By Michelle Wyckoff

Parking Spaces.  Defined by someone on the internet as ” a space where automobiles can be parked.”   In a parking lot.  In Pueblo.  At Walmart.  I find myself  parking there quite frequently.  Any time I feel the need for a really good challenge, I go park there.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has revised the non-medical immunization exemption form used by parents who do not want their children to receive state-required vaccinations.

The purpose of the waiver is to inform parents who choose not to vaccinate their children of the risks associated with various childhood diseases.

This year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) – an award-winning program of the American Forest Foundation that applies the forest as “a window on the world” to educate PreK-12 and environmental educators – is celebrating its 40th anniversary. In Colorado, which was one of the first 10 states to initially adopt PLT, this celebration will be formally recognized with a one-day workshop on Sept. 17 at the Lone Star School in Otis, Colo., in the same location as the first Colorado PLT workshop in 1976.

Financial assistance is available for Colorado companies with organic certification. In order to qualify for this year’s reimbursement, producers and handlers must have received certification or continuation of certification by a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) accredited certifying agent commencing October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016.

Under the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2013, cost share assistance payments are limited to 75 percent of an individual producer’s or handler’s certification costs up to a maximum of $750 per category of certification.

Arkansas Headwaters

By Doris Lessenden

Connie Sue (Howerton) McPherson, 63, departed this life in Independence, Missouri on September 3, 2016 surrounded by family.

Connie was born on December 13, 1952 in La Junta, Colorado, the third daughter of Bobby & Elberta Howerton.

Hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills, some containing deadly amounts of fentanyl, have flooded the nation, according to a recent report released by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking public input on a Supplemental Park Management Plan for the state-owned lands managed by Lake Pueblo State Park. The lands that are part of the planning include the CPW-owned portions of the Honor Farm, a parcel owned by the State Land Board and the Chain of Lakes along the Arkansas River. It does not include the bulk of the park property that is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. Park staff will kick-off an 8-day public comment period on Tuesday, September 13, with an open house.