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Gathering at fairgrounds explores saw� y solutions Insects le� swaths of ruined trees this year By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

Citizens looking for answers to Elbert County’s pine sawfl y infestations gathered at the Elbert County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall in Kiowa on Nov. 15 to hear presentations about the insect’s life cycle, prevention and options for treating in-fested trees.

“This year there was a mega outbreak, and it caught everyone by surprise,” said Bill Ciesla, a forest protection specialist, to the gathering of more than 60 residents who attended the meet-ing. “As far as I know, we have never seen damage like we have seen this year.”

Pine sawfl ies have been in Elbert and El Paso counties for more than a decade. The area is par-ticularly attractive to this species of sawfl y be-cause the trees tend to be spread out, and the soil is sandy and easy to burrow. This year, aerial sur-veys mapped 7,400 acres of infested trees.

“The sawfl y is inconspicuous,” Ciesla said. “But there have been so many of them this year that you can see them fl ying around.”

Outbreaks causing small amounts of defor-estation occurred in 2005 and 2009, but as far as

Bill Ciesla, forest protection specialist, and Meg Halford, assistant district forester with Colorado State University’s Extension Of-� ce, � eld questions from the audience Nov. 15 at the Elbert County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall in Kiowa. Photo by Rick Gustafson

County budget almost complete Expenditures will be tied to revenues, Rowland says By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

“Turned the corner, but not out of the woods” describes the sentiment expressed by the Elbert County Board of County Com-missioners with regard to next year’s budget. The board presented its proposed 2015 bud-get at a hearing during its regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 12, and there was both good and bad news.

One of the highlights of the budget for the commissioners was the creation of a Bond Service Fund of $500,000 required for a $7.2 million loan underwritten by Wells Fargo Bank. Over the years, the county struggled with the reserve and liquidity requirements stipulated by the loan, but 2015 will be the fi rst full year the county has budgeted to meet those requirements.

“The creation of the fund paves the way for future administrations,” said Larry Ross, District 3 commissioner.

According to the presentation made by Ed Ehmann, Elbert County manager, com-pliance with Wells Fargo’s loan requirements makes the county eligible to refi nance the loan, possibly at a lower interest rate than the 5.25 percent the county is currently paying.

“It’s not too early to start the dialogue to refi nance the balance of this note,” said Rob-ert Rowland, commissioner for District 1.

Not all residents in the county approve of the county’s budgeting process. In an email sent to the Elbert County News on Nov. 2, Elbert County resident Susan Shick, who has raised concerns about budgeting and the costs of annual audits in the past, expressed

Mayor aims to serve Kiowa well Kerbs won three-way race for volunteer spot By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media

In the Town of Kiowa, the job of mayor is a volunteer position, as are the six other seats on the board of trustees, so when Jason Kerbs made his decision to run

for mayor, he was motivated by a desire to make an enduring con-tribution to the town that has be-come his home.

“When I’m dead and gone,” said Kerbs, who won a three-way race for mayor on Nov. 4, “I want to have accomplished something that has a positive and lasting im-pact on my community.”

Kerbs was appointed mayor of the Town of Kiowa in December 2013, moving into the position from his role as mayor pro tem when the sitting mayor, Tasha Hulce, resigned to move out of the area. He got his start in local politics by becoming a mem-ber of the Town of Kiowa’s plan-ning commission and was later tapped to fi ll a vacated seat on the board of trustees.

“Getting on the planning commission was a way to get in-volved in the community. When a board seat opened up, I was asked if I would take it,” Kerbs said.

He won re-election to the board in 2012 and has retained his seat on the planning commis-sion as a non-voting member. Kerbs feels that remaining on the planning commission is a good way to keep open lines of com-

munication between it and the board of trustees.

For most of the recent past, bond debt from the wastewater treatment system has been the dominant issue facing Kiowa’s town government. In 2012, the town was out of compliance with the terms stipulated by the bond-holders and by the summer of 2014 was in fi nancial default.

The creation of the Kiowa Waste Water Authority in 2014, along with the help of a U.S. De-partment of Agriculture loan underwriting the $5.2 million of debt, helped alleviate the prob-lem. The bonds were paid off in exchange for transferring own-ership of the system to the water authority.

Though owned by the water authority, the Town of Kiowa still runs the water treatment facil-ity’s day-to-day operation and appoints the fi ve-member board.

With the water bond issue largely addressed, Kerbs’ objec-tive during his fi rst four-year elected term as Kiowa’s mayor is getting the town back on its feet. He hopes to create an environ-ment where local businesses thrive and that draws families and new businesses.

“Now we can focus on the town, where before the focus was around the wastewater treatment plant and paying off the bond-holders,” Kerbs said. “Kiowa is a great place to live, and it’s a great place to raise kids.”

Since they moved to Kiowa, the Kerbs family has focused on putting roots down in the com-munity. Jason has coached his son’s youth-league fl ag football and basketball teams, and his wife, Ladonna, is a substitute teacher when she is not working on her master’s degree.

Kerbs was elected with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, beating out fellow board of trustees member Angie Clark by 7 percentage points. A third candi-date, Alax K. Jones, captured just over 27 percent of the 239 votes cast.

Kerbs does not see a problem in having a strong political rival as a fellow board member.

“Angie has been on the board longer than I have, and I enjoy working with her. She may offer different ideas than I have, and that’s a good thing,” Kerbs said. “I’m looking forward to working with her.”

Kiowa Mayor Jason Kerbs is shown with his family, wife Ladonna, daughter Evelynn, 10, and son Aiden, 8. Photo by Bellezza Photography, Jenn Wassil

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Chess great speaks out on Putin Kasparov shares his story and views with business leaders in Denver By Mike DiFerdinando [email protected]

Russian Garry Kasparov, hailed by many as the world’s greatest chess player, can no longer return to Moscow to visit his mother because his political activism against the government makes it dangerous to do so.

Instead, they meet in Tallinn, Estonia. He fl ies in from New York City, where he now lives with his family. She comes in from Moscow.

“It’s the closest capital to Moscow, so that is where I meet my mother. She’s 77. It’s too late for her to move to America,” Kasp-arov said at a Nov. 15 luncheon in his honor at the University of Denver’s Iliff School of Theology. The Colorado Business Round-table and the Wyoming Business Alliance hosted the event.

Kasparov gave an impassioned speech to more than 60 business and community leaders about the dangers of the Vladimir Putin-led Russian government, the impor-tance of energy independence and social and political tension between Russia and neighboring Ukraine.

“Some of the messages that Mr. Kasp-arov spoke to today about leadership, and globalization of the economy, and how we interact and ramifi cations of lack of deci-sions and lack of decisions of strength im-pact the world globally as well as us here in the United States,” Colorado Business Roundtable President Jeff Wasden said.

Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, of the former Soviet Union, one of Russia’s most famous sons rarely visits the home he has dedicat-ed his life to trying to improve — because of political pressure. Azerbaijan, which had been incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920, proclaimed its independence in Oc-tober 1991 before the USSR offi cially dis-solved.

Kasparov became the youngest-undis-puted world chess champion in 1985 at age

22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov. He was ranked as the No. 1 player in the world for 225 out of 228 months from 1986 until his retirement in 2005.

He is also famous for being the fi rst world champion to lose a match to a com-puter under standard time controls, when he lost to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997.

Since his retirement from the sport, Kasparov has instead been trading moves in the political arena as one of the most out-spoken critics of Russian President Vladi-mir Putin.

“People always want me to compare Pu-tin’s strategy with my chess expertise, and speaking about Russia, I always say it’s irrel-evant because in chess we have fi xed rules and predictable results and in Russia it’s exactly the opposite,” Kasparov said. “As for the international arena, Putin plays poker and he’s a very good player. In poker it’s not about the quality of your hand, it’s about your ability to bluff. And Putin regularly has a very weak hand — say a pair of nines — but he acts as if he has a royal fl ush.”

Kasparov was instrumental in setting up The Other Russia, a coalition that opposes Putin’s government.

He has run for offi ce, organized and par-ticipated in protests and even been arrested back home in Russia.

