A 25-year old Fort Morgan man's behind bars after an alleged incident of domestic violence yesterday. Deputies say they were called to the 18000 block of Morgan County Road T on a report that Gabriel Rocha allegedly threatened his 21-year old girlfriend with a knife, threatened to kill her, their one month old baby girl, punched holes in the walls and slashed the tires on her car. Deputies say Rocha tried to use the girlfriend as a shield against them. He's being held without bond on charges that include suspicion of felony kidnapping and menacing with a weapon, criminal mischief (all involving domestic violence), child abuse and resisting arrest.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Libertarian Party sues Gessler over access to recall ballot
The Libertarian Party has sued Colorado's secretary of state for lack of access to the recall ballots.
The votes September tenth put Senate President John Morse and Senator Angela Giron on trial for their support of gun legislation.
The suit says Scott Gessler's imposed ten-day deadline for candidates to submit nominating petitions violates the state constitution's guarantee of fair access.
The votes September tenth put Senate President John Morse and Senator Angela Giron on trial for their support of gun legislation.
The suit says Scott Gessler's imposed ten-day deadline for candidates to submit nominating petitions violates the state constitution's guarantee of fair access.
Lufts receive awards from Sterling Lions
The Sterling Lions Club held their 60th annual Cowboy Breakfast this morning and as usual took time to recognize families that have made an impact in Logan County.
Two of this year's Pioneer Award recipients were Augie and Dorothy Luft. The Luft family has spent a total of 142 years in Logan County and they are truly pioneers.
Augie's father, John, was born in 1879 and his mother, Maria, in 1883, in Russia. They were married in Russia on Nov. 12, 1892.
With Maria's brother already here, the couple, taking only their clothing with them, came to Sterling in 1909 with their three children. They rented the Martin Hoel farm and lived in a housed located where Wal-Mart is today. The couple was able to borrow money from a bank to purchase a team of horses, some equipment and three cows.
John and Maria had seven sons and seven daughters and another son they adopted, who was the nephew of his mother. Augie, the 10th child in the family, was born March 31, 1921. He is the last surviving child.
In 1923, Augie's father bought a large two story house built by the Hoffman brothers, located beside the Post Office to the west. The house was moved west on Main Street, with 20 horses and power line poles, to where the Luft home now sits, across from Wal-Mart.
Augie's father built a barn near the home and constructed a large cattle feedlot, where the main shopping center is today. When he sold cattle they were herded through the edge of town, where Phelps Street is located, to the railroad track stockyards. The cattle were then loaded on the train and shipped to Chicago.
Augie attended Sterling Lutheran Elementary School and walked to school every day. He graduated from Sterling High School in 1939.
From the age of 4, Augie was the horseman of the family. He broke draft horses, along with numerous saddle horses. At a young age, he was one of the first horsemen in the country to break riding horses with the horse never bucking. He said it hurt too much when they bucked him off.
Augie gave an exhibition on roping calf, tying the calf without the use of a bridle on the horse and without breaking the barrier.
For more than 30 years, he was always eager to help major cow producers and feedlot operators with their cattle. He has ridden all of the grassland around Sterling and more, working cattle. Many times he didn't get reimbursed for his time and expenses, but he enjoyed it.
Augie and his first wife lived on an irrigated farm southeast of Sterling that he rented from his dad. They raise four children, two sons and two daughters.
He divorced his first wife and married Dorothy Trout in 1981. They lived on the rented farm, which he eventually purchased, until last year, when they moved into town.
Augie has always had a story or two to tell. As a youngster, he stuttered very badly and it took him forever to say one sentence. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in World War II and was soon given a medical discharge because of his stuttering. While in the army, a doctor told him to slow down and start telling stories and that's why he became a story teller.
One of Augie's biggest thrills was at the age of 64, when he qualified for calf roping in Amarillo, Texas, and got a standing ovation when he roped his calf. As he pulled the pigging string from his mouth, his false teeth came out with it, falling on the ground. He proceeded to pick up his teeth and put them in his pocket.
Augie was a fixture at the Logan County Fair and parade for more than 50 years. He was there to help all of his nieces and nephews, who rode in the parade, to make sure there were no runaways and no one was hurt.
He also competed in the rodeo, primarily in calf roping and sometimes in the wild horse race. His daughter, Susanne, was the Logan County Fair and Rodeo Queen in 1964.
"We know he would be very honored to receive this award," said Susanne, upon accepting the award for him and Dorothy.
Two of this year's Pioneer Award recipients were Augie and Dorothy Luft. The Luft family has spent a total of 142 years in Logan County and they are truly pioneers.
Augie's father, John, was born in 1879 and his mother, Maria, in 1883, in Russia. They were married in Russia on Nov. 12, 1892.
With Maria's brother already here, the couple, taking only their clothing with them, came to Sterling in 1909 with their three children. They rented the Martin Hoel farm and lived in a housed located where Wal-Mart is today. The couple was able to borrow money from a bank to purchase a team of horses, some equipment and three cows.
John and Maria had seven sons and seven daughters and another son they adopted, who was the nephew of his mother. Augie, the 10th child in the family, was born March 31, 1921. He is the last surviving child.
