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Ju n e 2 0 0 9Local Attractions • Scenic Places • History • Money • Health • News

2 • June 2009 • The Senior Voice

By Peggy Hunt

If you like local history, you’ll enjoya small book that might still be

available at the Fort Collins Museum,titled “Northern Colorado’s FirstSettlers,” by Roy Coffin.

It’s about one of the most importantearly archaeological finds in the UnitedStates. The discovery of theLindenmeier Site in 1924 proved thatstone-age people had inhabited northernColorado and Wyoming 10,000 to15,000 years ago, after the last Ice Age.

Before that discovery, archaeolo-gists had found evidence of stone-agepeople mainly in Europe. TheLindenmeier Site (named for a localrancher) proved that those people hadalso lived in North America.

The book’s author, Roy Coffin,was an early geology professor atwhat’s now Colorado StateUniversity. He and his brother, JudgeClaude Coffin, hunted artifacts as ahobby much their lives.

In 1924, Claude Coffin, his sonLynn and a friend, discovered theLindenmeier Site in the foothills nearthe Wyoming border at the northernend of Larimer County, a few mileswest of what is now Interstate 25. RoyCoffin became involved and notifiedthe Smithsonian Institution of their find.

The Coffin brothers realized thatspear points they uncovered at the sitewere different from those they hadfound at other Indian sites. The pointswere larger, made differently andappeared to be much older.

The men became excited at thepossibility that they had made a majordiscovery—and they had.

Smithsonian archaeologists spent

three summers excavating the site inthe 1930s and confirmed that it hadbeen the home of ancient FolsomMan—not just a temporary huntingcamp, but a permanent home.

In his 1937 book, Roy Coffin saidthe discovery formed the “basis forspeculation that Northern Coloradomight have been the ‘Garden of Eden’of the Western Hemisphere.”

That was important. It meant thathere in our back yard lived some ofthe first humans on the NorthAmerican Continent.

They probably came across theBering Strait when land connectedAlaska and Russia, migrated southalong the Rocky Mountains, andsome of them settled here. Our terrainand climate were much different then.

Folsom Man hunted mammothand some other creatures that nolonger exist in North America. Hisstone spear points found by theCoffins were up to two-and-one-halfinches long and nearly an inch wide.

His weapons required him to getdangerously close to large animals.He probably stampeded them overcliffs and speared the wounded invital organs.

These ancient people lived inseveral northern Colorado andWyoming locations. Their spearpoints have been found in the highmountains at the top of RockyMountain National Park and else-where. They hunted Big ThompsonCanyon, Poudre Canyon, the PlatteRiver areas and other places.

We are in their homeland. If you’relucky, you might someday stumbleonto one of their ancient spear points,as the Coffin brothers did. ■

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If you drive or hike around theIndian Peaks Wilderness west of

Longmont and Boulder, you’ll seeplaces with interesting stories associ-ated with them.

Arapaho Glacier was located highin the mountains there, discovered in1897 by two men, Darwin Andrewsand H.N. Wheeler. The discoverycaused much excitement amongscientists because no one knew thatglaciers existed this far south in theUnited States. The glacier was laternamed for the Arapaho Indians, whoprobably knew of its existence longbefore the white men found it.

The city of Boulder used thediscovery to attract early tourists andresidents, saying it was the only townin America that drank pure glacialwater. Boulder did, in fact, get itsdrinking water supply from meltingglaciers for some time.

Several other glaciers were foundin the same area. Boulder judgeJunius Henderson found HendersonGlacier in the early 1900s, and hehelped discover Fair Glacier andIsabella Glacier.

Lone Eagle Peak in the area wasnamed for famous aviator CharlesLindbergh, who was nicknamed theLone Eagle after he flew alone acrossthe Atlantic in 1927. Before that, in1923, Boulder city promoters offered

$1,000 to any aviator who could landa plane on one of the glaciers in theIndian Peaks. Lindbergh was a youngbarnstormer then and the only flyerwho wanted to try the stunt.

But officials looked at Lindbergh’srickety plane, held together by bailingwire, and decided they didn’t wantbad publicity if the plane crashed orcouldn’t return. Lindbergh said hedidn’t plan to return it. He’d leave theplane on the glacier, figuring he couldget another plane for $1,000. Officials turned him down anddropped the idea. Four years later,Lindbergh made his famous flight andofficials decided to name Lone EaglePeak after him.

