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APRIL WILSON, RIGHT, TALKS on Tuesday with Detective Christian Morgan with the Greeley Police Department at the
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t doesn’t stand at the exact location where her body was found five years ago, but the old wooden cross for Kayleah is still there along the banks of the irrigation ditch; weathered wood and rusty nails, held up by a pile of rocks. The old cross can easily be seen from 29th Street, especially when the sun is low, lighting the background with the glow that comes in the early spring.
Five years have passed since Kayleah Wilson’s body was found here, in this irrigation ditch. A 12-year-old girl, missing two months and at last found; the victim of a murder. Even though it’s been half a decade since Kayleah was abducted and murdered, police are still looking for the person who killed her. Five years could seem like a long time, yet still, when April Wilson sat down in a Greeley restaurant and talked of her daughter, her brown eyes still brim with tears. April has Kayleah’s ashes in a container in her bedroom at home, and said, “I still talk to her every day.” Five years ago Saturday, Kayleah Wilson left her home in south Greeley just before 4 in the afternoon. She was going to meet a friend just a few blocks away, over by the Greeley Mall, and they were going to another friend’s birthday party. After she left her home, Kayleah’s family would never again see her alive.
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animal at a memorial for Kayleah Wilson five years ago by the irrigation ditch behind Trinity Lutheran Church in Greeley. Her disappearance and the subsequent searches and investigation into the case likely made it the biggest case in the Greeley Police Department’s history, according to the lead investigator in the case, Detective Christian Morgan. “Literally, hundreds of people became involved in this case,” Morgan said. “From the police, sheriff’s office, fire departments, FBI, law agencies across the country and the volunteers on the search teams.” In addition to the local police agencies working the case, the FBI sent 50 agents to Greeley to join in the search. Yet no one could find the 12-year-old. At first, they thought
she may have been a runaway, hiding out somewhere in Greeley. For nearly two months, the search for Kayleah continued. National child search agencies sent out posters, volunteer groups searched throughout Weld County. The news of the missing 12-year-old made national headlines and newscasts. The television media literally camped out in the Wilson’s parking lot, hoping to get an interview with her mother or any other family member.
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BETTY EDNEY-MILNER, A VOLUNTEER with the Humane Society of Weld County, bottle feeds a kitten on Saturday
while others watch at the Humane Society of Weld County in Evans during its kitten shower. With a small donation toward the Humane Society, attendees could meet and hold the kittens. Donations were used to help care for the kittens until they’re old enough to be adopted. By Kelsey Hammon khammon@greeleytribune.com
With eyes barely open, week-old kittens, tumbled, played and cried when a bottle of milk got a little too far from their paws. The kittens were the stars of the Humane Society of Weld County’s Kitten Shower Saturday afternoon. The shower helped to » Check collect donations for foster families out video See video with who care for the kittens in their this story at own homes, until www.greeley the kittens can tribune.com. be adopted by permanent owners at 2 months of age. Visitors also could learn how to care for kittens. Amanda Howe, a junior at Greeley West High School, said she can’t keep any furry pets at home because of her mom’s allergies. While she likes her pet fish, she said she has loved animals of all types since she was a kid. Amanda’s hobby is to read about cats and make drawings of different animals and keeping pets out of her life is just out of the question. She was one of 20 people who showed up at the Kitten Shower. Amanda said her intent was to learn how to care for baby animals, so that she could be a volunteer. From late March to early November, the Humane Society of Weld County receives about 335 kittens each year that need homes. The families that temporarily adopt the kittens are specially trained to bottle feed and care for the tiny, fluffy, helpless kittens. To help volunteer foster families with the financial costs of supporting the kittens, volunteer program manager Dana Montgom-
» To help The Humane Society of Weld County is always accepting donations for kittens. To view a kitten wish list, go to www.rescue.petflow.com/ the-humane-society-of-weldcounty/.
ery-Gair said they hold the Kitten Showers. While the Kitten Shower is an opportunity to pet and play with the kittens, visitors also are asked bring a donation of food, bedding or a money to help the Humane Society with its cause. “You would be surprised how much a little kitten can eat. We do everything we can to lighten the financial burden on them,” Montgomery-Gair said. “It takes a special person to be a foster parent, the kittens have to be fed every 2-3 hours.” Foster parent Dana Miller, bottle fed Cola, a cream colored kitten with blue eyes, during the shower. Miller decided to become a foster family to the baby kittens after she started volunteering with the Humane Society of Weld County last August. At home, the kittens like to surprise her blue heeler, Bear, and ride on his back. They also get into just about everything lying around the house. But neither Bear nor Miller can ever stay mad at the fluffy balls of mayhem. For Miller, parting ways with the kittens can be difficult, but she said she knows it’s all for a good cause. “My job is to make them great pets for somebody else,” she said. For tiny tabby kitten, Dorito, the shower also presented him with opportunity to find a lap on which to nap. And Amanda was his chosen person. “I’m an animal person in general,” she said. “This is my kitten fix.”
A KITTEN SITS IN the pen at the kitten shower on Saturday at the Humane Society of Weld County in Evans.
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Greeley Police Dept. welcomes public for Recruitment Open House By Kelsey Hammon khammon@greeleytribune.com
Chief of Police Jerry Garner described Saturday’s Greeley Police Department Recruitment Open House as a day of “show and tell.” “We have such a great facility. We are really proud of it. We believe if we publicize, we will attract top of the line people,” Garner said. For Garner, finding the right candidate to become an officer is all in the gut. “They need to have a fire in the belly,” he said. He said he hoped to recognize this palpable attitude among candidates, as he scanned the crowd of nearly 50 faces who showed up at Greeley police headquarters for the recruitment event. In addition to providing an opportunity for future officers, the GPD opened its doors to the public for a presentation and tour of the facility. Visitors got to see the inner workings of the patrol and investigative division, where a white van is deployed from the garage to gather evidence from shootings, car crashes and other incidents. Visitors also got to check out the robots used to recover bombs, the various battering rams used by the SWAT team and the K9 units. While the last Recruitment Open House was only six months ago, Garner said that is not unusual. In the past 18 months, Garner said that several officers have retired, leaving at least two positions
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open to fill. While he said that the police department was willing to hire an experienced officer with the aforementioned grit, he also said he was searching for candidates to put through the police academy. The open house attracted a variety of people, some who were curious to see the building and some who hoped to find a job in the field. Stephanie Brown of Fort Collins has worked as a paramedic for nearly four years. Working on scene with police officers sparked an interest in being a part of the force. “I feel like I have a per-
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sonality more directed toward a police officer, rather than a paramedic. I love being a paramedic, but I feel driven to try being an officer,” Brown said. While she wasn’t quite sure which specific type of police work that she wanted to go in to, she said she was excited to have the chance to see different units of the force, and she would go from there. Greeley resident Zach Cullison said that he hoped to eventually be able to be an investigator,
if he was hired. Cullison is a security guard and said he has always respected the work of officers. Cullison said he had once lived in kind of a bad neighborhood, where he was raised by a single mother. When cops came to check on his family it made an impression Cullison said he can’t forget. “They were always just concerned and would even help to cheer you up,” Cullison said. “This is an opportunity to see if I can’t return the favor.”
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Greeley Police and the Weld County Sheriff’s Deputies talk to diverted motorists at a roadblock in the parking lot
of the Greeley Mall five years ago. The three agencies were looking for more information on missing 12-year-old Kayleah Wilson.
« KAYLEAH From A1 “For two weeks,” April said, “to get out of our house, I had to go out the back door very quietly, climb over a brick wall, and then go to my hidden car.” And then, on May 19, a ditch rider turned on the water flow to an irrigation ditch in west Greeley, less than a half-mile from the Wilson home. The ditch wound through some fields, went underground for a distance, then down behind a building that is in the 3300 block of 29th Street. There, at the bottom of a 10-foot water drop, the ditch rider saw a body, stuck at the bottom of the waterfall, turning in the current. It was Kayleah, the 12-year-old missing girl. As soon as her body was found, the Greeley police moved the Wilson family from their home to a hotel in another city, April said. “They were so good about it … they knew what we’d been through with the TV media, and wanted to protect us,” she said. Morgan, who has been the lead detective in this case from the beginning, can’t say what the cause of death was for the girl. “That’s some of the information we’re going to withhold,” Morgan said. “Only the killer would know how she died.” Immediately, police contacted the man who has been their “person of interest” in this case from the very beginning: Kayleah’s onetime boyfriend, 18-year-old Robert Montoya. Court affidavits released by the district attorney’s office show Montoya was asked to leave his own home when his mother brought her boyfriend to live with them. The boyfriend had a criminal record of sexual assaults on children, and Robert’s mother knew her children couldn’t live in the same house. So she asked her
» Timeline Timeline for the disappearance and death of Kayleah Wilson: » Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3:40 p.m.: Twelve-year-old Kayleah leaves her home to walk to meet a friend at the Greeley Mall across the U.S. 34 Bypass. She was going to a birthday party with that friend. That is the last time she is seen by her family. » Same day, 7 p.m.: When her daughter hasn’t returned at the time she was supposed to, Kayleah’s mother, April Wilson, first calls her friends to see if they know where she is. » About 10 p.m.: April notifies Greeley police of her missing daughter. Police begin a search of the area, and also contact Kayleah’s friends. They believe at first the girl may have been a runaway. Then they learn she never met her friend or arrived at the birthday party. » Monday, March 29: April and Kayleah’s brother, 17-yearold Mackenzie, put out missing
children to leave. Because April Wilson knew Montoya and his mother, she allowed the then 17-year-old to move into the Wilson home, temporarily. Court records show that during this time, Montoya and Kayleah had sexual relations. When April found out, she ordered Montoya to leave their home. Kayleah broke up with Montoya, but he apparently didn’t want the relationship to end. Montoya began following the 12-year-old girl and would hide in the bushes outside her house and confront her when she
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child posters with her photo and the words: “We love you! Come home, call us. Jesus loves you! We are going to Cowboy Church on Easter.” Attached are phone numbers to call. The family hangs the posters on fences and telephone poles in the area and pass out the posters to people living nearby or just walking in the area. There are no answers. » March 31: Greeley police have determined it’s not a runaway case and increase the searches and investigation. Search dogs are brought in, but find no trails of the girl. Police send out the first press releases because they are no longer looking for a runaway. Twenty-five police officers are on the case, and the FBI is notified. They will bring in 50 agents to search. » April 1: A Facebook group, “Prayers for Kayleah Wilson’s safe return” has launched a campaign; the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force steps in
to help. Searches are organized for the next several days. No one finds any trace of the girl. » April 4: On Easter Sunday, April Wilson’s family attends the Northern Colorado Cowboy Church services to receive help in praying for Kayleah. Police agencies continue to search, combing the outlying areas from her home and the Greeley Mall. » April 5: A security camera at the Greeley Mall parking lot shows Kayleah walking through the lot, but then out of camera range. There is nothing else and no one else suspicious in the video. More searches are organized. » Early morning, May 19: A ditch rider turns on the water to an irrigation ditch in west Greeley, about a half-mile from the Wilson home. At the base of a 10-foot waterfall, he sees a small body, turning in the rolling water. Police immediately cover the area and Kayleah’s body is found. The same day, Kayleah’s
former boyfriend, Robert Montoya, 18, is arrested and bond is set at $100,000. He is not arrested for the murder, but because he is 18 and admitted to having sex with the 12-year-old girl, he was arrested for sexual assault on a child. » May 25: Hundreds attend the memorial service for Kayleah Wilson in downtown Greeley. Her body has been cremated, and some ashes are left in a memorial wall at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The rest of her ashes are in an urn that April Wilson places in her bedroom, so she can talk with her daughter. » Ten months later, on March 22: The trial begins for Robert Montoya. » March 25: After a three-day trial, Montoya is convicted and sentenced to eight years to life in the state penitentiary. He remains there today. Source: Greeley Tribune archives
» Others affected by the Kayleah Wilson case Of the hundreds of people involved in the searches and investigation of the Kayleah Wilson abduction and murder five years ago, many still feel strongly in the case. » Mackenzie Jamison, Kayleah’s older brother: “I was 17 when she was taken, 22 now. I’ve become a videographer and photographer, and she’s the reason I work hard on those; she always pushed me to be better.” Mackenzie said he didn’t want to talk about who may have killed his sister, but he visits the cemetery often, where some of
her cremains were interred. » Brenda Jamison of Greeley, Kayleah’s grandmother: “She was an awesome, sweet girl, who wanted to help everybody. If somebody needed a friend, they could count on Kayleah. This was our fifth Christmas without her. Even though it’s been five years, people still ask us about the case, and most of them think it was solved. We have to tell them we still don’t have any answers yet.” » Sgt. Bill West, Greeley police: “It ranks as one of the toughest cases we’ve ever
handled at GPD. We worked as hard on that case as any case we’ve ever had – everyone who worked it gave their all. We all hope that someday it will be solved because we’ve solved some difficult ones before.” » Greeley Police Chief Jerry Garner: He spoke often about the case when it was first opening, and still has strong feelings. “When I think of the Kayleah Wilson case, the first thing to my mind is that it is still a very active case for us. We know it is a solvable case and we intend to solve it.”
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A slow evolution for a west Greeley industrial park has turned into something much bigger, which might bring a lot more jobs to the area. What started more than a decade ago as a way to keep Pepsi Bottling Co., in Greeley has become HighPointe Business Park, that is home to Noble Energy, the Weld County Crime Lab, and the headquarters for Natural Pet Marketplace.
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MATT VAROZ WATCHES AS a chicken shuffles past at Ginger’s Farm in Eaton. Varoz’s
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The park, all 132 acres, is starting to fill up after years of drought. Soon, it will be home to the state’s largest compressed natural gas filling station, Flatiron Steel, and an international business that will operate a lab, and another project still being ironed out, said land owner Tom Roche, principal in Golden Eye Investments. “At the rate we’re going, we should be sold out in the next two years,” Roche said. “It’s been a long process. I initially bought and developed it to keep Pepsi in Greeley. That’s how it all started. “It was just too soon to attract any other users, but otherwise, Pepsi would have wound up on I-25.” The business park sat inactive for another four years, mostly because the project was before its time. Then, Ancon Construction bought in and built a strip center, which is now mostly full. Still, there were no major takers at HighPointe until 2010, when Natural Pet Marketplace moved into the strip center. Two years later, Noble Energy moved in its headquarters just north of Pepsi, bringing 300 employees to the center. Last year, Natural Pet Marketplace opened its own building further east in the strip center. “We initially had it branded as the Greeley Tech Center,” Roche said. “Really, we weren’t attracting the tech-type users, but we’re (now) attracting primary-jobs users for light industrial to medium industrial.” Roche said business has picked up this year, having just closed a $630,000 deal to bring LaSalle-based Flatiron Steele there this year. Lee Smith will bring Flatiron Steele to the business park with
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very time Matt Varoz steps out his front door, the chickens come running, but that’s because they know who has the food. Varoz, nicknamed “Dr. Doolittle” by friends and family, owner of Ginger’s Farm, 12037 Weld County Road 74, Eaton. He is concerned with giving his farm animals the « FOR MORE best quality of life possible, so he GO TO PAGE Information lets the chickens roam free and the C5: about becoming Red Wattle pigs he raises have free a shareholder reign of the field. Varoz’s 10-acre farm is a Community Supported Agriculture production. He offers shares of the farm for $500, and each shareholder gets two bags of produce every week for the 20-week season. Ginger’s Farm provides for its shareholders everything from fresh fruits and veggies to free-range eggs to cuts of heritage pork. Fees are paid upfront, which help him with overhead. “In return, they’re getting fresh produce all season long,” Varoz said. A half share can be purchased, and Varoz is working with nonprofits so shares can be bought and donated to needy families. Anyone can come to the farm to see how it works, something Varoz thinks is important. “It’s not just an aisle-five-has-the-vegetables
Union membership in America has dropped to 11 percent last year, down from 20 percent 30 years ago.
How to lead during March Madness madness
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» 21st Street and 115th Avenue, HighPointe Business Park, Greeley. $630,000. Seller: Golden Eye Investments. Buyer: VB Properties. » Vista Ridge, Erie. $3.4 million. Seller: County Road 3 Investment. Buyer: Bonanza Drive Development Corp. » Hudson Village Square, $571,600. Seller: Hudson Interchange General Par. Buyer: Loves Hospitality LLC. » 601 E. Collins St., Eaton. $1.4 million. Seller: J and C Investments. Buyer: SLB Enterprises (Brady Truckin). Source: Sperry Van Ness/The Group Commercial; Colorado Real Estate Journal; DTZ.
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Last year, Warren Buffet offered $1 billion to anyone who could pick a perfect bracket for the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament. It was a pretty safe bet on Buffet’s part considering the odds of accurately predicting all 63 games are about one in 4,294,967,296. That is part of the appeal of March Madness — it’s virtually impossible to predict which teams will emerge victorious throughout the tournament.
MATT VAROZ VISITS WITH his pig,
Ginger, while at Ginger’s Farm in Eaton. Varoz wants to treat his animals humanely. He thinks his free roaming heritage breed pigs yield better meat than a commercially raised pigl. Plus, it allows their personalities to shine through, he said. thing,” he said. “They can come out and tour the farm.” When he says farm, though, he means his backyard, where everything is raised and produced — except the pigs, which roam on land a few miles away.
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Sure, there are teams favored to win, but there also are Cinderella tales waiting to unfold. It is one of the most exciting events in sports, and a person doesn’t need to know anything about college hoops to get swept up in the thrill and participate in or (to the dismay of fans everywhere) win a bracket pool. This excitement largely explains why approximately 50 million Americans contribute to March Madness office pools, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The firm also says that level of participation is estimated to cost U.S. employers at least $1.9 billion
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in lost productivity during the tournament. With that much cash at stake, business leaders (and team leaders) can’t afford to ignore the phenomenon, but what’s the best approach to managing the madness? THE BEST DEFENSE IS A GOOD OFFENSE
While it may be tempting for leaders to bar all March Madness-related activities at work, the prevailing opinion is that strict prohibition is actually counterproductive — employee productivity is likely to drop lower as workers spend time trying to circumvent the ban
and covertly participate in the hoopla. The best bet for leaders is to encourage the camaraderie born out of March Madness, while still requiring that employees maintain an acceptable rate of work and adhere to company policies. So what does that compromise entail? Brackets without betting: While the feds are unlikely to break down your door for the infraction, the average office pool is still technically
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came out. One day, he was caught looking in the windows of Brentwood Middle School, which Kayleah attended, and he admitted to trying to see her in class. Kayleah called Montoya a “stalker freak,” and told him to leave her alone. She had also told some friends she might have been pregnant, but that couldn’t be proven after she was found, because of the condition of the body, which may have been in the ditch for nearly two months. Court records show that about a month after she called Montoya a stalker, Kayleah disappeared. Despite the evidence against Montoya, Morgan said they didn’t have enough to arrest him for the murder of the girl. Montoya’s trial for sexual assault on a child began almost a year later. Montoya admitted having sex with the girl, but claimed he was a juvenile — just 17 years old. Prosecutors in the case maintain the couple also had sex several times after Montoya turned 18. He was convicted of sexual assault on
Five years ago, to find answers in the disappearance and death of 12-yearold Kayleah Wilson, the FBI offered a $20,000 reward. That reward still stands today. A witness who has information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a suspect can receive the $20,000. That person also would help the Wilson family find the answers they’ve been seeking for five years. “Somebody out there knows who did this,” said the lead investigator, Christian Morgan. “We would love to pay out this reward.” To call in a tip, the number is (970) 351-5315. Morgan said they can take anonymous tips but would much prefer a number so they can call the tipster back.
a child and was sentenced to the Colorado State prison system on an eight years to life. He remains in prison today, although his case is being appealed because he still maintains he was a juvenile
» In her memory In honor of Kayleah Wilson, her disappearance and murder, police have formed the Northern Colorado Child Abduction Team. According to Detective Christian Morgan, every police agency in Weld County is a member, along with the Department of Human Services. “We meet regularly and have training
when he had sexual relations with the 12-year-old. Now, five years have passed. April Wilson had her daughter cremated and some of her ashes are at Sunset Memorial Gardens, but April kept most of them in the urn she has at home. “She was a beautiful girl, taken away so young … and we still don’t know why or who did this to her,” she said. April said she appreciates how Greeley police are handling the case. “Detective Morgan told me during the search for Kayleah that as long as he is a police officer he’d be looking for my daughter.”
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It’s that time of year again, and the kids of Greeley-Evans School District 6 have the next week off of school. If you are looking for some activities to do around town, be sure to check out some of these events taking place over spring break: » Camp Noah — Kids kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to attend camp, free of charge for children affected by the 2013 floods. The event will be held 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Greeley Evans Moose Lodge, 3456 11th Ave. in Evans. Space is limited to 50 participants, so be sure to sign up soon by calling Weld Recovers at (970) 351-9408. » Boys of the Moonshell Science Camp — Boys will gather for a week of science and experiments from 9 a.m.2:30 p.m. all week at The Poudre Learning Center,
For more activities in the area, be sure to check out The Tribune’s Daily Planner on A3.
8313 F St. in Greeley. The cost for the camp is $150, and scholarships are available. For more information, call the Poudre Learning Center at (970) 352-1267. » Bug Safari-Puppets — Music and live bugs will keep children and parents entertained at the Riverside Library and Cultural Center, 3700 Golden St. in Evans. The event begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and is recommended for ages 3-5. For more information, including registration, go to www.mylibrary.us. » Catch a movie — “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” is playing from 2-5 p.m. Thursday at the Riverside Library, 3700 Golden St. in Evans. Free popcorn will be provided. » Baby Animals Days — starts Friday. Bring the entire family to Centen-
nial Village, 1475 A St., to learn about and see baby animals! The event takes place in the western portion of the Village from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. April 3-12. Admission is $2.50. » HorseBuds Visiting Day — Be sure to register for visiting day at the HorseBuds Therapeutic Riding Center, 16696 Weld County Road 70 in Greeley, at 10 a.m. Saturday, to learn about the HorseBuds program. Register for the event at www.horsebudstrc.org/. » And more — You can always bring the family to the Family FunPlex, 1501 65th Ave. in Greeley, the Greeley Recreation Center, 651 10th Ave., or the Ice Haus, 900 8th Ave. in Greeley. If these activities don’t tickle your fancy you can always spend the day outside on a hike or picnic!
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The city of Greeley, in conjunction with the Center for Resource Conservation, a Boulder-based nonprofit, will offer two free seminars on xeriscaping in April. The seminars, led by landscape designers and master gardeners, are intended to inform attendees about the challenges of gardening in the semi-arid West, such as clay soils, rocky earth and a limited water supply, according to a news release from the city. The first seminar, Introduction to Xeriscape, takes place April 15 at the Centennial Park Library, 2227 23rd Ave. in Greeley. Intended for beginners, the seminar will focus on the basics of water-efficient landscaping and the advantages to water, time and energy that xeriscaping offers, according to the release. This seminar will be led by Carrie Shimada, a landscape designer and master gardener. The second seminar, Integrating Xeriscape into an Existing Landscape, takes place April 22 at the Farr Regional Library, 1939 61st Ave. in Greeley. Led by Anne Lyons, a landscape designer, the seminar will teach attendees how to transform
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across the country about how to handle the abduction of children,” Morgan said. “It shows us how to respond quickly and to multiply in force when there is a child abduction.” The group made April Wilson, Kayleah’s mother, an honorary member of the organization.
Now, five years later, Morgan has hopes of finding Kayleah’s killer. Each year at this time, he walks out to the place where her body was found, along that irrigation ditch, where the grass is still yellow and no leaves have yet come to the cottonwood tree. Morgan said he comes here every year at this time … “just to remember.” And April knows how he feels. She would like to find some answers. “We’re asking people who know something to please step forward,” she said. “Kayleah, up in heaven, needs answers, as well.”
nonfunctional areas of an existing landscape into a xeriscape, according to the release. Registration for the seminars is required in advance and can be completed by going to www.conservationcenter.org/water-wise-seminars. Early registration is encouraged, as the seminars fill up quickly, according to the release.
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Rocky Mountain Energy Forum set for Thursday EVANS
The Rocky Mountain Energy Forum and its partners, Energy Proud and the Greeley Chamber of Commerce, will host a press conference and luncheon to discuss the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed ozone standard and its effects on Colorado. The EPA’s Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard is part of the Clean Air Act and regulates pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment. The press conference will begin at 11 a.m. followed by the luncheon from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday at the Riverside Library and Cultural Center, 3700 Golden St. in Evans. Guest speakers for the
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Union, district have common goal W e’re not prepared to place more blame on one side than the other, but the Greeley teachers union and Greeley-Evans School District 6 have us feeling worried — and disappointed. A longstanding dispute between the Greeley Education Association and the district over the hiring of specialized service professionals outside the contractual teacher pay schedule has gone to court. And it looks like that dispute may get in the way of contract negotiations this year. Already the lawsuit, and a history of contentious contract negotiations, has played havoc with the timetable for this year’s work. April 16 was supposed to be first day of face-to-face negotiations between the Greeley Education Association and Greeley-Evans School District 6. After the lawsuit was filed, the district postponed mutually agreed upon interest-based training, which was originally scheduled for March 19 and 20.
At a work session on Monday, GEA President Pat Otto suggested moving that training to April 1617, but no decision has been made. Ultimately, if contract negotiations don’t go well this year, we could see more lawyers getting involved. To be clear, we think teachers are important. And we think they should make as much as possible. But we also understand the financial realities that this district faces as one of the most poorly funded in the state. What’s particularly disappointing about the rocky relationship between the two sides is that we firmly believe they both want the same thing. They both want what’s best for the students of this district. It’s only the details about how to achieve that goal that get in the way. We would hope the two could work around those details. In this instance, the teachers union filed the lawsuit March 4 in Weld District Court. Beginning last spring, the filing alleges, District 6 hired these
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officials will focus on their common goal — the educating students in the district — during contract negotiations. specialized professionals as “consultants,” which allowed the district to pay them more than regular teachers. The teachers union contends they tried to work out differences with the district over these specialized educators, but didn’t get a response, which is why they took
the case to court. For their part, district officials say market conditions have forced their hands. They’ve had problems filling these positions since 2007 because these specialized educators can make more elsewhere, including in the private sector.