In 1923, Augie's father bought a large two story house built by the Hoffman brothers, located beside the Post Office to the west. The house was moved west on Main Street, with 20 horses and power line poles, to where the Luft home now sits, across from Wal-Mart.
Augie's father built a barn near the home and constructed a large cattle feedlot, where the main shopping center is today. When he sold cattle they were herded through the edge of town, where Phelps Street is located, to the railroad track stockyards. The cattle were then loaded on the train and shipped to Chicago.
Augie attended Sterling Lutheran Elementary School and walked to school every day. He graduated from Sterling High School in 1939.
From the age of 4, Augie was the horseman of the family. He broke draft horses, along with numerous saddle horses. At a young age, he was one of the first horsemen in the country to break riding horses with the horse never bucking. He said it hurt too much when they bucked him off.
Augie gave an exhibition on roping calf, tying the calf without the use of a bridle on the horse and without breaking the barrier.
For more than 30 years, he was always eager to help major cow producers and feedlot operators with their cattle. He has ridden all of the grassland around Sterling and more, working cattle. Many times he didn't get reimbursed for his time and expenses, but he enjoyed it.
Augie and his first wife lived on an irrigated farm southeast of Sterling that he rented from his dad. They raise four children, two sons and two daughters.
He divorced his first wife and married Dorothy Trout in 1981. They lived on the rented farm, which he eventually purchased, until last year, when they moved into town.
Augie has always had a story or two to tell. As a youngster, he stuttered very badly and it took him forever to say one sentence. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in World War II and was soon given a medical discharge because of his stuttering. While in the army, a doctor told him to slow down and start telling stories and that's why he became a story teller.
One of Augie's biggest thrills was at the age of 64, when he qualified for calf roping in Amarillo, Texas, and got a standing ovation when he roped his calf. As he pulled the pigging string from his mouth, his false teeth came out with it, falling on the ground. He proceeded to pick up his teeth and put them in his pocket.
Augie was a fixture at the Logan County Fair and parade for more than 50 years. He was there to help all of his nieces and nephews, who rode in the parade, to make sure there were no runaways and no one was hurt.
He also competed in the rodeo, primarily in calf roping and sometimes in the wild horse race. His daughter, Susanne, was the Logan County Fair and Rodeo Queen in 1964.
"We know he would be very honored to receive this award," said Susanne, upon accepting the award for him and Dorothy.
Sterling Lions Club presents award to Rieke
The Sterling Lion's Club presented their Pioneer Award to two families at the Cowboy Breakfast this morning. One of the award recipients was Marjorie Rieke.
Rieke has been a true Logan County pioneer throughout her 94 years.
She and her twin sister, Mary, were born Nov. 4, 1918, in a farm house, three miles southwest of Sterling. The doctor didn't think her sister would live, but her grandmother picked her sister up, "worked with her and probably saved her life," said Lion Jack Annan, as he was presenting the award.
They were born seven days before World War I ended and were referred to as the war babies. Later, two brothers and another sister were born.
Her mother, Melinda Woelfle, was born in 1892 in Canada, one of 10 children. She moved to Sterling in a train box car. Marjorie's father, Peter Schuman, was born in 1890, in Sterling. His parents were born in Germany and came to the United States from Russia.
Melinda and Peter were married on Sept. 12, 1917, in Sterling. Her father worked for Great Western Sugar Company.
Peter's father farmed south of Sterling. He had a team of horses hitched to a wagon loaded with feed, and was going home on the road by Riverside Cemetery, when freight train came by and blew its whistle, which scared the horses, causing a runaway. Peter's father died as a result of the accident and Peter and Melinda moved to the farm and took it over.
Growing up, Marjorie's family had a wood and coal stove for heating and cooking and outside pump for water, which they carried to the house in a bucket. On Saturday nights, each of the family took a bath in the metal tub in the kitchen, reheating the water on the stove and carrying it outside in buckets to dump it.
Marjorie attended Springdale School, three miles from home, along with 50 other children. She and her brothers would ride two on a horse or walk to school.
During the fall harvest time, the children would stay home to help harvest sugar beets and during Thanksgiving vacation, they would help pick corn.
The family went to Sunday school and church in Sterling, in a horse-drawn buggy. For entertainment, the children played Annie Annie Over, kick the can and foot races.
In 1929, the Great Depression came along and people had very little money. The family had a big garden and her mother did lots of canning.
Marjorie and her sister walked three miles to attend high school in Sterling. After graduating, she took care of people who were ill, in their home and earned $4 per week, plus room and board. Later, she worked at Woolworth's, as a clerk and was paid $14 a week.
On May 28, 1939, Marjorie married the Rev. Victor Schroeder, in Sterling. He was a minister in the family's church.
The couple moved to Kansas, where Victor served as pastor for $80 per month. Later, they came back to Colorado, serving churches in Boulder and Walsenburg. In 1945, they moved to Barstow, Calif., where they had two sons.
On May 8, 1945, they had a prayer service at their church to celebrate the end of World War II.
