & A. Your skills. Their future. Woodland Park, CO 80863 snacks. Please come prepared for all types (719) 650-4089 TOUCH TABLE: SEDIMENTARY ROCK of snow conditions, hikes will take place Help out this May by contacting [email protected] April 6 at 1 p.m. at the Visitor Center regardless of amount of snow or ice.

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TANNING 1 Mo. Unlimited ...... $45 Guffey Cemetery 10 Tans ...... $35 by Flip Boettcher photo by Flip Boettcher Single Tan ...... $7 Air Brush Tanning ...... $25 ho really owns the fi ve acre Guffey cem- Wetery? That question has been asked for several years, ever since the Guffey Commu- HAIR nity Association (GCA) decided to pursue get- & up ting historic designation for the cemetery. The Women’s Haircut...... $20 question was fi nally answered at the cemetery Men’s Haircut...... $12 & up meeting held on Wednesday, February 20th at & up Wolff Tanning Bed with XS Power the Guffey Community Charter School. No Child’s Haircut ...... $10 one really owns the cemetery, without more & up Twister Lamps Color ...... $65 work and research, according to Amy Unger, XS Power Twister Lamps are Perms ...... $55 & up the elite lamp on the market. Preservation Planner for the Park County Of- This lamp successfully fi ce of Historic Preservation. & up unleashes the sun at it’s most Waxing ...... $10 powerful. You will be able to Unger and Erica Duvic, also of the Offi ce achieve the deepist of Historic Preservation, have been doing darkest tan ever thought Pedicure ...... $35 & up possible. Come get your extensive research on the cemetery ownership tan on! Call for your since last September. They gave a power point & up appointment today! Manicure ...... $15 presentation highlighting their research. There Shellac Manicures ...... $25 were nine people attending the meeting plus Headstone of W.T. Boutwell, a civil war & up 719-687-9532 • 625 W. Midland ave. Unger, Duvic and Tom Eiseman, Park County. Nail Enhancements ....$35 vet and member of the grand army of Gold Hill Square nortH • Woodland Park In January, 1896, the townsite of Fresh- water, later changed to Guffey, was surveyed the republic. He served in the 13 New and platted by Will C. Teller, according to Hampshire infantry, came from San Big or small, we ship it all® historic records. Francisco to Guffey and married Helen In November, 1896, Gustave Cohen, the Pease Curliss, sister of Matilda Pease Freight services at son of Sam Cohen, the owner of the general Townsend, on June 1, 1904 at “high store in Fairplay, purchased 110 acres, which noon” in Guffey. The UPS Store® included the townsite of Freshwater and the cemetery, for $1.25 per acre, or $137.50, Lake George and Como. No matter how big or what shape, according to records. “This option would guarantee ownership our freight services can help get your According to records, Dean Johnson sold of the cemetery for perpetuity and allow item to its destination. Whether you’re 16,623 acres adjoining the town of Guffey in going forward on historic designation. The county would pay all the legal fees, which shipping a piano or antique furniture, 1956 to Robert C. Norris (Norris is the original Marlboro man). In 1965, Norris sold a large wouldn’t be too much,” said Unger. “Find- we’ll help you take a load off. portion of that land to Jerry Mills, a Guffey ing public access to the cemetery through resident, doing business as Mills Ranches. easements over private property can pro- In 1969, Mills Ranches sold the land that gress, through GCA, as well.” Unger stated. would become the Cover Mountain subdivi- This option would happen only with the sion, which included the Guffey cemetery, support of the Guffey community. Anyone to Sports Enterprises, David A. Noble, who did not get to attend the meeting is president of the board of directors. encouraged to contact the county with their Somehow, said Unger, the cemetery got comments. Email Unger at [email protected], 743 GOLDHILL PL Hours: left off the map when the subdivision was or call her at 719-836-4292. There also will be WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863 Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. formed and mentioned that in the original a follow up meeting for more public input. 