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WP Planning Commission begins Aspen Street vacation process Unimproved right of way to be returned to private ownership By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer
Woodland Park High School student Noah Nieman, right, learns how to tenderize meat by pounding the daylights out of it. At right is James Davis, guest chef last week at the Jr. Chef Program at the high school. Photo by Pat Hill
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phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com With culinary swiftness and a saucy twist, James W. Davis demonstrated flash-pan wizardry in the classroom kitchen at the Woodland Park High School. Guest chef of the Jr. Chef Program last week, Davis transformed three varieties of steak into gourmet magic. For the students, the rewards were gustatory nirvana as they did the taste test on beef scaloppini, sirloin mushroom Marsala and marinated flank steak. Angie Cunningham teaches the class that has the students baking bread and making dough for pasta. “We learn about different parts of the world, about different cultures,” Cunningham said. Davis’s marinade for the flank steak fit right into the section on spices and herbs. Succulent and juicy, the steak had been marinated for 48 hours in a mixture of ginger, oil, rice wine vinegar, oyster sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar and garlic. In addition to cooking and baking, the students pick up tips from television chefs. “We learn about different cultures with our cross curriculum, geography, science, math and English,” Cunningham said. Davis, whose credentials include cooking for the Blue Star, Nosh, La’au’s, developed the recipes for Springs Orleans in Colorado Springs.
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Born and raised in Georgia, Davis credits his Southern roots for the nudge toward a profession. “That means cookin’, gardenin’. We were pickin’ peas out of the garden and pullin’ guts out of quails,” he said. Because his grandfather owned a Chinese restaurant, Davis has an Asian bent to his Southern recipes. A showman as well as a chef, Davis entertained the students with two pans going at one time on two different stoves. “I thought that bringing in a guest chef would create some excitement,” said Lauren Stuart, director of food services for the RE-2 School District. From talking to several students, it’s apparent that parents also benefit from the Jr. Chef Program. “I cook at home,” said Keana Bushman. Her sister, Sidney Bushman added, “The class is fun and interesting.” Teler Bradley, 16, is not necessarily aspiring to be a chef, but the class last week made an impression. “I really like the class; it’s informative; the chef made a lot of good meat,” Bradley said. “I like to cook at home. My dad likes it, too.” Caitlin Mullins, too, cooks at home and, with the lesson on the scaloppini, picked up another tip. “Today I learned how to make a roux,” she said. Stuart has big plans for her junior chefs. “We will definitely be at the Taste of Teller next year,” she said, referring to an annual fundraiser in the fall.
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In 1888 when Manitou Park’s streets were mapped, Aspen Street was a local road that spanned four blocks from Gunnison Avenue to South Avenue. Manitou Park is now Woodland Park and in 1994 the portion of Aspen Street located between Lake Avenue and the alley north of South Avenue was vacated. According to state statute, titles to vacated rights of way belong to adjacent property owners so the land was divided between those property owners whose land abutted the vacated street. A 30-foot swath of land down the middle of the vacated street was set aside as a utility and pedestrian easement. Starting with the April 24 Woodland Park Planning Commission meeting, the portion of Aspen Street that lies south of the alley is also on its way to being vacated at the request of the two property owners whose land lies east and west of the unimproved street. If the right of way is vacated, the land will be divided equally between Peter Popeszku and Steve Copp. This time, however, the 30-foot easement down the middle of the 60-foot right of way will be only for utilities. According to the presentation by Woodland Park City Planner Lisa Parnell, Popeszku plans to use his part of the vacated right of way as a driveway into his property while Copp plans to sell his two lots. Copp’s properties are in an area zoned Neighborhood Commercial and permitted uses include offices, small retail shops, veterinary and human health clinics and many other uses. A conditional use permit would be needed to construct a single or multifamily residence. Any of these uses might result in improvements to the alley at the developer’s expence. Several neighbors expressed concern about these possible uses if Copp sells. In answer to some of his neighbors’ questions, he mentioned a possibility that the lots could be developed into low-cost apartments. One neighbor, Patricia Bowman, said if that happens her property values would plummet and her neighbors would move out in droves. None of these possibilities for future development was germane to the question at hand, the vacation of the right of way and the dividing of the property. Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval and send the request on to city council for a first reading on May 1. Commission Chair Jon DeVaux told the audience that they would be able to voice their concerns to council when it holds the public hearing on this issue May 15.
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The Ute Pass Social Club had their annual Spring Bonnet and New Members Luncheon at Shining Mountain Golf Club. Pictured are some of the ladies wearing their hats. Courtesy photo
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Flood scare not over just yet The rains are heading this way soon By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com In an area where residents are still shellshocked after the fire and floods of the past two years, the drainage work on U.S. 24 is a hopeful sign that the summer of 2014 will be an improvement. “I first want to say thank-you to everyone; we’re really good at screwing up traffic and slowing you all down,” said Lesley Mace, project engineer with the Colorado Department of Transportation. “Your patience throughout the corridor has been greatly appreciated.” Mace was one of several speakers at the public meeting April 22 at Ute Pass Elementary School. Nearing completion, the work on U.S. 24 includes a large culvert that catches the flow from upstream on the Waldo Canyon
Creek. “As debris comes down from the storms we are able to collect that with a series of basins and large netting,” Mace said. In preparation for the spring rains, CDOT is installing a series of gates along the highway. “They will work as an activewarning system to get closures in place so that we don’t get caught off-guard,” Mace said. The gates are a response to the severe flooding that occurred last summer, in July, August and September. “When we do get those warnings, the highway will be shut down,” Mace said “We hope we can get your cooperation and collaboration, recognizing there is a life-threatening event that could come down on us.” Theresa Springer, from the Coalition of the Upper South Platte, was unsparing. “Don’t let your guard down; we bought you time,” she said, referring to the projects along Ute Pass and in Cascade. “You now have more time to get out. The next flood is coming.” Manitou Springs Police Chief Joe Ribiero was blunt. “The storm that happened on
THINGS TO DO EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis. MAY 1 ENTRY DEADLINE Enter a complete, short story of 100 words or less by May 1 to the Pikes Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women Flash Fiction Contest. For complete rules and entry form, go http://www.pikespeakpenwomen.com/flash-fiction-contest.html. MAY 1-3 MUNCHKIN MARKET The Ute Pass MOPS presents its Munchkin Market children’s consignment sale featuring clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, media, play equipment, strollers,
high chairs, sporting goods, baby gear, maternity, bedding and more. Hours are 5-8 p.m. May 1, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. May 2, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 3, when everything is halfprice. Sale is at Woodland Park Community Church, 800 Valley View Drive. Admission is free. Cash, checks and credit cards accepted. Proceeds benefit Ute Pass MOPS. Call 719-208-7558 or go to www.utepassmops.org.
MAY 2 KARATE/GOSPEL DEMO Karate Plus will have its 20th annual karate/gospel demo at 7 p.m. Friday May 2, at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park. Event includes demonstrations of karate, jujitsu, defense, martial art weapons, throws, breaks and more. Specials include black
July 10 was minimal compared to what we are preparing for,” he said. “All of this work that’s going on here is for the small storm. If we get an inch of rain in an hour, we are in for the big one. We could very well lose Highway 24. If we get the big one, it’s going to be out for weeks or months.” If the highway closes, there are shelters on each side of the pass, Mace said. Chris Briggs-Hale, principal of Ute Pass Elementary School, introduced the meeting and assured parents that their children would be taken care of in the event of a flood. “We want you to know that we will keep your children safe with us, fed, and lovingly cared for as long as it takes for you to arrive and pick them up,” he said. In the meantime, there’s an end in sight for the construction on U.S. 24. According to an email from Mace, the contractor for the project is positioned to have four lanes
of paved roadway open, two in each direction, before May 3. “They will be constructing the concrete headwalls and final backfill on the upstream inlet structure and will be wrapping up construction past May 3,” Mace writes. “They will be working in the closed off-turn lane of the westbound lanes until completion and will not be impacting through traffic.” In other good news, El Paso County commissioner Sallie Clark announced that Rainbow Falls is expected to open in May or June to limited recreation. “Certainly, we have to be flash-flood aware but we believe that getting more folks in there will help to keep the graffiti problem down as well as create a recreational area again,” said Clark, who is credited with garnering millions of dollars in grants from the federal government to help fund mitigation projects on Ute Pass.
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Committee goes for broadband expansion By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com If efforts of the volunteer technologyplanning committee are successful, residents in Teller County can expect an expansion of broadband service. The committee’s first meeting, on April 14, attracted four Internet carriers as well as businesses and users, said Commissioner Norm Steen at the commissioners’ meeting April 24. “It’s a good initiative that’s picking up momentum.” In addition to leading the effort to expand broadband, Steen has accepted an invitation to represent the county on the board of El Pomar Pikes Peak Regional Council. Commissioner Marc Dettenrieder scored an appointment as well, this one to the State Veterans and Military Affairs Committee “Supposedly, that’s where bills go to die,” he said. “So that’s the good news.” However, now that he’s on the committee, Dettenrieder is ramping up his campaign to support a bill that would change the organization of the state House from representation according to population to one for each county. At the previous meeting in April, Dettenrieder acknowledged that the bill had no chance of passing, as it was stalled in the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. “There are 40 rural counties in Colorado, so this conversation is certainly not going away,” he said. “Actually, a group has been mobilized to collect 120,000 signatures to get that proposal on the November ballot.” A report by Pam Killibrew, from the office of the county assessor, Betty Clark-Wine, drew kudos from Steen. According to state statute, Killibrew reported five corrections due to errors in values of property for the year 2013. The errors resulted in refunds of $87.10, $833.71, $1,382.93, $195.94, and $60.02. “Of all the accounts you manage, five accounts shows exceptional work,” Steen said. “Thanks for catching these.”
