The Lost Creek Guide June 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022

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Resurfacing begins on CO 52 Prospect Valley in Weld County

WELD COUNTY — The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing a 2-mile stretch of roadway on CO 52 southeast of Keenesburg. This project also includes culvert replacement on County Road 79.

Work will primarily consist of resurfacing the roadway, using a two-step lifting and resurfacing process. The culvert replacement and repair will replace existing culverts on both CO 52 and CR 79. The culverts will be up sized and lengthened to allow for better drainage and safer, more resilient roadways.

Full closure detour CO 52 will be closed to thru traffic east of CR 79 for approximately three weeks beginning early June while the roadway is being reconstructed and the culvert is replaced.

• From eastbound CO 52 turn north on CR 59, to east on CR 16.5, to south on CR 63, to east on CR 16, to south on CR 73 to rejoin CO 52.

• From westbound CO 52 turn north on CR 73, to east on CR 16, to north on CR 63, to east on CR 16.5, to south on CR 59 to rejoin CO 52.

Travel Impacts • CO 52 will be closed to thru traffic east of CR 79 for approximately three weeks beginning early June while the roadway is being reconstructed and culvert is replaced.

• During resurfacing, CO 52 will be reduced to a single lane at various mile points within the project limits during construction.

• Alternating eastbound/westbound traffic will be directed flaggers within the single lane configuration.

• Construction signs, cones and devices will be present 24/7 • Width restriction of 10 feet will exist in the work zone • All construction schedules are weather dependent and subject to change.

• Lane closures and other traffic notices are posted weekly on COTrip.org.

• After those culvert replacements are complete, CR 79 will be closed for approximately one week to replace the culvert on CR 79.

• Final roadway work will include striping, guardrail and shoulder work.

• Daytime working hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Vehicles maybe reduced to a single-lane, alternating traffic intermittently in either direction, throughout the duration of the project. These lane closures, guided by flaggers, may have up to 15-minute delays. The speed limit in the work zone will be 40 mph (or less, as posted). Road work is expected to be complete by mid-August.

Project Contact Information For additional information about this project, contact the project team.

• Project/study/other website: https://www.codot.gov/projects/co52-prospectvalley-resurfacing-and-culvert-improvements • Project/study/other information hotline: 970-601-1116 • Project/study/other email: r4co52resurfacing@gmail.com

Common Sense Republican Seeking Like Minded Unaffiliated Voters to Win

Colorado is facing a dire time politically. In order to save our state, we must win seats in both the State and Federal legislatures that will offer a conservative balance and hopefully stop the full-on march down the blue path of destruction. The Unaffiliated make up over 40% of Colorado voters.

There are several key races taking place and Primary is June 28, 2022. Republican and Unaffiliated voters must use their heads, not their emotions, when casting their ballots.

Being a Republican is tough – even amongst our own. The shameful behavior that took place at State Assembly is a prime example of that. Backbiting, disruption of protocol and poor sportsmanship were all in play. Kristi Burton Brown did an excellent job of handling herself and the situations as they presented themselves. The caucus process has some excellent attributes. There are also challenges. Winning big at caucus doesn’t necessarily mean you are the best candidate. Perhaps you had a good speech day or merely deceived enough people that you could do the job because they refused to look beyond your surface speak. Let’s not forget the lesson of Dan Maes back in 2010. He won big at caucus yet did not have what it took to win the governorship.

For the governor’s race we have Heidi Ganahl and Greg Lopez. Both are likable and each has some excellent qualities. Overall, either would be better for Colorado than Polis.

However, there is the challenge – which of them can beat Polis? Lopez can sometimes have the tendency to come across as an angry man. I like to believe that is passion about his beliefs, however it can be a challenge to get around. He was the state director for the SBA, has owned a business and was the Mayor of Parker. Unfortunately, he used his position with SBA to help one of his friends. That civil case was recently settled with Lopez paying $15,000 and acknowledging that the US could prove the allegations brought.

Ms. Ganahl won the at-large seat as CU Regent in 2016 which offers her the distinction of being the only Republican elected statewide in many moons. Ganahl successfully started and grew Camp Bow Wow into a national franchise and later sold the business. Though some have indicated she is evasive on questions, having heard her speak publicly several times, she was very articulate and forthcoming in answering questions. She has targeted items in the State she wants to address such as oil and gas permitting, transportation and healthcare. Lopez wants to study and Ganahl wants to start rolling things back day one.

Though studies are important, there are many items where immediate action can be taken and Ganahl recognizes that. Both candidates have similar ideas yet different approaches.

In my opinion, a take charge person for the people is what Colorado needs. Further, Ganahl does not have civil litigation weighing her down which makes her more electable.

The US Senate race offers is an interesting one. Ron Hanks, who won caucus (remember Dan Maes) shouts loudly about election integrity. Joe O’Dea is a successful businessman who is down to earth and speaks his mind without grandstanding. Both trade political jabs at each other and have some very distinct differences in philosophies.

Ron Hanks used to be Loren Hanks who ran for Congress in northern California in 2010 and failed in his bid to win that seat. So, he moved himself to Colorado, rebranded himself as Ron, and won a house seat in 2020. He claims to have worked on a frac crew yet with no more details which appears to simply be a pandering move to engage the oil and gas types.

He is known for “blowing up” a Dominion voting machine. This was a staged even using a copy machine and some camera angle to offer an explosive image to go with his rants about election integrity. At State Assembly he backed Charles Stanley Thorne’s floor nomination for State Attorney General then back pedaled on what he said. Hanks says all the things about abortion and the Second Amendment that Republicans want to hear. We deserve Common Sense Republican Seeking Like Minded Unaffiliated Voters to Win continued on page 2...

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE Page 2: Way of the World Page 3: CRINIO’s: Pretenders to the GOP Throne by Dave Kisker Page 4: Democrats Fund Ads Boosting Controversial GOP Candidates Page 7: Wiggins School District Update Page 8: America’s Violence Problem by Bill O’Reilly Page 9: Bronco’s New Owners Page 9: Wiggins Fire District Election Results Page 11: It’s Been Windier Than Usual in Colorado

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Way of the World

by Bob Grand, Lost Creek Guide Primary ballots have been mailed. You received two. One for the Democratic Primary the other for the Republican Primary. Mail in only one. If you send in two neither will be counted.

All unaffiliated and disenchanted Republicans: Send a message. Vote in the Republican Primary and vote for candidates who bring a breath fresh of air, not oldline thinking. Vote for someone who you believe will be effective. There has been a flurry of mailers which have been sent out by political operatives supporting the old-line Republicans who they want to see win the Republican nomination, as they view them as much easier to beat in the general election. These mailers, in Lori Saines and Ron Hanks case, were sent out with no disclosure printed on them of who paid for them. A violation of state election regulations. In attempting to track down who paid for them I called the post office and found out the holder of the mailing permit was a mailing company in Englewood. It is a mailing company that has a history of providing mailing services for Democratic candidates. When the person who answered was queried about who paid for the mailing, they said that they are only a mailing service, when pressed, they hung up. The Lost Creek Guide is filing a complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State’s election department as well as with the Federal Election Commission as these mailers are in violation of existing regulations.

We, as voters, need to recognize that a small portion of the political operative class has a disproportionate impact on the apparatus of both the Democratic and Republican parties. Both of which are minority parties in the state of Colorado. The unaffiliated voters can combine with either group to produce winning results, similar to what the Democrats did in 2020. The question is did you get what you thought you were going to get when you voted in 2020?

