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Volume 10 Issue 48
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Juanita Tweedy Announces the Opening of the Keene Craft Mercantile at 65 South Main in Keenesburg
Juanita Tweedy announce the Grand Opening of her new store, The Keene Craft Mercantile on December 14th, 2019. The store will have home made items, gifts, used items in good condition and new clothes. Stop by and visit. Juanita shared that she has been moved by the amount of young people in the community who have produced some remarkable craft items but had no place to share their creations. Her goal is to provide a place for them to show their exquisite creations and talents, including a few tasty treats. Juanita will be assisted by Elsa and Becky. All the young folks are invited to sell their work at no charge at the store located at 65 South Main. Hours will be Monday through Saturday, hours 10 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Please stop at the store and speak with Juanita or call her at 303-910-0640. More experienced and older crafters are also invited, give Juanita a call for details. Again, the Grand Opening will be Saturday, December 14th, 2019. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.
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Model Railroad Show Held in Loveland Weld Sheriff Calls 60 Minutes Reporting Lazy
American Legion Post 180 in Keenesburg Hosts its Annual Casino Night at the Legion Hall
by Bob Grand American Legion Post 180 hosted its annual Casino Night at thelLegion hall in Keenesburg. The event included the great dinner prepared by the Sons of the Legion featuring Rocky Mountain Oysters and Fried Shrimp. It was delicious. Of course there were about a dozen “cooks” involved at one time or another with a rotating group, totaling about sixteen. One wonders how with all those chefs it comes out always as good as it does. Rachael and Krista did a great job selling raffle tickets for the two rifles shown for the drawing at the end of December. It was noted that with the passing of Harris Gruenwald the coleslaw does not have the personal touch that Harris provided. He was fondly remembered. Despite the very cold weather and bad driving conditions the turnout was good. Another great job by the American Legion.
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Northern Colorado Model Railroad Club Holds Pre Christmas-Train Show in Loveland at the Larimer County Fair Grounds
A brr kind of weekend but that did not stop the Northern Colorado Model Railroad club from holding it’s Christmas season Train Show at the Larimer County Fairgrounds in Loveland. “The Northern Colorado Model Railroad Club was started more than 30 years ago by a group of RR enthusiasts from around the area. At that time there was no club north of Denver. That actual start can be traced to a conversation between Bruce Vogel and Jim Wild at a coffee break at the regional NMRA convention at Idaho Springs in the fall of 1979. Up to that time , however, several railroad modelers had been meeting informally on a round-robin schedule on Saturday nights in Fort Collins, exchanging ideas and swapping stories. These men became the nucleus of the new club, organized in 1980, starting out with club by-laws hammered out and board of directors and officer positions decided upon. Over the next few years, the club, comprising about 30 men began meeting at locations alternati8ng between Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley. Early on it was decided that, unlike other clubs, around the country, our club would not be centered around construction and running a single elaborate layout but would be an organization dedicated to exchanging modeling information, methods and learning skills from each other. Since then, we have had at different times a couple of small layouts to exhibit, for educational purposes, but that was not our focus. Over the years we have had several modeling contests within the club, clinic put on by club members and guests, field trips to many local railroad-related places and events, and an informative presentation of some kind at each meeting. Our focus is on enjoying the hobby and sharing our skills, knowledge and enthusiasm. We meet once a month in locations which rotate between Greeley, Loveland and Fort Collins. We continue to have informative programs, model contests, and other social events. More information can be found by downloading a copy of our club brochure. Website: http://wwwncmrc.iorg or general questions at info@ncmrc.org. Interested in joining: membership@ncmrrc.org “
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TRIVIA What climax to the Cratchits’ Christmas dinner is “like a speckled cannonball”? PLUM PUDDING What yellow element has the chemical symbol “S”? SULFUR What fairy opened Disneyland’s 30th birthday party by gliding down a mountain? TINKER BELL Which is farthest north - Buenos Aires, Caracas or Rio de Janeiro? CARACAS Who did Stevie Wonder once claim was the most talented family in show business? THE JACKSONS Did Walt Disney smoke? YES What color is Mary Poppins’s umbrella? BLACK How many pounds of food does the typical American eat each day - one, four, or seven? FOUR What colorfully - named kids’ game has a player trying to break through clasped hands? RED ROVER Which is farther north - Minsk or Pinsk? MINSK Did Madonna write Like a Virgin? NO
What is Your Scale? Scale is the proportion that a representation of an object bears to the subject itself. Gauge is the distance between the tracks. This picture represents a look at the six most popular scale models. The O scale was made most popular in its day by Lionel. HO is not exactly half an ) but is the most popular in American model railroading.
