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ly 2009 The Senior Voice

By Michael Hollis Director

Social Security Office, Greeley

Social Security has a new onlineretirement application and a newcelebrity spokesperson to help spreadthe word.

You can apply for retirement bene-fits from the comfort of your home oroffice at www.socialsecurity.gov.Theres no need to drive to your localSocial Security office or wait for anappointment with a Social Securityrepresentative.

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stayed focused on expandingnomic opportunities byproving health care access,tecting and creating jobs,viding support for strugglingilies, and building an excellentcation system for our children.We passed the Coloradoalthcare Affordability Act tovide health care coverage tore than 100,000 Coloradoans,ress cost shifting, and establish adicaid buy-in program. My bill,Colorado Guaranteed Healthe Act, to reform health care

ncing and delivery came up justvote short of passing the stateuse. This bill focused onering costs, improving qualityproviding guaranteed access.

We passed several bills to stimu-economic development and helpte jobs, including the Colorado

ovation Investment Tax Credit,

which passed the House on a bipar-tisan 52-12 vote and was signed intolaw by the Governor. This angelinvestment bill will create taxincentives for seed-capital investorsinterested in supporting the cleanand green technologies just waitingto take flight in Colorado.

We created a bi-partisan legisla-tive task force to reduce the numberof families and children living inpoverty by developing a comprehen-sive, integrated strategic action plan.The Speaker of the House appointedme to chair the task force, and ourgoal is to cut poverty in half by 2019.

We also took steps to upgradeour states transportation system, cutthe Gordian knots that tie up ourstate budget process, promote educa-tional reform and defend ourcolleges from devastating budgetcutswhile protecting our air,

water, wildlife and special placesthat make Colorado a wonderfulplace to live.

If you have questions or wouldlike to get together, call me at homein Fort Collins, 221-1135; send anemail to [email protected]; or see my website atwww.johnkefalas.org.

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rs Note: Wyoming historiangaret Laybourn wrote thewing story. You can email [email protected].

argaret Laybourn

me people in northern Colorado

nd southern Wyoming remem-he old Mayflower cafe and

e hall in Cheyenne.When Sam, Gus and George

ews opened the Mayflower in, little did the immigrant

hers from Greece know thaty a romance or a business dealpired in Cheyenne for five

des that did not see light of dayir popular restaurant.was Tracy McCraken, ownere towns newspapers, who

ested the name for the restau-

when it opened. He told theg Greeks that the Mayflowerght the pilgrims to America;ince the boys had just come torica, the Mayflower was an

opriate name. The boys boughtdea.he brothers had purchased theing with their savings and helpthe Greek community. But

n Sam and Gus went to bankdent Fred Marble for a $50,000deling loan, he turned them

n for lack of collateral.

eorge, who at the time wasat the renowned Plains Hotel inenne, went to the bank, apronnd. He unrolled the apron onank presidents desk, and insidethe tools of his trade.is knives, cleavers and sharp-gleaming, George said, Seehands? They know how to use tools. See these shoulders?can carry any weight. These

he collateral for a loan. Deeplyessed, the banker released they.

eorge remained chef at theflower for 50 years, while Samd as host and Gus handled theness details. Georges wifeetta was cashier. Their successdue to their belief that every-had to be top drawer.1935 at the end of prohibition,

Mayflower opened a two-stoolo they would be eligible for onee first liquor licenses issued inming. This later developed intore elaborate bar; but Gus, Sam

George were never interested in

ar business. Good food, forh they were known coast to

coast, was their love and livelihood.In 1947 they opened the finest

night club in the Rocky Mountainarea, the Marine Room; and again

the nautical theme was prominent,with sails of pure silk billowingfrom gold-leaf masts on phantomships.

The waiters, five Christopolusbrothers, wore white dinner jacketswith maroon trim to add class. Therewas dance music nightly, theorchestra made up of Cheyennemusicians who had played togetherbefore they served in World War II.

Celebrities who came toCheyenne spread the Mayflowersfame. Charles Kuralt detoured

through Cheyenne to eat therewhenever he was in the area. Jack,Robert and Ted Kennedy ate there.

