The Lost Creek Guide June 17, 2020

Volume 13 • Edition 12

I-76 / State Hwy 52 November 6, 2019 June 17, 2020 Serving rural Adams, Morgan, and Weld Counties Hudson Interchange Project Update for Hudson Town Council “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light” George Washington

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PROJECT FLYER

CO 52 Hudson Roundabout What Work is Being Done?

The Colorado Department of Transportation, in cooperation with Castle Rock Construction Company of Colorado, LLC, plans to begin construction on CO 52 near Hudson the week of June 1. Construction limits and traffic impacts are expected at the intersection of CO 52 and I-76 and CO 52 and I76 Frontage Road. Motorists should expect up to 20 minute delays during construction. Speed limits during construction will be reduced to 25 mph.

This project will improve safety and access to CO 52 by installing roundabouts at the Love’s Travel Stop and the westbound ramps intersections, a traffic signal at the eastbound off ramp, and the addition of sidewalk along the north side of CO 52 to increase pedestrian and bicycle connectivity. The bridge over I-76 will be expanded so that the sidewalk can be brought up to standard and incorporate a new bike path system. Work is scheduled to begin Monday, June 1 and be completed by Fall of 2021. Castle Rock Construction of Colorado, LLC is the prime contractor for this $11.7 million project, which will complete a corridor that safely moves vehicles, pedestrians and trucks efficiently.

Why is the work being completed?

This project is part of CDOT’s “Whole System. Whole Safety.” initiative aimed at enhancing safety for Colorado’s traveling public. The intersection improvements will help move cars through the area efficiently and provide safer intersections and crossings for motorists and pedestrians.

When will crews be working?

Work will take place Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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by Bob Grand The world never slows down. The George Floyd murder was a terrible thing. Maybe we will learn whether the police officer who killed him knew him from a previous work relationship, but in either case it was an event that should not have happened. It has generated a lot of protests.

Protestors have a first amendment right to protest. This is America. This does not mean people have the right to break the law. Now, how do you handle that? Very delicately. We have placed our police, most of which are overwhelming composed of people who want to do the right thing in an almost impossible situation. Because our politicians have not addressed the mental health issues that are out there, by default they fall to the police to manage. This is, again, an almost impossible task. We need an approach that calls for management of the mental health issues that our police departments have to face that is fair to the citizen as well as to the police. How you do that is an issue for smarter folks than me to figure out, but it is an issue that must be addressed. An issue like immigration reform, that few politicians want to try an address. Disbanding police departments or defunding police departments are not the answers. Police officers are out there to protect the citizens from folks who want to do bad things. Do we really want to change that? We should have a dialogue.

Speaking of politicians, it is obviously primary season. In Weld County we are seeing a new process where people are actually competing for the right to run as a Republican, which like the Democrats in Boulder, is tantamount to election in November. The process has the establishment Republican group, controlled by a small group centered in the Greeley area, seemingly offended that people actually wanted to challenge the system. Dudley Brown and his Rocky Mountain Gun Organization are saying that we have to protect our Republican party from these liberals. Well I must share that the Republican Party in Weld County is not his or his organization’s. Although in the past you could interpret it that way. Our population in Weld County is growing and will continue to grow. The people want elected officials that are advocates for them and their local issues. South Weld County has not had that, and if you support the selected candidates of the Greeley Republican parties that will continue. Lori Saine and Pat Miller stand for some good things but one of the things they do not stand for is fair representation for all the citizens of south Weld County. It is clear that our current Commissioner for District 3 has been focusing on her next job as Larimer County has certainly received a lot of attention from her.

And South County, which she is supposed to represent, well, you be the judge. A healthy mix of County Commissioners from the pool of available candidates would be beneficial to the overall citizens and geographic areas of the county. Weld County will continue to grow, and its political representation must change to reflect the reality of the future and not the dogmatic clinging to the past. We deserve better.

The question of overly dominate party control is not restricted to the Republicans. Bernie Sanders Democrats are not happy folks, again. John Hickenlooper handpicked by New York State Senator Chuck Schumer to be the anointed Democrat to challenge Cory Gardner for his Senate seat. Well Andrew Romanoff does not accept that. We are seeing the political process changing in America. Facilitated by the improvements in social media, people are realizing that they can participate. Not just let it be run by the pseudo political elite. Look at our major cities, all of which have been dominated for many, many years by Democratically controlled structures. Look at Minneapolis where home ownership for black families is the lowest in years.

Where has the support for minorities that have been the talked about by Democrats for years.

The problem is that people are being to recognize that talk is cheap, and results are hard to see, because they are not there. Whose fault is that? The voters of course. You are beginning to see people really questioning that. The protests over the George Floyd murder has brought into question police actions. Well who is in charge of the police in these cities? People complain about police actions but who asks the police unions, whose job it is to protect its membership, what should we do? Accountability needs to be brought to the table, that does not just mean the officer who killed George Floyd, it also means the people who have facilitated the maintenance of systems that support the status quo. That means our elected officials.

The United States have, historically, had one of the lowest voter turnouts in the free world.

We have to change that. Do your part, vote. Get involved. We are a representative democracy.

Make sure you share your thoughts. Our major political parties do not necessarily want you to.

Make them understand that you are tired of being treated as sheep. Stand up and participate.

Both Democrat and the Republican leadership need to understand that same old same old is not good enough anymore. Make sure you vote!

A person a lot smarter than me said we are the land of the free because of the brave.

If we do not support the brave will we continue to be free?

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June 17, 2020

Vaccines Bill Passes!

DENVER, CO -- The House today passed SB20-163, bipartisan legislation sponsored by Representative Kyle Mullica, D-Northglenn, and Representative Dylan Roberts, D-Avon as well as Senators Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, and Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, on third reading. The bill would boost Colorado’s childhood immunization rates. The bill passed by a vote of 40-24.

“This has been a long and winding process, but knowing that today’s result will save the lives of countless children and protect our state against tragic viral outbreaks makes it all worth it,” said Rep. Mullica, D-Northglenn. “This bill represents an important step towards streamlining our immunization process and boosting our state’s low vaccination rates without removing anyone’s ability to claim an exemption. I’m proud of what we accomplished today.”

“This bill is a simple and sensible way to boost Colorado’s immunization rates and protect our children, all while ensuring that our commitment to parental choice remains intact,” said Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Avon. “This modest proposal will go a long way towards making our vulnerable communities like newborns, seniors and children safer. We’re one step closer to ensuring that all Coloradans are better protected from viral outbreaks.”

“I am proud to see this crucial public health proposal pass the House today,” said Rep. Janet Buckner, D-Aurora. “These modest improvements have been a long time coming, and they’ll go a long way towards protecting the most vulnerable in Colorado, including those in the Black community.”

SB20-163is designed to get more children fully vaccinated by the time they start kindergarten by encouraging those who do not vaccinate, but who have no objections to vaccinations, to immunize their children.

The percentage of Colorado kindergartners vaccinated for measles, mumps, and rubella is the lowest rate in the country at 87 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). This low rate makes our state particularly vulnerable to a measles outbreak.

SB20-163 requires parents who choose not to vaccinate their children to present a standardized exemption form signed by an immunization provider or submit a confirmation form that they took a short online class about vaccinations before they send their children to school. The bill also streamlines the immunization exemptions categories by dividing them into medical and nonmedical exemptions, but makes no changes to who can choose to exempt their children or for what reasons. Lastly, SB20-163 would require all immunizing health care providers to use the state’s Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) data system, though providers wouldn’t be subject to a regulatory sanction for noncompliance.

Wagoneers News

Wyatt Wilcox-May 11, 2020 Meeting The Wagoneers 4-H club met on Monday, May 11,2020 via Zoom.

Unfinished Business Discussed: Shooting Sports- There have been no major decisions reached. It loos like practices might start toward June.

E-Records - Club members are encouraged to start on their e-records now.

Weld County Fair Camping Permits- If you are looking to reserve a camping permit for the Weld County Fair please check the Weld County 4-H Newsletter.

Mardi Gras- Mardi Gras has been scheduled for Saturday, November 21, 2020, 3-9 PM. The theme for this year is Wild West. Club members are encouraged to think of ideas for our basket, but it is not top priority for now.

Meat Quality Assurance- The MQA in-person events have all been canceled and it is now being held online at Weld County’s 4-H website where you can take the test. It is only good for the 2020 year.

Weld County Fair 2020 Fair book-The WCF 2020 Fair book will not be printed this year, it is all online.

New Business Discussed: Southeast Weld County Fairgrounds-The SEWC Fairgrounds are closed till June 30.

Club T-Shirts-Thank you to Powers Built Structures for sponsoring our Club’s T-Shirts.

Weld County Fair- The WCF’s guidelines that have been announced for the 2020 year are: It will be closed to the public.

They will not allow any vendors or entertainment.

They will only host 4-H and FF competitive events.

They will have a livestock sale.

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By Linda Meyer After three months of Covid-19 dominating the news, I admit I am looking for entertainment. We are finally able to go out to dinner and play in parks again, the Denver Zoo and other attractions are opening, and swimming pools can open again. Professional sports are starting to make plans to finish their winter seasons and start fall seasons (Broncos!), and NASCAR has been racing again. Baseball owners and players keep arguing about player salaries, and I think they are at a point where no one is going to be happy – especially the fans. Movie theaters are not open yet, but hopefully they will be soon.

