The Senior Voice - March 2009

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e Cache la Poudre River is onef the few remaining wild andc rivers in the West, undamedntamed.he canyon through which it runsof Fort Collins has numerous

es associated with northernados pioneers.he small village of Rusticined one of the Poudre Canyonshotels, the Rustic Hotel. It wasshortly after 1881 by pioneerel Stewart, who homesteaded inart of the canyon.ewart chose the name Rustic toh the primitive setting in whichuilt his log hotel. It was a stagewhen first constructed and later aar hunting and tourist lodge.ewart also built much of the

up Poudre Canyon that we drivewest of Rustic, including part

e road over Cameron Pass tod.e was an enterprising pioneerbelieved gold mines in the

ntains above Poudre Canyon

d need a wagon road so suppliesbe hauled in and ore hauled out.

He charged a toll for each wagon thatused his road.

Some gold and silver strikes hadbeen made at Lulu City in 1880; soStewart extended his Poudre Canyonroad to that camp high in the NeverSummer Range of what is now thenorthwest corner of Rocky MountainNational Park, just on the west edgeof Larimer County.

To build the Lulu City road,Stewart had to hack out a trail fromCameron Pass south over theContinental Divide at 12,000-footThunder Pass, then down to the head-waters of the Colorado River.

This was a monumental task withnothing but picks and shovels, horsesand wagons, in a rugged mountainrange famous for fierce winter stormsand some of the deepest snows inColorado. But Stewart did it.

Unfortunately, the mines at LuluCity contained low-grade ore andplayed out quickly. Stewarts work onthat road did not pay off.

But his Rustic Hotel wassuccessful. For many years, it was afavorite spot with northern Colorado

residents who wanted to get to themountains.

The Will Barnes family, Poudre Canyon pioneers. Loveland Museum.

Later an Iowa millionaire namedNorman Haskins bought the hotel,remodeled it and gave it to hismistress, Mary Luthewhich causedquite a scandal in the canyon.

The old Rustic Hotel was torndown in 1978, but you can still seewhere it once stood, just east of theGlen Echo building and on the oppo-site side of Highway 14.

You can also hike up Stewarts oldmining road from Cameron Pass, overthe Continental Divide at ThunderPass, and down the Colorado Riverheadwaters to the location of the ghosttown Lulu City.

Local Forest Service maps willhelp you find the route, which isdescribed in Stan Cases book ThePoudre: A Photo History, available atlocal bookstores.________________COVER PICTURE: Marmots inRocky Mountain National Park.Taken by Fort Collins professionalphotographer Gregory Mayse. Seehis photographs at Trimble Court Artisans in Fort Collins andwww.gregorymayse.com. Email him

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About Family Financial Issuesott Burns

ncial Writer

ese days, many women have afe expectancy of 100 years.any of them want to leave some- behind for their children or

dchildren. In fact, some depriveselves and are hoarding moneyeir children.ut thats a problem. The childrent be children. They will be olde by the time the will is read.eres the math for my family. Ifoney is distributed until my wifees 100, our youngest child will. The oldest will be pushing 80.many families, the next genera-

will be inheriting money longthey would be inclined to blow itnew Ferrari. They will also be

riting it long after they haved most of the financial hurdleseand too late to truly makeives better.

What can we do?ive early; give often. Put theage of time in their hands. Herea few examples. None are

unusual, but their leverage isimmense.

Give home down payments whenthey are ready. Accumulating a downpayment is a long and difficultprocess. A down payment begetsfuture price appreciation and years of

future tax deductions.If the price of the house is twotimes your childrens income, annualappreciation of 4 percent a year willgrow their net worth by 8 percent oftheir income a year.

Prepay grandchildrens tuitions.This does double duty. It educates thegrandchildren, and it allows theparents more financial freedombecause they wont have to save themoney themselves. It may allow themto fully fund their 401(k) plans.

Contribute to a Roth IRA for your

children. With young children at home,most people are hard-pressed to maxi-mize their tax-deductible 401(k) plan.