Mount Audubon was named forfamous wildlife expert and artistJames Audubon. He was never inColorado, but two of his admirerswere. In 1864 botanist C.C. Parry andzoologist J.W. Velie climbed this13,223-foot mountain and named itfor Audubon.

Mount Achonee was probablynamed for a Cheyenne chief whosename was sometimes spelled Ochaneeor Ochinee. Well known to whitesettlers, he was among the Indians killedby Col. Chivington’s troops at the infa-mous Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 insoutheastern Colorado.

Ochinee’s granddaughter laterwrote: “Grandfather Ochinee escapedfrom the camp. But seeing that all his

Early climbers on Arapaho Glacier in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. Boulder got its city water from the glacier for several years. Colorado Historical Society.

people were to be slaughtered, hedeliberately chose to go back into theone-sided battle and die with them.”

She added, “Mother (Ochinee’sdaughter) was always bitter about theSand Creek massacre. A number ofyears later, while she was wasattending a meeting of the EasternStar in Denver, a friend broughtChivington over to introduce him tomother, saying, “Mrs. Prowers, doyou know Colonel Chivington?”

“My mother drew herself up withthat stately dignity peculiar to herpeople and, ignoring the outstretchedhand, remarked in perfect Englishaudible to all in the room, ‘KnowColonel Chivington? I should. He wasmy father’s murderer!’”________________COVER PICTURE: Mountains on thenorth end of the Indian PeaksWilderness. Taken by Fort Collinsprofessional photographer GregoryMayse, who has published two, newcoffee-table books of photos:“Colorado: Rocky Mountain Magic”and “Rocky Mountain Wild.” Hisphotos have been featured on manySenior Voice covers, on television, andin magazines such as BBC Wildlife.He has received numerous awards,and his pictures have been sold toprivate collectors around the world.See his gallery at gregorymayse.com.Email [email protected];phone 970-412-3600. ■

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Social Security Payments4 • June 2009 • The Senior Voice

The current guidelines for treatingdepression, bipolar disorder and

schizophrenia were written bypsychiatrists who have close ties todrug companies, says a report in thejournal Psychotherapy andPsychosomatics.

This raises conflict of interestquestions and makes the guidelinesof questionable value, sayresearchers at Harvard, theUniversity of Massachusetts, andTufts University.

The guidelines mainly recom-mend drugs for treatments andlargely ignore non-drug treatments.That benefits drug companies thepsychiatrists have ties to. The guide-lines also say little about how to getpatients off of drugs.

The psychiatrists ties to drugcompanies include stock ownership,research grants, speaking fees andother benefits. Researchers said that,for 90 percent of the guidelines, theauthors had at least one tie to drugcompanies.

One researcher said, “The lack ofbiological tests for mental disordersrenders psychiatry especially vulner-

able to industry influence.”It is situations like that that

recently prompted the Institute ofMedicine to say all doctors shouldstop accepting gifts or money fromdrug companies.

“It is time for medical schools toend a number of long-accepted rela-tionships and practices that createconflicts of interest, threaten theintegrity of their missions and theirreputations, and put public trust injeopardy,” said the group’s report.

Drug companies presently spendmore trying to influence doctorsand hospitals to use their medicinesthan they do on research and adver-tising. More than 75 percent ofdoctors accept free drug samplesand free food from pharmaceuticalcompanies, said the report. Nearly40 percent get financial help forrefresher courses, and over 25percent get paid for lectures andother activities that can benefit drugcompanies.

Even a former Merck executivesaid he has worried for years thatdrug companies have too muchinfluence over doctors. ■

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Prices of the most popular brand-name drugs increased nearly 9

percent in 2008, according to a reportfrom AARP.

That was an average; some drugsincreased much more. Prevacid, forinstance, went up by 30 percent. It’sused for acid reflux. Lunesta, used forsleeping, went up 20 percent. Thereport surveyed 219 of the most widelyused brand-name drugs.

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The drug lobbying group Pharma -ceutical Research and Manufacturers ofAmerica (PRMA) said AARP’s surveywas biased because it covered onlybrand-name drugs. Generic drug costsdecreased an average of 10.6 percent in2008, said PRMA. ■

Retirees will probably see no cost-of-living increase in their Social

Security benefits in 2010 and 2011,and that could have serious implica-tions for their Medicare benefits.