When Gus was bought out by hisbrothers, George and Vernettas son,Phil, joined the firm. Phil had beenaround the restaurant since he wasfour years old, when he wore anapkin for an apron as he followedthe waitresses around the cafe. Phillater handled the bar business andcreated the even more famous OldMayflower Dance Hall.

Brands, boots and boisterous

dancers were the trademarks of thedance hall. With its country decor, it

The Mayflower was Cheyennes most popular restaurant

and dance hall for 40 years. Photo courtesy Margaret Laybourn.

was a sensation when it opened andremained a barrel of fun for localsand tourists for 18 years.

From ranchers, Phil got old

saddles and tack; from sportsmen,he acquired mounted trophies ofdeer, antelope and elk. A one-eyedbuffalo head glared down on thedancers.

During Frontier Days, topcountry-western bands performedfor the fans, who squeezed in just tosay they danced at the Mayflower.George Kent and the Little Wheelscame from Nashville seven consecu-tive years to entertain.

When the world premier of themovie Cheyenne Autumn was

held in Cheyenne, the producershired the dance hall for a receptionfor stars Jimmy Stewart, KarlMalden and Carroll Baker. Otherstars who visited the Mayflowerincluded Roger Miller, Faren Youngand Rod McKewan.

Ill health eventually forced theowners into retirement, and theysold the business. Within two years,the grand old Mayflower went up inflames. Only memories were left.________________COVER PICTURE: Cavalry troops,

courtesy of the Cheyenne TourismBureau.

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eggy Hunt

neer forts in northern Coloradocluded Fort Lupton south ofey.ort Lupton became a town whenst office was established in l869.

But before that, in l836, a fur tradernamed Lancaster Lupton erected an

adobe building along the South PlatteRiver, and early settlers called it FortLupton.

Lancaster Lupton was a WestPoint graduate who served in the army

Early FortsNear Greeley

One of the walls at Fort Vasquez. Hazel Johnson Colle

and accompanied Col. Henry Dodgeon an l835 expedition to Colorado.

Lupton saw the chance to makemoney in the fur trade here, so heresigned from the army, built the fortand went into business.

Two other nearby forts were builtabout the same time: Fort Vasquezand Fort St. Vrain.

Mountain men Louis Vasquez andAndrew Sublette established FortVasquez in l835, also for fur trade. Itis the only fort along the Platte Riverstill visible, preserved by theColorado Historical Society with asmall but excellent museum next to itjust south of the town of Platteville on

Highway 85.Fort St. Vrain was built in 1837

near Fort Vasquez on the Platte Riverby William Bent as an adjunct toBents Fort in southeastern Colorado.It was first called Fort Lookout, butthe name was changed to recognizethe trapper and trader who managedthe fort, Marcellan St. Vrain.

East of Greeley, Fort Morgan wasa military post protecting settlers froml865 to l868. It was named for Col.Christopher Morgan, who served with

Gen. John Pope in the Cilater at army headq

Missouri.Morgan died in bed

asphyxiated by a faulty sthis room. The town of Fhad a post office by l866.

On the plains northeMorgan was Fort Sedgwicto protect settlers from l86was named after Union John Sedgwick, who dieWar battle in l864.

Fort Sedgwick was tsetting for the popular weDances with Wolves staCostner. The town of

opened its post office in l8The outpost with the o

in northern ColoradoWicked, not far from wasnt really a fort. It whouse owned by pionGodfrey.

In l865 he and his faman Indian attack, and theysuch fierceness that tdubbed Godfry Old Thereafter the ranch becas Fort Wicked.