Something currently making the rounds on Facebook is posting still photos from your favorite movies. For your entertainment, here are some of my favorite movies, in no particular order. These are movies I will watch every time they come on TV. Most were made between 1950 and 1970.

“Blazing Saddles,” Mel Brooks’ first big box office hit.

The movie is full of crazy scenes and great quotes. Brooks has no sacred cows and makes fun of anyone and everyone.

There is a town full of people who all have the last name of Johnson, a clueless governor (played by Brooks), the list of insanity goes on and on. My favorite quote is from Mongo, played by Alex Karras: “Mongo just pawn in game of Life.” Aren’t we all?

“Young Frankenstein,” another Mel Brooks film. More classic lines, more puns, more madness.

“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” Any movie that stars John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin has to be good. Great writing, great acting, and a spellbinding story.

No matter how many times I watch the movie, I always see or hear something new. Filmed in black and white, it gives a starkness to the movie that is fitting for the story and time period. Have your children and grandchildren watch it; it might give them a different idea of what the Old West was really like.

“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play parents who are trying to understand their daughter’s choice for a husband. Actually, that is an understatement of everything that happens during the course of the movie. Released in 1967, the movie explores race relations, and family relations. Who among us does not wonder about the people our sons and daughters date, and sometimes marry? It’s certainly a movie that makes you think about your values and what really matters in life.

“Philadelphia.” If you need a good cry, this is your movie. Powerful story about a lawyer fired from a law firm because he has AIDS. Tom Hanks earned a well-deserved Oscar for his role as the lawyer, with solid acting by Denzel Washington.

“Mr. Roberts.” World War II Navy movie with Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon and James Cagney. Today it would probably be called a “dramedy,” as it is serious with some very funny scenes.

“Auntie Mame” Rosalind Russell is Mame Dennis, a free-spirited single woman in 1920’s New York City. Mame’s brother and sister-in-law die in an accident, and this woman who has no idea how to deal with children is suddenly the guardian for her young nephew. Another fun movie with lots of laughs and some very tender moments.

“The Quiet Man.” John Wayne plays an aging boxer who returns to Ireland to retire, and falls in love with Maureen O’Hara. An entertaining movie, with some of my favorite quotes. In our house, my brother does not have a name, he is “The Brother,” as in “Woman of the house! I have brought the brother home for dinner!” And, of course “the proprieties must be observed at all times.”

“The Blues Brothers.” John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd as two blues-singing brothers.

Another silly movie, with guest appearances by many music stars, including Cab Calloway and Aretha Franklin. Several car chases, including one inside a shopping mall in Harvey, Illinois. I was in that mall several times, soon after it was built in the 1960’s. My Dad was a WWII Army veteran, and one of his Army friends lived near the mall.

“Singin’ in the Rain.” The plot of this movie is a little thin, but watching Gene Kelly sing and dance in the rain is always fun. Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds also star in the movie. Pure enjoyment!

Honorable mention: The first 30 minutes of “Spaceballs” (Mel Brooks, again!), and the parade scene at the end of “Animal House.”

Changing subjects: remember to VOTE in the upcoming primary election! If you do not vote, you cannot complain about who does get elected.

Now that restaurants are opening again, if possible, please support them by going out for dinner or picking up food to bring home. After closing for over two months, we have heard about several restaurants that are closing for good. We want everyone to stay in business and keep our economy growing.

And, as always, a list of mental health resources is below. With so many of us having to stay at home due to Covid-19, it is hard to not become depressed. If you need someone to talk with, do not hesitate to call one of the phone numbers below. We all need to look out for our own mental health, and check in with friends and family members who live alone.

Asking for help is not a weakness, it is a sign of strength.

That’s it for this month. As always, thanks for reading, and remember to laugh!

Linda ____ Linda Meyer is the Pastor of Community United Methodist Church in Keenesburg.

Connect with Linda: Pastorcumc18@gmail.com , Twitter @RevLindaMeyer Mental Health Resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line: Text CONNECT to 741741 Farm Aid Farmer Hotline: 1-800-FARM-AID (1-800-327-6243) Colorado Crisis Hotline: 1-844-493-TALK (1-844-493-8255) Mental Health of Colorado: https://www.mentalhealthcolorado.org/

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Confirmed Cases of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease in Weld County

Broomfield, Colo. - The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) has confirmed new cases of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2) in domestic rabbits in Weld County, adding to cases previously reported in El Paso and Montezuma Counties. Additionally, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has verified cases of RHDV2 in wild and feral rabbits in Alamosa, El Paso, Prowers, and Pueblo counties.

A current map of confirmed cases in Colorado is available on CDA’s Animal Health Division RHDV2 webpage. Current CDA guidance on rabbit shows and fairs can be found here.

With incidents of RHDV2 increasing in Colorado and western states, CDA and CPW are asking the public to watch for multiple dead or sick rabbits, which can suggest RHDV2 or a sign of tularemia or plague, diseases that can cause serious illness in people. Do not handle or consume sick or dead wildlife and do not allow pets to contact or consume wildlife carcasses.

Reporting Suspected cases: Domestic: Veterinarians and owners must report suspected RHDV2 cases in domestic rabbits to the State Veterinarian’s Office at 303-869-9130. Disease investigations will be completed by a Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician.

Wildlife: To report suspect cases (sick or dead wild rabbits, hares, or pika), contact your local Colorado Parks and Wildlife office.

RHDV2 Background: RHDV2 is highly contagious and lethal among rabbits. It does not affect humans or domestic species other than rabbits and is not related to COVID-19. RHDV-2 is considered a foreign animal disease and is of high concern at the state and federal levels.

Colorado’s first case of RHDV2 was confirmed in Alamosa County on April 17, 2020.

RHDV2 cases have also been reported in both domestic and wild rabbits in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.

Vaccination: Vaccines are only available in Colorado through private practicing veterinarians who have applied for and been granted permission by the USDA to import and distribute the vaccine. Veterinarians interested in importing the RHDV2 vaccine should contact the State Veterinarian’s Office at 303-869-9130.

Guidelines for Domestic Rabbits: Rabbit owners should exercise extreme caution and biosecurity to avoid accidental exposure of domestic rabbits through contaminated feed, bedding, equipment, or clothing that may have come in contact from infected wild rabbits or birds that could transfer the virus from infected wild rabbits.

Domestic rabbits should not be housed outdoors in areas where rabbit hemorrhagic disease has been detected in wild rabbits.

Rabbit owners who have questions about the disease should contact their veterinarian.

Veterinarians and owners must report suspected RHDV2 cases in domestic rabbits to the State Veterinarian’s Office at 303-869-9130.

Guidelines for Wild Cottontails, Hares, and Pika: Please report any sick/dead wild rabbits, hares or pika to your local CPW office.

Do not handle rabbits or rodents that have been found dead.

Do not allow pets or scavengers to feed on found carcasses. Though RHDV-2 is not a risk to pets other than domestic rabbits, a number of other pathogens and parasites from carcasses can affect pets.

Do not handle or consume rabbits or other game animals that appear to be sick. Instead, report these cases to the nearest CPW office.

Meat from healthy rabbits harvested by hunters is safe to consume when cooked thoroughly.

Helpful Links on RHDV-2: https://www.colorado.gov/aganimals/rabbit-hemorrhagic-disease-virus-rhdv2 http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/rabbit_hemorrhagic_disease.pdf https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/fs-rhdv2.pdf The Colorado Department of Agriculture exists to support the state›s agriculture industry and serve the people of Colorado through regulation, advocacy and education.

Our mission is to strengthen and advance Colorado agriculture, promote a safe and highquality food supply, protect consumers, and foster responsible stewardship of the environment and natural resources. colorado.gov/ag

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June 17, 2020

Where There’s a Will

by Bill O’Reilly The insufferably arrogant columnist George Will is demanding President Trump be removed from office for a variety of offenses that make Al Capone look like Shirley Temple, if anyone remembers The Good Ship Lollipop girl.

Will is an elitist D.C. Republican who sees Mr. Trump as a Visigoth that doesn’t know which fork to use. Since Will is syndicated by the ferociously anti-Trump Washington Post, his bread remains buttered. No margarine, please.

So Curious George wants Joe Biden to be the next president, even as he watches violent anti-American behavior hurt thousands of citizens and actually kill some of them. Question: will surrendering to the activist mob improve this country? Will Mr. Biden stand up to the destroyers?

No chance.

Despite being clouded by his hatred for Donald Trump, George Will has to know that Joe Biden will never challenge Black Lives Matter or the other destructive groups that want to destroy the fabric of the nation. Under the banner of “social justice,” the radicals are now making gains which would only accelerate under a “woke” President Biden.

If the former Vice President does win in November, here’s what “we the people” can expect.

Many criminals will not be punished and will be released after arrest with no bail.

That’s because “non-violent” offenses like possession of heroin with intent to sell are now considered crimes caused by white society. Or something.

The police, not lawbreakers, will be suspect and in some places like Minneapolis, traditional law enforcement will be replaced by holistic policies.

Our politically correct culture will vastly expand. All men accused by women will be guilty, all those who oppose liberalism will be branded bigots, due process will disappear.

Some college campuses will even ban non-liberal speech. Virtue-signaling, not facts or reason, will dominate education.

Taxes will rise along with entitlement spending. That will strangle the economy which will be increasingly regulated by the federal government in order to “combat” climate change.

A wealth tax will be passed, the first step in a program that would allow federal seizure of private assets. That’s something the socialists must have in order to impose a “just” society. Not all Democrats are socialists but plenty of them are.