A Congressional Budget Officereport says Social Security increasesare tied to inflation. The currenteconomic recession has resulted insuch low inflation that there will beno Social Security benefit increases.

But Medicare Part D premiums(for drug coverage) will probablycontinue to increase, which meansmillions of retirees could see their

Social Security checks reducedbecause premiums are tied to thosechecks.

AARP legislative counsel DavidCertner told the New York Times, “If,as expected, there is no COLA(increase) in Social Security next yearbut premiums for drug coverageincrease, as expected, millions of bene-ficiaries will see their Social Securitychecks reduced for the first time.”

Some beneficiaries will also seetheir Part B premiums (for doctorcoverage) increase, from $96.40 amonth now to $123 by 2011. ■


First Autos inNorth Colorado

(Editor’s Note: Greeley historianHazel E. Johnson wrote thefollowing story years ago.)

By Hazel Johnson

In the fall of 1892, the first motorcars arrived in Greeley. They

were owned by George and WillVan Sickle, the town’s first cardealers.

George bought his Friedman inDenver for $1,000, guaranteed orit could be returned in six months.The salesman drove it to the edgeof Denver, then told George totake over.

George had to cope as best hecould. He claimed he left a trail ofmetal shavings all the way toGreeley. Top speed of hisFriedman was 25 miles an hour.

“The first cars,” he recalled,

“had hard rubber tires, like bicycletires without inner tubes. Therewas no top, no windshield, and thelights were oil lanterns that threw adim light only a short distance.”

George’s license was number 6in Colorado. You were assigned anumber, then you bought regularhouse numbers and nailed themonto the car.

“The license plate was good foras long as the car lasted,” saidGeorge.

One early buyer was aMethodist minister. He never couldstart the engine though he crankedand cranked.

He would always end up callingGeorge to start his car, and theminister became so frustrated thathe finally asked George to sell thecar for him.

“I’ve either got to get rid of this

car or leave the ministry,” he said.George sold one car to Fred

James, who fiddled around with itfor an hour at the garage, trying tolearn how to operate it.

James thought he had itmastered and took off for home.About 30 minutes later, George

saw him coming around a corner.“How do you stop this damn

thing!” yelled James.He had driven it all the way

home but couldn’t stop, so hedrove back to town.

George yelled, “Turn the littlebutton!” ■

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The group did not say exactly howoften men should have a PSA, whichinvolves a blood test and physicalexam. The group does recommendmen get a baseline PSA at age 40; ifthat test shows a high reading, menshould get the PSA more often.

But other experts do not recom-mend even the baseline PSA. Dr.Barnett Kramer at the NationalInstitutes of Health said there is noproof the baseline test saves lives. Itjust leads to over-diagnosis andunnecessary treatment in too manycases, he said.

High PSA readings can be causedby physical activity, recent sex andother things besides prostate cancer.

Elsewhere, researchers at Duke

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“There seems to be mountingevidence that there may be a futurerole for statins in prostate cancer treat-ment or prostate cancer prevention,”said Dr. Lionel L. Banez at Duke.

Dr. Robert Hamilton at theUniversity of Toronto found that menwho had prostate cancer surgery andtook statins reduced their risk ofcancer recurrence by 30 percent. Hethinks statins’ anti-inflammatorybenefits might cause that.

Other researchers say statinsmight reduce urinary tract problemsassociated with an enlarged prostateby up to 63 percent. And othersbelieve statins can help men avoiderectile dysfunction.

Mayo Clinic researchers said,“The use of statins may result inthe lowest risk of erectile dysfunc-tion.” ■

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Total hip replacements can nowlast 20 years, about twice as long

as previous replacements, accordingto a report in the Journal of Boneand Joint Surgery.

The reason: The latest methoddoes not use glue that wore out andneeded replacing in previous proce-dures. Now a porous material towhich bone can fuse is used.

Average age of participants in the20-year study was 52. Study resultswere released by researchers at RushUniversity in Chicago.

“Our results confirm earlier workdone at Rush and at other institu-tions: that cement-less acetabularcomponents work very well and thatlong-term biological fixation can beobtained,” study Dr. Craig DellaValle, an orthopedic surgeon atRush.

Researchers said this is goodnews because many people can nowget replacements at a younger agethan was previously common; andthey will be less likely to have torepeat the procedure. ■

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Heavy alcohol consumption mightcause pancreatic cancer,

according to a report in theAmerican Journal of Epidemiology.

