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SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY NEWS FROM LARKSPUR
AND FRIENDS OF FIRE DISTRICT
Kenneth Roy Gardner Ken Sanders, Secretary, LFPD...
January 26, 1931 - January 9, 2017
It is no surprise to most of us in
Kenneth Roy Gardner, 85, a resident of the Larkspur Fire Protection Dis-
Highlands Ranch, Colorado, passed away trict that we are in the midst of one
on Monday January 9, 2017. He was born of our driest winters, preceded by
in Laurium, Michigan, on January 26, an equally dry summer and fall.
1931, eldest son of Nedward and Ethel In fact, our Fire District has issued
(Picard) Gardner. stage two fire restrictions that pro-
hibit open fires, open burning and
He graduated from Calumet High School in 1949. Ken played the use of fireworks in the unincor-
trumpet with many local area groups during his High School porated areas of Douglas County.
and College years at Northern Michigan University. Ken was Most of us live in a “Wildland-Urban Interface,” which is any
a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He served in the Strategic Air area where man-made improvements are built close to, or with-
Command for four years during the Korean Conflict. in, natural terrain and flammable vegetation, and where high
potential for wildland fire exists.
Ken and Joyce lived in Walpole, MA for 23 years, and moved
to Colorado in 1993 where he worked with his son Dave in That’s what makes the LFPD’s first annual tree cutting lottery
real estate. Ken was treasurer of the corporation. For many all the more important and valuable to our community. Eigh-
years, Dave lived in Perry Park Ranch, and some of us recall teen homeowners were selected to have trees on their property
his gifts—often distributed by Ken—pumpkins for Halloween, cut down. Sawyers from the Fire District came out to all of the
seedlings for Arbor Day... homes, inspected the trees and once approved, marked them for
removal. They then returned with another senior sawyer who
Ken is survived by son David (Ellyn) Gardner of Aurora, CO., supervised cutting of the trees. The cutting of the trees serves
daughters Dawn Flemings of Tampa, FL., Sheryl Gardner of as a mechanism for sawyers to become certified or recertified
Foxboro, MA. and grandson Bryan Flemings of Tampa, FL. as appropriate.
Also surviving is brother James Gardner of Green River, WY.
sister Carol Amos of Clearwater, FL., son-in-law Robert Flem- The sawyer ensured that there would be no danger to the home-
ings of McKinney, TX. sister-in-law Betty Gardner of Gwinn, owner’s property or a neighbor’s property, power lines, utilities
MI. brother-in-law Robert Jewett of Porter Ranch, CA. and etc. All of the Fire District’s sawyers need to have another saw-
many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. yer review their cuts for recertification. The conditions of the
Lottery were that the Fire District sawyers would fall the trees,
Computer Support
Computer Support
Computer Support limb them and buck them (cut into logs) but would not remove
them, stack them or create organized piles. When one considers
the cost of having just one tree taken down, the cost savings to
home owners of having the Fire District do all this work is im-
When you need it. Where you need it. mense – especially when you consider that multiple trees were

Local, hometown computer support for your home or taken down at each property selected.
office. Larkspur resident with 35 years of computer and The Fire District will be holding another Tree Cutting Lottery
customer support experience. Fair and honest service. this year so look for details on how to apply in the Sentinel in

HARDWARE SUPPORT: System troubleshooting & repair, Upgrade the fall.
analysis & recommendations, Laptop, LCD Monitor & Electronic
repairs, Network hardware installation & configuration. MARCH NEWS FROM
SOFTWARE SUPPORT: ALL versions of MS Windows desktops, THE WATER DISTRICT
RedHat Linux operating systems. Virus, Malware & Spyware Jim Matchett...
removal, User Data Recovery and transfer , System Administration

training, Assistance with application software problems. The March regular board meeting of the
Perry Park Water & Sanitation District
Black Bear DigitalBlack Bear Digital was called to order at 4:31 p.m. on the 15th

with four directors present. Director La-
FREE TELEPHONE CONSULTATION! Crosse had received an excused absence.
The first order of business was the ap-
303.681.9432 proval of the minutes of the February15th
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