Jeffrey Harper received recognition from Teller County commissioners April 24 for his five years of employment with the county’s transportation department. Pictured with Harper, center, are his boss, Bob Blunt, left, and Commissioner Dave Paul, right. Photos by Pat Hill
Teller County commissioners honored Mary Anthony, right, for her 10 years of employment in the finance department. Pictured with Anthony, from left, are Vicki Caldwell, budget officer, and Anthony’s supervisor, Sandy Adams.
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Former WPHS graduate named top student at UNC The University of Northern Colorado honored top undergraduate scholars March 30 at the College of Natural and Health Sciences’ Undergraduate Academic Scholar Award ceremony. Ian Forbes-Harlan of Divide, a graduate of Woodland Park High School, was named one of the top students in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, with an emphasis in Geology.
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TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT April 16 Bret Christopher Smith, date of birth Nov. 21, 1986, of Woodland Park, was arrested on a warrant for false report of explosives. Bond set at $100,000. April 17 Kevin Neil Doyle, date of birth Oct. 19, 1971, of Cripple Creek, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving under the influence, driving under the influence per se, driving without a driver’s license and lane usage violation. Bond set at $1,000. April 18 Stephen Lincoln Lynch, date of birth Nov. 1, 1993, of Federal Heights, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of tail lamp violation, possession of an illegal weapon, possession of under two ounces of marijuana,
possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under restraint. Bond set at $1,000. Seamus Patrick Sweeney, date of birth March 17, 1988, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for speeding, driving under the influence, failure to display valid registration and failure to present evidence of insurance upon request. Bond set at $1,000. April 19 Christopher R. Waddington, date of birth March 19, 1990, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for driving while ability impaired. Bond set at $800. Anna Marie Domino, date of birth Dec. 23, 1970, of Chattanooga, Tennessee was arrested for third degree assault and domestic violence. No bond set, pending advisement. Robert Charles Smith, date of birth July 17, 1958, of Woodland Park, was served
and released on the charge of criminal mischief. Heath Pratt Riley, date of birth May 13, 1977, of Woodland Park, was served and released on the charge of third degree assault. April 20 Robert P. Anzulewicz, date of birth May 11, 1955, of Windsor, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving without a driver’s license. Bond set at $500. April 21 Nicholas Richard Priebe, date of birth June 28, 1984, of Woodland Park, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of possession of a weapon by a previous offender (two counts). Bond set at $4,000. April 22
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presentation by Karate Plus founder Ken Valles. Event is free and refreshments will be served.
Doctor will discuss his cycling knowledge and experience. True Life Medicine is a 2014 Sponsor of the Mountain Top Cycling Club. Come join us for a night of cycling stories and a chance to win some door prizes. Check our website http://www.mountaintopcyclingclub.com or call Debbie 719-687-2489.
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Gateway Elementary School. Share your business sense and financial literacy experiences with students in grade K-5. Contact Sherri Albertson no later than May 7: sherri.albertson@ja.org or 719-650-4089.
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Saturday, May 3, at Woodland Fitness Center, 950 Tamarac Parkway, Woodland Park. A free pancake breakfast, with glutenfree options, will be from 8-10:30 a.m. (any donations will go to the Wounded Warriors project). Free fitness class trials will run all morning. Visitors also can try out fitness equipment and talk with a personal trainer. Child care for age 0-11 will be offered for free. Children ages 12 and older may work out. Call Woodland Fitness Center at 719-686-8800 for details.
sional organizer Erin Snyder at 1 p.m. May 7 at the Woodland Park Public Library. Call 719-687-9281, ext. 103.
WINE TASTING Taste of the Grape wine tasting is from 7-9 p.m. May 9 at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. Sponsored by Ute Pass Kiwanis Club. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Contact Connie Simms, 719-339-6795.
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DRIVER’S SAFETY The AARP driver’s safety course is offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at the Woodland Park Public Library. Course is for ages 55 and older. Registration is required. Call 719-687-9281. Discount offered for AARP members.
COMPUTER CLASSES Florissant Public Library presents computer classes in May. Classes are from 9-11 a.m. Classes are Powerpoint, May 9; Publisher, May 16; Excel, May 19; Word I, May 30. Call 719-748-3939 to register.
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STORYTIME GUEST Join Mother Goose for a special storytime
City,” by Erik Larson, at the next meeting of the Woodland Park Book Club at 10:30 a.m. May 6 at the Woodland Park Library. Call 719-687-9281 ext. 103.
MAY 6 CYCLING CLUB Mountain Top Cycling Club will meet at 6 p.m.
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MAY 10 CONCERT JIMMY Thackery & The Drivers returns to the Crystola Roadhouse, 20918 E. US Highway 24, Woodland Park, for a concert at 8 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets available at www.amusiccompanyinc.com or at the Crystola Roadhouse. Go to http://jimmythackery.com/ for more information. MAY 10 MIDLAND PROGRAM The Teller Historic and Environmental Coalition and the Divide Chamber of Commerce present the fifth annual symposium on the “Midland” railroads from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the historic John Wesley Ranch south Things continues on Page 17
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Samuel Karpaty, date of birth Oct. 18, 1982, of San Antonio, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of careless driving and speeding. Bond set at $300. Jason Brian Brezall, date of birth Nov. 21, 1978, of Aurora, was arrested on a warrant for failure to register as a sex offender. Bond set at $1,750. April 23 Natalio Anthony Ramirez, III, date of birth Dec. 30, 1988, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for driving under restraint (suspended) and weaving. Bond set at $1,000. Maria Herrera, date of birth April 14, 1964, of Cripple Creek, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of harassment. This was a no bond warrant.
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Rough Riders: heroes of a specific past When a kid, looking through the portraits of U.S. Presidents, naturally picks out one he identifies with, it’s no surprise. There is a fellow, wide-faced, bespectacled, with a barrel chest, bushy mustache, and remember, a cowboy countenance ... I came by my interest in Theodore Roosevelt, quite naturally. The whole town considered him a fragment of their own history. “Rough Riders” were the prominent heroes of our specific past. At least three of the 1,250 1st United States Volunteer Calvary hailed from the little town of Dolores, where I grew up. The 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry was first commanded by Colonel Leonard Wood. Dolores cowboys James E. Akin and William H. Brumley, Jr. were both in Troop G, and Carl John Scharnhorst (or Schornhorst in some muster info), Jr., who served first in Troop F, then transferred to Troop I in San Antonio. When American newspapers cried out, “Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain,” the boys from Dolores, along with group from Durango, and Theodore Roosevelt, serving at the time as assistant secretary of
the Navy, dropped everything to heed the call. Roosevelt resigned his office on May 6, 1898 — the day he secured a commission — and set about putting together a calvary regiment to lead into battle. Roosevelt helped put together and train the outfit comprised of cowboys, hunters, miners, Indians, policemen, bronc busters and men from Harvard, Yale and Princeton, becoming “The Rough Riders,” a moniker adopted from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Most of the members of G Troop were from the New Mexico Territory, a total of 37. The second most prolific state was Illinois with 12. Other states represented include Texas, Arizona, Missouri, New York, Massachusetts, the Indian Territory, Loui-
siana, Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota, Michigan, Colorado, New Jersey, Kentucky, California, West Virginia and Nebraska. Most all enlisted at Santa Fe in early May, 1898, and were to receive their training at San Antonio which was selected as the training center for the 1st US Vol. Cavalry. Colonel Wood arrived in San Antonio on Thursday, May 5, 1898. The contingent from New Mexico arrived on May 10. For the time being they were quartered in the Exposition Hall near the center of the fairgrounds. On May 11, Colonel Wood announced that there would be three squadrons of four troops each. Each troop would contain 65 but later was increased. On May 12, the regiment was taken on a long extended drill of marching several miles from camp and over two hours of drill. Squadron drill came in the afternoon, followed by first regimental drill formation. On May 14, G Troop was issued their Krag Model 1896 carbine. Roosevelt, by his monied connections and notable influence, had made that happen, as well, by “hurrying up the different bureaus and telegraphing my various railroad friends, so as to insure our
getting carbines, saddles and uniforms that we needed from the various armories and storehouses,” as he wrote in his book, “Rough Riders.” May 18, had the excitement of the demonstration of a new weapon, Colt’s rapid fire guns. These guns could fire 500 rounds per minute. On May 19, tents arrived at the camp. These were dog tents consisting of two pieces four feet wide, and six-anda-half feet long, buttoned together over a ridge pole about three feet high. Drill continued all through May. The heat was punishing with several of the Rough Riders suffering its effects, but they continued to drill. May 29 reveille sounded at 3 a.m., an hour earlier than usual. By 9 a.m., the regiment was on their way to the stockyards to load on the waiting trains. The Rough Riders reached Tampa June 2. Not having enough transport ships, the Rough Riders would go as dismounted cavalry. They would operate as infantry while in Cuba. G Troop would travel to Cuba on the
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V-E Day marked the end of a horrific era On May 8, 1945, the War in Europe ended, setting off celebrations in the United States and around the world. The final defeat of Germany - for all intent and purposes - came about weeks earlier when Russia’s Red Army entered Berlin. Bombing and intense door-to-door-combat ensued. The German army, not wanting to concede defeat to their hated enemies from the east, marched west so that they could surrender to the Western Allies rather than the Soviets. On April 30, 1945, realizing the defeat of Germany was at hand, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin. It can be argued that V-E Day is arguably one of the most important days in the history of the world. It ended a war in Europe that had claimed the lives of 60 million people. That total includes 15 million battle deaths and 45 million civilian deaths. There were also 25 million battle wounded. Those totals are staggering and far too
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high for us to fully comprehend. Hitler and his Nazi regime exterminated between 5 and 6 million Jews in gas chambers, concentration camps, by firing squads, or slow deaths in ghettos. The Nazis killed another 3 million Soviet prisoners of war, 2 million Soviet civilians, 1 million Polish civilians, 1 million Yugoslav civilians, and 70,000 men, women and children with mental and physical handicaps. The Nazis also killed more than 200,000 gypsies, and unknown of political prison-
