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Virus prompts rodeo cancellation One horse euthanized, another feared sick with equine herpes Staff report A rodeo scheduled to be held in Kiowa on March 17 and 18 was canceled after a horse known to have attended recent events on the Colorado rodeo and barrelracing circuit tested positive for equine herpes. Another horse, a stablemate that attended some of the same events, has shown signs of the disease. The horse that tested positive on May 14 was euthanized and the second horse “has developed a fever and is considered a suspect case,” according to a May 16 news release from the Colorado Department of Agriculture. Local teenagers were poised to compete in the Colorado High School Rodeo event at the Elbert County Fairgrounds over the weekend. On May 16, the Colorado High
School Rodeo Association’s website posted the cancellation, recommending that members “not expose your horses this weekend at any equestrian event.” Symptoms of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalitis include fever, decreased coordination and lethargy, the ag department’s release stated. There is no cure for the potentially fatal disease, but symptoms may be treatable. EHV-1 is not transmissible to people. The two horses were at events in Henderson (April 26, 27), Eagle (May 2-4) and Rocky Ford (May 10, 11), the release said. The Colorado Veterinarian’s Office was planning to contact all Colorado contestants involved in those events. “Disease prevention practices and good biosecurity should be implemented,” state veterinarian Dr. Keith Roehr said in the release. “Owners should consider the risk for exposure to EHV-1 at upcoming events to be elevated and owners may want to consider keeping their horses at home to limit the individual risk.” The location of the horses’ stable has not been released.
Logan Massaro, of Loveland, competes in last year’s Colorado State Junior High and High School Rodeo in Kiowa. A high school rodeo scheduled for May 17 and 18 in Kiowa was canceled after one horse with equine herpes was euthanized and a second horse started to show possible signs of the condition. Both horses were active on the Colorado rodeo/barrel racing circuit. File photo
Fracking special session possible
CLOSE CALL
Lawmakers may work overtime to prevent issue from going to ballot By Vic Vela
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Valor Christian freshman Vincent Hood, left, crosses the finish line in the May 15 100-meter prelims. Hood came in just .08 seconds ahead of Elizabeth senior Joel Thies. The two finished four-five in the heat and both advanced to the Class 4A finals in Lakewood. For more coverage, please turn to page 13. Photo by Ryan Boldrey
Ceremony set for veterans memorial By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Local veterans will be honored on Memorial Day, May 26, in a 10 a.m. ceremony at the Elizabeth Veterans Memorial, located at the Elizabeth Cemetery. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be on hand to lay flowers and place flags. The scouts will also be taking all un-
serviceable American flags to turn in for a later retirement ceremony. “While we will be celebrating all veterans, there will be a special focus on those from our local area that have paid the ultimate sacrifice,” Diana Robins-Mansell said. The service will include a 21-gun salute, taps and a prayer. Veterans and their families are invited to come join in honoring the sacrifices
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made by members of the armed services. The memorial was dedicated on May 27, 2013.
The memorial wall sits in the northeast corner of the cemetery with a series of flagpoles that fly the American, Colorado and POW/MIA flags. The wall is about 6 feet high and 36 feet long, with permanent plaques for the five branches of the military. Construction of the memorial wall came from donations of labor and material from building supply companies in Elizabeth, Parker and Castle Rock. Personalized bricks to honor service members are available for purchase and permanent installation at the memorial wall. Each brick can have up to four lines per brick with no more than 14 letters and spaces per line. Bricks will be used to form multiple smaller walls within the memorial park area. The bricks are $150 each and available to order online at http://evmf.webs.com. For more information call 720-300-4927 or email dlrobi72@gmail.com.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said recently that the odds are “50-50” that he could call lawmakers back to the Capitol over the summer for a special legislative session that deals with hydraulic fracking. The purpose of the session would be for the Legislature to reach a compromise in terms of the amount of control that local communities have when it comes to regulating oil and gas operations, especially the polarizing business of fracking. The governor said he is hopeful that the oil and gas industry, environmental groups and other interested parties can come to a compromise on this heavily important issue — one that’s gained steam over the last couple of years as drilling has moved closer to Front Range communities. But Hickenlooper also acknowledged that he is not holding his breath on an agreement, just yet. Report “We’re not close enough yet,” Hickenlooper told reporters on May 8, the day after the legislative session ended. “We’ve made tremendous progress, enough progress that it’s worth continuing to talk and try to work through that split.” However, the governor added that “there’s no point in calling a special session unless you get to that point (of agreement).” The debate over fracking — the mixing
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May 25, June 22
MONTHLY BREAKFAST The Elbert Woman’s Club plans its monthly breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 25, and Sunday, June 22, at the Russell Gates Mercantile Community Hall. Biscuits, gravy, sausage, ham, scrambled eggs, coffee/tea and juice are served for $6/adults and $3/ children under 12. The Hall is located in Elbert on Elbert Road between Highways 86 and 24, 11 miles south of Kiowa. Proceeds support the maintenance and renovation of the Hall, built in 1906.
May 31; June 3-6
SPORTS CAMPS Elizabeth High School and Elizabeth Middle School plan several sports camps this summer. At the high school are: track and field, Saturday, May 31; youth softball, Tuesday to Friday, June 3-6; volleyball camp, Monday to Wednesday, June 9-11. At the middle school are girls basketball camp, Monday to Thursday, June 23-26, and girls volleyball camp, Monday to Thursday, July 7-10. Go to http://elizabeth. k12.co.us/ for information and registration forms.
May 26
MEMORIAL CEREMONY Help honor the nation’s military men and women with a Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, May 26, at the Elizabeth Veterans Memorial at the Elizabeth Cemetery. Bring unserviceable American flags to turn in for a later retirement ceremony conducted by local Scouts.
MAY 30 GOLF TOURNAMENTS The Douglas/Elbert Task Force will benefit from the Rockyard American Brewery’s
second annual golf tournament, and the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce’s third annual A Day on the Greens tournament. Rockyard’s tournament is Friday, May 30, at Arrowhead Golf Club, with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The Castle Pines tournament is Monday, July 14, with an 11 a.m. shotgun start. Go to www.detaskforce.org/events or call 720-648-5558.
June 14
FLEA MARKET The citizen impact committee plans a flea market fundraiser on Saturday, June 14, at the Elizabeth High School parking lot. There is plenty of space for vendors, homemade goods, merchandise or garage sale items. Contact vweber@myrgroup.com for information.
June 23
GOLF TOURNAMENT A charity golf tournament to benefit AFA Wounded Airman Program and the local Air Force family is planned for Monday, June 23, at Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Course, 23155 E. Heritage Parkway, Aurora. The tournament is a scramble format and begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. Sponsorships are available and donations for a silent auction are welcome. Registration for players and sponsors can be found at www.defensetournament.golfreg.com.
June 28
STREET FAIR The sixth annual Kiowa Street Fair/Car Show is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 28. If you enjoy unique shopping, car shows, learning about historic communities, watching your kids have fun, live music, mouthwatering BBQ or just socializing with old and new friends; this is the place to be. The Cowboy Up Rodeo and dance is in town too. This is a weekend of fun, fun, fun! All in the amazing town of Kiowa. There is still some time to sign up to be a vendor, or to reserve your spot to show off your vehicle. For information contact Michelle or Kim at 303-621-2366.
May 22, 2014
Pre-K program racks up success About nine months ago, the Elbert County Library District kicked off our “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program. We have had almost 100 children enroll in the program, and we are very happy that families have been checking back in to report their progress. We have had our first child complete the 1,000-books goal. Congratulations to Grant Johnson and his family — they reached the goal of reading 1,000 books, thus building early literacy skills while also enjoying time together reading books! Parents are a child’s first and most important teachers. They know their children best and can work with them at times when they are in the mood to learn. What parents do at home helps children to be ready to learn to read when they enter kindergarten. With this in mind, the “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program sets the goal of having a child hear 1,000 books between birth and kindergarten. This may sound difficult to achieve, but if parents start reading to children at birth, it is less than one book per day, and, as Grant Johnson and his family demonstrated, it can actually take less than nine months to reach the goal. People sometimes ask why 1,000 books is the magic number. The answer is that the number is a challenge but one that is attainable without being overwhelming. Consistently hearing books read to them exposes children to new vocabulary words and concepts, builds a sense of story, and helps promote sound and letter recognition. These are all skills that need to be in place for children to learn to read. But the most important part of consistently reading to a child is the sense of sharing and fun that goes along with the
activity. All children in Elbert County who have not yet entered kindergarten are invited to enroll in our “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program at any of our branches. Families receive a notebook to log the books that have been read, a free book to get started, and a list of our favorite 100 books if parents need ideas. Families check back in after every 100 books to get more log pages and to get stickers to mark their progress. After completing 1,000 books, families can choose a book to keep and add to their home library collection. Our program was funded with a grant from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation. We also appreciate the support that the project received from Walmart and from the Elbert County Sun Country Family and Community Education Club. For more information about the program please check our website at elbertcountylibrary.org or call 303-646-3416. If you know any families with young children, please make them aware of the program — we would love to have all of the prekindergarten children in Elbert County enrolled and laying the foundation for reading success. Jan Gabehart lives in Elizabeth and is the manager of the Elizabeth Library. She can be contacted through the library at director@elbertcountylibrary.org. Visit the library at www.elbertcountylibrary.