Later that year, on Sept. 3, Marjorie and her husband were returning home by train to Barstow, from a meeting in Los Angeles, when the train collided with another train. Victor was one of three people killed in the accident.
After the accident, Marjorie and her two sons moved back to Sterling.
On Nov. 16, 1947, she married Virgil Rieke, who was a farmer. In 1954, they bought a farm three miles north of Sterling and built a new house, where she still resides. They had two daughters, Margaret and Virginia.
Virgil passed away in 2001.
Marjorie has been active in the United Methodist Church in Sterling. She has held many offices and assisted with numerous activities. Marjorie is still active in Church Women United.
Over the years, she has been a Red Cross Lady, member of the Rebecca Lodge, sponsor for Rainbow Girls, an election judge, and a volunteer at Cooperating Ministries, Sterling Living Center and Devonshire Acres, until she retired at the age of 90.
Marjorie was also active in Extension Homemakers, and she was a 4-H leader, was in the FFA Mother's Club and was an FHA sponsor.
She has participated in the Logan County Fair for many years, entering in the homemaking, flower and vegetable competitions. Marjorie and Virgil also donated their truck for floats in the parade and purchased livestock at the sale.
"She appreciates the honor of being recognized with the Pioneer Award and will hold it close to her heart," said her grandson, Brad Anderson, as she accepted the award.
Rieke has been a true Logan County pioneer throughout her 94 years.
She and her twin sister, Mary, were born Nov. 4, 1918, in a farm house, three miles southwest of Sterling. The doctor didn't think her sister would live, but her grandmother picked her sister up, "worked with her and probably saved her life," said Lion Jack Annan, as he was presenting the award.
They were born seven days before World War I ended and were referred to as the war babies. Later, two brothers and another sister were born.
Her mother, Melinda Woelfle, was born in 1892 in Canada, one of 10 children. She moved to Sterling in a train box car. Marjorie's father, Peter Schuman, was born in 1890, in Sterling. His parents were born in Germany and came to the United States from Russia.
Melinda and Peter were married on Sept. 12, 1917, in Sterling. Her father worked for Great Western Sugar Company.
Peter's father farmed south of Sterling. He had a team of horses hitched to a wagon loaded with feed, and was going home on the road by Riverside Cemetery, when freight train came by and blew its whistle, which scared the horses, causing a runaway. Peter's father died as a result of the accident and Peter and Melinda moved to the farm and took it over.
Growing up, Marjorie's family had a wood and coal stove for heating and cooking and outside pump for water, which they carried to the house in a bucket. On Saturday nights, each of the family took a bath in the metal tub in the kitchen, reheating the water on the stove and carrying it outside in buckets to dump it.
Marjorie attended Springdale School, three miles from home, along with 50 other children. She and her brothers would ride two on a horse or walk to school.
During the fall harvest time, the children would stay home to help harvest sugar beets and during Thanksgiving vacation, they would help pick corn.
The family went to Sunday school and church in Sterling, in a horse-drawn buggy. For entertainment, the children played Annie Annie Over, kick the can and foot races.
In 1929, the Great Depression came along and people had very little money. The family had a big garden and her mother did lots of canning.
Marjorie and her sister walked three miles to attend high school in Sterling. After graduating, she took care of people who were ill, in their home and earned $4 per week, plus room and board. Later, she worked at Woolworth's, as a clerk and was paid $14 a week.
On May 28, 1939, Marjorie married the Rev. Victor Schroeder, in Sterling. He was a minister in the family's church.
The couple moved to Kansas, where Victor served as pastor for $80 per month. Later, they came back to Colorado, serving churches in Boulder and Walsenburg. In 1945, they moved to Barstow, Calif., where they had two sons.
On May 8, 1945, they had a prayer service at their church to celebrate the end of World War II.
Later that year, on Sept. 3, Marjorie and her husband were returning home by train to Barstow, from a meeting in Los Angeles, when the train collided with another train. Victor was one of three people killed in the accident.
After the accident, Marjorie and her two sons moved back to Sterling.
On Nov. 16, 1947, she married Virgil Rieke, who was a farmer. In 1954, they bought a farm three miles north of Sterling and built a new house, where she still resides. They had two daughters, Margaret and Virginia.
Virgil passed away in 2001.
Marjorie has been active in the United Methodist Church in Sterling. She has held many offices and assisted with numerous activities. Marjorie is still active in Church Women United.
Over the years, she has been a Red Cross Lady, member of the Rebecca Lodge, sponsor for Rainbow Girls, an election judge, and a volunteer at Cooperating Ministries, Sterling Living Center and Devonshire Acres, until she retired at the age of 90.
Marjorie was also active in Extension Homemakers, and she was a 4-H leader, was in the FFA Mother's Club and was an FHA sponsor.
She has participated in the Logan County Fair for many years, entering in the homemaking, flower and vegetable competitions. Marjorie and Virgil also donated their truck for floats in the parade and purchased livestock at the sale.
"She appreciates the honor of being recognized with the Pioneer Award and will hold it close to her heart," said her grandson, Brad Anderson, as she accepted the award.
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