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The Senior Voice

Gold Camps inPoudre Canyon

ill Lambdin

e Cache la Poudre River

orthwest of Fort Collins is onehe few remaining wild andc rivers in the West.he canyon through which ithas numerous places associ-with Colorados pioneers.n 1886 a gold mining campd Manhattan was established

ut four miles northwest ofent-day Rustic. It was one offew mining camps in there Canyon.or a few years, Manhattan was

tling place and had a popula-of nearly 300 in 1897. But theand silver there played out

kly, and the little settlementabandoned by the early 1900s.he old log buildings stoodtly as a ghost town for years, winter snows wore themn. Eventually the Forestice removed most of theining buildings.ou can still see the valleye the little town once stood,

Road 162 on the way fromc to Red Feather Lakes.he name Manhattan might come from a miner there

d Cap Hattan. Some pioneersrred to him as that manan, and settlers called theManhattan.

p the canyon west of Rusticanother settlement calledre City. It was located where

present Poudre Chapel sitsg Highway 14.

n 1890 pioneer Johnmerman built a small goldessing mill at Poudre City,ving the canyon would soonlled with mining claims. Thatt happen because the mines inrea contained only low-grade

ut Poudre City retains a placestory because of a tragic inci-that happened there.

n 1891 a dam at Chambersbroke, and every building in

re City was destroyed. Johnmerman heard the huge wall

of water rushing down the canyon.It was nearly as high as treetops

in places and carried gigantic boul-ders that crushed everything intheir path.

Zimmerman jumped on hishorse and rode as hard as he couldto warn the families living atPoudre City. He arrived in time tosave the people, but every buildingwas wiped out and Zimmermanhad ridden his horse to its death.

Today a rock chimney fromZimmermans mill is the onlystructure remaining from oldPoudre City. You can see it just ashort walk west of Poudre Chapel,next to the river.

Attached to the old chimney isa state historical society markerthat says: Poudre City stamp mill.This chimney, part of a gold-reducing stamp mill built by JohnZimmerman, is the only remnantof Poudre City, a town that sprangup as a result of mistaken claims ofgold-rich ore in the Poudre Canyonwalls. With a general store, hoteland saloon, the little town of 50citizens was hardly two years oldwhen, on June 10, 1891, Chambers

Lake dam burst upstream, floodingand destroying the community.

Chimney at old Poudre City site.

Senior Voice photo.


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New Veterans ServicThe federal Veterans Administrationhas changed eligibility require-ments that will make it easier for somenon-disabled veterans to receivehealth care at VA facilities.

Income limitations have beenincreased for veterans who have noillnesses or injuries caused by their mili-tary service. Those with annual incomes

from about $29,000 to $32,000 mightnow qualify for healthcare.

The qualifying incomes vary bygeographic location; so its possiblesome veterans with considerablyhigher incomes can qualify. VA offi-

cials said this should 260,000 veterans to receiv

Also, the CheyenneHospital will begin a newAugust or September that some basic health servimobile van that will following locations onSterling, Colorado;

Torrington and WheatlandFor information, ca

clinics in Fort Collins or call Andrew Ruben at thhospital, 888-483-91www.cheyenne.va.gov.

Until August 31, many Americansage 65 and over can get free eyecare.

The nationwide program is offeredby the non-profit group EyeCareAmerica, part of the American Academyof Ophthalmology. It is co-sponsored bythe Knights Templar Eye Foundation.

The program provides a compre-hensive eye exam and care for anydisease found for up to one year afterthe exam. To qualify, you must be aU.S. citizen who has not seen anophthalmologist in three years or

more. You must also be 65, and you must not bhealth maintenance or(HMO) or receive servicVeterans Administration.

People without insuraseen at no charge. Paophthalmologists wiMedicare or other insurpayment. More than 7,0mologists nationwide are in the program.

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Feather Lakes northwest of FortCollins on July 4, according to thecommunitys library director SarahMyers.

Award-winning author C.J. Boxwill present a program at 3:30 pm atthe community Fire Barn. He will alsoautograph his books that day at theMountain Crafts Gallery. He is theauthor of eleven novels, including theJoe Pickett series, and his short storieshave been featured in Americas BestMystery Stories.

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in the western mystery said Library Journal.

Other events at Red Feon July 4 include a librarkids fishing derby, artsshows, and a fireworks dinformation, call Sarah881-2664; or see thredfeather.colibraries.org.

