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Flower Power pot licenses get OK Larimer County commissioners approve licenses allowing the store to grow and sell recreational marijuana.

By Kevin Duggan KevinDuggan@coloradoan.com

FLOOD RECOVERY

The sale of city-owned land for a multimillion-dollar wellness center has rankled some residents.

ESTES PARK VOTES FOR

ECONOMIC WELLNESS

By Ryan Maye Handy RyanHandy@coloradoan.com

Months after the September floods devastated the mountain town of Estes Park, residents approved two ballot measures in April that some say could transform the community. A temporary1percent sales tax hike and the controversial sale of an empty lot near the town’s famed Stanley Hotel are both expected to boost an Estes Park business scene that saw its reliance on tourism dollars exposed last fall. The town saw its links to important tourist dollars destroyed by the flood only weeks before a federal government shutdown shuttered Rocky Mountain National Park, the area’s main draw. After taking a dive in September and October, sales tax collections in the town have been consistently up from the prior year since November. The $438,863 collected this March was 10.35 percent

more than the town collected in March 2013, state figures show. But much still rides on the months of June through September, when monthly collections can crest the $1 million mark. Passage of the two measures on the April 1 ballot — one to increase sales tax and the other to turn the empty lot into a large wellness center — were less about a vote for a short-term economic boost than they were about a cultural shift, town administrators say. Sales tax money could generate an additional $20 million to fund road repair, a public trail system and a much-desired community center. The vacant Lot 4, on the other hand, is destined to become an Anschutz Wellness Training Center that could transform Estes Park into an international fitness hub — at least that’s what Mayor Bill Pinkham hopes. “I think we can say a big ‘yay’ for the election results for both the sales tax as well as the sale for

Lot 4 of the Stanley Hotel property in Estes Park is the proposed site of a new wellness center. V. RICHARD HARO/THE

ESTES PARK SALES TAX COLLECTIONS

Sales tax collections since August 2013. Month Tax Change collected from prior the Anschutz Wellness Center,” year COLORADOAN

said Pinkham. “Wellness is actually going to help generate a yearround economy for this town. I look at this as really the turning point — and something that will really be looked at in the years ahead as a big turning point for the economy.” The April vote allowed the town to sell Lot 4 to the Stanley, but several more pieces must fall into place before the wellness center can open for business. The project, a joint venture with the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park Medical Center and the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Aurora, needs millions of dollars to get off the ground. See ESTES, Page A8

August 2013

$935,211

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$675,862

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October 2013

$492,592

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November 2013

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Consultants gain feedback but leave many questions unanswered on CSU stadium By Kelly Lyell KellyLyell@coloradoan.com

Opponents of CSU’s plan to build an on-campus stadium clearly were disappointed Monday night after a public update and “listening session” on the project. There were no answers to many of the questions they had for consultants, who have been hired to work on the stadium and compete studies on the impact it will have on the surrounding neighborhoods and city as a whole. That wasn’t the point of the session, said Roger Sherman, the facilitator of the Community Design Development Advisory Committee. The purpose, he said, was to give

community members a chance to share their concerns with consultants working on the stadium design and those conducting studies on traffic and parking, noise and lighting so that they can incorporate those questions and concerns into their studies before they’re completed. About 160 residents attended the session at the Lincoln Center. The advisory committee, Sherman said, will hold a similar session after the various studies are completed in mid- to late July. Colorado State University’s Board of Governors has given conditional approval to move forward on the stadium project while giving university President Tony Frank

two years to raise at least half the estimated cost through private donations. The fundraising deadline is this October. “I wanted to ask questions that hopefully will be addressed down the road,” said Mike Knowles, a CSU alumnus and basketball season ticket holder who lives in a neighborhood just north of campus. “It will be interesting to see at the July meeting how they’ve incorporated these issues into what they’re doing.” Knowles and Sherman believed it was a constructive session. “I rotated around, and I saw instances of questions that since I have been involved in the process have not come up yet, so that’s ex-

Objections to a second recreational marijuana store in Larimer County drifted away Monday. The Larimer County commissioners approved granting licenses to grow and sell recreational pot to Flower Power Botanicals, 1308 Duff Drive. The business is already one of two medical marijuana outlets in the unincorporated area of the county. In the process of granting the licenses, the commissioners waived a requirement that retail marijuana stores be located at least 500 feet from a place of “amusement or recreation.” The commissioners said they were comfortable with how Flower Power and owner Peter Verchick conduct business. The medical marijuana side of the business has operated without incident for more than three years. Flower Power and Choice Organics, the other licensed recreational marijuana business in the county, have closely followed regulations, said Commission Steve Johnson. “We do have a track record with those folks that’s really pretty good,” Johnson said. The commissioners have said they will allow only two licenses for each aspect of recreational marijuana regulated by the state: cultivation, retail sales, infusedproduct manufacturing and testing. With grow and sales licenses granted to Flower Power, no other recreational marijuana stores will be allowed in Larimer County outside city limits. Following the hearing, Verchick said he expects to open the recreational side of the business

cellent; that’s what we want to do,” Sherman said. “... There were some new things here, and we’ll document it all and keep working through it.” Others, on both sides of the issue, weren’t so sure it was worthwhile, with the same objections to the proposed $254 million stadium that have been voiced since it was first proposed dominating many of the breakout sessions. “They’re not asking questions; they’re dominating and giving answers,” stadium supporter Jan Woods said. Bob Vangermeersch, who heads up the anti-stadium Save Our StadiSee STADIUM, Page A5

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GOLDEN Authorities ID body found west of Denver Authorities have identified a woman whose body was found on Lookout Mountain west of Denver. Jacki Kelley, spokeswoman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, says 38-year-old Sandra Mercado was stabbed to death. Investigators originally said Mercado had no known connection to Colorado, but they now say she lived and worked in Aurora. A hiker found the body near Windy Saddle Park and the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave on Thursday morning. Investigators believe the woman was killed within 24 hours of her body being found, but they have not determined where the murder occurred.

CLIFTON Deputy-involved shooting spurs inquiry An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances after authorities say a man was shot by a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy. Deputies were called to investigate a man standing along a roadside in Clifton on Sunday who called the sheriff’s office threatening to harm himself. Authorities say when deputies arrived, the shooting occurred. According to KKCO-TV, the man’s name and nature of his injuries were not available. Grand Junction police and the district attorney’s office are investigating.

People watch the Galena Fire from the east edge of Horsetooth Reservoir on March 15, 2013.

Wildﬁre experts predict average year for Colorado By The Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD — Wildfire experts predict an average year for fires in Colorado in 2014, welcome news after two consecutive seasons that were worse than average, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Monday. But even an average year means fires could scorch more than 155 square miles, Hickenlooper warned. “Normalcy should not in any way imply relaxing or a lack of vigilance,” he said. Wearing a yellow firefighter’s shirt, Hickenlooper stood amid aircraft and fire trucks parked inside a hangar at Centennial Airport and discussed the annual wildfire outlook briefing he just received from state and federal wildfire managers. “The good, positive perspective that I can bring is I think we are ready,” he said. Hickenlooper also signed three wildfire-related bills, one authorizing nearly $20 million for the state to buy two fire-spotting planes and contract for four helicopters and four single-engine tankers. The state currently has contracts for only two single-engine tankers. Rain and snow fell outside the hangar, leaving slush and puddles of water on the tarmac and prompting Hickenlooper to wish for more.

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Flames from the High Park Fire are seen from the west end of Glacier View in June 2012. COLORADOAN LIBRARY PHOTOS

“We could certainly use more days like this,” he said. A weekend storm dropped up to 2 feet of snow on parts of the state. Tim Mathewson, a meteorologist who works with regional firefighters, said spring moisture is important for lowering wildfire danger. “This is a very critical time for moisture. We expect spring to be wet, which usually reduces our fire risk,” said Mathewson, who works at the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center in suburban Denver, which oversees firefighting in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.

Mathewson, who prepared a weather briefing for Hickenlooper, warned that even wet years can be dangerous, citing1994, when a wildfire killed14 firefighters in western Colorado. The outlook is not uniformly positive. Southwestern Colorado remains dry, though not as dry as a year ago, Mathewson said. Hickenlooper also signed bills Monday that authorize the state Water Resources and Power Development Authority to make loans for forest health projects and make technical revisions in the rules for prescribed burns.

State unveils on-demand license plate system By John Aguilar The Denver Post

DENVER — Drivers who love dis-

playing one of Colorado’s nearly 100 specialty license plates will love how easy it’s going to be to get their beloved placards from now on. The state is about halfway finished rolling out its new print-ondemand license plate system, in which specialty plates are printed and mailed to customers only in response to specific orders. Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles spokesman Kyle Boyd said the more efficient approach will save the state about $640,000 annually —

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and customers a trip to their local Department of Motor Vehicles office. Print-on-demand spares DMV offices across Colorado from having to keep some of the lower-demand plates in their inventory, saving the state unnecessary printing costs, Boyd said. About 13 percent — or 150,000 — of all license plates issued annually in Colorado are specialty plates. Motorists pay about $50 for a plate bearing the insignia of their alma mater, favorite Colorado sports team or veteran organization. The DMV expects to wrap up the rollout across all 64 counties on May

30. Boulder County was one of three counties chosen by the state in early April to pilot the print-on-demand system, and so far things are going smoothly, said Mircalla Wozniak, spokeswoman for the Boulder County Clerk’s Office. “The public has been pleased to have their specialty plates mailed to their home,” she said. “We’ve issued approximately 300 plates through the print-on-demand system since it launched.” Boyd said license plates are made by inmates at the Colorado Territorial Correction Facility in Canon City.

A former Arapahoe County sheriff convicted in a meth-forsex case has violated his probation by testing positive for meth and alcohol. Court documents released Monday show that 71-year-old Patrick Sullivan tested positive for methamphetamine use three times between September and March. The documents say Sullivan tested positive for alcohol use four times between April 2012 and last August. Sullivan was sentenced in 2012 to 38 days in jail and placed on two years’ probation after pleading guilty to felony possession of methamphetamine and soliciting for prostitution. A judge in March extended Sullivan’s probation after he failed a urine test. The court documents say Sullivan also left the state without permission three times this year. A hearing on his probation is scheduled for Thursday.

DENVER Gay GOP group’s ad hits Polis on fracking A gay Republican organization is airing a radio ad attacking Democratic Rep. Jared Polis for supporting possible ballot measures to limit fracking. The ad from the Log Cabin Republicans contends that ballot measures limiting fracking could cost Colorado tens of thousands of jobs. The spot notes that Polis is independently wealthy. It contends he is financing the ballot challenges to energy exploration. The ad is noteworthy because Polis is openly gay. The Log Cabin Republicans say they get involved in economic issues and that Polis’ sexual orientation was not the reason for the ad. — Coloradoan news services

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Your views on the news Readers comment on history, Randy Fischer, CSU tuition and the NFL draft.

“I love your articles, Barbara. It’s fascinating to read about the history of Fort Collins and people, places and events often long-forgotten. Thank you for writing them and keeping history alive.” RON WEBER, on Barbara Fleming’s A Walk Through History column

“Can’t wait to see them in a Broncos uniform! Bibbs can definitely pass the depth chart to be a number two back, and Shaq will be awesome! Go Rams!”

“Gotta pay for that new stadium and parking garage somehow ...” TOBY SELF, on CSU’s tuition increase

“Randy has been a great legislator ... very hardworking and always responsive to his constituents. He has done a tremendous amount of good for the people of Colorado. When I was in the Senate, we sponsored a bill to protect groundwater from in-situ uranium mining ... Randy welcomed my bipartisan help. He’s been there numerous times for Northern Colorado.” STEVE JOHNSON, on Rep. Randy

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Of the wild animals that have tested positive in the state, about a quarter are from Larimer County, according to the health department.

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6. Interactive: List of Rams playing in the NFL 7. Snow, rain to give way to freeze in Fort Collins 8. 22 arrested at Fort Collins DUI checkpoint 9. ‘Serious injuries’ for school bus driver in I-25 crash

10. Neighbors fight for MMJ dispensary’s retail license

Springtime snow day Atticus, a 2-year-old chocolate Lab mix, gets ready to pounce on a tennis ball at City Park in Fort Collins on Monday. V. RICHARD HARO/THE COLORADOAN

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More than 200 graduates are expected to walk across the stage Tuesday and accept their degrees during Front Range Community College’s commencement. The event starts at 7 p.m. at the Budweiser Events Center, 5290 Arena Circle, in Loveland. Eric Reno, founding president of Northeast Lakeview College in San Antonio, Texas, and a former vice president of FRCC’s Larimer Campus, is the keynote speaker. FRCC awards degrees and certificates in the semester they are earned but conducts commencement once a year, in the spring. Graduates from the summer and fall 2013 semesters and spring 2014 semester may participate.

Twenty-two people were arrested for impaired driving or minor in possession of a controlled substance during a sobriety checkpoint held Friday in Fort Collins. Of those arrested, 20 were charged with either driving under the influence or driving while ability impaired, according to a news release from Fort Collins Police Services. One person was arrested for minor in consumption, while another was arrested for possession of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia by a person younger than 21. During the operation held from 10:55 p.m. Friday until 2:30 a.m. Saturday, participating officers contacted 1,572 vehicles.

Dale Miller, the longtime director of Larimer County Road and Bridge, plans to retire at the end of the year. Miller came to work for Larimer County in 1991 and was promoted to road and bridge director in 1999. Miller is a native of Larimer County and a graduate of Colorado State University. Prior to coming to the county, Miller worked for area road construction companies. Miller stated in a press release that he intends to spend more time with family and friends and pursue outside business interests while in retirement. County officials intend to recruit a new director by the end of the year.

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Larimer County has confirmed its first animal case of rabies this year. A bat found in west Fort Collins tested positive for the disease, according to the Larimer County health department. “This time of year, bats begin to emerge from hibernation or begin their northern migrations,” said Rich Grossmann, environmental health specialist with the county health department. “During this seasonal movement, bats may roost in temporary sites, increasing the likelihood of human or pet contact.” Skunks, the main carrier of rabies in Larimer County, are also beginning to emerge. Rabies has been increasing in Larimer County the past few years. Bats, skunks, raccoons, bison, horses, a cat, foxes and cattle have tested positive for rabies along the Front Range since 2012. Of all the wild animals that have tested positive in the state, about a quarter of them are from Larimer County, according to the health department. But the county health department warns that the numbers can be misleading. “The numbers represent only those animals that have been tested because of encounters with people, pets or livestock,” Grossmann said. “Certainly there are many more animals with rabies out there, but they haven’t been tested, so they are not counted.” The health department offers these tips for staying safe from rabies: » Know the signs of a rabid animal. » Have your pets vaccinated against rabies and keep their shots up to date. Keep your pets’ shot records. » Avoid animals displaying aggressive or other behavior unnatural for the breed. Avoid touching wild animals at all times, even if they seem “tame.” Teach children to never touch a wild animal and to report finding a dead or sick animal to an adult immediately. Do not try to care for a wild animal that seems ill. Skunks and bats are active at night, so if you see one during the daytime, it might be ill. » Keep bats from entering See RABIES, Page A4

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Mother’s Day snow in Fort Collins breaks records The 3.8 inches that fell nearly doubled the previous May 11 record.

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Crews clean up a crash involving a school bus and semitanker on northbound I-25 on Sunday. ERIN HULL/THE COLORADOAN

Bus driver involved in I-25 crash suffers serious injuries The bus involved was from Wyoming, state troopers said.

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Colorado State Patrol has identified the school bus driver injured in a Sunday crash that shut down northbound lanes of Interstate 25

for five hours on Mother’s Day. Utah resident Allen Parker was driving a school bus northbound on I-25 when his bus rear-ended a semitanker just south of Wellington. The bus’s cab was smashed, and medical personnel helped Parker out of the bus. The bus was from Wyoming and not affiliated with a Larimer County school, ac-

cording to state patrol. Parker was taken to Poudre Valley Hospital with serious injuries, according to state patrol. He was in good condition at PVH as of 2 p.m. Monday. On Sunday, roads across Northern Colorado became treacherous as a snowstorm blanketed the state. Snow squalls shut down U.S. Highway 287 north of Ted’s Place

for most of the day. For much of Sunday, northbound I-25 traffic north of Fort Collins was forced to take the frontage road while crews cleared the crash. The driver of the semitanker refused treatment. State patrol did not have an official cause of the accident and is still putting together an accident report.

Ferrets to return to Soapstone Prairie

Several Northern Colorado lawmakers supported bill to reintroduce black-footed ferrets.

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A couple of black-footed ferrets take a peek at the world above ground at the National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center northeast of Fort Collins. Thanks to a House bill, the ferrets will be reintroduced on Soapstone Prairie. COLORADOAN LIBRARY

duced on Soapstone Prairie and on Meadow Springs Ranch, where they are expected to cull a growing prairie dog population. In being returned to their natural environment, the ferrets face the risk of catching

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National Hispanic Recognition Scholars

This program recognizes more than 5,000 of the highest-scoring students from more than 250,000 Hispanic/ Latino juniors who take the PSAT/NMSQT. Olivia Sponsler, Fort Collins; Anna Garcia, Liberty Common High School; Yamilex Avila-Stanley, Liberty Common.

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do lawmakers — including Sen. John Kefalas, Rep. Randy Fischer and Rep. Joann Ginal — will be at the governor’s signing, which is open to the public. The signing will take place at 11 a.m. at 408 Mason Court.

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Black-footed ferrets will soon be roaming and hunting again on Soapstone Prairie, thanks to a Colorado House bill to be signed this week by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor will be signing the bill, HB-1267, Saturday morning at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, home to two black-footed ferrets that are likely to remain in captivity. The ferrets are natural predators on the Fort Collins natural area, which spans 28 square miles and is 25 miles north of Fort Collins. They were believed extinct until 1981, when a small population was discovered and then bred in captivity near Fort Collins. Fort Collins will become one of 21 reintroduction sites in eight states for the ferrets. The ferrets will be reintro-

If the Mother’s Day snow in Fort Collins seemed unusual, that’s because it was. On May 11, Fort Collins saw the most snow on record for that date since 1918. While Colorado is no stranger to snow in May, the May 11 snowfall and precipitation measurements broke records, according to Colorado Climate Center data. The precipitation record, set in 2005 at 1.13 inches, was broken by the 1.97 inches

recorded Sunday. The snowfall record, previously set at 2 inches in 1918, was broken by Sunday’s 3.8 inches. Looking at snowfall data since 1889, Assistant State Climatologist Wendy Ryan noted that Colorado frequently sees snow in the first half of May. In May 2013, Fort Collins saw a record amount of snowfall, but it all fell during the first two days of the month. On May 1 last year, Fort Collins was pummeled with 12.8 inches of snow. None of the May snows, however, have broken the record for latest recorded spring snowfall, Ryan said. That record was set in 1947, when half an inch of snow fell June 12.

