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April 7, 2016

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By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

In a move to settle a lawsuit fi led by a local political activist, the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners voted 2-0 on March 29 to repeal a resolution to indemnify District 1 County Commis-sioner Robert Rowland.

The action by the BOCC addresses the second of two resolutions that became the subject of a lawsuit fi led by Elbert County resident Rick Brown in October 2015 against the BOCC for votes taken at an April 8, 2015, meeting.

Brown, a retired lawyer who practiced in California and in Alaska and served as a member of the Elbert County Planning Commission until last fall, said: I got

what I wanted. Repeal is what I wanted to see.

In his suit, Brown alleged that votes taken to indemnify commis-sioners in April 2015 were not valid because they violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law, also known as the sunshine law, because the BOCC

had not provided the public adequate notice before taking votes on resolutions 15-10 and 15-11.

Browns complaint also stated that Commissioners Larry Ross and Row-land recused themselves from voting on Resolutions 15-10 and 15-11, making the resolutions unlawful, because only a single commissioner, Kelly Dore, cast a vote. Dore was ill and not available to

Rowland

County Attorney Wade Gateley, right, looks on as Rick Brown signs a settlement agree-ment with the county regarding an April 2015 indemni cation vote. Brown was also awarded $300 in legal fees. Photo by Rick Gustafson

Resolution that led to suit is repealed

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Wifes illness drove Parker man to invent Vibralung

By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

Art Hughes had no way of knowing when he began tinkering with electronics in the fi fth grade that hed go on to invent a device that would change lives.

Hughes late wife, Linda, suffered from bronchiectasis, a degenerative lung condition. When she was well into her struggles with the disease, she asked her husband if he could invent a tool to loosen the thick mucus that built up in her lungs and made it diffi cult to breathe. Thats when Art Hughes, who shared a love of and talent for music with his wife, began contemplating the properties of sound waves. The year was 1996.

For years, the Parker resident tried chest physical therapy or CPT a process that involved positioning his wife just right and clapping on her back for up to 20 minutes several times a day to loosen the phlegm. Before she died in 2003 from a third bout with cancer, Linda Hughes wrote about the origins of the Vibralung Acoustical Percussor.

We asked ourselves, Why couldnt we vibrate the inside of the lungs instead of percussing the outside, and why couldnt we resonate the mucus plugs rather than

New device responds torespiratory challenges

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Fresh food, including fruit, is made available through church effort

By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Three times each week, volunteers from the Harvest Bible Churchs Help-ing Hands and Harvest Food Bank in Elizabeth make a trip across town to Walmart.

And three times a week, they come

away with a load of fresh produce and canned goods around 75,000 pounds of food each year.

This isnt spoiled food. This is produce: bananas, strawberries, blueberries, and hams and turkeys, said Robert Rowland, Elbert County commissioner and food bank volun-teer at a special presentation to rec-ognize Walmarts contribution to the community during a Board of County Commissioners meeting on March 29. It allows us, through our church food bank, to serve those folks in a way

that is just critical to our friends and neighbors in the community.

The food bank has been in exis-tence since the churchs founding 19 years ago and last year provided food to more than 2,000 people.

Walmart is a fantastic company to partner with Helping Hands and Har-vest Food Bank, said Chris Burnett, volunteer. Their employees that work the back, they process the food to us. Theyre just phenomenal people.

Walmart store manager Tim Tribby and zone supervisor Tammy Abbromeit accept a plaque of appreciation from Pastor Jim Kimbriel for over 75,000 pounds of food donated to the Harvest Bible Churchs Helping Hands and Harvest Food Bank last year. Photo by Rick Gustafson

Food bank lls critical need

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Colorado program is focused on raising awareness

By David CraryAssociated Press

Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the rocky mesas of western Colorado. Hes a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms.

Yet now hes also a willing recruit in a fledgling effort to see if the gun com-munity itself sellers and owners of firearms, operators of shooting ranges can help Colorado and a swath of other Western states reduce their highest-in-the-nation suicide rates.

Suicide is a tragedy no matter how its done, said Carey, whose adult daughter killed herself with a mix of alcohol and antidepressants a few years ago on the East Coast.

However, he sees the logic in trying gun-specific prevention strategies in towns like Montrose, where guns are an integral part of daily life.

Its very expedient for people to commit suicide by a firearm, without too much forethought, Carey said. Unfortu-nately, its generally effective.

So at the urging of a local police com-mander, Carey agreed last year to partici-pate in the Gun Shop Project, a state-funded pilot program in which gun sellers and range operators in five western Colo-rado counties were invited to help raise awareness about suicide. Its a tentative but promising bid to open up a conversa-tion on a topic thats been virtually taboo in these Western states: the intersection of guns and suicide.

The counter in Careys tiny shop where he repairs horns and woodwinds as well as guns now displays wallet-sized cards with information about a suicide hotline. A poster by the door offers advice about ways to keep guns out of the hands of friends or relatives at risk of killing themselves.

Consider offering to hold on to their guns or to help store their guns temporar-ily, the poster says. You may save a life.

Carey says some of his customers take materials home, or ask a few questions. But the conversations tend to be brief.

Suicide is one of those morose sub-jects that a lot of us dont want to talk about, he said.

National trendAcross the U.S., suicides account for

nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths far outnumbering gun homicides and ac-cidental deaths. In 2014, according to federal data, there were 33,599 firearm deaths; 21,334 of them were suicides. That figure represents about half of all suicides that year. But in several western Colorado counties, and in some other Rocky Mountain states with high gun-ownership rates, more than 60 percent of suicides involve firearms.

A map of state suicide rates reveals a striking pattern. Along with Alaska, the states with the highest rates form a contiguous bloc of the interior West Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. All have age-adjusted suicide rates at least 50 per-cent higher than the national rate of 12.93 suicides per 100,000 people; Montanas rate, 23.80, is the highest in the nation.

Between 2000 and 2014, gun suicides increased by more than 51 percent in those states, while rising by less than 30 percent nationwide.

Theories abound as to why residents of this Western region kill themselves at such high rates. Commonly cited factors

include the isolation and economic hard times that are prevalent in rural areas of these states. A University of Utah psy-chiatrist, Perry Renshaw, contends that the lower oxygen levels of higher altitudes contribute to elevated suicide rates.

Theres also widespread belief that a self-reliant frontier mindset admirable in many circumstances deters some Westerners from seeking help when de-pression sinks in.

We embrace the cowboy mentality, says Jarrod Hindman, director of Colo-rados Office of Suicide Prevention. If youre suffering, suck it up, pick yourself up by your boot straps. But that doesnt work very well if youre suicidal.