“We’ve got state and federal obligations to serve these students,” school board President Roger DeWitt said. “If we can’t get the employees, it’s ‘Who do we want to be sued by?’ ” District officials also say they face a similar problem with math teachers and may give those position a salary bump, too. That would leave other teachers out in the cold and likely elicit another lawsuit. From our perspective, the only winners in all this are the lawyers. Still, both sides have said that despite the legal wrangling, they can work together. “We believe that we can build a good relationship and enforce our contract at the same time,” Otto’s said in a recent statement. “We don’t believe there is a problem out there that we can’t solve together.” We hope that’s right. We hope both sides will focus on the goals they share instead of the differences that divide them. So far, though, the early indications aren’t good. — The Tribune Editorial Board
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION AND RESULTS HOW MANY WORK HOURS A DAY WILL YOU SPEND ON MARCH MADNESS? » None
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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SAVE RAINWATER ON YOUR PROPERTY? » Yes, it makes more efficient use of water » Yes, but only if you have your own well water » No, that water belongs to senior water rights holders » I’ve never even thought to do that NOTE Our question of the week is a sounding board, not a scientific survey. The results of this survey are evidence only of what some readers think. With that spirit in mind, we hope you participate in our dialogue about important topics of the day.
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HOUSE VOTE
America deserves an honest budget I voted against the fiscal year 2016 budget proposed by the Republican leadership because it won’t balance, it’s filled with gimmicks, and ultimately, it will lead to increased taxes and deficits. It is based on invalid assumptions. This is not unprecedented for the budgets crafted in Washington, but the American people deserve an honest, balanced budget and real reforms now. Some conservatives praised this budget for repealing Obamacare, eliminating wasteful programs, and making room for tax reform. However, they ignore political and economic reality. If Congress’ past behavior is any indication, and Washington fails to control its spending habits, interest rates will increase over the next 10 years. Yet, leadership’s budget identifies $800 billion in savings from reduced interest payments. While the largest savings in the GOP budget plan comes from repealing Obamacare and its $2 trillion in projected gross spending over the next decade, it also leads to the most egregious false assumption in the budget. The budget would repeal all of Obamacare’s harmful taxes, insurance regulations and government mandates, alleviating the burden they impose on Americans and businesses. However, it also assumes that the $800 billion in revenues lost through the repeal of these provisions would
be made up through unidentified tax reform. The additional Medicare sustainable growth rate spending, now estimated at about $175 billion over 10 years, is not fully offset by fiscally responsible cuts in Medicare spending. Rather than reforming Medicare now, the budget proposal would begin premium support in 2024. Medicare’s fiscal challenges are too severe to wait another eight years to enact Ken structural changes. Buck The House budGUEST get does not include COLUMNIST reforms to Social Security, but rather seeks to address this need with a proposed bipartisan commission, which would identify specific legislative proposals for Congress and the president to consider sometime later. There is a way to balance the budget, but it requires us to make painful decisions today, to ensure a prosperous future. Wherever the federal government oversteps its boundaries to perform functions that are outside of its purview, we must make cuts. We should increase the Medicare eligibility age for those born in 1960 or after, gradually increasing the age to 67, based on current life expectancies. We must transform our welfare
» The budget The Republican-controlled House approved a budget blueprint Wednesday. The vote was 228-199. The blueprint itself is non-binding, but sets Republicans on a path to pass legislation that repeals the health care law, remakes Medicare and overhauls the tax code, in addition to other steps to implement it plan. — Associated Press
system by restoring work requirements and by converting the food stamp program to a block grant. The federal government should return the authority to make transportation decisions to state and local governments, who know their own needs better than Washington bureaucrats. I came to Congress to advance real solutions that address what I consider the biggest threat to America: our $18.1 trillion debt. This budget fails to put forth solutions commensurate with our nation’s overspending, and I refuse to defer the pain to our children and grandchildren.
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Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., represents the 4th Congressional District, which includes Weld County. He lives in Windsor.
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July 29, 1954-March 23, 2015
Age: 60 Residence: Greeley Gerald “Jerry” Ray Arreguin, 60, of Greeley, died March 23, 2015, at Medical Center of the Rockies. He was born July 29, 1954, in Greeley, to Ynes Arreguin and Arreguin Carmen Martinez. Jerry married Antonia Trujillo on Sept. 27, 1975 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. Jerry worked for Kodak for 16 years. He was well known to express his love and personality through music. He shared his passion as an Elvis Presley impersonator. He was an amazing athlete and enjoyed playing softball, basketball and volleyball. Jerry loved Hot Rods and car shows, and never could have owned enough cars, vans, trucks and tires. Jerry was a loving husband, father, papa, brother, uncle and cousin. Even in hard times, he never lost his ornery sense of humor or the love of his family. Jerry is survived by his wife, Antonia “Terri” Arreguin of Greeley; daughters, Leah Frazier (Chad) and Jamie Arreguin (Hugh McGraw) all of Greeley; sisters, Rachel Antuna of Greeley, Ruby Ann Torres (John) of Santa Ana, Calif., Elodia Espinosa of Greeley; brothers, Al Martinez of Greeley, Ernie “Boy” Arreguin of Aneheim, Calif., Leonard Arreguin (Joyce)
« WHO’SNEW of Greeley; three grandchildren, Addison Frazier, Joshua Frazier and Braxton Mulder-Arreguin; and numerous “Favorite” nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Eloisa “Blondie” Galindo and Carmilita “Tootsie” Arreguin and two brothers, Richard Martinez and Roger Martinez. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2015, followed by Memorial Mass at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2015, both at St. Mary Catholic Church. Inurnment will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Please visit www.stoddardsunset.com to sign an online guestbook.
Nathan Freeman Fehl Age: 33
May 29, 1981-March 23, 2015
Residence: Greeley Nathan Freeman Fehl, 33, of Greeley, died on March 23, 2015. He was born in Loveland on May 29, 1981, to David and Nancy (Freeman) Fehl Fehl. Nate grew up in Loveland and graduated from Thompson Valley High School in 1999. He later graduated from UNC with a degree in psychology. Until 2013, he enjoyed working at Connections for Independent Living in Greeley, helping others with disabilities. Nate was never happier
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» The Tribune’s obituary policy The Tribune publishes basic death notices for free. The death notices are limited to about 100 words and contain basic information. If you are not working with a funeral home, submit information such as the deceased person’s name, age, place of residence and place of death, immediate family survivors and funeral service information to gtea@greeleytribune. com. Family members also may call (970) 392-4471 or drop off the information in person at The Tribune’s office, 501 8th Ave. Obituaries must be received by noon to be placed in the next day’s paper. More detailed obituaries with additional information about the deceased, a photo, borders or a flag symbol for veterans are available for a small fee. than when fishing or working on car projects. He was an avid Notre Dame football and Duke basketball fan. Josh, his beloved dog,was his best friend and companion for many years. Spending time with family and friends brought Nate joy. His life was a testimony to his strength, courage and perseverance in the face of tremendous challenges. He fought the good fight and was an inspiration to many. Nate is survived by parents David and Nancy Fehl of Greeley, devoted grandfather Austin Freeman of Loveland, uncles John Freeman and Bruce Fehl (Ethel), aunts Linda Banks (Thurston) and Myra Freeman, cousins Megan (Mike and Declan), Rebekah, Rachel, Chris (Laura and Micah), Matt and Chad and many friends. He was preceded in death by loving grandparents Eleanor Freeman and Frank and Delores Fehl. Memorial contributions can be made to Connections for Independent Living, Greeley, CO, or the Spina Bifida Association of Colorado in care of Kibbey Fishburn Funeral
Home, 1102 Lincoln Ave., Loveland, CO 80537 Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Mountain View Presbyterian Church, 2500 N. Garfield in Loveland, April 1, 2015.
Hazel Paul
June 24, 1918-March 24, 2015
Age: 96 Residence: Greeley Hazel Paul, 96, of Greeley, passed away March 24, 2015, at Grace P o i n t e Continuing Care in Greeley. She was born on June 24, Paul 1918, in Trinidad, Colo. to Charles and Hazel (Kilpatrick) Jolly. She graduated South High School in Denver and from the University of Oklahoma. On Dec. 4, 1941, in Oklahoma City, Okla., she married Glenn Paul. Hazel was an avid reader, played bridge and exercised with other seniors at the Greeley Senior Center, but her life centered on her family, especially her grandchildren. She is survived by her children, Linda (Keith) Olson of Twin Falls, Idaho, Don (Joan) Paul of Greeley, Charla (John) Bloom of Greeley; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Hazel was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two brothers; and one sister. Viewing will be from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Adamson Chapel, 2000 47th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday April 1, 2015, at Sunset Memorial Gardens, 3400 West 28th Street, Greeley, CO 80634. Memorial donations can be made to “American Diabetes Association” or “American Heart Association” in care of Adamson Funeral & Cremation, 2000 47th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634. To extend condolences to the family go to www. adamsonchapels.com. What to do in northern Colorado.
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Marcella Leach, who became a leading advocate for crime victims’ rights after her college-student daughter was brutally murdered, died March 15 at age 85. The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said her son, Henry T. Nicholas III. Leach was a key backer of the Victims’ Bill of Rights proposition in California that was approved by voters in 2008. Also known as Marsy’s Law - for Leach’s daughter Marsalee Nicholas, who was killed by a former boyfriend in 1983 - it was a landmark provision that called for increased protections for victims. A part of the law specifically important to Leach and her son stipulated that the safety of victims and their families would be considered when setting
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Dairy farms asked to consider breeding no-horn cows by food manufacturers Associated Press DES MOINES, IOWA — Food manufacturers and restaurants are taking the dairy industry by the horns on an animal welfare issue that’s long bothered activists but is little known to consumers: the painful removal of budding horn tissue from calves so farm workers or other animals don’t get gored later. It’s routine to remove the horn tissue from young calves before it attaches to the skull, either by burning it out with heat or chemicals or digging it out with sharp instruments. While veterinary groups recommend pain treatment, only about 10 percent of calves are properly medicated, according to Vermont dairy cattle breeder Mark Rodgers. Certain cows carry a dominant no-horn genetic trait, and are called polled cows. Research has shown it’s cheaper to breed polled cattle than to dehorn cows, but experts say the dairy industry has been slow to expand polled genetics because it’s been focused on boosting milk productivity. Yet, the change may come sooner than producers expected, as some of the nation’s largest food companies, such as General Mills, Nestle and Dunkin’ Brands, are asking dairy suppliers to incorporate polled cattle into their herds. The beef industry already has largely adopted polled cattle. Less than 1 percent of the nation’s dairy herds carry the hornless polled gene, but 10 times more polled animals have been registered with breeding programs in the past three years, Rodgers said. “It’s an animal well-being issue but it’s also a management issue. It’s a labor-saving issue. Ask anyone working on a dairy farm and they’ll tell you the most disagreeable job on those farms is dehorning calves,” said Rodgers, who belongs to an international group of 46 polled breeders, including farmers in Australia, Canada, England and Germany. But Chris Galen, a spokesman for the National Milk Producers Federation, a trade group, said the industry believes removing horn buds at a very young age is safe and “minimally disruptive, uncomfortable process.” U.S. Department of Agriculture and Purdue University research has shown it’s more
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A HORNLESS COW STANDS in a dairy barn Jan. 26 at Fair Oaks Farms in Fair Oaks, Ind. Fair Oaks, one of the na-
tion’s largest dairy farms with 36,000 cows, is phasing out the use of milk cows with horns. expensive for farms to dehorn cows than it is to use polled genetics, something Galen says there is “merit in exploring,” but added, “it’s a very limited gene pool in dairy breeds right now and that won’t change for many years.” The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, began working with restaurants, food makers and dairy farms three years ago to push the use of polled genetics. David Byer, PETA’s senior corporate liaison, said the public doesn’t know what milk cows go through. “These major brands are coming out pub-
Top Western officials join Iran nuclear talks Tribune News Service
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eign ministers joined international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program Saturday as the 18-month-old talks neared a Tuesday deadline. While both Iranian and Western officials had hoped to complete a preliminary agreement this weekend, diplomats acknowledged that gaps remained on several issues and made no promises about when they would complete their work. “We’ve advanced on certain issues, not yet enough on others,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. The final issues “are the most difficult, but also the most decisive,” said German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier. “We have entered the endgame.” Iran, the United States and five other world powers -France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China -- are seeking an agreement that would ease economic sanctions on Iran if it accepts restrictions aimed at preventing it from gaining nuclear weapons capability. The group is seeking to work out a broad outline of the agreement by Tuesday, and to complete a deal by the end of June. The Russian, Chinese and British foreign ministers were expected to arrive later this weekend. The top diplomats generally show up to settle remaining disagreements and provide official blessing when such a deal is near completion. Also on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Twitter that he had spoken by phone to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the negotiations. Both leaders agreed on the importance of reaching a deal, he said.
licly because they now see it as a viable option for the future for eliminating the very cruel practice of dehorning,” he said. General Mills, which makes Haagen-Dazs ice cream and Yoplait yogurt, is the latest with a new animal welfare policy that “supports the use of polled genetics breeding programs to promote polled or naturally hornless cattle, thereby eliminating the need for dehorning.” Nestle, which buys nearly 2 billion gallons of milk a year, has a similar policy, though spokeswoman Edie Burge acknowledges “dairy genetics have not progressed as fast as
beef genetics.” Both companies’ policies advocate the use of analgesics or anesthetics to reduce pain in disbudded calves. The animal welfare policy of Dunkin’ Brands, which owns Baskin-Robbins ice cream, asks its suppliers to “support industry-wide efforts to promote the humane treatment of cattle, including the responsible use of polled breeding.” And dining chain Denny’s released a policy in February indicating a “purchase preference” for milk from polled dairy cattle.
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SEIZE MAJOR CITY IN SYRIA ISTANBUL
In a major setback for Syrian President Bashar Assad, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria and forces from four other Islamist groups captured the city of Idlib on Saturday. Videos posted on the Internet showed fighters carrying the Nusra Front’s black flag destroying statues and portraits of Assad in Idlib’s main squares and its government buildings, including the Baath party headquarters and the headquarters of military intelligence. Anti-government activists said the Islamists killed at least 50 government soldiers in the fighting, but that most of the government’s troops had fled to the al-Mastuma camp about 10 miles south of Idlib and to the nearby city of Ariha, both of which remain in government hands. The Islamists also seized at least six tanks from government forces. The capture of Idlib
shows the complexity of the Syrian battlefield. Two years ago, the government lost control of Raqqa, the other provincial capital to fall to Islamists; that city is now the de facto capital of Islamic State. Islamic State once was allied with the Nusra Front but is now its bitter enemy.
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BACKERS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF OUSTED GOV. KIEV, UKRAINE
Allies of former regional Governor Igor Kolomoisky pledged their support for Ukrainian unity in the face of a pro-Russian rebellion to the east, even as they criticized moves in Kiev this week that led to his departure. Several thousand residents of Dnipropetrovsk, a
city adjacent to rebel-controlled Donetsk, packed into the central square Saturday. Still, some felt wronged by President Petro Poroshenko’s pressure for the governor to quit. Kolomoisky, 52, a billionaire who has funded volunteer troops fighting insurgents in Donetsk, was forced out this week in a disagreement with Poroshenko. Support from Kolomoisky, whose net worth is estimated at $1.36 billion by Forbes, was crucial for the government in Kiev to maintain power over industry-heavy Dnipropetrovsk.
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VICTIM’S FATHER CALLS FOR FOCUS ON PILOT WELFARE SISTERON, FRANCE
victims of this week’s plane crash in the French Alps called Saturday for airlines to take greater care over pilots’ welfare. Prosecutors say they believe German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately slammed the Germanwings aircraft into a mountain, and that he hid an illness from his employers — including a sick note for the day of the crash. “I believe the airlines should be more transparent and our finest pilots looked after properly,” said Philip Bramley, from Hull in northern England. “We put our lives and our children’s lives in their hands.” His 28-year-old son, Paul Bramley, was one of 150 people killed in Tuesday’s disaster.
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AP: TEXAS FIRES COACH BARNES AFTER 17 YEARS AUSTIN, TEXAS
Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes will be released after yet another quick exit from the postseason, people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Saturday. The decision came after Texas athletic director Steve Patterson and Barnes met Saturday, according to the people who requested anonymity because the school wasn’t expected to make a formal announcement before today. The 60-year-old Barnes shaped Texas into a national basketball power with three Big 12 championships and 16 NCAA Tournament appearances in 17 years. He had four years left on his contract at $2.65 million per year and will receive a severance of $1.75 million under his contract because he is being released before April 1. Barnes didn’t immediately respond to text and telephone messages seeking comment. Barnes built a program with NBA-level talent that reached the Final Four in 2003 and produced two national players of the year in T.J. Ford (2003) and Kevin Durant (2007). Barnes also led Texas within one game of the Final Four in 2005 and 2008. But while the program continued to win, the Longhorns have struggled in the postseason in recent years despite rosters full of future NBA players. Wire reports
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NATIONAL & STATE PRO HOOPS PORTLAND 120, Denver 114 UTAH 94, OKC 89 GOLDEN STATE 103, Milwaukee 95 CHARLOTTE 115, Atlanta 100 CHICAGO 111, New York 80 PRO HOCKEY MINNESOTA 4, Los Angeles 1 COLUMBUS 4, St. Louis 2 PITTSBURGH 3, Arizona 2 MEN’S COLLEGE HOOPS KENTUCKY 68, Notre Dame 66 WISCONSIN 85, Arizona 78 WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOOPS UCONN 105, Texas 54 MARYLAND 65, Duke 55 TENNESSEE 73, Gonzaga 69 OT DAYTON 72, Louisville 66
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WINDSOR’S COLBY HORTON COMES up for a quick breath as he competes in the 200-yard freestyle at the Keith Wiedeman Invitational swim meet at the Greeley Recreation Center.
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« GREELEY WEST boys swimmer Brody Lewis named Outstanding Swimmer at Keith Wiedeman Invitational By Kayla Cornett kcornett@greeleytribune.com
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efore getting in the pool Saturday, Greeley West junior Brody Lewis wasn’t sure if he was going to swim all of his normal events. The Spartan standout has been dealing with a shoulder strain, and coach Colin Shaha was thinking of sitting Lewis for the 500-yard freestyle. But Lewis wanted to continue his tradition of swimming the 500 Lewis at the Keith Wiedeman Invitational, and his performance ended up giving the Greeley community something it hasn’t had in 11 years. Lewis was named Outstanding Swimmer of the meet for winning two individual events, helping West to a third-place finish with 233 points at the Greeley Recreation Center. Fossil Ridge (538) took the top spot and Fort Collins (263) was the runner-up. Windsor (93) finished 11th, Greeley Central (68) was 13th, Valley (12) took 16th and Northridge (6) was 18th.
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B3: Wiedeman Invite NCAA TOURNAMENT What: Gonzaga vs. Duke in South Regional Final Where: NRG Stadium in Houston When: 3:05 p.m. today TV: CBS What: Michigan State vs. Louisville in East Regional Final Where: Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. When: 12:20 p.m. today TV: CBS B2: Complete TV listing
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MONDAY: Read about the new/familiar faces coaching Greeley Central’s girls tennis team, in Kayla Cornett’s Greeley School Notes column. TUESDAY: Despite a late opener, Eaton’s baseball team has started fast. Read about it in Bobby Fernandez’s County School Notes column.
GREELEY CENTRAL’S WILL HUNTER swims the breaststroke in the Individual medley during the Keith Wiedeman Invitational at the Greeley Recreation Center.
Wizards cross off Sailors Avalanche win for statement-making win to keep playoff By Martin B. Hamilton
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WINDSOR – A revision in
Colorado high school lacrosse cartography is now needed after Windsor’s upset win over Steamb o a t Springs on Saturday. A sun- WINDSOR 10 6 k i s s e d STEAMBOAT crowd of about 150 at H.J. Dudley Field watched the Wizards defeat the eighth-ranked Sailors, 10-6. “This puts us on the map,” coach John Belleau told his team minutes after Windsor won for the first time in three annual meetings against Steamboat, which reached the state’s final four in each of the past two seasons. Belleau, now in his third season as the Wizards’ head
» Lacrosse checks » BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: A four-goal game by Windsor junior attacker K.C. Scott helped the Wizards to their biggest win this season and maybe in program history. His fourth goal with 5:14 left in the match essentially ended a Steamboat Springs rally after the Sailors made it a two-goal game. » TURNING POINT: Late in the second quarter, with the match tied at 2, Windsor found the back of the net twice in about 60 seconds. Goals by Scott and junior midfielder Josh Bloss pushed the Wizards to a 4-2 lead. Defensively, they shut out Steamboat during the period with senior goalkeeper Colton Ferris making three of his eight total saves. » WHAT IT MEANS: In successive seasons, Steamboat advanced to the Class 4A state semifinals, while Windsor was relegated to just being a playoff participant. After losing to the Sailors each of the last two seasons, including a state playoff game two years ago, the Wizards showed they can defeat an elite team.
coach and fourth with the program, said, “now we can look back on this at any point in the season and remember how well we did when we put the pieces together. We’re
a good team. We’ve just gotta believe it.”
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chances afloat Associated Press
DENVER — Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists, Jarome Iginla had three assists and the Colorado Avalanche kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. John Mitchell scored for the second straight game, and Marc-Andre Cliche, Tyson Barrie and Brad Stuart also 5 had goals as the Avalanche COLORADO BUFFALO 3 won their second in a row. Colorado has gone 12-6-1 since losing four straight in early February, but the surge might not be enough. The Avalanche trail Winnipeg by eight points for the last wild-card slot with seven games remaining. Semyon Varlamov had 35 saves for the Avalanche, who have won nine straight against Buffalo.
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Arrieta goes 4 innings, homers as Cubs rout Rockies Associated Press
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MESA, ARIZ. — Jake Arrieta
pitched four shutout innings and also homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the splitsquad Chicago Cubs routed the Colorado Rockies 18-4 Saturday. Cubs rookie Kris Bryant had four hits, raising his spring average to .459. The Cubs scored seven times in the first inning, helped by four plays that Colorado botched and Arrieta’s three-run homer. Bryant hit a double off starter Jonathan Gray, who left after getting only two outs. Second baseman Charlie Culberson and catcher Michael McHenry made errors, a bunt was fumbled and no one covered first base on another bunt. “After the first two hitters of the game, it went downhill from there,” Rockies manager Walt
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challenge each other and contribute as much as we can.” STARTING TIME
Weiss said. Arrieta gave up three hits, walked none and struck out five. Along with his homer, Arrieta got a double when his long fly to center field was lost in the sun by Drew Stubbs. Arrieta was more than happy to talk about his plate prowess. “We put time into it,” Arrieta said of the pitching staff ’s hitting. Cubs pitchers want to “kind of catch up” with teammate Travis Wood, one of the game’s best-hitting pitchers. “He sets the standard pretty high,” Arrieta said. “We have a friendly competition at the plate and try to really put together some good at-bats and kind of
» Rockies: Gray, a candidate for a rotation spot, gave up six earned runs and four hits. He walked one and struck out two. “He was 40 pitches in,” Weiss said. “You don’t want a guy to go any more than that in one inning. So I got him out of there. “He made it tough on himself on a couple of bunts back to him. We didn’t play well behind him,” he said. In the longer view, “he’s come a long way,” Weiss said. “He’s had a great spring. It was really a strange inning. It’s one inning of many, many he’s going to throw.” » Cubs: Arrieta threw 30 pitches afterward in the bullpen. TRAINER’S ROOM
» Rockies: Three infielders
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Warriors beat Bucks to clinch top seed in West
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Stephen Curry scored 25 points, and the Golden State Warriors clinched the top seed in the Western Conference by pulling away in the second half of a 108-95 victory on Saturday night over the Milwaukee Bucks. Klay Thompson added 21 for Golden State, which also set a franchise record with its 60th victory of the season. The Warriors hold a 10-game lead over second-place Memphis in the West with nine games left in the regular season. Khris Middleton had 14 points for Milwaukee, which fell back under .500 at 36-37 after winning two straight. The smooth-shooting Thompson scored 17 in the third quarter to help the Warriors pull away after the Bucks got within 57-50 on Middleton’s jumper with 8:25 left in the period.
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visits neurologist after fainting MARTINSVILLE, VA.
NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has returned home to see a neurologist after fainting during an autograph session at Martinsville Speedway. His status for today’s Sprint Cup race remains in question. The 2014 Sprint Cup rookie of the year was checked out at Martinsville Memorial Hospital after he fainted at Chevy Stage in the fan area, but doctors felt like he should see a neurologist to be safe. Martinsville Memorial did not have one available, so Larson made the short trip to Carolina’s Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. He arrived Saturday night, felt fine and was awaiting a final evaluation before deciding whether to return to Martinsville. Team owner Chip Ganassi was hopeful Larson would be cleared to race this afternoon. Larson qualified seventh for the race.
« Kris Letang hospitalized after hit PITTSBURGH
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost star defenseman Kris Letang on a scary hit Saturday that required a trip to the hospital. Letang, third among NHL defensemen in scoring with 54 points, left with 4:45 to play in the second period after a hit from Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan. Letang, in the corner behind his net, was shoved backward by Doan after flipping the puck out of the zone. “I just went to make sure I got a piece of him so he couldn’t jump by me and he obviously went into the boards awkward,” Doan said. “You never ever want to see anyone like that, especially a guy with his caliber and everything he’s went through in the past couple years.” Penguins coach Mike Johnston said Letang was evaluated at a local hospital.