Researchers defined heavydrinking as daily consumption offour or more beers, three glasses ofwine, or two drinks of whiskey,brandy and other liquors.

The researchers did not find anyassociation between pancreaticcancer and moderate or lowconsumption of alcohol.

They studied the drinking habitsof over 120,000 men and women

between the ages of 55 and 70. Inthe 13-year study, 350 of the partici-pants developed pancreatic cancer.Of those 350, nearly 80 percent ofthem reported drinking alcoholdaily.

The study was conducted by Dr.Mirjam Heinen and colleagues atMaastricht University in the Nether -lands. They did not conclude thatalcohol definitely causes pancreaticcancer but that “if alcohol plays anyrole in the etiology of pancreaticcancer, it is likely to be among heavydrinkers.” ■

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About 18 million Americans havesleep apnea, and they are more

likely to have a stroke and die intheir sleep than other people,according to a report in the Journalof Applied Physiology.

Sleep apnea can decrease bloodflow and increase blood pressure tothe point that the brain cannotmodulate the changes, and theproblem carries over into thedaytime. People with sleep apneaare three times more likely to havestrokes or die than others, saidresearchers.

When sleep apnea occurs, theupper airway becomes blocked, andthe person stops breathing forseveral seconds. This causes theblood pressure to rise and bloodoxygen levels to drop.

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However some people find themask too uncomfortable or say itcauses eye and nose irritation. Forthem, two other treatments areavailable: A surgical procedurecalled TAP (transpalatal advance-ment pharyngoplasty) that removestissue behind the palate to widen thebreathing space; and a device calledMAD (mandibular advancementdevice) that pushes the lower jarforward to prevent airway blockage.

Both treatments are reasonablysuccessful, according to studiesreported in the Archives ofOtolaryngology.

The improvement rate for theMAD treatment was 75 percent forpeople with severe apnea and 82percent for those with mild apnea.Researchers said MAD is “simple,non-invasive, and easy to use.”

The improvement rate for theTAP was 60 percent; 35 percent ofapnea sufferers using TAP experi-enced a complete cure, saidresearchers.

One method used to determineimprovement is called AHI (apneahypopnea index), which measureshow many times a person withapnea stops breathing completely orpartially during the night. ■

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Frontier Con Man Soapy SmithBy Bill Lambdin

Soapy Smith was one ofColorado’s most colorful charac-

ters and the most famous con manin the early West. He was also anenigma.

Though he ran a gang of thievesand murderers, he was well knownfor his philanthropy. At Denver in thelate 1800s, Soapy frequently gaveaway small fortunes to churches andpoor people. On Christmas day for

years, he personally handed outhundreds of turkeys. Recipients of hisgenerosity often thanked him with,“God bless you, Soapy.”

Yet he was ruthless and ascrooked as a snake.

He arrived in the bustling frontiertown of Denver in the early 1880sand immediately set up his first congame—standing on a street corner,wrapping $10, $20 and $100 billsaround bars of soap, covering themwith paper, shuffling them in a

basket with other bars of soap, andinviting the audience to pick awinner for just $5.

He put small creases in the wrap-ping paper so he knew which bars topull out of the basket. He always hada crony in the crowd who started thegame by winning a $100 bill.

And he knew when to quit.When he had taken several hundreddollars from the crowd, he wouldfold up the game before someonecalled the police or figured out hisscheme.

That’s how Jefferson RandolphSmith got the name of Soapy andmade his first fortune. From that, hewent on to other rackets in Denverand organized a powerful under-world gang that dominated criminalactivities in the town.

When Denver grew more civi-lized and things slowed down forhim, Soapy moved to the wild, wideopen mining town of Creede inwestern Colorado.

There he controlled gambling,prostitution and other rackets as avirtual dictator in the town—exceptfor one competitor. Bob Ford, theman who had shot Jesse James,owned another saloon.

Within a few weeks after Soapy

arrived in Creede, Bob Ford wasshot dead. Officials said a mannamed Ed O’Kelly killed Ford. Butsome believed Soapy put him up toit.

Soapy ruled Creede with an ironhand and became so wealthy that hereturned to Denver and opened theposh Tivoli Club on Larimer Street.He also continued his philanthropicactivities and was popular withmany citizens.