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To report animals, contact the Larimer Humane Society Animal Control program at (970) 226-3647, ext. 7. If you have been bitten or exposed to the saliva of an animal that might be carrying rabies, call the health department at (970) 498-6775 for advice or seek medical care as soon as possible. Only emergency rooms provide treatment for rabies exposure. The CDC website offers information on rabies and steps to reduce the risk of exposure. Larimer County has mapped the locations of animals that have tested positive the past three years. For more information, visit http://larimer.org/health/ehs /rabies.htm.

your home through damaged screens, open windows and small holes near doors or under gutters. » Keep your pets under supervision, obey leash postings and prevent them from roaming and coming in contact with wild animals that might be rabid. » If you suspect your pets or livestock have been in contact with a rabid animal, or if they are showing signs of illness or unusual or aggressive behavior, contact your veterinarian immediately. Livestock owners should check with their veterinarian about rabies vaccinations for their horses, cattle and other livestock.

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Fort Collins man charged in Wyoming shooting By Ben Neary Associated Press

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Goshen

County, Wyomnig, prosecutor has charged a Fort Collins man with attempted murder in a shooting last month that authorities say left a Hawk Springs man paralyzed. Goshen County Attorney Patrick Korell on Wednesday filed a complaint against William Eugene Schlager Jr., 51, of Fort Collins. Circuit Judge Randal R. Arp issued a warrant for Schlager’s arrest based on Korell’s complaint. The complaint alleges that Schlager shot Timothy Toedter, of Hawk Springs, on April 26. In addition to attempted first-degree murder, Schlager faces charges of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, attempted robbery, aggravated assault and battery, and being a previously convicted felon in possession of a gun. The robbery charge against Schlager alleges he tried to rob Toedter while threatening him with a deadly weapon.

According to the Goshen County Attorney’s Office, Schlager is being held in the county detention center. According to a statement from the Goshen County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to an establishment called The Emporium in Hawk Springs just after 8 p.m. April 26. When they arrived, they found medics of the Hawk Springs Fire Department treating Toedter for a gunshot wound. Following the shooting, Schlager left Hawk Springs and drove toward Cheyenne on U.S. Highway 85, authorities said. A release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol states that troopers laid out spike strips on the highway about 17 miles north of Cheyenne that damaged the tires on Schlager’s vehicle when he drove over them. The release states that Schlager fired an unknown number of shots after he got out of his vehicle. “Troopers then engaged the suspect, who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire,” according to the release.

A Highway Patrol statement the day after the Schlager’s arrest stated that he was flown to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center for treatment of his wounds. Goshen County Sheriff Donald J. Murphy said Thursday that Toedter was shot with a rifle and left paralyzed. Murphy said Toedter is being treated at a Denver hospital. “I don’t know what the outcome will be. That’s something that the doctors will deal with, and I haven’t spoken with any of the doctors,” Murphy said. “He was shot in the back.” Murphy said the shooting was a shock to Hawk Springs residents. He said Schlager was born and raised in the area but has been living in Colorado recently. Laramie County District Attorney Scott Homar received reports Wednesday on the shooting exchange between Schlager and the troopers in Laramie County, his office said Thursday. No charges have been filed yet in Laramie County.

Slain Colorado prison chief’s name added to law memorial By Raju Chebium Gannett Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The name of

slain Colorado Corrections Chief Thomas Lynn Clements has been added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in the nation’s capital. Clements was one of 286 officers nationwide killed in the line of duty whose names were added during National Police Week, observed in midMay. Most of those memorialized died in 2013, though some

who served as far back as the 19th century were only now included. Clements, 58, was shot and killed when he answered the door to his home on March 19, 2013. He was an advocate of reducing solitary imprisonment in Colorado prisons. This week, officers from across the U.S. are traveling to Washington for National Police Week. Six from Fort Collins Police Services will ride the last leg of the Police Unity Tour cycling ride from

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New Jersey to Washington. They are officers Casey Box, David Lindsay, Dustin Wier, Jared Sargent and Maureen Noe, and Community Services Officer Angeline Allen. Fort Collins officers will wear a black memorial band across their badge, and flags at FCPS headquarters will be flown at half-staff on Thursday during National Peace Officers Memorial Day.

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um Hughes group, was disappointed there were so few answers nearly 21⁄2 years after the stadium was first proposed. Consultants couldn’t say what kind of events other than football games would

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in two to three months. Recreational sales will be conducted separately from the medical marijuana side of the business. “Our top priority remains meeting the needs of our patients,” he said. An issue about Flower Power’s application for a recreational marijuana license arose when county officials became aware that a racetrack for radio-controlled cars was located in a business next door. County regulations require at least a 500-foot separation between marijuana facilities and places of recreation. In some cases, such as schools, a 1,000-foot separation is required. For Flower Power to receive a license, the 500-foot rule needed to be waived. The track — E-Team Hobbyplex — is a side business for a vehicle repair shop in a building 25 feet from Flower Power. Hobbyplex owner Lowell Ennis wrote letters of support for Flower Power’s application, stating the shop as been an excellent neighbor and has caused no problems. Ennis also submitted pet-

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be held at the stadium, he said, and other than the 85,000 square feet of academic space on the east side of the facility, there were few details on design elements to accommodate those events. “They’ve been at this two years; they’re professionals,” Vangermeersch said. “Where are the answers?” Hopefully, those will

come, City Councilman Ross Cuniff said. “The big concern is what are the impacts on the surrounding areas and how are they going to be addressed,” said Cuniff, who is a member of the design advisory committee. “If they are taken back and taken seriously, then I think that would be a great outcome.”

itions signed by customers supporting the application. Most separation requirements are intended to protect businesses and residents from the impacts of a business or activity, Johnson said. For a business that is supposed to be “protected” from a marijuana business to wholeheartedly support it is unusual and noteworthy, he said. Commissioner Lew Gaiter supported a waiver of the separation rule for the cultivation license but not the recreational marijuana store. Gaiter said he felt uncomfortable with the small distance between the track and Flower Power. He also was uncomfortable waiving a regulation that has been in effect only five months. Commissioner Tom Donnelly said he had no trouble with the waivers or the licenses given Verchick’s history. Imposing the distance limit would be counterproductive in meeting its intent, he said. Many business tried to get marijuana licenses from the county, but only two made it through the county’s competitive process, he said. “I do think that his record should buy him some ability to try out this new venture

and hopefully be successful,” Donnelly said. The county planning commission last month voted 7-2 to recommend against granting the licenses based on the county’s distancing rule. Had the recreational marijuana licenses been denied, Flower Power would have been able to continue operating as a medical marijuana outlet. Verchick told the commissioners he was not trying to get “under the radar” regarding the track. He did not know it was there and neither did county officials. “This is a unique situation; you are not setting precedent,” he said. Verchick said his business is down 40 percent since medical marijuana stores reopened in Fort Collins. The city has agreed to allow recreational marijuana stores but has yet to issue a license. Choice Organics, 813 Smithfield Drive, received its recreational license from the county and opened that side of its business April 9. If Flower Power’s application for recreational pot licenses were denied, others could have applied for the licenses to grow and sell recreational marijuana, said county planner Michael Whitley.

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Hail, snow damage stock at Fort Collins nurseries Area nurseries suffered some plant loss due to extreme weather over the past week.

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Center Partners employees Tina Magana, left, and Stacy Scott look at an account in the T-Moble business center at the company’s Fort Collins location in 2011. COLORADOAN LIBRARY

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The impact of the purchase on jobs at the Fort Collins call center is unclear. By Pat Ferrier PatFerrier@coloradoan.com

Center Partners, which operates a Fort Collins call center, has been sold to international business outsourcing and call center service provider Qualfon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the sale’s impact to jobs in Fort Collins was not immediately clear Monday morning. Center Partners was owned by WPP PLC and its research arm Kantar. Center Partners has about 2,500 employees in six contact centers in Washington, Idaho and Colorado. The company said it posted revenue of $110 million in 2013. The Fort Collins call center,

which handles customer calls for several different firms, has had its ups and downs in the past year. Last year the center at 4401 Innovation Drive announced it was laying off hundreds of employees but in October reversed that decision and said it expected to add 400 jobs by the end of last year. “Today is a major turning point as Center Partners adds global capabilities, and it’s also the brink of a new era that presents an even more promising horizon for our clients and employees,” Center Partners CEO Jim Dunn said in a statement released Thursday. “I am excited to see where the new company will go in the future.” On Monday, Dunn was no longer employed at Center Partners.

Calls to Center Partners seeking comment were not immediately returned. Qualfon said in a statement that CEO Mike Marrow will lead Center Partners and the call center will take on the Qualfon brand name. Qualfon has 10,000 employees and 11 contact centers. “At Qualfon, our approach is simple and powerful,” Marrow said in a statement. “We offer better performance at a lower price to clients because we are an organization intensely focused on people. We found an outstanding business in Center Partners that shares the same people-oriented approach and is a perfect fit to both diversify our client base and also to enable us to have an experienced U.S. delivery operation offering premier services to clients.”

La Creperie opens in new site By Josie Sexton JSexton@Coloradoan.com

After closing for 10 days on West Mountain Avenue in Old Town, La Creperie has reopened at its new location in Midtown Fort Collins. The family-owned French restaurant and bakery opened Friday at 2722 S. College Ave., previously Jimmy C’s Fish & Chips, which closed in December. In January, La Creperie owners Jean Claude and Carole Lucas announced they would move to the Midtown location, citing more parking, a better-equipped kitchen, and ample space for both their restaurant and bakery. The new space has two outdoor patios, one for the restaurant and one for the bakery. An inside dining room seats 65 and is separated from the bakery by an open kitchen. Carole and Jean Claude have painted murals on the walls and filled in any blank spaces with old sepia photographs, potted plants, hanging kitchen utensils, and vegetables and vases of house-warming flowers. Jean Claude, who “grew up in bakeries” in France, said he also has room for more cakes, his specialty. From the bakery, customers can expect 15 different “two-bite-sized”

After closing its Old Town location, La Creperie reopened Friday at 2722 S. College Ave. in Midtown Fort Collins. JOSIE SEXTON/ THE COLORADOAN

pastries, fresh fruit tarts with macaroon cream, and traditional French eclairs filled with custard and topped in chocolate ganache. He said the cakes are perfect in a selection for a dinner party or individually as a quick dessert. This summer, he and Carole also plan on changing the restaurant’s menu, but for now they are busy with reopening adjustments. Already over the weekend, Jean Claude said his bakery did “better than his best day on Mountain (Avenue).” On Sunday customers for brunch faced more than a two-hour wait, but Jean Claude said that was typical for Mother’s Day. Either way, the owners are happy to be moved into their new neighborhood.

AT A GLANCE: LA CREPERIE » What: The French restaurant and bakery opened Friday in the former Jimmy C’s Fish & Chips location in Midtown. » Where: 2722 S. College Ave., Fort Collins » When: Closed Mondays; bakery open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; restaurant open 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; both open until 2 p.m. Sunday

“This is me,” said Jean Claude, referring to the area. “If we had come here five years ago, we might have had problems, but now ... I’m sure it’s the right spot.”

Employees at Bath Garden Center and Nursery in Fort Collins got busy at 5 a.m. Sunday, moving thousands of tender plants out of Mother Nature’s Mother’s Day fury. Pummeled by hail last week, snow Sunday and frigid temperatures overnight, “it was all quite a doozy,” said indoor greenhouse manager Erin Phelan. “We did the best we could to save as much as we could. We only suffered a small loss.” Bath had just received a large shipment of roses that had to be moved inside, along with some perennials and vegetable plants. Fort Collins Nursery also suffered minor damage. “It’s been a challenge, but we’re doing OK,” marketing manager Heather Chappell said. “With the snow, they were anticipating all of this.” The nursery put its more tender plants on racks over the weekend so shoppers could still peruse the products, which then could be moved easily indoors once the weather changed. The true test might come Tuesday morning after expected freezing overnight temperatures, Chappell said. “We’ve got a lot of things covered ... tomorrow we will get some sunshine and everything will get uncovered.” By Wednesday, the weather is expected to change again — warming up, melting the snow, and thawing out the shrubs, bushes, trees and flowers. With the calendar showing mid-May and warm temperatures, many were lulled into a false sense of security about planting for the spring growing season. On Monday, the nurseries were scrambling to answer calls from people asking how to save the plants they already put in the ground. After a heavy, wet snow hit last April, the nurseries were expecting at least one last blast of winter. “We know it can happen,” Chappell said. “It doesn’t matter that it’s mid-May. This is Colorado.” Jessie Eastman, owner of Fort Collins Nursery, said in an email to customers that some plants particularly sensitive to cold might not survive even if they’re covered. “So if you’re like me and already have tomatoes and peppers planted, now might be a good time to add a little whiskey to your coffee and accept the inevitability of replacing a few plants.” The other big concern is fruit trees, Eastman said. That’s a little more dicey, he said. If the trees have already started to set their fruit, they might be OK. If they are still in bloom, frost might cause the trees not to bear fruit this year.

TIPS TO PROTECT YOUR PLANTS » Shake off as much snow as possible from the plants and bushes. » Use frost cloth, either laid directly over plants or attached to a structure. » Using black plastic to cover soil in vegetable gardens also will warm the soil, prevent moisture loss and keep weeds at bay. You can do the same in landscape beds with a layer of mulch. » Even an upside-down nursery pot can cover plants overnight. Just remember to remove any covering during the day so sunlight can get in.

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Summer financial literacy workshops scheduled JBA Wealth Management, a Fort Collins financial firm, is launching The Intentional Spending Project, a publicprivate partnership that provides free financial literacy workshops and seminars. Workshops are scheduled to launch this summer and will run on an ongoing basis. Topics include personal spending plans, avoiding financial scams and Homeownership 101. Information: Susan Larson, (970) 2231922 or www.intentionalspending. com.

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LETTERS Colorado is going to pot in more ways than one Red-light cameras: The Colorado Legislature bowed to the brainwashing by city mayors and police chiefs. Millions of dollars talk loud and clear. Heaven help us if we have four more years of Democratic dictatorship. What can we expect? Gay marriages? All guns and ammo banned? Emissions tests for lawn mowers? Ban cars in favor of bicycles? A brewery on every corner? Pot and liquor at the checkout isles in supermarkets? We can buy pot cookies, pot bread, pot cereal and pot candy for the kids. Every newspaper has from one to three or four pages, including the front page, on beer, breweries, bicycles and marijuana. The old traditional hunting, fishing, travel and agriculture take a back seat and are seldom mentioned. Yes, “Colorful Colorado” has gone to pot in more than one way. We might hope for better in November, but Republican voters soon forget the past. Like dogs, kick them out the door, and they come back licking your hand. P.S. Many of us subscribers are not interested in five pages (Coloradoan, May 5) of runners (and bicycles) blocking highways and streets at the expense of residents, tourists and trucks that drivers pay for. Max R. Hutchins, Fort Collins

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Grads find way through life lessons, if not speeches As they walk across the stage in front of an arena packed with friends and family, today’s college graduates are escorted into the real world with a variety of advice. Most of it, I suspect, is just noise, competing for prominence in their heads with plans for dinner and graduation parties, strategies for landing a job, checklists for paying bills and moving out of apartments, worries about tripping on the “Pomp and Circumstance” march, and oh, how did they miss that easy question on that final exam? It’s fitting, though, to fight through the noise. And so we have speeches. Some of them — like Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s “Wear sunscreen” advice — resonate years later. This past weekend, my niece graduated from the University of Nebraska Lincoln with a degree in political science and international development. It took her five years, years full of monumental challenges. Chief among them were her parents’ divorce; some great adventures including a study abroad semester in India; and some life-altering decisions, primarily a love affair with Lincoln and a fiance. Sometimes she still seems like the little girl who used to wander around the house, chattering to her imaginary friends in a language only they could understand. But she’s not that anymore; she is now a woman with a research job awaiting her, an endless supply of dreams and ambition, and hopefully sunscreen near her bathroom mirror. In 2005, not long after being diagnosed with cancer, Apple founder Steve Jobs told Stanford graduates: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” My niece lives in a tiny apartment wallpapered with posters of punk rock bands and bumper stickers that encourage dissent and inquiry. She spent a semester as a page at the Nebraska Statehouse and, thanks to those and other experiences, is beginning to trust her inner voices. She buys into the advice that

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rocker Bono gave students at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009: “The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” And she is already well on her way to upholding the advice Amazon founder Jeff Bezos gave to Princeton graduates in 2009. He related a personal story in which, he said, by trying to show off his mathematical prowess and to leave no question about how smart his was, he brought his grandmother to tears. There’s a difference, he said, “between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift; kindness is a choice.” If only we all could make that distinction. My niece’s graduation ceremony was at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in downtown Lincoln, aka the House that Tim Miles built. It is a beautiful, brand-new, $179 million, 15,000-seat arena (twice that number when they fill the floor) that hosts Husker basketball games, concerts and Mother’s Day brunches. Nearly 2,000 students walked across the stage — although blessedly for those of us in the audience, they did not read everyone’s name. Graduates stopped for a quick photo with their diploma, and if you were lucky and paying attention at the right moment, you saw your special graduate on the Jumbotron. Former football coach and Nebraska legend Tom Osborne was honored during the ceremony with the Nebraska Builder Award. He was lauded for his time in the U.S. House of Representatives; his teen mentoring program TeamMates; and his contributions as a lifetime ambassador for his state, his university and his personal creed. In a fairly brief and surprisingly interesting speech, the keynote speaker, James B. Milliken, a lawyer and professor emeritus at UNL, extolled the benefits of a lifetime of learning, volunteering, creating strong relationships and working to improve your community. He sent the graduates out with a succinct motto: “Be like Tom,” he said. If she takes nothing else from her time in college, I hope my niece — who attended only two Husker games during her tenure at UNL — in her own unique way, can put that lesson to use. She does believe, at least part of the time, that she can make a difference. I believe, all of the time, that she already has. Erin Stephenson is a publishing editor at The Coloradoan. Contact her at ErinStephenson@coloradoan.com.