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May 22, 2014
Congress moves to address VA firestorm Top official for veterans’ health care resigned last week By Matthew Daly Associated Press
The Obama administration and Congress are moving quickly to respond to a growing political firestorm over allegations of treatment delays and falsified records at veterans’ hospitals nationwide. The top official for veterans’ health care resigned May 16, and House Republicans scheduled a vote for this week on legislation that would give Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki greater authority to fire or demote senior executives and administrators at the agency and its 152
medical centers. The actions came as federal investigators visited a VA hospital in suburban Chicago to look into an allegation that secret lists were used to conceal long patient wait times for appointments. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., meanwhile, called for an investigation into reports that schedulers at a VA medical center in Albuquerque were ordered to falsify patient appointment records. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the Veterans Affairs Department is suffering from “a systemic, cultural problem” that cannot be solved with piecemeal responses, such as the resignation of a top official. “What’s needed is a total refocusing of the VA on its core mission of serving veterans — stretching from its top political leadership all the way through to its career civil servants,” McCain said. Citing news reports that VA managers received perfor-
Banking bill highlights flurry of pot activity Regulation of edibles to include proper markings to keep out of hands of children By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The House last week passed an 11th hour marijuana banking bill, capping an eventful chain of events on that and other pot-related legislation during the final days of the session. With the May 7 passage of House Bill 1398, Colorado is on its way to becoming the first state in the country to devise a financial system for marijuana businesses. The bill creates a banking co-op system for pot shop owners, which would operate similarly to credit unions. Supporters of the bill say the legislation is needed because currently marijuana is a cash-only business that can open itself up to crime. “Marijuana entrepreneurs have been taking risks all over Colorado in building one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the state,” said Sen. David Balmer, R-Centennial, a bill sponsor. Yet the success of the co-ops will depend on whether the Federal Reserve approves the plan. If it does not, the businesses will not be able to set up checking or credit card services. That’s because marijuana is illegal under federal law and banks tend to shy away from businesses that deal with pot sales because of it. Earlier this year, the U.S. Treasury Department gave banks the go-ahead to offer their services to pot business, with certain limitations. However, that move hasn’t been enough to persuade leery financial institutions from taking on businesses that deal with a federally-outlawed drug. The bill is a reaction to non-reaction on the part of Congress to deal with the issue of marijuana banking. Congressman Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 7th congressional district, is co-sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House that would allow banks to provide services to businesses that deal with pot in states where marijuana sales are legal. However, that bill isn’t getting much traction in Congress. “If the federal government was serious about tackling this
problem, this bill would not be before you,” Balmer said. The bill was nearly derailed on the last day of the session after the Senate tacked on a key amendment to the legislation the day before. The amendment allows hemp farmers to be included in the co-op. Those who grow hemp — a type of Cannabis plant that is not used for drug consumption, but rather is refined to make products like clothing — told a Senate committee that they were also being turned away by banks. “As far as the federal government is concerned, industrial hemp is also marijuana,” said Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, who sponsored the amendment. “If we don’t add this amendment, they will be the only business in Colorado that is effectively un-banked.” The amendment caused the bill to receive opposition from the banking lobby, which did not want to include hemp growers as part of the mix. After much wrangling during a special conference committee, the House re-passed the Senate’s version of the bill, which included the hemp amendment. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper voiced his support of the bill to reporters the day after its passage. “We’re not sure it’s going to work, but we know that doing nothing is not going to work,” the governor said. “If you really want to design a system and really want to do as much as you could to get organized crime and gangsters involved, you require all cash. That’s a breeding ground for corruption.” The banking bill wasn’t the only piece of marijuana legislation that lawmakers took up during the last days of the session. One of those was a bill that requires pot-infused edibles — such as brownies or candies — to be specially marked so that it is clear that the food contains marijuana. The motivation behind House Bill 1366 was to prevent the accidental consumption of marijuana on the part of children, who think that the food is simply a cookie or a piece of candy. “There needs to be a way to distinguish Swedish Fish that have marijuana infused with THC and Swedish Fish that doesn’t,” said Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs. The bill sets up a task force that will examine options as to what the edible markings will look like, before the Department of Revenue enforces the law. The Senate passed the bill, as well as a separate piece of legislation that limits concentrate amounts in marijuana products.
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mance bonuses even as internal audits revealed lengthy wait times for health care, McCain said top VA officials too often have been “motivated by all the wrong incentives and rewards.” McCain, a Vietnam veteran, said Congress must give VA administrators greater ability to hire and fire those charged with caring for veterans, as well as give veterans greater flexibility in how they get quality care in a timely manner. Reports of long waits for appointments and processing benefit applications have plagued the VA for years. Officials have shortened benefits backlogs, but allegations of preventable deaths that may be linked to delays at the Phoenix VA hospital have triggered an election-year uproar. A former clinic director said up to 40 veterans died while awaiting treatment at the Phoenix VA hospital, even as hospital staff kept a secret appointment list to mask the delays.
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May 22, 2014
Mentally ill add to jail populations Untreated: How ignoring mental illness costs us all (Part 2 of 3) By Kristin Jones
Rocky Mountain PBS I-News In unit 4C of the Pueblo County jail, any human presence draws inmates to the narrow windows of their solitary cells. They bark requests and complaints, or just grin and make small talk. One man’s ceiling is leaking; another wants to know how many more days he has left in segregation. “Ma’am, do you work here?” asks a tall African-American man with a steady, serious gaze, who wants to know when his glasses will be delivered. “I’m the warden, Darlene Alcala,” she replies to the man needing glasses. Alcala is small and elegant in black, and sports a friendly smile at odds with the cinderblock bleakness of the jail. “You can call me chief.” Though they live on opposite sides of the jail’s heavy doors, these two have come to see eye-to-eye on a crucial point: Inmates like him don’t belong here. Erin Hedden writes a letter in her cell block at the Pueblo County jail on April 4. Hedden said she has bipolar disorder and used crystal methamphetamine to self-medicate after she The man has been in 23-hour-a-day lost her insurance and couldn’t afford medication to treat her illness. She’s serving a four-year jail sentence after she crashed her car while driving on drugs, killing a 69-year-old lockdown for a year and a half. Like most of his fellow residents in what’s known as woman. Photo by Joe Mahoney/Rocky Mountain PBS I-News administrative segregation, he is mentally ill. Brief interacfrom year to year. At the Douglas County lonial legislature to find alternative hous- den was prescribed a laundry list of drugs. tions with the jail, for example, the number of mentally ing. Each one failed until she found a combistaff are nearly “We’ve gone full circle,” says Denes. nation that worked: Prozac and Zyprexa. ill inmates has grown 10 percent in the the only contact But when she left a job as a nursing past three years, even as the general daily “We’re back today to where we were in the assistant to work on her mother’s ranch, he has with the 1650s.” population has dropped 28 percent. Hedden lost her insurance. At $1,000 a world outside his Once they’re in, inmates with behavmonth, the medication was out of reach. cramped cell. ioral health problems have more trouble Jail officers get training As a shortage getting out. The confinement of thousands of It took three months for the symptoms of of funding has deThe seven metro Denver counties mentally ill Coloradans in jails and pris- mania to resurface, and Hedden says she pleted options for those in need of treat- in 2008 found that mentally ill inmates ons can make a striking contrast with the sought refuge in crystal methamphetment for mental illnesses, there’s still one stayed an average of five times longer sensibilities of the people whose job it is amine. Three years later, Hedden is in jail on place that can’t say no: jail. Inpatient psy- than other inmates. In Pueblo, an inmate to confine them. chiatric beds have dwindled to 1,093 for detained for a misdemeanor stays an Alcala first took a job as a receptionist a four-year sentence for drugged driving. the state’s entire population, according average of 28 days; mentally ill inmates at the Pueblo jail 30 years ago to get health She was behind the wheel in a crash that to state human services data, a decrease jailed for similar offenses stay between insurance for her newborn son. Her am- killed Linda Sue Sublett, a 69-year-old bition to become a deputy was stoked by woman she never met. of 20 percent from five years ago. People 171 and 180 days. The county now pays for her Prozac with mental illnesses are more than five “Jails and prisons have become the a supervisor who told her she was hired and Zyprexa. times as likely to wind up in jail or prison. warehouses for people who aren’t getting “to look pretty and answer the phone.” It was in the 1990s that she became “Years ago we deinstitutionalized treated elsewhere,” says Attila Denes, a mental-health treatment,” says Boulder captain at the Douglas County jail. “It’s aware of the prevalence of mental ill- Hospital beds dwindle Two miles northwest of the jail, on a County Sheriff Joe Pelle. “People felt it was among the most expensive and least hu- ness in the jail; There was a woman who smeared feces on the wall, and an inmate road spiked with wind-driven tumbleshameful that we had people in custody mane” ways to provide care. or locked up in mental health facilities. Solitary confinement is routine. Even who licked the floor. Alcala recalls that weed, is the campus of the Colorado MenNow, instead, we lock them up in jail.” as Colorado’s new state prison chief, Rick the detention officers had no real tools for tal Health Institute at Pueblo, one of only two state psychiatric hospitals. The burden on jails is growing. A 1992 Raemisch, has pledged to remove men- handling what they simply saw as strange Beds at the state hospitals have disapjail survey found that 11 percent of Colo- tally ill prisoners from isolation because