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Experts: Town risks water crisis without link Monument’s ‘closed system’ leaves customers vulnerable

By Bill Vogrin

Monument is at risk of a water crisis worse than the crippling emergency Triview Metro District endured this past summer when customers were left dry and desperate for a time, experts warned last week.

Triview suffered a 36-day leak that drained upward of 30 million gallons from its system, resulting in dry faucets for some of its 1,400 homes and businesses east of Interstate 25.

Speaking to the Monument Board of Trustees, water consultants Will Koger and Jonathan Moore of Forsgren and Associates in Denver urged the town to immediately begin talks with neighboring water districts to avert a similar fate.

“I’m not trying to scare you, but it could happen in Monument,” Moore told trustees at their Oct. 3 meeting.

Moore said Monument is even more vulnerable than Triview was because the town operates a “closed water system.” It shares no emergency connections with any other district.

Triview averted a complete failure thanks to an emergency connection it shares with Donala Water and Sanitation District in Gleneagle.

Donala was able to feed about 2 million gallons a day to Triview, rescuing its customers until the ruptured pipe was finally discovered, isolated and repaired.

But it won’t be easy for Monument to find a partner, the water consultants warned Monument’s trustees last week. And it won’t be cheap.

Of the seven water districts adjacent to Monument or nearby, the consultants said only four are viable options and they estimated the cost

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of a connection would range from $737,000 to $5.1 million.

Those are some big numbers for Monument’s 1,100 water customers, who live west of Interstate 25 and

just this year had to swallow massive increases in rates imposed after trustees discovered rates hadn’t been meaningfully adjusted for 20 See Water on Page 10

Tribune expands ‘Hope does not disappoint’ One woman’s journey with Parkinson’s local delivery

By Rob Carrigan

Beginning with this edition, the Tribune’s circulation reach has nearly doubled, combining new deliveries in Northern El Paso County with established territory in the 80921 and 80132 zip codes.

“We are virtually doubling the circulation and penetration of The Tribune – offering the ability for local businesses to not only effectively target their advertising around their location but to also reach more potential households in the geography,” said Wanda Artus-Cooper, VP of Advertising.

“This is particularly effective for small to medium businesses as they are only investing dollars in the area that has the highest likelihood of responding,” she said.

The expansion now allows the Tribune to reach more than 14,000 readers every week and leverages the buying power in the relatively high-income demographic in Monument, Woodmoor, Gleneagle and North Gate areas for advertisers.

Now, week in and week out, the Tribune will be delivered to more than 14,000 homes. No other newspaper reaches this many homes and readers on a more consistent basis. The two zip codes demonstrate some of the strongest buying power in the state and region.

The increased footprint allows the paper to See Devlivery on Page 2

By Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Traci Bartalo is a woman of few words, but she has a message she hopes many will find encouraging and even inspiring.

“There’s always hope and hope does not disappoint.”

It’s the message she gives others and the motto Bartalo has lived by since the 49-year-old former Colorado State University volleyball player was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Bartalo has kept an attitude of hope, refusing to surrender to Parkinson’s, a progressive disorder of the central nervous system that starts with mild tremors and can lead to rigidity and complete loss of motor functions, as seen in well-known Parkinson’s sufferers actor Michael J. Fox and the late boxer Muhammad Ali. To understand where Traci is coming from, you first have to know the story of her journey of where she was 30 years ago as a CSU volleyball player to where she is today, a Gleneagle resident, mother of four daughters and wife of almost 26 years.

When her volleyball playing days ended, Traci became an avid runner in the early 1990s. But in the summer of 2000, at the age of 32, she began to experience some irregularities.

“She noticed her left foot would flop instead of heal-toe, heal-toe,” said Michael Bartalo, Traci’s husband, who met her while the two were CSU POSTAL ADDRESS

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Traci Bartalo, second from right, and her husband Michael, at a recent Lewis-Palmer volleyball game with their two youngest daughters, Lydia, far left, and Gianna, far right.

students. “She also noticed that her left hand was slow when she waved to neighbors. That began a trek to many doctors and numerous tests to find out what was going on.”

Traci’s symptoms worsened over the course of the next five years. She worked with neurologists, natural paths, chiropractors, just about anybody that offered a solution to helping her overcome the drastic changes that were occurring with her body.

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Ex-Monument man to take over Colorado Springs Youth Sports

By Tribune staff Former Monument resident Steve Czarnecki was recently selected to serve as executive director of Colorado Springs Youth Sports, Inc. beginning Oct. 1, 2017.

Colorado Springs Youth Sports is a charitable, non-profit organization that operates the 18-field El Pomar Youth Sports Park.

For the last four years Czarnecki has served as the executive director of USA Racquetball. Czarnecki also spent more than a decade managing the charitable programs of the U.S. Golf Association.

“We are excited to bring in Steve and his nearly two decades of non-profit management experience to Colorado Springs Youth Sports and the El Pomar Youth Sports Park,” said Mike Buth, CSYS president.

By Rob Carrigan

Donala Water and Sanitation District will construct a new line from its Latrobe Tank to transmit water from the southern part of the district to Baptist Road tanks to the north. The large infrastructure project is expected to cost almost $1.4 million and requires boring underground a 30-inch bore that may be as much as 40 feet deep in some locations.

The project was awarded, at a cost of $1,379,769 to K.R. Swerdfeger Construction, LLC. It is anticipated the project will be completed by mid-November.

Donala General Manager Kip Petersen says the project allows the district to more efficiently transfer water across the district though the new line in a relatively straight shot, instead of haphazardly snaking it through existing lines in the neighborhoods.

Petersen says the project has been on list of needed projects for some time and priorities finally aligned allowing the district to tackle it this fall. He says the district will try to minimize disruptions, but that could present access challenges on Rangely Drive at times.

Free flu shots to be offered by Tri-Lakes Cares For The Tribune

Tri-Lakes Cares is partnering with Penrose-St. Francis Health Services and Walgreens to offer free flu vaccines to uninsured and those whose insurance doesn’t cover vaccines.

The vaccines will be offered to people 4 years of age and older.

The vaccines will be given noon3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, at TriLakes Cares, 235 N. Jefferson St., in Monument.

Supplies of the vaccine are limited.

For more information, contact Cindy Stickel, Faith Community Nurse,Penrose-St. Francis Mission Outreach, by email at cindystickel@ centura.org.

Bill to fund widening of I-25 to be offered next session For The Tribune

Funding to widen Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock would be among the projects

Black Rose concert Friday, Oct. 14 What: Rock, soul and blues artist Chad Elliott and his band perform songs from his 20th album “Wreck and Ruin” and his stories of love, loss, fatherhood, divorce and homelessness at the Black Rose Acoustic Society.

When: 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14 Where: Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road Cost: $10 general public, $5 members/students Info: blackroseacoustic.org

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Former Monument resident Steve Czarnecki was recently named the executive director of Colorado Springs Youth Sports, Inc.

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included in a bill to be sponsored in the 2017 session of the Colorado General Assembly by the Transportation Legislative Review Committee.

State Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican, made the widening a top priority in the 2016 legislative session and was nicknamed “Mr. I-25” by Gov. John Hickenlooper for his intense lobbying efforts to widen the stretch of highway.

The Transportation Revenue Anticipation Note (TRANs) bond bill would, if approved by lawmakers, provide an additional $3.5 billion in funding for priority transportation projects.

It would require the Transportation Commission to submit the TRANs bond ballot issue to Colorado voters. The TRANs bond bill does not include a tax increase. The bond service will be paid with a percentage of current state sales tax.