I understand the Trump issue. But it is a new time and we, as voters, have to send a message that we are not happy with $5 gas, inflation in general, the crime level, the cost of housing, no meaningful immigration policy etc., etc., etc. We do not need to nominate old-line, old thinking Republican opportunists who know how to live off a dying legacy but do little, if anything, to work towards solutions. We need new blood. Folks who will try to make a difference. Now it is a strategy of some democrats to encourage people to vote for the old-line republican candidates who they have shown repeatedly they can easily beat. Send them a message too. We want candidates that will work towards solutions. That means you have to be able to have a dialogue.

There are several Republican candidates, who have clearly demonstrated they have no intention of trying to have a dialogue. It is the same old “I will fall on my sword before I compromise” rhetoric. Most all voters want a better life for themselves and their families. You do not deserve the majority vote of the people if you are not willing to work towards solutions. These old guard candidates have a long history of rhetoric with little to show but hot air. We deserve better. Vote and send a message. I do not like $5 gas, absurd inflation rates, increased crime statistics, etc. Support people who will honestly try and get something done, not the same old same old.

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more than lip-service and publicity stunts.

Joe O’Dea has received heat because he donated to Bennet at one time. Not a crime or unheard of for a businessman to do that. And apparently one of the driving factors in this run as O’Dea said Bennett failed to do what he promised so he is coming to take his seat. O’Dea also has been criticized for his stance on abortion. Putting personal feeling aside, he speaks to the wide swath of the population who does not view sanctity of life the same as Conservatives do. This will gain him a better margin with the unaffiliated voters in Colorado.

The Democrats are pouring tons of money into Colorado to make sure Hanks wins the primary. That is a big tell that Democrats believe O’Dea can beat Bennett. There are more ways to steal elections than at the voting box. If the Democrats are pushing for a particular candidate to win, Republicans backing that candidate is a certain way to lose the General election.

The Secretary of State candidates offer a plethora of challenges. Tina Peters is currently a liability to the GOP and was asked to step down because of that. There are multiple indictments and you don’t get those signing in the church choir. If even one sticks – we all look bad. Further, then we would have to have another election which costs tax payer dollars better spent elsewhere.

Pam Anderson is a qualified elections official who was the Jeffco Clerk and Recorder for eight years. She is on temporary leave as Secretary of the Center for Tech and Civic Live Board which is a left of center organization fueled by Zuckerbucks in 2020. Though there have been several misconceptions about Anderson’s roll on that board, any association with Zuckerberg leaved some Republicans feeling queasy.

Mike O’Donnell is a likable bloke who immigrated from Australia and believes he can win the election by actually connecting with people and doing research. He clearly understands that there are two facets of being SOS; elections and economics. That, along with his common-sense approach to the office, is refreshing. And, to date, he has no baggage to put his ethics or party affiliation into question.

Another key race for Weld and Adams Counties is for HD48. Let’s call it the battle of the bovine farmers. The candidates for HD 48 both have ties to agriculture. Terry DeGroot is a dairy farmer who likes to speak off the cuff and criticize Weld County for keeping his business closed for not having the proper porta-potty. Several times his minions have referred to his opponent, Gabe Evans, as the one with the “pet cows”. During the Weld County caucus meeting, DeGroot’s children ran amok on the bleachers so it was hard to hear what was being said from the podium. When at events, he is more interested in getting the right selfie than talking with potential constituents.

Gabe Evans has a distinguished military career and then moved into law enforcement.

He rose through the ranks to lieutenant and was successful at engaging with people. He resigned from his position with the Arvada police to allow more time for him to campaign and learn about what people were looking for in their House Representative. He is a humble man; a devout Christian who genuinely cares for people. He is the ideal Representative as his focus is actual service.

The Weld County Commissioner at-large race shows Elijah Hatch and Kevin Ross as two formidable candidates. Hatch is a successful businessman who wants to give back County fund surplus to the taxpayers. Though that may be appealing on the surface, having full coffers as a county benefits all taxpayers. Particularly in this day of ridiculous inflation, Weld County needs to keep an adequate reserve for funding various projects and remaining debt free. Hatch also seems more about the photo op than hearing from the people he may be serving as well. And, personally, the stick figure campaign on Facebook is insulting to me. The marketing premise is supposed to be clever yet it comes off as condescending in my opinion.

Kevin Ross was mayor of Eaton and appointed as a commissioner to fill a vacancy in 2020. Ross has been endorsed by current Commissioner Steve Moreno who will be retiring.

One thing abundantly clear with Ross is his genuine love of Weld County. His appointment during covid was at an extremely difficult time that previously had not been dealt with. In hearing Ross speak at various events, he is articulate and has come up with some solid plans to implement. He has an excellent grasp of what Weld County needs to remain prosperous in addition to growing. He is a successful businessman who understands water rights and how vital water is to Colorado’s agricultural industry. He also understands the impact of how beneficial oil and gas has been to Colorado’s’ economy and to the State overall. His list of endorsements is long and spans various politicians and business owners.

In CD4, the Republican primary candidates are Ken Buck and Bob Lewis.

Ken Buck is currently serving his fourth term in Congress. It seems over the years he has lost sight of who elected him and to do what. His value of our time is non-existent as I recall an event he was scheduled to speak at and showed up several hour later than his slated time. Buck distances himself from electronics which on one level is not a bad thing yet he has staff that use technology daily to assist him with his various job duties.

Bob Lewis professes to be a conservative constitutionalist. He has been active in politics from a young age and has served various Republican committees over the years. He is a successful business man who has an excellent understanding of rural Colorado and agriculture. Given his record of service to the community he may indeed be a refreshing change for CD4.

Ultimately, we must all reach our own conclusions on the various candidates. In many cases personal relationships exist. In others, perhaps the word of a friend has been considered. Please review each candidate’s website. Read up on them and go to events where they speak. Watch what races the Democrats pour dark money into. The Democrat game is to get the weakest Republican nominated so their candidate wins. Or, they lie about good candidates in an attempt to slander them. Be wise to both strategies. Democratic primaries are easy – they put the anointed one on the ballot. Republicans have a more robust approach yet too often people refuse to see the big picture as to who is the best candidate to beat that Democrat. Ultimately, apathy is the biggest killer in elections. Your vote really does count.

Vote with logic and long-term goals in mind so we can take back our State and Country, but please vote.

Submitter name requested identify be kept confidential for fear of retribution. I thought we were not supposed to worry about that because this is America. I guess that maybe a bit naïve in today’s world of I will get you politics.

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Bob Lewis Letter

Dearest Esteemed Voters, My name is Robert Lewis, and I am a candidate to serve as your Representative in Colorado’s Congressional District 4 for United States Congress. Like our founding fathers, I passionately believe our rights come from God, and the only legitimate purpose of government is to protect those rights. I believe in personal responsibility, limited government, fiscal responsibility and term limits. Like many of us, I no longer believe our District is getting the representation it needs and deserves.

Our District is unique, encompassing the Eastern half of Colorado, north from the Wyoming/Nebraska borders all the way down to Baca County in the Southeast corner of our state.

This magnificent landscape includes all or part of 21 Colorado counties. Colorado’s 4th Congressional District is an amazing and diverse community. We are mothers and fathers. We are ranchers, farmers, small business owners, and young families.

We are patriots, veterans, teachers, and first responders. We come from every walk of life, and every possible ethnicity, religion, and political persuasion. We are Colorado leaders, and as your Congressional Representative, I will be “Riding for the Brand” representing this unique blend of views, values, and beliefs, in Washington.

My campaign platform also includes 3 pillars of American Independence: Energy Independence - we must return to where we were, energy independent as a nation. In doing so we will create high paying jobs for Colorado workers and families while making our crucial energy needs affordable.

Food Independence - Our farmers and ranchers can and should be feeding our Country and individual dietary decisions should be respected by Federal agencies.

Parental Independence - Establish that parents are the first and final authority over their children’s health, welfare, and education.

Active in conservative politics for most of my adult life, I have served with the Elbert County Republican party since 2010 and was Vice Chairman from 2015-2020.

