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2 • November 2013 • The Senior Voice
Published Locally Since 1980Vol. 33, No. 12
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By Bill Lambdin It is mainly through the photo-graphs of William Henry Jackson that we know what the frontier towns in Colorado and Wyoming looked like in the 1800s. He also captured the majestic scenery of the Rocky Mountains. Historian Marshall Sprague said of Jackson: “What gets me is how he sur-vived it all—scrambling around those thousand foot precipices, those 14,000-foot Colorado peaks...and getting caught in those sudden violent hail-and-wind storms above timberline that can kill a hiker in a matter of min-utes.” Jackson’s photographs show our part of the West before civili-
zation changed it. In 1874, he took the first pictures of the ancient In-dian ruins at Mesa Verde. It was his pictures of northwestern Wyo-ming that prompted Congress to create Yellowstone National Park. He knew he was seeing the West as it would never be again and that he was leaving a valuable record of America. He pursued that destiny for much of the 99 years of his life. Jackson was born in 1843 in the small town of Keeseville, New York. He learned his photograph-ic skills early as a boy working for a local studio. He also learned to
draw and became a reasonably ac-complished artist. At age 23, he and two friends set out for the West, taking what-ever jobs they could find along the way. He worked as a bull-wacker with a wagon train headed for mining camps on the Oregon Trail. In 1867, he helped drive a herd of horses from Salt Lake City to southern California. Women found Jackson attrac-tive, though he admitted that as a young man he sometimes had more drinks at the bar than he could handle.
After serving in the Civil War, he joined a U.S. Geological Sur-vey crew headed by Ferdinand Hayden. That was his big break. In 1870 they went west to photo-
graph and map uncharted areas of the Rockies. Photography at that time re-
quired lugging around nearly 300 pounds of equipment—camera, chemical plates, a developing tent, etc. It took an hour to expose and develop just one negative on a glass plate. It often took many hours, sometimes days, for Jack-son and his pack mule to climb to a vantage point where he could get the best photos. The 1870 trip was the first time Jackson saw Colorado, and he fell in love with the place. During his lifetime, when he wasn’t living in Colorado, he returned often. At
Denver in 1874, he married Emi-lie Painter, a cousin of William Gilpin, the first Territorial Gover-nor of Colorado. Jackson’s pictures grew pop-ular with Easterners, who were curious about the West. He made other expeditions with govern-ment survey teams and did pho-tographic work for the railroads. Later he became managing di-rector of the Detroit Publishing Company but continued to return to the West often. On one of his later trips, he fell and fractured several vertebrae in his back while in Cheyenne. He was 94 years old at the time but recovered and continued to take pictures. In 1942 he died at age 99. His life’s work consisted of over 80,000 photographs, a lega-cy of immeasurable value.________________COVER PICTURE: Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs. Taken by Fort Col-lins professional photographer Gregory Mayse, who has pub-lished two coffee-table books of photos: “Colorado: Rocky Mountain Magic” and “Rocky Mountain Wild.” His photos have been featured on televi-sion, in magazines such as BBC Wildlife, and other publica-tions. See his gallery at www.gregorymayse.com. n
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By Bill Lambdin Years ago, the ranch women in the Livermore area north of Fort Collins collected stories from pio-neer families. Here is an excerpt from one of the stories describing the first dance at the Forks Hotel in 1875, written by pioneer Char-lie Roberts: “They came in all kinds of conveyances. John Williams and Maggie came on horseback. There was Pat Mullins and all the crowd from the Elkhorn house…Bill Calloway and his little dark-haired wife… “They danced the Virginia Reel and Money Musk. They right and left, six forward and back, swing on the corners and alamen left, promenade all… “There was the red-headed girl from Greeley…Several had a bot-tle but no one was real drunk. The boys danced in their high-heeled boots. Some had brand new over-alls. The ladies wore calico and gingham… “We danced until the golden
sun warned us that another day was born…There were no soci-ety buds that smelled like a tropi-cal flower garden, but pure fresh young womanhood from moun-tain homes. They were the wives and mothers of empire builders, but they did not know it…” The Livermore Women’s Club later published a book titled “Among These Hills: A History of Livermore Colorado.” It con-tained valuable first-hand ac-counts of pioneer life. The women who compiled it said it was “af-fectionately dedicated to those rugged pioneers of the livestock industry in Larimer County and to the wives and mothers who made the homes and maintained the cul-ture in this range community.” Thanks to those women, a valu-able part of northern Colorado’s history was preserved. A recent edition of “Among These Hills” is available at some local bookstores and museums. It is one of the best books you will find on the early West in our area. n
The Forks Hotel in the 1800s. Fort Collins Public Library.
