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I presume we’re all attempting to drown and put behind us the sorrow that we suffered from the defeat of our beloved Broncos. I don’t think the loss was as bad as the way in which it occurred. We are a better team than the squad that showed up in New Jersey. It was our chance to show the world how good the team was and we failed miserably. I say “we” because almost all Broncos fans love the team no mat-

By Bob Sweeney ter what. We are now in that category! We can look forward to next year. Peyton Manning and John Elway are winners, not losers. Nothing like getting your fanny

whacked to make you jump higher, run faster and learn from past mistakes. The Broncos will be even better next year; they are smart folks and can see their own weaknesses. I hope that they keep Decker and Moreno; this is a good team now. The game should remind us all of just how hard it is to win a Super Bowl and that’s why those two Elway wins are so precious. The win meant everything to Seattle and they had that fire in the belly that makes winners in sports and politics for those who go the extra mile. We can see that in the

winter Olympic games, just having a reputation isn’t enough; the athletes must go out and perform to a very high level. Teams and players must play to win and everyone is just as good as their last game. It was a bitter pill for Denver and all Broncos fans to swallow but we did make it to the World Championship game winning the AFC Championship. We know that our team can play better and they will have that opportunity next year. Go Broncos – we eagerly await the new season! www.coloradogambler.com

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Saturday, Feb. 22, from noon – 9 p.m., 10 guests will each win $500 Promo Play, plus an extra $250 Promo Play to give to someone special. At 10 p.m., Cupid will award one winner $5,000 cash, plus an additional $2,500 to share with a loved one. Earn entries all month.

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Tuesday, Feb. 25, bring a friend and share the wealth. $3,000 in prizes to the top five teams with the highest combined scores. Register at the host stand between 11 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. after earning 50 base points on the day of the tournament. Tournament will begin at 1 p.m.

Gift Giveaway

Sunday, Feb. 23, from noon – 8 p.m., earn 100 base points and receive a Saratoga Casino Black Hawk long sleeve shirt. Limit one per guest, while supplies last.

$5 Promo Play for email

Share your email with us and receive $5 Promo Play. Provide a valid email address to Guest Services and we will credit your account.

10X Penny Points

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the new addition to the room. Monte Carlo is up and running with 12 individual progressive jackpots. Jackpots for Royal Flushes- Straight Flushes and any 4 of a kind. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room for Details. The Bad Beat Jackpot is now a decreasing qualifier. Starting at Ace’s full of Jacks and decreasing each week to Ace’s full of Seven’s until it hits. • 1st week: A’s-J’s • 2nd week: A’s-10’s • 3rd week: A’s-9’s • 4th week: A’s-8’s • 5th week: A’-7’s (Qualifier will stay at A’s7’s until the Bad Beat is hit) Be in a game by 10 a.m. Sunday-Friday and receive $10 in Bounce Back Coupons after three hours of play. Be in a game by 10 a.m. Sunday-Friday and receive $20 in Bounce Back Coupons after four hours of play. Be in a game by 10 a.m. Sunday-Friday and receive $30 in Bounce Back Coupons after five hours of play. Be in a game by 11 a.m. Sunday-Friday and receive $10 in Bounce Back Coupons after three hours of play. Earn $2 in comp for every hour of live play. Play 3 hours and have your bus ticket reimbursed up to $18. Play 6 hours of live action Sunday’s – Wednesday’s and earn a Free Night Stay (excludes holidays and blackout dates)

Breakfast is Back

Stop into Otis and Henry’s for breakfast specials now served all day long. Whet your appetite with our house specialty spinach and artichoke dip or appetizer sampler platter. Try a delicious milkshake. Otis & Henry’s offers great food at great prices, Sunday-Thursday, 7 a.m. – 10 p.m., Friday, 7 a.m. – midnight and Saturday, 7 a.m. – 1 a.m.

Moolah Monday

Sign up for Lady Luck’s FREE slot tournament Monday mornings from 9 – 10:45 a.m. Starting at 11 a.m., play for the Moolah. After the conclusion of the first round, players who earn 5 points on their players club account can play in the newly added redemption round for a second chance at the top score. The top five high scorers will be awarded a cash prize. Top prize $250! Two bonus drawings for $100 will be held at 2 p.m. for all tournament players. Guests must be present to win cash drawing. See guest services for rules and additional details on all promotions.

Mystery Point Multiplier Thursdays

Every Thursday in February, starting at noon until 8 p.m., guests will swipe their player’s card at the SCA Kiosks and choose one symbol to reveal their point multiplier

for the promotional day. Point multipliers can be 2X, 3X, 5X, 7X, 10X or 20X. Guests must redeem voucher at the promotions area with a marketing representative prior to playing to receive points. Point multiplier is valid from time of registration until midnight on Thursdays in February.

Medal Money

Bring home the gold, silver or bronze. Come in for Medal Money every Tuesday in February. One winner will be selected every half hour from noon to 8 p.m. to play for their chance to earn some Medal Money. Top prize $250! Guests will receive one free entry and will earn additional entries for every 50 unadjusted points. Guests can swipe their Lady Luck Player’s card starting at 10 a.m.