But funding a Roth IRA for anadult child allows your money togrow tax-free in their name. Every$1,000 given today is like providingan inheritance of $8,000 in 30 years or

$16,000 in 40 years, adjusted forinflation.

Contribute to a charitable fund;meet with your children to decidegifts. Between community founda-tions and the charitable fundsestablished by most of the major

mutual fund firms, it is very easy tomake a gift that becomes the basis forfuture annual giving by your children.

They receive no tax benefitsbecause its your money, but it may

augment their charitable gTake everyone to the

families increasingly sprthe country, the role of priceless.

Finally, if you can thankful. Today and tom

lot harder for most people________________Scott Burns is a longtimwriter for the Dallas Moand other papers. I

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CFS sufferers feel tired andlethargic constantly. Many of themalso complain of stomach pain, andthats what led researches to concludethat CFS is caused by viruses in thedigestive tractspecifically chronicantiviral infections.

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of wheat and 6 acres of oats.brought $l00 a ton at Blackk and Central City (wherers were). David bought a tonotatoes for 7 cents a pound,ed them to Central City, andthem for l2 cents a pound.

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north of Derby Hill and another 40north of that in l885 to own all theproperty along Highway 287 fromDerby Hill north to the 400 block ofSouth Lincoln Street in Loveland.

In l882 he bought l60 acressoutheast of Loveland, plusanother ll0 acres just north of thatin l894. This land, known for yearsas Hershman Hill, was east of

Derby Hill.At the turn of the century, hebuilt three houses on East ThirdStreet. A store at the corner of EastThird and Railroad, known asHarrison and Hershman Grocery,was operated by George Harrison,husband of Davids daughter.

David moved to Boulder laterso his younger girls could attendthe university. From there, hemoved to Long Beach, California,where he died in l92l.

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The ranch survived the GreatDepression, wars and familytragedies to become one of themajor historic attractions inColorado. It is one of the fewplaces where you can see what apioneer mountain ranch lookedlike. Buildings, personal familyitems, and other things have beenpreserved exactly as they were the1800s.

Pickerings book is an inter-esting account of this unusualColorado family who deserve to beremembered. He traces the dreams

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The tunnel was named for U.S.Senator Alva B. Adams, aColorado Democrat who secured$43 million to start the project as a

joint effort between the U.S.Bureau of Reclamation and thenewly formed Northern ColoradoWater Conservancy District.

ill Lambdin

ter the establishment ofGreeley in 1870 by Nathanker and the Union Colony

eers, probably the most impor-event in Weld Countys

ory was the Big Thompsonect that brought water fromrados west slope to front

e farms and towns.Without the Big Thompson

ect (named for the Bigmpson River), Weld Countyld not have become one ofricas richest agricultural.efore the project waspleted in 1947, the farms

nd Greeley were nearly blownduring the Dust Bowl years

e early 1900s.he idea of bringing water

m the west slope through ael was first proposed in 1889ate legislator Hiram Prince.it was such an enormous

undertaking that it took 20 years toget the project started and another20 years to complete it.

The reason it was so enormous?Builders had to figure out how to

divert water across the ContinentalDivide by tunneling under the highmountains of Rocky MountainNational Park.

They did that by building theAlva B. Adams Tunnel, an engi-neering masterpiece that runs deepunder the mountains for 13 miles,linking Grand Lake on the westslope to Marys Lake on the eastslope near Estes Park.

Crews bored a huge 9-foothole from both sides of themountains. When the crews met,

the tunnel was only one-sixteenthof an inch off center line andonly three-fourths of an inch offgrade.

News reports worldwidepraised the achievement, whichwas completed without the sophis-ticated technology of today.

Eventually it took $160complete the tunnepipelines and canals thathe Big Thompson Proje

West slope water iGrand Lake, Shadow Reservoir, Lake Granbylakes. Then it is divertthe tunnel and pipelinesLake, Lake Estes, HReservoir and other lakes.

