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The grand Hotel Colorado. Longs Peak moonlight climb. Health research.TRANSCRIPT
VOICEPublished Locally Since 1980 October 2012
The Senior
Longs Peak Moonlight Climb
The Famous Hotel Colorado
Longs Peak Moonlight Climb
The Famous Hotel Colorado
Longs Peak Moonlight Climb
The Famous Hotel Colorado
Longs Peak Moonlight Climb
The Famous Hotel Colorado
Longs Peak Moonlight Climb
The Famous Hotel Colorado
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(Editor’s Note: In 1904 William Cooper was a young man on his first visit to Estes Park. He fell in love with Longs Peak and wrote the following account of climbing it in moonlight. He later became an ecologist at the University of Minnesota.) From the beginning, my heart had been set on climbing Longs Peak. At the Inn, I met Enos Mills, proprietor and the principle Peak guide. I had acquired a friend of about my age, Samuel Bowles, Jr., who was also looking forward to the climb. We agreed to join forces with Mills as our guide. My first climb of Longs was by moonlight and very special. Mills had just returned from guiding a day climb. It meant nothing to him, after three or four hours of rest, to repeat the task by moonlight. At 11 pm, we were on our way. I vividly remember the black spires of the spruces and firs, every needle and cone sharply etched against the background of the moonlit sky. The Trough was filled with winter snow. Mills cut steps all the way up. At 4:40 am, we stood on the summit! The moon, a red globe, was sinking over the western horizon. Almost simultaneously, the sun
appeared in the east. After the moon was gone, in its place on the western horizon was what appeared to be a coni-cal mountain. Mills told us, to our surprise, that it was the shadow of Longs Peak on which we stood, in the beams of the rising sun. The rest of the party went home. I stayed in the boulder field, luxu-riating in my new-found world of cliffs, tundra and the alpine veg-etation. Our stay in Estes Park came too quickly to a close. For me, future visits became imperative. Headquarters would be Longs Peak Inn, close to the mountain that had won my heart.
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By Sandra Dallas
No hostelry in the Rocky Mountain area ever compared in snobbishness with the Hotel Col-orado in Glenwood Springs years ago (built in 1894). The aristocracy of America flocked to the hot springs resort, and so numerous were the elite that a special railroad siding had to be built to handle their private railroad cars. The front spot on the siding was reserved for P.D. Armour, packing-house magnate, except of course when a President of the United States was visiting. While the strictly chaperoned debutante spent her days taking the baths—where she was re-quired to wear long black stock-ings—or turning her big blue eyes on the swans gliding around the ponds, her gallant was playing polo on the Glenwood Springs turf.
Some of the most colorful nabobs of the times visited the resort—Diamond Jim Brady, the Mayo brothers, Buffalo Bill Cody. The hotel was so popular among U.S. Presidents that it was dubbed “the spring White House.” Theodore Roosevelt was Glen-wood’s most constant official guest. During the spring of 1905, he bagged 10 bears and three lynxes during his Glenwood hunt-ing trip. Displaying his skill on the
Hotel Colorado lawn for photog-raphers, he posed with one enor-mous bear to the amusement of his daughter, Alice, who suggest-ed that it be called “Teddy Bear,” a name given to stuffed toys ever since. Noticing the dismay of his hunting guides at the array of sil-verware in front of them at din-ner, Roosevelt told them, “Just grab the implement nearest you, boys!” The Philadelphia Inquirer de-scribed the hotel food as “the fat of the land, cooked till it melts in your mouth.” The corridors that bounded the vast rooms were de-scribed by an admirer as “a splen-did conservatory in themselves.” The hotel called them “long and stately corridors where fashion’s glittering parade can be seen to best advantage.” The Denver Times wrote about
the “tall Gibson type of beauty, with the arrogance of a princess, sauntering through the corridors.” As elegant and as much sought after as the Hotel Colorado was, it couldn’t weather the change in resort traffic—the demise of the summer-long visitor who was re-placed by the stopover tourist. The hotel has been sold a num-ber of times. Its latter day appeal never has approached its turn-of-the-century popularity. The silent Boston servants went home long ago.________________Sandra Dallas is the author of “Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps,” one of the finest books available on Colorado. COVER PICTURE: Hotel Col-orado at Glenwood Springs. The Voice photo by Bill Lamb-din. ■
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Famous Hotel Colorado
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Colorado CrosswordsBy Tony Donovan