719.687.3023 Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. town plat map, there were plans for a town “Option three is to do nothing and then [email protected] park, but not for a cemetery. everything stops,” said Unger. “There would theupsstorelocal.com/1374 According to Unger, Sports Enterprises be no historic designation and no public Copyright © 2012 Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. C2LF252339 03.12 formed another company, Black Forest access through private property to get to the Development Company in 1972, but both cemetery which is private property also.” companies are apparently defunct, with no At this point in the presentation, Geri traceable activity since 1992. Salsig, owner of Mountain Light Real Estate “But really,” said Unger, “It was the survey in Guffey, said she thought their may be a A+ done of the cemetery which allowed them presumptive heir to the property. RAted to take the legal description to Fidelity Title Millie Wittwer, whose husband Don has company which confi rmed that legal title to passed away, may be an heir to the property The Team You Trust the cemetery is vested in Sports Enterprises said Salsig. Don Wittwer was on the board and Black Forest Development Company of directors of Sports Enterprises, according which are both apparently defunct.” to Salsig, and since she knows Millie Wit- Get the Guaranteed Best Tire “The purpose of the meeting was to twer, she would contact her about possible discuss potential plans for ownership and ownership of the property. Prices in Teller County! management of the Guffey Cemetery as well There was a lot of discussion about a We’ll Meet as to ask the community how they would quit claim title, what it involved, the cost like to proceed,” said Unger, who reviewed (about $600) and how long it would take or Beat Any three possible options the county and the to fi le. Apparently, one has to advertise in a Tire Deal! Guffey community can pursue. newspaper for several weeks to allow any apparent heirs to come forward and claim Touring/Passenger Truck/SUV/Crossover Low Profile/Performance Option one would be to continue to search for heirs of Noble or other members of the title to the property stated Unger. 195/60R15 ...... 55 .$ 95. 235/70R16 ...... 95. $89 . 215/45R17 ...... $68 95. company and board of directors. If any are Questionnaires were passed out and 195/65R15 ...... 59 95. . 235/75R15 ...... 92 95. . 225/45R17...... 76 95. returned. There seemed to be general agree- 205/65R15 ...... 95.. .59. 265/75R16 ...... 98 95. 205/50R17 ...... 95 ..78. found, see if they would like to donate the 205/55R16 ...... 95 ..66. 31x10 .5.R15...... 103 95. 225/50R17 ...... 83 95. property to the county. ment among those present for the county to 225/60R16 ...... 71 95. 265/70R16 ...... 104 95. 225/55R17 ...... 95 ..85. “This option,” said Unger, “would take continue looking for heirs and representa- 235/75R15 ...... 95.. .78. 265/70R17 ...... 114 95. 215/50R17 ...... 86 95. time and not allow the historic designation tives of Sports Enterprises/Black Forest process to continue as well as no public ac- Development; especially to follow up on cess to the cemetery.” Salsig’s information. If any are found, see Option two, would be for the county to if they want to donate the property to the take a quit claim title to the cemetery with county. 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Fly fishing: move over guys, the ladies are here to stay by Robert Younghanz, The Bug Guy

he face of fly fishing has slowing been I could use a little help myself.” Now there’s Tchanging over the last decade. While two dynamics going on here. First off, the men still dominate the sport, everyday more person fishing with the guide should be women are picking up fly rods and hitting the catching many more trout then the person on rivers to fool a few trout. I have often said their own. Secondly, at the risk of general- that fly fishing is not a power sport and the izing, it’s been my experience that when it trout don’t care if it’s a man or women at the comes to learning the science of fly fishing other end of the line. At its core, it is a science women are often much better students then where knowledge and technique supplant men. One could ponder the myriad of reason brute force and muscle. Over the last 15 years for this phenomena, but let me just say this, I’ve guided children as young as 5 years old in my many years as a fly fishing guide and and senior citizens approaching their 90’s. instructor, not once have I had a female With each passing year the ratios of women client prematurely walking off during my I’ve been introducing to fly fishing has be instructions and tell me, “I’m good, I’ve got, rising exponentially. Truth be told, propor- I’ve got it.” I wish I could say the same were tionally, women represent the largest group of true for my male students. new recruits coming into the sport. The fly fishing industry as a whole has More and more I find myself on the river finally started to realize that not only are guiding couples rather than the lone fly fish- women coming to the sport in large numbers Teresa Younghanz and Belikin show the catch of the day. Photo