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(Archived date is not publication date) Message from Park County Sheriff's Office regarding students retrieving vehicles and belongings from Platte Canyon High School BEAR ACTIVITY INCREASES IN THE FALL - Biologists estimate that adult bears need to consume up to 20,000 calories per day in the fall to store enough fat to sustain them through hibernation. (August 24, 2006) ANNOUNCEMENT: 'SENSING MURDER' TO AIR LOCAL HOMICIDES - Discovery Channel's new series Sensing Murder will air its first regular episode twice in September. The episode featuring the psychic investigation of the double murder of Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Schnee, filmed in Park County in May of this year, will air on Thursday, September 28th at 8:00 pm local time. (September 15, 2006) NATURE CLOSING DOOR ON HER YELLOW ROOM - Hurry. It's not too late, but it looks like Colorado is shutting her door on fall color early this year. (Jason Blevins, Denver Post, September 25, 2006) WILDFIRE SEASON: BE PREPARED Make Your Home Defensible and Plan For Evacuation ARCHERS, SHOOTERS FACE FEE HIKES - The same fate faces the 180 or so members of the Buffalo Creek Gun Club, who shoot targets in the Pike forest near Bailey. The club's annual permit fee of $150 over the past 40 years suddenly soared to $20,000. (Dick Foster, Rocky Mountain News, September 15, 2006) LANE CLOSURES ON US 285 - ... motorists can expect single lane closures on US 285 just west of C-470 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. (YourHub.com, September 5, 2006) LOCAL PROSECUTOR GETS NOD FROM GOVERNOR - Governor Owens' office contacted Deputy District Attorney Brian L. Green on Tuesday, August 29, to give him the good news. (August 31, 2006) RASKIEWICZ FILES AS WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF - Former Alma Town Marshal Robert Raskiewicz filed an affidavit on Monday, August 28, to run as a write-in candidate for the office of Park County Sheriff, according to Park County Clerk Debra Green. (August 29, 2006) UPDATE: Cheri Raskiewicz, wife of candidate Robert Raskiewicz, submitted an affidavit today to run as a write-in candidate for the office of Park County Clerk and Recorder. (August 29, 2006) FIRST WEST NILE DEATH REPORTED - Golden - An 82-year-old Jefferson County woman has died after contracting West Nile virus, the first human fatality from the disease in Colorado this year, health officials said today. (AP, DenverPost.com, August 28, 2006) COPS GEAR UP FOR DRUNK-DRIVING CRACKDOWN - Law enforcement agencies are gearing up to be part of a national campaign against drunk drivers starting Friday and running through Labor Day, State Patrol Chief Mark Trostel warned today. (Rocky Mountain News, August 16, 2006) FATAL SHOOTING NEAR COMO - The Park County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a shooting on Boreas Pass north of Como, Colorado, on Thursday morning at approximately 9:49 am. (August 4, 2006) Update: August 25, 2006 McKay wins Commissioner primary race; Miller takes Treasurer (August 8, 2006) WILDLIFE OFFICERS USE DNA EVIDENCE TO SOLVE COLD CASE - In 2002, Charles Pedraza was hunting elk in the mountains of south-central Colorado when he shot a bull moose. For almost four years he thought he got away with it. But on August 9, 2006 he had his day of reckoning when a Chaffee County judge ordered him to pay $11,391 for poaching. (DOW, August 21, 2006) COLORADO TOWN LEASES HIGH PEAKS, REOPENS THEM TO HIKERS - ALMA - After nearly a year of "no trespassing" signs, hikers will again be welcome on three 14,000-foot mountains... (Associated Press, Summit Daily News, August 8, 2006) SPRINGS WOMAN CONTRACTS WEST NILE VIRUS - A 55-year-old Colorado Springs woman has been confirmed with what is El Paso County’s first human case of West Nile this season. The woman got sick in late July and is still recovering, according to the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment. (Cary Leider Vogrin, The Gazette, August 11, 2006) GREEN, IOZZO UP FOR PARK COUNTY JUDGESHIP (link expired) - The Eleventh Judicial District Nominating Commission met in Fairplay on Aug. 14, 2006, to consider candidates for a vacancy on the Park County Court. (Law Week Colorado, August 15, 2006) FOREST SERVICE SUED OVER HAYMAN FIRE - In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado Springs attorney D. Robert Jones alleged the Forest Service is responsible for the actions of forestry worker Terry Lynn Barton, the 42-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to starting the Hayman Fire that spread to 138,000 acres in 2002. (Associated Press, Rocky Mountain News, August 12, 2006) 
