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ARCHIVED OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2007
(Archived date is not publication date)
Archived December 2007
"Know the line has held, your job is done. ~ Rest easy, sleep well."
Readers may be interested to know that these wreaths — some 5,000 — are donated by the Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, Maine.
(Arlington National Cemetary - Every Year)
Mr. Santa Claus, annual visitor to Park County, has filed his usual flight plan with the Dept. of Air Sleigh Holiday Event Records (DASHER). DASHER remarks that the Claus flight plan is unique for this area.
(Dec 8 2007)
Related: Reindeer Ask Community for Help
Check for Permit Sales in your Area
Permits are limited!
Thousands of machines that taxpayers paid millions of dollars for are now about as effective as paperweights, according to the Colorado Secretary of State's office.
(Jeffrey Wolf, Adam Schrager, Chris Vanderveen, 9News.com, Dec 17 2007)
A Mexican citizen who filed a federal lawsuit against Park County for medical neglect during a 2003 detention in the county jail has reached a $1.5 million settlement, his lawyers announced Monday.
(Felisa Cardona, Denver Post, Dec 17 2007)
Related: Illegal immigrant rises from near death, wins $1.5 million suit
HARTSEL — For a defining moment in the concept of risk and reward, one need look no farther than the small parade of people dragging sleds across the mostly frozen surface of Antero Reservoir.
(Charlie Meyers, The Denver Post, Dec 08 2007)
The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and more than 68 law enforcement agencies have filed plans to be out in force beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 14 until 3 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 17 for “Office Party Weekend” DUI enforcement.
(Dec 13 2007)
Former Marine Lucian Weltzer never thought he'd set foot on Pearl Harbor, again.
"He never wanted to go back," said colleague Jim Blane.
Weltzer witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941.
(TaRhonda Thomas, 9News.com, Dec 7 2007)
"This is a great opportunity for hunters to hear from DOW biologist Ed Gorman about how the Walk-In Access Program matches public hunters with private landowners," said Steve Lucero..
(DOW, Dec 5 2007)
SCHOOL DELAYS AND CLOSURES FOR TUES DEC 11 2007
PLATTE CANYON SCHOOL DISTRICT - CLOSED
GUFFEY CHARTER SCHOOL - CLOSED
PARK COUNTY RE-2 - CLOSED
Bent County Sheriff Gerry Oyen says one fire near Hasty burned several hundred acres, destroying three empty mobile homes and a semitrailer and burning some power lines.
(AP, KJCT8, Dec 2 2007)
SERIES OF BURGLARIES HITS BAILEY, PINE JUNCTION (Link Deactivated)
The Park County Sheriff’s Department remains on the lookout for one or more suspects responsible for tens of thousands of dollars in stolen goods and damages in a series of burglaries in the Bailey and Pine Junction areas.
(Pamela Lawson, High Timber Times, Nov 29 2007)
Shortly after 10 a.m. on November 27, North-West Fire responded
to a reported chimney fire on Lamb Mountain Road in the Warm Springs
subdivision south of Fairplay.
(North-West Fire, Nov 28 2007)
Unaffiliated Voters - Get involved from the very start! To have a say in early selection of candidates for the 2008 election, Start Now! Deadline to affiliate with a party to participate in the February 5, 2008 caucus is December 5, 2007. If you become a Delegate from your caucus, you will attend the county assembly to choose the party's candidates for the 2008 commissioner election.
(Nov 13 2007)
In a unique, new partnership, users of 10th Mountain Division Hut Association huts can now help the Colorado Division of Wildlife identify and record lynx tracks in snow.
(Nov 27 2007)
It was not a surprise when Platte Canyon High School's football team dedicated this season to Emily Keyes, their classmate held hostage and killed in 2006. It was a surprise when Platte Canyon earned its first-ever shot to play for a state championship.
(Kyle Clark, 9News.com, Nov 26, 2007)
Official vote totals show only minor differences from the preliminary counts reported on election day. Only 25 ballots required verification or validation to finalize the count.
(Nov 19, 2007)
Archived November 2007
Roy Nelson - Life and Obituary
A celebration of Roy Nelson's life drew a standing room only crowd of family, friends and neighbors to the Farmer's Union on October 20, 2007.
Our friend and neighbor, Roy Nelson, passed away on Wednesday, October 3. The Nelsons are well known in the county and especially around Shawnee as keepers of the store and Post Office.
Note from Leona: The Liars' Club should continue to meet, if they so choose.
PLATTE CANYON HUSKIES - WINNING - - AND HEALING -
This season, the stadium not only has been the home to one of the best football teams in Class 2A, but it also has been a place for the people of Bailey to come together and remember what makes living in the town something special.
