Sunday starts off cooler ahead of a few warm days before winter arrives – both on the calendar and in Colorado’s weather. Snow may accompany the start of the season.

Eastern Plains

Freezing drizzle is expected across much of northeast Colorado Sunday, while the southeast will see patchy fog clearing through the morning. Temperatures will be much cooler than Saturday, with most of the plains reaching only low 40s.

Holiday travel tips for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias

Traveling over the holiday season is stressful enough under ideal circumstances, but for 5.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s (including 69,000 in Colorado) and their families, this can be a particularly challenging time.

While the symptoms of this progressive brain disease can sometimes make travel more difficult, it doesn’t mean families can’t travel with a loved one with dementia and participate in holiday festivities.

Holiday lighting and decorations contribute to the splendor of the season but they can also significantly increase the risk of fires and electrical injuries if not used safely.   The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFi) has put together a comprehensive list of holiday lighting and decoration safety tips and resources.  You can view the complete list at www.esfi.org.

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There is a nighttime sweetness and hope that hovers over us this time of year here at home. This is a time for summing up and looking ahead … and a time for dreams.

And at night… ah, that’s the time, isn’t it? Outside it’s dark, December dark, and we’re inside and warm and cocooned up. The cold makes our world shrink, especially at night.

But we have our dreams.

15 Years Ago

December 13, 2002

• Through the National Fire Plan, much needed dollars came to rural fire departments in southeast Colorado.
• The community announcement board on Galaxy Cable channel 3 in Eads will return to the air within the next week.
• The FFA class at Kit Carson High School has selected to work in cooperation with FarmRanchLink for their fund-raising project.

25 Years Ago

December 10, 1992

Birthdays

December 18

• Millicent Spady
• Jason Japhet*In Memory
• Cheryl Davis
• JaNae Voss
• Mike Morrow
• Shelby Sheridan
• Stephanie Rusher
• Joshua Wilson
• Ciyena Stum
• Kyle Deter

December 19

• Hailey Ray
• Darrel Stolzenberger
• Avalon Engstrom
• Jason Wallick
• Clay Banion
• Danae Cleveland
• Julie Gleason
• Savannah Lang
• Jeremy Denney

December 20

HIS NAME IS JESUS

"She will bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for He will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21