I was Chairman of State House District 64 for 6 years. I served on the Elbert County Planning Commission for 3 years, retiring as its chairman in 2019. I am a founding board member for the Elbert County Conservative Breakfast Association in 2009 and continue to serve as a board member. I have been active in the Article V Convention of the States movement and traveled the state to promote that movement.

My wife Lisa and I have will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary next January.

We have 2 wonderful adult children and a new grandson. We moved to Elbert County nearly 30 years ago.

I would be honored and humbled to have your vote for US Congressional Representative for CD4 in the June 28 Republican Primary, and again in the general election in November.

I appreciate your attention, prayers and support.

For more information, to volunteer or donate, please go to my website, BobLewisforCD4.com or call me directly at 303-809-9725.

Sincerely, Robert “Bob” Lewis Candidate for Colorado Congressional District 4

Tina Peters Letter

Dear Voters, I’m Tina Peters, candidate for Secretary of State and I care about the security of your vote!

As an American citizen, you have the right to expect that your vote will be counted accurately, not diluted by unsecured election systems, non-eligible voters, ballot boxes being stuffed, and private non-profit money like Zuckerbucks being used by select counties to influence voters.

It’s the duty of all elected and other election officials to ensure that the process of voting and ballot counting is administered in an unbiased, non-partisan manner that ensures accurate counts.

I first ran for election in 2018 as the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder because I witnessed the frustration and anger of citizens having to wait hours in line to accomplish simple tasks at the DMV. I never considered that other duties of the Clerk and Recorder’s office suffered from similar mismanagement, with overt and covert fraud infesting the election processes. For quite a while I drank the Kool-Aid and repeated the mantra that chanted, Colorado has the gold standard of elections. Wow, was I wrong!

It finally took the very suspicious results of the municipal election in 2021 to shake me up enough to have forensic experts examine the data after the Secretary of State and Dominion Voting Systems deleted election records from the Mesa County machines.

Knowing that my statutory duty according to both Colorado State Statutes and Federal law required me to keep secure all aspects of the election records for 25-months and 22-months respectively, I made a non-invasive forensic image of the election server to ensure that if an audit was needed in the future, that all of the records would be preserved to ensure accuracy. This is the duty of every Clerk and Recorder in the State of Colorado.

Duty, not choice. It’s not a stretch to say that the Clerks in the other sixty-three counties in Colorado are in direct violation of the law and of the oath that is taken when being sworn into office.

For my efforts to protect the security of your vote, I have been arrested, unlawfully detained, locked out of my office, had my home searched, my electronics confiscated, my hotel room broken into, spent a night in jail, and been harassed continually. All because I did my job as dictated by law. Several others, both in and outside of the Clerk’s office have had similar treatment. I grieve for the indignity that has befallen them for simply showing up to work and doing their job, and for voicing opinions as U.S. citizens are guaranteed the right to do.

I would do it all again to safeguard all of your rights as American citizens to participate in the most basic and foundational process of a free society, voting for your peers to manage a civil process for a freedom loving and deserving people!

The world is watching how we handle the fraudulent processes of our elections. It’s not a fantasy to say that the fate of western civilization hangs in the balance of how we as Americans resolve this issue and the many others that tyrannical leaders seek to foist on a free people to enslave us.

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As your next Secretary of State, I vow to ensure that only eligible voters are allowed to vote in your elections and that security and transparency are restored. As a business owner for over 32 years before becoming an elected official I know what it takes, the laws and regulations to run the office of secretary of state. I stand firmly committed to win back your right to free and fair elections.

Sincerely, Tina Peters For Secretary of State www.TinaPetersForColorado.com

CRINOs: Pretenders to the GOP Throne

Dave Kisker, President, People United for Responsible Government As the June primary election approaches, we once again enter the political name-calling season.

Candidates are accused of being “politicians”, “outsiders”, “extremists” and many other pejorative terms intended to undermine their legitimacy.

These accusations are not new: a Presidential candidate recently referred to certain Americans as “deplorables”, a comment that certainly contributed to their defeat.

And, this name calling behavior is not limited to a particular political stripe—rather than engage in a contest of ideas, this shortcut has been adopted by many political operatives.

One of the more common terms, “Republican in Name Only”, RINO, has been used since the 1920’s to describe opponents with whom the speaker disagreed on the principles of conservatism.

Today, however, the RINO moniker is attached to anyone who does not accept an extreme narrative, especially that of former President Trump. Whether it’s moderation on issues from taxes to abortion, from vaccinations to national defense, there is claimed to be no room in the Republican party for those views—the holders of such ideas are simply RINOs. But, the argument has devolved from one of principles—how should conservative fiscal ideals be implemented during an economic crisis, for example—to what are essentially articles of unexamined faith—”the 2020 election was stolen” because that’s what Trump says, despite the lack of any significant objective evidence.

Of course, the proud history of conservative thought does not sanction such narrow views. Nor would it tolerate the acceptance of dishonest, fraudulent and even immoral behavior nor characteristics such as crony capitalism that so often accompanies these “my way or the highway” Republicans. Indeed, it is doubtful that great Americans such as Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower or even Lincoln himself would escape the RINO label.

We should ask whether this narrowing of the range of accepted political thought and rejection of any attempt at bipartisan problem-solving as evidenced by today’s GOP is truly the mainstream. Or, might it be these very proponents of the RINO accusation against such current leaders as Cheney, Romney, Collins and Murkowski who are actually the pretenders, not just of being Republicans, but on a more fundamental level, of being conservatives?

Instead, a new acronym is applicable: “CRINO” (pronounced “cry-no”) Conservative Republican in Name Only. Many name callers simply don’t meet the standards of the conservative movement.

While past leaders such as Reagan and Eisenhower understood that while government intervention is not the answer to all evils, there is still a role…that America is not just a loose collective of persons, but actually a culture based on common principles such as morality and individual responsibility, that must be tempered with respect for others. But, the CRINOs have lost that perspective, preferring instead to devolve toward an anarchic, chaotic society favored by entities such as the John Birch Society of the ‘50s.

Instead, there must be a balance wherein the Republican party recaptures it’s roots as the conservative standard bearer of our Nation. But, that will require leadership— more than just the ability to Cry No!

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Democrats Fund Ads Boosting Controversial GOP Candidates in Critical Colorado Primaries

The effort seems to be aimed at giving Democrats a leg up in the general election.

It’s not the first time Democrats have deployed such tactics in Colorado, and in the past they’ve been successful.

by Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul

Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) of District 60 speaks during the “Election Truth Rally” on April 5, 2022, at the Colorado Capitol. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America)

Groups linked to Democrats appear to be trying to use pricey television ads and mailers to boost the profiles of three conservative — and controversial — candidates in Colorado running in important Republican primaries this year.

The effort seems to be aimed at giving Democrats a leg up in the general election. It’s not the first time Democrats have deployed such tactics in Colorado, and in the past they’ve been successful.

The ad spending in the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests alone is at least $1.5 million, according to contracts filed with the Federal Communications Commission through Tuesday that were analyzed by The Colorado Sun. The ads, which are running statewide, began airing Tuesday and some are scheduled to last through June 28, Election Day. It’s likely the spending is even higher, as many TV stations don’t file contracts immediately.

The ads are positioned to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former mayor of Parker. He has made controversial statements on the campaign trail and in 2020 settled a lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors alleging that after he left the Small Business Administration, where he was the Colorado district director from 2008 to 2014, he violated federal law by attempting to improperly influence the agency.