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« SPORTS HISTORY TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY ... 1929 — The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers to complete a two-game sweep. 1940 — Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paychek in the second round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. 1941 — Wisconsin, led by Gene Englund’s 13 points, wins the NCAA basketball championship with a 39-34 victory over Washington State. 1952 — George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers scores an NBA playoff record 47 points in an 88-78 loss in Game 1 of the Western Division Finals against Rochester. 1960 — Boston’s Bill Russell pulls down an NBA Finals record 40 rebounds, as the Celtics lose to St. Louis, 113-103. 1962 — Elgin Baylor (45) and Jerry West (41) of the Los Angeles Lakers become the first teammates to both score 40 or more points in an NBA Playoff game. It isn’t enough as the Lakers lose to Detroit, 118-117, in a Western Division Finals game. 1966 — Muhammad Ali retains the world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over George Chuvalo at Maple Leaf Garden in Toronto. 1982 — Michael Jordan’s jump shot with 16 seconds remaining gives North Carolina a 63-62 victory over Georgetown for the NCAA men’s basketball championship. 1984 — The NFL Colts leave the city of Baltimore in the early hours of the morning, headed for Indianapolis. 1987 — Tennessee routs Louisiana Tech 67-44 to win the NCAA women’s basketball championship. 1990 — Houston’s Akeem Olajuwon is the third player in NBA history to achieve a quadruple double during a 120-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. He scores 18 points, 16 rebounds, 11 blocked shots and 10 assists. 1992 — Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi becomes the first American woman to win consecutive world figure skating championships since Peggy Fleming in 1968. 1996 — The Vancouver Grizzlies break the NBA record for consecutive losses in a season with their 21st in a 105-91 loss to the Utah Jazz. The 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers and the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks lost 20 straight. 1999 — New York Rangers center Wayne Gretzky
surpasses Gordie Howe as the leading goal scorer in pro hockey history in a 3-1 victory over the Islanders. Gretzky’s goal was the 1,072nd of his career — 20 NHL seasons and one season in the WHA. 2003 — Michelle Kwan becomes the third American to win five World Figure Skating Championships. Kwan, a seven-time U.S. champion, ties Dick Button and Carol Heiss for most world crowns by an American. 2008 — Curlin rolls to a record-setting 7 3/4-length victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race. Curlin is the fourth horse to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic and then take the World Cup the following year. 2010 — The New Jersey Nets notch their 10th victory, avoiding any chance of tying for the worst record in NBA history by beating the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 90-84. The Nets improve to 1064 for one more win than the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, who went 9-73. 2011 — Maya Moore scores 28 points, including the 3,000th of her career, to lead top-seed Connecticut to a 75-40 win over Duke and another trip to the Final Four. Moore becomes the first D-I player to reach 3,000 points since Southwest Missouri State star Jackie Stiles in 2001. Sydney Carter scores 22 points and Texas A&M finally beats Baylor, 58-46 to send the Aggies to their first Final Four in school history. 2012 — Stanford’s young guards Chasson Randle and Aaron Bright each score 15 points, and the Cardinal rout Minnesota 75-51 to win the NIT title. 2013 — Jaromir Jagr earns his 1,000th career NHL assist in the Dallas Stars to a 5-3 victory over Minnesota. 2013 — Wesley Low Jr., at age 15, becomes the youngest bowler ever to win a PBA Regional title — breaking a 34-year-old record set by PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber in 1979. The two-handed competitor defeats Deeronn Booker 299-234, to win the PBA Non-Champion West tournament at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas. 2014 — The Philadelphia 76ers snap their NBA record-tying, 26-game losing streak, routing the Detroit Pistons 123-98 to avoid establishing a new longest skid in U.S. major pro sports history. 2014 — Serena Williams wins a record seventh Key Biscayne title when she overcames a slow start and a set point to beat Li Na 7-5, 6-1 at the Sony Open.
AUTO RACING 12 p.m. ; (ESPN) NHRA — Four-Wide Nationals. From Concord, N.C. 1 p.m. _ IndyCar Racing — Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. From St. Petersburg, Fla. 1:30 p.m. W (NBCSP) Formula One Racing — Malaysian Grand Prix. From Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 10:30 p.m. W (NBCSP) Formula One Racing — Malaysian Grand Prix. From Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. BASEBALL 2 p.m. : (ROOT) MLB Preseason Baseball — Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies. From Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz. 1 a.m. : (ROOT) MLB Preseason Baseball — Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies. From Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz. BASKETBALL 6 a.m. 9 (ALT) NBA — Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers. From Moda Center in Portland. 10 a.m. ; (ESPN) Women’s College — NCAA Tournament, Regional Final: Florida State vs. South Carolina. From Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. 10:30 a.m. _ NBA — Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards. From Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. 12:20 p.m. $ 2015 NCAA Basketball Tournament — Michigan State vs. Louisville in Regional Final. From Syracuse, N.Y. 3:05 p.m. $ 2015 NCAA Basketball Tournament — Gonzaga vs. Duke in Regional Final. From Houston, Texas. 6:30 p.m. ; (ESPN) Women’s College — NCAA Tournament, Regional Final: Baylor vs. Notre Dame. From Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. 1 a.m. ; (ESPN) NBA — Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards. From Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. BICYCLING 9:30 p.m. W (NBCSP) Cycling — Criterium International. From Porto-Vecchio on the island of Corsica. BOWLING 3 p.m. ; (ESPN) PBA Bowling — League Tournament, Quarterfinals. From Portland, Me. FOOTBALL 5 p.m. < (ESPN2) Arena Football — Philadelphia Soul at Orlando Predators. GOLF 7 a.m. V (GOLF) European PGA — Trophee Hassan II, Final Round. Jose Maria Olazabal is expected to compete. 11 a.m. V (GOLF) PGA — Valero Texas Open, Final Round. Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Jim Furyk are all expected to compete. 1 p.m. ) PGA — Valero Texas Open, Final Round. From San Antonio. 1 p.m. V (GOLF) PGA — Champions: Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Final Round. Fred Couples, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Colin Montgomerie, Hale Irwin, Rocco Mediate, Curtis Strange, Brad Faxon are expected to compete. 4 p.m. V (GOLF) LPGA — Kia Classic, Final Round. Expected competitors include: Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie, Inbee Park, and Paula Creamer. HOCKEY
who had been nursing injuries returned to action. Culberson hadn’t played since March 8, Daniel Descalso since March 14 and Justin Morneau since Wednesday. » Cubs: A decision on whether outfielder Chris Denorfia, who is working through a hamstring injury, can make the opening day roster should be made within days, manager Joe Maddon indicated. SOLER A SURE BET
There are debates and discussions on whether the Cubs will, or should, have Kris Bryant and Javier Baez on the opening-day roster. But there are no such questions about Jorge Soler. At 23, he’s sure to be the starting right fielder. And he’s a candidate, along with Chris Coghlan, to hit second in the lineup. “With him, it goes beyond just
5:30 p.m. W (NBCSP) NHL — San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins. From CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. LACROSSE 6 p.m. 2 (ALT2) NLL — Vancouver Stealth at Colorado Mammoth. SOCCER 12:30 p.m. < (ESPN2) Soccer — UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifier — Portugal vs Serbia. 2:50 p.m. < (ESPN2) MLS — Philadelphia Union at Chicago Fire. From Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. WINTER SPORTS 11:30 a.m. ) Skiing — U.S. Alpine Championships: Super-G. From Sugarloaf, Maine. 11:30 a.m. W (NBCSP) Skiing — U.S. Freestyle Championships. From Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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AUTO RACING 10 p.m. W (NBCSP) Formula One Racing — Malaysian Grand Prix. From Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. BASKETBALL 5 p.m. ; (ESPN) Women’s College — NCAA Tournament, Regional Final: Teams TBA. From The Times Union Center In Albany, N.Y. 6 p.m. < (ESPN2) High School Basketball — Powerade Jamfest. From Chicago. 7 p.m. ; (ESPN) Women’s College — NCAA Tournament, Regional Final: Teams TBA. Veterans Memorial Arena. HOCKEY 6:30 p.m. W (NBCSP) NHL — Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks. From the United Center in Chicago. 7 p.m. 2 (ALT2) NHL — Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche. From the Pepsi Center in Denver. 11 p.m. 2 (ALT2) NHL — Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche. From the Pepsi Center in Denver.
TUESDAY
his power,” Maddon said. “This guy has great decision-making ability at the plate. “He’s a really interesting baseball player. If he had been in the United States as a draft choice (Soler is from Cuba), my God, he’s the No. 1 pick, no doubt. “He’s the whole package. He’s got the best throwing arm out of the whole (outfield) group. He’s accurate. His mechanics, technique are really good, too. I think he’s going to be a really good outfielder.”
BASKETBALL 5 p.m. ; (ESPN) College — NIT Tournament, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. From Madison Square Garden in New York. 6 p.m. (TNT) NBA — San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat. From the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. 7 p.m. ; (ESPN) College — NIT Tournament, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. From Madison Square Garden in New York. 8:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA — Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Clippers. From Staples Center in Los Angeles. GOLF 9 a.m. V (GOLF) Golf — Ladies European Tour: Lalla Meryem Cup, Round 3. HOCKEY 10 a.m. 2 (ALT2) NHL — Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche. From the Pepsi Center in Denver. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 7 p.m. W (NBCSP) World Series of Fighting 19— Justin Gaethje vs. Luis Palomino. From Phoenix. 10 p.m. W (NBCSP) World Series of Fighting 18— Marlon Moraes defends his bantamweight title against Josh Hill. From Edmonton. SOCCER 7 p.m. < (ESPN2) Soccer — International Friendly — Mexico vs Paraguay. From Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
UP NEXT
» Rockies: Jordan Lyles is scheduled to start today vs. Arizona. » Cubs: Edwin Jackson is set to start today at the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Ariz. He missed his last scheduled start when he went to the wrong ballpark to face Oakland — the A’s have a new spring home this season.
« SPECTATING TODAY COLLEGE WOMEN’S TENNIS Southern Utah at Northern Colorado, 10 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL North Dakota at Northern Colorado, noon
MONDAY COLLEGE WOMEN’S GOLF Northern Colorado at UALR/ASU Invitational, at Maumelle Country Club, Maumelle, Ark., all day BASEBALL Durango (Nev.) Tournament: Northridge vs. Durango, 8 a.m.; Northridge vs. Carson (Calif.), 11 a.m.; Anaheim Lions Tournament at Corono Del Mar HS (Calif.): Greeley West vs. Woods Cross (Utah), 11 a.m.; Greeley West vs. Aliso Niguel (Calif.), 4:30 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Roosevelt, Windsor at league match, at Ute Creek Golf Course in Longmont, noon BOYS LACROSSE Windsor vs. Waterford, in Sandy, Utah, 4 p.m.
« SCOREBOARD HOOPS NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest W L Pct Portland 47 25 .653 Oklahoma City 41 32 .562 Utah 32 41 .438 NUGGETS 28 46 .378 Minnesota 16 56 .222 Southwest W L Pct x-Memphis 50 23 .685 x-Houston 49 23 .681 San Antonio 46 26 .639 Dallas 45 28 .616 New Orleans 38 34 .528 Pacific W L Pct z-Golden State 60 13 .822 x-L.A. Clippers 48 25 .658 Phoenix 38 35 .521 Sacramento 26 46 .361 L.A. Lakers 19 52 .268 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Z-CLINCHED CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic W L Pct y-Toronto 43 30 .589 Boston 32 40 .444 Brooklyn 31 40 .437 Philadelphia 18 55 .247 New York 14 60 .189 Southeast W L Pct z-Atlanta 55 18 .753 Washington 41 32 .562 Miami 33 39 .458 Charlotte 31 41 .431 Orlando 22 52 .297 Central W L Pct x-Cleveland 47 27 .635 x-Chicago 45 29 .608 Milwaukee 36 37 .493 Indiana 31 41 .431 Detroit 28 44 .389
GB — 6½ 15½ 20 31 GB — ½ 3½ 5 11½ GB — 12 22 33½ 40
GB — 10½ 11 25 29½ GB — 14 21½ 23½ 33½ GB — 2 10½ 15 18
Saturday’s Games Portland 120, NUGGETS 114 Charlotte 115, Atlanta 100 Chicago 111, New York 80 Golden State 108, Milwaukee 95 Utah 94, Oklahoma City 89 Today’s Games Houston at Washington, 10:30 a.m. L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 1:30 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 2:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Boston, 4 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Dallas at Indiana, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Houston at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 6 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 8 p.m.
HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts x-Nashville 76 47 21 8 102 St. Louis 75 46 22 7 99 Minnesota 76 44 25 7 95 Chicago 74 44 24 6 94 Winnipeg 75 39 24 12 90 Dallas 75 36 29 10 82 AVALANCHE 75 35 28 12 82 Pacific GP W L OT Pts x-Anaheim 77 48 22 7 103 Vancouver 74 43 27 4 90 Los Angeles 75 37 24 14 88 Calgary 75 40 28 7 87 San Jose 75 37 30 8 82 Edmonton 75 22 40 13 57 Arizona 76 23 45 8 54
GF GA 218 183 228 186 219 186 209 172 212 197 232 240 205 209 GF GA 225 215 212 199 200 188 219 199 210 212 181 254 160 252
EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts x-Montreal 76 47 21 8 102 Tampa Bay 76 46 23 7 99 Detroit 74 40 22 12 92 Boston 75 37 25 13 87 Ottawa 74 37 25 12 86 Florida 75 34 26 15 83 Toronto 76 28 42 6 62 Buffalo 75 20 47 8 48 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts x-N.Y. Rangers 74 47 20 7 101
GF 200 244 216 199 216 186 198 144 GF 226
GA 169 198 201 195 199 205 244 254 GA 172
Pittsburgh 75 41 23 11 93 207 188 N.Y. Islanders 76 44 27 5 93 230 211 Washington 75 40 25 10 90 218 186 Philadelphia 76 30 29 17 77 198 219 Columbus 75 36 35 4 76 207 232 New Jersey 75 31 32 12 74 167 192 Carolina 74 28 36 10 66 173 202 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Saturday’s Games AVALANCHE 5, Buffalo 3 San Jose 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Nashville 4, Washington 3 Boston 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Anaheim 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2 Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 0 Toronto 4, Ottawa 3, OT Montreal 3, Florida 2, OT Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 Columbus 4, St. Louis 2 Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 1 Dallas at Vancouver (late game) Today’s Games Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Boston at Carolina, 3 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 3 p.m. Anaheim at New Jersey, 5 p.m. San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at AVALANCHE, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Arizona, 8 p.m.
ET CETERA SATURDAY’S TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned RHP Tyler Wilson to Norfolk (IL). CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Daniel Webb to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned LHP Zach Phillips to their minor league camp. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Granted INF Ryan Roberts his unconditional release. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP Cam Bedrosian to Salt Lake (PCL). Released RHP Matt Lindstrom. Reassigned LHP Adam Wilk to their minor league camp. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OFs Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario and RHP Trevor May to Rochester (AHL). Reassigned RHP Mark Hamburger and C Dan Rohlfing to their minor league camp. TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired LHP Sam Freeman from St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named or cash considerations. Optioned RHP Anthony Ranuado to Round Rock (PCL). Reassigned RHP Ross Ohlendorf to their minor league camp. Released RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo and OF Nate Schierholtz from their minor league contracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned LHP Eric Jokisch to Iowa (PCL). Released LHP Felix Doubront. COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Jairo Diaz, INF Cristhian Adames and OF Kyle Parker to Albuquerque (PCL). Reassigned LHP Ken Roberts, C Ryan Casteel and C Dustin Garneau to their minor league camp. MIAMI MARLINS — Reassigned INF Scott Sizemore to their minor league camp. NEW YORK METS — Reassigned OF Alex Castellanos, LHP Scott Rice and RHP Chase Bradford to their minor league camp. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reassigned INF-OF Jake Goebbert, INF Brett Wallace and C Cody Decker to their minor league camp. HOCKEY National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned 2014 F Kevin Fiala to Milwaukee (AHL). American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Signed F Seth Ambroz to an amateur tryout contract. ECHL ECHL — Suspended Ontario’s Norm Ezekiel two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a March 27 game at Bakersfield. Suspended Indy’s Nick Bruneteau one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a March 27 game against Reading. Fined Florida’s Mike Aviani an undisclosed amount for his actions in March 27 game at Elmira. GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Signed F Justin Buzzeo. COLLEGE READING ROYALS — Signed F Zac Frischmon. Announced D Maxim Lamarche was reassigned to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
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A Greeley swimmer hasn’t been named outstanding swimmer at the Wiedeman since 2004 when Dorian Thomas received it for Greeley Central. “Coming into the meet, I thought (I’d) have a shot getting to win the award,” Lewis said in a phone interview. “And throughout the meet, I knew I just had to win the two events and I’d be solid.” Lewis said he had won the 500 free the past two years at the invite and he wasn’t going to let a strain stop him from trying to land the top spot again this year. “All the guys on the team kinda look up to what I do, so I figured it was just a 500,” he said. “I’ve swam it 50 or more times, so just get out there, put the blinders on and just race and have fun. … I just told myself I had to do it.” Lewis was the only swimmer to win two events, the 500 free with a Class 5A state-qualifying time of 4 minutes, 43.50 seconds and the 100 breaststroke with another state time
» WIZARDS WORK IT OUT: Windsor was the second-highest placing Weld team Saturday, taking 11th with 93 points. The Wizards’ best swims came from two regular standouts. Jacob Wiedeman — a distant relative of Keith Wiedeman — took seventh in the 100 breaststroke with a Class 4A state-qualifying time (1:07.15) and was 15th in the 50 freestyle (24.78).
stroke with a 4A state time (1:05.91). Brandt Daniels was 11th in the 50 freestyle (24.69). » VIKINGS BATTLE: Valley (16th, 12) had one top 10 finisher. Dakota Gore took 10th in the 1-meter diving event, scoring 316. » GRIZZLIES GROWL: Northridge (18th, 6) had one swimmer with two top 15 finishes. Jeremy Segelke was 14th in the 200 freestyle (2:01.98) and 14th in the 100 freestyle (54.50).
of 59.74. Shaha said in a phone interview that he tried to be as objective as possible when selecting the outstanding swimmer at his home meet, asking other coaches’ opinions and checking to see if anyone set a meet record, which no one did. He then looked to see if anyone won two individual events, he said. “I always hoped that maybe (girls standout) Morgan King was gonna win it one time, but it just wasn’t in the cards both times,” he said.
Lewis had the deck stacked, however, being able to win the 500 free and two events later, winning the 100 breaststroke. Shaha said it’s rare to have an athlete that can compete at that level. The Spartans also had second-place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:42.64) and the 400 free relay (3:27.21), both state times. Bryce Fehringer took third in the 50 free (23.14) and fifth in the 100 free with a state time (50.73). Shaha said he had pulled Lewis
out of the Spartans’ meet Thursday at Fossil Ridge, where West lost 23876, because of his shoulder strain. “He just really doesn’t ease up on anything,” Shaha said. “Just keeps on working hard and sometimes he hurts himself a little bit when he does that. … If it were any other meet, I would’ve pulled him on the 500. I might’ve even pulled him on the entire meet. “But, he wanted to race it.” Lewis raced against arguably Fossil Ridge’s best swimmer, Walter
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BASEBALL LOVELAND — Northridge picked up its second one-run win over Thompson Valley in three days, this time topping the Eagles 14-13 in eight innings Saturday. The Grizzlies (3-3 Class 4A Northern Conference, 4-3 overall) led 11-5 entering the bottom of the seventh before Thompson Valley caught fire, scoring six runs to send the game into an extra inning. “They just hit the ball that inning,” Northridge coach Mike Huston said of the Eagles. “Fortunately, we got out of it with a double play to keep the game tied.” The Grizzlies brought the top of their lineup to the plate in the top of the eighth. Senior catcher Kyle Greenwell reached base, as did senior Brenden Fulton, who doubled. Senior Kayson Werner drew an intentional walk with no outs. Then, with bases loaded, freshman Chance Eben cleared the bases with a double to left field. Thompson Valley had good reason for walking Werner, who went 3 for 3 with three home runs and six RBI. In the bottom of the eighth, the Eagles scored two and had the tying runner on second before Werner — pitching in relief — recorded a strikeout to earn the win and lock up the victory for his team. NHS 350 102 03 — 14 16 3 TVHS 002 111 62 — 13 18 2 NHS — Jay Frye (13H, 8ER, 1BB, 6SO), Kayson Werner (7th, W, 2-0, 5H, 4ER, 1BB, 1SO) and Kyle Greenwell. 2B – Brenden Fulton, Chance Eben 2, Justin Frye; HR – Kayson Werner (2 on in 2nd, solo in 4th, 1 on in 6th); RBI – Werner 6, Eben 4, Korbin Reed 2, Greenwell, Justin Frye.
Greeley West 13, Boulder City (Nev.) 9: In Anaheim, Calif., the Spartans won their first game of the Anaheim Lions Club Tournament. West assistant coach Dave Falter said the Spartans (2-1) got eight runners on base in their 10-run second inning. It was good to have that cushion in the end, he added, as Boulder City scored seven more runs to West’s two. Falter said the Spartans need to throw more strikes as they walked 12 batters. West will continue play in Anaheim at 11 a.m. Monday against Woods Cross (Utah) followed by a 4:30 p.m. game against Aliso Niguel (Calif.).
BC 110 114 1 — 9 6 1 GWHS 0(10)2 100 0 — 13 14 2 GWHS — Devaun Mireles (W, 2-1, 3H, 3ER, 7BB, 2SO), Daniel Guzman (5th, 1H, 3ER, 3BB, 1SO), Heath Clark (6th, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 1SO) and Drew Mendez. 2B – Cedric Corrales, Riley Spight, Clark; RBI – Diego Martinez 2, Cedric Corrales 2, Clark 2, Mendez 2, Preston Marion, Spight.
Windsor 9, Mead 6: In Windsor, the Wizards erased an early deficit in a slugfest to improve to 6-0 in 4A Tri-Valley play, 6-1 overall. Jake Greenwalt picked up the win on the mound, allowing three runs and striking out nine in six innings. Colton Vickers, Tyler Shubert, Garrett Graff and Mitchell Watson each had two hits for Windsor. MHS 200 001 3 — 6 14 5 WHS 012 060 X — 9 10 1 WHS — Jake Greenwalt (W, 3-0, 11H, 3ER, 1BB, 9SO), Corte Tapia (7th, Sv., 0H, 1ER, 0BB, 0SO) and Tyler Shubert; RBI — Cole Brandon, Shubert, Dustin Starck, Colton Vickers, Mitchell Watson
Valley 11, Fort Lupton 0, 5 innings: In LaSalle, despite not hitting the ball particularly well, according to coach Steve Kissler, Valley was able to take advantage of the Bluedevils’ seven errors in a nonconference game. The Vikings (5-3) scored 10 runs in the first inning to pave the way for the win. Pitching was key for Valley, as senior Payton Chacon and sophomore Cesar Mercado allowed one. Junior Ty Hanzlicek hit 3 for 4 with a
Dauksher, in the 500, but Lewis beat him easily with almost 5 seconds to spare. Now, after missing the state meet last year due to an injury, Lewis said he is in a better position to compete at state this season. “I’ll definitely be looking forward to that,” he said. “I’m still trying to figure out what I’ll swim completely, but I think I have the mindset for it.”
Colby Horton took 10th in the 200 freestyle (1:58.24) and 10th in the 100 butterfly (59.33), both state times. Also, the 200 freestyle relay was seventh with a state time (1:39.56). » WILDCATS CLAW: Greeley Central (13th, 68) had one swimmer with two top 5 finishes and one that just missed the top 10. Elliot Shupe took fourth in the 100 freestyle with a 5A state-qualifying time (50.18) and fourth in the 100 breast-
run for the Vikings.
FLHS 000 00 — 0 1 7 VHS (10)01 0X — 11 11 1 VHS — Payton Chacon (W, 1-1, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 6SO), Cesar Mercado (4th, 0H, 0ER, 1BB, 3SO) and Riley Diederich, P. Chacon (4th). 3B – Ty Hanzlicek; RBI – Hanzlicek 2, P. Chacon, Shawn Chacon.
Dayspring Christian 25, Lyons 10, 6 inn.: In Lyons, the Eagles (4-0) continued their offensive tear, striking out just two times and connecting on 23 hits in a nonconference win. “They’re going out and being really aggressive at the plate,” Dayspring coach Mark Welch said of his batters. Leadoff batter John Magruder hit 4 for 5 with five RBI, while two-hole batter Grayson Swanson was 5 for 5 with two RBI. DCA 372 229 — 25 23 3 LHS 203 203 — 10 8 4 DCA — John Magruder (W, 1-0, 6H, 5ER, 3BB, 6SO), Grayson Swanson (4th, 2H, 3ER, 3BB, 4SO) and Brandon Berens. 2B – Seth Mondragon, Swanson, Joey Daily, Jimmy Fargo 2; 3B – Magruder, Mondragon, Jonathan Cowles, Swanson; HR – Magruder (1 on in 3rd); RBI – Magruder 5, Mondragon 3, Cowles 2, Swanson 2, Daily 2, Josh Prellwitz, Berens, Austin Elbell.
Skyline 18, Roosevelt 10: In Johnstown, the Rough Riders were unable to get off the schneid, falling to 0-4 in 4A Tri-Valley play, 0-5 overall. Roosevelt had to use four pitchers. “It’s too bad that we can’t find a way to have 10 runs get us in the win column, but we weren’t even close today,” Rough Riders coach Alan Gibson wrote in an email. SHS 004 (10)40 0 — 18 RHS 205 111 0 — 10 RHS — Landen Gomez, Andres Garcia (L, 0-1), Justice Gonzales, Blake Slaymker and Joey Thornock. 2B – Gomez 2, Ethan Zwaagstra 2; 3B – Jay McCloughan; HR – Cole Wantstreet (solo in 6th); RBI – Gomez 2, Zwaagstra 2, Jeb Wolf, McCloughan, Thornock, Chris Gomez, Bryson Courrejou, Wanstreet.