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There will be higher Medicare PartB premiums in 2010 and 2011 for

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rontier Days in CheyenneThe Daddy of em all will be113 years old this year, and the

rn celebration held in Cheyenney is still robust and rowdy.ome events like steer roping,

riding and the wild horse race

much like they were over ary ago when cattle were broughtWyoming from Texas.uffalo Bill brought his Wild Westto Frontier Days. Later Princess

Rosie Bluewater, who had traveledthroughout Europe with Cody,brought native dancers from the PineRidge Reservation.

The first parades were headed upby gleaming carriages transporting

top-hatted businessmen, followed bycowboy contestants racing down thedirt streets. Bands played on almostevery corner.

The legend is that the cowboys

began bringing up ladies of thenight from Denver to ride in theparade, and that outraged the localwomen. In the 1920s Margaret Boice,a socialite and ranch woman, encour-aged the local ladies to get their

grandmothers clothing out of attictrunks to wear while riding incarriages for a respectable parade.

Todays parades are headed up byMiss Frontier and her lady-in-waitingin their white buckskin outfits. Theparade passes by the very spot wherepassengers and gold were loaded onthe Cheyenne to Deadwood stage inthe 1860s. The parade winds past theUnion Pacific Railroad whereCheyenne began with shacks built atthe end of the tracks.

Frontier Days is a cavalcade ofhistory that includes buffalos, Indians,

cowboys and cavalry. Stagecoaches,shays and surries roll along the route.Years ago it wasnt unusual for acowboy to ride his horse into the barat the Plains Hotel.

Street dancing downtown was thechoice for night revelry. In the 1930sthere was a carnival with entertainerslike Sally Rand, who did her exotic

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ear Attack Near Estes Park, 1871ill Lambdin

She seized him by the left armat the elbowbiting itugh and mangling it fear-hurled him to the groundshook him as a dog would a

1871, that was how a Denverpaper described a bear that

cked Rocky Mountain Jiment.m nearly lost his life when themauled him while he wasng in the mountains west ofPark.

e was one of the Parks firstrs, arriving in 1854, and latered fame as the man whoed British traveler Isabellato the summit of Longs Peak.

wrote about him extensivelyr book A Ladys Life in theky Mountains.he mentioned that he had beened by a bear, but she didnt

details of the incident.spapers did, however; and Jimme famous for surviving the

attack.He was in his early 40s when it

happened, a handsome man withblond hair curling to his shoulders,deep gray-blue eyes and a face thatany woman would find attractive,except for his right eye thatremained scared from the bearattack, said Isabella Bird.

Isabella said he wore an oldcap, a gray hunting suit, moccasinsmade of horse hide, and carried aknife and revolver everywhere hewent.

The large-caliber revolver wasall he had when the huge, brownbear came charging at him out ofthe woods with her cubs.

Jim fired four shots into thebear before she reached him andhurled him to the ground. As she

shook him by his arm, as a dogwould a rat, he managed to fire afifth shot into her.

But she seemed to have super-natural strength. She ripped hisscalp and forehead to the bone onthe right side, ruining the eye.

At that point, Jim passed out.

The bear continued to maul him,biting off his left thumb, tearingand biting his flesh, throwing hismangled body until the gunshotwounds finally affected her.

When Jim woke, the bear laydead beside him.

His clothes were torn to shreds,and his body was a bloody mass.He struggled up between faintingspells and finally got on his mule,heading for Grand Lake where hehoped he might find someone tohelp him.

He found two men whomanaged to get a doctor from anearby mining camp. That savedhis life. Without a capable doctor,Jim would have died.

He later returned to Estes Parkand continued to live as a moun-tain man, hunting and running afew cattle in the park.

It was curious that, aftersurviving such a terrible attack,Jim died three years later from agunshot wound. He and a neighborargued, and the neighbor shot him.

Jim lived for several weeks

after the shooting, andstruggled hard to surapparently the bear hadmuch from him.

Rocky Mountain Jim

Colorado Historical


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uly 2009 The Senior Voice

Healthcare lobbyists are spendingover $1.4 million every day inWashington to influence legislators.They also contribute nearly $100million a year to legislators politicalcampaigns.

