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CLAUS FILES FLIGHT PLAN - Mr. Santa Claus, annual visitor to Park County, has filed his usual flight plan with the Dept. of Air Sleigh Holiday Event Records (DASHER). (Santa Claus News Release, December 22, 2005) RUDOLPH ASKS FOR COMMUNITY HELP - With Christmas Eve drawing very near, Santa's Reindeer are asking for the cooperation of Park County residents. (Rudolph Reindeer News Release, December 22, 2005) REBOUNDING WATERS - Three years of well-timed snowfall, record stream flows and water conservation have raised the levels of reservoirs and significantly improved Colorado's water prospects since the 2002 drought. (Kim McGuire, Denver Post, December 11, 2005) KYLE SHARP UNIT INJURY - FAMILY NEEDS HELP - Local Bronze Star recipient Kyle Sharp's unit has suffered severe injury to a member from IED attack in Afghanistan. (December 12, 2005) 
STATE'S EYE ON VOTE SCANNERS - After a hand recount changed the outcome of two elections last month, the Colorado secretary of state may order 10 counties to get new voting machines before next year's high-stakes gubernatorial election. (Karen E. Crummy and Michael McCollum, Denver Post, December 5, 2005) SITTING ON HISTORY - Jim Fagerstrom is on a mission: to preserve the outhouses behind the old Tarryall School on County Road 77 in Park County. (Deedee Correll, The Gazette, December 5, 2005) ICE ANGLER SAFETY - Ice fishermen, take your marks. Then take your time and stick close to shore. Take a buddy and wear a life jacket. (Ed Dentry, Rocky Mountain News, December 14, 2005) NO CHANGE FROM APPEALS; GORE APPOINTED UNDERSHERIFF - Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener announced that former Jail Captain Monte Gore was sworn in at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 1 as the department's new Undersheriff. (December 1, 2005) PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT ON FUELS TREATMENT - MORRISON CO… The USDA Forest Service is accepting comments on three separate project proposals to conduct hazardous fuels reduction treatments. (November 30, 2005) WINDY WEATHER STARTS BEGINNING OF WINTERY WEEK - The Wind Technology Center near Golden clocked winds of 98 miles-per-hour, and Kenosha Pass had gusts of 95. (Associated Press/KKTV, December 5, 2005) GLITCHES TERMINATE COMPUTER CONTRACT (Link expired) - Colorado officials on Wednesday canceled a contract to build a new computer system to track voter registration (Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News, December 1, 2005) OFFICERS APPEAL TERMINATION - Two Park County Sheriff's Department officers fired in November have filed appeals of their terminations. Former Lt. Ed Rasch and former Undersheriff Don Anthony are entitled to hearings regarding the termination of their employment under department policy, according to Sheriff Fred Wegener. (November 28, 2005) UPDATE: CLERK HAS CONCERNS WITH VOTING MACHINES - Changes in vote count allocations for ballot issues resulted from votes cast that were not read by the machines used in Park County, according to Green, but neither the results of the election nor the total number of ballots counted changed. (November 28, 2005) OLD PARK COUNTY COURTROOM ... HISTORIC MOCK TRIAL (Link expired) - Sitting at his old bench, Park County Judge Stan Mayhew presided over the mock civil case just as he did for 10 years before court trials were moved ... (Summit Daily News, November 26, 2005) UNDERSHERIFF TERMINATED; INVESTIGATION CONTINUES - In what appears to be a major shakeup in the Park County Sheriff's Department command structure, another termination of a Sheriff's officer occurred late last week. (November 22, 2005) LIEUTENANT ARRESTED IN PARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION - FAIRPLAY Colo. - On November 16, 2005, the Office of the District Attorney filed criminal charges against Lt. Edward Rasch of the Park County Sheriff's Office for First Degree Official Misconduct and Harassment, both misdemeanors. (November 17, 2005) Related: - Sheriff's Department Investigation Results in Termination Of Lieutenant BUENA VISTA MAN DIES NEAR SALT CREEK - A 57-year-old Buena Vista man died Wednesday, November 16 while hunting in the Salt Creek area on national forest land. (November 17, 2005) DINER FORCED TO HAUL BUNS - Aspen Park - For 35 years, the Coney Island hot dog stand has parked its bun along U.S. 285, serving up hamburgers, shakes and, of course, hot dogs. (Ann Schrader, Denver Post, November 14, 2005) TIME IS CATCHING UP WITH THE HANDFUL OF WORLD WAR I VETERANS ALIVE TODAY (Link expired) - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lloyd Brown remembers Armistice Day in 1918 as few - ever so few - veterans can. (Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press Writer, November 10, 2005) PARK COUNTY VOTERS NIX TAX INCREASES, KEEP TERM LIMITS - In addition to voting down the two county-wide tax issues, Park County citizens again voted to keep term limits for County Commissioners. (November 2, 2005) CLICK HERE FOR VOTE COUNT WORKSHEET - A very tired Clerk's office reported the totals near 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. (01:09 November 2, 2005) AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING - Mark Martin, a 33-year-old Fairplay resident, died of carbon monoxide toxicity Oct. 10, possibly from running a generator in an attached closed garage during a power outage, said Park County Coroner Sharon Morris. (Kimberly