Eaton 27-15, Estes Park 1-1: In Estes Park, Eaton picked up a couple dominant mercy-rule wins against an overmatched 3A Patriot League opponent. In the first game, Reds senior Ryan Koehler continued to rack up doubles, recording three, while hitting 4 for 4 with four RBI. In Game 2, Eaton had 22 hits from 13 players, and 13 players had RBI. Junior Matt Burkart picked up the pitching win and hit 4 for 5 at the plate with a triple and two RBI.
EHS 533 40 — 15 13 0 EPHS 000 10 — 1 4 3 EHS — Ethan Kapperman (2H, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO), Dalton Lind (2nd, W, 1-0, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 5SO) and Joe Kuhn. 2B – Ryan Koehler 3, Joe Mondragon; RBI – Koehler 4, Mondragon 3, Brady Tedesco 2, Kuhn, JT Mossberg, Matt Burkart, Breydan Stover.
EHS 246 (15)0 — 27 22 0 EPHS 001 00 — 1 4 4 EHS — Dalton Ervin (0H, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO), Matt Burkart (2nd, W, 1-0, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 5SO), Mossberg (4th, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 4SO) and Joe Kuhn. 2B – Preston Donlan, Ryder Rich; 3B – Burkart, Lane Greiman, Kuhn; RBI – Mondragon 3, Donlon 2, Burkart 2, Tedesco 2, Rich 2, Mossberg 2, Jake Vondy 2, Koehler 2, Greiman, Anders Swanbom, Ervin, Stover, Kuhn.
GIRLS TENNIS LAFAYETTE — Windsor had a dominant day en route to winning the eight-team Centaurus Invitational with 18 points on Saturday. Palmer Ridge was second with 23 points. The Wizards placed fifth or higher at all seven positions. The No. 1 doubles pair of Sydney Myers and Mikaela Skaare won its bracket, as did the No. 2 doubles tandem of Carissa Meline and Amanda Stieb. Amanda Ward was the runner-up at No. 1 singles. Bree Peters and Morgan Fockler were second at No. 3 doubles. Taylor Pankewicz placed third in at No. 3 singles. Sarah Jardine and Maria D’Rosario were fourth at No. 4 doubles. Angela DeSimone was fifth at No. 2 singles. Team scores — Windsor 18, Palmer Ridge 23, Longmont 26, Loveland 28, Sterling 29, Berthoud 38, Centaurus 40, Eaglecrest 50.
TRACK AND FIELD GREELEY — Platte Valley’s
boys and Eaton’s girls had a banner day at the University
Bulldog Invitational on Saturday at Tom Roche Field. The Broncos placed first (100.5 points) among 22 teams in the boys team standings. The Reds were first in the girls standings with 141 points, well ahead of second-place Vista PEAK (73.5) and thirdplace University (55). D’Evelyn (72) was a distant second behind the Broncos in the boys standings. Roosevelt was third with 58 points. Platte Valley showcased its dominance in the boys shot put as junior Parker Joens (48 feet, 5 inches) placed first, followed by teammate and classmate, James Baladez (47’ 7”). Joens was also first with a school record in the discus (152’ 9”), followed by Eaton senior Garrett Coalson (145’). Platte Valley junior Dane Corliss placed first in the boys 110-meter hurdles (15.79 seconds). His teammate, senior John Sponaugle, was first in pole vault (12’), one spot ahead of University sophomore Dawson Hopkinson (12’), who placed second because of number of attempts. In the boys high jump, Roosevelt junior Jacob Bejarano was first (6’, 5.25 “), with Broncos junior Parker Gilliland (6’) placing second. In the boys 800, Eaton junior Josh Gregory (2:05.46) placed first, followed by Valley sophomore Trevor Schneider (2:09.28). The boys 1,600 also featured a one-two finish by Weld athletes. Roosevelt junior Tyler Davis was first (4:38.20), followed by University senior Isaiah Dilka (4:44.21). The same two were first and second in the 3,200 with Davis (10:23.13) again earning bragging rights over Dilka (10:41.75). Roosevelt’s boys 1,600 relay team of Esteban Valerio, Rylee Simpson, Westley Schneider and Nicholas McCarthy also had a first-place finish (3:34.46). In the girls meet, Eaton’s 800 relay team placed first with a time of 1:49.93. The Reds also were first in the 3,200 relay (10:13.64). Eaton sophomore Tarynn Sieg continued to dominate in throwing events. She was first in shot put (39’ 8”) and discus (110’ 3”). The Reds claimed the top 3 spots in shot put, with junior Caiden Rexius (38’ 10”) and senior Jayla Jarnagin (35’ 10.5”) placing second and third, respectively. Platte Valley’s 1,600 relay team of Allee Beach, Jacey Reinert, Skylar Ritchey and Victoria Zehnder also had a first-place finish (4:14.96). The Reds duo of junior Bailey Schumacher (8’) and senior Jayla Jarnagin (7’ 6”) were first and second, respectively, in pole vault. Roosevelt junior Alyssa Rhoton and her sophomore teammate Jerica Baeza were first (16.76) and second (17.11), respectively, in the 100 hurdles. Northridge junior Katie Vasquez won the 300 hurdles (48.76). University (Autumn Moya, Delaney Morrow, McKayla Bauer and Hawah Kallon) was first in the 800 sprint medley
(1:57.07), followed by Platte Valley (1:58.83). Bulldogs junior McKayla Bauer won the high jump (5’ 3”) with Eaton senior Kortney Lockey (5’ 2”) on her heels. Weld Central senior Ashley Perez won the triple jump (34’ 9.5’). Boys Team Scores — Platte Valley 100.5, D’Evelyn 72, Roosevelt 58, Mead 57, Eaton 53, Resurrection Christian 52, Bennett 50.5, University 42, Sterling 40, Frederick 27, Liberty Common 24, Berthoud 23, Northridge 23, Jefferson Academy 21, Valley 14, Vista PEAK 13, Highland 6, Middle Park 6, Weld Central 6, West Grand 5.5, Dayspring Christian 5, Estes Park 3.5. 100-meter dash — Warner, Benn, 11.53; Ward, RC, 11.59; Dalton Waln, Eaton, 11.61; 200 — Ward, RC, 23.16; Thompson, VP, 23.20; Waln, Eaton, 23.54; 400 — Myers, Mead, 51.31; Anderson, RC, 51.71; Hanna, MP, 52.69; 800 — Josh Gregory, Eaton, 2:05.46; Trevor Schneider, Valley, 2:09.28; VanCleave, JA, 2:11.08; 1,600 — Tyler Davis, Roos, 4:38.30; Isaiah Dilka, UH, 4:44.21; Martinez, LC, 4:51.68; 3,200 — Davis, Roos, 10:23.13; Dilka, UH, 10:41.75; Andrew King, PV, 10:52.52; 110 high hurdles — Dane Corliss, PV, 15.79; Feula, Mead, 15.93; Bailey Lonnberg, WC, 16.69; 300 hurdles — Feula, Mead, 42.27; Moler, Benn, 42.66; Lockhart, Fred, 43.94; 400 relay — Berthoud 45.27; Bennett 45.40; Platte Valley (Daniel Frantz, Kolt McDaniel, Austin Vieyra, Derek Wert) 45.46; 800 relay — Mead 1:32.84; Resurrection Christian 1:33.03; Bennett 1:33.41; 1,600 relay — Roosevelt (Esteban Valerio, Rylee Simpson, Westley Schneider, Nicholas McCarthy) 3:34.46; D’Evelyn 3:35.55; Resurrection Christian 3:37.10; 3,200 relay — D’Evelyn 8:42.61; Platte Valley (Crispin Haro, Colton Ivy, Clark Jett, Sebastian Zehnder) 8:47.22; Valley (T. Schneider, Tyler Ellicott, Jose Contreras, James Wyatt) 8:54.22; High jump — Jacob Bejarano, Roos, 6’ 5.25”; Parker Gilliland, PV, 6’; Chavez, Ster, 5’ 11”; Pole vault — John Sponaugle, PV, 12’; Dawson Hopkinson, UH, 12’; Huggins, LC, 11’ 6”; Long jump — Myers, Mead, 20’ 11”; Hooks, D’Evelyn, 20’ 0.25”; Bejarano, Roos, 19’ 9.5”; Triple jump — Hooks, D’Evelyn, 42’ 0.5”; Ethridge, D’Evelyn, 42’: Chavez, Ster, 41’; Shot put — Parker Joens, PV, 48’ 5”; James Baladez, PV, 47’ 7”; Garrett Coalson, Eaton, 46’ 11”; Discus — Joens, PV, 152’ 9”; Coalson, Eaton, 145’; Watson, RC, 129’ 10”. Girls Team Scores — Eaton 141, Vista PEAK 73.5, University 55, Platte Valley 47, Mead 44.5, Roosevelt 42.5; Berthoud 40, Estes Park 33, Liberty Common 29.5, Jefferson Academy 28, Highland 28, Weld Central 27, Frederick 24, Middle Park 20.5, Resurrection Christian 20, Sterling 17.5, Prairie 16.5, Bennett 16, Northridge 15.5, D’Evelyn 14, Dayspring Christian 7, West Grand 1. 100-meter dash — Evans, VP, 12.59; Carter, VP, 13.04; Sleeth, Fred, 13.35; 200 — Evans, VP, 25.52; Jacey Reinert, PV, 27.08; Victoria Zehnder, PV, 27.11; 400 — Postle, Mead, 1:00.82; Scott, VP, 1:02.50; Taylor Ingram, DCA, 1:02.50; 800 — Tomasula-Martin, EP, 2:25.99; Emma Willadsen, Eaton, 2:29.10; Lee, Mead, 2:35.06; 1,600 — Tomasula, EP, 5:26.67; McKenzie Reiher, Eaton, 5:41.85; Holmes, EP, 5:45.02; 3,200 — Archuleta, JA, 13:04.38; Bell, Mead, 13:06.37; Jessica Peters, UH, 13:18.34; 100 hurdles — Alyssa Rhoton, Roos, 16.76; Jerica Baeza, Roos, 17.11; Voll, Bert, 17.60; 300 hurdles — Katie Vasquez, N, 48.76; Skipworth, RC, 49.62; Voll, Bert, 49.73; 400 relay — Vista PEAK 51.01; Eaton 51.27; Berthoud 51.97; 800 relay — Eaton 1:49.93; Liberty Common 1:50.96; Berthoud 1:51.20; 1,600 relay — Platte Valley (Allee Beach, Reinert, Skylar Ritchey, Zehnder) 4:14.96; Eaton 4:21.56; Vista PEAK 4:23.02; 3,200 relay — Eaton 10:13.64; Mead 10:28.58; University (Jenna Ptaschek, Danya Schuessler, Emily Coleman, Jessica Peters) 10:29.25; 800 Sprint Medley — University (Autumn Moya, Delaney Morrow, McKayla Bauer, Hawah Kallon) 1:57.07; Platte Valley (Richey, Shea Walters, Allison Walters, Molly Griese) 1:58.83; Middle Park 1:58.91; High jump — McKayla Bauer, UH, 5’ 3”; Kortney Lockey, Eaton, 5’ 2”; Babi, Benn, 5’ 2”; Pole vault — Bailey Schumacher, Eaton, 8’; Jayla Jarnagin, E, 7’ 6”; Todd, EP, 7’ 6”; Long jump — Evans, VP, 18’; Ashley Perez, WC, 15’ 7.5”; Haley Dollerschell, Prairie, 15’4”; Triple jump — Perez, WC, 34’ 9.5”; Chavez, Ster, 33’ 7”; Clawson, High, 32’ 11”; Shot put — Tarynn Sieg, E, 39’ 8”; Caiden Rexius, Eaton, 38’ 10”; Jarnagin, E, 35’ 10”; Discus — Sieg, Eaton, 110’ 3”; Rawson, Fred, 105’ 10”; Stephanie Vegter, UH, 103’ 5”.
West places eighth, ninth: In Fort Collins, Greeley West’s boys scored 43 points to place ninth in the 13-team boys standings, while the Spartan girls were eighth with 42 points at the Altitude Running Invitational on Saturday. Fort Collins won the boys meet with 176 points, as well as the girls meet with 182 points. The Greeley West boys had a pair of first-place finishes. Zac Bitton was first in long jump (21 feet). Casey Stump placed first in pole vault (10’ 9”). Bitton was also second in the 200 (23.15 seconds) and third in discus (126’ 6”). Samantha McCulley led the Spartan girls with a runner-up finish in the 400 (1:03.19). Kelsie Brinklow tied for second in pole vault (8’ 9’). Boys Team Scores — Fort Collins 176, Laramie (Wyo.) 111, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Central 98, Douglas County (Wyo.) 66, Denver South 64, Denver East 59, Hinkley 48, Pine Creek 45, Greeley West 43, George Washington 8, Thornton 7, Heritage Christian 6, Holy Family 0. Girls Team Scores — Fort Collins 182, Pine Creek 161, Douglas County (Wyo.) 73, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Central 71, Denver East 66, Laramie (Wyo.) 51, Hinkley 50, Greeley West 42, Heritage Christian 16, Thornton 12, Denver South 0, Holy Family 0, George Washington 0.
Team Scores — Fossil Ridge 538, Fort Collins 263, Greeley West 233, Loveland 202, Fossil Ridge Black 183, Poudre 144, Rocky Mountain 143, Mountain View 118, Estes Park 104, Pueblo County 95, Windsor 93, Brighton 73, Greeley Central 68, Pueblo Centennial 19, Fossil Ridge Green 18, Valley 12, Westminster 11, Northridge 6. 200-yard medley relay — Fossil Ridge 1:40.03**; Greeley West 1:42.64**; Loveland 1:46.10**; 200 freestyle – Jacobs, FR, 1:49.91**; Clear, FR, 1:53.10*; Geraghty, FRB, 1:53.67*; 200 individual medley – Buyers, L, 1:59.84**; Fine, FR, 2:05.21**; Kondratenko, FR, 2:09.24*; 50 freestyle – Dauksher, FR, 22.66**; Willis, FR, 22.73**; Bryce Fehringer, GW, 23.14*; 1-meter diving – Soguero, EP, 434.30; Seitzinger, FC, 422.35; Igel, EP, 417.55; 100 butterfly – Willis, FR, 52.25**; Work, Poudre, 56.56**; Sanders, FR, 57.22**; 100 freestyle – Fine, FR, 49.23**; Kovac, FR, 49.64**; Dragan, FC, 49.75**; Elliot Shupe, GC, 50.18**; 500 freestyle – Brody Lewis, GW, 4:43.50**; Dauksher, FR, 4:48.31**; Huey, FR, 5:04.97**; 200 freestyle relay – Fossil Ridge 1:30.16**; Loveland 1:34.28**; Fort Collins 1:34.61**; 100 backstroke – Kovac, FR, 53.58**; Clear, FR, 55.96**; Pickering, MV, 57.92**; 100 breaststroke – Lewis, GW, 59.74**; Lannen, FR, 1:03.11**; Kondratenko, FR, 1:05.60*; Shupe, GC, 1:05.91*; 400 freestyle relay – Fossil Ridge 3:17.39**; Greeley West 3:27.21**; Fossil Ridge B 3:28.84** *Denotes Class 4A state-qualifying time **Denotes 5A state-qualifying time
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The win was Windsor’s second straight, after Wednesday’s 12-9 win at Thompson Valley. The Wizards are 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the 4A Foothills League heading into next week’s spring break trip to Utah. The Sailors came to town with a 3-1 record after defeating Thompson Valley, 13-11, Friday in Loveland. Their game at Windsor was originally scheduled for an opening faceoff at noon Saturday but was moved up to 10 a.m. because Steamboat players wanted to attend Denver University’s home game against Georgetown, which started at 1 p.m. “They cared more about that,” Belleau said. “They took us lightly.” After all, Steamboat had beaten Windsor in two previous meetings each of the last two seasons. The Sailors won 15-8 last year in Windsor and 13-5 in a Class 4A playoff game two seasons ago in Routt County. But with the bus parked outside the stadium with its storage bins standing open so the team could pack quickly and hit the road, “They played not to lose,” Belleau said, “and we played to win.” Windsor won the first faceoff and initiated the scoring about 3 1/2 minutes in on a goal by midfielder Max Hansen. The Wizards made it 2-0 about four minutes later when midfielder Nathan Tucker scored. Although the visitors evened the score by the start of the second quarter, they were held scoreless the rest of the half, while Windsor took a 4-2 lead into the locker room. Goals by K.C. Scott, who totaled four in the game, and Josh Bloss put the home team ahead by two. “We were tied at two, and we found our role as an offense and never let down,” Scott said later. “We were really in charge.” Meanwhile, senior goalkeeper Colton Ferris made three of his eight saves in the second stanza. “Ferris is a stud,” Belleau said. “I have yet to meet a kid who’s tougher both mentally and physically. He played great today.” Bloss and Scott scored to start the third quarter, as the Wizards went ahead 6-2. They led 7-3 after Scott’s third goal with 3:25 left in the third. Up 7-4 to start the fourth quarter, Windsor again gained a four-goal advantage when junior Hunter Hop scored. But back-to-back goals by Steamboat floated the Sailors’ hopes, even though time was running short. Tait Dixon and Willy Gunn scored goals less than two minutes apart to make it a two-goal game, as Steamboat pressed the action offensively. “The issue became the clock,” Belleau said, “and we didn’t want to be cocky. We had nothing but confidence and what we can control.” Windsor went on the attack, and as Bloss rifled a shot on goal, the Sailors took a slashing penalty, which gave the Wizards a man advantage. Moving the ball around the attack zone’s perimeter, Bloss passed to Scott, who netted a right-hand blast from about 12 yards away. Steamboat won the ensuing faceoff and brought the ball into scoring range. But after Windsor’s Trent Gallatin checked the Sailors’ ball carrier to the ground, Ferris came up big with a point-blank save, which led to the Wizards going back on offense. After a timeout, Windsor spread its offense and looked to run off time, but an opening allowed Hop to score again. Circling around from behind the net, his second goal of the period sealed the deal. “We put ourselves in the situation to control the ball,” he said later. “K.C. drew a double team and passed to me, and I drilled it bottom left. Right by the ankles was (the goalie’s) weak spot.” Windsor will play the Waterford Ravens (1-2) on Monday and the Herriman Mustangs (2-5) on April 1. The Wizards will resume league play April 3 at Alexander Dawson (2-1). Their next home game is set for April 8 against Golden (5-3). SSHS WHS
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– 6 – 10 Scoring summary First quarter — WHS, Max Hansen, 8:33; WHS, Nathan Tucker, 4:21; SSHS, Willy Gunn (Draper), 1:07; SSHS, Joe Lang, 0:08. Second quarter — WHS, K.C. Scott, 1:30; WHS, Josh Bloss, 0:29. Third quarter — WHS, Bloss, 10:32; WHS, Scott, 7:47; SSHS, Andrew Firestone (Draper), 6:39; WHS, Scott, 3:25; SSHS, Spencer Petersen, 0:15. Fourth quarter — WHS, Hunter Hop, 11:23 (Scott); SSHS, Tait Dixon, 9:40; SSHS, Gunn, 7:57; WHS, Scott (Bloss), 5:14; WHS, Hop, 2:53. Totals Goals — Steamboat: Gunn, 2, Dixon, Firestone, Lang, Petersen. Windsor: Scott, 4; Bloss 2, Hop 2, Hansen, Tucker. Assists — Steamboat: Draper, 2. Windsor: Shermock, 2, Bloss, Scott. Snots — Steamboat 22, Windsor 25. Goaltending — Steamboat: Peter Wharton, 6 saves, Windsor: Colton Ferris, 8 saves. Faceoffs won — Steamboat: 8. Windsor: 11. Penalaties — Steamboat: First quarter, none; Second quarter, Crouch, slash, 0:29; Third quarter, Gorr, slash, 8:39; Crouch, slash, 7:19; Fourth quarter, Crouch, head slash (non releasable), 11:48; Dixon, slash, 6:35; Gorr, slash, 5:20. Windsor: First quarter, none; Second quarter, Grave, cross, 8:56; Third quarter, Hop, push, 5:55; Gallatin, slash, 2:32; Fourth quarter, Bloss, trip, 11:14; Becker, slash, 8:48.
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Gonzaga set for clash with Duke Associated Press
HOUSTON — Gonzaga and
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KENTUCKY PLAYERS CELEBRATE SATURDAY after a 68-66 win over Notre Dame in an NCAA men’s tournament regional final in Cleveland.
Kentucky escapes Notre Dame Associated Press CLEVELAND — Pushed to the brink,
Kentucky’s still perfect and still playing. Andrew Harrison made two free throws with six seconds remaining, and the top-seeded Wildcats kept their unbeaten season and national title hopes intact with a 68-66 win over Notre Dame on Saturday night in the Midwest Regional final. The Wildcats (38-0) advanced to the Final Four in Indianapolis next week, where they will meet Wisconsin. It took everything Kentucky had to hold off the Fighting Irish (32-6), who came within seconds of shocking the tournament’s overwhelming favorite. Notre Dame, which has a history of stunning upsets in football and basketball, wasn’t done until Jerian Grant’s double-clutch 3-pointer from the left corner was long. Kentucky’s bench stormed the floor and the Wildcats, who only had one
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other two-point game this season and won the semifinal by 39, celebrated knowing they had ducked a major challenge and are now just two wins from becoming the first team to go undefeated since Indiana in 1976. “We didn’t play very well and Notre Dame, I thought, controlled the whole thing, but we made the plays,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said. “We figured out a way to win it. We’re just saying one more game, play our best. We’ve had other tests, but we have a will to win.” Karl-Anthony Towns scored 25 to lead Kentucky, which trailed for most of the second half. Zach Auguste scored 20, Steve Vasturia 16 and Grant 15 for the third-seeded Fighting Irish, playing in their first regional final in 36 years.
There was no doubt Notre Dame belonged. The ACC tournament champions controlled the tempo and weren’t intimidated by the Wildcats and their collection of high school All-Americans and soon-to-be NBA millionaires. Calipari insisted on Friday his team was not perfect, only unbeaten and that any team left in the tournament was capable of toppling the top Cats. Notre Dame was right there. “It’s tough,” said Grant, who returned to Notre Dame this season after being dismissed for academics. “Just to be so close to making history, from doing something so special and just like that it’s over. We felt we played well enough to win.” Following a brief award ceremony, Kentucky’s players cut down the nets as Prince’s “Party Like It’s 1999” blared through the speakers inside Quicken Loans Arena, which rocked for more than two hours as Notre Dame and Kentucky traded baskets. The game featured 20 lead changes and 12 ties.
coach Mark Few have been a constant presence in the NCAA Tournament, even if the loveable Zags rarely get this deep into March Madness. The Bulldogs were a No. 1 seed only two years ago when they got upset in the second round, and who can forget floppy-haired big-scoring Adam Morrison nearly a decade ago — yep, back in 2006, when the trendy pick blew an early 17-point lead in a Sweet 16 loss to UCLA. Now they are a win away from their first Final Four, with omnipresent Duke and Coach K’s top-seeded Blue Devils (32-4) up next today in the South Regional final. “Probably the highest compliment I could pay him is literally everything we’ve tried to do at Gonzaga, we always ask, ‘What did Duke do here?’” Few said. Duke is in its 20th regional final, the 14th under Mike Krzyzewski for the most by any active coach. This is the 17th consecutive NCAA trip for the Bulldogs (35-2), but their first regional final since 1999 — back when they were still considered a Cinderella story, an image shed with impressive consistency. That improbable advance as a No. 10 seed started their NCAA run, when Few was still an assistant the year before becoming the head coach at Gonzaga. “This moment is big for this team. They’re hungry to get to a Final Four and to keep playing,” said Few, whose focus is on this team not what happened in the past. “We wanted to be a team that got (to the Elite Eight) as well, just make a statement that we’re one of the top programs in the country,” senior guard Kevin Pangos said. “It’s a great feeling to be here, but we’re not satisfied. We really
» At a glance » What: Gonzaga vs. Duke in NCAA Tournament South Regional final » When: 3:05 p.m. today » Where: NRG Stadium in Houston. » TV: CBS
want to make that next step.” When they step on the court at the NRG Stadium, the tough-shooting venue that is usually the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans, it will be only the third-ever meeting between the schools. Duke won regular season games in December 2006 and December 2009, both played at Madison Square Garden. “Growing up ... I can remember Adam Morrison being a big-time player, him always being compared to J.J. Redick, I remember that year, they had a heartbreaking loss to UCLA,” said Quinn Cook, the Duke senior guard surrounded in the starting lineup by three standout freshmen. “This team this year, they’re outstanding, experienced, they have a lot to prove. They’re very confident, they feel they’re a championship-level team. ... We’ll have our hands full.” The freshmen trio of Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones have gotten Duke within a win of its 16th Final Four. Gonzaga’s starting five includes three seniors with more than 130 college games each, and two juniors. The Bulldogs have set a school record for wins. Their only losses were in overtime in December at Arizona and by three points to BYU after they had wrapped up another West Coast Conference title. “Gonzaga’s not just a great team, but a great program. Mark’s built a great, great program there,” Krzyzewski said.
