Program Your Phone With The National Poison Control Hotline This Week

This week is National Poison Prevention Week. According to Gail Banach, director of public education and communications with the Upstate New York poison center, this is the time to program your cell phone with the national poison control hotline which is 1 800 222 1222.






By calling 1-800-222-1222, you will be connected immediately to your local poison control center. Take the time to program your phone so you can be immediately connected. That one small effort could save a life… maybe your own.

Health Fair Saturday

The 16th annual Sterling Community Health fair will be this Saturday from 7:30 to 11 a.m. at Sterling Middle School. The fee for the fair is 30 dollars and brings attendees the results of a number of tests. Walk-ins are also welcome at the health fair. Be there early, as the fair will close promptly at 11 a.m.

Screenings and health information displays include:

Blood pressure checks by NJC Nursing students;

Vision screening;

Lumps/Bumps screening with Dr. Robert Fillion;

Centennial Mental Health Center -- depression and anxiety screenings;

Peripheral vascular screening;

Hearing screening with Dr. Terry Cummings;

Foot and ankle screening with Dr. Dormish;

Pulmonary function screening;

Nutrition Consultations

Body Composition screening, $5

David Walsh Cancer Center -- colon kits, $10;

HgbA1c for $15

Permanent DST Bill Moving Through Colorado Legislature

Do you want to NOT have to spring ahead or fall back? It could happen! Senator Greg Brophy got unanimous support for making daylight savings time a year round thing in Colorado. Last week the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee voted 6-0 to send the bill onto the Senate Appropriations Committee. Republican Brophy said its crazy that schedules have to be upset twice a year to please the clock. Brophy said he intentionally brought the matter up after the spring clock change to make his point.

Cut! Colorado lawmakers defeat movie donation bill

That's a wrap.

Lawmakers rejected an idea to let Colorado moviegoers have the option to donate a dime at theaters to attract filmmakers by boosting a state incentive fund. A Senate committee voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone House Bill 1207 on Monday.

The bill would have allowed voluntary donations at movie theaters for the Colorado Film Commission, which offers incentives to filmmakers.

The film industry has largely abandoned Colorado in favor of other states to make their movies because other places have more lucrative rebates. Republican Rep. Tom Massey said having more movies filmed in Colorado would help local economies.

The proposal started out as a 10-cent fee on movie tickets but the bill sponsors changed it to a voluntary donation. The bill did not require theaters to solicit donations.

ACLU, jail propose settlement of suit over mail

Boulder County jail will develop a new policy on inmates' outgoing mail under a proposed settlement of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Colorado chapter of the ACLU sued Boulder and El Paso counties to overturn the requirement that inmates' outgoing mail be restricted to post cards. El Paso County ended the practice in December after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to the ACLU, which called the policy unconstitutional.

Sheriff's officials told The Daily Camera Monday that the new policy will allow jail employees to screen mail for inappropriate uses.

Boulder County restricted outgoing mail last spring after two sex offenders sent Boulder-area children letters in envelopes that were stuffed inside envelopes addressed to a third party, who forwarded the letters.

Trial begins for boyfriend of slain girl

Jury selection is under way in the trial of a man accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl who was later found dead.

Nineteen-year-old Robert Montoya is charged with sexually assaulting 12-year-old Kayleah Wilson. Kayleah disappeared March 29 and her body was found in a drainage ditch on May 19, nearly two months after she was reported missing.

Prosecutors charged Montoya with sex assault the day Kayleah's body was found. Her slaying remains unsolved.

Montoya's attorney says Kayleah's family is using the case to hold him responsible for her death.

District Judge Marcelo Kopcow says opening statements in Montoya's trial are expected Tuesday.

Springs May Host World Figure Skating Championships

It's possible the 2011 ISU World Figure Skating Championships will be held in Colorado Springs. They had been planned for March 21st to 27th in Japan but have been postponed and then canceled after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami there. ISU officials are now looking for somewhere else to hold the event. The championships have been held in the Springs five times in the past.

Bill With Hefty Fines For Johns Moves Forward

A bill that would fine people caught soliciting prostitutes up to ten-thousand dollars is closer to becoming law. A state Senate committee yesterday approved the bill that would let first-time offenders enroll in awareness classes rather than being convicted. Municipal courts would be able to create day-long, frightening programs aimed at informing johns about the dark realities of the sex trade. Current laws allow most offenders to get a one-thousand dollar fine and up to a year in jail.

Lockheed Shows Off Orion Spacecraft

The next age of space exploration could include the city of Denver. Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin unveiled a test version of its spacecraft of the future, Orion, and a mock test facility for the craft yesterday at the Waterton Canyon site, south of Denver. Orion was once designed to carry humans to the moon. The craft is assembled here in Denver and the site could eventually be used for ground tests, and maybe even a suborbital test flight for Orion.

Members Of Greeley Gang Under Indictment

Members of a Weld County street gang are under indictment this morning. Five members of the "18th Street Gang" face charges including one-count they violated the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act. Greeley police say the gang is responsible for numerous crimes and is known for terrorizing the community.