Recently, as I was exploring Cheyenne Mountain State Park, I spotted a large dead tree still standing, thanks to a smaller tree that was holding it up – its branches wrapped around the dead tree’s trunk. 

The dead tree had scars made years ago by barbed-wire fencing. The barbed wire was long since removed, but the scars remained.

Of course, we don’t use barbed wire much in state parks. It was a remnant of the cattle ranch that existed here for decades before this property for became a state park in 2006.

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15 Years Ago

August 1, 2003

·     Rod Johnson, Kiowa County Executive Director of the USDA Farm Service, recently was honored with the National Distinguished Service Award

·     Eads Volunteer Fire Department is one of 450 recipients in the seventh round of the 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.

“Bert looks good this morning, Doc,” Dud said, quietly. Three stools down the counter, Bert smiled and said, “Yes, I certainly do!”

We turned toward our old pal. “You heard that?”

“Sure did, guys,” he grinned. “Look….”

He pointed to his ears. “Hearing aids,” he said. We walked over and looked, and sure enough.

“It was Maizie’s idea,” Bert said. “She made the appointment and everything. Said she was tired of having the TV on so loud.”

“But it was a good idea, Bert,” Doc said.

VIOLENCE

“The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right. Proverbs 21:7

For anyone with diabetes, glucose monitoring is an essential skill in self-care behavior.  Diabetes care advances every year and new methods of tracking glucose numbers develop.