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Book by Betty Jo Tucker, Senior Beacon's Movie Reviewer, Now in Paperback

ALPINE, CO – By popular demand, Betty Jo Tucker’s Cinema Stanzas Two: Poet Laureate of the Movies is now available in paperback format. Published by IndyPub, this award-winning sequel presents over 70 movie reviews/ film poems

Tucker has written since the first book was published as well as several of her other poems relating to cinema.

Films of various genres are covered -comedy, drama, fantasy, horror/action/ sci-fi, musicals, mystery/thriller, and romance. Major motion pictures as well as small independent films receive Tucker’s rhyming treatment. Like the first award-winning book, this one is written to serve as a fun resource for fans of both movies and poetry. It won First Place in the E-book Poetry category at the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards. Some of Tucker’s fans call her “Poet Laureate of the Movies,” and that’s why she added those words to the title. In fact, this book could be an audition for that honorary moniker.

Poet/film critic Richard Jack Smith (who wrote the book’s Foreword) claims, “You are the Poet Laureate of the Movies, Betty Jo. A true inspiration.”

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Judy Joy Jones writes, “If I get to vote for Poet Laureate of Movies, Betty Jo Tucker is in!”

Author Pamela Jaye Smith says, “Reading Betty Jo Tucker’s lively and sensitive poetic reviews is

always a pleasure. They entertain and also give me something to think about.” Tucker writes film commentary for the Colorado Senior Beacon and AuthorsDen. She is the award-winning author of Confessions of a Movie Addict, Susan Sarandon: A True Maverick, and Cinema Stanzas: Rhyming about Movies. Using the pen names of Harry and Elizabeth Lawrence, Betty Jo and her husband Larry co-wrote It Had To Be Us, a romantic memoir that was adapted for the screen as a short film titled CAKE: A Love Story, which won First Place in the NSAEN Online Film Festival and is now available on YouTube. Tucker is also a member of the San Diego Film Critics Society and the Online Film Critics Society.

CINEMA STANZAS TWO: Poet Laureate of the Movies is available in paperback (and Kindle E-book format) on Amazon. com at this link: https://amzn.to/3iBZiLd More information can be found at www. BettyJoTucker.com. Image by Denise Cassino.

(PUEBLO)—Pueblo city and county residents may drop-off their real Christmas trees at no cost on select days in January at Pueblo RecycleWorks located at 1595 Stockyard Rd.

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Individuals are responsible for unloading trees and removing all decorations, tree stands, wires, and nails before recycling. No wreaths or garlands will be accepted.

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Mulch will be available at no cost to the public at Pueblo RecycleWorks on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14 on a first come, first served basis. For more information, visit pueblohealth.org or call the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment at 583-4309.

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"If You're 50 Or Over You Should Read It!"

Five Portfolio “Housekeeping” Ideas

RONALD S. PHILLIPS Author of two books, teacher & trusted columnist

(and get emotionally attached to an investment) the market can take increases away very quickly.

It may not be Spring Cleaning time yet but the New Year is a great occasion to maintain and cleanup your portfolio. There’re many ways to do this.

1. SELL YOUR GAINS

Yes, it’s been a tough past year but you could have gains from things like oil, commodities, or even individual stocks. It’s important to sell these gains to rebalance your money *and* keep gains from evaporating. If you don’t sell gains

As a general rule, if your investment has gone up 10 percent or more, I say sell the gain. For example, you put $10,000 into ABC Oil fund. It’s now $12,300. Sell the $2,300 and decide if you should keep the original investment. Either way, you’ve taken your gains “off of the table.”

2. LOOK AT LOSSES (OR LOSERS)

I don’t say “losers” in a mean way. But the reality is that not all investments pan out. We have to clean those positions up. It’s like clearing-out your gutters. After years of build-up (hopefully not again after you read this article) things get messy. Look with fresh eyes at all of those investment positions. Sell the weaker positions and consider adding to the bargains or other positive opportunities.

Some will need to be sold because the environment changed and the idea just won’t work out too soon. For ex-

Treasury bond fund but then Fed rates moved up pretty aggressively. Poof! There goes that idea. We have to sell, move on, and reposition to something that's better.

3. ASSESS YOUR STRATEGY AND ALLOCATION

Are you supposed to be in a 60/40 (bonds/growth) portfolio and now you’re in a 65/35 portfolio instead, due to price changes? Is your allocation still right for your age, your risk attitude, and your goals?

Do you have a portfolio income strategy? What’s the gross yield on your total portfolio, including bank money, insurance, real estate, and paper

The investing landscape is constantly changing. Are you ready for rates to come back down? Are your bonds (in maturity)? Are they short enough? Are you ready for a bear market? Have you adjusted your value-to-growth mix? And your international and real-asset exposure?

4. ARE YOU POSITIONED FOR

your favorite bond fund. Do you have the cash to buy more? Or the bear market produced some extreme bargains in quality assets—have you found any?

Hopefully your portfolio is producing very high income (if not, go back to idea #3). This income can either be automatically reinvested, in many cases, or go to your cash fund attached to most investment accounts. I like income to go to cash. Now you can look around for those bargains and opportunities with a growing money pile.

5. SIT DOWN WITH YOUR ADVISOR

All of these questions, ideas, and possible moves are things to consider *with* your investment advisor. Of course, tax time is coming up, too, and there may be several tax angles to figure out with your tax pro. Put that next on your list.

Please take all of these professional opinions with a grain of salt and check-in with your respective experts. Happy and Prosperous New Year and happy opportunity hunting.

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RESCUING

TREASURES OF DARKNESS

Broken Promises - Renewed Hope - New Beginnings

Broken Promises - Renewed Hope - New Beginnings

You will find spell binding testimonies of prisoners’ broken lives and behind-bars encounters with the living Christ. Renew your own faith by reading these amazing stories of prisoners’ transformed by the touch of Christ through caring volunteers.

You will find spell binding testimonies of prisoners’ broken lives and behind- bars encounters with the living Christ. Renew your own faith by reading these amazing stories of prisoners’ transformed by the touch of Christ through caring volunteers.

Find out how you can make an eternal difference in the life of an incarcerated man or woman across the country or on other shores.

Find out how you can make an eternal difference in the life of an incarcerated man or woman across the country or on other sh ores.

Jan McLaughlin’s book will touch your heart and motivate you to reach out to the lost and broken men and women. God is inviting you to pray for them. Perhaps He is inviting you to help Rescue Treasures of Darkness!

Proceeds help fund Prayer For Prisoners Int’l, a non-profit ministry based on the power of prayer which was founded in 1987 by Jan. McLaughlin

This article is for illustrative purposes only. Ron is not recommending any investment security for you but just trying to educate the community. INVESTMENTS CAN AND DO DROP IN VALUE; THEY HAVE NO BANK OR OTHER GUARANTEE. He is licensed and regulated by the great State of Colorado.

Jan McLaughlin’s book will touch your heart and motivate you to reach out to the lost and broken men and women. God is inviting you to pray for them. Perhaps He is inviting you to help Rescue Treasures of Darkness!