Izzo vs. Pitino to settle East Region Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tom
Izzo and Rick Pitino are Final Four regulars, and one of them will be back this year even though both of their teams were counted out weeks ago. Seventh-seeded Michigan State and fourth-seeded Louisville meet today to settle the NCAA Tournament’s most-busted bracket. “Sure as hell fitting for me, and I’m sure for him,” Izzo said Saturday. “I think we both kind of came through similar kind of years and in different ways.” The two coaches have three national championships, 15 Final Four appearances and 98 tournament wins between them. Both have had to reinvent their teams’ in mid-stream this season. The Spartans (26-11), the tournament’s lowest remaining seed, lost three of their top leading scorers from last season. They looked like an NIT team in February, then went on an 11-3 roll capped by tournament wins over second-seeded Virginia and third-seeded Oklahoma. The Cardinals (27-8) endured adversity in February. That’s when Pitino had to reinvent his lineup after dismissing senior point guard Chris Jones and replacing him with true freshman Quentin Snider. Jones faces rape and sodomy charges. “Our team really knows how to handle adversity, and we’ve had a lot of it this year,” Pitino said. “I think adversity always makes you strong.” The Cardinals, seeking their third Final Four berth in four years, are led by junior do-everything forward
» At a glance » What: Michigan State vs. Louisville in NCAA Tournament East Regional final » When: 12:20 p.m. today » Where: Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. » TV: CBS
Montrezl Harrell, who is averaging 15.7 points and 9.2 rebounds. The 6-foot8 player, who has declared his intention to enter the NBA draft in June, is as much of a threat from 16 feet as he is dunking. The Spartans, who had back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2009 and ‘10, play a scrappy style that leans on defense and transition. Their recent run has been sparked by senior guard Travis Trice, who is averaging 18.2 points in his past 14 games. Here are some things to watch out for as the two programs meet in the tournament for the fourth time, and third in six years: The Spartans knocked out the Cardinals in the 2009 Midwest Regional final. Louisville responded by beating Michigan State 57-44 in the 2012 West Regional semifinal. Spartans senior Branden Dawson recalls the latest loss all too well. He watched it on television in his dorm room after sustaining a knee injury in the regular season finale. “It was hard just sitting there and not being able to play,” he said. “It will be great for myself being able to play against these guys for the first time.” Louisville is 5-3 against Michigan State, including a second-round tournament win in 1959.
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WISCONSIN FORWARD SAM DEKKER, center, celebrates Saturday after Wisconsin beat
Arizona 85-78 in a college basketball regional final in the NCAA Tournament in Los Angeles. Wisconsin advances to the Final Four in Indianapolis.
Wisconsin back in Final Four Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Just call him Sam
Dagger. Sam Dekker hit 5 of Wisconsin’s 10 3-pointers in the second half on his way to a second straight career-high of 27 points, Frank Kaminsky added 29 points and the top-seeded Badgers beat No. 2 Arizona 85-78 on Saturday to reach consecutive Final Fours for the first time in school history. The Wildcats twice got within five points in the last 2½ minutes, but both times Dekker connected on arcing 3-pointers, narrowly beating the shot clock on the first one. “Sam Dekker pretty much just crushed our dreams with that shot,” Arizona guard T.J. McConnell said. Dekker confirmed the Badgers are more than just “Frank the Tank.” The junior followed up his career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds in a semifinal win over North Carolina with timely shooting that bailed out the Badgers.
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“Incredible game,” tweeted Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers from his seat behind the Badgers’ bench, calling Dekker “cold blooded.” Wisconsin (35-3) denied the Wildcats (34-4) a Final Four berth for the second straight year, having beaten them by one point in overtime in Anaheim a year ago when their seeds were reversed. “That loss left a sour taste in our mouth, so we wanted to get back,” Dekker said of last season’s 1-point loss to Kentucky in the national semifinals. “As a team we set some goals of what we wanted to do, and now we’re two games away from our last goal.” The Badgers and 67-year-old coach Bo Ryan head to Indianapolis next week hoping for another shot at undefeated and top-seeded Kentucky. “I’m so proud of these guys to be able to say that they’ve answered the bell in
the second half in almost every game we’ve played here in the last seven to 10 games,” Ryan said. “They’re a tough bunch, and I hope they don’t change.” Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Brandon Ashley scored 17 points each for the Wildcats, who once again failed to deliver a first-time Final Four appearance for coach Sean Miller. McConnell added 14 points in his college finale and Kaleb Tarczewski and Gabe York had 11 each. “It was tough to be playing hard on defense and trying to get a stop to win the game and he made those shots,” Hollis-Jefferson said of Dekker. “It was tough to watch them go in, but in basketball you have those days.” Miller compared the Badgers’ offensive execution and ability to make shots to a video game. “Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky, they’re really good,” Miller said. “No team has done what they did to us in the second half. They made shots, and if they play like that next weekend, they have a chance to win it all.”
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DU hockey tops BC in NCAA regional semifinal Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Grant Arnold scored
twice and Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist to help Denver beat Boston College 5-2 on Saturday in the East Regional semifinals of the NCAA hockey tournament. Denver (24-13-2) will play Providence today for a berth in the Frozen Four. Last year, Boston College beat Denver 6-2 in the first round of the DENVER 5 Northeast Regional. “I’m really happy BOSTON COL. 2 but we’re on a mission this year so this is what we expected to do,” Denver coach Jim Montgomery said. “We’re a determined group. I thought our start showed how much we wanted this game.” Joey LaLeggia and Will Butcher also scored for the Pioneers. Mike Matheson and Ryan Fitzgerald scored for Boston College (21-14-3) Denver opened the scoring at 4:48 of the first period on LaLeggia’s sixth power-play goal of the season. Matheson tied it with 4:09 left, and Moore made it 2-1 with 6.9 seconds to go in the period. “Our game plan was to try to get guys in front of their goalie,” LaLeggia said. “But I guess I got lucky on that shot.” Denver scored twice in a 59-second span in the third period. Will Butcher capitalized on a turnover at 8:05, and Arnold scored at 9:04. “Dan made a great play on that drop pass,” Butcher said. “It was a great play all the way around. It seemed we took off from there.” Fitzgerald had a power-play goal for the Eagles with 5:09 left, and Arnold capped the scoring with an empty-net goal. Tanner Jalliet made 22 saves for the Pioneers. “Their goalie played well,” Matheson said. “But sometimes the puck doesn’t go your way.” Despite giving up a goal in the final seconds of the first period, Boston College coach Jerry York felt his team maintained its composure. “That late goal didn’t faze us,” York said. “We had a couple of good chances to get it to 2-2. But give Denver credit. Goals don’t come easy.”
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DENVER’S GRANT ARNOLD, FRONT, and teammates Larkin Jacobson, back right, and goalie Tanner Jaillet celebrate a third-period goal Saturday during a regional semifinal against Boston College in the NCAA hockey tournament in Providence, R.I.
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GREELEY — The University of Northern Colorado couldn’t slow North Dakota on Saturday, dropping an 11-6 Western Athletic Conference game at Jackson Field. After North Dakota (2-3 WAC, 7-13 overall) put up three runs in the top of the third, the Bears (3-2, 6-14) responded with three of their own in the bottom half of the inning. However, while UNC’s offense stalled, North Dakota kept pounding away, scoring four in the top of the fourth to go up 7-3 and three more in the top of the seventh to extend its lead to 11-6. The Bears committed three errors while North Dakota had none. The two teams will wrap up their three-game series as North Dakota goes for the sweep at noon today.
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had 31 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to help UConn rout Texas 105-54 on Saturday, earning coach Geno Auriemma his 100th NCAA Tournament win. Auriemma became the second coach to reach the century mark, joining Pat Summitt, who finished with 112 victories in her career. They are the only two coaches in men’s or women’s basketball to reach that milestone. The Huskies shot a blistering 56 percent from the field and became the eighth team to put up more than 100 points in the regionals. UConn also broke the record for biggest margin of victory in regionals, surpassing the previous mark of 44. UConn (35-1) led 26-19 midway through the first half before blowing the game open with a 44-9 run spanning the half. The burst started with 13 straight points by the Huskies, who will face Dayton in the Albany Regional final on Monday night for a spot in the Final Four.
UND 003 410 300 — 11 14 0 UNC 003 012 000 — 6 12 3 UNC — Alex Werbach (L, 0-3, 6H, 3ER, 1BB, 2SO), Allen Cook (4th, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 0SO), Chase Cleary (4th, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 2SO), Justin Mulvaney (7th, 4H, 2ER, 0BB, 2SO), Logen Letofsky (9th, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO) and Payton Tapia. 2B – Tanner Nick 2, Mulvaney; 3B – Reyn Sugai; RBI – Mulvaney 2, Dan Reese, Sugai, Tapia, Vaughn.
DAYTON 82, LOUISVILLE 66
ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrea Hoover scored 26 points and seventh-seeded Dayton continued its improbable run. Amber Deane added 15 points and Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova had 12 and 11 rebounds for the Flyers, who won for the 11th time in the last 12 games. The Flyers (28-6) become just the fourth No. 7 seed to advance to a regional final since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1994 and the first since Mississippi in 2007. Myisha Hines-Allen scored all 14 of her points in the second half to lead Louisville, which finishes its season at 27-7. Dayton led by a point at the half, but used an 11-2 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Deane and ran away from the Cardinals after intermission.
» SPOKANE REGIONAL MARYLAND 65, DUKE 55
SPOKANE, WASH. — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 18 of her 24 points in the second half and Laurin Mincy scored all 15 of her points in the first half for top-seeded Maryland in the regional semifinals.
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UNC pummels North Dakota on softball field
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CONNECTICUT FORWARD KALEENA MOSQUEDA-LEWIS, right, shoots over Texas guard Brady Sanders on
Saturday during the first half of a women’s regional semifinal game in Albany, N.Y.
Walker-Kimbrough took over the scoring load carried by Mincy as the Terrapins (33-2) reached the Elite Eight for the sixth time under coach Brenda Frese, taking down their former foe from the ACC in the process. The Terrapins had lost eight of their previous 10 games against Duke. But Maryland is 2-0 against the Blue Devils in the NCAA Tournament. Elizabeth Williams led Duke (23-11) with 18 points and nine rebounds. Maryland will face Tennessee on Monday night for a trip to the Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
TENNESSEE 73, GONZAGA 69, OT
SPOKANE, WASH. — Cierra Burdick scored 22, including four late free throws for the winning points. Burdick added 15 rebounds and Ariel Massengale scored 16 points for Tennessee (30-5), which overcome poor shooting and a 17-point deficit for the win. Sunny Greinacher scored 24 points and Keani Albanez, 20 for surprising Gonzaga (26-8), which upset third-seeded Oregon State last weekend to advance to the round of 16. That was its record eighth win as a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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GREELEY — The University of Northern Colorado rode the powerful bats of Rachel Johnson and Melissa Marcovecchio to a 7-1 win over Big Sky Conference foe North Dakota on Saturday at Butler-Hancock Softball Field. Johnson and Marcovecchio each had home runs as Johnson finished 2 for 4 with three RBI and Marcovecchio went 2 for 3 with two RBI. The Bears improved to 3-3 in conference, 8-17-1 overall, while North Dakota moved to 0-6, 8-24. Northern Colorado quickly jumped out to a 5-0 lead through three innings as Marcovecchio had a solo shot in the first and Johnson brought home two with her blast in the third. Sophomore Jayme
Reddacliff (6-9) went the distance in the pitcher’s circle, scattering eight hits, striking out one and walking one. The Bears won all three games of their series this week against North Dakota, sweeping a doubleheader Friday.
UND 000 001 0 — 1 8 3 UNC 203 101 X — 7 9 1 UNC — Jayme Reddacliff (W, 6-9, 8H, 1ER, 1BB, 1SO) and Nicole Hudson. 2B – Melissa Marcovecchio; 3B – Erica Dick, Morgan Yuhas; HR – Marcovecchio (solo in 1st), Rachel Johnson (1 on in 3rd); RBI – Johnson 3, Marcovecchio 2, Yuhas.
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FORT COLLINS — For-
mer Eaton High School standout Karli Jelden won the women’s pole vault at the Colorado State University-hosted Fum McGraw Tri-Meet on Saturday. Jelden, a 2012 Eaton graduate, recorded a height of 3.70 meters (12 feet, 1.5 inches), well head of second-place Morgan Moore of CSU (3.55 meters/11’ 7.75”). Jelden’s UNC teammates, Mackenzie Comstock (5.56 meters/18’ 3”) and Tiana Porter (5.49 meters, 18’ 0.25”), placed first and second, respectively, in the women’s long jump. The Bears’ 400 relay team of Brielle Brown, Daisha Stanley, Karli Cumber and Comstock picked up a first-place finish (48.26). In overall team action, UNC’s women beat the University of Colorado 206.5-183.5 but lost to CSU, 368-136, and to Wyoming, 233-179. In the men’s team competition, the Bears lost to CU (194-127), CSU (324-101) and Wyoming (233-96). Bryce Adams placed third for UNC in the men’s 200-meter dash (22.25 seconds). Rolyce Boston was third in the men’s long jump (6.88 meters/22’ 7”). Northern Colorado sprinter Stanley was third in the women’s 100 dash (12.53). Moriah Zachary was third in the women’s 400 (55.87).
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A bit cooler today This morning will be chilly, with temperatures in the upper-30s to low-40s. Highs will be slightly cooler today. We will only climb into the mid-60s with mostly sunny skies. Monday will be warm again with highs back in the low-70s. Unsettled weather will return on Tuesday and potentially run through Friday.
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BLAZERS BEAT NUGGETS, MOVE CLOSER TO DIVISION TITLE PORTLAND, ORE. — LaMarcus Aldridge had 32 points and 11 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 120-114 on Saturday night for their third consecutive victory. Aldridge shot 6 of 8 and scored 16 points during the third quarter. Arron Afflalo (pictured, left) scored 21 points, his Portland high since he was acquired from Denver on Feb. 19. Nicolas Batum added 15 points and Chris Kaman 14 for the Blazers. Jameer Nelson scored 22 and Randy Foye (pictured, right) 17 as Denver had seven players reach double figures. Associated Press
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Andrej Meszaros had two win against Colorado goals and fellow defensemwas Dec. 4, 2005, in an Rasmus Ristolainen had Denver. a goal and an assist for the » Iginla’s three assists Sabres. gave him 1,222 career The Sabres have scored points. He moved past the fewest goals in the NHL Jean Beliveau for 40th in this season, and the loss of scoring. leading scorer Tyler Ennis » Buffalo C Tim to a left shoulder injury furSchaller was recalled ther depleted a struggling from Rochester of the offense. Ennis was injured AHL. in Thursday’s loss against » Barrie’s goal was Arizona. the 100th point of his th Still, the Sabres found career. their scoring touch in the third period when Meszaros had his two goals and Risto- he gave up goals to Barrie 7:30pm lainen also scored 5:00pm in the first orand Duchene to make it 8:43 of the third period to 4-0. Lindback finished with make it interesting. Please R.S.V.P. 10 saves, while Hackett had Colorado struck first seven. with two goals in a span The goals came quickly in of 32 seconds in the first. the third. Meszaros broke up 454-2106 Cliche scored his second the shutout at 3:09, but Stuof the season at 10:47, and art scored at 4:48 to make it Mitchell made it 2-0 with 5-2. Meszaros struck again his 10th. 41 seconds later with his Matt Hackett replaced fifth of the season. Anders Lindback in goal to Ristolainen made it 5-3 start the second period, but with his seventh.
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Super Lawyers magazine honors Greeley lawyers Coan, Payton & Payne managing member Brent Coan has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a 2015 Col- Coan orado Super Lawyer, and founding member Michael Payne has been recognized Payne as a 2015 Colorado Rising Star. The 2015 Colorado Super Lawyers and Rising Stars’ lists are credible, comprehensive and diverse honors reserved for lawyers who exhibit excellence in their practice, according to a news release. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the Super Lawyers research team as super lawyers, and no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state are selected for the rising stars list. Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, the release stated.. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Coan was se-
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Donna Feighny Yantis and her staff, Kimberley Trotter and Nathaniel Hernandez, have been recognized for providing outstanding customer experience under the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification Program. The service excellence distinction was determined through an evaluation process conducted under guidelines established through the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification Program, according to a news release. The process consists of a customer satisfaction survey which measures customers’ overall experience with their current American Family agent. Yantis has been an agent for American Family since January 1987. Her office is located at 2408 17th St., Suite B, Greeley.
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Flood and Peterson received two awards from the United Way of Weld County at the organization’s annual Celebration of Excellence luncheon.
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Each year, one company is recognized for its commitment and partnership to the United Way of Weld County. Flood and Peterson has been selected as the 2014 Company of the Year. Corporate and employee participation in fundraisers, volunteer opportunities and events are examples of the criteria used for the award. Flood and Peterson’s Rick Jenkins also was honored with the 2014 ‘LIVE UNITED’ award. He has been a longtime supporter, volunteer and board member at the United Way of Weld County. Jenkins serves as one of Flood and Peterson’s executive vice presidents and directs
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Thrivent Financial named a World’s Most Ethical Company Thrivent Financial has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as a 2015 World’s Most Ethical Company, according to a news release. The World’s Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes those organizations that have had a
material impact on the way business is conducted by fostering a culture of ethics and transparency at every level of the company. This is the fourth year Thrivent has been recognized. The World’s Most Ethical Company assessment is based upon the Ethisphere Institute’s Ethics Quotient framework. The information collected provides a comprehensive sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies, rather than all aspects of corporate governance, risk, sustainability, compliance and ethics. Scores are generated in five key categories: ethics and compliance program (35 percent), corporate citizenship and responsibility (20 percent), culture of ethics (20 percent), governance (15 percent) and leadership, innovation and reputation (10 percent.). Thrivent Financial is represented in the northern Colorado area by the Mountain Plains Group, which includes Dan Austin, Jordan Austin and Nathan Sloan at 4848 Thompson Parkway, Suite 340, Johnstown, CO. They can be reached at (970) 667-7340.
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Investment Centers of America employee Paul Andre represented the Greeley branch at the company’s national conference March 11-14 in San Antonio. Andre joined more than 200 Investment Centers of America representatives in workshops and educational sessions to share strategies for developing effective solution to assist clients with their financial goals, a news release said. Sessions were also offered on information security, identifying insurance opportunities, IRA changes, branding initiatives, tax planning strategies and social security optimization. Andre is located at 1120 38th Ave. and can be reached at (970) 576-6765 or paul.andre@investmentcenters.com.
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QUALITY MEETINGS ABOVE: Chadd Bryant, Red Rocket Web Specialists; Vickie Cunningham, Vertex Flooring & Design and Linda Crain, Vertex Flooring & Design, at the Evans Area Chamber of Commerce’s business after hours event March 19 at Evolution Sign & Design, 600 2nd St. in LaSalle. RIGHT: Kate Auchmoody of Red Rocket Web Specialists and Doug Smith, Business Finance Solutions, attended the event as well. Photos for The Tribune
Are you playing not to lose? There are two ways you can play the game of are an improvement and add value to the business one is to win, the other is to not lose. customer and company then they are tried Which style are you? and once successful they become part of the Playing to not lose looks like this: culture. There is not change for the sake of » You spend an extraordinary amount change. of time studying any initiative and if you » Customer requests for you to step cannot guarantee success, you don’t move on outside of your comfort zone represent the idea or project. The growth opportunities. adage paralysis by analysis Although the customer comes to mind. is always right, not every John S. » Any project or customer request can be BENJAMIN new idea that takes you accommodated, however outside of your established Business Sampler if it seems to line-up well comfort zone is rejected with your business model, without any thought. you accept the challenge. Better safe than sorry. Growth only occurs when you are willing to » You would rather lose a project than tackle something new and scary. have to stretch your company to try some» Change is part of the culture, but meathing new as well, anything worth doing is sured growth at a steady rate, say 20 percent worth doing well, and if it is new, we cannot per year. You embrace change and growth as do it well. the way to remain viable, but not wild cyclical » No one can remember the last time change. Of course once in a while wild is OK. something was changed. In fact, once the » Progress can easily e measured year candy selection was changed in the vending after year on a scale that makes any investor machine and there was a work stoppage. happy. Change is a four-letter word around here. » When projects fail, which they will at » Progress is measured on such a small times, you learn from the mistake. scale only geologists’ appreciate your speed. » Your motto: Progress is only made by » Projects never fail because we don’t take sticking your neck out, and sometimes it is chances. going to hurt. » Your motto: We won’t lose what we Playing to win is not a reckless pursuit, it have, we are great at protecting ourselves. is based on a calculated thoughtful process Playing to win looks like this: coupled with action. Prosperity comes to » A good analysis is made, understanding those who are willing to continue growing it will never be perfect. You factor the risk and realize that all growth entails risk. into your decision process. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, but lets’ not be stupid about John Benjamin is a business coach coverit either. ing all aspects of business development. For » New ideas are greeted with enthusiasm questions or comments send him an email and compared with current practices. If they at John@FrontRangeCoaching.com.
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» Indicators CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES Construction firms added jobs in 45 states and the District of Columbia between February 2014 and February 2015 while construction employment increased in 33 states between January and February, according to an analysis of Labor Department data. Texas added more new construction jobs (44,600 jobs, 7 percent) between February 2014 and February 2015 than any other state. Other states adding a high number of new construction jobs for the past 12 months included: » California (43,400 jobs, 6.5 percent). » Florida (29,600 jobs, 7.7 percent). » Washington (18,000 jobs, 11.6 percent). » and Colorado (16,900 jobs, 12.3 percent). North Dakota (14.7 percent, 4,800 jobs) added the highest percentage of new construction jobs during the past year, followed by Idaho (14.3 percent, 5,000 jobs), Colorado and Washington. Source: Associated General Contractors of America
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cup. Mega coffee chain Starbucks wanted to spark a conversation about race when it asked baristas to write “Race Together” on customers’ cups as part of a broader effort, but people standing in line for their morning java were not amused. Many voiced complaints on social media and elsewhere that they didn’t want a debate with their brew and Starbucks ended the campaign Sunday, although they said the campaign was always meant to be brief.
Corporations spend millions to make sure their products, logos, and branding and marketing are top of mind for consumers in a positive way. But that means that when corporate missteps happen or marketing campaigns are a flop, they can go viral, too. Problems usually arise when companies haven’t fully considered the target they’re trying to reach and what could go wrong, says Atlanta-based marketing consultant Laura Ries. “You have to have the right approach at the right time,” she said. “The problem many companies have is not understanding the customer’s point of view, only understanding their personal point of view in terms of what they want to accomplish.” Here’s a look at some major corporations’ missteps and their impact.
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an iced tea drink with a “Race Together” sticker on it at a Starbucks store in Seattle. Starbucks’ effort to spark a dialogue on race caused an outcry from customers on social media and elsewhere.
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Starbucks Corp. CEO Howard Schultz is known for taking on big issues like job creation and education so the coffee chain’s latest initiative centered around diversity and racial inequality was not a big departure from that. But one of the components, which had Starbucks baristas write “Race Together” on cups in an effort to get a dialogue on race going, led to an outcry from consumers. Some said it seemed opportunistic and inappropriate at a time of national protests over police killings of unarmed black men. Others questioned whether a line for coffee was an appropriate place for productive talks about race. “You just don’t know what’s going to happen when you get out there and do something like this,” said Paul Argenti, professor of corporate communications at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. “To be focused on the big issues of the day is a great idea, but what’s the right venue? Not waiting in a rush line in the morning.” Starbucks is standing by its campaign even though the cup initiative has ended. It will still hold forum discussions, co-produce special sections in USA Today and put more stores in minority communities as part of the Race Together initiative, according to a company memo from Schultz. “Schultz is trying to do something bold,” Argenti said. “They do a lot of things. Some stick and some don’t.” ON SECOND THOUGHT, MAYBE DON’T ASK
Sometimes, Argenti said, what seems like a great idea to the marketing department clearly was not vetted by the communications team. In 2013, J.P. Morgan & Co. had just been ordered to pay a multibillion-dollar settlement stemming from the financial crisis, and it was seeking to reconnect with consumers via a Twitter Q&A. The investment giant launched the hashtag (hash) AskJPM for people to ask career advice questions. The move underestimated consumer sentiment toward banks. “When things go good online, companies benefit. But when things go bad, people tend to pile on,” Ries said. “They love to make fun of companies when they do something they don’t approve of or agree with or
just don’t like.” Among the unanticipated responses: “Did you have a specific number of people’s lives you needed to ruin before you considered your business model a success?” and “Did you always want to be part of a vast, corrupt criminal enterprise or did you ‘break bad’?” But the J.P. Morgan flap shows even when a huge company makes a marketing blunder, it doesn’t necessarily make a difference in the longer term, she said. People tend to remember the marketing flap but not the brand, Ries said.
GAP HAS LONG BEEN known for its
blue box and white type logo, so consumers were stunned when without warning in 2010 Gap swapped its classic logo with a new one online. Gap reversed their decision within days, saying they hadn’t realized how much their customers liked the old logo.
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Sometimes, a PR disaster can hurt a brand longer term. Canadian athletic company Lululemon Athletica made a name for itself with its pricey yoga gear, but in 2013, its reputation was shattered after a product defect made yoga pants so sheer they could be see-through. Fixing the problem cost the company millions and prompted investors to question quality control. Then founder and Chairman Chip Wilson compounded the error by suggesting in an interview fat thighs caused some yoga pants to be too sheer. He apologized in a video online. The damage had been done. The company’s sales and stock price went into steep decline. In December of that year the company said Wilson stepped down as chairman and it named a new CEO, hoping new faces would help the company bounce back from the debacle. Lululemon is still working on its rebound. Third-quarter earnings sank 9 percent as a spike in expenses outweighed revenue gains..