They are among the biggestlobbying groups in Washington. Theyinclude drug pharmaceutical compa-nies, insurance companies, hospitals,doctors and more, according to PublicCitizen and other researchers.

Lobbyists are especially busy thisyear because most of them do notwant any kind of a major health-care

system overhaul, even ifminor public-run option the millions of Americanno health coverage.

The capitol is swalobbyists and awash with m

National Public Radio. Thspending has increasedpercent in the past eight ye

Many analysts say itwe will see any meaningfAmericas healthcare systof such lobbyists. Among vidual lobbyists is formerSen. Bob Dole.

Healthcare Lobbyist

Americans spend more than twiceas much on their healthcare aspeople in other industrialized coun-tries, and yet we are less healthy.Thats the conclusion of a researchreport from the Business Roundtable,a nationwide group of businessleaders.

We dont live as long, our blood

pressure is higher, our cholesterol ishigher, and all other indicators showthat our care is not as good. We spendan average of $2,000 per person annu-ally for lesser care, said the report.

All of the other compared in the study havment-run health systemGermany, Japan, France aEach system is differemuch more government ithan in the U.S.

Spending more wouproblem if our health s

proportionately higher, reArnold Milstein told the LTimes. But the study shU.S. is not getting highhealth and quality of care.

Health Systems Compa2009 Chip Seal Schedule

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5th Annual Larimer County

SENIOR LAW DAYPresented by:

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and The Office of Gift Planning atColorado State University

Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:30 am-2:00Colorado State University, Lory Student C

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Reporter-Herald Robert McKnight, P.C. Attorney at Law


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The Senior Voice J

Do cellulite treatments work forwomen?

Probably not, say researchers atthe Mayo Clinic, Harvard MedicalSchool and other places.

At best, some women might see a25 to 50 percent improvement afternumerous treatments, but mostimprovements disappear over time

and have to be repeated. Thatincludes lotions, liposuction, massagemachines, lasers and all the othertreatments that women spend about$50 million a year on.

Cellulite Treatment

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* Centennial Health

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Fort Collins Health

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1000 South Lemay Avenue


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Kenton Manor

850 27th Avenue

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Todays nursing homes are pleasant residences that promot

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staff works together to ensure that your loved one will expe

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For your convenience, we contract with Medicare, Medicaid an

Private Insurance carriers. Please contact us for more informati

And many women see ment from such treatmenamong the unlucky womesimply born with the kindthat are going to show on t

If anti-cellulite creamsusually do so by causing irritation, which in tuswelling so the cellulite

less visibletemporarily. keep using the creams.Liposuction may remo

the fat, but dimples wilwhere the fat was.

ROSSThe birthplace of this plaything was theColorado Hotel in 1905 in conjunctionwith a presidential visit.

Psychics gift, brieflyThe party is being given ___ ___ honor!Temporary home for JonahDennis, for oneLaPlata County fourteener named forGreek god of windJazzs Calloway, familiarlyCanyon west of Ft. CollinsKingston Trio hit about the man whonever returnedAcronym found on a cereal box or vitamincontainerPasta sauceTulo name, formallyCity at the confluence of Fountain Creekand the Arkansas RiverThe Fountainhead author, ___ RandInvoluntary muscle action

City northwest of Oklahomas state capitolWaterway common to Ft. Morgan, Sterlingand JulesburgCon man?Captain JoeThe Baldpate in Estes ParkSome polesLincoln County site southwest of LimonWhat there was in Muddville after Caseystruck outCSUs Moby, for oneAbbreviation for Dr. treating female probs.Go sightseeingFrench saintLinguists concernSterling neighbor named for the areassheepKidney related

___ ___ as a lamb

59. TV venue for the likes of Chevy Chase,Gilda Radner, et. al.

60. ___ Pass between Minturn and Leadville

DOWN1. Town east of I25 and Ft. Collins; its name

is taken from the Bible as the place whereSampson claimed a wife.