Republican State Reps. Terri Carver, whose District 20 seat includes Palmer Lake, and Dan Nordberg, a Republican whose District 14 seat runs south of North Gate Boulevard, issued a joint statement at the news.

“We need to get this I-25 widening project completed as soon as possible. This increased funding will help expedite this project.

Widening I-25 from Monument to Castle Rock is essential for public safety and the economic development of the communities along this corridor and the greater Colorado Springs area.”

Spalding court martial scheduled A court martial for Cadet 3rd Class Jackson Spalding was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The trial followed arraignment and motion hearing which took place on Friday, Oct 7.

Spalding was Discovery Canyon Campus High standout in track winning four state titles in shot put and discus before receiving an Academy appointment.

On Dec. 17, Spalding was charged with three specifications alleging a violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice for sexual assault and abusive sexual contact and one charge alleging a violation of Article 133, Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and Gentleman.

All of the charges relate to a single incident against a single victim at the Academy on March 6, 2015.

On January 22, 2016 those specifications were referred to a General Court Martial.

What: Art exhibit “Perceptions of Nature” and photo exhibit “Monochrome,” run through Oct. 28 When: Noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday Where: Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Highway 105, Palmer Lake Prices: Free Info: Call 481-0475 or visit trilakesarts.org

Teen Fun Night – Friday, Oct. 14 What: RAD - Real Alternatives to Drinking and Drugs - hosts a teen fun night with music, games, TV/movies and more.

When: 7-11 p.m., each Friday, Oct. 14 Where: YMCA/Young Life Teen Center, 17250 Jackson Creek Parkway, Monument Cost: Free

Haunted Mines Friday-Saturday, Oct. 14-15 What: The nonprofit Haunted Mines/Colorado Fear Fest operate two haunts on weekends through Halloween with proceeds benefitting Western Museum of Mining & Industry.

When: 7:30-11 p.m., Friday, Saturday, Oct. 14-15 Where: Western Museum of Mining & Industry grounds, 225 North Gate Blvd. (at Interstate 25 exit 156) Cost: $20 general admission; $40 front-of-line VIP entry Info: Call 719-487-1666 or visit hauntedmines.org or facebook.com/HauntedMines/ or facebook.com/coloradofearfest/

Elephant Rock Hike – Saturday, Oct. 15 What: The El Paso County parks staff will lead a two-hour hike at the Elephant Rock Open Space, a 63-acre property adjacent to the New Santa Fe Trail the county is trying to acquire.

When: 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15 Where: Palmer Lake Trailhead, parking lot on north side of the lake off County Line Road Cost: $3 county parks members; $4 non-members Info: Reservations are required, call 520-6387 or visit Facebook site at facebook.com/ events/1033630360087388/

Hunters urged to be extra careful during the rifle season As the big game hunting season continues Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds hunters to be careful in all aspects of their hunting adventures. While few hunters are injured from firearm accidents, other activities in the field can cause problems.

Recently, a hunter in the Gunnison area died from carbon monoxide poisoning after going to sleep with gas lanterns burning in his tent. The man only brought blankets which were not adequate for cold nights in the high country. A report on the incident stated that he used the lanterns in an attempt to stay warm.

If a heater, stove or lantern that burns gas or oil is being used in an

enclosed space such as a tent or a camper, adequate ventilation is needed to assure carbon monoxide is expelled and that clean air circulates through.

Hunters need to use high-quality sleeping bags that are rated for low temperatures and also pads that provide extra insulation and keep the bottom of the bag off the ground.

Hunters should always be prepared to spend the night outside in case bad weather moves in or they become lost. In a pack, hunters should carry matches, a compass or GPS unit, flashlight, extra batteries, a space blanket, signaling device, rain gear, and a hat and gloves.

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reach even more of the growing Northern portion of the county with local news and information about the two local school districts and communities.

Additionally, the paper this week changes its printing specifications and expands its color capability, to better serve readers, advertisers and stakeholders in that market area with a high quality print presence.

Continued efforts are underway

in developing even more hyperlocal news content that matches the needs of the strong-demographic communities of Northern El Paso County. Local neighborhood news remains the focus of the Tribune, and the paper will continue to provide stories and information — unique and useful content — you cannot find anywhere else.

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‘Patriot teams’ honored at Gleneagle Sertoma golf tourney For The Tribune

“Patriot Teams” representing their branches of the U.S. armed services were sponsored guests of the Gleneagle Sertoma Club at the 15th annual tournament this year at the Kissing Camels Golf Club on Sept. 16.

The tournament is held each year near Sept. 11th to memorialize those who served and lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The tournament also honors police and fire fighting organizations that gave their time and energy to combat the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires.

This year, 25 teams of 95 players participated, including six patriot teams from Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, the Air Force Academy, Donald Wescott Fire Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department.

Fees for the Patriot Teams were paid by Sertomans and friends of Sertoma. A four-person team from Home Front Cares was among the sponsored teams.

Net proceeds from the event totaled more than $5,000. Gleneagle Sertoma President Garrett Barnett presented the donation to Samantha Miller, a representative of Home Front Cares, an organization that primarily provides emergency support and grants to families of deployed military service men and women.

As teams rounded the course, they were offered chances to win prizes for “closest to the hole” and longest drive. Team and individual prizes for best scores were awarded at a special luncheon held at the Kissing Camels Golf Club dining room to celebrate and close the tournament.

Some of the participants in the event included teams from, top to bottom, El Paso County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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Gleneagle Sertoma President Garrett Barnett presents a check of $5,000 to Samantha Miller, a representative of Home Front Cares.

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Newspapers remain vital as newspaperman ends career The irony hit me instantly when I read the news that journalists were celebrating the 76th anniversary of “National Newspaper Week” starting Oct. 2.

You might think I’d be celebrating with the rest of my colleagues.

After all, I’ve been a professional newspaper writer and editor, even an owner, for 35 of those years.

Add another four years for my work in college writing for student newspapers, serving internships and stringing for newspapers around Kansas.

My tenure in the business approaches 45 years when I include all my time delivering my hometown Kansas City Kansan during grade school and high school.

Each day for several years, I walked up and down neighborhood streets with canvas bags slung over each shoulder and a mouth stuffed full of rubber bands. I’d methodically fold and roll a paper and spit out a band that I’d quickly wrap around the paper two or three times, depending if there were thick grocery ads inserted. Then I’d whip the paper on somebody’s porch, strolling along.

My brothers and I threw about 300 papers a day, at our peak. Rain, snow or sunshine, we’d be out there.

We’d come back by once a month to collect, tearing little receipts from a leather-bound book that included the name and address of each customer on individual sheets.

Early on I learned about good customer service, earning tips for getting the paper on the porch. And

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I learned about rotten customers who avoided paying, refusing to answer the door when I knocked, yet were the first to complain when you stopped throwing their paper.

And I learned it hurt when a rubber band broke in the winter and snapped your fingers. Dog bites hurt worse and I carried the scars for years.

Anyway, the news release from the Colorado Press Association about this year’s celebration of newspaper week hit me hard because this likely is the end of my career in the newspaper business.

As you know, I sold my newspaper empire a few weeks ago and I’m likely leaving the business I love.

There just aren’t many opportunities around. And I am not willing to relocate or commute.

It’s kind of a shock. Leaving newspapers was never a remote possibility in my mind. Even as my colleagues suffered layoffs and desks around me in the newsroom emptied, for some reason I always thought I was a lifer.