Illegal immigration will be accepted. Amnesty for undocumented people a certainty.

Sanctuary places that shield foreign criminals will continue their lawless conduct. Millions of foreign nationals will be encouraged to apply for asylum and flood into the country.

Abortion at any time for any reason will be funded by taxpayers. If you object on religious or moral grounds, you will be branded a “misogynist.”

Overseas, Biden will do what Barack Obama did, allow other nations to set the agenda.

Israel will get hammered. China will run wild. Putin will duplicate his seizure of Crimea elsewhere. Maybe, Michael Moore will be Secretary of State.

I could go on but you get it, I’m sure. A President Biden will do what the far left wants him to do. Mr. Biden has changed just about every core belief he’s ever held and, despite his excoriation of the Trump administration, couldn’t even come up with a single thing he would have done differently to combat the pandemic or quiet the riots. The man is not exactly a problem-solver.

George Will’s personal animosity towards Donald Trump overrides all that I just enumerated and he is not alone. Many Americans are ignoring danger ahead because they are fixated on a controversial President.

So here it is: traditional America is under siege. One presidential candidate will fight that. One presidential candidate will not.

Senate Republicans Respond to Governor Polis’ Abuse of Power

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POSTED BY SAGE NAUMANN ON MAY 18, 2020 REMOTE LOCATIONS ACROSS COLORADO – In hearing the news of Governor Jared Polis’ decision to unilaterally allocate $1.6 billion in CARES Act funds from the federal government, members of the Senate Republican caucus released the following statements: From Senator Bob Rankin (R-Carbondale), longtime member of the Joint Budget Committee: “The staff and members of the Joint Budget Committee, liaisons for dozens of state departments and programs, and representatives from every sector of our society have been hunkered down for the last two and a half months attempting to develop a budget despite historic decreases in revenue. For the Governor to announce this allocation of funds – without so much as consulting the chief budgeting body – is not only a lapse in leadership but has now eliminated the people’s voice over how their money is spent. To say that I’m disappointed would be putting it lightly. How do we build a budget around the whims of one man with no deliberative process?”

From Assistant Minority Leader John Cooke (R-Greeley): “Governor Polis has clearly overstepped his powers by deciding how CARES Act dollars shall be allocated, and it seems that General Assembly Democrats have no qualms with ceding the power of the legislature to the executive. The voice of the people need to be heard in the allocation of $1.6 billion in emergency funding and that cannot happen without the input of elected legislators. This is a shameful act of political showmanship that is in contrast with our governing balance of powers.”

From Senator Bob Gardner (R-Colorado Springs): “Today, the Governor has silenced the voice of the people – the legislature – by distributing the CARES Act funds without appropriation. Legislators are eager to properly appropriate these funds to those in Colorado who need them most. In a violation of longstanding tradition that gives the people the authority of their tax dollars, the Governor has distributed these funds unilaterally, largely ignoring the needs of Coloradans who reside outside of the Denver metro area. The Governor’s power grab makes it critical that we return to the Capitol now.”

June 17, 2020

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Colorado has Paid Out Colorado More than $2 Billion in Unemployment Benefits since March More than 540,000 people -- or more than one in six Colorado workers -- have filed for unemployment in Colorado since the coronavirus crisis began

Jesse Paul@jesseapaul,The Colorado Sun Colorado has paid out more than $2.2 billion in unemployment benefits since late March as about 23,000 more people last week filed for aid from the state after losing their jobs.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the payout figure includes money paid out as part of regular unemployment benefit as well as to gig and self-employed workers now eligible for aid under Congress’ coronavirus response bill.

The sum also includes the extra $600 per week people without jobs are getting or have received thanks to the congressional aid package, known as the CARES Act. More than 540,000 people — or more than one in six Colorado workers — have filed for unemployment in Colorado since the coronavirus crisis began, the state labor department says.

Last week, 12,941 people traditionally eligible for aid submitted unemployment claims in Colorado, up slightly from 12,149 the week before. The numbers mark the first increase in filings after six straight weeks of declining claims in the state.

Another 10,151 gig and self-employed workers sought help.

Nationally, about 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many Americans are still losing their jobs even as the economy appears to be slowly recovering with more businesses partially reopening.

The latest figure from the U.S. Labor Department marked the 10th straight weekly decline in applications for jobless aid since they peaked in mid-March when the coronavirus hit hard. Still, the pace of layoffs remains historically high.

The total number of people who are receiving unemployment aid fell slightly, a sign that some people who were laid off when restaurants, retail chains and small businesses suddenly shut down have been recalled to work.

Last week’s national jobs report showed that employers added 2.5 million jobs in May, an unexpected increase that suggested that the job market has bottomed out.

But the recovery has begun slowly. Though the national unemployment rate unexpectedly declined from 14.7%, it is still a high 13.3%. And even with the May hiring gain, just one in nine jobs that were lost in March and April have returned. Nearly 21 million people are officially classified as unemployed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Seattle’s Autonomous Zone has Hijacked Message

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By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News Protesters inside the self-declared autonomous zone in downtown Seattle booed and heckled members of the African American Community Advisory Council Thursday afternoon as the group told demonstrators they had “hijacked” the message of Black Lives Matter. “The thing is, you have hijacked this! You have taken the meaning away!” a woman from the council said, addressing demonstrators inside the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” (CHAZ)- a six-block region, which includes a police precinct-that has been taken over by protesters.

After weeks of protests, Seattle demonstrators successfully ousted poPeople walk near a sign that reads “You are entering free lice officers from the East Capitol Hill,” Thursday, June 11, 2020, inside what is being Precinct, forcing them to called the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” in Seattle. (AP) shutter the building and leave, and attempts at negotiating a police presence have been unsuccessful.

“Black lives do matter but there are also black lives that are police lives,” a woman from the council said, according to reports by Komo News. “They feel the same way that you do.”

The woman was booed and demonstraters grabbed other microphones and began talking over her, the news outlet reported.

Mark Henry Jr., center, a Black Lives Matter leader, speaks into a megaphone in a doorway of the Seattle Police Department East Precinct building, which has been boarded up and abandoned except for a few officers inside, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Seattle. (AP) AACAC Chair, Victoria A protester talks with Seattle Police assistant chiefs Adrian Beach lambasted the city’s Diaz, left, and Deanna Nollette, center, inside what is being mayor, Jenny Durkan, called the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” in Seattle. (AP) calling her “cowardly” for opening up the streets “to all of the mayhem,” she told the local news outlet.

The precinct’s police chief Carmen Best told reporters on Thursday that she was outraged by the events unfolding and said “leaving the precinct was not my decision.”

Sources told Fox News Best and Durkan have been at loggerheads over the decision to forfeit the portion of downtown Seattle to protesters, who have posted signs that say «cop-free zone» and “You are now leaving the USA.” Negotiations between protesters and the police have been at a standstill as authorities struggle to identify who is at the helm of the movement inside the autonomous zone.

Police officials attempted to enter the East Precinct on Thursday but were jeered by protesters, who have reportedly set up checkpoints with armed guards to keep law enforcement officials away. Other protesters attempted to escort officers to the precinct, to the dismay of their fellow demonstrators.

Cyclists raise their fists as they gather at Cal Anderson Park after taking part in the “Ride for Justice,” Thursday, June 11, 2020, Seattle. People rode to the park and then took part in a rally to protest against police brutality and racial inequality. (AP) Since police have left the area, officers say their response time to incidents in the city have tripled because they are unable to access the area for calls for help.

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Colorado’s Sweeping Police Accountability Bill now Requires Officers to Face Imminent Threat Before Using Deadly Force Another amendment added to Senate Bill 217 on Monday prohibits officers from using tear gas on protesters without warning. The measure now has bipartisan support.

Jesse Paul@jesseapaul, The Colorado Sun — jesse@coloradosun.com Colorado Democrats’ sweeping police accountability bill won preliminary approval Monday in the state Senate after undergoing a number of changes, including the addition of a prohibition on the use of deadly force by officers unless they face an imminent threat.

Currently, officers may use deadly force if they reasonably fear for their lives or the lives of their colleagues — called the reasonable officer standard — and not necessarily if they are facing an imminent threat.

The imminent threat amendment brought by state Sen. Mike Foote, a Lafayette Democrat, aims to give officers’ subjective viewpoint less weight in the determination around whether deadly force was legally used. Instead, investigators will determine whether there was an imminent threat in what Foote hopes will be more objective.

“One of the main impediments to lowering the use of force and lowering the excessive use of force has been the reasonable officer standard,” said Foote, a former prosecutor.

“There will be a more legitimate possibility of prosecuting use of force cases under (this change).”

The change was endorsed by Sen. Bob Gardner, a Colorado Springs Republican, who has been anxious about the breadth of the measure, Senate Bill 217.

The legislation passed by a voice vote and with bipartisan support after Senate Republicans initially opposed the bill. GOP lawmakers lauded policy on Monday, thanking Democrats for incorporating their proposed changes and nodding to the fact that some in law enforcement may still take issue with sections of the measure.

“When I first looked at the bill, I have to admit I was pretty upset,” said Sen. John Cooke, a Greeley Republican and Weld County’s former sheriff. “It looked to me like it was a revenge or punishment bill. As a matter of fact, that’s what I called it.”

But Cooke said that with the changes made in recent days, he is now on board. “I’m here to say I support the bill,” he said, adding that he believes law enforcement will also back the measure.

There was no opposition to the measure when the voice vote was called Monday.

