They broke ground a week ago on the Republican River Compact Compliance Pipeline in the eastern part of Yuma County. The ground was broken near the place where the collection tank will be located at the north end of the line, about 12 miles north of Laird. Its a 71 million dollar project that will put the state in compliance with the 1942 Republican River Compact, sending water to Nebraska.
Monday, September 5, 2011
NJC Theatre Holds Open House Tomorrow
Northeastern Junior College’s theatre department will host an open house tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. It will be held in Room 112 of E. S. French Hall. A news release from NJC says that member of the current theatre company at NJC will be on hand to meet with new students who have an interest in the group’s activities.
The evening will begin with introductions and discussion of the fall and spring projects including some spontaneous performances by Remockable Results, the new NJC improv comedy team. Some brief theatre games and exercises will be done just for fun to help those in attendance brush up for the fall auditions.
Among topics to be discussed at the open house will be helping students know how to prepare for the fall production auditions, what career paths are available in theatre arts, and planning and brainstorming for possible student projects that can be taken on during the coming year.
If you can’t be there right at 6 p.m., according to Aaron Crutchfield, director of theatre at NJC, you’re welcome to arrive late and still participate. While community participation is welcome, in order to participate in the theatre productions at NJC, you must be enrolled in classes at the college at the time you are involved. You do not have to be a theatre major to be in the theatrical performances and activities.
The evening will begin with introductions and discussion of the fall and spring projects including some spontaneous performances by Remockable Results, the new NJC improv comedy team. Some brief theatre games and exercises will be done just for fun to help those in attendance brush up for the fall auditions.
Among topics to be discussed at the open house will be helping students know how to prepare for the fall production auditions, what career paths are available in theatre arts, and planning and brainstorming for possible student projects that can be taken on during the coming year.
If you can’t be there right at 6 p.m., according to Aaron Crutchfield, director of theatre at NJC, you’re welcome to arrive late and still participate. While community participation is welcome, in order to participate in the theatre productions at NJC, you must be enrolled in classes at the college at the time you are involved. You do not have to be a theatre major to be in the theatrical performances and activities.
87 Year Old WWII Marine Vet Heads to DC on Sept 11
A World War II veteran from Brush will get to take an Honor Flight to see the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. He'll be one of a group of vets and their escorts who are part of "Honor Flight Northern Colorado" that leaves on September 11. Eighty-seven-year-old Harold Patterson is a former US Marine Corps. veteran who lives at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. He served from 1943 to 1946 and was a part of the 5th Marine Division in the artillery unit. The group will return on September 12.
Work on Highway 34 Tuesday and Wednesday
Highway 34 on the east side of Brush will be closed tomorrow and Wednesday. The closure starts around 6:30 a.m. so crews can do some railroad repairs. Officials say the work should wrap up on Wednesday night. East and westbound 34 traffic will reroute to County Road 29, Mill Street and then to Colorado Avenue.
Suspected Boulder potty peeper appears in court
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man suspected of spying on women in bathrooms around Boulder is scheduled to be in court again Oct. 27.
The Boulder Daily Camera reported that Luke Ivan Chrisco appeared in court Friday where a judge rescheduled his arraignment for next month.
Arraignments are where suspects enter pleas of either guilty or not guilty.
The 30-year-old Chrisco faces multiple counts of burglary and unlawful sexual contact. Police say Chrisco gave them detailed information about peepholes he created in bathrooms in locations around Boulder and investigators were later able to verify that information.
Police arrested Chrisco in June after a woman attending a yoga festival noticed something moving inside the tank of a portable toilet. A feces-stained man popped out of the portable toilet and ran away.
The Boulder Daily Camera reported that Luke Ivan Chrisco appeared in court Friday where a judge rescheduled his arraignment for next month.
Arraignments are where suspects enter pleas of either guilty or not guilty.