Proceeds help fund Prayer For Prisoners Int’l, a non- profit ministry based on the power of prayer which was founded in 1987 by Jan. McLaughlin

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The New Year is also a good time to scout-out opportunities. For example, some individual stocks may still have solid growth prospects but the horrendous market of last year “oversold” that stock price. Is this the time to buy? Or maybe those rising rates clobbered

LIGHT FOR THE JOURNEY

A Great Gift for any Occasion

You will laugh and cry as you walk with Jan through memories that point to an incredible God who orders our

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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CAVE

JAMES R. GRASSO

Former Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

first loves, slips of the tongues, great business moves, no more!! I'm going to make today the focus of my life; and also the near future. We all know that we are going to pass away, but thinking about the past is counter-productive. It ruins the present if you are thinking about past mistakes, conquest, etc. It gets in the way. From now on "Living in the moment" is my motto. What do you think?

life. I don't care which week you use to calm your conscience. There is no more life. It is gone, period.

Here we go!

Another year is upon us. Wow, 2023. Who da thunk it? Thought it or not, here we are. What makes one year different from the rest?

The older you get the more we think about the past. I'm guilty of it. It's almost an obsession. I've never in my life made a New Year's Resolution but I'm going out on that crazy custom this one time. I'm going to try not to think about my personal past. What happened in your upbringing,

Abortion blows my mind and makes me sad. Ms. Jane Roe, the lady the cause was named after, realized later in life that she made a mistake championing the cause. I'm told, "Well, it empowers the woman." Does that same woman feel empowered if she robs a bank, burns her child with a cigarette, takes heroin? All those things are under her control but against the law. So, a woman becomes empowered by breaking the law. Come on. Take a deep look at yourselves. I'm told women are better at living in the moment, so maybe breaking the law can be easily forgotten. That explains so much, but you have to know that having the starring role in an abortion isn't easily forgotten. I have spoken to a few women who had abortions, and they are heartbroken by their decisions. Now that's not a majority of the women who have had abortions, not by any stretch of the imagination, but a feeling human being knows that a fetus is a tiny human being wee one! It isn't a snake, kangaroo or any other animal. It's a human being. If you have an abortion you are snuffing out a human

I'll never forget when everybody's beloved President BHO was asked a question about what should be done about a "fetus" that survives an abortion. His answer was to have a nurse put the baby in an adjacent room and let nature take its course so to speak (cry itself to death, I guess). That horrifying answer was met with crickets. Just like his answer when a lady from the audience asked him: "My mother is 99 and she could have an operation that would extend her life another 10 years if Medicare would pay for it. What should Medicare do." I guess he wanted to save money for the program but his answer was, and I'm paraphrasing here, "I'm sorry and give her an aspirin." That was also met with crickets by the Literare!

I'm prattling on here and a bit out of my depth with the numbers but the answers were spot on! My point is Pueblo will now play host to oodles of abortions and I suppose will profit by the largess of the patients, doctors, motels, eateries, etc. that comes with it. So, it sure looks like a money grab for destroying fetuses (innocent babies). I'm sorry, this is really wrong.

How did the voters of this state get to this point? Have the babies on the government's dime and immediately put them up for adoption. I'm thinking that childless couples would be lining up for these children. There are many

thousands of adoptions of babies or younger kids made by Americans who want them. They go overseas to get kids and they pay a pretty penny for them.

I'm sorry Colorado and Pueblo in particular, but abortion is just wrong. These are my opinions everyone. Not Senior Beacon. Don't send me hate mail or use social media to degrade me. It's just an opinion by an old man sitting on the front porch yelling, "Don't make Pueblo known as the abortion capital of the world."

Finally, you want a way to make heaven. See what Jesus told St. Faustina for us to do so. I'll send you a pamphlet named Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet and you're on your way. Send your request for your free pamphlet to SRbeacon@gmail.com. Join the folks who have already gotten their free copies. Just send your name and address and the pamphlet is yours. No other questions asked. Simple. I would urge you to Google St. Faustina and her life's story and how Jesus chose her to get the word out. It is an incredible story about His visits to her and how the messages were smuggled out of Nazi Poland at the beginning of WWII. Godspeed to you and yours!

Remember: contact me at SRbeacon@ gmail.com for that great Chaplet prayer directly from Christ to Maria Faustina Kowalska at the beginning of Nazi invasion of Poland....... it's wonderful folks. Contact me and I'll send the pamphlet, no charge. It's a game changer!

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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

‘LIGHT FOR THE JOURNEY’

memory of my daughter’s hateful words and behavior pierced once again. A dagger through my heart. What should I do with this card? I didn’t want to open it. Everything within me wanted to write, “Deceased - Return to Sender” on the envelope. After all, hadn’t she proclaimed she is an orphan?

JESUS DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE BUT DIVISION

The familiar handwriting on the card spawned a chill of dread. In a moment a splash of hope flushed away the dread. Could it be? Could it possibly be. . . an apology, an admission of wrongdoing, a plea for forgiveness? That thought quickly faded. The

For two days, the card remained unopened on a shelf but in my mind, I opened it over and over. Imagining first a flood of loathing and bitterness, then a sincere, heartfelt apology over pain she had caused in trying to destroy my marriage and turning others against me with lies. Some of my friends are going through similar circumstances with their children. Ugly separation and divided households. Jesus warned of this very thing. “Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. “They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law” (Luke 12:5053 NIV). Why should my family be exempt?

Painful memories gnaw at my

spirit. My heart grieves. The enemy prods. Like a bolt of lightning, Jesus’ words break through pain, heartache, and brokenness. “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” Matthew 6:14-15). “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth, you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 12:33 NIV).

Late last night, unable to sleep with the picture of the card plaguing my mind, I got out of bed, read my Bible and prayed for the Lord to speak to me. To tell me what to do with the card. There is no doubt in my heart that I must forgive her and honestly feel I have. My greatest concern is opening a door to that relationship and suffering the same abuse as before. Writing to Jesus in my journal helps me express my thoughts and ask Him questions. However, no answers came. Not last night.

Today, as I prayed about what the Lord would have me to share with you, He reminded me that I am not the only parent going through trials with children. As mentioned, Jesus warned us this would happen. My conclusion regarding today’s primary cause of family division is the demonic social agenda. Children and parents are pulled apart by secular demonic ideologies, such as the LGBTQSLXRDM alphabet philosophy, the trans-movement, and gender and pronoun stupidity. No wonder families are falling apart. Satan is having a heyday.

I ran across the beginnings of an article on forgiveness I had started months ago. Perhaps you need to hear these things too. The source

of these comments is now unknown to me. Probably notes from a sermon and some of my own.

To forgive means to give up all claims to punish or exact a penalty for an offense. Scripture clearly tells us to offer the gift of forgiveness to those who mistreat us. No strings or conditions can be attached, or else it ceases to be a pardon. In Ephesians 2: 8-9, the gift of salvation is contrasted with works. Neither salvation nor forgiveness can be earned. Both must be freely given.

It's challenging to try to follow a godly path, because there are two conflicting tendencies which exist in every believer: one, the patterns of the corrupted old self, the flesh. Two, the righteousness of a new nature in Christ. The quality of the gift of our forgiveness, or the lack of it, will largely determine which tendency prevails in our lives.

God granted us forgiveness which we did not deserve and could not earn. In much the same way, we are to release every offender from any form of penalty. Unforgiveness is emotional baggage that consumes us with memories of offences. It distorts emotions with thoughts of revenge and fills hearts with churning unrest. Its tentacles reach deep into the soul, affecting both spiritual and physical health.