I figured someone would always want to buy my words. I figured there would always be a market for someone interested in telling the

extraordinary stories of ordinary people, in standing up to bullies in government or in their neighborhoods, in giving a voice to those in need whether for affordable housing or equal rights or simply an attaboy for a job well done.

Turns out I was wrong. (There’s a shock, eh?)

But just because I’m leaving the business doesn’t mean I’ve given up on newspapers or I’m any less enthusiastic about the work newspapers do or their value to society.

Quite the opposite.

We need newspapers, whether they are physical papers or digital varieties, now more than ever before. Especially local papers.

Hyper-local.

I’m proud of my time at The Tribune. What might downtown Monument be like today, just 14 months after we took over, if we hadn’t told you exactly what a methadone clinic/dispensary was all about or revealed the checkered regulatory track record of the Florida company that wanted to open one in a residential neighborhood from Limbach Park?

Think of the people we introduced you to like Julie Bloom, who has dedicated her life to helping victims of ALS and their families. Or the inspiring stories of the people like Susan Pappas who turned her grief over the death of her son, Ryan, into a passion for protecting other children by creating a foundation that organizes Friday night safe and sober events.

Think of the concerts you might

have missed at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts or the Black Rose Acoustic Society without us reporting what artists were coming and reminding you to buy tickets.

Imagine all the savings you might have lost if not for the coupons and ads that came each week in your Tribune. Or the history you would never have learned if not for the musings of Mel McFarland.

Newspapers enrich our lives in many ways, far beyond the headlines on the front pages. But those headlines are a pretty good start. The stories explain, in depth, complicated issues like water rates and tap fees and radium in a way few radio or television reports ever do. If, that is, they bother to venture into the boondocks outside the big city at all.

We alerted you to community concerns and conversations about threats to security at our school districts, of suicide clusters in our schools and advice to combat the tragedies, of crises with drug-rehab facilities in our neighborhoods, or the rising threat of heroin in our community, and the comings and goings of businesses.

And we gave you a voice in those conversations, in letters to the editor and as guest columnists.

Sure newspapers are struggling to find their place in a digital world. But I’m confident they will adapt. And I do believe there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate newspapers.

Even if I’m not a newspaperman any longer.

Beware ‘superfoods,’ stick to garden-variety fruits, veggies Recently, I returned from a twoweek vacation at one of Colorado’s trendy resort towns. (I go there for the running and mountain biking trails, not to be trendy). Because our rental unit’s kitchen was poorly equipped, Lizzie and I were forced to eat out frequently – not our norm.

At numerous restaurants, I was struck by exotic items on the menus. Goji berries, seaweed, acai, quinoa and coconut were a few of the heavily touted ingredients in various offerings – all advertised as “superfoods.”

The term superfood piqued my interest. (I have friends who think a Big Mac and a chocolate shake are super foods. These superfoods are much different.)

It turns out that superfood is merely a marketing term and, because the term is not regulated by the FDA, food manufacturers can use the term freely, whether their food truly is super or not. The FDA, for example, has done no testing on claims of the superiority of coconut water over coffee or goji berries

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over an apple.

In other words, it’s just a marketing ploy. But why? According to the website Mother Jones, overall spending on food in the U.S. tends to be flat, rising only with the population. One way the food industry responds to this stagnation is to relentless roll out “new and improved” products or . . . superfoods.

It seems their marketing ploy works.

A decade ago, acai berries were barely known outside of Brazil. Last year the product grossed nearly $200 million in U.S. sales and, although sales are waning as the novelty wore thin. Now, coconut oil has jumped in to pick up the

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slack, grossing $62 million in the past year and doubling its previous year’s income.

Superfoods are mostly plantbased but can include fish, dairy and seeds believed to be nutritionally dense. According to Global Industry analysis, the worldwide market for superfoods is expected to reach $130 billion this year.

Superfoods are hot.

And in their defense, some of the claims are true. Acai berries, native to the Amazon rainforest, and goji berries are loaded with phytochemicals, which seem to offer protection from heart disease, brain deterioration and cancer.

And quinoa, the seed of a spinach-like plant grown in the Andes, really does offer a complete, high quality vegetarian protein.

Other superfood claims, however, are suspect. The FDA reprimanded two manufacturers of goji-based products for claiming their brands cured everything from obesity to sexual dysfunction.

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superfoods come from the pristine places their packaging would suggest. Goji, touted by one manufacturer as a Himalayan superfruit, is actually grown in China.

So what’s the take-away on superfoods?

The term superfood is largely a marketing tool that scientists and dieticians tend to avoid. The real superfoods are lurking in your local grocery store’s produce section and bulk food aisles and your home garden.

Perhaps, a better option to buying into the superfood trend is to eat a diet that is high in raw natural ingredients and low in processed foods. Not quite as exotic as the Himalayas, but then neither are the industrial plots in China, where most goji berries are grown.

Cord Prettyman is a certified Master Personal Trainer and owner of Absolute Workout Fitness and Post-Rehab Studio in Woodland Park. He can be reached at 6877437, at cordprettyman@msn.com or at cordprettyman.com.

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Keeping track of the numbers in local school districts Though no math wiz, I have a pretty good head for numbers, and a strong background in history. The local districts are a challenge to me, however.

“While General William Jackson Palmer was busy developing Colorado Springs, ranchers and farmers homesteading in Douglass, Pine, and Woodmen Valleys were busy organizing the 20th school district in El Paso County. The new district, established in 1874, two years before Colorado became a state, consisted of 36 square miles.

Children met in homes for their education until 1886 when the first school in the district opened in the community of Edgerton that was located at the confluence of Monument and West Monument Creeks.

Typical of a one-room rural school, it featured an entryway where coats and lunches were stored, a podium in the front of the classroom for the teacher’s desk, and a potbellied stove in the middle of the room. The district’s first bus barn was the four-horse shed located on the back of the property. Stories abound of this first school of bullets fired by deer hunters flying through the school, of children fishing in Monument Creek during lunch and recess, and of the County Superintendent arriving by train that stopped on the tracks below the school,” according to info from Academy District 20.

Different stories circulate, however, of the naming designation of District 38.

“The history of education in the Black Forest parallels that of the original District 20. This area became a part of the original 38th district in El Paso County organized in 1888. The old Black Forest log school located on the corner of Shoup and Black Forest Roads has been preserved as a reminder of that past,” according to District 20’s web site.

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“The one-room schools in both District 20 and District 38 in Black Forest served students in grades one through six. Secondary students were bussed to schools in outlying districts. This was not a satisfactory situation for the patrons of the districts who wanted the highest quality of education for their children. The solution to the educational needs of these two communities came in the early 1950s when the U.S. Air Force purchased the 18,500 acres of land that would become the Air Force Academy. The 1957 consolidation of Woodmen District 20, the Black Forest, and the Air Force Academy increased the size of the rural District 20 from 36 to 130 square miles and provided the funds to build the district’s first high school.”

District 20 existed for over 20 years with one high school, one junior high, and up to six elementary schools. The decade of the 1980s brought the district’s major building boom, with the addition of two high schools, two middle schools, and five elementary schools. Nine new schools were added in the 1990s and seven were added between 2000 and 2010, says Academy District 20.

The numbers story seems to differ slightly according to District 38.

“The original Monument School District No. 5 was founded Aug. 20, 1874, and was called, ‘The Lewis School District.’ School was held in several one-room schoolhouses.