Sundays through Thursdays in February earn a free room. To earn play 500 unadjusted points on Lady Luck Player’s Card. Poker and table games guests can earn too. Play 4 hours at table games or play 6 hours in a live poker game. Offer subject to availability. Excludes holidays and blackout dates.

Table Games

We always have multiple $5 games. Play $2 craps Monday through Thursday with 10 X’s odds daily. We Offer Craps, Roulette, Buffalo Blackjack Bonus, and 21 + 3 Xtreme. Club 40 – Play 2 hours and receive a $10 Meal at Otis & Henry’s every Friday. Play 4 hours Sunday’s – Thursday’s and earn a free night Stay (Excludes Holidays and Blackout Dates). Play 3 hours and have your bus ticket reimbursed up to $18. Earn Cash Offers, Match Play Coupons, Food Comps and other Great Offers based on play.

Flag of Nations Scratcher

Every Saturday in February, earn a Flag of Nations scratch play for every 200 unadjusted points. Scratch plays can be redeemed between 2 – 10 p.m. at SCA kiosks. Guests must swipe their player’s card at the SCA kiosks and scratch their champion’s flag to reveal a prize. Guests can then redeem prize vouchers at the promotions area with a marketing representative. Cash prizes will range from $5 all the way up to $500. Otis & Henry food voucher prizes will range from $10 to $30. Limit 10 scratch plays per player each promotional day.

$100,000 Lucky Loot of the Leprechaun

Join your friends at Lady Luck every Saturday in March from 2 – 8 p.m. for our Lucky Loot of the Leprechaun. Players could win up to $250 instantly when they play for the Leprechaun’s Loot. Every Player is guaranteed to win cash! Select the correct symbols and you could score $100,000. Earn one free entry for coming in and one for every 100 unadjusted points. See guest services for rules and additional details.

Club 40

Club 40 is now twice as nice. Join us twice a week, Wednesdays and Fridays, for Club 40. All guests age 40 or better will receive 4X points on slots and 2X points on video poker. Guests will also receive a free entrée at Otis & Henry’s once they earn 50 unadjusted points on their Lady Luck Player’s Card. Make sure to check out Otis & Henry’s brand new menu. You can eat the most important meal of the day, breakfast, all day long!

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Did you know your email is worth $5? Guests who provide a new email address will receive $5 cash. Stay up to date with Lady Luck promotions and receive special offers via email. Visit guest services to redeem offer.

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Mondays in February, receive a free buffet or $50 to Farraddays’. Play 30 minutes on your Players Card and receive a free Calypsos’ Buffet. Play 60 minutes and receive $50 at Farraddays’. Must visit the Players Club or Cashier Services prior to playing to register.

Sizzlin’ Progressive Hot Seats

Guests can earn $100 or more instantly simply by playing their favorite machine or table game. Random hot seat drawings will take place Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 25 from 3 – 7 p.m. If a winner is not present, the cash will roll to the next drawing

Heartbreak Giveaway

Win your share of $20,000. Drawings will take place every Friday in February from 5:30 – 10 p.m. Winners will break a heart to win $200, $400 or $600. Guests will receive one free entry on promotion days and additional entries with each set of 20 unadjusted points earned.

Earn 5X Points on Pennies

Each Thursday, 8 a.m. – midnight in February, earn 5X Points on all Penny slot machines. Point multiplier is not valid on video poker and you must register at the players club or cashier services prior to playing.

Paradise 50 Plus

Each Sunday, all guests age 50 or better can join the Paradise 50 Plus club. You will receive 3X points on all slots, 2X points on video poker, a free ice cream and a Free Calypso’s

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Buffet after earning five unadjusted points. For complete details, visit the player’s club.

Bus Fare Refund

Do you ride the bus to Black Hawk? The Isle will refund your bus fare up to $20. Simply earn 35 unadjusted points on your player’s card and present your return bus ticket to the player’s club or cashier services. Table Games and Poker players will receive their bus fare back with four hours of consecutive play.

All new members of the IsleOne player’s club will receive a scratch ticket after playing 30 minutes on their new Players card.

Play And Stay

Play 30 unadjusted points on your IsleOne club card Sundays through Thursdays between 8 a.m. and midnight and stay the night on us! Check with the Player’s Club or Cashier Services once you have earned your points to receive your hotel offer. This offer is valid only on the day the points are earned and is based on availability, blackout days may apply.

Table Games

The Isle has all your favorite table games including blackjack, craps with 10 times odds and roulette! Also available at the Isle, Three Card Poker, Bonus 6, Buffalo blackjack, Double Deck blackjack, and 21+3. Mississippi Stud, Ultimate

Texas Hold’Em and Let-It-Ride are all linked to one progressive jackpot that as of Feb. 10 is $99,045. Three Card Poker has its own progressive jackpot and is at $3,077. And now exclusively at the Isle you can play “Craps-Free Craps” with 10 times odds.

Poker Room

Bad Beat – The Isle has the easiest bad beat to win in Black Hawk. The Bad Beat Jackpot Pool as of Feb. 10 is $122,485. That means Aces full of 10’s through Kings beaten would pay over $12,248 or 10% of the total jackpot pool. With 3 Aces on the board still qualifying, this is the easiest way to win a bad beat around. Quad 2’s through 7’s beaten would pay more than $61,242 or 50% and Quad 8’s or better beaten would pay over $91,863 or 75%! For complete rules, please contact the Poker Room at 303-998-7905.

