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SAFETY CONCERNS

Neenan schoolfixes extendto 15 buildingsBy Eric Gorski The Denver Post

Structural issues of varying degreesof seriousness have been identified inevery Neenan Co. school project thathas received money through a stategrant program meant to make schoolbuildings safer.

“Corrective actions” are being car­ried out at each of the 15 school build­ings at various stages of completion ineight districts across Colorado, offi­cials said Wednesday at a meeting ofthe board that oversees the BuildingExcellent Schools Today program.

Although several of the issues hadpreviously been made public, otherswere newly disclosed — including aproject at Mapleton Public Schools inAdams County involving the largestgrant in BEST history.

Neenan officials described thestructural issues detailed Wednesdayas ranging from “minor” to “moder­ate.” A state official, however, suggest­ed Neenan was downplaying the seri­ousness of the situation of a schoolthat faces evacuations if winds reach

SCHOOLS » 9A

STERLING BOY’S DEATH

Doubtshauntprobeof case

Juanita Kinzie facesa first­degree murdercharge and is beingheld in the LoganCounty DetentionCenter.

By Jordan Steffen The Denver Post

After Caleb Pacheco’s disappear­ance in January 2011, Yolanda Kinzie­Graber said, she called social servicesin three different counties more than70 times, begging for help in findingher nephew.

An investigation finally was openedlast week, after someone called LoganCounty authorities about a “Where’sCaleb” Facebook page that Kinzie­Gra­ber set up Jan. 17.

As details have become public ofhow authorities found Caleb’s bodySunday wrapped in plastic and blan­kets and tucked under a Sterling mo­bile home, many troubling questionsremain unanswered. Chief amongthem may be why it apparently tooklaw enforcement and state officials ayear to start looking for a boy who wasin the county welfare system when hewent missing.

Police arrested Caleb’s mother, Juan­ita Kinzie, 24, Sunday night in Denver.She faces a first­degree murder chargeand is being held in the Logan CountyDetention Center.

PACHECO » 9A

ANONYMITY VS. ACCESS

Battle ragesover tracingvoted ballotsBy Sara Burnett The Denver Post

Last fall, Larimer County Clerk andRecorder Scott Doyle invited statelawmakers and a handful of other peo­ple to an eye­opening presentation.

Flipping through a slide show, Doyleshowed them how, because of the levelof reporting required for Coloradoelections, he could use publicly avail­able logs and reports to locate whichballots that some of the lawmakers —and one legislator’s wife — cast in the2010 election.

Doyle didn’t go so far as to removethe ballots from their sealed boxes tosee how each person voted, but hispoint was clear: If someone had all thepieces at their fingertips, that personcould do so, at least for some voters inmany counties.

Doyle, then president of the Colora­do County Clerks Association, intend­ed the meeting as a warning aboutwhat could happen if voted ballots arepublic documents, as the state Court of

VOTING » 8A

Hostages rescued in SEAL raidBy The New York Times

khartoum, sudan » About 2a.m. Wednesday, elders in the So­mali village of Galkayo said theybegan hearing an unusual sound:the whirl of helicopters.

It was the culmination of a dar­ing and risky mission by about twodozen U.S. Navy SEALs to rescuetwo hostages — a U.S. aid workerand her Danish colleague — whohad been held by Somali piratessince October. The commandoshad dropped down in parachutesunder the cloak of darkness while8,000 miles away, President BarackObama was preparing to deliver hisState of the Union address Tuesdaynight. The commandos hiked 2miles from where they had landed,grabbed the hostages and flewthem to safety.

For the U.S. military, the mis­sion was characterized by thesame ruthless efficiency — andpossibly good luck — as the May

SOMALIA » 6A

Photos released by the DanishRefugee Council show Poul Ha­gen Thisted, 60, left, and Ameri­can Jessica Buchanan, 32, whowere rescued by Navy SEALs.The Associated Press

“The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people.”President Barack Obama

Winter X Games | Jan. 26­29 | Aspen

Tribute and tears

Snowboard competitor Gretchen Bleiler, sitting beside Shaun White, wipes a tear as she remembers four­time Winter X gold medalist SarahBurke during a news conference Wednesday before the opening today of the Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Burkedied Jan. 19 from injuries she suffered during a training run 10 days earlier. She was 29. AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post

Sports. X Games athletes react to the death of skier Sarah Burke and reflect on what it means for extreme sports. »1C

Business. Snow Show will be hoping to buoy a busted winter season, buying and selling gear for next season. »5B

Climate change bringsnew look to gardens »3A

COLORADO VISITIn Aurora today, President Barack Obama will tout an “all of theabove” energy approach that includes opening up public lands forprivate investments in clean energy, spurring the military to gogreen and doling out tax incentives to the clean­energy sector. » 2A

McClatchy Tribune

Covert operationTwo aid workers kidnapped in Somalia three months ago have been freed in a U.S. military raid.

• About 2 a.m. local time, U.S. Navy SEALs parachuted from plane into area near compound.• Shots fired as they approached compound; no U.S. casualties; nine captors reportedly killed.• Rescue team on the ground for about an hour.• Freed hostages, SEALs left by helicopter for Djibouti; taken to Camp Lemonnier.

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