Underlying all these explanations is the fact that firearms the most effective of all the common means of suicide are more ubiquitous in the West than in most other parts of the country.

Catherine Barber, a suicide prevention expert at the Harvard School of Public Health, says numerous studies show that residents of gun-owning homes are at substantially higher risk of suicide than other people simply because a suicide attempt is more likely to involve a gun and thus prove fatal. According to federal estimates, suicide attempts involving firearms succeed 85 percent of the time, compared to less than 10 percent of attempts involving drug overdoses and several other methods that often allow a suicidal person to reverse course.

Looking to gun ownersColorados Gun Shop Project is mod-

eled largely after a program pioneered in

New Hampshire a few years ago; its now being tried in Nevada and a few other states. Barber helped design the initiative and hopes that constructive collaboration on firearm suicide prevention can spread nationwide.

In the past, people shut up about this issue because they thought raising it meant raising the issue of gun control, she said. It makes so much more sense to look at gun owners as part of the solution: Gun owner groups have a strong tradition of caring about safety.

The Colorado project is being ex-panded this year from five counties to nine, including San Miguel County, home to the Telluride ski resort and some of Colorados most spectacular mountains. In a two-week span in late February to early March, the county of 8,000 people recorded three firearm suicides.

Hindman, who oversees the Colorado program, said that when he joined the state health department in 2004, talking about the role of firearms in suicide was discouraged. Its still a sensitive topic, he said, but some funding has material-ized for gun-specific initiatives. One of Hindmans strategies is to emphasize the toll of firearm suicides, which run more than 5-to-1 higher than gun homicides in Colorado.

Homicides and mass shootings are tragic, he said. But the vast majority of gun deaths are suicides, and we dont have that conversation.

In Montrose, Police Cmdr. Keith Caddy has been around guns since childhood as a hunter, lawman, firearms instructor and licensed gun seller. Now hes doing outreach for the Gun Shop Project and most of the businesses he has visited agreed to display the suicide-awareness materials once they were assured it wasnt a gun-takeaway program in disguise.

Is it doing any good or not? Thats a tough thing to quantify, Caddy said. Its my duty to protect the community I serve. If I can go out there and spend

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Its very expedient for people to commit suicide by a rearm, without too much forethought. Unfortunately, its generally eective.

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attend the March 29 meeting.At that meeting, the board

repealed Resolution 15-11, which in-demnifi ed Rowland for a $1,000 fi ne levied against him by an administra-tive judge for the BOCCs violation of the Colorado Fair Campaign Practic-es Act. The complaint that was made to the Colorado Secretary of States Offi ce by Jill Duvall, Elbert County Democratic chairwoman, specifi -

cally named Rowland.Rowland was reimbursed by the

county for the fi ne, but has since returned the money.

The settlement between Brown and the county came as a result of negotiations between Brown and County Attorney Wade Gately, and in consideration for repealing resolu-tion 15-11, the agreement releases the county from further claims and reimburses Brown $300 in legal fees.

In addition, the agreement states that the BOCC and Rowland ex-pressly deny liability or wrongdo-ing.

In January, the BOCC addressed

another portion of Browns com-plaint regarding resolution 15-10, which indemnifi ed Rowland, Ross and former Commissioner Kurt Schlegel, who were named along with the county in an ongoing wrongful termination civil suit brought by former county employee Cherie Radeker.

Commissioners passed three separate resolutions in January offering individual indemnifi ca-tion rather than the single blanket resolution offered by Resolution 15-10, thus allowing commissioners to recuse themselves but still achieve the required quorum.

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shake the lung structure as in other methods? she wrote.

Not long after, Art and Linda Hughes threw something together on the living room fl oor that incor-porated an empty Hatch green chili can, a signal generator and a small speaker.

The rudimentary device the fi rst prototype immediately worked wonders when Linda Hughes inhaled through a tube connected to the can and let the perfectly frequenced vibrations take over. She began coughing up thinned-out mucus and, within a short time, she was off the supplemental oxygen shed been using for four years. She even ended up hiking at more than 12,000 feet on Hoosier Pass without the aid of her oxygen tank, a feat that Linda Hughes believed shed never accomplish again.

Eighteen years worth of tweaks later, the retooled Vibralung Acousti-cal Percussor got approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May 2014. It went through clinical trials that not only proved its effi -cacy, but underscored its safeness. It also was tested on horses, cows and sheep with respiratory issues, and

improvement was observed across the board.

The pulsating tones emitted by the Vibralung sound like a UFO from a bad 1950s space alien movie lifting off. Regardless of its odd sound, it does the trick. More than 600 home health care units and hospital-based multi-patient units use the device across the United States and Canada, and that number is expected to grow exponentially.

With investment funds com-ing from their own pockets, as well as friends and family, there is no pressure to generate massive profi ts the group behind the device, its worth noting, has turned down some lucrative buyout offers.

The goal from day one was to try to get it out to as many people as possible, Art Hughes said. Were more driven toward helping people than anything else.

Jim Medford, a spokesman for Vibralung, said more than 119 dif-ferent ailments create mucus. The Vibralung has proven effective in treating many of them, including COPD, asthma and cystic fi brosis, and there is still more research to be done.

Regulations in foreign countries are diffi cult to navigate and Art Hughes second wife, Lucille, who is also part of the executive team, says many challenges lie ahead in get-ting the device covered by Medicaid

and Medicare. The lack of coverage excludes those age 65 and older, and that population needs a revolution-ary respiratory care method perhaps more than anyone, Lucille Hughes said.

The one challenge with insur-ance reimbursements is you have to bill it on the home care side as a miscellaneous device, which leads to denials by the insurance company, she said.

Vibralungs home device retails at $5,600 for those paying cash, and an income-based patient-assistance program can get the price down to about $3,000.

Its a small price to pay for im-proved quality of life; the device can be used multiple times per day by a patient without any harmful effects, Art Hughes said.

There was a point in 1996 when doctors, noticing that Linda Hughes condition was worsening, gave her three months to live. She surpassed their expectations by more than six years, and the Vibralung team is convinced that the patented airway clearance therapy is what led to her longevity.

When asked what his wife would think about the prospect of success with the Vibralung, and its potential to help millions of people breathe easier, Art Hughes spent a few mo-ments contemplating.

Shed be pretty excited, he said.