behavior. peared steadily even as Colorado’s popuAlcala and other staff have worked to rado inmates had a serious mental illness, of concerns that it is counterproductive lation has boomed, the victim of federal according to research by Public Citizen’s and inhumane, jailers say they still use acquire the skills to communicate with and state budget cuts and a change in Health Research Group and National Alli- 23-hour lockdown to keep staff and other inmates in the throes of a crisis. She enphilosophy that emphasized removing rolled in crisis intervention training eight inmates safe. ance for the Mentally Ill. people from institutions. Denes, a student of history, sees pat- years ago, says Alcala, adding: “I wish I’d This year, 10 county jails surveyed by In 1980, there were 1,103 public psychihad it 15 years earlier.” I-News reported that, on average in 2013, terns in American society’s treatment of atric beds in Colorado; in 2014, there are Sheriffs are increasingly enlisting men18 percent of their inmates were mentally people with mental illnesses. As early as tal health professionals to improve care 553, many of them earmarked for those the Page 1650s, ill. Denver.CO.RRLgBW.STP_RoomPackage 5/14/14 3:47 PM 1 the plight of so-called “lunacharged with or convicted of crimes. Sheriffs say the trend is noticeable tics” in prisons attracted a call to the co- for the mentally ill in jail, by training dePueblo Sheriff Kirk Taylor says the tention officers to communicate through state psychiatric hospital sends its paa crisis and by offering therapy to inmates. John Parsons, who was released from tients to the jail when they lash out or act the Pueblo jail in March, says he got help violently, including people who have prefrom a jail-based program called Moral viously been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Reconation Therapy — a type of cognitive At the same time, Taylor and other behavioral therapy — to handle his decounty jail officials complain that the pression, anxiety and alcoholism. state hospitals frequently turn away in“MRT told me how to handle the stressmates who have been put on emergency es and pressures of life in the way normal mental-health holds for posing a danger people do,” Parsons said in April. to themselves or others. Jagruti Shah runs the state’s offend“These people don’t need to be in jail,” er mental health programs, overseeing says Taylor. “They need to be in a theraa budget of about $2.7 million to help peutic community.” connect inmates with treatment for subBill May, who heads the state hospital stance abuse and co-occurring mental in Pueblo, believes it’s appropriate for health disorders. The programs run in 33 some of the hospital’s patients to be ar( INCLUDES ALL TAXES & FEES ) counties, reaching about 90 percent of rested and sent to jail if they commit a the state’s jail population. crime while stable in treatment. Shah says the programs have had some Meanwhile, state psychiatric hospitals success in treating inmates while they’re can’t receive people on mental-health jailed. holds unless they’ve been treated and But the short-term stay of most in- cleared first for any physical problems, mates means they walk out with only a says Dr. Patrick Fox, a Colorado Departfew days’ worth of medication. Outside, ment of Human Services official who care can be hard to come by — both be- oversees the hospitals. He suggests taking Tuesday–Saturday fore and after incarceration. inmates to the emergency room. “Quite often people don’t have the opAt issue, in part, is the question of who FOR RESERVATIONS portunity to engage in these treatment bears the high costs of housing mentally programs until they hit the front door of ill inmates. Psychotropic medications, RiversideResort.com the jails,” says Denes. additional security and lengthier stays all Pueblo inmate Erin Hedden says she add to the costs. 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May 22, 2014
Suicide survivor tells his story By Jennifer Smith
jsmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com “Are you OK? Is something wrong? Can I help you?” Those are the words Kevin Hines so desperately wanted to hear just seconds before launching himself off of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the split second after, all he could feel was regret. “If someone had asked, I would have talked,” he told supporters of the Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network during the organization’s annual luncheon May 9 at the Inverness Hotel. “But I just desperately wanted somebody to read my mind and save my life.” Hines is one of only about 34 people to have survived that same jump. But the thing is, he didn’t even really want to jump in the first place. “I never wanted to die by suicide,” he said. “But listen to that word, `want.’ I believed I had to die by suicide. Those are categorically different things.” Hines’ troubles really began at birth. His parents were both bipolar, self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, living in seedy motels. “Until one seedy motel owner made his best seedy decision and called police after hearing us scream one too many times,” he says. He and his brother, just infants, landed in foster care. At one point they both developed bronchitis; sadly, his brother died. “The only attachment I had disappeared one night,” he said. That night had devastating emotional effects, even at such a young age.
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accommodating seriously mentally ill inmates to be around $44.7 million a year in 2010, up from $36.5 million in 2006. Costs haven’t declined since then, and are likely to have increased, says Regina Huerter, the director of Denver’s Crime Prevention and Control Commission. The influx of ill inmates has contributed to overcrowding in Boulder, say jail officials there. Boulder is reconfiguring its cells to expand the special management unit where mentally ill inmates are housed. But that means taking space from other areas, says Division Chief Bruce Haas. In Denver, the construction of a new jail in 2010 took into account the extra medical resources and supervision demanded by an increasingly ill population, says Sheriff Gary Wilson. Like the homeless, mentally ill inmates often have trouble meeting judges’ standards for bail, which take into account qualifications such as stable housing, employment and family support, says state public defender Douglas Wilson. This is despite the fact that their crimes may be low-level offenses. “The reality is, most of the time what we’re talking about is trespasses, the guy who roller-skated into somebody’s garage because he thought it was a roller rink, public urination,” says Wilson. Denver recently found that the 99 people most frequently jailed for low-level offenses had a high rate of mental illness — around 35 percent. They were also frequently homeless and addicted to alcohol or drugs, adding to the complexity of treating them. Some get into more trouble behind bars, committing crimes that lengthen
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After bouncing from home to home, Hines finally found sanctuary in the home of Pat and Debbie Hines. “I got my very first second chance at life,” he said. “They saved me.” Then he turned 17, an age when things often begin to go awry for people with bipolar disorder. “Like a Mac truck barreling down the road at 200 miles an hour, depression,” he said, followed by mind-bending paranoia. “I lived in a very distorted reality from this point on.” He became terrified of delivery trucks and would sometimes scratch his own skin raw. At one point he decided to run for president of the United States, and went around the neighborhood asking for support. He’d sit in his father’s chair for hours on end, waiting for his friend, famed movie director Steven Spielberg, to pop by for a visit. “I’d tell my dad I was just waiting for him, and we’d just pretend for the rest of the night that this wasn’t a problem,” he said. Until Death and the pterodactyls started visiting his bedroom at night. “I would fly on these manic highs, and then I would crash and burn,” he said. His dad got him help and got him on meds, which he would take or not. “I was just faking it for two years, until one day I couldn’t take the internal pain anymore,” he said. “… The faces looking back at me from the mirror were telling me I had no choice, I had to die.” One September day in 2000, he believed them. He wrote a note, and told his worried father he was fine as they arrived at his college campus. “He said, `Kevin, I love you, be careful,’” recalls Hines. “I said, `I love you too, Dad,’ and I kissed him on the cheek like always. I got out of the car, and a tear ran down my
their stays, says Sheriff David Walcher in Arapahoe County. “They commit crimes on the inside; there are assaults on staff. They tend to get more charges when they’re in jail,” says Walcher. “They’re a more challenging population overall.”
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From their stark walls to their locked doors to their narrow, light-deprived spaces, jails are meant to confine criminals, not promote recovery. “There’s nothing soft about what we do,” says Alcala. “We’re built for offenders.” Hedden has sharp memories of her episodes in 23-hour lockdown. The 35-yearold inmate, who is being treated for social anxiety and depression along with bipolar disorder, says her last 12-day stay there led her to a breakdown. “All day long it’s a cacophony of voices, of screams, of shouting,” says Hedden. “There is no human interaction except for what’s between you and the guard, and who you can yell at next door through the wall. The loneliness is overwhelming. I get a sense of intense anxiety like I just want to claw at the door. I just want to get out. I would do anything to get out. I beg to get out.” A growing understanding of what it means to isolate people who have mental illnesses is leading to changes in the state prison system. When former prisoner Evan Ebel shot dead prison chief Tom Clements last year, the incident raised questions about Ebel’s time in solitary confinement and his direct release into the community. Clements’ replacement, Raemisch, has criticized the overuse of solitary confinement nationwide, and has pledged to stop placing mentally ill inmates in administrative segregation. And the state legislature recently passed a bill — now pending
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Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network Executive Director and CEO Joan DiMaria enjoys lunch with Kevin Hines, right. Hines shared his story of mental health history and suicide survival with all who attended the luncheon. Courtesy photo cheek and landed on my right shoe. I’ll always remember that. I thought, `This is the last time I’ll ever see anyone I love.’” He went inside, dropped his classes, hopped a bus, stole some candy from a drugstore, got back on the bus and hoped for someone to save him. “My feet were heavy, my heart was palpitating, my eyes were wet with tears,” he said. Save for a woman who asked him to take a photo of her, people just passed him by. “How could they care if they didn’t know?” he said. “My friends and family loved me. But my brain wasn’t allowing me to care. I was desperately trying to stay alive, while it was trying to kill me.” After hitting the water 25 stories below at 75 mph, he was bruised and battered,
black and blue, but alive. Paramedics reached him within minutes and got him to the hospital. When his father got there, the elder Hines apologized to his son for not stopping him. “But it was guilt that didn’t belong to him, guilt that doesn’t belong to anyone I know,” said Hines. “It was not their fault. It will never be their fault.” And that’s what Hines hopes people will take away from his experience, which he describes in his book, “Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt.” “We are, if nothing else, our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, are we not? We are not here for ourselves, we are here for each other.”