Health services provided by our local VA outpatient outlet are subject to many of the same forces as any business, i.e., demand for the services and the supply of dollars to run it. Thousands of qualified vets enter this health system monthly, yet politicians routinely play funding games for their own political purposes and act aghast when issues arise. This local VA outlet puts out high-quality services to vets like myself. Young politicians eventually realize that the cost of a military and its related services are about the same whether we are in times of peace or conflict. Mike Marin, Fort Collins

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Don’t bike to work because it’s National Bike to Work week (May 12-16). Don’t bike or walk to work because it saves you money, reduces traffic congestion and makes parking a breeze. Don’t bike to work because it can reduce your carbon footprint while making you healthier. Don’t bike to work because it’ll be faster on those days that traffic, and train, congestion is at its worst (usually Friday around 5 p.m.). Bike or walk to work because it kicks butt! Bike or walk to work for you. Once you get over looking like a geek and worrying about a little rain, wind or cold (or your hair), you’ll fall in love with how it starts and ends your day. This is my 30th year of commuting by bike and foot in all seasons, rain or shine, with very few exceptions. Go ahead, be a little selfish; get yourself a nice ride and some gear and start looking forward to your daily commute. If you’re not sure how to get started, there are several organizations that can help (Bike Fort Collins is just one of them). Kurt Tuggle, Fort Collins YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES Sen. John Kefalas, D, District 14 Email: john.kefalas.senate@state.co.us; phone: (303) 866-4841; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R, District 15 Email: kevin@kevinlundberg.com; phone: (303) 866-4853; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 Sen. Vicki Marble, R, District 23 Email: vicki.marble.senate@state.co.us; phone: (303) 866-4876; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 Rep. Perry Buck, R, District 49 Email: perrybuck49@gmail.com; phone: (303) 866-2907; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 Rep. Brian DelGrosso, R, District 51 Email: brian@briandelgrosso.com; phone: (303) 866-2947; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 Rep. Joann Ginal, D, District 52 Email: joann.ginal.house@state.co.us; phone: (303) 866-4569; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 Rep. Randy Fischer, D, District 53 Email: randyfischer@frii.com; phone: (303) 8662917; office: 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203

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KURT FELKER SOAPBOX: ETHANOL

Tell Big Oil enough is enough, save environment It’s time for America to wake up and realize how much damage our addiction to oil is doing to our environment. Last month, two major spills grabbed headlines across the country — 168,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled into the Houston Ship Channel and 1,683 gallons were dumped into Lake Michigan. These spills killed numerous birds, dolphins and other marine life, and have harmed the environment in ways we cannot even fully grasp. And these are just the oil spills we’ve heard about. Galveston Bay alone averages 275 oil spills a year. We need to break our dangerous addiction to foreign oil before we break our environment. Better fuel choices are on the market right now, and we need to demand them at our fueling stations. Homegrown, American ethanol and renewable biofuels can fuel your car and protect the air you breathe. In 2013, the 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol blended into gasoline in the United States helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions from on-road vehicles by 37.9 million metric tons, which is the equivalent of removing 7.9 million automobiles from the road. Did I mention that no beach has ever been closed due to an ethanol spill? Ethanol has a reliable, highperformance record that started with the very first Model T. Today, it fuels everything from NASCAR to your car. The American Petroleum Institute and Big Oil want to stop this and maintain the stranglehold they have on the liquid fuels market and the wallets of American consumers. We can’t allow this to happen. We won’t see more savings at the pump until we see more competition at the pump. When given the choice, I believe that consumers will choose cleaner, greener, renewable biofuels like E15 and drive away with more money in their pockets and the knowledge that they improved our nation’s environment, energy security and national security. It’s time to tell Big Oil that enough is enough. We need to clean up our environment, not damage it. We can drill all we want here in Colorado, but the U.S. will still import oil from the Middle East. We need to stop supporting the Middle East and start supporting homegrown, American-made, renewable fuels. Kurt Felker is a Severance resident.

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The hospital has two years to raise the $5 million necessary to build its portion of the new building — the actual medical center. While the hospital launches into fundraising, the Stanley Hotel will build the center’s other portions — a hotel extension and living quarters for the new wellness center’s employees. If the hospital falls short of its funding goal, the Stanley will take over the entire project, with the right to use the land as it sees fit. Although the wellness center could bring up to 70 fulltime jobs to Estes Park, some residents remain skeptical of other benefits the center might bring to the town. For years, Don Sellars has fought to keep Lot 4 free of development. Now, Sellars’ group, Friends of Lot 4, fears that the center will be all but inaccessible to Estes Park’s general public. Like the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Aurora, Estes Park’s version will cater to elite athletes and

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“wealthy clientele” who go to the center for fitness, training and diet tests, Sellars said. “A lot of people in town who weren’t in on the details of the deal, when they think of the wellness center, they think of a nice, big modern place to exercise and get in a big workout when the weather is bad,” said Sellars. The center will not be something people can use unless they buy at least a fourday package, which includes housing in the future Stanley Hotel extension, said Brian Herwig, CEO of the Estes Park Medical Center. That hotel addition will be open only to guests of the wellness center, he said. The center’s future employees — dietitians, trainers and physicians — will give talks at community and exercise centers as a way for locals to access the expertise offered at the center. Still, it’s an out-of-town draw, Herwig said. “We believe that 95 percent of people using the wellness center will certainly come from outside of Estes Park,” Herwig said. That’s precisely what disappoints Sellars about the

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Heavy equipment moves dirt and debris from the September 2013 flood at the Aspen Lodge Resort and Spa in Estes Park on Tuesday. V. RICHARD HARO/THE COLORADOAN

deal, although the city made about $1.3 million on the sale of Lot 4 to the Stanley, offering the town an economic boost after last fall’s flooding. “We just hope the wellness center comes to fruition, but it probably won’t be a benefit to anybody in town,” Sellars said.

This is not the first time commercial developers have made a pitch to build on Lot 4, but Sellars attributes the success of the Stanley’s plan for the wellness center to a struggling post-flood economy. Around 2007, Lot 4 became city property and the potential home for a new city hall.

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other things, which Pinkham thinks will add to the town’s wellness appeal. The tax expires in 10 years. For Pinkham, the flood underscored the town’s need to “diversify the economy,” and make local businesses less dependent on seasonal tourism to Rocky Mountain National Park. He hopes other business, such as the Aspen Lodge Resort and Spa, can ride on the tails of the wellness center’s clientele. Pinkham also knows that, regardless of the flood’s scars, developing Lot 4 is an unpopular choice for residents who are “passionate about open space.” The vote is conclusive and the town has spoken, but it still dashes some of Sellars’ hopes for the community, he said. “Personally, in my life, that’s not why we selected Estes Park for a place to retire to. A lot of retired people came up here because of its rustic charm and its old-time Western beauty,” Sellars said. “We came here because of the way it is. We want it to stay vibrant and economically viable. At the same time, we don’t want it to become built up and commercially exploited.”

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Eventually, when that project fell through, a plan surfaced to turn the lot into a bridal shopping center, but that too failed. Instead, the lot sat as open space owned by the city. In a valley known for its love of preserving open spaces, Sellars had been sure that the April ballot measure to approve the lot’s sale would be defeated. The lot’s sale sailed through the election, receiving 61 percent voter approval. “We had hoped for a better showing. We thought we would do better because of the sensitivity in the Estes valley ” said Sellars, who petitioned for months to get another measure on the April ballot to turn the lot into a conservation easement. “I guess people were more concerned about the financial aspect.” The financial benefits of the center could have been a powerful pull for business owners and residents. The need for an economic boost might also have influenced the sales tax approval vote, which passed with 64.5 percent favor, Pinkham said. A quarter of the new sales tax revenue will go toward a new community center, among

» September flooding and the October government shutdown dealt the Estes Park economy a pair of crippling blows. » On April 1, voters approved a 1 percent increase to the town’s sales tax. Additional revenue collected will fund street repair and construction, the expansion of public trails, construction of a community recreation center, and emergency response improvements. » Effective July 1, the sales tax rate in Estes Park will be 8.5 percent and 10.5 percent on vacation lodging rentals. » A separate vote approved the $1.3 million sale of city-owned land near the Stanley Hotel, to become home for an Anschutz Wellness Training Center. Funding for the center still must be secured.

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KRASNOARMEISK , UKRAINE ProRussia insurgents on Monday declared independence for Ukraine’s eastern regions, as some suggested joining Russia. Denis Pushilin, a leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said the central government should consider the “will of

the people.” Roman Lyagin, who oversaw the referendum, said, “Joining the Russian federation would probably be an appropriate step.” The Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday’s overwhelming vote for self-rule showed that residents of Donetsk and Luhansk “are entitled to have their own say on the vital issues they face.” In a conciliatory move, Ukraine’s central government pledged to open a dialogue with rebellious pro-Russian militants. “We would like to launch the broad national dialogue with the

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east, center, the west, and all of Ukraine,” Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said, adding that the agenda should include changes to the constitution to give more power to the regions. Yatsenyuk’s stand may mollify Moscow, which has 40,000 troops on eastern Ukraine’s border and has defended demands of ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine for more automomy. In another diplomatic move, Swiss President Didier Burkhalter urged all sides to back a plan Monday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in

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More than half a million Americans with serious mental illness are falling through the cracks of a system in tatters, a USA TODAY special report shows. The mentally ill who have nowhere to go and ﬁnd little sympathy from those around them often land hard in emergency rooms, county jails and city streets. The lucky ones ﬁnd homes with family. The unlucky ones show up in the morgue. “We have replaced the hospital bed with the jail cell, the homeless shelter and the coffin,” says Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., a child psychologist leading an effort to remodel the mental health system. “How is that compassionate?” States have been reducing hospital beds for decades, because of insurance pressures as well as a desire to provide more care outside institutions. But tight budgets during the recession forced some of the most devastating cuts in recent memory, says Robert Glover, executive director of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. States cut $5 billion in mental health services from 2009 to 2012, along with at least 4,500 public psychiatric hospital beds — nearly 10% of the total supply. So patients have lost both the community mental health services designed to keep them healthy, as well as hospital care to help them heal after a crisis.

A man is hospitalized in Orlando with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the second case of the lethal virus found in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. The agency would not identify the 44-year-old man but said he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, not an American. He was a health care worker in Saudi Arabia, the center of the outbreak. The man traveled to the USA from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 1, to visit family in Orlando, traveling through London, Boston and Atlanta. Passengers on the U.S. legs of his journey are being notiﬁed, though the risk of transmission is considered very slight. More than 500 people

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The result is that, all too often, people with mental illness get no care at all. Nearly 40% of adults with “serious” mental illness — such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder — received no treatment in the previous year, according to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Among adults with any mental illness, 60% were untreated. Mass shootings focus the public’s attention on mental illness, but patients and families coping with it suffer private tragedies every day, says Ron Manderscheid, executive director of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors. In a series in the coming months, USA TODAY will explore the human and ﬁnancial costs the country pays for not caring more about the 10 million Americans with serious mental illness.

NOWHERE TO GO The number of facilities designed to provide inpatient psychiatric care has declined sharply in recent years, even as the population with serious mental illness continues to grow. General hospitals with psychiatric units

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CHAPTER 2 JAMMED EMERGENCY ROOMS In Vermont, emergency room doctors stabilized Kelley and saved her life. They ﬁnally found her a hospital bed: out of state. The closest psychiatric bed that staff could locate was in Massachusetts, 215 miles

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A year earlier, Tropical Storm Irene barreled through New England, inundating Vermont’s only psychiatric hospital with 8 feet of water, scattering its mentally ill patients. The ﬂood closed the aged hospital for good, and Vermont has yet to open a new one. Patients and their advocates say the country’s mental health system has been drowning for a long time, not from ﬂoodwaters but from neglect. Kelley says she didn’t want to die but saw only one way to get into a hospital. She swallowed a bottle of pills, then told her husband in the next room, “Now they will have to admit me.” Suicide claims the lives of 38,000 Americans a year — more than car accidents, prostate cancer or homicides, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 90% of suicides are related to mental illness, says Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health. On average, people with serious mental illness die up to 23 years sooner than other Americans, giving them a life expectancy on par with people in Bangladesh, Insel says. Unlike cancer or heart disease, mental illness is not a disease of aging. It usually develops during adolescence or young adulthood, often robbing people of decades of health. Insel notes that 44% of those receiving federal disability payments have a mental illness. Although some may believe mental illness doesn’t affect them, Insel notes that it costs the country $444 billion a year, mostly from lost productivity. These losses are especially tragic, Insel says, because of growing evidence that early intervention can prevent mentally ill people from deteriorating, halting what once seemed like an inevitable decline. “The way we pay for mental health today is the most expensive way possible,” he says. “We don’t provide support early, so we end up paying for lifelong support.”

108,317

80,000

Karen Kelley knows those costs well, resorting to desperate measures to ﬁnd care. Kelley, 55, has battled depression for 15 years. Two years ago, she says, the disease threatened to pull her under. “I was in a very dark place and could not see the way out,” says Kelley, a mother of three adult children who lives in Burlington, Vt. “It’s like being in a tunnel that’s encased in black, and you can’t see the way you came in or the way out, and you’re all alone.” Kelley’s psychiatrist tried to have Kelley admitted to a hospital but was told there were no available psychiatric beds.

113,168

100,000

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160,645

120,000

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away. The ambulance ride cost $3,600, one way. Medicare paid most of the bill. Kelley was luckier than most. In March, a psychotic patient spent two weeks in the same ER, waiting for a psychiatric bed to open up, says Ray Keller, medical director of the emer-

gency room at Burlington’s Fletcher-Allen Healthcare. “We’ve got patients living in our emergency department,” he says. Mental health bed shortages are a national, man-made disaster that people rarely notice until it affects them, Keller says. “We have to do something. It’s an abomination,” says Keller, noting that he sometimes wonders, “Can’t we get some FEMA trailers in here?” For many people with mental illness, the ER can be a kind of purgatory. They end up there because there are no services to keep them healthy. Even when all other resources have been cut, Keller says, “we’re the ones who don’t say no.” In some hospitals, psychiatric patients get private rooms. Elsewhere, they may board in hallways, surrounded by trauma and bright lights 24 hours a day, says Mark Pearlmutter, vice president and chief of emergency network services at Steward Health Care outside Boston. These backups threaten the care given to all emergency pa-

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THE COST OF TREATING MENTAL ILLNESS A community can pay for an entire year of intensive treatment, disability beneﬁts and other services for the cost of one incarceration or hospital stay for a person with mental illness. Experts note that providing home care doesn’t guarantee people won’t end up being hospitalized or jailed. Approximately what $30,000 will pay for if someone is: Living at home

Hospitalized

$31,280

$31,623

$5,685

Subsidized housing

$1,888

Arrested

$30,258

Emergency room

$10,493

Disability income (per year)

$15,102

19-day hospital stay

94-day incarceration, parole (includes court costs)

Sources Jeffrey Swanson and Marvin Swartz, Duke University; Fletcher-Allen Health Care/University of Vermont FRANK POMPA, USA TODAY

For Candie Dalton, caring for an 18-year-old son with schizophrenia is “incredibly isolating.” Her son has been hospitalized six times in four years, most recently in April. He’s been arrested twice for unpaid parking tickets. “This is a disease, just like cancer,” says Dalton of Colorado. “It’s just as devastating. But you don’t get the support.” Some have even blamed Dalton for his illness: “One person said to me, ‘You really need to start praying to God and asking for his forgiveness.’ ” Last year, Dalton’s son was nearly shot by police. He had become psychotic and told his mother he needed to kill someone to make the voices in his head “stop thinking.” Dalton ﬂed her home with her younger child and called the police, begging them not to hurt her son. When Dalton returned home, her

son was stabbing at his car with a kitchen knife. Four police officers were pointing their guns at him. Dalton’s son dropped his knife. Police prepared to leave, telling Dalton that technically, her son hadn’t committed any crime. “I very forcefully told them,” Dalton says, “that they had to transport him to the emergency room.” Dalton’s son got medical treatment for his psychosis. But the family has continued to struggle. “I think I did everything I could,” Dalton says. “The help just wasn’t there.”

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$29,735

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tients, as those without mental illness are forced to wait longer for care, says John Bednar, medical director of Cone Health Emergency Services in Greensboro, N.C. And the problem is getting worse. Mental illness sends 5.5 million people to emergency rooms each year, accounting for 4% of all visits, according to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Because many of the mentally ill are uninsured, hospitals often are uncompensated for their care, Pearlmutter says. That increases the burden both on hospitals and taxpayers, who support emergency care through payments to medical centers that treat a “disproportionate share” of indigent patients. In ﬁscal year 2012, the USA spent $11.4 billion on these payments, about $456 million of that going to the care of the mentally ill. “The mental health care system is in shambles,” Manderscheid says. “If we cared more about this, we probably would do something about it.”

Manderscheid says the USA treats people with mental illness as second-class citizens. They’re neglected by friends and neighbors, as well as lawmakers, who slash services and pass federal policies that block access to care. Many patients cycle through a revolving door of emergency rooms, jails and homeless shelters. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 40% of adults with serious mental illness are arrested at some point, often for petty crimes — such as loitering or public disturbance. About 15% of all state prisoners and 24% of jail inmates are psychotic, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. In some hospitals, up to 90% of beds are used for “forensic” patients, or mentally ill criminal suspects awaiting trial, Glover says. Incarceration carries a high price tag; in New York, it costs $60,000 a year to keep one person in prison. Neglecting mental illness can be costly, but research shows that investing upfront in care can yield big dividends. A Georgia study found that providing comprehensive mental health services to mentally ill people involved in the criminal justice system cut the number of days spent in the hospital by 89% and the number of days spent in jail by 78%. The program saved more than $1 million in its first year. Yet such innovative programs are rarely funded. Fewer than 2% of adults with serious mental illness receive services such as supported housing, supported employment or a comprehensive program called Assertive Community Treatment, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In a tough economy, mental health services are often the first state programs cut, says Kenneth Stolle, sheriff of the Virginia Beach city jail. In some rural areas, there are no services at any price. More than half the counties in the country have no psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. In every state, “the legislature knows we have an abnormally high number of mentally ill people in jails, and they have elected not to fund them,” Stolle says. Two years ago, when the Virginia Beach City Council threatened to cut $125,000 in mental health services, Stolle made up the difference with money from his jail’s reserve fund. Few leaders have that sort of vision, says Paul Greenberg, director of health economics at the Boston-based Analysis Group, a consulting firm. Rather than recognize the need to pay now or pay later, “we’ve created this fake third option where we say, ‘I prefer not to pay taxes and just ignore the problem,’ ” Greenberg says.

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Visitors again set foot inside the Washington Monument on Monday, nearly three years after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake closed it for repairs. About 1,800 people, including veterans wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families, were allowed inside after a reopening ceremony with schoolchildren, bands, singers and speeches. WASHINGTON

“Going up in there and looking out reminded me of what I was fighting for,” said Marine Cpl. Tim Donley, who now uses a wheelchair because of his injuries. From the top, visitors can see the White House, the Capitol, the museums and monuments on the National Mall and beyond to Arlington Cemetery. There are new exhibits on the top floor of the 555-foot structure, including one that tells the story of Gen. George Washington. “They just finished getting them installed at 3 in the afternoon on Friday,” said Jenny

Anzelmo-Sarles of the National Park Service. “You can still smell the glue drying.” The epicenter of the Aug. 23, 2011, earthquake that damaged the iconic obelisk on the National Mall was about 90 miles southwest of Washington, but it caused more than 150 cracks in the monument’s marble, including one near the peak that split a stone from top to bottom. For two years, construction workers mended the marble and reinforced weak spots. “Repairing the Washington Monument included the pains-

taking process of inspecting more than 20,000 stones, repairing cracks, securing loose stones, installing steel supports and repairing extensive damage to the elevator, in addition to completing a thorough seismic study,” said Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service. The project was completed on time and within budget, thanks to a $7.5 million donation from ﬁnancier David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group. His gift was matched by Congress. Contributing: The Associated Press

H. DARR BEISER, USA TODAY

The Washington Monument reopened Monday after a 2011 earthquake caused more than 150 cracks.

