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Missing Woman #Boulder photos description keep eye open on trails Police
Oct 20th
Police ask for public’s assistance in locating missing woman
Boulder police are seeking assistance locating a woman who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. Yvonne Barnett, 64, left her home in the Mapleton Hill neighborhood at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and withdrew a modest amount of cash from an ATM at 6 p.m. She did not return home last night. This morning, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, shortly before 8 a.m., Barnett phoned her husband and said she was laying down in a field somewhere. She reported that she could hear traffic but could not see any homes in the area.
Police have worked to try to track the cell phone signal. There is some indication she may be in the Nederland area, but investigators say the data is not entirely reliable and that she could be in another location entirely. She has not called her husband back since then and is no longer answering her telephone.
Barnett has a history of wandering away from home and becoming disoriented. Police have no reason to suspect foul play. However, it appears the missing woman may have spent the night outdoors and officers are concerned about her well-being.
Officers are asking anyone who has seen Barnett since yesterday afternoon, to please call dispatch immediately at 303-441-3333. Her photograph is attached to this release.
#Boulder Famous Addictions Therapist Speaker Jack Lavino
Oct 20th
Jack Lavino, longtime Boulder psychotherapist, sought after speaker. Said Lavino, “ I want to educate people about addiction recovery, trauma recovery in humorous, graceful, and poignant talks to free themselves and their loved ones from addiction and trauma. Topics Lavino Talks include:
“ I Have Been To Hell, and Now I Know The Way To Heaven”(Jack’s personal journey through childhood abuse and recovery)
“Addiction: Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places”
“Love Deprivation and Helpless Rage: The Roots of Addiction and the Routes Out of Addiction”
“ Addiction Recovery: Only Love Can Break a Heart, Only Love Can Mend it”
“Addiction and Attachment: What Disease”
“Be the Man You Want Your Daughter To Marry…Because She Will” ( I have recently decided to share my experiences and the lessons I have learned from being a father to two great daughters, ages 45 and 11.)
In his talks Lavino focuses on his own personal as well as his professional experiences to bring these topics to life and to offer effective solutions.
Lavino talks to social, professional, educational, spiritual or civic groups.
For more information, call Jack at 303-245-0552 or email jack@jacklavino.com
CU STUDENT’S LIFE PLANS CHANGE AFTER VOLUNTEERING IN RURAL NEPAL
Oct 18th
Taylor Roberts, a University of Colorado at Boulder senior majoring in architectural engineering, is an example of the growing number of CU-Boulder students who are civically engaged.
Roberts is co-president of the CU-Boulder chapter of GlobeMed, a national student organization focused on improving the health of impoverished people. The organization has 19 chapters across the nation that partner with different grassroots groups that work in communities throughout the developing world.
CU-Boulder’s chapter is partnered with Himalayan HealthCare Inc., a nonprofit organization that works to improve health care services, support education and create employment opportunities in villages in rural Nepal.
Before joining GlobeMed, Roberts got his first taste of civic engagement through his involvement in CU-Boulder’s Presidents Leadership Class and Engineers Without Borders.
“Both of these organizations helped push me in the direction of becoming civically engaged at CU-Boulder and becoming active with the GlobeMed organization,” Roberts said.
Roberts traveled to Tipling, Nepal, last summer with the CU-Boulder GlobeMed chapter, where he spent a lot of his time working with Project C.U.R.E.
“Project C.U.R.E. is an organization that donates medical supplies and services,” said Roberts. “They donated $100,000 worth of medical supplies to Tipling.”
The supplies included common surgical instruments, laboratory and diagnostic tools and machines for operating and delivery rooms, according to Roberts.
While in Nepal, Roberts and three other GlobeMed students worked on a community education project, which included teaching a women’s empowerment course and volunteering at two elementary schools. They also built a latrine for the community, a key component of maintaining a clean water supply.
Since returning from his trip to Nepal, Roberts has been focusing not only on graduation, which is quickly approaching next spring, but also on continuing the GlobeMed legacy at CU-Boulder.
“We’ve got our chapter solidified,” said Roberts. “It’s a fairly selective process, but it’s a good opportunity for students to learn about global health issues.”
After graduation, Roberts plans to pursue a professional engineering certificate, a process that will lead to becoming a licensed engineer.
“I want to move into engineering for developing communities,” he said.
Roberts encourages CU-Boulder students to get involved with GlobeMed, especially since the organization works closely with the university to foster a positive environment for civic engagement. His involvement in the group helped change his perspective on the world.
“I’ve traveled around Europe before, but Nepal was life changing,” said Roberts. “I want to spend a lot of time in Nepal and rural communities. That’s the direction I see my life going.”
For more information on GlobeMed, visit http://www.globemed.org/ or e-mail ucboulder@globemed.org.
SOURCE-CU media affairs