Thankfully, His mercy toward us has no limit. The one who chooses to put on love and offer forgiveness, is ready to receive the Peace of Christ. Forgiving frees us to live in a Christlike nature and enables us to see others through the eyes of grace and mercy. We need to release our hurt and anger into God's caring hands then our vengeful thoughts can be transformed into praise and gratitude to the Lord

Thankfully, the gift of pardon is not something we have to manufacture

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JAN MCLAUGHLIN Columnist & founder of an international prison ministry

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5 Personalized Ways to Celebrate Galentine’s Day

Are you ready to celebrate Galentine’s Day on February 13? Originating from a 2010 episode of the popular TV show, “Parks and Recreation,” Galentine's Day celebrates some of the most important relationships in our lives: our girlfriends. Over a decade later, the now-official holiday has skyrocketed in popularity. Here are tips on celebrating your gal pals with personalized touches.

1. Batch of Baked Goods. Food is the way to most anyone’s heart, especially when its homemade. Test a new recipe of your gal pal’s favorite dessert; or decorate cakes, cookies or cupcakes with icing in her favorite colors. No matter what you make, the extra effort will show just how much you care.

2. Creative Customized Cards. Everyone knows that gals love a sappy, pull-on-your-heartstrings letter or card. And you can up your card-sending game with a more personalized approach that resonates with the recipient. With the continued evolution of digital greetings, SmashUps and Creatacard from American Greetings have made it easier than ever to create a card just as special and unique as your individual friendships.

Specific friendship-themed ecards include creative options like talking animals or tacos, messages from celebrities, animated folded digital greetings celebrating your “girl gang” and more! They’re sure to entertain, surprise and delight your friends.

SmashUps are smile-inducing, shareable videos that can be highly personalized in a variety of ways, including adding their name or a message into the audio and graphics. With Creatacard, users can replicate the best parts of the offline card-sending experience without the hassle of printing, addressing and postage. In a few easy steps, you can create, personalize and sign your favorite digital cards, then send them to your girlfriends in their preferred way of receiving messages, such as email, text, through a messaging app or social post. Or, print your card from home if the moment calls for that. For that little extra something special, you can even add a gift card.

3. BYOB – Build Your Own Brunch. Brunch is all about spending time together, catching up on life, laughing until your stomach hurts…and of course the plentiful food and drinks. Hosting your Galentine’s Day brunch at home can make for a more cost-effective and customized experience—no reservations required! Make it interesting (and easier for the host) by asking each gal to bring her favorite brunch dish or drink to share, or by prepping and cooking dishes together, all while toasting with a festive mimosa, Bloody Mary or unique mocktail.

4. Mixology with a Twist. If your group of gals is more of an evening crowd, request that each friend brings her own batch of cocktails or mocktails and a snack that follow a given theme. Whether it’s an era (Roaring 20s), a hit movie, a popular show, or one that draws from personal experience, like the “represent your ex” trend on TikTok, the more fes-

tive the theme, the more fun the party. You can even tie it all together with an activity, like spa treatments or game night, or dress the part as well.

5. Get Posh with Polaroids. Whatever you choose for you Galentine’s get-together, be sure to capture the moment. And while we love selfies and Insta pics, Polaroids can make cute and creative keepsakes. Whether you’re at home or out on the town, the charming aesthetic and instant gratification of seeing your photo masterpiece is bound to make everyone smile.

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Anger Management

Tennessee state Rep. Jeremy Faison, 45, had to be ejected from the stands at a high school basketball game in Johnson City on Jan. 4 after he became angry at a referee and tried to "pants" him -- pull down his trousers. Faison's son was playing on the Lakeway Christian Academy team, NBC News reported. Later, Faison tweeted: "Totally lost my junk and got booted from the gym. ... I hope to be able to find the ref and ask for his forgiveness. I was bad wrong." Our advice to referees everywhere: Always wear a belt.

Government at Work

In the United Kingdom, as of Jan. 29, flouting a new highway code rule will cost you up to 1,000 pounds, the Mirror reported. The rule requires someone inside a car to open the door with the hand farthest from the door, employing a technique known as the Dutch Reach. In other words, if you're driving (on the right side of the car), you would use your left hand to reach around and open the car door. (The technique is borrowed

from the Netherlands, thus the name.) Rule 239 reads: "This will make you turn your head to look over your shoulder. You are then more likely to avoid causing injury to cyclists or motorcyclists passing you on the road, or to people on the pavement." If a person in a car injures someone by opening with the wrong hand, a fine will be levied. Cycling UK estimates that more than 500 people are injured every year by car doors.

Wait, What?

Cameron Newsom, 42, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was treated for stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma on her tongue in 2013, the New York Post reported. Removing the tumor meant also removing part of her tongue, which doctors replaced with skin and muscle taken from her thigh. Through all of her experiences in treating the cancer, she said, "The weirdest part ... was when I felt a rough texture on the 'thigh' part of my tongue -- and when I looked in the mirror, it had started growing leg hair!" Newsom had to learn to speak again and still finds eating a

challenge, but she's back to being a gymnastics coach, even with her fuzzy tongue.

Clowns

When Mark, 38, and his wife left for work one morning in January, their back garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland, looked just like it does any other day. But when the wife returned that afternoon, there was a concrete slab painted with a creepy clown face propped against the wall, the Belfast Telegraph reported. "Someone would have had to come through our gate and down the steps to place it there -and deliberately place it so it was facing the window so we would see it," Mark said. The clown was holding a lighted candle, and on the reverse, a Bible verse was inscribed: "Let your light shine. Matthew 5:16." Mark contacted friends, neighbors and family members to see if it was a prank, or if others had received a clown, but no one had experienced anything similar. He threw the clown away, but remains creeped out: "It's so unsettling."

Thanks for Nothing!

Catherine Graham of Marshfield, Massachusetts, recently cashed in on her 15 minutes of fame on "The Price Is Right" with host Drew Carey. She flew to Los Angeles to visit her daughter and attended a taping of the show, which aired on Feb. 1. As luck would have it, Graham ended up on stage with Carey and played for a great trip -- to New Hampshire! When Carey gushed, "New Hampshire is beautiful!" Graham replied, "Drew, I live in Boston! I've been to New Hampshire a million times!" But wait, there's more! In order to collect the prize roundtrip airfare, she'll have to travel to Los Angeles again to fly to Manchester, New Hampshire. "I just wish it was Tahiti ... or Bora Bora. A cruise around the world maybe," Graham told WBZ-TV. But, she said, "It was so fun."

Ooohhh-kkkaaayyyyy

Some romantic relationships are full of drama and strife, so maybe Sandra, 28, of Budapest, Hungary, has come up with a better model. According to Oddity Central, Sandra has fallen for Luffancs, a plastic model of an airplane. After breaking up with her latest human boyfriend in January, Sandra

bought Luffancs for $660 and fell madly in love. "I don't know why I love him, I just love him," she said. Sandra works in the aviation industry and is around airplanes every day, but says she will never cheat on Luffancs. In fact, she doesn't know if she'll ever date another human being. "Planes are more reliable as partners," she said.

It's a Dirty Job...

In Australia, Queensland's Bill Edgar is known to some as the Coffin Confessor. As such, Edgar shows up at funerals and speaks for the deceased, telling off family members, setting friends straight and delivering bad news about beneficiaries, News.com.au reported on April 14. But Edgar's job doesn't stop there. His services, for which he charges $2,000 to $10,000, have expanded to removing items from the deceased's home that they'd rather the family not see: "Could be sex toys, messages of hate, love, whatever it is they've written down, that they want removed from their web browsers. One gentleman had ... a sex dungeon in one of his bedrooms. And that gentleman was 88 years of age, believe it or not," Edgar said. He even delivers his services in the United States and United Kingdom, and he said Paramount has picked up the story for a movie.