SMOKEY BEAR MEMORABILIA DONATION HIGHLIGHTS 62ND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Twila Smith, whose late husband Dr. Ed Smith treated Smokey Bear’s burn injuries in 1950, recently donated their Smokey Bear memorabilia to the PSICC Supervisor’s Office in Pueblo, Colorado, where it is on display at the front desk. (USFS, August 15, 2006) COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE LIMITS BUSINESS ON ELECTION DAY - Announcement: The Park County Clerk and Recorder's offices (Fairplay and Bailey) will be closed on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006, for all business except for business related to the Primary Election. County offices will be closed on Colorado Day, Monday, August 7. However, the clerk's office will be handling election business only on that day, also. (July 26, 2006) 'MEET THE CANDIDATES' TOUR ENDS IN BAILEY - The last in a series of joint party Meet the Candidates finished up in Bailey at the Platte Canyon Fire Station on Crow Hill. (July 27, 2006) SOUTHERN PARK COUNTY FIRE GETS WATER DONATION - Deep Rock Water of Denver has donated a pallet load of drinking water to the firefighters of the Southern Park County Fire Protection District in Guffey. (SPCFPD, July 21, 2006) VOTE TUESDAY! POLLING PLACES CHANGED - CLICK HERE FOR VOTING INFORMATION - Park County voters can now cast their ballots at any of six centralized polling places, regardless of their precinct of residence. Many old polling places will no longer be used. ELECTION LETTERS TO THE BULLETIN - Public Letters From and in Support of 2006 Candidates Find out who is supporting primary election candidates and why. The Letters page will be updated constantly as new letters come in through the next several days until the primary on August 8. LAST OF PRIMARY MEET THE CANDIDATES TUESDAY NIGHT - The last in a series of Meet the Candidates will be held in Bailey at the fire station on Crow Hill. It will start at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25. Ask questions of your candidates and take a look at new voting equipment. (July 23, 2006) FIRST CANDIDATE 'MEET' OF 2006 IS HISTORY - On Tuesday night, July 18, political candidates for county offices met in Fairplay to speak to the public and answer questions written by the audience. (July 19, 2006) MEET THE CANDIDATES AROUND THE COUNTY - Park County Republicans and Democrats are hosting Meet the Candidates events around the county. Voters are encouraged to attend to hear candidates speak, answer questions, and debate issues prior to the August primary election. (July 5, 2006) SENTENCING DELAYED IN HAYMAN FIRE CASE - A resentencing of a former U.S. Forest Service employee who admitted setting the largest wildfire in Colorado history has been delayed indefinitely (AP, CBS4Denver, July 13, 2006) DISPATCHER TRAINEE ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGE - A Park County Sheriff's dispatcher trainee was arrested on charges of DUI in Fairplay Tuesday afternoon, July 11th. (July 14, 2006) FLOODING WILL COST MILLIONS - DECKERS - The destruction that a surging flood wreaked this weekend on a canyon highway along West Creek in Douglas County will cost taxpayers millions to rebuild and could take all summer.. (John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News, July 11, 2006) COMO'S 4TH ON THE 1ST - Neither rain nor Stage 2 fire alert would keep the community of Como from its Old Fashioned Fourth. (July 5, 2006) Park County Democrats Support Rural Health FLOODING DISASTER IN DOUGLAS - DECKERS - Drenching rains washed out roads, left behind debris and flooded houses in areas of Douglas County still recovering from the largest wildfire in Colorado history... (Associated Press, July 8, 2006) PARK COUNTY LIFTS FIRE RESTRICTIONS WEST NILE SEASON UPON US - No one knows what kind of West Nile season to expect, but few experts predict a return of 2003, when Colorado led the nation in deaths with 63. Still, West Nile is here to stay, said state epidemiologist John Pape. (Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News, June 12, 2006) FIRE DANGER HIGH FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND - With the big Fourth of July weekend approaching, the Pike & San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) want visitors to realize that the fire danger remains high. (USFS, June 30, 2006) HABITAT STAMP REQUIRED TO ENTER STATE WILDLIFE AREAS - People planning to visit a State Wildlife Area (SWA) over the Fourth of July holiday are reminded that all adults who enter a SWA must buy a Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp. (June 26, 2006) FAIRPLAY MAN CONVICTED OF FELONY CHILD ABUSE, MARIJUANA CULTIVATION - Following a two day jury trial in the District Court in Fairplay, Stuart Sorensen of Fairplay was convicted on June 21st of cultivation of marijuana and two counts of child abuse... (June 23, 2006) FIREARMS RAID NEAR BAILEY - The Park County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at the home of Gary Wright on Forest Drive near Bailey at approximately 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, according to Park County Undersheriff Monte Gore. (June 23, 2006) |
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