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STAMPEDE: FIREFIGHTERS HONORED AT RODEO; CHESS TOURNAMENT BRIDGES AGE GAP. A2

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TOP: KATHRYN TOURAN, 30, holds two of her animals she saved before she and her husband lost their Rist Canyon home to the High Park fi re at the Garden Valley Veterinary Hospital in Windsor on Wednesday afternoon. Touran also is a volunteer fi re-fi ghter for Rist Canyon save most of her animals, some important documents and photo albums. Despite the loss, she said that her and her husband plan to rebuild.

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THE HIGH PARK FIRE burns in Poudre Canyon, as seen from Glacier View Meadows, west of Fort Collins on June 12.

By T.M. Fasano | [email protected]

Kathryn Touran’s life has been one big blur since the High Park fi re broke out on June 9.

Touran, a veterinarian at Garden Valley Veterinary Hospital in Windsor, found out two days after the fi re started that the home she shared with her husband, Pedro Boscan, in the Davis Ranch area o� Rist Canyon burned to the ground.

Touran’s commute to Windsor is an hour from the mountains west of Fort Collins. Since the fi re, she switched from her vet scrubs into 45 pounds of fi refi ght-ing gear to help fi ght the fi re in 100-degree heat as a volunteer fi refi ghter for the Rist Can-yon Volunteer Fire Department. Continued on A5: Veterinarian

Windsor vet tries to cope with the loss of her dad and her home

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By Nate A. [email protected]

P olice have identifi ed the man who was shot to death Friday during

a hostage situation near the Greeley Mall as Greeley resi-dent Adrian Jeremiah Perales ,

a known gang member.Greeley police spokeswom-

an Sgt. Susan West said Pera-les, 26, was an acquaintance of the woman he held hostage for about three hours in a basement apartment at 1804 30th St. Police and SWAT team members stormed the

apartment Friday evening, killing Perales and rescuing the woman unharmed. Po-lice did not release the name of the woman. Because of the gang connections to the case, releasing the woman’s name may put her in further danger, West said.

The stando� began about 3:30 p.m., when Perales saw police approaching the apart-ment to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Perales

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«activities centers offering deals for Fourth of JulyGreeleyTo help families celebrate the Fourth of July, many enter-tainment centers in Greeley will offer special events with discounts.

The Ice Haus will offer a special deal on Wednesday from noon-1:30 p.m. Admis-sions into the ice rink cost $4, which includes skate rentals. There will be shows by the Mountain View Skating Club, games on the ice rink and free 30-minute group lessons by certified skate instructors.

Greeley pools, like the Discovery Bay Waterpark and the Centennial Pool, will host special deals, taking $1 off of admission prices. Slides and splash pads will be available at both locations.

The Sunrise Splash Park and the Island Grove Splash Park are also offering special events for the celebrations. Both parks will have free ad-missions into their park from 1-3 p.m.

There will be some closures, though, for the holiday. The Family FunPlex, the Greeley recreation Center, the Gree-ley Senior Activity Center, and the Rodarte Community Center all will be closed on Wednesday in observance of the holiday.

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«Historical Society to host pot luck supper on mondayForT lupTonThe South Platte Valley His-torical Society will hold a pot luck supper on Monday.

All guests are asked to bring a dish to the event that will begin at 6 p.m. at the Fort Lupton Rendezvous room at the Historic Park in Fort Lupton.

Authors Jody and Gabriel Lopez will be at the event to talk about their books, “White Gold Laborers,” a story about a Greeley’s Spanish Colony and “From Sugar to Diamonds,” the history of the Greeley Grays, a Spanish/Mexican baseball team.

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by Vanessa [email protected]

After three weeks of hard work battling the High Park fire, mem-bers of the Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department were finally able to go home Saturday.

Except a few didn’t — some firefighters came to the Greeley Stampede.

“Its been really awesome to see how the community has been be-hind us,” firefighter Luke Whitson said. “We felt very proud to be fire-

fighters.”Whitson was one of about 10

firefighters who spent the day en-joying the Stam-pede and watch-ing the rodeo.

Skip Carlson, the Republican candidate for House District 50, which represents parts of Greeley, Evans and Gar-den City, invited the firefighters to the Stampede and provided their

tickets to the rodeo.“Fourth of July is about heroes

and about people who made this country great,” Carlson said. “These firefight-ers were work-ing their tails off to put out these fires.”

Whitson is a four-year volunteer firefighter for Rist Canyon Fire Department in Bellvue. He got to go a day early,

on Friday.“It was great to go home,” Whit-

son said. “It was good to sleep in your own bed and use your own shower.”

Whitson has lived on a ranch his whole life and felt right at home at the Stampede.

Fire Chief Bob Gann, who has been with the department for 26 years, said he was grateful to hear about these tickets.

“It was a nice gesture, them try-ing to give us a little break,” Gann said. “I love rodeos.”

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b rad Lundstrum has played chess since he was little. He has al-

ways had a passion for chess, so he decided to spread that passion with the people of Greeley, starting with the Greeley Stampede.

The first annual Greeley Stampede Chess Tournament was held Saturday at the Pa-vilion Mini-Arena at Island Grove Regional Park. Four-teen players came out to show-case their chess skills. Players from as young as 6 years old up to nearly 70 years old went head to head with each other from a chance to win four dif-ferent trophies.

Lundstrum was one of the people who brought the event to the Stampede this year to spread the enjoyment of chess within Greeley.

“We love chess, and we thought it would be fun to make it a fun event,” Lund-

strum said in a phone inter-view after the tournament.

Lundstrum is a founder Chessmates, the company that hosted the event. He hopes to bring more chess interac-tion to Greeley starting with revamping the Greeley Chess Club.

The final round was be-tween 9-year-old Aidan Mar-co of Fort Collins and Herb Conely of Greeley who is in his late-60s. Experience trumped youth, though, as Conely won the entire tournament.

“Marco almost won the whole thing,” Lundstrum said. “We almost had a chess prodigy take the whole tour-nament.”

There were four trophies provided by Coca-Cola that were given out after the tour-nament. Conely won the over-all championship, 14-year-old Josh Long of Kansas won top high school student, 12-year-old Elizabeth Thilmany of Fort Collins won top middle school student, and Marco won top elementary school student.

The chess tournament will be held again next year, but with a goal of attracting at least 50 players to the game.

The tournament was $20 for adults older than 18 and $10 for kids. All the proceeds went to the Greeley Stampede Foundation, an organization that provides college scholar-ships for graduating Weld and Larimer County high school seniors.

“I’ve always loved the (Greeley) Stampede and we also wanted to be part of the Greeley Stampede Founda-tion,” Lundstrum said. “We really wanted to help out with that.”

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L ittle Theatre of the Rock-ies’ summer of excellence continues with their fourth

offering, Terrence McNally’s “Master Class.” Like the shows that opened earlier in the season, this is an amazing and powerful show.

When we watch “Master Class,” we feel like we are eavesdropping into the life of opera diva Maria Callas. In actuality, the show is an open class presented by Callas for the students at Julliard. The audience becomes the non-par-ticipating students, and there is a great deal of the dialogue directed at them. There are also three students who were selected to participate in the class, and they are individually torn down, built up and dismissed, each of them wiser but somewhat bewildered

by what has transformed. The reason for their confusion

is that as she teaches, Callas takes us on a journey through her professional and personal life, from the highest of highs to the low-est of lows. While she is portrayed as the brilliant artist that she was, she is also conflicted with anger, bit-

terness, anguish and heartbreak. One example of the conflict is evidenced in her dialogue, when she says “Listen to the music — everything you need is there,” followed a few moments later with the instruction: “The music is ridiculous here. Ignore it.” For

a show that comes very close to a two-hour monologue, there’s a lot going on here, both comedy and drama.

University of Northern Colorado professor Shelly Gaza is the fireball portraying Callas. To keep the audience mesmer-ized throughout this show, she has to be strong, confident and domineering, yet vulnerable all at once. She must have a quick, acid tongue, yet be authentic enough that we believe her as one of the most beloved perform-ers of all time. To say that Gaza does all this and more is a strong understatement. She completely immerses herself into this part, leaving us to alternately feel solace for her and grateful for her presence in our lives.

The three students are in the

more than capable hands (and voices) of Anna Landy, Anne Terze-Schwarz and Chance Jacob. The “incidental” piano music by Puccini, Verdi and Bellini, which becomes the soundtrack of Callas’ life, is played masterfully by Joey Revier. James Rogers’ projec-tions, which serve as a poignant glimpse into Callas’ past, are so creatively utilized that they be-come a part of the lighting.

On some shows, it’s difficult to translate a larger-than-life script into the intimacy of Norton Theatre, but with “Master Class,” it’s a perfect fit. Even if you’re not a huge opera fan, the lessons here have something for every-one. With a challenging subject matter and a little bit of crude language, it’s probably best to leave the kids at home. “Master Class” is a brilliant look at a bril-liant performer, and it rounds out the best repertory LTR has put together since they started the al-ternating schedule. Like the other two shows in the series, I highly recommend this production.

Bryan VanDriel lives in Greeley and has been active in the arts for

more than 30 years. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Characters in ‘Master Class’ shine in this powerful showWhat: “Master Class” a production of UNC’s Little Theatre of the Rockies When: Through July 21 (in repertory)Where: Norton Theatre in Gray Hall at University of Northern Colorado, 8th Avenue and 19th Street, Greeley. ticket info: (970) 351-2200

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COlOrADO SPrinGS — Making gains against the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, crews kept a wary eye on weather Saturday that was becom-ing warmer and drier as National Guard troops were deployed to help local police get things back to normal.

“The weather is making progress in a bad direction. Hotter, drier, with a chance of thunderstorms in the af-ternoon. Winds will shift from one direction to an-other,” said Incident Com-mander Rich Harvey.

The 26-square-mile Waldo Canyon fire was 45 percent contained by Sat-urday afternoon. It was one of many burning across the West, including eight in Utah and a fast-grow-ing blaze in Montana that forced residents in several small communities to leave.

About 1,200 personnel and six helicopters were fighting the Waldo Canyon fire, and authorities said they were confident they had built good fire lines in many areas to stop flames

from spreading.“Crews made progress all

around the fire,”’ said Har-vey, who was cautiously op-timistic. “The fire potential is still very, very high. It’s extreme and explosive.”

Two bodies were found in the ruins of one house, one

of almost 350 destroyed in this city 60 miles south of Denver. The victims’ names haven’t been released. Po-lice Chief Pete Carey said Saturday afternoon the ap-proximately 10 people who had been unaccounted for had now been located.

Police did not expect to discover other victims in the rubble.

More than 150 National Guard soldiers and airmen helped Colorado Springs police staff roadblocks and patrol streets. Carey said Saturday the presence of

military personnel will al-low his department to re-sume normal police work in the rest of the city.

About 10,000 people re-main evacuated, down from more than 30,000 at the fire’s peak.

The mood was light as evacuees filtered back into an unscathed neighbor-hood of winding streets and

split-level homes within an easy walk of the burned area.

High school counselor Pat Allen and her husband, Vic Miller, were all smiles less than 5 minutes after returning to their tri-level home on a quiet cul-de-sac.

“I’m just wanting to kiss the house, dance with the neighbors”, Allen said.

National Guard helps patrol Colo. fire damage

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Smoke riSeS from the Waldo Canyon fire, views from Fillmore Street in Colorado Springs Friday. Colorado Springs officials said bus tours today will take people whose homes burned to see their residences.

» High Park fireThe last evacuees from the High Park Fire in northern Colorado have been allowed to return home as crews reached 100 percent containment Saturday evening. The more than 87,000-acre fire killed one resident and destroyed 259 houses, a state record until the fire near Colorado Springs destroyed 346 homes.

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Her husband, a veterinar-ian at Colorado State University, also is a volunteer firefighter for Rist Canyon. Despite losing their 2,000-square-foot log home, the two have been fighting to save the homes of their neighbors in the second-most-destructive fire in Colorado history, right behind the Waldo Canyon fire in Colo-rado Springs. Touran’s home at 7,200 feet was one of 259 homes destroyed in the High Park fire, which was started by lightning and has burned 87,284 acres with an estimated cost of fighting the fire at $38.4 million.

The last evacuees from the High Park fire have been allowed to return home as crews get closer to full containment.

Three days after she learned that her home had burned down, she received more shocking news. Touran was fighting the fire when she received messages to call home in Michigan. She was told her father, Dr. Neal Touran, a re-tired anesthesiologist, had died suddenly at the age of 64 on his birthday from a heart-related event while running on the high school track. Her father was a run-ner who was ranked No. 9 in the United States for his age group in the master’s mile in 2011, running it in 5 minutes, 57.60 seconds. Touran thought her dad, who was in terrific shape and had run such big races as the Boston Marathon in 2005, would outlive her and ev-eryone else in her family.

“It was the most devastating day of my life. That was the first time I had been up on the fire my-self. I had seen the house and was processing that,” Touran said. “It makes losing the house seem like

nothing. When you lose your dad, there is nothing worse than that.”

For the past three weeks since the High Park fire started, Touran’s life has been either work-ing at Garden Valley or helping to fight the fire by digging fire lines, running hoses and working on some of the smaller engines, all while sleeping about four hours a night in a Fort Collins hotel.

She said it was very random as to where the fire hit the homes.

“There’s a house next door that didn’t burn, and the other house next door did burn. It was just completely random,” Touran said. “It didn’t seem to matter what you did. The fire came and burned what it wanted to. It had a mind of its own.”

Touran was working in Wind-sor that Saturday when the fire started and returned to her home

later that afternoon with only about 90 minutes to gather her animals and important docu-ments, as well as some old photo albums and a painting.

“I got a couple of keepsakes out that I was able to grab. I grabbed an armful of clothes for each of us and stuffed it in a suitcase,” Touran said. “You try to prepare for it. We’ve been evacuated sev-eral times, but you never really think that you’re going to lose your house. We didn’t realize that this was going to be the fire that it became. This is the fire that we’ve been worrying about forever.”

Touran said there is no time to be bitter, even though what’s left of her home and possessions are dust and pieces of melted metal and glass.

“You can’t be bitter because this fire started with lightning. I’ve

heard from every fire chief that’s been out there, and they say this fire has had the strangest behavior and has been the most compli-cated fire they’ve ever dealt with,” Touran said. “It is Mother Nature taking back her land, and you can’t be bitter about that. You choose to live with nature, and that’s what’s going to happen. There are all these beetle-killed trees and it was bound to happen.”

Touran ended up saving three dogs, four cats, two parrots, a hedgehog, six chickens, two geese, two pheasants and her horse. She lost a bunch of ducks and other chickens that she couldn’t get out. She had to get crates for the animals and coordinate with the neighbors to get a trailer for her horse during the time she had to evacuate.

“There was a road block by the time I got up there, but because I’m a volunteer firefighter I was able to get into the house and get the animals out. I didn’t have as much time as I had hoped to have to evacuate,” Touran said. “I was mostly focusing on the animals, obviously. Pedro was fighting the fire at the time, and he didn’t get back until the sheriff was knock-ing on the door getting us out.”

Despite all the evacuations in the past and losing their home, Touran and her husband plan to rebuild in the same 10-acre spot.

“The amount of support that I’m getting from the fire depart-ment is just incredible,” Touran said. “That’s why we’re planning on rebuilding in that area is be-cause of the community and the support that we’ve gotten. Ev-erybody up there knows who we are. Everybody is giving me hugs, especially on that volunteer fire department. We’ve gone through hell and back. Pedro and I are not

the only firefighters that lost their homes. Every single one of those firefighters that lost their homes at the time their house was burning, they were protecting somebody else’s house. Every one of them.”

Personally, Touran said she’s doing OK and is not the type of person to accept hand-outs. She did say the one thing she does need now is dog fencing for her wolf hybrid, Caribbean mutt and a miniature dachshund, and she would accept monetary dona-tions so she could buy some new clothes.

“People ask me all the time what they can do to help. Hon-estly, money would be the best way to help,” Touran said. “As far as clothing, I can go out and get what I need.”

The dogs, cats, parrots, hedge-hog and chickens are being board-ed at Garden Valley.

Rick Dumm, a veterinarian who owns Garden Valley, knows what it’s like to lose everything. The 2008 tornado in Windsor wiped out the veterinary hospital.

Dumm said taking care of Touran’s animals is one way Gar-den Valley can help.

“We’re just trying to help her with those kind of little necessi-ties. The bird cages and things all got burned up,” Dumm said. “Like we know here when the tornado came through it takes awhile to figure out what you need. Insur-ance doesn’t take care of every-thing obviously. In our case, you sit back after a couple of days and you were just grateful that no one got killed. That was kind of the pep talk I was giving Kathryn all this time, too. It’s sad, but it’s a house.

“You just hug and say prayers for them, and hope that they can get through it.”

ROBERT R. dEnTOn/For The Tribune

KAthryn tourAn, 30, holds two of her chickens saved before she lost her house to the high Park fire. Touran and her husband are both veterinarians and volunteer firefight-ers for rist Canyon. The two lost some ducks, geese and other chickens to the blaze.

Veterinarian: ‘You can’t be bitter’ about the fire«VeterinAriAn From A1

then called police dispatch and threatened to kill the woman, who dispatchers could hear crying in the background. The outstand-ing warrant was for engag-ing in a riot, possession of a weapon by a previous of-fender and reckless endan-germent. It stemmed from gang shootings at Island Grove Park Apartments on Father’s Day weekend,

West said. No one was injured in

the evening shootings, the first of which occurred at 11:10 p.m. June 16 and the second at 9:13 p.m. June 17. Both shootings began with confrontations between ri-val gang members, which erupted into shootings of about four to five shots each.

Perales was on probation

at the time of the hostage situation. He was serving a three-year intensive super-vised probation sentence for a felony eluding charge, after he fled from a police officer in 2010, according to a search of Colorado court records, which reveals a lengthy list of charges.

In 2010, he pleaded guilty in Weld County to a felony charge of distribut-

ing an imitation controlled substance, and was sen-tenced to one year in prison, though he received credit for the 101 days he had al-ready served. In 2007, he pleaded guilty in Weld to misdemeanor menacing. He was sentenced to two years of probation, and a felon burglary charge was

dismissed. The June 17 shooting

began with a car driving through the parking lot, confronting a group of peo-ple outside. An argument ensued, followed by both groups shooting at each other. The vehicle involved in the June 17 shooting was struck by one stray bullet

and the occupants aban-doned it at the scene.

Police arrested Manuel Edwards, 23, on June 23 on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder in con-nection with the shootings.

Tribune reporter Sharon Dunn contributed to this

report.

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Have you ever watched the TV show “Parks and Recreation”? The story line is often over-the-top comedy and pure satire of local gov-ernment, but I gotta tell ya, there are so many small truths in that show that I actually find it rewarding and a testament to what we in this profession often really do experience. And ... it’s fun!

Greeley’s Culture, Parks and Recreation Department is often referred to as the Department of Fun — well, I certainly hope so because my colleagues and I work hard to provide fun for every resident. Our motto — “We work when you play” — motivates us to provide parks, trails, pools, playgrounds, shows, public art, education, youth and adult leagues and more for ages 0 to 110. And yes, even dogs get in on the action with two local dog parks and a special new Doggie Swim on Aug. 18 at Discovery Bay waterpark.

July is National Parks and Recreation Month and I encourage you to learn about all that’s offered in Greeley or any other com-munity (as well as at your state and national parks). There are so many opportunities out there that it’s difficult to talk about everything

we do in this column, but consider how every community, no matter how large or how small, benefits from parks and recreation services:»Cultural, parks and recreation programs

are an integral part of communities through-out the country.»Cultural, parks and recreation programs

are vitally important to our quality of life and contribute to the economic and environmen-tal well-being of our city.»Cultural, parks and recreation programs

build healthy, active communities that aid in the prevention of chronic disease, provide therapeutic recreation services for those who are mentally or physically disabled, and also improve the mental and emotional health of all residents.»Cultural, parks and recreation programs

increase a community’s economic prosperity through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the attraction and retention of businesses and crime reduction. »Parks and recreation areas are fundamen-

tal to the environmental well-being of our city by improving water and air quality, protecting groundwater, preventing flooding, providing green space buffers around development and maintaining habitat for wildlife.»Our parks and natural recreation areas

ensure the beauty of our community and pro-vide a place for children and adults to connect with nature and recreate outdoors — it is so incredibly important to get our kids outside. »Parks provide accessibility for all and

make connections in communities through trails, paths and open spaces for persons of all ages and abilities.