This school served 1st through 8th grades. There were no high school

Monument’s first school just North of Dirty Woman Creek.

grades in Monument until 1917, when a teacher was hired to teach 9th and 10th grades. The latest schoolhouse was moved south of the Village Inn, off Interstate-25 in Monument, (former Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce building.)

“Palmer Lake School began in the late 1800s and was housed in several one-room schoolhouses.

Those buildings are still in existence and currently have been remodeled as residences in the town of Palmer Lake. This school also served 1st through 8th grades only,” the District 38 site says.

“In 1921, the Inez Johnson Lewis School had one graduate, Bernice Ingersoll. In 1922, the high school was accredited. Donald McKay, who was the district’s superintendent as well as principal and math teacher, was credited with helping to get the high school accredited.

The school used gas lights because there was no electricity in Monument at the time. To be accredited, the school had to have electricity, and Mr. McKay was instrumental in getting electricity to the school,” District 38’s history records.

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No. 33 paid tuition for their high school students to attend the new high school in Monument. In 1935, Palmer Lake built a new elementary school at 115 Upper Glenway.

Since then, there have been three additions to the Palmer Lake Elementary School. The school has served elementary students since its inception, with the exception of 1980-85, when it closed and all elementary students attended classes at the facility on Lake Woodmoor Drive. In 1986, Palmer Lake Elementary was renovated and reopened for elementary students.

The latest addition took place in 1992 when the new cafeteria was added,” according to a District 38 history.

“On July 28, 1948, Palmer Lake School District No. 33 and Lewis Consolidated School District No. 5 of Monument voted to merge.

At this election, it was decided to give the combined districts a new number by adding 33 and 5. Thus, the district became No. 38 and was renamed The Lewis-Palmer Consolidated Schools.”

A new high school was built at

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Left: Palmer Lake’s first school. Right: “Big Red” shortly after opening.

Even in the ‘30s, thieves would steal and snitches would snitch I ran across this story from the old Cripple Creek paper from May 1937: Sometimes being a crook, just does not work.

Times were slim in the 1930s and two Victor truckers thought they had found a fortune.

These two were singing joyfully and thinking of the nice profit they would make from the sale of two tons of rails that they had just taken up from across the dam of the Cripple Creek Water company above Gillett.

Suddenly, they looked up to see an automobile parked squarely across the road in front of them.

The driver stepped on the brakes and was about to give the man and

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woman in the car a good bawling out when he recognized them both.

“Hi ya, Sheriff.”

“Hi ya, Gracie,” said the driver, his face turning red.

“Hello boys,” replied Markley.

“I’ll have to take you two and your truck into town with me.”

“Now listen, Miss Smith, it’s this

way,” pleaded one of the Victor men. “You caught us in the net.

You let us go and we’ll take the rails back where we found them and even spike them down again. If you have us pinched, you’ll have to haul them back and spike them down yourself. You see, It don’t pay to be too tough.”

After some persuasion, Miss Smith agreed not to prosecute, provided the rails were returned and the track relaid across the dam, where it has been for years.

The rail line was used to tram rock and dirt on the dam in case of a threatened break. The rails were as good as new, of eight pound weight and all straight lengths.

They have been retailing here for $90 a ton.

Miss Grace Smith, manager of the water company, had been tipped off that two men and a truck were stealing the rails from the dam.

She called Sheriff Cecil Markley, who with Miss Smith, drove to Gillett. Within thirty minutes after their arrival at the crossroads, it is said, the Victor men came driving down from the reservoir with their load of rails.

The old dam was burst back in the infamous 1965 flood. You can still see the damage that caused. I have never heard if rails were found in the rubble.

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Simple ways to support veterans Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and just around the corner. This makes for a great time to acknowledge and say thank you to those who have served in our military protecting our nation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are over 19 million veterans in the United States. Veterans have left or retired from the military, work hard every day, and many are still in need of your support. The good news for those of you that want to give back is that there are many simple ways to support veterans across the country.

“Our nation’s veterans deserve our gratitude and support every day. I find that especially around Veterans Day, there are people looking for ways to help assist with the needs of our nations’ veterans,” explains Nicole Motsek, the execu-

tive director of the EOD Warrior Foundation. “Veterans are always thankful for support from their communities, and appreciate that there are people who want to assist them.”

Here are some simple ways you can help support veterans: Say thank you. One of the easiest things to do. It’s free, and often it’s overlooked. Thanking a veteran for their service is one of the best ways you can show support and care to them, but don’t just make it a simple thank you. Use your thank you to start a conversation around their service.

Pick up the tab. If you see veterans having breakfast in a diner or ordering a donut at the bakery, why not pick up the tab for them.

This simple gesture goes a long way toward putting a smile on their face

and pep in their step.

Run or bike. There are many running, walking, and biking events around the nation each year that benefit veterans. Whether running a 5K or taking part in the annual EOD Warriors Foundation Undefeated bike ride, you can do something you enjoy while also helping veterans. Exercise and positive relationships are two very healthy ways to live our lives.

Host a fundraiser. Those who like to help raise funds for veteran charities can host events like garage sales, car washes, or bake sales.

Provide jobs. Veterans make great employees, helping to provide military veterans with second careers is a win-win situation for both the veteran and the employer.

Patronize their business. The

U.S. Census Bureau reports that 9 percent of all businesses in the country are owned and operated by veterans. Seek out those places of business and show your support.

There are many volunteer opportunities with veterans’ charities and all charities appreciate your or much-needed services Volunteering is good for the charity and makes you, the volunteer, feel good!

“There are many ways for people to be creative supporting veterans and veteran causes,” added Motsek.

“We offer many events throughout the year, like golf tournaments, a polar bear plunge, runs and a bike ride. Each successful event that benefits the Foundation is a success because of our volunteers.

Their time and service adds up to a huge amount of “free” support.”

K-3 elementary students went to school at the Palmer Lake facility.

“In 1980, the old high school became the middle school and continued as that until LewisPalmer Middle School opened in 1994 at 1776 Woodmoor Drive. In 1995, after considerable remodeling and renovation, Grace Best Elementary School opened in the old high school and middle school facility at 66 Jefferson Street in Monument as the district’s fourth elementary school,” says District 38 information.

Another District 38 school, Ray

Kilmer Elementary School opened in 1988 at 4285 Walker Road, east of Highway 83, to accommodate the growth in the eastern part of the district. However, until numbers increased in that area, students from the Monument area were bused to that facility for school. Kilmer grew to nearly 600 students with the addition of three portables in the 2000-01 school year.

In June of 1998, the original Pine Grove one-room school was donated by the landowners to Kilmer Elementary. The school was once located just north of Highway 83 on

Palmer Divide/County Line Road.

An El Paso County family donated the land and a Douglas County family donated a bunkhouse for the building which was refurbished by the families into Pine Grove School.

The school opened full time in the fall of 1913.

“Thanks to the help and donations of Kilmer families, Pine Grove was moved and restored to its original appearance where children can still learn within her walls.”

To confuse things a little more, I guess, Ray Kilmer, the namesake of Kilmer Elementary, lives down the block from me . . . in District 20.

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66 Jefferson Street in Monument in 1957. It continued to serve as the district’s high school until 1980, when Lewis-Palmer High School opened at 1300 Higby Road in South Woodmoor.