Republican Greg Lopez, right, a candidate for Colorado Governor on Saturday, May 21, 2022. He has made controversial statements on the campaign trail and in 2020 settled a lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors alleging that after he left the Small Business Administration, where he was the Colorado district director from 2008 to 2014, he violated federal law by attempting to improperly influence the agency. (Steve Peterson, Special to The Colorado Sun)

They also seem geared toward supporting state Rep. Ron Hanks, a Fremont County Republican running for U.S. Senate who attended the rally preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and baselessly asserts the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. Hanks says Republicans should be unapologetically conservative in order to beat incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November.

Meanwhile, mailers sent to voters in Colorado’s new, highly competitive 8th Congressional District appear to support Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine, one of four GOP primary candidates. Saine has called herself the most “far-right/ conservative/America First” Republican candidate running in the race and has advocated for the impeachment of President Joe Biden.

While it isn’t clear who sent the mailers — they didn’t include a disclosure, possibly in violation of federal election law — the postal permit used on them has been used in the past by the firm Plumb Marketing to distribute mailings by Democratic interests.

The ads arrive during an election cycle that has seen relatively little TV advertising compared with past years. That’s in part because Republican candidates in competitive primaries are raising so little money, and Democratic incumbents are saving their cash for the general election.

Big spending in Colorado Senate, governor’s primaries Democratic Colorado, a recently formed federal super PAC, is airing at least $780,000 worth of TV ads statewide in the next week that purport to oppose Hankin the U.S. Senate contest. But they also highlight his conservative positions on issues including abortion and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Hanks faces construction company owner Joe O’Dea in the June 28 GOP primary.

O’Dea, a wealthy self-funding candidate, has more moderate views on issues including Democrats Fund Ads Boosting Controversial GOP Candidates in Critical Colorado Primaries continued on page 5...

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Democrats Fund Ads Boosting Controversial GOP Candidates in Critical Colorado Primaries continued from page 4... abortion, and he also has far more money to spend than Hanks, who has yet to air TV or radio ads.

O’Dea plans to spend more than $300,000 in the coming weeks on TV ads in a race where polling shows voters don’t really know either candidate. Additionally, American Policy Fund, a super PAC funded in part by contractors with ties to O’Dea, has reported spending $600,000 on digital, radio and TV ads supporting O’Dea. Hanks praised the publicity about his conservative views.

“Unaffiliated voters and Democrats fully recognize this economy is in shambles, and (President) Joe Biden caused it,” Hanks told The Sun. “I welcome their support, and I am pleased they recognize my straightforward policies and professional experience make me the only choice on the Republican side.”

O’Dea’s campaign slammed the attempt to “hijack the Republican primary.”

And the NRSC, which supports GOP Senate candidates, issued a news release calling the ads a sign of Democratic “panic.”

“In supposedly ‘blue’ Colorado, Democrats are reportedly dumping 7-figures into the REPUBLICAN Senate primary to try and stir up drama,” the release said. “Just goes to show you how vulnerable Michael Bennet is in a state that Joe Biden won by more than 13 points.”

Democrats have been signaling for months that they would prefer Bennet face Hanks than O’Dea, including by calling Hanks the GOP primary frontrunner despite there has been very little public polling in the race. Nevertheless, a spokeswoman for Democratic Colorado maintained that the ads are aimed at opposing Hanks, even though it’s not clear he will win the primary.

But Lopez sees the ad differently. He denied that the ad is meant to boost his campaign calling it an attack that’s proof he’s a “real threat to Polis.”

Ganahl’s campaign booked about $32,000 in cable TV ads in recent days, based on contracts filed with the FCC. But Lopez has yet to go on the air and had only about $17,000 in his campaign bank account as of May 25.

Mystery mailers in the highly competitive 8th Congressional District In the 8th Congressional District, an unidentified group sent three mailers contrasting the views of Saine with those of state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, the Democratic nominee in the district.

The mailers don’t suggest people should vote for or against either candidate — and they don’t include a disclosure of who sent them. FEC rules require reporting of electioneering spending within 30 days of a primary election, and two of the mailers fall within that window.

A political mailer in the 8th Congressional District.

“The question Republican voters need to ask themselves before they vote is why is Republican U.S. Senate candidates Joe O’Dea, left, and Ron Hanks. (Colorado Sun photos)

“We are an organization committed to ensuring that Colorado does not elect a Republican to the U.S. Senate and giving voters the facts about who’s running to represent them,” the spokeswoman, Democratic operative Alvina Vasquez, wrote in an email. “Ron Hanks is simply too conservative for Colorado and voters deserve to know the truth about him: At every opportunity, Hanks has consistently put conservative values ahead of our interests — from denying the results of the 2020 election to fighting to ban all abortions and increase access to guns.”

In the governor’s race, the Colorado Information Network, a state-level super PAC, is spending at least $688,000 on TV ads about Lopez that similarly highlight his conservative bona fides on abortion, gay marriage and former President Donald Trump though they end by criticizing the candidate for being too far right. Those ads are scheduled through the end of the month.

Colorado Information Network spent more than $300,000 supporting Democratic candidates in the 2018 general election.

Lopez faces University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl in the GOP primary.

Ganahl is far and away the fundraising leader in the race, which will decide who faces Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in November.

Ganahl spokeswoman Lexi Swearingen criticized the ads.

“Democrats outside Colorado are dumping millions of dollars into this race in an attempt to pick the candidate, a former Democrat himself, that they feel they can easily beat in November,” Swearingen said in a statement to The Sun. “Democrats know that Heidi Ganahl is a formidable opponent with a message that resonates with not only Republicans but also the 45% of unaffiliated voters in our state.”

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there a secret Democratic group sending out illegal mailers to try and help Lori Saine win the nomination,” said Alan Philp, a spokesman for state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, one of the other 8th District Republican candidates.

Saine argued that the mailers actually support Caraveo.

“By not listing Yadira Caraveo’s support for abortion up to the day (of) birth, that she opposes voter photo ID and wants to take away ALL your guns, these ads are boosting Caraveo, covering up her outrageous extremism and support for the failed Biden agenda,” Saine told The Sun. The Sun asked Plumb Marketing about who is responsible for the mailers, but didn’t hear back.

Kelly Maher, a Republican political consultant and 8th District resident, said she may file a complaint with the FEC about the mailers.

“You don’t know where the source of this information is coming from,” she said. “The question is whether the average Republican primary voter will be able to discern that.”

Three of the four candidates in the 8th District GOP primary are spending on TV ads, but none have booked more than $100,000.

The big spending will come in the fall, when Democratic and Republican groups are poised to spend big trying to win the toss-up seat that may determine which party controls Congress.

The House Majority PAC, which supports Democrats, has booked more than $4.4 million in fall ads focused at least in part on the 8th District, while the Congressional Leadership Fund, which supports Republicans, has booked $4.1 million worth of TV time aimed at least in part at winning the same district.

Democratic involvement in GOP primaries isn’t unusual Democratic involvement in Republican primaries in Colorado isn’t new.

In 2010, for instance, a group called Colorado Freedom Fund spent more than $500,000 airing ads attacking former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis in his GOP gubernatorial primary contest against political newcomer Dan Maes. The ads aired in the days before the primary, after the last campaign finance filing deadline for outside spenders, so it wasn’t until after the contest, which Maes won by 5,150 votes, that Coloradans learned the Democratic Governors Association and unions were behind the Colorado Freedom Fund.

In 2014, Protect Colorado Values aired ads attacking former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez and praising former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

That group spent $567,000 on TV, radio and digital ads, but Beauprez still won the nomination.

Protect Colorado Values’ money also came from the Democratic Governors Association and other groups traditionally aligned with Democrats.

Both Beauprez and Maes went on to lose to former Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat.

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WIGGINS SCHOOL DISTRICT 50J JUNE NEWS

GOOD PEOPLE OF TIGER NATION: Almost time for Graduation and Summer Vacation!!

As the school year comes to a close pay special attention to the calendar of events.