Free Food – The Isle provides free food for poker players seated in a live cash game or tournament including: Hot & Fresh Pizza, hot dogs, brats, 2 varieties of soup, nacho’s & cheese, chili, as well as vanilla, strawberry or chocolate milkshakes made to order!

Tournaments – Monday through Friday, there will be two tournaments each day at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Every Thursday is Omaha Day at the Isle with 2 weekly Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Tournaments to choose from. For complete information, please contact the Poker room at 303-998-7905. Continued on page 5 February 18 - March 3, 2014

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Tradewinds

Tradewinds at the Isle has a new menu that features what we believe to be the best hamburgers in Black Hawk. Whether you try the classics, a green chili and chipotle, the black & blue or mushroom and Swiss burger you will not be disappointed. Tradewinds even offers a mouthwatering cheeseburger burrito.

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Drawings are every Friday, starting at 5 p.m. and Saturday, starting at 3 p.m. The final drawing will be held Saturday, Feb. 22. Three winners will be randomly selected at each drawing time to punch the board for their chance at up to $2,000 cash.

$16,000 Sweet Sunday Giveaway

Drawings every Sunday in February at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Three winners at each drawing will select a heart from our prize board. Prizes range from $100 in QuickPlay to $500 in cash. Earn period midnight Monday through 3 p.m. Sunday. Carded Players - Every 10 base points or ½ hour of tracked table play = 1 entry. Non-Carded Players Players will receive 1 entry from a team member approximately every ½ hour they are seated at slot machine or 1 hour of live table play. Paper entries for carded players must be received from the A-Play Club prior to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Ladies Night

Every Tuesday from 5 – 9 p.m. Must be a female, 21 years or older and an APlay Club member to participate. Specialty Drinks and appetizers available for $2 at the Masquerade Bar, Gold Bar, and Gulch Bar*. Drawing: raffle tickets are given with each purchase of a specialty drink or appetizer between 5 – 9 p.m., drawing is at 9 p.m. Three winners will be picked at the Masquerade Bar

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and Gold Bar. One winner will be picked at the Gulch Bar. Winners will be awarded their choice of either $100 in free slot QuickPlay or $100 in table games noncashable chips. Disclaimer: Guests may win one prize per day. Guests must be present to win. *Appetizers only available at the Mardi Gras and Golden Gates.

Fat Tuesday

Every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday. Earn 100 base points and receive Fat Tuesday Beads (Classic). Earn 250 base points and receive Fat Tuesday Premium Beads. Beginning March 1, purchase a 25oz Souvenir Tumbler at any bar for $6.99, fill it with your favorite beverage for $2 each time you visit with the cup. The tumbler is valid for the entirety of the promotion. Once purchased, a guest may bring it with them on a subsequent visit and fill it for $2. Enjoy Louisiana-style food specials every Tuesday at Bourbon Street Café & Buffet.

New Member Offer

New members may receive up to $15 in free slot QuickPlay. Earn $5 just for enrolling in A-Play. Receive $5 for a valid email address. Get $5 if the guest is staying at any Black Hawk Hotel if they show a room key upon sign-up. Earn 50 base points or 1 hour of tracked table or live poker play on the day of sign-up and receive a free meal up to an $8.99 value. Free meal voucher may be redeemed at any promotional kiosk and taken directly to the food outlet.

New Members can get up to $15 in Free Slot Play when signing up for a Bullwhackers Lucky Bull Club card. Membership is free. $10 for signing up, an additional $5 for your email address and receive 4X Points all day.

Take a ride on us Bullwhackers offers convenient free shuttle service directly to Johnny Z’s Casino in Central City. Shuttle runs Thursdays noon – 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, noon – midnight, and Sundays 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

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Gaming

Optimal play with Basic Strategy

possible way to get the hat are your true motives house edge down that for playing far without counting is blackjack? via Optimal Play With Do you play for the Basic Strategy. sport of it, or do you In a single-deck play cold bloodedly to blackjack game there win? Either way if you are 1,326 possible twoare not playing “per- By Maverick Sharp card combinations, fect” Basic Strategy then you are with only 55 distinct two card pretty much throwing your hard hands allowable for the player. earned dollars away and lining the The dealer’s up card can only casinos’ pockets. consist of one of 10 different card In my Table Appraisal Cover values. (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Story article dated Dec. 4, 2013, and Ace) This makes up a total of I disclosed the House Edge for 550 possible cases for the player all the blackjack tables in Black to solve and decide whether they Hawk and Central City. For ex- should hit, stand, double down, ample, Johnny Z’s 2-Deck game, pair split, or even surrender. Keep where the dealer stands on soft in mind that there is only one op17’s and allows double after split, timal play for any scenario. Each the house edge clocked in at a and every decision you make scant 0.204 percent. What this is needs to be a function of the laws saying is that if you were to flat of probabilities and the results of bet $10 per hand and played ap- your overall expected value, based proximately 100 hands per hour, from each possibility. Do not then you can expect to lose, on av- fret…this is what our blackjack erage, $2.04 per hour of play. This founding fathers quantified for would be pretty much a “break- us years ago when they developed even” game. However, the only Basic Strategy by performing