In 1973, Lewis-Palmer Elementary School opened at 1315 Lake Woodmoor Drive as a middle school for grades 4-8. It wasn’t until 1980, with the opening of a new high school and the transfer of grades 6-8 to the former high school site, that Lewis-Palmer Elementary School served students in grades K-5. Prior to that time,

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Empty Bowls Dinner and Silent Auction, went off without a hitch as the event, sponsored by the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Lewis-Palmer High School, likely topped fundraising efforts of previous years.

Last year, the dinner drew an estimated 1,200

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people who sampled donated soups, bread and desserts from 50 restaurants and businesses. It appeared that even more attended this year.

Rich Strom and acknowledges again their recent award for the Outstanding Grant Making Organization by the Center for Non-Profit Excellence.

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Local supporters Susanna Finger and J.J. Kaelin inspect empty bowls lined up in shadow of Lewis Palmer’s trophy gallery. See more from Empty Bowls fundraiser on Page 8

Haley Chapin, executive director of Tri-Lakes Cares, the region’s food bank that benefits from the fundraising exercise, thanks Kiwanis President Rich Strom and acknowledges again their recent award for the Outstanding Grant Making Organization by the Center for Non-Profit Excellence.

It started in a church basement with about four dozen Crock Pots of soup and has grown into the Tri-Lakes region event of the season bringing hundreds together to help the needy.

The event caps six months of planning and the volunteer efforts of more than 60 Kiwanis club members.

District 38 Cooks and other staff received a special thank you in the form flowers during the event.

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40 Years Ago Tri Lakes Tribune October 14, 1976 Republican Rally: A Republican rally will be held at the Lewis Palmer Middle School, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 21. Ten proposed amendments will be explained in simple terms. Representative William Armstrong will be the principal speaker. Norm Palmermo, former county attorney, will explainthe facts.

Trib Opens Office In Monument: The Tribune opened at the Woodmont Realty Building.

James W.mCampbell is editor and publisher and Michael J. Nusca, business manager. Campbell was former Unitedm Press reporter, writer, editor bureau manager and former editor and chief of Stars and Stripes. Nuscamwas a building contractor who specialized in office building and condos in Washington and Baltimore.

The Tribune hopes to put out newsier newspapers in the future and good human interest, action photosmand features. A total of 3,000 copies were printed this week.

Swine Flu Shot Clinic: If you need a ride, Sertoma Club will provide it for the Swine Flu clinic onmSaturday.October 23 for persons 60 and over. Shot are free.

City Seeks Funds for New Pipes: The town of Monument needs $55,000 to start the first phase of $280,000 programs to modernize the water system. The town’s tax base cannot support the expenditure. They are looking

for state and federal government help.

Fingerprints: Vandals who caved in the door of one of Monuments wells will be in trouble if they weremever fingerprinted. Town Marshall, Al Karn, reported a clear set of fingerprints have been obtained.

Town Board Approved Balanced 1976 Budget: It will take $135,815 of citizen’s tax dollars to operatemnext year. Thanks to Mrs. Shirley Mumm, author of the budget, the budget is balanced.

Santa Fe Plans Sale of Ground: Mayor Warren Langer was advised by a Santa Fe Railroad official that itmwill sell 43,200 square feet of land for $8,406. Langer said this amount is twice what was budgeted.

Public Hearing: A hearing on the proposed new lease of Monument Lake Resort will be held atnmMonument Town Hall, Tuesday, October 19, 7 p.m.

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Register for SBDC October workshops Looking for a way to boost your own knowledge while helping your business? The Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering the following workshops in October:

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Courses for Creatives: There is No Box! Exploring the Value of Business Supporting the Arts Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Carnegie Reading Room, Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave Fee: $ 10.00 NOTE: Registration is required to reserve your spot! Walk-ins are welcome, if space permits.

Open Seats: To register: https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/ reg.aspx?mode=event&event=70360189 Research shows that employers have a vested interest in helping make their communities great places to live. Attracting a talented workforce is one of our community’s biggest challenges. Creating a vibrant arts and culture scene is a critical aspect of meeting this challenge.

Business supporting the arts, and vice versa, will define our local culture which can make a significant impact on economic development. Join Andy Vick (COPPeR) and Dirk Draper (CSRBA) for an informative discussion. This is a continuation of our community discussion moderated by Linda Weise and Jenifer Furda.

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Certifications and Resources for Minority Businesses Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Gods Rd., Ste. 1107 Fee: Free Join this seminar (as well as several others!) being held at the Business Resources Fair at Library 21C. More information is online at www. ppld.org.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Time Sensitive! Overtime Regulations and Other Changes Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

QuickBooks Online: Introduction - Part 1 Time: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Location: Pikes Peak SBDC, 1675 Garden of the Gods, Rd., Ste. 1107 NOTE: Pre-payment for the class is REQUIRED! (If you are unable to attend, you will not receive a refund unless you cancel 24 hours in advance.

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Fee: $ 75.00 To register: https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/ reg.aspx?mode=event&event=70360199 This is a great course for the small business owner, or for assistants, who primarily handle the finances! This interactive QuickBooks Online (2016 Version) - Part 1 introductory course will cover: 1. How the online software works and how to navigate through the program; 2. How to create a new Company with QuickBooks including settings preferences, setting open balance, and entering customers, vendors, and accounts; 3. How to enter vendor information, as well as descriptions & prices for products and services; 4. How to work with registers, including opening registers, making entries, and reconciliation; and 5. How to handle bills in QuickBooks, including how to enter & pay bills; entering discounts from vendors

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years and the town was charging far less than the actual cost of delivering drinking water to its customers.

Moore and Koger dismissed the idea of Monument partnering with Palmer Lake, Forest Lakes Metro District to the southwest or tiny Forest View Acres Water District to the west.

The nearest, cheapest and best alternative of the other four, Moore said, was the Woodmoor Water District. It would cost about $737,000 to install a water line from a Monument water main near Arby’s, run it under I-25 and connect to Woodmoor’s nearest water line at Woodmoor Drive.

Another good option, if an agreement can be negotiated, would be to connect to Triview with a line running from South Beacon Lite Road to a Triview water line along Jackson Creek Parkway near Walmart. That option would cost about $1.8 million.

Monument could also partner with Donala by running a connecting line down Old Denver Highway past Baptist Road and under I-25 to a Donala main along Struthers Road. It would cost about $3.3 million.

Finally, Monument could link up with Colorado Springs Utilities by running a connecting line all the way down to North Gate Boulevard at a cost of about $5.1 million.

“We highly recommend connecting to Woodmoor,” Koger said, noting that the unincorporated community is better positioned, geographically, to feed water to Monument without causing water pressure issues.

Triview is an attractive partner because it already has a connection to Donala. But Triview has capacity issues and a spotty track record related to maintenance and management that pushed it down the experts’ list of partners.

Donala is attractive because it connects to Colorado Springs Utilities and Academy Water and Sanitation District, in addition to Triview.

But its distance from town, and lower elevation, make it a significantly more expensive potential partner.

Trustee Kelly Elliott rejected the idea of partnering with Triview, however, after the metro district’s performance last summer with its pipe leak.

She vowed she’d never agree to partner with Triview under its current “piss-poor management.”

She wasn’t the only trustee expressing frustration over Monument’s water issues, which include the recent revelation it has radium in water pumped from its highestproducing well, No. 9, and is facing an expensive project to treat the well to bring it into compliance with state and federal water quality standards.

Trustee Dennis Murphy was upset with Town Manager Chris Lowe for failing to routinely brief trustees on the issue, which first surfaced a year ago and resulted in the state citing the town for a water quality violation in July followed by letters of warning being sent to customers.