But Colorado’s mining boomdeclined after the 1893 silver crash,

and Soapy decided to seek greenerpastures in the Klondike gold rush.In 1897 he went to Skagway,Alaska, and tried to establish thesame underworld dictatorship hehad enjoyed at Creede.

He succeeded for a while and, infact, was known by such nicknamesas the “King of the Klondike” andthe “Sultan of Skagway.”

But he had either grown soft ornegligent. He didn’t kill off all ofhis rivals, and one of them shot himin 1898.

Soapy was buried in a simpleminer’s cemetery with only a plainwooden marker over his grave.

This time there was no one tosay, “God bless you, Soapy.” ■

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“What do you do for a living?”14. ___ Butte15. Dir. from Denver to Burlington16. Ground above timberline17. Cameron or Independence18. John Adams to John Quincy Adams19. Greeley campus, for short21. Taj Mahal site22. Currier’s partner25. ___ Hammarskjold (former U.N. chief )27. Boulder County town named for an

Arapaho chief28. Weather disappointment for spring break-

ers in Mazatlan (2 wds.)30. Victoria’s Secret creations33. What you do before you “shine”34. Beverly Sills and Lily Pons37. French pronoun38. Aspen’s river40. French word for soul or spirit42. Where to expect a play’s “denouement”44. “Tony” part of Denver, briefly46. Garden pest47. Milliken neighbor50. Pyromaniac’s crime51. Poet’s “sphere”53. Some wrestlers54. Word before “balls” or “eaten”56. “Sioux City, ___“ (Gene Autrey hit of

1946)58. Lennon’s gal59. Stadium sounds62. Politician’s specialty64. Tax type65. This French sounding town was the first

county seat of Larimer County66. Fish eggs

67. Part of a Royal Flush68. 60s TV series featuring a talking horse69. Smoke alarm, e.g.

DOWN1. Aspen’s county2. Big bird3. Sacred river to Hindus4. Panty hose shade5. Word preceding “Lake” or “Canyon”6. Venomous snake7. Jazz locale’8. A first for Brown or Paul9. NFL scores10. Colorado’s most northeastern county11. A rose ___ ___ ___12. Puts under, medically20. With #40 down, shrine near the Buffalo

Bill Museum and Grave which celebratesthe first American saint

21. This is thin at #16 across23. “I do,” e.g.24. Fair26. Avalanche coach29. Bread quantity31. Some Poudre waders32. Furniture piece35. “Proper’s” partner36. It’s easy to lose one in the washer or dryer38. ___ Castle was built by coal baron John

Cleveland Osgood in the town of the samename

39. Mapquest suggestions (abbr.)40. Where you might find a motel when visit-

ing the Great Sand Dunes NationalMonument

41. Stupid43. Nabors or Croce45. ___ la la48. Many WWII souvenirs49. See #20 down52. Some museum pieces55. Washington County site between Yuma

and Flagler on US 3657. Dueling weapon59. Gov. agency largely responsible for much

of the states’ public lands and resources60. Galley tool61. Instant grass for the homeowner63. Whisper romantically

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Camp Carlin, a frontier army depot,was built in 1867 just west of

Cheyenne. It was the second largestdepot in the nation, capable of holding1,000 mules plus shops for black-smiths, carpenters, wheelwrights, astore, bunk houses and wagon sheds.

It supplied army posts and settle-ments as far as 500 miles away. Mulepack mule trains transported every-thing. A white mule that wore a bell

around her neck and was called the“bell mare” led the procession.

Camp Carlin employed thousandsof civilian workers— teamsters,harness makers, mule skinners,cooks. Many of them later helpedbuild Cheyenne

There were no social affairs at thecamp other than the Sunday “openhouses” when the wives cooked largeamounts of food before they went to

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church, and then visited with eachother afterward.

The citizens of Cheyenne heldthemselves somewhat aloof from thedepot workers, but it was that body ofworkmen and women who helped tobuild “the magic city of the plains”after Camp Carlin was closed.

Orders from Washington requiredcomplete demolition of the camp. Allthe buildings were sold for fiftydollars to be moved or demolished at

the new owners’ expense. Many wentto Cheyenne. A few graves weremoved to Fort Russell cemeterynearby and later moved again toCheyenne’s Lakeview cemetery.

Today no trace of Camp Carlin isleft except for a marker placed by theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution to remember the placewhere men and materials that made agreat contribution to winning theWest came from. ■

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Mature men who take Flomax forprostate trouble are twice as

likely as others to have problems withcataract eye surgery, according to areport in the Journal of the AmericanMedical Association.