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By P.J. Hunt The Northeastern Colorado Heritage League recently presented an art and photography exhibit featuring the plains east of Greeley titled “Grasslands Inspiration.” The League is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to preserving the his-torical and cultural roots of northeastern Colorado, according to League president Mike Peters. The group produces special events, a website, newsletters, and other information. At the exhibit, 25 artists presented 81 pieces of art and photography at the Showcase Art Center in Greeley. It was a juried show with the first place award for art going to Mark Christensen. The first place photog-raphy award went Uli Limpitlaw. Other awards for art went to Michele Graham and Russ Anson. Additional awards for photography went to Sally Davisson and Gail Rowe. Peters said, “The League’s meetings are open to the public and fea-ture programs of interest to local historians, genealogists, and cultural groups.” For meetings, events, and more information, see www.necoheritage.org. Or email Mike Peters at [email protected]. n
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Q: What is wrong with putting everything in joint tenancy with my kids?
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do, the deceased’s children will not inherit the deceased’s share. Why? The right of survivorship takes priority over the Will. The surviving joint tenant owners now hold the entire prop-erty. Thus to ensure that the de-ceased’s family would share, it would be necessary to put the property back in the giver’s name. However, all of the joint tenants would have to agree. What if the you die before the transfer back occurs, or you do not have legal capacity to sign, or if Medicaid eligibility is then an issue? At some future point, a child on title as a joint tenant may force a sale of the property, may go through a divorce, or may
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By John Kefalas - Colorado State Senator Recently I spoke with a young friend who said her 27- year-old husband was diagnosed with brain cancer and their insurance carrier denied covering procedures to de-termine the most effective treat-ment because the insurer decided this was a pre-existing condition. Now this young couple is pay-ing out of pocket for MRIs and other expensive tests. Most rea-sonable people would agree that the healthcare status quo is unac-ceptable and that bankruptcy due to unsustainable medical costs is not right. Despite the controversy re-garding the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) a key provision is that insurance companies will not be allowed to deny healthcare cov-erage to people with pre-existing conditions starting in 2014. In the upcoming legislative ses-sion, we will address many criti-cal issues, including job creation, flood and wildfire recovery. We
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Health plans are sending hun-dreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consum-ers who want to keep what they have and forcing others to buy more cost-ly policies. The main reason insurers are do-ing this is that the policies fall short of what the Affordable Care Act re-quires starting January 1. By all ac-counts, the new policies will offer consumers better coverage, in some cases, for comparable cost—espe-cially after the inclusion of federal subsidies for those who qualify. The law requires policies sold in the individual market to cover 10 “essential” benefits, such as pre-scription drugs, mental health treat-ment, and maternity care. In addi-tion, insurers cannot reject people with medical problems or charge them higher prices. The policies must also cap consumers’ annual expenses at levels lower than many plans sold before the new rules. But the cancellation notices have shocked many consumers in light of President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their plans if they liked them. “I don’t feel like I need to change, but I have to,” said Jeff Learned, a television editor in Los Angeles, who must find a new plan for his teenage daughter, who has a health condition that has required multiple surgeries. An estimated 14 million people purchase their own coverage be-cause they don’t get it through their jobs. Calls to insurers in several states showed that many have sent notices. Florida Blue, for example, is terminating about 300,000 poli-cies, about 80 percent of its individ-ual policies in the state. Kaiser Permanente in California has sent notices to 160,000 people, about half of its individual business in the state. Insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh is dropping about 20 per-cent of its individual market custom-ers, while Independence Blue Cross, the major insurer in Philadelphia, is dropping about 45 percent. Both Independence and High-mark are canceling so-called “guar-anteed issue” policies, which had been sold to customers who had pre-