2. Dir. traveled to get from #26 across toCheyenne Wells

3 . Energetic one4. Drug abusers tag at the emergency room,

sometimes (abbr.)5. Southwestern plant6. La ___ ___ tar pits7. Rams ga l8 . Dinah of song9. West slope locale noted for its peaches and

vineyards10. Blue ribbon winner (2 wds.)13. Word on a romance novels cover15. Sea captain obsessed with #12 across

18. Ft. Morgan neighbor named for local cat-tleman and farmer21. Big name in chicken23. Known as the Manassa Mauler,

Colorado born heavyweight champ24. Lorens Italian hubby26. Outdoor family area27. Security breaches30. Caulking32. Description of a trigger finger33. Range in southern Colorado34. Former governor Dick and family35. Railroad town on the Eagle River near Red

Cliff38. Phillips County town east of Sterling

named for early settlers Massachusettshome

40. Justice for a cattle rustler42. End of work week cry

44. Unmentionables46. Church music maker48. Hunters delight; golfers bane51. Eliot Ness, e.g.53. Building extension at right angles to main

structure55. Hotel offerings (abbr.)56. Society page word

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12/16

Janelle Baldwin of Fort Collins has designed outfits for nu

rodeo Queens, including Miss Rodeo America.


Rodeos are exciting events, andthe rodeo queens always haveelaborately designed attire.

A special designer of rodeo

queens clothing is Janelle Baldwinin Fort Collins. For the past several

years, she has made many outfits

that have been worn by Miss Rodeo

America, Miss Rodeo Colorado, the

queens at the Larimer County Fair

and other events.

Janelle designed the attire for her

niece, Addie Knowlton, who was

Miss Rodeo Colorado in 2002.

Addie was runner-up in the Rodeo

National Pageant, and Janelle

designed all the costumes Addie

wore.Miss Rodeo Colorado 2005 and

Miss Rodeo America 2006 was

Addies sister, Tressie Knowlton.

Janelle also designed her clothes.

The one-of-a-kind outfits are

made of different materials such as

cotton, twill and satinwith rhine-

stones, sequins and other glitter.

Leather with fringe is popular. Some

outfits are designed around themes

such as flags, names, stars, etc.

Janelle will soon be creating

custom chaps for motorcycle ridersin addition to the rodeo clothing.

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ew Bank Program For Seniors

The Senior Voice J

uaranty Bank in Greeley hasbegun a new program for people50-plus, called the Guaranty 50

b.t is directed by Flo Mikkelson,

o is well known in Greeley forgrams she has directed in the past.will offer free checking withrest, free travelers checks, notaryice, Visa debit card, and other

services.The program will also offer tripsporting events such as Rockieseball games, Frontier Days inyenne, casinos in Black Hawk

and Central City, dinner theaters,events at the Union Colony CivicCenter, and more.

Benefits of the Guaranty 50Club, such as free checking, areavailable at any Guaranty Bankalong the Front Range. For a while,some trips will be mainly forcustomers at the Greeley bank, saidMikkelson. But activities can be

expanded to other Guaranty Banksin the future.

For information, call Flo at 339-3456 or email [email protected].

art attack victims should havengioplasty plus clot-bustingas soon as possible, according

ecent report in the New Englandal of Medicine.esearchers have long known

busting drugs like Plavix aretive if given soon after a heartk, but until now they were notartery-opening angioplasty wasritical.ngioplasty should be donen six hours of a heart attack, saidarchers at the University ofnto in Canada, where over 1,000

Heart Attack Treatmentheart attack victims were studied. Thiswas the largest study of its kind todate.

But there is a problem. Manyhospitals are not equipped to doangioplasty. Which means victims

should be transferred as soon aspossible to a hospital that isequipped.

Heart attack signs include chestdiscomfort (pressure, squeezing orpain) that lasts more than a fewminutes or that goes away and comesback. Also nausea and shortness ofbreath.

By Jane Adams

High Plains Chautauqua announcesan exciting line-up for TheAmerican Spirit: An Endless Quest,Chautauquas 10th annual livinghistory festival August 4-8 in Greeley.