In 2007, he ran for president as the The Other Russia party’s candidate. He was forced to withdraw his candidacy in De-cember 2007 due to his inability to rent a meeting hall where at least 500 of his sup-porters could assemble to endorse his can-didacy, as is legally required. Kasparov’s spokesperson accused the government of using pressure to deter anyone from rent-ing a hall for the gathering.

In August 2012, Kasparov was arrested and beaten outside of the Moscow court while attending the verdict reading in the case involving the all-female punk band Pussy Riot. He was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing with the help of video evidence from the scene that was circulated on the Internet.

Kasparov views Putin’s Russia as a glob-al threat. Recently, he has been speaking around the world on Russia’s tensions with

neighboring Ukraine and the dispute of the Black Sea boarder territory of Crimea.

He describes his adversary as a shrewd man who has mastered the art of aggres-sion without outright military force, a man he says “wages war with banks not tanks.”

Kasparov, considered a left-leaning ac-tivist by many back home in Russia, sounds conservative by American standards. He’s an admirer of American President Ronald Reagan and believes in strength through energy independence, the power of a cred-ible threat and the use of military force against Putin if necessary.

“Fracking in Wyoming did more to hurt Putin’s rule of Russia than everything the Obama administration did in six years be-cause it eventually brings oil prices down,” Kasparov said.

Many in the audience agreed with his message of a stronger stance toward Russia from the U.S. and its political allies.

“I think we are still in a strategic bipolar world, at least in regard to Russia,” said Pe-ter Moore, president of the board for Vital For Colorado, an advocacy group for oil and natural gas. “And it has become more and more clear to me that (oil) is one of our greatest strategic tools — low-cost energy to strengthen the United States and weaken Russia.”

Kasparov also called for stronger inter-national leadership and the necessity of na-tions to work in unison to stand up to op-pressive governments and leaders.

“In chess we have a saying: The threat is more powerful than the execution,” Kasp-arov said.

Garry Kasaparov speaks to a group of more than 60 local buissness owners and leaders Nov. 15 at the Ili� School of Theology at the University of Denver. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

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Tackling the age-3 gap Nonpro� t launches new initiative for kids with special needs By Christy Steadman [email protected]

Not many parents dread their child’s third birthday.

But Kristin and Jared Hoover, parents of 2½-year-old Jacob, who has Down syndrome, worry that Jacob’s learning progression will cease when he turns 3.

At 3, the family’s Developmental Pathways services — including Jacob’s occupational therapy — will terminate for two years, until he begins school when the state takes over to provide assistance.

“Zero to 3 is covered,” Kristin said. “Three to 5, there’s kind of a gap.”

And those two years are a critical time for growth and development in a child’s life, said Jason Berney, media and event planner for the SUN Foundation, the fundraising arm of De-velopmental Pathways.

“Jacob has developed so incredibly well,” Kristin said, “but I worry about what happens to him from age 3 to 5. Will my son be able to eat with a fork or write his name by the time he goes to school?”

Developmental Pathways is a Colorado nonprofi t agency created to serve people, and their families, with developmental dis-abilities from birth to end of life. It works with six school districts in the Denver-metro area, including districts in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

The nonprofi t’s Early Intervention Depart-ment provides much needed services and support for families until the age of 3. Re-cently, in an effort to help families with spe-cial needs children between the ages of 3 and 5, Developmental Pathways launched the 3+ Initiative.

“The 3+ Iniative was created out of the des-peration of our families looking for support,” said Melanie Worley, CEO of Developmental Pathways. “We need community support in order for this initiative to be successful.”

The new 3+ Iniative was developed within the last six months, and its fi rst public out-reach event was a SUN-Raiser Breakfast Ask, which took place Nov. 13 at the Denver Tech Center Marriot.

The event will most likely become annual, Berney said. It will cornerstone the nonprofi t’s main event, the Pathway Client Achievement Awards, which takes place in the spring every year.

Developmental Pathways, which celebrat-ed its 50th anniversary this year, serves 5,500 people, with an additional 2,200 on a wait-list to receive the nonprofi t’s services.

The organization can provide services for any developmental disability, Berney said, but most commonly, it helps those with autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.

“There are 500 stories just like Jacob’s,” said Deb Bosch, the SUN Foundation’s director.

These children need the support that can come from the 3+ Initiative, she added.

“It will impact them forever,” Worley said. “We are confi dent that the 3+ Initiative will

help bridge the gap.”Depending on the individual needs of each

child, one kid can potentially have a therapy team of three to 10 people, Bosch said. And each therapy session can cost up to $90 an hour.

Developmental Pathways can help match individuals with a team of therapists, and help the families with funding for therapy.

“It goes above and beyond,” Berney said, “(and) provides additional support if needed.”

Jacob is thriving because of the help of his three occupational therapists, Kristin said. Additionally, Developmental Pathways has been instrumental in helping her and Jared be great parents.

“Learning to be new parents of a child with special needs is a wonderful journey,” Kristin said, “but it is also challenging, sometimes scary and sometimes even a little overwhelm-ing.”

But the experts and therapists who are part of the Developmental Pathways team identi-fi ed Jacob’s “learning styles, his strengths, his

greatest challenges,” Kristin said, and “devel-op goals to keep us in check.”

She said the organization has the leader-ship, talent, passion and compassion to make a difference, and supporting the 3+ Initiative will help make a difference in hundreds of children’s lives, which will impact their entire future.

“To invest in kiddos like Jacob is such a generous offering,” Kristin said.

Jacob closed the presentation at the SUN-Raiser Breakfast Ask when he smiled and signed “please help.”

The Hoover Family, from left, Kristin, holding Jacob, a 2½-year-old boy with Down syndrome, and Jared, right, share their story Nov. 13 at the SUN-Raiser Breakfast Ask to advocate for Developmental Pathways’ 3+ Initiative. The initiative will help families with children between the ages 3 and 5 with developmental disabilities. Photo by Christy Steadman

MORE INFORMATION To learn more about Developmental Pathways, visit the organization’s website at www.developmentalpath-ways.org.To make a � nancial contribution, click on the “Giving Tab” which will link to a page with a “Donate Now” button. In-formation on volunteer opportunities can also be found by following the “Giving Tab” link.


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DIVORCE AND Post-Decree Clinic. Elbert and Lincoln County Pro Se Divorce Clinic is o�ered from 9 a.m. to noon the third Friday of each month at the Elbert County Justice Center, 751 Ute St., in Kiowa. For information, call 303-520-6088 or email [email protected]. The clinic is free for parties who have no attorney and who are going through dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or post-decree cases. All walk-ins are welcome, and will be assisted on a �rst-come, �rst-served basis.

DOUGLAS-ELBERT COUNTY Music Teachers’ Association meets at 9 a.m. every �rst Thursday at Parker Bible Church, between Jordan and Cham-bers on Main Street. All area music teachers are welcome. Call Lucie Washburn, 303-814-3479.

THE ELBERT County Sheri�’s Posse is a nonpro�t volunteer organization that is part of the Elbert County Sheri�’s O�ce. As volunteers we support the Elbert County Sheri�’s O�ce, all law enforcement in our county, and the community at large. For more information or a membership application, go to http://www.elbertcoun-tysheri�.com/posse.html, or contact Dave Peontek at 303-646-5456.

THE ELIZABETH Food Bank, 381 S. Banner in Elizabeth (next door to Elizabeth Presbyterian Church) needs to let the public know that we are available to help anyone who needs food. The hours are Friday 12:30-3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-11:30 a.m. Other times by appointment.

ELIZABETH GUITAR Group. Elizabeth guitar circle will meet on the �rst and second Wednesday of each month at the Elizabeth Library. Traditional protocol/courtesy. Country, pop, bluegrass, cowboy, Beatles, 50s, 60s, 70s, blues, jazz and more. We who play for pleasure would love to meet more of same. Acoustic or power down. Come prepared to share a few songs, perform, play along, sing along with oth-ers. Enjoy new guitar friends to jam with. Gerry Vinson hosts on the �rst Wednesday from 6:30-9 p.m., and Laurie Smith hosts on the second Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. Uncertain? Drop by and observe. Banjo, ukelele, mandolin welcome. Call Laurie at 720-363-3531.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to [email protected]. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

EventsNAME YOUR Price Adoptions

THE DUMB Friends League hopes to break last year’s record of 140 adoptions on Black Friday with its adopt ‘til you drop event Friday, Nov. 28, when you can name your price for all cats and dogs ages 1 year and older. The Black Friday special is available at all Dumb Friends League locations, including the Buddy Center in Castle Rock and the Quebec Street Shelter in Denver, and at select Petco and PetSmart locations. For information, visit www.dd�.org or call 303-751-5772.