Foote’s amendment also prohibits officers from using deadly physical force to apprehend a person who is suspected only of a minor or nonviolent offense. Law enforcement must also try to use nonviolent tactics before resorting to using force.

MORE: Read Sen. Mike Foote’s amendment.

The amendment dictates, as well, that officers must identify themselves as law enforcement and give a clear warning that force could be used, “with sufficient time for the warning to be observed,” before using deadly force on a suspect. Officers are exempt from the requirement if the warnings would place themselves or others at risk of death or injury.

Another amendment added to Senate Bill 217 on Monday prohibits officers from using tear gas on protesters without warning and from firing less-lethal projectiles indiscriminately at demonstrators’ heads, pelvises or backs.

That change comes after a federal judge on Friday ordered Denver police to temporarily cease using less-lethal force against peaceful protesters and stop using tear gas and pepper spray without warning. Judge R. Brooke Jackson also ordered officers not to fire less-lethal projectiles at demonstrators’ heads, pelvises or backs.

Senate Bill 217 must receive one more vote in the Senate before it can head to the Colorado House for further debate. The legislation comes amid 12 straight days of protests in Denver in response to the death of George Floyd last month at the hands of police officers in Minnesota.

The bill was introduced on Wednesday and is expected to pass before the end of the week. In a joint statement, the County Sheriffs of Colorado, the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police and the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police said they are worried about the

legislation.

“We took some steps forward today with changes in the Senate,” said the statement, issued on Monday afternoon. “Law enforcement still has some concerns, but we look forward to continuing to work with Democrat and Republican lawmakers to achieve the shared goals of increasing accountability and transparency while maintaining public safety.”

In total there were 12 amendments made to the measure on Monday. Other changes reduce the amount of data law enforcement must collect during interactions with the public and add privacy protections for people recorded by police body cameras when that footage is released.

One major alteration gives law enforcement agencies until 2023 to comply with a requirement in the measure that all police departments and sheriff’s offices outfit their officers with body cameras.

Senate Bill 217 also requires officers to intervene when their colleagues use inappropriate force, bans the use of chokeholds and opens up officers to be sued in their individual capacities when they act inappropriately.

Finally, the legislation makes it so that law enforcement cannot use deadly force to stop a person they suspect has used a weapon in a crime or is armed — called the “fleeing felon rule” — unless there is an imminent threat of the person using the weapon as part of their escape.

Pet and Livestock Owners Cautioned About Rabies

Broomfield, Colo. - The Colorado Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a domestic goat in Yuma County with neurologic clinical signs, including sudden aggression, was euthanized and tested positive for rabies on June 1, 2020. This is the second Colorado case of rabies in domestic livestock this year; in April a bull in Pueblo County was diagnosed with rabies.

“Livestock owners need to be aware that rabies exposure can happen on their property, especially from rabid skunks that gain entry into barns or animal pens,” said State Veterinarian Dr. Keith Roehr. “Veterinarians are a valuable resource to help producers decide the best course of action to protect their herds from rabies. Additionally, while house pets are often vaccinated, barn cats or outdoor pets are often forgotten,” Rabies can spread from wild animals such as skunks, bats, raccoons and foxes to other mammals, including domestic pets and livestock. Rabies is a deadly disease and vaccination is the single best method to protect pets and livestock. One of the greatest risks of exposure to rabies virus for people is through contact with rabid domestic pets or livestock.

“Animal owners concerned about rabies exposure should consult with their veterinarian and be aware of clinical signs to watch for, including dramatic behavioral changes.

That is typically one of the hallmark signs that the animal may be suffering from rabies,” said Roehr.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provides statewide rabies surveillance data. Please visit their website for current rabies case information.

About Rabies Rabies is a viral disease in mammals that infects the brain. Rabies symptoms typically fall into two types: “aggressive” and “dumb.” Animals with aggressive rabies are combative and have unusually aggressive behavior such as excessive biting. There is also a “dumb” form of the disease in which the animal is lethargic, weak in one or more limbs, and unable to raise its head or make sounds because its throat and neck muscles are paralyzed.

However, there have been cases of rabid animals that are not acting obviously abnormal, so suspicion of rabies should not be limited to animals showing classic symptoms.

Rabies is spread primarily by saliva through the bite of a rabid animal. Once symptoms of rabies infection appear, there is no cure and the infection is fatal. People who have been exposed to rabies can receive medication treatment to prevent illness. For pets and livestock, routine rabies vaccination is the best way to protect animals from infection. Animal vaccination regimens vary, so livestock and pet owners are urged to discuss the vaccines with their local veterinarian. Pet vaccination is also required in many jurisdictions for licensure.

Livestock Vaccination All species of livestock are susceptible to rabies; cattle and horses are the most frequently reported infected livestock species. All horses should be considered for vaccination against rabies. Rabies is considered one of the core equine vaccinations in the AAEP guidelines.

Livestock that have frequent contact with humans (e.g. in petting zoos, fairs, and other public exhibitions) should be considered for vaccination against rabies, including species for which licensed vaccines are not available (extra-label use). Consideration should also be given to vaccinating livestock that are particularly valuable.

In addition to ensuring that pets and livestock are vaccinated properly against rabies, the following preventative steps are also recommended: Be aware of skunks out during the day. This is abnormal behavior and these animals should be avoided.

Be aware of areas that can be suitable habitat for skunks such as dark holes, under buildings, and under equipment.

Do not feed wild animals or allow your pets around them. Even baby raccoons and skunks can be rabid and transmit the virus. Be sure to teach children to stay away from wild animals. Avoid leaving pet food outside as that may attract a wild animal.

Contact your veterinarian right away, if any of your animals are bitten or scratched by any wild animal, particularly skunks, bats, foxes or raccoons.

If your animals exhibit any neurologic or dramatic behavioral changes, contact your veterinarian as soon as possible. Isolate and avoid contact with these animals if possible.

If you have been bitten or scratched by a wild animal, contact your physician and local health department right away.

If you must remove a dead skunk on your property, wear rubber gloves or lift the carcass with a shovel or other tool, and double-bag it for the trash. Do not directly touch the skunk with bare hands.

Resources:CDA:http://colorado.gov/aganimals/rabies-0 CDPHE: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/rabies

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Historians: The Full Story of D-Day is More Complex Than the Myth

Matt Kelly, University News AssociateOffice of University Communications June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Germanoccupied France during World War II. “D-Day” means different things in different places. In America, the operations of June 6, 1944 under the leadership of U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower are remembered as a monumental invasion, the beginning of an unprecedented marshalling of men and material for a decisive strike on Normandy’s coast.

To the French, who were taken by surprise that day, it suggested liberation from the Nazis, but also opened up old wounds and new uncertainties. Jennifer Sessions, an associate professor in the University of Virginia’s History professors Jennifer Sessions, left, Corcoran Department of Hisand William Hitchcock have studied tory, specializes in European and different angles of the D-Day battle.

French history and is author of the book “By Sword and Plow: France and the Conquest of Algeria.” She describes the Battle of Normandy as a time when farms, villages and shops became the battleground, all with the underlying fear that the Germans could turn the tide and resume their occupation.

We spoke with Sessions and history professor William Hitchcock, author of “The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe” and “The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s,” about D-Day, Eisenhower’s legacy, and the power struggles it set off in France.

Q. How did the D-Day invasion come about, and what was Eisenhower’s contribution?

Hitchcock: Older people overwhelmingly identify Ike as one of the great figures of the mid-century because of D-Day, because of the war. He is one of a very few for whom being president was not necessarily the most important thing in their lives. He really won his place in history in the European war.

D-Day was two years of preparation, but there are so many disagreements about it – and that is where Eisenhower’s talents really shone.

The British did not want to invade Germany from France; they thought it would be too difficult. This explains the North Africa landings, and the Italian campaign – all of that was the British insisting they should go through a softer approach.

The Russians were slaughtering the Germans. Privately, the British were delighted that General Dwight D. Eisenhower meeting the troops prior the Russians, after Stalingrad, to the Normandy invasion on June 5, 1944. had got the upper hand and (Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administra- they were slowly grinding their tion/Wikipedia Commons) way westward. The German/ Russian campaign is so enormous, it is soaking up so much of the German resources, but they could never say that publicly because at the same time [Soviet Marshal Joseph] Stalin keeps saying, “Where is the second front? Why haven’t you opened a second front?

Is this a conspiracy to let us do all the work?” There is a careful kind of dance going on.

[U.S. President Franklin D.] Roosevelt is in the middle of this because he wants to get onto the continent, but he needs the British to support the plan.

Eisenhower is very much the man to solve this dilemma. It is so much about his personal skills and reconciling very strong personalities. He has to be the mediator between Roosevelt and [British Prime Minister Winston] Churchill, between [U.S. Army] Gen. [George] Marshall and [British Field Marshall Lord] Alanbrooke, between commanders like [U.S. Army Gen. George] Patton and [British Field Marshal Bernard] Montgomery.

He is also the guy who has to generate a sense of purpose and unity and optimism, even though he doesn’t believe in the strategy he has been given, which is go to North Africa first and then fight in Italy and then eventually we will get to France. At every stage he says that’s a terrible idea, but he does it anyway. And this is a really important part of his biography – dealing with failure.

It is a big part of who he becomes. It’s not just the one day. It is the two years of work that goes into its shape, how he handles the rest of his career and his presidency, of dealing with failure, of dealing with the media on an almost daily basis, contending with big, powerful personalities who disagree. These are talents that have emerged during the war that become part of his career.