Murphy responded to Lowe’s criticism of reports in The Tribune about the elevated radium in town water. Lowe complained the stories were unfair and didn’t highlight the town’s position that radium levels dissipated as water left a town treatment plant.

Though the state doesn’t recognize testing done beyond the point of delivery at the treatment plant, Lowe insisted independent testing the town conducted showing the “significantly lower” radium levels found at homes and businesses in the community should have been emphasized.

Murphy chastised Lowe, a frequent target of his criticism, for failing to alert trustees sooner to the radium issue and for not providing the board and public frequent updates.

“I would have appreciated hearing that sooner,” Murphy said. He said town staff needed to do a better job communicating “just to assure our community that everything is under control.”

The discussion of emergency water connections came as part of an ongoing investigation of water options by the town leaders.

Murphy and Trustees Greg Coopman and Jeff Bornstein are leading a push to explore whether Monument should dump its water utility and contract with Colorado Springs Utilities for service.

Moore and Koger gave the trustees an overview of the town utility, projected water needs and best options for satisfying those needs.

They said Monument uses about 400,000 gallons of water a day. They project that by 2035, Monument will need about 776,700 gallons a day on average.

That far exceeds the maximum water available from the town’s nine existing wells, one of which is shut down due to elevated radium and only available on an emergency basis. Peak production from the wells is 531,000 gallons a day.

The consultants strongly urged the trustees to investigate buying renewable surface water rights, which can cost upward of $20,000 for a single acre foot of water. It would require investing millions to acquire enough rights to supply Monument long-term.

Drilling new wells, which run $1.5 million apiece, was not recommended by the consultants to supply future needs. They note the water levels in the Denver Basin aquifer, which is the source of drinking water for residents across the Tri-Lakes region, are dropping fast and it is only going to get more expensive to pump it to the surface.

They also strongly recommended building a $12 million reuse facility to treat wastewater and return it to the drinking water system.

As for contracting with Colorado Springs Utilities to provide all the town’s water, Moore and Koger said it was worth exploring. But they cautioned it would be complicated and expensive.

Moore said CSU would require Monument to bring water to the table because it typically does not sell

water, outright. That would mean buying water rights in the Arkansas River basin, along the CSU delivery system, and turning that water over to CSU. The town would have to navigate a complex and expensive permitting process to win approval to store water in Pueblo Reservoir, where CSU takes its water and pumps it into its pipelines. And there would be delivery fees, as well.

Those were spelled out by Donala general manager Kip Petersen, whose district receives water via CSU from a ranch it bought near Leadville in 2008.

Petersen “highly encouraged” Monument to establish emergency connections with neighboring districts. But he urged caution in approaching CSU about water service.

“It is expensive water,” Petersen said of water Donala receives from CSU. “But it is not an impossible task.”

He described how Donala has spent nine years trying to get permission from the federal Bureau of Reclamation to store its Leadville water in Pueblo Reservoir. One obstacle is convincing Pueblo officials Gleneagle isn’t contributing to stormwater runoff issues downstream on Fountain Creek.

So why did Donala partner with CSU and its expensive Southern Delivery System?

“Ten years ago, our board recognized the Denver Basin aquifer is declining,” Petersen said. “We want to get off the Denver Basin. We don’t really have a choice. And there are no easy solutions.”

One possible solution proposed by the consultants was for Monument to join the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority, which is trying to develop renewable surface water supplies in the Fountain Creek and Arkansas River basins and build a pipeline to deliver the water to the Tri-Lakes region.

They estimated Monument’s share of the regional system at $7.66 million.

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Workshops Thursday, October 20, 2016

Sole Proprietor, LLC, or Corp? Choosing the Right Business Structure Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Location: Pikes Peak SBDC, 1675 Garden of the Gods, Rd., Ste. 1107 Fee: $ 15.00 NOTE: Pre-payment for the class is required! (If you are unable to attend, you will not receive a refund unless you cancel 24 hours in advance.

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To register: https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/reg. aspx?mode=event&event=70360041 This workshop is designed to help you make an informed decision about which legal business entity is best for your business. We will discuss the differences between a sole proprietorship, LLC, S-Corp, and C-Corp. As a result, you will understand the practical and legal implications of each type!

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Guided Business Plan: Business Plan In A Day Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Location: Pikes Peak SBDC, 1675 Garden of the Gods, Rd., Ste. 1107 Fee: $ 15.00 To register: https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/ reg.aspx?mode=event&event=70360032 During this workshop, we will begin the task of putting together a very basic strategic plan that will act as a roadmap to building your business plan. Would you begin to build a 43 story skyscraper without a blueprint? Then ask yourself this, what does your business look like three to five years from now? These methodical steps are the beginning of a process that will enable you to move forward with purpose, passion, and

precision; profitability will present itself when you have followed your own direction. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression! Join us to begin the process of strategically mapping your business through a simplified business plan that you can then continue to build upon. This workshop is for both start up and existing businesses!

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Understanding & Welcoming Generational Diversity in the Workplace Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Pikes Peak SBDC, 1675 Garden of the Gods, Rd., Ste. 1107 Fee: $ 15.00 NOTE: Pre-payment for the class is REQUIRED! (If you are unable to attend, you will not receive a refund unless you cancel 24 hours in advance.

Thank you for your cooperation!)

To register: https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/ reg.aspx?mode=event&event=70360198 Generational differences and differing workplace ideals are inevitable, and it is important that we embrace these differences to create positive change. In this seminar, we will take a look at the commonalities and differences between current generations in the workplace, in an effort to understand what motivates, drives, and engages each generation and how we each can adapt to leverage those differences.

Monday, October 31, 2016

QuickBooks Online: Mastering - Part 2 Time: 2 p.m.to 5 p.m.

Location: Pikes Peak SBDC, 1675 Garden of the Gods, Rd., Ste. 1107

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Fee: $ 75.00 NOTE: Pre-payment for the class is REQUIRED! (If you are unable to attend, you will not receive a refund unless you cancel 24 hours in advance.

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To register: https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/ reg.aspx?mode=event&event=70360200 Since you’ve learned the basics of QuickBooks Online in Part 1, this class will build on that foundation to teach you more advanced processes within the software. This interactive course will cover: Credit card accounts and transactions; how to create and track asset and liability accounts; and an introduction to equity accounts; Sales and purchase forms; how to create a new invoice; the QuickBooks Item list and how to add new items; how to create invoice letters & sales orders; and how to track backorders; How to record customer payments; how to handle customer discounts, partial payments, overpayments, or down payments; how to record a deposit, including cash back; how to process credit cards Financial data tools: QuickReports, preset reports, and graphs; how to save reports in Excel or PDF format.

The Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center is located at the El Paso County Citizens Service Center and sponsored by UCCS College of Business, the U.S. Small Business Administration, City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County. It offers business consulting and training to assist existing and new small businesses in El Paso, Park and Teller counties. For more information about the SBDC and services it offers, visit www.pikespeaksbdc.org or call 719667-3803.

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Both undefeated, L-P and DCC to meet in showdown

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Team Old School is headed to Thunder Country for a game that could decide the outcome of Class 3A’s Southern Conference.

High school football games don’t get much better than this.

Tri-Lakes rivals Lewis-Palmer and Discovery Canyon are both undefeated heading into their showdown Oct. 14 at District 20 Stadium.

The importance of this midseason matchup is obvious. The winner will be in line to a host a first-round home playoff game. The loser might still host a first-round game, but why leave anything to chance?

