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Dear Dietitian

My fourteen-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with celiac disease.  We made an appointment with a dietitian, and she is doing her best to follow a gluten-free diet.  The problem is she still has stomach aches and diarrhea three to five times a week. What should we do? --Mandy

Dear Mandy,

Taxpayers who received large refunds earlier this year may be able to get more of their money included in their paychecks during the rest of 2018 by using the Withholding Calculatoron IRS.gov.

The first two human cases of West Nile virus in Colorado in 2018 have been reported in Weld and Delta counties. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reminds people that preventing mosquito bites is the No. 1 way to avoid getting any mosquito-borne illness.

Thanks to two grants from the Gates Family Foundation, high quality interpretive signs were recently installed along the walking paths at Boggsville Historic Site.  The new signs are designed to blend with the natural landscape and withstand the harsh Southeast Colorado sun and wind. The former trail signs were a mishmash of markers installed at various times during various projects. The old signs, erected many years ago, were cracked, peeling, difficult to read and were removed.

Makes:   12 servings 

Make your own muffins from scratch with this recipe. If fresh blueberries are unavailable or costly, try using frozen blueberries.

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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.