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EventsAn Evening with Fantasy Author

New York Times bestselling fantasy author Richelle Mead will talk about her new se-ries The Glittering Court at 6:30 p.m. Fri-day, April 8, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Event is recommended for adults and teens. Mead is the author of the international bestsell-ing series Vampire Academy, in addition to the Bloodlines series and Soundless. A book signing will follow the presentation. Book will be sold at this event courtesy of the Tattered Cover Book Store. Visit doug-lascountylibraries.org to register online, or call 303-791-7323.

Performing Arts Series: Ballet

Children ages 6-10 can learn basic ballet techniques from members of the Colorado Ballet at the next Performing Arts Series program. Participants also can learn how ballet can help strengthen their bodies and brains. Program is at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCoun-tyLibraries.org.

AniMap Presentation

The Parker Genealogical Society will give a presentation on AniMap at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Stroh Road Fire Station in Parker at 19310 Stroh Road. AniMap displays more than 2,000 maps showing all the changing county bound-aries in the 48 adjacent states for every year from colonial times to the present. It includes databases with more than 40,000 cities, towns and other populated places including more than 30,000 historical sites and a database of more than 100,000 cemeteries. Locations are easily plotted on the maps. All are welcome and presen-tation is free to the public. Contact us at [email protected].

Community Blood Drives

A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bon ls Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bon ls.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Saturday, April 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Walmart, 4400 Front St., Castle Rock; Friday, April 15, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker; Sunday, April 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 303 N. Ridge Road, Castle Rock (Karen Johnson, 720-272-1464); Wednesday, April 20, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Walmart, 2100 Legacy Circle, Elizabeth; Sunday, April 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E. Parker Road, Parker.

Stuart Little

This endearing play about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordi-nary New York family, has all the charm, wisdom, and joy of the E.B. White original classic. Shows run through Saturday, April 9 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For times, tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Music Students to Perform

Students of the Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association will perform from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9, at Victorian House, 1960 Victorian Drive, Parker. Call 303-594-4882.

Art Stop on the Go

Budding artists ages 6-12 will enjoy Art Stop on the Go, during which an artist from the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art will present a book and lead participants in a literature-based art project. Session is at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Registration required; call 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Reading Buddies

Reading Buddies pairs trained teen mentors with struggling readers ages 5-9 to help kids maintain or improve their literacy and reading skills in an eight-week program. First meeting is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Applications for

acceptance in the program are available in the childrens area of Douglas County Libraries. Contact 303-791-7323 or www.DouglasCountyLibraries.org.

Non ction Book Club Meets

Parker Non ction Book Club meets from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the Parker Library. Discussion can continue af-terward, if desired, at Kneaders. The book for April is The Bully Pulpit, by Doris Ke-arns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Members also can read another book about the Roosevelts, Taft or the Golden Age of Journalism. Contact Evelyn Poulo at 971-275-3750 for details. The topic for May is the Civil Rights Movement. Meeting is from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Mem-bers can read a book about integration of the rst high school, Martin Luther King, the Black Panthers, the Freedom Riders. One suggestion is A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, by Charlotta Walls LaNier. In June, the group will meet from 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at 11008 Blackwolf Drive, Parker (Canterberry Crossing). RSVP requested.

Ed Sardella to Speak

The Castle Rock Historical Society and Museum welcomes renowned broadcaster and former Channel 9 News anchor Ed Sardella at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Sardella will discuss interesting news stories he has covered in his career and how news has evolved over the decades. Refreshments will be served at 6:45 p.m. Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, [email protected], www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Admission is free.

Page to Stage: Red Riding Hood

Douglas County Libraries brings childrens theater to life with its Page to Stage program. Coming up for Page to Stage is Red Riding Hood at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Parker Library, 10851 S. Crossroads Drive. Program intended for ages 5 and older. Registration is required; call 303-791-7323 or go to www.Doug-lasCountyLibraries.org.


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Developmental disability grant applications due May 3 With a focus on better meeting the needs of residents with developmental disabilities, Douglas County is accepting grant applications through May 3 for projects or programs that address some of the unmet needs of this population. For more information, please visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Developmental Disabilities. Take a journey back in timeCelebrate National Historic Preservation Month by learning about some of Douglas Countys first inhabitants from mammoths of prehistoric times to pioneering homesteaders of the 1860s. A pair of free tours, starting at 9:30 a.m. May 14, will take interested parties on a trip back to the last Ice Age at Lamb Spring Archeological Preserve, as well as provide a glimpse inside the Miksch-Helmer Cabin, the oldest-standing structure in the Chatfield area. For more information, please visit www.douglas.co.us and search for Historic Preservation or call 303.660.7460. Space is limited for the tours. Please register in advance at www.lambspring.org

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EventsAstronomy Star Parties

Explore the night sky with Arapahoe Community College faculty member Jennifer Jones from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14 at the Parker campus. Star parties are free and open to the public. Complimentary hot cocoa served. Contact [email protected] or 303-797-5839.

Denver Ballet Theatre to Present `Paquita

Denver Ballet Theatre presents Paquita at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, and Friday, April 15 at the PACE Center in Parker. With original choreography by Joseph Mazilier and a score composed by Edouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus, Paquita tells a romantic Gypsy tale in which young love is tested, yet conquers all. For tickets, contact the PACE box office at parkerarts.ticketforce.com or at 303-805-6800.

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra

From hard swinging blues and beautiful ballads, to driving Latin tunes and the soulful vocals of Heidi Schmidt, this swingin jazz orchestra will dazzle the audience with the best of big band jazz. Savor the music of greats like Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and more. The big band classic performance is at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker. For tickets and information, go to www.ParkerArt.org or call 303-805-6800.

Castle Rock Coders Forming

Castle Rock Coders is a group for all ages and all skill levels that will meet every other Saturday, beginning April 16, at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. Bring your laptop and spend some time collaborating with other amateur program-mers during this informal drop-in program. The facilitator has 20-plus years of experience in software development. Contact Jane Smith at [email protected] or call Jane at 303-791-7323 if you have questions.

Authors Celebration

The Castle Rock Writers group plans its Authors Celebration from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, April

18, at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Castle Rock Writers group members will share their recently published work. Hear how they did it. The celebration is open to members and the public. The group meets one Monday each month. RSVP to [email protected] or call Alice Aldridge-Dennis at 303-521-8615.

Outback Express March Schedule

The Outback Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and efficient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG office at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit www.outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated. Go from Simla and Matheson to Colorado Springs on Monday, April 18; go from Simla and Matheson to Limon on Thursday, April 28; go from Kiowa, Elizabeth and Elbert to Parker or Colorado Springs on Tuesday, April 19; go from Elizabeth to Colorado Springs

or Parker on Tuesday, April 12; Good Samaritan Nursing Home residents ride on Thursday, April 14.

