Colorado Connection

I just read a report on Fox News how the census department had spent $23,000 dollars commissioning a totem pole to encourage native Alaskans to mail back their census survey for the 2010 census. Even though there is a lot of criticism how the Census Bureau is spending money, the total cost was probably not [...]

Here is the latest information from Compassion. You can keep up to date on the Compassion blog at http://blog.compassion.com/haiti-earthquake-update/ Jan. 16 at 7:40 p.m. (MT): Extensive and intermittent communication outages in Haiti are still the norm. The earthquake made transportation extremely problematic, which is creating major logistical struggles for teams attempting to provide assistance and [...]

As of right now there is very little information about the situation in Haiti. But when needs become clearer, much money and help will be needed. Please donate now to help the country staff and children in Haiti. I’ll add more information as I find out or you can visit www.compassion.com to get the latest [...]

Today Loveland Ski Resort opened, the first ski area in North America. I didn’t get out to ski, but Loveland opening this early is a good sign for a winter with lots of snow. I have new ski’s this year and am anxious to try them out. Come on out and enjoy the snow! Check [...]

We’ve been staying at a cabin in Divide this week. This afternoon we had excitement when a bear came up on the porch, took the garbage can and pulled it off the porch. We watched him for a while, but when he popped the cover off the can, we decided that was enough. I walked [...]