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s signature — banning long-term solitary confinement for seriously mentally ill prisoners. But 23-hour lockdown is still widely used as a tool to control mentally ill inmates in jails. Jailers in Douglas County, Arapahoe County, Boulder, Pueblo and elsewhere say they try to minimize the use of it, but none said they were considering doing away with it. “Most jails are pretty close to full if not overflowing,” says Denes, in Douglas County. “Sometimes when you have people classified as dangerous offenders and you have people packed into a housing unit, the reason that you use (23-hour lockdown) is to prevent victimization of inmates from other inmates.”
keep them out of jail in the first place. Some jurisdictions have built mental health courts — also called wellness courts — intended to divert people from jail to treatment. Some, like Denver, are pushing to enroll inmates in health insurance so they can get the care they need once they leave jail. The state’s flagship project for improving mental health treatment — a planned network of crisis centers, now stalled amid a lawsuit — may help direct people to settings more appropriate than jail, says human services official Fox. For now, Colorado’s jailers and their inmates are stuck dealing the best way they can with a broken system
Staying out of jail The best hope for cutting the costs of jailing mentally ill inmates may be to
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Creating, sharing a life with passion, purpose Country recording artist Clay Walker’s song, “If I Could Make a Living Out of Loving You,” is an awesome reminder to think about what it is that we do each and every day. Whether it’s personally or professionally, we should be striving to do what we love and love what we do. The full verse from his song goes like this: “If I could make a livin’ out of lovin’ you, I’d be a millionaire in a week or two, I’d be doing what I love and lovin’ what I do, if I could make a livin’ out of lovin’ you.” One of my favorite conversations to have with someone is when they share their passion for what they do for a living, for themselves, for their family, or even recreation and fun. You can absolutely tell when someone is doing what they love and loving what they do through their body language, tonality of what they are saying and the colorful or powerful words that they actually use while sharing life’s exciting moments. Purpose is so meaningful and passion is so very powerful. My other favorite conversation or discussion to have with someone is when they are not doing what they love and loving what they do. They share stories of discontent, misery, and just plain old unhappiness. They could be unhappy with their job, their family life, and they have not found any time or any-
thing to do that gets where excitement, purpose, or passion would have an opportunity to take root in their lives. Now in the first group, it’s both fun and energizing for me to have conversations with people who share their enthusiasm with such joy. Sometimes their enthusiasm and passion become contagious and I find myself re-energized to pursue my own purpose and passions with even more zeal. The second group is really no different because it provides me with an opportunity to help them self-discover behaviors and attitudes that will lead them to a different way of thinking. You see, it’s not about the title we hold or the job we have, and it’s not about our lives compared to the lives of others. It comes down to how we feel about OUR productivity, OUR effort, OUR enjoyment, and OUR
attitude that matters. Let me share an example with you. Years ago when I was visiting a customer on a very regular basis, I could not help but notice how immaculately clean their building was. There was never a piece of paper on the floor, never any dust on the objects or plants in the lobby, and their floors always shined brilliantly as if the fresh coat of wax was just applied. One day as I waited in the lobby for my meeting, I met the man who was responsible for the appearance of the building. He was in his janitorial coveralls, working with precision detail as he worked his broom and dust rag. I decided to have a conversation with him and started by thanking him for the way he made the building look. I shared with him that I believed that the employees and visitors alike must surely feel a sense of pride when they come in because the place was sparkling clean all the time. With a huge smile and warm handshake the man thanked me and told me he had been employed by the company for the past 10 years. And he shared that most people that worked there often thanked him and commented on his ability to make the place shine. When I asked if he liked his job, he smiled again and replied in an instant with, “Man, I love my job and I am grateful for my
job.” I have met ski instructors, CEOs, nurses, shoeshine vendors, pizza makers, teachers, police officers, firemen, salespeople, accountants, massage therapists, personal trainers, retailers, business owners and people from all walks of life who do what they love and love what they do. And I have met others who do something they hate and hate what they do — that is, until we have had a chance to have a conversation where we can focus on purpose, passion, gratitude and attitude. Now I can never say that I have a 100 percent success rate when having these conversations, but even if one out of 100 had some level of self-discovery and started to do what they love and love what they do personally or professionally, I consider that my purpose and I am extremely passionate about it. Are you doing what you love and loving what you do? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we have purpose and live with passion, it will be a better than good week.
“Overall it was not quite as contentious this year as it was last year,” said House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland. DelGrosso acknowledged that there were fights on some issues, but not many. “I think that was kind of good for everybody... to have a little more civility,” he said. Some of the key pieces of legislation that passed the Legislature this year came with overwhelming bipartisan support. They included the Student Success Act, a major K-12 school-funding bill, and an effort to fund a state-operated aerial firefighting fleet. And some of the high-profile bills that died were bipartisan efforts, such as a bill that would have banned photo radar technology like red light cameras and another bill that would have prohibited the sale of cigarettes to persons under 21. There was a sharp difference in tone at the Capitol this year and there wasn’t nearly the kind of tension that resulted in marathon debates on issues like gun control, like we saw last year.
Now, this year started out looking like it was going to be an extension of 2013, when Senate Republicans — just days into the session — blasted Democrats by accusing them of bending the rules to prevent repeal efforts on gun bills from being heard. Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, even suggested that Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, be recalled over the whole thing — which, by the way, turned out to be a nonstory because the controversy was born out of a misunderstanding. Still, when Cadman threw down, I was like, “Oh, snap. Here we go. Where’s the popcorn?” Seriously, I settled in for what I expected to be 2013 redux. Instead, nothing. This year’s session was hardly a heavyweight fight. At best, it was like watching a 12-round fight between a couple of aging boxers who can’t lift their arms to throw punches any more. But, don’t kid yourselves. These guys are politicians and they know when it’s appropriate to sit around the campfire and sing songs together and when it’s time to throw down. For example, House Majority Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel, recently took issue when a reporter asked her if the quiet session was a result of Democrats getting the message that they may have overreached on some issues last year. “I think one reason why this one was less contentious was that (Republicans)
got the message,” she said. “We’re here to do the work of the people and that’s how we do it. We do the work that we think is of core importance to the people of Colorado and a lot of that was bipartisan. “We don’t pick fights to pick fights and maybe they’ve begun to understand that.” But Republicans believe that voters will have long memories when they go to the polls in November. And Cadman will be eligible to become Senate President if just one seat flips in that chamber. “I think what we offer is opportunity and what these guys offer is oppression,” said Cadman. “I mean, these guys virtually want to control everything...” So, in spite of all the feel-good bills that came out of the Capitol this year, there is going to be a real messaging battle that’s going to be played out on television and through yard signs and bumper stickers this fall. And who knows what that’s going to mean for next year’s Legislature, which could end up looking a whole lot different than this year’s. So, I wouldn’t get too accustomed to all this do-goody bipartisanship just yet. Because all it takes is one scorching issue to burn all those happy little trees to the ground.
Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www. candogo.com.
Lawmakers working together? Let’s see if it lasts If last year’s legislative session was an exercise in surrealism, than this year’s version was like a Bob Ross painting. Sure, there were moments of contention this year. But, for the most part, the olive branches that lawmakers extended to one another all turned into “happy little trees,” as the late Ross would say. This year’s session didn’t have the same venomous bite to it as last year’s. And, for the most part, everyone was on his or her best behavior and legislators actually... umm... worked together on a lot of things? To the rolled eyes and groans among the jaded members of the press, lawmakers have been touting this session as one where about 96 percent of the bills that passed came with bipartisan support. House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, DDenver, points out that the 2013 session was pretty bipartisan as well, but that the “noise” that came about from a handful of bills — such as one that created civil unions and others that tightened gun laws — made it difficult for others to notice that lawmakers often were working together. “There was a lot more heat in the building last year,” Ferrandino said. “One of the differences is we had a biblical flood in our state between the two sessions and I think a lot of people said, `Let’s (set aside) the gamesmanship, the feigned indignation and fighting that we do for theater sometimes and actually just get the work done.’” Even claims that the session was a bipartisan success came with bipartisan support.
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SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE By Michele McCarron
The Elizabeth Schools Board of Education met May 5. Here are the highlights:
tion. • The evaluation system/process is addressed at the beginning of the school year. • The evaluation ensures that classroom observations are taking place.
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Principal Regina Montera shared with the board several activities going on at Singing Hills Elementary, such as the carnival, community dance night, TOP hogs assembly, book fair and science fair. This year Singing Hills started a Pro Dads Day, where dads visit for breakfast and hang out and talk with kids. This program is so successful that the school is starting an iMoms program. The school is celebrating its volunteers as well as its teachers. Montera described the family-oriented culture at Singing Hills and thanked the community for the outpouring of support. This school year, Singing Hills has been very focused on writing. Montera shared several writing samples from kindergartners, third-graders and fifth-graders.
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Montera, who also serves as chair of the 1338 Council, shared the council’s perspective of the Educator Effectiveness Evaluation System. The purpose of the council is to evaluate the system and to consult with the board as to the fairness, effectiveness, credibility and professional quality of the licensed/ certified personnel performance evaluation system and its processes and procedures. A concern of the evaluation system is that the rubric and growth tools could be overwhelming for the evaluators. The council also recommended having mentors in the building to support the staff as a developmental process. Some commendations mentioned at the board meeting for the system were: • There is developmental communication between evaluator and the person being evaluated. • The system encourages communica-
Janet Hatt, district nurse, and Lauren Smith, Running Creek Elementary physical-education teacher, presented a Wellness Committee update to the board. The committee includes community members as well as employees of the district. Some of the accomplishments this year and goals for next year include the following: Worked with Colorado University nursing students on BMI (body mass index) with permission from parents on children age 3-12. Overall results indicate that Elizabeth school students are healthy. Sponsored the Biggest Loser Competition and Fitness Challenge for the district. More than 60 people enrolled and the overall weight loss for the district was 463 pounds. The committee is looking to implement this for the Elizabeth community. Health and Wellness Expo was an event open to the community, with fitness classes and vendors offering their health products and services. A pilot soap and hand sanitizer program is taking place at Running Creek. Hand sanitizers have been mounted on walls in hallways and outside bathrooms. Hatt is planning on evaluating data on absenteeism and health room visits to see if there are any trends. If the pilot is successful, the plan is to have the program implemented in all schools. The committee is looking at implementing a NOT program (NOT on Tobacco) at both high schools. The committee is also looking at possible grant writing to have pushbutton handicap-accessible entry at the elementary schools and middle schools.