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UNC Tuition for 2020-21 to Remain Unchanged as Trustees Approve Provisional Budget

The University of Northern Colorado will remain the state’s most affordable research university with in-state tuition for the next academic year staying at current rates as the Board of Trustees on Friday approved an interim budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year that begins July 1.

With UNC President Andy Feinstein saying that holding tuition flat is the right call, trustees were in full support. Trustee Steven Jordan noted the effort to “ameliorate the effect on students” given the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Outgoing Student Trustee Malaika Michel-Fuller added that “it sends a really positive message to the students that their financial wellbeing is of importance to UNC.” The tuition and fees schedule will be posted online in the coming days.

Like virtually every sector of the economy, UNC has not been immune from disruptions caused by COVID-19.

UNC’s $175 million budget for 2020-21 assumes that in-person classes will be offered in the fall, as previously announced, and that campus residence halls open as planned. Updates on the re-entry progress, which were discussed during the meeting, continue to be shared on the UNC Coronavirus website.

At this point, UNC anticipates a $24 million shortfall for the coming year with state funding decreases and projected reductions in enrollment, housing and dining, and other campus services. In response, a combined $6 million in temporary savings have come from senior staff taking a 10% pay cut, faculty and staff salary freezes for a third year, limited exempt staff furloughs in June and July, and reductions in costs for utilities, travel, and purchases. A campus task force is spending the summer identifying an additional $10 million in permanent and temporary savings. The remaining $7 million shortfall will be addressed through operating reserves.

Because of the uncertainty of the pandemic, the board approved a budget through the summer. Staff will return in the fall to present the proposed budget for the remaining year as the financial outlook becomes clearer.

The board also approved: Promotion and tenure of faculty and tenure for news deans Emeritus status for 11 retiring faculty Multiyear employment agreements for head football and head men’s basketball coaches Amendments to the Board Policy Manual for the: Academic Appeal Procedure, Tenure Clock Extension, and Student Conduct In other news: During his report, President Feinstein followed up on his campus email that reaffirmed UNC’s commitment to inclusivity and commitment to take action. “I’ve received a lot of email from students, faculty, staff, alumni and others, and taken the opportunity to engage with groups of people in direct dialogue. Students are sharing with us that we can change and begin to address racism, discrimination and bias at our university. I appreciate that they are sharing ideas with us, but also that they are willing to continue to hold us accountable.” Recommendations are being developed as part of an action plan. “This is not one-time work. It is going to require an ongoing commitment.” Feinstein plans to send a campus email early next week that will provide an update.

Provost Mark Anderson provided the board with this summary of work for the 25 faculty sabbaticals approved for 2020-21. He noted that some may delayed because of travel restrictions caused by Covid-19.

A personnel update included the list of staff appointed since the board meeting Feb. 14

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Historians: The Full Story of D-Day is More Complex Than the Myth

Cont. from Page 7 Sessions: For a lot of Americans, what was happening in Europe seemed like not really American business. American interest was more invested in the Pacific conflict, where the U.S. had been attacked by the Japanese, than it was in being involved in another European war. So with Churchill and Stalin and Roosevelt, it took a lot of lobbying to get Americans into the war in Europe. Roosevelt’s conviction that American public opinion needed to be prepared for it is one of the reasons that the D-Day invasion was postponed as long as it was.

Q. What were the elements of the invasion?

Hitchcock: The scale of the whole operation is so enormous, and Eisenhower is at the head of an enormous planning staff that is carrying out this incredibly complicated logistical feat.

There is a huge air campaign, but they can’t bomb just in Normandy because then the Germans will say, An American Army officer and a French civilian share a toast “Well, that’s where the amidst the rubble of the town of Saint-Lô.

Americans are probably (Photo: Rodger Hamilton) going to land.” So they carpet bomb much of the coast, taking aircraft away from bombing the Germans in the battlefields and their factories. There are not enough airplanes to do it all, so they have to divert airplanes to bomb the coastline while not giving away the destination.

And there is an enormous intelligence component. There are deception operations in an effort to fool the Germans as to where they are landing. The U.S. creates an entire fictious army located in Britain that is supposedly commanded by Patton in a secret operation called “Fortitude.” And they are running phony radio traffic for this phony army to fool the Germans into thinking that Patton is going to land much further north.

There is the dimension of working with [French] resistance forces. Eisenhower brought a few resistance leaders in, but he could not tell them too much because he didn’t want the resistance to leak the information. So Charles de Gaulle is not informed about the invasion of his own country until two days before D-Day. And this causes endless grievances after the war.

Sessions: For people in the north of France, D-Day meant days, if not weeks, of bombardment prior to the landing. It meant close to 10 weeks of fighting in which their villages changed hands. The advancing Allies, because they had air superiority, were bombing from the sky. There were artillery bombardments as the Allies approach each town. Being liberated meant, for many people, being in the line of fire in very literal ways, and having to calculate if the Germans were driven out, were they going to come back?

There was uncertainty about what the Allies intended, because the French had not been part of the planning in any serious way, and at the very highest levels there was even discussion on the American side of installing an American government of occupation, similar to what they would end up doing in Germany. It didn’t come to much, and the American and Allied troops didn’t actually see themselves as an occupying army, but many of the French saw them as a potentially occupying force. And so there was a lot of uncertainty about what was going to happen.

Hitchcock: The biggest part of it is this gigantic naval operation with 6,000 boats of various kinds. They all have to be fueled and staged and get out of the English Channel and marshalled a few miles off the coast of France, and then they have to carry their soldiers onto a defended beach all at the same time. That dimension alone is enormous.

To get 150,000 men onto a hostile beach at the exact same minute after sailing across

19 miles of choppy English Channel was an immensely complicated operation. All of this power converges on a 50-mile beachhead. It takes incredible planning, and that is Eisenhower’s great characteristic talent. It reflects all of his skills, but this is what America is really good at.

The Americans come in with an incredible sense of planning and they invent so many specific tools for the job. They invent the Higgins Boats, which pop open to unload soldiers, tanks and trucks. It’s the triumph of invention put to use in a military campaign.

And that also reflects Ike’s belief in innovation and technology. He would go on to become the Space Age president; he would champion NASA and the space race and a whole generation of missiles and satellite technology. He was always looking for an edge. Even though in retrospect D-Day looks kind of old-fashioned, for 1944 it was amazing.

The Russians and the Germans are fighting on Crowds line the Champs-Elysees in Paris as French forces a front that is 1,500 miles retake the city. (Photo: public domain) long for most of a threeyear period. Normandy beaches are only 50 miles from end to end. It all has to go exactly right or all of that stuff just gets pushed into a giant bottleneck.

Sessions: One of the things that you read in the memoirs of the American and British soldiers who landed in Normandy is that, “The French weren’t as happy to see us as we would have thought. The French were sullen.”

Really, the French were hedging their bets. They had been under German occupation in the north of France since June of 1940, and they had very direct knowledge of the consequences of perceived resistance to German occupation. Openly celebrating, openly assisting the Allies, which many people did do, was a potentially costly act, if things had not gone well.

Once the Allied forces were in France, there was a debate about liberating Paris or bypassing it. Eisenhower eventually let de Gaulle take a division of French forces to liberate the capital, but the French in some ways felt they had traded one occupier for another.

Q: What were some of the tensions that arose in France after the invasion?

Sessions: There was a lot of fighting about prostitution, which became rampant, and the American army was unwilling or unable to manage soldiers at the same time the French economy had been devastated by occupation and mass export of resources to Germany. For women especially, prostitution became one of the ways to survive. The equilibrium, however bad, that had been established during the war collapsed. There was a lot ground-level arguing about soldiers going off with women, in the alleys of northern cities and in people’s back gardens, and there was a lot of anxiety among French men about what that meant. Were the GIs, who were big and healthy and carrying cigarettes and chewing gum and chocolate, going to steal all the French women? There was a lot of ground-level tension.

Stars and Stripes [the U.S. military newspaper] covered the liberation of France with photos of American troops embracing and kissing French women, encouraging some of this tension. Occasionally there was a photo of a GI giving candy to kids, but mostly coverage is about France as this land of romance and opportunity. There is evidence that some of the GIs took them at their word and after the liberation of Paris, they called Paris ‘the Silver Foxhole’ because it was the glittering place full of entertainment, but also brothels, legal and illegal, and other opportunities to meet French women.

There was also an internal power struggle between the external forces of de Gaulle and the Free French and the internal resistance, which was dominated by the French Communist Party. There was a struggle for power over who was going to control the post-war situation. So there was liberation from the Germans, but in the power vacuum, there was also quite a bit of violence and political tension.

Of all the political groups in France who could really claim to have fought fascism from day one, the only group that could do that unambiguously was the Communists, going back to the 1930s. Through the war the Communists were the largest and the most effective resistance force, particularly in the unoccupied zone. Part of that is that they were used to being organized in cells and operating clandestinely. Organizationally, they were in a good place to flip very quickly into resistance activity.

There was a short period of time at the end of the war and shortly afterward when people, especially in Central Europe, thought that communism was a viable alternative to the fascism under which they had been living with the Nazis and to the unstable governments that failed to stop the Nazis from rising to power.

Having lived through the tremendous instability of the interwar period and having lived through the First World War, which was living memory to many adults in Europe, the calculus looks really, really different than it did from the United States. By contrast there were people in the United States who thought that Hitler was better than Stalin.