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complete combinatorial analysis on the game of blackjack. There is a lot of literature out there that you can read and get a Basic Strategy for blackjack. There are one-size fits all Basic Strategy tables in which you can utilize in pretty much every standard game. On the other end of the spectrum, there are distinct Basic Strategy tables that are dependent on the number of decks used. For example, in Appendix B: in Dynamic Blackjack-The Professional Approach I reveal advanced Basic Strategy Charts for the 1, 2, and 4+ Deck games. These distinct and specialized Basic Strategy tables squeak out every possible gain achievable when playing in that particular game. I truly understand that trying to memorize all these tables can at first be a daunting and grueling endeavor. What I have done is created a set of six Basic Strategy Cards for the 1, 2, and the 4+ Decks. The cards can be used in all of the games dealt in the Colorado casinos where the dealer stands or

Thinking About Poker: Overplaying a hand

or Christmas this year my sweetie and I boarded the Magic Carpet and flew south all the way to Gulfport, Miss. A neat little town right on the Gulf of Mexico, it is still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. All the damage has been cleared, of course, but along the shoreline drive there are still many vacant lots where homes and other buildings stood. The Gulf was placid the days we were there and the gorgeous white sand beaches stretched for miles, inviting walks along the shore and toes dipping into the warm waters. A few miles east of Gulfport lies Biloxi, Miss., where we usually like to stay. The Beau Rivage hotel and casino is right on the ocean front boasting pleasant (and affordable) rooms and all the gaming you could want. As my only vice in that area is poker, the fact they have a nice 12-table poker room offering two tournaments a day and a wide range of games

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makes it all the more attractive to stay there. Once we were checked in and stabilized, I went down to check out the action and see if I could pay for the trip – or instead, have other people pay for the trip by their contributing to my bankroll. The first day I joined a $1 - $3 TRUE no-limit game; each player had $200 - $300 in chips and most had a few hundred-dollar bills backing up the stacks. This casino allows cash to play – if it’s on the table it’s fair game – and the games are indeed “No-Limit,”

as there is no state-mandated cap on the size of any wager. I ended up playing for 3 hours that first night winning $312. The game was a fairly loose-passive one and a little aggression on my part won me some pots I probably didn’t deserve to win, but no-one stood up to the bet and so was I forced to pull the chips into my stack. The next day I went down in the early afternoon after luxuriating in bed for most of the morning to find another $1 - $3 game just beginning. I bought into it for $200 and kept a C-note in reserve on the table. After an hour or so where everyone was sortof dancing around each other, the following hand came up, one that prompts the title to this article. I was in late position when a player in early position raised to $12; he got two callers; I then looked down to see the 8s – 7s in my hand. We all know that suited connectors (drawing cards) play better against a larger field, so I

hits on soft 17. You can sit down at any table, use these cards and play with utter confidence that you will always be making the proper play. No more guessing and throwing your money away from improper play. These cards are pocket size and easy to read. They have been laminated for durability and will last you many-many years. This article is not merely to promote my cards but also to get my readers to only bring their “A” Game to the table when they play! The full set of six Basic Strategy Cards retails for $11.95. Let me go through some of the mathematical gymnastics of this for a minute. The average player playing by the seat of their pants, i.e., guessing, in the previously mentioned 2-Deck game will lose approximately 3 percent of their total action. Wagering $10 per hand, playing 100 hands per hour, their net loss would be $30. If you were playing utilizing the Basic Strategy Cards then your net loss, on average, would only be $2. The cost of the set of cards would more than double within the first hour of play in expected gain. These Basic Strategy Cards can be purchased directly through

DiamondBack Publishing, LLC, which is a Colorado based business. In conclusion, I truly hope that the next time you walk into a casino you come equipped with the essential ammo needed to stop the casinos from beating you severely long-term. Fight fire with fire and stick it to them. Until then, Maverick Sharp does not believe in luck but wishes nothing but the “Best of Cards.” Maverick Sharp is an expert high stakes Blackjack player and author of Dynamic BlackjackThe Professional Approach To learn more about Maverick Sharp and the largest Blackjack book in print visit diamondbackpublishing.com or email any questions or comments at mavericksharp@ diamondbackpublishing.com.

called the $12. On the flop was 5 – 6 – Q rainbow; I had flopped open-ended with a lonely Queen to provide any apparent threat. The original lead bettor lead again with a $20 bet, folding the next player and enticing player #2 to call. An open-ended draw like that with no flush possibilities is a good deal for that price and pot odds, so I called. The Turn brought a 4, again a rainbow board and giving me the stone nuts – so far. Player #1 checked, player #2 bet $50 getting a call from me and an apparently reluctant player #1. The river brought a 9 – I still had the nuts and so far at least one player was betting into me. Player #1 checked again, player #2 bet $65 and before I gave myself a chance to think out a strategy, I heard myself saying “All in” for maybe $195 more. Player #1 thought about it for a while, then mucked his cards. Player #2 seemed more pained at my bet, he held his cards up to look at them, placed them facedown on the table and looked my way, picked them up again; this

went on back and forth for a minute or so. He finally said “You’ve got the straight.” And mucked his pocket Queens face up. I admit I then revealed my hand for the nuts they were and scooped in a great pot. I then began thinking about how I could have milked the players for more – in my eagerness and excitement at having the nuts I forgot about what I should be doing at all times while at the tables, something forming the title of this article. I should be thinking about poker! I could have made a raise twice the river bet, enticing player #1 to stay in. A bet that size could have elicited an all-in bet from player #2 – which I would have immediately called, of course. Either one of those actions might have pulled more chips into the pot and provided a bigger payoff for my great hand. All-in-all, it just goes to prove that all the time you’re sitting there, all the times you muck hand after hand, you must be alert to the possibilities of the game. To do that, you’ve always got to be thinking about poker.