Music Festival

Douglas Elbert Music Teachers Association plans its 21st festival from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Parker Bible Church, 4391 Mainstreet, Parker. More than 350 students from Douglas and Elbert counties will play before judges and take music theory tests. High level performers will play in the honors concert the following weekend. Large prizes will be given to Stump the Musician game winners. Call 303-841-2976.

Lincoln Day Dinner

Elbert County Republican Party plans its Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday, April 30, at the Elbert County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa. Doors open for cocktail hour at 5 p.m. and dinner is served at 7 p.m. Keynote speaker is Ben-jamin Collins, National Security Commentator and U.S. Army Special Forces veteran (Green Beret). Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Go to www.ecrgop.com to purchase tickets.

Were very blessed as a church to have them as our partner.

Bennet said that the 75,000 pounds of food donated last year only accounted for what was weighed, and estimated the actual weight, including canned goods, to

be 20 percent higher.Jim Kimbriel, pastor of Harvest Bible

Church, said that over the past year there has been a significant increase in the number of people using the food bank. Historically, he has seen increases in times of economic downturns, but this year has seen a significant growth in traffic.

Its almost doubled in the last year, he said. I think a lot of that is weve had more people that are connected with the county, like Robert Rowland He

finds people who are getting assistance through other programs and he directs them toward the food bank.

According to Kimbriel, the donations by Walmart reach across communities. The food bank distributes around one-third of the food collected and delivers the surplus to other agencies in and out of Elbert County that have a need.

At the presentation, Kimbriel read the dedication inscribed on a plaque present-ed to Walmart Store Manager, Tim Tribby:

Helping Hands of Elizabeth Food Bank recognizes the support of Elizabeth Walmart. Thank you for partnering with

us to serve the needs of our community.People come through our doors,

every Monday Wednesday and Friday, Kimbriel said. They have something to walk away with that will help sustain them, because you are kind and gener-ous as a corporate sponsor to our whole community, so thank you. Thank you very much.

The Helping Hands of Harvest Food Bank is located at 826 S. Elbert Street, Elizabeth, near Running Creek Elemen-tary school and is open from 9 to 11 a.m. every Monday Wednesday and Friday to anyone in need.


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GUEST COLUMN

Craig Marshall Smith

QUIET DESPERATION

Michael Norton

WINNING WORDS

Maybe you have been part of a group discussion before where the initial conver-sation and topics seem benign and harm-less enough. The tone and fl ow of the early discussion leads you to believe that you can probably enjoy spending time with the group, possibly offer some insights, and maybe even learn something along the way.

And then it happens, a light-hearted and seamlessly simple discussion turns sideways, and before you know it the differences of opinion stands out like a ketchup stain on a white glove. At the risk of not being liked or accepted, certain individuals will join the dark forces of discontent and misery, and ei-ther remain silent in their conforming to the negative but popular rhetoric, or will jump right on the bandwagon of gloom. Heck, this could even be a conversation between two people, never mind a group of people. Has it ever happened to you, have you ever been the instigator of such a discussion? Or have you ever just decided its easier and less confron-tational to quietly listen, even if the torrent of sadness is nothing you agree with?

Dont worry if your answer is yes, you are actually among the majority, as most of us would rather not engage in a confl ict or bat-tle. But what happens is this, we think about it, we go home or go to work and we share or propagate the misery as we retell the story and event that we just heard. And now, we are part of the misery trail, whether we wanted to be or not. But sooner or later, friends, family and coworkers will begin to avoid us. The old saying Misery loves company may be true, but the truth is that it is a temporary kinship or friendship. Misery is not sustainable. If it becomes sustainable it will contribute to

stress and other health issues.

The opposite is joy. And joy attracts companions, strangers, neighbors, friends and family. Joy can even at-tract a crowd, or it can be enjoyed individually or amongst a close in-timate group of people, maybe even just one or two people. You see, misery can be viewed as infectious, kind of a negative connota-tion. Where joy is often associated with be

contagious, like when someone you are with begins to laugh so hard and joyful, you can hardly contain yourself from laughing along with them. And usually we have no idea what they are laughing about, but we join in the fun because it seems and feels like the right thing to do.

Misery erodes relationships and con-tributes to the attrition of the people we had hoped to keep in our lives. And there is no doubt that joy attracts companions, companionship, love and trust, and fuels the positive energy of hope and encourage-ment that naturally draws others to us. And the best news of all is that we get to choose which path we want to pursue in our lives, the misery loves company path, or the joy that attracts companions path.

Too black and white for you? Maybe your personal style leads you to be more gray in this area, staying far enough away from the

negative conversations and misery so that you dont get painted with that same brush, yet close enough to hear what they are wal-lowing in. And maybe even maintaining your safe distance from the jubilance and perhaps overly optimistic and joyful folks so that you dont get caught up in the hype of happi-ness bubble. I mean its probably safer in the middle, right?

For me, I choose the benefi ts of joy attract-ing companions. The positive energy and conversations around possibilities and what can be achieved far outweighs the gloom and doom of the misery loves company group where limiting beliefs paralyze the potential for moving forward or ahead in life.

The next time you are out and about, meeting in a bar or restaurant, gathering at a dinner or party, try and pay attention to the conversations, tonality, and body language of those around you, whether in your group or not. I just bet you will be able to quickly pick up on the joyful groups or just as quickly identify the reasons you want to distance yourself from the misery-driven conversa-tions.

How about you? Did you fi nd this column to be a source of misery for you that will fuel a negative discussion, or did the column further strengthen your resolve as a joyful optimist? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected], and when we can avoid the misery and attract the joy, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corpora-tion, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

Joy more attractive than misery

The develop-ment of regen-erative medical treatments is one of the most exciting aspects of modern medicine. In fact, a recent report from the U.S. Govern-ment Account-ability Offi ce states, virtually any disease that results from malfunction-ing, damaged or failing tissues may be potentially cured through regen-erative medicine

treatments. These treatments, developed from adult stem cells, show potential to fully restore or establish normal func-tion in damaged human cells, tissues, or organs.

Currently, the Food and Drug Ad-ministration oversees the development of regenerative applications based on a patchwork of regulations. The FDA simply does not have an approval process in place to best consider these new, innova-tive therapies. As a result, other countries, particularly Japan and the United King-dom, are quickly outpacing the United States in the development of regenerative treatments.

I recently introduced the REGROW Act, which addresses the lack of FDA stan-dards in the regenerative treatment fi eld by creating standards that will lead to regulatory predictability regarding manu-facturing processes and controls, and ensures the safety of these treatments.

