By Tony Saavedra | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: September 23, 2018 at 10:35 am | UPDATED: September 25, 2018 at 9:04 am Love landed Elinor Frerichs in a secured facility for people with dementia. Twelve days after the death of her husband, 95-year-old Frerichs married a friend 26 years her junior, a man who watched the same TV shows and made her feel “happier than ever.” But shortly after saying “I do,” Frerichs was placed under a court conservatorship at the recommendation of a psychologist and Adult Protective Services. She was hospitalized and her marriage was annulled — partly to shield her estate, estimated at $1 million. Despite concerns over her mental capacity, Frerichs appeared lucid in a transcript of a rare visit with friends, vowing, “I’m not going to sit there and rot and die in that damn room.” She also had a few words for her conservator: “You are a bastard if I ever met one. Somehow, … [Read more...] about Money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
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California’s money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
By Tony Saavedra | Southern California News Group PUBLISHED: September 24, 2018 at 10:44 am | UPDATED: September 24, 2018 at 10:46 am Love landed Elinor Frerichs in a secured facility for people with dementia. Twelve days after the death of her husband, 95-year-old Frerichs married a friend 26 years her junior, a man who watched the same TV shows and made her feel “happier than ever.” But shortly after saying “I do,” Frerichs was placed under a court conservatorship at the recommendation of a psychologist and Adult Protective Services. She was hospitalized and her marriage was annulled — partly to shield her estate, estimated at $1 million. Despite concerns over her mental capacity, Frerichs appeared lucid in a transcript of a rare visit with friends, vowing, “I’m not going to sit there and rot and die in that damn room.” She also had a few words for her conservator: “You are a bastard if I ever met one. Somehow, I’m going … [Read more...] about California’s money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
Colorado’s economy vs. residents’ health? Sides battle over what’s at stake with oil and gas well setbacks
THORNTON — A statewide ballot measure that would dramatically increase the distance new oil and gas wells would have to be from homes, schools and waterways will be a job-gutting attack on Colorado’s economy, opponents say. It will deprive cities and towns of millions of dollars in tax revenues and rob thousands of mineral rights owners access to their underground property. Or Proposition 112, known during the petition process as Initiative 97, will bring long-sought sanity to neighborhoods throughout the state, bolstering the health and safety of thousands living above or on the edge of Colorado’s increasingly industrialized energy landscape. Those are the competing messages voters will have to sort out on Nov. 6, when they will be asked whether additional controls should be placed on drilling in a state experiencing an ongoing population boom alongside an intensifying hunt for the resources that power modern life. Specifically, the measure would increase setbacks … [Read more...] about Colorado’s economy vs. residents’ health? Sides battle over what’s at stake with oil and gas well setbacks
Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner talks with Michael Morell on “Intelligence Matters” podcast, Aug. 28, 2018
On "Intelligence Matters" this week, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, talks with CBS News senior national security contributor and former Acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell. MICHAEL MORELL: Senator, welcome to the show. SENATOR MARK WARNER: Thank you, Mike. MICHAEL MORELL: It's great to have you, and, most importantly, it's great to see you again. SENATOR MARK WARNER: Great to see you. MICHAEL MORELL: You and I spent a lot of time together when I was acting director and deputy director and you were on the committee and I always enjoy talking with you, so I'm really looking forward to this. SENATOR MARK WARNER: Well, thank you for your service. MICHAEL MORELL: And that's where I'd love to start, actually, is Senator, your insights into the men and women of the intelligence community with whom you meet almost every day, both here on the Hill and when you visit them-- in their stations in the U.S. and their stations around the world. I want to ask you a few questions about … [Read more...] about Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner talks with Michael Morell on “Intelligence Matters” podcast, Aug. 28, 2018
What’s new for fall at Colorado Springs area schools
Changes are blowing in with the fall semester for the Pikes Peak region's 17 public school districts.New superintendents are in charge at Colorado Springs School District 11 and Woodland Park School District RE-2.Three new schools with state-of-the-art features are opening to meet growing enrollment from residential development to the east and south.Students started classes Aug. 2 at School District 49’s $20 million Bennett Ranch Elementary in Peyton.Academy School District 20 is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Legacy Peak Elementary and the Center for Modern Learning in the Wolf Ranch neighborhood Tuesday.The first phase of Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8’s new middle school, to accommodate up to 1,500 students at completion, opens Monday. Colorado schools dig in to offer fresh grown foods at school cafeterias and homesSeveral districts will bring school financing measures to the Nov. 6 ballot.Many districts are making safety and security improvements to … [Read more...] about What’s new for fall at Colorado Springs area schools