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Going Green

Throwing light on energy savings

Are you confused about what type of new light bulbs to buy that will save energy and not break the bank? Did you know that you can go green and cut 75-80 percent of your lighting bill with these new bulbs? Soon the old bulbs will be phased out of the market because they just use too much valuable energy. If every 60 watt incandescent bulb in the U.S. alone was replaced with these new bulbs, that would result in a savings of 35 terawatt-hours of electricity. If you have no idea what a terawatt is, think of it this way: it’s nearly triple the annual power appetite of Washington, DC and enough juice to light up 18 million households! Tests have shown that new CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) and LEDs (light emit-

ting diodes) are light years ahead in energy savings because they use less electricity and last so much longer. Unfortunately the LEDs now cost much more than the CFLs, but they do save more electricity. While LEDs are very expensive at this early stage, they still save money because they last a longer time and have very low energy use. As with other electronics, prices are expected to come down as more products enter the market. That’s why I have chosen to replace my old light bulbs with CFLs. When the LEDs become lower priced, I will consider buying them. Recently,

however, I purchased a solarpowered green flashlight for my husband, and I learned that its wonderful intense light was due to its LED bulb. Even though the LED bulb increased the cost of the flashlight, I also enjoy savings from not having to replace the batteries. I have had a solarpowered watch for many years, and I love not having to buy new batteries. What are CFLs? They are simply curly versions of the long tube fluorescent lights you may already h a v e in a kitchen or garage. Because they use about 75 percent less electricity than traditional incandescents, typical CFLs can pay for themselves in less than nine months. Plus, they can start saving you

money each month and also last ten times longer than a comparable incandescent bulb that puts out the same amount of light. The LED are a type of solidstate lighting – semiconductors that convert electricity into light. Although previously mostly used for indicator and traffic lights, LEDs are one of today’s most energy-efficient and rapidly-developing technologies. LED bulbs save about one fourth more energy than CFL bulbs and last up to 25 times longer than the traditional incandescent bulbs they replace. LED bulbs are currently available in many products such as replacements for 40W, 60W, and 75W traditional incandescents, reflector bulbs often used in recessed fixtures, and small track

lights. Recently, Philips introduced a new LED bulb that produces the light of a regular 60watt incandescent bulb using just 10 watts of power. These bulbs last an astonishing 25,000 hours. That’s 17 years if used four hours a day, and it gets better. Testing results of the new CFLs and LEDs by Consumer Reports magazine compare the approximate prices and efficiency of the bulbs. The top rated LEDs ranged from $14 to $35. The best buys In a CFL bulb to replace an old standard 60 watt bulb started as low as $1.25. Plus you can watch for sales and buy the bulbs in bulk lots. Now that’s affordable and green.

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Petrified wood & jet, a mineraloid

More than 200 million years ago stood a lush tropical forest with giant trees and tropical flora. Rivers flowed through green forests like the Amazon does today. Swamps populated with fish, reptiles, logs and thousands of unimaginable insects moved like blue arteries that drained into an inland sea. Volcanic mountains spewed fire and lava in the southern skyline. It’s a scene that is hard to imagine when the same land we see today is an arid desert scattered with wood that has since turned to stone. Petrified w o o d is real wood that has turned into rock composed of quartz crystals. Petrified wood has been preserved for millions of years by a process call petrification. This process turns the wood into quartz crystal, which is very brittle and shatters. Even though petrified wood is fragile, it is also harder than steel. Petrified wood is known for its exquisite color and detail. Some pieces have retained the original cellular structure of the wood and the grain can easily be seen. Petrified wood can be found throughout the desert regions. One of the greatest concentrations of petrified wood in the world is found in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Logs as long as 200 feet and 10 feet in diameter have been found in the park. This was once part of a large forest that extended from Texas into Utah. The trees were similar to modern-day conifers

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and existed at the same time as the dinosaurs, fossils of which are often found in the park. Petrified wood (from the Greek root “petro” meaning “rock” or “stone,” literally “wood turned into stone”) is a process that begins with three raw ingredients: wood, water and mud. Petrification began when the primitive trees fell to the ground and into the waterways on a journey through time. The logs were swept and tumbled downstream with sediment and other debris. The streams traveled through a plain of lakes and swamps where wood, sedim e n t and debris were depos ited along the way. The mud that covered the logs contained volcanic ash, which was a key ingredient in the petrification process. When the volcanic ash began to decompose, it released chemicals into the water and mud. As the water seeped into the wood the chemicals from the volcanic ash reacted with the wood and formed into quartz crystals. As the crystals grew over time, the wood became incased in the crys-