The cataract problems includeretinal detachment and inflammationaround the eye. Researchers studiedmore than 96,000 men over age 66who used Flomax and had cataractsurgery from 2002 to 2007.

Flomax relieves urinary problemsby relaxing muscles in the prostate

and bladder. Researchers said the drugappears to have the same effect oncertain muscles in the iris of the eye,resulting in a problem called floppyiris syndrome.

By age 70, most men have anenlarged prostate that causes urinaryproblems. Cataract surgery is one ofthe most common surgeries in theUnited States, performed on about 2million people a year.

Researchers said men should telltheir eye doctors of all medicines theytake. ■

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Question About Estate PlanningBy Ron Rutz, AttorneyLegal Correspondent

Q: My boyfriend and I have decidedto live together. We have grown chil-dren, and both of us are getting alongin years. What is your advice?

A: You need to have your docu-ments in order and arrange youraffairs. If you decide not to marry, try

to agree on a number of key issues.For example, identify who owns whatproperty assets and how are theytitled. What are the rights of a non-owner if the owner of an asset like ahouse dies first?

Colorado has a low threshold trig-gering common law marriage. So becareful not to cross the legal line. Thetest is what a third party would conclude

Family History ExpoPeople interested in family history

can attend the Family History Expo,June 12-13, at the new Embassy SuitesHotel south of Fort Collins next to theBudweiser Events Center on I-25.

Expo admission and some eventsare free. A small fee is charged forclasses with professional genealo-gists. Expo producer Holly Hansensaid this is an opportunity for peopleworking on family histories to askquestions and learn from experts.

The keynote address is free and willbe given by Bernie Gracy, a Pitney

Bowes executive who has spent tenyears tracing his family history. “Gracyhas learned all the tricks of high-techfamily history,” said Hansen.

Other presenters include RichardMartinez with the National Archivesand Records Administration’s RockyMountain Region.

For more information, seefhexpos.com. Family History Expos isa Utah-based company that haspresented events throughout thewestern U.S. It will hold an expo inSheridan, Wyoming, July 17-18. ■

Unsafe Medical DevicesMany of the medical devices

Americans use have never beenproved safe and effective by the FDA,according to a recent GovernmentAccountability Office report.

The FDA “approves” drugs, but itonly “clears” medical devices. Thisleaves patients at the mercy of devicemanufacturers, who can easilymislead patients and doctors about thesafety of devices.

Several women are suing themanufacturer of a device that wassupposed to treat urinary incontinence

but caused serious problems such aspainful, bloody vaginal discharges.The device, called a vaginal sling, isinserted under the urethra.

So far over 266 women havereported serious problems with it. They assumed, as do mostAmericans, that a product requiringsurgical insertion would have to betested and “approved” by the FDA.Not so; the FDA does minimal testingof a device if the manufacturer says itis similar to a device already on themarket. ■

based upon observing the couple, notnecessarily what the couple intended.

Thus, elements that suggest theintent to be married are put on oneside of the scales of justice and thecontradictory elements are placed onthe other side. An affidavit denyingcommon law marriage would just beone factor to be placed on the scales.Then whichever way the scale tilts(even slightly) in the eyes of thedecider determines the presence orabsence of common law marriage.

If a common law marriage isfound to exist, the “spouse” hascertain elective shares, allowances andclaims against the deceased’s estatethat supersede the will and inColorado even a living trust. Thus, the“unintended spouse” has rights thatare prior to the children receivingtheir inheritance and the other provi-sions of the estate plan.

If no marriage is intended, then donot act or arrange your affairs as a“married” couple. Be sure your willsand durable powers of attorney areupdated after commencement of co-habitation to reflect the separate status.

Some couples even enter into anagreement to not only set up thepresumption of the lack of intent to bemarried but also to address issuessuch as property ownership. Anattorney can help suggest additionalelements to observe and things to do.

If a couple marries, then the estatedocuments and powers of attorneyshould be updated to reflect the newmarital status, and a nuptial agreementbecomes very important. Legal rights ofthe new spouse such as elective share,allowances, claims, maintenance, etc.,are addressed. In addition, the nuptialagreement should cover not only deathbut also possible future divorce.