HR activities
Kin Shuman, director of human resources, provided the board with an update on the HR activities. HR is reviewing applicants for the EHS principal position. The process for hiring will include multiple interview committees that consist of district employees, parents, and students. HR is in full recruitment season for next year. To date, the number of teacher resignations is relatively light, much less than last school year, at this time of the year. Employment recommendations for 2014-2015 were approved at the board meeting. The districtwide retirement ceremony took place at Running Creek Elementary to celebrate our retirees. More than 125 people attended the celebration honoring eight educators with 163 years of experience in Elizabeth Schools.
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Chief Financial Officer Ron Patera presented a draft budget for the upcoming school year. Patera reiterated concerns around PERA increases, insurance increases, and technology increases. Patera also indicated that over the past couple of years the federal government has made several changes in the type of food that must be served in schools. These changes are causing increased costs to school districts, and will lead to a recommendation to increase meal prices for next year. Other budget ideas under consideration include reducing supply budgets and a slight restructuring of some transportation routes, increasing the technology fee and increasing athletic fees.
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In the superintendent update, Douglas Bissonette mentioned the resignation of the director of learning services and said the district will not be replacing that position.
The district will be reallocating some of these duties out to the school buildings such as professional development, curriculum, and the mentor and induction program. Bissonette also referred to the IAC report and their recommendation to add a senior position to the technology department. The district is in need of more technology support for students and staff and has posted a new position, director of information and instructional technology.
Public participation Elizabeth High School student Krista Dodd shared her Student Council involvement. She indicated she was working on a proposal for a graduation requirement that would include hours for community service.
In other news • Summer Kick Off Elizabeth Community Carnival will be held on May 22 from 1:30-4 p.m. at Elizabeth Middle School. Proceeds of the event will go to the Citizen Impact Committee and the PTSO/ PTCO to support our schools. • The Citizen Impact Committee is hosting a flea market on June 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Elizabeth High School parking lot. • Summer sports camps are scheduled at both the Elizabeth Middle School and Elizabeth High School, including volleyball, basketball, track and softball. • Elizabeth High School graduation is May 24, and Frontier High School graduation is May 30. Visit elizabeth.k12.co.us for more information on these events. May 22 is half day/last day of school.
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session that a consensus could be reached. However, it never materialized. “Anytime you have an issue that is as polarized as this issue has been in Colorado, you’re going to have a lot of interest on both ends of the spectrum — and a fairly large interest in the middle of that — and the goal is to bring all those people together,” said House Majority Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel. The issue is a complex one for lawmakers to deal with. On the one hand, there are the undeniable economic benefits that fracking provides, including high-paying job creation. Yet at the same time, more and more communities are expressing concern over possible health impacts that come with fracking. So far, five Colorado cities have put in place fracking bans or moratoriums. “I think the bottom line is, if there is a way that we can protect an industry that is feeding our families and providing our tax base and providing energy security — not only for the state but for the rest of the country — then we ought to be looking at what it’s going to take to protect that,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, RColorado Springs.
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LegisLative briefs Flood relief bill gets final OK The first bill of the legislative session turned out to be the last one passed, as an effort to provide tax relief to flood-impacted homeowners was sent to the governor’s desk on May 7. House Bill 1001 is a property tax forgiveness plan for homeowners whose homes are destroyed by natural disasters. Changes made to the bill in the Senate prior to its final passage led to some latesession drama to save the legislation. The original version of the bill required that the state pay a homeowner’s property taxes for a full year. However, the Senate changed the bill so it would only apply to the period of time that the homes were impacted by the disaster.
The House ended up restoring the bill to much of its original form before it was re-passed. It now heads to the desk of Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is expected to sign the legislation.
Telecom reform signed into law Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 9 signed into law a package of bills that address telecommunications services in rural areas. The bills modernize Colorado’s telecommunication laws and expand broadband Internet service to un-served parts of the state. One of the key components of the package reroutes money from an annual $54 million subsidy from telecom companies to a broadband fund. The subsidy was put in place decades ago, when most homes
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North Fork fire claims bill passes A bill that will budget $17.6 million in liability claims for those who were impacted by the 2012 Lower North Fork Fire is on its way to the governor’s desk. The fire started as a state-prescribed burn in Jefferson County and culminated in the deaths of three people as well as the destruction of more than 20 homes and the burning of 4,000 acres. The state claims board initially said it was willing to budget $11 million in claims to the victims. However, during a recent court hearing, the victims were successful in asking a judge to advance the issue to the Legislature, which resulted in the bill and an additional $6.6 million.
A bill that provides workers with more resources to fight wage theft claims has cleared the General Assembly. Senate Bill 5 — sponsored by Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, and Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont — would slap businesses with a minimum fine of $50 for every day that an employee is not paid his or her wages. The state could also administer other, larger-sum penalties that would be payable to the employees. The bill passed the House on a 38-27 vote, with Rep. Cheri Gerou, R-Evergreen, being the only Republican to support the effort. The bill now heads to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk for his signature.
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10 Elbert County News
May 22, 2014
Music festival returning to Black Forest Three-day event takes place Memorial Day Weekend Staff report The 2014 MeadowGrass Music Festival will feature 22 bands over three days, May 23-25. MeadowGrass is held on the 430-acre La Foret Conference and Retreat Center located at 6145 Shoup Road in Black Forest, Colorado. The main stage is located under a big-top type tent. For people who want to sit in the sun, there is plenty of room to spread out in the meadow and still enjoy the music. There are children’s activities, a swimming pool, morning yoga sessions, and indoor music workshops by some of the featured performers. Tickets are available online at www.meadowgrass.org.
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MeadowGrass is a nonprofit music festival managed by Rocky Mountain Highway under the auspices of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation. Additional support comes from the Bee Vradenburg Foundation, the Colorado Springs Independent, Bristol Brewing, KRCC and individual sponsors who can donate at www.ppcf.org. Here’s the musical lineup for MeadowGrass 2014:
Friday, May 23 1:30 p.m. - Andy Clifton & Co. 3 p.m. - A. Tom Collins 4:45 p.m. - Steve Poltz 6:30 p.m. - The Duhks 8:30 p.m. - The Haunted Windchimes 10 p.m. - Grant Sabin & the Full Moon Band (in Ponderosa Lodge)
Elephant Revival will highlight the second day of music (May 24) at the Meadowgrass Music Festival in Black Forest. Courtesy photo
Sunday, May 25
Saturday, May 24 11 a.m. - Barrel House String Band 12: 15 p.m. - Josh Dillard & the Streaks of Lightning 1:30 p.m. - Chimney Choir 3 p.m. - Cary Hudson 4 30: p.m. - Ark Life 6:00 p.m. - Grass It Up 8:00 p.m. - Chadwick Stokes 10:00 p.m. - Elephant Revival
11 a.m. - The Mitguards 12: 15 p.m. - Here’s to Fightin’ 1:30 p.m. - Taarka 3 p.m. - Willis Alan Ramsey 4:30 p.m. - Birds of Chicago 6:15 p.m. - Caitlin Rose 8 p.m. - The Mother Hips 10 p.m. - The J. Miller Band (in Ponderosa Lodge) (Times and schedule subject to change)
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Put us on your spring and summer calendar. The RidgeGate community is thriving this season, with many fun, free events that will inspire you and your family to reconnect with nature, move your body, and meet your neighbors. Plan now to join us. Tuesday, May 27, 6:30 – 7:30pm Tuesday, June 24, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Take a walk on the one-mile paved path around the
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the summer sounds.
park, grab something to eat at a food truck and enjoy
Location: Belvedere Park (between RidgeGate Parkway and RidgeGate Circle on Belvedere Lane)
June 20– August 1
Show off your best tree pose! Grab your yoga mat for
RidgeGate Presents Tunes on the Terrace
this free Yoga in the Park class in Belvedere Park. No
Location: Lone Tree Arts Center Terrace Theater
yoga experience is necessary, and no registration is
This summer, RidgeGate is proud to again sponsor
required! Classes take place on the last Tuesday of each month throughout the summer. In case of heavy rain or lightning, class will be cancelled. Ages 8+.
Tunes on the Terrace, a series of summer evening concerts featuring performances ranging from the symphony to Motown and everything in between. Enjoy dancing under the stars to live music in a beautiful
Friday, June 6, 6:30 – 8pm
Free Nature Hike: Botany of the Ute Location: Register online to receive details
To those who know Colorado’s botanical secrets, there’s a bounty waiting in the hills. Learn about the
outdoor setting at the state-of-the-art Lone Tree Arts Center. Find the full schedule and purchase tickets at lonetreeartscenter.org.
Saturday, June 21, 7:30 – 9pm
available to the Ute tribe, who lived in this area for
Free Nature Hike: Celebrating the Summer Solstice
hundreds of years before Western settlers arrived. Ages
Location: Register online to receive details
5+. Register at ridgegate.com/events.