OLDE COUNTRY Christmas

ELIZABETH CELEBRATES Olde Country Christmas from 3-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29 on Main Street in Elizabeth. Festivities include tree lighting, carolers and a visit from Santa. Sponsored by Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce.

HOLIDAY FAIR and Artisan Show

CELEBRATE SMALL Business Saturday and kick start your

holiday shopping with small businesses from around the state. Pictures with Santa, live music, a vendor marketplace, a silent auction and more. The fair and show is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock. Contact 720-202-2553 or email [email protected].

KIOWA LIGHTING of the Lights

KIOWA PLANS its seventh annual Lighting of the Lights on Saturday, Nov. 29. Crafts and games start at 3 p.m. at the Kiowa Lions Club Hall, 336 Comanche St.; ECCO will have a special toy sale in conjunction with the Lighting of the Lights. At 6:30 p.m., Town Hall will be lit up with Mayor Jason Kerbs, Santa will come dashing in to say hello. Christmas carolers will get you in the spirit with holiday songs. We’ll move to Patty Ann’s Cafe for pictures with Santa (bring a camera). Santa would love to hear what it is you would like him to bring you for Christmas, so be ready to give him your wish list. Patty Ann’s Cafe will be providing snacks and warm drinks.

SUPPORT SENIORS for Holidays

THE ELIZABETH Area Chamber of Commerce is collecting items to help support area seniors this holiday season. Christmas boxes with a list of items needed are at various businesses in Elizabeth and Kiowa. The deadline for drop-o� is Friday, Dec. 5.

PET PICTURES with Santa

GINGER’S LEGACY will have its annual Pet Pictures with Santa event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Elizabeth Animal Hospital, 330 W. Kiowa Ave., Elizabeth. Call 303-646-2891. A single photo is $10, or a CD with all pictures taken is $20. There will be refreshments and everyone is welcome. If the weather is bad, Santa’s helpers will reschedule for Dec. 13.

17 MILE Open House

SWING BY for a gentle look at the historic 17 Mile House decorated for Christmas at an open house from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Enjoy hot cider, a cookie and a walk-through of the house built in the 1860s. Bring your camera if you would like someone to snap a photo of you or your family. There might even be a chance to meet someone who actually lived there in the 1940s. Look for the big red barn just north of Cottonwood on the west side of Parker Road at 8181 S. Parker Road. Call 720-874-6540.

FESTIVAL OF Trees

CIMARRON MIDDLE School plans its Festival of Trees, a family event from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at 12130 Canterberry Parkway, Parker. More than 40 themed trees will be available to win. Boxed breakfast, co�ee, hot chocolate and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will be included with admission. Kathy Sabin from 9 News will announce the tree winners. Go to http://schools.dcsdk12.org/cims.

her dissatisfaction with the process.“My concern is that the county government officials

have refused to publish this budget on the county website, requiring all interested parties to travel to Kiowa to retrieve it from the county’s finance office.”

Shick also expressed her concerns regarding the “down-ward trend in the county’s General Fund balance, now es-timated to reach a new low of $10,186 by the end of 2015.”

County Manager, Ed Ehmann, responded to Shick’s con-cerns by saying that the draft budget is a working document, and the version the commissioners and staff were working on is constantly being revised. He also expressed concern about the confusion created by repeatedly posting a docu-ment that is constantly undergoing revisions.

“We’ll post the final version on the webpage,” Ehmann said

Ehmann’s office made the revised budget presented at the BOCC meeting on Nov. 12 available to the Elbert County News immediately following the request.

Revenues in the county have remained flat over the past

three years, and a shortage of funds continue to plague the county’s efforts to implement programs such as the County Transportation Master Plan as well as forced delays to the replacement of aging assets, a significant contributor to the decline in the general fund balance through depreciation.

Rowland commented that the county’s expenditures will be tied to revenues.

“If we don’t receive the revenues, we won’t spend the money,” Rowland said.

In July, the commissioners approved a four-year $360,000 contract for the County Assessor’s Office to enter into a pro-fessional services agreement with Thimgan & Associates an ad-valorem valuation-consulting firm located in La Junta, Colorado. The firm’s fee is offset by the retirement of an em-ployee in the Assessor’s Office.

The agreement enlists the firm to assist the Assessor’s Of-fice with appraisals and inspections of nearly 10,000 proper-ties throughout Elbert County over the next four years. The commissioners did not speculate on how much revenue the project might generate, but agreed that it is important to ensure that properties throughout the county were valued fairly.

The commissioners are expected to approve a final ver-sion of the 2015 budget at the regularly scheduled BOCC meeting on Dec. 10.


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Ciesla can recall, the summer of 2014 was by far the worst he has seen. In some cases, huge sawfly colonies stripped trees before the larvae were mature enough to burrow in the ground. According to Ciesla, each year was so different that it is hard to pinpoint the cause of any of the outbreaks.

The pine sawfly is named for the distinctive saw-toothed shape of the female’s ovipositor, an organ she uses to cut into pine needles to lay eggs. Neodiprion, the species of pine saw-fly found in Elbert County, is so new that it has no common name. Discovered around 1995, this species is indigenous to North America, has a one-year life cycle, and resembles a primitive wasp though it has no stinger and is harmless to humans and animals.

In the United States, this sawfly feeds on ponderosa pine needles, but it is also found on other types of evergreens growing in Mexico. Its four-stage life cycle begins in the fall when adult females lay eggs on the pine needles.

The eggs are not destroyed by the extreme cold of winter and remain on the needles until they hatch in the spring, typically dur-ing a two-month window in May and June. The larvae gather into colonies to feed on the outer needle tissue, leaving the central ribs. As they mature, they grow from the size of a tiny drop of dew to an inch or longer. A caterpillar-shaped body with a large orange head makes them easy to identify, and when threatened, they rear up in unison and blow tacky bubbles of pine resin as a defense mechanism.

After about two months of feeding, mature larvae drop to the ground and burrow into the soil to spin a cocoon, entering a pupal stage where, like a butterfly or moth, the larvae transform into adults. The males emerge from the pupal stage thin and agile while females emerge from their cocoons laden with more than 200 eggs and are sluggish fliers until they lay at least some of the eggs. After that, both are strong flyers and, using wind currents, can easily move into uninfested stands of trees.

Ciesla warned that moderate to heavy in-festations weaken trees, making them vulner-able to secondary attacks by bark beetles.

Like any indigenous species, this variety

of pine sawfly has natural predators, specifi-cally mice, a species of parasitic wasp, and a nuclear polyhedrosis virus, which attacks the larvae.

According to Meg Halford, assistant district forester with Colorado State University’s Ex-tension Office who also addressed the group, the sawfly’s natural predators are not enough to stave off moderate to heavy infestations.

While there is no current plan beyond monitoring the progression of the sawflies, Halford suggested several courses of action that individual property owners can do to pro-tect their trees.

Halford advises watching trees for infesta-tions, which become visible when the larvae hatch. Larvae start small, but colonies can be easily seen. For small infestations, a simple hose and sprayer has been found effective for clearing most of the larvae from trees. Halford recommends starting at the top and working down. Spraying is no longer effective after the larvae mature and naturally drop to the ground.

“Timing is crucial,” Halford said. “The time to spray is in May and June while the larvae are feeding.”

Once knocked to the ground and away from their food supply, immature larvae will die. One resident found that mixing dish soap with water was effective for cleaning larva from his trees, suggesting a mix of one quart of Dawn to 300 gallons of water.

Chemical pesticides such as acephate and permethrin are effective at killing the larvae, but these broad-spectrum pesticides also kill other insects, such as bees.

“If you’re going to mix it (chemicals) your-self, follow the directions,” Halford said. “Up-ping the concentration does no good, and you’re just spraying your money into the air. Be sure to wear PPE (personal protection equipment). These are chemicals.”

For property owners uncomfortable with the idea of mixing poisonous chemicals or lacking the equipment to reach taller trees, she recommends hiring a professional.

