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Research on Radiation Therapy

E ach year, about 4 million
Americans are exposed to high
doses of radiation from CT scans and
other imaging tests, according to
research reported in the New England
Journal of Medicine.
About 400,000 of them get very
high doses that are more than the
maximum allowed for nuclear power
plant workers. Medical researchers
know that radiation can cause cancer,
and they are concerned that the
amount given patients is increasing so
rapidly.
“It’s certain that there are increased
rates of cancer at low levels of radia-
tion, and as you increase the levels of
radiation, you increase cancer,” said Dr.
Rita Redberg, a researcher at the
University of California.
The number of CT scans given
Medicare patients, for instance, increased
by 400 percent from 1995 to 2005, and
the number of PET scans increased even
more. That’s partly because doctors use
imaging instead of examining and
talking with patients, said Dr. Harlan
Krumholz, author of the report.
Radiation treatments benefit many
people and save lives, but they are
becoming increasingly dangerous,
according to another investigation by
The New York Times.
Possibly one in every 20 people
who receive radiation treatments is
harmed by them, according to
researcher Dr. John J. Feldmeier, whom
the Times said is a leading authority on
radiation injuries. Most people are not
seriously harmed, but some die.
One Philadelphia hospital gave
incorrect radiation doses to over 90
prostate cancer patients. A Florida
hospital gave wrong doses to 77 brain
cancer patients. No one knows exactly
how many injuries nationwide are
caused by radiation treatments
because mistakes usually are not
revealed, said the Times.
Mistakes occur partly because the
technology involved is complex and
people are poorly trained to use it.
Software flaws, faulty programming,
poor safety procedures and other
things contribute to mistakes.
“The new technology allows
doctors to more accurately attack
tumors...(but) its complexity has
created new avenues for error,” said the
Times. The average American receives
seven times as much radiation today as
in 1980 through tests and treatments.
Hospitals are often “too trusting of
the new computer systems and soft-
ware, relying on them as if they had
been tested over time when, in fact,
they have not,” said Dr. Howard
Amols at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center.
The Times investigators examined
thousands of public records. In New
York state, they found that between
2001 and 2008 at least 621 mistakes
were made in radiation therapy by
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low-income retirees to qualify for
prescription drug help.
That means more Part D participants
will not have to pay insurance premiums
or annual deductibles for their medi-
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To qualify, annual incomes must be no
more than $16,245 for a single person or
$21,855 for married couples.
Assets such as savings accounts,
stocks and bonds must be no more than
providers in the state. In 284 of those
cases, the radiation missed the intended
target or treated a wrong body part.
The Times notes that its investiga-
tion should not discourage people from
having radiation treatments for cancer;
the treatments save many lives. But the
report reveals a weakness in our health
system: Because information on radia-
tion errors is difficult to obtain, it’s hard
for patients to choose a health provider
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Poudre Canyon Pioneers
The Kinikinik store years ago. Senior Voice photo by Bill Lambdin.
By Bill Lambdin
M any people who drive by the
old Kinikinik Store in Poudre
Canyon northwest of Fort Collins
probably wonder about the origin
of the ancient log buildings there.
Kinikinik’s story goes back to
the earliest settlers in the canyon.
In 1881, Henry C. Peterson home-
stead there and built two log
cabins in back of what later
became the Kinikinik Store.
Peterson came to Colorado
from Ohio in 1859 during the gold
rush. He might have been hoping
to strike it rich by prospecting.
There was no gold in Poudre
Canyon, however; and Peterson
sold the Kinikinik property to
Charles Andrews in 1886.
Andrews was the one who
named it Kinikinik, a shortened
spelling for kinnikinnick, a variety
of pine tree whose bark Indians
once used for smoking meat.
Andrews had been born in
1854 in Pennsylvania, the son of
an engineer who helped build the
early bridge across the Mississippi
River at St. Louis. Young Andrews
had asthma and came to Colorado
in 1861 to seek relief.
He found it and also discovered
the beautiful Poudre Canyon,
where he decided to start a cattle
ranch. After buying the Kinikinik
property, he had friends homestead
other land nearby and bought their
homestead claims, expanding his
holdings to hundreds of acres.
Andrews built a large ranching
business before selling the
Kinikinik property in 1901 to
Charles “Cap” Williams.
Cap was something of a char-
acter, more interested in fishing
and hunting than in ranching. The
“Closed, Gone Fishin” sign you
see in the picture was hung above
Cap’s door many times. He would
be gone in the hills for days, with
no one knowing where he was.
Canyon residents didn’t recall
Cap having a wife, but early
photographs showed him with
several beautiful women. He built
the store about 1924; so that’s how
long that building has been
standing.
Cap was from Hastings,
Nebraska, and realized that people
from there, and other places on the
plains, would pay to stay in the
mountains at Kinikinik during the
hot summer months.
Fishing and hunting were
excellent, and Cap built up a
respectable tourist business, adver-
tising the “Kinikinik Ranch:
Sportsman’s Paradise.” At one
time, he planned to build a huge
resort with 150 rooms, a golf
course and other facilities.
That didn’t happen, and Cap
died in 1940.
Clarence and Eunice Bliss
acquired the property in the early
1940s. Bliss was a well known
Weld County farmer who devel-
oped the Bliss Potato. He had also
been an early member of the
Greeley Symphony and often
played cello for church services at
Poudre Canyon Chapel.
Bliss’s son Charles and his wife
Elyse took over the Kinikinik prop-
erty in 1984. Charles had farmed
near Longmont. Elyse had been a
college teacher and wrote “Apple of
the Mummy’s Eye,” a biography of
two well known mountain resi-
dents, the Dickerson sisters.
And that’s the story of the little
place called Kinikinik. Tourists
have not stayed there for many
years. But the old log cabins, if
they could talk, would tell many
stories about some good times in
Poudre Canyon.
________________
COVER PICTURE. The Kinikinik
store in Poudre Canyon years ago.
Senior Voice photo by Bill
Lambdin. I
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Origin of Valentine’s Day By