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ers, resistance fighters, homosexuals and deportees. Shockingly, Russian leader Josef Stalin topped Hitler in terms of murders. He had his men kill between 20 and 40 million of his own people. And Stalin was on our side. I guess this is the classic case of keeping your enemies close to your vest. Not only did Stalin have his people executed, he made sure there was no record of them having ever existed. He blotted them out of photos, destroyed their birth records and wouldn’t allow the mention of their names. Like many of you, I had a grandfather who served in World War II. He saw fighting in Germany. He never talked about it. It was always a point of sadness. He died in 1985. Now back to Hitler. I am a bit of a World War II historian. When I traveled to Europe with my son in June 2012 I took time to visit the Dachau concentration camp. It was jaw-dropping
and sobering. Dachau was the model Nazi concentration camp. On March 22, 1933, a few weeks after Hitler had been appointed Reich Chancellor, a concentration camp for political prisoners was set up in Dachau. It was known as the “school of violence” for the SS men under whose command it stood. In the 12 years of its existence over 200.000 persons from all over Europe were imprisoned at Dachau, and in the numerous subsidiary camps. More than 40,000 were murdered or died of disease. On April 29 1945, American troops liberated the survivors. Days later German citizens were paraded into the camp to view the horror. Dead bodies were everywhere. The smell was horrendous. Those prisoners who had survived were like walking corpses. Summers continues on Page 7
Potatoes abound in our area I found another farming story that was new to me. I knew that potatoes were a big crop up in the upper Ute Pass area in the 1920s and 1930s. This story goes back to that area in the 1890s when Cripple Creek was getting started. A Colorado Springs paper got really upset that Divide seemed to be getting all the credit when this area was also producing a major crop of spuds! One of the largest farms producing potatoes was Garden Ranch, north of Austin’s Bluffs. This farm had 66 acres in spuds on the north side of the bluffs in good soil. The crop did well without irrigation. The farm raised a variety called “Ohio” with an output of 150 tons in October, 1898. Their average size was about 4 pounds to the potato. Some of the spuds were shipped, but most were being put into storage for sale later in the winter. It was pointed out that a few other farms were producing similar crops throughout the area as far away as Monument and Fountain. I knew we had major crops of Asparagus and various peas and beans, but this is the first mention of potatoes. The story has another interesting aspect, “People of this city who have grown tired of scenery and who wish to see something of the more material things of life.” It sounds a bit of a change from the usual, and asks the readers to take an interest in our farming and ranching potential. The reader is directed to our farms to see the fine Holstein and Jersey cows that also populate the area! There were many
fine herds in the area producing hundreds of gallons of fresh milk every day. Milk was another important crop here up into recent years. The remains of one of these are not far from where Mesa Road meets Santa Fe. This story directs the reader to look other than to the mountains to see what this area has to offer. Most of the active agriculture was east and southeast of Colorado Springs, with a bit to the north. In addition to a potato crop in this area we have a long history of lettuce. Where the school is east of Divide, in the 1920s these were fine fields of lettuce, as well as vegetables. It took several seasons of perfect weather to come in as a major crop! That however has made an important impact on the area, even still. A trip down the railroad in the fall, a passenger here would see model farms and ranches on a variety of scales. Large and small fields lined the hills. Cool dry summers in the mid 1920s ruined the crops. Like the potatoes, crops here depend on the seasons It is interesting to note how different the area has become, yet like a few buildings in the area, there are still signs of our past.
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Woke up 45 years later on 4/20 I woke up this Easter Sunday feeling like Rip Van Winkle. It was like I fell asleep at Woodstock on a rainy Saturday night in August of 1969, while Joan Baez was singing “We Shall Overcome” and woke up 45 years later on 4/20 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. People of all ages were dressed in wildly colored tie dye shirts. Young women adorned with flowers in their hair twirled glassy-eyed in circles, while men with shoulder length hair wrapped their lips around bongs sampling an extremely potent form of concentrated marijuana called a “dab.” Fox News sent Jesse Watters out to do ambush-interviews of some of the event’s celebrants. Watters asked one marijuana enthusiast if she knew the meaning of Easter. Obviously stoned, her response was, “I love chocolate bunnies.” Really? When Watters asked another reveler what an average day was like, he responded, “I wake up, smoke a bowl, fall asleep, smoke a bowl, go to work.” Cheech and
Chong must be so proud! The interviews brought to mind one of the all-time famous anti-drug commercials of the ‘80s by Partnership for a DrugFree America. The ad goes … “This is your brain (an egg). This is drugs (a hot frying pan). This is your brain on drugs (the actor cracks the egg into the sizzling frying pan). Any questions?” Check it out. The commercial is a classic: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ub_a2t0ZfTs. Watters asked yet another man whether he had heard of a major medical study linking even recreational marijuana
use to brain damage. The man replied, “I never read it but that’s a false statement.” Oh, really? A study published in The Journal of Neuroscience says even casual marijuana smokers showed significant abnormalities in two vital brain regions important to motivation and emotion. The research looked at the brains of 20 relatively light marijuana users and 20 people who did not use pot at all. All 40 were college students in the Boston area ages 18 to 25. “Just casual use appears to create changes in the brain in areas you don’t want to change,’ says Hans Breiter, lead researcher of the study and a psychiatrist and mathematician at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. The study found volume, shape and density changes in two crucial brain areas that are involved with emotion and motivation and some types of mental illness. “This is a part of the brain you do not want to mess around with,” Breiter continued. With the human brain continuing to
evolve well into a person’s 20’s and early 30’s, researchers are concerned about the long-term impact of marijuana use on the developing brain. “There have been a growing number of studies that suggest that marijuana use in emerging adults is associated with difference in brain structure and cognitive abilities, says Staci Gruber, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “I’m not saying pot smoking is analogous to shooting heroin or cocaine but it’s also not quite the benign substance people thought it was.” “Here’s your brain. Here’s your brain on drugs.” Have we come full-circle? Cord Prettyman is a certified Master Personal Trainer and owner of Absolute Workout Fitness and Post-Re-hab Studio in Woodland Park.He can be reached at 6877437, by email at cordprettyman@msn.com or though his website at www.cordprettyman.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: When will our local officials and Main Street assessment team start talking about the primary solution to “infuse economic energy” into Woodland Park? The solution is a Highway 24 bypass that, by the way, was being discussed when we moved to Woodland Park in 1970. Imagine if you will the traffic congestion in Manitou Springs today if the Highway 24 bypass had not been engineered many years ago. Yes, at
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transport ship the “Yucatan” and arrive at Daiquiri on June 22. The landing at Daiquiri was unopposed. Any Spanish in the area had already took off toward Santiago. William H. H. Llewellyn served as the captain of Troop G. Llewellyn had previously served as Indian Agent on Mescalero Apache Reservation in southern New Mexico. He soon became one of the few agents who considered the welfare of his charges, worked for their betterment, subjected them to discipline and won their respect. He organized an Indian police force and strove to bring the lawless situation on the reservation under control. Going hunting with them, the Mescaleros called him “Tata Crooked Nose”. In 1883 he also became agent for the Jicarilla Apaches and supervised their transfer to the Mescalero reservation. Later he established an Indian boarding school, added a doctor to the agency staff and had the Indians join the Cattle Growers Association. In Cuba Captain Llewellyn was credited with an important contribution to the American victory in the battle for a hill at San Juan. Dubbed “Kettle Hill”, a sentry named Ralph McFie had been posted for night duty, when he heard the stirrings of Spanish troops moving into position. Retreating to his own lines he was intercepted
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The Dachau Memorial Site is very much like it was in 1945. All but a couple of building are gone, but the march though the camp is very revealing. I recently learned that Camp/Fort Carson was a POW camp during the second World War. Located just inside Gate 3 between the service and supply area and Highway 115, it originally housed 3,000 prisoners. In 1945, an additional 5,000 prisoners were housed in barracks located east of Pershing Field in the area now occupied by Division Artillery. A total of nearly 9,000 German, Italian, and some Japanese prisoners
one time Highway 24 went right through downtown Manitou Springs. What happened in Manitou Springs after the bypass? They came into their own and have become a thriving tourism destination. The same thing could happen in Woodland Park, but not with 30,000 cars a day (and that number will increase) driving right through our downtown area. Speaking of those 30,000 cars, if Highway 24 through our town was reduced to
two lanes, as proposed by Mike Hussey in the April 9 issue of the Pikes Peak Courier, the traffic gridlock and backup would be 10 times worse than it is now. Mont Vista where this occurred is not near a large metropolitan city that continues to grow and has, I’d venture to speculate, nowhere near the outrageous number of cars going through its downtown area every day. With a bypass, however, two traffic lanes through Woodland Park could be one so-
lution to “the city’s negatives,” it seems to be working well in Manitou Springs. Our community would be able to “enhance downtown vitality” with, as reported in the Courier on April 9, “physical improvement, a marketing plan, citizen surveys, successful events and community engagement.” But nothing will improve
by Captain Llewellyn. McFie was also from Las Cruces and Llewellyn knew him well. The Captain lost no time to notify headquarters, causing the promoted Colonel Roosevelt to order an early counterattack that went into history as the celebrated charge of San Juan Heights. McFie’s vigilance and Llewellyn’s prompt action earned the latter a promotion to Major. The campaign also caused him to contract yellow fever and put him into the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. As Roosevelt’s comrade-in-arms on San Juan Heights, Llewellyn returned to Las Cruces as something of a war hero. Since the 1890s Llewellyn had been a member of the New Mexico Territorial Militia, and when he was appointed Judge Advocate General of the New Mexico National Guard, he was promoted to Colonel. He also was active since at least 1899 in New Mexico’s long drawn out struggle for statehood, in fact serving as Speaker of the House in the Territorial Legislature. He served in the Constitutional Convention of 1910 and in November 1911, was chosen a member of New Mexico’s first state legislature, where he represented Dona Ana County. President Roosevelt never lost his affection for his battle buddies and appointed them to important political offices whenever the opportunity presented itself. Among his special friends was Colonel William H. H. Llewellyn of Las Cruces, New Mexico, who was close enough to the President to dine with him at the White House,
to escort Mrs. Roosevelt to the Theater, and who is one of the few 1st Calvary soldiers the President mentions in his autobiography. I picked out the 26th President of the
United States, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., as a kid, because I identified with him. And the whole town consider him a fragment of our history. We came by it quite naturally. And it is no surprise.