Anti-Social Media

The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked Trevor Jacob's pilot's license, The New York Times reported on April 20, after concluding that Jacob purposely abandoned a plane he was flying and filmed it crashing into the Los Padres National Forest in California while he parachuted to the ground. Jacob then posted the 13-minute video on YouTube, calling it "I Crashed My Plane." The FAA said Jacob acted in a "careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another." In the video, the propeller can be seen as it stops spinning, and Jacob opens the door and jumps out with a parachute and a selfie stick. The FAA noted, "During this flight, you opened the left side pilot door before you claimed the engine had failed." The agency also noted that Jacob did not contact air traffic control, try to restart the engine or look for a safe place to make an

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emergency landing. But he got 1.7 million views!

Crash Collector

Everyone needs a hobby. Christina Warren is a busy software developer, but in her free time, she collects the swag of epic corporate failure: from Enron to Fyre Festival to her latest acquisition, a PopSocket branded with the CNN+ logo. NPR reported that Warren isn't interested in milquetoast meltdowns. She wants stuff from the companies that made a big splash and then sank to the bottom of the barrel. "I'm looking at the ones that were flying high, too close to the sun," she said, which "makes it funnier to be out someplace wearing a shirt from one of those things." But she doesn't want to spend more than $75 on any one item. She avoids counterfeit

merchandise, and said her "white whale, the thing I haven't been able to obtain yet, is something officially from Theranos. I would even take a pen, you know, like a ballpoint pen."

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* An unnamed man in Detroit was arrested in late April for illegally possessing guns, but the federal agents who arrived at his home with a search warrant were more interested in how he made a living: He sold marijuana from a vending machine attached to his house, clearing $2,000 a day, he told them. The Associated Press reported that agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made purchases from the machine to collect evidence before the bust. The man was released on bond.

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* Eighty-two-year-old actor James Cromwell, known most recently for his role on "Succession," glued his palm to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks store counter on May 10 to protest the extra charge the coffee company assesses for plant-based milk in their drinks. He later used a knife to scrape his hand off the counter. The Associated Press reported that Cromwell, who starred in "Babe: Pig in the City," is a longtime animal rights activist. For its part, Starbucks seemed nonplussed by the protest, which was organized by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, characterizing the nondairy milk customizations as similar to any other, "such as an additional espresso shot or syrup."

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aged 75 and older are going to get a new friend, The Verge reported. The New York State Office for the Aging is distributing robot companions named ElliQ, built by Israeli company Intuition Robotics, to help with social isolation -- for example, engaging in small talk and helping contact loved ones. "It focuses on what matters to individuals: memories, life validation, interactions with friends and families," said NYSOA director Greg Olsen. Intuition Robotics said ElliQ can project empathy and form bonds with users, even cracking jokes for users who tend to laugh a lot.

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You will laugh and cry as you walk with Jan through memories that point to an incredible God who orders our steps and uses even the worst situations to His glory and our good. An easy read which also makes a delightful devotional.

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ANN COULTER Columnist, author and lawyer

OPINION-EDITORIAL

Obviously, this constitutes insurrectionary behavior. The committee had no choice but to demand criminal charges.

LATE BULLETIN: It was NOT the former president who did this, but the current president, Joe Biden. In another development, it turns out that engineering a foreign invasion of our country has been redefined as a “humanitarian mission.”

When will this “humanitarian mission” end? Apparently, never — not until all 7 billion humans living in places less luxe than America have moved here, at which point America won’t be so hot anymore, so no one will want to come.

For the last few weeks, CNN has aired a story almost every hour about how Afghans “risked their lives” to save Americans, so now we owe them permanent residency in our country. It’s unclear whom we were ever fighting, inasmuch as everyone in the country seems to have been a “translator.”

CNN hosts triumphantly produced a letter by “retired diplomats,” warning that if the U.S. doesn’t “support its allies” [by allowing them to move here], “in the future our allies will be less likely to support the U.S. missions.” (And then who will teach third-worlders about feminism, gays and George Floyd?)

age and start means-testing, but on the bright side, we’ve provided housing to Mrs. Imaad and paid for her astronomically expensive eye operations.

On the very same military base, another cherished Afghan ally, Bahrullah Noori, committed multiple forcible sexual assaults on children within weeks of arriving. Other Afghans flown to Fort McCoy showed up with child brides and multiple wives.

Well, the Jan. 6 committee has now produced its long-awaited report. In a surprise move, the committee referred former President Donald Trump for criminal prosecution, accusing him of inciting insurrection, among other crimes.

In fairness, Jan. 6, 2021, was the day that Trump announced he would open our southern border and allow nearly 5 million unvetted illegal immigrants into our country, whereupon they would be flown to various cities around the U.S. and given full access to all our welfare programs.

Thus, The New York Times quoted Jennifer Quigley, of Human Rights First, saying of our intervention in Afghanistan: “We can’t claim mission accomplished. There are still too many vulnerable people abroad.”

After spending billions of dollars trying to build a semblance of civil society in that stone-age culture, evidently now we’re supposed to open our doors to everyone who lives there. Even granting that absurd notion, I can’t help but notice that Quigley seamlessly shifted from “Afghanistan” to “people abroad.”

So we have to take in every “vulnerable” person who doesn’t already live in the U.S.? Is there any other way to interpret her statement?

CNN demands that we fly Afghans here directly, not content to wait for these future Nobel Prize-winners to take the air-land route from Afghanistan through Central America into our country — which they are also doing.

Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan must be relieved to hear liberals admit that how we treat those who put their lives on the line for our country will determine how we are willing to do so in the future. Whelan, you’ll recall, is rotting in a Russian prison, because a lesbian, Women’s National Basketball Association star (but I repeat myself) took precedence over him in a prisoner trade. We’re looking for a few good men. Anybody? Anybody?

We’ve already taken in 76,000 Afghans since Biden’s smooth withdrawal last year. (Please, God, tell me we rescued the Afghans who helped paint the George Floyd mural.)

And look at what a blessing they’ve been!

Mohammad Haroon Imaad was among the first batch of beloved Afghan “translators” brought to America last year. He was still living on the Fort McCoy military base in Wisconsin when he was charged with beating and choking his wife. She explained that he beat her all the time back in Afghanistan, once blinding her in both eyes.

Obviously, the Imaad household is going to be a real boon to our country. Yeah, we’re gonna have to raise the Social Security retirement

Just weeks after the Afghan-ofthe-Month competition at Fort McCoy, another Afghan on our “must-have” list, Zabihullah Mohmand, was accused of raping a woman in Missoula, Montana. How long had he been here? A week? But the good news is, Mohmand was fully vetted by our government, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. If you can’t trust those guys …

In response, the media promptly stopped reporting those stories. Perhaps a better idea would be for CNN to have a word with the 76,000 “translators” already deposited on our shores. Hey, guys! Remember, for the next few months, NO RAPING!

Again, these were the most-favored Afghans, the ones who qualified for the first round of emergency admissions. And they just keep coming.

Now, that’s what most people call an “insurrection.”

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The spacious grounds of Hilton Dalaman Sarıgerme Resort & Spa, where the unique blue of the sea meets a lush vegetation, is home to aromatic, tropical and endemic

ambitious spa center in Turkey for a healthy life, conquers hearts with its different sports facilities such as bicycle, kiteboard, windsurf and sea kayak. With the training center prepared at international standards and the bicycle and walking routes in and out of the hotel, which are created at different difficulty levels,

it offers a pleasant alternative to those who want to spend the holiday doing sports. Hilton Dalaman Sarıgerme Resort & Spa draws attention with its workshops, talks and activities in different concepts from sports, music, gastronomy to astrology.

