An active proponent for the underserved and underprivileged, I spent the first several years of my life in an orphanage. I remember pulling a pair of pajamas randomly out of a pile each night, and hoping that I grabbed a pair with built in feet to keep me warm on cold winter nights. I didn’t [...]

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On Christmas day, kids’ excitement peaks as their presents are opened. Within a couple of hours, most of the ooo’s and ah’s have all but faded away. Our attention turns to the bills, Christmas dinner, and plans for the New Year’s Eve festivities. It’s a predictable routine we push ourselves through — not just at [...]

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Why are we hiring consultants from outside the “Choice City?” Shouldn’t we make choices from within our city? I’m sure our City government can cite numerous reasons. Some examples are: The City hired an out-of-state consultant to help develop a new City Plan that reflected the desires of our previous City Council. Maybe a local [...]

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Heroin The U. S. is experiencing a rekindling in the popularity of heroin. Recent indicators point to a significant increase in heroin availability and a serious rise in heroin abuse nationwide. In a recent report, DEA Administrator Tom Constantine states: “The worldwide threat posed by heroin should not be underestimated. Potential global heroin production has [...]

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Who would ever think that after attending CSU and being a hall of fame basketball player, he would offer tremendous insight and impact our youth over a forty-year teaching career in the Poudre school district? Before becoming a teacher, the NBA and the Army drafted him simultaneously — he played ball for the Army. The [...]

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Throughout history, hostility between governments has been common. Most often, the disputes are over land and who will control the property. Presently, the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County are sparring over the region between Fort Collins and Loveland, known as the “Corridor.” What is at stake is significant. The Corridor area has long [...]

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Recently, Colorado Senate approved Bill 99 to be sent to the House. This bill proposes to stem the spread of AIDS among drug addicts by giving them free needles to support their intravenous drug habit that becomes exempt from the drug paraphernalia law. The root of the problem is not the AIDS epidemic, but a [...]

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During the first century of the Fort Collins’ Police department existence, only seventeen officers of Hispanic decent were hired by the City. Promotion of a Hispanic officer to supervisor did not occur until 1982, and shortly before his retirement in 1996, a second Hispanic officer was promoted. The first Hispanic police officer hired was Manuel [...]

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Teaching of Evolution Despite its claim to be the most fundamental concept in biology, there are assertions that many American public school students are never exposed to the teachings of evolutionary theory. A new guidebook issued by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) attempts to remedy this deficiency by offering educators the tools necessary to [...]

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In the early 1800s, the cattle country in the United States was a massive unfenced area. It ranged from the Canadian border south to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Rocky Mountains east to the Missouri River. Originally, cattle raising was centered in the Texas area where the climate was advantageous and grazing plentiful. [...]

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