of war were interned at the camp. During 1944, POWs alleviated the manpower shortage in Colorado by doing general farm work, canning tomatoes, cutting corn, and aiding in logging operations on Colorado’s Western slope. They earned 80 cents a day. About 3,650 POWs worked at 17 branch camps located throughout the state. A cemetery was set aside for POWs who died here. After the war, their bodies were shipped to their homelands. In January, 1946, there were still a large number of German prisoners at Carson. By July 21, 1946, all had been returned to Europe or released. The official end of World War II came on Aug. 14, 1945, when it was announced the Japan had surrendered.
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OBITUARIES O’Brien
Ronald Edward O’Brien Nov. 16, 1952 – Apr. 18, 2014
Ronald Edward O’Brien, 61, passed away April 18, 2014 in Canon City, CO. He was born November 16, 1952 in Gary, IN to Edward and Doris (Fleenor) O’Brien. Ron graduated high school in 1970, and was united in marriage to Cathy Fiedler in 1973. In 1975, they moved to Colorado, where Ron worked as a carpenter. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, who enjoyed camping. He loved all sports, and was a devoted son. Ron is survived by his wife, Cathy; daughters, Carrie Anne O’Brien and Megan Lee (Russell) Pursley; grandchildren, Emily, Kaitlyn, Gage, Taylor, Joseph; mother, Doris O’Brien; and sisters, Nancy McGlade, Barbara (Mike) Gregory, Cheryl (Mark) Boor, and Brenda (Mark) O’Brien-Banks. He was preceded in death by his father in 1997. Memorial Service were held on April 25, 2014 at Holt Chapel of the Garden at 806 Macon Avenue, Canon City, CO. Arrangements are under the care of Holt Family Funeral Home. Online condolences @ www.holtfamilyfuneralhomes.com
Ruth
Lewis Edward Ruth
Mar. 22, 1945 – Apr. 14, 2014
Lewis Edward Ruth, 69, of Woodland Park, Colorado, died April 14, of lung cancer at his home, surrounded by his family. Lewis was the born to the late William and Piccola Ruth, March 22, 1945, in South Webster, Ohio, and had three brothers and a sister. He graduated from South Webster High School in 1963. He served two years in U.S. Army and was a member of the Charlie Company, Second Battalion, Third Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War. After being honorably discharged from the Army, he attended Pikes Peak Community College and earned an associates degree in welding. He married Darlene Ann Gragg on Oct. 13, 1970, in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, and they lived in Woodland Park until his death.
Ruth worked as a self-employed excavator in Woodland Park for more than 30 years. He enjoyed hunting, metal detecting and riding his mules. He was a respected friend and neighbor to many. He was preceded in death by his brothers Norman Dale and Robert Lamar. He is survived by his spouse, Darlene, and daughter, Jennifer Jo (Ruth) Denison, both of Woodland Park; a son, Lewis Edward Jr. of Chillicothe, Ohio. He is also survived by his sister, Connie Lee Yeley (Darrell), of Wheelersburg, Ohio; brother William Albert Ruth (Dolores) of Cincinnati, Ohio; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to Prospect Home Care and Hospice, 16222 West US Highway 24, Ste. 120, Woodland Park, CO 80863.
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Child-abuse prevention program launched By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com A pilot program initiated this month in 13 Colorado counties is intended as an intervention in potential domestic-violence situations where a child is at risk. In Teller County, Colorado Community Response is funded by a $150,000 grant from the state. The program is a collaboration of the Department of Social Services and Community Partnership Family Resource Center. The intervention begins when someone calls social services to report possible child abuse. If DSS determines there is no immediate risk to the child, Community Partnership steps in. “The partnership contacts the family to see if they want services provided by the Family Wellness program,” said Kim Mauthe, director of DSS. “The program is for families who are on the cusp; we are very prevention-focus.” Of 10 referrals in less than a month, eight families have accepted help. “There has been a better response than what we thought,” Mauthe said. Jennifer Reid has been hired by the Community Partnership to coordinate the Family Wellness program. “Jennifer has a big heart,” said Jodi Mijares, the partnership’s director. “These families are just happy to have someone to talk to.” Listener extraordinaire, Reid schedules two hours to talk on the phone, or inperson, with the family to determine the needs. “For the parents, sometimes that extra support keeps things from reaching a crisis,” Mijares said. In addition to Reid’s salary, the grant covers several types of assistance. “We can strategically provide financial aid, pay their
Kim Mauthe, left, director of Teller County Department of Social Services, and Jodi Mijares, director of Community Partnership Family Resource Center, are spearheading a childabuse prevention program in Teller County. The program, launched this month, is funded by a $150,000 grant from the state of Colorado. Photo by Pat Hill rent, repairs for their car, for instance,” Mijares said. “It has to be a justifiable expense that will immediately relieve stress and change the outcome.” As well, the grant can provide funding for therapy if the family expresses a need. “If they are not on Medicaid, we can pay for therapy,” Mijares said. “It’s a generous
grant. The true success of this program is seeing a reduction in re-referrals to DSS.” With the expansion of Medicaid in Colorado under the Affordable Care Act, 700 individuals have signed on to the healthcare benefit for people with low incomes. “That has helped families access other resources,” Mauthe said. “We can refer
more people to some of the therapies that weren’t under Medicaid in the past.” The launch date is in conjunction with April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. “We really work hard trying to engage families but this program is one tool we have to help them,” Mauthe said. “It’s leveraging resources in a collaborative way.”
Human trafficking: Not just a third-world problem By Angela Giles Klocke Human trafficking. Modern-day slavery. Labor Exploitation. It’s in the news but it always sounds like it’s somewhere else. In fact, the very words – human trafficking – conjure images of “those poor people in other countries, being enslaved and having to do things they don’t want to do.” Yet, this isn’t just an “over there” issue. Human trafficking is happening in our own country. In our own state. In our own neighboring cities. According to the DoSomething.org website, trafficking includes, “forcing victims into prostitution, subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude, and compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography.” With recent arrests made in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Denver and Arvada, Debbie Manzanares, board member of the Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern Colorado (HTTFSC) says, “[The] biggest aha moment for people in our community is that it is actually happening here in our communities.” It’s happening so much, in fact, that the Colorado Springs Police Department recently started their own Human Trafficking Task Force. To date, they have rescued four girls and made numerous arrests. Still, the question of how this applies locally sits on
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the table. What does human trafficking mean to small communities, esNational Runaway Hotline pecially when 1-800-RUNAWAY statistically 1800runaway.org it appears as Colorado Network to End Human Trafficking though the is1-866-455-5075 sue happens coloradocrimevictims.org/human_trafficking.html merely in bigNational Human Trafficking Resource Center ger cities? 1-888-373-7888 Chairman or text to BeFree (233733) for specialized victim serof the HTTvices referrals FSC Betty nhtrc.polarisproject.org Edwards exHuman Trafficking Awareness Training plains, “The dhs.gov/awareness-training reason there are not many Colorado statistics is because it is very expensive to file federal human trafficking lawsuits.” These crimes are often hidden under other names, as well, like crimes against children, etc. “Check your local arrests and see what charges have been filed and which ones might apply in these kinds of cases,” she says. Because state laws and federal laws are not yet in sync with each other, the situation doesn’t appear as grim as it actually is. Runaway teens are at great risk for ending up in trafficking situations. In the last couple of years, over 2,500 runaway cases were reported and called in (sometimes by the runaway youth themselves), and that included our own community. The biggest issue for a teen who has left the protection of home is they become easy prey for pimps and those who would exploit them in, either in the sex industry or forced labor. And the longer they are on the streets, the less likely they are to reach out for help, which opens them up even more to potential harm.
