Archive for February 26, 2009
Police Beat: Feb. 26, 2009
Tuesday, Feb. 17 It pays to report incidents to the police. While speaking with a Berthoud woman about a case, she mentioned that her grandson’s bicycle had been stolen a few weeks before. The officer recognized it as one in the department’s abandoned property and boy and bicycle were reunited. A loud hissing noise coming from the area of High Country Proco at 10 a.m. was identified as a propane tank being blown out. Police found a bicycle in the area of First St. and Indiana ... Full Story
Fire Report: Feb. 26, 2009
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident Activity for Feb. 16-22 Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 BFPD responded to a structure fire on Schultz Lane. The fire started around the exhaust piping system inside the wall between the living room and master bedroom. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 BFPD responded to a wildland fire with the Loveland Fire District in the Bobcat Storm Mountain area. Two brush trucks from Berthoud were assigned to the fire until the late ... Full Story
Obituaries: Robert Roark, Verda Silbaugh
Robert Thomas Roark Robert “Bob” Thomas Roark died on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. He was 73 years old. Born on April 22, 1935, in Rock Falls, Ill., Roark was the son of Jeanette (Andrews) and Howard Roark. He married Mary Jo Wright on Nov. 25, 1954, in Princeton, Ill. The couple then moved to Colorado in 1957. Roark owned and operated Longmont Signs and Decals from 1964 to 1976, and then served as pastor of Tri-Town Baptist Church until his retirement from full-time ministry in 1993. He spent ... Full Story