This year we’re planning to Get Wild in Greeley to celebrate Parks and Recreation Month and you’re invited to join us. As part of these very cool events, you can submit fun photos of you or your family going wild about recreation in Greeley to www.facebook.com/GreeleyRec from July 19-27 and be automati-cally entered to win prizes for the best picture (um, certain levels of decorum are required). Find details about our Wild July by calling (970) 350-9400 or visiting www.greeleygov.com.

Most importantly, I encourage you to go out and play and have some fun. And if you have a moment, greet and thank the women and men who maintain our parks and facilities, and provide all those opportunities for fun for everyone. Have a wild time this summer!

Andrew McRoberts is the director of culture, parks and recreation for the

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Depending on who you talk to, the U.S. Supreme Court decision to up-

hold the Affordable Care Act is either a great step toward im-proving health care for millions of Americans or it’s the end of the world as we know it.

But we applaud the court’s decision for many reasons. We think the hysteria sur-rounding the Affordable Care Act is generally un-founded and while not per-fect, the Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction toward reforming our health care system.

The Supreme Court spe-cifically upheld the indi-

vidual mandate provision, which will eventually require everyone of have health insurance. Those against the measure say it is an example of a government mandate aimed at controlling what should be a personal free-dom to choose not to carry health insurance.

We argue, however, that this really isn’t that different than being required to carry auto insurance if you drive a car or being required to pay your taxes. It’s something we should all do to be contribut-ing citizens of this nation.

But even more, those of us who do have insurance end up paying for those who don’t through higher health

care costs. In 2010, North Colorado

Medical Center provided more than $71 million in services to indigent patients who didn’t have health insur-ance. It wrote off another $29 million in bad debt. Eventually, insured patients pay for that, in higher premi-ums and co-pays.

This provision isn’t meant to be a punishment. Pro-grams are being developed to help those who truly can’t afford medical insurance.

There are other aspects of the act that are also good, including stopping insurance companies from denying coverage for people with ongoing conditions and the provision that will allow chil-dren to stay on their parent’s insurance until they are 26.

Frankly, in Colorado, where many aspects of the act have already be insti-

tuted, the numbers are hard to ignore. According to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office:»Because of GettingUs-

Covered, a high-risk insur-ance pool, 1,331 people with pre-existing conditions have received coverage.»43,997 more adults have

gained health insurance coverage.»Nearly 1 million resi-

dents of the state with private health insurance now have coverage for preventa-tive health care.»Nearly 2 million resi-

dents do not have to worry about lifetime limits on cov-erage, freeing those suffering from chronic diseases such as cancer of the threat of los-ing their coverage, and their ability to receive treatments.

There are many more reforms that are needed in our health care system. There needs to be more emphasis on

preventative care. There needs to be more access to treatment for some patients who are suf-fering chronic illnesses. The skyrocketing cost of health care needs to be addressed.

We do believe this act will head the United States to-ward some of those reforms that eventually will be a direct benefit to patients.

Unfortunately, we also re-alize this is going to continue to be a political issue, and that is unfortunate. Access to good health care should be a right in this country for every single citizen, regard-less of their income level. It shouldn’t be a tool for politi-cians to use scare tactics and myths to gain more power.

We hope this historic affir-mation of the constitutional-ity of the Affordable Care Act is just the first step toward improving access, and our health care system as a whole.

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Court decision step in right directionReforms from Affordable Care Act will improve access to care

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Pedro “Pito” Dominguez Dec. 16, 1971-June 21, 2012 Age: 40 Residence: Evans

Pedro “Pito” Domin-guez, 40, of Evans, died June 21, 2012, at Denver Health hospital. He was born Dec. 16, 1971, to Pedro Ven-egas and Guadalupe D o m i n -guez in L a r e d o , Texas.

He was outgoing, and enjoyed being with his family. He was greatly loved and will be missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Araceli; three daughters, Tianna, Alexis, Aliya, of Evans; one son, Isaac; brothers, Ismael, Julio, Luis Alber-to; one sister, Noemi, all of Greeley; four grand-children.

Service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 2, 2012, at St. Peter Catho-lic Church, 915 12th St., Greeley.

Arrangements entrust-ed to Cappadona Funeral Home, Colorado Springs.

Alan Raymon Gibson April 22, 1954-June 27, 2012 Age: 58 Residence: Greeley

Alan Raymon Gibson, 58, of Greeley, passed away in a Denver hospi-tal on June 27, 2012, af-

ter an illness. Alan was the husband of Elizabeth Neale Gibson and step-father to Wesley Boyd Davis. Alan was born in Athens, Tenn., on April 22, 1954, to Gladys Crit-tenden Gibson and Ray-mond Theodore Gibson of Marietta, Ga.

He attended Cobb County public schools, graduating from Wheel-er High School in 1972.

While in s c h o o l , Alan was active in FFA, Boy S c o u t s and band. He gradu-ated from the electronics techni-cian program at DeVry University and worked as an IT professional for more than 20 years. He was employed by Digi-tal Equipment Corp. as a field service engineer in Maynard, Mass., Green-ville, S.C., and Asheville, N.C.

Alan married Eliza-beth Neale on June 30, 1984, in Asheville, N.C. In 1993, the family moved to Marietta, Ga. area where Alan was employed by ALT Communications as a network administrator. Alan’s hobbies included bowling, skiing, riding motorcycles and follow-ing the Atlanta Braves baseball.

Survivors are his wife, Elizabeth Neale Gibson of Greeley; brother, Perry Xen Gibson of Marietta; and stepson, Wesley Boyd Davis of Ogden, Utah. Alan was preceded in death his mother; father; and sister, Paula Gibson, all of Marietta.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a memorial recep-tion at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 6, 2012, at Adamson Chapel, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO.

Memorial contribu-

tions in Alan’s memory may be made to any Boy Scouts of America orga-nization.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.adamsonchapels.com.

Fern F. Vielma Dec. 31, 1922- June 27, 2012 Age: 89 Residence: Greeley

Fern F. Vielma, 89, of Greeley, passed away June 27, 2012, at Hospice of Northern Colorado.

She was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Lester, Colo., to Santos and S a r a f i n a (Autobee) Fernandez. She gradu-ated from G r e e l e y High School in 1940. On Nov, 19, 1942, she mar-ried Candido E. Vielma. After having three chil-dren, she worked in the banking industry for 37 years, before retiring in 1996. Fern was a mem-ber of The Rodarte Cen-ter.

She is survived by chil-dren, Jerry Vielma of Greeley, Cindy (Art) No-lin of Eaton, Colo., and Beverly (Gary) Kobs of Bellevue, Wash.; grand-children, Eric (Jennifer) Rangel of Murrieta, Ca-lif., Cory (Susi) Vielma of Berlin, Germany, Stacey Vielma of Lakeside, Ca-lif., Mark (Angie) Barnett of Westminster, Colo., Kelly (Leo) Atencio of

Brighton, Colo., Jason Kobs of Bellevue, Wash., and Lisa Kobs of New York, N.Y.; great-grand-children, Simon, Max, and Chloe Rangel and Jaden and Marcus Aten-cio. She is also survived by sisters, Ann Vargas of Los Angeles, Calif. and Hope Coronado of Den-ver, and extended family.

Fern is preceded in death by her husband; parents; and siblings, Charles, Helen, Simon, George and Benjamin.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2012, at Adamson Chapel in Greeley.

Memorials may be made to The Rodarte Center in Mrs. Vielma’s name in care of Adam-son Funeral & Cremation Services, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.

To extend condolences go to adamsonchapels.com.

Doris O. Walters Aug. 13, 1923-June 24, 2012 Age: 88 Residence: Greeley

Doris O. Walters, 88, of Greeley, died Sun-day, June 24, 2012, at The Bridge at Life Care Center in G r e e l e y . She was born on Aug 13, 1923, in Chicago, Ill., to Llewellyn and Olive (Milne) Young.

Doris attended Colo-

rado State University and Northern Illinois State Teacher’s College.

She was a Home Eco-nomics teacher at Sand-wich High School in Sandwich, Ill., Meritt Hutton High School, Hu-ron Jr. High in Thornton, Kerney State College in Nebraska and University of Northern Colorado.

On June 29, 1947, she married Eugene L. Wal-ters in Evanston, Ill. She was a member of the First Congregational Church. She was also a member of the P.E.O. Chapter FZ Retired Teacher’s Asso-ciation.

Doris liked to travel and loved the mountains. She volunteered at North Colorado Medical Center and was on the auxiliary board, where she was president. She enjoyed spending time with her companion, Ray Stork in her later years.

Doris is survived by two grandchildren, Kirst-in Wilson and Nicholas E. Walters; and seven great-grandchildren, Matthew, Zachary, Andrew, Molly, Nicole, Olivia and Lukas.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Leonard Walters; two sons, Kennith Robert Walters and Paul Eugene Walters; one brother, Robert Lleyellyn Young; and her parents.

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JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir was a fi ghter for the Jews long before Israel’s cre-ation, an underground leader who led militias against the Arabs and British.

He made no apologies and no compromises — not as an underground fi ghter, an in-telligence agent who hunted Nazis, and as one of Israel’s longest-serving prime minis-ters who refused to bargain for land.

The 96-year-old Shamir, who clung throughout his life to the belief that Israel should hang onto territory and never trust an Arab regime, died Saturday at a nursing home in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv. Israeli media said Shamir had su© ered from Alzheim-er’s disease in recent years.

Shamir was Israel’s sev-enth prime minister, serving as premier for seven years,

from 1983-84 and 1986-92, leading his party to election victories twice, despite lack-ing much of the outward

charisma that characterizes many modern politicians. Barely over 5 feet tall and built like a block of granite, he projected an image of un-

compromising strength dur-ing the fi rst intifada, or Pales-tinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza.

His time in oª ce was eventful, marked by the mas-sive airlift of thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the Palestinian uprising and the 1991 Gulf war, when Iraq fi red 39 Scud missiles at Is-rael.

“Yitzhak Shamir was a brave warrior before and af-ter the founding of the State of Israel,” said Israeli Presi-dent Shimon Peres, Shamir’s longtime political opponent. “He was loyal to his views, a great patriot and a true lover of Israel who served his coun-try with integrity and unend-ing commitment. May his memory be blessed.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Shamir “led Israel with a deep loyalty to the nation and to the land and to the eternal values of the Jewish people.”

Former Israeli PM Shamir dies at 96

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ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER,YITZHAK SHAMIR, attends a press conference on April 29, 1987, while on an o� cial visit in Paris. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who clung through-out his life to the belief that Israel should hang onto territory and never trust an Arab regime, has died. He was 96 years old.

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T yler Batt catches.That’s just what he does.He catches pitches. Catches pop-

ups. He catches the ball just per-fectly with his bat to drive a hit into an outfield gap.

He catches state titles. Catches good grades. Catches a few minutes to venture out to the ballpark during days off to help mentor the next generation of Eaton Red baseball players.

He even caught himself a full scholarship to study agribusiness and play baseball in college, at Trinidad State Junior College.

After a school year in which he excelled on the diamond, in the classroom and contrib-uted in the community, Batt has his hands on another catch: The Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Year for the spring season.

Among Batt’s long list of accomplishments, Batt said he holds none more dearly than his Class 3A state title — the 10th in Reds history.

As a senior catcher and hard-nosed leader, Eaton likely wouldn’t have won a title with Batt, nor would it have capped another dazzling season with a 23-4 record.

“I couldn’t ask for anything more,” Batt said of the sto-rybook end to his preps career. “(Winning state) is defi-nitely the best thing that ever could happen for any high school player. In your senior season, you always like to go out on top. Know-ing that my last game as an Eaton Red was in the championship game, and we won that game, is the best feeling ever.”

Waiting for his turnEaton’s state title this past spring

was the second springtime title during Batt’s career. The Reds last claimed a title in 2009, Batt’s freshman season.

Though Batt was on the varsity ros-ter that year, he spent the season as the squad’s bullpen catcher and the pri-mary backup behind legendary Eaton catcher, who is now playing in the De-troit Tigers’ farm system.

“As a freshmen, I remember thinking, ‘Gosh, I wish I could be out there starting,” Batt said. “But, as a freshman, I knew my job was in the bullpen, and I give all the credit

sporTs Today: B2: Padres light uP rockies bullPen in another colorado loss

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by samuel g. [email protected]

Mac Malone threw the Greeley West Legion B baseball team a curve Saturday af-ternoon — in fact, about 70 of ‘em.

Malone, a lanky right-hander broke off his curveball with better efficiency than most pitchers do fastballs in the Grizzlies’ 7-4 vic-tory in the nightcap at Butch Butler

Field.Greeley West took the opener

8-0.“He throws the best curveball

I’ve ever caught,” said Northridge catcher RJ Fulton, who calls for the pitch more than a fastball. “It’s his best pitch. It’s like most

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«conTinued B6: West-northridge

by Matt [email protected]

It looked like Kaycee Feild’s day might be over before it even started because of his bucking horse. However, like any good cowboy, Feild took control of the situation and showed who was boss.

That’s why he’s a world cham-pion.

Feild’s bucking horse nearly jumped all the way out of the chutes as Feild was preparing to

ride in the bareback competi-tion at the Greeley Stampede on Saturday. Still, after settling the horse down enough for him to complete his ride, Feild posted the best score of the day in the competition to win the go-round with an 80 and move into third overall in the bareback stand-ings.

Of course, Feild, a Payson, Utah resident, knows what it takes to get the best out of any horse. He proved that last year by winning the bareback compe-

tition at the National Finals Ro-deo to claim his first world title.

So he wasn’t about to let a stubborn bucking horse throw him off his game on Saturday. In-stead, he used the horse’s aggres-siveness to his advantage to post the best ride of the day.

“Any rodeo, you’re going to get on some buckers – big, mean ones, I like to say,” Feild said.

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DENVER — Christian Friedrich followed the blue-print for the Colorado Rock-ies.

However, the bullpen couldn’t finish the job.

Friedrich, working within the 75-pitch limit dictated by Colorado’s new four-man ro-tation, left the game after the fifth inning with a 2-1 lead.

Two pitchers later, the Rockies were on their way to an 8-4 loss to the San Diego Padres.

“We pitched badly from the sixth inning on,” manager Jim Tracy said. “It’s unfor-tunate because the job that Christian Friedrich did was just exceptional. He got us ex-actly where we needed.”

Wilin Rosario homered for the Rockies. Jordan Pacheco had an RBI single and Chris Nelson a run-scoring double in the eighth for Colorado.

Friedrich was efficient in throwing 74 pitches, and his only mistake was Yasmani Grandal’s homer in the fourth — the first of his two home runs — that gave the Padres a 1-0 lead.

Friedrich also shook off a line drive that hit him in the left calf on the fifth pitch of the game to allow just one run and five hits and strike out five.

“It’s how I’m supposed to pitch. I need to hit the zone, especially with this new pitch count,” he said. “The slider was working real well and I threw a couple of curveballs when I needed it. I thought I located the fastball down and away for the most part. We had a good plan going in.”

It fell apart in the later in-nings.

Batting left-handed in the sixth, Grandal, who was called up from Triple-A be-fore the game, hit a two-run

shot into the left-field bleach-ers off Jeremy Guthrie (3-7) for a 3-2 lead.

It was the first time a play-er has homered from both sides of the plate for his first two major league hits, accord-ing to the Padres, with infor-mation supplied from Elias Sports Bureau.

Alexi Amarista, who hit a grand slam Thursday in Houston for his first big league homer, also hit two home runs. The first came off Guthrie leading off the sev-enth.

“One was a strike slider, one was a changeup 8 inches off the plate,” Guthrie said of

the two homers he allowed. “Both in poor locations be-cause they were hit for hom-ers. You make as many qual-ity pitches as you can and give yourself a better chance to succeed.”

The Padres broke it open in the eighth off Adam Ot-tavino, scoring four times for an 8-2 lead. Cameron Maybin hit an RBI single with two outs and Amarista followed with a three-run homer.

“From the sixth inning on it was a combination of bad pitches and bad choices,” Tra-cy said. “That’s what took us out of the game.”

Edinson Volquez (5-7) gave

up one earned run and three hits in six innings for the Pa-dres.

The Rockies had just two hits through the first five in-nings but led 2-1. Rosario tied it at 1 when he led off the fifth with his 13th homer of the season. Pinch hitter Eric

Young walked and scored when Grandal, the catcher, overthrew Dexter Fowler’s sacrifice bunt.

Volquez worked hard to hold the Rockies down, walking six and striking out eight. He escaped two jams by getting Carlos Gonzalez to

ground into double plays.“We didn’t do a lot offen-

sively at the beginning part of the game, you have to give credit to Volquez,” Tracy said. “He had a really good change-up today. He mixed his chan-geup and curveball very well. Kept us at bay.”

B2 » Sunday, July 1, 2012 » ThE TRibuNE«sportsguide

«scoreBoardBaseBall

Major League BaseBaLLNatioNaL League

West Division W L Pct gBSan Francisco 44 35 .557 —Los Angeles 43 36 .544 1Arizona 39 38 .506 4Colorado 30 47 .390 13San Diego 29 50 .367 15

east Division W L Pct gBWashington 44 32 .579 —New York 43 36 .544 2 ½Atlanta 41 36 .532 3 ½Miami 37 40 .481 7 ½Philadelphia 36 44 .450 10

Central Division W L Pct gBCincinnati 43 34 .558 —Pittsburgh 42 35 .545 1St. Louis 40 38 .513 3 ½Milwaukee 35 42 .455 8Houston 32 46 .410 11 ½Chicago 28 49 .364 15

saturdayPittsburgh 7, St. Louis 3Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1Chicago Cubs 3, Houston 2Atlanta 7, Washington 5Miami 3, Philadelphia 2Milwaukee 10, Arizona 2N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 0san Diego 8, Colorado 4

todayPhiladelphia (Blanton 7-6) at Miami

(Nolasco 6-6), 11:10 a.m.Washington (G.Gonzalez 10-3) at Atlanta

(T.Hudson 6-3), 11:35 a.m.Arizona (Collmenter 0-2) at Milwaukee

(Gallardo 6-6), 12:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Bedard 4-8) at St. Louis (West-

brook 6-6), 12:15 p.m.Houston (W.Rodriguez 6-5) at Chicago Cubs

(T.Wood 2-3), 12:20 p.m.san Diego (K.Wells 0-1) at Colorado

(D.Pomeranz 0-2), 1:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Arroyo 3-5) at San Francisco

(Vogelsong 7-3), 2:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Gee 5-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Ker-

shaw 5-4), 6:05 p.m.

aMeriCaN LeagueWest Division

W L Pct gBTexas 50 29 .633 —Los Angeles 43 35 .551 6 ½Oakland 37 42 .468 13Seattle 33 46 .418 17

east Division W L Pct gBNew York 47 30 .610 —Baltimore 42 35 .545 5Boston 41 36 .532 6Tampa Bay 41 37 .526 6 ½Toronto 40 38 .513 7 ½

Central Division W L Pct gBChicago 42 36 .538 —Cleveland 39 38 .506 2 ½Detroit 38 40 .487 4Kansas City 35 41 .461 6Minnesota 32 45 .416 9 ½

saturdayN.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 0Toronto 11, L.A. Angels 2Minnesota 7, Kansas City 2, 1st gameCleveland 11, Baltimore 5Detroit 6, Tampa Bay 2Minnesota 5, Kansas City 1, 2nd gameTexas 7, Oakland 2Boston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

todayCleveland (Masterson 4-7) at Baltimore

(Matusz 5-9), 11:35 a.m.Detroit (Smyly 2-3) at Tampa Bay (Cobb

3-4), 11:40 a.m.Chicago White Sox (Floyd 6-7) at N.Y.