Leaders can set limits for hoops activity « MADNESS From C1 considered an illegal bookmaking operation in most states, and employers could be held liable if it occurs on company property. As a result, most employers create a company policy prohibiting gambling at work. If implemented, such a policy should outline both the potential legal ramifications as well as workplace consequences for infractions. Leaders can further discourage gambling by rolling out their own non-betting bracket competition. Employees can participate for free, and winners in each round can be awarded non-cash prizes. VIEWING, BUT NO STREAMING
Some employers prohibit employees from spending company time or resources (i.e. Internet connection) participating in March Madness, and many even block access to certain websites from the company’s network, so employees cannot stream live games during work hours. Leaders that go this route (even if the company allows streaming) may want to put televisions in the break rooms so that employees have somewhere to watch the games other than the Internet or their smartphones. Not only does this ensure that Internet connectivity is not slowed, but it also encourages employees to use their break time, rather than work time, to participate in the activities. Leaders can further inspire this behavior by providing snacks and posting updated brackets in the break room. PLAYING, BUT ALSO WORKING
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Leaders should set limits on the amount of time participants may devote to basketball-related activities. For example, if the company only allows activities during breaks, employees need to be made aware of the time limits for authorized breaks. Breaks that extend beyond an employer’s authorized time need not be counted as hours worked, so under federal law, they don’t need to be paid (but check state laws as well). Whatever ways are devised to allow employees to participate in March Madness, it is best for leaders to review company policies with employees before the festivities begin. This way, employees will know what behaviors are considered acceptable, and they are less likely to stray from the game plan. Kyra Kudick is an associate editor at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., a national compliance resource company that offers products and services to address the range of responsibilities held by human resources and corporate professionals. Kudick specializes in employment law/HR issues such as employee relations, hiring and recruiting, and training and development. She is the author of J. J. Keller’s Employee Relations Essentials manual and SUPER adVISOR newsletter. For more information, go to www.jjkeller.com/hr and www.prospera.com.
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The farm name comes from his first pig, Ginger, a Kune Kune breed pig who is more of a pet than a farm animal at this point. He started the farm about two years ago, and has been running everything almost single-handed since. He expanded with two greenhouses this year to produce more. He said he will grow veggies (“Everything but corn,” he said) in the two new greenhouses. Varoz also has a small orchard behind his house, which yields raspberries, peaches, cherries, plums and apples. Four beehives produce his home-raised honey. Varoz is focused on keeping the farm sustainable. “We want to be able to provide sustainable food for other people,” he said. Most important, though, Varoz wants to treat his animals humanely. He thinks his free-roaming heritage breed pigs yield better meat than a commercially raised pig. Plus, it allows their personalities to shine through, he said. “Their personality is kind of like a dog,” he said. “We let Ginger out and she follows us around.” At any given point, Varoz can be raising about 100 pigs though his main group is 11 sows and one boar. They have litters of five to 14 piglets, which are then raised and slaughtered for meat. But just because they are meat animals doesn’t mean they can’t have a good life. “Anymore, the commercial mindset is that we have so many square feet per pig and we can turn that over twice a year,” Varoz said. “But they don’t ever think of the quality of life of the animal.” Varoz’s pigs roam in a big enclosure, which has grass for them to eat. They are move to a new enclosure with fresh grass about once a week. This way the grass grows back on the ground they left. When they are moved, Varoz said he just opens up the trailer and let’s them make their way in. The same is true when they go to Innovative Foods in Evans to be slaughtered. “We don’t pressure them to do anything they don’t want to do,” he said. “We do it as humanely as possible for the meat.” Varoz said keeping pigs in a concrete building makes them mean and also affects their health.
To become a shareholder in Ginger’s Farm, call Matt Varoz at (970) 631-3631 or email matthew.varoz@yahoo. com. The shareholder season is from June 1 through Oct. 31. Full shares cost $500. » A full share is two paper bags of produce per week. » A half share is one paper bag of produce per week. » The bags of produce can include any of the following: beans, beets, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, kale, peas, carrots, herbs, cauliflower, broccoli, squash, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, Swiss chard and turnips. For a discounted price, members also can buy free–range chicken eggs and individual cuts of heritage pork.
“Pigs in commercial settings are heavily medicated because they’re sick all the time,” he said. “If I have a sick animal I will treat it but I don’t have to treat them because they’re healthy animals.” Varoz puts up huts and gives them straw for the harsher weather, but other than that he allows them to live a normal pig life. “They get to be pigs,” he said. “We get in this mindset of following what other people are doing when what we were doing in the past was easier. If you leave nature alone, nature knows what to do.” Varoz believes his humane way of raising pigs could be duplicated the same in the corporate world to produce 10 to 20 times as much product. Many corporate entities might argue it is more efficient to keep the pigs in small pens, for feeding and space purposes, but Varoz disagrees. “You’re saving the space that the particular animal is one but you have hundreds of acres that have to be set aside for a confinement-setting pig house,” he said. Plus, he said, it’s healthier, better for the environment and it’s easier on the animals to raise them free. “It’s been done this way for generation and generations,” he said. “People think that we’re progressing but we’re really going backward.”
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Roche: Park can be selective « HIGHPOINTE From C1 plans of building a 30,000-squarefoot building there before the end of the year, said Cobey Wess, a Realtor in the transaction. Smith did not return calls for comment about the sale and move. Ward Energy out of Oklahoma, has designs on opening the largest compressed natural gas fueling station in the state on 2 acres just south of Pepsi. The station is set to cost $2 million to build. The development last week received unanimous approval from the Greeley Planning Commission, which essentially gives the green light to begin the development. Roche said the current momentum at the park also is buoyed by the planned location of two new users, with whom contract negotiations are ongoing. “I think the timing is just right for us, for what’s going on in northern Colorado,” Roche said. “One of the users is an international company that we have under contract. It’s a confidential contract so I can’t say much. But it’s going to be a lab. We’re going to locate them next to the crime lab.” Roche said the park could have picked up greatly in the last few years, but he said he’s been rather picky, turning some potential users away because they were too heavy on the industrial side. “We’ve been fairly selective with
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“It’s good the economy is such that were able to attract companies that are expanding and relocating. There’s really not any competing developable land that is pad ready in west Greeley. Now that we moved off some of the oil and gas demand stuff that was on 85 … we’re attracting like-type businesses to HighPointe that we have.”
Saudi air strikes spike oil price es to $1.27 per pound Friday.
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Crude oil prices spurted higher Wednesday night after Saudi Arabia and its allies launched air strikes against rebel forces in neighboring Yemen. The rebels, who have been receiving support from Iran, have captured most of Yemen’s major cities and ousted the president. With Saudi Arabia’s intervention, some worry the civil war in Yemen could become a proxy war between Iranian-backed Shiite rebels and the Saudi-backed Sunni government. Although Yemen itself is a modest oil producer, escalating tensions in the Middle East could disrupt global oil production, as Yemen is strategically located on the Red Sea, a major passageway for crude oil traveling toward the Suez Canal. These fears led to the rapid $5-per-barrel rally midweek. As traders reassessed the threats and considered the global supply glut, prices gave up half their gains, trading Friday for $50.11. ORANGE JUICE SHINES HIGHER
Frozen concentrated orange juice futures staged the biggest one-week rally in over a decade, climbing nearly 25 cents per frozen pound (up 23 percent) in just a few trading sessions.
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The World Health Organization recently released a study highlighting potential dangers of the world’s most widely used herbicide, glyphosate. Commonly known as Roundup, the weedkiller is used in most large-scale corn and soybean production in the United States, where crops have been genetically modified to survive the application of the herbicide. The WHO has cited the chemical as “probably carcinogenic to humans” potentially posing risks to those who come into direct contact with glyphosate, including farmers who apply it to their fields. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers the herbicide to be safe, shifting perceptions could lead to a massive shakeup in the agricultural industry given its widespread use. So far, the corn and soybean markets have not shown a significant reaction, trading Friday for $3.90 and $9.67 per bushel, respectively, ahead of a major acreage report from the USDA on Tuesday. Opinions are solely the writers’. Walt and Alex Breitinger are commodity futures brokers with Paragon Investments in Silver Lake, Kan. This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell any market.
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ONE IN FOUR COLORADO teenagers reported feeling depressed in 2014, according to the 2015 Colorado Health Report Card published by the Colorado
Health Foundation. Teen girls were twice as likely as boys to report feeling depressed.
Open dialog with teens helps spot early signs » Signs of depression in teenagers
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very year, Northridge High School business and marketing teacher Rob Norwood strays from the curriculum for one day. In a lecture he calls Choices and Consequences, Norwood talks to his students about the choices they can make in life and the consequences that can result. One of the choices he makes a point to talk about is suicide. One motivation for Norwood to begin giving the lecture was the suicide of 19-year-old Matt Walling in 2005. Over his 13 years at the school, Norwood said he can recall seven or eight former students who have taken their own lives, but Walling’s death hurt him the most. “I don’t to this day understand it,” he said. “He was such a neat, hard-working, honest young man.”
Walling’s death also stands out to Nor- four teenagers reported feeling so sad or wood because on Valentine’s Day in 2005, hopeless every day for two consecutive about two weeks after the teenager shot weeks in the past year that they stopped himself, Sarah Munger, Walling’s 19-year- doing their usual activities. Teen girls old, grief-stricken fiancée, hanged herself were twice as likely as boys to report feelin the young couple’s apartment. ing depressed. Walling had already graduated from That ratio of self-reported teen depresNorthridge, but Norwood kept in touch sion dropped Colorado from fourth-best with him and considered him a friend. in the nation in 2014 to ninth this year. Walling would even Recognizing signs work on Norwood’s of depression in You need to ask the tough teenagers can be difcar on occasion. Norquestions, and you can’t wood said he believes ficult, said Kimberly the tragedy could be afraid to hurt their feelings. Pratt, a clinician for have been prevented, That could be a matter suicide education if only he or someone of saving their lives. and support services else had known Wall- — ROB NORWOOD, business and at North Range Being was struggling. havioral Health, “I wish I could marketing teacher at Northridge High 1300 N. 17th Ave. in have talked to Matt School in Greeley Greeley, because debefore he took his pression manifests own life, but I didn’t get that opportuni- differently in teens than it does in adults. ty,” Norwood said. “We would have found “Especially in teens, depression often a way to make it right.” shows up as anger, irritability and frustraTeen depression is a growing problem tion,” she said. “With emotional pain, we in Colorado, according to the Colora- can’t see it. We don’t know if a teenager do Health Foundation’s 2015 Colorado is just being a teenager or if they’re really Health Report Card. hurting.” According to a survey of Colorado There’s also a stigma that accompanies teens cited by the report, nearly one in mental health issues, Pratt said, which
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Sadness that won’t go away. Boredom. Feeling irritable or anxious. Loss of interest in usual hobbies and activities. Loss of appetite. Irregular sleeping habits. Unexplained outbursts of yelling or crying. Reckless or risky behavior like alcohol and drug abuse. Source: North Range Behavioral Health
» To get help If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, you can seek help in several ways: » Call North Range Behavioral Health at (970) 347-2120. » Walk into the crisis center at 928 12th St. in Greeley. » Contact the statewide hotline at (844) 493-8255.
causes people to try to hide that they’re suffering. That stigma is something Pratt is actively working to inhibit. “One thing we try to get across to people is it’s important to treat mental illness the same way we treat physical illness,” she said. “If your kid came to you with a sprained arm — even if you weren’t sure if it was broken or just sprained — if you see them in pain, you’re going to take them to the hospital. That’s what North Range is there for.” Conversations with people who show signs of depression go a long way toward getting them help, Pratt said. In fact, she said, asking them flat out if they’re contemplating suicide is a good way to broach the subject. “The most important thing a parent can do is talk to their child about it,” Pratt said. “If they’re not willing to talk to their
parents, find someone for them to talk to. It really does keep our teenagers safe, for the most part.” Both Pratt and Norwood said it’s also important for parents to have regular conversations with their children about what’s going on in their lives, as well as the lives of their friends and fellow students. “I think as a parent the worst phone call you could ever have would be the death of a child,” Norwood said. “You need to have that acute sense as a parent that something doesn’t seem right with your child. You need to ask the tough questions, and you can’t be afraid to hurt their feelings. That could be a matter of saving their lives.” Norwood said teachers have the same obligation to know how students are holding up, though he said it’s easy for them to overlook the signs of depression. “I love every kid I teach and every kid who walks through the halls,” he said. “I see the good in every kid that walks past me. But every person you meet is dealing with something we have no idea about unless you ask them.” Norwood said he often thinks about what circumstances could have possibly driven Walling to take his own life 10 years ago. Eventually, he said, he’ll get the answer. “Someday I’m going to get a chance to ask him why,” he said.
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ou may be sitting at work right now rubbing your temples to ease some tension, or feeling the familiar ache in your forehead. Before you reach for a pill, play detective and figure out what might be the cause of your headache. There are Lauren numerous reasons KING why headaches occur Crunchy in and many natural Colorado ways to relieve them. Here are some natural ways that can ease or eliminate headache discomfort. If your headaches persist, however, be sure to see a medical professional, as it could be a sign of a more serious problem. » Less stress is always best: This is the most obvious but also one of the most common culprits of a headache. When we carry a ton of tension in our neck and shoulders, a headache typically follows. Manage stress with massage, meditation, exercise or deep breathing through your abdominals. The majority of us spend our time shallow breathing, and it’s amazing what a few deep breaths will do to melt the tension and stress away. Find what stress management technique works for you and add it to your daily routine to keep headaches at bay.
» Be a diet detective: A simple diet switch could be the trick to less frequent headaches. Some of the most common culprits for headaches are alcohol, caffeine, wheat, peanuts, legumes, food additives like MSG and artificial sweeteners. The majority of these foods and drinks cause an inflammatory response to the body, which can cause a headache or migraine. Eliminate some of these foods for a while and see how you feel or keep a food diary, so you can determine what food could be a potential pain trigger for you. See a medical professional if you’re more curious about food intolerances or sensitivities.
Lauren King works as a copy editor for the Greeley Tribune and writes a monthly column on holistic remedies and natural health. E-mail her at lking@greeleytribune.com.
» Ease it with essential oils: Keeping certain oils in your medicine cabinet can be a great line of defense in kicking headaches to the curb. Try out some peppermint, rosemary, basil or lavender oil the next time you have a headache or feel one coming on. Just rub a drop or two into the spot where you feel pain. If you need to soothe a larger area, mix the oil with a carrier oil like sweet almond and then massage. PHOTOS FOR THE TRIBUNE/Getty Images
» Hooked on H20: Drinking more water can be a great way to soothe headache pain. We don’t typically think about dehydration as being the cause to our headaches, but a headache is one of the first warning signs. Eating too much sodium, sweating or being out in the sun all dehydrate our bodies. Keep a filled water bottle with you so you’re hydrated throughout the day.
» Missing magnesium: Studies have shown that people who have a magnesium deficiency suffer from more headaches and migraines. Manage headaches and reduce their frequency by taking a magnesium supplement recommended by your doctor or including more magnesium-rich foods in your diet such as pumpkin seeds, almonds, cashews, brown rice, quinoa, spinach, sweet potatoes and types of fish like mackerel and tuna.
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Tools for Caregivers, 9-11:30 a.m., April « Powerful 1, April 8, Greeley Medical Clinic. 5:30-7 p.m., April 2, NCMC Cancer Institute « STAR, Conference Room. Support, touch, and reach breast cancer survivors (Breast Cancer Support Group). For further information please contact: Betty Parsons at (970) 339-7137.
Sitter, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursday, April 2, Family « Safe Fun Plex. Safe Sitter is a one-day, six-hour curricu-
lum designed for 11-13 year-olds. Participants learn care of the choking infant and child, babysitting as a business, success on the job, child care essentials, safety for the sitter, preventing injuries, injury and behavior management and preventing problem behavior. This is a contract class with the City of Greeley Leisure Services. Registration closes at noon, two days prior to class. Please call for more information (970) 350-9400.
and Family CPR, 2-3:15 p.m., Thursday, « Friends April 2, Family Fun Plex. This class is taught by
American Heart Association instructors and intended as a complement to the Safe Sitter babysitting course. Topics covered will be: Infant & Child CPR/Choking and Child AED. This course does not provide a certification card. Registration closes at noon, 2 days prior to class. This is a contract class with the City of Greeley Leisure Services. The cost is $15. Please call 970-350-9401 for more information.
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Building, 2650 W. 29th Ave., Greeley. If you want to be healthy, you don’t have time for the serious health consequences that come with being overweight. Discover the pitfalls causing women to stumble in their pursuit of healthy eating and optimum weight. Find solutions to the mental and physical challenges of dieting, exercise and stress. Cost: Free for Spirit members/$10 for non-members. Pre-registration is required at 970-392-2222 or email spirit.of.women@bannerhealth.com. Additional Details at www.bannerhealth.com/ NCMCspirit.
Heart Score, Monday-Friday, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., « CTNorth Colorado Medical Center. CT Heart Score
provides a non-invasive test that accurately measures the amount of calcified plaque in the arteries. The procedure begins with a fast, painless computed tomography CT exam. CT, more commonly known as CAT scanning, uses x-rays and multiple detectors to create interior images of the heart. The Heart Score program includes a 10-minute consultation with a Wellness Specialist, focusing on cardiac risk factor education, identification of non-modifiable and modifiable risks and lifestyle behavior change options. The cost
is $199. NCMC Wellness Services is not able to bill insurance. Payment is due at the time of service. Call (970) 350-6070 to schedule an appointment.
of registration. If you are absent from the class, you will be charged the full amount. To register, please call (970) 350-6633.
Education Classes, 3:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m., Screening (Peripheral Vascular Disease), « Cardiac « PAD Mondays and 8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., April 7 and April 21, Summit View Medical Cardiac Rehab classroom. Please call 350-6204 to confirm class times and dates. All classes are free. Mary Branom, R.D. will lead class “Heart Smart Eating”, April 13 and April 15. Kathy Miczulski, M.S. “The Exercise Prescription”, April 27 and April 29.
Classes, “Meatless Meals”, 6-7:30 p.m., « Cooking Monday, April 6, Cardiac Rehab Kitchen, NCMC. Come and learn a variety of fun and healthy cooking options. These courses are taught by a registered dietician and are a great way to modify your cooking habits and learn about heart healthy cooking. Start with meatless Mondays and see where that will lead. Taught by Mary Branom, RD. Recipes and samples are included! The cost is $10 per class unless otherwise noted. Payment due at the time of registration. If you are absent from the class, you will be charged the full amount. Please call (970) 350-6633 to register.
Commons. NCMC’s Peripheral Vascular Disease Screening program offers the education and prevention proven to be the best tools for fighting vascular disease and stroke. The cost is $100 and includes all four screenings. Payment is due at the time of service. NCMC Wellness Services is not able to bill insurance. Call (970) 350-6070 to schedule an appointment.
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at Summit View Medical Commons, 2001 70th Ave. This head-to-toe health assessment gives you the tools to put your health first by receiving a comprehensive set of preventive health screenings. Body check will cost $175. Wellness Services is not able to bill insurance. Call (970) 350-6070 to schedule an appointment. All results are sent to your personal physician and to you.
for Health Care Providers (Initial), 5-8:30 Tests, 7-8:45 a.m., April 8, April 22, NCMC « CPR « Blood p.m., Monday, April 6, NCMC, Union Colony Room, via entrance No. 6 and April 15, Johnstown Family on the ground floor. This class is designed for licensed and non-licensed health care providers. Topics covered include: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway obstruction and rescue breathing for adult, children and infants. The certification is valid for two years. The class is located in the, unless otherwise noted. Registration closes at noon, two days prior to class. To register, please call (970) 350-6633. Please notify us one week in advance if you are unable to attend the class. Your registration will be refunded less a $10 service charge. The cost of the class is $55. If you are absent from the class, you will be charged the full amount. Refunds will not be processed once classes have begun.
for Health Care Providers Skills Check, « CPR Wellness Conference Room, NCMC. This class is
designed for licensed and non-licensed health care providers who need to re-certify through the American Heart Association. The certification is valid for two years. Renew your CPR certification by completing an online CPR module, www. onlineaha.org which includes watching a video, reviewing content and an exam. When the online module is complete and a Course Completion Certificate is printed, call Wellness Services to schedule a skills check. Please bring a copy of the Course Completion Certificate with you. The cost is $50 for CPR for Healthcare Providers and includes skills check with a certified American Heart Association instructor. There is a separate fee for online course, payable online. Payment due at the time
Physicians, 222 Johnstown Center Drive. Wellness Services offers low-cost blood screenings open to community members; some immunizations are also available upon request and availability. Payment is due at time of service. The cost will vary. NCMC Wellness Services will not bill insurance. To schedule an appointment, call (970) 350-6633. Appointments preferred; please fast 12 hours prior to blood draw.
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April is alcohol awareness month E
ach April since 1987, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. has sponsored Alcohol Awareness Month to increase public awareness, understanding, and encourage local communities to focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues, particularly Lyn among our youth. TAUSAN The benefits of DRIVE providing early SMART education gives kids a better understanding of the impact that alcohol can have on their lives. In order to provide more education on the impact alcohol has on the human body, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration researched what happens inside the human body as the alcohol travels through the major organs.
» Effects of alcohol consumption Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
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Typical effects
Partial loss of judgment Relaxation Slight body warmth Altered mood
Predictable effects on driving Reduction in visual functions (rapid tracking of moving target) Decline in ability to perform two tasks at the same time (divided attention)
Exaggerated behavior May have loss of small-muscle control (as in focusing one’s eyes) Judgment changes Good feelings Lowered alertness Release of inhibition
Decline in coordination Lessened ability to track moving objects Difficulty steering Reduced response to emergency driving situations Lessened ability to brake appropriately
Muscle coordination becomes poor (e.g., balance, speech, vision, reaction time, and hearing) Difficulty detecting danger, judgment, self-control, reasoning, and memory are affected
Concentration impaired Short-term memory loss Speed control altered Information processing capability lessened (e.g., signal detection, visual search) Impaired perception and lessening of peripheral vision
ALCOHOL’S TRIP THROUGH THE BODY
1. Mouth and Esophagus: Alcohol is an irritant to the delicate linings of the throat and food pipe. It burns as it goes down. 2. Stomach and Intestines: Alcohol has an irritating effect on the stomach’s protective lining, resulting in gastric or duodenal ulcers. This condition, if it becomes acute, can cause peritonitis or perforation of the stomach wall. In the small intestine, alcohol blocks absorption of such substances as thiamine, folic acid, fat, vitamin B1, vitamin B12, and amino acids. 3. Bloodstream: 95 percent of the alcohol taken into the body is absorbed into the bloodstream through the lining of the stomach and duodenum. Once in the bloodstream, alcohol quickly goes to every cell and tissue in the body. Alcohol causes red blood cells to clump together in thick wads, slowing circulation, and depriving tissues of oxygen. It also causes anemia by reducing red blood cell production. Alcohol slows the ability of white cells to engulf and destroy bacteria and degenerates the clotting ability of blood platelets. 4. Pancreas: Alcohol irritates the cells of the pancreas, causing them to swell, thus blocking the flow of digestive enzymes. One out of five patients who develop this disease die during the first attack. Pancreatitis can destroy the pancreas and cause a lack of insulin, thus resulting in diabetes. 5. Liver: Alcohol inflames the cells of the liver, causing them to swell and block the tiny canal to the small intestines. This prevents the bile from being filtered prop-
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Marked deterioration of reaction time and control Affected speech, poor coordination, and slowed thinking
Reduced ability to maintain lane position and brake correctly
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Far less muscle control than normal Vomiting may occur Considerable loss of balance Possible memory loss
Considerable impairment in vehicle control, attention to driving task, and in visual and auditory information processing capability
disorientation, stupor, anesthesia, coma, and death. Alcohol kills brain cells and brain damage is permanent. Drinking over a period of time causes loss of memory, judgment, and learning ability.
curring every 52 minutes. These alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 31 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the U.S. Of those who died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2013, 65 percent were drivers with BACs of .08 or higher. According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol is the No. 1 drug of choice for America’s youth and is extremely dangerous for them. Their research shows alcohol abuse by young people is directly associated with traffic fatalities, violence, suicide, educational failure, alcohol overdose, unsafe sex and other problem behaviors.
erly through the liver. Jaundice develops turning the whites of the eyes and skin yellow. Each drink of alcohol increases the number of liver cells destroyed eventually causing cirrhosis of the liver. This disease is eight times more frequent among alcoholics than among non-alcoholics. 6. Heart: Alcohol causes inflammation of the heart muscle. It has a toxic effect on the heart and causes increased amounts of fat to collect, thus disrupting its normal metabolism. 7. Urinary Bladder and Kidneys: Alcohol inflames the lining of the urinary bladder making it unable to stretch properly. In the kidneys, alcohol causes increased loss of fluids through its irritating effect. 8. Sex Glands: Swelling of the prostate gland caused by alcohol interferes with the ability of the male to perform sexually. 9. Brain: The most dramatic and noticed effect of alcohol is on the brain. It depresses brain centers progressively producing lack of coordination, confusion,
ON THE ROAD
Drivers are considered to be alcohol-impaired when their blood alcohol concentrations — or BACs — are .08 grams per deciliter or higher. Any crash involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher is considered to be an alcohol-impaired driving crash, and fatalities occurring in those crashes are considered to be alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have by law set a limit making it illegal to drive with a BAC of .08 or higher. According to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 10,076 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2013, an average of one alcohol-impaired driving fatality oc-
HOW CAN DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM IMPAIRED DRIVING BE PREVENTED?
Here are some recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which include the following: » Actively enforce existing 0.08 percent BAC laws, minimum legal
» National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.: www.ncadd.org » “Teen Drinking and Driving – A Dangerous Mix”, October 2012, Center for Disease Control and Prevention article » “Drinking and Driving- A Threat to Everyone”, October 2011, Center for Disease Control and Prevention article » Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD): www.madd. org » National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA): www.nhtsa.do.gov » North Range Behavioral Health: www.northrange.org » Drive Smart Weld County: www.drivesmartweldcounty. com » Weld County Prevention Partners: www.wcpreventionpartners.org
drinking age laws and zero tolerance laws for drivers younger than 21 years old in all states. » Promptly take away the driver’s licenses of people who drive while intoxicated » Use sobriety checkpoints » Putting health promotion efforts into practice that influence economic, organizational policy, and school/community action. » Use community-based approaches to alcohol control and DWI prevention. » Require mandatory substance abuse assessment and treatment, if needed, for DWI offenders. » Raising the unit price of alcohol by increasing taxes. HOW TO STAY SAFE WHILE DRINKING
» Prior to any drinking, designate a non-drinking driver when with a group. » Don’t let your friends drive impaired. Take their keys away. » If you have been drinking, get a ride home, call a taxi, or call your parents. » If you’re hosting a party where alcohol will be served, remind your guests to plan ahead and designate their sober driver, offer alcohol-free beverages, and make sure all guests leave with a sober driver. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lyn Tausan is a retired school administrator and resides in Greeley with her husband. She is the marketing/public relations specialist for DRIVE SMART Weld County.