From the storage extensive system of canwater to farms and townFront Range. The watepower plants and numerous fishing and ractivities at Horsetoothand other lakes.

For Greeley, the wcomes across those mastains has been a life-sustaining force. Itdry, arid land to blobecome a productive pla

Newcomers to Colo

dont know how importhere. Many dont realizof the front range wbarren, treeless desewater storage projects lThompson.

In Colorado, water been more valuable thaall the other ores minemountains.

If our rapid populatcontinues, we may somwater shortages and uwhy author Daniel Tyle

Big Thompson Projecwater hole in the West.

The Alva Adams Tunnel brings water from northern Col

west slope to Greeley and other areas.

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on Rutz, AttorneyCorrespondent

Where can I read about what theonal Representative is expected?: Lets look at not only thenal Representatives position but

hree other major fiduciaries thatneed to be selectedTrustee,

dian, and Agent.ersonal Representative: Calledecutor or administrator in other. The job consists of settling the. Normally, he pays bills, files

eturns, locates estate property,les the legalities to transfers, and makes sure that the legalersonal matters of the deceasedoperly completed.hildren are often selected as theonal Representative, with thet child usually demanding the

on. But be realistic and select an who pays attention to details.rustee: A Trustee is like a quar-ck or agent for a trust (a legalment setting out how to handle). The key elements for a goodee are judgment and a desire tole the trust according to the

wishes of the person who set up thetrust. Specialized knowledge is notnecessarily needed. If a Trustee hastax issues, investment choices, etc., aCPA, attorney, or financial adviser canbe hired.

The Trustee needs to have theability to bring in such people when

necessary. Another significant Trusteeactivity is to interact with the benefici-aries of the trust.

Guardian: When selecting guard-ians, especially for minors, think interms of a surrogate parentsomeonewho has your same moral, religious,and family values. The person needsto be able to handle the physical andemotional tasks of being a parentfor a minor.

For an older individual, aGuardian should have the loyalty andfocus to be available to meet theunique issues presented by an adult

who needs a guardian. Too often arelative is selected without a thoughtas to the unique pressures that areadded to the relationship.

Agent: This is the individual youhave empowered to act on yourbehalf under a Durable Power ofAttorney. Trustworthiness is the key,

nformation on Estate Planningfollowed by the Agent having thetime and being able to handle thingspromptly.

Like a Trustee, specialized knowl-edge or talents are not as important ashaving someone who realizes when tohire an expert toaccomplish certainmatters.

Just one person can act as PersonalRepresentative, Trustee, Guardian,and Agent. But try to match talentswith job requirements and do not just

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A Pioneer and a Buffaloobert Munkres

most emigrants, buffalo were avelty, an annoyance or a source

od. Occasionally, however, a trav-esponded to the huge animals in awhat more feeling manner.ne who did so was Julia Annabald [Holmes], who detailed her

ns in a letter written from Fortn, New Mexico, on January 25,

While her party was detained by ainduced flood the previous

summer on the Santa Fe Trail, Mrs.Holmes husband went out buffalohunting and returned bringing withhim a buffalo calf apparently but aweek old.

She said, It was a great curiosityto us all, and in the fullness of mycompassion for the poor little thing, Imixed up a mess of flour and water,which I hoped to make it drink. Iapproached it with these charitableintentions, when the savage littleanimal advanced toward me and gaveme such a blow with its head as to

Buffalo on the plains long ago. Colorado Historical So

destroy the center of gravity.His hair was wooly in texture,

and of an iron grey color. Unlike theyoung of our domestic cows, heseldom cried; and when he did, onlymade a faint noise.

The young calf had, of course,

been captured only upon the death ofits mother who, in Mrs. Holmeswords, had made a heroic stand andpresented a beautiful illustration of thetriumph of maternal feeling over fear.