(John Rosa, Rocky Mountain News, Nov 22, 2007 )
VOTING WOES PLAGUE CLERKS -
...whether the new electronic voting machines used in last November's elections will be certified, whether there will be enough of them, and whether they will function properly.
(ThePostEditorials, Nov 16 2007)
WESTWARD HO! COMING TO FAIRPLAY -
Fairplay, CO: Duke Davis and Buckshot will be presenting their highly acclaimed program, “Westward Ho!”, at the South Park High School...
(Nov 16 2007)
THREAT LED TO SECURITY CHANGE AT U.S. BASE -
The documents said an estimated 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were planning with the help of Mexican drug cartels to sneak into the United States through underground tunnels and attack the [Fort Huachuca] base,
(United Press International, Nov 26, 2007)
Related: U.S. Intel Center Wary of Terrorist Attack (Wash Times, 11/26/07)
BOOKKEEPER READY TO PLEAD GUILTY IN HARTSEL -
The former bookkeeper for the Hartsel Fire Protection District told a judge Tuesday she will plead guilty to stealing about $100,000 from the department.
(Rick Sallinger, cbs4denver.com, Nov 14 2007)
PRELIMINARY "UNOFFICIAL" VOTE COUNTS AND PERCENTAGES - 2007 -- Unofficial counts pending validation of unsigned or incorrectly signed ballots. Sales Tax 1A lost 60% to 40% . . . . . School Tax 3A lost 70% to 30%
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE SATURDAY -
Park County Public Health Nursing Service is conducting an
Emergency Preparedness Exercise at Platte Canyon
High School (NOTE: changed to West building)
from 9 am - noon. Free flu shots are available on a
first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Public participation is essential to success of this
exercise.
VISION 2020 ASKS FOR COMMUNITY SURVEY INPUT -
Vision 2020 is asking the public to participate in a Recycling Survey by filling out a form and emailing or mailing it to them. Survey form is available online in two formats. Please return forms by December 8, 2007. (October 22, 2007)
MS Word format: Recycling Project Community Survey (Doc)
Adobe PDF format: Recycling Project Community Survey (PDF)
FOREST SERVICE LOOKING FOR CONCESSIONAIRE OPERATORS -
PUEBLO, Colo, November 2, 2007… The Pike and San Isabel National Forests will be soliciting bids for the operation of their campgrounds and other recreation areas in the Spring of 2008.
(November 2, 2007)
HARTSEL FIRE CHIEF, BOOKKEEPER FACE CHARGES -
CBS4 investigator Rick Sallinger asked the district's former bookkeeper Deborah Eakle, "Did you steal around $100,000 from that fire department?" She looked at her attorney then replied, "Yes sir."
(Rick Sallinger, cbs4denver.com, Nov 8 2007)
WILDLIFE ON THE MOVE! -
“Wildlife on the Move” campaign: this time of year, in particular, is the time to be aware of wildlife migrating down to lower elevations—and moving across the highways.
(Nov 8 2007)
ADDED TABOR LANGUAGE INTENTIONAL,
COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS -
The expansion of anti-TABOR* language in the 2007 ballot question increasing taxes was intentional, according to Park County Attorney Lee Phillips.
(October 5, 2007)
Related: Commissioner Intent On Changing Tax And Spend Question
Related Discussion: Sneak Attack on Park County Taxpayers?
LIGHTS! ACTION! COMET! -
The comet was discovered in the 1890s by amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes. At the time it was also strangely luminous for a few months, said Chris Peterson, owner of a robotic telescope in Guffey that's used to track big meteors for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
(Katy Human, Denver Post, Nov 8 2007)
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REMEMBER VETERANS DAY
November 11, 2007
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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month
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IRS WARNS OF WILDFIRE DONATION EMAIL SCAM
GRASS FIRE THREATENS HOMES
Fairplay, CO: On Sunday, October 28, North-West Fire responded to a grass
fire in the Foxtail Pines subdivision.
(October 30,2007)
OFFICIALS: BOY WITH MATCHES STARTED FIRE -
Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case.
(Daisy Nguyen, AP, October 31, 2007)
TANCREDO SAYS HE'S LEAVING CONGRESS -
Even if he loses his long-shot bid for the White House, Rep. Tom Tancredo will be leaving the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of 2008.
(M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News, October 29, 2007)
THE HEAT IS ON FOR HALLOWEEN -
Law enforcement agencies across Colorado will be working overtime during the holiday period to arrest impaired drivers, reports the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).
(October 23, 2007)
Archived October 2007
SMOKE FROM CALIFORNIA FIRES CAUSES HAZE OVER COLORADO -
Southwesterly winds are pushing the smoke plume directly into Colorado. That wind flow along with very weak winds at the surface in Colorado and a temperature inversion that is over most of the state has trapped the smoke in many valleys across Colorado.
