http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5?http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/News/Story~31603.aspx11/17/2005 1:52:18 PMFrancis MillerA REPEAT OF AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE FOR FRANKTOWN HERITAGE DAYS Original Title: Franktown: Ghost town or exurbia? Hardly a day goes by that land use and excessive growth are not discussed. Douglas County was once a ranch-land, rural landscape, punctuated by highway intersections. In less than 20...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Letter-to-the-Editor/Story~31642.aspx11/17/2005 2:28:46 PMFrancis MillerAnother Oldie but Goodie, resurrected for FranKtown Heritage Days. Originally titled, "Eulogy on Franktown" The happiest day in the life of an author is the day his book is published. And for a Douglas County Community Planning Director, it is a Kodak moment the day the Commissioners approve...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Opinion/Local-Happenings/Story~37497.aspx12/14/2005 11:11:15 AMFrancis MillerIn a recent op-ed to the Denver Post , Gail Schoettler offered a solution for higher education that represents the kind of thinking lawyers and hang-around-the-fort politicians are famous for. In my mind, her recommendation to centralize governance and create a multi-tiered structure i...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Letter-to-the-Editor/Story~37982.aspx12/16/2005 10:15:57 AMFrancis MillerA recent article about Cherry Creek Reservoir brought into sharp reliefwhy the levees in New Orleans led to such a disaster. Local debate overvested personal interests always seems to trump rationality and speedydecision-making. Here is the situation. You have a dam, containing billions ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~38205.aspx12/17/2005 11:49:50 AMFrancis MillerIn a recent op-ed , Gail Schoettler,  offered a solution for higher education that represents the kind ofthinking lawyers and hang-around-the-fort politicians are famous for. Inmy mind, her recommendation to centralize governance and create amulti-tiered structure is the opposite ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~38207.aspx12/17/2005 11:59:25 AMFrancis MillerThe other day I was avoiding the Christmas crowds and sought refuge in the Parker Library. Who did I come across but old Joel Waldfogel, that curmudgeon of a Yale professor. You have probably never met Dr. Waldfogel but he is the premier expert on the "Deadweight Loss of Christmas". I sat down wi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Archive/Holidays/Christmas/Story~38420.aspx12/19/2005 1:45:47 PMFrancis MillerThings are "a-boomin" everywhere in Douglas County We have things that everyone envies, When folks out on the East Coast and Left Bank ask me How are things going out there in Colorado?, I smile like an idiot and say, "Couldn't be Better!" "Great!" "Making Money Hand Over Fist!"...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Archive/Creative-Writing/Poetry/Story~38878.aspx12/20/2005 10:34:06 PMFrancis MillerThe other day I was avoiding the Christmas crowds and sought refuge inthe Parker Library. Who did I come across but old Joel Waldfogel, thatcurmudgeon of a Yale professor. You have probably never met Dr.Waldfogel but he is the premier expert on the "Deadweight Loss ofChristmas". I sat dow...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Archive/Holidays/Christmas/Story~38988.aspx12/21/2005 11:46:20 AMFrancis MillerThe editorial in the Rocky Mountain News regarding the State ofColorado's sobering decision to praise Accenture, their trusty consultant, in spiteof the problems with the labor and employment computer system provoked me to write. I am a management consultant withthirty years of experience i...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Letter-to-the-Editor/Story~40695.aspx1/2/2006 11:06:36 AMFrancis MillerThe news of Larry Wall 's departure from the Colorado Hospital Association was, for me, personally, equivalent to hearing that the wicked witch of the west from Oz had died of natural causes in her sleep. Since I will not be invited to the roast, I take this fleeting opportunity to tell you of ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/General-Sound-Off/Story~40721.aspx1/2/2006 1:36:00 PMFrancis MillerThe news of Larry Wall's departure from the Colorado HospitalAssociation was, for me, personally, equivalent to hearing that thewicked witch of the west from Oz had died of natural causes in hersleep. Since I will not be invited to the roast, I take this fleetingopportunity to  tell ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/General-Sound-Off/Story~40773.aspx1/2/2006 7:01:31 PMFrancis MillerThe editorial in the Rocky Mountain News regarding the State of Colorado's sobering decision to praise Accenture, their trusty consultant, in spite of the problems with the labor and employment computer system provoked me to write. I am a management consultant with thirty years of experience in i...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Letter-to-the-Editor/Story~40774.aspx1/2/2006 7:15:41 PMFrancis MillerI think I'd like to be a hobo; I'd like to sleep in a ditch. It ain't because I'm lazy; It's just that I don't particularly want to be rich. Now I could eat from Saks dishes; Instead of paper plates from crate and barrel. It's really just a matter of choice. But when e...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Archive/Creative-Writing/Poetry/Story~40776.aspx1/2/2006 9:50:45 PMFrancis MillerThis week the US Department of Health and Human Services publisheda  bombshell of a report on health care costs. Health care hasgrown from 6% of the economy back in the 1980s to over 16% of grossproduct. We now spend $6,000 annually for every man, woman and child inthe US. Of more serious...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~42934.aspx1/11/2006 11:17:23 AMFrancis MillerI don’t know when the revelation came to me. Maybe between the advertisements for sex-enhancing drugs, a politician running for office, or my compulsive channel surfing through the vast wasteland of television. I now conclude that with few exceptions, electronic media and much of the printed word...