Lets get serious about the business of joking

Regenerative medicinehelps ght diseases

Coffman continues on Page 9

Tell me if you have heard this one.

A snake goes into a bar.

The bartender says, I cant serve you.

The snake says, Why not?

Because you cant hold your liquor.

My father never told a single joke in my lifetime, at least not when I was around him.

Maybe he did when he was on one of his business trips, but I doubt it.

And he may have told a joke or two when he was growing up, or when he was sta-tioned in Scotland during the war.

But again, I doubt it.It also means that I never heard him tell a

dirty joke.I dont tell dirty jokes, and I dont listen to

dirty jokes.I am never going to a comedy club.There arent many comedians I appreci-

ate anymore.It doesnt mean that I am Mr. Rogers.A skeleton goes into a bar.The bartender says, What can I get you?The skeleton says, A beer and a mop.Looking back, and realizing that my

father didnt tell jokes, but that he was very witty, makes me think we had that in com-mon too.

The truth is, I am witty.And I give the credit to my father.He found sideways humor in things, in

the moment.Obviously nothing was scripted or pre-

pared like a Carson monologue.It was off-the-cuff.

At one time, men wore paper cuffs and notes might be written on them, to remem-ber later.

Therefore off-the cuff meaning unprepared really means that something was prepared.

I think the best kind of humor is off-the-cuff and in the moment.

Few do it well.Robin Williams was phenomenal to the

point that it might have been a burden sometimes to be funny.

I make stuff up all the time, and I dont have an audience.

Have you ever seen a laughing dachs-hund? Holding his sides?

Me either. But it doesnt keep me from saying things to him, in hopes that some day I might hear some laughter coming out of that russet muzzle.

One day I said, Smitty, if you can tell me how many chickens I have in this gunny sack, I will give both of them to you.

No response.I told him that I bought a thermos be-

cause it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold.

I pretended that he said, What do you have in it?

Soup and ice cream.Nothing.A Methodist, a Lutheran and a Catholic go

into a bar.The bartender says, What is this? Some

kind of a joke?There are people who tell jokes, are funny,

and are funny-looking too.Number one on that list is Rodney Dan-

gerfi eld.Dangerfi eld began writing one-liners for

comedians when he was 15.Humor starts early, like everything else.Its reward is laughter.Once you get a little laughter, you want

more.

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The legislation also protects approval pathways under sections 351 and 361 of the Public Health Service Act, while creating a new category for regenerative treatment products.

I think every American has lost a loved one to cancer or other deadly dis-eases. Its devastating. Thats why I have introduced this bill and have made it

one of my priorities in Congress to sup-port the kind of medical research that seeks cures to prevent these heartbreak-ing losses.

Im pleased to have the support of both Republicans and Democrats on this important legislation. Fighting and defeating diseases that devastate families is not a partisan issue, its an issue we can all support together.

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Coffman

I could sense that I was amusing my friends. Nothing has changed. I would rather amuse my readers than harumph on something.

But I am good at that too. True, Im a curmudgeon.

But that does not mean that I am ma-levolent.

The best curmudgeons come with a side order of humor.

August Strindberg said, I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who havent the guts to bite people themselves.

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Smith

a little time talking to the gun shops, maybe the reward will be saving some-ones life.

Putting experience to useThroughout the region, prevention ef-

forts are fueled to a large degree by people whove lost loved ones to suicide, often involving fi rearms.

Cindy Haerle, a teacher and board member of the Grand Junction-based Western Colorado Suicide Prevention Foundation, grew up in a real gun fam-ily in Salida, Colorado, and had her own gun by the time she was 5. But she gave up shooting after her brother John, a high school football star and later a sniper in Vietnam, killed himself with a pistol in 1980 at age 29 after prolonged struggles with depression.

Jim Doody, a former Grand Junction mayor and city councilor, serves on the foundations advisory board. He talks mov-ingly about the suicide of a close friend, Matt Townsend, in 1989 at the age of 33.

Theyd met in seventh grade at a pa-rochial school and stayed close through high school and thereafter. But adulthood proved challenging for Townsend, who took painkillers after a motorcycle injury. He told Doody at one point, I think Ill blow my brains out someday.

Doody says Townsend called him late one night, drunk but seemingly in good spirits, just a day before killing himself with his brothers handgun. Even 27 years later, Doody feels some guilt for not pick-ing up clues that his friend was on the brink of suicide.

Doody has joined in the recent appeals to gun owners to keep their weapons out of the reach of those at risk of suicide.

Have we made a difference? Doody wondered. We wont ever know about a life we might have saved.

Ranges face challengesSuicide presents a distinctive challenge

for shooting ranges: Occasionally, some-one will rent a gun, then use it to commit suicide at the site.

For Doug Hamilton, who operates the

Family Shooting Center at Denvers Cherry Creek State Park, there have been two such wrenching incidents since he began managing the range in 2004. One involved a young man upset by post-divorce prob-lems; the other involved identical twin sisters from Australia who shot themselves with rented pistols one died, the other survived.

Hamilton is open to letting his staff get some suicide-prevention training, though hes unsure it would help. Those who killed themselves at his range exhibited no signs of stress beforehand.

Suicide prevention brochures arent something that anyones going to pick up who has come out to our range to kill themselves, he said.

In Grand Junction, a Gun Shop Project poster hangs on the bulletin board at the Rocky Mountain Gun Club, a state-of-the-art shooting range with sections for pistols, rifl es and archery.

The general manager, Josh ONeal, says safety is a high priority; theres a video sys-tem providing live views of all the ranges. Yet hes not confi dent of avoiding an onsite suicide attempt.

We all feel in the back of our minds its a question of when, not if, he said. Were not psychologists. A lot of unstable people are good at hiding that.

The challenges facing shooting ranges are familiar to Dr. Michael Victoroff, a phy-sician in the Denver area whose leisure-time passion is competitive shooting. Hes a certifi ed fi rearms instructor and was at the Family Shooting Center in Denver when one of the suicides occurred there.

Nobody wants that, he said. Its bad for your soul, its bad for business, its bad for the sport.

Due in part to that incident, Victoroff has become increasingly engaged in suicide prevention, and serves on a state working group seeking to raise awareness of the issue among primary-care doctors. He also has provided fi rearms instruction to Jarrod Hindman and other suicide-prevention specialists.

Differing from some gun enthusiasts, Victoroff asserts emphatically that the presence of a gun in a household is an enabler of suicide.