by Robert Younghanz erman. It’s not uncommon for the husband but they are also demanding fishing gear to have had a bit of fly fishing experience and clothing that is suited for them specifi- a three day women’s fly fishing camp ex- Robert Younghanz, aka The Bug Guy, is a under his belt, so on virtually every trip I am cally. Gone are the days of my wife have to clusively for women and taught by women guide and instructor at The Angler’s Covey told the same thing. It goes something like wear my old back up waders which look and instructors. We also offer women’s fly cast- Fly Shop. For more information on aquatic this, “Robert, why don’t you go ahead and feel like she’s fishing in a giant trash bag ing clinics and have a women’s fly fishing entomology for the Rocky Mountain West, work with my wife today, since I already with boots. Walk into virtually any fly shop club. Although as an outsider, it seems to me check out Robert’s nationally best selling 2 know what I’m doing and she’s new to fly in the country today and there will be fly the club is merely an excuse for the ladies to DVD set. The Bug Guy: Aquatic Entomology fishing.” Like a good guide, I nod my head rods, waders, boots and clothing designed get together and drink wine. for the Fly Fisher, www.the-bug-guy.com/ and walk away with a smile on my face, with a women’s physique and since of style Be that as it may, whether it’s fly fishing dvd.php or contact Robert at: www.roberty- knowing full well that within a few minutes in mind. Whether it’s a smaller handle on in general, tying flies, or casting a fly rod ounghanzflyfishing.com she and I will absolutely be slaying fish and a fly rod that helps the women fly fisher to the women fly fishers that come in to my fly Advanced Entomology Lecture and Stream- he will be catching little or no fish whatso- grip the rod with more control or a wader shop are just as passionate, just as addicted side Class is a 2 part class. The next class is ever. With each fish his wife lands, he will that better fits both a women’s foot size and often more proficient then many of our Wednesday April 10th (Lecture) at Angler’s be looking over at us becoming more and and waist line, the industry has come to male customers at these activities. So be Covey Fly Shop and Sunday April 14th more agitated and upset. Then it happens, understand that women are willing to put warned, when you’re on the river looking (Streamside) in 11 Mile Canyon. The class is with his tail between his legs, the dejected out the bucks for good equipment that caters down stream at some fly fisherman catching $90.00 plus $20.00 for the insect collecting husband walks over to us, admitting defeat directly to their needs. ten fish to your one, that “fisher man” may kit, which the student gets to keep. Please call he humbly says, “You know Robert, maybe At my fly shop, Angler’s Covey, we offer very well be a “fisher lady”. (719) 471-2984 for more information. Preliminary report on a fossil bone from the Jurassic period Teddy Reeves, Earth Science Scholar, Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society fossil dinosaur bone was found looks like part of a leg bone. If we had more scientists cannot identify it. If more work Aon private ranchland near the bones that belonged to the creature, for in- could be done in the Garden Park area, more Garden Park area, Fremont County, stance, a skull or a hip, we might be able to fossils might be found and help to identify Colorado. Garden Park is in south- tell what it is. Each species of dinosaur has this bone. central Colorado, and is known for a different type of skull and some species of its Jurassic dinosaurs. It contains the dinosaurs have different types of hips. For Pikes Peak area’s most famous dino- instance, theropods (such as Allosaurus) and saur beds and is about an hour’s drive sauropods (such as Diplodocus) are the two Licensed & Insured from the Florissant Fossil beds, where types of dinosaurs that are saurischians, or plants and insects were trapped in the “lizard-hipped”. shales of an Eocene-age lake. Because the fossil is too incomplete, The dinosaur fossil was found in Complete Remodeling • Carpentry rock of the Jurassic Morrison Forma- Handyman Service • Custom Kitchens & Baths tion. The ancient bone was found in a About the author: unit of fine-grained sandstone (frag- eddy Reeves • Finished Basements • Additions ments ranging between 1/16 millime- Tis a 12 year • Decks & Patios • Porches ters and 2 millimeters) in the Morrison old student in 7th Formation. Sandstone is a sedimentary grade at Imma- • Carports & Garages • Bathrooms nuel Lutheran rock composed of grains of any type of 20% Discount for all mineral or rock fragments. Most sand- School in Love- stones consist primarily of the mineral Image of dinosaur bone fragment form the land, Colorado. spring Home improvements! quartz with small amounts of a number Morrison Formation at Garden Park, Colorado. Teddy is also a member of the of other minerals. Photo © S.W. Veatch. 