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“But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Matthew 6:33

sort hotels recommended for 2023. Hilton Dalaman shines out as the only recommended resort hotel from Europe and the Middle East.

TheTravel.com website, one of the most important websites followed by tourists before creating their bucketlist, announced Hilton Dalaman as one of the top 10 resort hotels recommended for 2023. Hilton Dalaman, which was selected among the 215 Hilton Resort hotels worldwide, was the only resort hotel recommended from

plants. With its 650 meter long private sand beach, coastal gazebo houses designed for guests who want to get special service during the day, 6 different a'la carte restaurants with assertive tastes for those who want a calm meal as well as open buffet, aquapark, tennis courts, children's club, mini farm, Hilton Dalaman Sarıgerme Resort & Spa is always the address of those who prefer a peaceful holiday.

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MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS ARE BACK

DENVER, CO. Years ago, grandparents and single aunts and uncles lived with families. As the Baby Boomers entered middle age, multi-generational family households were replaced with older adults living in nursing homes. More recently, care now includes assisted living, memory care, adult day programs, and hospice programs.

Today, according to Generations United, 26% of families were living in multi-generational families. In the past year, the Colorado Gerontological Society used a community-directed approach to learn more about these families, especially communities of color.

Of those living in multi-generational family households, 48% were families from communities of color and 64% had an income of less than $2265/month.

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What a way to begin a New Year!! Learning to seek God and His righteousness first.

When we read these words, it is easier to read and say them than it is to really live them. One of the lessons I have learned this week is to learn to live by this verse. To aim at and to strive after God's Kingdom and His righteousness, or doing what is right in His sight and what He thinks is right, not what I think is right. (In order to live in the Kingdom as Kingdom kids, we first need to know the King and what He provides for us.)

Righteousness & justice are the foundations of His throne. To truly follow these foundational truths, we are going in the opposite

direction of virtually the whole world except for those who have truly made the same decision. (Psalm 89:14)

An intentional decision must be made in our life---when we read--really read a scripture, what do we do with it? Do we make that intentional decision to do what the Word says? Like reading Mt. 6, I think it's more important now than ever before that we learn to make these intentional decisions.

But even in our weaknesses, he is made strong. (2Cor. 12:10) Even when we have difficulty acting on His Word-He makes up the difference. In the Old Testament, God simply multiplied four men's footsteps to sound like a might army. There were thousands of troops running for their lives, scared to death, thinking they were being attacked by a massive army when in fact, it was just four people. Why!!! God made up the difference!

He knows how to make up the difference, He can multiply our strength, our talents, our influence, our income- any need we have, we don't need to figure it out, all we have to do is go back to Mat. 6 and trust him.

Have a blessed New Year!

Kay Owen-Larson is the co-founder and President of Crossroads Ministries and the founder of the Crossroads School of Chaplaincy. This year marks her 59th year in ministry.

An author, speaker, teacher and pastor, she has a heart for the elderly and would like to see many of them come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in their last days.

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FOR A HEALTHIER YOU

10 Health Resolutions Doctors Encourage You to Make Today

(StatePoint) —The New Year represents a fresh start and is the perfect time to invest in your health. However, you may be unsure what resolutions will have the biggest impact. Doctors say that the easy, tangible actions you take are some of the most important.

“Many people kick off the start of each new year with big-picture health resolutions,” says Jack Resneck, Jr., M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA). “The good news is that

your family, get up to date on your vaccines, including the annual flu shot and the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone 6 months and older. Your doctor can let you know if you’re due for a COVID booster. If you have questions, speak with your physician and review trusted resources, including getvaccineanswers.org.

3. Get screened. Estimates based on statistical models show that since April 2020, millions of screenings for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer diagnoses may have been missed due to pandemic-related care disruptions. Check in with your physician. If you’re due for preventive care, tests or screenings, make an appointment. These measures are designed to keep you healthy and help your doctor spot certain conditions before they become more

serious.

instead of sugar-sweetened beverages and replace processed foods -especially those with added sodium and sugar -- with nutritious, whole foods, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, herbs and spices.

7. If consuming alcohol, drink only in moderation. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans defines that as up to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men, and only by adults of legal drinking age.

8. Speak with your doctor or health care professional about quitting tobacco and nicotine use. Declare your home and car smokefree to eliminate secondhand smoke exposure.

from a mental health professional when you need it.

If you don’t have health insurance, the AMA encourages you to sign up for coverage at healthcare.gov, which has new, affordable options. The enrollment deadline for 2023 coverage is Jan. 15, 2023. Find more health resources at ama-assn.org. For a healthy 2023 and beyond, invest in your wellness with these doctor-recommended New Year’s resolutions.

small, positive health choices made right now can have long-lasting effects.”

Want to get started today? Here are the 10 resolutions the AMA recommends top your list this year:

1. Exercise is essential for your physical and mental health, so get moving today. A good rule of thumb for adults is at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity, or 75 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity activity.

2. Vaccination is the best protection against a number of serious illnesses. To protect yourself and

4. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can increase your risk of heart attack or stroke, and it affects millions of Americans. Visit ManageYourBP.org to understand what your blood pressure numbers mean and what you can do to get your blood pressure under control.

5. One in 3 American adults has prediabetes, a condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes if left unmanaged. However, there are steps you can take that can help delay or even prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. Learn your risk by taking a simple 2-minute self-screening test at DoIHavePrediabetes.org. This resource also features helpful lifestyle tips that can help you reverse prediabetes.

6. Whenever possible, drink water

9. Follow your doctor’s instructions when taking prescription drugs – especially opioids. Always store and dispose of these medications safely to prevent misuse. Whenever prescribed antibiotics, take them exactly as directed. Not taking the full course can lead to antibiotic resistance, a serious public health problem, and will not make you feel better if you have a virus, such as a cold or flu.

10. Invest in your mental health by managing stress, getting sufficient sleep, exercising and seeking help

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Shining Light on Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes

(StatePoint) — Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death in U.S. adults aged 65 or older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The economic impact of falls is immense, with fatal falls estimated to cost $754 million and nonfatal falls $50 billion annually. As the aging population enters long-term care facilities, fall prevention will become an increasingly important public health priority. The good news is a novel approach has recently come to light.

A first-of-its-kind, two-year study conducted by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders—a division of Harvard University—and the Midwest Lighting Institute (MLI) found that dynamic, tunable lighting systems, when implemented at long-term care facilities, reduced falls by 43% compared to facilities that retained traditional lighting. The study focused on the positive effects of lighting on alertness, cognitive function, and sleep and how this affects fall risk.

For people who seldom get outside to experience daylight, such as older adults living in nursing homes, the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle is disrupted. While this disruption can cause dangerous falls leading to injuries and worse, the results of this study show how institutional settings can implement lighting changes to their environment to make it safer for both residents and workers.

“The lighting we used in the study implemented specific spectrum and intensity levels timed to regularize sleep-wake cycles and boost the daytime alerting effects of light,” says Brian Liebel, director of research at MLI, the non-profit organization that designed the study as part of its mission to improve lives by putting

existing scientific findings about light into real-world practice. “When residents experience improved alertness and cognitive function during the day and better sleep at night, it not only improves their well-being, but also improves the working conditions for staff.”