Discovery Canyon comes in ranked No. 1 in the state in 3A. The Thunder improved to 6-0 with a 48-0 victory over Woodland Park on Oct. 7. It was Discovery Canyon’s 22nd consecutive league victory dating back to the final game of the

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Lewis-Palmer High School’s football program is known as Team Old School.

2011 season. Discovery Canyon has allowed just 74 points this season (about 12 per game), while scoring 261 (about 44 per contest).

L-P, the state’s No. 2 ranked 3A team in most polls, improved to 6-0 with a 58-27 win over Canon City last Friday. The Rangers have steamrolled opponents this season, outscoring the opposition 257 to 100.

Both of these teams have high-powered offenses that rely on a devastating running game.

Discovery Canyon is averaging more than 340 yards per contest on the ground. The Thunder backfield goes four deep. Remember the

Discovery Canyon High School will host Lewis-Palmer in a football game Oct. 14 at District 20 Stadium, also known as Thunder Country.

jersey numbers 21 (senior Josh Tomjack), 44 (senior Colt O’Connell, 29 (junior Trevor Ivy), and 4 (senior quarterback Tyler McFarland).

You can bet that L-P coach Dustin Tupper, a defensive guru, will do his best to develop a gameplan to neutralize the Thunder’s potent Air Force option offense.

L-P’s potent running game centers around senior fullback Charley Young (#44) and junior tailback Dieudonne Van Chea (#9).

The two have rushed for nearly 2,000 yards and more than 20 touchdowns.

Young scored the Rangers’ lone offensive touchdown in a hardfought 14-7 non-league victory over Roosevelt in Week 5. He rushed for a season-low 48 yards in that game, but ran over his fair share of Roosevelt blockers.

Van Chea rushed for a game-high 127 yards against Roosevelt. His electric speed and ability to elude oncoming tacklers is something you can make sure Discovery Canyon coach Shawn Mitchell and his crew are focusing on ways to stop.

I am well aware that a number of twists could happen the final three weeks of the regular season after this game is in the books.

The ultimate goal, at least in terms of on-field success, is be playing in Week 14 with a chance to win a state championship. That’s something that Tupper and his crew have talked about since they went to its team camp at Colorado State University back in June.

Neither L-P nor Discovery Canyon has ever played for a state championship.

The Thunder came close in 2014 when they won their first 12 games and advanced to the state semifinals. That season came to a crashing end with a 39-21 loss to Pueblo East, which went on to win the first of back-to-back state titles. Pueblo East ended Discovery Canyon’s season last year in the quarterfinals with a 28-10 victory.

L-P made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2011, losing 49-10 to Pueblo East in the first round. The Rangers made the 3A

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DCC golfers keep their promise Thunder capture school’s first state sports crown Trujillo wins individual title

By Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

A year ago, the Discovery Canyon High School boys’ golf team vowed to win the 2016 state tournament.

The boys made the promise to themselves after a fourth-place finish at state, the result of finishing 44 strokes behind Valor Christian, the 2015 champs.

On Sept. 27, the Thunder golf team stood atop the Class 4A leaderboard as a team, winning the school its first-ever state sports championship.

Even better, one of its own – junior Luke Trujillo – captured the individual state title, giving the team the double victory.

“I was more nervous than I’ve ever been,” said Trujillo, who shot a 1-over 73 in the second round on Sept. 27 at River Valley Ranch Golf Club in Carbondale to finish with

140 strokes. “I wanted to do it for my team, my school, everything.”

Trujillo won his state title after defeating Silver Creek’s Jackson Solem – the defending state champion – in a two-hole playoff.

The Thunder won the team title by 15 strokes over Montrose.

Rounding out Discovery Canyon’s team scores were senior Owen Pasvogel and junior Caleb Blackburn (both tied for 10th place at 149) and senior Hayden Fry tied for 42nd at 165.

The state championship caps a dominant two years for the Thunder quartet, who won the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference championship and regional title both seasons.

“The boys are quite proud of that,” said Discovery Canyon coach Mark Liggett.

If the Thunder plans to stay at the top, they will need to replace outgoing seniors Pasvogel and Fry. “If we can fill those two spots, we’ll be a threat again,” Liggett said.

TCA’S O’HALLORAN FINISHES SIXTH IN 3A Liam O’Halloran, a freshman at The Classical Academy, finished

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The Discovery Canyon High School boys’ golf team won this year’s Class 4A state tournament. From left to right, Hayden Fry, Owen Pasvogel, Caleb Blackburn, Luke Trujillo and coach Mark Liggett.

sixth at the 3A state tournament with a 7-over par 151.

O’Halloran’s finish was the bestever for a TCA golfer.

“I was pretty consistent, it was just that one hole that got me,” said O’Halloran, who shot 2-over through the other 34 holes with five

Two dozen Tri-Lakes area tennis players headed to state tournament Event takes place Oct. 13-15 in Pueblo

By Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Twenty-four Tri-Lakes area athletes will play in this week’s Class 4A boys’ state tennis tournament at Pueblo City Park.

Discovery Canyon is sending five players to state. Sophomore Luke Lorenz is making a return trip in No. 1 singles after finishing second in 2015. Also joining him from Discovery Canyon is No. 2 singles Dustin Bobuslowski, No. 3 singles Tanner Jones, and the No. 3 doubles team of Matt Rathmann and Chad Wireman.

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Palmer Ridge is sending 10 players, nearly its entire team. The Bears will be represented by No. 2 singles Bryan Hauke and No. 3 singles Ben Capek, No. 1 doubles Chapin Schott and Jonathan Hertel, No. 2 doubles Patrick Tooley and Tucker Balman. No. 3 doubles Adam Teske and Zach Wilcox, and No. 4 doubles Cole Bennett and Evan Ochsner.

Lewis-Palmer is sending nine players, including three doubles teams. Representing the Rangers is No. 1 singles Tanner Colson, No. 1 doubles Ben Rowland and Ethan Spillers, No. 2 doubles Alex Glimco and Teddy Fowler, No. 3 doubles Isaiah Dawid and Garrett Rademacher, and No. 4 doubles Zach Lundgren and Reece Colson.

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Or, maybe it will be a case of whoever has the ball last will win the game?

No matter how this game turns out, I hope players and fans can walk away feeling great about the efforts of all the kids.

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state quarterfinals in 2010 and 2011 under Tony Ramunno when Tupper was his defensive coordinator.

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Tri-Lakes Week 7 Football Capsules

Who: Discovery Canyon (6-0, 1-0) vs. Lewis-Palmer (6-0, 1-0) When: Friday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

Where: District 20 Stadium What you need to know: Discovery Canyon has scored at least 41 points in each of its last five games. The Thunder scored 34 points in its season opener …

DCC has won every game by at least 15

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had a 70-yard TD run against the Tigers … The winner of this game will be in the driver’s seat for the Southern Conference championship.

Who: Palmer Ridge (4-2, 1-0) vs.

points and has outscored the opposition 261 to 74 … Since starting the 2015 season with four consecutive losses, the Thunder has won 13 of 14 games …

DCC is 45-10 since the 8th week of the 2011 season and has won the last four Class 3A Southern Conference titles ...