Yankees (P.Hughes 8-6), 12:05 p.m.Kansas City (B.Chen 7-6) at Minnesota

(Liriano 2-7), 12:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-4) at Toronto

(Laffey 0-0), 1:07 p.m.Boston (Doubront 8-4) at Seattle (Vargas

7-7), 2:10 p.m.Oakland (Blackley 1-2) at Texas (Darvish

10-4), 5:05 p.m.

soccerMajor League soCCerWesterN CoNFereNCe

W L t Pts gF gaSan Jose 11 3 3 36 35 22Real Salt Lake 10 6 2 32 28 21Seattle 7 5 5 26 21 18Vancouver 7 4 5 26 18 19

Colorado 7 8 1 22 24 21Los Angeles 6 9 2 20 25 27Chivas USA 5 7 4 19 11 18Portland 4 7 4 16 14 20FC Dallas 3 9 5 14 16 26

easterN CoNFereNCe W L t Pts gF gaD.C. 10 5 3 33 34 22New York 9 4 4 31 32 25Sporting KC 9 5 2 29 20 16Chicago 8 5 3 27 21 19Houston 6 5 5 23 22 24Columbus 6 5 4 22 16 15New England 5 7 4 19 22 22Montreal 5 10 3 18 24 32Philadelphia 3 9 2 11 13 17Toronto FC 2 10 3 9 17 29

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

WednesdayToronto FC 3, Montreal 0

FridayChicago 1, Sporting Kansas City 0

saturdayToronto FC 1, New York 1, tieNew England 2, Seattle FC 2, tieD.C. United 3, Montreal 0Columbus 2, Real Salt Lake 0Houston 2, Philadelphia 1Colorado 3, Portland 0San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3

tuesdayChicago at Houston, 6:30 p.m.San Jose at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

WednesdaySporting Kansas City at Montreal, 5 p.m.Toronto FC at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

july 7Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.San Jose at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.Portland at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Chivas USA, 8:30 p.m.Colorado at Seattle FC, 9 p.m.

july 8Los Angeles at Chicago, 1 p.m.Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.New York at New England, 5 p.m.Columbus at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

et ceterasaturDay’s traNsaCtioNs

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CLeVeLaND iNDiaNs—Placed 3B Lonnie Chisenhall on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Jason Donald from Columbus (IL).

NeW yorK yaNKees—Recalled RHP D.J. Mitchell from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP Adam Warren to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

taMPa Bay rays—Activated RHP Jeremy Hellickson and RHP Kyle Farnsworth from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Cesar Ramos and RHP Brandon Gomes to Durham (IL).

National LeagueCHiCago CuBs—Agreed to terms with OF

Jorge Soler on a nine-year contract.st. Louis CarDiNaLs—Optioned RHP

Eduardo Sanchez and LHP Sam Freeman to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Barret Browning from Memphis. Recalled RHP Maikel Cleto from Memphis.

american associationFargo-MoorHeaD reDHaWKs—Signed

LHP Tony Davis.LareDo LeMurs—Signed RHP Gabriel

Zavala.LiNCoLN saLtDogs—Released LHP

Justin Roelle.WiCHita WiNgNuts—Signed OF Sean M.

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LoNg isLaND DuCKs—Signed RHP Nick Singleton.

Can-am LeagueQueBeC CaPitaLes—Signed OF JC

Paguin.BasKetBaLL

National Basketball associationCLeVeLaND CaVaLiers—Extended

a qualifying offer to G-F Alonzo Gee and F Luke Harangody making them restricted free agents.

HoCKeyNational Hockey League

PittsBurgH PeNguiNs—Agreed to terms with D Matt Niskanen on two-year contract.

taMPa Bay LigHtNiNg—Re-signed D Keith Aulie to a one-year contract.

«sports HistorytoDay iN sPorts History ...

1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 66-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game.

1920 — Suzanne Lenglen of France be-comes the first player to win three Wimbledon titles in one year, taking the singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

1932 — Helen Moody wins her fifth women’s singles title in six years at Wimbledon, defeat-ing Helen Jacobs 6-3, 6-1.

1938 — Don Budge defeats Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 to win the men’s singles title and sweep the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon for the second straight year.

1951 — Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches his third career no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1.

1951 — Beverly Hanson wins the Eastern Open by three strokes over Babe Zaharias in her first start on the LPGA Tour. Hanson is the only golfer to win a tournament in her first professional start.

1961 — Mickey Wright beats defending champion Betsy Rawls by six strokes to win the U.S. Women’s Open.

1977 — Britain’s Virginia Wade wins the singles title on the 100th anniversary of Wimbledon, defeating Betty Stove 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

1990 — Cathy Johnston completes a wire-to-wire performance, beating Patty Sheehan by two strokes to win the LPGA du Maurier Classic.

1995 — The NBA locks out its players at 12:01 a.m., the first work stoppage in league history.

1996 — Tim Henman beats Magnus Gustafsson in straight sets to become the first British man to reach the Wimbledon quarterfi-nals since Roger Taylor in 1973.

2003 — The ACC formally introduces Miami and Virginia Tech as the newest members of what will become an 11-team league in fall 2004.

2007 — Cristie Kerr wins the U.S. Women’s Open by making only two bogeys over her final 45 holes. Kerr finishes at 5-under 279 for her 10th career victory.

2011 — The NBA locks out its players, a long-expected move putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy.

2011 — Novak Djokovic beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon final for the first time and claim the No. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal. Nadal, the defending champion, reaches the Wimbledon final for the fifth time with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Andy Murray.

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4th of July Tournament, in Aurora, TBAnorthern Colorado BaSe-Ball leagueThompson Valley vs. Greeley West at Butch Butler Field, 11 a.m.; Greeley Central at Eaton, 8 a.m.Pro rodeoPRCA Pro Rodeo at Greeley Stampede, Island Grove Arena, 1 p.m.

«morning Briefing«Guards aplenty as nBa free agency beginsThe NBA free-agency negotiation period began today at 12:01 a.m. EDT, and the Knicks and Nets were expected to be among the more active teams.

Teams can’t sign free agents until July 11, so there is plenty of time to talk. It’s a guard-heavy group and some teams may save or just give out one-year deals to put themselves in position to sign Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum and Josh Smith in 2013.

The top free agents are Deron Williams, Steve Nash, O.J. Mayo, Ray Allen.

«Van Garderen takes white jersey at Tour de France

liEGE, bElGiumTejay van Garderen lived up to his pre-race billing as one of American cycling’s best young talents with an explosive performance on the streets of Liege in the Tour de France’s opening time trial.

The 23-year-old Montana native finished Saturday’s 4-mile prologue in fourth place, just 10 seconds behind the stage winner, four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.

That was good enough to net Van Garderen the white jersey, worn by the highest placed rider under the age of 25. It follows up the polka-dotted climber’s jersey that Van Gar-deren wore for one stage last year in his first Tour de France.

«Concussion lawsuits are next big uS litigation

lOS ANGElESSmokers and pro football players have something in com-mon: They engage in risky behavior that can be potentially harmful to their health over time.

And to hear some lawyers tell it, the National Football League is the equivalent of Big Tobacco.

The recent wave of lawsuits filed on behalf of retired players uses similar arguments to those made by attorneys representing smokers who sued tobacco companies more than 15 years ago — in this case, that the National Football League knew repeated concussions could lead to brain damage and yet hid the information.

More than 2,400 retired players are now plaintiffs, look-ing for the kind of success smokers had against the tobacco companies. The result then was a landmark, $206-billion settlement shared among 46 states. But the ex-players face a huge challenge as they take on a multibillion dollar indus-try that is the most popular sport in the United States.

“I don’t think it’s the same good versus evil you saw in the tobacco litigation, but there are some potential similarities,” said Gabriel Feldman, director of the sports law program at Tulane University. “It’s a lot grayer on both sides. That could change if some smoking guns are found during discovery if the case gets that far.”

«49ers’ Smith stabbed during partySANTA ClARA, CAlif.San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith is recovering from what the team says is a minor wound suffered early Saturday.

Smith’s wound was caused by a stabbing, according to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment.

“The 49ers are aware that Aldon Smith incurred minor injuries during an incident,” 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement. “We are in contact with Aldon, and thankful that his injuries were not more serious, and that he is recovering comfortably.”

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san diego padres second baseman logan forsythe picks up the ball after committing an error while trying to force out Colorado Rockies’ Carlos Gonzalez at second base in the eighth inning of the Padres’ 8-4 victory Saturday in Denver.

Bullpen bowled over as Rockies fall to Padres

» streaking: Gonzalez singled in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to nine games. » rookie move: Rosario is tied for fourth in franchise history for homers by a rookie. » nicasio getting healthy: Rockies RhP Juan Nicasio (left hamstring strain) threw 45 pitches in a simulated game. The team will decide Sunday on the next step in the

pitcher’s rehab schedule. » call up/call down: The Padres will send RhP Kip Wells (0-1) to the mound today while the Rockies are expected to recall lhP Drew Pomeranz (0-2) from Triple-A to start for them.

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» extra bases

» Bobby Fernandez is the sports editor of The Tribune. He’s worked at The Tribune since 2005, mainly covering county high schools. He graduated from Greeley Central High School in 2001 before at-tending CSU. He enjoys long walks on the beach and is often mistaken for Batman. On a more serious note, Bobby is an avid fi sherman and a basketball enthusiast. Reach him at (970)392-4478 or at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @BobbyDFernandez.» Samuel G. Mustari is the vecchietto, or geezer, of The Tribune sports department.

He started at the Tribune well before most of today’s story subjects were alive — in 1978.In his spare time, Mustari loves to read, play golf, researching his Italian/Greek heritage and enjoys family. Reach Mustari (970) 392- 4437 or at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SamuelMustari » Matt Schuman is a 1982 graduate of Thomas Je� erson High School in Denver, receiv-ing his bachelor’s degree in journalism from UNC in 1986. He isn’t afraid to call himself a diehard Broncos fan and the resident “nerd” of the sports sta� . When he isn’t covering his beat – UNC athletics – or catching up on the latest Pey-ton Manning update, he’s an avid sci-fi fan who can quote nearly every line from the old

Star Trek series. When he isn’t watching Capt. Kirk traipse around the universe, he likes to spend time with his girlfriend, Andrea, and his family. Reach Schuman at (970) 397-3494 or at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ SchumanSays.» Tyler Silvy is an Okie, but he’s not from Muskogee. Born in Ponca City, Okla., but raised in Stillwater — he attended school for seven years to get an undergraduate degree — Silvy found a passion for journalism midway through his time at Oklahoma State University. When he’s not working, Silvy enjoys playing the harmonica, disc golf, grilling and chilling and spending time outdoors with his wife, Rose. Reach Silvy at (970) 392-4491 or at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @TylerSilvy.

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said what?» They I’ve been really blessed to be able to make a living on rodeo. I love to do

two things: Ranch and rodeo.”— MATT BRIGHT, Bareback bronc rider, after explaining how he began his career as a child, riding sheep, then calves, then steer and bulls before settling on his current mode of transportation and cash.

“

in review» Week » Game of the week

sports guys»The

BIG 5»Weld’s Each week, The Tribune Sports sta� ranks the fi ve hottest teams in summer baseball regardless of league. These rankings are based on the sports desk’s coverage and opinion only.

I t’s anybody’s guess how this one is going to play out. Greeley West has

split it’s two games with Thompson Valley this sum-mer, handing out one of the Eagles’ two losses in Legion B play.

Today and Tuesday the teams meet in Northern Colorado Baseball League action, as the Spartans look to maintain their strangle-

hold on the top spot of the American League in the NCBL. They’ll need to bring their A-game, though.

» What: Greeley West (12-1 in NCBL, 22-8 overall) vs.

Thompson Valley (7-5, 24-7)» Where: Today in Loveland; Tuesday at Butch Butler Field in Greeley» When: 3:30 p.m. today; 11 a.m. Tuesday

»Buzz trivia» A member of the Greeley West Legion B baseball team is the son of a former UNC standout pitcher. Name the West player and his dad.» Send your answer to [email protected] to enter a drawing for a $5 gift card to The Buzz.» Last week’s answer: Bruce Ford is a local Hall of Fame cowboy.

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She approached a sandwich shop in her Or-ange County Calif., neighborhood and noticed a fl ier in the window, advertising the infamous Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest — yep, the one where Joey Chestnut and Tak-eru Kobayashi scarf down more hot dogs in 10 minutes than most people eat in a lifetime.

Well, Bowers asked for a fl ier, and instead received an entry form.

To make a long story shorter than a little link, Bowers entered herself in a qualifying round, scheduled later that day.

Now, the 2000 Greeley West graduate will fi nd herself pigging out at the same lunch table as Chestnut and Kobayashi on July 4th — on ESPN.

By now, you’re probably envisioning the smiling little squirt who is the advertising logo for Oscar Meyer.

Bowers was too, but instead, she’ll play the part, competing in the women’s division with a chance to be the top women’s consumer of hot dogs in the world.

Hot-diggety dog. “Yeah, it’s a little bizarre,” said the petite

5-foot-3, 120-pound Bowers. “I’m a little sur-prised, but at the same time, I’m excited.”

Realize, this isn’t your Uncle Ray’s backyard family picnic.

This is some serious hot dog eating with prize money — not to mention a stomach ache and a good chance of blowin’ chunks by the day’s end.

“Hey,” Bowers added, “Nathan’s is the Super Bowl of eating. So far, this has happened really fast and it’s turning into a pleas-ant surprise.”

In that fi rst qualifying contest, Bowers woofed down 8.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

Since then, she’s upped her to-tal to 9.5 in just 10 minutes.

In between, she’s consumed at least 100 hot dogs in three months, preparing for next week’s big one.

She’s no rookie to these types of events, scarfi ng down 11 wild boar sausages in eight minutes to fi nish third in a contest in Denver; 20 Peeps in two minutes to fi nish fi rst in a con-test in Las Vegas, Nev.

In the last week, Bowers has signed on with Major League Eating, referring to herself as “a professional gur-gitator.”

Bowers, a graduate of the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego, Calif., isn’t just about showing up at Coney Island and shoveling hot dogs and their buns into her pie hole.

She’s been recognized by the State Senate of California and the U.S. House of Repre-sentatives for her e£ orts in nutrition educa-tion and hunger relief and maintains her own website eatbemary.com

She’s worked hard at strengthening her stomach muscles, fi guring how many pounds of hot dogs her body can endure in 10 min-utes, what her choice of liquid will be, what

shoes will be most comfortable and if she’ll need goggles.

“I’ve learned more about food issues and people in the last fi ve months than I had in my entire life,” Bowers said. “I can max out at about four or fi ve pounds, but that might take more like 30 or 40 minutes. We have just 10 (min-utes) in the contest. In 10 minutes, I can hold about two pounds worth of food.”

Bowers self professed to “loving to eat,” but taking part in the contest has forced her to pay attention to her body and alter her eating hab-its.

“Oh, there have been days where I’ve been starving and I’ll clean out a whole pizza,” Bow-ers said. “Then there will be other days where I’ll just graze on carrots, celery and water.”

Through trial-and-error, Bowers has select-ed iced tea has her beverage of choice for the contest, ruling out Kool Aid and water.

“I’ve found that iced tea works best for me,” she explained. “Defi nitely, you don’t want any-thing with carbonation.”

The contest also suggests no condiments.“Who wants to take the time to squeeze out

ketchup and mustard when you’re trying to hit double digits in hot dogs?,” Bowers asked. “Not me.”

She’s also taken the opportunity to educate herself on issues about eating disorders and child obesity, even meeting with people su£ er-ing from those disorders, adding, “this can be a good platform for those people to talk about their situation.”

Bowers explained that she’s always loved backyard barbecues, and has eaten her share of hot dogs over the years, but added, “I

don’t think there’s anybody t h a t l o v e s

hot dogs enough to eat 40-to-60 of ‘em.”In 2009, Chestnut the world record by eat-

ing 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. He’s expected to be challenged this year by Pat “Deep Dish” Ber-toletti, who kept down 55 hot dogs in last year’s contest.

Sonya Thomas set the women’s record last year by

eating 40 hot dogs, and is expected to surpass that title this time around.

It’s important that there’s one automatic way to be disqualifi ed — vomiting — oth-erwise known as a reversal of fortune.

“I did that once,” Bowers said. “It was a chicken nugget eating contest, and I ate 64. No.

65 didn’t go down as good as the other 64. It’s not a good memory. I got sick.”

The trip to Coney Island to shove down hot dogs isn’t the only

uncommon ven-ture Bowers has taken on.

“I model too, and I’m into fash-ion design,” she said. “Lately, I’ve gotten into mak-ing clothes out of food. I made a skirt out of romaine let-tuce and a dress out of co£ ee fi lters. That one was for a photo shoot next to a giant stack of pancakes that were

about fi ve feet in diameter.“I’ve made things out of table cloths and

fruit. I’m getting brave enough to try some-thing with bacon.

“I think that everybody thinks like this, but I’m just crazy enough to do it.”

IT’S NO PICNIC « EATING CLOSE to a dozen dogs requires a game plan

PHOTOS BY ROBERT O’NEILL/ For the Tribune

MARY BOWERS POSES BE-HIND a gigantic hotdog pillow she stitched. Bowers, a former Greeley resident, earned a wild-card berth into the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y., on July 4.

9.5The number

of hot dogs that Mary

Bowers, formerly of

Greeley has been able

to eat in 10 minutes,

qualifying as a wild-

card for Na-than’s Hot

Dog Eating Contest at

Coney Is-land in New York on July

4th.

40Sonya Thomas, Alexandria, Va., took in 40 hot dogs to set the record and win last year’s women’s title.

68The number of hot dogs that fi ve-time world cham-pion Joey Chestnut ate in 2009 to set the record.

6The number

of world titles that Kobayas-

hi owns, one more than

Joey Chestnut.

$20,000Prize money that will be awarded to the men’s and women’s winners.

By Samuel G. [email protected]

M ore than a month ago, Mary Bowers woke up hungry, with an unusual urge to paint a garden gnome.

Sound a bit awkward?Keep reading. After fulfi lling her artistic chore for the day,

Bowers decided to tend to her growling stomach.

1. Greeley GoJo’sThe boys in green and gold are representing their sponsor in style. GoJo’s has some attitude, as well. Relegated to a fifth-place game today at the Hladky Memorial Tournament in Gillette, Wyo., GoJo’s took it out on Rapid City on Satur-day. They secured the rare, 15-run rule win in just four innings.

2. EatonSince June 19, the Reds have rattled off 12 wins and just one loss. The Reds are hitting everything in sight, piling up more than 20 hits twice in that span. Hitting + not kicking themselves = a much-deserved ascent up this week’s power rankings.

3. Greeley WestThe only Northern Colorado Baseball League team with a winning percentage higher than 90, the Spar-tans don’t take losses lying down. Just ask Eaton. The Reds took their first loss in 10 days to the Spartans after beating them the day before.

4. NorthridgeThe team that watches its best players from the spring season suit up for GoJo Sports isn’t backing down from the big boys. Pitcher Mac Malone rang up eight strikeouts — mostly on nasty curves — to shut down Greeley West on Saturday.

5. Greeley GraysThe Grays haven’t differed much from their perfor-mances last week. They still find themselves in close games. The problem, though, is that they aren’t winning those close games. With three losses this past week, the Grays are quickly sliding down these rank-ings.

» The Chacon boys of Valley had Centaurus seeing double Monday. Carter and Payton put together a 6-for-8 performance at the plate while driving in three runs in a 10-0 romp. Carter made sure Centaurus could tell the two apart, pitching a two-hit, complete-game shutout.» For Greeley Central, 20 was mon-ey. The Wildcats picked up their 20th win in this young season with stellar hitting in key situations. Central went 7-for-20 with runners in scoring posi-tion. Travis Lechman (two doubles, RBI) and Brady Guyette (2-for-4, RBI) led the way.» The Garretson’s Bears grabbed a tourney win from a team that looked like it wanted to play the part of Bad News Bears. Dakota Ridge piled up six errors — three in the seventh — to allow Garretson’s to pile up fi ve runs at the end of the game to win.» Sometimes you need a little bad luck to see what you’ve got. That was certainly the case for Platte Val-ley coach Jerod Cronquist, whose team just came o� a doubleheader Thursday to play another double-header Saturday while missing two pitchers. One was out of town, the other broke his hand playing foot-ball. That left Cronquist with Ryan Waite, who hadn’t pitched this summer. All Waite did was relieve admirably in game 1 and win game 2. Oh, and he also belted Platte Val-ley’s fi rst home run of the summer.