existing medical conditions when they signed up. Policyholders who have regular policies because they did not have health problems will be given an option to extend their cov-erage through next year. Consumer advocates say such cancellations raise concerns that companies may be targeting their most costly enrollees. They may be “doing this as an opportunity to push their populations into the exchange and purge their systems” of policy-holders they no longer want, said Jerry Flanagan, an attorney with the advocacy group Consumer Watch-dog in California. Insurers deny that, saying they are encouraging existing customers to re-enroll in their new plans.________________Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication orga-nization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. n
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ACROSS1. Mt. Wilderness Area is in northern Colorado4. The British “Bobbies” (police) were named for this 19th century prime minister: Sir Robert 8. Great expanse11. Springs, near Boulder12. Bake sale gp., often14. Square is a historic district of shops and restaurants in downtown Denver named for a founding father.16. Symbol of wisdom17. Northeast Colorado town named for a Massachusetts community19. Means justifier20. Country across the Red Sea from Ethiopia21. Camera letters23. Cup holder?25. Hot tub, maybe26. Lumber yard items27. Frying River29. Shaker ingredient31. World Cup chant, often33. Where Colorado meets three other states36. Go into motion38. Four-legged pal of a lab worker?39. Electrician’s unit of resistance40. Mineral County mining town known for its wild reputation in the 19th century41. “ the season…”43. Lung filler44. Anthem preposition45. Muskrat’s larger playful cousin48. Stringed instrument50. Words confirming a suspicion52. Person who is good with numbers, briefly54. What you might put out to find out about a job opening
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DOWN1. California , Denver daily Amtrak staple2. Royal region or kingdom3. Plummer or spy agency’s concern4. Famous U.S. architect born in China5. Bugs’ adversary: Fudd6. Noted garden7. Irish adventurer who hunted (slaughtered) in Colorado8. Paulo9. Avon’s western neighbor10. Company whose slogan is “You’ve Got Mail” 13. Ring location sometimes14. Chaney of horror films15. Aretha spelled this for her listeners18. Type of quiz22. Town founded by French traders/trappers whose name means “doorway”23. Town which neighbors Ft. Morgan24. Memo acronym25. Time of indulgence; binge26. Fort28. Meaning of “post” when used as a suffix30. Word before “schooner” or “dog”32. Colorado county which touches Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico34. Hang glider’s best friends35. First governor elected in the Centennial State37. Creek42. Trail which helped to settle the West44. Plural form of “opus”45. Wild Bill Donovan’s gp. which was the forerunner of the CIA46. Brookies47. Portugal’s cont.49. “ what you sow”51. Kit Carson often set one to get a beaver52. Place for a team’s logo53. Mt. Blanc, for one55. Type of acid, briefly
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Larimer ChoraleBy P.J. Hunt
The Larimer Chorale was recently honored by Colorado Creative Industries with a $6,500 grant for the Chorale’s artistic programs and community ser-vices, especially its “Singing for Seniors” program. The 115-member chorus is composed of business people, teachers, and other professionals who con-tribute 20,000 hours in rehearsals and performances, said executive director Wendy White. During its 37th season this year, the Chorale will perform works by Beethoven, Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, and introduce a new performing group,
the Biermeister Chorus. Conductor is Dr. Michael Krueger. “The Larimer Chorale is one of the largest and most accomplished classical choral groups in Colo-rado,” said White. Its annual budget of $180,000 is unusual for local groups of its kind. This holiday season, the Chorale will perform Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” at the Candlelight Christmas concerts. For information on performances, see www.larimerchorale.org. Or email [email protected]. n
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(Editor’s Note: Grover is a historic town on the plains northeast of Greeley that James Michener visited while writing his book “Centen-
nial.” For information on the area, see the Northeastern Colorado Heritage League at www.necoheritage.org.)
