Category Archives: 2018

2018, BOCC

BOCC April 30: Clinic Board Chair Defends Clinic Performance

BOCC: Clinic Board Chair
Defends Clinic Performance
Update: Accused of Illegal Electioneering
Tourism Board Members Issue?
Kerfuffle Ensues

Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC)

—April 30, 2018
WESTCLIFFE, Colo.

by Jackie Bubis
The Board agreed to cancel the Executive session scheduled for 2 p.m. They approved the minutes of the April 18th meeting.
Commissioner Items
Commissioner Canda reported on attending the Justice Center committee meeting. At the E-911 meeting there was a discussion on the IGA for sharing costs on the towers used by emergency services. He stated that the Road & Bridge department may be able to do more than anticipated this year because of lack of snow plowing. Mr. Canda had a conversation with Armstrong Engineering regarding some of the upgrades at the airport that the new owners of the south part of Wolf Springs Ranch are wanting – and are willing to pay for. There will need to be a study – funded by these new owners – of the load capacity of the existing runway. He also confirmed that he is registered for the Mountain Connect conference in Vail later this year. Continue reading BOCC April 30: Clinic Board Chair Defends Clinic Performance →

2018

Rural Healthcare Forum

Rural Healthcare Forum Packed
by Concerned Citizens
Which Is More Important:
Doctors or Bureaucracy?

by Fred Hernandez
By all accounts and measures it was an overflow attendance at Tony’s Pizza on Thursday evening, April 26th, for the monthly Liberty Rocks public forum hosted by Dan and Jackie Bubis. At 6 p.m., just before the meeting was called to order, the room was full to capacity with over 100 guests. The crowd was energetic and in good spirits as the Master of Ceremonies, Dan Bubis, got the meeting started with his ROE (Rules of Engagement); there would be two short power point presentations by Mr. Malin Jones and Dr. Gary Mohr to offer basic information and statistics on rural healthcare, followed by a question and answer period at which time the five PATIENTS FIRST candidates running for the Clinic Board would speak about their backgrounds and be available for questions and answers from the audience. Jax Bubis would be the official time keeper and keep everyone on schedule in order to have an orderly meeting and conclude on time. Continue reading Rural Healthcare Forum →

2018, Uncategorized

Sheepdog Explanations

The New Subscriber’s Guide
to Reading and Loving
the  ‘A Sheepdog Barks!’ Column

We constantly get questions from new readers about the strange “sounds” and “abbreviations” in my column. This column was inspired by an article I read many years ago called “On Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs.” New readers can always find it on our web site at SangreDeCristoSentinel.com. Today you can read a condensed version on page 19. Please read it; it will help you understand.
Today I’m reprinting excerpts from several of my previous columns. I’m calling this one “The New Subscriber’s Guide to Reading and Loving the ‘A Sheepdog Barks!’ Column.” Continue reading Sheepdog Explanations →

2018, BOCC

BOCC April 18 2018: BOCC: Cleanup Day Scheduled, Land Acquisition, Tower Electric Bills, Possible Weed Manager Share

Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC)

—April 18, 2018
WETMORE, Colo.

by Jackie Bubis

The meeting started at 9 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. Introductions of the public in attendance followed.
Chairman Tom Flower began with Attorney Items:
Attorney Roger Smith reported giving legal advice to Sheriff Shannon Byerly, attending the Justice Center Committee Meeting (see below for discussion of name change.) He also went to the Fire Ban Workshop, and drafted a letter to Tom Redmond regarding airport hangar space. Continue reading BOCC April 18 2018: BOCC: Cleanup Day Scheduled, Land Acquisition, Tower Electric Bills, Possible Weed Manager Share →

2018, Uncategorized

The Naked Communist

The LPSCD Manifesto

Cleon Skousen (1913-2006) was a conservative constitutionalist and author. He was an FBI Special Agent and the Police Chief of Salt Lake City, UT. Skousen was a controversial author and speaker, extremely anti-communist and opposed all federal regulatory agencies and argued for the abolition of everything from the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He also wanted to repeal the minimum wage, eliminate unions, nullify anti-discrimination laws, sell off public lands and national parks, end the direct election of senators, eliminate the federal income tax and estate taxes, remove the walls separating church and state, and end the Federal Reserve System.  His book, The Naked Communist, was first published in 1958 and exposed the dangers of the Communists trying to destroy America from within.  In his book he printed the strategic Communist Goals of that time to accomplish that task.  We are alarmed at how many of them seem to be the current goals (bolded) of the Liberal Progressives and the Democrat Party in America today.  Please review these (at the link below)  and judge for yourself.  We believe they have already accomplished many of them.   The LPSCD Manifesto

 

2018, Letters

Discovery of Hospital District Board Position Openings—Almost by Accident

Dear friends;
You may or may not have heard that there is an election coming up at the local Hospital District (Clinic). Almost by accident, some in our group found out about it.
In the past, we, the general public, were not usually privy to such information. The Board of Directors were merely and routinely appointed and confirmed with the barest minimum of information to the citizenry. It is because of this lack of transparency that the clinic continued to operate at what many feel was, and continues to be, subpar performance. Despite a total tax payer mil levy contribution of around $850,000 A YEAR, the clinic continues its sub par performance especially with respect of having doctors on staff. In fact, there are again, currently no medical doctors on staff at the clinic. In the coming months we have a golden opportunity to change that status quo. We can take back the management of our clinic and turn it into a healthcare service that can benefit each and every one of the county residents. Continue reading Discovery of Hospital District Board Position Openings—Almost by Accident →