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According to Edwards, a girl may be approached at a bus terminal, for example, in another city within 48 hours of running away with an offer of prostitution, usually hidden under an offer of a place to stay, food, and friendship. “Soon they are in captivity and forced into earning a certain amount of dollars per day being a prostitute or they will be beaten and not fed. These stories are rampant all over Colorado.” If these kinds of cases are happening all over Colorado, then it stands to reason small communities are not immune. Lt. Marc Porcelli of the Teller County Sheriff’s Office says, “We haven’t had any cases here yet, that we know of, but if it comes up, we will contact the FBI to handle everything. They’ve got a good handle on how best to deal with these crimes, so we’d leave it up to them.” But as Edwards explained, just because a case hasn’t come up, that doesn’t mean it couldn’t. In fact, as Colorado is situated along a key domestic sex trafficking route [Colorado.gov], it is more than possible. “Community members can be on the look out for people who are being controlled by others. Street peddlers, magazine crews coming to the door, restaurant workers, nail salon workers, etc. All peoples who cannot speak for themselves and perhaps have evidence of branding, bruises, [and] mistreatment,” she says. Concerning runaways, Edwards advises parents and others to get law enforcement involved immediately. One out of every seven teens will run away at least once in their life, and there are currently 1 to 3 million runaway and homeless teens under the age of 18 living in the United States. Their vulnerability and desperation for food and comfort open them to becoming easy victims to traffickers. Edwards believes the victims are the most misunderstood in the whole human trafficking story, by the public and law enforcement. “It is often thought that the girls, and sometimes boys, sell themselves because they like it instead of because it is the place they have come to in order to eat, have a place to sleep, etc.” The best way to keep youth and others safe is to get and stay involved. Watch for suspicious activity, for teens who appear to be hanging around for long periods of time near hotels, bus stations, truck stops, etc. Citizens are urged to speak out and call in anything that seems out of place. As the old adage goes, better to be safe than sorry, and in many cases, a child could be saved from a lifetime of pain. Ultimately, human trafficking is certainly a topic that seems best left to the movies, but it’s a very real issue happening just as close to home as it is in other countries, states, and cities, and vigilance is key. To learn more about human trafficking, the HTTFSC invites community members to attend their monthly meetings, held on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 410 N. Nevada, Colorado Springs. More information can be found at htcolorado.org.
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Rampart Library District Director Anne Knowles welcomes the crowd that came out to help the district celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening on the Florissant Public Library. Photos by Norma Engelberg
Florissant Library celebrates 10 years Good times for board members, friends, patrons By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer The Florissant Public Library, a branch of the Rampart Library District, celebrated the 10th anniversary of opening its new building on April 26. As Rampart Library District Director Anne Knowles said, with the opening of the new building the library went from a 300-square-foot coal shed to a
Library staff and Friends of the Florissant Library showed off their talent with library carts as the Library Book Cart Drill Team danced, rolled and marched to “Celebration” at the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Florissant branch library building. Overhead is a paper chain, made by members of the Friends of the Florissant Library. Each link represents one of the 5,754 items that were checked out by children in 2013.
67,000-square-foot modern library. The library is well used. In 2013, there were 23,400 visitors and 20,995 items were checked out, including 5,754 children’s items. At the celebration, visitors participated in face and tile painting, learned about fossils and local geology and ate cake, cookies and other refreshments. There was also a short program that included Debbie Scott singing “America the Beautiful,” “Celebration” by FUN (Friends Unbelievably Nutty), also known as the Library Book Cart Drill Team; and addresses by Knowles and Sheila Naviasky, president of the Friends of the Florissant Library.
One popular draw at the Florissant Public Library’s 10th anniversary party on April 26 was the fossil and geology table manned by Bob Carnein, a member of the Lake George Gem & Mineral Club.
area clubs Editor’s notE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. PoLiticaL tELLEr county’s Democrats Teller County’s Democratic Party host information and education programs and community activities. Members and interested citizens are invited to participate. For more information about the TellerDems’ 2013 schedule, contact Ellen Haase, 719-687-1813. tELLEr county Republicans meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Pikes Peak Comyomunity Center in Divide next to the Conoco. Come and help set the course for conservative thinking and direction in Teller County, Colorado, and the nation. Additional information at http://www.tellergop.org. transPortation’s LocaL Coordinating Council of Teller County meets at 9 a.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. ProFEssionaL dividE chambEr of Commerce. Contact president Lisa Lee at 719-686-7587 for meeting dates and times. comPutEr cLassEs. The Woodland Park Public Library offers computer basics, Internet basics, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Digital Photo Management classes. Some classes have prerequisites, and registration is required for all. Call 719-687-9281, ext. 106 to register. PikEs PEak Workforce Center offers monthly classes on
topics such as resume writing, interview skills and more. Workshops are free and take place at the main office, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 1107, Colorado Springs. Call 719-667-3730 or go to www.ppwfc.org.
tELLEr businEss Builders meets at 7 a.m. Mondays at the
Hungry Bear, 111 E. Midland Ave., in Woodland Park. The group helps local businesses through cooperative marketing, professional education and trusted relationships. Call Gail Wingerd at 719-686-1076 or send e-mail to gail@woodlandparkprinter. com or Mike Hazelwood at 719-473-5008
tELLEr nEtworking Team meet from 7:45-8:45 a.m.
Thursdays at Denny’s Restaurant in Woodland Park. TNT is a local businesses owners networking group working to pass leads and help each others’ businesses grow. Join us to learn more or call Vickie at 719-748-1274.
rEcrEation christian yoga is offered at 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sundays at Corner Street, 500 E. Midland Ave. in Woodland Park. Mindfullness-centered practice aimed at relaxation, focus, gentle movement. Contact Chrissy Bensen, with bStill Integrative Wellness LLC at 719-510-2743 (www.bStillyoga.com) before attending for the first time to reserve a spot; after that, just drop in. Cost is $7 per class. ExErcisE cLassEs offered for free through Community Partnership Family Resource Center’s Healthy Living Programs. Locations of classes are throughout Teller County. Visit www. cpteller.org under “Get Healthy Challenge” or email Kathy at
Kathy@cpteller.org for more information.
FLorissant grangE Hall is available for events including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and memorials. The Florissant Grange Hall, also known as the Old School House in Florissant, is a historic building built in 1887 and 1888. School started in the school in 1889 and continued through 1960, which creates an interesting historic atmosphere. The Old School House sits on 2-plus acres and weather permitting the grounds can be used as well. Call 719-748-5004 and leave a message to arrange a time to visit the Grange Hall and reserve this space for your event.
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EvEry thursday all year the Florissant Grange Hall (The Old School House) is open from 6-9 pm for the Jammers Music and Pot Luck. This is a happening place to be on Thursday evenings. Sometimes we have more musicians than people and sometimes we have more people than the hall can hold, but no matter what, we have fun and great music and fabulous food. All musicians are welcome to join in the jam session and if you are not a musician, come for the social evening out. Call 719-748-0358. gEntLE yoga with Nancy Stannard is offered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Yoga 101 for beginners also available. Contact Nancy Stannard nancystannard55@gmail.com for details and to attend first class. gEt in shape with a parks and recreation fitness membership.
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Front rangE Fencing Club. Learn to fence class for children and adults. Meets at Discovery Canyon Campus. Visit http:// frontrangefencing.tripod.com/ Advanced competitive lessons available too. hEaLthiEr Living Colorado, Diabetes Self-Management Workshop. Learn the skills needed to manage your diabetes. Teller County Public Health and Community Partnership Family Resource Center offer six-week classes to help you with the challenges of living with this ongoing health condition. Participants learn how to control their blood glucose, prevent complications, and cope with the stress of having a chronic health condition. Call Teller County Public Health at 719-687-6416 or visit www.cpteller.org or www.co.teller. co.us/PublicHealth for information and a list of classes in your neighborhood. Suggested donation $35. Jam night. The Grange Hall is open from 6-9 p.m. every Thursday for the Jammers music and potluck. This is a great night and the place to be on Thursdays. The music is always different depending on who and how many musicians show up. We always have fun, good food and dancing. All musicians are welcome to join in the jam session. If you are not a musician, come for a social evening out to meet other community members. Call 719-748-0358.