Arlene
Ahlbrandt

T
ago.
he custom of celebrating
Valentine’s Day started centuries
The Romans held a lovers’ festival
called the feast of Lupercalis. Names
were placed in a box, and partners
were chosen by chance to enjoy each
other’s company.
In 496 A.D. the Roman Catholic
Pope gave the festival a Christian
meaning and changed the name to
Saint Valentine’s Day. Two priests
were named Valentine. One in Rome
was beheaded in 270 A.D. for helping
Christians. The other converted a
pagan Roman family to Christianity
and was beheaded in 273 A.D.
Historians aren’t sure for which
St. Valentine the festival was named.
The date February 14 was chosen
because it was believed birds choose
their mates then.
People in England celebrated the
festival as early as the 1400s. One of
their customs involved young women
writing their names on slips of paper
and putting them in a vase. Men
would draw a name and pin it on their
sleeve. The expression “He wears his
An early 1900s Valentine card.
Courtesy of Arlene Ahlbrandt.
heart on his sleeve” came from that.
Some young English women
pinned bay leaves on their pillow and
believed their dream would be that of
their future husband.
In Italy young unmarried women
would get up before sunrise, stand by
a window and watch for the first man
to pass by. They believed he or
someone who looked like him would
be their husband.
In Denmark men sent pressed
flowers with a note that rhymed or a
joking letter. In America, the custom
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of sending Valentine cards became
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Today we often use humorous
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The heart is a symbol of
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A Wild Town in North Colorado