Kidnappers release video of Nigerian schoolgirls

All hope is lost for Antarctic glaciers

Ameen Auwalii and Luigi Serenelli

Traci Watson

Special for USA TODAY

ABUJA , NIGERIA

More than 100 of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped a month ago are shown dressed in full-length, black veils in a video released Monday by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram. The authenticity of the 17minute video, released to French newswire Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press, has not been confirmed, and it is not clear when the footage was taken. It shows the girls — about half the number of students still missing — praying in hijabs at an undisclosed location. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said the girls, who are Christians, have converted to Islam. He offered to trade them for group members imprisoned by the government. “It is now four years or five years that you arrested our brethren, and they are still in your prison,” Shekau said in the video. “(The girls) are staying (with us). We won’t ever release them until our brethren are released.” Boko Haram, which translates to “Western education is forbidden,” abducted more than 200 girls from a secondary school in the northeastern town of Chibok. They have been held, their fates unknown, for weeks. In Chibok, parents were hoping to watch the video and identify their daughters, said one of the town’s civil leaders, Pogu Bitrus. “There’s an atmosphere of hope, hope that these girls are alive, whether they have been forced to convert to Islam or not,” he told the Associated Press. The terror group has killed thousands of people since 2009, destabilizing parts of Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest economies. Last week, the Islamist militants opened fire at a marketplace near the town of Gamboru Ngala on the border with Cameroon, killing as many as 300 people. The abduction of the girls has sparked international outrage. First lady Michelle Obama has

The authenticity of the video, which Boko Haram said is of the Nigerian captives, has not been conﬁrmed. Leader Abubakar Shekau said the girls have converted from Christianity to Islam.

“The perception by the Nigerian public is that their entire country has now been hijacked by this group, simply because the group attacks very much at will.” Ayo Johnson, U.K.-based Africa analyst

joined the global social-media campaign under the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The Nigerians, who initially called the kidnappings an internal matter, have now accepted assistance from the U.S., Britain, France and Israel. The Nigerian government, meanwhile, has offered $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of the girls. Nigerian authorities are under ﬁre at home and abroad for their slow response to the kidnappings. Amnesty International accused Nigeria of knowing about the plan to kidnap the girls in ad-

vance and failing to act. On Monday, French President Francois Hollande announced a meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to focus on Boko Haram’s unchecked inﬂuence in Nigeria’s northern region and what can be done to curtail it. Analysts say it is about time. “The perception by the Nigerian public is that their entire country has now been hijacked by this group, simply because the group attacks very much at will and seems to have the ability to appear and disappear,” says U.K.-based Africa analyst Ayo

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Johnson. He says that it appears as though locals and communities are harboring the group. Jonathan has said that Boko Haram “has infiltrated the government, it has infiltrated the police, the security forces and even the Cabinet.” Locals retort that the government has been ignoring them for too long. “The government needs to do something before (more violence takes place),” said Sen. Ali Ndume, who represents the area. Also on Monday, the European Union threw its weight behind a possible intervention from the United Nations Security Council, which is weighing taking measures against Boko Haram. “The EU will work to end the culture of impunity for the use of sexual violence both as a tool and a side effect of conflict worldwide,” an EU foreign affairs council statement said. Contributing: Jad Salfiti in Berlin and Kim Hjelmgaard in London

The vast glaciers of western Antarctica are rapidly losing ice to the sea, according to work by two separate teams of scientists. “The retreat of ice in that area is unstoppable,” study author Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at the University of CaliforniaIrvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said at a briefing Monday, adding that the glaciers have “passed the point of no return.” The likely result: a rise in global sea levels of 4 feet or more in the coming centuries, according to his research. Another study out of the University of Washington showed that the total collapse of a river of ice called Thwaites Glacier is almost inevitable. “It really is an amazingly distressing situation,” says Pennsylvania State University glaciologist Sridhar Anandakrishnan, who was not affiliated with either study. “This is a huge part of West Antarctica, and it seems to have been kicked over the edge.” The researchers say the fate of the glaciers is almost certainly beyond hope. Rignot and his team used data from satellites and aircraft to map changes in six West Antarctic glaciers and the terrain underlying these massive ice floes. They show that a portion of each of the glaciers is being melted from below by warm ocean water. That leads to a vicious cycle of more thinning and faster flow to the sea, the researchers report in an upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters. A report in this week’s Science says that Thwaites Glacier, one of those studied by Rignot’s team, will collapse, perhaps in 200 years. The paper doesn’t specify the amount of sea-level rise associated with Thwaites’ demise. Rignot traces the glaciers’ troubles to global warming and ozone loss, which have changed Antarctic wind patterns.

IN BRIEF AIKEN’S ELECTION OPPONENT DIES AFTER FALLING AT HOME

Singer Clay Aiken’s chief rival for the Democratic nomination for Congress in North Carolina died unexpectedly Monday. Keith Crisco, 71, a former state secretary of Commerce, died “after an accidental fall” at his home in Asheboro, according to a family statement. Aiken, a former American Idol runner-up, led Crisco by 369 votes for the Democratic nomination in last week’s North Carolina primary, but the race was still too close to call. The Democratic nominee will face Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers in the fall. “He was a gentleman, a good and honorable man, and an extraordinary public servant,” Aiken said in a statement. State election officials have been counting absentee and provisional ballots from the May 6 primary, and the nine counties in the district have until today to report their official canvass of votes. — Catalina Camia WILDFIRE BURNS 90 HOMES IN TEXAS PANHANDLE

Firefighters stopped the spread of flames in a wildfire in the

NEBRASKA TORNADO AFTERMATH

MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED TO GAY COUPLES IN ARK.

NATI HARNIK, AP

Stripped trees and debris line the road in Beaver Crossing, Neb., on Monday, a day after a tornado blew through the area. Texas Panhandle on Monday that destroyed nearly 90 homes, officials said. No injuries were reported in the ﬁre, but hundreds of people from a 4-square-mile area around Lake Meredith, between the towns of Sanford and Fritch, evacuated their homes Sunday. The ﬁre destroyed 131 structures, 89 of which were homes, Hutchinson County Emergency Management said.

The blaze was about 65% contained Monday, with the aid of humidity from storm systems in the area and lower temperatures, according to Tom Spencer, head of the A&M Forest Service’s predictions center. The wildﬁre, which swept through a mobile home community, could have been started by a burning shed, said Jason Wright, the county’s assistant emergency management coordinator.

More than 200 gay couples obtained marriage licenses Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend an order gutting a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, who recently said he supported gay marriage but would defend the ban, on Monday formally ask the state Supreme Court to temporarily set aside the ruling. Justices gave both sides until today to lodge arguments with the court, and county clerks inclined to do so could keep authorizing weddings for gay couples. ENERGY SAVINGS BILL FAILS PROCEDURAL VOTE IN SENATE

A popular, bipartisan energy savings bill fell victim in the Senate on Monday to election-year politics and the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline. A procedural motion to limit debate and send the measure to the Senate ﬂoor without amendments fell ﬁve votes short of the 60 votes needed for approval. The legislation would tighten

efficiency guidelines for new federal buildings and provide tax incentives to make homes and commercial buildings more efficient. It easily cleared a procedural hurdle last week but stalled after a Republican demand to include votes on the Canada-toTexas pipeline and on new administration-proposed greenhouse gas limits for coal-burning power plants. PSYCHIATRIST: PISTORIUS HAS ‘ANXIETY DISORDER’

Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder that may have contributed to the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, an expert testiﬁed at his murder trial Monday, prompting the chief prosecutor to say the double-amputee Olympian should be placed under psychiatric observation. Merryll Vorster, a psychiatrist called by the defense, testiﬁed that a series of events in Pistorius’ turbulent life, including the amputation of his lower legs as a baby, his parents’ divorce, his late mother’s habit of sleeping with a gun under her pillow and his own fear of violent crime contributed to his “increasing stress.” From staff and wire reports

USA TODAY FOR FORT COLLINS COLORADOAN TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Northport: Officials

are considering turning riverfront property near the Tuscaloosa airport into a nature park. The Tuscaloosa News reported that Northport officials are discussing setting aside $100,000 to $300,000 in the 2015 budget for a potential development of walking trails, a dog park and possibly camping on the site.

ALASKA Anchorage: The warm, dry spring is bringing some of the highest pollen counts on the planet. Anchorage recorded a tree pollen count of 2,862 grains per cubic meter of air on Friday. Anything over 100 is described as high. ARIZONA Williams: Residents

can be fined for watering lawns or washing their cars with potable water. Businesses are hauling water from outside town to fill swimming pools. ARKANSAS Little Rock: A flash

ﬂood watch is in effect for much of the state through Wednesday as a slow-moving storm system settles over the state. Up to 4 inches of rain is possible in some areas already saturated from recent storms.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: The

trial rollout of the state’s new standardized exams, administered for the ﬁrst time on computers, has been plagued by technical glitches. The Los Angeles Times reported that students taking the tests experienced slow connections and mysterious log-offs — and in some cases their work disappeared. COLORADO Denver: Avalanche

danger has jumped after more than a foot of snow fell in parts of the state since Sunday. Ethan Greene of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said the new snow is landing on top of a thick hard pack of earlier snowfall. Strong winds can dislodge it. CONNECTICUT Shelton: John

Stronkowski, who served as priest at at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church, has resigned at the request of Bishop Frank Caggiano because of persistent absenteeism and other problems. DELAWARE Newark: The Uni-

versity of Delaware is shifting its $1.4 billion endowment away from Wilmington Trust to instead be held by Chicago-based Northern Trust.

HIGHLIGHT: MICHIGAN

Free lunch: Mom pays off kids’ debt Ann Zaniewski

Detroit Free Press

DETROIT A Michigan mother said she has paid all the students’ outstanding cafeteria balances at her son’s school after his debt of about $5 kept him from a hot lunch. Amanda Keown, 33, of Dowagiac, said she didn’t realize her son, Dominic Gant, 16, owed any money until May 2, when a cafeteria worker at Dowagiac Union High School took a tray of food from him and threw it away. When Keown went to the school the next Monday to complain, she forked over $60 — not just to cover her son’s balance, but the balances of 18 other students, too. District officials said that they apologize if a student felt embarrassed — that charging meals is not encouraged but allowed and that the incident has prompted the district to formalize its long-standing policy about charging food. Keown said Dominic was 45 cents short for a $2.45 pizza lunch May 2, a Friday. A cafeteria worker told him he also owed $4.95 for an April 15 meal. Keown said that when Dominic offered to pay $2 and bring all of the money he owed the next school day, the worker threw his food away. Dominic called his mom from

2,000 illegal guns so far this year. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday in a statement that his officers have seized 2,119 illegal guns in 2014. The department seized more than 6,800 ﬁrearms last year.

colony is on exhibit at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum after the previous denizens of the sixth-ﬂoor display succumbed to cold weather and wind. KENTUCKY Fort Knox: Fort

Knox has been selected by U.S. Army Installation Management Command as a 2014 Army Community of Excellence bronze award winner. LOUISIANA Garyville: Two

soft today will present its plan to open one of its ﬁrst training centers in the USA on the city-owned east campus of the former St. Elizabeths hospital, The Washington Post reported. FLORIDA Orlando: Gov. Scott

MAINE Bangor: An adult bald

signed into law a tax cut package that authorizes three sales tax holidays. The legislation includes a nine-day sales tax holiday for hurricane preparation supplies starting May 31; a three-day back-to-school tax holiday in August; and a sales tax holiday Sept. 19-21 on the purchase of energy-efficient appliances. GEORGIA Griffin: Otsuka

Chemical Co. plans to open its North American headquarters on 35 acres in Spalding County. HAWAII Honolulu: Sacred Falls

State Park has seen a spike in the number of citations for trespassing. About 30 people were cited from March to April. The park was closed to the public after eight people died in a rock slide in 1999. IDAHO Moscow: Eight students

and faculty members from the University of Idaho will ﬂy to Bolivia to help a community of 250 people develop a drinkingwater system. ILLINOIS Chicago: Chicago

police have seized more than

school. She picked him up and took him to McDonald’s. “He was so embarrassed,” she said. “I was very, very mad.” Keown said school officials explained to her that if outstanding balances aren’t paid, the school is stuck footing the bill. She said officials told her letters went out informing parents about unpaid balances; Keown said the one she received was postmarked May 2. In a statement on Dowagiac Union Schools’ website, superintendent Mark Daniel said the employee involved works for the food service vendor and did not mean to embarrass the student. “We are highly sensitive to the nutrition needs of our stu-

dent population,” Daniel wrote. Keown said she picked up the other students’ lunchroom tabs because she doesn’t believe they’re being treated fairly. “I’m hoping they can enjoy the rest of their school year and be able to eat lunch,” she said. Earlier this year, Cayden Taipalus, 8, made headlines when he began a fundraising campaign to make sure all the students at his school, Challenger Elementary in Howell, Mich., could have a hot lunch. He and his mom raised $64 through bottle and can returns and donations. They turned it over to Howell Public Schools to help students pay delinquent lunch fees.

MINNESOTA Pillager: About 50

$176.2 billion after paying benefits. The fund for 650,000 government employees pays benefits to about 400,000 retirees and beneficiaries.

train cars carrying coal derailed in Cass County.

NORTH CAROLINA North Top-

sail Beach: The town will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed moratorium on permits for big beach houses while town officials review regulations for high-occupancy homes. The moratorium would block construction of houses with more than six bedrooms and more than 5,000 square feet.

IOWA Panora: Buildings have

plantations along the Mississippi River’s east bank have scheduled festivals for the fourth weekend in October, which had been used by the canceled Oak Alley festival. Vendors will have to choose between Poché Plantation in Convent and San Francisco Plantation in Garyville, but shoppers can go to both.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Micro-

SUSAN WALSH, AP

When Amanda Keown found out her son was denied a school lunch over a $5 debt, she paid it and those of 18 others.

prone neighborhood near downtown will become the site of a new $9 million baseball stadium under plans announced Monday by city officials.

KANSAS Lawrence: A new bee

eagle found sitting on a Bangor sidewalk has been taken to an avian rescue center in Waldo County. MARYLAND Baltimore: The

Walters Art Museum has digitized and cataloged more than 600 American paintings and other artworks, making them available for download and public use. The new digital archive includes rarely seen works from John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt and John La Farge, among others. MASSACHUSETTS Hadley:

Police said the fed up manager of a Mexican restaurant who quit her job at the end of her shift is facing charges for allegedly helping herself to $3,000 in unauthorized severance pay. Her name was not made public.

MICHIGAN Ann Arbor: Visitors to the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens are waiting for an 80-year-old agave plant to ﬂower. Commonly known as the century plant, the Agave americana blooms once and then dies.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The Lawyers 4 Vets clinic starts Thursday at the VA Medical Center. Attorneys will assist low-income veterans with obtaining ID papers, child support and visitation issues, obtaining pardons or clearing legal records, simple wills and powers of attorney, among other matters. SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City:

INDIANA Kokomo: A ﬂood-

been damaged by a storm that roared through the Lake Panorama area. Authorities said at least eight condominiums at the lake were damaged Sunday night, but no injuries were reported.

Di Meo has instead decided to rent out his farm for agricultural use.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Seven

endangered red wolf pups have Choctaw names. The zoo had a weekend ceremony to name the pups born March 30. Chief Phyliss Anderson of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians named the largest pup Nokshópa Iksho, which means “No Fear.”

MISSOURI Higginsville: The

Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group whose ancestors were Confederate soldiers, wants the Confederate battle ﬂag to ﬂy full time again over the cemetery at the Confederate Memorial Historic Site. MONTANA Billings: A hefty

mountain snowpack in the Northern Rockies has driven down the summer wildﬁre potential and bumped up prospects that farmers won’t go dry.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: The city’s

ﬁrst Valentino’s restaurant has baked its last pizza and served its last customer. Longtime customers packed the restaurant Sunday on its ﬁnal day of business. It opened in 1957, and the company has grown to 35 restaurant locations in four states since changing ownership in 1971.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The Agriculture Department has scheduled this year’s round of Project Safe Send chemical collections for July. The program gives farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies and homeowners a way to dispose of unusable herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides free of charge. OHIO Columbus: The Ohio

Neighbor to Neighbor utility assistance program has extended the deadline to May 30 for AEP Ohio customers to apply for ﬁnancial help to pay this winter’s high heating bills. OKLAHOMA Edmond: The

University of Oklahoma’s Chamber Orchestra has been invited to perform three concerts in Germany. The student orchestra will perform three concerts with world-renowned guitarist Stefan Grasse this weekend in Bavaria. discovered a man apparently shot to death in a parked vehicle in the Cully neighborhood. Police are investigating.

world’s most endangered species took a small step away from oblivion over the past year, as the wild population of Devil’s Hole pupﬁsh nearly tripled from 35 in April 2013 to 92. NEW HAMPSHIRE Deering:

PENNSYLVANIA Quakertown:

2,700-acre ﬁre near here in the Gila National Forest is continuing to rage but officials said favorable weather conditions are coming. NEW YORK Albany: The state

RHODE ISLAND Johnston: The

ship: A project to restore ﬁve beaches on Delaware Bay has been completed. NEW MEXICO Silver City: A

comptroller was set to announce that the pension fund for state and local government workers has reached a record high of

TEXAS El Paso: Two highway

workers died after being hit by a vehicle in an accident that may have been alcohol-related. Police detained an 18-year-old soldier with the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss. UTAH Salt Lake City: The Mor-

mon church is moving 67 missionaries out of Ukraine because of continuing unrest there. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints said the missionaries will be reassigned to missions within their home countries to complete the remainder of their service.

VERMONT Winooski: The Com-

munity College of Vermont is going to be hosting the Veterans Writing Project. The free Thursday workshops will be held at CCV’s Winooski location from 6-8 p.m., starting May 29 and running through June 19.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Gov. McAuliffe, a Democrat, is asking the state’s Board of Health to review regulations that impose strict hospital-style building codes on abortion clinics, The Washington Post reported. WASHINGTON Kirkland: City

and county agencies are using the scent-tracking abilities of dogs to determine whether septic tanks or broken sewer lines are leaking into a creek that runs into Lake Washington at Juanita Beach Park. The city Public Works department and King County Department of Natural Resources want to know if contamination is sewage or possibly from pets, raccoons, geese or beavers. The agencies also are testing water samples at the King County Environmental Laboratory.

WEST VIRGINIA Gauley Bridge:

A section of the New River between Hawks Nest Dam and Gauley Bridge is being studied for potential whitewater rafting. The study of the 6-mile section is part of the process for the hydroelectric dam’s relicensing by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Volunteer outﬁtters paddled the Dries last week in rafts and kayaks at several water release levels from the dam. They then ﬁlled out rating questionnaires. WISCONSIN Stevens Point:

A local developer is revamping Quakertown’s Palace Theater into the Quakertown Brewing Co. Co-owner Alicia DeMarco said the restaurant will offer beer brewed on the premises along with pub fare from local farms. The Palace Theater was built in 1922 and hosted vaudeville shows and later silent movies followed by talkies.

NEW JERSEY Middle Town-

TENNESSEE Nashville: Gov. Haslam is holding seven ceremonies for the same bill. The Republican begins his spree today in Cookeville for the Tennessee Promise law, which will cover community college tuition for high school graduates. He’ll sign in Jackson and Covington on Wednesday, Blountville, Knoxville and Chattanooga on Thursday and Nashville on Friday.

OREGON Portland: Neighbors

NEVADA Las Vegas: One of the

Investigators said a brush ﬁre here was caused by power lines rubbing against a tree. No injuries were reported.