687-9066 Scientists have reviewed photos of Western Interior the prehistoric bone (figure 1). Ac- canals are visible at each end of the fossil Paleontological 200-2115 cell cording to Dr. Ian Miller at the Denver Mu- per Steven Veatch. Haversian canals look Society. Interests crescendohomeservices.com seum of Nature and Science, this could be a like little tubes inside a bone. include paleontol- dinosaur bone, but it is too worn and incom- Scientists at the Denver Museum of ogy, acting, playing the piano, and Lego Ro- plete to identify. The bone is only a fragment Nature and Science agree, and believe that, botics. He will soon be moving to Alberta, of a larger bone; if it was a complete bone, since the bone is not hollow and the Haver- Canada. He is looking forward to learning it would be easier to identify. The fossil can sian canals are notable, it likely belongs to more about the Burgess Shale and visiting be recognized as a bone because Haversian a sauropod—a large plant-eater. To me, this the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Page 16 - UTE COUNTRY NEWS - April 2013

Excitotoxins: What you may not know by Carol Grieve ikipedia describes excitotoxicity as the This is because they are more rapidly ab- 40 hidden names for MSG on food labels. Wpathological process by which nerve sorbed and reach higher blood levels. If you FORTY?!? Yes. 40! So, foods labeled NO- cells are damaged and killed by excessive are eating any type of processed diet food, MSG or MSG-Free (think Chinese restau- stimulation by neurotransmitters such as you are eating many excitotoxins.” rants) may not have actual MSG added to it, glutamate and similar substances. In lay- What if excitotoxins could possibly but if they contain any of these ingredients, man’s terms, an excitotoxin is any substance aggravate or even precipitate many of the there is STILL MSG IN THE FOOD. See that causes the brain cells to become very neurodegenerative brain disorders such as sidebar “Names of ingredients that ALWAYS Carol Grieve` excited. When these cells start fi ring their migraines, seizures, infections, abnormal contain processed free glutamic acid”. sisofCarrageenanHealthImpacts042612.pdf ) impulses very rapidly, the cells become so neural development, certain endocrine Another excitotoxin additive that you found that when carrageenan was injected in exhausted that they die. disorders, specifi c types of obesity as well are most likely familiar with is the artifi cial animals along with a cancer-causing chemi- Now, that description may not mean a as the neurodegenerative diseases such as sweetener, NutraSweet, also known under cal, tumors appeared more rapidly and in whole lot to you, but let’s dig a little deeper Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, other names. Nearly 50% of this compound is signifi cantly higher numbers than in control and fi gure out what we are really talking about. ALS, and Alzheimer’s disease? composed of the excitotoxin aspartate. Much animals injected with carcinogen alone. The An excitotoxin is a chemical that causes a Would you be concerned if you knew that like glutamate, aspartame acts very similarly same was seen when human breast cancers brain cell to become overexcited and fi re un- these excitotoxin food additives are a particu- to the way that glutamate acts--killing brain were implanted in animals along with car- controllably, leading to cell death. MSG and lar risk if you have ever had a stroke, brain cells by allowing too much calcium into the rageenan: the combination made the tumors other excitotoxins like aspartame have the injury, brain tumor, seizure, or have suffered cell. It triggers excessive amounts of free rad- grow faster and spread more widely than in potential for infl icting permanent damage to from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis or vi- icals which kill the cells. NutraSweet is used control animals. As a result, carrageenan is the brain and nervous system. These chemi- ral encephalitis? Do I have your attention yet? in many diet foods and beverages. Again, it is classifi ed as a tumor promoter. Unfortunately, cals also cross the placental barrier, harming Excitotoxins are not present in just a few well-recognized that liquid forms of excito- carrageenan can even be found in some the brains of unborn children. These sub- foods, but rather in almost all processed foods. toxins are much more toxic to the brain than organic products, like