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the economic health of Woodland Park that much until we have a bypass. Even Breckenridge has a bypass. All of the business owners in Woodland Park who have been fighting the bypass issue over these many years need to take a look at the economic vitality of Manitou Springs and Breckenridge. Yes, Manitou Springs has suffered because of last year’s wildfire and flood, but they will recover, and the existence of the Highway 24 bypass will be in no small measure part of that recovery. Carolyn Williams Dear Editor: The news release in last week’s paper that Betty Clark-Wine had gathered enough signatures to get on the ballot to run for county assessor got me scratching my head. I was one of those behind the effort to remove Wine from the ballot through the caucus and assembly process because of her misuse of her elected position. Have any of those signing her petition asked why her own party rejected her candidacy? And not by a small margin, either! Were they even aware that she essentially left her job (that we taxpayers still paid her to do) for two solid weeks in her desperate scramble to get those signatures? When a candidate for re-election is rejected by nearly 80 percent of her own party, it should tell the voters that something is seriously wrong. My personal experience with her overbearing, dictatorial management of her elected office inspired me to oppose her, and many others who understood this were right there with me. Wine whined in the Courier the following week that it was because of lies told about her. Not true. It was about the truth that was told. When an office holder
cannot do the job properly, it becomes the obligation of the voters to find somebody who can. Incompetence leads to arrogance. To use that incompetence against one’s political foes is the height of folly. To claim that being caught is the fault of the catchers is spitting in the wind. We have seen that act over the past few months on a national stage that involves gross mismanagement of government agencies that were corruptly used by our precious occupants of the White House to discredit their opponents. Isn’t that what the IRS (and Lois Lerner) has been accused of doing? Searching for misdeeds of conservatives who dare to oppose the federal oligarchy? Penalizing any activities of any parties that might be a threat to the progressive agenda? What about Benghazi, where truth has been buried under such a huge avalanche of misrepresentations and outright lies, that it may never be found? Or is it just possible that the Queen B found enough uninformed Republicans to sign her petition. I suspect she only joined the GOP because she knew it was her best chance to win the election last time. I do not think she is a true Republican. I do not think she can win. All she wants is to hurt the Republicans for rejecting her and keep her position and paycheck. Whenever she is asked a question, she blames someone else, or worse yet takes credit for things she didn’t do! Sounds like the socialist liberals I mentioned above, doesn’t it? Thankfully, we have a much better candidate than Whining Wine: Violet Watt worked for Betty for as long as she could take the new assessor’s tyrannical reign, then resigned like so many of the other trained, tested and effective employees who had run the Assessor’s office successfully for years. Under Betty’s “leadership” she learned from an excellent example how taxpayers and employees should NOT
be treated. She is willing, trained, and able to turn around the current disaster. We cannot have and do not deserve another four years of whining uproar in a very important office which desperately needs reform. A vote for Watt is a vote against personal rule, and a vote for fair and equitable treatment for all property owners on Teller County. Sincerely, Kenneth C. Bauer Dear Editor: I wrote the Taxpayer’s Bill of Right Amendment that requires voter approval for tax and debt increases. As a former county commissioner, legislator, and “recovering attorney,” I know property tax law. From my personal experience, incumbent county assessor Betty Clark-Wine is worse than incompetent. She should not be trusted. I’ve owned an empty duplex in Teller County for 22 years. Two prior assessors agreed in writing it was residential. Betty said last year it was now “vacant land” and should be taxed at 3.64 times its residential tax value. At that time, she had not even seen it! My duplex is 1,517 square feet with an attached 351 square-foot garage. It needs cosmetic work before occupancy, which is not her business. She valued it as zero (with demolition costs!) as “vacant land.” That’s crazy. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two kitchens, two brick fireplaces, two living rooms, painted walls, tiled floors, windows, etc. One electric meter was inspected and is on. Water is available. After I appealed her defective notice using her illegal form, she finally saw the duplex. I wrote her to view it from the street (“outside” my property), not to tres-
pass. She trespassed anyway and peeked inside boarded windows. I appealed her ruling to the state board, which unanimously ruled last fall she had violated assessment statutes and returned it to the residential status it’s had since 1967. They rejected her goofy theory that cosmetic appearance can make buildings vanish. Betty wasted everyone’s time. She hired a pricey lawyer to print a pile of pointless paperwork, mailed to me after the local hearing. Her trick made that hearing illegal and unfair. The lawyer and she went to the Denver appeal. How much did that cost in taxes? (I used a speakerphone at both the local and state hearing.) Her lowering the building value to zero made my final tax bill drop. Her failed reclassification ultimately cost local governments over a hundred dollars a year in tax revenue. Fine for me, and just compensation for fighting her scheme, but stunningly stupid. I talked to my friend, the El Paso County assessor. He was amazed by her actions and abuse of the law. Betty wasted tax dollars on a contract lawyer to defend her dumb decisions, trampled privacy rights, abused her power for political reasons, misapplied public records, repeated hearsay, and violated state property laws. She was fired from her prior government job and has a long record of misconduct. She was investigated by the state in this case. The state property tax administrator said that office cannot remove an elected official. Betty is unfit for public office. Republicans should vote for Violet Watt in the June 24 primary. Sincerely, Douglas Bruce Colorado Springs
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YES Club students place first for ‘Outstanding Impact’
By Sonja Oliver
Contributing writer Fourth- and fifth-grade Lake George students who participated in Catamount Institute’s YES Club program won first place for Outstanding Impact for their environmental research project at the 2014 bi-annual symposium held on April 12 at Colorado College. The project was judged and selected from a total of 13 projects submitted from YES Clubs throughout the Front Range. YES is an acronym for the Colorado Springs-based Catamount Institute¹s Young Environmental Stewards program, a science-based program designed for fourth- and fifth-grade students to study riparian (near water) ecosystems. The program encourages students’ exploration of plant, insect, wild animal, and human relationships to the earth through hands-on science experiments, guest speakers, field trips and research. YES Club members participate in a weekly extracurricular activity to discover a combination of environmental science, community service, technology and leadership intended to get students excited about science and engaged in actual research. Each semester, the YES Club program focuses on a specific area of study with criteria for Spring, 2014 focusing on underground ecosystems. Each YES Club selects its own research project. The project choice for the Lake George students addressed two questions; “What are causes and effects of soil erosion on the South Platte River at Happy Meadows in Lake George? and “How is CUSP — Lake George-based Coalition for the Upper South Platte — with the help of community volunteers like our club, restoring the South Platte River from effects of erosion caused by the Hayman Fire?” “The kids spent the spring semester learning about underground ecosystems, so they’ve learned about caves via a field trip to Cave of the Winds, bats, worms, rocks and minerals, mining, fracturing, and now, soil erosion,” Lake George sixthand seventh- grade teacher and YES Club
coordinator Joella Heida said. “We’ve visited the Pikes Peak Historical Museum in Florissant with (geologist and Lake George Gem and Mineral Club president) John Rakowski to learn about local mineral treasures as well as the process of fracturing for natural gas and oil. “We hosted guest speaker, local geologist Steven Veatch who taught the students about mining and minerals specific to the Cripple Creek and Victor Mining Co.,” Heida said. As part of their research, the students revisited the Happy Meadows Campground to check on the progress from earlier club efforts during the fall of 2012 when the YES Club worked with CUSP to spread and rake native grass seed and plant willows along newly restored river bank. “(Natural Resource Technician) Paige Fulghum and (Communications and Environmental Education Coordinator) Amy Jacobi, did an amazing job of educating the students on watershed management and environmental stewardship,” Heida said. “The Yes Club kids are an honor for CUSP to have out in the field, they are always engaged, enthusiastic and are true local stewards of the environment. Simply put, they are a really amazing bunch of young people,” Fulghum said. At the spring symposium, all 13 YES Clubs gathered together at Colorado College’s Bemis Hall where they presented their projects to the judges, parents and other attendees to show what they learned and to interact with the other student groups who had been studying the same or similar topics. Traditionally, the students and their families are given a tour of the campus by Colorado College students while the judges examine and discuss the research and service projects. Following the symposium and fresh from their win, the students held a wrapup meeting in their classroom on Apr. 15 and discussed what they took away from their learning experience. Heida said it was interesting to note that, although the clubs experienced the same curriculum, “all of the different clubs expressed their learning in creative ways.”
Lake George Charter School YES Club students pose amongst the willows that grow along the South Platte River at Happy Meadows Campground located off Tarryall Rd. The willows are a natural deterrent against erosion and the YES Club students braved a cool and windy Apr. 1st to check on the progress of an earlier planting in the fall of 2012. Photos by Sonja Oliver
Lake George Charter YES Club students with teacher, Joella Heida (center), placed first at the Catamount Institute Spring Symposium for their research project which focused on the causes and effects of soil erosion on the South Platte River at Happy Meadows in Lake George and how CUSP (Lake George based Coalition for the Upper South Platte), is restoring the South Platte River from the effects of erosion caused by the 2001 Hayman Fire. During their de-brief, students shared that they “learned a lot from people with a lot of experience,” “enjoyed playing environmentally-based such as ‘poison dart frog,’” and were especially impressed with
the tour of the Colorado College campus. “I believe it is a great way to study science and the kids are empowered when they learn ways to be stewards of their world,” Heida said.
Art, writing the focus of Lake George students at ‘Soup’er’ Arts Show By Sonja Oliver
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Art teacher Donna Knox points out students artwork at the Lake George Charter School’s Soup’er Art Show held on Apr. 15. Over 100 people from the community came out to raise funds for the school’s art program. Photo by Sonja Oliver
A Soup’er Art Show and Lions Scribe Writing Competition, the annual fundraiser for the Lake George Charter School’s art program, was held on Tuesday, April 15 and was attended by more than 100 community members, parents and students. The visual art exhibit featured Lake George students’ selected creative works from their efforts throughout the school year. Art teacher Donna Knox said the children determined which art pieces they wanted to be placed on display and that the show was an exhibit versus a contest. The name, “Soup’er Arts,” refers to a combination of the display of the students’ creative works from throughout the school year and the array of soups which are donated by parents and community members. This year’s program incorporated a new feature into the event; the Lion’s Scribe Writing Competition, which was coordinated by reading teacher Kathleen Ogden and made possible through the dedication and efforts of Maggie Hunt. Hunt, a former teacher and volunteer at Lake George, donated funds to specifically encourage students in the field of writing. The competition, awards and publication of a book containing students’ works were
made possible through those funds. The competition was introduced to foster an enjoyment of writing among students and to present a wider audience for their writing. Students at all grade levels were given the opportunity to write on several prompts with the three top entries in each class given prizes for first, second and third place. The prompts included students using their imagination to write about being stuck with their family on a desert island or what three things they could do to be nice to one of their peers to help them through a tough time. Volunteer judges from the community then read each piece and, based on a common rubric, determined the winners — which was sometimes a difficult choice, according to Ogden. Judges included author Sandi Sumner, former teacher Evelyn Adams, Cleon Ochsner, Norma Ochsner, Lake George Library assistant Tonya Favinger, and freelance writer and correspondent Sonja Oliver. “The student’s enthusiasm for writing was obvious because they put a lot of thought into sharing their stories. Some even wanted to have a four-hour class specifically focused on writing,” Sumner said. The $68 in monies raised from the event will go towards the school’s art and writing programs and supplies.