Physician: Sitting is the new smoking T
here’s been a lot in the news lately on how bad sitting is for our health. Several studies have shown sitting too long can have a variety of negative impacts on our health, such as an increased risk for heart attack or stroke. One recent study even showed that sitting for more than six hours each day is as bad for us Dr. Lindsey as smoking. Many of GERDES For The us spend Tribune our time at work sitting in our spongy desk chairs, in front of our glowing computer screens, typing away and not moving very much. The easiest suggestion I can give you is if you can stand, then stand! But it might not always be an option. There are, however, some things you can do to start making a difference in the way you feel, and it’s not all about exercise. Take a look at these common head-to-toe problems brought on by sitting too long and a simple solution for each: HEADACHES
You’ve been looking at your computer screen for a while and now your head hurts. This could be a tension headache. What you might consider doing is
your feet firmly on the ground, with your knees just slightly lower than your hips. If repositioning your chair isn’t an option, elevate your feet on a stool or stretch your legs out with a walk. Since the snow is starting to fall and walking around the office outside isn’t a pleasant option, try walking up and down the stairs at work for five or ten minutes. NUMB FEET
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SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN sitting too long can have a variety of negative impacts on health. meditating for a moment. Relax, roll your shoulders back, stretch and take a few deep breaths. Even better, get up and walk around the office a little bit. This will increase oxygen to your brain, which releases endorphins and will help to ease the pain of the headache.
should always be looking at your screen perpendicularly. This helps from flexing your neck and shoulders to see it. You’ll also be less likely to lean in or stare at your screen. As for the phone, use a head set to avoid neck strain.
NECK PAIN
A root cause for your mid or lower back pain could be your chair. Maybe it’s not at the right height or you’re hunched over. Adjust your seat to fit the normal curve of the lower part of your spine. Sitting back in your chair
Getting a pain in your neck is, well, a pain in the neck. Looking down at the screen or cradling the phone between neck and ear could be the issue. Try adjusting your screen. You
BACK PROBLEMS
more can help with this, too. You should be able to fit two or three fingers between your knees and the edge of the seat. The most important is to get moving. To avoid back pain, stretch during the day. Schedule 5-minute breaks on your calendar every couple hours to stand up and do it; simply walking to the bathroom on another floor instead of the bathroom closest to you can help. Your back will thank you. SORE HANDS
Extending your hands out to reach the keyboard
or hitting the keys with excessive force can do some seriously painful damage. Scooting just a tad closer to the computer will help. Also, slow down the typing just a bit or have a softer touch on the keys. HINT: If the person nearest you can hear every keystroke you might be typing too hard. ACHY KNEES
This could be caused by several different things, all of which are pretty easily fixed. For starters, your seat might not be high enough. You should be able to plant
This doesn’t happen often but if it does, it means you need to move more. Your blood might not be reaching your feet properly, which causes that sensation like bees are buzzing on your feet. It drives me crazy. The easiest way to avoid that feeling is to stand up or even just move around. It’ll help to start circulating the blood more effectively. These are just a few ailments and simple remedies that might help you start feeling better while sitting at work and home. Remember, it’s important to make the time to take care of ourselves, getting up and moving every couple hours can make a big difference to improve our overall health and wellness. Dr. Lindsey Gerdes is a family medicine physician practicing at Kaiser Permanente’s Greeley Medical Offices.
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Cultivating rural medicine
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ow can you tell if you live in a rural area? During zucchini season, you lock your car when you park downtown so as not to risk coming back to find the vehicle filled with a neighbor’s surplus squash. I grew up in a part of Chicago where the closest thing to a garden was the tub on the roof of my apartment building’s Dr. Marc garage in which the German landlady RINGEL For The grew basil to use in Tribune the pesto sauce she made to please her Italian mother-in-law. I’ve learned a few things about rural life (besides the proliferative powers of zucchini) since I set out from the city in 1975 with a newly minted medical license. For one, rural neighbors are generous with a lot more than fresh vegetables: with their time, labor, advice and meals, to name a few. Whether I needed them or not, all I’d have to do when I lived in Yuma, (population: about 2,000) was to open the hood of my car on the street in front of my house, and I’d have more advice, helping hands and loaned tools than I could use. People watch out for each other in a small town. They also watch each other. I never quite got used to all the heads on the right side of the room turning to the left and all those on the left side turning to the right to follow me as I walked down the center aisle to take a seat at the back of the cafe. The gazes were that much more intense if I was accompanied by a friend who was visiting from out of town. Having developed my sensitivities in the city, it took a while to understand that what I experienced in public was curiosity and friendliness, not mistrust or hostility. Before long, I was subtly lifting my right index finger off the steering wheel to greet vehicles (usually pickups) I passed on the highway. I never did, however, become enough of a country dude that I could actually identify people by what they drove. All these observations have this in common. Country people know each other well, and they care about and for each other. That’s the great-
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CENTENNIAL AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER puts
a great deal of energy into programs that teach kids in small towns about health careers. est joy of rural life, especially for a health care professional. If you work hard, the rewards that come from the close relationships you develop with patients and their families are enormous. The hard part, I found, was how to stop being a doctor (for example, upon encountering a patient with a question about her bill in the midst of a half-asleep, late-night run to 7-Eleven for a carton of milk). That’s the main reason why the bulk of people who practice all sorts of health careers in small towns grew up in the country. They understand and appreciate all this stuff. They know from the start how to deal with it. Centennial Area Health Education
Center puts a great deal of energy and resources into programs that teach kids in the small towns of our 10-county northeast Colorado region about health careers, starting as early as grammar school. We know that the best strategy for cultivating the rural health care workforce is to grow your own. Though it’s not as easy as growing zucchini, maybe one of these days we’ll actually produce a surplus. Can you imagine finding an extra dentist or nurse upon returning to your car parked on Main Street? At CAHEC we can. Dr. Marc Ringel is a member of the board of the Centennial Area Health Education Center.
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Trying to lose weight? A kitchen makeover may be the first step you need to take. Your everyday surroundings can have a big impact on what foods you eat and how often you eat. Research shows that people who keep a box of breakfast cereal visible on their kitchen counter weigh about 20 pounds more than those who don’t. And if you enter your house through your kitchen door, you will weigh more than people who come home through their front door. Making changes — big and small — to the world around you can be much easier than using willpower to avoid unhealthy foods and overeating. And those changes can lead to big improvements to your overall health with less work. Here are five simple ways to rearrange your kitchen for healthier eating habits:
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Keep healthy food in sight. Rearrange your cabinets, pantry, and fridge so that the first foods you see are the healthy ones. Take the fruit and vegetables out of the bottom drawer of your fridge, and put them on the top shelves. Keep a bowl of fruit by the front door, or put a bowl of nuts on the kitchen counter. When you are hungry or in a rush, you are more likely to grab the first item you see.
Hide the unhealthy food. Make tempting foods invisible and inconvenient. Put unhealthy snacks in hard-to-reach places, such as a top cabinet that requires a step ladder. Or better yet, don’t bring them into the house at all. Make your kitchen less lounge-friendly. The more time you spend hanging out in your kitchen, the more you will eat. Keep comfortable chairs, TVs, and computers out of the kitchen. Don’t serve food on the table. People tend to serve themselves seconds and thirds when food is right in front of them, even if they are already full. Move the serving dishes to the counter top or stove, and have people get up if they want more. Use smaller plates. Eating food from a smaller plate or bowl is an easy way to eat less. Your mind will trick you into thinking you are eating a larger portion size than you actually are, and you will feel just as full. For most people, willpower alone won’t conquer bad eating habits. Don’t let your kitchen and surroundings work against you — set yourself up for success by making it a space that inspires healthy choices.
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Carlee Rosen is the campaign coordinator for the Make TODAY Count! campaign through the North Colorado Health Alliance.
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Why are patients still dying in hospitals? By Trudy Lieberman
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ew people go to the hospital expecting their stay to kill them. But sometimes it does. No one is sure of the precise number of people who die because of mistakes made in hospitals, but it’s not small. Every patient is potentially at risk. Even though hospitals don’t intentionally harm people in their care, they have not faced any bottom-line penalties when they do. That’s now changing. In 1999 when the Institute of Medicine issued its landmark report, “To Err is Human,” it estimated as many as 98,000 people died each year because of hospital errors. In 2010 the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services found that bad hospital care contributed to the deaths of some 180,000 Medicare patients in a given year. And in 2013 John James, a NASA toxicologist, found that as many as 440,000 patients suffer preventable harm in hospitals every year. His report was published in the Journal of Patient Safety. Why are so many Americans still dying from preventable mistakes 16 years after the Institute of Medicine called attention to the problem? I explored this question and others recently with Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of the country’s leading experts on patient safety. Jha told me no one really knows why hospitals
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IN 2013, JOHN JAMES, a NASA toxicologist, found that as many as 440,000 patients suffer preventable harm in hospitals every year.
have not reduced the harm caused by mistakes. “While we have clearly made some progress in a few areas, there has been little progress in other important areas of patient safety,” he said. Rates for surgical site infections and central line infections are down 40 to 50 percent nationally. (Central lines are catheters inserted in the chest or neck veins to administer fluids and medicines to critically ill patients.) But Jha said studies show little to no progress on reducing catheter-related urinary infections, which
can be fatal. “The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says these rates are just not meaningfully getting better.” He added that blood clots continue to be a problem even though “we generally know how to prevent them.” Blood thinners and special boots that keep blood from stagnating can be helpful, but not all hospitals are using them. If we know how to prevent these problems, why aren’t we doing that? “To be frank it really isn’t anyone’s top priority — ex-
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Anthony Hospital in Colorado, Sanford USD Medical Center in South Dakota and Alegent Creighton Health-Creighton University Medical Center in Nebraska. One-third of all eligible hospitals in Colorado, and almost one-third of those in Nebraska, were penalized. So you see even the big well-known hospitals can pose safety risks to patients. Since most errors are caused by systemic failures, what can patients on their own do? You can examine data for hospitals in your state using the government’s Hospital Compare site www.medicare.gov/ hospitalcompare/search. html, and check the http:// patientsafetyamerica.com/ website of Patient Safety America. You should speak up if you think something isn’t right. “We are now at the point where I am asking patients who are sick and often in pain to be their own advocates for safety because the system hasn’t done its job,” says Jha. “We don’t expect airline passengers to advocate for safety when they get on an airplane.”
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PRIME Medical Directory 2015 ACUPUNCTURE PHYLLIS HAMAR, L.A.C. Master of Science, Traditional Chinese Medicine NCCAOM Board Certified 710 11th Ave., Ste. 106 Greeley, CO 80631 970-539-0324
CARDIAC VASCULAR SURGERY
KENNETH M. OLDS 6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 208 Greeley ,CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-9061
ALLERGY AND ASTHMA COLORADO ALERGY & ASTHMA CENTERS, P.C. 7251 W. 20th Street, Bldg N, Ste 1 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 356-3907
ALZHEIMER’S/SKILLED CARE BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)352-6082 Fax: (970)356-7970 www.good-sam.com
CARDIAC, THORACIC & VASCULAR SURGERY (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, Suite 340 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4593 www.bannerhealth.com CARDIOLOGY
2100 N. Lincoln, Loveland, CO Phone: (970) 667-1121 1302 Graves Avenue, Estes Park, CO Phone: (970) 586-3101 GASTROENTEROLOGY
AUDIOLOGY ALPINE ALL ABOUT HEARING 1124 E. Elizabeth Street, #E-101 Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: (970)221-3372 Fax: (970)493-9237 3820 N. Grant Avenue Loveland, CO 80538 Phone: (970)461-0225 Fax: (970)593-0670 www.allabouthearing.com Professionals: Renita Boesiger, M. A., CCC-A Rachel White, M. A., CCC-A Cheryl Hadlock, M. S., CCC-A AUDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES 2528 16th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970)352-2881 Professionals: Robert M. Traynor, Ed. D. F-AAA; Karen Swope, M. A. CCC-A MIRACLE-EAR 2404 17th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)351-6620 749 S. Lemay Avenue, Suite A1 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970)221-5225 UNC AUDIOLOGY CLINIC Gunter Hall, Room 0330 Greeley, CO 80639 Phone: (970)351-2012/TTY Fax: (970)351-1601 www.unco.edu/NHS/asls/clinic.htm Professionals: Diane Erdbruegger, Au.D., CCC-A; Erinn Jimmerson, M.A., CCC-A Jennifer Weber, Au.D., CCC-A BALANCE LIFE CARE CENTER OF GREELEY- ASCENT 4800 25th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-6400 Professionals: Cozette Seaver, PT; Leslie Vail, PT BURN CARE WESTERN STATES BURN CENTER (NCMC) 1801 16th Street, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-6607 www.bannerhealth.com
BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)352-6082 Fax: (970)356-7970 www.good-sam.com
NEUROLOGY CLINIC (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, Suite 100B Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 350-5612 Fax: (970) 350-5619 www.bannerhealth.com
FOX RUN SENIOR LIVING 1720 60th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-7773 Fax: (970)330-9708 www.good-sam.com
NEURO-SURGERY BRAIN & SPINE BANNER HEALTH NEUROSURGERY CLINIC 1800 15th St., Suite 130 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-5996 www.bannerhealth.com
INFECTIOUS DISEASE BREEN, JOHN F., MD (NCMC) 1801 16th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-6071 Fax: (970)350-6702
COLUMBINE COMMONS 1475 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 449-5540 www.columbinehealth.com
THE BRIDGE ASSISTED LIVING 4750 25th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)339-0022
NEUROLOGY
8426 S. College Avenue, Ft. Collins, CO Phone: (970) 667-0202
ASSISTED LIVING BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 352-6082 Fax: (970) 356-7970 www.good-sam.com
MEADOWVIEW OF GREELEY 5300 29th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)353-6800 www.meadowviewofgreeley.com
INDEPENDENT ASSISTED LIVING W/SERVICES
NEPHROLOGY GREELEY MEDICAL CLINIC 1900 16th Street, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 350-2438 Professionals: Donal Rademacher, MD
650 W. Drake Road, Ft. Collins, CO Phone: (970) 482-3208
GRACE POINTE 1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com
GRACE POINTE 1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com
INDEPENDENT ASSISTED LIVING GRACE POINTE 1919 68th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com
FUNERAL SERVICES ALLNUTT & RESTHAVEN FUNERAL SERVICES 702 13th Street, Greeley, CO Phone: (970) 352-3366
1136 E. Stuart St, Bldg 3, Ste 3200 Ft. Collins, CO 80525 Phone: (970) 221-1681 4700 E. Bromley Ln., Ste 207 Brighton, CO 80601 Phone: (303) 654-1234 www.coloradoallergy.com PROFESSIONALS: Dr. Daniel Laszlo Dr. John James
FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-WEST 6801 W. 20th St., Suite 101 Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 378-8000 Fax: (970) 378-8088
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CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, #310 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 392-0900 www.bannerhealth.com HEART FAILURE CLINIC (NCMC) (970) 350-6953 www.bannerhealth.com DENTISTRY ASCENT FAMILY DENTAL Scott Williams, DMD 3535 W. 12th Street, Suite B Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)351-6095 www.dentalgreeley.com RALPH R. REYNOLDS, D.M.D., M.D. Oral Surgery 7251 W. 20th St. Building H, Suite 2 Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 663-6878 www.reynoldsoralfacial.com ENDOCRINOLOGY ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINIC (NCMC) 1801 15th Street, Ste 200 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4676 Fax: (970)-378-4315 www.bannerhealth.com FAMILY PRACTICE MEDICINE BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 1300 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: 970-686-5646 Fax: 970-686-5118 www.bannerhealth.com BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 100 S. Cherry Ave., Suite 1 Eaton, CO 80615 Phone: (970)454-3838 www.bannerhealthc.om BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 222 Johnstown Center Drive Johnstown, CO 80534 Phone: (970)587-4974 www.bannerhealth.com
DOWGIN, THOMAS A., MD. CENTERS FOR GASTROENTEROLOGY 7251 W. 20th St., Bldg J, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)207-9773 3702 Timberline, Ft. Collins, CO Phone: (970)207-9773 2555 E. 13th Street, Suite 220, Loveland, CO Phone: (970)669-5432 www.digestive-health.net NORTH COLORADO GASTROENTEROLOGY (NCMC) 2010 16th Street, Ste. A Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4475 Fax: (970)378-4429 www.bannerhealth.com HEALTH AND FITNESS WORK OUT WEST Health & Recreation Campus 5701 W. 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: 970-330-9691 www.workoutwest.com HOME HEALTH CARE CARING HEARTS HOME HEALTHCARE 6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 207 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)378-1409 BLOOM AT HOME 1455 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 460-9200 www.columbinehealth.com/bloom COLUMBINE POUDRE HOME CARE 1455 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 460-9200 www.columbinehealth.com REHABILITATION AND VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION 2105 Clubhouse Drive Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 330-5655 Fax: (970) 330-7146 www.rvna.info Professionals: Lori Follett, CEO
BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 5623 W. 19th Street, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 353-9011 Fax: (970) 353-9135 www.bannerhealth.com
TOUCHSTONE HOME HEALTH 5312 W. 9th St. Dr., Suite 120 Greeley, Co. 80634 Phone: 970-356-3922 www.touchstonehomehealth.com
FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-CENTRAL 2520 W. 16th Street Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 356-2520 Fax: (970) 356-6928
HOSPICE HOSPICE OF NORTHERN COLORADO Administration Office 2726 W. 11th Street Road Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)352-8487 Fax: (970)475-0037
FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-COTTONWOOD 2420 W 16th Street Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 353-7668 Fax:970-353-2801 FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY, LLP-JOHNSTOWN 257 Johnstown Center Dr. Suite 110 Johnstown, CO 80534 (970) 587-7881 Fax:970-587-7738
PATHWAYS HOSPICE 305 Carpenter Road Ft. Collins, CO 80550 Phone: (970)663-3500 Fax: (970)292-1085 www.pathways-care.org Email: info@pathways-care.org
INTERNAL MEDICINE BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 2010 16th Street Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)350-5660 www.bannerhealth.com MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES BANNER HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (NCMC) Phone: (970)506-6420 www.bannerhealth.com COLUMBINE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 1455 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 460-9205 www.columbinehealth.com MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Adult Mental Health & Addiction Services 1260 H Street • Greeley, CO 80631 970.347.2120 Child, Youth, & Family Mental Health & Addiction Services 1300 N. 17th Avenue • Greeley, CO 80631 970.347.2120 Counseling Center at West Greeley Children, Adult, & Family Counseling 7251 W. 20th Street, Building C Greeley, CO 80634 970.347.2123 Crisis Support Crisis Intervention, Care, and Detox Services 928 12th Street • Greeley, CO 80631 970.347.2120 Suicide Education & Support Services Prevention, Education, & Grief Support 2350 3rd Street Road • Greeley, CO 80631 970.347.2120 or 970.313.1089 Additional Weld County Locations
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BANNER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Dr. Patricia Al-Adsani, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 5890 W. 13th Street #114 Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 392-5454 Shawn Crawford, LPC Banner Health Clinic 222 Johnstown Center Dr., Johnstown, CO 80534 Stephanie Carroll, LCSW, CACIII Banner Health Clinic 1300 Main Street, Windsor, CO 80550 Banner Health Clinic - Fossil Creek 303 Colland Dr Fort Collins, CO 80525 Elise Fair, LPC 5890 W. 13th Street #114, Greeley CO 80634 Susan Garvin, LCSW Banner Health Clinic -Loveland Pediatrics Loveland Pediatrics, Loveland CO Banner Health Clinic - Windsor 1300 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Renee Rogers, LMFT Banner Health Clinic 1300 Main Street, Windsor, CO 80550 Banner Health Clinic - Fossil Creek 303 Colland Dr Fort Collins, CO 80525
NURSING HOME REHABILITATION CENTENNIAL HEALTH CARE CENTER 1637 29th Ave. Place Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 356-8181 Fax: (970) 356-3278 COLUMBINE COMMONS HEALTH & REHAB FACILITY 1475 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 449-5541 www.columbinehealth.com OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY BANNER HEALTH GYN CONSULTANTS 1800 15th St., Suite 130 Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)353-1335 www.bannerhealth.com BANNER HEALTH OB/GYN CLINIC 2410 W. 16th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)352-6353 www.bannerhealth.com BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 5623 W. 19th Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970) 353-9011 Fax: (970) 353-9135 www.bannerhealth.com ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY CANCER INSTITUTE (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970) 350-6680 Toll Free (866) 357-9276 Fax: (970)350-6610 www.bannerhealth.com ORTHODONTICS ORTHODONTIC ASSOCIATES OF GREELEY, PC Professionals: Bradford N. Edgren, DDS, MS 3400 W. 16thSt., Bldg 4-V Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 356-5900 www.drbradsmiles.com ORTHOPEDICS MOUNTAIN VISTA ORTHOPAEDICS 5890 W. 13th Street, Suite 101 Greeley, CO Phone: (970)348-0020 Fax: (970)348-0044 www.bannerhealth.com PEDIATRICS BANNER HEALTH CLINIC 6801 W. 20th Street, Suite 201 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)350-5828 www.bannerhealth.com PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION BANNER REHABILITATION CENTER 1801 16th Street, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)350-6160 Fax: (970)378-3858 www.bannerhealth.com PERSONAL RESPONSE SERVICE BANNER LIFE LINE (NCMC) 2010 16th Street, Suite C, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: 1-877-493-8109 (970) 378-4743 www.bannerhealth.com
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Heart surgery puts woman back on pedals By Karla Oceanek For The Tribune
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ou wouldn’t have known it by looking at her, but Sheri Linnell’s heart was
failing. Until May 2014, the 70-yearold took several 30-mile bike rides a week — up and down the mountain roads west of Fort Collins, and she backcountry skied in the winter. When she wasn’t biking or skiing, she ran. Not jogged, ran. But then came a day when the super-fit Linnell fell behind. “I noticed when I was backcountry skiing that I was no longer able to keep up with my husband and friends,” she said, “especially when we were climbing hills.” Linnell’s problem turned out to be aortic stenosis, a heart-valve condition that prevents blood from pumping efficiently. As it worsens, it leads to symptoms to like breathlessness, fatigue, and fainting. Because Linnell was in such good shape, her symptoms were much subtler — but to her, equally debilitating. It was in May that she and her husband, Tom, flew to southern Italy for a three-week cycling tour. “We ride 30 to 40 miles a day on those trips, carrying all our own gear,” she said. “The bikes are heavy. I was finding it difficult, even when we weren’t climbing hills. And I was really worn out at the end of the day.” So after less than a week in Italy, the Linnells called it quits. They packed up their bags and returned to Colorado to meet with the team
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A NEW FORM OF aortic valve replacement provides a
less-invasive option for patients needing heart surgery. The procedure has helped some patients return to active lifestyles.
of doctors at the Heart Valve Clinic at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. “When we met with Sheri, I saw a young, active person,” said Dr. Mark Guadagnoli, a surgeon with the University of Colorado Health. “People like her typically do very
well after open heart aortic valve replacement surgery, but in her case, there was a risk that the incision wouldn’t heal well.” The risk was due to a health scare Linnell had triumphed over 14 years ago. She’d had breast cancer, and part of the treatment that
had saved her life then was radiation to the chest. Problem is, the radiation that helped kill off the cancer cells had also done permanent damage to the surrounding skin and muscles. In fact, the radiation was likely the cause of Linnel’s heart-valve problem. And it would make open-heart surgery perilous. “Soft tissues that have been irradiated don’t heal well,” said Guadagnoli. “If we were to do open-heart surgery to replace Linnell’s aortic valve, the heart itself would likely have done well, but the incision may not have properly healed. She could have ended up dying of a wound healing problem.” Linnell’s predicament was a catch-22. Without aortic valve replacement, her symptoms would continue to worsen. Ultimately, aortic stenosis would kill her. “The mortality rate is 50 percent in two years without valve replacement,” said cardiologist Dr. Brad Oldemeyer, another member of Linnell’s care team. But with traditional aortic valve replacement, she was also in danger. Fortunately for Linnell and her doctors, a relatively new form of aortic valve replacement provided the perfect solution— a newer, less-invasive technique called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR. During TAVR, a multi-physician heart valve team consisting of two interventional cardiologists, two cardiac surgeons and an additional cardiologist specializing in ultrasound of the heart work
together to place a collapsible artificial valve into the heart through a catheter. A physician inserts the catheter through a small incision in either the upper thigh or below the ribcage, guiding it via a wire through blood vessels and up to the heart. Critically for Linnell, no large chest incision would be necessary. Using ultrasound and X-ray to see what they’re doing, doctors position the new valve inside the diseased valve and within seconds, it goes to work. TAVR was approved by the FDA in November 2011 for patients who can’t tolerate openheart surgery. The first MCR TAVR took place in May 2012, and since then, the team has completed many TAVRs and become one of the busiest programs in the state. As predicted, Linnell’s TAVR, was a success. Today, just a few months later, the retired Colorado State University exercise science professor is back on her bike, putting scores of younger people to shame. Just this morning she and a friend biked ten miles up Poudre Canyon and down again. “I’m taking it slow,” she said after a recent 10-mile bike ride up Poudre Canyon and down again. “This winter, I hope to be back-country skiing at Cameron again.” Karla Oceanek is a freelance writer and children’s author in northern Colorado. She wrote this piece for UCHealth.