almond milk. stances, usually acidic amino acids, react with In many cases they are being added in disguised the dry forms--as they are absorbed more For more information on excitotoxins, I highly specialized receptors in the brain in such a forms, such as natural fl avoring, spices, yeast quickly and produce higher blood levels than recommend you read the book, “Excitotoxins, way as to lead to destruction of certain types extract, textured protein, soy protein extract, etc. when they are mixed with dry food. The Tastes that Kills” or watch Dr. Russell Blay- of neurons. Glutamate is one of the more In neuroscience, the study of excitotoxins Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: lock’s YouTube video by the same name. commonly known excitotoxins. However, is a hot topic. Yet, how many of you have aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol. Given all the information we know so far over 70 have thus far been identifi ed. MSG ever heard of this until now? This is very Aspartic acid is a powerful excitotoxin--as about excitotoxins, it’s just one more reason, is the sodium salt of glutamate. Glutamate is much by design. The number one source of powerful as glutamate. Pheynylalaline can in the ever-growing long list, of reasons to a normal neurotransmitter in the brain. It is excitotoxins is in your food--not natural food, cause mental retardation in children, emo- avoid processed food. the most commonly used neurotransmitter by but almost all processed foods. The compa- tional disorders, depression, and makes ones If you have questions or comments or the brain. Defenders of MSG and aspartame nies that use excitotoxins to make their food susceptible to seizures. Methanol is a wood for wellness coaching, please email me at usually say: How could a substance that is “taste” better have a vested interest in you alcohol that is a deadly poison. It is broken [email protected]. used normally by the brain cause harm? This NOT knowing about excitotoxins and that down to formic acid and formaldehyde. is because, glutamate, as a neurotransmitter, is called profi t. These companies go to great Symptoms of methanol poisoning in- exists in the extracellular fl uid only in very, length to disguise the names of some of these clude: headaches, ear buzzing, dizziness, Names of ingredients that ALWAYS very small concentrations --- no more than excitotoxins, especially MSG. Most of us gastrointestinal disturbances, weakness, contain processed free glutamic acid: 8 to 12uM. When the concentration of this have heard of MSG and avoid it. However, vertigo, chills and memory lapses. The Glutamic acid Yeast nutrient transmitter rises above this level, the neurons they have changed the names for MSG and it most well known problems from metha- Glutamate Autolyzed yeast begin to fi re abnormally. At higher concen- is still in many products that you may not be nol poisoning are vision related, includ- Monosodium glutamate Gelatin trations, the cells undergo this specialized aware of. Some of these hidden names are: ing misty vision, blurring of the vision, Monopotassium glutamate Textured protein process of delayed cell death, excitotoxicity. hydrolyzed vegetable protein, vegetable pro- retinal damage, and blindness. Calcium glutamate Soy protein Monoammonium glutamate Soy protein concentrate That is, they are excited to death. tein, textured protein, whey protein extract, Carrageenan is a rather new additive Magnesium glutamate Soy protein isolate Dr. Richard Blaylock, retired neurosurgeon enzymes, yeast extract, spices, carrageenan, and an excitotoxin. It is a complex poly- Natrium glutamate Whey protein states, “When subtoxic levels of excitotoxins broth and stock, to name a few. Campbell’s saccharide extract made from seaweed Yeast extract Whey protein concentrate are given to animals in divided doses, they soup for example can contain as many as four and is used as a binding agent. Experi- Anything “hydrolyzed” Whey protein isolate experience full toxicity, i.e., they are syner- different types of excitotoxins! mentally, carrageenan is used as an agent Any “hydrolyzed protein” Anything “…protein” gistic. Also, liquid forms of excitotoxins, as Many of you may be thinking, “Okay I to induce intense infl ammation in experi- Calcium caseinate Vetsin Sodium caseinate Ajinomoto occurs in soups, gravies and diet soft drinks will avoid MSG and Aspartame,” but there is mental animals. A recent study (http:// Yeast food are more toxic than that added to solid foods. more. You need to know that there are over www.cornucopia.org/CornucopiaAnaly-