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BASEBALL» Best all-around playerJacob Hasbrouck, Highland, jr., 1B/PBefore the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Hasbrouck went on to lead Greeley GoJo Sports this summer, he was terrorizing opposing Class 3A pitchers.He hit a blistering .566 with 25 RBI, two home runs, eight dou-bles and fi ve triples. He had a .632 on-base percentage and a 1.019 slugging percentage. His impact extended beyond the batter’s box. He anchored fi rst base for the Huskies (7-11), fi elding .982 with 98 putouts while also chewing up innings on the mound (4.99 ERA, 31 strikeouts, 16 walks). He had deceptive speed for a player his size, swiping nine bases.

» Best hitterBrad Marx, Northridge, jr.Marx helped lead a balanced Grizzlies lineup and, in turn, helped lead Northridge back into the postseason. He hit for power and contact, recording a .472 batting average with 17 RBI with 11 doubles, two triples and two home runs. He had a slugging percentage of

.764 and an on-base

percent-age of

.537.

» Best pitcher Taylor Juarez, Greeley West, jr.Juarez was the clear-cut ace for a Spartans team that fell just short of qualifying for the 5A state playo� s. Going against the best lineups in the tough-as-nails Front Range League, Juarez managed a 4-2 record with a 3.21 ERA, with 29 strikeouts and 14 walks in 45 2/3 innings.

» Best defensive playerAlex Breen, University, sr.From the shortstop position, Breen often made the spec-tacular play look routine for a Bulldogs squad that allowed more than fi ve runs in just six of 21 games. Breen used his agility and athleticism to cover ample ground in the infi eld, regularly capping impressive snags with laser-like throws for putouts.

TRACK & FIELD» Best sprinter Chad Foos, Eaton, soph.Catch him if you can. Foos placed third at state in the 3A 200, an event in which he broke a 26-year-old school record with a season-best time of 22.53 seconds. On the season, he had four first-place finishes, two second-place finishes and 10 third-place finishes. His season-bests in the 100 and 400 were 11.55 and 51.39, respectively. He was also a key member of the Reds’ success-ful 400- (44.65) and 1,600-me-ter (3.35.86) relay teams.

» Best distance runnerTaylor Anders, Greeley West, seniorAnders displayed plenty of stamina, grit and determina-tion, recording six fi rst-place fi nishes, one second-place fi nishes and four third-place fi nishes this season. He ran in the 800 (season-best 2:01.37), 1,600 (4:23.38) and 3,200 (9:41.64) while also showing his distance skills as a member of West’s 1,600 (3:35.82) and 3,200 (8:31.57) relay teams.

» Best field athleteAustin Ekeler, Eaton, jr.Ekeler soared through the air with the greatest of ease, recording seven fi rst-place fi n-ishes, three runner-up fi nishes and fi ve third-place fi nishes. At state, he was second in long jump (21-07.50). His season-best in long jump was 22-1.50 and his best mark in triple jump was 42-3. He also excelled as a sprinter in the 100 (11.19) and as a member of Eaton’s 400 relay (44.65).

» Best relay teamUniversity 1,600 — Andres Flores, Garrett Coles, Ryan Black, Dan EberhardThis speedy Bulldogs quartet didn’t have a weak link, record-ing a season-best time of 3:25.28, the fourth best time in 3A. At the state meet, Univer-sity capped its fine season with a fourth-place finish (3:25.77).

» Weld’s best

SWIMMING & DIVING

» Best swimmerMatt Sargent, Northridge, soph.Sargent had a standout season for the Grizzlies. At the 4A state meet, he was seventh in the 500 freestyle (4:52.54) and 16th in the 100 backstroke (58.91).

» Best diverAlex Hoffner-Heinike, Windsor, sr.Ho� ner-Heinike capped his stellar Wizards diving career with an eighth-place performance (339.85 points) in the 1-meter diving at the 4A state meet in May. Before graduating, he also broke Windsor’s school record in diving, giving him a strong spring-board to a collegiate diving career at the University of Denver.

» Best relay teamWindsor 400 freestyle — Ryan Kurtz, Andrew Scott, Cam Mills, Zeb ChadwickThe Wizards’ all-junior quartet was the highest placing Weld team at state, placing 13th with a time of 3:27.66. Kurtz, Mills and Chadwick also performed impressively along-side Kaiden Brier to place 14th in the 200 freestyle at state (1:36.46).

Bobby Fernandez

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EATON’S TYLER BATT HELPED the Reds win their 10th state title this year.Batt plans to play college baseball next season for Trinidad State Junior College.

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EATON CATCHER TYLER BATT narrowly misses Greeley West’s James Dowgin as he strides into home plate during a game this season.

Batt was determined to leave markTYLER BATT, CATCHER

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EATON’S TYLER BATT STANDS next to the new state championship banner at the Eaton baseball fi eld. This was Eaton’s 10th Class 3A state title.


EATON SENIOR TYLER BATT, right, hugs Jake Nelson after beating Brush 6-4 to win the Class 3A state baseball title at Butch Butler Field in Greeley this season.

for the catcher I am today to all the time I spent down there. ... That set me up to be a leader on the fi eld, during my time win-ning a state championship.”

Though Reds coach Jim Danley said Batt was more than happy to sit back and learn the ropes from Pickar, knowing Batt’s competitiveness, Batt remained deter-mined to one day make as big of an impact to an Eaton championship team as Pickar did in ‘09.

“The seniors this year wanted their own state title,” Danley said. “They had been parts of the one in ‘09, some of them, and also the Legion B state championship in 2010. While that was great. They wanted their own. They wanted to go out on top.”

EARLY IMPRESSIONSDanley said that Batt’s desire to be a top

prep player was apparent from the time Batt was fi rst starting his high school career.

“Batt really used (Pickar) as a role model in that time in his career. No seventh- or eighth-grader is going to throw like Bennett Pickar, but (Batt) did learn how to block the ball like Bennett Pickar,” Danley said. “My early memories of Batt were, ‘Hey, here’s a tough kid and he wants it.’ He is a middle linebacker behind the plate. ... You could just see the determination in his face, show-ing that, ‘Hey, I want to be the next Bennett Pickar.’”

TIRELESS WORK ETHICBatt rarely, if ever, settled for mediocrity

during his Reds career.“I just try to come out and be better than

I was the day before,” Batt said. “Catching is one of the biggest parts of the game. I know I can block (the ball). My goal all year was not to have any passed balls, and I think I ended up with three — and that’s pretty great for as many games as we played.”

IN THE CLASSROOMThough Batt packs plenty of power in his

5-foot-11, 200-pound frame, he certainly doesn’t lack a capable brain to complement his ample brawn.

He has a 4.057 grade-point average — sixth best among a brainy class — and was a member of Eaton’s student council.

“Growing up, I have an older brother (Aaron) and an older sister (Trisha), and my sister was valedictorian and my broth-

er was a 4.0 student,” Batt said. “Going in (to high school), I thought, ‘I can’t let my parents down. I have to do this.’ I’m not the smartest kid naturally, but I work my tail o� . ... The feeling I got getting good grades on tests is a feeling like winning a state championship.”

POWER COUPLEBatt’s older siblings are not the only close

companions Batt has maintained a friendly yet competitive rivalry with over the years.

Batt said his girlfriend, a former star Ea-ton volleyball player and a soon-to-be mem-ber of the University Northern Colorado’s volleyball team, Kendra Cunningham has provided him with plenty of motivation in athletics and academics.

Just as Batt did with the baseball team in the fall, Cunningham — one of the state’s most talented outside hitters — led the Reds to a volleyball state title this past fall.

“When they won their state champion-ship, I was like, “Awww, now I’m going to have to get one here,’” Batt said. “Then, (Cunningham) got 3A Player of the Year for The Denver Post. I was like, ‘Oooh, that’s going to be hard to get.’ Then I heard I got 3A (baseball) Player of the Year and I was like, ‘Yes, she didn’t beat me there.’

Batt added, with a smile, “We’re telling everybody we’re the ‘power couple.’ It’s just great. We’re competitive in everything we do.”

COLLEGE BOUNDBatt — who is hitting .341 and 26 RBI

this summer for Greeley GoJo Sports — will soon shift focus to taking his talents, on the diamond and in the classroom, to Trinidad.

Danley, who has sent numerous players to Trinidad State in recent years, said Batt should be an ideal fi t with the Trojans, and vice-versa.

“Scott Douglas (Trinidad’s coach) is an outstanding coach and a very personable guy,” Danley said. “He spends a lot of time with the kids. He’s concerned about them as human beings and as students, not just on the fi eld. We have the greatest respect for him and his program.”

As for Batt’s potential as a collegiate catcher:

“Right now, (Batt) already blocks the ball as well as anybody,” Danley said. “And, his arm is coming along, it’s actually getting stronger. He throws better than most junior college catchers, and he’s working on his technique to get quicker.”

«BATTFrom B1

Batt’s “favorites”» Color: Green» Food: Mexican» Book: Into The Wild» Television show: Anything on the Discovery Channel» Movie: Old School» Sports memory: Winning the Class 3A state title this past spring» One person (past or present) to spend a day with: Ma-jor League Baseball Hall-of-Fame catcher Johnny Bench

» Get to know Tyler Batt

» Height: 5-foot-11» Weight: 200 pounds

» High School: Eaton (‘12 graduate)» College: Trinidad State Junior College

2012 season statistics

Club Pct. 2B 3B HR RBI Slug OBA

Eaton .493 11 3 3 38 .588 .884

Season Highlights: All-Patriot League catcher ... Named all-state and Class 3A Player of the Year by The Denver Post ... Member of Eaton’s 3A state championship team ... Greeley Tribune Boys Athlete of the Year

Eaton Reds

had a slugging percentage of .764 and an

on-base percent-

age of .537.

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Associated Press

OMAhA, neb. — If this week in America’s heartland is any indi-cation, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are going to put on quite a show in London.

The world’s greatest swim-mers produced their most stirring duel yet at the U.S. Olympic trials Saturday night, going stroke for stroke in the 200-meter individu-al medley, never more than a few inches apart.

Their arms whirled in unison on the butterfly, then again when they flipped over for the back-stroke. Their heads popped out of water as though this was syn-chronized swimming when they switched to the breaststroke. And, finally, they both gave it every-thing they had coming to the wall on the freestyle.

Phelps got there first, touch-ing nine-hundredths of a second ahead of Lochte with the fastest time in the world this year.

The scoreboard from Omaha now reads: Phelps 2, Lochte 1.

“We were probably playing the cat-and-mouse game again,” said

Phelps, who won with a time of 1 minute, 54.84 seconds. “Then, of course, the last 50 we went crazy.”

For Phelps, it was an emphatic message on his 27th birthday that he intends to turn his last Olym-pics into another major medal haul. For Lochte, it was a gutsy performance coming just a half-hour after he won the grueling

200 backstroke. “The best thing about swim-

ming is racing and stepping up against the world’s best,” Lochte said, sounding amazingly chipper before he returned for his third race of the night, the semifinals of the 100 butterfly.

Lochte finished third in his heat and set up one last race with

Phelps on Sunday.“Tonight was probably the most

pain I’ve endured in a swimming competition,” Lochte conceded.

Phelps, the two-time defend-ing Olympic champion in the 100 fly, advanced to the final with an-other fastest time of 2012, power-ing away to win his heat in 51.35. Lochte tied for the sixth-fastest

time in the semifinals (52.47), but this isn’t one of his specialties. He’d need to pull a big upset to earn another Olympic event.

But, said his coach, Gregg Troy, “Ryan thrives on challenges.”

Lochte seemed to have Phelps’ number when he beat him twice at last year’s world champion-ships, then kept the dominance going with a convincing win on the first night of the trials in the 400 individual medley.

But Phelps edged Lochte in the 200 freestyle, and now he’s got two wins in a row against the only swimmer who seems capable of preventing him from making another serious run at eight gold medals in London.

The two slapped hands while hanging on the lane ropes, then headed for the edge of the pool, fully aware the races that really matter are still to come.

“It feels good to be back on that side, but I’m sure that’s not go-ing to be the end of us going back and forth,” Phelps said. “I’m sure there’s going to be some more races like that over the next few weeks.”

Phelps, Lochte continue duel at trials

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Associated Press

euGene, Ore. — Allyson Felix might be grabbing all the attention at the U.S. Olympic trials. She isn’t the only one peaking there, however.

Moments before Felix won the 200-meter sprint in a personal-best 21.69 seconds Saturday night, Aries Merritt also notched his lowest mark, winning the 110 hurdles in a world-best 12.93 seconds to earn his spot in London.

Wearing bright yellow socks that blurred with each stride, Felix finished well ahead of Carmelita Jeter in 22.11 and Sanya Richards-Ross in 22.22.

In the 110 hurdles, Jason Richardson, the reigning world champion, was sec-ond in 12.98 and Jeffrey Porter finished third in 13.08 to round out the U.S. team.

The seventh day of the Olympic trials at Hayward Field started with Trevor Barron’s American record of 1 hour, 23 minutes in the 20,000-meter race walk.

But still hanging over the event was last week-end’s third-place tie in the women’s 100 meters, and it put all the attention on the 200.

Felix and training part-ner Jeneba Tarmoh fin-ished in a dead heat that caught U.S. track officials off-guard with no policy in place to resolve it.

USA track and field an-nounced a tiebreaking procedure the next day, but Bobby Kersee, coach of both women, said he wanted to wait until after Saturday’s 200 to decide how to break the tie, either by a runoff, coin flip, or if one athlete concedes.

A decision is expected this moring, the final day

of the trials.Because the top three

finishers in each event make the Olympic team, USATF wanted the issue resolved by tonight. But the U.S. Olympic Commit-tee has a Tuesday deadline for naming the team.

Tarmoh finished fifth in the 200, the day’s final competition.

Felix, Merritt make noise at trials

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SAn JOSe, CAliF. — As Danell Leyva wrapped up first place at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials Saturday at HP Pavilion, Yin Alvarez, Leyva’s stepfather and coach, waited, beaming.

Then he bent his head and made the bowing motion to Leyva with his arms.

In response, Leyva shook his head, wrapped up Alvarez in a bear hug and hefted him off the ground.

Nearly two decades since leaving their native Cuba, Leyva will represent the U.S. at the upcoming London Games.

“It’s crazy to say I’m going to the Olympics,” Leyva said.

He’ll be joined by John Orozco, who also earned an automatic Olympic berth by finishing second at the trials. Nobody else was even close.

Orozco, nicknamed the

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“I’m not usually like that,” Orozco said. “I looked up at my parents and I was like, ‘Look where we are now.’”

While men’s gymnastics is often considered the under-card to the women - whose finals are Sunday - Leyva and Orozco’s compelling stories, combined with their medal potential, could make them scene stealers in London.

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Three more men will be named to the team Sunday, determined by the U.S. selec-tion committee. Up to three alternates will also be an-nounced.

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pitchers fastball.”Malone and his wide-

sweeping breaker was just what the Grizzlies needed, running their Legion B record to 17-6 after being shut out by the Spartans, who are 22-8.

“After that first one, we did need this one,” Northridge coach Andy Roth said. “We needed to get our bats going.”

The Grizzlies ripped 11 hits off a pair of Greeley West pitchers — Logan Wolach and Jacob Beach — who lin-ger toward the bottom of the Spartans’ rotation.

“Logan gave us about four good innings, and that’s more than I expected,” West coach David Falter said. “We were playing good, too, but they found the hole between shortstop and third base.”

While Malone was leaving the Spartans swinging at air, the Grizzlies exploded for four runs on five hits in the bottom of the fifth, led by a two-run single by Brad Marx and an RBI double by Brendan Ful-ton (2-for-2, 3 runs, RBI).

“They scored so quick ... it happened so quick,” said Spartan Austin Miller, who didn’t fall for Malone’s curve-ball, going 2-for-3 with a triple and double, and also scored two runs.

“He was throwing well and placing the curveball,” Miller said. “Offensively, they were placing the ball and we weren’t.”

The Spartans had only two flyball outs to the out-field against Malone, who finished with eight strikeouts

while scattering seven hits.“My offspeed stuff worked

today,” said Malone, who predicted that 75 of his 125 total pitches were curveballs. “I haven’t thrown it that well lately, but today it worked.”

At times, Malone’s curve-ball would start out look-ing like it was going to hit the batter in the head, then sweep completely through the strikezone and drop to-ward the back outside corner.

“He (Malone) definitely was effective,” Falter said. “He beat us.”

The Spartans scored a pair of runs via a two-run single by Sev Stoffel (2-for-3, 2 RBI), and then two more in the fifth via a double by Miller, who crossed the plate on an RBI single by Wolach.

Northridge trailed 4-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth before unloading on Wolach.

“It was nice to get a vic-tory against them, with them being a (Class) 5A team and doing well,” RJ Fulton said. “We were really flat in the first game.”

The Grizzlies had only five hits in the opener against a trio of Greeley West pitchers — Eric Seeley, Derek DeNo-vellis and Connor Roche — while the Spartans received RBI hits from DeNovellis, Wolach, Stoffel, Seeley and Riley Mincic.

Then along came Malone.“He uses that curveball

well,” Roth said. “He com-mands it, too. It’s like a fast-ball for most other pitchers.”

GWHS 200 400 2 — 8 11 1NHS 000 000 0 — 0 5 5

GWHS— Eric Seeley (W, 2-0, 4H, 0ER, 3BB, 3SO), Derek DeNovellis (6th, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO), Conner Roche (7th, 0H, 0ER, 0BB, 0SO) and Riley Mincic. 2B —Wolach. RBI — DeNovellis, Wolach, Stoffel, Seeley, MIncic.

NHS— Bert Martinez (L, 10H, 3ER, 3BB, 2SO), Pete Duvall (7th, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 0SO) and RJ Fulton.

GWHS 000 220 0 — 4 7 1NHS 000 142 x — 7 11 0

GWHS— Logan Wolach (L, 9H, 4ER, 1BB, 3SO), Jacob Beach (6th, 2H, 2ER, 0BB, 0SO) and Sev Stoffel. 2B — Casey Fowler, Austin Miller. 3B — Miller. RBI — Stoffel 2, Miller, Wolach.

NHS— Mac Malone (W, 7H, 4ER, 5BB, 8SO) and RJ Fulton. 2B — Brad Marx, Brendan Fulton. 3B — B. Fulton. RBI — Pete Duvall 2, Marx 2, , Kayson Werner, Kyle Greenwell, B. Fulton.

Grizzlies record 11 hits in Game 2 after Game 1 shutout«West-Northridge From B1

» 125/74The number of total pitches thrown by northridge’s Mac Malone, and the number of those that were breaking pitches.

» 1The total number of errors in the second game as both teams played solid defense

» 5The number of errors northridge committed in the first game, which helped Greeley West to an 8-0 victory.

» 53The combined total of games the two teams have played this summer as they head into the final month of regular season play before the legion b state tourna-ment.

» 96The temperature in the fourth inning of Saturday’s second game, which is cooler than what both team’s had played in earlier this week.

Samuel G. Mustari

» By the Numbers

Staff reportsBaseBall

GilleTTe, Wyo. — Frustrated that they didn’t make it to the final at the Hladky Memorial Tournament because of a tie-breaker, GoJo Sports baseball players took it out on Rapid City. GoJo’s crushed Rapid City (S.D.) 19-4, ending the game after four innings thanks to the rarely seen 15-run rule.

GoJo’s compiled 17 hits in the game and will look forward to a fifth-place match today.

