Castle Rock News-Press 121312

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Castle Rock

News-Press

Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 10, Issue 38

HOLIDAY HORSEPOWER

December 13, 2012

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A Colorado Community Media Publication

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Suspects arrested in gunfire incidents Local men suspected in similar shootings throughout county By Chris Michlewicz

cmichlewicz@ourcoloradonews.com

Members of Sedalia Spurs 4-H Club ride in the annual Christmas Carriage Parade and loop through downtown Parker Dec. 8. This year, horses and their riders were decked out for the “Jingle Bells” theme. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

Rink clears ice for wedding proposal Castle Rock couple create special memory By Rhonda Moore

rmoore@ourcoloradonews.com The Rink at the Rock has been officially inaugurated with a rock of a different kind. Within days of opening in downtown Castle Rock, the town’s new ice rink was the site of a holiday wedding proposal, complete with romantic music, Christmas lights and bended knee. On center ice no less. HELP WANTED ON ICE Eleven days after organizers celThe downtown developebrated the rink’s ment authority, which opStarlighting grand erates the Rink at the Rock, opening, Bobby is in need of volunteers at Buechler, 20, took Castle Rock’s ice rink. Interadvantage of the ested and experienced ice venue and proskaters can apply by calling posed to his girlrink manager Jeff Sherick friend and childat 720-498-0092. hood sweetheart, For more information Kimberly Schaffer, about the Rink at the Rock, 22. visit www.rinkattherock. The evening of com. Nov. 28 started out as a mid-week date night, with an early dinner and a night of ice-skating at the rink, where Buechler works as a volunteer skate guard. Schaffer had her first hint something was up was when the ice cleared of skaters and her favorite songs started playing on the sound system. By the time a photographer arrived on scene, she knew, “this wasn’t just a date night,” Schaffer said. “Then he got down on one knee and he proposed and he was all nervous and I was just so excited I said yes right away,” she said. “It was an amazing night. Then we sat by the fire and got warm … it was a beautiful night.” Buechler got the idea for the beautiful night soon after the rink opened. He wanted to do something special for his fiancee, who was in town on leave from her job as an

Bobby Buechler, 20, and Kimberly Schaffer, 22, pose at The Rink at the Rock Dec. 6. A week earlier, Buechler had proposed to Schaffer on center ice. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

‘He got down on one knee and he proposed and he was all nervous and I was just so excited I said yes right away. It was an amazing night. Then we sat by the fire

Two Douglas County men have been arrested on suspicion of shooting at a vehicle at a Castle Rock Walmart, and are suspected in connection with multiple nighttime shootings that heavily damaged storefronts and vehicles. Castle Rock police responded Dec. 7 to a report of 10 to 15 shots being fired at Walmart. Customers were present around 9 p.m. when shots were fired at the side of a Walmart tractor-trailer, said Karen McGrath, spokeswoman for the Town of Castle Rock. Officers quickly caught up with the suspects’ vehicle and arrested Nicholas Deters, 20, of Larkspur, and Tyson Olson, 29, of Parker. They were transported to the Douglas County jail and booked on charges of illegal discharge of a firearm, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. The arrests came more than two weeks after the first shooting that Deters and Olson are suspected of committing. Construction equipment was damaged by gunfire Nov. 20 in Rhyolite Park in Castle Rock. On Nov. 26, the Parker Police Department responded to Golf Zone, a miniature golf course at Twenty Mile Road and Pony Express Drive, after a report of damage to a vehicle and the business kiosk. A high-powered firearm was used in two additional shootings, including a second incident at Golf Zone on Dec. 1. The men are also suspected of shooting out the front door at Knockouts in Parker and opening fire on a vehicle in the nearby Walmart parking lot. Tires were also slashed. Castle Rock police recorded four similar incidents, including three shootings at construction sites, and Lone Tree said Denver Mattress Company and Ed Bozarth Chevrolet were also hit with bullets. Both businesses are located on Parkway Drive adjacent to C-470, and police say the shots may have been fired from the highway. Investigators have not definitively linked the shootings, but the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, which responded Dec. 1 to shots being fired at Kingdom Hall Jehovah Witness Church on Lake Gulch Road, said more charges are pending against Deters and Olson. Still images from surveillance video footage at Golf Zone and Knockouts showed a Shooting continues on Page 11

and got warm ... it was a beautiful night.’ Kimberly Schaffer Air Force engine mechanic. Buechler and Schaffer are Castle Rock natives who grew up around the corner from each other. They graduated two years apart from Douglas County High School, where Schaffer was the “older woman,” he said. Years earlier, when she was 14 and he was 12 years old, she was Buechler’s first kiss. They spent a few years apart during and after high school and resumed their relationship about a year after Buechler’s 2010 graduation. “I thought it would be really cool to do

something in downtown Castle Rock,” Buechler said. “I thought the rink would be a perfect place for it. What a cool place to propose to her, in old historic Castle Rock.” Desiree LaFleur’s boutique — lafleur — is situated adjacent to the ice rink and is the site of the outdoor fireplace where Schaffer and Buechler warmed up following their special date. “The rink has really put a smile on this town’s face,” said LaFleur, who was Schaffer and Buechler’s photographer. “It’s a new downtown.” Proposal continues on Page 11

A truck with bullet holes in the windshield sits in the parking lot of Golf Zone, a mini golf business at Twenty Mile Road and Pony Express Drive, less than a mile from the Parker Police Department headquarters.


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