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As part of the celebration of the fine arts, theatre & music, Ute Pass Elementary School students pay tribute to Nelson Mandela in a song about South Africa, their performance directed by Ray Killian. The students staged their spring performance April 23. Photos by Pat Hill
Ute Pass Elementary celebrate the arts By Pat Hill
program to include first-graders who took to their roles with high drama. Mowery’s students take their energy from the teacher who employs the Bard as a learning tool that brings out the inner thespian. Music director Ray Killian used the songs of South Africa and South America to educate his students about other countries.
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U.S. Forest Service seeks to ‘connect’ with community, nonprofits Badger Flats Habitat Restoration Project decision made final By Sonja Oliver
Contributing writer A community meeting attended by more than 70 people was held at the Lake George Community Center on Tuesday, April 22 to discuss options to approach the restoration of the Badger Flats Habitat in the Pike National Forest South Park Ranger District. The meeting was held to provide information to local residents and “stakeholders,” discuss summer volunteer events, answer questions from the public, and build relationships among user groups, land managers and nonprofits. The meeting was hosted by Colorado Mountain Club, Great Old Broads for Wilderness and Wild Connections. Other organizations included representatives from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Pike National Forest — South Park Ranger District and Environmental Advisory Board to the Park County Commissioners. Attendees included a wide range of “stakeholders,” specifically those who have interests in the use of the Badger Flats area including local residents, ranchers, OHV (offhighway vehicle) users, campers, hikers and those who manage and maintain the forest for recreational and resource usage such as the Coalition for the Upper South Platte. Pike National Forest Wildlife Biologist Kristen Meyer made the presentation which was based on a U.S. National Forest Service decision memo, dated Jan. 23, regarding the Badger Flats Habitat Improvement Project. The Badger Flats Habitat area encompasses about 50,000 acres of national forest land in Park County and is located in the southern portion of the Tarryall Mountain Range beginning to the south at U.S. Highway 24 in Lake George, north to Sand Creek and Allen Creek, east to the South Platte River, and west to Badger Mountain and the Puma Hills. Included in the habitat area are noted recreation destinations such as Round Mountain, Spruce Grove and Twin Eagles Campgrounds and the Tarryall Road and Park County Road 31 thoroughfares. Meyer said at issue is that the popular, highly-used recreation area has seen a significant increase in usage and motorized traffic which has resulted in “illegal, user-created routes, braided roads and trails, race tracks and large, unauthorized group campsites.” Citing the decision memo, Meyer said the increased use has caused “habitat degradation and fragmentation impacting a variety of wildlife species.” This includes both large and small game such as elk and pronghorn, as well as vegetation such as aspen trees and native grasses. Meyer said there are about 185 miles of “legal” roads and over 250 miles of user-created “illegal” routes. Because of the encroachment of the roads and resulting increase of activity, Colorado Parks and Wildlife have observed shifting wildlife patterns and activity, especially wildlife that shies away from human activity. The project, which will take several years to complete, will identify and map the illegal routes in order to close and rehabilitate sensitive areas such as wetlands, open meadows and riparian (near river) areas. “People don’t realize that up here we we have a very fragile environment. If a trail isn’t used from (this point in time forward), it takes 50 to 100 years to restore that trail,” South Park Ranger District Recreation/Trails/Roads/ Lands/Facilities Manager Jeff Hyatt said. The implementation of signage, boulders, logs and cables would be used to close the illegal routes. Prescribed burning and the planting of native grasses would help with the process to begin the restoration of habitat. South Park District Ranger Josh Voorhis followed the presentation with a question and answer period, seeking a dialogue with the public. Voorhis acknowledged that the scope of the restoration project was huge, and success could only be achieved with the help of local residents, volunteers and other stakeholders.
“This didn’t get created in one or two years. You can’t make it go away in one or two years,” Voorhis said. Voorhis said that although budget and personnel constraints restrict the project moving forward at a faster pace, it creates an opportunity for the Forest Service to work with nonprofits and volunteers using grant programs to ensure its success. Voorhis said that education and awareness of regulations are central to the restoration process and that many users just aren’t aware of the regulations regarding off-road use of trails. In addition, the road identification signage is often missing because people take the carsonite signs down. Plus, many people don’t know that large group camping (more than 75 people) requires a permit, although for a nominal fee. However, Voorhis emphasized many times during the meeting that the intent of the project is not to restrict offroad vehicle or recreational usage; the intent is to restore the habitat and redirect usage to the original roads and boundaries of the recreational area. “There is no intent to ban camping and OHV use. We want to minimize and reduce the impacts on Badger Flats,” Voorhis said. During the public discussion, Randy Meyers of the M Lazy C Ranch, said that public education and enforcement of regulations are key to reclaiming the habitat. Meyers’ permit allows his ranch to use designated trails for horseback riding and he travels the trails weekly. It has been his observation that the public attitude is “they own it” without regard to consequences impacting the land. An OHV, (off-road vehicle/ATV) club member suggested that a designated OHV trail system using or improving existing loops and connections has been proven successful at other parks. “It helps to contain illegal roads and is easier on enforcement,” the OHV club member said. “Maybe some of the illegal routes are some of the better ones,” Hyatt said. Voorhis said that the Forest Service would look at all of the best options during the identification and mapping process. Lake George area resident Jill Smith, wife of cattle rancher Webb Smith whose family has raised cattle in the area for generations, said that during the summer months they have had to put out six to 12 campfires weekly and deal with “truckloads of trash” left behind by campers. Lake George native Jim Sumner, who grew up in the area, gave historic perspective to the discussion saying that the “devastation was started in the 1950s and early 1960s when the U.S. Army used the area for training.” Sumner pointed out that the majority of the people he knows “don’t disrespect the land or leave garbage behind.” “So, what do you want from us?” Sumner asked, turning the discussion back to the meeting’s purpose. “We want to get those responsible people to sign on to help,” Voorhis responded. The meeting was then turned over to Julie Mach, Conservation Manager of Colorado Mountain Club a nonprofit. Mach, along with representatives from Great Old Broads for Wilderness and Wild Connections spoke of upcoming opportunities for volunteers to participate this summer in five weekend events sponsored by a grant from the National Forest Foundation. Volunteers will assist the Forest Service in identification, inventory and mapping of the illegal routes. “We want this to be a collaborative program with community input and support. We’ll feed you, give you a T-shirt and put you up at a nice campsite,” Mach said. Misi Ballard, South Park leader of Great Old Broads for WIlderness, summed up the meeting this way: “What is so important is we need to connect. No one has the right to abuse the land. (The Forest Service) just needs our help,” Ballard said. For information about the upcoming volunteer events at Badger Flats go to www.cmc.org/conservationevents or email juliemach@cmc.org. For information about Wild Connections, visit www.wildconnections.org or call 719686-5905. For information about Great Old Broads for Wilderness, visit www.greatoldbraods.org.
In restoration efforts for the Badger Flats Habitat, the implementation of carsonite signage, boulders, logs and cables would be used to close illegal routes such as this one near Round Mountain Campground. Photos by Sonja Oliver
The Badger Flats Habitat area is delineated by the yellow line which encompasses popular camping and off-road trails in the Pike National Forest. The improvement project addresses the maintenance and restoration of habitat conditions for wildlife, and to close and rehabilitate non-system routes while maintaining recreational access within the 50,000 acre project area.
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Karate Plus! celebrates 20 years By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Woodland Park tradition on the first Friday of May, Ken Valles’ Karate Gospel Demonstration is in its 20th year. An event that combines the martial arts with spirituality, this year’s theme is Enduring Victory! “Whatever we do physically in the martial arts is a parallel in the Christian realm of teaching,” Valles said. “So we block a punch, a knife or a stick.” In the spiritual realm, the Christian tries to block things that are harmful, such as greed, jealousy and anger. “If we don’t block them we become basically a victim to those social and spiritual evils,” Valles said. A karate stance equates to a spiritual posture in life, Valles said. “If you don’t care about your spiritual life there will likely be negative consequences down the road if we don’t have a decent stance,” he said. As karate is one tool for self-defense, so, too, is a strong sense of spirituality a tool for evil. “If hatred is coming at me, I might respond with Christ’s love,” Valles said. “Almost everything we do is an illustration of something that’s more important in the spiritual Christian realm.” The 20th annual Karate “Gospel” Demo is at 7 p.m. May 2 at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 687-1436.
Above, Ken Valles hosts the annual Karate Gospel Demo as a gift to the community. This year’s theme is “Enduring Victory!” and begins at 7 p.m. May 2 at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. At right, Students warm up for the karate demonstration last year. This year’s demonstration is the 20th for Ken Valles’ Karate Plus! Courtesy photos
BUSINESS BUZZ The Business Buzz features news about the economic scene, promotions, acquisitions and expansions. Contact Pat Hill at phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com or 686-6458. Mountain Top Cycling sponsors the Ride of Silence May 21 in Woodland Park. Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center features the annual Wolfstock event May 18.