ACROSS1. Park County mining town east of Leadville on Hwy. 285 whose name suggested it was not like the other land-grabbing communi- ties around it.7. Parlor piece10. Rock Drive is a spectacular 23 mile road which connects Grand Junction to the high cliffs of the Colorado National Monument11. Houston athlete13. Strike caller16. Town between Delta and Ridgway whose name came from a Sir Walter Scott novel. Its county has the same name.17. Battery terminal abbr.18. Wayne’s co-star in Red River: Joanne .19. “The best” or where the most expensive booze is displayed23. One way to frustrate an opponent: Keep him . 26. Place for a soak27. Linkletter or Buchwald29. Noon follower30. “My Fair Lady” tune, “On Where You Live” 33. Word following rock, kosher or sea34. Fishing spot directly beneath the east face (the diamond) of Longs Peak36. Make decisions at the newspaper38. Typical end-of-summer festivity40. Sound repeated while shaking one’s head in a disapproving manner42. Mesa Verde to Steamboat Springs dir.43. A long putt is often needed to accomplish this45. Twice elected mayor of Denver in the 1900s, he was noted for having a vision of Denver as the “city beautiful” and crEated many urban parks. A Denver boulevard celebrates his name.47. Second in size only to Grand Lake as a natural body of water in the state: Lake49. “…to sleep, perchance to dream, ay, there’s the , for in that sleep of death what dreams may come…: (Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”)
51. West of early Hollywood52. Colorado’s peach and wine capital55. Former Nuggets player and coach and his family58. la Poudre River59. Old MacDonald finish60. Betty Grable had hers insured for $1,000,000 by Lloyds of London61. Educational option -- Be home - .DOWN1. Grand Junction neighbor whose name sug-gests the wonderful growing climate of the area2. Ready -- fire connector3. Mischievous one4. Feudal lord5. Foodstuff often found on a Thanksgiving table6. Jackson County somewhat remote community southwest of Gould7. Walk the runway8. Gold in Sonoro9. Gentleman who went west for his health and engineered a steam driver car to motor to and from his adopted Estes Park12. Driver’s concern on a cattle drive14. Look at carefully15. Tell again, as the gist of a story20. Exclamation of relief21. “Far Side” creator: Gary .22. Map maker and explorer who employed Kit Carson to find a passage though the mountains to the West24. Large snake25. Although28. The House in Central City is home to “the face on the barroom floor”30. Iconic spot reached off Hwy.287 just before entering the Poudre Canyon on Hwy. 1431. With 32 down, sounds heard at a séance, perhaps32. See 31 down33. Senorita’s wraps35. Phi Beta (smarties)36. Suspected Roswell visitors, briefly37. Presidential nickname of the 50s39. Three, in Roma41. Ft. Morgan’s neighbor to the east44. Suggestion to someone putting in a new lawn46. Broncos’ Decker and others48. Religious sect concentrated in Pennsylvania and Ohio50. Sixties folk singer and guitarist: Joan .53. Try to get a long putt close to the hole54. Ernie of the PGA who might try #53 down56. Slippery paradigm57. It’s a sin to tell one
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The High Park Fire should be a wake-up call to better understand home-owners’ insurance policies and to be better prepared for the un-thinkable. On August 29, I participated in a public hearing in which High Park Fire victims described emotionally draining and frustrating difficul-ties navigating the insurance claims process. Urban and mountain dwellers alike should heed the les-sons learned by those fire victims. Two specific issues emerged from the August 29 hearing. First, full personal property replacement coverage requires an itemized list-ing of every item lost in a fire. Many victims testified to being unprepared to recreate the types of detailed lists required for full com-pensation. Victims are now finding the process to be all-consuming, emotionally draining, and nearly impossible. Lesson: Be prepared to
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its you usually won’t find in other museums. Phone 307.635.7670. See www.nelsonmuseum.com. Also downtown is the Cowgirls of the West Museum at 203 and 205 West 17th Street. It’s not limited to cowgirls. Phone 307.638.4994. See www.cowgirlsofthewestmu-seum.com. The Depot Museum is at 121 West 15th Street. If you like rail-road history, this is the place to go. Phone 307.632.3905. See www.cheyennedepotmuseum.org. The Historic Governor’s Man-sion is at 300 East 21st Street, phone 307.777.7878. See www.cheyenne.org/things-to-do/attrac-tions. Contact all the places about tours and special events. The Plains Hotel near the depot downtown is not a museum but re-tains much of its historic charm as one of the early West’s grand ho-tels. Read its interesting history at www.the plainshotel.com/history. Phone 307.638.3311. ■
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Early Menopause If it occurs before age 46, the risk for heart trouble might be considerably higher, said a report in the journal Menopause by re-searchers at Johns Hopkins Uni-versity.Jogging A slow pace that makes you just a little breathless, not very breath-less, is best. And you need to do it only about an hour a week to get the full benefits, said researchers at the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.MS Treatment Questioned The FDA says a new treat-ment called “liberation therapy” (narrowing of veins in the neck and chest) has not been approved and may have caused death in some cases. “There is no reliable evidence from controlled clinical trials that this procedure is ef-fective,” said FDA’s Dr. William
Maisel. But some doctors are us-ing it.Stroke Victims Many do not get important clot-busting drugs soon enough because emergency vehicle per-sonnel fail to tell the hospital they’re bringing a stroke victim, said a report in the Journal of the American Heart Association. To be effective, the drugs must be given soon after a stroke begins.Drugs for Kids Antipsychotic drug use has greatly increased for attention deficit, bipolar disorder, autism, and other childhood diagnoses, said a report in Health Services Research. This is happening even though the FDA has not approved such drugs for children in many cases.Mini Strokes They’re called TIAs, and they deserve more attention than some
