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Obituary: Harold Clarence Kitten 

Obituary: Harold Clarence Kitten 

There will be a graveside service on Friday, July 28 at 2:00 p. m. at the Greenlawn Cemetery East of Berthoud Harold Kitten, longtime resident of Berthoud passed away on Friday, July 21 at the age of 94. He was born in Lawrence, Nebraska to Alvin H. and Mary L. Kitten on September 14, 1922. At the age of 8, the family moved to Stratton, Colorado where they took up dryland farming. Always busy, he farmed for seven years, then started his first business venture as the owner/operator of ... Full Story

Jamboree travesty

Jamboree travesty

By Robert J. Byers I don’t blame the Boy Scouts for President Donald Trump’s bizarre speech at the National Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday. The U.S. president is, after all, the honorary president of the Scouts. If he wants to speak at the National Jamboree, it would be hard to say no. I don’t blame the boys in the audience who took the bait and booed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama or who chanted “USA! USA!” in response to Trump’s childish cues. ... Full Story