Wiggins School District is pleased to announce it has hired many teachers over the past month. The district is still in need of two Special Education teachers but have every other certified position filled. Positions still available include paras, bus drivers and substitute teachers. If you are interested in any mentioned position or any combination of positions please apply at https://www.applitrack.com/wiggins50/ onlineapp If the district does not have at least three more individuals apply for the bus driver position route transportation will be terminated for 2022-23 school year and beyond.

The school board is thrilled to be able to add over 6% to all staff’s base pay. This addition will be raising the beginning teachers starting salary from $36,500 to $39,000 for the 2022-2023 school year.

In June, a group of students will be traveling to Europe for a 16-day tour with Dr. Saulmon. The group will spend time in Germany, France, and Switzerland as well as a few others.

Construction for the preschool addition and the 3rd-6th grade building has begun.

Permits are close to being complete allowing ground preparation for the 3-6 building to begin. Parking will be available through the remainder of this school year but will be closed May 27th until construction is complete. Updates to the inside of the preschool will begin this summer causing the summer preschool program to be cancelled.

Congratulations to all of the new NHS inductees, state FFA CDE placers, state FBLA placers, E-Fair placers, and State Science Fair winners.

Graduation will be held on Sunday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m. in the Event Center.

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by Bill O’Reilly The mass murder of children last week in Texas will haunt us for a while. America does have a violence problem, and every fair-minded person knows it. We live in a rather chaotic society where standards of civility are dropping to dangerous levels.

Barbarians have breached the gate. And there are some very vivid reasons why.

First, parenting, about 40 percent of children in the United States are now born out of wedlock. Many are abandoned by their fathers and raised in poverty by troubled mothers. The government can do little but remove children from dangerous homes.

Often, the child finds no relief in foster care, and the derelict parents avoid any kind of legal sanction. Abused and neglected children can turn into violent monsters.

Second, crime and no punishment. The justice system has collapsed in cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. It’s now easy to commit violence because punishment is scant. Heavily armed drug gangs run wild, murdering at will. Banning weapons will not stop these criminals as they don’t purchase legal guns anyway. With more than 300 million firearms in circulation, the black market gun trade will thrive if legal firearms are banished. The solution is to federalize all gun crimes, including illegal possession, and harshly punish offenders. But Congress will not do it. No explanation is ever given.

Finally, the political parties. Liberal Democrats seek to ban almost all firearms.

Conservative Republicans want the legal option to arm themselves against criminals and, possibly, an out-of-control future federal system. There will be no compromise here.

Now to a partial solution. States should individually regulate guns. That means if ARs are deemed a public safety menace in Philadelphia, they can be banned within the city limits. But in very rural Wyoming, citizens might approve of those guns. The Second Amendment allows Americans to use firearms for protection. But bazookas are illegal. Public safety must be defined by individual states, not the feds.

Finally, “Red Flag” laws are desperately needed. Nineteen states currently have them. Law enforcement must be able to act if an unstable person is issuing violent threats. Those situations should be aggressively investigated, with the legal authority to confiscate weapons from miscreants. Armed loons threaten every one of us.

The truth is we can do something about gun violence in this country. But not with phony ideology and Constitutional violations. We need discipline and compromise.

Republican candidates must build get-out-the-vote efforts to legally (get ready for the term) vote harvest to help sympathetic unaffiliated voters legally return their ballot.

These are skills Republicans don’t have but will need to win both the primary and general election.

Or Republican candidates talk about past stolen elections to their own base, and lose, again.

Then later they can talk about how the 2022 election was stolen.

Jon Caldara is president of the Independence Institute, a free market think tank in Denver.

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Back in my day, most kids turning 18 were looking forward to drinking 3.2 beer.

Since I was already on a steady diet of Coors Lights pinched from my folks’ garage refrigerator, the first thing I did on my 18th birthday was to go down to the county courthouse and register to vote as a Republican (which took a photo ID by the way — oh, the voter suppression I had to battle).

I could never understand why anyone wouldn’t register with a party, other to sound pompous and say, “Me? Oh, I’m an Independent. I vote for the person, not the party.”

First, you weren’t an “Independent” because you weren’t a member of the Independent Party (yes, there is one). And being unaffiliated meant you chose to be a disempowered voter. At most your vote was just one out of more than 3 million in the Colorado general election.

As a registered Republican I could go to the party caucus and was one vote out of maybe 10 in my precinct. After which I would go to the party assemblies, like the state assembly, where I was one of only a few thousand voters. And then I got to vote in the Republican primary to decide who gets on the general election ballot. Then I got to vote in that too.

But that all changed in 2016 when Colorado voters opened primaries to unaffiliated voters. I still strongly disagree with this change. Political parties are private organizations and people outside that organization shouldn’t have a say in who represents them in the general election.

But that change got me to do something I never thought I’d do. I switched my party registration from Republican to unaffiliated.

My figuring was that since I live in Boulder where there are rarely two Republicans running for the same seat in a primary, and often not even one, I’d have more power occasionally voting in the Democrat’s primary (insert Dr. Evil laugh here).

In other words, unless you want to go to caucuses, which relatively very few voters do, there’s little reason to be registered R or D in Colorado. Thus, there are now far more unaffiliated voters in Colorado than Republicans or Democrats.

So far, unaffiliated voters playing in this semi-open primary system hasn’t really mattered. There has not been a meaningful amount of unaffiliateds voting in Republican or Democrat primaries to change the results.

But 2022 could change all that. And the advantage is Republican.

If unaffiliated voters are tempted to mail back their Republican primary ballot (they will receive both an R and a D ballot, but can only return one), Republicans could win this autumn.

Especially in a year like this with inflation stealing working families’ income and crime at near-high levels, even Democrat-leaning unaffiliateds will be tempted to vote for change.

Encouraging for Republicans, there is absolutely no reason for an unaffiliated to vote in the Democrat primary. Other than in the new 8th congressional district, there are no sizable contested Democrat primaries.

Many of the Republican faithful will be suspicious of unaffiliateds voting in their primary to “sabotage” it, voting for the candidate least likely to win in the fall.

Expect cries of foul play from losing primary candidates.

But the fact is voting in the other guy’s primary is not a foul anymore. The rules changed and campaigns that don’t exploit these new rules will lose.

The best, if not only, Republican strategy is to make a full-out push for unaffiliated voters in the primary. To do that a candidate must send messages that connect with unaffiliateds, not just their core Republican base.

Basically, to draw in these voters, and get them practiced in voting Republican, your campaign must be about their issues — inflation and crime, inflation and crime, inflation and crime. Democrats can’t run away from these problems they caused.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos and the Walton-Penner family have entered into a purchase and sale agreement, it was jointly announced on Tuesday.

The purchase and sale agreement calls for the Walton-Penner family to acquire the Denver Broncos from the Pat Bowlen Trust. The agreement is subject to approval from the NFL’s finance committee and league ownership as well as the satisfaction of customary closing procedures.

Please see below for statements from Broncos President & CEO Joe Ellis and Rob Walton on behalf of the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group: STATEMENT FROM BRONCOS PRESIDENT & CEO JOE ELLIS “I have enjoyed getting to know Rob Walton, Carrie Walton Penner and Greg Penner throughout this process. Learning more about their background and vision for the Denver Broncos, I am confident that their leadership and support will help this team achieve great things on and off the field.

“I sincerely appreciate the cooperation of our football leadership, executive team and staffs at both UCHealth Training Center and Empower Field at Mile High over the last few months and years. We also want to recognize the work of Allen & Company and Proskauer Rose, which have guided us through this process in a timely and efficient manner.

“While this purchase and sale agreement is pending approval from the NFL’s finance committee and league ownership, today marks a significant step on the path to an exciting new chapter in Broncos history.”

