Author: Max's Scout Services and Communications of the Americas, LLC

Writer of Non-Fiction / MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT / Sports Fan / HUMORIST/ Food Critic / HORSE AND DOG OWNER / Life-Long Christian / Member of THE GREEN PARTY Voting Blue in 2020/ ALOHA SPIRIT /

A True Story That You May Find Humorous

It was a warm July afternoon along the boarding area at the Springs Amtrak depot. The middle-aged man, not accustomed to the high altitude, was sucking air by breathing through his mouth. So thirsty, Frank headed as quick as he could into the station for a drink.

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Just a drink of Rocky Mountain high water would help his dehydration. Real drinks and cocktails being served across 6th Street. Oh yea, Frank was almost there for relief.

In the first pew, a strawberry blond in her 20s was seated alone. After trading stares into her reddened, soggy, emerald-green eyes, Frank was spellbound and stopped.

Frank was terribly nearsighted without glasses. Even though he was seriously visually impaired, he could plainly see poor Allyson.

Young Allyson looked as if she was crying her eyes out.

Frank shyly spoke up, “May I help you in any way?”

“I don’t imagine how. I have to get on the next train.”

“You know this Amtrak California Zephyr is a pretty nice ride.”

“Oh, it is not that. I do not know when I will ever see my boyfriend again.”

After Frank set his body gently next to her he wondered and softly spoke up, “What’s up? Is he back home or somewhere around the train station?”

“Travis is working along the river this entire summer and I have to go to work.”

Frank felt a rage of adrenaline in his blood and rapidly asked, “Do you work nearby? Could you call in sick? Can you return to the Springs soon?”

Allyson paused then replied, “I manage a bar and grill in upstate New York and must be there by Monday.”

“You know the train is running late. Things aren’t as bad as it seems. Why don’t you take a walk around town and give Travis a call?”

To Be Continued . . .

Will Grandma Barbara pick up Ally at the train station?

Will Travis (this is not his real name) quit his summer job and travel east to be with Ally?

Find out about Ally’s opinion and reckoning with death..

Will Ally dye her red hair?

copyright 2014

Max’s Scout Services & Communications, LLC

D. A. D. Publishing & Associates of Colorado

[ for musement only]

 

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Homelessness (Again) – The Beleaguered Population

Too cold and snowy the last two days. i am going back to be homeless again.

So what …

Much like a town like Bloomington, Indiana, the Christian churches in Glenwood Springs, Aspen, Basalt, and Silt, Colorado, do a fine job providing at least one hot meal a-day and there is a daytime ministry where people can rest and eat breakfast and lunch five days a week.

This area has more resources for homeless (house-less or apartment-less) during winter and early spring months. During the late spring, summer, and early fall, many people camp-out.

This can be both hazardous* and criminal. Yes, city police will arrest homeless people if they are found sleeping in public.

* Check out a book entitled, “Don’t Get Sick.” The second edition by Buck Tilton and Dr. Rick Bennett is 108 pages.

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Why Won’t Local Police (GSPD) Leave Homeless People Alone

 COMPLAINT

The Dailey Sun-Times-Chronicles/ news group, David A. Dailey (heretofore named Publisher), and members of the homeless community of Glenwood Springs have suffered indignities, surprising criminal arraignments, and have had their civil rights violated by the actions of the City Police Department and because of the unconstitutional local ordinances made by the City Councilmen.

The City of Glenwood Springs Police and Fire Departments have violated the Federal Freedom of Information Act by withholding and not submitting information to the public and press.

  • Not respecting the federal Freedom of Information Act, on July 17, the Administrative Assistant to the Fire Department Chief of the GSFD told Publisher Dailey that the feasibility of providing the logs was under the Fire Chief and staff’s consideration. She mentioned that it may be difficult and painstaking to remove confidential HIPA-protected information from their records.
  • Other newspapers in the area (Aspen Daily News; Aspen Times) regularly publish police calls. The Post Independent in Glenwood Springs has not during 2014.
  • It is believed that 13 Amendments to the United States Constitution have been recently violated by the City lawmakers and Glenwood Springs Police Department. Jailing citizens for sleeping in public – the plaintiffs assert – is unconstitutional.
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What is the Tune to this Anthem?

Where the snowy peaks gleam in the moonlight,Above the dark forests of pine,And the wild foaming waters dash onward,Toward lands where the tropic stars shine;Where the scream of the bold mountain eagleResponds to the notes of the doveIs the purple robed West, the land that is best,The pioneer land that we love.

Tis the land where the columbines grow,
Overlooking the plains far below,
While the cool summer breeze in the evergreen trees
Softly sings where the columbines grow.
The bison is gone from the upland,
The deer from the canyon has fled,
The home of the wolf is deserted,
The antelope moans for his dead,
The war whoop re-echoes no longer,
The Indian’s only a name,
And the nymphs of the grove in their loneliness rove,
But the columbine blooms just the same. Let the violet brighten the brookside,
In sunlight of earlier spring,
Let the fair clover bedeck the green meadow,
In days when the orioles sing,
Let the goldenrod herald the autumn,
But, under the midsummer sky,
In its fair Western home, may the columbine bloom
Till our great mountain rivers run dry.
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The World Needs More Grown-Ups

This author provides good insight (2 years ago). It took them years, but the City of Aurora released results of a contracted analysis today (October 2014).

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Yet again, we find ourselves horrified and confused by an unprovoked shooting in a public place. We look for explanations, and someone or something to blame. We’re sure there must be a reason for these events, a way to understand their causes, and a means to prevent them in the future.

I don’t think so.

What we’ve learned over and over is that a small group of people — and even an individual — can cause widespread injury, death, and destruction, and with very little effort. The massacre of thousands of human beings in a single day is almost unimaginable, but such a thing has happened hundreds of times, in all regions of the world and in every century of recorded history. In the most recent decades, terrorists have reminded us repeatedly that no one is totally safe.

The natural question is, Why? What compels a person to step so…

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In Golf: The USA is a Big Underdog

Dateline: Scotland

September 2014 – Ryder’s Cup

Sunday's Head-to-Head Matchups

Sunday’s Head-to-Head Matchups

Already down 5 to 3 (and then 10 to 6 after Day 2), the twelve-man American team has two days of golf matches to comeback and win the cup.  The USA group of Furyk, Watson, Kuchar, Fowler, Mickelson, Spieth, Zack Johnson, Walker, Mahan, Bradley, Reed, and Simpson are trying to pull off a win in Europe that has not been seen in 21 years.

Furthermore, the European team has four of the top six-ranked professional golfers in the world (#1 Rory McIlroy, #3 Sergio Garcia, #5 Henrik Stenson, and #6 Justin Rose).

Eight matches are finished and 16 are to come.  Around here we will be up at 1 a.m. MDT to be witness to history. USA! USA! USA!

HELP USA
HELP USA
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Singing Saturday

Looking for a song for Saturday?

Choose any of these:

President Playing Football with Bo
President Playing Football with Bo
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