The system was installed in several long-term care facilities with goals of

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of those not only in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, but also in schools, hospitals, office buildings and in industrial environments with 24-hour shifts.”

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In the years ahead, fall prevention will become an increasingly important public health priority. The good news is that we have a solution to reducing falls and it has enormous potential to improve well-being and save lives.

confusion, exit seeking, anxiety and verbal/physical aggression many experience in the afternoon and evening.

“There was just a general calmness at 6 p.m. with the lights dimmed, no ticeably different as soon as it was in stalled,” says Jennifer Nelson, dietary aide at Maple Ridge Care Center in Wisconsin. She noticed a tremendous difference in terms of behaviors such as exit seeking and anxiety, especially among dementia patients.

Current strategies to reduce falls typically include complex, multicomponent interventions requiring significant resources, staff time and resident education. The study’s promising results, published in the “Journal of the American Medical Directors Association,” provide a noninvasive and relatively inexpensive method for lowering the risk of falls in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

“What we know now is that modern lighting technology can promote the body’s health and overall well-being, resulting in a decreased risk of falls among seniors.” says Rodney Heller, president of MLI. “We believe these findings could pave the way for improving the health outcomes

REELING

AN AMUSING WHODUNIT

BETTY JO TUCKER

Pueblo award winning film critic

SEE HOW

THEY RUN takes place mostly in a London theatre back in the 1950s where “The Mousetrap,” a play based on Agatha Christie’s novel, is celebrating its 100th performance. The showbiz folks are

excited because this play may be made into a movie version. When a murder occurs, lots of suspects join the list. This creates an atmosphere of suspense while Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) add bits of humor that kept me interested right up to the end.

Rockwell (3 Billboards Outside Billings, Missouri) and Ronan (Little Women) make an awkward but watchable team as these two characters. Stoppard wants to work alone and on his time schedule,

which includes stops at a bar and frequent car naps. Stalker wants to keep busy taking notes and seems to know more about police business and popular movie stars than almost anyone. Together they are the heart of this amusing whodunit.

I love a good old mystery like those by Agatha Christie. And now a movie makes some fun about a play from what she’s done.

“See How They Run” features a cast of actors acting they’re aghast when someone gets killed during play. Will lazy Inspector save the day?

He has a new Constable now. Saoirse Ronan, please take a bow. She steals this film and makes us smile.

I’ve put her in my Awards file.

No loud laughter while watching this. Yet there are scenes you shouldn’t miss.

In some of these scenes, Oscar®-winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) shows us his acting chops are still first-rate. He portrays Leo, the director who tries to get “The Mousetrap” from stage to screen. Unfortunately, he and the writer (David Oyelowo/Selma) clash over creative differences. Showing his versatility, Brody also serves as the movie’s narrator and murder victim. I have to confess that this is the first time I noticed Brody’s impressive voice!

Although I don’t usually enjoy so many flashbacks, this movie needed them and uses them well. Kudos to cinematographer

Jamie.Ramsay (Living) for making sure we see what’s happening and not throwing in so many dark scenes we want to scream. Also, period costumes by Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Brooklyn) are just right.

Congratulations to director Tom George (This Country) and writer Mark Chappell (Bliss) for doing a great job of including Agatha Christie’s “gathering of the suspects” toward the end of the story. They also deserve thanks for adding their own creativity to that part of See How They Run.

And finally, as an avid Christie fan, I think she must be smiling wherever she is now.

(Released by Searchlight Pictures and streaming on HBO Max. Rated “PG-13” by MPAA.)

SUBTLE YET HILARIOUS WRITING, BRILLIANT ACTING, WIT--THIS ONE HAS IT ALL

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The Pueblo Area Agency on Aging (PAAA) is administered under Pueblo County Department of Human Services. PAAA mission is to provide a coordinated, comprehensive service delivery system that assists older citizens in maintaining independence, health and personal well-being. PAAA is funded under the Older Americans Act and contracts with various agencies in Pueblo to provide services to the community.

Services provided by SRDA, First Light Home Care, Colorado Legal Services, and Center Toward Self Reliance are possible due to funding provided by the Pueblo Area Agency on Aging. Partnerships between PAAA and these agencies provide services and assistance to older adults residing in Pueblo County. Two requirements to qualify for services are, reside in Pueblo County and be 60 years of age or older. Contact PAAA for services at 719-583-6120 or directly to the agencies providing the service.

PAAA services available through partnerships with local agencies are:

SRDA 719-545-8900

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Center Toward Self-Reliance 719-546-1271

Vouchers to assist with out-of-pocket costs associated with dental work, dentures, eyeglasses, and hearing aids are available through PAAA. Farm vouchers are available July through September to allow the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables at participating local farms.

OUR PARTNERS:

• Blind and Visually Impaired Program • Chore Services

Jennifer Novak, PAAA Program Assistant

Colorado Legal Services 719545-6708

Russ Guerrero, Administrator - Adult Programs

• Public benefits appeal

• Divorce, custody, emotional/ physical abuse of the elderly

For information on services, call: (719) 583-6120 or email Jennifer.Novak@ pueblocounty.us.

All services through PAAA and partners are first come, first serve. Funding is limited and not guaranteed.

Dina Godinez, PAAA Program Coordinator (719) 583-6318 or email Dina. Godinez@pueblocounty.us

• Evictions, landlord/tenant disputes, housing discrimination

• Bankruptcy, small claims, garnishment, identity theft

• Wills, powers of attorney, living wills, guardianships

• Medicaid, Medicare, private health insurance

The Pueblo Advisory Council on Aging (PACA) is an advisory board to PAAA. PACA Board members are appointed by the Board of County Commissions and is composed of community members who have a vested interest to improve the quality of life for older adults.

If Interested in serving on the PACA Board, please visit https:// county.pueblo.org/boards-and commissions/boards-and-commissions or call 719-583-6120 to have an application mailed to you.

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USDA and Social Security Administration Collaborate to Improve Nutrition Security through SNAP

CROSS-ENROLLMENT IMPROVES CUSTOMER SERVICE, ELIMINATES ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS, AND GETS MORE PEOPLE THE SERVICES THEY NEED

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced a strengthened partnership to help connect Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. USDA and SSA’s new joint agreement, or memorandum of understanding, will improve efficiency, helping to advance food and nutrition security and reduce the hurdles families face to obtain the government assistance they need. SSA continues its commitment to help people access SNAP benefits in two critical ways. SSA employees notify SSI applicants and recipients of their eligibility for SNAP. And, when everyone in a household is applying for or receiving SSI, SSA will help them apply for SNAP. Under federal law, FNS reimburses SSA for time and resources spent on SNAP screenings and applications.

The updated memorandum of understanding, which is renegotiated every five years, prioritizes efficiency by piloting alternatives to outdated paper-based application processes and collecting data to inform future improvements. Expanding the use of electronic applications and telephonic signatures will make it easier for SSI recipients to complete their SNAP application. SSA will also provide additional data to USDA on the number of SSI applicants not receiving SNAP and at what point they drop out of the application process.

“Social Security is committed to reducing barriers and ensuring people who are eligible for benefits receive them,” said Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi. “Partnering with

USDA to test more efficient ways to apply, share information, and help SSI families apply for SNAP assistance makes it easier for people to obtain the services they need.”

“USDA is dedicated to working collaboratively with our federal partners to improve access to our nutrition assistance programs,” said Stacy Dean, deputy under secretary for USDA's Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. “Allowing SSI applicants and recipients to apply for SNAP with SSA prevents applicants from having to provide the same paperwork to multiple offices and reduces burden on state and local administrators. We’re continually working to make it easier for all people, but especially vulnerable populations — like adults and children with a disability or blindness and people age 65 or older — to access the nutrition assistance they need and deserve.”