By Peggy Hunt

T he town of Julesburg, on the plains

northeast of Greeley, was the first
stage stop in Colorado and one of the
wildest pioneer towns in the West.
The first white men in Colorado,
fur trappers, came through Julesburg
following the South Platte River out
of Nebraska, across the prairie and
into the mountains.
In the early 1800s, the first northern
Colorado explorers, Stephen Long and
John Fremont, also came through
Julesburg. Buffalo Bill Cody signed up
for the Pony Express at Julesburg,
according to some historians.
The great Texas cattle drives came
through there. So did the first settlers A wagon train crossing the plains in the 1800s. Colorado Historical Society.
and miners headed for Colorado, their west. Those towns were not yet estab- trading post and stage stop for thou- It was rebuilt, and the army finally
wagons rolling across the plains as lished when the first settlers came to sands of prospectors and settlers. subdued the tribes at the Battle of
Indians watched and wondered what Colorado, but Julesburg was. By the mid-1860s, the Indians were Summit Springs south of Julesburg,
would become of their buffalo A Frenchman named Jules Beni fighting to regain control of their the last Indian battle in northeastern
hunting grounds. (or Reni) built a small trading post in hunting grounds, and Julesburg was Colorado.
The Overland Trail left the the early 1850s, and travelers later attacked several times. The army estab- When the railroad came through
Oregon Trail at Julesburg, followed called it Julesburg. At first, he traded lished nearby Fort Sedgwick to protect Julesburg in the late 1860s, some
the Platte River south to Greeley and mostly with Indians. But when the the settlers, but Indian war parties newspaper reporters called it the
Denver, then north to Longmont, Fort Colorado gold rush began in 1858, continued attacks all along the Platte wickedest town in the West—and at
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A Question About Estate Planning

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Q: Dad controls everything—invest-
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A Trip to Early Wyoming
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19.
Pass
Both forks of this river originate in
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6.

7.
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Michael Todd Krueger Conductor/Artistic Director
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music “Up with People.” February 13,
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February 26-27, International Folk
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February 20, The Drowsy
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Sunday, March 07, 2010 7:00pm
Estes Park
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Hall February 13-14, model railroads
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Estes Pioneer Abner Sprague
By Bill Lambdin
E stes Park pioneer Abner Sprague
was 91 years old when World
War II began—and he tried to enlist
in the army.
He was disappointed when they
told him he was too old. He said, “I’m
as good as men half as old as I am.”
He was right.
He had spent his life in the
rugged mountains around Estes
Park, hunting in the backcountry,
surviving blizzards and building a
ranch that became one of the most
famous tourist lodges in Estes.
Sprague came to Colorado in
1864 at age 14 in a covered wagon
with his parents, who first settled
between Loveland and Greeley.
In 1875 he built a sod-roofed
cabin southwest of Estes at Moraine
Park and later owned Sprague’s
Ranch resort. He was a tough fron-
tiersman who survived many
hardships and became one of Estes
Park’s most beloved citizens.
His nephew, Edgar Stopher,
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One story Sprague told was of
the time he and a small group went
camping and nearly died in a sudden
September blizzard. His wife was
with him.
They were high in the mountains
of what is now Rocky Mountain
National Park when “the wind
increased to a gale, accompanied by
sleet, soft snow and hail... Going
against the wind was like going
against a stone wall...it was impos-
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sleet with open eyes.”
Near Notchtop Mountain, they
became lost and sought shelter in a
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“Our position was on the brink of
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over the brink and carry us with
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was so blinding they could not
move. One wrong step and they
might fall over the precipice.
When the weather broke and
they could get to their horses,
Sprague recalled that the storm
nearly froze the animals.
“Queenie, the white mare, was
the first to take the storm. From the
saddle, over her rump and down her
tail to the snow was a sheet of ice all
of an inch thick...Mr. Locke had to
break 10 or 15 pounds of ice from
each ear of his jacks.”
Sprague and the group finally
returned safely, but his wife later
admitted that she thought they
would perish that day.
Sprague also talked about
encountering Indians, climbing
Longs Peak, riding stagecoaches
and doing other things around Estes
Park.
The 246-page book with many
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12 • February 2010 • The Senior Voice

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

By Peggy Hunt have, said reporters; she had a pistol.
She kept rowing and telling

