Workers with disabilities could benefit

    Two free workshops, “AgrAbility, How to Work Well with Agricultural Lenders and Bankers” and “Mental Wellness for Rural America,” are being offered by the Colorado AgrAbility Project next week at two locations.
    The Yuma event is set for Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the concessions building at the Yuma County Fairgrounds, 410 W. Hoag Ave.
    Sterling workshops are Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the county Extension office, 508 S. 10th Ave.
    To pre-register, which includes lunch, call or email Candiss Leathers, 720-539-4435, cleathers@goodwilldenver.org; Norm Dalsted, 970-222-5657. norman.dalsted@colostate.edu; or Dennis Kaan, 970-520-1826.
    Colorado State University Extension and Goodwill Industries of Denver work together on the Colorado AgrAbility Project to provide disability workshops, on-site evaluations, resource information, equipment modification and assistive technology.
    Holyoke native and northeast Colorado agronomist Brady Haynes, age 31, has benefitted from the work of Colorado AgrAbility Project.
    He had worked hard to overcome the results of a spinal cord stroke that left him with a bilateral inability to move his lower extremities. Following that injury, he has used a wheelchair for mobility.
    Now a thriving agronomist, he has about 1,500 acres throughout northeast Colorado, western Kansas and southwest Nebraska   under scouting management.

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