Aerial spraying is also an option for larg-er properties. Halford encourages property owners to coordinate their efforts to defray the cost and to notify neighbors that pesti-cides will be sprayed in the area.

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Hundreds of Schomp Employees and Schomp fans gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of Schomp Auto’s new Mini Cooper and Honda dealerships in Highlands Ranch. �e dealerships will be located East of Schomp’s BMW location just off of Lucent Blvd in Highlands Ranch.

A�er the official groundbreaking, attendees gathered at Schomp’s BMW dealership lobby for champagne and appetizers. Visitors learned about the upcoming plans and new dealerships.

�e Mini dealership will be 53,358 – square –feet and have two showrooms, a client lounge and café, a service center similar to Schomp BMW’s. �e second floor will have a customer lounge and outdoor lounge area with a fireplace and John Cooper car display.

�e Honda dealership will have a ground-floor showroom with customer service and lounge center with a coffee bar and outdoor deck. �e new space will be in 95,158 square-foot new build.

�e relocation from Littleton to Highlands Ranch was prompted due to the growth of the dealerships.

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REGARDING SB-251 RESTRICTED LICENSES ISSUED IN COLORADO�is advisory is to inform the business

community about the new restricted licenses issued under SB-251 as of August 1, 2014 in Colorado. SB-251 is a law that went into effect but essentially bifurcated the types of licenses that would be issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Persons who are US citizens and perma-nent residents are eligible for unrestricted licenses; every other type of person will be required to obtain a “restricted” license under the new regulations and laws. �ose who are subject to the restricted license include persons who have temporary lawful pres-ence and those who have no lawful pres-ence. �ose with temporary lawful presence includes refugees, those who have received deferred action or DACA, pending adjust-ment applicants, non-immigrant workers, investors, professional athletes, and students.. �ose with no lawful presence are those with no current immigration status in the United States. �ose with restricted licenses have a black banner printed across their license

that says, “Not valid for federal identification, voting or public benefit purposes.” �e pur-pose for including both lawful and unlawful persons was to ensure that law enforcement would not selectively enforce criminal pro-ceedings against persons not lawfully present in United States. As such, employers will be seeing their non-permanent resident work-ers, who are here legally in Colorado, with a restricted license.

�e restricted license essentially means that the person cannot use that license for federal identification and benefit purposes. �is would include I-9 verification purposes as that process is a federal process. �ese persons must use alternative documenta-tion to satisfy I-9 requirements. However, the restricted license is a valid ID and under state statute, it complies with the Real ID Act. �e Real ID Act was passed in 2005 to ensure that states provided strict regulations as to how identification documents and driver licenses are issued in order to ensure integrity and security. As such, these licenses, though

restricted, are valid for other state identifica-tion purposes such as opening bank accounts and auto registration.

Employers must be very careful not to subject themselves to dis-crimination laws when scrutinizing restricted licenses for their non-permanent resident workers in the United States. If employers or other business vendors have questions about the implementation of a restricted driver license, please go to the Department of Motor Vehicles website page at https://www.colorado.gov/dmv

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ClubsOnce knocked to the ground and away from their food supply, immature larvae will die. One resident found that mixing dish soap with water was effective for cleaning larva from his trees, suggesting a mix of one quart of Dawn to 300 gallons of water.

Chemical pesticides such as acephate and permethrin are effective at killing the larvae, but these broad-spectrum pesticides also kill other insects, such as bees.

“If you’re going to mix it (chemicals) your-self, follow the directions,” Halford said. “Up-ping the concentration does no good, and you’re just spraying your money into the air. Be sure to wear PPE (personal protection equipment). These are chemicals.”

For property owners uncomfortable with the idea of mixing poisonous chemicals or lacking the equipment to reach taller trees, she recommends hiring a professional.

Aerial spraying is also an option for larg-er properties. Halford encourages property owners to coordinate their efforts to defray the cost and to notify neighbors that pesti-cides will be sprayed in the area.

LAWYERS AT the Library, a free legal clinic for parties

who have no attorney, will be o�ered from 6-9 p.m. the second

Tuesday of every month at the Elizabeth Library, 651 W. Beverly St.

Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help �ll out forms and

explain the process and procedure for the areas of family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law and civil protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome. Everyone will be helped on a �rst-come, �rst-served basis.

MYSTERY BOOK Club meets at 9:30 a.m. the �rst Saturday of each month at the Simla Public Library. The group enjoys talking about a variety of mystery authors and titles. We also periodically host a Colorado author during our meetings. Everyone may join us, and registration is not required. Visit the Simla Branch of the Elbert County Library District at 504 Washington Avenue, call

719-541-2573, or email [email protected].

THE OUTBACK Express is a public transit service provided through the East Central Council of Local Governments is open and available to all residents of Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties and provides an economical and e�cient means of travel for the four-county region. Call Kay Campbell, Kiowa, at 719- 541-4275. You may also call the ECCOG o�ce at 1-800-825-0208 to make reservations for any of the trips. You may also visit http://outbackexpress.tripod.com. To ensure that a seat is available, 24-hour advance reservations are appreciated.

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Abstract art can o� er a workout If you have to see a picture of a man

screaming on a bridge, you have to see a picture of a man screaming on a bridge.

Edvard Munch will take care of you.If you have to see a vibrant red and

coral-colored flower, blown up and cov-ering the entire canvas, well, that’s what you have to see.

Georgia O’Keeffe will take care of you.But what if there is no screaming man

or vibrantly colored flower?What if there is nothing more than a

big area of color? With nothing recogniz-able anywhere?

Are you lost? Disinterested?Many are, even though abstract art

has been around for more than a hun-dred years.

I have watched viewers walk past abstract paintings lickety-split.

I have an idea, in the form of a com-parison.

Who doesn’t like a little Mozart now and then? Or Dave Brubeck? Or even a Jimmy Page solo? What do they all have in common? The music is wordless.

As a listener, it’s up to you to create images in your imagination. Or better still, to simply listen without trying to read any imagery into the music.

I realize that there are contrary ex-amples: It’s impossible to listen to the “Grand Canyon Suite” and not visualize pack mules.

I am an Abstract Expressionist, and the illegitimate son of the very first Ab-stract Expressionist, Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky was as brave as the first man to eat a dried lizard or lutefisk.

The Abstract Expressionists who were painting in America in the ‘40s and ‘50s shifted the focus of the art world for the first time from Western Europe to the United States.

I am not going to try to convert any-one. If you have to see clouds or trees or galloping sheep in a painting, or else, that may never change.

We tend to want something to hold on to, and complete abstractions don’t do it for many people. But if you put a bunch of water lilies in there, everything is just fine.

Monet’s beautiful “Water Lilies” series is a great introduction to abstract art. You can’t do any better than Monet.

And that includes van Gogh, a con-temporary of Monet’s. Van Gogh gets more press, but Monet was a better artist. He just didn’t cut off his ear, and become mythic.

There is a “Water Lilies” room, an entire room, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

I have gone to New York with no other aspiration — except to have a corned beef sandwich and a kosher pickle at the Carnegie Deli — than to see those lilies.

And that’s what I am asking you to do. Just stand there at some distance, and then walk toward them.

Eventually you will no longer see water lilies. You will see colors, brush strokes, subtle transitions of blue to blue-green to green. And you will be in the land of Abstract Expressionism.

What do you see when you listen to “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck? I don’t see anything. But I sense a number of things. Melody, pacing, rhythm, repetition, a blues-scale, and quintuple time. It is famous for its “two-chord piano vamp.”

I couldn’t tell you what a two chord piano vamp is.

All I know is that “Take Five” makes it inside. It is an irreplaceable few minutes of my life, and I can’t thank Brubeck enough.

Some abstract artists are understand-ably difficult. Maybe Jackson Pollock is the most difficult abstract artist ever, at least among those who have been ac-claimed.

“My child could do that.” Not re-ally, or if your child can do that on a huge stretched canvas, with a grasp of composition, variety, cohesion, and ac-countability, and have it appreciated, it’s because Pollock did those things first.

He gave viewers something other than the enigma of a woman with a wry smile (“Mona Lisa”) to think about.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educa-tor and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at [email protected].