The 30-year-old Chrisco faces multiple counts of burglary and unlawful sexual contact. Police say Chrisco gave them detailed information about peepholes he created in bathrooms in locations around Boulder and investigators were later able to verify that information.
Police arrested Chrisco in June after a woman attending a yoga festival noticed something moving inside the tank of a portable toilet. A feces-stained man popped out of the portable toilet and ran away.
Man survives lightning strike in Adams Count
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A man survived getting struck by lightning at a track meet at the Adams County Fairgrounds.
Forty-year-old Chip Wiman took cover underneath a tree a few feet from a shelter where about 200 people were taking cover from a storm Friday evening.
Adams County Fire spokesman Terrance O'Neill says lightning struck the tree and used Wiman as a conductor as it traveled up through the ground.
The Denver Post reported that Wiman suffered second- and third-degree burns. He told the paper the bolt left a trail of singed hair on his leg where the lightning traveled through his body and an exit wound on a part of his body that had been in contact with the tree.
Forty-year-old Chip Wiman took cover underneath a tree a few feet from a shelter where about 200 people were taking cover from a storm Friday evening.
Adams County Fire spokesman Terrance O'Neill says lightning struck the tree and used Wiman as a conductor as it traveled up through the ground.
The Denver Post reported that Wiman suffered second- and third-degree burns. He told the paper the bolt left a trail of singed hair on his leg where the lightning traveled through his body and an exit wound on a part of his body that had been in contact with the tree.
7 coyotes killed in Broomfield following attacks
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — State wildlife officials have killed seven coyotes in Broomfield in the past two weeks following attacks on children.
The Boulder Daily Camera reported on Saturday a total of nine coyotes have been killed since July. State Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill says wildlife officers will stop patrols and return if there are more reports of aggressive coyotes.
Recent attacks include boys ages 6 and 2 being bitten in separate incidents in July and August. Both were on walks with their father. A mother was able to scare away a coyote that threatened her 4-year-old boy who was playing in the front yard.
Broomfield officials are also trimming tall grass from along trails to remove hiding places and shooting
The Boulder Daily Camera reported on Saturday a total of nine coyotes have been killed since July. State Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill says wildlife officers will stop patrols and return if there are more reports of aggressive coyotes.
Recent attacks include boys ages 6 and 2 being bitten in separate incidents in July and August. Both were on walks with their father. A mother was able to scare away a coyote that threatened her 4-year-old boy who was playing in the front yard.
Broomfield officials are also trimming tall grass from along trails to remove hiding places and shooting
Replica of Colorado fur traders fort ready to open
FORT LUPTON, Colo. (AP) — A replica of the Fort Lupton fur trading outpost north of Denver is opening to visitors after years of work by volunteers.
The South Platte Valley Historical Society plans a grand opening for the fort Friday.
The Denver Post reported Sunday that volunteers scoured records to develop plans for the replica on the society's 100-acre history park. Workers broke ground on the fort in October 2004.
The original fort was built in 1837 by Lancaster Lupton. The historical society's website says the reconstruction is about 100 yards away from what is believed to be the site of the original.
The history park is on the South Platte River just north of the town of Fort Lupton. It includes a house dating to the late 1860s and an 1875 schoolhouse.
The South Platte Valley Historical Society plans a grand opening for the fort Friday.
The Denver Post reported Sunday that volunteers scoured records to develop plans for the replica on the society's 100-acre history park. Workers broke ground on the fort in October 2004.
The original fort was built in 1837 by Lancaster Lupton. The historical society's website says the reconstruction is about 100 yards away from what is believed to be the site of the original.
The history park is on the South Platte River just north of the town of Fort Lupton. It includes a house dating to the late 1860s and an 1875 schoolhouse.
Ex-Fort Morgan manager dies of apparent suicide
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — The former Fort Morgan city manager died of an apparent suicide two days after appearing in court on a child pornography summons.
The Fort Morgan Times reports that the Adams County coroner and Brighton police say Patrick Merrill led officers on a low-speed chase shortly before his death Friday morning. Officers found Merrill dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after the chase.