The Thunder is the No. 1 ranked team in the state in Class 3A, but third in RPI (Ratings Percentage Index behind No. 1 Pueblo East and No. 2 Lewis-Palmer … DCC defeated Pueblo East 41-26 in Week 3 … L-P is coming off a dominating 58-27 victory over Canon City … The Rangers have outscored opponents 257 to 100 … L-P junior tailback Dieudonne Van Chea had four touchdowns against Canon City on runs of 10, 20, 5 and 10 yards … L-P senior quarterback Kevin Tims added a 60-yard TD run and senior tailback Spencer Ward

Denver North (4-2, 0-1) When: Friday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

Where: Don Breese Stadium What you need to know: Palmer Ridge defeated Lincoln, 41-21 in its Class 3A East Metro Conference opener last week … The Bears have won two in a row since dropping back-to-back games to Lewis-Palmer and Discovery Canyon … Palmer Ridge quarterback Ty Evans had a huge game against Lincoln, completing 30 of 41 passes for 435 yards and five touchdowns. On the season, Evans has thrown for 1,645 yards and 15

touchdowns … Denver North is coming off a 44-14 loss to Vista PEAK Prep … It was the Viking’s second loss in a row after starting the season with four consecutive victories … The Vikings are led by senior running back Marcellino Coronado (650 yards and 5TDs) and sophomore quarterback Erik Flores (589 yards and 5 TDs).

Who: The Classical Academy (5-1, 1-1) at Florence (4-2, 1-1) When: Friday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

Where: Florence High School What you need to know: TCA is coming off a 52-0 victory over Salida …

The Titans also shut out Sierra (49-0) in the season opener … TCA senior running back Austin Weingart rushed for 127 yards and four TDs against Salida …

TCSA junior quarterback Cade Bethany completed 8 of 11 passes for 109 yards and a TD … This is a 2A Tri-Peaks Conference game … Florence is coming off a 35-6 victory over Lamar … The week before the Huskies lost to Salida 22-13 … Florence is led by senior quarterback Alec Lucero, who has 661 yards rushing and 8 TDs, and has passed for 563 and 5 TDs, and senior running back Michael Zotto (458 yards, 6 TDs).

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“She got to a point where she just literally gave up on doctors,” said Michael, who played football for CSU. “We tried everything and basically nobody could tell us what was wrong.

“Traci felt her only choice was that God was going to heal her me because she was getting nowhere. And, unfortunately, she just kept getting worse and worse.”

Traci did her best to live a “normal” life. But clearly something was not right. She had to be helped up and down the choir stage at church.

She walked hunched over, had tremors and had difficulty sleeping. She spent a lot of time crying.

One day Traci and her family were at New Life Church when Dr. Kent Roberson was speaking to the congregation. He was talking about a mission’s trip he took and that sparked something in Michael. He asked Traci if she would be willing to see him. She prayed about it and agreed.

“She sat in (Roberson’s) waiting room during lunch one day and he said ‘stand up and walk to me.’ She did and he said ‘I think you have moderate to severe Parkinson’s.’”

Roberson immediately prescribed Parkinson’s medication and got Traci into a neurologist. She bounced back quickly and essentially showed no signs of Parkinson’s.

“People were surprised she was so tall because she had been bent over so bad,” Michael said with a laugh.

Traci began coaching volleyball at The Classical Academy and with Colorado Classix club volleyball. It appeared as though she would be able to live that normal life again that she so desperately longed for.

Unfortunately, the medication gave Traci only a short reprieve from her symptoms. As the years passed, the symptoms came back with a vengeance, eventually causing her to lose almost all control of her motor skills and forcing her to be confined to her home much of the time.

She spent most of her time sitting in a chair in the living room, journaling, sitting still and praying, and listening to God. But on Dec. 23, 2013, that all changed when Traci underwent the final part of a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.

University of Colorado Hospital told the Bartalos that Traci had the worst case of dyskinesia (difficulty or distortion in performing voluntary movements) they had ever seen.

DBS is a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of disabling neurological symptoms – most commonly the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, such as tremor, rigidity, stiffness, slowed movement, and walking problems. The procedure is also used to treat essential tremor, a common neurological movement disorder.

DBS does not damage healthy brain tissue by destroying nerve cells. Instead, the procedure blocks electrical signals from targeted areas in the brain.

Traci experienced immediate results. Her life

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Traci Bartalo, third from right, enjoys a moment with her family. From left to right, son in law Wesley Cowart, daughter Abigail (holding Sammy), daughter Lydia, husband Michael, daughter Gianna (holding Promise) and daughter Hannah Cowart.

drastically changed for the better and she was once again able to function in a normal way.

Traci went from taking six medications every four hours, to three medications with much less frequency. She slept through the night for the first time in over a decade.

“Literally, the day of surgery Traci slept nine hours and it’s been like that ever since,” Michael said.

Traci is able to control the device in her body using a small battery pack. She returns to the hospital every couple of months for minor adjustments.

DBS allowed Traci to once again get a significant part of her life back. She took up running, and can often be found on a treadmill at the TriLakes YMCA putting in several miles a day. She’s even hiked the Manitou Incline.

“People go up to her at the gym; people she didn’t know noticed, and give her words of encouragement,” said Abi Bartalo, Traci’s second oldest daughter who plays volleyball for Colorado Christian University. “ As incredible as the results of DBS have been for Traci, doctors still have not discovered a way to stop the progression of Parkinson’s. In Traci’s case, she has basically maxed out the settings on her unit. She will have to eventually have to start taking heavier doses of medication to help control the symptoms.

While the DBS treatment gave Traci her life back, there was one unexpected side effect. Traci’s speech has been severely impacted. Until a year ago, she could speak clearly. Now she uses texting as her main way of communication.

“It stinks,” she said. “But I can actually do things now. For example, I was putting a pillow case on a pillow after my surgery and Michael pointed out that I wasn’t able to do that before. So ‘normal life’ is much more than running. I’m glad I had the surgery, even though I lost my voice.

“And my girls treat me like a queen. They treat me so well. Maybe it’s because they’re glad to have me with them.”

All four of the Bartalos daughters have played, or are playing, for the Lewis-Palmer High School

volleyball team. The oldest, Hannah, is a 2011 L-P graduate. She was seven years old when her mother first showed the signs of Parkinson’s.

“I’m still in the process of figuring this all out,” Hannah said. “I love my mom and I want her to be better.

“For a long time I was just really angry at God. In the Bible, you see him healing people, and I look at her and I wonder why he has not healed her. But you still have to believe he’s good, even in the middle of it.”

“Sometimes you don’t have the answers, but you have to walk out the door and face things. My mom has handled this way better than I could.

Her faith to overcome her circumstances is amazing. I’m so proud of her and I need to be more like her.”

Lydia, a senior outside hitter, and Gianna, a freshman libero/defensive specialist, have already committed to Denver University. Often, Traci serves as a line judge during their games.

“Before my mom’s surgery, people would just sit there and stare at her,” Lydia said. “That was frustrating and I would be like ‘mind your own business.’ So now when people meet her for the first time, I tell them ‘my mom has Parkinson’s and her voice is kind of weak.’

“Watching her go through all of this is incredible. Watching the progression of the Parkinson’s, I don’t know how she ever handled it. But now she can do so many things. She’s just amazing.”

Abi was about three when Traci started showing Parkinson’s symptoms. She looks up to her mom in amazement.

“She has made the most of the situation and her testimony has touched other people’s lives,” Abi said. “I don’t know where she would be, or the rest of us if it was not for her faith in God.” Traci’s story is not finished. Her journey is not complete. She hopes to one day put her words into a book to share with others who are dealing with similar issues associated with Parkinson’s.

And as she says, there’s always hope and hope does not disappoint. Perhaps she already has the title for her book

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