Giving is a blessing to be thankful for For many people, there is a ton of

activity and action going on during Thanksgiving Day. Some families and neighbors gather to play football in the park or the street while others settle in for some action-packed football on TV.

Others find action in gathering together to help serve and feed others through homeless shelters and other organizations. And anyone who has ever collected food, prepared food, served food, or washed dishes and scrubbed pots and pans for those less fortunate will tell you that there is plenty of activ-ity and action taking place. I may not be the best person to cook or prepare the meals, but I am one heck of a pots and pans scrubber.

To give thanks, a verb and a call to action are neatly tied up in this wonder-ful holiday. And if we are blessed enough to be able to share our gratitude and appreciation with those we love and with those who may be experiencing a

difficult time in their lives right now, we are called to action, called to act upon Thanksgiving.

Now I have met and heard from peo-ple who have the very best of intentions to do something bigger with their time and their lives. And that feeling swells each year as the holidays approach. Yet when I meet them again during or may-be even after the New Year and ask how their “giving” and Thanksgiving season went, I hear a mixed response. Some are eager to share their victories of contribu-

tion and the elation they experienced, while others fall back on the excuses such as a lack of time or something else came up.

Is it a lack of time? Did something else really come up? Or is it just a lack of commitment in connecting what we desire to do most in our hearts with the justification of what is happening in our heads? You see, if we have been blessed enough to help and give when we can, shouldn’t we? Think of it this way, it’s kind of like the person who builds a home gym so that they will get commit-ted to a workout routine but ends up with a collection of weights and ma-chines that collect dust. Or the person that says they want to learn a foreign language and buys Rosetta Stone only to leave the box on a shelf or in a closet.

It’s not the gym equipment or cool teaching technology that failed us, it is

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our lack of commitment to taking the action that prevented us from reaching our goals. And one of the best parts of Thanksgiving is in its inherent call to action.

I have heard so many stories from people who always wanted to “give” or do something more in their lives and found that Thanksgiving was an awe-some day to place their “giving” stake in the ground and begin following their heart.

For those who read this column regu-larly, I know that this next statement will sound like a broken record, but here it goes.

As much as we help others by giving, giving of time, talents, resources, money,

hugs, and prayers, the person who expe-riences the greatest joy is not the person receiving what is given, rather it is the person that is doing the giving that in turn receives the most joy.

Happy Thanksgiving, a verb and a call to action.

How about you, is Thanksgiving a launching point for you to give back in some way to our community? Or have you already been a compassionate and consistent giver of thanks?

Either way I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and when we take up that call to action, it really will be a better than good week, holiday season, year, and life.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Zi-glar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.


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Democrats su� er whiplash in Adams County vote tallies 1936 was last year Republicans held so many posts By Vic Vela [email protected]

A lot of things have happened since 1936 — Hawaii and Alaska becoming states and the inventions of canned beer, color television and the Slinky, just to name a few.

But prior to this month, Republicans doing really well in Adams County elec-tions is something that had not hap-pened in 78 years.

“Before the Depression and the Frank-lin Roosevelt era, Adams County up until that point been a Republican county,” said longtime Republican Adams County politico and historian Bob Briggs. “The whole aspect of the Depression changed that and the Democrats have been in control since then.”

Here’s a fact that really puts the elec-tion results from Nov. 4 into perspective: Until recently, a Chicago Cubs World Se-ries appearance had been a more mod-ern-day historical moment than there being a majority of Republicans holding elected offices in Adams County.

That salt-in-the-wound reality is something county Democrats continue to ponder now that the votes from Nov. 4 have all been counted from an election where many Democrats lost races few thought were even possible to lose.

“I never saw Democratic candidates out there doing anything, any sort of campaigning, and they took their wins for granted,” said Adams County Repub-lican Party Chairman Gary Mikes “We passed them up and by the time they re-alized it, they were done.”

The results from Nov. 4 are striking:• Republican Beth Martinez-Humenik

defeated former Democratic state Rep. Judy Solano for an open state Senate seat that had been held by term-limited Democrat Lois Tochtrop. The win gave

Republicans a one-seat majority in the chamber.

• Democratic state Rep. Jenise May — who sits on the Legislature’s important Joint Budget Committee and who eas-ily won her seat in 2012 — lost to JoAnn Windholz. What’s more stunning about May’s defeat is that Democrats consid-ered her seat so safe, they pegged her to head an operation aimed at getting more Democrats elected to the House.

• Democratic Attorney General can-didate Don Quick lost Adams County by four points to opponent Cynthia Coff-man, who won the election. Quick is the former district attorney for Adams Coun-ty.

• Of the 32,222 Adams County voters who cast ballots in the 6th Congressional District race, they overwhelmingly sup-ported Republican Congressman Mike Coffman over Andrew Romanoff by a margin of more than 11 points.

• Republican candidates won two county commission seats and, for the first time since 1936, they will hold the offices of sheriff, assessor, treasurer and clerk and recorder at the same time.

All of this in a county where Demo-crats outnumber Republicans by more than 26,000 registered voters, about a 10-point advantage.

And Adams is a county that is right up a Democratic candidate’s alley — a diverse, blue-collar county where many middle-class workers and families reside.

“Anytime you have losses like that it’s going to be alarming, sure,” said state Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio. “We’ll take a long look at the numbers and we’ll figure out where the next steps are.”

But gleeful Republicans think they know exactly where Democrats went wrong in Adams County.

“The ruling Democratic elites forgot about the middle class, forgot about the people who work for a living, and that’s the only way to explain what happened in Adams County,” said Republican Frank McNulty, a former state speaker of the House of Representatives.

Voters frustratedCurrent House Speaker Mark Ferran-

dino, who is term-limited and who will not be returning to the House in January, said what happened in Adams County earlier this month “surprised” him, but that he also understands the challenges the county faces and why voters may have taken out their frustration on Dem-ocrats.

“You look at the issues around Adams County, there’s a lot of working-class families,” he said. “The state is in an eco-nomic recovery, but it hasn’t impacted some communities across this state.”

Ferrandino said Democrats have been effective in recent years in passing bills at the Legislature that would help middle-class families like those that live in Ad-ams County.

“We made higher education more af-fordable, child care assistance for fami-lies ...,” he said. “Those things need to be even more of a priority now.”

State Rep. Joe Salazar of Thornton sur-vived the Republican wave, but barely. Salazar’s seat was widely considered to be safe, yet he only managed to eke out a 221-vote win over Republican Carol Beckler in a race that wasn’t decided until several days after Election Day.

“I didn’t think it was going to be this close,” Salazar said. “I became nervous in September that I needed to do more in my district and we ran a very strong ground campaign, and thank God I did. I didn’t take my voters for granted.”

Salazar doesn’t think the vote results were a referendum on Democratic poli-cies, because he believes Democrats “have very good ground to stand on,” when it comes to legislative accomplish-ments that help middle-class families.

Rather, Salazar chalks up the losses to a national Republican wave that result-ed in Democrats losing the majority of statewide races, including U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, who was defeated by Republican Congressman Cory Gardner.

“Cory Gardner ran one hell of a cam-paign,” Salazar said. “He spent an enor-mous amount of resources in my House district. I had the Cory Gardner war ma-

chine coming at me.”

Not buying claimsBut Republicans think it’s awfully con-

venient for Democrats to chalk up the bad results to a one-year wave and think that everything will go back to normal in a couple of years.

“They didn’t like what had been hap-pening,” Martinez-Humenik said of Ad-ams County voters who supported her candidacy. “They feel the loss of income in their houses. They keep hearing un-employment is down, but they’re not see-ing it in their own families.”

State Republican Party Chairman Ryan Call also thinks that corruption cases involving elected county Demo-crats over the last few years also weighed heavily on frustrated voters’ minds.

“Adams County rejected corruption and mismanagement in Democratic majorities,” Call said. “It’s pretty darn encouraging when we see the contrast in reform-minded Republicans running against Democrats at the county level.”

To be sure, not all news was bad for Democrats following the Nov. 4 results. Statewide Democratic candidates run-ning for secretary of state and treasurer performed better here than in many oth-er parts of the state. And Adams voters supported Gov. John Hickenlooper and Udall.

Still, the results were not good for Democrats overall. But, while county Re-publicans may be feeling good now, 2016 could be a whole other ballgame.