She was in a herd of manyhundreds of buffaloes, fleeing wildlyover the plain before the hunter. Aftera few miles chase, the calf gave signs

of fatigue. At its faint cryturn and come to the calf,of the hunter bounded off

This she did two or during a chase of as mancalf falling behind moreand his mother wavering b

for his life and her own.At last her decisionand she determined to offspring alone on the pdied in his defense.________________Robert Munkres, Ph.D., lPark and has written eabout the early West. I


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was written by her niece,lyn Goodwin, and by Janield, who retired from Bennettentary School. That school wasd in honor of Miss Bennett, whoborn in 1882 at Herman,

aska.he attended the state teachersge in Greeley (now UNC) andn her teaching career atington kindergarten in Fortns in 1918, the first kindergarten

of the Mississippi.he was with the Poudre Schoolct for 35 years as both a teacherprincipal. During the 1918enza epidemic, schools wered for three months; and Miss

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When Bennett Elementary Schoolwas dedicated to her in 1963, she said,Teaching was my life for manyyears, and I loved every day of it.

Her house was designated anhistoric landmark in 1994. Today herniece Carolyn and Carolyns mother,

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Unsafe MedicinBy Bill Lambdin

How safe are the medicines wetake? In the past, there were fewproblems.

But health researcher GardinerHarris believes there could be prob-lems in the near future because

many of the ingredients used in ourmedicines are now produced inChina.

That country has a history ofexporting unsafe products that endup in tainted heparin (blood thinner)that killed 81 people, toys with leadpaint, toxic baby formula, and otherthings recently exposed.

The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration rarely inspects anyof the many Chinese plants thatproduce chemicals that end up inmedicines. Harris said, Last year,

generic drug applications to theFDA listed 1,154 plants providingactive pharmaceutical ingredients:43 percent of them were in China,and another 39 percent were inIndia. Only 13 percent were in theUnited States.

Harris has been a health

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Most patients dont know thatthey cannot sue a medicalice company if a device they useves to be unsafe or causes harm.The U.S. Supreme Court recentlyd that a device manufacturer

not be sued through state courts ifFDA approves the device. Therts logic was that, if the FDA

roves a device, it must be safeconsumers have no right to ques-the FDAs actions.

Senator Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)other legislators believe that is

wrong and are introducing legisla-tion that would allow consumersto sue. Consumers face the worstof all possible worlds, saidPallone. The FDA has shownitself incapable of keepingdangerous products off the market,and now the Supreme Court hassaid patients cant sue companies

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Laughter Is the Best Medicinung Chuck bought a horse fromfarmer for $100.

he farmer agreed to deliver thee, but he showed up and said,ry, son, I have bad news. Thedied.

huck replied, Well, just give memoney back.Cant do that. I spent it already.Then bring me the dead horse.What are you gonna do withll raffle him off.

You cant raffle off a dead horse!Sure I can. I just wont tellody hes dead.

month later, the farmer sawk and asked, What happenedhat dead horse?raffled him off. I sold 500

s at two dollars a piece.Didnt anyone complain?Only the guy who won. So I gaveis two dollars back.huck grew up and now works forovernment. Hes the one whod out how the bailouts will work.

he president of France answeredhone, and a boozy voice said,

is Paddy at OLearys Pub in

Ireland. Weve decided to declare waron your country.

Really? said the president.How big is your army?

There was a silence, then Paddysaid, Theres me and my cousinSean, our neighbor Thomas, and thewhole darts team at the pub.

Well, I have an army of 100,000men, 6,000 tanks and 5,000 fighterplanes.

Another silence, then Paddy said,Ill get back to ye.

The next night, Paddy called againand said, The war is still on. We have20 more volunteers from the pub, abulldozer, Murphys tractor and acombine.

Well, I have another 100,000military reservists I can call up,making my army 200,000 men.

A long silence, then Paddy said,Well have to call it off. Theres noway we can feed 200,000 prisoners.

A man visiting a mental hospitalasked the director, How to you deter-mine if a person should be put in thisplace?

The director said, We fill abathtub with water, ask the person to

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I see, said the man. A saneperson would use the bucket.

No, a sane person would pull theplug. Do you want a room with awindow?

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