Alex Breen went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two doubles. Jakc Pryzgoda went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a double. Daniel Quintana went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a sacrifice fly. Four other players recorded two hits for GoJo’s, which saw it’s record jump to 28-9.GJ 610 (12) — 19 17 1RC 000 4 — 4 5 1

GJ— Cory Dyer (W, 4-1, 5H, 2ER, 4BB, 4SO) and Tyler Batt. 2B – Alex Breen 2, Jack Pryzgoda, Michael Graff; RBI – Daniel Quintana 4, Tyler

Batt 3, Breen 2, Garrad Martinez 2, Graff 2, Pryzgoda, Jacob Hasbrouck, Jordan Francies.

Platte Valley 3-8, Bennett 6-4: In Bennett, the Platte Valley Broncos proved to be quick learners, tak-ing the second game of a doubleheader against Ben-nett after making adjustments at the plate.

“Our approach in the box and the field was not very good in the first game,” Coach Jerod Cronquist said. “We let them know that.”

The players took heed, piling up 10 hits en route to a win after falling in the first game. The surprise of the day for Cronquist was Ryan Waite. Normally a leftfield-er, Waite came in to pitch in the first game and then started the second to pick up his first win. Waite was forced into action because Platte Valley was missing two pitchers. He also hit Platte Valley’s first home run of the season in game 1. The split leaves the Broncos at .500 overall this summer.PV 201 000 0 — 3 4 2BN 013 011 X — 6 9 0

PV— Jacob Smith (L, 0-1, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 2SO), Ryan Waite (5th, 3H, 2ER, 1BB, 1SO) and Brandon Richardson. HR – Waite (1 on in 1st); RBI – Waite 2.PV 050 300 0 — 8 104BN 100 021 0 — 4 10 1

PV— Waite (W, 1-0, 6H, 2ER, 2BB, 2SO), Richardson (6th, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 1SO) and J. Smith. 2B – Tanner Gettman, Zach Barker, J. Smith; RBI – Barker 2, Brandon Gehring, Clay Smith, Gettman, Cameron Maxey.

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bAlTiMore — Dur-ing the seventh-inning stretch of an otherwise brutal beating of the Ori-oles on Saturday, the vid-eo scoreboard at Camden Yards flashed a message that drew a thunderous roar from the announced 35,335.

The Orioles had just traded two minor leagu-ers for likely Hall-of-Fame slugger Jim Thome, who is expected to join the team here on Sunday and be the club’s regular left-handed designat-ed hitter. It’s a straight trade, with the Orioles

picking up the remainder of Thome’s $1.25 million salary for 2012.

“If you have an op-portunity to add him to the mix, you always want to try to do it,” manager Buck Showalter said. “Hats off to our minor league departments and scouting to have the types of players that can bring him over here.”

After roughly a week of negotiations, the Ori-oles sent minor league catcher Gabriel Lino and right-handed pitcher Kyle Simon to the Phila-delphia Phillies in ex-change for the 41-year-old Thome, who has 609 career home runs but

has been relegated to a pinch-hitting role in the National League.

“Jim Thome is a real pro,” Orioles executive vice president Dan Du-quette said. “And he spe-cializes in hitting home runs and getting on base. He has done that consis-tently. Beyond that, he is a terrific teammate, a steady presence and he is a veteran. He has been around the league and he has been in a pennant race and in the playoffs. I like all those things that he brings to our team. I think he gives us a little more depth to our lineup with the injuries to our left-handed hitters.”

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Streamflow Information Stage(Feet) Flow(cfps)Big Thompson River (Loveland)Poudre River (Fort Collins)Poudre River (Timnath)South Platte (Henderson)South Platte (Kersey)South Platte (Fort Morgan)

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Sun and MoonSunrise: Sunset:

Moonrise: Moonset:

A red alert means elevated ozone levels are predictedand individuals with sensitivity to air pollution shouldlimit outdoor exertion from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. A blueforecast means elevated ozone levels aren't expected.Source: Co. Department of Public Health & Environment

GrassMoldTreeWeeds

Pollen

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NewJuly 19

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Phoenix110 / 86

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San Francisco66 / 53

Los Angeles76 / 62

95 / 77

Miami86 / 77

Denver98 / 65

Boise85 / 56

Minneapolis91 / 73

St. Louis106 / 79

Raleigh102 / 77

New Orleans92 / 76

After the hottest June on record, July is about to start off with more extreme heat. Temperatures again will hover near 100 degrees this afternoon across northern Colorado. Watch for an isolated storm late in the day, but generally hot and dry weather. Should any of these spotty storms form over Weld County, gusty winds will be the biggest threat. Lows tonight will fall to the mid-60s. Fire danger continues to run dan-gerously high, and there will be no big relief from this in the days to come. Significant moisture stays out of the forecast again this week; the best bet for rain will be with these isolated afternoon storms.

More of the same

“And that one wasn’t too friendly in the chutes. But I used that to my advantage and let that get my motor running and try to be a little more aggressive right out of there.”

Once he was out of the chutes, Feild said the horse was very “rider friendly” and let him show off his skills, of which he has many.

After all, bareback riding is in his genes. Feild is the son of Hall of Fame rodeo cowboy Lewis Feild, a five-time Pro Rodeo Cowboy Association world cham-pion who won the bareback title in 1985-86 and was an all-around champion in the sport from 1985-87.

He grew up around rode-os when his dad was com-peting and after his dad re-tired in 1991 and started his own rodeo company pro-ducing rodeos around the country, Kaycee traveled with him and learned about the sport.

He did give it up for a while and did some dirt bike racing, but when his dad became the head rodeo coach at Utah Valley State College, Kaycee started competing regularly.

“My dad started coaching the college team when I was about a sophomore in high school,” Kaycee said. “So I got to practice twice a week riding bucking horses and that is when I really pushed myself and got my goals set high and where they need-ed to be to be one of the best bareback riders.”

Kaycee has dreams of being one of the best bare-back riders of all-time like his father. Of course, to do that he will need to win a second world title to begin his legacy. He knows that in any sport, that second title is the hardest to get.

It is even harder as a bareback rider in rodeo where he can’t control all the factors involved like the performance of his bucking horse.

“I am good friends with a lot of past world champions and they say the second – and they don’t know what it is – but it is harder to win,” Kaycee said. “You can’t ever guess what is going to hap-pen. That horse today, he could have 10 good trips and then could have felt sick to-day and just went out there and not performed too well or could have been mad and just run off. That’s rodeo.”

Greeley Independence Stampede rodeoSaturday’s resultsBareback riding — Kaycee Feild 80; Joe

Gunderson 79; Tom McFarland and Jessy Davis 77; Steer wrestling — Teddy Johnson 4.1; Monty Eakin 15.1; Jason Tapley 15.6; Riley Du-

vall 19.1; Team roping — Rick Skelton-Ty Blas-ing 5.1; Derrick Begay-Cesar de la Cruz 11.1; Tate Kirchenschlager-Tommy Zuniga 11.3; Garrett Tonozzi-Kinney Harrell 14.3; Saddle bronc rid-ing — Jesse Bail 83; Bradley Harter 80; Coday Taton, Isaac Diaz and Will Smith 79; Tie down roping — Roger Nonella 9.7; Trell Etbauer 10.8; Michael Otero 11.2; Ryan Thibodeaux 14.6; Bar-rel racing — Paige Conrado 17.45; Mary Walker 17.47; Sherry Cervi 17.49; Cindy Smith 17.63; Bull riding — Buck Moon 83; Will Farrell 78; Jarrod Ford 75; Clayton Savage 72.

After rough start, Feild’s horse was rider friendly

JOSHua POLSOn/[email protected]

Kaycee FeIld From Payson, utah, rides the horse On Tap on Saturday at the Stampede rodeo. Feild rode despite his horse trying to jump out of the chute.


WhItney BaKer From stePhenvIlle, Texas does a sharp corner around one of the barrels during the barrel racing competition at the Stampede’s legends rodeo Saturday afternoon. baker went on to finish in 17.0 seconds.

» Joined PRCa: 2007» PRCa career earnings: $810,319.00» World titles: 1 (2011)» national final rodeo qualifications: 4 (2008-11)» 2011 world standings: 1st

» 2011 nFR place: 1st» 2011 nFR earnings: $179,327» 2011 earnings: $319,986» Personal: Son of five-time world champion and PrCA hall of Famer lewis

Feild. Performed roping demonstrations for u.S. troops in Kuwait and iraq as part of the Wrangler Patriot Tour in 2010 and 2011.

Matt Schuman

» about Kaycee Feild

» roUGh day: it was a rough day for Windsor’s lance brittan and the other rodeo clowns as they protected the cowboys in the bull riding competition. brittan had to be helped from the arena after he was attacked twice by bulls in the competition, once on what appeared to be the side of his hip and the other on the upper part of his chest. Another clown had to be helped out of the arena after the com-petition ended when he was attacked by the bull and laid on the ground for several minutes after the event concluded.

» toUGh rIde: Greeley’s Jarrod Ford was one of only four riders to post a score in the bull riding competition, but his bull didn’t cooperate much as his score was only a 75, good enough for third in the go-round. Cody Gardner of Ault also competed in the event but didn’t score. buck Moon, a cowboy from Sargent, neb., won the go-round with an 83.

» record setter: britany Fleck of bismarck, n.D., who competed in the barrel racing events on Friday and who holds the lead in the event, also posted an arena record on Friday with a time of 16.94 seconds.

Matt Schuman

» the dusty trail

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«business SHARON DUNN, business editor « (970) 392-4439 « [email protected] THE TRIBUNE « SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 C1

«GO INSIDE

YOUR BIZC2: Check out a few photos of a Greeley Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event.

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«BIZSPOTLIGHTExecutive ComfortOwner: Darren ComfortLocation: Based in Fort Collins but serving all of Northern ColoradoPhone: (970) 218-2964Website: http://www.noco-executivecomfort.com/Executive Comfort o� ers a private ride serving Denver International Airport from northern Colorado. Executive Comfort also o� ers sporting event transfers, wedding party rides or any other executive service that is wanted using uniformed drivers in modern vehicles.

«BIZ BOOKTitle: How to be a Presentation GodAuthor: Scott Schwertly Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Pages: 260Description, according to Amazon.com: Unlike most presentation books that say the same things regarding presentation design and delivery (less is more, get rid of bullets and use images, emulate Steve Jobs, and so on), How to Be a Pre-senta-tion God actu-ally di-vulges step-by-step secrets for how to build, design, and deliver blockbuster presenta-tions. By providing entertain-ing and clever presentation insights, veteran presenter Scott Schwertly gives you the ins and outs for presenting yourself, your business, and your cause with an easy-to-implement approach.

«BIG SALES» 1201 Cornerstone Dr., Windsor. $6 million. Seller: Deline Cornerstone, LLC. Buyer: 1201 Cornerstone LLC.» 345 Basher Dr., Johnstown. $745,000. Seller: Farmers Bank. Buyer: CT Transactions LLC.

«BUILDING PERMITSThe city of Greeley issued fi ve building permits for single-family homes in May, putting 2012 on the same pace it was last year at this time with 21 building permits issued to date; the city so far has is-sued six building permits for commercial projects, which is down one from last year.For May, one permit for a commercial project was is-sued for the construction of a new o¥ ce building for Plains Marketing, 530 1st Ave., Gree-ley, by Harris Homes, valued at $225,040.

City of Greeley construction activity summary, May 2012.

By Sharon [email protected]

What started as a temporary re-vamping of a company’s mission in February will turn in to a full-scale shutdown this week at Weld County’s once-lauded solar energy company near Longmont.

Abound Solar, which when it began as AVA Solar in 2008 with 250 employees, was touted as a crucial spoke in Weld’s energy wheel. Now four years later, the company announced it would fi le for bankruptcy protection this week and send its remaining 125 employees packing. The company had already this winter “tempo-

rarily” laid o� 180 employees, hoping to revitalize the company by the end of the year.

In a news release this week, the company blamed its losses on ag-gressive pricing from Chinese so-lar companies, fl ooding the U.S. market with its product. Still, others believe companies so “reli-ant” on government subsidies are bound to fail.

Eric Berglund , president of Up-state Colorado Economic Devel-opment, said the young start-up didn’t have enough time to recov-er to capture even a smidge of that $260 billion global solar market.

“Abound were a great success story of technology transforma-

tion out of Colorado State Univer-sity,” Berglund said. “It had a very unique product. The big challenge they had was that China fl ooded the market, and dragged it down for everybody. Because they were a growing and emerging compa-ny, they didn’t have time to get to scale with the drop in prices.”

The U.S., in May, imposed new tari� s on Chinese solar prod-ucts coming into the country,

but it didn’t come in time to save Abound, the company reported. Abound had been in discussions with potential buyers during the past several months but ended negotiations when the involved parties were unable to come to an agreement on terms.

Several sources led to Abound failureLoans, Chinese imports hurt solar company Abound were a great success story of

technology transformation out of Colorado State University. It had a very unique product. The big challenge they had was that China fl ooded the market, and dragged it down for everybody. Because they were a growing and emerging company, they didn’t have time to get to scale with the drop in prices.”—ERIC BERGLUND, president of Upstate Colorado Economic Development

“

« CONTINUEDC4: Abound

By Eric [email protected]

Low humidity, cool nights, cool breezes o� the mountains and other aspects of the climate on the high plains of northeastern Colo-rado make the region one of the best in which to raise livestock — normally.

But the spring and summer of 2012 have been anything but nor-mal, and the ongoing atypical con-ditions, consisting of record-high temperatures and record-low pre-cipitation in the area all year, are likely to have an economic impact on local ranchers, livestock-feed-ers and dairymen — in addition to the farmers who don’t have enough water to grow their crops.

At the mercy of a climate that typically shines kindly on them, livestock producers in Weld Coun-ty — where the value of all live-stock and their products far ex-ceeds $1 billion annually, ranking No. 3 in the nation — are now left hoping the weather changes soon. Animals eat less when they’re heat-stressed, and if a recent fi ve-day stretch of 100-degree high temperatures wasn’t enough to stress them out, a continuation of such weather could be.

Eating less means the animals put on weight slower — forcing ranchers to sell some of their live-stock to feedyards under ideal weights, which brings in less mon-ey. If animals continue eating small amounts when they’re in the feed-yards, the burden is passed on to those operations, who — already facing tight profi t margins due to high feed costs — are trying to beef

FEELING THE HEAT « UNFAVORABLE WEATHER stresses livestock, their producers

JOSHUA POLSON/

[email protected]

A COW GRABS A little shade at JBS USA’s Five Rives Kuner Feed-lot outside Kersey Thursday morning. Ranches and dairies have had livestock su� er drastically because of the extreme heat this spring and summer. JBS has installed grates that work as wind blocks and shade for their cattle.

Wildfi res, tornadoes, hail storms and fl oods are a boon for contractors and businesses of all kinds. And because there is a lot of business to be had after tragedy strikes, contractors from far and wide are drawn to the area like bees to honey.

Although the majority of businesses responding to help disaster victims are honest and trustworthy, there are always those few aiming to cash in on others’ misfortune. Time and time again the Better Business Bureau hears

of less-than-ethical contractors traveling from disaster to disaster taking advantage of homeowners wherever they go.

Often referred to as “storm chasers,” “travelers” and even “door knock-ers,” they show up at your doorstep — or what’s left of it — and o� er to repair your home with “leftover materials” from another job in a nearby neighborhood. Or they might o� er a huge

discount if you agree to the con-tract on the spot. And they might

ask for an up-front fee (all or part) to purchase supplies only to never be seen again.

Victims of disasters have much to do before their lives return to normal. Being conned out of fi nancial reserves should not be one of them.

The BBB o� ers the following 10 tips when selecting businesses to help repair/rebuild your home:

» Ask friends and family for recommendations and check out the list of BBB Accredited contrac-tors at wynco.bbb.org. Seek at least three bids from prospective contractors based on the same specifi cations, materials and labor needed to complete the project. Discuss bids in detail with each contractor and ask questions

about variations in pricing. The lowest-priced contractor may not be the best.

» Ask whether the company is insured against claims covering workers’ compensation, property damage and personal liability in case of accidents. Be sure to obtain the name of the insurance carrier and call to verify cover-age. Ask if the contractor meets licensing and bonding require-ments set by the state, county or city. Check with local authorities to fi nd out whether permits are needed before proceeding with the work. The contractor should

Disaster victims need honest assistanceThese tips can help you avoid post-tragedy scam

Luanne KADLUB

Better Business

Bureau

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«dCP Midstream donates $50,000 to american Red CrossDCP Midstream has donated $50,000 to the America Red Cross to help the victims affected by the Colorado wildfires.

“We hope the contribution will provide some support specifically for firefighting resources, evacuee relief, and animal care,” said Roz Elliott, DCP’s vice president of public affairs, in a news release.

DCP divided the gift between the Northern Colorado Red Cross chapter to support the High Park fire efforts and the Pikes Peak Red Cross chapter to support the Waldo Canyon fire efforts in Colorado Springs.

“This is very meaningful and help-ful,” said Jeff Riley, chief development officer of the American Red Cross Mile High Region, in the release. “This support will help us respond to these events and help in recovery efforts. DCP Midstream is leading by example and we appreciate it.”

DCP encourages all Colorado companies and residents to support in any way they can, whether mon-etarily through the Red Cross or by donating clothing and supplies to the Salvation Army. DCP is matching its employee donations, as well, through its matching gifts program.

DCP Midstream is headquar-tered in Denver, and is a natural gas

gatherer and processor, operating in 18 states across major producing regions. For more information, go to www.dcpmidstream.com.

«Wells Fargo donates $100,000 to Red Cross

Wells Fargo & Company reports it will contribute $100,000 to sup-port the American Red Cross to help the victims of the fires throughout Colorado.

Wells Fargo customers can donate to the American Red Cross at 265 Wells Fargo ATMs across Colorado. Customers will not be charged a fee for using this service and 100 percent of the donations will be sent to the Red Cross, according to a company release.

«Rocky Mountain Chapter of Credit unions donates to victims of High Park fireThe Rocky Mountain Chapter of Credit Unions in Northern Colo-rado has donated $1,000, including matching funds, toward the High Park fire victims through the fund established by the Elevations Foun-dation. Additionally, other area credit unions have started relief efforts to support the many victims and their

families, according to a news release.At present, Security Service FCU,

Premier Members FCU, and Eleva-tions Credit Union have established funds that will contribute more than $20,000 to the effort.

As the most devastating fire in Colorado, the High Park fire has destroyed close to 250 homes and burned over 83,000 acres. The need is so great, the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Credit Unions in North-ern Colorado feels compelled to reach out and offer some assistance to our family and friends impacted by this incredible event.

About the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Credit Unions: The Rocky Mountain Chapter of Credit Unions is a collaborative effort of thirteen different credit unions in northern Colorado. For a full list of credit unions from the RMCU Chapter visit www.creditunionsrule.org.

«Stylists to donate proceeds to Red Cross

Seven stylists at Eleven Salon, 1923 59th Ave., will donate all proceeds from haircuts on July 9 to the Ameri-can Red Cross to help the victims of the Colorado wildfires. Haircuts will cost $11 and all of the proceeds will be donated. For more information, call (970) 515-6611.

Staff reports

Business After Hours

Greeley in businessAbove: Levi Gain of Doug’s Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, Ryan Mayeda of Mayeda Family Chiropractic, and Flo Mikkelson of Guaranty Bank at the Greeley Chamber of Com-merce’s Business After Hours event June 21, hosted by Cache Bank and Trust.

Photos for the Tribune by Kim Barbour

below: Arnie Fiscus of Fiscus Enterprises, with Lindsey and Julie Heyer, of Greeley Tent and Awning, at the Greeley Chamber of Com-merce’s Business After Hours event June 21, hosted by Cache Bank and Trust.

THURSDAY«GreeLeY CHAMBer of CoMMerCe,

young professionals, 5:30-7 p.m., Greeley Chamber of Commerce, 902 7th Ave. Greeley. Free. Event for young professionals ages 21-39. Details: (970) 352-3566.