F ew people have a time of glory in

their lives like the one experienced
by Margaret Brown, the famous
stories. She told of the time she hid
$300,000 in a stove and it went up the
flue in smoke.
“Unsinkable” who survived the “How much is $300,000?” she
Titanic disaster in l9l2 and later said. “It’s nothing. Some of you are
became known as “Molly” Brown. rich. I’m rich. What the hell of it?
Many of the Titanic’s passengers What are your riches doing for you
were wealthy people, unaccustomed now? Keep rowing you...or I’ll throw
to inconvenience, let alone disaster. you overboard!”
When they were put adrift in Margaret did not say all of those
lifeboats, some panicked. things. Reporters exaggerated greatly
But not Molly. She had known after the incident, and so did the
hard work before her husband struck movie years later starring Debbie
it rich in a Colorado gold mine in the Reynolds.
late l800s. She had a tough, pioneer But she did show courage during
spirit that enabled her to fight back the Titanic tragedy; and it is true that,
instead of give in to adversity. after the rescue, Margaret raised
The press reported that she money in donations to help destitute
quickly took command of a lifeboat, survivors. She spent hours consoling
grabbed an oar and rowed alongside women and children, and helped
the few men in the boat. She told the survivors contact relatives.
crying women, “Stop whimpering and Reporters heard of her actions and
sing!” made her a hero. When they asked
When one man complained that he how she had survived, one reporter
couldn’t row because of a heart condi- said Margaret quipped, “I’m unsink-
tion, Molly said, “Keep rowing or I’ll able.”
blow your guts out!” And she could We don’t know if she actually said
Margaret Tobin Brown. Colorado Historical Society.
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that, but it was the kind of thing she to improve herself.
might say. She knew how to give Eventually she moved to the East
reporters something to talk about. Coast and joined the Newport society
“Dr. Colvin worked By the time of the incident, crowd. They welcomed her as an
to fit my contacts Margaret and her husband Jim Brown
had been living apart for some time.
amusing character from the Wild
West, though some historians said
perfectly. For the first She wanted to travel the world. He they never really accepted her as one
stayed in the West. of their own.
time in my life, I Margaret’s story began in l867 Margaret learned to use the press
have 20/20 vision.” when she was born in Hannibal,
Missouri, a poor but high-spirited
to get attention, giving interviews and
telling stories about life in the West.
— Mary Coulston Irish girl who dreamed of going West She was reported as saying, “I don’t
during Colorado’s gold rush. care what the newspapers say about
Loveland In l883 she arrived in Leadville me, as long as they say something.”
and worked in a drygoods store. The In l9l2 she was sightseeing in
town was a wild, boisterous place full Europe, decided to return on the
of hell-raising miners. She was a fun- Titanic, and was involved in the inci-

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loving young woman of l7.
Jim Brown was much older, but he
convinced her to marry him. Later,
Jim struck it rich, and they built a
mansion in Denver.
There Margaret met the wealthy
and elite. But she was not entirely
welcomed by them, according to
some early writers. She had little
formal education and sometimes used
a liberal number of cuss words.
But she was good-hearted and
naturally kind to people.
Unfortunately that didn’t count with
some society ladies. She took lessons
in French and other things in an effort
dent that made her famous.
Years later, when she returned to
Denver, it was as the Unsinkable Mrs.
Brown and it was in triumph. She
lived her last years in New York City,
became very active in women’s
suffrage and even made an unsuc-
cessful run for Congress. She died in
l932.
Margaret Brown was like many
women in the early West—a little
rough and untutored maybe, but free
of spirit and full of enthusiasm for
life. She may never have found a
place where she fit in, but she had a
great run. I

