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By Julee Graham

The 2013 Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships consists gymnasts from all the Regions in the United States. This year’s competition was held this past weekend in the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was hosted by the Twin City Twisters.

Bailie Holst was one of only five gymnasts from Colorado representing Region 3. Holst was teamed with six gymnasts from Texas, all of whom qualified for the team by placing in the top 7 at Region 3 Championships held in Wichita, Kansas last month. Region 3 consists of Arkansas, Kansas, Wyoming, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado.

Their Senior B team of seven was the champion in their division with a score of 152.55. Holst was able to take home both a Championship Plaque for team and an individual medal on Beam by placing 9th with a score of 9.400. Medals were awarded to the top 10 finishers. Holst was one spot out of the medals on Floor Exercise with a score of 9.525, placing 11th. Holst placed 26th out of 57 competitors in the All-Around with a score of 37.075. She was the highest scoring gymnast among the Colorado participants. This was a great way to end her Junior Olympic career. Now she is off to her new career as a collegiate gymnast at the University of Minnesota. Holst reports for training as a Minnesota Golden Gopher this June

Senior B National Team, From Left to Right

Nichole Guerrero – Zenith Elite, Texas; Lauren Li – WOGA, Texas; Kennedy Finister – Champions, Texas; Hayley Sanders – WOGA, Texas; Ciara Gardner – WOGA, Texas; Bailie Holst – Premier, Colorado; and Chayse Capps – Infinite Bounds, Texas

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Prestigious CU Denver Program Accepts Thompson Valley Senior

Thompson Valley High School catcher Daniel Grine was born prematurely, has been monitored for heart problems and has battled asthma. Despite all that he’s been a two-year starter behind the plate for the Eagles, has just been named a recipient of a Daniels Fund Scholarship and has been accepted into the highly selective BA/BS-MD combined degree program at the University of Colorado Denver.  This fall, Grine will join nine other standout scholars from around the state entering the unique program. “Because of all those medical issues I had when I was a child,” he said, “I have always wanted to be a doctor since I was a little boy.”

The BA/BS-MD program is a partnership between CU Denver’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the CU School of Medicine.  In a highly competitive selection process, only ten graduating high school seniors statewide are accepted into the program annually. This year there were 102 applicants.  45 of those applicants made it as far as the interview stage.

Being accepted enables the students to earn a reserved seat in the CU School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, provided she/he meets a specific set of required standards. Students spend the first four years of the eight-year program earning their bachelor’s degree at CU Denver.

Grine is a hard worker who’s been consistently employed since 2009. He’s been saving money for college his entire life.  Receiving the Daniels Fund Scholarship will help relieve the financial burden by covering the remaining expenses on his four years of undergraduate studies after all other scholarships and financial aid have been applied.

Grine credits his work ethic to his family and describes jumping in the air when he heard he’d been accepted into the CU Denver program. “I screamed and so did my parents,” he said. “Right now I’m considering becoming a surgeon. This program gives me the opportunity to realize my life goal of working and helping people.”

On the baseball field, Eagles coach Jay Denning says having Grine at the catcher position is like having another defensive coach on the field.  “He’s so smart,” Denning

says.  “He calls nearly every pitch in every game.”

The University of Colorado Denver BA/BS-MD combined degree program is designed to address the healthcare needs of Colorado communities. It focuses on assembling outstanding students with broadly diverse backgrounds who intend to practice medicine in Colorado.  When this year’s class enters CU Denver in the fall, it will include students from the eastern plains, northern Colorado, the mountains, and the Denver metro area. This is the fourth class to start the program. They will enter the School of Medicine in the fall of 2017.

Aryn Archambeau, Tatum Graham, Alyssa Strong, Jaxi Melby and Kairey Vela/ Region 3 Qualifiers

By Julee Graham

Tatum Graham

Premier Gymnastics of the Rockies Level 8 Regional Qualifiers represented themselves well in the, “Region 3 Championship” in Norman, Oklahoma. The meet was hosted by Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy on April 20 & 21. Each state sends only their top qualifying gymnasts, this allows for only the best gymnasts from the entire Region to compete. Region 3 consists of Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Kansas. Each Premier gymnast had some of their highest scores this season at the Championship. Tatum Graham earned a medal, placing 12^th on Vault with a score of 9.30 in the Junior 2 Division.

Photos by Jackie Strong

Representatives from U.S. Sen. Mark Udall’s office and Rep. Jared Polis’ office will be available to constituents and organizations in Berthoud on Thursday.

Congressional staff from the two Democrats’ offices will be on hand from 3:30-5 p.m. at the board room of Northern Water Conservancy District headquarters, 220 Water Ave.

They will answer questions about grants for special districts, local governments and nonprofits.

Premier Gymnastics of the Rockies gymnast Bailie Holst, placed all four events at the Level 10 Region 3 regional competition in Wichita, Kansas this past weekend. Holst scored an impressive 38.050 to earn her second place in the All-Around Competition in the Senior B Division. Holst was also crowned Beam Champion with a score of 9.600. Holst Placed second on Floor, fifth on the Vault and sixth on the Bars. Holst qualified for the Junior Olympic Nationals, to be held in Minnesota next month. She will be competing in her new hometown. Starting in June, Holst will be attending the University of Minnesota. Holst was offered a full scholarship as a Minnesota Golden Gopher Gymnast. She will be heading to Junior Olympic Nationals on May 10-12.

Photos by Shannon Renke

At 08:48 a.m. (April 3, 2013) the Greeley Fire Department was called to 3035 23rd Ave, the Golden Corral restaurant, in Greeley, on the report of a possible structure fire. Upon their arrival, responding fire crews reported that the restaurant had been evacuated. Restaurant employees reported smelling and seeing smoke inside the business. Fire crews immediately entered the building to investigate and quickly determined that fire crews needed to get onto the roof to examine the rooftop heating units as a possible source of the smoke. The responding Ladder company cautiously gained access to the snow covered, icy roof of the restaurant and identified a potential problem with one of the heating units. A HVAC repair technician was called to the scene and the problem-causing unit was shut down. The restaurant was able to reopen and continue serving customers. There were no injuries and no damage estimate is available.

Kevin Michael Campbell, 23, of Fort Collins, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Loveland.

Kevin was born August 24, 1989 in Loveland to parents Kent and Candy Campbell. He graduated from Thompson Valley High School and was a senior Biology major at Colorado State University. He was devoted to his studies and deeply enjoyed learning.  He aspired to be a professional athletic trainer.

Kevin loved Father God with a passion and intensity that is indescribable. His polite, loving, gentle, tender and forgiving spirit was remarkable. Kevin’s struggle with an illness he neither understood nor accepted is over. We take comfort in knowing that God knew Kevin’s pain and the “why’s,” and that Jesus died and was resurrected for all of us. Kevin is at peace and in the eternal loving care of his Heavenly Father.

Kevin will be lovingly remembered by his mother Candy Rushold, father Kent Campbell and step-mother Trisha Campbell, sister Kristin Campbell, sister and brother-in-law Kari and Jesse Carosella, nephew Gunnar Carosella, step-sister Ginny Thacker, step-brother Robert Thacker, grandparents Carroll and Arlene Rushold, and many other family and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Kevin’s memory on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Brookside Gardens, 619 E. State Highway 56, in Berthoud. Memorial contributions may be made to Realities for Children, Inc. in care of Resthaven. Condolences may be left for the family at resthavencolorado.com.