JUlY 10«WinDsor CHAMBer of CoMMerCe,

business after hours, 5-7 p.m., Windsor State Bank, 1130 Main St. in Windsor. Details: (970) 686-7189.

JUlY 11«GreeLeY CHAMBer of CoMMerCe,

business before hours, 7-8:30 a.m., Sears Real Estate, 2021 Clubhouse Drive, No. 100 in Greeley. Free. Members only. Details: (970) 356-3566.

«nortHern CoLorADo WoMen in Business, speed networking, 8-10 a.m., The Grove, 3202 11th Ave., Evans. Speaker: Susan Jewell Klema. Breakfast included. $25. Register at www.NorCoWIB.com. or send

registration to Kristi’s Kreations, 4113 W. 16th St. Road, Greeley, CO 80634! Pre-registration is required by noon Monday to attend. Details: (970) 381-8905.

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Shawcross will assist students seeking entry-level opportunities with career training in the business, paralegal, massage and medical industries. Shawcross comes to IBMC from the American Cancer Society, where she is the community relationship manager.

Shawcross holds an Master’s in communica-tion and leadership from Gonzaga University (2011) and a bachelor’s degree in mass com-munications from the University of Northern Colorado (2008).

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The Crossroads system includes about eight miles of 8-12 inch gas gathering, about 20 miles of a 6-inch pipeline.

EnCana likEly to inCrEasE invEstmEnt« Encana Corp. plans to invest an additional

$600 million this year in numerous oil and liquids-rich natural gas plays, and it also ex-pects to increase total liquids production for the year to 30,000 barrels per day, according to a report from the Oil and Gas Journal.

Updated plans call for Encana to drill 115-120 wells in 10 plays, primarily oil, this year compared with 40-45 wells under its original 2012 plan, the Journal reported. The company expects to drill 350 oil and natural gas liquids wells in 2013.

For 2013, Encana estimates capital invest-ment of $4 billion to $5 billion, cash flow of $2.5-3.5 billion and net divestitures of up to $1.5 billion.

Included in its highlight were its expectations for its DJ Niobrara play. The company reports it plans to execute a two-rig program in the Wattenberg field of the DJ basin. The com-pany forecasts drilling 12 oil focused wells in this area in 2012 with a focus on optimizing lateral spacing, orientation and well length.

survEy: statEWidE WaGEs ExpECtEd to inCrEasE nExt yEar«Mountain States Employers Council’s annual

compensation survey has revealed that em-ployers statewide next year plan to increase annual wages by 2.5 percent.

Nearly 500 Colorado-based employers partici-pated in this year’s survey and represented a cross-section of industries, including the government, manufacturing, natural resources, nonprofit, technology, financial, insurance, health care, retail and wholesale, service, construction and utilities. Survey data are then shared with Colorado organi-zations through a series of briefing sessions to benchmark compensation plans against industries, historical trends and current compensation packages.

Employers in metro Denver (including Boulder) and northern Colorado project a 2.6 percent pay increase for 2013, the highest average in the state; other pay increase predictions by area include Western Slope (2.3 percent increase) and Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and resort areas (2.1 percent increase).

Oil and gas employers are forecasting raises of 4.2 percent and retail/wholesale businesses predict 3 percent raises in 2013, the highest of industries participating in the survey. Projections are still lower compared to 2008, when oil and gas and retail/wholesale employers predicted 7.2 and 3.7 percent raises, respectively, the release reported.

Government (1.9 percent increase) and construction (2.3 percent increase) industry employers in Colorado expect pay increases in 2013, but come in the lowest of industries participating in the survey, the released reported.

Projections for 2012 are at 2.3 percent; 2011 average pay increases for Colorado were at 2.1 percent, the release stated.

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«Ethanol makers idle plants amid high corn prices ... Ethanol makers are cutting production, and some are temporarily idling plants in the Midwest, as corn prices skyrocket and demand for gasoline falls because people are driving less, according to The As-sociated Press.

More than 95 percent of the nation’s ethanol plants use corn starch as their basis for the biofuel. That makes these facilities especially vulnerable to high corn pric-es in a commodity market nervous about triple-digit temperatures and drought in major corn-growing regions. Most of the more than 200 ethanol plants in the United States are in the Midwest, where most corn is grown.

A glut of the biofuel is squeez-ing ethanol makers further. The poor economy and high gas prices have people driving less, and ethanol is primarily used in gasoline blends.

“It is no different than the oil industry when markets are tight,” said Matt Hartwig, spokesman for the Wash-ington-based Renewable Fuels Association. “When the market is tight, oil refin-eries idle plants or reduce production, and ethanol producers are simply doing the same thing.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Friday that farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn this spring. It’s the largest num-ber of planted acres since 1937, when 97 million were planted. The revised esti-mate, based on early June farm surveys, is up from May’s estimate of nearly 92 million acres.

The report, however, didn’t do much to ease fears about damage from heat or drought.

«Some towns try to loosen reins on food producers ... Towns in several states are adopting local ordinances that exempt farmers from state and federal regula-tions if they sell their prod-ucts directly to consumers, despite warnings the ordinances are invalid.

According to The Associated Press, residents in Livermore and Appleton, Maine, ap-proved so-called local food and community self-gover-nance ordinances at town meetings this month, joining six other Maine towns that did the same thing last year. Residents in Fayette, how-ever, voted down a similar proposed ordinance.

The votes should send a mes-sage that Maine residents want more local say on how to regulate small farms that process food ranging from poultry and milk to cheese and jam that are sold to people in their area, said Douglas Wollmar, a small-scale produce farmer in Blue Hill, which passed a similar ordinance last year.

Ultimately, supporters would like to see a state law passed that addresses their concerns.

“We’re trying to get more towns to pass the ordi-nance, because at the state level we’re not getting any attention,” Wollmar said. “The response we got from legislators is it’s nice you got

five or six towns, but what you need is 50 towns before we’ll listen.”

The situation isn’t unique to Maine. Towns in Mas-sachusetts, Vermont and California have all passed so-called food sovereignty ordinances or resolutions in the past year or so.

«More dairy cows heading to slaughter ... The United States Department of Agriculture reported dairy farmers sent 251,000 dairy cows to slaughter in May, up 11,000 head over April and an astounding 31,000 head over May 2011.

The increases represent 4.6 percent increase over April, and a whopping 14 percent over year-earlier levels.

Year-to-date, nearly 1.3 mil-lion cows have been sent to slaughter in Federally inspected plants in 2012, up 55,000 head over last year (4.4 percent).

Despite the increased culling, USDA estimates there are still 9,270,000 dairy cows on U.S. farms. That’s up 76,000 head from a year ago (0.8 percent).

«Both Koreas suffer-ing worst drought in a century ... North Korea dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields and South Korean officials scrambled to save a rare mollusk threatened by the heat as the worst dry spell in a century gripped the Korean Peninsula.

According to the Associated Press, parts of both countries are experiencing the most severe drought since record-keeping began nearly 105 years ago, meteorological officials in Pyongyang and Seoul said Tuesday.

The protracted drought is heightening worries about North Korea’s ability to feed its people. Two-thirds of North Korea’s 24 million people faced chronic food shortages, the United Na-tions said earlier this month while asking donors for $198 million in humanitarian aid for the country.

Even in South Phyongan and North and South Hwang-hae provinces, which are traditionally North Korea’s “breadbasket,” thousands of hectares (acres) of crops are withering away despite good irrigation systems, local of-ficials said.

Reservoirs are drying up, creating irrigation problems for farmers, said Ri Sun Pom, chairman of the Rural Economy Committee of Hwangju County.

A group of female soldiers with yellow towels tied around their heads fanned out across a farm in Kohyon-ri, Hwangju county, North Hwanghae province, with buckets to help water the fields. An ox pulled a cart loaded with a barrel of water while fire engines and oil tankers were mobilized to help transport water.

«For sellers, farmland provides jackpot of their dreams ... The record farm-land prices that are shaking up rural America offer a po-tential bonanza for sellers, according to a Minneapolis Star-Tribune report.

Money from recent farmland sales is helping families pay

off debt, buy second homes or make other investments, auctioneers say. Some finance education for their families.

“To call it just a seller’s market is almost downplaying it,” said Chuck Wingert of Wingert Realty & Land Ser-vices, an active farm auction company in Mankato, Minn. “We’ve never been here before. It’s a windfall at the moment.”

For Jack and Betty Thomas, the family farm they sold is fi-nancing a retirement dream in northern Minnesota: opening an animal shelter called Paws and Claws.

For years the Thomases have rented out the 80-acre farm that Betty grew up on near Worthington, Minn., but started eyeing the market in recent years for a good time to sell. In November, they made their move. Expecting about $6,000 an acre, the Thomases sold the land at a public auction for $8,150. The market “fit right into our plans just perfectly,” Jack Thomas said.

The couple, who don’t have children, said they’re lifelong animal lovers and want to donate the money to build a state-of-the art animal shelter for Cass County, which they said doesn’t have one.

«Worker shortage puts strain on farms ... As Wash-ington’s asparagus season draws to a close, growers have much to feel good about. Prices have been high all season, matching demand. The weather has cooperated, and the quality of the crop is superb. But as the last grass, as it’s known, is cut from the fields, there is a distinct unease instead of a sense of celebration.

Just as the industry has made a comeback after a decade of getting clobbered by cheap imports, growers left about 10 percent of the crop in the fields for the first time anyone could remember. And not for lack of market, or a decent price.

According to The Seattle Times, growers had trouble mustering the small crews needed to cut asparagus over the adagio rhythm of a 10-week season on about 5,000 acres. How will cherry growers muster the 40,000 workers they need to strip off their crop, typically in a 10-day sprint in most orchards?

Nobody produces more apples and sweet cherries for fresh eating than Washington, which has a lot on the line with record crops expected in both this harvest season.

The labor problem in Wash-ington’s $8 billion agri-cultural industry has been years in the making. Some 150,000 seasonal workers are needed to bring in the state’s crops each year; only Florida, California and Texas employ more. For decades, Washington growers have depended on a largely illegal workforce, mostly Latino, to do the skilled, hand labor needed to tie hop vines on trellises; prune, thin and pick cherries, apples, apricots and pears; and divide, plant and cut asparagus, said Mike Gempler, executive director of the Washington Growers League.

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Even if cows decide they want to eat in the heat, there’s not much grass left out in the pastures to munch on, and with local crops now struggling to grow with lim-ited or no water, feed is expected to be in short supply. Supplement-ing the animals’ diets with hay and grains is pricey and only going to get pricier.

Because of those issues, Nunn-area rancher Ray Peterson said he’s now considering auctioning off his beef cattle to feedyards as early as this week, selling them at just about 400 pounds, maybe even less.

He typically doesn’t sell his cattle until the fall, when they’re weighing in at 650-700 pounds.

“It would just be really nice if would cool off and rain, just a little bit,” said Peterson, who serves on the board of directors for the Weld County Livestock Association.

Additionally, dairy cows pro-duce less milk when they’re heat-stressed. The only silver lining in less milk production, according to Colorado State University Exten-sion dairy specialist Bill Wailes, is the tightened supply is expected to help improve milk prices that hit a two-year low of $15.51 per hun-dredweight in May.

Wailes said that because of the heat and the expected reduction in milking, he’s expecting July milk prices to reach the $16-range, maybe even hit $17.

“But it will probably all be a wash,” Wailes said. “Dairymen might be getting more money for

the milk they produce, but they’ll have less of it to sell.”

Where it could start negatively impacting dairymen’s pocketbooks is taking measures to mitigate their cows’ stress if the heat continues.

Case DeVries with Monte Vista Dairy near Gill said their dairy — designed by Temple Grandin, the well-known professor of animal science at Colorado State Univer-sity and best-selling author — is already set up to make walking dis-tances to the milking parlor short and flat to reduce day-to-day stress on the cows.

But those and other stress-reducing features might not be enough if the heat continues, he added.

DeVries said they might have to look at using “soaking” systems to cool the cows if the relentless heat

doesn’t stop — but water to do so isn’t cheap, or abundant this year, he noted.

Others have spent good chunks of money to help cattle stay com-fortable. At JBS USA’s Five Rivers Kuner Feedlot near Kersey, the company spent about $500,000 two years ago to install feedyard panels, which serve as windbreaks in the winter and then as shade in the summer heat — though it’s still in question how much the panels help.

Peterson said trying to mitigate the effects of the heat leaves him hauling water often to the parched pastures where his thirsty cows lay.

“Just looking at how brown our pastures are, you’d think it was the middle of winter,” said Peterson. “It’s all pretty tough on the animals ... and it has an impact on us, too.”

Board of Weld County Commissioners Chairman Sean Conway, however, said the commissioners saw it coming a year ago. Because of that, they didn’t give the

company $100,000 in pre-viously promised tax credits because commissioners felt it wasn’t living up to the requirements of those tax abatements. The company also will close its doors ow-ing almost $1 million in personal property taxes to

the county.“They were very good at

talking a good game when it came to what they were creating, but if you looked closer at their business model, and their books, as we did last year, you could just see this thing, unfortu-

nately, collapsing,” Conway said. “In fairness, they’re no different than a number of other solar energy com-panies around the country that had similar business models that failed.”

Conway said all compa-nies’ whose business mod-els are so reliant on govern-ment subsidies are bound to fail.

Damien LaVera, deputy director of public affairs for U.S. Department of Energy, in a blog last week, said China had backed its solar companies with a $30 bil-lion loan guarantee in 2010 “and is surging to capture roughly half the market.

“That’s because China realizes this is a huge global market and a competition worth winning,” LaVera wrote.

Abound reported its fund-ing came from $300 million in private investment — from the likes of BP Alterna-tive Energy, the Invus Group and DCM, and $70 million from a DOE loan guarantee of $400 million. The failure will likely end up costing tax-payers from 10 percent to 15 percent of the original loan amount, LaVera reported. That’s $40 million to $60 million.

“When the floor fell out on the price of solar pan-els, Abound’s product was no longer cost competitive,” LaVera wrote. “As a result,

the company was unable to meet some of the financial milestones built into the loan agreement to protect the taxpayers and — in Sep-tember 2011 — the DOE halted disbursements on the loan.”

The $70 million was used for construction of so-lar panels in Colorado. The company had planned to use that money to build an-other manufacturing facil-ity in Indiana, but it didn’t even come close to putting up a wall.

Berglund said traditional lending programs aren’t meant to be full-proof.

“Frankly, if you only have a 10 to 15 percent loss, you’re still doing pretty well,” Berglund said. “This one was to help spur that innovation and get folks to embrace technologies that may not be embraced currently. Sometimes it’s difficult to compete with industry that has the infra-structures in place.”

The company in its press release cited U.S. Com-merce Department sta-tistics that state the U.S. solar market saw prices for panels drop by more than 50 percent in the past year, “when the value of imports of Chinese-made solar cells nearly quadrupled from $639 million in 2009 to $3.1 billion in 2011.”

Another U.S. solar mak-

er, Solyndra, also failed this year, with a $535 million loan guarantee; Schott So-lar on Thursday announced it would close its New Mex-ico plant, leaving 200 em-ployees without work.

Now, though, 300 jobs are gone from Weld. Ber-glund said those who lost their job have the training to jump into other industries, of which Weld has many.

“Energy is a huge part of Weld, both traditional and renewable,” he said. “Abound was a very promis-ing company on the nontra-ditional side of things, but it’s not the only company in the market place.

“It’s sad any time you have a manufacturer that clos-es,” Berglund said. “We’re blessed that we have that highly educated and trained workforce. That’s going to be appealiing to another com-pany. Those workers will probably be picked up.”

LaVera lamented this loss in an industry that em-ployees 100,000 workers in the United States.

“The question is no lon-ger whether America will be a major customer for the solar industry – we will,” he wrote. “The real ques-tion is whether the U.S. will also continue to be a major manufacturer of solar tech-nology, producing many new jobs for American workers.”

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President BaraCk OBama sPeaks in the east room of the White house on Thursday in Washington, after the Supreme Court ruled on his health care legislation. The victory will help define Obama’s legacy. however, if Obama does not win a second term in november, he risks losing both the law and the core of his legacy.

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WAShinGTOn — Victory at the Supreme Court for President Barack Obama and Democrats on health care is reopening political divisions within the party over the unpopular law.

Four months to an elec-tion with control of Con-gress in the balance, the court’s affirmation of the law left several Democrats insisting that the issue was settled and it’s time to fo-cus on helping the sluggish economy.

Other Democrats saw the newfound attention as a chance to reset the de-bate and make a fresh case for the law’s more popular elements, especially as 12.8 million people start get-ting health insurance re-

bate checks in the coming months.

The most vulnerable Democratic incumbents and challengers — Montana Sen. Jon Tester and North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp among them — cautiously welcomed the court’s judg-ment but said the law could be improved.

Even before Obama signed the measure in March 2010, Republicans were uni-fied in opposition and clear in their message: repeal and replace. The White House and divided Democrats have been frustrated in trying to explain and sell the law to a skeptical public in a sharp contrast to the GOP. The court’s decision was a re-minder of political reality.

Two years ago, grassroots outrage over health care

contributed to the Demo-crats losing the House ma-jority and seven Senate seats. Republicans and out-side groups promise more of the same in the campaign push to November.

The court has “done a fa-vor” for Republicans, fresh-man Rep. Allen West of Florida, who owes his seat in part to that anger, said in an interview. “Why would the Obama administration and Democrats want the pre-eminent issue of 2010 to be the pre-eminent issue of 2012?”

Conservative leader Richard Viguerie said the court’s decision has raised that anger to “a revolution-ary fervor that will sweep President Obama and many other Democrats from of-fice.” The Tea Party Express

appealed to its supporters for money and backing to defeat Obama and “a lib-eral U.S. Senate that have foisted Obamacare down our throats.” Outside groups, both parties and candidates have been furiously fund-raising off the ruling.

In North Dakota, Cross-roads GPS released an ad Friday that calls out Heit-kamp, the Democratic Senate candidate, for her support of the law and con-tends that it raises taxes and expands regulations. Crossroads GPS is the con-servative-leaning group tied to former President George W. Bush’s longtime political director, Karl Rove.

Looking to finesse a dif-ficult issue, Heitkamp has aired an ad that argues for the law in personal terms.

Some still skittishA few Democrats remain skeptical on health care; GOP riled

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Congress may have averted a doubling of interest rates on millions of new federal student loans, but the fix is only for a year, leaving stu-dents on edge over wheth-er they’ll face a similar in-crease next summer.

“It’s scary,” said Faith Nebergall, a student at

Indiana University whose loans currently total up-ward of $20,000. “And it’s unfair to kind of be kept in the dark as to how much money we owe.”

Under the agreement, interest rates on new sub-sidized Stafford loans will remain at 3.4 percent. That’s estimated to save 7.4 million students about $1,000 each on the aver-age loan, which is usually paid off over 10 or more years.

In the short run, that means students can breathe a sigh of relief this summer. A year from now, however, those rates are set to rise to 6.8 percent. That automatic increase was ap-proved by Congress when lawmakers signed off on a series of scheduled rate re-ductions five years ago.

“There are more strug-gling families and they need some assurances to feel OK about getting young people into and through college,” said Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust. “Con-gress aggravates every-body, creates lots of anxiety out there, and essentially gives us a one-year solu-tion.”

About $1.2 billion will be saved by limiting fed-eral subsidies of Stafford loans to six years for stu-dents pursuing a bachelor’s degree and three years for those completing an asso-ciate’s degree.

Richard Vedder, direc-tor of the Center for Col-lege Affordability and Pro-ductivity and an economics professor at Ohio Univer-sity, said that could have the positive effect of en-couraging more students to complete their degree in a timely manner, while also allowing some flexibil-ity for students who work and have families and need more time to finish.

But he sees a negative impact down the road. Vedder argues that lower interest rates contribute to the desire to borrow mon-ey, which he says has the adverse effect of enabling schools to raise their tu-ition. Some students with poor academic records and for whom college might not be the best fight might

be inclined to enroll any-way. That could aggravate problems in the labor mar-ket, where there are many unemployed and under-employed recent college graduates.