Presenters will portray TheodoreRoosevelt (Aug. 4), Georgia OKeeffeand Albert Einstein (Aug. 5), ErnestHemingway and General DouglasMacArthur (Aug. 6), Branch Rickeyand Csar Chvez (Aug. 7), EleanorRoosevelt, and Martin Luther King,Jr. (Aug. 8) under the Chautauqua tenton the Aims Community Collegecampus each evening.

This years festival is the culmina-tion of a three-year series focusing onthe American identity, from colonial

times through the 20th century. HighPlains Chautauquas unique blend oftheatre, history and the humanitieswill feature portrayals of Americanswho embody the spirit of 20th centuryAmerica. This was a time when theUnited States achieved internationalprominence in science, commerce,politics, and the arts, and a period

Chatauqua Prograon Living Histor

marked by our on-goingfulfill ideals embodiDeclaration of Independen

Each evenings perforbegin with different musicment, ranging from MatHeart Strings to the KrKrop swing band and ragby Watch Your Step.

Daytime lectures, wdramatizations and childrewith Kids Chautauqua, aances by Young Chautauplace at Aims, in downtowand at other venues throarea during this five-dayevents are free.

High Plains Chautaprogram of the Coloradoand recreates the early 2

traveling tent Chautauqua education and entertacommunities in the form concerts and plays. GreeleChautauqua took place in 1

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MYTHHospice is where you go when there isnothing more a doctor can do.

Good care at the end of life is veryexpensive.

Hospice is only for the last few days of life.

Choosing hospice means giving up all

medical treatment.

Everyone dies in a hospital.

Hospice is only for cancer or AIDS patients.

Families are not able to care for people withterminal illnesses.

Hospice is just for the elderly.

Hospice only focuses on the dying process.

REALITY

Hospice is a philosophy of care providingemotional, and spiritual care focusing onquality of life.

Medicare beneficiaries pay little or nothand most insurance plans, HMOs and m

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Hospice patients and families can receivmonths or longer, depending upon the coillness.

Hospice places the patient and family at

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Fifty percent of hospice patients are diagconditions other than cancer or AIDS.

Hospice involves families, and offers thesupport and training in caring for their

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Laughter Is thBest Medicin

Amother saw her little boyreading the Bible to their catand thought, How sweet.

A few minutes later, she heardloud, terrible screams from the cat.She went outside and saw the boystuffing the cat in a bucket of water.

Johnny, what are you doing?she asked

Im baptizing the cat.But cats dont like to be in

water.The boy looked up and said,

Then he shouldnt have joined mychurch.

A young woman driver was tail-

gating an old man who stopped hiscar when a light turned yellow at anintersection.

She was furious that he didnt gothrough the yellow light so shecould get through also. She beganblowing her horn, cussing a bluestreak and flipping off the old guy.

In the middle of her wild rant, apoliceman walked up and told her toget out of the car. He took her to thepolice station where she was finger-printed, photographed and put in aholding cell.

A few hours later, she was takenback to the front desk where thearresting officer said, Im sorry forthe mistake. I saw you yelling,cussing and raising hell with that oldman. Then I saw your bumpersticker that said, I follow Jesus,and your Choose life license plateholder, and your Christian fishemblem on the trunk. Naturally Iassumed you had stolen the car.

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Governors Farm is located in a pleasant rural

community, offers affordable rent, one-bedroom

ground level apartments, laundry facility, free

maintenance and small pets are welcome.

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Designed for people 62 years of age

and older, or disabled.

A lawyer riding allimousine saw a man eatithe side of the road.

He had the driver stand he asked the man,you eating grass?

Because Im poor afood.

Get in my car. Ill my house and feed youlawyer.

But I have a wife anunder that tree over there

Bring them too.As they rode in the

the man said, Thank ybeing so kind.

Glad to do it, said Youll like my place. Tnearly a foot high.

A man asked his wibehind their car and tellturn signal lights were wo

He got in. She stood said, No. Yes. No. Yes..

Ranchers have an expdescribes government bpost turtle.

Youll understand iever seen a fence post won top of it. You know hthere by himself, he doethere, he doesnt know there, and you wonder put him there.