« INBRIEF «
Ebola vaccine developed by bird flu scientist MILWAUKEE
Another vaccine has joined the race against the often fatal Ebola virus, and this one was developed by a group led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist internationally known for his bird flu research. The whole virus vaccine that Yoshihiro
Kawaoka and his colleagues developed was constructed using a novel experimental platform, and it has been shown to effectively protect monkeys exposed to the Ebola virus at a top biosafety-level National Institutes of Health laboratory in Montana, according to an article published Thursday in the prominent journal Science. This vaccine differs from other Ebola vaccines in development because, as an inactivated whole virus vaccine, it can prime
the host immune system with the complete range of Ebola viral proteins and genes, which makes it more likely to trigger a robust immune response, according to a news release from UW-Madison. “In terms of efficacy, this affords excellent protection,” said Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine who has been working on the Ebola vaccine for years, and also holds a
faculty appointment at the University of Tokyo. There are no proven treatments for Ebola or vaccines to prevent individuals from becoming infected. Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Associated Press
TRiBUNE MEDiCAL DiRECTORY DiRECTORY 2010 TRiBUNE MEDiCAL PRIME Medical Directory 20152015 PHYSICAL THERAPY FRONT RANGE THERAPY 1475 Main Street, Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 492-6238 www.columbinehealth.com
COLUMBINE COMMONS HEALTH & REHAB FACILITY 1475 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 449-5541 www.columbinehealth.com
HOPE THERAPY CENTER (Formerly North Colorado Therapy Center) 2780 28th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)339-0011 www.GCIinc.org PROFESSIONALS: Jeanne Rabe, PT; Jennifer Branson, PT Kryste Haas, OT; Molly Wuethrich, PTA Moni Kohlhoff, PT
FRONT RANGE THERAPY 1475 Main Street, Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 492-6238 www.columbinehealth.com
NORTHERN COLORADO REHABILITATION HOSPITAL 4401 Union Street, Johnstown, CO 80534 Phone: (970) 619-3400 NCRH@ernesthealth.com PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE NORTH COLORADO PULMONARY (NCMC) 1801 16th Street, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)392-2026 www.bannerhealth.com PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS HANGER PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS 7251 West 20th Street, Building M, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-9449 Fax: (970)330-4217 2500 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Suite 2100 North Medical Office Building, Loveland CO 80538 Phone: (970) 619-6585 Fax (970) 619-6591 www.hanger.com PROFESSINAL: Ben Struzenberg, CPO Michelle West, Mastectomy Fitter REHABILITATION ASCENT AT LIFE CARE CENTER 4800 25th Street, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)330-6400 Website: www.lcca.com Professionals: Annie Bennett Leslie Vail BANNER REHABILITATION CENTER 1801 16th Street, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)350-6160 www.bannerhealth.com
NORTHERN COLORADO REHABILITATION HOSPITAL 4401 Union Street, Johnstown, CO 80534 Phone: (970) 619-3400 NCRH@ernesthealth.com PEAKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER 5881 W. 16th St., Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)313-2775 Fax: (970)313-2777 SKILLED CARE/REHAB
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BONELL GOOD SAMARITAN 708 22nd Street, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)352- 6082 Fax: (970)356-7970 www.good-sam.com COLUMBINE COMMONS HEALTH & REHAB FACILITY 1475 Main Street Windsor, CO 80550 Phone: (970) 449-5541 www.columbinehealth.com GRACE POINTE 1919 68th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 304-1919 www.gracepointegreeley.com SPORTS MEDICINE MOUNTAIN VISTA ORTHOPAEDICS 5890 W. 13th Street, Suite 101, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)348-0020 Fax: (970)348-0044 www.bannerhealth.com NORTH COLORADO SPORTS MEDICINE 1801 16th Street, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)392-2496 SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY BANNER REHABILITATION CENTER 1801 16th Street, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)350-6160 Fax: (970)378-3858 www.bannerhealth.com NORTHERN COLORADO REHABILITATION HOSPITAL 4401 Union Street, Johnstown, CO 80534 Phone: (970) 619-3400 NCRH@ernesthealth.com UNC SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY CLINIC Gunter Hall, Room 0330, Greeley, CO 80639 Phone: (970)351-2012/TTY Fax: (970)351-1601 www.unco.edu/NHS/asls/clinic.htm PROFESSIONALS: Lynne Jackowiak, M.S., CCC-SLP Julie Hanks, Ed.D Patty Walton, M.A., CCC-SLP
BANNER HEALTH SURGICAL ASSOCIATES (NCMC) 1800 15th St. Suite 210, Greeley, CO Phone: (970)352-8216 Toll Free: 1-888-842-4141 www.bannerhealth.com URGENT CARE SUMMITVIEW URGENT CARE (NCMC) 2001 70th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)378-4155 Fax: (970)378-4151 www.bannerhealth.com NEXTCARE-URGET CARE 2928 W. 10th Street, Greeley, CO 80634 970(351)-8282 nextcare.com UROLOGY BANNER HEALTH CLINIC (NCMC) 5890 W. 13th Street, Suite 106, Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970)378-1000 www.bannerhealth.com VEINS VEIN CLINIC (NCMC) 1800 15th Street, Suite 340, Greeley, CO 80631 Phone: (970)378-4593 Fax: (970)378-4591 www.bannerhealth.com
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« WEDDING
You gonna eat that? Chef shows wasted food doesn’t need to go to the garbage
Mildred “Mickey” Schmidt and Virgil G. Harper
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THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE ingredients used in the dishes at WastED in New York. Story and photos by Associated Press
— What’s for dinner? How about leftover cartilage of skate with herring-head tartar sauce, cured tuna blood line aioli or a meat loaf of offal and N slightly past-its-prime cow usually reserved for dogs? EW YORK
Those and two dozen other dishes using scraps and usually ignored bits comprise the menu at chef Dan Barber’s WastEDny, a pop-up project at one of his Blue Hill restaurants intended to shed light on the many tragedies of food waste. The farm-to-table guru, a multiple James Beard Award winner and author of “The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food,” didn’t have a hard sell on his hands when he invited 20 of his heavy hitter chef friends to join him in turning out $15 a la carte plates made from day-old bread, bruised beets, brine from the olive bin and the peels of pineapples.
Even his tabletops and cocktails told the story. Barber had his Manhattan tables redone with tops from agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium for his March pop-up. His boilermaker libation included flat beer syrup and spent coffee grounds with the bourbon. Using such waste, of course, has been part of rustic cuisines around the world for centuries. And chefs like Barber, who has a second restaurant on a farm north of the city, are far more efficient than they’re given credit for. But in the U.S., the land of abundant fast food, grocery aisles piled with perfect produce and home refrigerators stuffed with food never eaten, the distribution system has been deemed broken by activists in a waste movement more firmly taking root. CREATING A NEW CULTURE
“Really, the larger issue is how do we create a culture of eating that utilizes the entirety of the food system. To do that we need chefs and restaurants to start the conversation,” Barber said during a recent busy night of service at WastEDny, capitalized to emphasis his hope of educating the unenlightened. Fine-dining restaurants are just a fraction in the food waste equation, however. About 40 percent of food grown for human consumption in the U.S. is tossed, cramming landfills, and about a third of such food globally never makes it into human mouths. With nearly 1 billion people starving or food insecure around the world, much of the waste is generated by U.S. households and farms themselves, said Jonathan Bloom, an activist in Durham, North Carolina, and author of “American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It).” “It’s a system that is not serving anyone particularly well,” Bloom said, noting waste is scattered throughout the distribution chain. “We have an obesity crisis on a global scale in addition to a hunger crisis, the scale of which we’ve never seen before, and at the same time we’re overproducing, taxing our planet to an unnecessary and dangerous amount.”
YOUR «NEWS
CHEF DAN BARBER hands a waiter an order of fried skate wing cartilage with smoked whitefish head tartar sauce.
Barber sees his pop-up as an extension of his “third plate” philosophy that challenges Americans to radically rethink what is acceptable and unacceptable to eat while becoming better stewards of the land. UGLY DOESN’T MEAN BAD TASTE
That goes a long way in explaining the “wasted special” served up by one of Barber’s guest chefs, Bill Telepan of the Upper West Side restaurant Telepan. He fashioned his plate of tuna on a bed of salvaged radish greens, incorporating them into a pesto, slicing the radish into the dish and using the usually tossed blood line of the fish in an aioli. Chefs are trained to carve out the blood line and tuna overall is a good example of customer preference driving waste, he said. “People look for that certain ruby red part of the tuna. They’re not interested in paying top dollar for a piece on the side that may not look as beautiful but still is just as tasty,” said Telepan, hoping to sneak his WastED dish onto the menu of his own restaurant. “I just won’t call it blood line.” Grant Baldwin wouldn’t mind. He and his wife live in Vancouver, B.C., and filmed themselves living on discarded and culled food for six months for their documentary “Just Eat It.” They did their share of dumpster diving — heading to unlocked bins of wholesalers for the best finds — and they came up with some treasures: cartons of eggs with plenty of time left on expiration, boxes of pricey chocolate bars tossed because they did not have the requisite English-French labeling required in Canada, and a mountain of packaged hummus still in containers but perfectly edible. “The whole reason that we did the project was to prove the food was good,” Baldwin said. “Everybody talks about how 40 percent of food is wasted, but to see it in the bins is another thing. Eating from dumpsters is not a good lifestyle for anyone. It’s a terrible lifestyle. The point is the food shouldn’t be in the bins to begin with.”
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Hospital ranked among top 10 percent of rehab facilities in U.S. JOHNSTOWN
For the ninth year, Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital was ranked in the top 10 percent of inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the U.S. of 783 inpatient facilities nationwide. The hospital provides specialized inpatient and outpatient physical rehabilitative services for those recovering from disabilities caused by injuries, illness or those suffering from chronic illness. Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, which administers the world’s largest medical rehabilitation database, based its ranking on the hospital’s patient-centered care that is effective, efficient and timely. “It’s an honor to be recognized as a national leader,” said Beth Bullard, COO of Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital, in a release. “I believe it’s a reflection of our serious commitment to the community to continually strive to provide high quality rehabilitative care to our patients. But, what I’m most excited about is that we’re bringing nationally recognized care right here to our own community — meaning that our patients don’t have to leave the area to receive it.”
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make crucial financial or business decisions this week. If you’re single, you might find that your fancies turn to love over the next 4-6 six weeks. If you’re married, your love life could soar to new heights. A vacation might brighten your outlook. For the next several weeks, jot down your best ideas so they’re available when you’re ready to focus on accomplishment. In August or September, you can apply for a new job, make shrewd business decisions, and find recognition and appreciation on all fronts. You’re also more romantic and willing to commit yourself to a goal, a business plan, or another person. The people you meet in September may be angels in disguise who solve your problems or give you a helping hand.
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19): It’s « ARIES sweet to be neat. Take pride in your
end of the week.
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Let’s be « VIRGO practical. Leave intricate wheeling and dealing to the pros in the week ahead. Ignore brief enthusiasms and sudden brainstorms. Your best bet is to get in touch with relatives or ask for advice from trusted advisors.
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Put « LIBRA business plans on the back burner. Your
instincts about the way to make money or get ahead could be out of kilter. You’ll be better off spending time with family members or pursuing home-based hobbies in the week ahead.
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Choose « SCORPIO when to go fly a kite. Relationships will be buoyed up by the prevailing winds unless you allow them to be dragged down by ambition and materialism. Pay attention to which way the wind is blowing this week.
possessions and let them shine. Get your shoes polished and spiff up your wardrobe, too. Material ambition will be in the air as the week unfolds.
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Do it « SAGITTARIUS once, but do it right. Getting everything
Sometimes it’s best to hand over the controls to someone else or delegate authority to achieve success. Have faith that others will honorably keep their end of a bargain in the week ahead.
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Take « CAPRICORN it in all in stride. Your career aspirations
delivered in the quietest voice. You won’t need to whisper to get your way, but there’s no need to shout. Make striking statements without sounding strident in the week to come.
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Ask and « AQUARIUS you will receive. If you need to apply
momentum. As this week kicks off, you find you have the ability to make wise decisions about values, possessions and finances. Once you set your ideas into motion, they stay in motion.
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20): The « PISCES most important decisions are often
(APRIL 20-MAY 20): A « TAURUS passion for peace is your copilot.
(MAY 21-JUNE 20): The « GEMINI words with the most impact are often
(JUNE 21-JULY 22): Each « CANCER moment gives you a chance to develop
(JULY 23-AUG. 22): There’s no time « LEO like the present. Come to an agreement, make crucial decisions, or put plans into motion as early in the week as possible. You could find that people aren’t as cooperative or easygoing as usual by the
in apple pie order takes more time, but ensures you do things right the first time. Your willingness to be thorough may mean some people could consider you a slowpoke in the week ahead.
might conflict with the needs of family members or vice versa in the week to come. You shouldn’t feel that sacrificing one for the other is necessary to reach your primary goals.
some elbow grease, don’t hesitate to ask someone to hand you the can. Ask for advice, request cooperation or achieve a happy compromise in the first half of the week.
delivered in the faintest whisper. Keep your ears on full alert as the week unfolds. You might learn of something that could have a decided impact on your future success.
Jeraldine Saunders
Mildred “Mickey” Schmidt and Virgil G. Harper were married Dec. 21 at The First United Methodist Church in Greeley. Mickey and Virgil were neighbors in the Hillside Addition. They were friends with each other’s spouse and family. Their daughters were best friends in elementary school and their favorite song to sing was a Peter, Paul and Mary hit, “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” which they sang together at the reception. Mickey and Virgil were friends for 46 years, and after the loss of their spouses, they decided to continue their friendship. Their combined family of five children and eight grandchildren and spouses participated in the ceremony. Virgil was escort-
ed to the alter by his son, Richard “Ty” Harper and his daughter, Tammera Buck. Also attending the groom was his son, Timothy Harper. The bride was escorted by her son, Jim H. Schmidt and daughter, Mary Beth Schmidt. The bridesmaid was granddaughter, Taylor Buck; accompanied by flowergirls, Brook and Grace Harper, granddaughters of the groom. The ring bearer was Chase Bobbit the great-great-nephew of the bride. The guest book attendant was Sue Neitzert, daughterin-law of the bride. The ushers were Ron Buck, son in-law of the groom and Tyler Buck, Austin, Jake Harper, grandsons of the groom and Aaron, and Ian Schmidt, grandsons of the bride. Mickey retired form the Greeley Medical clinic
Good manners are extinct among daughters’ friends DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I have two daughters whom we have taught to use good manners. We are proud that they always remember to use their “pleases” and “thank yous” and many people have commented how polite they are. My problem is the majority Jeanne PHILLIPS of their friends Dear Abby have little to no manners at all. They never thank me when we carpool places or take them out for lunch or dinner. I rarely hear “yes, please” when I offer food or beverages at my home. Even my daughters say it at home! Should I correct their behavior by asking them “What’s the magic word?” Should I tell them I want them to use their manners when they are with me? Should I speak to the parents about it? Or am I expecting too much?
— MANNERS MAVEN
DEAR MANNERS MAVEN: I’m sorry you didn’t
mention how old your daughters’ friends are, but if they are over the age of 10, I recommend against asking, “What’s the magic word?” It would be more diplomatic to talk to the girls privately and convey your message. If you prefer they use better manners in your home, it is your right to say that to them. However, if you call the parents, the parents may think you are criticizing their parenting skills (and they wouldn’t be wrong). As to whether you are expecting too much, frankly, you may be. Sadly, adults who never learned good manners themselves can’t pass them on to their children. DEAR ABBY: About a
year ago, I loaned a small amount of money to a close friend I have known since childhood. She promised to pay me back, but has yet to do so. I wasn’t too concerned because it was a minimal amount, but a few months ago she asked to borrow a larger amount. Again, I didn’t hesitate to help her out because she has been there for me several times in the past in important ways — although they weren’t financial. Because the recent loan was a large one, I would like to be repaid. How do I tactfully ask her for the money without seeming petty or like I’m nagging? (I don’t like confrontation.) And is it too late to ask that the previous smaller amount be included as well?
— FRIEND, NOT AN ATM
DEAR FRIEND: You don’t
have to be confrontational, and I wouldn’t advise it anyway. In light of the fact that your friend has made no effort to repay the first loan for an entire year, it would be neither pushy nor nagging to ASK when she intends to start. If she can’t come up with the entire amount, perhaps she can repay a little each month. However, if she can’t/won’t start paying you back, you may have to accept that you won’t be getting any of your money. In the future, you should not lend anyone money without first getting a signed note stating that the money is owed to you and when it will be repaid. That way, if necessary, you can take the matter to court and have a leg to stand on when you get there.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2015 » THE TRIBUNE
« BIRTHDAYS
« ACADEMIC HONORS
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Ray Alles will be 95 years young on Tuesday. Ray celebrated by enjoying a birthday cake with his family at the Regency Commons. Cards can be sent to Ray at, 622 23rd St., No. 128, Greeley, CO 80634. Ray has lived his entire life in Weld County with his wife of nearly 74 years, Lydia. Ray farmed with his father and worked at the sugar beet factory in the winter. After Ray retired from farming, he helped various friends and family on their farms. Ray is “Dad” to three sons and families Bill and Phil of Greeley and Steve of Wisconsin.
Peggy Rogers Haning will celebrate her 80th birthday with a small family party. The celebration Peggy Haning will be hosted by Penny Gregory and Terry Rogers. Peggy’s children request you shower her with cards at 1536 33rd Ave., Greeley CO 80634. Peggy was born March 28, 1935, in Hoxie, Kan., to Owen “Bob” and Marjorie (Townsend) Small. She lived in Norton, Kan., for several years, moving to Colorado in 1957. She married Estel Haning on Aug. 8, 1999. She was a bus driver for Greeley-Evans School District 6 and Weld County and also for the city of Greeley for 18 years. Her children are the late Daniel Rogers, Penny (Rick) Gregory of Eaton, Terry (Sandi) Rogers of Denver. She has four stepchildren, four grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Ray Alles Ray was blessed by God with a beautiful bass voice. Ray enjoyed singing at hundreds of weddings and funerals over the years, as well as singing in the church choir and senior singers, until a few years ago. He remains a member of Saint Paul’s Congregational Church.
Spaur Marilyn Spaur, celebrated her 80th birthday March 1. Her family threw her a surprise party. Friends and family attended to say happy birthday. Marilyn is married to Bennett Spaur. She is formerly of Johnstown and now lives in Eaton.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO » The following local students earned the Dean’s Citation for Academic Excellence in the Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado for the 2014 fall semester. To qualify for the citation, business majors must attain a grade-point average of at least 3.5 while taking at least 12 credits for the semester. » Eaton Amanda Decker, Nicholas Gregory, Weston Hager, Lincoln Korel, Taylor Trubia. » Evans Suzie Benoit, Christopher Campbell Brian Depuy, Joseph Sherman, Hannah Swick. » Greeley Evan Adams, Fathe Alawame, Hussain Alkharaiji, Omar Altawyan, Spencer Althoff, Octavio Andazola-Castillo, Daniel Becerra-Romero, Maddie Chase, Lucas Coggswell, Mikayla Culwell, Joshua French, Erica Garner, Mariko Hansen, Robert Henry, Christopher Hoffer, Morgan Hubbard, Madeleine Kemme, Laura Kindsfather, Shelby Kinlund, Mark Kinz, Kelsie Lederman, Cody McDavis, John Pryzgoda, Gabriela Reza, David Ruesgen, Anthony Saccomanno, James Sanchez, Daulton Schmitt, Jeffrey Schreiner, Amber Sharpley, Alex Stock, Brent Sutherland, Andrew Taylor, Erika Varela-Orte-
ga, Katrina Wagner, Travis Wilson, Bektemir Ysmailov, Aaron Zimola. » Johnstown Diana Jakobitz, Michaela Pribyl, Janelle Scammahorn. » LaSalle Cheyenne Amen, Alex Nelson. » Severance Bruce Beath. » Windsor Tyler Adams, Kelsey Doddridge, Caden Duve, Duncan Goodrich, Jessica Sazama, Bailey Smith and Heather Wright. CARROLL COLLEGE » Carroll College a private, Catholic, liberal arts college in Helena, Mont., released the names of students on its 2014 fall semester dean’s list. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade-point average or better for the semester and take at least 12 credits. The following student earned a place on the dean’s list. Addison Vergara of Greeley. SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY » Southwest Baptist University is a private university. To be listed on the semester’s honor roll, students must carry at least 12 hours of college work. The following student earned a place on the trustees’ list with a GPA between 3.85-4.0. Caitlin Tufts of Windsor. — Staff reports
« SENIORCENTER NEWS » EVANS by Betty Grauberger, (970)
» GREELEY by Sheri Lobmeyer, (970) 350-9437 TOURS AND EVENTS » Senior Car Lovers Unite, 9 a.m. Wednesday. Discuss cars and a variety of other topics. New members welcome. No fee for members. Nonmembers have a $3 drop-in fee. » Volunteer trainings, 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Greeley Senior Center, Meeting Room 1. Volunteers are also needed from 1-4 p.m. Thursday for sorting donations at Wesleyan Church, 3600 22nd St, Greeley, CO 80634. Park and enter near playground on south side of the building. Contact Emily to RSVP at (970) 351-2588 for more information and to register. » Afternoon Table Tennis, 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is no fee for members, and nonmembers pay the $3 daily drop-in fee or $5 monthly fee. » Open Table Tennis, 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. The fee is $3 per person, per night, payable at the door. » Shareholder lunch, 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Celebrate monthly birthdays and anniversaries at the shareholder lunch. The menu is sloppy joes, potato salad, cottage cheese with fruit, dessert and beverage. Sign up in advance. The fee is $4 per person. » SilverSneakers® Orientation, 9 a.m. April 6. Join us for a facility tour and an overview of fitness equipment and classes. » Spring Singles Bridge Tournament, 1 p.m. April 7. Enjoy great games of bridge, delicious dessert and door prizes. Fees are $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. » Disaster Preparedness, 9:30-11 a.m. April 8, Greeley Senior Center, 1010 6th St. Learn about being personally prepared for common hazards in Colorado and what you should have in your three-day emergency kit. Jim Riesburg was trained by the Weld County Office of Emergency Management and is providing vital information to citizens in Weld County. Food, refreshments, and
emergency flashlight radio door prizes will be provided by the Weld County Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Call (970) 313-2796 for reservation. » Enjoy a Round Robin Tournament, 6 p.m. April 10 of each month for $5. HEALTH AND FITNESS » Water Walking, 7 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning Wednesday. Doris Gilreath leads this class. The monthly fee is $14 for members, $19 for nonmembers. » Water Walking, 8 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Thursday, Ada James leads. Monthly fee is $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers. » Thinking About Exercise...Think Again, 12:30 p.m. April 6. Converse about our true feelings on exercise, why we feel the way we do about it, why it seems more complex than it should be and how these ideas discourage us from getting started, especially as we get older. Larry G. Matson, Certified Health/Fitness Specialist, presents a simple plan that you can incorporate into your daily life to take advantage of all that exercise has to offer. There is no fee. Please call to reserve your seat. » Senior Softball Preseason Training, 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 26 at the Family Funplex. It’s not too late to join. There is no fee, so come give it a try! Indoor activities require the use of soft-stitch balls. Weather permitting training will be held outdoors at Twin Rivers Park beginning Tuesday. League placement is determined through preseason training, so it is important for players to attend a few training sessions. Players must sign a participation waiver to be eligible for preseason training. CLASSES » GRASP (Greeley Retiree Academic
Study Program), 1:30 p.m. Mondays, April 6-April 27. The class will study “HUD Housing,” take a Fort Collins Field Trip, also study “Why I am Vegan,” “Hitler’s Obsession With the Master Race” and more! GRASP fee is $20 per year, with a Senior Center membership. » Porcelain Art, 9 a.m. Monday. Purchase supplies on your own. There is no fee. » Chess Class, 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays, April 7-April 28. Learn to play or brush up on your skills during this fun class. The member fee is $15, the nonmember fee is $20 or pay a $5 drop-in fee each day. » Syncopation Station Performance Group, 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 7-April 30. The member fee is $48, and the non-member fee $53. » Beginner Tap Tuesdays, 10:4511:30 a.m. April 7-April 28. Learn to tap dance. The member fee is $36. » Spanish class, 1:30-3 p.m. April 7-May 26. Bring a binder, paper and willingness to take a risk! There is no textbook. Sign up at the front desk. Member fee is $5; nonmembers fee is $10. OTHER » The Senior Center is collecting nonperishable food and toiletry donations to be given to homeless veterans on Veterans Stand Down Day. Drop off items by Wednesday. Contact (970) 351-2588 for other drop-off locations or to volunteer for Veterans Stand Down Day from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday. » Veteran’s Stand Down Day location has changed. It will be held at Island Grove park. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday. Call Emily for more information at (970) 351-2588. » You only need to be 50 years of age to join the Greeley Senior Activity Center. Annual membership cost is $22 for Greeley residents, $24 for non-residents. For more information, call (970) 350-9440.
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TOURS AND EVENTS » Senior Lunch registrations, before 9 a.m. Monday/Thursday. » Senior Exercise, 9 a.m. Tuesday/Wednesday. » Senior card players, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. » Senior Lunch, 11 a.m. Tuesday/Friday. CLASS » Senior Art Class, 9 a.m. Thursday. » Senior Sneakers, now available for use at the Evans Community Complex/Senior Center. For information on how you might be able to exercise for free, check your insurance and call the Rec Desk at (970) 475-1125. » Here we come Niagara Falls and Toronto, the trip is scheduled for May 29-June 8. This trip does require a passport. We are in need of about 14 more folks to fill our trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto the end of May. Are you celebrating an anniversary, birthday or just being alive and happy day? Why not join in on the beauty and fun of this trip? You will be with friends old and new. » Nashville trip, whether you consider yourself a country folk or city slicker, Nashville promises to be a beautiful fall color trip. The trip is scheduled for Nov. 7-15. For more information, pick up the available fliers at front desk or call the Recreation Desk or call Betty at (970) 576-1621. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK » “Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!”
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