Brush Man Looks For History of Civil War Vets Buried At Cemetery

Steve Rohde of Brush is on a mission to gather information, artifacts or records on 30 Civil War veterans that are buried in the Brush Cemetery. The items can either be copied or put on display in the new military exhibit that recognizes the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War at the Brush Area Museum and Cultural Center.






You can reach Rohde at 970-842-4658.

The cemetery`s known Civil War veterans are:
Henry G. Allen, Stephe K. Amrine, Ebenezer E. Brownlee, Solon K. Cheadle, Henry W. Dean, George Dodd, Andrew M. Garrett, Clark W. Green, Joseph S. Jackson, William C. Kelly, Ephraim Kerr, Josiah L. Lee, John H. McGinnis, Joseph G. McGregor, James T. Mitchell, George H. Munger, Francis V. Stevens, M.L. Stevens, Henry J. Stoops, Jno. J. Stowers, Thomas O. Tennant, Robert Weir, Joseph H. Williams, Samual I. Wright, George H. Hall and Thomas E. Mote.

Harrington Proposes Farmers Market

Sterling could have a Farmer's Market at Knowles Field. Pat Harrington oversees the community gardens there and you have to figure, if you're growing the veggies there, why not sell them there! Harrington told Sterling City Council that the market would operate from the second week in March until the last week of October and be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Harrington said he wants to set up a board to over see the market. The city said there needs to be a permit to open the market on the city owned property. Sterling would get a cut of the proceeds from the farmer's market.

Group Of Ministries Offers To Fund State School Breakfast Program

A group of Colorado Springs-area ministries have offered to pay for a state school breakfast program for awhile. But Colorado's Department of Education wants to wait to see if the Legislature will commit the money for the program before taking the 124-thousand-229-dollar one-time donation. The Community Roundtable, a coalition of parachurch organizations including Focus on the Family, made the offer. Department of Education spokesman Mark Stevens tells the "Gazette" the coalition in an e-mail said it would give the money, quote, "if the funding doesn't come through."

Colorado Springs-Based U.S. NORTHCOM Helping In Winter Storms

Colorado Springs-based U.S. NORTHCOM or Northern Command is assisting in other parts of the nation where serious snowstorms have struck. The Department of Defense selected McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma, Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as FEMA Incident Support Bases. Those bases will support getting supplies and equipment to places impacted by extreme winter weather. The Department of Defense says it has the ability to save lives and offer air lift, medical support, communications and catastrophic planning.

Brighton Man Arrested On Child Abuse Charges After Boy Dies

Brighton police have arrested Donald Scarlett in connection with the death yesterday of a two-year-old boy. Cops say the 31-year-old man inflicted the injuries sustained by Michael Harris, who died at Platte Valley Medical Center a day after he was rushed there by paramedics. Authorities didn't say if Scarlett has been charged yet with the boy's death.