This partnership supports Executive Order 13571 on Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service and underscores the Biden-Harris Administration’s commit-

ment to delivering better results for the American people by modernizing government programs and expanding equity in federal assistance programs. It also supports Pillar 1 of the Administration’s recently released National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, improving food access and affordability.

USDA’s FNS works to end hunger and improve food and nutrition security through a suite of more than 15 nutrition assistance programs, such as the school breakfast and lunch programs, WIC and SNAP. Together, these programs serve 1 in 4 Americans over the course of a year, promoting consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe, and affordable food essential to optimal health and well-being. FNS also provides science-based nutrition recommendations through the co-development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. FNS’s report, “Leveraging the White House Conference to Promote and Elevate Nutrition Security: The Role of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service,” highlights ways the agency will

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THEME:

ACROSS

GEOGRAPHY 101

1. Piece of data

6. Baryshnikov's step

9. Back wound

13. Soft palate hanger

14. *Any high mountain

15. Tsar's edict

16. Means

17. Bishop of Rome's jurisdiction

18. Female water-elf

19. *Highest mountain

21. *Sea that is also the largest lake 23. A in MoMA

24. *Small island

25. Ignited

28. Lamborghini model

30. Extravagant

35. 15th of March, May, July or October

37. ____-a-Sketch

39. Technology expert

40. Novice

41. Damage one's reputation

43. Lil' Bow Wow's first name

44. Bette Midler's movie "____ Pocus"

46. "I'm ____ you!"

ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS

Many citizens of the City of Pueblo believe that leaving a city manager form of government and electing a mayor was a big mistake...

* The City Charter states that City Government is nonpartisan.

* The City Manager Office to the Mayor’s office has tripled in cost to over $1.5M.

* The mayor hired a Chief of Staff aka City Manager.

* The mayor controls the agenda.

* The mayor has veto power.

* The mayor has 100% control.

Absolute Power Corrupts.....Absolutely!

This Group is submitting a petition to return to a City Manager form of government.

The City Manager is hired by City Council, works for the 7 members of City Council, and is accountable for actions.

This Citizen’s Group is petitioning for a Charter Amendment with a vote of the people May 2, 2023.

We will need approximately 4,000 signatures and begin circulating for signatures in January.

We are looking for dedicated volunteers.

Please email BackToCityManager@gmail.com and we will reach out to you with more details.

Please email BackToCityManager@gmail.com

47. Unit of pressure

48. Denver breakfast choice

50. Big rig

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53. Excessively abundant

55. Ensign, for short

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61. *National Geographic ____

65. Gibson garnish

66. Arabic garment

68. D-Day beach

69. *Longest continental mountain

range

70. Nada

71. Energy to motion converter

72. Golf pegs

73. Red Cross bed

74. Follow as a consequence

DOWN

1. Surfer's "man"

2. Tel ____, Israel

3. Ditty

4. Extremist

5. Masters without t

6. Ghost of Christmas ____

7. Miller High Life, e.g.

8. Four-eyes' gear

9. Bypass

10. Uber alternative

11. *The largest continent

12. Past participle of "be"

15. Remove from political office

20. Eyelid infections

22. Opposite of nothing

24. Burning aroma producer

25. *____sphere, the solid earth

26. "She is pulling my leg," e.g.

27. 9 a.m. prayer

29. *____sphere, air surrounding earth

31. Sleeveless garment

32. Blood of the gods, Greek mythology

42. Young Montague

45. Brown and yellow finches

49. Cravat or bola

51. Financial gain

54. 100 centimes

56. "Barefoot in the Park" playwright

57. Summer ride

58. "Green Gables" protagonist

59. Amusement park attraction

60. Sturgeon ____ and salmon

61. Table mineral

62. Chow or grub

63. Biblical pronoun

64. Ready and eager

67. ____sphere, all life on earth

ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS

Many citizens of the City of Pueblo believe that leaving a city manager form of government and electing a mayor was a big mistake.

Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 through 9.

The City Charter states that City Government is nonpartisan. The Manager Office to the Mayor's office has tripled in cost to over

This group is submitting a petition to return to a City Manager form

The City Manager is hired by City Council, works for the 7 members

This citizen's group is petitioning for a Charter Amendment with a vote

We will need approximately 4,000 signatures and begin circulating for

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in ourselves. It is a present that's wrapped in the love of God and tied with the red ribbon of Christ's sacrifice. It is freely given to us by the Savior, and our job is simply to pass it on to others.

Unexpectedly, as I read these wise words on forgiving others, a healing balm soothed my heart. Of course, I forgive my daughter. Although she will probably never regain my trust, I will not withhold forgiveness. Over the years, I have learned that forgiving doesn’t mean we are obligated to allow that person to abuse us again. However, forgiving releases me from a bondage of my own making. Withholding forgiveness is like eating poison and hoping the other person will get sick.

I opened the card wanting desperately to find inside a word of apology. It was a simple Christmas card. Nothing more. Thankful it wasn’t filled with her wrath I put it back in the envelope. I will respond, reminding her she is still loved and that I have forgiven her. I pray you will do the same for the child in your life who needs to hear those words. Because when you do, a prisoner will be set free, and you will find that you were the one in prison. May God bless you with a clean slate as you begin this New Year.

© 2022 Jan McLaughlin. Jan can be contacted at (719) 649-2937 or (719) 275-6971 And by e-mail at JansMail@Reagan.com. Also visit PrayerForPrisoners.org

Spice Up Game Day With These Mouthwatering Recipes

(StatePoint) It’s football season, and there’s only one thing to make game day a bigger win: delicious game day food!

Looking to add some kick to kick-off? Take flavor and heat off the bench and put them into the game with these recipes from Frank’s RedHot, America’s number one hot sauce. Whether you’re tailgating or hosting from home, Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce, made with a premium blend of aged cayenne peppers, is a must-have ingredient.

Classic Buffalo Chicken Wings

If you’re someone who agrees that no tailgate or watch party is complete without wings, you’re in good company. According to Chef Jordan Carfagno of Frank’s RedHot, chicken wings are the brand’s most searched recipe during football season. And it’s no wonder, Frank’s is the original Buffalo wings sauce flavor. Anyone looking to kick their wings up a notch can try this mouthwatering recipe for a classic take on wings, and it can be made in the oven at home, or in an air fryer if you’re tailgating.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup butter, melted

•1/2 cup Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce

• 2 and 1/2 pounds chicken wing pieces

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Mix butter and RedHot Sauce in medium bowl; set aside.

2. Arrange wings on large foil-lined pan. Bake on lowest oven rack for 30 minutes or until crispy, turning once.

3. Toss wings in sauce mixture until well coated. Serve with blue cheese and celery, if desired.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Chef Carfagno says dip recipes are gaining popularity this year, and this spicy creamy Buffalo chicken dip is the MVP of them all. Make it in the oven at home or plug in an instant pot or slow cooker for on-the-go prep.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken

• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened

• 1/2 cups Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce

• 1/2 cup ranch dressing

• 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Spoon into a shallow 1-quart baking dish.

2. Bake 20 minutes or until mixture is heated through; stir. Sprinkle with green onions, if desired, and serve with chips, crackers and cut up veggies.

Check out FranksRedHot.com for more game-day recipes and inspiration.