Many a wolfIs never let inBecause of the hairOn his chinny chin chin.Burma Shave

New Health Servicewo leaders of senior care serv-ices in northern Colorado haveed to create a new non-medical

me care agency.Melanie Keech, president ofme Helpers, and Bob Wilson,ner/operator of Columbinealth Systems, combined theirertise and resources to open a

-medical home care agencyed Caring Solutions, LLC.Columbine Health Systemsan as a single nursing home in1. The company over the pastyears has grown to 22 busi-ses, said Wilson. The health care

mponents include independentng, assisted living, skilledsing/rehab facilities, medical

me care, pharmacy services,dical equipment, and out-patientrapy. Also included are Cafumbine & Bakery, the Drake

ntre, and the Lifestyle Centre

th club.Melanie Keech started Homepers in 2005 with the goal ofsing the standards of non-dical home care. Servingrthern Colorado, Caringutions, LLC, offers personalized

that is affordable and depend-for clients whether they are at

home, in a retirement community,skilled or rehab center, or a hospital,said Keech.

Caring Solutions will continueto provide the same services andmaintain the same clients, care-givers, office staff and managementteam as Home Helpersoffered. Keech said of the new rela-

tionship with Columbine, This willallow us to be more proactive in ourassessment and delivery of ourservices, provide additional servicesand products, and be more focusedin the training of our caregivers.

Wilson said, We have addednon-medical care providers to oursystem because we had concernsabout the caregivers that werecoming into our buildings. Headded, We wanted to ensure thatqualified caregivers were availablefor the residents we serve in ourfacilities as well as for the commu-

nity. We joined forces, in ouropinion, with the best non-medicalcompanion company in FortCollins.

People can get a free in-homeconsultation and learn about theprofessional services of CaringSolutions, LLC, by calling 970-667-4545 in Loveland.


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Unusual Woman inEarly Loveland

ors Note: W.C. Stiles came toland in 1877. Years later, hee about the early days there.

W.C. Stiles

e advent of the railroad andonstruction of the ditchesght about something of a

m, attracting a somewhatrent class of people than haded to the mining camps.he next few years showed aderful change in those rollingies where the Indians and

alo had held sway so long.on the hills could be seen deerantelope timidly watching thecration of their feeding

nds.he men should by no meansven all the credit for makinga desirable place to live. Allgh history, wives and mothersdone their share and more of

ier building.ome of us remember Mrs.

Sarah Milner Smith, left alone withthree small children to feed, clotheand educate.

Another heroic person was Mrs.Harriet Hopkins, whose husband

was stricken with tuberculosis intheir home in the East. The doctorssaid nothing but an immediatechange to a dry, warm climatecould save his life, so they boughta team of mules and a coveredwagon and a tent.

With her sick husband and threeyoung daughters, she started forTexas. Her husband died at a U.S.army station. The soldiers sent herto Denver in care of thePresbyterian church, which shewas a member of.

The church sent her toLoveland, where Abner Leonardowned a grist mill. He gave her ahouse live in and she boarded histhree mill hands.

She soon realized she (couldbuild a boarding house). Shesecured a carpenter, and soon the

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We advertised in The Senior Voicebecause

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first story and a half of a hotel wasbuilt.

By hard work and shrewdfinancing, she soon had a good,commodious building known asthe Loveland House. She had pros-pered financially.

But the sequel to her story wasanything but a pleasant one. Theolder daughter had begun to fail. Atelltale cough showed that the

disease that killed her its grip on her.

The fathers disease imprint on the other twthey, too, were callreaching maturity.

Now all that is left toorate one of the finest faever came to this commonuments standing intery.


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This may be the best time to make your move.Maybe you had plans to sell your house, move to a senior community and start

getting more out of life. What now? Do you have to put your life on hold because

of the economy? Not an easy decision. In times like these, it pays to know what

your options are.

Perhaps its time to give the Good Samaritan Society Communities of Northern

Colorado a call. Weve helped seniors weather storms like this for more than 85 years. Well be happy to help you understand your options, at no cost or obligation.

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