STATEMENT FROM ROB WALTON ON BEHALF OF THE WALTON-PENNER FAMILY OWNERSHIP GROUP “We are thrilled to be selected to move forward with the purchase of the Denver Broncos! Carrie, Greg and I are inspired by the opportunity to steward this great organization in a vibrant community full of opportunity and passionate fans.

“Having lived and worked in Colorado, we’ve always admired the Broncos. Our enthusiasm has only grown as we’ve learned more about the team, staff and Broncos Country over the last few months.

“We are excited to announce that Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO of Ariel Investments, has agreed to join our ownership group. Beyond her role at Ariel, Mellody is an influential leader in corporate and civic organizations across the nation.

“Mellody currently serves as Chair of the Board of Starbucks Corporation and is also a director of JPMorgan Chase. We know she will bring her strategic acumen and leadership perspective to our team.

“Thank you to Joe Ellis and the staff of the Broncos for the first-class manner in which they have conducted this sale process. In addition, we thank Hogan Lovells for their guidance and support in this effort.

“We look forward to earning the confidence and support of the NFL as we take the next step in this process. When the necessary approval procedures are met, our family is excited to share more with Broncos fans, the organization and the community.”

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Beauty, Health and Happiness – A Way of Life

An interview with Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care-When Lily was in High School she did not get invited to the prom, because her acne was so bad. As a very young teenager she had tried every brand on the market, but nothing worked. She felt lied to and cheated. She studied all the ingredients and found that the ingredients from the high-end brands were the same as the low cost brands!

She realized by chemical definition those ingredients could not clear up her skin!

After years of study, she turned back to her roots; botanicals. After using plants instead of synthetic chemicals she finally created products that could help reduce pimples, inflammation as well as moisture, improve the skin’s texture, all while reducing the appearance of fine lines. Plants can restore connective tissues and regenerate cell growth with our whole plant system.

I sat down with Lily to ask her a few questions: Q: When did you start Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care?

A: I started it in 1986. We pioneered organic skin care in Colorado.

Q: You mention botanicals took you back to your roots, how is that?

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I do have to say, while these healing products do help, some cyst acne can be very stubborn and can require a dermatologist. Get the free copy of my book to learn more about my journey and treatments to solve acne. (Use ad code LCG and get the Balancing Facial Toner for 25% off or $14.10 with a free $19.95 mist!)

In Colorado, for us older folks, moisturizing is absolutely necessary to keep your skin looking supple! Some of our best loved products are our super heavy duty, Colorado High Altitude Extreme Cream and our Rejuvenating Seven Facial Rejuvenating Oils!

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We source our honey locally from Clarkes of Colorado from Fort Lupton.

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You’re Not Imagining It: It’s Been Windier Than Usual in Colorado, and that’s a Big Problem

They’re not just annoying. High winds increase fire danger and take a bite out of Colorado agriculture and tourism.

by Nancy Lofholm How to choose the best descriptors for Colorado’s winds this year?

Roof-lifting. Flag-shredding. Tree-felling. Truck-flipping. Sandblasting. Patiojumbling. Skin-exfoliating. Eye-watering. Highway-shrouding. Window rattling. Fire spreading.

Let’s ask a man not known for hyperbole.

“I have never, ever, ever seen wind like this,” said John Salazar, a former politician who has been weather watching at his family’s farm in the San Luis Valley for most of his 69 years. In a fit of emphasis, Salazar added another, “never ever.”

From the wind-scoured fields in southeast Colorado to the gust-buffeted vineyards of the Grand Valley, from the penthouse-shaking gales in the Denver metro area to lift-tossing blasts at ski areas, the wind lately has become one of the most talked about and maligned weather topics in a state that is famous for going with the flow of waitfive-minutes-and-it-will-change weather.

That old saw about March coming in like a lamb and going out like a lion, or viceversa, is outdated. This year, March blew in and blew out like a banshee. April went on to blow down records. May hasn’t been much calmer, but those stats aren’t compiled yet; so far, May winds are only imprinted in the minds of the wind-buffeted masses.

The Colorado Climate Center declared April the windiest on record. “Relentless” is the unscientific word the center’s monthly report used to describe the wind.

The National Weather Service in Boulder called it among the windiest April in two decades. The three National Weather Service offices in Colorado issued 62 redflag warnings in April — the most since record keeping began in 2006. Last year, there were 37. Denver International Airport put April in its record books as “windiest ever.” On a single afternoon in late April, 44 flights were delayed when a “gustnado” — a heinous wind burst that develops in a thunderstorm — blew over DIA. Wind just isn’t easy to measure Wind is not as easy to quantify as precipitation or temperatures because wind hasn’t been tracked as long as other weather phenomena. The climate center has 130 years of data on rain, cold and heat; but less than 30 years on wind. Wind isn’t as easy to measure. Anemometers — those doohickies with three spinning cups and a flag on top of a pole — do their part.

But sophisticated electronic equipment that records wind speeds around the clock is not in wide use.

“It is easy to set up a thermometer, but not to log the wind,” said Noah Newman, a research coordinator with the climate center.

What has been logged is a bit hairraising. Forecasts of 40 mph wind gusts used to get attention. Now, those are more like breezes. The real gusts have shown up this spring in Fraser, 116 mph; Loveland Pass, 80; Boulder, 76; and Colorado Springs, 75.

The climate center tracked how many days the winds jumped above 40 mph around the state and found that poor, wind-battered Haxtun had 20 days of howling gusts. Burlington and Center came in second in the high-wind competition with 19 each.

The winds topped out on Salazar’s farm at over 100 mph as early as December, a month traditionally not known for giant gales, he said. The winds peeled off a barn roof, twisted up $128,000 worth of pivot sprinklers and landed a new gas-pumpbay cover at a nearby Antonito gas station in the middle of U.S. 285.

The continuing high winds scooped up the soil from underneath the emerging grasses in Salazar’s meadows and lofted it into the air where it created dirt clouds that resembled the giant boiling cumulus piles of grit that bore down on midwestern towns like Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and York, Nebraska, in early May. On social media, the looming walls of dirt looked like scenes from the Dust Bowl.

“Wow! One Twitter user tweeted as he posted videos of the massive dirt clouds in

southern Nebraska. “This looks like the 1930s.”

“Haboob” is one term for such intense dust storms, although those tend to stay south of Colorado in desert valleys. Derecho is another. Derechos are unusual, fastmoving, giant thunderstorms that spin across landscapes like giant weather-stuffed burritos that can include tornados hidden in the rolls of filthy wind. Those have happened in Colorado, but rarely.

Newman said when he was recently driving across the San Luis Valley he didn’t witness anything like a derecho, but he did see “ginormous dust devils the size of barns cruising across the valley.”

Better to stay indoors than be sandblasted Such winds are getting to folks.

“The wind has just been so incessant,” said retired Grand Junction meteorologist Joe Ramey. He and his wife delayed planting their usual mega garden, waited to pull the covers off their swamp coolers to keep from filling the house with dust, canceled patio dinners to instead hunker at the inside dining table, and confined bike rides to early mornings — all because of winds that barely let up for two months around Grand Junction.

Besides the most serious wind effects of wildfires, drought and structure damage, the gales this spring have also put a kibosh on some tourism. Who wants to sit on You’re Not Imagining it: It’s been Windier than Usual in Colorado, and That’s a Big Problem continued on page 12...

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a winery patio sipping sparkling rose when the wind blows the bubbles into the firmament? How many paddleboarders are willing to take to the water when gusts are bowling over watercraft like play toys in a wading pool? What kind of fun is it when the wind turns cycling into a stationary bike experience? It’s easier to stay inside on the Peloton. Is it possible to rave about scenery that is shrouded in a brown haze of blown dirt?