This football season, bring your A-game to your tailgate spread by adding the perfect blend of flavor and heat to classic fan favorites.

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fFaerie traits, and activities.

While investigating the Celtic culture, ignoring its’ faerie realm would be negligent. Frequently emanating from the Scottish Highlands many of our stories provide researched, factual folklore, usually written by eminent academics worldwide. Solid proof is provided of supernatural beings, and entities. One must keep an open mind, devoid of obvious fears and skepticism resulting from looming non-believers. Many of my future stories involve actual descriptions of these ‘other worldly existences.’ It's a magnificent trip into the faerie world, and I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I.

Time to explore another Scottish highland species associated with the ‘good people’ aka the faeries, goblins, and many other related types of creatures. A uniquely shadowy figure, this being will boggle the mind. The Fachan, so unusual; sporting only one large eye, one leg, one massive twisted claw-like hand and heaven knows what other unearthly digits, one can only speculate! Nevertheless, the Fachan and his graceless/physically assembled family members remain a significant part of the underworld, but they are seldom seen in daylight. Take a

minute and in your mind picture the above description of the Fachan, and the shy albeit tiny replicas of their father will undoubtably pull at your heart strings!

We’ll now attempt to discover explicit details of the faerie world. For instance…a faes longevity? Such an enormous task ahead, so hold on tightly, and bear with me…not an easy accomplishment. Would Immortal be an educated guess? However, many faerie funerals are documented, also each time a tiny child expresses disbelief in faeries, a little person drops dead. However, despite wild speculations, it’s universally known that a life of hundreds of years endurance is the norm.

The English poet, painter, writer and artist extraordinaire William Blake, while enjoying a sun-drenched afternoon in his garden, reported seeing a faerie corpse cautiously supported by pixies and faes, resting amid rose petals, while preceded by somber chanting elves and faeries. The burial conducted with astonishing solemn, mesmerizing ceremony was captivating. Sadly, the unearthly scene suddenly vanished, leaving William Blake to cope with his sadness. Descriptions of faeries and goblins are essential for articulating our stories, with vivid reality, so now we move on to ‘Lusmore’ an Irish legend who resides in a fertile glen beneath the Gaelic mountains. Always wear ing sprigs of foxglove, he is never seen without his straw hat. Like a human sized version of a beetle, this creature is saddled with a huge de formity: an abnormally large hump on his back. A talented craftsman, he confidently plaits straw into hats, baskets and other marketable items. Meanwhile undoubtedly due to his distortion, he’s shunned by locals and villages. One evening by the old moat of Knockgrafton, while resting his wary limbs, Lusmore heard unearthly music emanating

from the water’s edge. Suddenly, amid a dusty, irrational whirl wind, emerged a mass of faeries intent on adopting this poor ungainly dwarf. Ultimately, in honor of his place with the faes, even his unsightly hump disappeared. Now feeling a sudden surge of utopia, he wore a suit. His head felt dizzy and he slept. Renamed Jack Madden his personality changed to arrogant and selfish causing a big disruption in faerie land. So angry were they that a larger (than the original) hump was dispatched onto ‘Jack’s’ back. Unceremoniously, he was ejected from their castle. Next morning, he was found dead. The moral here is never piss off a faerie. In the next few weeks, we’ll explore more stories and descriptions of unusual and interesting creatures from the faerie realm. Stay tuned and our little people wish you all a healthy, prosperous and happy new

Thought for the day: It’s easy to say ‘I must do something’ but it takes less energy to just do it!

The English poet, painter, writer and artist extraordinaire William Blake, while enjoying a sun-drenched afternoon in his garden, reported seeing a faerie corpse cautiously supported by pixies and faes, resting amid rose petals, while preceded by somber chanting elves and faeries.

DAVID SHRIBMAN

David

OPINION-EDITORIAL

simply left by the scholarly wayside, regarded as just one of the bearded nonentities—mere placeholders in America’s greatest place of honor—between Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

Now he’s back in favor, in a big way.

WHAT GRANT'S BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION 137 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH SAYS ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA

Lost in the pre-holiday rush ... was an important marker in the culture wars on religion and race in America. Ulysses Grant is getting a battlefield promotion.

The 18th president has been dead for 137 years, his presidency ended in 1877, and his Civil War heroics ended more than a century and a half ago. But like much of American history, the final verdict on Grant has been a matter of debate for decades. A hero in the view of the Union, a merciless butcher in the view of the Confederacy, he was denigrated as a hopeless drunk, cast into history’s dustbin as a clueless chief executive and maybe a corrupt one, then

So big that, while you were looking elsewhere, Congress passed a little-celebrated but vital defense authorization bill that had an unusual element, the promotion of Grant to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. As a result he will stand only with George Washington and World War I General John J. Pershing with that honor. The promotion came with bipartisan support, a triumph in its own right.

In the Great Simplification of American history, some of the hard work of Grant has been forgotten, though all his blemishes remain vivid. But the Grant story is a great American tale, of growth, redemption and reconciliation.

“Grant was courageous, he managed the demons in his life and he left a commendable life record,” Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, who with Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri headed the effort, said in an interview. “He struggled throughout his life and wanted real democracy for his country. He’s one of our greatest leaders.”

But perhaps the most significant element of Grant’s life was not when he stood by his actions but when he changed his mind. The better we know that story, the easier it may be to change minds in our own time.

In 1862, amid brutal Civil War fighting, Grant signed General Order No. 11, designed to expel Jews from a huge area stretching between the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers and all the way from parts of Mississippi to parts of Illinois. The words of this order stir echoes from Nazi Germany and

prompt chills today:

Post commanders will see that all of this class of people be furnished passes and required to leave, and any one returning after such notification will be arrested and held in confinement until an opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners, unless furnished with permit from headquarters.

In his biography of Grant, the historian Ron Chernow called the Order “the most sweeping anti-Semitic action taken in American history.” But there was more. The very day Grant signed the order, he wrote a letter that employed an ancient trope about Jews while describing how Jewish traders of the time bought cotton and paid for it in Treasury notes “which the Jew will buy up at an agreed rate, paying gold.”

An indispensable account by the Brandeis historian Johnathan D. Sarna sets forth what Grant did as president: Appointed a top B’nai B’rith official to be recorder of deeds. Spoke out against the order expelling Jews from border areas of Russia. Sent a Jew to be American consul to Romania in the wake of persecution of Jews there. Aligned himself with Jews in efforts to keep religion out of schools. Became the first president to attend the dedication of a synagogue (and made a financial contribution to it). Squired a delegation of Jews, including Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, through the White House. “ I know all about you,” the president told Wise, perhaps the leading Jewish figure of the 19th century, “especially in connection with Order No. 11.”

That was no mere aside. “That Grant used the occasion to recall his Civil War order banishing Jews,” Sarna wrote, “indicates that the blot on his record—that he had failed to live up to his own high standard of what it meant to be an American—was never far from his mind.”

Nor far from his mind was the cause over which the Civil War was fought.

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The conflict may have begun as a struggle to save the Union but it slowly was transformed into a battle over slavery. Before Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Grant helped establish contraband camps in the Mississippi Valley to provide food and shelter to Blacks who had fled the bonds of slavery.

“Here was someone who was an abject failure at the beginning of the Civil War who turned out to become an amazing general and a person who really evolved during the course of his lifetime,” said Anne Marshall, a Mississippi State University historian who is the executive director of the Grant Presidential Library. “He put the might of the federal government behind civil rights.” He deserved his promotion.

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