By Louanne Timm The town of Grover had its be-ginnings in the 1880’s. In 1887 a mercantile store was built by Mayfield Jennings and was called The Jennings Store. In 1888 Jennings sold the store to George M. Morris, who called the building Cora M. Morris and Company after his wife, Cora. It was the only general mercantile store between Cheyenne, Wyo-ming and Sterling, Colorado. In 1894 George died and Cora remarried George W. Parker, who managed the store. In the mid to late 1930’s the store closed, and the Grover Chamber of Com-merce purchased the building. The building was used for social events. Movies were held and chairs pushed back after the mov-ies for dances. Soon cars made it easier to go to other entertainment venues, and the movies were discontin-ued. In 1975 the newly formed Lions Club purchased the build-ing from the Community Club. In 2005 the Lions club dissolved be-cause of lack of members, and the Pawnee Historical Society bought the building. In 2011 the Cora M. Morris building was on the State Historical Society list. The Morris store, a hotel run by Judge Barker, the Burlington hotel, the depot and stock yards, a school, and the post office were in Grover in 1905. In April of 1909 The Grover
State Bank was organized with a capital stock of $10,000. It folded in 1920 with very few deposits re-covered. Old timers reported there had been a bank in 1889, and it had been robbed of $35 by cow-boys from Wyoming. No one was ever caught and punished. In 1909 the Grover Telephone Company was formed and then sold in 1977 to Wiggins Tele-phone Company, which still has the service. Two doctors were among the homesteaders coming to Grover. Dr. J.G. Stewart set up an office and drug store. Dr. David M. Mitchell was a homesteader. In 1929 the town of Grover elected a woman mayor and all- woman town council. This was the first all-women town board in Colorado. The story goes that the men of the town looked the other way as bootleggers and gamblers operated from a local pool hall. The men didn’t take the woman seriously until after the votes were counted. The new board gave the pool hall owner an ultimatum—abide by the law or leave town. He left town. In 1932, Grover voted three to one to return the women to office for another term. Altogether 13 women served in the “petticoat government.” Throughout the years, women have continued to serve on the Grover Town Board.________________Email Louanne Timm at [email protected]. n
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Social SecurityBy Lauren Eitel - Greeley Social Security Office
These days it is more common than ever for a person to travel across the globe—either for a va-cation or to live in another coun-try permanently. If you are one of these people, Social Security offers a spe-cial website: “Social Security Payments Outside the United States.” The website features all you need to know about Social Security while living abroad. You can find it at www.socialse-curity.gov/international/pay-ments.html. If you’re in the planning stag-es of moving to another country, you may want to check out our “Payments Abroad Screening Tool.” It will ask you a few short questions and will let you know whether your payments can con-tinue. It may make a difference in your decision to live abroad. The page also offers links to
publications such as “Your Pay-ments While You Are Outside The United States,” which ex-plains how your benefits may be affected and other important information you need to know about receiving Social Security benefits while outside the coun-try. In the top, right corner of the page, you’ll find important infor-mation on how to contact Social Security when you are abroad to ask questions, make requests, or report events and changes that may affect payments. Whether you’re stateside or abroad, you’ll want to pay a visit to www.socialsecurity.gov/inter-national/payments.html. ________________Lauren Eitel is the Assistant Dis-trict Manager of the Greeley So-cial Security Office. n
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Health Law Issues Some doctors and hospitals say the new healthcare law could cause them to lose money because some patients might not pay their health insurance premiums. The new law requires insur-ance companies to give patients a 90-day grace period for paying their monthly premiums. That means patients can get up to 90 days behind on their premiums. If they receive doctor or hospi-
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The Good Samaritan-Bonell Community in Greeley was a vi-sion created by the Rev. August “Dad” Hoeger over 75 years ago when he saw a need for care for senior adults. It was named after Dr. Benja-min Bonell, who negotiated with Rev. Hoeger and the Rev. Erwin Fritchel, pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Greeley, for the sale of the property. One of the primary reasons the Society is able to provide out-standing care for our residents is the generosity of many supporters over the years. We have a strong commitment of giving in the Greeley community. The Society currently seeks to increase gift commitments to our general endowment funds to $3 million over the next five years.