Experience the spirituality of nature on a summer solstice
sources of food, shelter, tools and pigments that were
hike up to the bluffs trail summit. We’ll learn about how
Friday, June 13, 4–5:30pm
RidgeGate Walk Concert: 17th Avenue All-Stars Location: Prairie Sky Park (just west of the Rec Center)
Enjoy a concert out on the grass with free live music, food trucks and activities. This month, hear longtime Denver favorite a capella group, 17th Avenue All-Stars.
the solstice has been celebrated throughout history, and in a variety of cultures. It’s a beautiful way to mark the first evening of summer, and the longest day of the year. Ages 8+. Register at ridgegate.com/events.
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Elbert County News 11
May 22, 2014
Show rounds up Western bronzes Once-popular statuettes on display at museum By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com “The Western bronze statuette was eagerly collected by the urban populace at the turn of the 20th century,” said Thomas Smith, director of the Petrie Institute of American Art at the Denver Art Museum, as he introduced “The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925,” which opened May 11 and runs until Aug. 31. Smith is co-curator of the first in-depth survey of this popular genre of American art. Thayer Tolles of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was the other curator, and the two have written a companion catalog for the show, which contains 72 bronze sculptures by 28 artists, borrowed from across the U.S. Some of these works were models for larger pieces made for public art: “Indians on the mantel and in the park,” as another catalog essay noted. The sculptures are carefully displayed and lighted in the Gallagher Family Gallery on the first floor of the museum, so it’s easy to see the touch of the sculptor’s hand in textures and details. Murals on the walls show how some works were translated into
monumental public art. The bronzes are grouped by subject: Indians, cowboys, cavalry, pioneers and prospectors, as well as animals of the plains and mountains. Each piece tells a story of the early West, although some of these artists started portraying Western characters from studios in New York before they visited the scene. Some found models for wildlife at the Bronx Zoo and other zoos. By 1850, there were foundries opened in the U.S. where bronzes could be cast. Prior to that time, molds were sent to Europe for casting, which added time and expense to the process. A large work at the entrance is by Alexander Phimister Proctor, who studied in Paris, but created images of the American West. Pieces were made by sand casting until 1900, Smith said, when the lost wax method became popular. A video of the lost wax process is shown. It was shot at the Metropolitan Museum and shows the process for making a mold of an equestrian figure of Theodore Roosevelt and readying it to go to the foundry in sections. Two editions of Frederic Remington’s “Bronco Buster” show how he added motion to figures, Smith said, also pointing out his “Cheyenne.” “Bronco Buster” was repeated in 150 editions. A contrasting figure is Paul Manship’s 1926 figure of a running Indian in a sleek
This running Indian, 1926 by Paul Manship is almost Art Deco in style-the beginning of Modern Art, in the “American West in Bronze” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. Courtesy photo style that signaled the beginning of modern art. It looks almost Art Deco, a new era in sculpture. Wildlife was already vanishing in the West and images such as “A Lament” helped with the rise of the conservation movement. Figures of pioneer women became popular at the start of women’s suffrage movement. (The women’s vote started in the West.) There is a sculpture studio open near the gallery where visitors can explore tra-
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if you go The Denver Art Museum is on 13th Avenue between Broadway and Acoma Street in downtown Denver. It is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Fridays. “The American West in Bronze” is included in general admission. There is an exhibition audio guide available. Denverartmuseum.org, 720-913-0130.
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May 22, 2014
Fiddler heads for Fiddler’s Green Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam to be held May 24 By Sonya Ellingboe
sellingboe @coloradocommunitymedia.com The Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam first took place on Oct. 4, 1974, in Nashville. Daniels, who has since been inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame, invited other musical stars to play with him at the War Memorial Auditorium. Since then, the Volunteer Jam has taken place at various venues throughout the nation, with artists including Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, James Brown and the Allman Brothers. May 24, 2014, will be the first time the Volunteer Jam has taken place at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, and Daniels will be joined by The Outlaws, BlackHawk and Craig Campbell in a concert to honor members of the military, the American Red Cross and first responders. Complimentary tickets will be made available to members of the military, Red
Cross volunteers and first responders through their organizations, according to Chuck Morris, president and CEO of AEG Live Rocky Mountains, which will be operating and booking Fiddler’s Green in a 15year partnership agreement with the venue owner, Museum Outdoor Arts, or MOA. Members of the Colorado National Guard and others will enjoy an evening of entertainment. Some general admission tickets remain for the public. An extensive remodel of Fiddler’s Green has been underway and will be enhanced in June by a living wall of plants that thrive in this climate — watered from the detention pond in adjacent Samson Park, which is also an MOA venue with a number of artworks. Fiddler’s Green has an 18,000-person seating capacity and hosts concerts throughout the summer, plus events such as graduations and operas. Among the international performing artists who have visited: the Eagles, Jimmy Buffett, B.B. King, Prince, Tool, Stevie Wonder, Sting, the Who …. Designed by architect George Hargreaves, Fiddler’s Green opened in 1988 as an
Fiddler’s Green-Fiddler’s Green, an 18,000 seat venue in Arapahoe County, has been renovated for the 2014 season, which starts May 24 with Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam. Courtesy photo IF YOU GO outdoor theater for the performing arts. Among concerts scheduled for the coming season are Summer Jam; Colorado Symphony Orchestra: the Music of Led Zeppelin; Styx and Foreigner; Rod Stewart and Santana; Bruno Mars; Carnivores Tour: Linkin Park, 30 seconds to Mars and AFI. Updated listings are available at fiddlersgreenamp.com.
Fiddler’s Green is at 6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. in Greenwood Village. The phone number is 303-220-7000. Box office hours during the season: Mondays to Fridays noon to 6 p.m. on non-show days; Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on non-show days; closed Sundays if no show. If there is a show on a Sunday, the box office will open at 10 a.m. and close about 9 p.m. Tickets: 888-929-7849, AXS.com. Tickets also are available at the Ogden and Gothic Theatre box offices, open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and event days.
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Non-Denominational “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher…You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.” (C.S. Lewis)
Beginning March 9th: “Jesus–The Son of God”
Sunday mornings at Immanuel Lutheran 9:30 a.m. Sundays Lone Tree Civic Center, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO
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Elbert County News 13 May 22, 2014
Local athletes grab state gold Elizabeth boys 400-meter relay team among champions By Scott Stocker
Special to Colorado Community Media Maybe it was expected, maybe it wasn’t. That could have been the thoughts of Elizabeth’s Kimberly Peterson, prior to her pole vault completion; those of Elbert’s Caleb Brown before he went into the discus finals; and of the Elizabeth boys 400-meter relay team going into the finals at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. As it turned out, they all returned home as state champions. Peterson won the 4A pole vault with an 11-foot, 6-inch effort while Brown won the 1A discus with a throw of 148 feet, 8 inches. The Cardinals won their title in the 4A’s 400-meter relay, timed in 42.28-seconds. Overall, the Elizabeth boys finished fifth with 36 points in 4A. Palmer Ridge won the team title with 103 points, followed by Valor Christian, 66, Broomfield, 65, and Erie, 48. Also on the boy’s side of the competition, Elbert finished in 17th with 21 points in 1A, while Kiowa was 22nd with 12 points in the 2A competition, and Simla, 42nd, with one point. “The win was definitely exciting,” said Peterson. “I thank God. I was able to finish strong as a senior. Each day is different, but you have to stick to your routine and do the best you can against all the competition. I
don’t feel the competition was as heavy at state this time as in the past, but everyone has to be ready. I think everyone was excited to be there.” Niwot won the 4A girls title with 66 points, Thompson Valley was second with 57.5 and Broomfield placed third with 55. Elizabeth scored 20 points to place 17th. Elbert was 14th in 1A with 26 points, while the team championship was won by Shinning Mountain Waldorf with 74. Neither Kiowa or Simla placed any athletes at state in 2A girls, a championship won by Paonia with 102 points. “I think the kids had a perfect way to end the weekend,” said Elizabeth boys and girls coach Lori McCoin. “To win a pair of events was exciting. We only had five boys at state and we can dub them the Fantastic Five. Kimmy was certainly on fire with her win and Gav (Houston) did well in the pole vault. We were very blessed.” Brown heaved the discus, a little more than 8 feet longer than runner-up Zeith Schoenfield from Otis (140-10). And, he didn’t do all that bad on the track, either, as he placed seventh in the 400. “This was a good year and there were several good guys in the field,” Brown said. “I just wanted to come in and do the best I could. I had hoped to break our school record (152-0), but I didn’t with my 148. It didn’t go as I planned, but first is great. “It’s alright,” Brown said after his 400. “I felt I could go out fast, but today it wasn’t fast enough, but it was a good race and I’ve definitely had fun in this race this year. Track continues on Page 14
Elizabeth sophomore Tegan Alexander sprints to a second-place finish in the 200-meter prelims May 15 in Lakewood. Alexander was seeded fifth heading into the Class 4A finals, which were held later in the weekend. Photo by Ryan Boldrey
Elizabeth goes down fighting Manning promises Green Mountain wins 3-2 in eight innings By Scott Stocker
Special to Colorado Community Media The season came to an end for the Elizabeth baseball team on May 10 as the Cardinals were defeated 3-2 in eight innings by Green Mountain, in their District 4 state qualifying game. Both teams opened the game by scoring one run in the first inning, and that situation would last until the seventh. That’s where both teams scored their second runs, thus pushing the game into the extra frame. However, Green Mountain would get the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth, ending the season for Elizabeth. Elizabeth, coached by Doug Severinsen, finished the season with a fine 15-5 record, while Green Mountain moved on with a 15-6 record. What made the loss harder to take is the fact Elizabeth out-hit Green Mountain, 116. Making it even harder was the fact that losing pitcher David Wahlstrom had three hits and drove in the Cardinals’ two runs. Two more hits had been picked up by Brandon Severinsen. Elizabeth had ended the regular season on a high note as the Cardinals defeated Englewood 15-0 in five innings on May 5. Jace Evans certainly had a fine game at the plate, with two hits that accounted for four runs batted in for Elizabeth. Also in the runs-scored department, Tyler Erzen was on top, crossing the plate three times for the Cardinals while also coming through with a pair of hits and an RBI. Wahlstrom, the winning pitcher, helped his cause by also coming through with two hits and driving in two runs in the process. He only pitched three innings and was given a break by Stuart Eurich. Eurich also had
a good day at the plate in the short game, coming through with two hits, scoring two runs and batting in a pair of Cardinals. Elizabeth jumped on Englewood quickly as the Cardinals flew to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning. When it was all over, the Cardinals would account for 16 hits and not be charged with any errors in the field.