Freelance photographer John McEvoy recently went to a popular recreation area in Colorado that was created by blowing sand 440,000 years ago — Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. He experienced his own sandblasting there. The howling wind stung his exposed skin and brought to mind a Dust Bowl line from Timothy Egan’s 2006 book, “The Worst Hard Times” “…on the skin the dust was like a nail file.”

McEvoy had sand embedded under his fingernails after a head scratch. When he escaped back to his vehicle, he could hear — over the howl of the wind — the sound of sand spattering on his windshield.

Around Durango, an area all about outdoor recreation, sensitivity to the unrelenting wind has reached a peak this spring.

“We are constantly bombarded by the winds, whether hiking, cycling, or just going for a run or a walk,” wrote Jeff Givens, who publishes weather blogs under the name Durango Weather Guy. His May 7 blog was titled “Wind, Wind, and More Wind.”

Gunnison’s unofficial weather guy, retired geology professor Bruce Bartleson, aka Barometer Bruce, writes a lot about snowpack and drought, but he titled his latest weather column for the Gunnison Times, “When the Wind Blows.”

“As you have probably noticed, this has been a very windy spring,” he began.

Wicked dry winds roaring down the Rockies What is causing all this bluster?

Wind, according to the National Weather Service, is “air in motion.”

Beyond that elementary school science book explanation, wind is one of the trickier and wonkier elements in the meteorological world. After all, it’s the wind — capricious and flighty.

Scouring, hair-whipping winds may not seem like it, but they are sensitive creations of Mother Nature. Subtle changes, including differences in topography, atmospheric layers and soil moisture can work together to stir up everything from gentle breezes to hurricanes.

The basic principle of cool air rising and warmer air sinking leads to changes in air pressure. Bartleson said to think of that wind pressure principle in terms of “blobs.”

When blobs of air start rising because they have been heated by the ground, air from the jet stream layer above will start to sink and fill in the space created by the You’re Not Imagining it: It’s been Windier than Usual in Colorado, and That’s a Big Problem continued on page 13...

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Crypto: Investment or Speculation?

With cryptocurrencies so much in the news, you might be wondering if you should invest in them. But “invest” may not be the right word – because, in many ways, cryptocurrencies, or “crypto” for short, are more speculation than investment.

But what’s really the difference between a speculator and an investor? Probably the main factor is the differing views of time. A true investor is in it for the long term, building a portfolio that, over many years, can eventually provide the financial resources to achieve important goals, such as a comfortable retirement.

But speculators want to see results, in the form of big gains, right now – and they’re often willing to take big risks to achieve these outcomes.

There’s also the difference in knowledge. Investors know that they’re buying shares of stock in a company that manufactures products or provides services.

But many speculators in cryptocurrency

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don’t fully comprehend what they’re buying – because crypto just isn’t that easy to understand. Cryptocurrency is a digital asset, and cryptocurrency transactions only exist as digital entries on a blockchain, with the “block” essentially being just a collection of information, or digital ledgers. But even knowing this doesn’t necessarily provide a clear picture to many of those entering the crypto world.

In addition to time and understanding, two other elements help define cryptocurrency’s speculative nature: • Volatility – Cryptocurrencies are subject to truly astonishing price swings, with big gains followed by enormous losses – sometimes within a matter of hours. What’s behind this type of volatility? Actually, several factors are involved. For one thing, the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies depends heavily on supply and demand – and the demand can skyrocket when media outlets and crypto

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“celebrities” tout a particular offering.

Furthermore, speculators will bet on crypto prices moving up or down, and these bets can trigger a rush on buying and selling, again leading to the rapid price movements. And many purchasers of crypto, especially young people, want to see big profits quickly, so when they lose large amounts, which is common, they often simply quit the market, contributing to the volatility.

• Lack of regulation – When you invest in the traditional financial markets, your transactions are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the firms with which you invest are typically overseen by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Other agencies are also involved in regulating various investments. These regulating bodies work to ensure the basic fairness of the financial markets and to prevent and investigate fraud. But cryptocurrency

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exchanges are essentially unregulated, and this lack of oversight has contributed to the growth of “scam” exchanges, crypto market manipulation, excessive trading fees and other predatory practices. This “Wild West” scenario should be of concern to anyone putting money in crypto.

The cryptocurrency market is still relatively new, and it’s certainly possible that, in the future, crypto can become more of an investment and less of a speculation.

In fact, Congress is actively considering ways to regulate the cryptocurrency market. But for now, caveat emptor – “let the buyer beware.”

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rising blobs. The result is wind.

Continental air masses contribute to all that localized pushing and shoving between air blobs. As huge air masses are formed over the Earth, their temperatures and moisture content also bump each other around and cause air spirals that get all jumbled up passing over the rough surfaces of the Earth. Colorado, with its wealth of mountains, has particularly rough surfaces to spark more erratic winds.

Further blame can go to a jet stream parked high above Colorado this spring as it made its annual shift from winter to summer locations. That was set up by the infamous La Nina weather pattern caused by colder-than-normal temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean.

Peter Goble, a climatologist with the Colorado Climate Center, described April’s winds being due to low-pressure air systems having a near miss with Colorado to the north. That meant that Colorado didn’t get the moisture in those systems but did get the system’s “wicked dry winds” roaring down the Rockies.

Goble said a dry landscape can also contribute to winds because, when there is no water in soil to evaporate into the atmosphere, things can go all wonky in the air currents. And, thar she blows; much of Colorado is in drought conditions.

That’s where climate change may (“may” being an important caveat) come into play as a factor.

“You can never contribute one event like a very windy month, or one of anything, to climate change,” the state climate center’s Newman said. “We just know that when temperatures are rising, the weather can change.”

Maybe not “prairie madness,” but the wind does wear Whatever the reason for this spring’s winds, it is no wonder folks are cursing the blasted blasts.

Wind has long been linked with downturns in mental health. Hippocrates (of medical oath fame) wrote around 300 BC that winds cause people to be “frequently deranged from the phlegm that runs down into them from the head.”

Then there are the stories of pioneer women crossing the Nebraska plains who succumbed to “prairie madness” and lost their minds in the incessant howling winds. Or the Antarctic explorers who suffered something akin to derechos of the brain as they tried to weather reported sustained winds of 200 mph — “reported” because they were tough to measure when the weather stations had blown down.

In the 1980s, New York University studied whether positive ions created by winds were responsible for jumps in suicides, crimes and accidents.

Anecdotally, the study linked hot dry winds around the world — foehns in Europe, sharav in Israel, Santa Ana in southern California, chinooks in the Pacific Northwest, siroccos in Italy, the ghibli of Libya and the zonda in the Andes — to human behavioral problems.

That study of ion derangement didn’t go further.

“It is depressing. It does wear on you,” Ramey, the meteorologist, said.

Over in the San Luis Valley, Salazar said the same thing.

“It just creates a depression almost,” he said with his usual understatement.

Relief may be in sight. Ramey said weather maps he has been delving into show the wind easing off after June 5.

Newman said, while he can’t go with a certain date, summer is always less windy.

“We’re getting to that time of year when it can’t help but wind down,” he said.

Denver7 meteorologist Mike Nelson has added some long-term good news. In a recent forecast he said that August is the calmest month of the year in Colorado.

The average wind speed for that month is 7 mph — that’s right, 7, not 107.

After this spring, 7 mph doesn’t even qualify as a wind. It hardly merits an adjective.

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- Obituary -

Gern Booco Terrell Gern Booco Terrell, 92, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2022, at the Aladdin in Keenesburg, CO, with family at his side.

Gern was born in Divide Creek (Silt), CO to William J. and Anna C. (Collins) Terrell on October 18, 1929.

He spent the first 11 years of life on West Divide Creek, attending the Flat Iron School through 5th grade. His family moved to New Castle, CO then Walden, CO. In 1944, his family moved back to New Castle, where he graduated from high school in 1947.