2018, Custer County Kids

Awards Banquet Closes Bobcat Basketball Season

Press Release
by CCSD-1 Staff

Last week, the Custer County Boy’s Basketball team had their end of season banquet. Coach Prins talked about the successful things that happen this year, the 18-game JV schedule, having 16 players to finish the season, the team improving each week, never quitting and the 22 points scored in the second
quarter at Del Norte.
Each player was introduced and received an award.Participation awards went to Wyatt Aldrich, Matthew Kienbusch, Dillon Kinsey, James Koester, JD Morris, Hunter Speer, and Elias Zeller.
Letters went to William (Billy) Berry, Wesley Curtis, David Kinsey, Chad Lewenkamp, Kobe Lewsader, Jakob Morris, Patrick Post, Eero Prusti, and Cash Rowley.
Assistant Coaches Cole McCollum and Scott Thomas handed out the team awards. These awards were voted on by the players. Coach Thomas handed out the “Hustle Award” to Patrick Post and
“Defensive Player of the Year” to
David Kinsey. Coach McCollum handed out the “Most Improved Player” to Eero Prusti and the “Most Valuable Player” to William (Billy) Berry.
Coach Prins thanked the parents, Joy Parrish, Jack Christensen and the players for their support. The program ended with a slide show of pictures and music put together by Deanna Woods.

2018

Ready, Set, Go! Campaign

Press Release
West Custer County Library

The Ready, Set, Go!  (RSG) Program is managed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). This program helps firefighting and emergency preparedness professionals teach community members who live in high risk wildfire areas how to best prepare themselves and their properties against fire threats. Cindy Howard, the Custer County Emergency Management (OEM) Director, will present the Ready, Set, Go program to the public at the West Custer County Library on Tuesday, April 24th at 5 p.m.
Howard will address expectations for a potentially active 2018 fire season including drought and forest health conditions. The Code Red system and the Custer County Notification and Warning Plan will also be discussed. Library staff will be available to help you sign up for the Code Red system at the event.
Howard’s role with the OEM since 2016 includes: public outreach to educate and inform the citizens of Custer County how to personally plan, prevent and mitigate risks to threats such as wildfire and winter storms. The Hayden Pass, Beulah Hills and Junkins fires, as well as the post-wildfire flash-flooding along Hardscrabble Creek in 2017 and a deployment to hurricane Irma are just some of the challenges she has faced. Ms. Howard has been an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Custer County Board of Zoning Adjustment, the Custer County Planning Commission and the Custer County Tourism Board.
For more information on these free library events, please contact Cathy at 719-783-9138 or email cathy@westcusterlibrary.org.

2018, Letters

The Gun Grabbers are HERE in Boulder

The Gun Grabbers are HERE in Boulder

Editor;

Hi, I’m writing to you because I subscribe to your paper and it would be a waste of time to write to The Denver Post, The Times Call or The Daily Camera. I attended the Boulder City Council Gun Grab meeting. I would say that there were approximately 20 gun owners to every gun grabber. The gun grabbers had their children with them bearing signs that said things like ” No more sales of Military Weapons”. The kid was about four [ years old] , his Mom was pregnant and this is scary. The sound system was terrible, you could not hear the speakers, the visual sub-titles were at the bottom of the screen so that if you were not Tall or infant you could not tell what was being said and there was no air, no open window and no air conditioning. The place was packed, upstairs downstairs and the back room. It was so unpleasant that I got the feeling that they did not want us there. I also got the feeling that this law was already passed. There will be another Government fee and a $100,000 fine if you don’t register your guns.

I looked up violent crime statistics for Boulder. (2013- 0 murders, 33 rapes) (2014- 1 murder, 43 rapes) (2015- 1 murder, 39 rapes) (2016, 0 murders, 46 rapes) (2017- 3 murders, 41 rapes} The crime statistics do not say if the murder were gun related, knife or beating. I do remember some homeless guys beating a guy to death in that time period. Those rape numbers are extraordinarily high and should be addressed. If those women were armed I bet the numbers would come down but being Boulder what we need is a [phallic] registration program, fee determined by size; in Boulder it is not function but appearance.  I also think we need a Second Amendment PRIDE Day, where everyone who owns gun that has not shot a person has to open carry that gun on Second Amendment PRIDE Day. In this action we can show the snowflakes how many guns
are out there that have not broken out of their gun safes and attacked them.

Ed Dloughy,
Longmont, Colorado

2018

2018 Silver Cliff Election Results Are In

Update: Final ballot count:  Jeremy Handy (124), David Elliott
( 119), Lisa Guarnere (87), Mary Behrendt (85), Mary Gompf (82) and Samantha Moos (39). 

Unofficial results for the Silver Cliff Town Board:

Two of the three open Town Board portions have been decided: Jeremy Handy (119 votes) and David Elliott (114 votes) are in. Absentee ballots out so the third position will have to wait for these to be counted. The three candidates for the final spot are Lisa Guarnere (85 votes), Mary Behrendt (81 votes) and Mary Gompf (81 votes). Samantha Moos had (38 votes). April 12th is the final day for election results with the positions taking office at May town meeting.