Thus living together may not be assimple as you first thought. At somepoint, see a lawyer so that your intentas a couple is properly established inorder to reduce future unhappysurprises.________________Attorney Ron Rutz will answer ques-tions sent to 2625 Redwing Road,Suite 180, Fort Collins CO 80525,phone 223-8288, email rutz@ ronal-drutz.com. ■

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Traveling byStagecoach

By Bill Lambdin

What was it like to travel bystagecoach in the 1800s? A

man named Raphael Pumpellydescribed his trip in 1860:

“The coach was fitted with threeseats, and these were occupied bynine passengers. As the occupants ofthe front and middle seats faced eachother, it was necessary for these sixpeople to interlock their knees.

“And there being room inside foronly ten of the twelve legs, each sideof the coach was graced by a footdangling near the wheel, trying invain to find a place of support.

“An unusually heavy mail (load)in the boot, by weighing down therear, kept those of us on the front seatconstantly bent forward, taking awayall support from our backs, renderingrest at all times out of the question...

“The fatigue of uninterruptedtraveling by day and night in a

Aspectacular rock garden calledthe “Colorado Stonehenge” is

located in north Fort Collins atCollege Avenue and Terry LakeRoad (along Highway 287).

It resembles the Stonehenge onthe Salisbury Plains of England andwas built by Jim Striggow, who said,“I’m a dreamer like my grandfather.”

His grandfather built SunsetWatergarden in Michigan. Jim cameto Colorado 28 years ago and hasrock quarries near Owl Canyonnorth of Fort Collins.

He used heavy equipment to placethe large monoliths and cap stones inhis rock garden, which includes apond and beautiful fountain.

There are paths for visitors to walkon. The large upright stones weigheight tons each and are ten feet high.

Jim visited England’sStonehenge in 1996. It is believedthose stones may have been trans-ported from Wales over 300 milesaway sometime before 1800 BC. Itis also believed the famous land-mark served as a place of worshipand as an astronomical calendar.

Jim was so impressed withStonehenge that he decided to buildsomething like it here in FortCollins. It serves as a landmark forhis business office, which is in therock building on the property. It isalso an unusual place to visit. ■

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The “Colorado Stonehenge” in Fort Collins. Photo Arlene Ahlbrandt.

Stagecoach at Dolores, Colo. W.H. Jackson photo. Colorado Historical Society.

crowded coach, and in the mostuncomfortable positions, was begin-ning to tell seriously upon all thepassengers, and was producing acondition bordering on insanity...

“In some persons, this temporarymania developed itself to such adegree that their own safety and thatof their fellow travelers made itnecessary to leave them at thenearest station, where sleep usuallyrestored them before the arrival ofthe next stage on the following week.

“Instances have occurred of trav-elers jumping in this condition fromthe coach and wandering off to a deathfrom starvation upon the desert...

“Nothing but the most perfectpresence of mind on the part of thedriver could prevent accidents. Eventhis was not always enough, as wasproved by a stage we met in whichevery passenger had either a bandagedhead or an arm in a sling.”

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By Scott BurnsFinancial Writer

Q: I have a daughter who will beturning 21 in a few months. Shelives in New York. She will becoming into about $40,000. Ihave been told that land inFlorida has been reduced in pricedue to the market. Do you think itwould be a wise long-term invest-ment for her to purchase land inFlorida? If so, what area wouldyou recommend?

A: This is not a good idea. Notbecause the land is in Florida. It is abad idea because you are contem-plating an investment in an illiquidasset that costs money to hold sinceit will require paying real estatetaxes.

Your daughter is facing a majorperiod of uncertainty in her life—establishing a career, possibly gettingmarried, perhaps buying a house. Shemay also be moving several times.That means her assets should be in

Investment Questionsthings that are easy to sell, if neces-sary. Still more important, her assetsshould be salable in small portions.That isn’t land, which doesn’t comein shares.

As an alternative, I suggest buyinga variety of index funds when themarket stabilizes. She could includeone that invests in REITs, real estateinvestment trusts.

Q: You have written that you do notbelieve target funds may be a goodinvestment choice. I have a financialplanner who advised me to useVanguard Target 2025 for a smallamount that I have in a Roth IRAaccount.