“It makes political sense, but not economic sense,” Vedder said.

The price of college tu-ition has skyrocketed in

recent decades. Between 1982 and 2007, tuition and fees increased 439 percent while the median family income rose 147 percent, according to a report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The price of in-state tuition at a public university has increased by more than 5 percent annually in the past 10 years. It jumped 15 percent between 2008 and 2010 alone.

Cuts to state education budgets have played a sig-nificant role in increasing those costs, particularly in recent years. How much influence the expansion of access to federal aid has played is less certain; many insist it plays none. An analysis this year by the American Council on Education concluded there is no evidence to suggest it has, and that any relation-ship between the two is in-cidental, not causal.

What is certain is that with the price of tuition continuing to rise, pressure will remain on Congress to keep rates low.

“I think anybody in higher education, whether it’s people like me, college presidents, financial aid administrators, students and parents, would re-ally like some certainty and predictability,” said Terri Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs with the American Council on Edu-cation. “And that’s some-thing we really haven’t had.”

Nebergall, 21, said she expects to owe $20,000 or more on her federal loans by the time she graduates, and about the same in pri-vate loans as well. While she and her long-term boyfriend would like to move in together when she finishes school, Nebergall doesn’t think they’ll be able to afford it. He pays about $250 a month in student loans himself.

She said a rate increase next year could have a big effect.

“It’s money I could put down on a security deposit on my own apartment,” she said. “It’s money I could be used to start my adult life.”

Relief brief on student loans

Associated Press

CAirO — Islamist Mo-hammed Morsi promised a “new Egypt” and unwav-ering support to the pow-erful military as he took the oath of office Saturday to become the country’s first freely elected presi-dent, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

In a solemn inaugura-tion ceremony before the Supreme Constitutional Court, Morsi also became the Arab world’s first freely elected Islamist president and Egypt’s fifth head of state since the overthrow of the monarchy some 60 years ago.

“We aspire to a better tomorrow, a new Egypt and a second republic,” Morsi said before the black-robed judges in the court’s Nile-side head-quarters built to resemble an ancient Egyptian tem-ple.

“Today, the Egyptian people laid the founda-tion of a new life — ab-solute freedom, a genuine democracy and stability,” said Morsi, a 60-year-old U.S.-trained engineer from the Muslim Broth-erhood, a fundamentalist

group that has spent most of the 84 years since its inception as an outlawed organization harshly tar-geted by successive gov-ernments.

He later delivered his inauguration address at a gigantic Cairo University lecture hall packed with several thousands, includ-ing many members of the Islamist-dominated par-liament dissolved by the military earlier in June.

Morsi repeated his oath of office and lav-

ishly praised the military, which has rushed a series of decrees this month that stripped Morsi of signifi-cant powers, gave it leg-islative power and took control of the process of drafting a permanent constitution. It has also retained its influence on key domestic and foreign policy issues.

“The armed forces are the shield and sword of the nation,” he said. “I pledge before God that I will safeguard that insti-

tution, soldiers and com-manders, raise its prestige and support it with all the powers available to me so it can be stronger.”

But Morsi also appeared later in the address to urge the military to hand over all powers to his elected administration.

Morsi sworn in as Egypt’s president

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egyPtian Field marshal gen. hussein Tantawi, left, presents the “shield of the Armed Forces” — the egyptian military’s highest honor — to Presi-dent Mohammed Morsi, right, at a handover Saturday following his inauguration, at a military base east of Cairo, egypt.

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“Did your parents let you sleep this late when you were a teen-ager?”

It was the same question my husband has asked me several times as we’ve watched the day slip away while our 15-year-old and nearly 13-year-old daugh-ters snooze until afternoon.

My answer is usually the same. I don’t think they did, but I do remember sleeping in, espe-cially on the weekends. Eventu-ally, though, I would receive a

rude awakening that consisted of my bedroom door banging open and my father simply say-ing, “get up.”

But I was nowhere near the sleeping-in kind that my daugh-ters have become this summer.

My younger daughter has even started referring to herself as a vampire. And it’s becoming an increasing source of irritation for me.

The problem, however, for me is multifaceted. First, they stay up incredibly late at night. Now, I am a night owl myself, so I don’t really have room to talk. But they outlast me by hours most nights.

Sure, I could force them to go to bed, but I really can’t force

them to go to sleep at this age. So making them go to bed seems a little stupid.

The other issue is now that I’m working full time, I’m really not around to wake them up at a reasonable hour either. I can try to call them, but if they don’t answer, then what? And even if they do answer, there is no guar-antee they aren’t just going back to sleep after I hang up.

They do seem to have the abil-ity to get up when it involves do-

ing something they really want. For the first two weeks of sum-mer, my older daughter was in an art program at the Univer-sity of Northern Colorado. She had to be there by 9 a.m., and it really wasn’t an issue. She will start a job soon where she has to be there by 7:30 a.m. She claims she will manage to get up.

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SMASHES AND CRASHES


Jace ley, in car 84, smashes into another car in the Greeley Stampede demolition derby on June 24. The hot weather didn’t deter the crowd as Stampede Arena was nearly full for the car-crushing event.


matt WangeroW of Berthoud pounds out a dent in his no. 624 car in the pits of the Greeley Stampede demolition derby on June 24. The front right fender had been bent down partially into the tire during an earlier round. Wangerow took third overall and won $1,700.


skyler Johnson, 12, cheers for car 998, the winner of the limited Weld Main Demolition Derby. The driver of the vehicle, Scott Mannering won $3,500 for his efforts.

Broken lawn mower brings new face to demolition derby

i t was a sizzling-hot day in Dacono when George Brossman’s lawn mower called it quits.

For many, this would have been an untimely, unfortunate event leading to an unkempt yard.

But for Brossman, there were two words that came to mind: demolition derby. The opportunity to race other tractor riders excited him, and with the change of a rotating belt, the addition of a faster engine and some elbow grease, Brossman transformed his mower into a derby-ready basher.

“When it cut-off, I had learned about this rac-ing stuff and decided to rebuild my tractor,” said Brossman, a tile setter. “I think it’s totally cool. I saw demolition derbies as a kid, and I gotta tell you, it’s awesome. It’s gotten safer for people, you know, since I was a kid and its improvements make it even more fun and awesome to watch. I’ve been doing it for a couple of years now.”

Brossman was among the competitors Sunday at The Greeley Stampede’s demolition derby. It attracts many every year, from motorcycle to lawn mower racers, car enthusiasts to adrenaline junkies. In a big, open dirt arena, the races take place, leaving cars banged up, onlookers in awe and daredevils as champions.

For Brossman, racing isn’t just about unleashing pent-up road rage, but rather it’s a family event.

“My dad started racing first and gave us the idea,” Brossman said. “Now, my little brother Tony is doing it and my sister. My mom’s actually racing now, too. She races pigs. We all come out together and it brings us closer.”

The demolition derby competition is not for the faint of heart. Chris Warwick, 24, a demolition car driver, described the event as Mario Kart on steroids: an opportunity to let out road rage and hostility, while earning some extra bucks.

“It’s all about road rage; you’re out there in the field just tearing each other up, lettin’ out all that aggression,” Warwick said. “I’m trying to have a little bit of fun and win a bit of money. I’m hoping to tear somebody up and take home a trophy. I’ve been doing this

for four years, and I’ve won first and second a few times.”Brossman’s younger brother Tony Smith, 42, of Dacono won

first place for lawn mower riding tractors. Smith said his father and brother influenced his racing and there is nothing like it.

“Normally, you find yourself a riding lawn mower, and you tear it all apart, change some screws, put a belt on there and prepare yourself for action,” Smith said. “I can’t wait to see what happens next.”

Brossman’s enthusiasm for the races brought him to the Stampede’s derby for the first time. Before Sunday, Brossman hadn’t attended the Stampede. He said for him and his family, it was a fantastic event that allowed his family to support him and his brother during their races.

“I know we definitely plan on coming to the Stampede again next year,” Brossman said. “I plan on being in this sport until my body’s engine quits runnin’.”


ron Borth of ault takes on turn four during the final round of the lawn mower races June 24. borth took the title for the second year in a row.


Jeff chrisp, 24 of Sny-der, takes a look at car 669’s rear differential in a successful attempt to fix a broken axel. nate Cole, 28 of longmont, the driver of car 669, said it was his first time at the Greeley Stampede, but his 1977 Ford lTD was no stranger to demolition derbies. Cole and the battered car 669 was seventh place in the derby.

Theresa MyersMother Lode

AlbuQuerQue, n.M. — A new Mexico woman was arrested and spent a night in jail for not returning the book “Twilight” and two-DVD set “The Twilight Saga: new Moon” back to the library on time.The Albuquerque Journal reports lori

Teel was arrested and handcuffed at her Portales home in front of her five small children earlier this month for the $36 worth of library materials not returned since 2010.her attorney says arrest warrants were mailed last year to an address at which

Teel hadn’t lived since childhood, but Teal was arrested by officers investi-gating a disturbance. her charges were dismissed.

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Doctors for uSA Weekend

It’s June, already. You swore you’d be in shape by now, but somehow the swimsuit season is upon us, and the slim-down-firm-up part of your promise hasn’t come to pass.

To help make up for lost time, start with the basics: Limit fatty red meat and opt for lean poultry and fish, choose low-fat dairy and whole-grain products, eat more filling fiber (like in beans, barley and raspberries) and less bloat-ing salt, do lots of shopping in the produce aisle and, of course, watch your portions of every-thing.

Just as important: Walk, jog, or ride your bike on most days (combined with a healthy diet, regular cardio helps shed pounds and boost energy) and work strength training into your routine at least twice a week to tone muscles and help you better burn calories. Here are seven more tips — all based on science — that may help boost your shape-up plan so you look your best this summer:

1 Swap out Soda

Even if you change nothing else, you can still drop a few pounds by simply trading your sugar-soaked soft drink for water, reports new research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Water is your best choice for overall health. If you need any more convincing to make the switch, maybe these numbers will help: 300 calories and 20 teaspoons of sugar. That’s about how much you’ll save by replacing just two cans of soda in your diet.

2 ChooSe Smelly foodS

It sounds bizarre, but a study shows people tend to take smaller bites when a food’s aroma is stronger. The possible reason: Researchers suspect that smell alerts the senses something intense is on its way.

3 order a la Carte when dining out

You can still have dinner at your favorite restau-rant, but there’s no reason to eat everything that comes with the special. Pick and choose your meal and you’re more likely to save calories. That’s just one tip on a list of strategies compiled by research-ers. What else was in the bag of eating-out tricks? Box up half your meal “to go” before you start eat-ing, skip the “unloved” calories (are cold fries really worth it?), order dressings on the side and always choose steamed over fried.

4 try an app to Stay on traCk

Overweight adults who used electronic devices that gave daily feedback stuck to their programs better than those who kept pen and paper diaries, research shows. Choose one that offers gentle reminders to keep you focused on your goal.

5 work out harder, faSter

By doing so, you can burn bonus calories long after you finish exercising — more than 10 hours after — previously published research suggests. A study found men who pedaled vigorously on a stationary bike for 45 minutes burned an extra 190 calories during the 14 hours after their workout — that’s on top of the 500-plus calories they burned on the bike. Researchers believe the same effect could apply to other high-intensity activities such as run-ning, jogging and playing basketball.

6 But don’t exerCiSe too CloSe to Bedtime

It could make it tougher for you to fall asleep, and the less you sleep, the more you eat, according to new, preliminary research. Findings presented for the American Heart Association suggest chronic lack of sleep may contribute to obesity. More spe-cifically, people who are sleep-deprived (which for this study was an hour and 20 minutes less sleep) consumed an average of 550 additional calories each day.

Research also indicates when you sleep less, you burn fewer calories and less fat. A few tips to help get your body the sleep it needs to be a lean, calorie-burning machine: Set and stick to a regular sleep schedule; establish a relax-ing routine before bed and keep your bedroom cool, dark, and quiet.

7 eat CarrotS, SpinaCh, tomatoeS, watermelonS

The first two are rich in beta-carotene, the last two in lycopene: Consuming those two plant pigments can get skin glowing for summer, a new study sug-gests. Fruits and veggies are foremost waist-friend-ly foods that add fiber to your diet and volume to your dishes (for not many calories).

Consider this bonus: According to a study published in the journal PLoS One, people who ate three extra servings of produce a day de-veloped color changes to their skin that made them look healthier and more attractive. Other foods that contain these compounds include yams, peaches, pumpkin, apricots, and pink grapefruits.

The Doctors is an Emmy-winning daytime TV show with pediatrician Jim Sears, OB-GYN Lisa

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How to shape up for summerThese seven tips can guide you to look the way you desire

My younger daughter has been doing a track program three mornings a week and hasn’t really had much trouble getting up for that. However, now she said she doesn’t like the program and she may want to quit though I think the heat has more to do with that than the early mornings, which is understandable.

But the real dilemma has been caused by a question my 15-year-old asked me the other day when I said I really wished she would try to get to bed earlier: “Why do you care?”

I didn’t have a good answer, other than, “Because it bothers me and I don’t like it.”

Does it really matter that they sleep until noon every day, espe-cially if they are still getting a good night/day of sleep? If I could be truthful, I would say, “not really.” They don’t have anywhere to be, and when they do, they get up.

Maybe it’s more of the fact I’m jealous that they don’t have to get up. Maybe I envy their lack of ut-ter responsibility. Maybe I wish I didn’t have a reason to get up early every day.

I also have to wonder if this is really a battle worth fighting. If they still get the work done around the house that I ask, if they manage to do they activities they want, does it really matter that much that I don’t like their sleep habits?

Maybe it’s time I swallow my ir-ritation and let this one go. Sum-mer break is going fast, and it won’t be long before they have to be up for school every morning.

Oh well. It’s late. I really should get to bed. I have to get up early to go to work.

Theresa Myers is the editorial page editor at The Tribune and

lives in Greeley with her husband and two daughters. She can be reached at tmyers@greeleytri-

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» Shareholder Lunch, 11:30 a..m. Thursday. Celebrate monthly birthdays and an-niversaries. The menu is lasagna, green salad, garlic bread, dessert & beverage. The fee is $3 per person.

» Cave of the Winds trip, 8 a.m. Tuesday. Travel to Manitou Springs and visit the legendary Cave of the Winds where the Great Spirit of the Wind is said to reside. Please wear comfortable walking shoes for the 45-min-ute discovery tour in the cave. Member fee is $25. nonmember fee is $30. lunch cost is on your own before returning to Greeley.

» discover the History of Cars, July 11-13. Get out of Dodge and go see a lot of cars. Trip includes the Gateway Auto Museum, Allen unique Autos Museum, a winery and much more! For an itinerary and for details, contact Tiffany at (970) 350-9436.

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session starts Tuesday at the Greeley recreation Center. runs 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-days until Sept 27. Session fee is $7 members, $12 nonmembers. basketball is canceled July 19.

» 50-plus raquetball, sessions starts Tuesday at the Greeley recreation Center. runs 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays and Thursdays until Sept 27. Session fee is $7 members, $12 nonmembers.

» Badminton, is can-celed Wednesday.

» Softball practice, is canceled Monday.

» Water Walking, 7 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays led by Doris Gilreath. begins Monday and runs through July 30. Monthly fee is $12 for members, $17 for nonmem-bers. At 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Connie Perkins leads the course, which starts Tuesday and goes through July 31. Monthly fee is $8 for members, $13 for nonmembers. no fee for Greeley recreation Center members.

» SilverSneakers® orientation, 9 a.m. Monday to learn about this great program. Attend Silver-Sneakers® Orientation at 9am on Monday, July 2 to learn more about this great program! no fee charged for SilverSneakers® members, $7 for non-members.

» volleyball 101, 8:30-10:30 a.m. July 10 at the Family Fun-Plex and July 13 at the Greeley recreation Center. Do you need to learn or review the basic skills of volleyball? Passing, setting, hitting and serving skills will be focused on during the clinic, led by Carrie Fehringer. Member fee is $10, nonmember fee is $15. Please register by Friday.

classes » Pikes Peak Presentation,

2 p.m. July 10 at Meadowview of Greeley. light hors d’oeuvre and wine for residents during the pre-sentation. Sharon from the love-land historical Society will present “Twin Adventures: Toddlers on Pikes Magnificent Peak.” She will discuss the history of Pikes Peak.

OtHer » you only need to be 50 years

young to join the Greeley Senior activity Center. Annual member-ships cost $20 for Greeley resi-dents and $22 for nonresidents. Memberships include a parking permit and allow you to participate in daily drop-in activities and to receive a discount on most classes, trips and programs. For more information, call (970) 350-9440.

» veterans monthly meeting, 7:30 a.m. July 7 at the Golden Corral in evans for breakfast. All you veterans out there — young, old, male, female — we don’t care when or where you served this country, we are just so proud of you and your service. We hope you will consider joining us.

» Senior Friday Lunches, because our caterer will be out of town July 20, we will not have a catered Fri-day lunch. We will have a good-old fashioned potluck/bbQ. We will do the hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill as well as lemonade; we are asking for a donation to cover the cost. you bring a side dish to share with others. We will be on the patio as well as inside, so dress comfortably and come to enjoy. We start at 11 a.m., and with Fourth of July fast approaching, we will have some patriotic music and videos to share with you.

» Free appraisals, 9 a.m.-noon the third Tuesday of each month. Don’t forget to bring those family heirlooms and treasures for Daniel Geary to appraise. What a wonder-ful way to discover if you have a real treasure or a sentimental one. Our own little Antiques roadshow!

» the Medicare Man meeting, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesdays for any of you who require information on the sub-ject. Don Andersen will have special information and options available for you folks who are losing your cover-age from Kodak and other busi-nesses. no appointment is needed.

» Canadian fall color trip, Sept. 19-Oct. 1 to the beautiful isle aux Coudres in the Charlevoix region

of Quebec, Canada, in the St. lawrence Seaway. Price is $1,465 per person based upon double occupancy with a deposit of $250 due upon registration. This trip includes all transportation; all lodging for 12 nights includ-ing three nights on the island; 23 meals; the Casino de Charlevoix; guided tours of Coudres, Montreal and Quebec City; picture perfect baie Saint Paul in Charlevoix, the Saint Anne de beaupre Shrine, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and much, much more, including the blue of the waters and the colors of all provided by God’s own hand — a memory worth making for your bucket list. if you have never been to this area, we would encourage you to come along, especially since the colors should be quite magnificent dur-ing this time of year. We are well on our way to filling our first bus, so if you would like to go along on this beautiful trip, come and make your deposit soon. brochures are available at the evans Com-munity Complex at the recre-ation Desk for your convenience, where you may also register.

» our tHouGHt For tHiS WEEk: “Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the pres-ent generation to preserve your freedom! i hope you will make a good use of it. if you do not, i shall repent in heaven that i ever took half the pains to preserve it.”— John Adams, second President

of the united States of America.

«seniOr center news» GreeleY by Sheri lobmeyer, (970) 350-9437 » eVans by betty Grauberger, (970) 475-1131

DeAr Abby: What is considered good manners when you enter the home of a 20-something Northerner? I’m a graduate student who recently moved from the South to the East Coast. When I visit the homes of my Northern friends, I feel they are being rude for not inviting me to come in and sit down.

When visitors come to my place, I ask if I can take their coats, ask them to please sit and make themselves comfortable and offer something to drink. It feels strange to enter someone’s living space and not hear these pleas-antries. It also makes me feel as if I’m imposing.

If others arrive around the same time, I try to follow their cues, but I still find it uncomfort-able to just plop down and make myself at home. Should I just get over it?

— FiSh OuT OF WATer

DeAr FiSh OuT OF WATer: If you have been invited to someone’s home, then you ARE

welcome. That your visit doesn’t begin with the customary rituals you’re used to does not mean that your host is rude. Yes, you should “get over it.” Just go with the flow — in time you will adjust.

DeAr Abby: I don’t have a car. I can’t afford one at this time. For the last two years a friend has been doing me a favor by taking me grocery shopping every week. I can (and do) take the bus to the local grocery store, but it makes it easier to buy things in bulk with a car. We have dinner, go to an oc-casional movie and generally have a good time hanging out. I buy her dinner sometimes as a thank-you for her great help.

