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GEORGETOWN BIGHORN SHEEP FESTIVAL

November 6, 2009

4TH ANNUAL GEORGETOWN BIGHORN SHEEP FESTIVAL PROMISES FALL FAMILY FUN

GEORGETOWN, Colo. – Few animals evoke Colorado’s rugged and unforgiving mountains like the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Yet the vertical terrain that keeps sheep safe from predators also limits opportunities for Coloradans to view and appreciate Colorado’s state animal.

A happy exception for wildlife watchers is Georgetown, where the Colorado Division of Wildlife is finalizing preparations for the 4th Annual Georgetown Bighorn Sheep Festival.  Sponsored by DOW, the Town of Georgetown and Great Outdoors Colorado, the festival is timed to coincide with the sheep’s head-banging mating season. This year’s event will take place the weekend of November 14-15.

“Georgetown is one of the few places in Colorado you are almost guaranteed to see bighorn sheep, particularly during breeding season in November and December,” said Mary McCormac, Education Coordinator for the northeast region at the DOW.  “Every year we’ve been fortunate to introduce the public to the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, from our Wildlife Viewing Area.  The sheep always put on a good show and an educational and fun time is had by all!”

Trained DOW volunteers will be on hand to help viewers locate the sheep, as well as offer a cup of hot cider and brief lesson on these majestic mammals.  Friends and families will enjoy the educational programming, crafts and activities, and if the weather holds, a bit of guided fishing at Georgetown Lake.

Saturday Presentations:

–Wildlife of Clear Creek County
-Camping and Hiking with Kids
-Catching Poachers: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Protecting Colorado’s Wildlife
-Introduction to Fly Fishing/Tying
-Coyote Tales
-Bighorn Sheep of Georgetown
-Coyotes in the City: Living with Colorado Wildlife
-Mountain Pine Beetles
-Impacts of Climate Change on Colorado’s Wildlife
-Winter Bird Feeding

Festival Activities Guide:

See the final schedule of events at Georgetown Bighorn Sheep Festival 2009 OR pick up a schedule on-site at the Gateway Visitor Center or the Georgetown Community Center.  All of these events are free.

Georgetown is located just less than an hour west of Denver on I-70. Programs and activities take place in several venues throughout town, but most are on 6th Street. Be sure to plan time to visit the numerous art galleries and unique shops where artisans and shop owners will showcase their wildlife related art, gifts, crafts and other merchandise.

WHAT:           Georgetown Bighorn Sheep Festival: A full weekend of family-friendly and free wildlife fun.

WHERE:         Town of Georgetown: One hour west of Denver on I-70.

WHEN:           Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 2009, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

CONTACT:    Jennifer Churchill, Public Information Officer, Phone: 303-291-7234, email: Jennifer.churchill@state.co.us

For more information about Division of Wildlife go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us

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Anti-gun ObamaCare bill Coming to the House Floor Very Soon

November 6, 2009

This was sent out Wednesday, but just now popped up on my email…

Anti-gun ObamaCare bill Coming to the House Floor Very Soon
— This week is the critical time to lobby your Representative

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

We have reached the point in the battle over ObamaCare which will decide whether we win or lose.

The details of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill are in, and they can be seen at http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf .

The bill (H.R. 3962) is 1,990 pages long and weighs over 20 pounds.  And even though a search of the bill will not reveal the word “gun” or “firearm,” that doesn’t mean the bill is neutral in regard to your Second Amendment rights.

For starters, this bill will — like all the ObamaCare versions before it — most likely result in all of your gun-related health data being dumped into a government database that was created in the stimulus bill.  This includes any firearms-related information your doctor has gleaned… or any determination of PTSD, or something similar, that can preclude you from owning firearms.

The bill will also create special “wellness” programs in section 112 which would allow the government to offer lower premiums to employers who bribe their employees to live healthier lifestyles — and nothing within the bill would prohibit rabidly anti-gun HHS Secretary Sebelius from decreeing that “no guns” is somehow healthier.

The bill purports to cut Medicare by $500 billion — in a move which will result in massive rationing for seniors, while ultimately adding hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit.

The bill will mandate that you purchase expensive government-approved policies and will (according to some studies) triple your insurance premiums through taxes and government requirements.

Of course, this all means that you will have less money to spend on pursuing your real passions — like providing for your family and purchasing guns and ammunition!

ACTION: Write your Representative.  Tell him or her to oppose this bill.  Don’t be discouraged by reports in the liberal media which have tried to tell us — since January — that this battle is hopeless.  We can win, and, with your help, we will win.

You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send a pre-written message to your Representative.

—– Pre-written letter —–

Dear Representative:

The Pelosi health care bill, sponsored by Rep. Dingell, has now been made public.

For starters, this bill will — like all the ObamaCare versions before it — most likely result in all gun-related health data being dumped into the government database that was created in the stimulus bill.  This includes any firearms-related information that doctors have gleaned… or any determination of PTSD, or something similar, that can preclude a person from owning firearms.

The bill will also create special “wellness” programs in section 112 which would allow the government to offer lower premiums to employers who bribe their employees to live healthier lifestyles — and nothing within the bill would prohibit rabidly anti-gun HHS Secretary Sebelius from decreeing that “no guns” is somehow healthier.

The bill will, according to some studies, triple insurance premiums through taxes and government requirements — while mandating that Americans purchase expensive government-approved policies.

But, perhaps most instructively, there is this:  Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid promised to produce a $900 billion bill which would not add “one dime” to the deficit.

This bill will cost $1.3 trillion and will increase the deficit by AT LEAST $150 billion.

The only way Pelosi or the Congressional Budget Office can continue to pretend to the contrary is to take $247 billion in bill costs and slip them through in separate legislation.

In short, this process is fraudulent.

I have many issues with this legislation.  And so I urge you to oppose this legislation and keep the government from inserting itself even more into my everyday life.

Sincerely,

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