The Reptile Gardens tourist attraction has slithered its way into the record books. The facility, which has more than 200 species of reptiles from around the world, is listed in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book as home to the largest collection of reptiles.

owner of a 108-year-old farm here has dropped plans to build duplexes on the land. The Providence Journal reported Michael

The City Council is considering regulating electronic-cigarette vapor bars. “These things are so new, you don’t have other ordinances to follow,” City Attorney Andrew Logan Beveridge said. WYOMING Cheyenne: Laramie County Community College is creating a streamlined block of core classes to help students move on to the University of Wyoming or other four-year schools. Compiled from staff and wire reports by Tim Wendel and Dennis Lyons. Design by Michael B. Smith. Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

USA TODAY FOR FORT COLLINS COLORADOAN TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

MONEY 4,790 days to go from 1500 to 1600

MONEYLINE NUMBER OF THE DAY

$57.3 BILLION

Google’s cash and short-term investments. It is one of seven non-financial S&P 500 companies with more than $5 billion in cash and short-term investments that pay no dividends. See the rest at americasmarkets.com.

CONSUMERS’ LAMENT: ‘WE DON’T NEED OUR STUFF’

Consumers across the globe say they want less stuff. A survey of 10,574 adults in 29 nations being released today finds that half of consumers say they’d live without most of their items. Twothirds get rid of possessions at least once a year. Havas Worldwide conducted the “New Consumer and the Sharing Economy” survey.

Record run puts it within eyelash of next benchmark

1600. 1700. 1800. Do I hear 1900? The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index followed the blue-chip Dow to new recordhigh territory Monday, eclipsing its April 2 alltime close of 1890.90 and putting it within four points of its first-ever close above 1900. The push to new highs for the S&P 500, which closed up 1% to 1896.65, has come amid a massive shift by investors out of highoctane growth stocks and into more dependable, less-pricey ROCKY ROAD value stocks. The S&P 500 index Formerly highflying tech, has had several biotech and small-cap stocks significant setbacks the beginning have been clobbered in recent since of the year. weeks, pushing the Nasdaq composite to 5% below its May 12 2014 high and the Russell 2000 small-cap index to 6.2% 1900 1896.65 below its record high. But the stodgier blue-chip stock gauges like the Dow 1850 Jones industrial average and S&P 500 have held up. “Instead of falling, the S&P 500 1800 has done a good job rotating out of speculative securities 1750 to more core holdings,” said Patrick Adams, portfolio manager at Choice Invest- 1700 ment Management. Follow the money, and you’ll better understand the 0 market’s recent turbulence. A Dec. ’13 torrent of investor cash has Source Bloomberg been flowing out of formerly USA TODAY highflying growth stocks this spring and is being diverted to less-pricey and more stable stocks that offer better value. There has been a “massive rotation out of growth into value this spring,” says TrimTabs Investment Research. Since the start of April, investors have yanked $5.6 billion out of “growthoriented” ETFs that invest in U.S. stocks, TrimTabs says, and poured $3.9 billion into “valueoriented” ETFs. “Fund flows have shifted dramatically beneath the market’s calm surface,” said David Santschi, CEO of TrimTabs. “In recent weeks, investors showed an overwhelming preference for value over growth. These flows mark a huge change in trend.” Heading into the week, the S&P 500’s “pure value” index was up 9% in the past 13 weeks, vs. a 1.3% gain for the “pure growth” index, S&P Capital IQ says. Many investors are “re-evaluating the prospects” of these growth companies. After a rocky start to the year, the market has found a second wind, lifted by a better-thanexpected first-quarter earnings season. Seven out of 10 S&P 500 companies topped Wall Street forecasts, Thomson Reuters says. Investor sentiment has also been bolstered by signs that the U.S. economy is regaining its strength after commerce, sales and travel were disrupted by the nasty winter weather. It’s been 170 days since the S&P 500 topped 1800, which is a slower rate of ascent than recent 100-point jumps to 1600, 1700 and 1800. John Stoltzfus, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer, views the“corrective rotation” as a “healthy outcome.” It has taken “the air out of potential ‘pocket bubbles’ that could have proven much more disruptive had they been left to grow,” he said in a report.

Adam Shell USA TODAY

BREAKING THE BARRIER The race from 1800 to 1900 has taken a tad longer than the previous two 100-point milestones. Here is how many days it took the S&P to break through the 100-point barriers since the 1500 level.

KATHY WILLENS, AP

WYLY’S BAD DAY JURY RULES FOR SEC

Texas businessman Sam Wyly, 79, and the estate of his late brother, Charles, could be liable for as much as $550 million after a Manhattan federal court jury decided Monday that they used offshore trusts to secretly trade millions of dollars in securities of firms they served as directors. The verdict was a victory for the Securities and Exchange Commission. IN THE NEWS HE SAID WHAT?

ROBERT DEUTSCH, USA TODAY

“I don’t think the public ever really got to know me. Barbra Streisand said when we met at that state dinner that I must be all right because I was a Brooklyn Jew, which was kind of her, except that I’m not Jewish and I’ve never lived in Brooklyn.”

— Former Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner in his book, ‘Stress Test,’ published Monday DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG. 16,750

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Nasdaq composite S&P 500 T- note, 10-year yield Oil, light sweet crude Euro (dollars per euro) Yen per dollar

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4143.86 1896.65 2.66% $100.59 $1.3755 102.17

x 71.99 x 18.17 x 0.03 x 0.60 x 0.0005 x 0.38

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Source Manta/Dell survey of 3,025 small-business owners JAE YANG AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY

Chairman seeks ban on some high-speed, for-pay Internet

On Jan. 15, a federal appeals court threw out the FCC’s net neutrality rules — also called Open Internet — removing any legal barriers that would stop ISPs from interfering with or disRoger Yu criminating against any data sent @RogerJYu through their pipes. USA TODAY Last month, Wheeler presented a draft of the revised rules. But Responding to waves of criti- they also included provisions to cism, Federal Communications allow fast lanes to consumers’ Commission Chairman Tom homes that content providers can Wheeler is revising his net neu- buy from ISPs as long as the same trality rule proposals to include a opportunities are available to ban on certain types of “fast others on “commercially reasonable” terms. lanes” for content comNet neutrality propopanies that are willing to nents pounced on pay Internet service proWheeler’s proposals and viders for the upgrade. argued that they harm The revision, which smaller companies and seeks comments from entrepreneurs. That the agency’s other comsome content would be missioners, was circulatstreamed on prioritized ed Monday as they get Internet pipes is disready to vote Thursday crimination and could on the proposals. Wheeler’s latest revi- Tom Wheeler AP result in slower lanes for others who are reluctant sion doesn’t entirely ban Internet fast lanes and will leave or can’t afford to pay, they said. Netflix’s recent maneuvers to room for some deals, including public-interest cases such as a improve the streaming speeds of health care company sending its movies and TV shows have underscored the complexities beelectrocardiography results. But unlike his initial proposal hind the business of delivering last month, Wheeler is seeking to content from the source to “the specifically ban certain types of last mile,” which connects the fast lanes, including prioritization ISPs and their consumers. Netflix said it “reluctantly” given by ISPs to their subsidiaries that make and stream content, agreed to pay to have Comcast according to an FCC official who and Verizon connect directly to wasn’t authorized to talk about Netflix’s servers — rather than the revisions publicly before the going through third-party Internet content distributors — and vote. The FCC would retain powers urged the FCC to tighten regulato review any prioritization deals tions on such back-end “peering” deals. that may pose public harm. Unlike the first draft, WheelWheeler is also open to applying some “common carrier” rules er’s revised proposals also adthat regulate telephone compa- dress peering deals and seek the nies, which would result in more commissioners’ feedback on how stringent oversight of the ISPs in they should be regulated in the new net neutrality rules. commercial transactions.

AT&T comes calling to acquire DirecTV for $50B Roger Yu and Mike Snider USA TODAY

AT&T is in discussions to buy DirecTV for about $50 billion to expand its video offerings and avoid being left out in the consolidation hitting the pay-TV industry. The price being discussed by the companies is in the “low to mid-$90s” per DirecTV share, but an announcement could still be “weeks away,” according to a person familiar with the talks. The person was not authorized to discuss the talks and would not be identiﬁed. Shares of DirecTV rose 6% in after-hours trading Monday to $92.35, valuing the nation’s largest satellite-TV provider at about $47 billion. DirecTV shares have been rising steadily since The Wall Street Journal ﬁrst reported the talks April 30. The talks follow a deal struck earlier this year by Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for about $45 billion, a transaction that would merge the nation’s two largest cable companies. AT&T offers pay-TV service through its U-Verse brand, but its market reach is limited, and DirecTV would broaden its footprint nationally. Based in El Segundo, Calif.,

DirecTV had $8.6 billion in revenue last year and provides satellite-TV service to 20 million subscribers in the U.S. and 17 million in Latin America. AT&T’s U-Verse, which uses fiber optic lines to move data and video traffic, had 11.3 million customers in the first quarter, including 5.7 million TV subscribers. Its revenue from residential customers rose 4.3% to $5.7 billion in the first quarter, the strongest rate of growth since the introduction of U-Verse eight years ago. With consumers opposing media industry consolidation, AT&T and DirecTV could face regulatory roadblocks. But their tie-up may stand “a better chance than the Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal,” said Jimmy Schaeffler, an industry analyst at The Carmel Group.

Hillshire buys Pinnacle Foods in $4.2B deal Roger Yu

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FCC puts brakes on Net ‘fast lanes’

Hillshire Brands, which produces Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs, said Monday that it agreed to pay about $4.2 billion to buy Pinnacle Foods in a cash-and-stock deal to broaden its product lines. In acquiring the company that makes Vlasic pickles and Mrs. Butterworth’s and Log Cabin syrup, Hillshire will pay $18 in cash and a half share of Hillshire

common stock for each Pinnacle share. Once the deal closes, Pinnacle shareholders will own about 33% of the combined company, which will be led by Hillshire CEO Sean Connolly. Blackstone, the private equity ﬁrm that owns 51% of Pinnacle, has agreed to the deal. Shares of Pinnacle rose 13.2% Monday to close at $34.47. Hillshire’s shares fell 3.2% to $35.76. The post-merger company, which will be based in Hillshire’s headquarters in Chicago, will have about $6.6 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the

MEL EVANS, AP

Mrs. Butterworth’s Original Syrup is a Pinnacle brand.

largest food companies in the U.S. Hillshire, which also makes Sara Lee-branded frozen baked goods and Hillshire Farm deli meats, has been looking to diver-

sify its business to dry-goods shelves. And Pinnacle, with $2.6 billion in annual revenue, owns some of the best-known brands in “shelf-stable” product categories, including Wish-Bone salad dressing, Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup and Duncan Hines cake mixes. Their products are aimed at convenience-minded and timeconstrained consumers, and Connolly pitched the acquisition as the marriage of companies with complementary product lines. “Meats go with vegetables. Sandwiches go with pickles,” Connolly said. “It’s a tremendous ﬁt.”

USA TODAY FOR FORT COLLINS COLORADOAN TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

AMERICA’S MARKETS

What to watch Adam Shell

@adamshell USA TODAY

Everybody knows May is the start of what has historically been the worst six-month period for stocks. But maybe, just maybe, following the “Sell in May and go away” mantra and dumping stocks might be a mistake this year. That was the genesis of a report published Monday by Jason Trennert, co-founder of Strategas Research Partners. “There is some historical basis in that old stock market chestnut, ‘Sell in May and go away,’ ” Trennert told clients. “But there are two reasons this strategy may not work as well this time around.” Since 1928, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has posted average returns of 5.1% from

Facts about America’s investors who use SigFig tracking services:

November through April, but just 1.9% in the May-October span. And late-spring and summer selloffs in 2010, 2011 and 2012 were serious affairs. The last six-month period, beginning with May 2013, was a bullish affair, however, with the S&P 500 gaining 10%. This year, there’s a lot to worry about, or so it seems: There’s the weather-impaired 0.1% GDP growth in the ﬁrst quarter, a market spooked by a sell-off in “momentum” stocks and geopolitical turbulence in Ukraine. But Trennert offers reasons why investors might want to stay invested. The ﬁrst? The economy has already had its “growth scare.” The second: The S&P 500 is up 2.6% this year, below the average 11.2% year-to-date gain through May the past four years. There’s less froth to burn off, despite Monday’s record high for the S&P 500.

+112.13

DOW JONES

Moderately aggressive SigFig investors (50-70% equities) increased positions in Apple and sold off the Nasdaq Index in early May.

+18.17

INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

CHANGE: +.7% YTD: +118.81 YTD % CHG: +.7%

CLOSE: 16,695.47 PREV. CLOSE: 16,583.34 RANGE: 16,584.82-16,704.84

+71.99

+26.43

CHANGE: +1.8% YTD: -32.73 YTD % CHG: -.8%

CLOSE: 4,143.86 PREV. CLOSE: 4,071.87 RANGE: 4,092.09-4,146.54

GAINERS

$ Chg

YTD % Chg % Chg

53.43

+3.15

+6.3

-3.2

TripAdvisor (TRIP)

89.51 +4.93

+5.8

+8.1

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN)

161.10 +8.23

+5.4

+21.2

Netflix (NFLX)

345.45 +16.90

+5.1

-6.2

Biogen Idec (BIIB)

300.54 +13.89

+4.8

+7.5

+4.6

+3.4

Salesforce.com (CRM)

Teams up with AT&T, rebounds from year’s low.

Tops earnings estimates for sixth time.

Makes up loss after keeping overweight rating.

Rises on FCC report on net neutrality. Hits May’s high and appoints new leadership.

Monster Beverage (MNST)

Gets overweight rating, makes up April & May loss.

+3.11

48.95

+2.16

+4.6

+12.1

Facebook (FB)

59.83

+2.59

+4.5

+9.5

291.38 +11.97

+4.3

+5.9

Defeated lawsuit on civil wiretapping allegations.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) Reverses loss after earnings call.

Alcoa (AA)

To sell excess power in Brazil as local prices soar.

Company (ticker symbol)

13.81

+.56

+4.2 +29.9 YTD % Chg % Chg

Price

$ Chg

35.40

-.80

-2.2

+29.2

Navient (NAVI)

15.95

-.33

-2.0

-6.1

NetApp (NTAP)

33.59

-.60

-1.8

-18.4

FirstEnergy (FE)

32.93

-.58

-1.7

-.2

PPL (PPL)

33.11

-.52

-1.5

+10.0

Windstream Holdings (WIN)

9.05

-.14

-1.5

+13.4

Northeast Utilities (NU)

45.15

-.62

-1.4

+6.5

Ameren (AEE)

38.75

-.56

-1.4

+7.2

Wisconsin Energy (WEC)

45.35

-.59

-1.3

+9.7

PG&E (PCG)

43.02

-.57

-1.3

+6.8

Exelon (EXC)

To acquire Pepco, ends solid uptrend.

Must fund $60 million settlement, falls. Cut at Raymond James ahead of earnings call. Falls another day since keeping neutral at Jefferies. Price targe raised at RBC Capital, yet May losing now. Weak Monday, 2014 still solid.

Dips after price target raised at UBS.

Cut to equal weight at Morgan Stanley. Breaks uptrend after cut to sell at UBS. Extends losing streak since price target lift at Jefferies.

5 day avg: 6 month avg: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

+0.18 +5.26 AAPL FB FB

-0.02 +5.92 AAPL FB FB

4-WEEK TREND

Shares of the online messaging ser- $50 vice jumped after Robert Peck at SunTrust boosted his rating on the stock to “buy” from “neutral.” Peck says the company’s shares have $30 April 7 been beaten to reasonable levels.

Price: $33.94 Chg: +$1.89 % chg: +5.9% Day’s high/low: $34.10/$32.48

NAV 10.88 47.80 47.83 174.11 175.26 174.12 47.83 94.76 21.45 43.51

Chg. -0.01 +0.53 +0.54 +1.67 +1.69 +1.67 +0.53 +1.26 +0.11 +0.60

4wk 1 +0.4% +4.3% +4.3% +4.6% +4.6% +4.6% +4.3% +3.8% +3.4% +4.2%

YTD 1 +2.5% +2.8% +2.9% +3.3% +3.3% +3.4% +2.9% -0.4% +4.7% +1.2%

1 – CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED

ETF, ranked by volume Ticker iShares Rus 2000 IWM SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPY iShs Emerg Mkts EEM PowerShs QQQ Trust QQQ Direxion SCapBear 3x TZA Barc iPath Vix ST VXX iShs China Large Cap FXI SPDR Financial XLF iShare Japan EWJ Mkt Vect Gold Miners GDX

Close 112.53 189.79 42.32 88.23 16.79 37.13 35.32 22.15 11.15 23.93

Chg. +2.50 +1.83 +0.70 +1.43 -1.22 -1.14 +0.74 +0.22 +0.01 +0.20

% Chg %YTD +2.3% -2.5% +1.0% +2.8% +1.7% +1.3% +1.6% +0.3% -6.8% -1.1% -3.0% -12.7% +2.1% -7.9% +1.0% +1.3% +0.1% -8.1% +0.8% +13.3%

INTEREST RATES

MORTGAGE RATES

Type Prime lending Federal funds 3 mo. T-bill 5 yr. T-note 10 yr. T-note

Type 30 yr. fixed 15 yr. fixed 1 yr. ARM 5/1 ARM

Close 6 mo ago 3.25% 3.25% 0.08% 0.08% 0.02% 0.06% 1.66% 1.46% 2.66% 2.78%

Close 6 mo ago 4.25% 4.39% 3.27% 3.45% 2.57% 2.80% 3.26% 3.57%

SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM

COMMODITIES

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Commodities Close Prev. Cattle (lb.) 1.38 1.38 Corn (bushel) 4.97 5.05 Gold (troy oz.) 1,295.60 1,287.30 Hogs, lean (lb.) 1.13 1.15 Natural Gas (Btu.) 4.43 4.53 Oil, heating (gal.) 2.92 2.91 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 100.59 99.99 Silver (troy oz.) 19.50 19.08 Soybeans (bushel) 14.84 15.01 Wheat (bushel) 7.06 7.14

Chg. unch. -0.08 +8.30 -0.02 -0.10 +0.01 +0.60 +0.42 -0.17 -0.08

% Chg. unch. -1.5% +0.6% -1.1% -2.1% +0.4% +0.6% +2.2% -1.2% -1.2%

% YTD +2.3% +17.9% +7.8% +32.8% +4.8% -5.2% +2.2% +0.8% +13.1% +16.6%

FOREIGN CURRENCIES Currency per dollar British pound Canadian dollar Chinese yuan Euro Japanese yen Mexican peso

Close .5929 1.0891 6.2378 .7270 102.17 12.9699

Prev. .5938 1.0901 6.2277 .7273 101.79 12.9511

6 mo. ago .6292 1.0493 6.0944 .7448 99.67 13.2146

Yr. ago .6514 1.0115 6.1441 .7702 101.53 12.1187

FOREIGN MARKETS Country Frankfurt Hong Kong Japan (Nikkei) London Mexico City

Close 9,702.46 22,261.61 14,149.52 6,851.75 42,086.17

Prev. 9,581.45 21,862.99 14,199.59 6,814.57 41,641.11

May 12

$34.47

May 12

$33.94

May 12

INVESTING ASK MATT

TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS Fund, ranked by size PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard InstPlus Vanguard TotStIIns Fidelity Contra American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds GrthAmA m

$12.67

4-WEEK TREND

TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

Under Armour (UA)

Running shoe and apparel markets grew 25% each.