He worked away from home at the north Park Fish Hatchery during the summer of 1944, then as a farm and ranch hand for the remainder of his high school career. He went to work for the White River National Forest in Glenwood Springs in 1948, as a trail crew hand, then forestry aid. He left in 1951, when he joined the Army. He trained at Camp Carson, CO with the 14th Infantry and was then transferred to Ft. Richardson, AK, where he served as Company Clerk at the rank of Corporal; upon leaving the military in 1956, he received an honorable discharge. He worked for the forest service for the remainder of 1953, then moved to Fort Collins, CO to attend A&M College in the school of forestry. He procured trapping posts for the next two years and returned to college for another three semesters. After college, he took a full-time trapping position out of Fort Collins until 1972, after which he was hired by the Colorado Department of Agriculture as Chief of Rodent Control, for the entire state. He retired in 1990, working for farmers and ranchers for the rest of his able years.

He married his loving wife, Norma Arline Lawrence on September 27, 1958. Their 63 years of marriage was gifted three daughters. Gern moved his family to Roggen, CO in 1973, where he stayed until his move to assisted living in 2021. He was a devoted husband, father and granddad. He cherished his time with his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, taking them fly fishing and camping often.

He was a member of Homestead Grange, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, The American Legion and 196th Regimental Combat Team.

Gern leaves behind his wife, Norma; daughters, Lois (Glenn) Teets, Phyllis (Jim) Huntley and Ann (Joe) Christen; eight grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his brothers, Robert and Charles (Chuck) Terrell.

Services will be held at Christ Community Church of Roggen, CO on June 10th at 11:00am. Interment immediately following at Heart of the Plains Cemetery. A reception will be held at Christ Community Church afterward.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the American Legion or The Aladdin in Keenesburg, CO.

Every Month is Safety Month at Morgan County REA

By Morgan County Rural Electric Association June is National Safety Month and a great time to pay special attention to safety both at work and at home. At Morgan County REA, safety isn’t just important—it’s our #1 priority; for our employees and for our members. That is why, as your local electric cooperative, we take every opportunity to remind our members how to stay safe around power lines and electricity.

As we head into a busy farming season, watch out for overhead power lines and poles, especially when operating large equipment. Be mindful when using new equipment since your clearance can vary. Always stay at least 10 feet away from a power line in all directions and use a spotter when moving tall equipment and loads.

Be careful when extending augers, sprayer arms, and other implements. Never attempt to raise a line. If a power line is sagging nearby, call your power provider to fix it.

Also, be sure to avoid padmount transformers on the ground. If you do hit one, call your utility so they can safely repair it. Even without visible damage, a bumped padmount can become energized, which could be dangerous to the public. Stay aware of power lines underground as well. Always call 811 before digging, in order to avoid hitting utility lines. This helps protect you from both injury and expense.

If at any point your vehicle or equipment does comes in contact with a power line, stay in the cab and call 911 for help. If you were to step out, you’d become the

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electricity’s path to ground and receive a potentially fatal shock. Therefore, wait until utility workers have de-energized the line and confirmed it is safe for you to exit the vehicle. If the vehicle is on fire and you must exit, jump clear of the vehicle with both feet together. Hop as far from the vehicle as you can, keeping your feet together to prevent current flow through your body, which could be deadly.

Storms or vehicle accidents can cause downed power lines. If you see a line down, always assume it is energized and dangerous. Lines do not have to be arcing or sparking to be live. Stay far away and warn others to do the same. Contact the electric utility or 911. Do not attempt to drive over a power line, as it could cause poles or other equipment to come crashing down. Be very cautious after a heavy storm, when trees or other debris could be covering lines that have fallen. Sometimes the debris itself can become energized.

For 85 years, Morgan County REA has been dedicated to providing safe, reliable energy to our members with a strong tradition and vision for the future. Ensuring the safety of our members is part of this mission. If you would like to learn more about power line and electrical safety, please visit SafeElectricity.org.

100th Celebration Southeast Weld County Jr. Fair & Rodeo

PUT US ON YOUR CALENDARS! COMING SOON TO YOUR COMMUNITY! What started out as a small weekend community event 100 years ago has blossomed into over a week-long gathering to entertain and celebrate our local roots. The founding fathers likely couldn’t have imagined how we would change over the years while holding steadfast to honoring our western roots. We still showcase our local youth 4-H and FFA exhibits, host rodeos and a parade along with a dance to relax and enjoy our neighbor’s company. However, we have added more rodeos, a truck pull, and concert to the schedule, hoping to offer something for everyone so they will come join us for some hometown fun! Our pre-fair events start on Friday, August 5th with a NSPA truck pull, Saturday with the Kid’s Rodeo and Sunday for the Ranch Rodeo. There will be team roping on the 10th with our regular fair events on Thursday and Friday, culminating in the Parade, Jr. Livestock Sale, and Barbecue on Saturday CPRA rodeos are on Thursday and Friday nights, with a country-western concert scheduled on Saturday featuring Claire Dunne and the headliner to be announced soon. These are just a few of the events scheduled to celebrate our 100th Anniversary… stay tuned. You won’t want to miss this one!

SEWC Rodeos have always been thrilling and fun, especially when you have PRCA Rodeo Clown Leon Coffey with a squirt gun and a calf scramble to the mix

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Local Rodeo Club Puts on Successful Rodeo

by Madison Richmann The Colorado High School Rodeo Association and the Colorado Junior High Rodeo Association consists of rodeo clubs all over the state. These clubs help to raise funds for the association, put on rodeos and events, and other activities within the assocation. Members can compete in four fall rodeos, four spring rodeos, and if qualified, state finals. Contestants compete for the highest points throughout the season, and the top 4 get to represent Colorado at the National Level.

The NECO Superstars Rodeo Team (previously named the ADCO Superstars) is one of the oldest rodeo clubs within the association. Members come from all of north eastern colorado counties. The NECO Superstars club is one of the ten clubs that put on a yearly rodeo. This year, the club hosted the High School and Junior High Rodeo on May 14th through the 16th at Double Check Arena in Eaton, Colorado. There were over 180 members and their families in Eaton for the weekend.

Not only did the rodeo run smoothly, but NECO put in extra effort to have more opportunities for contestants. Saturday night, the club helped Laura Lambert and Dinero Dash Barrelraces put on a benefit barrel race to help NECO with the expenses of the rodeo. They also gave a $50 prize to the average winner in each event for the weekend in both junior high and highschool divisions. The NECO Superstars were also very pleased to be able to give out saddle pads and breast collars to the all around champions for each day of the rodeo.

NECO Superstars were super blessed with the amount of business that were willing to sponsor the club and its members to help with the costs of putting on a successful rodeo. At the end of the year, the club was able to give back money to every club member to help with entry fees, and other expenses along the rodeo trail.

The NECO Superstars would like to give a huge thank you to all of the sponsors this year (listed below) and the adult advisors Paul Gallagher and Justin Roselle for their hard work this year.

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7-10 am Wiggins Rural Fire Dept Pancake Breakfast @ Firehall (Donations Accepted)

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5K race @ Wiggins High School Track Contact Coach Mario Garcia @ 970-596-2607

Noon 4th of July Celebration @ Teets Park Amphitheatre

(Corner of High Street and 5th Avenue) FAMILY FUN - KID ACTIVITIES - FOOD & VENDOR BOOTHS

3-9 pm Music—Snowy River Band 5 pm

Car Exhibition - Wiggins Community Church - 423 Dickson St. Tractor Exhibition - Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church - 506 Main St.

DUSK Twilight Parade on Main Street & High Street

Parade line up in lot east of water tower @ 6:30 pm Parade starts approx. @ 8 pm FREE Parade Registration at townofwiggins.colorado.gov

DARK Wiggins Fireworks Show @ Teets Park Amphitheatre