(Marty Coniglio and Cheryl Preheim, 9News.com, October 28, 2007)
COLORADO SENDS HELP TO FIGHT CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES -
Three new wildfires are now raging in Southern California tonight. The need for help is huge, on all fronts. So several crews from Colorado are on their way to do whatever they can to assist.
(Laura Main, News2, October 23, 2007)
A HEAD START ON GIVING: Volunteering as a kid can instill lifelong habit -
"I want them to do things that are outside," said Hartmann, who lives in Bailey, about 30 miles west of Denver. "Our children in this country seem to spend a whole lot of time in front of a screen."
(Theresa Myers, Rocky Mountain News, October 22, 2007)
CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN OCT 15 - 21, 2007 -
Law enforcement agencies in Colorado’s 11 most populated counties are out in force now through Oct. 21 to enforce Colorado seat belt laws, announced the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). (October 15, 2007)
COMMISSIONER INTENT ON CHANGING TAX AND SPEND QUESTION -
[Commissioner McKay] went on to explain that he immediately contacted the County Attorney on Monday when the question of exempting all other county revenues from spending restrictions, in addition to the new tax, was brought to his attention.
(September 18 - 19, 2007)
Related Discussion: Sneak Attack on Park County Taxpayers? (9/14/07)
DOW RESPONDS TO BEAR INCIDENT -
A homeowner entering his garage to feed his dogs was charged and clawed by a bear inside the garage. The man suffered minor injuries but was able to retreat back inside the home and dial 9-1-1.
(October 11, 2007)
CAUTION: BEARS ARE PREPARING FOR HIBERNATION
LIFE SENTENCE IN MURDER OF FOREST SURVEYOR -
Prosecutor Molly Chilson said she had talked with the victim's family about penalties and that Alyssa Heberton-Morimoto's relatives and husband all opposed the death penalty.
(David Montero, Rocky Mountain News, October 5, 2007)
CONTROLLED BURN SENDS SMOKE OVER FRONT RANGE -
Billowing clouds of white smoke seen west of Denver this afternoon are coming from a prescribed burn at Staunton State Park, northwest of Conifer, officials said.
(Howard Pankratz, Denver Post, October 3, 2007)
5 TRAPPED WORKERS FOUND DEAD -
The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office says five contract workers died while trapped inside a pipe next to a dam on Guanella Pass.
(Jeffrey Wolf, 9News.com, October 2, 2007)
PRESCRIBED BURNS PLANNED NEAR LAKE GEORGE
(September 19, 2007)
BLAZE EXTINGUISHED WEST OF MANITOU -
Firefighters announced Sunday they had extinguished the wildfire burning in rugged terrain west of Manitou Springs.
(Gazette, Oct 1, 2007)
Related: Incline Fire 80% Contained (9/30/07)
STRAWMATT GETS 72 YEARS IN CRASH THAT KILLED 2 MSC STUDENTS -
Patrick Strawmatt of Westminster, the 43-year-old former Lafayette police officer, was sentenced this morning to 72 years in prison for the March 22 drunken-driving deaths of 19-year-olds Jacob Brock and Jennifer Kois on Interstate 70 near Clifton.
(Grand Junction Sentinel, September 28, 2007)
PAROLE DENIED IN 2001 DRUNKEN-DRIVING DEATH -
...on New Year’s Eve 2000, Vandresar lost her son, Tony Dutcher. He and his grandparents, Carl and JoAnna Dutcher, were killed near Guffey by two teens, Isaac Grimes and Jonathan Edward Matheny.
(Kim Nguyen, The Gazette, September 27, 2007)
BEANS BLOCK 285 WEST OF DENVER -
Exactly how the pinto beans staged their uprising today is unknown, as investigators continue to examine the semi accident that freed them onto U.S. 285 near Colorado 8, south of Morrison.
(John Ingold, Denver Post, September 25, 2007)
A COMMUNITY TOGETHER; REMEMBERING SCHOOL SHOOTING
September 29, 2007
Bikers Raise Money In Name Of Emily Keyes (10/01/07)
Community runs, walks, rides for Emily Keyes (9/29/07)
Emily Keyes Remembered in Special Parade (9/29/07)
This Week:
Emily's spirit grips Bailey a year after her death
Colo. Town Remembers Standoff Victim
Information on Emily's Run, Emily's Ride, and parade
Keyes family appears on Today Show (9/25/07)
A time to heal for Bailey (Denver Post, 9/24/07)
Sculptor inspired to get involved (Post Ind, 9/20/07)
Brother to make run with SWAT (9News, 9/5/07)
One Year Ago:
School shooter identified (9/28-29/06)
Community thanks Law Enforcement (9/30/06)
Columbine to Canyon Ride (10/03/06)
Sheriff attends President's conference (10/8/06)
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