Text Box: Life at the Funny Farm Text Box: Diane and her husband own a small farm outside of Calhan.—directly in the path of the proposed Prairie Falcon Expressway. They understand the issues facing rural Eastern Plains community residents. Text Box: Calhan Town Hall Event 2005 Text Box: In Favor of Second Amendment Protection Text Box: Democratic Summit 2005 Democrats from across Colorado gathered at the Sheraton in Colorado Springs to enjoy a weekend of training, issue discussions, and social gatherings in August 2005. First time Diane met Pat Waak and shook her hand... Text Box: Announcement and rally for landing the DNC convention in Denver this year. Diane actually shook Howard Dean’s hand at this event! 2007 Text Box: Ken Barela Campaign Kick-off Event 2006 Text Box: Diane believes that the Constitutional right to bear arms is an individual right. Her background in law enforcement makes her a strong advocate for gun owners’ rights for the sake of personal protection. Living on the Eastern Plains, she has on more than one occasion had to physically protect her livestock from predatory animals such as coyote. She also lives within hearing distance of the Big Cat farm— a situation which makes her livestock more than a little nervous—especially on warm summer nights! Text Box: Diane Whitley for Colorado Senate District 10 Common Sense Solutions Text Box: Retired Lt. Col. Jay Fawcett, former candidate for CD5, signing the ‘NO EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PERSONAL GAIN’ petition, as Clark Absher of the CCPR looks on. Diane and her husband attended the Colorado Democratic State Convention in Greeley as delegates for both Jay Fawcett and Gov. Bill Ritter. Text Box: Many thanks to Dan Slater for several of these photographs. Many of these were taken in the course of his wanderings around Colorado to attend Democratic Party events. I have downloaded them from the internet at his DEMNOTES site. Thanks, Dan! Text Box: Diane helped organize the ‘Bring Home the Troops’ rally for MoveOn.org in Colorado Springs in December 2005 in front of Rep. Joel Hefley’s office. To the left: Retired Lt. Col. Ralf Zimmerman spoke on the lack of body armor and proper equipment for the troops. To the right: Elizabeth West of Calhan spoke about the illegitimacy of the Iraq War which took the life of her grandson, James West. The theme of the rally was, “ Mission Accomplished. Support our Troops. Bring them Home!” Text Box: Diane worked with the Secret Service supervising the front gate security at this Kerry/Edwards rally in La Junta in 2004. There were more than 5,000 Dems in attendance on this sweltering summer day. She also worked VIP security at the Pueblo rally later that fall. Hubby Shon shook Kerry’s hand and came back with an autograph!