tals, which, over millions of years, turned the wood into stone. The petrified logs were buried in the sediment for millions of years, protected from the elements of decay. During this time the land in a particular area called the Chinle Formation, was covered by an ocean and another layer of sediments on top of the wood-rich formation. About 60 million years ago the ocean moved away and the erosion process began. More than 2000 feet of sediment have eroded to expose the top 100 feet containing the petrified logs. It is not the wood that makes petrified wood colorful, but the chemistry of the petrifying groundwater. Minerals such as manganese, iron and copper were in the water/mud during the petrification process. These minerals give petrified wood a variety of color ranges. Quartz crystals are colorless, but when iron is added to the process, the crystals become stained with a yellow or red tint. The usual color of petrified wood is red, with yellow, black and white bands although other shades such as blue are often found. Sometimes the wood is much less colorful and comes in a dull gray or brown. Petrified wood also can become opalized, that is, instead of the wood being replaced with quartz crystal, it is replaced with fire opal. The opalized wood contains bands or seams of fire opal. The opalized wood is usually found in hard, heavy, clay layers. The clay layers consist of volcanic ash deposited between 12 and 20 million years ago. Opalized petrified wood is rare and expensive. Instant Petrified Wood? Yongsoon Shin and colleagues at the Department of Energy lab have converted wood to mineral, achieving in days what it takes nature millions of years to do. Shin started the process by giving a one centimeter cube of wood a twoday acid bath, soaked it in a silica solution for two more days, air-dried it, put it into an argon-

filled furnace at 1,400 degrees centigrade for two hours, then let it cool in argon to room temperature. The resulting material “replicates exactly the wood architecture,” according to Shin.

Mineraloid Jet

Jet (ignite) is a geological material and is considered to be a minor gemstone. Jet is not considered a true mineral gemstone, but rather a mineraloid, as it has an organic origin, being derived from decaying wood trees under extreme pressure over millions of years. It formed as a result of the compaction of driftwood that sank to the sea bottom and became imbedded in finegrained mud. Jet is found in one of two forms: hard and soft. “Hard” jet is the result of the carbon compression and salt water; “soft” jet is the result of the carbon compression and fresh water. The name “jet” is an English word derived from the French word “jaiet” of the same meaning. It is

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usually black and easily polished. It is used in making jewelry as far back as 10,000 BC in parts of modern day Germany. The oldest jet jewelry was found in Asturias, Spain, dating from 17,000 BC. During the days of the Roman occupation of Britain and up to the present time, it has had a varying degree of popularity, finding its widest use as mourning jewelry. Jet as a gem material was highly popular during the reign of Queen Victoria, during which the queen wore jet as part of her mourning dress. Jet was popular jewelry in the 19th century because of its somber color and modest appearance, and has been traditionally fashioned into rosaries for monks. Mourning jewelry is no longer in vogue. Purity of the black color, freedom from inclusions of other minerals and absence of fine cracks increases its value, which is never particularly high. The polish should be bright, a dull polish is considered undesirable. Jet has also been known as black amber, as it may induce an electric charge like that of amber when rubbed. The finest jet has always been found and worked near the coast of Whithy, Yorkshire, England. It occurs in lumps of variable sizes, often retaining the shape of the branches and twigs of the trees of which it evolved. Jet is also found in Spain, Germany and the U.S. Material from El Paso County, Colorado, takes a fine polish and Utah jet from Wayne County is generally an inferior quality with many cracks.

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Colorado History

Dr. Justina Ford fought racial and sexual discrimination In Honor of Black History Month By Rosemary Fetter

When Justina Ford applied to practice medicine in Denver, the licensing examiner told her, “Ma’am, I’d feel dishonest taking a fee from you. You’ve got two strikes against you to begin with. First off, you’re a lady. Second, you’re colored.” “I know it,” she replied. “I thought it through before I came. This is just the place I want to practice.” Unthinkable today, the above exchange took place in 1902. Compared to the rest of the nation, however, the city’s race relations were cordial at the time. Denver’s relatively small African American population clustered within a few blocks of the Five Points area, with boundaries at Park Avenue, Downing Street, Stout Street and Tremont Place. Until the Ku Klux Klan took over Colorado during the 1920s, they were a relatively well-educated and prosperous group, with only 222 out of 5,442 blacks older than age 10 categorized as illiterate. Still, segregation was everywhere. The legendary Dr. Ford was never one to let obstacles stand in her way, however. She was born Justina Laurena Carter on Jan. 22, 1871, near Galesburg, Ill. According to most sources, she grew up and attended high school in Knoxville. The daughter of a nurse, Justina knew from childhood that she wanted to practice medicine. But unlike her mother, she wanted to be a doctor. While other little girls were playing with dolls, she was volunteering to dress chickens for dinner, “so I could get in there and see what the insides were like.” With typical humor, she once told a reporter, “I was a seventh child. I wouldn’t play with the others unless we played hospital and I wouldn’t play even that unless they let me be the doctor…I didn’t know the names of sicknesses, so I invented names. I had one standard prescription: tobacco pills. I remember that when neighbor folks were ill, I liked to tend them. I hope I didn’t do any harm.” Ford received her college degree in Chicago and studied at Chicago’s Herring Medical School at a time when African American female medical students were a rarity. After graduating in 1899 she briefly practiced medicine in Normal, Ala., but

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Dr. Ford holds her nephew, Gene Carter, one of the 7,000 babies she delivered in Denver during her career.