Q. How is D-Day remembered today?

Hitchcock: I think D-Day is very much a touchstone for the American identity. A nonprofessional army of factory workers and schoolteachers got into uniform, they went to a place they didn’t know about and they fought the bad guys, and, using their skills and their talents and their cleverness, they overcame a much more powerful, demonic enemy.

There is nothing wrong in telling the story that way, but it compresses a lot of complexity. What I think is regrettable is that we miss the rest of the year. Because from June of 1944 to May of 1945 is a very long, hard year, and that is when most of the casualties in Europe will be lost.

Sessions: When the French step back and think about the bigger picture, it becomes ambiguous very quickly, because their liberators also brought destruction.

Everywhere there were difficult moral and political questions about collaboration and behavior during the occupation that were brought to the surface once the Germans were gone.

It is a much more complex kind of story.

But you find it is much more complex when you dig into the American side as well. The mythologies never capture things that well. There is one thing that every historian says at least six times a day: “Well, it was more complicated than that.” That applies equally well here.

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Here’s How Andrew Jackson Stood Up to Unaccountable ‘Elites’

Jarrett Stepman / @JarrettStepman / September 30, 2019 / 17 Comments Jarrett Stepman is a contributor to The Daily Signal and co-host of The Right Side of History podcast. Send an email to Jarrett. He is also the author of the soon-to-be released book, “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.”

What Andrew Jackson and his followers of the 1820s and 1830s left us was the “democratic” creed in the American bloodstream. It was populist but principled, as oxymoronic as that may sound.

Jackson had surrounded himself with thinking men—like Martin Van Buren, Francis Preston Blair, Amos Kendall, a few eccentric “Locofocos” (precursors to modern libertarians), and other leading lights of his day—who gave political and policy form to his Jeffersonian instincts. >>> This is adapted from “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.” Buy it here.

Jackson embraced the Jeffersonian notion that the government needed to get out of people’s way, but he A bronze statue of President Andrew Jackson stands inside abandoned Thomas Jefferthe U.S. Capitol. son’s more utopian ideas.

(Photo: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Jackson once said of Jefferson that he was “the best Republican in theory and the worst in practice.”

The demand for socialism is on the rise from young Americans today. But is socialism even morally sound? Find out more now >> While Jackson was not the political theorist and wordsmith that Jefferson was, he did offer a coherent worldview to the American people. And in many ways, he was a far greater leader of men.

The basic outline of the Jacksonian creed was simple, but it had a lasting impact on the course of the nation.

The first plank of Jackson’s political philosophy was that entrenched interests in places of power can become dangerous to the liberties of the American people.

This was something Jackson stressed when he ran for president, and it remained an important theme throughout his two terms in office. In modern times, people think of issues like term limits—which Jackson would have certainly been amenable to—for members of Congress.

But Jackson took it a bit further. As small as the federal bureaucracy was at the time, Jackson believed that civil servants, who tended to see their office as their own private property, had wiggled their way into comfy positions in Washington, D.C., and had become slothful, incompetent, and in many cases corrupt. He intended to drain the swamp.

In his first annual message to Congress, Jackson explained his philosophy: “In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another. Offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense.”

During Jackson’s presidency, there was actually a law on the books that limited a civil servant’s time in office to four years, after which he had to apply for the position again.

Though many have blamed Jackson for instituting the “spoils system”—by which political parties reward their political friends with jobs and punish their enemies by booting them out—Jackson’s role in perpetuating this problem has been vastly overstated. So has its pernicious effect on our politics. That system had marked advantages over the modern one in which, of the nearly 3 million federal government employees today, virtually none can lose their jobs for any reason, including criminal activity.

And the disadvantages of the “spoils system” pale in comparison to the dangers of “the Deep State”—a massive and powerful unelected bureaucracy whose staff appears to feel justified in interfering in our elections.

Jackson would have been horrified at the total lack of democratic accountability over these bureaucrats, and we should be too.

The second major plank of Jacksonianism was an intense opposition to crony capitalism, the symbiotic relationship between big government and big business, in which the government interferes with the free market to pick winners and losers.

The forgotten men under this system are the average Americans without influence in the halls of power, those who work hard and play by the rules.

Jackson’s solution was not to give away handouts nor to have the government control business—which he would have seen as economic folly and un-American—but instead to sever the corrupt ties between business and government whenever possible.

Jackson gave one of his most eloquent denunciations of crony capitalism in his message to the nation on his veto of the Second Bank of the United States Charter. Though the national bank did provide financial stability for the economy, Jackson worried that it had become too powerful and unaccountable. Indeed, many politicians were on the bank’s payroll.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purpose. … When the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions … the humble members of society—the farmers, mechanics, and laborers—who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.

The third essential plank of the Jacksonian agenda was an aggressive military and foreign posture in the world—something that differentiated Jackson from earlier members of his Jeffersonian Democrat party.

It’s important not to overstate Jefferson’s rejection of military force as an essential element of American foreign policy. He did launch a major naval attack against North African pirates, after all, and signed legislation creating West Point, America’s premier military school.

But Jackson relied even more heavily on the concept of “peace through strength,” to quote a favorite phrase of Ronald Reagan’s.

Jackson invested heavily in the Navy as a prime weapon for preventing the abuse of American citizens around the globe and called for a major naval buildup in his farewell address, in which he paraphrased an ancient Latin saying that expresses a similar sentiment: Cont. on Page 12 , See Andrew Jackson

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Time for Checking Your Alfalfa Fields for Weevils and Webworm Infestation

Assefa Gebre-Amlak Extension Specialist, Colorado State University Extension There are two common insects, namely alfalfa webworm and weevil to look for in your alfalfa fields. We have been hearing a lot about abundance of alfalfa webworm moth in Colorado this year. Webworms tie up leaves with silken thread, creating a web, which protects the larvae while feeding. Webbed leaves are often visible in the alfalfa terminals.

Alfalfa weevil larvae feeding in the folded leaves can heavily damage stem terminals, but initial damage is not always clearly visible. The closed, overlapping foliage of the stem terminals should be unfolded to detect feeding damage. Third and fourth larval instars cause most of the economic damage, so initiating sampling at the peak occurrence of second instars should provide adequate sampling prior to economic weevil populations.

Field damage can be recognized on heavily infested stands as a grayish or frostlike appearance due to the dried defoliated leaves. At high weevil densities, foliage can be stripped; leaving only skeletonized and ragged leaf fragments and stems. Yield losses of 30 to 40 percent of the standing hay crop are possible under extreme population levels.

Damage also may reduce hay quality due to loss of leaf tissue, leaving only the lower quality stems.

Damage to regrowth buds may occur when the plants break dormancy and after first cutting. Larval feeding on the regrowth after first cutting may be concentrated in strips coinciding with windrow locations, especially if the first cutting was taken early due to heavy weevil infestation and larvae survived under the windrows. Damage to regrowth may retard plant growth and result in yield reduction and encourage weed establishment.

Management of the weevil: Insecticide applications and early harvesting are the most common growing season management strategies.The simple economic threshold for a sweep sample is 20 larvae per sweep. The simple economic threshold for the stem sampling method is 1.5 - 2 larvae per stem. For calculating detailed economic threshold, check the High Plains IPM guide at https://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM. Cultural control: A non-insecticide control measure for alfalfa weevils is an early first harvest if an economic infestation is not detected until late in the growth of the first cutting.

Rapid removal of hay will accelerate larval mortality due to desiccation by direct sunlight. An early first cutting tends to cure more rapidly because lighter windrows dry quickly, and forage quality is enhanced by higher crude protein and lower fiber content.

Additional steps should be taken to ensure that surviving larvae do not cause economic damage to the regrowth. If larval survival under the windrows is high and baling is delayed (e.g., due to rainfall), damage to regrowth may be exacerbated. Regrowth should be inspected at a height of one to two inches to determine larval density.

Early cutting may also provide a satisfactory control of alfalfa webworm because the larvae cannot survive on dried alfalfa forage. Alfalfa stubble and the new regrowth, especially under the windrows, should be scouted within 2 to 3 days after cutting to make sure webworms are not feeding on regrowth. Insecticide applications are rarely warranted webworms in the High Plains region. Effective products can be found the insect at the High IPM Guide: https://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM if needed.

Chemical control of alfalfa weevil: If damage becomes unacceptable as harvest approaches, an early harvest or “rescue” insecticide treatment may be necessary. Use care in applying insecticide when alfalfa is approaching bloom: refer to the Pollinator Protection section for guidelines on minimizing insecticide contact of pollinators. Also, consider the waiting period before harvest for different insecticides. Generally, harvest or insecticide applications should happen before bloom if weevils are a problem. For effective products, check the High Plains IPM Guide at https://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM.

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Here’s How Andrew Jackson Stood Up to Unaccountable ‘Elites’

Cont. from Page 11 “We shall more certainly preserve the peace when it is well understood that we are prepared for war.” His foreign policy maxim was, “Ask nothing but what is right, permit nothing that is wrong.”

Jackson was willing to threaten to unleash American military force, even against superior foes, in order to get diplomatic concessions out of other countries that he felt were treating the United States unfairly.

For example, when France failed to pay America the agreed upon spoliation claims from the undeclared “Quasi War” at the end of the 18th century, Jackson’s brinksmanship ultimately convinced the French to pay up. As powerful as France was compared with the United States of the time, Jackson’s threats and unwillingness to apologize for them had a powerful result.