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ranches and the real West that is fast disappearing elsewhere. Good fish-ing on Trappers Lake and the White River. West Elk Loop. A 205-mile, sev-en-hour drive near Aspen to Red-stone, Marble, Crested Butte and Gunnison. You see a greater variety of scenery here than on most drives, from snow-capped peaks to lush river valleys and rugged canyon country. See the historic Redstone Inn, take the side road to Marble, and don’t miss the awesome Black Canyon. Top of the Rockies. An 82-mile, two-hour drive from Minturn near Vail to Leadville, Granite and Twin Lakes. You pass Colorado’s two highest mountains, Mt. Elbert and Mt. Massive; and you are surround-ed by other 14,000-foot peaks. Leadville, at 10,200 feet, is America’s highest town and has many historic attractions from its silver mining days. Poker Alice, Molly Brown, Baby Doe Tabor and other famous people lived there in the 1800s. ■
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Ladies, if a man says he will fix it, he will. There is no need to re-mind him every six months or so. A woman told her friend, “Did you know you can make ice cubes with leftover wine?” Her friend said, “What is left-over wine?” Bubba accidentally cut off all ten of his fingers and went to the emergency room. The doctor said, “Give me the fingers and I’ll see what I can do.” “I don’t have them.” “What? With all the advances in modern medicine I probably could have put them back on. Why didn’t you bring them?” “How was I supposed to pick them up?” Two blondes watched a truck go by loaded with rolls of sod, and one blonde said, “I’m going to do that when I win the lottery.”
“Do what?” asked her friend. “Send my lawn out to be mowed.” A man told his friend, “I was paying for my purchase at the hardware store this morning, fumbling with the credit card ma-chine. The girl said, ‘Strip down facing me.’ “When the screaming stopped, they asked me to leave.” A taxi passenger leaned for-ward and tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask a question. The driver screamed, lost con-trol of the cab and ran into a building. No one was injured. The passenger told the driver, “I didn’t know tapping you on the shoulder would cause all this.” The driver said, “It’s my fault. This is my first day of driving a taxi. I’ve been driving a hearse for ten years.”
George and Mary were both widowers and met at their 50th class reunion. They were smitten with each other, and at the end of the eve-ning George said to her, “I know this is short notice, but we don’t have time to waste. Will you mar-ry me?” Mary thought for about two seconds and said, “Yes, I will!” The next morning, George couldn’t remember if she had said yes or no; so he called her. “Last night did you say you would mar-ry me?” “Yes,” she said. “And I’m so glad you called because I couldn’t remember who asked me.” From the great Phyllis Diller: His finest hour lasted a minute and a half. Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?
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A Plastics Problem? A chemical commonly used in plastics could be making children fat, said researchers at Inje University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. The chemical (phthalates) is everywhere, said Dr. Mi-Jung Park. It’s in plastic babies’ pacifiers, toys, food, water, cosmetics, lotions, and many other things. “It may trigger the master regulator of fat creation and lipid metabo-lism,” said Park. It appears to promote fat development by affecting a sex hormone and disrupting thyroid function. Other studies have linked the chemical to breast development in boys and reproductive problems in men. Pregnant women, premature infants and young children may be especially sensitive to it. Johanna Congleton, senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group in Washington, DC, said manufacturers should stop using such dangerous compounds. ■
By Holly Braning The natural beauty of North-ern Colorado remains largely untouched, and Windsor is at the very heart of it. In the middle of it all is a pris-tine valley appropriately named “Water Valley” for the many lakes that are visited year round. In this valley, it’s quite common to see the magnificent bald eagle soar-ing overhead and hear the sound of coyotes at night. For golf enthusiasts, there are three beautiful golf courses along with the Poudre River Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Park a short distance to the west. The larger towns of Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland are all within a 15 mile radius. In this beautiful valley is The Good Samaritan Society Senior Living Resort, an Independent Living Community for those 55 and over. Here much more than
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T his may be the best time to make your move.Maybe you had plans to sell your house, move to a senior community and start getting more out of life. What now? Do you have to put your life on hold because of the economy? Not an easy decision. In times like these, it pays to know what your options are.
Perhaps it’s time to give the Good Samaritan Society – Communities of Northern Colorado a call. We’ve helped seniors weather storms like this for more than 85 years. We’ll be happy to help you understand your options, at no cost or obligation. Getting good advice can make all the difference.
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