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Woodland Park Youth Job Fair - Ute “Alverta Burns - Pass Cultural Center, April 9th Angel of the Hills” he Pikes Peak Workforce Center and the School to Work Al- Youth Corps, Cripple Creek/Victor Gold Mine. Tliance program announce the annual Governor’s Summer Job Youth should pre-register at www.ppwfc.org, click on the Hunt Youth Job Fair in Woodland Park. yellow tab and then Youth Job Fairs. exhibit “Providing summer employment for our young adults will help Employers interested in booth space, should contact Bob Gemi- he Ute Pass Historical Society, in conjunction with them learn the required interpersonal skills needed to be success- gnani at 719.667.3829 or [email protected] or Megan Tthe Pikes Peak Regional Medical Center Foundation, ful as future members of the workforce,” says Dave Paul. “I urge DeSmidt at 719.491.6036 or [email protected] presents “Alverta Burns: Angel of the Hills,” an ex- all employers in Teller County who are able to offer a position to a Job fair attendees should dress appropriately; bring multiple hibit featuring vintage young person to please take advantage of the opportunity to do so at copies of their résumés, and application information to help photographs, medical the Youth Job Fair.” them fi ll out applications. artifacts and clothing Youth in Teller County, ages 16 through 21, are invited to from the lifetime of meet with employers hiring for summer positions at the Ute About the Youth Work Zone one of our area’s most Pass Cultural Center on Tuesday, April 9th from 1 to 5 p.m. The Youth Work Zone supports education and promotes respected residents of Youth must be at least 16 years old to participate. employment for youth in El Paso and Teller counties by provid- the last century. Current employers planning to attend the Youth Job Fair include: ing youth opportunities. More information about the Youth Work Even as late as the The North Pole/Santa’s Workshop, Aramark, Legends and Legacy Zone can be found online at www.ppwfc.org. 1950s, many remote areas in Colorado did not have resident or even visiting physi- cians, including Teller County. Fortunately, Teller County had Alverta Burns, PPRH offers free classes! a kind ranch wife and registered nurse with a tireless

ikes Peak Regional Hospital’s “Joint Replacement Center” back of Walmart, it was time to getPPRH both her“Joint knees Replacement replaced. Centercompassion” offers Freefor healing. Classes! Alverta’s selfl ess service was a Poffers free classes twice a month to help educate candi- Today she not only shops to her heart’s content but hikes many blessing to area families, friends and neighbors. Her re- dates for joint replacement of what to expect, how to prepare area trails. She feels she really has Pikesa new Peak lease Regional on life!” Hospital’s “Jointmarkable Replacement commitment Center” offersto the freeill and classes infi twicerm was a the sub- and learn about the surgery. Dr. Michael Messner is the Medi- Classes are held the second andmonth fourth to Thursday help educate of each candidates jectfor joint of a replacement1956 Saturday of whatEvening to expect, Post magazine how to article. cal Director for the Center and the class is taught by Regis- month from 2-4pm at the hospital. Registration is required. prepare and learn about the surgery. Alverta’sDr. Michael story Messner and many is the ofMedical the everyday Director objectsfor the from tered Nurses. Attendees only need to attend one class, which is repeated for her nursing profession are featured in the display, includ- Center and the class is taught by Registered Nurses. This class is designed to go over all aspects of a total joint the convenience of the public. ing her medicine bag and nurse’s uniform (courtesy of replacement. The attendees (along with their spouses or car- For more information, please contact the Program Coordi- the Burns family of Woodland Park). The exhibit runs This class is designed to go over all aspects of a total joint replacement. The attendees egivers) can ask questions, watch animated videos and discuss nator, Wendy Westall, RN, at 719-686-5779. To register for through May in the Pikes Peak Regional Hospital lobby. (along with their spouses or caregivers) can ask questions, watch animated videos and the process with instructors. an upcoming class you may contact the hospital at the main For more information, contact Karla Schweitzer at 719- One local resident who knew, when she couldn’t walk to the number, 719-687-9999, x5769. discuss the process with instructors.686-7512 or via email at [email protected]. One local resident who knew, when she couldn’t walk to the back of Walmart, it was time to get both her knees replaced. Today she not only shops to her heart’s content but hikes ~OUT AND ABOUT~many area trails. She feels she really has a new lease on life!”