Its a myth that people would just choose some other means if they didnt have a gun, he said. Theres a particular attractiveness about suicide with a gun.

Victoroff belongs to the American Medical Association and the National Rifl e Association, and has qualms about both.

The medical community has been content not to know anything about gun culture and gun safety, said Victoroff, who offers presentations trying to bridge that knowledge gap.

As for the NRA, hed like to see suicide prevention highlighted in its training materials.

Over the years, fi rearm suicide has not been a high-profi le issue for the NRA; it worries that the topic might be used to advance a gun-control agenda. Though the NRA has no position on Colorados Gun Shop Project, it has endorsed a bill in Washington state encouraging gun dealers to participate in suicide prevention efforts, said spokeswoman Jennifer Baker.

The NRA views suicide as a mental health problem, she said.

The goal is to prevent it regardless of how people kill themselves.

Mental healthThe intersection of gun culture and

mental health is complicated. And its personal for Ed Hagins in Montrose. Deputy director of a local mental health center and active with the countys suicide prevention coalition, he had a cousin who fatally shot himself.

Beyond that, Hagins says he has suf-

fered from depression for much of his life, including instances as a teenager when he considered suicide. As an enthusiastic gun owner who enjoys target shooting, hes leery of proposals to deny gun rights to people diagnosed with mental illness.

I meet that criteria, he said. Thats one of my biggest fears legislation that I cant have a gun.

Its personal, too, for Ken Constantine, owner of Elk River Guns in Steamboat Springs.

I dont want to sell a gun to someone to commit suicide, he said. That hap-pened once in this shop it weighs on me.

He recalled the sale of a handgun to a woman several years ago: She seemed completely normal. No telltale signs.

But he learned later from police that the woman, within a week of purchasing the gun, killed herself with it.

Having been through that experience, Constantine is troubled by the Gun Shop Projects offer of training for shop employ-ees so they can better identify customers at risk of suicide.

I wont assume the responsibility of a mental health professional, he said, sug-gesting instead that therapists in the area should get permission from their at-risk patients to temporarily place their names on a private list of people who shouldnt acquire guns.

Special to Colorado Community Media

After the March 23 snowstorm that dumped up to 2 feet of wet, heavy snow in many parts of the Denver metro area, homeowners may be wondering how to protect and repair snow-damaged trees in their yards and neighborhoods.

Although the fi rst impulse may be to start sawing when a tree is damaged, homeowners should fi rst assess the situ-ation to avoid hurting themselves or fur-ther damaging the tree, said Keith Wood, community forestry program manager for the Colorado State Forest Service.

Wood and the forest service offer the

following tips, adapted from International Society of Arboriculture recommenda-tions:

Check for hazards. Before approach-ing a tree, examine your surroundings to avoid making contact with downed utility lines or standing under broken, hanging branches.

Contact city of cials if necessary. Trees between the street and a city sidewalk may be the responsibility of city crews.

Assess the damage. If a tree is healthy overall and still possesses its leader (the main upward branch), most of its ma-jor limbs and 50 percent or more of its

crown, the chance is good for a complete recovery.

Be careful knocking snow off branch-es. This may cause the branches to break. If you must remove snow, gently push up on branches from below to prevent add-ing additional stress.

Remove broken branches. This minimizes the risk of decay and insects or diseases entering the wound. Prune at the branch collar the point where a branch joins a larger one and be mindful of potential pent-up energy if the branch is twisted or bent.

Dont overprune. With the loss of some branches, a tree may look unbal-

anced, but most trees quickly grow new foliage that hides bare areas.

Dont try to do it all yourself. If the job requires running a chainsaw over-head, sawing from a ladder or removing large branches or entire trees, contact an insured, certifi ed arborist. Professionals often are listed in the phone book under tree services.

For more information about tree care and protection, visit the Colorado State Forest Service website at www.csfs.colo-state.edu. To fi nd an ISA-certifi ed arbor-ist, visit www.isa-arbor.com.

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LIFELOCALC U L T U R EF A I T HF A M I L YF O O DH E A L T H

The secrets out.Earlier this month, U.S. News called Denver the best place to live in all of America. Colorado Springs came in fi fth.

While myriad attributes factored into the rankings including job market, cost of living, schools and transportation quality of life carried the most weight, ac-counting for 30 percent of a citys scoring.

And in Colorado, all along the Front Range, quality of life is code for vast recreational opportunities and ample natural resources. After all, where else can a person go skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, sledding, tobogganing, snow tub-ing or snowshoeing in the morning, only to travel back down the hill and fi nd op-portunity for hiking, biking, running, golf-ing, kayaking, a mountain of team sports and a host of other outdoor activities?

With so much to choose from and lots of sunny skies to be had, its easy to get carried away. Which is why its important not to let ambition turn into affl iction.

Downhill dangerAsk Dr. Mark Wisthoff about the most

serious winter sports injury hes ever seen and his warm smile frowns at the corners and his tenor takes a somber tone.

This dad was skiing with his 9-year-old kid. They were from the east coast, and they were not wearing helmets, said Wisthoff, who recently joined St. Anthony North Campus in Westminster, working in primary care and sports medicine. Well, the kiddo lost control and hit a tree.

The child was transported by helicop-ter to a nearby trauma center, but ended up passing a few hours later, Wisthoff said. It was one of those horrifi c ac-cidents you never forget. Thats why its so important, whatever youre doing, to just wear your helmet. It only takes a few seconds.

That advice is a no-brainer, said long-time ski enthusiast Mike Wodzianski, of Golden, who likes to get after it.

These days adrenaline is the only buzz for me, so I like to ski fast and take harder lines and kind of push myself, said Wodzianski, who has skied injury-free for four decades. But when you push yourself youre opening yourself up to the potential for more injuries So, for me an ounce of prevention is defi nitely worth a pound of cure.

Prevention means stretching, proper training and nutrition, and gearing up for whatever he might fi nd, below or above the tree line.

Im wearing a helmet but also the

right gear, the right clothes, Wodzianski said. Its better to have it and not need it.

Similarly, insuffi cient food and water can lead to dehydration and fatigue, he added.

Improper nutrition can predispose you to injury because youre dehydrated and tired and hungry everything kind of adds up and you get injured from that, he said.

Start at the bottomSo before even looking to the top of

the mountain, Wodzianski and Wisthoff

recommend fi rst starting slowly at the bottom.

A lot of people have to drive to get to the slopes and are just sitting in the car, and then when they get there they jump out and just go for it, Wisthoff said. I know you want to get on the slopes, but you really need to be careful.