Elbert’s season ends
The baseball season came to an end for Elbert on May 10 as the Bulldogs were beaten 3-1 by Eads in the Class 1A state quarterfinals. The Bulldogs, coached by Chris Williams, ended their season with a 9-5 record. It wasn’t that much better for Eads, either. Following its victory against Elbert, the Eagles were then defeated by Dove Creek in a 23-18 slugfest. Dove Creek went on to lose 17-1 to Caliche in the Class 1A state title game in Lakewood on May 15. Caliche had defeated Cornerstone Christian Academy 11-1 in its quarterfinal game, then advanced to the state championship with a 10-0 victory against Holly. Holly had won its quarterfinal 3-2 against Stratton. Eads pitcher Tyler Rouse held Elbert to only three hits in picking up his victory. In the meantime, Brett Meredith took the loss on the mound for Eads. Rouse helped his own cause with a pair of hits and an RBI. The other two runs for the winners were driven in by Jaxon Crawford and Brad Johnson. Colton Musson led Elbert with a pair of hits and drove in Mark Solis for the Bulldogs’ only run in the seventh inning.
Kiowa heads to tourney
Kiowa defeated Evangelical Christian Academy 5-2 on May 10, before moving on to play Nucla in the first round of the Class Baseball continues on Page 14
more ‘Omaha!’ shouts Broncos quarterback speaks at event in Nebraska city By Eric Olson
Associated Press Peyton Manning came to Omaha, Neb., to show the city some love in return for the love it showed him during the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl. Manning was the was the featured speaker at the B’nai B’rith sports banquet May 15, and he promised the crowd of 1,200 he’ll keep shouting “Omaha!” at the line of scrimmage. Manning has been using the city’s name as part of his pre-snap routine for years, but his “Omaha!” chants put the city of 400,000 in the national spotlight during the playoffs because they came in so loud and clear over television field microphones. “I can’t tell you how many suggestions I get on what word I should use next year — cities, states, businesses, a lot of websites,” Manning said. “I am here to tell you I am sticking with ‘Omaha!’ “ With that, the crowd erupted in hoots and applause. Before the banquet, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce presented Manning a check for almost $70,000 for his foundation for at-risk children. Businesses donated money for every pre-snap “Omaha!” shouted by the 2013 NFL MVP. “I’m very pleased to be here in the real city of Omaha,” he said. “People of this city have been very gracious to me during my visit here. This (donated money) will go a long way to help the children at risk.” The chamber of commerce coordinated
the fundraising effort to thank Manning for the shout-outs and free publicity. The Omaha zoo named a newborn penguin “Peyton,” and Omaha Steaks sold an “Omaha, Omaha” variety package of meats for Super Bowl partiers. A local ice cream parlor created a flavor in Manning’s honor, “Omaha, Omaha,” which had an orangevanilla base mixed with blue malt balls — Broncos colors. Manning gave no hint about what his “Omaha!” chants really mean or the reason why he and other quarterbacks use the word as they change plays at the line. Manning’s speech focused on the methods he employed to be a successful NFL quarterback. He stressed the importance of putting in extra work, intense film study and a willingness to be a leader. He also touched on the obstacles the Broncos overcame to reach the Super Bowl, where they lost to Seattle. “We faced a ton of injuries, including losing not one but two centers, lost our left tackle for the entire year, probably the best in the entire league, and we lost a player to a six-game suspension,” he said. “And then in the middle of the season our head coach had a heart attack and was out for five weeks. The deck was shuffled, and there were so many things that pointed to having a bad year. We handled more adversity in a single season than most teams will in a five- or 10-year span.” The 38-year-old quarterback said he has set no timetable for retirement. “I feel lucky to still be playing the game, and I enjoy being around these young guys. They keep me feeling young,” he said. “I’m going to keep doing it as long as I can still help the team, as long as I still enjoy the preparation, and as long as the team still wants me to play.”
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Now, I’m going to go to the University of Alaska.” The Elizabeth quartet of LaShawn Robinson, Brody Oliver, Ryan White and Joel Thies had just what they needed to beat Valor Christian in the 400-Relay with a time of 42.28 to Valor’s 42.33. The Cardinals also turned in a solid effort in the 800 relay with a third-place finish (1:28.35) behind winning Palmer Ridge (1:27.42) and runner-up Valor Christian (1:27.73). “We ran well and the two teams that beat us were just that much better,” Oliver said after the 800 relay finished. “It’s been a good season for us. We’re a small school and it’s great to compete well against the big guys.” White and Robinson also agreed, but were a bit disappointed in the final 800 outcome. Thies would also go on to place eighth in both the 100 and 200-meter sprints. “We wanted to go for a good quality finish,” Thies said. “The relays have been big for me this year. We just all wanted to go out and leave it on the track. I was relieved, though. It was my last 100 and I wanted to have fun. I didn’t think I would place in four events. This has been a great experience.”
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2A state tournament in Pueblo on May 16. The Indians lost that first-round tourney game 13-1, while Resurrection Christian beat Dolores 10-1. That set up a Nucla-Resurrection Christian match, which Resurrection Christian won 12-2. Resurrection Christian was the top seed in the tournament and came in with an 18-3 record. Kiowa was 14-5 and Nucla was 15-6. Jake Jacobs and Caleb Smith helped lead the way in Kiowa’s victory against
“We quite didn’t run the way we all felt we wanted to, but we went out to get the job done and we enjoyed it for a good finish,” said White. Added Robinson, “It was a lot of fun, and overall it has shown the hard work has paid off. I’m proud of the way we have worked this season.” Elizabeth sophomore Tegan Alexander placed fourth in the 100 with a time of 12.48-seconds as the title was won by Broomfield’s Alexel Cox in :12.19. She would also place sixth in the 200 (25.33) in a race won by Lewis-Palmer’s Nicole Montgomery (24.02). “This is definitely exciting to be in the top four,” Alexander said after the 100. “I just tried to get over my nerves and face reality. I proved that I could compete. The key was to just to run fast. Next year I want to work on my overall personal records.” Elizabeth’s Gav Houston placed fourth in the pole valut with a 13-foot, 9-inch effort. Pueblo South’s Nicholas Meihaus won, vaulting 15-0. Actually, the next two place winners in the pole vault also went 13-9, and the positions on the podium being determined by the number of misses. “I got to 13-0 and proved the height was not a fluke for me this season,” said Houston, who heads to the Air Force Academy in June. “I was confident with what I did and was not focused on the competition, just what I could do for a personal best.” Kiowa’s 800 relay team, composed of Evangelical Christian. Smith accounted for a pair of hits, scored two runs and had an RBI. Jacobs had a pair of RBIs to help the cause. In the meantime, pitcher Marshal Deering picked up the victory on the mound for Kiowa while giving up three hits, striking out seven batters and walking four. Evangelical Christian defeated Simla 12-10 on May 6 in the pair’s district quarterfinal game. With the loss, Simla finished the season with a 4-12 record. Evangelical Christian had improved to 6-11 with its win against the Cubs.
Wyatt McKnight, Connor Wills, Marcus Anthony and Jack Thomas, was more than pleased with their effort. They certainly had hoped for a higher finish since they broke their school record in the process with a 1:35.51. Vanguard was the winner with a 1:39.09. “It was a great experience to come in and compete against this fine field,” McKnight said. “I’m just a sophomore and my teammates, here, are all seniors. I just got nervous, but these guys have helped me run better this season.” Wills also recognized Kiowa’s accomplishment, yet he and Anthony were also a bit disappointed by the race. “This is the first time we’ve made state and we broke our school record,” Wills said. “It’s tremendous to compete here.” Added Anthony, “We broke the school record, but we didn’t do as well in the finals as we had hope. Still, a good year for all of us.” “We had a great time in our senior year,” Thomas concluded. “We were seeded ninth and came in eighth. It was an improvement for all of us.” Elbert’s Hannah Maber had the highest finish for her team in the girl’s competition with second in the 100 (13.12) behind Caliche’s winning Kayla Zink (12.88), was third in the long jump (14-11 1/4) and fifth in the Triple Jump with a 32-8 ½ foot effort. “I got my PR in the 100, so I’m very happy,” Maber said. “I just wanted to go out
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and chase down the faster girls. I was really excited and just wanted my best effort in the Triple and Long Jumps. The key this season has been eating right and to let my teammates and coach help me through the season. It paid off today.” The Elbert girl’s 3,200-relay team, composed of Caya Bahr, Abbie Maben, Alicia Culla and Devin Mayer, placed ninth with a time of 11:28.59. “We really ran fast today and I came out happy,” said Bahr after the race. “I was confident we would do well today.” “We just went out and gave it 100 percent,” continued Maben. “We just wanted to try hard and hope for a good outcome.” Those were the thoughts for Culla and Mayer. “I think it was a fast race and it was good for all the girls,” Culla said. “We just all pushed so hard.” Said Mayer in conclusion, “They helped me move up and we just didn’t get down on ourselves. It was a fast effort on all our parts.” Simla’s only point at state in the boy’s competition was scored by Cody Norris with his ninth-place finish in the triple jump. “I came in ranked 15th and I was able to get my PR to place higher,” Norris said. “I was a little edgy on my right and left, but happy about how it came out. The key was to go out fast in the event and I was able to get my job done.”