LOSERS

70.10

5 day avg: 6 month avg: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

Twitter

Price

Company (ticker symbol)

AGGRESSIVE 71% or more in equities

Shares of the food-processing company jumped after it agreed to $35 Price: $34.47 be bought by Hillshire Brands for Chg: +$4.02 $4.2 billion. Pinnacle Foods inves% chg: +13.2% Day’s high/low: tors are getting $18 a share in cash $25 plus 0.5 shares of Hillshire. $35.60/$34.11 April 7

CLOSE: 1,133.65 PREV. CLOSE: 1,107.22 RANGE: 1,111.69-1,136.95

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS

+0.11 +3.81 AAPL FB FB

MODERATE 51%-70% equities

Pinnacle Foods

RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

CHANGE: +2.4% YTD: -29.99 YTD % CHG: -2.6%

5 day avg: 6 month avg: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

+0.01 +0.55 AAPL FB FB

Shares of the provider of in-ﬂight Internet service jumped after $20 Price: $12.67 reporting a better-than-expected Chg: +$0.74 ﬁrst-quarter loss of 20 cents a % chg: +6.2% Day’s high/low: share. Service revenue rose 32% to $10 $72.3 million. April 7 $13.20/$12.41

RUSSELL

RUT

5 day avg: 6 month avg: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

STORY STOCKS Gogo

CHANGE: +1.0% CLOSE: 1,896.65 YTD: +48.29 PREV. CLOSE: 1,878.48 YTD % CHG: +2.6% RANGE: 1,880.03-1,897.13

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Change +121.01 +398.62 -50.07 +37.18 +445.06

%Chg. +1.3% +1.8% -0.4% +0.6% +1.1%

YTD % +1.6% -4.5% -13.2% +1.5% -1.5%

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Dust has settled after fears were proved wrong Q: Why are muni bonds racing higher? Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Haters had a field day with municipal bonds last year. Overblown fears about what the situation in Detroit and Puerto Rico would mean for munis caused bond prices to suffer. But investors are now waking up to the fact that they very possibly overreacted to the scary headlines last year. The S&P Municipal Bond Index is up nearly 5% this year, which tops returns by both corporate bonds and stocks, says Standard & Poor’s. Muni bonds are investments typically favored by highly risk-averse investors. These are debt obligations issued primarily by state and local governments. Investors seeking safety gravitate to muni bonds, which have relatively low rates of default because they’re usually backed by local taxing power. The financial difficulties in Detroit and Puerto Rico had nervous investors fearing that these local problems would somehow disrupt the entire muni market. Those fears were not just unfounded, but downright wrong. The current rally in muni bonds is simply the market readjusting the pricing to reflect these misguided worries. In fact, the entire bond market is enjoying a rally this year as investors decide that they worried too much last year. The Vanguard Total Bond market exchangetraded fund is up 1.9% this year.

Companies pick bad time to skimp on research spending Matt Krantz @mattkrantz USA TODAY

Corporate proﬁt might be beating expectations, but some companies are skimping in ways that might come back to bite them later. More than a quarter of the 121 companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 that reported research and development spending in the ﬁrst quarter, including Merck, IBM and Texas Instruments, spent less on R&D than they did ANALYSIS

in the same period a year ago. These 33 companies cut their R&D budgets by 9% on average, based on a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. It’s a continuation of a disturbing trend that showed up last year, when nearly 25% of companies cut their R&D budgets. In that period, 55 of the 225 companies that reported R&D spending said they cut it. Seeing so many large companies cutting their research spending at this point of the economic cycle is somewhat disappointing. Proﬁt growth has largely stalled, along with revenue growth.

It’s a bit surprising, though, to see cutbacks in R&D spending by large companies that rely on new products to keep revenue growing. Giant drugmakers Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb cut R&D spending not just in the first quarter, but also in 2013 and 2012. Take the example of Pfizer, a drugmaker that relies on having a full pipeline of new products. The company cut its R&D budget by less than 1% to $1.6 billion in the first quarter. That might not sound like much, until you consider that Pfizer cut R&D by 11% in 2013

It’s a continuation of a disturbing trend that showed up last year.

and 14% in 2012. Merck cut its R&D spending by 18% in the ﬁrst quarter and 9.3% in 2013. But R&D spending at Merck rose a bit, 1%, in 2012. Other companies are cutting R&D even more aggressively. Truck-parts maker PACCAR cut its R&D budget by 27% in the ﬁrst quarter. And that’s after cutting 10% in 2013 and 3% in 2012. So far, though, investors don’t

seem to mind these reductions to R&D. In fact, shares of the companies that have cut R&D spending not just the ﬁrst quarter but also 2012 and 2013 are up nearly 25% the past 12 months, topping the 15% gain by the broader S&P 500 index. And there’s always a chance that some of these R&D cutters might change their ways. Boeing did. The aerospace company boosted its R&D spending nearly 15% in the ﬁrst quarter after cutting 7%, 16% and 5% in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

USA TODAY FOR FORT COLLINS COLORADOAN TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

LIFE LIFELINE

MOVIES

MAKING WAVES

JAY Z/BEYONCE BY NEILSON BARNARD, GETTY IMAGES; SOLANGE BY INVISION VIA AP

The Standard Hotel in New York City has released a statement in response to leaked footage of what appears to be Jay Z and wife Beyoncé’s sister, Solange Knowles, having an altercation in an elevator at the hotel. “We are shocked and disappointed that there was a clear breach of our security system and the confidentiality that we count on providing our guests,” reads a statement released to USA TODAY and first reported by theGrio.com. The statement says the hotel is “investigating (the situation) with the utmost urgency.” Earlier Monday, TMZ posted video from a surveillance camera of Jay Z, Beyoncé and Solange stepping into the elevator before things turn scary, with Solange screaming at her brother-in-law and lunging at him. ROYALS REPORT BOTTOMS UP!

THE 60-YEAR EVOLUTION OF

2014

GLYN KIRK, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The things young royals do for their country — like downing a “tot of rum” way before cocktail hour. Prince William was up to the task Monday, swigging a generous shot to become an honorary submariner as he rededicated a restored World War II-era vessel at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in southern England. HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY BOY SCOUT TROOP 368 NBC’s Ann Curry is thanking a group of New Jersey Boy Scouts for helping her while she was out hiking last month. “If you break a leg on ... a mountain, I hope Boy Scout Troop 368 finds you. Boy am I glad they found me,” she tweeted, along with a link to an article in ‘Scouting Magazine.’ The scouts were on a training hike through Harriman State Park in New York when they came across an injured Curry. They built a splint and a makeshift stretcher while Curry’s husband and son went to get their SUV.

The monster from the new Godzilla is sporting an aggressive, animalistic visage, new textured scales on his back, plus some gills for his seabound exploits.

GODZILLA

New ﬁlm is yet another era for a King of Monsters that has advanced in looks, mood and technology Brian Truitt @briantruitt USA TODAY

A generation of monster-movie devotees grew up loving a guy in a Godzilla rubber suit. While that’s the kind of thing you’d expect to see at Comic-Con nowadays, that low-tech design is still integral to the 350-foot-tall, nuclear-powered creature laying waste again to cinematic landscapes 60 years after the ﬁrst Japanese Godzilla picture. That original design — a melding of dinosaurs such as stegosaurus, iguanodon and the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex — has gone through many changes since 1954, “but there is a somewhat consistent theme throughout that, and it evolved as cinema has evolved,” says Andrew Baker, creature designer for the Godzilla reboot, in theaters Friday. When director Ishiro Honda hatched Godzilla for the Toho company’s original Gojira ﬁlm, he put stunt actor Haruo Nakajima in that infamous rubber suit, which allowed audiences to relate to the monster in a critical way, says William Tsutsui, author of Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters. “It was bottom-heavy, had great big hips and heavy thighs,” he says. “When you heard its

1954

footfalls, it was really the resonance of this giant creature walking on the earth.” When Toho relaunched the monster in Japan with 1984’sThe Return of Godzilla, he was fiercer and scarier, and in the ’90s, Godzilla’s face “almost looks like a samurai helmet — cold and hard, reflecting the mood of those films,” says Tsutsui, adding that the dinosaur-like creature in Roland Emmerich’s 1998 remake Godzilla left a lot to be desired. When new Godzilla director Gareth Edwards unleashed Baker and co-designer Christian Pearce to hatch the next version, he wanted them to imagine that it was a real animal that existed 60 years ago and was witnessed by people in Japan who went running and screaming to Toho describing what they saw. The result would be “the guy in the suit we all know and love,” Edwards says. To make this Godzilla state-ofthe-art, designers added texture to his spiky scales, and they shrunk his head to make his body seem gigantic. Plus, they added gills that nodded to his aquatic origins and would explain how he can come out of nowhere from underwater and start breaking civilization. “Justifying that seemed like a good idea,” Baker says, “and one that fans would like.”

The creature in the original Japanese ﬁlm Gojira was played by a stunt actor in a rubber suit.

1969

Movies in the ’60s and ’70s such as Destroy All Monsters featured a Godzilla that was more kid-friendly.

1998

In the last American Godzilla, the big guy was deﬁnitely inspired by dinosaurs – though the movie was panned by monster fans.

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Fading Fox pins hopes on new series Changes also in store for ‘American Idol’

Compiled by Cindy Clark

USA SNAPSHOTS©

Jada Pinkett Smith stars as the villainous Fish Mooney in Gotham.

Gary Levin

Female directors of art-house films Documentaries

28% Narrative features

18% Top 250 grossing films in 2013

6% Note Independent ﬁlms at festivals May 2013-April 2014 Source womenintvﬁlm.sdsu.edu ANNE R. CAREY AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY

@GaryMLevin USA TODAY

After a largely dismal season that saw the third steep decline of American Idol and the cancellation of The X Factor, Fox is aiming for a remake. The network unveiled new series including Gotham, a DC Comics-based Batman origin story about Commissioner Gordon (Southland’s Ben McKenzie) that also stars Jada Pinkett Smith; Red Band Society, a teen soap set in a hospital with Octavia Spencer as a nurse; and Utopia, a “social experiment” reality series that puts 15 strangers in “an isolated, undeveloped location” for a year. Also due is Mulaney, a sitcom starring former Saturday Night

JESSICA MIGLIO, FOX

Live writer John Mulaney as a stand-up comedian and Martin Short as his boss. That series will join returning hit Brooklyn NineNine as male-driven, live-action companions for The Simpsons and Family Guy, breaking up Fox’s all-animation Sunday block. Gracepoint, Fox’s 10-episode remake of the British murder mystery Broadchurch, starring the original’s David Tennant, will air Thursdays. And with X Factor gone, other reality series includ-

ing twice-weekly episodes of Utopia will ﬁll four hours of its 15-hour schedule. Glee, absent in the fall, will return later. And Idol will change format, airing on a single night for most of the season. Among new shows not returning: Almost Human, Dads and Enlisted. Fox gained viewers this year because of its record-setting Super Bowl coverage but will ﬁnish fourth in total viewers and third among young adults.

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MOVIES

10 MONSTERS THAT SENT US RUNNING — TO THEATERS

It can look downright quaint on television today, but the original’s stop-motion effects were landmark, as was the ﬁnal scene: the colossal monkey’s fatal plunge from the Empire State Building. ’Twas beauty killed the beast, though he towers still.

There goes Tokyo. Again. Godzilla returns Friday for his latest appearance on the big (well, not to him) screen. Still, he’s hardly alone in stomping buildings, munching humans and generally ruining our day. USA TODAY’s Scott Bowles peers into the monstrous maw to determine Hollywood’s 10 greatest creature features.

King Kong (1933)

Jaws (1975)

In addition to becoming Hollywood’s ﬁrst summer blockbuster, this tale of a great white shark turning a New England beach resort into an all-you-can-bite buffet changed the way we swim in the ocean. In that we now dread swimming in the ocean. Duh-duh ...

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Richard Dreyfuss’ adventures forever changed our beach vacations.

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This beast had a man within.

Sigourney Weaver faces fear.

Boris Karloff plods to fame.

Godzilla (1954)

Even though he began as a guy in a rubber suit, Godzilla remains the gold standard of monsters. He launched the kaiju genre, countless sequels and, against a post-atomic landscape, even threw in social commentary.

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All eyes were on Doug Jones.

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Guillermo del Toro did a nifty job of melding monsters with fairy tales in this visual feast. And his best monster, whose eyes lie in its palms, comes straight from nightmares.

Alien (1979)

Considered by some to be the most frightening ﬁlm of all time, Ridley Scott introduced us to the Xenomorph, a gargantuan half-bug extraterrestrial that remains the only monster in space that can make you scream — even if no one can hear it.

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Ben Chapman, Julie Adams.

Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

Though he’d become known more for his costume, the Gillman was a breakthrough monster. In addition to hitting screens in 3-D, he was one of the earliest to be portrayed quasi-sympathetically as a creature acting on instinct, a model still used.

Frankenstein (1931)

The original, the Elvis of monsters. OK, he was slow, stupid and a sucker for a cute face. But Boris Karloff’s version, while barely resembling Mary Shelley’s monster, still has cinematic mad scientists bringing the dead to life.

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Sam Neill vs. an angry T. rex.

Karloff is under knife again.

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Mummy (1932)

Steven Spielberg’s specialeffects wonder is to monster movies what Star Wars is to science ﬁction: the great leap forward. The dinosaurs, which look great to this day, inspired a 3-D re-release and even a theme park ride.

While something of a spinoff — Boris Karloff played mummy dearest just a year after his turn in Frankenstein in Universal’s monster slate — this remains one of Hollywood’s few monsters based on something real.

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They may look kinda cute ...

Gremlins (1984)

Sure, they looked like toys, and the rules for raising them were kinda stupid: Keep them from bright lights, don’t let them get wet and NEVER feed them after midnight. Still, Joe Dante’s subtly creepy ﬁlm became the template for crossing monster terror with camp. RKO RADIO PICTURES

Cannes festival has cinema and spectacle ready to roll Celebration offers a ﬁrst glimpse of award contenders, plus ﬁlms by Gosling and Jones

hanging under the condition that he help a woman (Hilary Swank) take three insane women across dangerous Nebraska territory. THE CIRCUS

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FRANCE The granddaddy of all film festivals returns to the South of France on Wednesday with previews of this year’s hot films, peeks at potential award winners — and the spectacle that movie lovers have come to expect. The 67th Cannes International Film Festival promises glamour and the works of great filmmakers. “When it comes to the celebration, the recognition and the love of cinema, it is a festival without peer,” says Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation. With the world’s filmmakers and entertainment media descending on the famed Boulevard de la Croisette, here’s what we can expect to see in this year’s festival, which runs until May 25.

EARLY AWARD-SEASON PEEKS

Just two months past the Oscars, Cannes is far off the autumn awards crush. But the festival has been stepping up its awards game, giving unknown ﬁlms an early, prestigious spotlight. Films such as The Artist (2011)

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Steve Carell, left, and Channing Tatum in Foxcatcher, about Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz. and Amour (2012) started their Oscar run at Cannes. And 2013 featured major boosts for award contenders such as Nebraska (and actor Bruce Dern), Inside Llewyn Davis, All Is Lost and Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color. “Cannes is an awards player again,” says Scott Feinberg, lead awards correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter. “They are the start of awards discussion more and more each year.” The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius is back with his new ﬁlm, The Search. Bennett Miller’s long-awaited ﬁlm Foxcatcher and

Atom Egoyan’s The Captive (featuring Ryan Reynolds) are just some of the possible contenders that award watchers are tracking.

tive visions, earning Gosling another trip — this time for his work behind the camera.

RYAN GOSLING

The Western makes a triumphant return to the festival this year with the unveiling of the remastered Clint Eastwood/ Sergio Leone 1964 classic A Fistful of Dollars and a new Tommy Lee Jones ﬁlm. Jones was in Cannes in 2005 for his directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and he returns with The Homesman (also featuring Meryl Streep). He directs and plays a man saved from

Gosling has been a Cannes favorite for ﬁlms such as Blue Valentine and Drive. He did not attend in 2013, when he starred in Only God Forgives, which got a mixed response from the Cannes audience. Gosling was working on his directorial debut, Lost River. The ﬁlm has been entered in the non-competitive Un Certain Regard section, which highlights movies with original and innova-

WESTWARD HO!

Cannes is famous for its highprofile out-of-competition stunts. That comes this year with the high-profile cast of Expendables 3, including Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson, all arriving in armored trucks. DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 will bring the film’s dragon Toothless out of animation for an appearance at a high-profile premiere slot. And the festival begins with an out-ofcompetition screening of Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco. “There is a great spectacle of Cannes,” Katzenberg says. “It brings extraordinary opportunity and value.” ‘TWILIGHT’ MEET-UP

In the happier relationship days of 2012, Robert Pattinson (Cosmopolis) and Kristen Stewart (On the Road) gave low-key support to each other for their Cannes ﬁlms. Much has changed for the former lovers off-screen. But the Twilight duo will cross paths again at the Cannes festival with buzzedabout ﬁlm entrees. Pattinson has a double bill, with David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars and David Michôd’s The Rover. Meanwhile, Stewart will be seen in the drama Clouds of Sils Maria with Juliette Binoche.

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Transportation RICK PRICE SMART CYCLING

Neighborhood streets offer friendlier cycling routes

Riders board the first MAX bus to leave the South Transit Center on Saturday in Fort Collins. An estimated 10,000 people gathered to celebrate the opening, ride the buses and participate in activities at various stops. PHOTOS BY ERIN HULL/THE COLORADOAN

WITH PARTY OVER, MAX GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS Several Transfort routes will change to better service MAX. By Kevin Duggan KevinDuggan@coloradoan.com

An estimated 10,000 people rode the new MAX bus rapid-transit system when it debuted Saturday. Interest in MAX was so great that all seven of the route’s buses were pressed into service to carry curious riders. Buses were standing-room only until after 9:30 p.m., said Kurt Ravenschlag, general manager of Transfort. On Monday, with the celebrations over, the system got to work carrying commuters and shoppers. And Fort Collins officials are already making changes to how it will operate. In order to solidify the summer schedule for the entire Transfort bus system, the time it takes a MAX bus to run the 5-mile route between the South and Downtown transit centers has been set at 30 minutes. For years, officials had said the trip would take about 20 minutes. But months of driver training on the route, which crosses several major intersections, revealed 30 minutes to be more realistic. Several Transfort routes will change Monday, with later hours of operation and more frequent buses. See MAX, Page C3

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People line up at a MAX bus station Saturday in Fort Collins. Many of the buses were overcrowded due to a large turnout of people wanting to ride the city’s new mass-transit system on its first day of operation.

TRANSFORT CHANGES Several routes on the Transfort bus system are scheduled to change Monday. Changes include later service into the evening along some routes and increased frequency of buses. For information on the changes, including maps, see Transfort’s new website: www.ridetransfort.com. Transfort also has a new free app for mobile devices to help passengers use the transit system. It is available through the iTunes and Android stores, and on the Transfort website.

FLOOD DAMAGE

U.S. 34 delays expected as restoration wraps up CDOT crews are working to prepare the highway for summer tourist traffic.

