ÂŤFor the Record Erna Brunner Aug. 3, 1921-May 13, 2012
Age: 90 Residence: Windsor, Colo. Erna Irene Brunner, 90, of Windsor, Colo., passed away May 13, 2012, at Windsor Health Care. She was born Aug. 3, 1921, in Windsor, Colo., to John and Elizabeth (Fritzler) Brunner. Erna enjoyed reading, counted cross stitch and gardening. In the last seven months, Erna was lovingly attended by John Dudley, John and Sherron Brunner and families, and staff at Windsor Health Care. Erna is survived by numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. Memorial service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Bethel Lutheran Church, 328 Walnut, Windsor, Colo. To extend condolences to the family, go to adamsonchapels.com
Janice E. Johnson
Nov. 29, 1931-May 8, 2012
Age: 80 Residence: Greeley Jan Johnson was born to Elizabeth and Harold Rice of Palmer, Neb., and died at NCMC after an extended period of poor health. Janice attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln where she met her husband of 59 years. She enjoyed knitting, cross-stitching and camping with the RV. While living in Boulder, she worked at her brother-in-law’s, the late Dana J. Johnson, dental practice and later at the University of Colorado
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Medical Center. While living in Antioch, Calif., she volunteered for many years at Delta Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her husband, H. K. “Woody� Johnson; daughter, Luann Johnson, of Windsor; son, Dana Johnson and his wife, Judi, of Powhatan, Va.; sister, Gwen Schwinck, of Walnut Creek, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews. Since her small dogs were an important part of her family, memorial contributions can be made to the Denkai Animal Sanctuary in Greeley or the charity of your choice. Arrangements entrusted to Neptune Society, Denver.
Deaths and Funerals BRUNNER Erna Brunner of Windsor. Memorial Service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran Church, 328 Walnut, Windsor. DAVENPORT Donna Davenport of Brighton. Memorial Service to be held in Arizona. DEBBAN Wilma Debban of Greeley. Visitation one hour prior to funeral service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Adamson Chapel. HAMILTON Dorothy Hamilton of Greeley. Viewing one hour prior to funeral service at 2p.m. Thursday at Adamson Chapel. ROSALES Lorenzo Rosales Jr. of Greeley. Arrangements pending. ADAMSON SEMINAR SERIES presents “Estate Planning and Identity Theft�. Peace of mind comes from being prepared. Plan to attend this free seminar today, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the Adamson Reception Center at 2000 47th Ave in Greeley. Reservations are not required, but are helpful. Call Cherry at 353-1212 today.
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Bill 161 requirements, which essentially take away teacher tenure, into the contract. David Delgado, president of the GEA, thanked the board for giving its negotiator the tools to create a contract everyone can support. “Thank you for giving both teams the ability to make a solid agreement, that is a leadership document for the rest of the state in incorporating 191 and improving teacher moral,� Delgado said. “It was great to come up with an agreement that was fair and equitable to both sides.� Other highlights of this year’s contract included a 3.75 percent raise in addition to
The Greeley-Evans School District 6 Board of Education agenda was full Monday. Several items were discussed and/or passed. Âť The board got its first look at the proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year. The nearly $135 million budget features a 3.75 percent pay increase for all staff, maintaining current staff-to-student ratios, funding of the Advancement Via Individual Determination program in the middle and high schools,
a district-wide network project and middle school reform. Âť The board agreed to thousands of dollars in technology purchases, some of which is with grant money recently awarded for 21st century learning programs. Âť The board received an update on the reconfiguration of Bella Romero and Monfort elementary schools to kindergarten through sixth grade for the 2012-13 school year and the eventual reconfiguration
of Romero to a kindergarten through eighth grade over the following two years. ÂťThe board approved the increase of school lunch prices by 10 cents at each level: elementary goes to $2.25, middle school to $2.50 and high school to $2.75. The increases are to comply with federal laws that require students who pay for lunches pay the same price as those who are being reimbursed under the federal free lunch program.
raises based on additional education and years of service. The district also agreed to cover the increased cost of the Public Employee’s Retirement Account at 0.9 percent and will pay the cost
of high-deductible or health maintenance insurance options; teachers will pay for preferred provider options and family and dependent coverage. Vice president Julia Rich-
ard said it was nice to see how well the two groups worked together. “The speed that you put this together is an indication of how both sides worked together,� Richard said.
Long-awaited diagnosis is still not a cure  Illness From A1 a chaotic time, and yet, for the McGeens, this is a time of peace. Compared to most of her previous years, the last few months of Raven’s senior year is a time to enjoy life. Sandy, remembers the way doctors squirmed when she brought Raven back to the emergency room yet again, insisting something was wrong when every test they knew to give came back normal. The doctor who saw Raven three times in the emergency room in a sixmonth period shook his head at the symptoms, a weird mishmash of stomach problems and legs that turned to stone, among others that seemed triggered by, of all things, October, when fall started to assert itself against the lingering rays of summer. He suggested that Raven’s problems were anxiety over the coming school year. At that point, Sandy would have welcomed a head case. At that point, she was a head case herself. The problems started at birth, when Raven was born deaf. If only that’s all it was. Raven was comfortable with that. She could read lips and sign and, at times, she preferred the silence, shutting off her cochlear implant at night as if it blared like a radio. But the stomach problems came when she was 5, when she told Sandy she threw up. It happens to kids. Only her stomach was distended at times, especially after she went swimming, and a day turned into days of puking as she got older. In 2004, her nose became runny, and she got a fever, and then her legs
simply didn’t work. She was 10, and she told Sandy she thought she was dying. Those attacks came twice a year. Then her shoulder loosened and she needed surgery. On and on, all of it accompanied by chronic pain. The problems seemed to peak at the start of the school year. Anxiety, doctors said, after tests for things like MS came back normal. I wish, Sandy told them. She spent whole nights researching symptoms on the computer. She found nothing. Doctors were perplexed but prescribed bottles of meds to see if they would hit. Seeing Raven sick was rough, but the fact she was stripped of a normal life was heartbreaking. Raven loved to play volleyball and be a cheerleader, and she couldn’t do anything like that. Her weight went up every year no matter what she did to control it. When she won first place in a fishing derby at age 8, Sandy and Dan bawled because it was so fun to see her do well at something any
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