Wodzianski stretches his legs, shoulders and back before strapping on his skis. Wisthoff recommended adding active warm-ups slow cardiovascular

Grant Medina, exercise physiologist and health tness specialist for MillerCoors Wellness Program, says stretching is just one part of a proper cool down following exercise. A proper cool down is just as important as warming up, he says. Post exercise your heart is still beating faster than normal and your blood vessels are dilated, meaning a sudden stop in exercise will cause blood pooling in your extremities, and you can become dizzy or even faint. A light jog or walk for ve to 10 minutes will aid in gradually slowing down your heart rate and increase the blood ow back to your heart. Photo by Stefan Brodsky

SOME TIPS FOR WARMING UP, COOLING DOWN, STRETCHING

Warm up:Engage in ve to 10 minutes of sub-maximal exercise, focusing on increas-ing intermuscular temperature and activating the cardiovascular system. Choose dynamic movements that mimic exercises that will be completed during the workout or activity.

Cool down:A light, ve- to 10-minute walk or jog will help gradually slow down heart rate and increase blood ow back to the heart.

Although the acute effects of stretch-ing are debatable, a stretching routine should be included in your cool down as it can improve range of motion and physical function and help decrease blood pooling.

Stretching:With stretching, stick with dynamic, static or proprioceptive neuromus-cular facilitation (active and passive) techniques. Avoid bouncing.

A routine of at least 10 minutes that focuses on major muscle/tendon groups is recommended post-exercise for most adults.

Only stretch to tension or mild discomfort. Stretching should not be painful.

Stretches could include:

Runners lunge with side stretch. Begin in a low lunge position with your right (forward) knee bent above your right foot. Extend your left leg directly behind you. Extend your left arm directly above you and lean to your right side, and drop your left knee for deeper stretch. Repeat on the other side.

Seated hamstring stretch. While seated, extend your legs straight. Bend the unstretched leg in at the knee to protect your lower back. Then, lean forward, bending at the hips toward the foot of the straight leg until you feel tension. Repeat.

Pigeon pose. Cross one leg in front of you with a bent knee while extending the other directly behind you. Place the outside edge of the forward leg on the oor, then lean forward, bending at your hips while keeping your hips squared forward. Repeat.

Downward-facing dog. Begin on your hands and knees with your hands shoulder-width apart. Raise your buttocks into the air straightening your legs until you feel tension, then lower your head between your arms, straightening your spine. Push your heels into the ground until you feel tension.

Twisted arm stretch. Bring your arms out in front of your body, bend your elbows to 90 degrees, and cross your arms one over the other. Twist your hands such that your palms are fac-ing each other and try to touch your ngers together, then push your hands toward the ceiling to get a deeper stretch.

Chest-opener stretch. In a standing or seated position, straighten your back and pull your shoulders down and back. Interlock your hands behind your back and, with straight arms, bring your hands toward your head until you feel tension.

Source: Grant Medina, a certi ed ex-ercise physiologist and health tness specialist for MillerCoors Wellness Program

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE

While doctors and outdoor enthusiasts alike agree theres a certain advantage to staying loose in terms of avoiding injury, being too loose can be equally dangerous.

I know this is going to sound crazy in Colorado, but drugs and alcohol when youre skiing is not a good idea, said outdoors en-thusiast and longtime skier Mike Wodzianski, of Golden.

Dr. Mark Wisthoff, who recently joined St. An-thony North Campus in Westminster, working in primary care and sports medicine, has witnessed rsthand the negative impacts.

With collision-type injuries, youre involving someone else, Wisthoff said. The most no-

table (I saw) was this lady, she was 82, skied in Colorado since she was 16 and had never, ever been injured. And a snowboarder came plowing down, out of control, intoxicated, and slammed into her. She fractured her hip.

The chance of a collision is compounded by crowded slopes, Wisthoff added.

At that intensity, where youre coming down a mountain at a pretty good clip, where you could injure somebody else, you really want your senses to be top-notch, he said. If youre blunting your senses with alcohol or marijuana or any other substance, your risk of injury goes up exponentially, as well as the risk of injuring others.

Staying in the game

Prevention trumps cure for those seeking asylum in Colorados great outdoors

By Jeremy Johnson | [email protected]

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Little Free LibrariesThe Rotary Club of Centennial will

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Camera club meetsWorld Travels With 1 Camera and 1

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Angel Heart ProjectDelivers meals to men, women and children with life-threatening illnessesNeed: Volunteer driversRequirements: Pick-up time is 1 p.m. Saturdays.Contact: Emily, 303-830-0202 ext. 24 or [email protected].

Animal Rescue of the RockiesProvides foster care for death-row shelter dogs and cats throughout ColoradoNeed: Foster families for animals on lists to be euthanizedContact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org.

Arapahoe CountyNeed: Volunteers to help seniors, teens, youth and more in a variety of capacities.Contact: 303-738-7938

Arapahoe County Sheriffs Of ceNeed: Volunteers to help with mail/delivery room, internal mail deliv-ery/pick-up and more.Requirements: Citizen Academy graduates will be given priority consideration. All other applicants must pass a background screening.Contact: Lt. Steve Curti at 720-874-3936

ASSE International Student Exchange ProgramOrganizes student exchange programsNeed: Local host families to provide homes for boys and girls age 15-18 from a variety of countries.Contact: Cathy Hintz, 406-488-8325 or 800-733-2773

Castle Rock Senior CenterProvides services to local seniorsNeed: Volunteer drivers to take seniors to appointments, the grocery store, pharmacies and more.Contact: Terry Shipley, 303-688-9498

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Court Appointed Special AdvocatesWorks with abused and neglected children in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln countiesNeed: Advocates for children, to get to know, speak up for and ensure their best interests in courtContact: 303-695-1882 or www.adv4children.org.

Gateway Battered Womens ShelterServes victims of family violence in Aurora and Arapahoe CountyNeed: Volunteers help with crisis-line management, childrens servic-es, legal advocacy, community education and other shelter services.Donations: Also accepts used cell phones (younger than 4 years) to give to victims. Mail to Gateway at P.O. Box 914, Aurora, CO 80040, or drop them off at Neighborly Thrift Store, 3360 S. Broadway, Engle-woodRequirements: Must attend a 26-hour training session; bilingual skills welcomeContact: Jeneen Klippel-Worden, 303-343-1856 or [email protected]

Girl Scouts of ColoradoYouth organization for girlsNeed: Troop leaders, of ce support, administrative help and moreAge requirement: Men and women, 18 and olderContact: www.girlscoutsofcolorado.org, [email protected] or 1-877-404-5708

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April 7, 201614 Elbert County News14-Sports

Retired Colorado Avalanche star forward Milan Hejduk becomes U.S. citizen

By Tom [email protected]

Milan Hejduk sits in the ceremony room at the Department of Home-land Security at 12484 E. Weaver Place, Centennial, awaiting his turn to become a United States citizen. The former hockey right winger wears an expression of anxious anticipation, a look Colorado Ava-lanche fans remember from his playing days as he sat on the bench, awaiting his next shift on the ice.