“The effect of Jackson’s attitude was not lost upon European governments,” wrote early 20th-century political scientist John Fiske. “At home the hurrahs for Old Hickory were louder than ever. The days when foreign powers could safely insult us were evidently gone by.”

Jackson’s militant persona allowed America to punch above its weight in foreign policy and to establish its claims as more than an afterthought in European power struggles.

Jacksonian militancy in demanding respect for the rights of American citizens and asserting America’s national interests abroad was effective in persuading foreign powers not to molest America and to respond favorably to America’s demands in trade and other deals.

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The man America’s political establishment had called a reckless incompetent was getting things done, and his supporters cheered him on.

Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of Jackson’s presidency was among the most important issues for the future of the United States: the delicate balance between state power and federal union, which was in jeopardy from Jackson’s time until after the Civil War. Jackson was a nationalist, but he was also a federalist: he thought that most policies should be left to the states and individuals but that the union itself was necessary and indivisible.

For America to be strong, the federal government had to be circumscribed to important but limited functions such as foreign policy and projects of truly national scope.

Jackson vetoed state-level infrastructure projects as a waste of federal dollars—and more properly the responsibility of the states. He loathed the idea of federal funds being used as a slush fund for local interests and politicians. Jackson issued what was at the time a record number of vetoes, many of which were used to stop these sort of schemes.

The Jacksonian creed was, as emblazoned on the letterhead of a popular newspaper, “The World is governed too much.” This cussed independence has been a part of the American soul since the beginning, but it was solidified in the Age of Jackson, the age of the self-made man.

And from time to time, it surges back to life in a wave of populist, anti-elite discontent. In the 1820s, it brought Jackson to power; in 1980, it put Reagan in the White House; in the 2010s, it fueled the tea party movement, which took to the streets motivated by the notion that the American taxpayer should not bail out major banks that had acted irresponsibly in the financial crisis, nor should they have to pay for their neighbor’s house.

Like the Jacksonians of earlier times, the tea party feared that the government was working against the average American who had acted responsibly—and was now being punished for it.

In a campaign promise that would have undoubtedly thrilled tea party supporters, Jackson promised to pay off the national debt, which he thought was a “national curse.” Remarkably, his administration did just that in 1835—the only time in history that an advanced modern nation has pulled off such a feat.

Men like Jackson and Daniel Webster, his occasional political opponent, united in the 1830s to save the nation from immolation. Eventually, Congress hashed out a compromise on the tariff and the controversy subsided. But the deep divisions between the North and South survived to fracture the Union a mere three decades later.

While Jackson was dead by the time the Civil War broke out, its successful conclusion and the salvation of the Union can fairly be said to be in part his legacy.

Though Abraham Lincoln had been a Whig for most of his life and had often opposed Jackson’s party on domestic matters, he embraced Jackson’s defense of the Union in the run-up to the Civil War, citing Jackson’s nullification proclamation in his arguments against secession.

Lincoln rallied many Jacksonians to the banner of his new Republican Party, including some of Jackson’s closest advisers. Jackson adviser Francis Preston Blair, for example, one of the founders of the Democratic Party, ended up also being among the founders of the Republican Party decades later.

Lincoln, like President Donald Trump today, kept a portrait of Jackson at his office in the White House, a fitting homage from one great American president to another.

But Lincoln’s view is no longer good enough for Jackson’s modern detractors, who think his faults outweigh his contributions and wish to see him stripped from our currency, his statues brought down, and his name cursed and maligned in our classrooms. This is an insult to a man who helped America get to its feet in a savage world.

The Founders created the American Republic. But the second generation of Americans left a powerful impression of its own, an indelible cultural mark on the country for the generations that followed.

“Populism” is a bit of a loaded term. It conjures up images of an unthinking rabble egged on by self-interested demagogues, or worse, of French Revolution-style mobs murdering innocents.

Undoubtedly, going back to ancient times, many populist revolutions have ended badly.

The Founders understood this, which is why they placed brakes on pure democracy when they created our constitutional system of government. Yet they also opened the door for genuine democracy to play a serious role in our system.

The Jacksonians of the early 19th century represented a distinct kind of American populism. At its best, Jacksonian democracy was a genuine and principled restoration movement that drew upon the best influences of the founding to rein in a corrupt ruling class. Both Jackson and the movement he represented were ultimately more conservative than radical.

America has never since matched the elite talent of the founding generation, never again produced men like Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and so many other great leaders, thinkers, and statesman at once.

But fortunately, America’s greatness does not stem only from its great men; it also comes from the timeless greatness of the system they created.

That system of self-governance relies on the often unheralded “middling men,” the generally unknown common folk of America, who may not be as learned as the great elite that once guided the country in its infancy but who nevertheless maintained and improved the Republic created by those who came before. Jackson always believed unwaveringly in such men, and that faith is the key to his enduring legacy, which resonates through the generations.

Jacksonian populism did not destroy America; it reinvigorated it. While Jackson had his contemporary detractors, the country was stronger when he left the presidency than it had been before his ascent to the office. It had achieved enormous successes. And perhaps just as important, he staved off worrying trends that endangered the Republic.

Jackson was no crooked gangster masquerading as president, gleefully committing genocide against vulnerable people. He was an honest, dedicated son of the founding who used his presidency to restore what he saw as the original republican vision for the country, while acting as the great protector from both internal and external threats to the Union.

The Jacksonian creed, which resides in the American political bloodstream still, serves as a vital counterweight to the long progressive trend of the last century, whereby America’s sovereign power has been transferred from We the People to unaccountable “experts” in Washington, D.C. It is the often unacknowledged and generally maligned Jacksonian instinct that still stands in direct opposition to the centralization of power in the hands of unelected elites.

In an age when a bloated government, an unbridled administrative state staffed by an arrogant bureaucracy, and a corrupt—and increasingly anti-American—elite hold enormous power, the lessons of the Jacksonian era are more relevant than ever. We have every reason to want another Jackson, or series of Jacksons, to step in, drain the swamp, and restore the Republic.

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In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scare heard amid the guns below.

We are the dean. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.

Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

I ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, thought poppies grow In Flanders Fields.

Dr. John McCrae in 1915

The weekend brought us some rain, which was gentle and welcome.

Crop are in the ground and we see the green as reaching for the sun.

Smile a little: Baseball? Question- “Why would a spider make a good outfielder?”

Answer- “Because it catches flies.”

Community news: Although many Memorial Day celebrating were cancelled we remember those who gave us freedom. Remember those who gave their all and greet those who are with us who served.

We continue to practice “Social distancing”. We still need to be caution when we are out and about, mask are being required.

Have you returned your 2020 Census? This count of the population comes around every ten year. If you did not complete your information on your computer you should receive a form in the mail. Complete your form listing all who living in your home. This is an important count for all programs.

Church Chat: The St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will celebrate Mass on Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. Pastor Reverend Erik Vigil Reyes and Parochial Vicar Reverend Francis Saleth, HGN will share the services. Confession will be celebrated before mass.

There will no Mass at the church until further notice.

Weldon Valley Presbyterian Church in Goodrich has Christian education and worship at 10 a.m. NO service until further notice. Pastor Denise has Sunday service from the church on face book each Sunday and a meditation on Thursday.

Contact information for Pastor Denise Shannon is 720-271-6733 or pastordeniseshannon@gmail.com.

When we return to church services you will be greeted by the new ramp. The ramp was built and installed by Foy Chapin and crew and painted by Jared Bodine and crew. Thanks guys for your service. It looks great and adds class to the church building.

School Scoop: Students and teachers have finished the school. Many are still working preparing for a new school year at the end of summer.

4-H News: Members are starting their projects for this 4-H year. Best wishes to all.

What’s Cookin’: Strawberries-Strawberries are a member of the rose family, strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside—200 on the average berry. They have valued throughout history as symbols of purity, longevity, perfection and love. Today, these willy popular berries are grown in every state in the U.S. and are valued for their exceptional sweet taste, and culinary versatility.

A great summer treat!

First facts: 1956 - Elvis Presley’s first hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel, became number 1.”

Weldon Valley History: All-School Reunion - It was August 2012 when the sixth Weldon Valley School Reunion was held. The first All-School Reunion was in 1986.

The day began with an afternoon reception at Weldon Valley School. Many changes had been made to the school since the reunion in 2007. In addition to the new junior/senior high wing that was added before the last reunion, a new elemental wing was built and the third phase was completed when the original, historic part of the school was remolded.

The reunion continued that evening in Fort Morgan at the County Steak-Our in Fort Morgan. Classes represented were: 1942,1944-47,1950-53,1955-58, 1960,1965,1968-70, 1973-74, 1977-79,1981-86, 1985-90,1993,1997, 2000,2002—03 and 2006.

The classes with the largest attendance were the classes of 1947 1969, and 1982.Warren Blodgett from the class of 1942 celebrated his 70th reunion and Louis Lorenzini class of 1944 his 68th. The youngest alumni, Cami Chapin Lozier of 2006 celebrated her 6th reunion.

The Alumni dues fund the Weldon Valley alumni scholarship which is awarded each year.

Calendar of Events: Thursday, May 28, 1:00 p.m. at the church, WVPC Bible study.

Thought for the Day: “Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.” Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915)

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ALICE TUCKER Alice E. Tucker, 61, passed away June 2, 2020. She was born April 23, 1959, in Fort Morgan to Clark & Virginia (Hogan) Lowers. She was a life resident of Morgan & Weld Counties.