An endowment is a perpetual fund where only the earnings are spent annually to enhance the quality of life for those entrusted to our care. The endowment uses un-restricted funds that can be used anywhere there is a need. Estate gifts, bequests, and trusts are of-ten preferred as a meaningful way to leave a legacy to ensure the So-ciety’s success. Our deepest appreciation goes to all Good Samaritan Society supporters. Thank you to those who supported us in the past and those who will support our pro-grams in the future. If you would like information on contributing to our endow-ment fund or if you would like to make a lasting legacy gift, please contact Michael Fitzsimmons at (970) 352-6082. n
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(Editor’s Note: Wyoming histo-rian Margaret Laybourn wrote
the following story.) West of Laramie, Wyoming, in the valley of the Laramie River and in the shadow of Jelm Moun-tain near Woods Landing, a small church stands, steeple pointing to the sky. The bell is gone from the stee-ple, but the church is easily rec-ognizable as a relic of a former community called Cummins. The church was built in the ear-ly 1870s when the mining boom was beginning in the area. A man called Cummins, who planned the town, was an opportunist who sold the mining rights to a Colo-rado company for $10,000. The
Denver Corporation then sold $l million in stock in copper specu-lation.
Cummins was a flim-flam man who fled to Texas with the $10,000 after it was discovered that he had “salted” the area.
The Cummins community is called Old Jelm now, after a local miner, because settlers wanted to get rid of the original name. Old Jelm was owned by the Holland family of Laramie and is listed on the National Historic Register.
The church can be seen from Wyoming Highway 10 about four miles south of Woods Landing, where the Jelm Post Office was located.
Woods Landing was once a shipping point where logs cut in the Medicine Bow forests were floated down the Laramie River and used to build the transconti-nental railroad across southern Wyoming. Named after Sam Woods, a pioneer operator of a saw-mill nearby, Woods Landing survived
as a supply station for ranchers. A cafe and dance hall later catered to tourists, hunters and winter sports enthusiasts. Woods Landing and Old Jelm can be reached by Wyoming state highway 230 west of Laramie, or by Colorado Road 103 going north of Chambers Lake north-west of Fort Collins. n
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Family Health GuideBreast Cancer Drug The FDA has approved a new pre-surgical drug (Perjeta) that appears to shrink early-stage tumors, which could mean less invasive surgeries and better sur-vival rates. “By making effective therapies available to high-risk patients in the earliest disease setting, we may delay or prevent cancer recurrences,” said FDA researcher Dr. Richard Pazdur.Prostate Radiation Treatment Most men get much more ra-diation therapy than they need to relieve pain from prostate can-cer, said a report in the Journal of the American Medical Associa-tion. Just one therapy session is enough, but many men get up to 10 sessions, said researcher Dr. Justin Bekelman at the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania.
Osteoporosis Women over age 45 spend more time in the hospital for this than for breast cancer, heart attack, or any other chronic dis-ease, said the International Os-teoporosis Foundation. That’s because osteoporosis leads to broken bones, immobility, di-minished quality of life, and ear-ly death. Bottle Feeding For infants, it appears to in-crease the risk of pyloric steno-sis, a stomach obstruction that causes vomiting, said a report in the journal JAMA Pediatrics by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle. The risk increases considerably for babies of mothers over age 35.Cancer Over-treatment? Most patients are not told that
routine cancer screenings often lead to over-diagnosis and over-treatment of slow growing can-cers that would never be a prob-lem, said a report in the JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin said ten patients are over-treated for every one whose life is saved.Kidney Tests Routine screening is not rec-ommended unless patients have symptoms or risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, says the American Col-lege of Physicians. That’s be-cause screening leads to too many false positives, unneces-sary treatments, and adverse ef-fects.Food Labels Misleading “Sell By” and “Best If Used
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Elsewhere, Mayo Clinic re-searchers say many of the new drugs and medical treatments work no better than older ones, and some are worse. In a report in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers said people and doctors often ask the wrong questions of new prac-tices and products and say, “What does it do, how does it work?” They should be asking “Does it work at all?” Experts at the National Can-cer Institute say nearly half of new medical practices have been found to be ineffective or harm-ful, including high-dose chemo-therapy and stem cell transplants for breast cancer, which is no bet-ter than conventional chemother-apy.Also the routine use of hormone therapy in postmenopausal wom-en, intensive glucose lowering in Type 2 diabetes patients, and nu-merous other treatments.
