Day: August 3, 2011

As investigation of last week’s Equine Reproduction Laboratory fire continues, Colorado State University is picking up the pieces from one of the most expensive losses in its history. As far as CSU officials can tell, it’s at least the university’s third-costliest loss, bested only by damage from the 1997 Spring Creek Flood and the 1970 fire that destroyed Old Main, CSU’s original administration building, university spokeswoman Dell Rae Moellenberg said. Tuesday’s fire consumed nearly the entire Equine Reproduction Laboratory on the CSU Foothills campus, causing about $12 million in damage to the building alone. There were no

Mary Jo Beckman and Larry Pence have life-long equine experience. Mary Jo, a Master Therapeutic Riding Instructor, says, “The Caisson Platoon Equine Assisted Therapy Program has been a team effort.” Together, Mary Jo and Larry elicited the help of the U.S. Army, Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2005 – 2007), the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, and the Caisson Platoon at Fort Myer in Arlington, VA. A Recreation Therapist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center coordinates individuals who want to attend, assuring, “the person has proper medical clearance for riding a horse,” Mary Jo explains. “The length