Hejduk, 40, a native of the Czech Repub-lic, has lived in the United States since he began playing for the Avalanche in 1998. He and his family live in Parker. His wife, Zlata, 39, was naturalized three months ago and his twin 12-year-old sons, Marek and David, were born in the U.S.

Im the last piece of the family to get it done, he said.

Hejduk listens intently to a speech by se-nior immigration officer Tiffany Brown, who explains the new privileges and responsibili-ties Hejduk and his fellow initiates will share. He occasionally cracks a nervous smile as the man seated next to him, Ken MacArthur, a Canadian national who lives in Highlands Ranch, leans over to whisper a joke. MacAr-thur, 48, got to know Hejduk as the coach of his sons hockey team. On March 28, by coincidence, they become citizens together.

Scoring always came easily for Hejduk, who totaled 375 career goals before retiring after the 2012-13 season. But his transition to living, and playing, in the U.S. was more difficult.

I didnt speak any English, he said. The first few months were tough. Guys and coaches give you some instructions, but

what are you supposed to do? You have no idea what (they) are talking about.

A tutor hired by the Avalanche helped Hejduk learn English after practices. Now he speaks clearly and with better grammar than many natural-born citizens, though MacAr-thur teases him about his accent.

Hes a good guy, MacArthur said. If you can understand him.

Hejduk didnt need a tutor to pass the citizenship test. The most difficult part of the process may have been leaving a family vacation in Mexico before his wife and sons, who planned to return later in the week.

The test was good, Hejduk said. I know quite a bit about American history I got only six questions. Six were right and that was it. Good to go.

Debbie Canon, public affairs officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, smiles as she checks in with Hejduk before the ceremony begins. Canon has watched many naturalization ceremonies from her of-fice beside the ceremony room, but she says each one is special.

Three times a week people become new citizens, Canon said. I cry every time. Its just great to see peoples dreams come true.

Thirty-two new citizens close the March 28 ceremony by taking a loyalty oath, saying the Pledge of Allegiance and, finally, receiv-ing a certificate of citizenship.

Hejduk smiles as he did before the cer-emony, but his face now belies more relief than anticipation.

He asks about getting a passport, poses for pictures and signs a few autographs. He says he plans to stay in Colorado and continue coaching youth hockey to give back to the community. Though he and his family have long called Colorado home, Hejduk says a new part of his life is just beginning.

Its definitely closing one chapter, he said. Now its official and legal, and Im a United States citizen.

Former Colorado Avalanche star Milan Hejduk, left, and Highlands Ranch resident Ken MacArthur were among the 32 people who became U.S. citizens at a ceremo-ny in Centennial on March 28.

Milan Hejduk, retired Colorado Avalanche right winger, raises his hand to take a loyalty oath during a naturalization ceremony on March 28. The ceremony at the United States Citi-zenship and Immigration Services Building in Centennial naturalized 32 applicants as U.S. citizens. Photos by Tom Skelley

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ELIZABETH CARDINALS BASEBALLElizabeth 17, Fort Lupton 0Elizabeth shut out Fort Lupton in the March 31 conference game.Key performers: Kyle Savikas went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a double. Colin Steinke had three RBIs. Pitcher Dusty Lawson threw a one-hitter with three strikeouts.

Elizabeth 16, Fort Lupton 3Elizabeth won the March 29 con-ference game on the road.Key performers: Riley Saunders and Colin Steinke each went 2-for-2. Gar-ret Warren hit a triple. In five inning pitched, Kyle Savikas threw six strike-outs.

Desert Edge 5, Elizabeth 3Elizabeth lost the March 24 tournament game.Key performers: Kyle Savikas went

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Elizabeth 16, Neah-Kah-Nie 4Elizabeth won the March 21 tournament game.Key performers: Jake Lawson went 2-for-2 with three RBIs. Lawson, Ryland Corken and Garret Warren each hit triples. In four innings pitched, Dusty Lawson struck out five batters.

KIOWA INDIANS TRACK AND FIELDKiowa boys placed 13th at the Weld Cen-tral Early Invitational on March 21. The girls team placed 14th.Key performers: Wyatt McKnight placed

fourth in the 400 meter. The boys 4x200-meter relay team placed third. Melanie Deering placed fourth in the 200 meter.

KIOWA/SIMLA BASEBALLMarch 29: Kiowa/Simla 11, Genoa-Hugo 7The Cubs beat the Pirates in a league game with a strong offensive performance and consistent scoring throughout the game.Key Players: Kasey Nusbaum hit twice and scored twice and Skeet Ericson had three hits and two runs. Riley Lopez pitched 3.1 innings and struck out seven batters.

March 31: Sand Creek 7, Kiowa/Simla 6Four runs in the fourth inning by the Scorpions put the game out of reach.Key Players: Skeet Ericson led the team with three hits and two runs. Kasey Nusbaum pitched four innings and had fi ve strikeouts.

April 2: 11 a.m. Kiowa/Simla 13, Evangeli-cal Christian 2The Cubs won the fi rst game of their doubleheader against the Crusaders. After

trailing for the fi rst four innings, a 4-run rally in the fourth and an 8-run rally in the fi fth inning out the Cubs ahead.Key Players: Skeet Ericson pitched fi ve innings with a 1.40 ERA and batted 1.000 with three hits and two runs.

April 2: 1 p.m. Kiowa/Simla 7, Evan-gelical Christian 16The Cubs lost a road game to the Crusaders despite a 4-run rally in

the 6th inning.Key Players: Riley Lopez hit twice and scored twice.

ELBERT BULLDOGS BASEBALLColorado Community Christian 10, Elbert 0 The Bulldogs fell 10-0 to the Community Christian Crusaders in a nonleague game on April 1. No individual stats were offered by the team.

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Elbert Invitational: April 2The girls team placed 13th out of 18 teams at the April 2 meet.Key performers: Kaya Chamberlain fi nished ninth in the 200 meters with a time of 30.73. Devin Mayer fi nished fourth in the 100 meters

with a time of 14.09. The 4x100-meter relay team fi nished fourth with a time of 56.82 seconds.

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