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By P.J. Hunt Estes Park historian Henry F. Pedersen, Jr., said he was a man who was born too late. He would like to have seen the unspoiled beauty of Colorado 100 years ago: “I long to experience the real America that caught the gaze of those early visionaries who wended their way along dusty trails in search of their dream…(who) stood mesmerized by the glorious mountains and sparkling brooks.…”
Pedersen, a retired attorney and former Nebraska legislator, came to Estes Park in 1973 and began writing books on the area. His most popular was “Those Castles of Wood,” a history of pioneer days in Estes. For some people, the book will bring back memories of early
lodges and guest ranches of the Estes valley— Elkhorn Lodge, Long’s Peak Inn, Moraine Lodge, Sprague’s Ranch. Pedersen’s description of
Long’s Peak Inn is especially good. It was operated by Enos Mills, the famous naturalist who helped establish Rocky Mountain National Park. Mills came to Estes in 1885 at age 15 and built a small cabin with a magnificent view of Long’s Peak. He loved the mountains and within a few years had climbed most of the peaks in the area. He vowed he would become an expert nature guide, which he did. In winter months, he worked as a snow observer for the state, snowshoeing in the mountains with little more than one coat, a camera and boxes of raisins. Making extensive use of li-braries, he educated himself in mathematics, science and gov-ernment—things he thought he needed to become a first-rate nat-uralist. Within a few years, he was writing and lecturing on nature. The U.S. Forest Service made him an official lecturer, and President Theodore Roosevelt was familiar with his work. Mills operated the Longs Peak Inn for guests who wanted to climb the mountains and experi-
ence the beauty of Estes Park. One early guest wrote, “The tone of this place is distinctly high brow…There are poets, novelists and artists.” Among those who stayed at Long’s Peak Inn were John D. Rockefeller and Frank Lloyd Wright. Mills used such contacts to help get Rocky Mountain Na-tional Park established in 1915. Pedersen told this and many more stories in “Those Castles of Wood.” The book should be avail-able at MacDonald Bookstore in Estes Park. n
Mills came to Estes in 1885 at age 15 and built a cabin with a view of Long’s Peak.
Controlling Pain Many of the painful, uncom-fortable things patients are sub-jected to are unnecessary, said a report in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology by researchers at the Mayo Clinic. That includes things like hav-ing to drink large amounts of medicine to clean the intestinal tract, getting intravenous opi-oids, extensive fasting, and other “punishments” patients endure. Patients not subjected to such things recovered sooner, were
more pleased with treatment, and on average cost the healthcare system $7,600 less.
The quicker recovery is espe-cially important for patients like women headed for chemothera-py after ovarian cancer surgery. “They have to recover to the ex-tent that they’re healthy enough for chemotherapy,” said Dr. Sean Dowdy.
Most doctors have not adopt-ed such practices, he said.
The Longs Peak Inn. Courtesy Estes Park History Museum.
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Winston Churchill attended a dinner party and drank his usual amount of booze. Noticing his condition, Mrs. Bessie Brad-dock, a member of Parliment and a Churchill foe, said, “Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!” He replied, “And you, Bessie, are ugly. But tomorrow morning I’ll be sober, and you’ll still be ugly.” On his 75th birthday, Churchill was asked if he had any fear of death. He replied: “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” At a social engagement, Churchill’s bitter foe, the Ameri-can-born Lady Astor, was offend-ed by one of his remarks and said: “Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I would put poison in your coffee!”
He replied, “Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!” A wife came home one night, went to her bedroom, and saw four legs in the bed instead of two. She grabbed a baseball bat and pounded the blanket until the bodies screamed. Then in a rage, she went to the kitchen to have a stiff drink. Her husband sat there, looked up an said, “Your parents showed up, and I put them in our bed-room.” You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and he will give you a look that says, “My God, you’re right. I never would have thought of that.” —Dave Barry Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house. —Steven Seagal
Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I’m halfway through my fish dinner and I real-ize, oh my goodness, I could be eating a slow learner. —Lynda Montgomer “I think I’ll change doctors. Mine told me not to buy any more forever stamps.” —Bill Lambdin Texas talk translated: “She looks like the dogs have been keeping her under the porch.” (Ugly.) “They ate supper before they said grace.” (Unmarried and liv-ing together.) “Big hat, no cattle.” (All talk, no action.) “She’s got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth.” (That woman can talk.) “You can put your boots in the oven, but that won’t make ‘em bis-cuits.” (You can’t change reality.)
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