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Books/Story~44669.aspx1/17/2006 10:36:26 AMFrancis MillerWith increasing frequency we are seeing major employers either default on their pension plans or radically restructure them so as to make the safety net for new employees debatable. Within the past six months GM, Alcoa, United Airlines and a host of other companies have taken the first steps to t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Business-News/Story~44970.aspx1/17/2006 8:56:34 PMFrancis MillerLet me introduce myself. My name is Midnight and I am a Maine Coon Cat. The story I am about to share with you is true, but still difficult to tell. I was born about seven years ago and came to live across the street from my current owners in the Pinery. At that time, I was the pet for Jason, a 1...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~51703.aspx2/8/2006 2:15:35 PMFrancis MillerLet me introduce myself. My name is Midnight and I am a Maine Coon Cat. The story I am about to share with you is true, but still difficult to tell. I was born about seven years ago and came to live across the street from my current owners in the Pinery. At that time, I was the pet for Jason, a 1...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~51720.aspx2/8/2006 2:36:08 PMFrancis MillerBefore $5 pints of Ben & Jerrys', the White Mountain hand-crank maker was the way most country folks made ice cream. Most small towns had a creamery but refrigeration was the big issue, so ice cream was made and consumed the same day. For my family, the making of ice cream was a social aff...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Archive/Tips-Techniques/Cooking-Recipes/Story~52362.aspx2/10/2006 9:02:45 AMFrancis MillerChurchill once said, "If public men of vision are tough, they endure. If they are not, they perish or live out their lives in lonely exile. The future serves as an appellate court, but it cannot award retroactive damages, so one is not always redeemed." During the 1990s, I believe society cro...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~52875.aspx2/13/2006 10:02:48 AMFrancis MillerWhen I was about 10-years-old, my friends and I built a tree house. Unfortunately we had appropriated a neighbor's lumber and cottonwood tree, which was not appreciated. He was more understanding than my father, but, in the end, we built a club house on the ground. For years it was the meeting pl...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Books/Story~53109.aspx2/13/2006 7:38:27 PMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This is a report from the front lines written while stopped at the Oasis. Several things have happened this week of importance to the good citizens of Douglas County. First, my owners decided to take a little vacation and asked Grandma to visit and baby sit. Now, let's get i...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~56139.aspx2/23/2006 10:28:50 AMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This is a report from the front lines written while stopped at the Oasis. Several things have happened this week of importance to the good citizens of Douglas County. First, my owners decided to take a little vacation and asked Grandma to visit and baby sit. Now, let's get it stra...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~56605.aspx2/24/2006 11:57:48 AMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This is a report from the front lines written while stopped at the Oasis. Several things have happened this week of importance to the good citizens of Douglas County. First, my owners decided to take a little vacation and asked Grandma to visit and baby sit. Now, let's get it stra...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~56610.aspx2/24/2006 12:06:01 PMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This is a report from the front lines written while stopped at the Oasis. Several things have happened this week of importance to the good citizens of Douglas County. First, my owners decided to take a little vacation and asked Grandma to visit and baby sit. Now, let's get it stra...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~56612.aspx2/24/2006 12:11:53 PMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This week I am writing my "Post Card from the Oasis" from my perch on the garden seat we have on the front porch of the house. It is from this vantage point that I see the comings and goings to the house. It seems like at least once a week a child appears at our front door selling ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~57516.aspx2/28/2006 8:13:45 AMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This week I am writing my "Post Card from the Oasis" from my perch on the garden seat we have on the front porch of the house. It is from this vantage point that I see the comings and goings to the house. It seems like at least once a week a child appears at our front door se...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~57588.aspx2/28/2006 10:05:41 AMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This week I am writing my "Post Card from the Oasis" from my perch on the garden seat we have on the front porch of the house. It is from this vantage point that I see the comings and goings to the house. It seems like at least once a week a child appears at our front door selling ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~57598.aspx2/28/2006 10:12:51 AMFrancis MillerDear Tabitha: This week I am writing my "Post Card from the Oasis" from my perch on the garden seat we have on the front porch of the house. It is from this vantage point that I see the comings and goings to the house. It seems like at least once a week a child appears at our front door selling ...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Stories/Pets-and-Animals/Story~57606.aspx2/28/2006 10:19:28 AMFrancis Miller