Check out these activities going on right here in this area. If you know of an activity we should include,Classes please are held call the one second of our and reporters fourth Thursday or email of us each at [email protected]. month from 2-4pm at the hospital. Registration is required. Attendees only need to attend one class, which is your Chili into our Chili Cook Tuesday and Thursday morn- Cultural Center, 3:00pm. and will be presented for any- DRC. Nature’s Educators will FLORISSANT off for only $10. These funds ings. Call Debbie at 748-3678 Woodlandrepeated Park for theCommunity convenience of theone public.who wants to understand be giving two presentations 5 Lissa Hanner & Chuck perform go toward the 1st, 2nd and 3rd for more information. Singers explore the theme of what it is, and what is not; also at 11:30am-2pm and will be at the Thunderbird 7pm. No place prizes. OR… bake a pie loveFor throughmore information, a variety of songs. please contactfor those the thatProgram are ready Coordinator, to take Wendyhosting Westall, an interactive RN, at table for cover. This dynamic duo has (or several pies) and donate it/ FLORISSANT They719- will686 -5779.be joined To by register special for an theupcoming next step class in their you growth may contact theScout hospital Day! Come at the learn about an amazing sound and an them to our pie auction. This guestmain Corner number, Street 719 Dance-687- 9999, x5769.and evolution. Class is held raptors and reptiles and how incredible mix of music. Come LIBRARY silent auction is the fundrais- of Woodland Park. Ute Pass on Lower level of Woodland they are related to dinosaurs listen and have an enjoyable ing part of the day. All funds 14 “Saved in time: The Fight Cultural Center 210 E. MIdland Park Public Library at 2:30 pm. or other prehistoric animals. evening at the T-Bird. Corner to Establish Florissant Fossil go the “Old School House” Ave Free family fun. Contact For information call Jimena at Find out some great facts of Hwy 24 & CR1. renovation project. Enjoy your Beds National Monument” Irwin 719-748-8523. Member 719-306-0772 or email Jimena. about these amazing predatory favorite bowl of Chili and the presented by Dr. Herb Meyer Mountain Arts Council Con- [email protected] animals. Dinosaur Ridge will FLORISSANT fi xins for a suggested donation at 2pm. For more information, tact: Irwin 719 748 8523 27 Early Childhood Festival also be here with an activity GRANGE of $5.00 and listen to some of call 719-748-3562. 9 Woodland Park Youth Job at Ute Pass Cultural Center. table from 9am-4pm. 6 The 2nd Musicians Swap meet THE BEST entertainment in Fair - For Teller County youth, There is so much to see and do 20 Earth Day Celebration: will be April 6th from 9:00 to the area. We have a great line HARTSEL ages 16-21, 1-5 p.m., Ute at this children’s festival! Visit Fountain Creek Nature Center 3:00. Bring the equipment you up this year, so DON’T MISS 13 Harvest Center – food pantry Pass Cultural Center, 210 E. the game area, discovery zone, will have 2 presentations at wish to sell, or come shopping THIS EVENT!!! 