Photo circa 1927, courtesy of the Denver Public Library Western History Department

her race and sex worked against her. Believing correctly that her options were better in the West, she decided to try her luck in Colorado, becoming possibly the first African American female physician west of the Mississippi. Faced with racial and sexual discrimination all her life, “I fought like a tiger against both,” she said. She was granted a Colorado medical license on Oct. 7, 1902. With a no-nonsense attitude and a soft heart, she began a lifelong career in general practice, Denver, de-

Statue of Dr. Ford at 30th and Downing.

livering approximately 7,000 babies in the process. Although she cared for what she later called “plain black folks” and “plain white folks,” many of her patients were foreign-born, Latinos, Greeks, Japanese, Koreans and even immigrants from India. Often these ethnic groups preferred a woman physician rather than a man to assist with childbirth. Also, many distrusted or could not afford hospital care, and Denver physicians often refused to deliver a child at home. “Yet there was a little one about to come onto the scene and someone had to bring it, so why not me?” Ford said later. As a result, Ford learned to speak anywhere from eight to 11 languages, including the language of compassion. In 1911, she purchased her own home at 2335 Arapahoe St., where she set up practice. In addition to the special situations created by her constituents, she faced the same problems shared by most physicians – irregular pay, odd hours and the need to be constantly on the move. “I can go two days without sleep,” she once said. “I’ve done it often. The trick is not to slow down.” Often her patients were unable to pay or paid in goods or groceries rather than cash. “Some of the things they gave me are more precious than cash,” she would say, pointing to a brightly colored oriental cloth on her table or a hand-woven Mexican blanket. “You can’t buy things like that.” She traveled first by horse and buggy, then by taxi (during her career she paid a small fortune in taxi fees) and finally by a private car driven by her nephew, Mateo Torres. (Another nephew, Jack Bradley, received a master’s degree from the University of Denver and became one of the few African Americans at the time to play in a major symphony orchestra.) A small, plump woman with prominent cheekbones, Ford was said to have a spiritual quality about her that gave her patients reassurance. She was married twice, originally to a Rev. Ford, minister of Zion Baptist Church. After he died, she wed Albert Allen, but kept “Dr. Ford” as her professional name. Although she served on the staff of Denver General Hospital for years, as late as the 1940s, she was unable to practice at some of Denver’s hospitals. Her race and sex did not allow her to be a member of the Colorado

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Medical Society, and as a result, of the American Medical Association. Fortunately, that situation was remedied during the post World War II years. Even with a booming obstetrical practice, her financial situation never seemed to change. She was that rare breed of crusader, more interested in humanitarian goals than in money. Four months before she died, she was quoted as saying, “When all the fears, hate and even some death is over, we will really be brothers as God intended us to be in this land. This I believe. For this I have worked all my life.” Dr. Ford worked until two weeks before her death on in Oct. 15, 1952, at age 81. Survived by her second husband and several nieces and nephews, she was buried at Fairmount Cemetery. In 1983, her home on Arapahoe Street, built in 1890, was slated for the wrecking ball. Community leaders arranged for a stay of execution for the structure, after which the owners donated the house to a nonprofit organization that could pay for relocation. The following year, Historic Denver, Inc. used preserva-

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tion funds to move the property to a nearby site at the southwest corner of 31st and California streets. In September 1985, the Black America West Museum and Heritage Center (founded in 1971 by Dr. Paul Stewart) obtained a $197,000 grant from the Denver Community Development agency for the restoration of Dr. Ford’s house. By 1988, the Black America West Museum and Heritage Center had opened as a permanent fixture in the neighborhood. The museum houses an extensive collection of more than 35,000 personal artifacts, memorabilia, newspapers, legal documents, clothing, letters, photographs and oral histories celebrating to contributions of African American pioneers. For more information, visit www.blackamericawest.org. In 1998, the Regional Transportation District Art-At-the Stations commissioned Jess. E. DuBois to cast a bronze image of Dr. Ford. The statue stands on the plaza at 30th and Downing, a fitting tribute to the lady who never stopped fighting injustice and a monument to one of Denver’s great humanitarians.