Training for Doctors
D octors receive almost no
training in medical school for
treating elderly people, according to
reports in the Journal of Academic
Medicine and other publications.
Yet people over age 65 account
for 48 percent of all hospital
patients, 43 percent of medical
specialists’ patients, and over 30
percent of the average doctor’s
workload.
All doctors receive training in
pediatrics and obstetrics though
most of them never deliver a baby
or treat a child. It makes no sense
that they are not trained to treat
older people, said Dr. Rosanne
Leipzig at the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine.
“Until doctors get this basic
training, we can’t even begin to give
80-year-olds the care they need,”
she said.
A middle-age person with pneu-
monia will probably have a fever,
cough and trouble breathing. But an
80-year-old may have none of those
symptoms and appear to be simply
confused and weak.
If that 80-year-old goes to the
hospital, he might well be misdiag-
The Senior Voice • February 2010 • 13
Bogus Medical Research
nosed, given a high dose of an
antibiotic, and develop kidney
M any university professors con-
tinue to have conflicts of interest
with drug companies that give them
The HHS report “clearly raises the
question of whether these institutions
are capable of managing these
failure. If another 80-year-old has a money while the professors are conflicts,” said Harvard University
heart attack, he may not have the supposed to be doing unbiased scien- official Eric G. Campbell.
tific research. And little is being done Investigators say universities are
chest pain younger people typically about it, according to a report from afraid of losing big-name research
have, causing another misdiagnosis. the U.S. Department of Health and professors if they enforce the govern-
If the patient is confused, a doctor Human Services (HHS). ment regulations. The professors
may simply dismiss that and not Even though medical journals and bring status and millions of grant
realize confusion at that age can be government agencies have exposed dollars to the schools.
the conflicts, many universities ignore Unfortunately some are publish-
caused by a bladder infection and federal regulations that say they must ing bogus research in medical jour-
several other things. In fact, it’s easy report possible conflicts if their nals that doctors and all Americans
for doctors to dismiss many things professors receive taxpayers’ money rely on for honest, scientific informa-
as “part of growing older.” for research, as most do. tion. I
Medicare pays medical schools
more than $8 billion a year for
doctor training, yet Medicare does
not require a single course in geri-
atric training. The Institute of
Retirement
Medicine recommends such
training, but that recommendation is
ignored.
I n F u l l P ow d e r
“Medical resident training
programs that receive Medicare
money should be required to demon-
strate that their trainees are
competent in geriatric care,” said Dr.
Leipzig.
As things now stand, researchers
say most young doctors simply are
not prepared to deal with mature
patients. I
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Laughter Is the Best Medicine
A woman called her local news-
paper and said, “I didn’t receive
my Sunday paper today.”
The clerk answered, “Today is
Saturday. Your Sunday paper will
arrive tomorrow.”
There was a pause, and the
woman said, “Well, that explains why
there was no one at church this
morning.”
A tiger was in a tree smoking pot
when a little lizard walked by, looked
up and said, “What are you doing,
tiger?”
“Smoking a joint. Come on up and
have some.”
The lizard did, and after a while
he said, “I’m going down to the river
and drink some water.”
But the little lizard was dizzy from
smoking the pot and fell into the
water. An big crocodile helped him
out and asked why he fell in.
The lizard explained, and the croc-
odile decided to find the tiger and
have a smoke too. He said hello to the
FDA Can’t Trace Bad Foods
M ost Americans assume that
the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration can protect public
safety by tracing bad foods to their
source, but that’s not the case, says a
report from the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
The FDA does not have informa-
tion that will enable it to contact
nearly half of the nation’s food manu-
facturers, said researchers. Which
means the agency cannot keep foods
safe from bio-terrorism or track
contaminated foods to their source in
many cases.
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tiger, who looked down and said,
“Wow! How much water did you
drink?”
A little boy stood in a church foyer
looking at a large plaque with
people’s names on it and small
American flags next to each name.
The preacher walked up and the
boy asked, “What is that?”
“It’s a memorial to all of the
young men and women who died in
the service.”
The boy thought a long time, then
asked with a fearful voice, “Which
service, the 8:30 or 11:30?”
A retired man was speeding down
the highway, and a patrolman pulled
him over.
He tried to talk the patrolman out
of a ticket, saying, “I have to hurry up
and get there before I forget where
I’m going.”
A boy had just got his driver’s
license and asked his dad if they could
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
called the situation “appalling.” She
heads the House panel that oversees
the FDA budget.
The FDA’s food tracking program
is supposed to allow the government
to quickly trace bad food to its source.
Food manufacturers are required to
register with the FDA, but many of
them have not provided the agency
with valid contact information.
“The weaknesses in our food
safety system that are highlighted in
the report are unacceptable,” said Rep.
DeLauro. I
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discuss his use of the car.
His father said, “If you bring your
grades up, study your Bible and get
your hair cut, we’ll talk.”
The boy thought a while and said,
“The Bible says Samson had long
hair; so did John the Baptist and
Moses.”
His dad said, “Did you notice they
walked everywhere?”
Famous lines:
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I
sent a nice letter saying I approved of
it. Mark Twain
Some people cause happiness
wherever they go; others whenever
Story from Two Perspectives
By Marika Ujvari
W ho would have thought that a
chance encounter at Sam’s Club
would develop into a treasured friend-
ship between two kindred spirits.
Sherry: They say you can get some
great deals at Sam’s Club, but I defi-
nitely got the best unadvertised special!
I was in line and met a sweet lady over
a four-pound bag of walnuts. She had
forgotten her checkbook, and I was
happy to save her a trip. She could mail
me the money later.
Marika: Flabbergasted, I happily
agreed. When she got through the
check-out, she handed me the bag of
walnuts, saying “This is my gift to
you.” I was speechless. What an act of
unselfish generosity!
Sherry: We exchanged names in
the parking lot, and as I drove away I
was regretting not getting a number or
email. We both loved to bake and
collect cookbooks.
Marika: As we walked out
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She loves nature in spite of what it
did to her. Forrest Tucker
He is a self-made man and
worships his creator. John Bright
To avoid being called a flirt, she
always yielded easily. Charles
Talleyrand
George Bernard Shaw sent a note
to Winston Churchill: “I’m enclosing
two tickets to the first night of my
new play. Bring a friend—if you have
one.”
Churchill’s response:” I cannot
attend the first night’s performance.
Will attend the second—if there is
one.” I
together we realized that we each
owned about two hundred cookbooks.
She just moved to Timnath, so after I
got home, I called the Timnath town
clerk, who to my relief found her
phone number.
Sherry: I was so excited when I
heard her Hungarian accent over the
phone about an hour later. We have
exchanged numerous emails over the
past week and finally met for coffee at
The House of Windsor. I feel as if I
have known her my whole life, and this
afternoon we were just catching up.
Marika: Today we met at my
favorite coffee shop to cement our fledg-
ling friendship. The more we learned
about each other the stronger the ties of
our kinship grew. This just reaffirms my
belief that if you have an open mind and
heart, amazing things can happen.
Sherry: I truly believe that God
plants beautiful little gems in all our
lives if we choose to look for them.
God is everywhere— even at Sam’s
Club! I
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Effects of High Pulse Rate

