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Volume 10 Issue 45
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November 13, 2019
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High Plains Library District to Become Debt Free in December
The High Plains Library District (HPLD) is set to be debt free in December and lower its Mill Levy in January. This change is a culmination of a promise made to the communities, that make up the High Plains service area, back in 1999. A Mill Levy Override was approved by voters in 1999 which allowed for an annual increase in funding of $2,577,980 beginning in the year 2000. These funds were used for upgrades to Centennial Park Library, Lincoln Park Library, and member libraries across the District. After voters approved the Mill Levy Override in 1999, the District secured Certificates of Participation (COPs) totaling $11,930,000 in April 2001. Those COPs were refinanced in 2010 reducing the debt to $9,580,000. At the time the override was approved, The HPLD Board of Trustees promised the community that the District would lower the Mill Levy by $1,000,000 once the COPs were paid off. “We are proud to deliver on the promise that was made in 1999. On December 15, 2019, the District will be debt free. In January we will be lowering our Mill Levy from 3.249 to 3.177,” said Dr. Matthew Hortt, Executive Director of HPLD. “This was a promise that our Board felt very strongly about keeping and we are happy to do so.” The High Plains Library District connects communities to information, inspiration and entertainment for life. HPLD includes libraries in Greeley, Firestone, Erie, Kersey, Ault, Eaton, Evans, Johnstown, Platteville, Hudson, Gilcrest and Fort Lupton.
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Wagoneers Annual Trick or Treat Street Event American Legion 17th & Final Haunted House Event
Electronic Cigarettes Linked to National and Local Severe Lung Illness
Weld County – The recent rise of sudden and severe lung illnesses associated with the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or vaping has not only been documented across the country, but also now here in Weld County. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 380 cases of severe lung illness nationally, and one of the cases has been identified in a Weld County student. The student is recovering. There are six confirmed vaping-related deaths across six states, with no deaths currently reported in Colorado. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that deliver a liquid containing highly addictive nicotine, flavoring, and other chemicals by heating it into an aerosol that is inhaled. E-cigarettes can also contain marijuana or other substances. The severe lung illness is not yet linked to any specific brand or products, but all reported cases impacted by severe lung illness have been e-cigarette users, most reporting a history of use of products containing marijuana. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment stated that Colorado high school students have the highest use rates of vaping in the country. One in four youth have used an e-cigarette in Weld County in the last month according to the Healthy Kids Colorado survey. “E-cigarettes are not safe or harmless,” said Mark E. Wallace, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the Weld County Health Department. “They should never be used by youth, young adults, or pregnant women; and if you’ve never smoked before, don’t start now with vaping.” Severe lung illness can be deadly. If a person experiences symptoms of coughing, shortness of breath, fatigue, increased heart rate, chest pain or other health concerns they should contact their medical provider immediately, especially if they are an e-cigarette user. The Weld County Health Department does not promote e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes or other tobacco products. If you are a smoker and interested in quitting, please call the Colorado Quitline for free quit resources, coaching, and support at 1-800-QUIT-NOW or visit https:// www.coquitline.org For more information about how to address e-cigarette use locally, or how to talk to youth about vaping, visit the Weld County Health Department’s ‘Health Hop Topics’ page: https://www.weldgov.com/departments/health_and_environment
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Wagoneers 4 H Club Annual Trick or Treat Event at Weld Central Junior High
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TRIVIA What do Salvadorans spend - colons, commas or hyphens? COLONS Whose Sixth Symphony is featured in Fantasia? LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN’S What Greek god is the husband of Hera? ZEUS What playing card does J. Worthington Foulfellow give Pinocchio, telling him it’s a ticket to Treasure Island? THE ACE OF SPADES Do female walruses have tusks? YES What Scandinavian country is Europe’s largest shipbuilder? SWEDEN What Shaker hymn opens: “tis the gift to be simple, “tis the gift to be free”? SIMPLE GIFTS What warning often appeared over dangerous stunts on That’s Incredible!? DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF What three-color film process prompted Walt Disney to exclaim: “That was what we were all waiting for!”? TECHNICOLOR Is there a taboacco shop at Disneyland? YES What South American country boasts the world’s highest restaurant? BOLIVIA What Conway Twitty ditty declares: “I’ve decided not to give you a present this year”? HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLIN’ When did it become law that U.S. Presidents can serve only two terms - 1941, 1951, or 1961? 1951 Does Pinocchio’s Geppetto sport a beard? NO How often do chimpanzees build new sleeping nests - nightly, monthly, or yearly? NIGHTLY
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Also on This Day
FRANCE 2015 A cell of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant commits a string of terrorist attacks across Paris, killing 131 and injuring over 400. It was the deadliest day in France since World War II. NATURAL DISASTERS & ENVIRONMENT 1985 Nevado del Ruiz, the highest active volcano in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, suffers a mild eruption that generates a series of lava flows and surges over the volcano’s broad ice-covered summit.
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This Day in History - November 13, 2009 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated
Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War,
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped blackgranite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict, arranged in order of death, not rank, as was common in other memorials. The designer of the memorial was Maya Lin, a Yale University architecture student who entered a nationwide competition to create a design for the monument. Lin, born in Ohio in 1959, was the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Many veterans’ groups were opposed to Lin’s winning
SPORTS 1979 In the middle of a game at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins leaps over Kansas City Kings forward Bill Robinzine and slamdunks the basketball, shattering the fiberglass backboard.
design, which lacked a standard memorial’s heroic statues and stirring words. However, a re-
WESTWARD EXPANSION 1909 The Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts when Colliers magazine accuses Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of shady dealings in Alaskan coal lands. It is, in essence, a conflict rooted in contrasting ideas about how to best use and conserve western natural resources.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial soon became one of the most visited memorials in the na-
RED SCARE 1953 In an example of the lengths to which the “Red Scare” in America is going, Mrs. Thomas J. White of the Indiana Textbook Commission, calls for the removal of references to the book Robin Hood from textbooks used by the state’s schools. CIVIL WAR 1861 President Abraham Lincoln pays a late night visit to General George McClellan, who Lincoln had recently named general in chief of the Union army. The general retired to his chambers before speaking with the president.
markable shift in public opinion occurred in the months after the memorial’s dedication. Veterans and families of the dead walked the black reflective wall, seeking the names of their loved ones killed in the conflict. Once the name was located, visitors often made an etching or left a private offering, from notes and flowers to dog tags and cans of beer.
tion’s capital. A Smithsonian Institution director called it “a community of feelings, almost a sacred precinct,” and a veteran declared that “it’s the parade we never got.” “The Wall” drew together both those who fought and those who marched against the war and served to promote national healing a decade after the divisive conflict’s end.
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American Legion 17th & Final Haunted House Event
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