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insisted on tracking the viand buffalo skins. Included in their no word to anyone, save cious killers alone, taking “He could track a grasshopper itinerary was Fort Jackson, near the military, Tobin caronly three military men what later became Fort Lupton, ried dispatches to military through the sagebrush.” as backup. Tobin followed One of the many attributes paid Bent’s Fort and El Pueblo. The newly authorities at Fort Leavtheir trail from the site of to Tom Tobin by his friends on the acquired pelts and skins were either enworth. Returning to his the 28th victim for three Colorado frontier, Tobin was truly traded at other forts, or taken to St. home and family, Tobin days, leading into the Sana force to be reckoned with. Louis annually by William found himself involved in gre de Cristo mountains. a rebellion that would end A trapper, and a scout Bent. He ambushed the deadwith excellent tracking For the next sev- in murder; the death of ly trio in a meadow and skills, Tobin worked eral years, Tobin his beloved friend, Charles methodically shot them with the likes of stayed with the Bent. Boiling feelings of reone by one. The leader, Cols. Price and Bent brothers Vivian Espinosa was not Tappan, and at their fort on venge and hatred spilled dead, so Tobin slit his Major Grier the Arkansas over onto the streets of throat, decapitating him. in forging the River, where Taos on the night of Jan. Tobin then cut off the head frontier of the he became an 19, 1847. A group of Santa of Espinosa’s nephew, and Colorado Terriexpert trapper Fe men, planning the atplaced both heads in a tory. Tom Tobin and scout. It tack for a month, broke gunnysack. Tobin brought was an instruwas also during into the home of New Kit Carson the heads to Gov. Evans mental figure in this time, that Mexico Gov. Charles Bent. in Denver, as proof to colseveral famous Tobin became an They killed Gov. Bent, the lect his reward. He never incidents of Coloexpert tracker, his sheriff and several men received the reward, but rado’s early history. reputation as a great in the immediate area, was given a fine rifle at an It was his exploration, marksman now served while women and children fled. Among them were honorary dinner. knowledge, and keen inhim well. Tom Tobin was known sight of the land that helped to By 1846, following the war the wives and children of by all for his short temper, bring settlement to the frontier. between Mexico and the United Kit Carson, and Thomas and was ready to fight at With these skills and the work States, Tobin had married, and with Boggs. Tobin, who was in the worst provocation. He with the military, Tobin’s reputation, his wife Pascuala and their young the area, ran to the aid of was also known to be a true while well known among the fron- children, they were living in Arroyo his friend, Charles Bent, friend, his loyalty knew no tiersmen in southeastern Colorado, Hondo, a ranch Tobin had built. but to no avail. With buildings burnbounds. Yet he was also a grew considerably across Colorado This was located a few miles north man of few words. Territory. Tobin kept company with of Taos, N.M., a place Charles Bent ing and fires set in alleyKit Carson III, the the likes of Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, had first brought Tobin to. It was ways, Tobin managed to grandson of both Tom the Bent brothers, Ceran St. Vrain here at his ranch, that Tobin received escape the carnage. The Tobin and Kit Carson, and Dick Wootton, and is considered military orders through General Ste- following day, an Indian (Tobin’s daughter married as one of the last of the famous fron- phen Kearny. Civil unrest remained runner came into Taos Character and wisdom are revealed in an aged Carson’s son,) said in an tier scouts who blazed the trail for following the War, particularly in the with a notice from the Tom Tobin. interview in 1946, “Grandpromispermanent settlement. Taos area. Traveling alone and with conspirators others to Santa Fe. They were later ing revenge pa Tobin had known Thomas Tate Tobin against the Americans tried, convicted and hanged. Grandpa Carson a long time, they was born in St. Louis, By 1852, Tobin had moved his both came from the same town in and murder to their Mo., in 1823. His father, enemy: the Catholic family north to serve as a scout near what is now Missouri, Grandpa ToBartholomew Tobin, was Church. Military troops Fort Massachusetts, (later moved bin was a lot younger than Grandpa an Irish immigrant who from Santa Fe soon ar- and renamed Fort Garland,) in Carson, he looked on him as a sort of had married a young rived, led by General southern Colorado. He spent his time hero. Both of my Grandfathers were widow, Sarah Autobees, Stephen Kearny, and farming on his small ranch. He sold well respected and trusted.” in St. Louis. The young Tobin’s grandson remembered Captain Ceran St. Vrain, his produce to the military, including widow had a son, Charles, who immediately re- Lt. Col. William Gilpin, (who would his childhood at Fort Garland as a from her previous marcruited Tobin and his later become the first Territorial Gov- happy one, living with his family, riage. In 1823, she gave brother, Charles Au- ernor of Colorado.) The two became and really understanding the imporbirth to Tom. A year lattobees, to join their friends and Tobin seemed content in tance of his grandfather. And yet the er, a daughter, Catherine detachment in track- this time of his life. grandfather, Tobin went on to serve was born. In 1828, at age Then, in fall 1863, Tobin was the military in 1868 as a chief scout ing down the conspira16, Charles Autobees left tors. Another legend- called out of retirement. Territory on an Indian-hunting campaign, home to join the beaver ary scout joined the Gov. John Evans, and Col. Sam Tap- again under General Kearny. Among trappers heading west. military group, James pen, commander of Fort Garland, the scouts were again, his brother He returned to St. Louis Beckwourth. Following requested Tobin’s services to help Charles Autobees and a new scout to in 1837, to fetch his halftheir trail, it was a few in the apprehension of the Espinosa the frontier, James William Hickok, brother, Tom, then 14. short days before the gang of outlaws. The Espinosas had who later gained fame as “Wild Bill” Tobin spent the next few group was surrounded. murdered 28 men from Fairplay to Hickok. years accompanying his Tom Tobin, trail blazer, scout and A short battle of resis- Canon City in the summer of 1863, brother Charles on pack tance ensued and a few by the time Tobin took over the tracker led a colorful life and lived trips delivering dry food supplies, and whiskey Tom Tobin helped construct Fort Garand, which his of the conspiring group search. Tobin was offered a reward of among the pioneers of the state. He were killed. Tobin and $2,500 to track down the murderous never thought that of himself. Histo frontier outposts and friend, Kit Carson later commanded. his men brought the gang. He was given a full militia, but tory shows otherwise. trading for beaver pelts Photos courtesy of Denver Public Library

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