P eople with a high heart rate
(resting pulse rate) are more likely
to die of a heart attack than those with
a normal heart rate, according to a
report in the Journal of Epidemiology
and Community Health. A normal
heart rate is 61 to 72 beats per minute.
But there are exceptions, said
researchers. Women who have a high
heart rate but also exercise vigorously
are somewhat less likely to die of a
heart attack. That is not true for men,
however.
Men with a resting pulse rate of
101 beats per minute are 73 percent
more likely to die of a heat attack than
those with a normal pulse rate.
Women with a high pulse rate are
twice as likely to die. Women with a
high pulse rate who exercise are 37
more likely to die of a heart attack.
Researchers said they do not know
why exercise makes a difference for
women but not for men in this case. I

Are You Allergic to Gluten?

T he National Institutes of Health
(NIH) is trying to make people
and doctors aware that celiac disease
is much more common than previ-
ously thought
The disease is a digestive
disorder that damages the small
intestine when gluten is eaten.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat,
barley and rye—common ingredients
in many food products, especially
bread.
Celiac disease can cause chronic
diarrhea, bloating and weight loss.
Those symptoms are usually not
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Who are the most

influential consumers
in Northern Colorado?
People over age 50.
• They have twice the spendable income of other
consumers.
• They account for 51% of all consumer demand.
• Colorado has had a 65% increase in this age
group in the past seven years — the largest in
the nation.

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