What land at Disneyland did Walt Disney say offers “hope for a peaceful and unified world”? TOMORROWLAND What cunning creature passes himself off as Honest John, in Disney’s Pinocchio? A FOX What cat can go from a trot to 54 miles an hour in 2.75 seconds? THE CHEETAH What Scandinavian country boasts the cities of Espoo, Turku, and Vantas? FINLAND
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Also on This Day
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1978 Half a dozen masked robbers raided the Lufthansa Airlines cargo building at JFK Airport in New York, making off with more than $5 million in cash ($21 million in today’s dollars) and almost $1 million in jewelry. WORLD WAR II 1941 Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. The bombing of Pearl Harbor surprised even Germany. 1990S 1994 In the largest Russian military offensive since the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks pour into the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya. CRIME 2008 Financier Bernard Madoff is arrested at his New York City apartment and charged with masterminding a long-running Ponzi scheme later estimated to involve around $65 billion, making it one of the biggest investment frauds in Wall Street history. WORLD WAR II 1946 In the aftermath of World War II, the General Assembly of the United Nations votes to establish the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), an organization to help provide relief and support to children living in countries devastated by the war. VIETNAM WAR 1961 The ferry carrier, USNS Core, arrives in Saigon with the first U.S. helicopter unit. This contingent included 33 Vertol H-21C Shawnee helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen to operate and maintain them. WESTWARD EXPANSION 1872 Already appearing as a well-known figure of the Wild West in popular dime novels, Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance on this day, in a Chicago-based production of The Scouts of the Prairie.
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This Day in History - December 11, 1936 Edward VIII Abdicates
After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson. On the evening of December 11, he gave a radio address in which he explained, “I have found it impossible to carry on the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge the duties of king, as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love.” On December 12, his younger brother, the duke of York, was proclaimed King George VI. Edward, born in 1894, was the eldest son of King George V, who became the British sovereign in 1910. Still unmarried as he approached his 40th birthday, he socialized with the fashionable London society of the day. By 1934, he had fallen deeply in love with American socialite Wallis Warfield Simpson, who was married to Ernest Simpson, an English-American businessman who lived with Mrs. Simpson near London. Wallis, who was born in Pennsylvania, had previously married and divorced a U.S. Navy pilot. The royal family disapproved of Edward’s married mistress, but by 1936 the prince was intent on marrying Mrs. Simpson. Before he could discuss this intention with his father, George V died, in January 1936, and Edward was proclaimed king. The new king proved popular with his subjects, and his coronation was scheduled for May 1937. His affair with Mrs. Simpson was reported in American and continental European newspapers, but due to a gentlemen’s agreement between the British press and the government, the affair was kept out of British newspapers. On October 27, 1936, Mrs. Simpson obtained a preliminary decree of divorce, presumably with the intent of marrying the king, which precipitated a major scandal. To the Church of England and most British politicians, an American woman twice divorced was unacceptable as a prospective British queen. Winston Churchill, then a Conservative backbencher, was the only notable politician to support Edward.
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December 11, 2019
Weld County Sheriff Calls 60 Minutes’ Reporting on Colorado’s Red Flag Law “Lazy”
By Sherrie Peif GREELEY — Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams said reporting work by 60 Minutes producers and correspondent Scott Pelley surrounding his and other Colorado Sheriffs’ opposition to a Red Flag law taking effect Jan. 1 was lazy, and the content of the episode that aired Sunday night was not what they originally portrayed to him it would be. Reams’ remarks were first reported by 1310 KFKA radio personality Gail Fallen. In Fallen’s interview, Reams talks about the 60 Minutes episode and where he stands today on the Red Flag law moving forward. Reams told Complete Colorado it didn’t take long for him to realize that the way they initially sold the story to both he and El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder was not how it was going to “shake out.” “Initially when they came out to visit, the angle of the story was supposed to be how Colorado’s Red Flag law was different than every other state and that was truly why so much law enforcement pushback occurred,” Reams said. “They missed what the real story could have and should have been.” Reams said producers came to Colorado twice. When he met with Sheriff Steve Reams producers the first time, there was no indication the story was going in any different direction, Reams said. “Then when we sat down with Scott Pelley and started doing the actual interview, that’s when I realized, yeah, this is probably not going to go the right direction,” Reams said. Reams said during much of the beginning part of the interview Pelley kept it on point with Colorado’s laws being so different, but there was a pause for a moment, and that’s when things changed. “He was given some more direction from the producers, and those were the questions that ended up on TV,” Reams said, adding even though he was suspicious about the shift in the questions, he was still surprised by what made the final cut. “I know the footage they had available to them. They largely marginalized Sheriff Elder, who made some great points. It was just another fluff piece for how great Red Flag laws are.” El Paso County Sheriff Reams was frustrated that they made it look like it was more a Bill Elder battle between him and Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, who is supportive of the gun confiscation measure, rather than a law so many sheriffs believe has gone far beyond any others like it across the U.S. “They passed a law in Colorado that has all kinds of constitutional issues,” he said. Reams said when he decided to come out against the Red Flag law, he would never turn down an interview because he wants to keep the discussion on the law in the forefront. However, after it becomes law on Jan. 1, he is likely to change his perspective, thanks to the 60 Minutes episode. “I will probably start declining those interviews,” Reams said. “And I’ve already told 60 Minutes that based on how biased they were, I will not entertain any type of follow up interview with them.” Scott Pelley