Nicoletti, Summit Daily News, November 4, 2005) COLORADO TO EUROPE, 'SWARMS' OF LIGHT (Link expired) - Astronomer Chris Peterson tracks fireball sightings at his Cloudbait Observatory in Guffey. He said he's received 12 to 15 fireball reports in the past week - an unusually high number. (Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News, November 5, 2005) HUNDREDS EVACUATED AS SEVERE WINDS FUEL COLORADO WILDFIRE - Conifer, CO (AHN) - A central Colorado wildfire, fanned by hurricane-force winds, forces the temporary evacuation of 200 families. (Christina Ficara, All Headline News, November 4, 2005) LAKE GEORGE AREA PRESCRIBED BURN SCHEDULED EARLY NEXT WEEK - The USDA-Forest Service-Pike National Forest plans to continue the Sledgehammer East prescribed burn project south of Lake George early next week if weather and burning conditions are right. (USFS, November 4, 2005) TROUT CREEK PRESCRIBED BURN A GO IF CONDITIONS PREVAIL - El Paso and Teller Counties…The Trout Creek prescribed burn scheduled earlier this month was postponed. The prescribed burn of up to 700 acres is now scheduled for the week of October 31 – November 3, if favorable conditions prevail. (USFS, October 27, 2005) NCO HELPS SAVE LIFE AT ELEVENMILE - A 21st Medical Group NCO took charge of a situation and helped save a man’s life while on a recent camping trip in the Rockies. Staff Sgt. Shelley Murray, 21st MDG Dental Laboratory craftsman stationed here, and her husband, Shawn, were on a camping trip at Eleven Mile Canyon near Lake George, Colo., with a group of friends when the life-or-death situation occurred. (Blackanthem.com, PETERSON AFB, October 27, 2005)  2005 Park County voter and election information (Six different ballots depending on residence of voter)
E-MAIL SCAM PHISHES FOR WELLS FARGO CLIENTS (Link expired) - It looks almost exactly like an e-mail that Wells Fargo would send you. Except it comes from a scam artist, not Colorado's largest bank. (David Milstead, Rocky Mountain News, October 29, 2005) SNOW GOOSE HUNTERS GET WARNING ABOUT AVIAN FLU (Link expired) - Disease not found so far in waterfowl in North America... Just when Colorado bird hunters started to breathe easier about West Nile virus, they were told to keep an eye out for avian influenza. (Gary Gerhardt, Rocky Mountain News, October 26, 2005) FALL BACK! - When you got up this morning, were you an hour ahead? Set your clocks back and stay in bed! (and for Safety Sake change batteries in smoke detectors) Daylight saving time officially ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, October 30, 2005. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION - Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener has confirmed that two of his officers were placed on paid administrative leave on Friday, October 14, 2005. (October 18, 2005) APPEALS COURT THROWS OUT ORDER REDUCING GRIMES' SENTENCE - DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out a court order that would have reduced the prison sentence of a teenager who slashed his best friend’s throat while his companions killed the victim’s grandparents in Park County... (AP, The Gazette, October 13, 2005) 2004 DELINQUENT TAX LIST AND NOTIFICATION OF SALE - The 2004 delinquent tax list is out in PDF Format, along with instructions on how to participate in the Tax Lien Sale. (Park County Treasurer's Office, as printed by The Flume, September 30, 2005) FIRE SEASON IS NOT OVER - According to Pike & San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) fire management officer Ted Moore, “normally about one third of the fires that occur during fire season happen at this time of year.” (USFS, September 21, 2005) STATE SUPREME COURT WON'T HEAR BARTON CASE - (AP) DENVER The woman who started the worst wildfire in Colorado history has won a victory in the state Supreme Court. (AP, CBS4Denver, October 11, 2005) TROUT CREEK PRESCRIBED BURN - Trout Creek Prescribed Burn may produce smoke for Woodland Park and Lake George area residents (USFS, October 7, 2005) WELCOME FLEXIBILITY ON TREES SUGGESTED BY ENVIRONMENTALIST - U.S. Rep. Mark Udall of Colorado said this week some federal rules on timber harvest need to be streamlined to help combat the bark beetle infestation... (Centralia Chronicle, October 8, 2005) BEETLES TUNNELING CLOSER - The dominant reds and oranges west of the Continental Divide this fall aren't coming from the state's famed aspen. Instead, they're being pumped out by mountain pine beetles, which are killing hundreds of thousands of lodgepole pine... (Kevin Darst, The Coloradoan, October 4, 2005) SUGGESTED ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE REGULATIONS, OCTOBER 2005 - Just in case you thought it was over... the latest suggested changes to the final-final-final-final revised draft of the Land Use Regulations is available in PDF format. (October 1, 2005) PRESCRIBED BURN PLANNED NEAR LAKE GEORGE - LAKE GEORGE, CO…Area residents may see smoke from a prescribed burn in the skies south of Lake George beginning as early as October 6. (USFS, October 3, 2005) ROAD BUILDER FINED FOR SEDIMENT RUNOFF - ...requirement that Ames Construction set aside $140,000 to protect 1,480 acres within the upper South Platte River watershed... The acreage is part of the Santa Maria Ranch in Park County, and includes forest, grassland and wetlands along the South Platte. (Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News, October 1, 2005) |
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