Officers had been asked to check on his welfare and spoke to him on a cell phone during the chase.
The Adams County coroner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
Merrill received a severance settlement of about $77,000 from the city in mid-January shortly after he was put on leave.
Details of the child pornography summons were not immediately available.
The Fort Morgan Times reports that the Adams County coroner and Brighton police say Patrick Merrill led officers on a low-speed chase shortly before his death Friday morning. Officers found Merrill dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after the chase.
Officers had been asked to check on his welfare and spoke to him on a cell phone during the chase.
The Adams County coroner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
Merrill received a severance settlement of about $77,000 from the city in mid-January shortly after he was put on leave.
Details of the child pornography summons were not immediately available.
Weld County sees increase in suicide numbers
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Weld County officials say 40 suicides were reported in the county last year, double the number in 2000.
They say 2011 is on track to be another bad year.
Deputy Coroner Gracie Marquez tells the Greeley Tribune that 28 people had committed suicide by Sept. 1. At that pace, the 2011 total would exceed 40.
Behavioral health experts say theories for the increase include relationship problems, financial hardship, untreated mental illness and chronic pain from a degenerative illness.
The Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention says 940 people in Colorado died of suicide in 2009, nearly twice as many as those who died in vehicle crashes.
They say 2011 is on track to be another bad year.
Deputy Coroner Gracie Marquez tells the Greeley Tribune that 28 people had committed suicide by Sept. 1. At that pace, the 2011 total would exceed 40.
Behavioral health experts say theories for the increase include relationship problems, financial hardship, untreated mental illness and chronic pain from a degenerative illness.
The Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention says 940 people in Colorado died of suicide in 2009, nearly twice as many as those who died in vehicle crashes.
Outdated computer systems threaten state services
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado state audit warns that a crash of an aging state computer system would affect nearly every agency — and stall payments for everything from food stamps to construction contracts.
The audit says there's a significant risk of a crash because of obsolete technology and programming code.
Several other states face the same issue. Systems that handle unemployment claims, entitlement benefits and personnel records have gone decades without expensive upgrades or replacement.
Colorado's Office of Information Technology wants a new system, or at least upgrades. But that would cost at least $20 million, and persuading lawmakers to provide those funds could be a tough sell in a year that promises millions of dollars more in budget cuts.
The audit says there's a significant risk of a crash because of obsolete technology and programming code.
Several other states face the same issue. Systems that handle unemployment claims, entitlement benefits and personnel records have gone decades without expensive upgrades or replacement.
Colorado's Office of Information Technology wants a new system, or at least upgrades. But that would cost at least $20 million, and persuading lawmakers to provide those funds could be a tough sell in a year that promises millions of dollars more in budget cuts.
Report: Colo spent $354M on security since 9/11
DENVER (AP) — State and local governments in Colorado have received $354 million in federal grants for homeland security since 2002.
The Denver Post reported on Sunday that spending records are incomplete, and that some spending had little to do with fighting terrorism.
State officials acknowledge that record-keeping was hurt because oversight was handled by three agencies at one time or another, and by inconsistent accounting.
The newspaper says a $1 million grant check sat in an unused Denver mailbox for six months because an accounting system failed to note it was missing. The accounting system has been changed.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on mobile command units that are primarily used for non-emergency events.
State officials say emergency responders are better trained and better equipped because of the grants.
The Denver Post reported on Sunday that spending records are incomplete, and that some spending had little to do with fighting terrorism.
State officials acknowledge that record-keeping was hurt because oversight was handled by three agencies at one time or another, and by inconsistent accounting.
The newspaper says a $1 million grant check sat in an unused Denver mailbox for six months because an accounting system failed to note it was missing. The accounting system has been changed.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on mobile command units that are primarily used for non-emergency events.
State officials say emergency responders are better trained and better equipped because of the grants.
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