More Democratic voters — especially minorities — cast ballots during a presi-dential year than in a midterm election. And will newly elected county Repub-licans hold on to their seats four years from now, without the potential benefit of a national Republican wave?

And, as Mikes is fully aware, Republi-cans start each election in Adams County “as 10-point underdogs.” And Briggs said it’s too early to know what the results from earlier this month will mean in the long run.

“Is it a one-time blip or is it a trend?” he said. “Only time will tell that.”


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LIFES O U T H M E T R O

Assembly meant to engage middle school students By Chris Michlewicz [email protected]

What does it take to get middle school students interested in physics? Staging a clash between teachers in sumo suits is a good start.

Cimarron Middle School in Parker got a visit from “FMA Live!” during its “Forces in Motion” tour, a series of performances meant to inspire teens to pursue a career in science, technology and math. Spon-sored by NASA and Honeywell, the Nov.

14 assembly combined hip-hop music about concepts like inertia, video clips of an Isaac Newton impersonator inter-viewing people on a public street, and student participation to convey the basic principles of physics.

When “FMA Live!” actors spun a Vel-cro wall to face the audience, student Wyatt Bevill was hanging sideways from it. He and student Jimmy Dean then took turns launching from a springboard dur-ing a lesson about Newton’s First Law of Motion.

The assembly also put faculty mem-bers in the thick of the action. Principal Chris Zimmerman and health teacher Beau Davies dressed in sumo suits and slammed into each other to demonstrate the idea that force equals mass times ac-celeration (the equation for which “FMA Live!” is named).

“The kids, every single one of them, when I looked at their faces, they were engaged in it,” Zimmerman said.

In an attempt to represent Newton’s Third Law of Motion that states “for ev-ery action there is an equal and oppo-site reaction,” assistant principal Cindy Corlett subjected herself to a new type of dunk tank. Two teams of Cimarron stu-dents flung rubber balls from a slingshot and tried to hit a target that would dump the contents of a vat above Corlett’s head. When one ball hit its mark, she was doused in applesauce, to the delight of nearly 500 seventh-graders.

To Corlett, the mess was worth it. She says it’s important to make education fun.

“With the 21st Century learners that we have, they are poised to really run our world, but they need excitement in

their learning to carry them through,” she said. “Middle school is a perfect time to get kids interested in science, technol-ogy and math because they get choices in high school, and then in college and their career.”

The scenes were repeated twice more that day for the school’s sixth- and eighth-graders. Earlier in the week, “FMA Live!” also stopped by Cresthill Middle School in Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock Middle School.

The assembly took a year of planning because of all of the logistics involved. A massive stage was set up in the gymna-sium and lights and speakers added to the energetic atmosphere.

“We wanted this to be a great experi-ence that the kids will always remember, and it looks like it was,” Corlett said.

Dressed in a sumo suit, Cimarron Middle School Assistant Principal Chris Zimmerman, right, gets a running start at health teacher Beau Davies Nov. 14 during a physics demonstration. In the middle is John James, with “FMA Live!” Photos by Chris Michlewicz

Cimarron Middle School Assistant Principal Cindy Corlett is doused with apple sauce during an interactive science assembly featuring a traveling group called Forces in Motion.

Cimarron Middle School student Wyatt Bevill hangs from a velcro wall during a presentation by Forces in Motion Nov. 14. John James with “FMA Live!” holds the microphone.

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through Dec. 21 at the Avenue Theater, 417 E. 17th Ave., Denver. Offers comic relief from saccharine holiday fare. (For mature audiences.) A series of sketches — some repeats, some new. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays Dec. 14 and 21. Tickets: $26.50/$23.50: 303-321-5925, avenuethe-ater.com.


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FAMILY FEATURES

For many families, gathering around the table is as treasured a holiday tradition as gathering around the tree toexchange gifts with loved ones. With universal appeal, cuts of tender, juicy beef are ideal for a wide range offamily-friendly dishes — from appe tizers to special occasion holiday entrees.

If your seasonal celebrations and commitments have you pinched for time, opt for the convenience of home delivery.Starting with premium products, such as those available from Omaha Steaks, lets you create the perfect meal everytime. Each cut of beef is perfectly aged and flash-frozen at its peak of flavor and tenderness, and delivered right toyour door with a 100 percent quality guarantee.

There are as many ways to prepare beef as there are cuts to choose from. The best approach depends on the type of flavor you want to achieve, and how you’ll ultimately serve the dish. One popular option that creates robust, heartyflavors perfect for holiday feasts is braising. This celebrated technique is featured in this Omaha Steaks family recipefor Braised Beef Brisket. Or, add some pre-dinner bites to your holiday spread with Bacon Wrapped Tenderloin TipAppetizers, a savory recipe that is sure to be a hit among guests.

Find these and more beef preparation tips and recipes at www.omahasteaks.com.

Braised Beef BrisketThis recipe has graced the holidaytable of the Simon family, the ownersof Omaha Steaks, for generations.Prep time: 30 minutesCook time 8 hoursServings: 6–8

1 Omaha Steaks Brisket (3 pounds)

2 tablespoons canola oil4 teaspoons Omaha Steaks All

Natural Seasoning2 cups diced yellow onion 2 tablespoons fresh chopped

garlic 1 cup bottled chili sauce1 package dry onion soup mix

1/2 cup beef broth1/4 cup soy sauce1/2 cup red wine

Thaw brisket overnight in refrigerator.Heat canola oil in large pan.Blot brisket dry with clean paper towel and

generously season each side with 2 teaspoonsseasoning.

Brown brisket in hot oil on both sides forabout 2–4 minutes each side. Remove brisketfrom pan and place in crock pot, raised sidebraising pan or Dutch oven.

Add onion and garlic to hot oil and cookuntil trans parent. Add remaining ingredientsand bring to a boil. Pour sauce into crock pot,raised side braising pan or Dutch oven.

If using crock pot, cook on low for 6–8hours. If using braising pan or Dutch oven,cover tightly with foil or lid and place in oven at 250°F for 6–8 hours.

Serve the same day or cool overnight in refrigerator before slicing and reheating in sauce.

� Braising (from the French word“braiser”) is a combination cookingmethod that uses both moist and dryheats. Typically, the food is firstseared at a high temperature, thenfinished in a covered pot or pan at alower temperature while sitting insome amount of liquid, which mayalso add flavor.

� The purpose of braising is to breakdown the connecting tissues,enhancing the meat’s tenderness.

� Some examples of cuts that aretypically braised include:� Chuck (Chuck Eye Roast, Chuck

Arm Roast, Chuck ShoulderRoast, Short Ribs)

� Brisket (Whole Brisket, BrisketFlat Roast, Brisket Point Roast)

� Shank (Cross Cut Shanks, WholeBeef Shanks)

� Round (Top Round Roast, BottomRound Roast, Eye Round Roast,Boneless Rump Roast)

� First brown your roast using a largepan and some oil over high heat,seasoning the protein first.

� Once the roast is browned, “deglaze”the pan using wine or some of theliquid that will be used in the braisingprocess, to capture drippings fromthe pan that are loaded with flavor.

� Once the roast is browned you willwant to place it, along with all theliquid including the pan drippings,in a Dutch oven or deep roastingpan. It is very important to coverthe top of the pan as tightly aspossible so steam and pressure willbuild up during the oven cookingprocess.

� The liquid for the braising processcan vary depending on the dishyou’re trying to make. For example,barbecue sauce would be used for abarbecue brisket, and beef brothwould be used for a pot roast.Usually if using a thick liquid suchas barbecue sauce you will want tothin it down with wine, broth orwater. It will thicken as it cooks,and if it gets too thick it will burn.

� You can also experiment withputting root vegetables in thebraising pan along with your roastto create a complete meal andenhance the flavor.

� The oven part of the process isusually done at 250°F and can vary in time from 3 to 8 hours,depending on what cut is beingbraised and how big it is. A generalrule of thumb is that the proteinwill shred easily with a fork when it is properly braised.