Recently, I got to meet a group of her friends. She introduced

me to every single person by go-ing over the whole history of my not having a car, and how she has taken me grocery shopping every week. All her friends began prais-ing her for her kindness. I was up-set and embarrassed that rather than introduce me as a friend she instead portrayed me as an object of her charity.

I always thought she enjoyed our get-togethers. She used to re-buff any attempts on my part to make our shopping trips less fre-quent. Do I suck it up for the sake of our friendship, or do I discon-tinue or curtail our meetings?

— eMbArrASSeD in MiChiGAn

DeAr eMbArrASSeD: What your “benefactor” did was ex-tremely insensitive. True acts of charity are done anonymously. For now, my advice is to suck it up not for the sake of the friend-ship, but to do so for the sake of the transportation unless you can find an alternative.

DeAr Abby: When I was 15, my

mother put away a large sum of money for me as a college fund. A few years later, she quit her job and began drinking and smoking heavily.

I have now graduated from high school and have discovered that when she quit her job she used my college fund to pay for her alcohol and cigarettes.

Yes, it was her money. But it was intended for my education. Am I wrong to be upset?

— DiSAPPOinTeD SOn in FOrT GrATiOT, MiCh.

DeAr DiSAPPOinTeD SOn: Of course you’re not wrong to be up-set. You wouldn’t be human if you weren’t. However, now that you know the money you were prom-ised won’t be there, you need to start researching ways to finance completing your education. A place to begin would be your nearest library -- or online. Also, many schools allow students to work part-time on campus to help with the cost of classes, so look into that, too.

Southerner finds hospitality lacking in graduate’s Northern social circles

Jeanne PhilliPsDear Abby

London — boiled potatoes, stringy beef and overcooked veg-etables. if that’s your impression of british food, you’re not alone. The country hosting the Summer Olympics has an international image as a culinary wasteland, but with hundreds of thousands of tourists, athletes and journal-ists descending on london in less than a month, british chefs and tourism chiefs hope to change that dire reputation.To be sure, the Olympic and Paralympic Games will feature an industrial-scale catering op-eration that aims to serve 14 mil-lion meals — much of it fast food — to those coming for the July 27-Aug. 12 games. And workers at the Olympic Park are putting the finishing touches on four tempo-rary McDonald’s — including the world’s largest, a two-story giant capable of serving 14,000 people a day.but british foodies say the coun-try has much more to offer. “london is one of the three best cities in the world to eat in right now,” said heston blumenthal, an ebullient celebrity chef who has been instrumental in chal-lenging britons’ palates with his mad-scientist enthusiasm for innovative “molecular gas-tronomy.”

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» Britain uses Olympics to shed sour food image

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Films begin at dusk (approximately 8:30pm) and concert begins at 7pm. Movies are close captioned. Parks are sprayed for mosquitoes before each event.

Glass containers & dogs (other than service animals) are not allowed in Greeley Parks. Call 350-9401 or 350-9451 with questions. www.greeleygov.com/festivals

July 6 • Despicable Me (PG)Pheasant Run Park 47th Ave. & 4th St.

Enjoy story time before the movie with High Plains Library District Staff!

July 13 • ET (PG)Sanborn Park 28th Ave. & 20th St.

Take part in Family Zumba lead by Poudre Valley Health System’s Healthy Kids Club starting at 7:15pm and register to win a boy’s or girl’s bike donated

by CORPAC, Inc. before the show starts!

July 20 • Dolphin Tale (PG)East Memorial Park 22nd St. & Balsam Ave.

Free swim at Discovery Bay from 6 - 8pm sponsored by Poudre Valley Health System’s Health Kids Club then stroll to the park to play some beach volleyball

before the movie with the Latino Chamber of Northern Colorado! (Free popcorn provided by Greeley Youth Commission.)

August 3 • Hugo (PG)Bittersweet Park 35th Ave. & 16th St.

Kid’s can take a free mini-train ride in the park from 6 - 8pm and talk to the Greeley Freight Station Museum’s Conductor.

August 10 • Trichome (Concert)Twin Rivers Amphitheater 1501 65th Ave.

Summer fun with Hoopligans “hooping,” Hearts & Tails carriage rides, Merry Makers face painters & balloon artists, plus 1/2 price swim & mini-golf at the FunPlex from 6pm to close.

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Honor Flight Northern Colorado (HFNC) was founded in 2008 by retired Army Colonel Stan Cass as a local hub of the National Honor Flight Network. The 12-member board and other volunteers are dedicated to organizing two flights and trips per year to take veterans of the armed forces to see and experience the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The organization has taken 895 veterans of World War II and 175 veterans of the Ko-rean War or Purple Heart recipients from any war to

the site of the memorial. Banner Health/North

Colorado Medical Center has provided funding to support the medical guard-ians who provide medical assistance on the flights. NCMC employees and physicians have served as medical guardians. Colonel Cass and Bruce Cameron, HFNC board member (and former AirLife of Greeley pilot) presented Rick Sut-ton, NCMC CEO, with a photo of the World War II Memorial for extraordinary service and support of the program. The presentation was made at the Military Honor Display at NCMC.

Honor Flight thanks NCMC

Most people don’t like to think about or discuss end of life issues. Thirty-one people attended a Five Wishes seminar at Adamson Funeral Home on June 19 hoping to do just that. Some of the attendees were baby boomers with aging parents and some came to find out for them-selves.

Five Wishes is the first living will that talks about your personal, emotional and spiritual needs as well as your medical wishes. Five Wishes lets you say exactly how you wish to be treated if you get seriously ill. Your family members will not have to guess what you want. It protects them because they won’t have to make hard choices without knowing your wishes.

Adamson Funeral & Cremation Services and Hospice of Northern Colorado hosted the event. To make

it fun they incorporated an “I Dream of Jeannie” theme showing that your wishes can be granted at the blink of

an eye. Here is what some seminar at-

tendees had to say:“The Five Wishes seminar was

helpful. We had heard about these things, but Five Wishes put them in a simple written form that we could do by ourselves.”

“I have nine kids and no one wants to talk about end-of-life is-sues. Five Wishes booklet will give me a way to help me to talk to them about what my end of life wishes are.”

If you missed the opportunity to attend the Adamson Seminar Series Five Wishes seminar, keep your eyes open. Adamson Funeral & Crema-tion Services along with Hospice of Northern Colorado will be present-ing Five Wishes seminars at upcom-ing events.Cherry K. Smith of Adamson Funeral & Cremation

Adamson hosts Five Wishes seminar

Cherry K. Smith/For The Tribune

ADAmson FunerAl & CremAtion in Greeley hosted a Five Wishes seminar about end of life needs and how to prepare. Thirty one people at-tended the seminar.

For the tribune

Colonel stAn CAss AnD bruce Cameron, honor Flight of northern Colorado board members, presented rick Sutton, north Colorado Medical Center CeO, with a photo of the World War ii Memo-rial for nCMC’s support of the program. honor flight organizes two flights a year to Washington, D.C., for veterans of the armed forces to see memorial.

Ferrell-mcreynoldsKellie rene Ferrell and Joshua David Mcreyn-olds, both of loveland, were married April 30 at Shaphire beach in the u.S. Virgin islands. Cath-rine raymond presided.

Ferrell is the daughter of Mark Ferrell and Vickie Falk. Mcreynolds is the

son of James Mcreynolds and Julia Mcreynolds.

Ferrell graduated from berthoud high School and is self employed.

Mcreynolds gradu-ated from loveland high School and works for Value Place.

After a honeymoon in the u.S. Virgin islands, the newlyweds are at home in loveland.

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Love-Jensennicole leAnn love and Marlon Michael Jensen, both of Greeley, were married June 1 in Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park in loveland in a private ceremony at a location in which they fell in love with early on in their relation-ship. The mountains were always home to them, and it only fit to make the commitment of promis-ing to love and cherish one another, where they have spent so much time. it was a special ceremony with their personality written all over it; it was truly one of a kind. May the beauty of that day continue to last a lifetime.

love is the daughter of Marvin and Vanessa love, and Jensen is the son of Mike and Conny Jensen.

The maid of honor was

Miranda David. The brides-maid was Courtney hatch.

The best man was Courtney hatch. The groomsman was Tommy love.

Chloe Comans was the flower girl and Steven Co-mans was the ring bearer.

love graduated from university of Phoenix. She is a stay-at-home mom.

Jensen graduated from Greeley West high School. he works for home Depot.

love-Jensen

hoff-hiettDon and Mary hoff of Greeley announce the en-gagement of their daugh-ter Sarah hoff to brandon hiett, both of Greeley. hiett is the son of Kurtis hiett of Greeley and Su-san hiett of Sidney, neb.

A July wed-ding is planned.

hoff graduated from Colorado State uni-

versity with a bachelor of arts in history. She received her teacher certification from the university of northern Colorado. her Master’s in teaching is in progress. She works for lowe’s.

hiett graduated from Chadron State Col-lege with a bachelor of arts in psychology. he works for JbS, u.S. corporate headquarters.

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Zumbach-trevinoGloria Sandness and the late Michael Zumbach and Daniel and Karen Trevino, all of Greeley, announce the engage-ment of their children Andrea lynn Zumbach

to Joshua Daniel Trevino.A July 8 wedding in

loveland is planned.Zumbach graduated

from Aims Community College. She works for Walmart Automotive.

Trevino graduated from Aims Automotive Tech. he works for John elway Chrysler Jeep Dodge ram.

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Pfleiderer-richmeierJohn and linda Pfleider-er of Kersey announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica breann Pfleiderer to nicho-las Joseph richmeier. richmeier is the son of Janine richmeier of Westminster and Steve richmeier and Cynthia lower of laSalle.

A Sept. 8 wedding

at Osborn Farms in loveland is planned.

Pfleiderer gradu-ated from Platte Valley high School in Kersey and hair Dynam-ics in Fort Collins.

She works for Mane Street hair Salon in Kersey.

richmeier also gradu-ated from Platte Valley high School. he works for high Plains Power and Control of Greeley.

richmeier-Pfleiderer

matschke-JantzenJessica Matschke, daughter of the late Carl Matschke and barbara Duvall, and Jeffrey Jant-zen, son of loren and Fay Jantzen of Pierce, are pleased to announce their engagement.

A Sept. 8 wedding at benson Sculpture Park in loveland is planned. Jantzen is a sculptor and there is no more appropriate place then his favorite spot in loveland to get married to his favorite human and best friend.

The couple met in

December of 2010. When Jantzen proposed in December of 2011 at Olive Garden with a college student singing opera in the background as part of an inside joke between the two, the deal was sealed!

The couple share a love of cooking, fam-ily and the bizarre and are extremely excited to start their adventure filled life together as husband and wife.

Matschke graduated from Colorado State university. She is a call center supervisor.

Jantzen works for O-i Glass.

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«primencWhat is PrimenC?PrimenC is a page celebrating Weld County’s senior residents. To submit a birthday or anniversary announcement, pick up a form at The Tribune, 501 8th Ave., or go to www.greeleytribune.com, click “community,” then “forms.”

Lehrrobert “Pete” and harriett lehr of Greeley celebrated their 60th wedding an-niversary on June 16, with a buffet reception at the evans Community Center.

The couple at-tended Gill schools for 12 years, and they both graduated from Gill high School in 1950.

Pete and harriett were married on June 15, 1952, at St. Paul’s Congrega-tional Church in Greeley.

Pete was active in sports and played for the Gill blues baseball team. Pete then served in the u.S. Army as a sergeant in Korea. he was employed at Greeley Candy and Tobacco and Ponca Wholesale before working for Meadow Gold Dairy for 30 years.

harriett was employed at home light and Power Company and did seasonal work for Great Western Sugar Company. She was a deputy clerk for the Weld County Clerk and recorder depart-ments for 20 years. She enjoys genealogy and planning events for fam-ily and class reunions.

They both retired in 1994 and have enjoyed traveling and support-ing the Colorado rockies and Denver broncos.

Pete is a member of the American le-gion and the Greeley elks, and they are both members of St. Paul’s Congregational Church.

The couple has a daughter and son-in-law, Jo Anne and lonnie hilzer of Greeley, and a son and daughter-in-law, John and Carol lehr of eaton. They have four grandchildren, Michelle lehr of loveland, Jennifer hilzer of Or-lando, Derek and his wife Amanda of Chicago, and bryan hilzer of loveland.

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harriett and robert lehr

Merzbob and Mary Merz of Greeley will celebrate their 40th wedding with a trip to Paris, France. Prior to the trip the family will join them at St. elizabeth’s church in Denver for a renewal of their wedding vows, followed by a brunch.

Mary Speck and bob Merz were married July 7, 1972, in Fort Collins.

Mary was a special education teacher for Greeley-evans School District 6.

bob was the vice president of student affairs at the university of northern Colorado.

Their children are Michelle Merz-hutchin-son of Denver and Michael Merz of long-mont. They also have three grandchildren. bob and Mary Merz

PeperDarrell and Susan Peper of Greeley will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with fam-ily and friends today.

Darrell was born and raised in south central nebraska. he gradu-ated from hastings high School in hastings, neb., and moved to Colorado.

Susan was born in Des Moines, iowa, and moved with family to Colorado while in grade school and graduated from Adams City high School.

both lived in Derby (now Commerce City) where they met and mar-ried on June 30, 1962.

Darrell held several positions during his 38 ½ year career with Public Service Company of Colorado. he retired as a coordinator for the gas and electric department in november 2000.

Susan, along with helping raise four children — James, Jackie, brenda

and becky, worked for various companies in accounting positions including Metropolitan State bank and Steel inc.

The couple lived in Commerce City and Thronton, moving to Greeley after retirement.

Darrell and Susan share many common interests including travel, exercise and polka dancing.

The couple also has four grandchildren.

Susan and Darrell Peper

RobertsVera roberts will celebrate her 90th birthday on July 9.

Vera was born to her-man and hazel (ennes) Zupke on their family farm homestead east of evans, known as the ennes Dairy. Most of Vera’s life was spent on the family homestead.

After graduating from Greeley high School, she married Albin Magnuson, who died as the result of an auto accident years later. Vera then married Guy benson, and they were married for 43 years until his death. This november, Vera and Jackson roberts will be celebrating their 28th wedding anniversary.

During her lifetime, in addition to numer-ous volunteer activities, Vera was employed by the red Cross, ennes Dairy, Montgomery Ward, Poudre Valley Creamery and retired from the north Colorado Medical Center.

Vera was blessed with five children: herman Magnuson, larry Magnu-son, butch benson, Gina benson (deceased), and Darrell benson. She also has nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

A private family cel-ebration will take place Saturday. Friends and family are invited to send Vera birthday congratu-lations to the following address: 4526 W. Pioneer lane Greeley, CO 80634.

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« iF today iS youR BiRtHday: your year ahead opens with a bang and enjoy success during the next six weeks if you ignore logic when dealing with your most crucial decisions and just follow the crowd. you should fight the tendency to ignore the influence of people within your social circle in August, too, when your instincts are to over think matters without using your heart. Wait until november to put your most important ideas and plans into motion as that is when your judgment is at its best. Do not begin anything of major importance in January, when you will need all of your energy just to keep up with existing obligations.

«aRieS (MaRCH 21-aPRiL 19): Follow your dream. you are friendly toward everybody; you might find that tweeting suits your style. in the week to come, however, you could be too aggressive about taking the lead in groups.

«tauRuS (aPRiL 20-May 20): bad judgment jams up your jolliest times. When you’re afraid to do something in the week ahead, chances are it’s exactly the thing you should be doing. impulsive purchases and passions are possible.

«GeMini (May 21-June 20): you can talk the talk and walk the walk. in the week ahead, your cup seems to runneth over with romance and passion. Problems arise, however, when you feel you can’t get enough and try too hard.

«CanCeR (June 21-JuLy 22): This week’s full moon might fool you. in the upcoming week, when you think you have licked your wounds and gotten over it, something reminds you of conflict. let your heart rule over emotions.

« Leo (JuLy 23-auG. 22): Things will get better. you shine in group activities during the week ahead, but might find that one-on-one situations are challenging on an emotional level. it

might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever

«ViRGo (auG. 23-SePt. 22): brilliant is as brilliant does. in the first half of the week, you seem to want things more - and easily use your resourceful mind to get them. in the second half of the week, however, you yield to impulse buying.

« LiBRa (SePt. 23-oCt. 22): Grab the rabbit’s foot and hold on tight. There are days that you must say to yourself, “if there weren’t bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck at all.” in the week ahead, remember to accept sound advice.

«SCoRPio (oCt. 23-noV. 21): it isn’t always about business as usual. Just because your peer group does things one way doesn’t mean that it is always the only right way. in the week ahead, be sure to use inspired logic as your guide.

«SaGittaRiuS (noV. 22-deC. 21): Those who laugh last probably didn’t get the joke. Dealing with people from a sedate or conservative background could present challenges in the week ahead. Keep in mind that not everyone is sincere.

«CaPRiCoRn (deC. 22-Jan. 19): An ounce of forgiveness is worth more than a pound of revenge. being sincere is perfectly acceptable, even in business situations. During the week to come, you attract romantic partners.

«aQuaRiuS (Jan. 20-FeB. 18): Contrasts are contrary. you may walk a balance beam between honoring the old and embracing the new in the week ahead. you could want champagne on a beer budget, so restrain your impulses.

«PiSCeS (FeB. 19-MaRCH 20): Sex appeal is 50 percent what you’ve got and 50 percent what people think you’ve got. in the week ahead, you begin attracting the right people - but by the end of the week the reverse could be true.

Jeraldine Saunders

in the stArs

alligators and Kongs might sound like perfect subjects for a horrific science fiction movie, but in reality i saw both this weekend and they were mesmerizing gardeners with their striking beauty. The plants i am referring to are the Colorblaze Alligator Tears co-leus and the supersized Kong Salmon Pink coleus. When the Kong made its debut a few years ago it quickly garnered awards across the country. but it was an older gentleman this weekend who reminded me just how beautiful this plant is.i was viewing plants at one of the prestigious trials in the Southeast when the seasoned gardener asked loud enough for everyone to hear what in the world was that beautiful plant. The plant was the award-winning Kong Salmon Pink coleus. in my opinion, you could not pick a better name for this rivet-ing plant. it reaches around 20 inches in height with an almost equal spread. your first thought may be that you have seen a lot of coleus taller than that, and i would agree. The one thing you haven’t seen, however, is one with larger leaves. These are enormous.While some coleus dazzle in the full sun, the Kong series must have filtered light to shade to look its best. in the bed that we were all photographing the combina-tion featured the coleus and elephant ears for a perfect Caribbean-style garden. Another incredible partner to try with Kong Salmon Pink is another great coleus called Dark Chocolate. This is a really deep, dark chocolate color you would think would get lost in a shady location,

but the way it works with the Kong Salmon Pink makes them grab your attention. impatiens with salmon to orange flowers also makes a great partner.i often tell attendees to my seminars that should they get confused with the number of flowers i am showing or the fact i talk so fast just remem-ber to plant coleus: Plant coleus with foliage plants and plant coleus with flowers. My next stunning partnership did just that. it features the green Colorblaze Alligator Tears co-leus and the new and exciting Sanguna red petunia.The Colorblaze Alligator Tears coleus doesn’t claim to be lime or chartreuse but it certainly was showing off with these bright colors and the creamy teardrops in the late afternoon sun. This coleus hasn’t been out but for just a little over a year and yet it has already received enough awards to thrill any plant breeder. Kong was for the shade but you’ll like this one with a lot more sun. both coleuses will perform better in fertile organic rich soil.Colorblaze Alligator Tears reaches about 20 inches in height but reaches out to around 30 inches. its partner in the planting was Sanguna red petunia, a showy new color in one of my favorite series. Sanguna red is vegetatively propagated and packed with vigor. it reaches 10 to 16 inches in height and has a spreading habit. even though the red looked stunning i assure you almost all colors would look even showier when combined with Colorblaze Alligator Tears.

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