By Coloradoan staff

Reconstruction of flood-damaged U.S. Highway 34 will cause continued delays for the next “couple of weeks,” according to a Colorado Department of Transportation news release. While construction to complete repairs between Loveland and Estes Park continues in advance of the summer tourist season, traffic will be reduced to a

An exercise I do with middle school students is give them a copy of the Fort Collins bike map and ask them to highlight the route they take — or would take — from home to school if they rode their bike. Those who have ridden a few times usually have a good route. Most students, though, highlight the route Mom or Dad drives to school, usually on an arterial street with bike lanes. Look at our bike map, and you see a wonderful grid, a 1-mile square, of straight, wide streets with bike lanes. It looks like paradise. That is, until you examine the stress levels of bicyclists on those streets. On Drake and Horsetooth roads, for example, there are major gaps in the bike lanes, requiring cyclists to merge with traffic for several blocks. Lemay Avenue and Shields Street are narrow at times or have no bike lanes for stretches. Then there are Harmony and Timberline roads: nice and wide with bike lanes, but traffic is fast, and there are many lanes turning across those bike lanes. These roads are anything but stress-free for bicyclists. Look again at the bike map and what you see, in large part, south of Prospect Road is a square-mile grid of country roads that have become city streets. Charles Marohn, writing in the Strong Towns Blog in March 2013, describes these as “stroads.” Today these roads-turned-streets have become hybrids, catering mainly to automobiles. They don’t function as vibrant city streets with a mix of pedestrians, cyclists and automobiles. Instead, their job is that of the old country road, to move people in cars from place to place as quickly as possible. The problem with “stroads” is that they are barriers to anyone not driving a car. They are difficult to cross, and they aren’t very pleasant to bicycle. Compare a “stroad” with Laurel or Reming-

single lane through work zones from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Delays of up to 10 minutes can be expected. Crews are removing debris, repairing the highway shoulder, striping, seeding and performing other tasks, according to CDOT. Cyclists are not permitted on U.S. 34 within the work zones, and several trail access points are closed for safety. Information on repairs in the Big Thompson Canyon is available at http://bit.ly/bigtrepairs. Live road conditions are available at www.cotrip.org or by calling 511 from anywhere in the state.

NORTHERN COLORADO ROAD CLOSURES New road closures in Northern Colorado for the week of May 12-18: Fort Collins » FULL CLOSURE: Pitkin Street from Remington Street to College Avenue, 7 a.m. Tuesday to May 23 for line installation » FULL CLOSURE: Maple Street from Howes Street to College Avenue, 7 a.m. Monday to May 23 for water and sewer work » College Avenue from Terry Lake Road to Magnolia Street, lane closure from 8:30 a.m. Monday to 3:30 p.m. May 21 » College Avenue and Laurel Street intersection, lane closure from 7 a.m. Tuesday to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday for stump grinding » Elizabeth Street from Patton to Robertson streets, lane closure from 9 a.m. Monday to 3 p.m. May 26 for fiber wire installation » Lemay Avenue and Elizabeth Street intersection, lane closure from 9 a.m. Monday to 3 p.m. May 26 for fiber wire

Larimer Chorale’s Silvertones have a concert commemorating Pete Seeger. COURTESY OF LARIMER CHORALE

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BY STACY NICK THE COLORADOAN installation » Mason Street and Myrtle Street intersection, lane closure from 8 a.m. Tuesday to 5 p.m. Wednesday for utility work » Mason Street at Willox Lane, lane closure from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday for patch work » Mountain Avenue and College Avenue intersection, lane closure from 8:30 a.m. Monday to 3:30 a.m. Thursday for pothole work » Riverside Avenue and Myrtle Street intersection, lane closure from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to 3:30 p.m. Friday for utility work » Timberline Road at Poudre River bridge, lane closure from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday for patching CDOT » Interstate 25 between Harmony Road and Crossroads Boulevard, northbound lane closure and southbound shoulder work, delays possible from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday through July.

Hear Larimer Chorale’s awardwinning Silvertones in a concert commemorating Pete Seeger. From “If I Had a Hammer” to “Blue Skies,” this concert will present Seeger’s American songbook. The concert begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, 531 S. College Ave. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5. Visit www.larimer chorale.org for more information.

DISCOVER MORE THINGS TO DO

See more things to do, entertainment, dining and nightlife in Thursday’s Ticket or go to Coloradoan.com/ entertainment.

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DEAR ABBY JEANNE PHILLIPS

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

ZITS

DILBERT

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

FRANK & EARNEST

GARFIELD

Beware of using list that broadly defines offenders as same Dear Abby: As a licensed psychotherapist who has worked with both victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse over the past 25 years, I would like to respond to “Stunned in the City” (Jan. 22), who found her co-worker’s name on a website for registered sex offenders. Registered sex offenders have been convicted and incarcerated for their crimes as well as serving a probationary period upon release. However, unlike other criminal offenses, they never finish “serving their time” — both in the areas of WHERE they can live and HOW they can live (employment). They continue to serve a sentence that can never be completed and are stigmatized for the rest of their lives. The reason for this is because of a “onesize-fits-all” approach to punishment, be it a one-time offender or a serial rapist. Most sexual abusers are either members of the family or a close family friend, and most are never reported. Only a small percentage of registered offenders pose a danger and should be under surveillance. The others should be allowed a second chance to continue with their lives without harassment. If “Stunned” reports her co-worker to her employer, she will jeopardize his livelihood, which he needs to redeem his life. — Already Paid His Debt DEAR A.P.H.D.: I received mail from mental health professionals, employers, parents and sex offenders regarding “Stunned’s” letter. All of them stated that the range of crimes that can add someone to the list is very broad. The list is no more than a STARTING point for people to begin their own research into public records before telling an employer or another person. Dear Abby: For more than 20 years I have employed a man who is a sex offender. He paid his debt to society for having sex with a minor when he was in his 20s. It will haunt him for the rest of his life. The pictures you see online are recent because the authorities require updated photos yearly. I empathize with him because I dated a 15-year-old when I was 19 — with her parents’ approval — but today it could mean jail time and a ruined life. There is no demarcation between being dumb and being truly criminal, so everyone is labeled the same. I suggest that we all stay aware of those labeled sexual predators, but approach the sexual offenders case-bycase. — Justice For All Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

BREVITY

RUBES

SPEED BUMP

THE FAMILY CIRCUS

HOROSCOPES HOLIDAY MATHIS

PEANUTS CLASSIC

Aries (March 21-April 19). Saying the smart thing will take planning. In the end, you’ll get it right. Taurus (April 20-May 20). The type of person who worries a lot will provide valuable wisdom. Gemini (May 21-June 21). It’s as though you have your own archangel — and maybe you do. Cancer (June 22-July 22). Lately, it seems like the minute you think you know who you are or aren’t, you don’t. It’s because you’re so engaged with the world, always growing and changing.

ROSE IS ROSE

NON SEQUITUR

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be the beneficiary of a small but surprising twist of fate. This is the first of many signs that your luck is flowing in a very positive way. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Sometimes when your dreams come true it happens in a way that you don’t recognize. What seems negative will actually turn out to be a stroke of good luck. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You want to stretch into exciting territory, but not so far into it that your aims are unreasonable.

BLONDIE

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You thought you were doing all you could to make a relationship work, but new developments help you see a new and much better way. Past efforts will seem minimal. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re warm and engaging, and you will break down barriers to make a connection with others. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Since you’ll be much more sensitive than usual, limit your exposure to potentially negative environments.

BORN LOSER

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you find yourself pretending to be someone other than who you’ve been before, you’re just responding to a subtle but very real change in your environment. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Follow the instructions as best you can. Today’s Birthday (May 13). You’ll love this new age you’re coming into, because it offers more freedom. A very practical investment will pay off in August. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 13, 5, 14 and 26. Write Holiday Mathis at www.creators.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY » 1914: Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis is born in Lafayette, Alabama. » 1940: Britain’s new prime minister, Winston Churchill, tells Parliament: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” » 1968: A one-day general strike takes place in France in support of student protesters. » 1981: Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

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Bad Girls Club: Chicago ‘14’ Undercovr

Friends ‘14’

Mov: ››› Mask (1985) Eric Stoltz, Cher. (In Stereo) (CC)

Friends (In Stereo) ‘14’ (CC)

Mov: ››‡ Last Holiday (2006, Comedy) Queen Latifah.

Mov: ›› Dream a Little Dream (1989) Corey Feldman.

(6:30) Board of Education

NASA

(6:00)MLB Baseball (N Subject to Blackout) (Live)

Postgame

The Dan Patrick Show Rampage ‘14’

Ink Master ‘14’ (CC)

Ink Master (N) ‘14’ (CC)

Tattoo ‘14’

Big Bang ‘PG’

Big Bang ‘14’

Conan (N) ‘14’ (CC)

(6:00) Nana

Mov: ››‡ We Live Again (1934) (CC)

Carbonaro

Tattoo ‘14’

Holmes ‘MA’

Conan ‘14’ (CC)

George ‘PG’

Bad Girls Club: Chicago ‘14’

Mov: ›› Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

NASA Poker After Dark ‘PG’ (CC)

16 and Pregnant ‘14’ (CC)

NASA MLB Baseball (Subject to Blackout)

Ink Master ‘14’ (CC)

Tattoo ‘14’

Holmes ‘MA’

Tattoo ‘14’

Mov: The Time Machine

Mov: ›› They Came to Blow Up America

Mov: ››‡ The Nun and the Sergeant

Mov: ››› Grey Gardens

La Impostora (N) (SS)

En Otra Piel (N) (SS)

Camelia La Texana (N) (SS)

Noticiero

Titulares, Mas

En Otra Piel (SS)

Camelia La Texana (SS)

19 Kids ‘G’

Couple ‘PG’

19 Kids ‘G’

Couple ‘PG’

Couple ‘G’

19 Kids and Counting ‘G’

Couple ‘G’

Basketball

NBA Basketball (N) (Live) (CC)

The Mentalist ‘14’ (CC)

Adventure

Gumball ‘Y7’

Couple ‘G’

19 Kids ‘G’

Inside the NBA (N) (CC)

Uncle Gra.

Steven ‘PG’

King/Hill ‘PG’

American ‘14’

Fam. Guy ‘PG’ Fam. Guy ‘PG’

Chow Masters Chow Ma.

Game On ‘PG’

Game On ‘G’

Bizarre Foods/Zimmern ‘PG’

Chow Masters Chow Ma.

Game On ‘PG’

Game On ‘G’

Bizarre Foods/Zimmern ‘PG’

truTV Top Funniest ‘PG’

truTV Top Funniest (N) ‘14’

Top 20 Most Shocking ‘14’

truTV Top Funniest ‘14’

truTV Top Funniest ‘PG’

Brady ‘G’

Raymond ‘PG’ Raymond ‘PG’ Cleveland

The King of Queens ‘PG’

King ‘PG’

Brady ‘PG’

King/Hill ‘PG’

Soul Man ‘PG’

Cleveland ‘14’

Couple ‘G’

truTV Top Funniest ‘14’

King ‘PG’

Raymond ‘PG’

De Que Te Quiero ‘14’

Lo Que la Vida Me Robó ‘14’

Qué Pobres Tan Ricos (N) ‘14’

Impacto Extra

Noticiero Uni

Una Familia con Suerte ‘14’

Amorcito Corazón (N) ‘PG’

Mod Fam ‘PG’

Playing ‘14’

Mod Fam ‘PG’

Playing ‘14’

NCIS: Los Angeles ‘14’ (CC)

House “Whac-A-Mole” ‘PG’

Marry-Game

Hollywood Exes ‘14’

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

Mod Fam ‘PG’

Playing ‘14’

Mod Fam ‘PG’

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

Mov: ››› New Jack City (1991) Wesley Snipes, Ice-T. (In Stereo) (CC)

NHL Hockey

TBA

NHL Overtime

Cycling (In Stereo)

English Premier League Soccer (In Stereo)

Premier League Review ‘G’

Premier ‘G’

Top Ten Worst Tornadoes ‘G’

Tornado Alley ‘G’ (CC)

Tornado Alley (CC)

Highway Thru Hell ‘PG’

Highway Thru Hell ‘PG’ (CC)

(5:30) Mov: Ocean’s Eleven

Salem “Survivors” ‘MA’ (CC)

Parks ‘PG’

30 Rock ‘14’

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The revisions are designed to better connect east-west routes with MAX, which runs north-south and connects to South College Avenue, Colorado State University and Old Town. Steps are being considered to speed up the time it takes MAX to run end to end, Ravenschlag said. Proposed changes include modifying the timing of traffic signals along the route to give MAX priority, changes to the timing of gates to let buses through quicker, and adding signals at intersections on the CSU campus where the bus now must stop, according to a city memo. “Where we really lose time is on campus,” Ravenschlag

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ton streets or West Mountain Avenue, and you understand the difference. I challenge my middle school students to find routes that avoid “stroads” and use friendlier neighborhood streets. From Rocky Mountain High School to Fort Collins High School, for example, look at Swallow and Centennial roads. This route takes you to the Power Trail underpass and on to Fort Collins High. Or pedal from Old Town to the Midtown Post Office at 301 Boardwalk Drive using Stover Street, Swallow Road and Stanford Road. Both routes have difficult crossings — at Lemay Ave-

said. “It’s very tight through there; we packed a lot into a narrow right of way in order to minimize the impact on property owners.” Another bottleneck is the intersection of MAX with Drake Road. Northbound buses mix with traffic on McClelland Drive before going through gates and onto a dedicated guideway. City officials are considering adding a bus-only lane to northbound McClelland similar to one set at southbound Mason Street at Laurel Street On Monday afternoon beginning at 12:40 p.m., a trip from the South Transit Center to the Downtown Transit Center took 25 minutes. The return trip took 30 minutes. A couple dozen riders got on and off the bus as it plied its route, with a few riding it endto end out of curiosity. Others appeared to be traveling to

nue and Prospect Road, respectively — but you can use a crosswalk if you are not comfortable merging with traffic. As our population increases and as MAX service spurs transit-oriented development, we are becoming a small city. I encourage you to explore your own stress-free routes on neighborhood streets. You will still need to know what to do when the bike lane ends. So join me at 1:30 a.m. Thursday or Friday at Mugs Coffee Lounge, 306 W. Laurel St., as we ride Laurel Street, Mason Street and College Avenue while I demonstrate the basics of vehicular cycling. Rick Price, Ph.D., is the safe cycling coordinator at the Fort Collins Bike Co-op. Email education@FCBikeCoop.org.

Parks ‘PG’

specific locations, with the Spring Creek Station and campus seeing the largest number of people getting on and off. While Saturday’s big crowds were “fun,” Ravenschlag said residents should give MAX a try this week to see how it functions under normal circumstances. “I think they will have a very different experience,” he said. MAX is free until Aug. 25, when regular Transfort fares take effect. Saturday’s crush of passengers revealed a few mechanical problems with the buses. A loose wire on three buses made closing the vehicle’s sliding side doors difficult. Buses did not break down or stall out at each station as some riders reported Saturday, Ravenschlag said. Drivers were trying to deal with the sliding-door problem by

30 Rock ‘14’

turning the vehicles off and on in an attempt to “reboot” their electrical systems. The weight of carrying more than 100 people at a time also caused problems for a mechanism that lifts the buses to match the height of curbs. “We weight-tested all of the buses during training,” Ravenschlag said. “We just didn’t use that much. Now we know what do and what not to do when the buses are fully loaded.” Ravenschlag said he was proud of the professionalism shown but drivers and other Transfort staff members during hectic moments Saturday. He also said the support of the community signified by the turnout was gratifying. “Having grown up in Fort Collins, it was neat to see that,” he said. “And I really appreciate how people were so understanding and patient.”

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Woman still waiting after 12 years for boyfriend to mature Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: When is it advisable to tell a loved one you are concerned her relationship is not worth staying in, assuming no abuse? My 30-year-old, wonderful sister-in-law has long wanted to marry her boyfriend of 12 years. They live together, she supports him financially, but he seems totally lazy or genuinely uninterested in marrying her. I think she deserves so much better, but I’m sure the idea of breaking up with him is terrifying to her. Neither my husband nor I have really expressed these concerns to her — should we? — Concerned Is she happy? Expressing concerns and trusting her are not mutually exclusive. Turn it around on yourself for a moment: You know you’ve got most things covered, right? But don’t you occasionally appreciate when someone you respect, and who respects you, offers some useful perspective? We rant plenty about the nuisance of judgmental bystanders and unsolicited advisers, and it’s often warranted. But when the foundation of trust and respect is there, and you think the value of your view outweighs the risk it’ll be poorly received, it’s important to speak up. Then you back off and let her figure it out. Dear Carolyn: She’s been with this guy since she was 18. I don’t think we see any big changes in her. The issue is really that he doesn’t treat her well enough: He does not seem to enjoy spending time with her family; he has no plans to get a job and instead continues to play poker professionally but unsuccessfully; and he has suggested that he might like to move — despite the fact that my sisterin-law would leave behind a fantastic job. Is there a good way to frame these things that avoids indicting the boyfriend? — Concerned again Actually, I don’t think there’s a good way to frame things that doesn’t indict the sister, for failing to take care of herself. In those cases, you are essentially stuck, since the problem is likely bigger than her romantic deadweight. Still, someone close to her can declare: “I will love you and back you always, but man will I celebrate when you get your head out of your (seat cushion).” Email Carolyn at tellme@washpost.com, follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/carolyn.hax or chat with her online at noon Eastern time each Friday at www.washington post.com. Write to her care of The Washington Post, Style Plus, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071.

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John Leguizamo, from left, Emjay Anthony and Jon Favreau are shown in a scene from ‘Chef.’ OPEN ROAD FILMS/ MERRICK MORTON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Favreau dishes on how to make a good foodie ﬁlm By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press

NEW YORK — The way Jon

Favreau sees it, the world is divided into people who are interested in food, and people who aren’t. “And I,” he declares, “am a member of the former category.” That will be obvious to anyone who watches this weekend’s new film “Chef,” which Favreau wrote, stars in and directed, and which displays food in a luxurious, almost religious way. Critics have, perhaps justifiably, noted a lack of complexity in both plot and characters, and an overly sunny denouement. But one can’t deny the film’s appeal to the taste buds. Even a simple grilled cheese sandwich, meticulously prepared by a father for his young son, is almost too delicious to look at, and evokes immediate empathy for this divorced dad trying to make a connection with his child in the most elemental way: through his stomach. And it makes ours growl. Which is what Favreau was going for. “There’s something hypnotic to me when I watch food being prepared on a cooking show, or in ‘Eat Drink Man Woman, ’” he said, referring to the 1994 Ang Lee foodie classic. “There’s something incredibly compelling and cinematic about it. And it’s amazing that it can actually make your mouth water.” Not all food films make the mouth water. Another

entry this year, the recent “Tasting Menu,” based at a fictional restaurant in Spain, fell curiously short in that regard. Of the many delectable contenders, besides the Lee film, foodies still swoon when they think of “Babette’s Feast,” “Big Night,” or the animated “Ratatouille,” which culminates in the glorious preparation of that simple vegetable dish in the title. Likewise, “Chef” comes down to a simple dish: the Cuban sandwich. Carl Casper (Favreau) is a gifted but volatile chef at a swank Los Angeles restaurant. His boss (Dustin Hoffman), orders him to play it safe on the very night a major food critic is coming. Reluctantly, he does, and predictably gets excoriated by the critic. Things go way downhill, and Casper is fired. He rebuilds his life by going back to basics: sprucing up a filthy old truck and turning it into a temple for the perfect Cuban sandwich. There’s a popular view that Casper the chef is really Favreau the director, and the risk-averse restaurant owner a big studio honcho — and “Chef,” an independent film, the food truck. Favreau, who directed the “Iron Man” films, says that’s only partly true — he actually loves both genres. Yet it’s clear “Chef” is a labor of love for Favreau, who confesses that he was so inspired during filming, he’s installing a full commercial kitchen in his home.