Bacon Wrapped Tenderloin Tip AppetizerPrep time: 20 minutes (plus time for thawing)Cook time: 6 minutesServings: Approximately 32 pieces

3 pounds Omaha Steaks Tenderloin Steak Tips (#670)

32 Omaha Steaks Precooked Bacon Slices (#177)1 jar Omaha Steaks All Natural Seasoning

(#1141)Round wood toothpicks

Thaw steak tips and bacon overnight inrefrigerator.

Preheat oven to 450°F degrees.Sprinkle each tenderloin tip with seasoning.Wrap a slice of bacon around each tenderloin

tip and push a toothpick through to secure bacon.Place bacon-wrapped tips on baking sheet.

Bake for 3 minutes; flip and bake an additional2–3 minutes.

Serve immediately.


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SPORTS

Simla loses to Caliche in semis8-man Cubs team fell short in hard-fought gameBy Scott StockerSpecial to Colorado Community Media

The cold weather produced a chilly and freezing end to the football season for Sim-la.

Simla, coached by Shane Zimmerman, was defeated by Caliche, 34-22, on Nov. 15 in their Class A, 8-Man, state semifinal game played in Iliff. And cold it was, as tem-peratures on the field were calculated at 5 to 6 degrees below zero at various times.

However, that didn’t stop Simla quarter-back, Cody Norris, from thinking the Cubs could come through with a surprising vic-tory. The Cubs, who finished their season with a 9-3 record, were not favored to even reach the semifinals in the first place.

Simla, seeded No. 7, opened its portion of the playoffs beating No. 10 Springfield, 31-30, in the first round. But they followed with a 36-14 victory over No. 2 seeded Nor-wood in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, they couldn’t keep the string going against

Caliche, which improved to 11-1.Simla knew its encounter with Caliche,

the No. 3 seed, was going to be tough right from the start. After all, the Buffs had only given up 14 points in the playoffs. And this one was a playoff rematch to begin with. Caliche defeated the Cubs 46-28 in last sea-son’s state quarterfinals.

Caliche scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, and Simla scored one in the second for a 16-8 first-half lead for the Buffs. It was here that Norris would score the first of his two touchdowns on a 20-yard run. He would later pass for a 30-yard touchdown to Manual Galaviz in the third quarter.

“It seemed like a mismatch in the first quarter and we didn’t seem to come alive until the second quarter,” Norris said. “They came out and scored their first two touch-downs and we just didn’t seem to have the ball much. We would only have 16 plays in that first half.

“But we were able to put our defense more on track in the second quarter and carry some momentum into the second half,” said Norris, who tacked on his second touchdown in the third quarter on a two-yard run. “We just never felt we were out of it. It was definitely a disappointing loss, but

I don’t think many expected us to be there in the first place. We just played as hard as we could in the playoffs.”

Practice in the cold weather previous be-fore the playoffs helped Simla against high -scoring Caliche. Norris, despite the weath-er, would complete 13 of 21 passes for 173 yards and his touchdown to Galaviz.

Most of the damage for Caliche was car-ried out by quarterback Austin Yahn.

“He is a great player for them and our defense tried to key on him,” Zimmerman said. “He definitely hurt us with his play. We were ready, but he was just able to overhaul us.”

Yet, Zimmerman and Norris felt this was a game in which their team could pull out throughout the cold afternoon.

“We practiced in cold weather, so we knew what to expect and I think we were ready for the weather,” Norris said. “When we look back, we were only a few plays away from advancing. I thank my teammates for making this a fine overall season. Now, it’s time to get ready for basketball.”

“It was just a close game to the end and it was just a back-and-forth battle,” Zim-merman said. “I think the kids handled the weather nicely and they played hard. We

had some practice sessions in cold weather, but no wind. So, going in, we felt we had a pretty good chance to pull it out.”

No doubt about that. After all, Zimmer-man’s squad was down 22-6 in their playoff opener against Springfield and still came back for the victory.

“It was certainly a fair season,” Zimmer-man said in conclusion. “We lose seven seniors off this squad, a fine bunch, and I thank them for a fine season.”

Caliche was traveling to Granada on Nov. 22 to play for the state championship. And it’s doubtful the Buffs will be looking past the Bobcats.

Granada pulled off the upset of the play-offs as the Bobcats defeated No.1 seeded Dayspring Christian, 22-6, in their semifi-nal encounter. The Bobcats had advanced, beating Sedgwick County 48-15 in their opener and Akron 58-20 in the quarterfi-nals.

Caliche has been tough to stop over the course of the season as the Buffs have av-eraged 43 points a game. They have stam-peded into the finals, previously beating McClave 41-0 in the first round and Hoehne 52-14 in the quarterfinals.

Air Force football is bowl boundFalcons have had a remarkable turnarond a�er worst season in school historyBy Danny [email protected]

One year after suffering through its worst football season in school history, Air Force football is headed for its seventh bowl game in eight years under coach Troy Calhoun.

The Falcons were 8-2 heading into their Mountain West Conference showdown at San Diego State on Nov. 21. Air Force hosts Colorado State (ranked No. 22 in the nation at last check) in their regular season finale Nov. 28.

Air Force has had several key wins this season against some very good teams. None was bigger than its 45-38 overtime victory over Nevada Oct. 15 at Falcon Stadium.

With temperatures dropping into the single digits due to the wind chill factor, 11,519 brave fans saw Shayne Davern run for two touchdowns, including the decisive score in overtime, as Air Force hung on for its fourth win in a row.

Kale Pearson matched his career high with three touchdown passes, two to Jalen Robinette , and ran for a key fourth-quarter score for Air Force (8-2, 4-2 Mountain West), helping the Falcons remain unbeaten in five games at home this season.

For this superb effort, Pearson was named as the MWC’s Offensive Player of the Week.

Falcons’ sophomore running back Ja-cobi Owens became just the third sopho-more in Air Force history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season with 68 yards and two touchdowns against Nevada. He is the first sophomore tailback in team history to reach the milestone. The only other sopho-mores to do it are quarterback Dee Dowis (1,315 in 1987) and fullback Pat Evans (1,015 in 1984).

Don Jackson ran for 123 yards and three touchdowns for Nevada (6-4, 3-3), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped.

The game included five ties, the last on a 22-yard field goal by Brent Zuzo amid snow flurries with 12 seconds remaining in regu-lation.

Nevada is bowl eligible - as is usually the case - and will discover its postseason fate in the coming weeks.

After the game, Calhoun was emotional about his team’s victory.

“What a phenomenal football game,” said the coach, whose team has had the greatest turnaround of any Division I team in the nation this season. “Exceptionally

well played. As good as a college football game as you’ll see. Truth is I don’t know if you’ll be a part of a better game. Truly awe-some. We found another way today.

“We found a few different ways (to win) this season and that’s the way at the Air Force Academy. It was unfortunate both teams didn’t win.”

Just how impressive has Air Force been this season? For starters, the Falcons were picked to finish last in the Mountain Divi-sion of the Mountain West Conference, win three games and only one of those in conference play. The experts must have fig-ured that Air Force’s 2-10 record last season would dictate another dreadful year.

But that’s not what has happened. The Falcons have placed themselves in a posi-tion to achieve any number of things after the gutsy win over Nevada.

If Air Force was able to win at San Diego State in a short-week, it would set up a col-lision with surprising Colorado State when the Rams come to Colorado Springs at 10-1 and likely ranked in the Top 20. That game

will be carried by the CBS Sports Network nationally.

Air Force received more good news on Nov. 18 when it was announced that Chad Hennings (Air Force Class of 1988) - a 1987 All-American defensive tackle - is the re-cipient of the 2014 Walter Camp “Alumni Award.”

Hennings joins a distinguished list of former “Alumni Award” winners, including Alan Page (Notre Dame), Bo Jackson (Au-burn), Tony Dorsett (Pittsburgh), Herschel Walker (Georgia), Mark May (Pittsburgh), Derrick Brooks (Florida State) and last year’s recipient Ken Huff (North Carolina).

The Walter Camp “Alumni of the Year” award is bestowed on a worthy individual who has distinguished himself in the pur-suit of excellence as an athlete, in his per-sonal career and in doing good works for others. He must be an individual who has exhibited dedication and good moral con-duct in achieving success.

In addition, he must be a compassionate and unselfish person who contributes his

time and assistance in helping to encour-age and comfort fellow human beings less talented and less fortunate than himself. He must also be an individual who takes pride in having been a Walter Camp All-Ameri-can.

