Tables had to be added for place settings at the April Weisbrod Hospital Auxiliary meeting at the JJ’s Ranch House for the following ladies:  Valorie Briggs, Barb Diel, Betty Crow, Cleta Englehardt, Alice Glover, LaVerle Kelley, Doris Lessenden, Opal Miner, Madonna Pollreis, Loretta Seibel, and staff: Teri Simmons-Castle.

President Alice Glover chaired the meeting and complemented those who go to the Extended Care Unit (nursing home) to play Bingo or Bunco on the second Tuesday night of the month.

2018 TRI-LEAGUE MEET—HOLLY HIGH SCHOOL

Friday, May 5, 2018

10:00 a.m. 1st Session Field Events: (4 attempts each athlete) (Girls Discus, Boys Shot Put, Girls High Jump, Girls Long Jump-North, Boys Long Jump-South.)

The following field events will begin following the completion of the 1st session of field events.  They may run through the lunch break.

2nd Session field events (4 attempts each athlete)

A U.S. District Court judge today ordered Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams to put Congressman Doug Lamborn's name on the June 26 primary ballot.

Judge Philip Brimmer said the secretary cannot enforce a state law that requires petition circulators be residents of Colorado. With that law struck, the six-term congressman had enough valid voter signatures to get on the ballot. His candidacy was in question after two separate courts ruled that some of his signatures couldn't be counted because they were collected by nonresidents.

With wildfires already burning homes in Colorado this spring, more than three-quarters of the state in drought conditions and a low snowpack, the possibility of a dangerous wildfire season looms in the minds of many residents. Now is an ideal time for homeowners living in the wildland-urban interface, public lands users and others to become more knowledgeable about how they can join in reducing wildfire risk.

Dear EarthTalk:I heard that the apparel industry has a huge carbon footprint and environmental impact. What are manufacturers doing to combat this problem?                     -- Bea Wilson, Miami, FL

Theresa and Quinton Weber went to Denver over the weekend to be with Jerry. Theresa reported that Jerry seemed to be finally doing better. Keep him in your prayers that he continues to move forward.

Saturday, Amy Schmidt, Barb Wanderlingh and I traveled to Springfield to watch the track team compete. It was a nice warm day and there were lots of teams there.

Congratulations to Larry and Amanda Koeller on the birth of their daughter. Emalee was born April 24 in Lamar.

As long as there have been The Avengers, there has been the threat of Thanos (Josh Brolin). The villain’s visage first appeared midway through the credits of the superteam’s first adventure back in 2012. Once 99% of the audience looked up who he was, they got excited to see him in an upcoming sequel. The most we’ve seen of him since then was in 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”, which ironically was not an Avengers movie, though still an important part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Fieldwork and spring planting progressed quickly around moisture events this past week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Midweek moisture was mostly confined to eastern districts, while the west and south remained dry. Hot and dry temperatures finished out the week statewide.

Charlotte Phillips

September 19, 1940 – April 21, 2018

Charlotte Marie Denton was born September 19, 1940 at the Mennonite Hospital in La Junta, Colorado.  The third child of Robert and Margaret Denton. 

Charlotte started school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she also attended school in La Junta and Penrose, graduating from Las Animas High School in 1958.

Search and rescue experts from several area agencies plan to resume searching Lake Pueblo on Tuesday for a man in a small aluminum boat who went missing along the north shore of Lake Pueblo State Park.

The search began shortly after noon Monday following calls from witnesses who reported seeing a small boat, hearing a loud noise, then seeing the boat disappear and a man in the water several yards off shore, calling for help.

When the man didn't swim to shore, the witnesses, who were fishing on the shore, called 9-1-1 for help.