COMMUNITY LINK Editor’s note: Community link highlights free public services, support groups, meetings, reunions, calls for donations or volunteers, and the activities of charitable and nonprofit organizations in the area. If your organization is conducting a special project and would like to put a notice in the paper, please submit the information to Community Link, Fort Collins Coloradoan, 1300 Riverside Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524; citynews@coloradoan.com; or fax to (970) 224-7899.

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Christ Clinic, a free community medical clinic, is open from 6 to 9 p.m. every Monday at 3920 S. Shields St. Christ Clinic is a family medicine clinic rather than an urgent care center, therefore patients are seen by appointment only. It is staffed by volunteers from the Christian medical community in Fort Collins. Information: (970) 481-2390 or www.chirstclinicfc.org. Colorado LifeSharing, a nonprofit that supports adults with developmental disabilities, is looking for volunteers who are willing to give their time, either on a regular basis or for special projects. Volunteers who are able to commit to a regular schedule are needed to teach classes to the day program, act as a mentor or job coach, or support participants out in the community. Volunteers wishing to help on a less regular schedule can help with special projects and events as they come up. The group also is looking for someone interested in being a volunteer coordinator. If interested, send your contact information to info@coloradolifesharing.org or call (970) 6636696. Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA, of Larimer County is seeking caring, community volunteers to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children who have open cases in the 8th

Judicial District. Volunteer advocates spend 10 to 20 hours per month working with these children and representing them in court. Contact Tami Serbousek, Tami@CASALarimer.com, (970) 498-6182. Information: www.CASALarimer.com. Disabled Resource Services is in need of volunteers to assist homebound people and seniors who struggle with a disability. Assignments vary depending on volunteers’ interests and can include transportation to doctor appointments, yard work, snow shoveling, organization, reading to the blind, light housekeeping or handyman work. Information: Michael A. Marr, BSW, volunteer coordinator and case manager aide, (970) 482-2700 (office). Dutch Hop/Polka Dance is held from 2-6 p.m. Sundays at 3001 Eighth Ave., Suite 295, Evans. Greeley Dutch Hoppers dance with live bands. Information: (970) 472-1655. Cost is $10. Eco-Thrift is accepting small household electrical devices and metals for recycling at its store at 208 N. Howes St., Fort Collins. There is a fee involved for recycling these items. Information: (970) 484-4224 or http://eco-thrift.com Elder Pet Care offers reduced-cost veterinary care for senior citizens age 55 and older who own pets. The office is at 909 N. College Ave., Fort Collins, and is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Appointments are also available. Information: (970) 493-2657 Family Leadership and Training Institute, or FLTI, has a series of 20 sessions on leadership training, civic literacy and civic participation skills designed to help build leadership skills and give you the confidence and connections to help you make a difference. Apply online at www. coloradofamilyleadership.com.

Foothills Gateway is a local organization working with individuals who have cognitive disabilities and their families in Larimer County. In an effort to increase the community’s awareness about Foothills Gateway and the clients with whom it works, the organization has scheduled informational luncheons that allow attendees to get an update of the group’s mission, learn more about its unique programs and goals for empowering every ability, and see the positive impact the organization is making in the lives of people with cognitive disabilities. The luncheons are free and informational. Luncheons are from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month. Information: Diana, (970) 266-5316. Fort Collins Breakfast Optimist Club meets each Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. at Dennys Restaurant. (North side of Mulberry just off the Interstate.) Our purpose is to help and sponsor activities for young people. Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/ Neuter Clinic offers low-cost vaccinations and spay/neuter surgery for dogs and cats, has fee-waived services available for qualified lowincome pet owners and can provide free dog and cat food to pet owners experiencing financial hardship. It shelter houses adoptable cats and kittens and is open to the public seven days a week. Clinic: (970) 484-1861. Shelter: (970) 484-8516. Information: www.FCCRSNC.org. Fort Collins Lions Club is interested in providing pancake breakfasts as a service or fundraiser for other Fort Collins nonprofits All proceeds go to your fundraising event. Do you have a fundraiser or charity walk, run, or bike event? Contact Dan Fahrlander at (970) 416-1385 or Bill Funke at (970) 482-0255 for more information. Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society — the Mountain Avenue trolley — is seeking volunteers to operate and maintain the 1919

restored Birney Safety Car for the 2014 season. Motormen, conductors, and maintenance volunteers are always needed and welcome. Information: contact Bob at (970) 817-0562. Fort Collins National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, or NARFE, monthly meetings are on the third Monday of most months at 11:30 a.m. at the Elks Club, 1424 E. Mulberry St. Information: www.narfe.org. Fort Collins Sertoma Club is seeking the support of the Fort Collins business community for its Flag Program, which allows businesses to display the American flag on nine holidays this year while supporting local programs such as Crossroads Safehouse and Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County. Sertoma Club members will provide and hang flags at participating businesses on the following holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, 9/11, Columbus Day and Veterans Day. The annual cost is $45 per flag per year. Information: Jim Manning, jimmanning@aol.com. Fort Collins Sertoma Club, an organization that for more than 40 years has dedicated itself to financially and physically supporting Fort Collins organizations that assist youths and those in need, meets each Friday for its weekly meeting and lunch. Information: Josh Benedict, (970) 219-6819. Fort Collins Shambhala Meditation Center offers free meditation instruction at all public sittings, practicing and teaching mindfulness-awareness meditation, and offers an integrated Shambhala Buddhist curriculum of classes and programs. Public sitting times are 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to noon on Sundays, and noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at 126A W. Mountain Ave. (behind Enzio’s Italian restaurant). Open house talks on med-

itation will be held during the public sitting times Wednesday. Ongoing programs in Shambhala Buddhism, contemplative arts and Shambhala training levels also are offered at the center. Directions and further information available on the website: http://fortcollins.shambhala .org. Front Range Exceptional Equestrians, or F.R.E.E., provides healing equine-assisted activities to children and adults with special needs. Riders improve muscle strength, balance, confidence and cognitive abilities when on a horse. Social and emotional challenges are met by the horse-rider bond, the caring volunteers and certified instructors, and the friendly atmosphere. Based in Fort Collins, F.R.E.E. depends on community support. Information: www.ridewithfree.org. Gamblers Anonymous is a 12-step program for those with a gambling problem. Meetings are at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 2000 S. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins. Information: Lou, (970) 556-3938 or www.coloradoga.org Guide for Living, a 12-step support group providing help for general living problems, meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Thomas University Chapel, 805 S. Shields St., Fort Collins, and at noon Thursdays at Home State Bank, 303 E. Mountain Ave., Fort Collins. Information: (970) 290-9391 or www.guideforliving.org IAAP, International Association of Administrative Professionals: Mountain View Chapter is an organization dedicated to the education, networking and leadership development of the administrative professional. Our chapter serves the greater Northern Colorado area, as well as southern Wyoming, Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month beginning at 6 p.m. at the Cambria Suites in Fort Collins.

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State forecast: Tuesday/Wednesday

Tuesday

Wednesday

High 51° Low 31° Partly cloudy, cool, isolated showers

High 60° Low 39° Partly cloudy, warmer

Thursday

Craig 49° / 22°

High 62° Low 44° Partly cloudy, mild

58° / 30°

Grand Junction 60° / 32°

Sunday

62° / 40°

Estes Park 43° / 25°

Denver 52° / 33°

Limon 51° / 28° 57° / 34° Burlington 55° / 32°

60° / 43°

Colorado Springs 46° / 30°

65° / 44°

Saturday

62° / 39°

41° / 28°

Gunnison 46° / 18°

Fort Collins: The rest of the week Friday

Julesburg 54° / 33°

Greeley 55° / 32°

60° / 39°

Vail 36° / 15°

64° / 36°

lower 50s. Another cold night with clear skis and lows in the upper 20s and lower 30s.

51° / 35°

47° / 32°

Glenwood Springs 54° / 26°

Kathy’s word on the weather

A slow warming trend with just enough moisture for isolated showers this afternoon. Look for partly cloudy skies with highs cooler than average in the

45° / 29°

Cheyenne Fort Collins 51° / 31°

Steamboat Springs 44° / 24° 52° / 33°

National roundup

63° / 40°

58° / 37°

51° / 26°

Pueblo 52° / 33°

Monday

Lamar 58° / 30°

64° / 42°

High 66° Low 45°

High 75° Low 48°

High 77° Low 48°

High 80° Low 48°

Partly cloudy, isolated pm showers

Partly cloudy, warm

Partly cloudy

Precipitation almanac Last 24 hours 0.2” Record/year 1.48" in 1910 Total this month 3.7” Total this year 7.43” Normal, year to date 5.33"

Durango 54° / 23°

47/32 82 / 46 85 in 1984 26 in 1953 67 / 40

Observations from CSU Weather Station, valid for the 24-hour period ending at 8 p.m. yesterday

Allergy index

UV index today 0-2: Minimal 3-4: Low 5-6: Moderate 7-9: High 10+: Very high

The higher the UV index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

Sun and moon Today’s Today’s Today’s Today’s

Full May 14

sunrise sunset moonrise moonset

Last May 21

High Low Low Not Counted

Courtesy of National Allergy Bureau

First June 5

Area river flows

Poudre River at Canyon mouth 971 788 Poudre River at Ft.Collins

Today’s high/low

11,000 feet 9,000 feet 7,000 feet

31° / 10° 44° / 24° 43° / 25°

Air quality

Watering Guide

205

0.1

0.00 0.00 0.00

3 days ago: 5 days ago: 7 days ago:

Visibility

Ozone and carbon monoxide

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Ozone

Carbon monoxide

Visibility

0-50: Good 0-50: Good 51-100: Moderate 51-100: Moderate 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive groups 101-200: Poor 201 - 300: Extremely poor 151 and above: Unhealthy

Courtesy of Fort Collins Utilities

Air quality forecast

Pollutant standards indexes for yesterday

National weather

Red alertmeans elevated No ozone levels are predicted, Alert and individuals with sensitivity to

air pollution should limit outdoor exertion from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. No alert means elevated ozone levels are not forecasted. Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Extremes

Recreational forecast 5:46 AM 8:09 PM 7:13 PM 5:04 AM

New May 28

Trees Grasses Weeds Molds

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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

Two Poudre High School coaches stepping down

Drafted wide receiver Latimer ‘was meant to be a Bronco’

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“You tell her something, she listens. She speaks it back to you, and she’ll go out and do it for you — to the second.” CHRIS SUPPES Fort Collins High School cross-country coach

a star is

BORN How a freshman already has rewritten the record books at Fort Collins High School By Tyler Silvy TylerSilvy@coloradoan.com

Andrea and Joe Gregory second-guessed having their 8-year-old daughter Lauren join them at the 10K BolderBoulder race in 2008. They didn’t know if a kid that age should be running that long of a race. “We thought we would run along with her,” said Andrea, who said they planned to walk when Lauren was tired. “Turns out, after mile 1 or 2, she looks at us like, ‘Can I just go?’ ” Lauren did, and she won the BolderBoulder for her age group, running the race in 52 minutes, 13 seconds — 40 minutes better than the runner-up. Last year, she won her age group in 40:38.44. See COLLINS, Page D3

LAUREN GREGORY FILE » School: Fort Collins High School » Sports: Track and field (distance), cross-country » Personal records: 800 — 2:15.15 1,600 — 4:58.70 (first in school history) 3,200 — 10:50.5 (second in school history) » Sibling: James, sixth-grader » Parents: Andrea and Joe Gregory

Fort Collins High School track star Lauren Gregory is the latest in a long line of decorated female Lambkin distance runners and she’s only a freshman. Gregory already has a cross-country state title and owns the school’s 1,600-meter record. ERIN HULL/THE COLORADOAN

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Elway played his cards perfectly during the NFL draft All around the country, there will be one common theme coursing through sports media — draft grades. From newspapers to websites, talk shows to TV specials, everybody will be assessing how each team fared during the NFL’s threeday player selection extravaganza. In a lot of ways, this is a silly practice. For one thing, everybody thinks their team did well; there’s not a general manager, coach and even many fans in the country who looked at their final haul Saturday night and didn’t like what they saw

on paper. And, there’s no real way to refute them — until players actually step on the field. Thus, any assessment of the quality of a draft is almost entirely speculation. Whether a team mortgaged the future (such as Buffalo trading its first-round pick in 2015 in order to move up for wide receiver Sammy Watkins), moved up and down to get multiple high-profile picks (see St. Louis and Cleveland), or kept trading down as though they were afraid to make a selection (a la the defending champions from Seattle), no one knows for sure if they were geniuses or bozos. But that doesn’t mean knowledge can’t be gleaned from assessing a team’s draft. Quite the contrary. A team’s picks provide the second piece to a two-part puzzle, providing a final clue to the franchise’s shortterm and long-range plans. Free agency was step one; the NFL draft is step two. Things became very clear with regard to the Denver Broncos. After

looking at their six selections, particularly the first two, the team’s roster begins to take shape. The Broncos used their firstround pick to select a cornerback. Bradley Roby fills the void left by the departures of Champ Bailey and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, pairing with fellow newcomer Aqib Talib and incumbent Chris Harris, Jr. to provide the Broncos with a stout trio of cornerbacks. But this pick does more than simply take the pressure off of secondyear corner Kayvon Webster, who didn’t appear ready to be Denver’s No. 3 cover man when thrust into action a year ago. It also provides the Broncos flexibility with regard to Harris when his contract is up at the end of the season. If Roby is a star in the making, which his pre-draft grade as a mid-first round talent certainly suggests is possible, he and Talib can be Denver’s top two cornerbacks, meaning the Broncos won’t have to break the bank to retain Harris.

If Harris, a former undrafted free agent, is willing to re-sign at a reasonable number, keeping the Talib-Harris-Roby trio together will be doable. But if his asking price is outlandish, the Broncos will be in the market for a third cornerback instead of a No. 1 or 2, which is a much more cost-friendly place to shop. The same long-term planning applies to the Broncos’ second-round pick. A few eyebrows were raised when John Elway traded up to the 56th overall selection to take Cody Latimer, a wide receiver out of Indiana. It was a move that didn’t seem to fit an immediate need, since the Broncos already have Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker and Emmanuel Sanders at the position. But a glimpse down the road connects the dots. Ultimately, Latimer will prove to be the replacement for Eric Decker, who left two months ago for the New York Jets. That’s because Welker is in the final season of his two-year deal with Denver, a contract that

pays him $6 million per season. With Thomas about to back up the Brinks truck for a big payday, a check the Broncos would be foolish not to write, and Sanders having just inked a three-year, $15 million deal, the orange and blue will be looking for a cheaper option as their third receiver. It’s not realistic to have $20 million per season tied up in wideouts. That’s where Latimer comes in. If he turns into a player, he’ll be playing on a rookie contract, which will pair nicely with the mega-deal Thomas is about to sign and the hefty salary Sanders already boasts. Plus, he’ll give the Broncos a better mix of talents at the position. Right now, both Welker and Sanders are smaller, slot-type receivers. Latimer, on the other hand, is 6foot-2, 215 pounds, able to better fill the role of a bigger receiver just vacated by Decker. So in 2015, or perhaps sooner if the rookie acclimates himself to the See MERILATT, Page D2

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2nd-round pick Cody Latimer meant to be a Denver Bronco By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD — Co-

dy Latimer is already a good fit in Denver and he has yet to suit up in orange and blue. Well, blue at least. The Indiana wide receiver arrived at team headquarters Saturday sporting a crisp orange dress shirt, white pants and orange leather dress shoes. No surprise there — except that he didn’t race out on a midnight shopping run in Manhattan after the Broncos selected him in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night.

“If there was ever a guy that was meant to be a Bronco, it was Cody, because he had those shoes and this shirt in his bag in New York and came straight here,” general manager John Elway said. “So you know he was meant to be a Bronco.” Latimer said the outfit was the same one he wore to his senior prom at Jefferson Township High School in Dayton, Ohio, in 2011. “It happened to work out perfectly,” Latimer said, adding. “It actually has a white vest, but I wasn’t going to be too dressy. I had to be comfortable today.” Latimer was comfy at Radio City Music Hall on Friday night, donning a white T-shirt

and brown sweater for his photo with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former Broncos halfback Gene Mingo, who announced the pick. “I wanted to be comfortable in that green room because I had been sweating bullets in that suit” during the first round Thursday night, he said. Latimer joins a stacked receiving corps that helped Peyton Manning set an NFL record with 55 TD throws last season. Eric Decker left for the Jets in free agency and Emmanuel Sanders arrived from Pittsburgh. At a shade under 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, Latimer has an uncommon mix of size, speed and strength in the

mold of Denver’s No. 1 receiver, Demaryius Thomas, but his blocking skills are more in the mold of Decker, who helped free his fellow pass-catchers on pick plays. Latimer also is known for his sure hands, something he attributes to his background on the basketball court, where he was a power forward. He said his physical play in the post also led to his aggressive nature on the football field. “He’s a guy that as you can tell has great size, great demeanor and is going to be a tremendous help and bring great competition to the wide receiver spot,” Elway said. “We plan on him doing great things for us.”

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Corner Bradley Roby glad to join Super Bowl contender in Denver By Arnie Stapleton

2 locals make All-Region softball team Two local softball players were named to the Daktronics All-Region team. Metro State players Aubree Maul, who played at Rocky Mountain, and Kelsey Tillery from Windsor were awarded second-team All-South Central Region on Monday. Maul compiled a record of13-11in the circle this season with a 3.93 ERA. Tillery, a senior catcher, hit .443 with 56 RBIs, 30 doubles and five home runs.

CSU lacrosse players recognized CSU had 16 players named to the All-Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference on Monday, highlighted by goaltender Jack Regan, awarded defensive player of the year. Other first-team honorees were Bryan Roach and Tim Miaskiewicz. Colorado State University beat Simon Fraser 5-3 on Monday in the opening round of the MCLA national tournament, advancing to play Chapman on Tuesday.

Collindale and Mariana see aces

Kevin Shaw of Fort Collins had a hole in one Saturday at Collindale Golf Course in Fort Collins. Shaw used a hybrid club from 175 yards to sink his shot on hole No. 15. Bruce Davis and Art Banoso were the witnesses. Duane Bailey of Loveland aced the 131-yard No. 8 hole at Mariana Butte Golf Course in Loveland on Thursday using a 9-iron.

Rocky Mountain holding soccer camp

Rocky Mountain High School is hosting a youth soccer skills camp June 9-12 at the school’s practice fields at the corner of Shields and Swallow streets. Cost of the camp, which will run each day from 9 a.m. to noon, is $70 per participant and includes a soccer ball and T-shirt. The camp is designed to help male and female players from grades kindergarten through eighth get a better understanding of soccer while improving their talent. Information: Contact Christina Reed at (970) 4122716 or http://rmhsyouthsoccercamp.eventzilla.net. — Coloradoan staff