Alice graduated from Wiggins High School in 1977. She drove a bus for the RE-3J School District in Weld County for over 25 years. She was a member of the Home Circle Club of Hoyt, CO. She enjoyed crocheting.

Survivors include 1 son, Matthew (Tabatha) Tucker of Clyde, TX; 1 sister, Ann (Mike) Castrup of Brush; 2 grandchildren, Corwyn and Tayvin; and 2 nephews , several aunts, uncles & cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents.

A memorial service will be held at the Brush Memorial Cemetery Interment Chapel (gazebo) on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at 11:00 AM. Inurnment will be in Memory Gardens in Fort Morgan. Family prefers memorial gifts to the Ronald McDonald House c/o Heer Mortuaries.

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Proposals that Could Mean $4 Billion in New The Real Meaning Behind Father’s Day Taxes, Fees Draw Concern from Business Groups Is Actually Quite Sweet

By Derek Draplin | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Several potential ballot measures and legislative proposals being considered in Colorado could result in a $4 billion total increase in taxes and fees, according to an analysis by the Common Sense Institute.

The conservative-leaning think tank questioned whether the proposals would help an economy that’s been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado has seen more than 430,000 new unemployment claims filed over 11 weeks since the beginning of the pandemic, which also caused a $3.3 billion hit to the state’s budget.

“Under normal economic conditions, reasonable minds can differ about the appropriate size and scope of government and the commensurate level of taxation needed to support it,” Common Sense Institute said. “But after an unprecedented economic shock, there are serious and immediate consequences to permanently raising taxes, fees or other government-mandated costs.”

The think tank says the proposals could collectively cost $4.2 billion, a number drawn from legislative fiscal reports.

Business and industry groups discussed some of the proposals and others during a webinar Wednesday, attended by several chambers of commerce, the Colorado Association of Homebuilders, Colorado Association of Realtors, Colorado Bankers Association, Colorado Concern, Colorado Farm Bureau, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, National Federation of Independent Business-Colorado, and others.

“In a different economy, I might just say we’re disappointed in some of these bills,” Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kelly Brough said. “But today, we’re extremely concerned these bills are reducing the confidence for people to invest in our current economy.”

Among the proposals are the Tax Fairness Act (House Bill 20-1420), which Democrats argue will eliminate loopholes in the state’s tax system that benefit corporations and wealthy individuals, and funnel more funds toward education.

The legislation would roll back income tax deductions for some businesses that were expanded under the federal CARES Act and limits corporations’ net operating loss deductions.

It also would eliminate the “pass through” loophole from the 2017 federal tax cuts for higher income earners.

NFIB-Colorado called the proposal “a tax increase on small business – plain and simple.”

Another proposal, Senate Bill 20-215, would create an enterprise “to assess a health insurance affordability fee (insurer fee) on certain health insurers and a special assessment (hospital assessment) on hospitals ,” according to the bill’s description.

Coloradans could also be asked at the ballot box to repeal the Gallagher Amendment, while another proposed ballot initiative would ask voters to approve a progressive income tax structure that would raise $2 billion in revenue annually.

Another ballot proposal would create a paid family leave program that would take in an estimated $1.3 billion a year.

“This is not about recovering the deficit, it’s about raising taxes permanently,” said Don Childears, CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association.

Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday that he doesn’t currently “see a route for how the tax bill can become law,” adding, “there would obviously need to be a negotiation with us; there hasn’t been in the last few days.”

HB20-1420 passed the House on Thursday.

“We’re happy to find a way to make it a pro business package that would be good for jobs and good for business, and we look forward to seeing if there’s a path to get there,” he added. “But this point, I’m not terribly optimistic.”

This article has been updated with comments from the governor.

By Editorial Staff June 16, 2017 Ah, Father’s Day. Some of us will honor our dads, husbands, or sons tomorrow, while others will spend the day celebrating special people who’ve played a fatherly role in our lives. But have you ever wondered the true meaning behind this sweet summer holiday?

Turns out, the real Father’s Day meaning is quite touching.

What’s the real meaning of Father’s Day? Father’s Day originated with a Spokane, Washington, woman’s idea more than a century ago, according to widely accepted accounts. After listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in church in 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd wanted to honor and celebrate her dad—a widower and father of six. She felt it was important, and that mothers were getting all the acclaim while fathers were equally deserving of a day of praise.

The next year, Dodd tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials seeking out support.

It worked—at least in Washington State, where the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day was celebrated June 19, 1910.

Slowly, more states began to observe the holiday. Finally in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge encouraged state governments to participate.

Today, fathers are honored each third Sunday of June.

Not everyone liked the idea at first.

It’s no secret that even now many people believe the importance of Father’s Day pales in respect to Mother’s Day. That’s a sentiment that dates back to when the holiday was slow to take root, largely due to the reactions of fathers themselves. “(Men) scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving,” wrote one historian, according to Bustle.com. “Or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products—often paid for by the father himself.” Over time, though, most families came to embrace the day as a way to allow some of the fanfare given to mothers in May to spread to the man of the house in June.

While Mother’s Day involves a lot of breakfasts in bed , flowers, spa treatments and dinners, Father’s Day is far more event-centric, according to the National Retail Federation. According to the NRF’s national survey , 27 percent of dads are hoping for a “gift of experience,” for instance, a concert, sporting event or meal in a restaurant.

In order the most popular gifts are: That gift of experience, greeting cards, clothes, electronics, cologne and other personal care products, and tools and other home improvement supplies. …but try not to spend a lot.

As a nation, we will spend $15.5 billion on Father’s Day this year. Yes, $15.5 billion!

That means that on average, shoppers will find their pocketbooks $134.75 lighter after they finish their Father’s Day shopping.

But remember, that’s an average. So keep in mind that if your budget is smaller—and many are—it really is the thought that counts. In the end, it will be those hand-painted rock paperweights and crayon-colored cards that find a lasting place in his office or at his bedside, and most especially, in his heart.

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The History of the American Flag

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed an act establishing an official flag for the new nation. The resolution stated: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” On Aug. 3, 1949, President Harry S. Truman officially declared June 14 as Flag Day. The history of our flag is as fascinating as that of the American Republic itself. It has survived battles, inspired songs and evolved in response to the growth of the country it represents. The following is a collection of interesting facts and customs about the American flag and how it is to be displayed: Origins Old Glory The origin of the first American flag is unknown. Some historians believe it was designed by New Jersey Congressman Francis Hopkinson and sewn

by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross.

The name Old Glory was given to a large, 10-by-17-foot flag by its owner, William Driver, a sea captain from Massachusetts. Inspiring the common nickname for all American flags, Driver’s flag is said to have survived multiple attempts to deface it during the Civil War. Driver was able to fly the flag over the Tennessee Statehouse once the war ended. The flag is a primary artifact at the National Museum of American History and was last displayed in Tennessee by permission of the Smithsonian at an exhibition in 2006.

Between 1777 and 1960 Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag and allowed stars and stripes to be added to reflect the admission of each new state.

Today the flag consists of 13 horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with six white.

The stripes represent the original 13 Colonies and the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well; red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.

The National Museum of American History has undertaken a long-term preservation project of the enormous 1814 garrison flag that survived the 25-hour shelling of Fort McHenry in Baltimore by British troops and inspired Francis Scott Key to compose “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Often referred to by that name, the flag had become soiled and weakened over time and was removed from the museum in December 1998. This preservation effort began in earnest in June 1999, and continues to this day. The flag is

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now stored at a 10-degree angle in a special low-oxygen, filtered light chamber and is periodically examined at a microscopic level to detect signs of decay or damage within its individual fibers.

There are a few locations where the U.S. flag is flown 24 hours a day, by either presidential proclamation or by law: - Fort McHenry, National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland - Flag House Square, Baltimore, Maryland - United States Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima), Arlington, Virginia - On the Green of the Town of Lexington, Massachusetts - The White House, Washington, D.C. - United States customs ports of entry - Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Inspiration After a British bombardment, amateur poet Francis Scott Key was so inspired by the sight of the American flag still flying over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry that he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sept. 14, 1814. It officially became our national anthem in 1931.

In 1892, the flag inspired James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy to write The Pledge of Allegiance. It was first published in a magazine called The Youth’s Companion.

On Distant Shores In 1909, Robert Peary placed an American flag, sewn by his wife, at the North Pole. He also left pieces of another flag along the way. It is the only time a person has been honored for cutting the flag.

In 1963, Barry Bishop placed the American flag on top of Mount Everest.

In July 1969, the American flag was “flown” in space when Neil Armstrong placed it on the moon. Flags were placed on the lunar surface on each of six manned landings during the Apollo program.

The first time the American flag was flown overseas on a foreign fort was in Libya, over Fort Derne, on the shores of Tripoli in 1805.

Displaying the Stars and Stripes The flag is usually displayed from sunrise to sunset. It should be raised briskly and lowered ceremoniously. In inclement weather, the flag should not be flown.

The flag should be displayed daily and on all holidays, weather permitting, on or near the main administration buildings of all public institutions. It should also be displayed in or near every polling place on election days and in or near every schoolhouse during school days.

When displayed flat against a wall or a window, or in a vertical orientation, the “union” field of stars should be uppermost and to the left of the observer.

When the flag is raised or lowered as part of a ceremony, and as it passes by in parade or review, everyone, except those in uniform, should face the flag with the right hand over the heart.

The U.S. flag should never be dipped toward any person or object, nor should the flag ever touch anything beneath it.

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