Since she felt there was notenough money to diversify to anylarge degree ($28,000) in a numberof funds, she said this would be adiversification within one fund. I am72 years old. I think she has a goodidea here. I am well-diversified inmy taxable and IRA accounts andwill probably never touch this

account. Your thoughts? A: Yes, that’s a good idea. It

works because you aren’t likely toaccess the money, and it can growwithout tax liability. If you think ofit as money intended for your heirs,the current 80 percent commitmentto equities is a good idea for futuregrowth. Better still, the risk willautomatically diminish as you age,and the odds of a transfer willincrease.

In this instance, the structure of atarget portfolio suits your individualpurposes very nicely. The reasonyou haven’t seen much enthusiasmfor target-date funds in this columnis that it isn’t always a good idea toreduce equity commitment as oneages. Yet that is the underlyingpremise of all these funds. ________________Scott Burns is a longtime financialwriter for the Dallas Morning Newsand other newspapers. He answerssome general questions sent to:[email protected]. ■

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Laughter Is theBest Medicine

An Irishman who played thebagpipe told this story:

“A funeral director asked me toplay at a graveside service for an oldIrishman who had no family.

“The director said the burialwould be far out in the country at anold farm. He hoped I could find it. Igot lost on the way and arrived anhour late. No one was there except afew workers standing next to abackhoe beside the grave.

“Some dirt was already on thecoffin, but I stepped up beside thegrave and began to play for the poorold Irishman. I played my heart out foran hour, everything from Danny Boyto the Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

“Tears came to the eyes of theworkmen standing beside me, and asI left I heard one of them say, ‘I ain’tnever heard nothin’ like that in allmy born days, and I been buryingseptic tanks for 30 years.’”

An Australian tour guide wasshowing a group of Americantourists around. On their way toKakadu, he was describing the abili-ties of the Aborigine to track man orbeast over land, through the air orbeneath the sea. The Americanswere doubtful.

Later, the tour rounded a bend onthe highway and discovered anAborigine lying in the middle of theroad. He had one ear pressed to theground. The guide and tourists gath-ered round.

“Jacky,” said the guide, “what

are you tracking and what are youlistening for?”

The Aborigine said, “Down theroad about thirty miles is a 1971pickup. It’s red. The left front tire isbald. The front end is out of whackand it has dents in every panel.There are three kangaroos tied onthe roof rack and two dogs on thefront seat. There are six fellas in theback, all drinking beer.”

The tourists were amazed andone asked, “Wow, man! How doyou know all that?”

The Aborigine said, “I fell out ofthe damn truck a half hour ago.”

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Such aneurysms can be deadly ifthey rupture. They are caused by a weakarea in the main blood vessel that carriesblood from the heart to the rest of thebody.

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abdominal aortic aneurysms,” saidresearchers.

Part of the problem may be thatdoctors are unaware of the screeningbenefit, which is done by an ultrasoundand a physical examination of theabdomen. Symptoms are easily missedor dismissed; they include sudden backpain or abdominal pain.

Experts recommend a one-timescreening for men age 65 to 70 whoever smoked, used other tobacco prod-ucts, or have a family history of heartdisease. ■

6. On the LPGA tour, nam e thewoman who won all four majors.________________ANSWERS.1. Tiger’s fist name is Eldrick. Jack’s isJack. Chi Chi’s is Juan. Fuzzy’s isFrank; his middle name is Urban, so hisinitials FUZ prompted Fuzzy.2. Native country of Els is SouthAfrica. Langer is Germany. Woosnam isWales. Price is South Africa.3. British Amateur.4. Arnold Palmer.5. PGA Championship.6. Betsy King. ■

Here’s a little golf quiz. Answers areat the end.

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An experimental drug calledvistonuridine might help cancer

patients who are accidentally overex-posed to the chemotherapy drug5-fluorouracil.

Researchers with the AmericanSociety of Clinical Oncology saidabout 1,300 cancer patients die annu-ally from chemotherapy overexposure;another 8,000 have serious problemsfrom overexposure.

Vistonuridine administered within 8to 96 hours of overexposure performedvery well. In one study of 17 patients,every patient given the drug recovered

fully from the overexposure. Withoutthe drug, researchers said 13 of thosepatients would have died.

About 250,000 cancer patientsreceive the chemotherapy drug 5-fluo-rouracil annually. Overexposure can becaused by several things: infusionpump malfunctions, wrong dose calcu-lations, and wrong programming.

Researchers say they believe thenew drug is safe and hope it willreceive FDA approval before long. Thepharmaceutical company WellstatTherapeutics makes vistonuridine andwas involved in the studies. ■


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