748.0358 between 2-3pm Midland Ave., Woodland Park. bounce house, and the 20 11:30am and 1:30pm. The for equipment you may need. 27 The second Gardening Forum Registration required: www. hands-on activity booths repre- 11:30am show is titled “Bugs, See you there. For more infor- or “Round Table Discus- LAKE GEORGE ppwfc.org. sented by our early childhood bugs, bugs? No, they’re mation call 748-0358 sion” will be held April 27th LIBRARY Ð ONGOING 12 Crabby Tax Night at Shining community leaders. On stage Arthropods!” This includes a 13 Sewing Day. Our Project will from 1-3pm. Join us and Mountain Golf Club. Two performances: 9:15 - 9:45 puppet show, a short presenta- talk about your success and Wed: 9am Low Impact Exercise seatings, 5:30-6:30, and 7-8. Celtic Steps, 10:00 - 10:45 tion on arthropods, an interac- be a Sewing Caddy and Pin 1st & 3rd Fri: Lake George Quilt- Cushion. This handy item hangs your failures. Listen to other Cash Bar. Tickets available Dana’s Dance, from 11:00 - tive build-a-bug component, ideas and suggestions. Learn ers Square 9:30-1:30pm at the Shining Mountain Golf 11:45 Corner Street Dance. and then a round of bug jeop- in front of your machine so your 4th Fri: 9:15 Friends of the Library scissors and pins are right there what grows well and what Club, Gold Hills Liquor, Come see what programs and ardy played by teams made up doesn’t’. Learn about different – Book Clubs “Tainted Tea” and Mangia Mangia, City Market, services are available for early of the group present; trays of and has a pocket for treads and “Titles” meet afterward. other items that usually end planting methods and so much Paradise Spirits - $25/ea. childhood in or community. bug specimens, Madagascar more. You should have your Help U Club: We have our Crab, fries, cole slaw, and a FREE Admission. Visit our hissing cockroaches, and a live up on the fl oor. This is a very meetings the 3rd Thursday of handy thing to have. If you seedlings planted and by the beverage. Door Prizes at each website for a list of orgs tarantula named Rosie. The end of April you should have the month at the Lake George seating. Ute Pass Kiwanis represented. 1:30pm show includes a varie- don’t want to make this sewing Community Center, starting project, feel free to bring your some growing quite well. If sponsors this annual event and ty of active games that parents you do and you have too many, with potluck at noon and our proceeds go to scholarships and kids can participate in and own or we will have instructions meeting at 1:00 pm. We are all WP DINOSAUR on past sewing projects...or just bring some along and we will for high school seniors at both then do on their own. They also have a seedling exchange “Good Cooks.” We are seeking Woodland Park and Cripple RESOURCE will discuss the various senses sit and have some quite sewing new members. This would be time. Bring your machine if and a seed exchange. We hope Creek - Victor high schools. CENTER and awareness that come from to see you there. 748-0358 a good place for new members Questions? Call 323-8782. 6 Free Scout Day-RESCHED- playing: Ninja Turtle, Head you have one, or use one of to the community to meet ours. This is a great “learn to Jam Night - Every Thursday all 27 FREE EVENT: Join Jimena ULED!: Due to the bad Hondo, Cougar Stalks Deer, year the Grange Hall is open people while helping out their in this informative class “ Intro- weather on Sat., March 9th. Run Rabbit Run and Sleeping sew” project. 748-0358 community. 20 It is time for the Annual Chili from 6:00 to 9:00 pm for the duction to Reiki, Hands-on- DRC is rescheduling our free Fawn to name a few. For Cook Off and Entertainment Jammers Music and Pot Luck. healing, and QFM-Quest for Scout day to Sat., April 6th. more info on either event see Event!! April 20th is the date, Yoga - classes are held each WOODLAND PARK Mastery Program.” All these Scouts and leaders in uniform website www.rmdr.com from Noon to 3:00 pm. Enter Monday evening at 5:30 and 7 “Shades of Love” at Ute Pass are Tools for Conscious Living receive free admission to the

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