“We are elated to recognize Chad Hen-nings with the Walter Camp Alumni Award,” said Foundation president James Monico. “Chad exemplifies the words leadership, character and commitment.”

Hennings was drafted in the 11th round (Pick 290) in the 1988 NFL Draft by the Dal-las Cowboys. His Air Force military com-mitment lasted four years and he joined the Cowboys in 1992 as a 27-year-old rookie.

He spent nine years with the Cowboys, contributing to one of the top-ranked de-fenses in the NFL and winning three Super Bowls in four years.

During his career he amassed 28 sacks in 107 games. During his years in the NFL he continued his military service in the Air Force Reserve.

Air Force Falcons linebacker Dexter Walker (No. 5 in blue) moves in to tackle Nevada running back Don Jackson. Temperatures were 14 degrees when the Falcons secured the 45-38 win in overtime on Nov. 22 at Falcon Stadium. Photo by John Van Winkle


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To Every Person in Actual Possession orOccupancy of the hereinafter DescribedLand, Lot or Premises, and to the Personin Whose Name the Same was Taxed orSpecially Assessed, and to all Personshaving an Interest or Title of Record in orto the said Premises and To Whom It mayConcern, and more especially to:

GEORGE R LAMB You and each of youare hereby notified that on the 15th day ofNovember A.D. 1993 the then CountyTreasurer of the County of Elbert, in theState of Colorado, sold at public tax liensale to ELBERT COUNTY the followingdescribed real estate situate in the Countyof Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

B & L SUBDIVISIONLOT 2 (S2NE4SE4): 31 7 6419.974 A¼ INTEREST4.993 MRAMINERAL RIGHTS

and said County Treasurer issued a certi-ficate of purchase therefore to ELBERTCOUNTY. That said tax lien sale wasmade to satisfy the delinquent taxes as-sessed against said real estate for theyear 1992;

That said real estate was taxed or spe-cial ly assessed in the name(s) ofGEORGE R LAMB for said year 1992.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issuedfor said real estate to the said ELBERTCOUNTY at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the2th day of March, A.D. 2015, unless thesame has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from saidsale at any time prior to the actual execu-tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness myhand this 4th day of November, 2014A.D..

Richard PettittCounty Treasurer of Elbert County

Legal Notice No.: 23088First Publication: November 13, 2014Last Publication: November 27, 2014Publisher: The Elbert County News

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GEORGE R LAMB You and each of youare hereby notified that on the 15th day ofNovember A.D. 1993 the then CountyTreasurer of the County of Elbert, in theState of Colorado, sold at public tax liensale to ELBERT COUNTY the followingdescribed real estate situate in the Countyof Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

B & L SUBDIVISIONLOT 2 (S2NE4SE4): 31 7 6419.974 A¼ INTEREST4.993 MRAMINERAL RIGHTS


That said real estate was taxed or spe-cial ly assessed in the name(s) ofGEORGE R LAMB for said year 1992.





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F R A N C E S W A L T E R S S W A R T Z ;SWARTZ LIFE TRUST You and each ofyou are hereby notified that on the 18thday of November A.D. 2002 the thenCounty Treasurer of the County of Elbert,in the State of Colorado, sold at public taxlien sale to ELBERT COUNTY the follow-ing described real estate situate in theCounty of Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

SEVERED MINERALSAKA 0ALL 6 6 60 706 ACRES1/1536 INTEREST .46 NET ACRESALL 8 6 60 640 ACRES1/1536 INTEREST .42 NET ACRESALL 12 6 61 640 ACRES1/1536 INTEREST .42 NET ACRESE2-E2W2 18 6 60 480 ACRES1/1536 INTEREST .31 NET ACRESMINERAL RIGHTS


That said real estate was taxed or spe-cial ly assessed in the name(s) ofF R A N C E S W A L T E R S S W A R T Z ;SWARTZ LIFE TRUST for said year 2001.




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DELBERT D WESTFALL AND SYLVIA SWESTFALL You and each of you arehereby notified that on the 18th day ofNovember A.D. 2002 the then CountyTreasurer of the County of Elbert, in theState of Colorado, sold at public tax liensale to ELBERT COUNTY the followingdescribed real estate situate in the Countyof Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

SEVERED MINERALSAKA 0 PIKE VIEW ESTATES TRACT 110.10 ACRESNE4NE4: 10 9 65UNDIVIDED ½ INTEREST5.05 NET ACRES


That said real estate was taxed or spe-cially assessed in the name(s) of DEL-BERT D WESTFALL AND SYLVIA SWESTFALL for said year 1992.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issuedfor said real estate to the said ELBERTCOUNTY at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the2th day of March, A.D.2015, unless thesame has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from saidsale at any time prior to the actual execu-tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness myhand this 4th day of November, 2014 A.D..



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DELBERT D WESTFALL AND SYLVIA SWESTFALL You and each of you arehereby notified that on the 18th day ofNovember A.D. 2002 the then CountyTreasurer of the County of Elbert, in theState of Colorado, sold at public tax liensale to ELBERT COUNTY the followingdescribed real estate situate in the Countyof Elbert, State of Colorado, to wit:

SEVERED MINERALSAKA 0 PIKE VIEW ESTATES TRACT 110.10 ACRESNE4NE4: 10 9 65UNDIVIDED ½ INTEREST5.05 NET ACRES


That said real estate was taxed or spe-cially assessed in the name(s) of DEL-BERT D WESTFALL AND SYLVIA SWESTFALL for said year 1992.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issuedfor said real estate to the said ELBERTCOUNTY at 3:00 o’clock P.M., on the2th day of March, A.D.2015, unless thesame has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from saidsale at any time prior to the actual execu-tion of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness myhand this 4th day of November, 2014 A.D..



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District CourtElbert County, Colorado

Court Address:751 Ute Ave. Kiowa, CO 80117

In the Interests of:Zeke Greeley Theodore Burge

Attorney or Party Without AttorneyRenee Burge1488 Oxford WayElizabeth, CO 80107Phone Number: 303-903-5409E-mail: [email protected]

Case Number: 14PR13 * Division 1

NOTICE OF HEARING BYPUBLICATION PURSUANT

TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: Unknown Last Known Address, if any:Unknown

A hearing on Guardianship for ZekeBurge for: Renee Burge is seekingguardianship of Zeke Burge

will be held at the following time and loca-tion or at a later date to which the hearingmay be continued:

Date: January 15, 2015Time: 1:30 PMCourtroom or Division: 1Address: 751 Ute AvenueKiowa, CO 80117

Legal Notice No.: 23115First Publication: November 27, 2014Last Publication: December 11, 2014Publisher: The Elbert County News

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How to gift the people who aren’t familyMetro Creative

Come the holiday season, many people find it’s not just family and friends on their shopping lists. Cowork-ers and acquaintances often land on such lists as well, and it’s not always easy deciding what to get those peo-ple who aren’t close friends or family members.

BossGifting the boss is a sensitive subject and should be

dictated by company protocol. If you are the only em-ployee to buy your boss a gift, it may seem like you are trying to curry favor. However, if everyone else is gifting and you fail to offer a gift, you may be caught off guard.

Some business etiquette experts say that it is cus-tomary for bosses to give gifts to employees but not the reverse. However, employees who are especially close with their bosses or who work closely with them each day may want to offer a small token of appreciation.

When selecting gifts for bosses, do not give anything too personal, such as clothing, perfume or jewelry. Food or gift cards are a safer bet. Experts say a gift in the range of $10 to $25 is adequate. Chipping in for a gift with other employees may be the best course of ac-tion so you don’t inspire resentment among coworkers.

Babysitter or nannyCaregivers play important roles in the lives of chil-

dren. Once you have found a sitter or nanny who you trust, you want to ensure you keep that person content. If you regularly use a nanny or sitter, money is always a great gift. For a full-time nanny, one week to one month’s pay is adequate. For a regular sitter, consider a gift equal to two nights’ pay.

Coach or club leaderChildren today are involved in many different activi-

ties, and chances are parents’ schedules are filled with sports games and practices. A small gift of $10 to $20 can show your appreciation to a coach or club leader. This is another instance when it might be nice to pool your resources with fellow parents to purchase one large gift.

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