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Lowell Ranch provides glimpse of rural life By Mike DiFerdinando mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com The Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation’s historic Lowell Ranch on Plum Creek is inviting the community to come learn about rural life at Farm & Ranch
Day, set for 10 a.m. to 30 p.m. on May 31. The county fair is two months away, and local 4-H and Future Farmers of America members need to hone their show-ring skills to impress the judges. Accompanied by their steers, lambs, or goats, they will gather at Lowell Ranch in Douglas County to learn about handling and showing their
livestock to help win a treasured blue ribbon during the summer show season. Competitors will be under the guide of experienced livestock showmen. “It’s an opportunity for the kids to learn how to show their animals before the big show over the summer,” said Brooke Fox, president of the Colorado Agricultural
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Baby Boomers May Avoid Knee Surgery With Modern Arthritis Treatments
Doctors say these two factors are the keys to knee arthritis treatment success and relieving pain without surgery By Matt Edgar America’s Health Writer
earlier we can treat knee arthritis - the better the results. The key to avoiding El Paso County - Everyone has knee replacement surgery is doing the said it at one time or another. If I had correct treatments as soon as possible.” only known about “this” sooner - things What is the “correct would be very different today. treatment?” That’s what many knee arthritis pain “That depends, there is no one answer sufferers are saying about this technolwhen it comes to medical conditions and ogy and treatment. knee arthritis is no different. That’s why, “We all know that countless lives if you have knee pain, you should have are being saved every year because of it evaluated by a doctor who deals with early detection and better treatment of and treats knee pain every day,” stated cancer,” one of the physicians at Osteo the clinics director of services. Relief Institute in Colorado Springs, CO. For many knee arthritis pain sufferers “The same holds true for treating knee the right treatment is viscosupplementaarthritis pain. I believe we are having tion. In this treatment, a preparation of so much success at Osteo Relief Institute Hyaluronic acid (such as Hyalgan) is because of two factors: One is we are injected directly into the knee joint. using advanced medical technology and Hyaluronic acid is a natural lubritreatments a lot of clinics do not use. cant and shock absorber of your joints And second, the word has spread to our and is found to be decreased in arthritis community and so many knee arthritis sufferers. This is similar to running your sufferers are coming in sooner. And the car low or without oil. Obviously, the
sooner you put oil back in the car - the less damage will be done. That’s why some doctors feel early viscosupplementation gets the best results and is so important for avoiding surgery. And the Doctors believe one of the most important factors for the success of viscosupplementation is making sure you are getting it into the joint space. That’s why the doctors at Osteo Relief Institute use advanced imaging technology called a “C-Arm.” A C-Arm allows the doctor to see into the joint and actually watch the injection go where it is supposed to. Research shows that performing injections without digital imaging can result in missing the joint space as much as 30% of the time. If you had viscosupplementation treatments without advanced imagining and did not get good results this may be why. “If you have knee arthritis pain,
Can This Be Avoided? Total knee replacement is serious surgery requiring months of rehabilitation. Some doctors think modern treatments done early enough can keep baby boomers from going under the knife.
viscosupplementation might be the answer you are looking for. The keys are to not wait, get a good evaluation from an expert and make sure advanced digital imaging (C-Arm) is used to make sure you have the best chance for success.” was the advice of the doctors at the Osteo Relief Institute.
Free Knee Pain Screenings Offered To Help Determine If Colorado Springs Area Residents Qualify For Popular Treatment El Paso County area knee pain sufferers have limited time to claim knee pain screening to see if all-natural knee arthritis treatment might work for them
If you qualify for this treatment, it might be one of the happiest days of your life. That’s because, this year, hundreds of knee pain sufferers have flocked to Osteo Relief Institute located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. That’s when their specially trained doctors added Hyalgan treatments to their already successful and comprehensive knee pain relief program. Hyalgan is unique because - even though it is manufactured by a pharmaceutical company, it is in NOT considered a drug because it is a natural substance with an incredible story. Why So Many Want It You see, when you suffer with arthritis - the lubricating fluid (synovial fluid) in your knee joint dries up. This means instead of gliding smoothly - your bones start to rub and grind against each other. This causes a little pain in the beginning - but over time the pain steadily gets worse until it is excruciating. Like “Joint Oil” Hyalgan works so well because it is like “joint oil.” It is a natural substance that contains one of the natural building blocks of the synovial fluid that lubricates your knee. Scientists and researchers discovered this natural building block to synovial fluid in the rooster’s comb - that big red thing on top of the roosters head. It is extracted from the roosters comb, purified and concentrated. When it is injected directly into your knee joint, it is like squirting oil on a rusty door hinge. Hyalgan allows your joints to glide more smoothly eliminating a lot of the rubbing, grinding and pain. Can Supplements Do The Same Thing? No. Glucosamine and chondroitin and other supplements are much different. You can only get this from a doctor and it often helps knee pain sufferers who got limited or no success from
Everyone Wants Proof: In the artist simulated drawings above, picture #1 is a normal, pain-free knee. There is no arthritis and the knee can move and bend freely without pain
glucosamine and chondroitin. Beware of unsubstantiated claims made by supplements that claim to do what this advanced medical procedure does. Why You Should Try This Even If You’ve Already Had Similar Treatments Without results... “We have been able to help so many knee pain sufferers - even many who have already tried other injections like Synvisc, Supartz, Orthovisc and even Hyalgan. We use special and very advanced low-dose video fluoroscopy imaging called “Hologic Digital Imaging” so we can see right into the joint. This allows us to put the Hyaglan exactly where is needs to be. Studies show doctors doing joint injections without fluoroscopy miss the joint up to 30% of the time.” said the head of Arthritis Treatment at Osteo Relief Institute. Osteo Relief Institute is a state of the art medical facility offering only the best technology. And that’s not all - Osteo Relief Institute has a complete knee relief program called “P.A.C.E.” to make sure you get the most pain relief and the best possible results from treatment. “Every case is individual. Some patients get quite a bit of relief right away - others take a little more time. But most have been extremely happy and the results usually last for at least 6 months. Patients who were suffering for years with bad knee pain are getting their lives back... going for walks again and exercising. It’s amazing to see. They tell all their friends - that’s why we are swarmed. I can’t tell you how many patients have cancelled their total knee replacement surgeries.” added one doctor. How To Get It If you have knee pain, Dr. M. Swanson M.D. and staff would like to invite you for a risk free screening to see if you are a candidate for Hyalgan treatments and the P.A.C.E program. All you have to do is call 719-323-6612 right now and when the
Advanced Medical Technology Can Make All The Difference: This advanced digital imaging called a C-arm allows doctors to see directly into the knee joint so treatments are precise and the Hyalgan actually goes where it is supposed to. Studies show that injections done without digital imaging can miss the joint up to 30% of the time. This is one reason Hyalgan or other Viscosupplementation may not have worked for you. Osteo Relief Institute uses this C-arm for every Hyalgan treatment. scheduling specialist answers the phone tell her you would like your risk free “Knee Pain Screening.” The specialists at Osteo Relief Institute can only accept a limited amount of new patients each month for this screening - so if you are interested please call now. Your risk free screening will only take about 25-30 minutes... you will get all your questions answered and leave knowing if you have possibly found the solution to your knee pain. And here’s something really important - Hyalgan treatments and the P.A.C.E program are covered by most insurance and Medicare. To schedule your screening today call 719-323-6612.
Pain - the red is a knee joint with painful osteo-arthritis. Arthritis causes the joint space to decrease, grinding, stiffness, decreased motion, bone spurs, swelling and a lot of pain.
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If You Can Answer Yes - You Are Eligible For A Knee Arthritis Screening With The Experts At Osteo Relief Institute Do you have pain and oteoarthritis (arthritis) of the knee? Have you tried other treatments such as NSAIDS and other anti-inflamatory medications without success? Have you already tried viscosupplementation (Hyalgan, Supartz, Synvisc) without satisfactory results?
If you answered yes to any of these questions - give Osteo Relief Institute a call and schedule your risk free knee pain screening 719-323-6612
Successful Treatment - Hyalgan (blue) being precisely injected directly into the knee joint using hologic digital imaging. Advaced imaging allows treatments to be as precise as possible. Hyalgan can lubricate the joint and decrease pain.
Failed Treatment - the injection (and Hyalgan) misses the joint space. Research shows this occurs up to 30% of the time without the use of hologic digital imaging to guide the injection. This is why Hyalgan may not have worked for you.