(
Catherine Mortensen) – To paraphrase Gen. Douglas MacArthur, I do not know the dignity of my great uncle’s birth, but I know the glory of his death. My great uncle Augustine Leonardi was born in Pueblo, Colorado on August 4, 1918, far from the battles raging in Europe during the First World War. His father was a first-generation immigrant from Austria who came to America in search of a better life and ended up owning a saloon in a mining town in northern New Mexico before moving his family to nearby Pueblo in search of better work after the mine closed.
Augustine, who was known as “Augie,” was the sixth of nine children. Augie’s father died when he was only six years old. When he was twelve, his mother passed, as well. For a time Augie and his siblings lived with their oldest brother in Trinidad, Colorado before eventually moving to Salt Lake City where they were raised by their maternal grandmother, the widow of a Civil War veteran from Massachusetts.
CADILLAC â The following are arraignments, pleas or sentences occurring in 28th Circuit Court in Wexford County on the dates of Feb. 5 and Feb. 8:
⢠Michaela Dawn Smith-Springberg, 23, of Manton, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and possession of Suboxone for her connection with an incident on Feb. 13, 2020, in Clam Lake Township. As part of the plea, a habitual offender second offense notice will be dismissed at sentencing. Smith-Springberg also will receive a sentence under Section 7411 of the public health code, if qualified. A 7411 deferral allows a person to plead guilty to a drug possession charge and then have that âguiltyâ charge and plea dismissed after a probationary period. This is only available to individuals who do not have prior drug crimes on their record. There also was a sentencing agreement of a 180-day jail cap. A $10,000 cash or surety bond was remanded.