Teller County residents helped Court Appointed Special Advocate raise $358,000 at the Light of Hope breakfast/lunch event April 22 at the Antler’s Hotel in Colorado Springs. With the boost in funds, CASA, a nonprofit organization, can help more than 1,000 children who enter the court system in El Paso and Teller counties. That’s former Teller County commissioner Jim Ignatius in the center. Photo by Angela Dingwell
Matt Smith is the new branch manager of Wells Fargo in Woodland Park. Former resident of Phoenix, Ariz., Smith has been with Wells Fargo for six years. The branch has nine employees at the Safeway location. Smith and his wife Leah have three children. Photo by Pat Hill
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Panthers enjoying success in track and field Woodland Park boys won Salida meet By Ashleigh Hollowell This year, 84 students are participants in track, 44 boys and 40 girls. Although athlete participation numbers in the sport are right around average, the Woodland Park High School Track and Field Team is anything but average this season. For the first time in 12 years, the boys’ team won a track meet. Scoring in almost every event, the boys took first out of 13 teams at the Chaffee County Invitational on April 12. “The boys went in with the confidence that if everybody contributed they could win this meet and that is exactly what happened,” head track and field coach, Ron Payton stated. “They can make a strong showing at the Metro League Championships next month.” Top performers on the boys’ team include: Hayden Erickson who is currently ranked 6th in state in the shot put event and ranked 26th in discus, Randy Westfall, who recently broke the school record in discus and is currently ranked 8th in the state and 13th in shot put, Jonathan Hinton who
is ranked 6th in state in high hurdles and 23rd in state in low hurdles and the boys’ 4x400M relay team is currently ranked 24th in state consisting of Dylan Schaller-Ward, David Higgins, Josh Payne and Jonathan Hinton. “Those athletes already ranked in the top 25 have a realistic chance of qualifying for the state meet; the top 18 in relays and individuals qualify for the state meet,” Payton explained. “Our boys’ team is fairly young and should be strong for the next several years.” Hinton has a big goal in mind: “My goal for the rest of the season is to make it to state,” he said. The girls’ team, led by top performers: Anne Fisher, Megan Hagney, Kelsey Arseneau, Autumn Miller, Megan Roughen, Michelle Cruse and Lexi Harrison, is in a rebuilding mode this season. “Success is all about coaches coaching their events. Our focus to this point has been to get every athlete involved and help them be successful,” detailed Payton. “Techniques have also been a primary focal point for the track team this season. Assistant coaches, Dan Makris, Chris Erickson, and Jennifer Royer, along with other assistant event coaches have focused on training athletes in proper hurdle techniques, pole vault techniques, relay handoff techniques, and throwing techniques.
From right, Dylan Schaller-Ward, Zeke Gross, Megan Hagney, Josh Payne gearing up for a run at practice. Dylan Schaller-Ward and Josh Payne are both on the Boy’s 4X400M Relay Team which is currently ranked 24th in the state. Photo by Josi Westberg “Over the years we have brought in excellent assistant event coaches such as coach Royer, coach Cottrell and coach Nelson who are very successful in recruiting kids and developing the track program. We have been a successful track program for a number of years and I credit it to the dedicated, quality assistant coaches we have as well as a core of really good track athletes
that have come through Woodland Park.” Long term, Payton hopes to get the girls’ team back to a high level and continue to keep the boys’ team improving. Upcoming track and field meets include: The Coronado Cougar Classic April 25th, The Liberty Freshman/ Sophomore Invitational April 29th, The St. Vrain Invitational May 2nd, and the Metro League Championships May 8th.
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Randy Westfall and Hayden Erickson are headed to next month’s state track meet By Danny Summers
dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com The landscape around the area where the throwers practice at Woodland Park High School is certainly not pleasing to the eye. That is, unless, you prefer parking lots, weeds and dirt. But for Randy Westfall and Hayden Erickson, the surroundings of a broken down converted tennis court are just fine for what they are trying to achieve - a state championship in their respective events. The Panthers’ duo is ranked among the best in all of Class 4A in the shot put and discus. Westfall, a senior, is ranked eighth in the discus with a career-best 153 feet, 4 inches. Earlier this month he shattered the school re-
Randy Westfall, left, and Hayden Erickson will both be headed to the state track meet next month. Westfall broke Woodland Park’s school record in the discus this year. Erickson is close to breaking the school record in the shot put. Photo by Danny Summers cord by more than five feet with a toss in Pueblo. Mike Arseneau previously held the mark of 148-3 in 2009. On April 25, Westfall moved ahead of Erickson in the shot put when he heaved the 12-pound metal ball 50 feet, 7 inches at the Cougar Classic. It was more than an inch further than his previous best mark and ranked him sixth in state.
“I think Randy has the potential to do very well this year,” said Brett Nelson, Woodland Park’s throws coach. “We talked early about what he was capable of. He came out in this year and he threw the discus 141 (feet) and I told him I think you could easily get to 165.” Erickson, a 6-foot-5, 270-pound junior, is ranked
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own the school record. “Hayden is just a big guy and he works hard,” Payton said. “Randy, in some ways, is more aggressive because he was always second fiddle to his brother (Cody) and Hayden.” In 2013 Randy missed qualifying for state in the discus by less than a foot. Cody, a senior at the time, beat him out for the final spot. Randy’s best throw before this season was 1393. Westfall and Erickson are ranked fourth and fifth all-time, respectively, in school annals in the shot put. Rick Stennet owns the school record of 52-9 set in 1975. “I expect Hayden will own the school record before he graduates,” Payton said. Added Nelson: “Hayden still has another year and there are a lot of things he can improve on before he graduates. I think you will continue to see him make great strides in both the shot and discus.” Westfall and Erickson
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Panthers go 2-2 on diamond last week Woodland Park heads into final week of season By Danny Summers dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Keegan Harman pitched the best game of his high school varsity career on April 22, leading Woodland Park to a 3-1 victory over Class 4A Metro League champ Mesa Ridge. The Panthers went 2-2 in four games last week and are 6-10 overall. Harman’s gem against Mesa Ridge on Senior Day at Panther Field included seven strikeouts and two walks. He allowed just
four base hits. He did hit six Grizzlies batters, however. “Five of them were on curve balls,” said Woodland Park coach Cliff Richardson. “The last one came in the last inning with a 3-1 lead. I guarantee you he was not trying to hit a guy when we have a 2-run lead.” Richardson thought that Harman’s wildness may have led to Mesa Ridge possibly playing with a chip on its shoulder during an April 25 rematch. The two clubs met at Mesa Ridge in the first round of the Metro League Tournament, with Mesa Ridge winning 11-0. “Their stud pitcher (Jake Grotelueschen) threw two pitches directly at Keegan in his final at bat,” Richardson said. “(Grotelueschen) got ejected and will miss the
next two games. Not smart on his part. “Mesa Ridge also did some other stuff that I didn’t think was right. Maybe they were mad that we stopped them from having a perfect league season. I don’t know.” Woodland Park began the week with a 12-1 loss to Skyline. The Panthers managed just four hits, two by Dakota Herman. Kayden Osborn had the lone Woodland Park RBI. In the victory over Mesa Ridge, Sam Ballard had two RBI’s and Logan Watters added the other. Carl Loy had two hits to lead in that department. “We played error-free baseball behind Keegan,” Richardson said. The Panthers defeated Sierra, 15-1 on April 24. Loy again was the main man at
the plate with four RBIs, as well as a triple, double and single. Osborn and Nash Grayckowski had two RBIs’ each. “Sierra didn’t give it to us,” Richardson said. “We played well and put the ball in play and took advantage of their mistakes.” Senior pitcher Cody Hedges was the beneficiary of all the offense. He struck out five and allowed one walk. The Panthers wrap up their season with three games this week; at Coronado (April 29), vs. Colorado Springs Christian School (May 1 at Panther Field) and at Widefield (May 2). Woodland Park will hardly have any time to rest before the end of school and the start of the summer season. The Panthers play Mesa Ridge May 27.
April 22 was Senior Day for the Woodland Park High School baseball team. Panthers seniors were honored prior to the game with Mesa Ridge. The Panthers won the game, 3-1. Photo by Dave Turley
recreation report Woodland Park Parks & Recreation offers the following programs and sports. Sign up at least a week prior to session starting. Classes may be cancelled due to lack of participants. Call 719-687-5225 or stop by our office at 204 W. South Ave. Online registration and class information available at wpparksandrecreation.org.
Namaste yoga
Start your week off with a one-hour yoga class, designed to improve strength, flexibility and stamina, while providing a sense of peace and balance. We will practice Hatha yoga in a Vinyasa flow, connecting movement with our breath in a series of fluid poses. Instructor is Jody AjimuraKessler. For ages 15 years and older. Class is from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays (May 5, 12, 19, June 2) in the Parks and Recreation classroom. Cost is $28 per session, or $9 to drop in. May use Fitness Punch Card.
Mat Pilates
Improve core strength, flexibility and balance while learning to move more efficiently, reducing risk of injury while performing other sports and activities. Learn the Pilates principles and how to apply them to your daily routines. Instructor is Nancy Remmler. All levels welcome. Class is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays (May 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29) in the Parks and Recreation classroom. Cost is $64 per session, or $10 to drop in.
Swim lessons
The Learn to Swim program follows the criteria set by American Red Cross. Descriptions of the classes are listed on the city website. Please bring a swim suit and towel. Instructors are Connie Knowles and Katy Conlin. For ages 6 months to 18 years. Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays (May 27, 29, June 3, 5, 10, 12) at the Golden Bell Camp. Cost is $45 per session, and $41 for an additional family member.
Youth golf
Four lessons are designed to introduce golf to juniors. A specific skill will be taught each class. These classes will include the skills of putting, chipping,
pitching and full swing as well as rules and etiquette that apply to each skill. When registering, indicate whether participant has his or her own clubs and whether he or she is left or right handed. Instructor is Rose Weis. Sessions offered for 5-9 years and 10-14 years. Classes are from 1-2:15 p.m. at Shining Mountain Golf Course. Ages 5-9 years meet Mondays and Wednesday (June 16, 18, 23, 25); and ages 10-14 meet Tuesdays and Thursdays (June 17, 19, 24, 26). Cost is $100 per session.
Youth tennis
All ages and skill levels welcome for youth tennis league. Participants will learn the techniques and skills to play tennis like a real pro and of course meet new friends while having fun. We will focus on learning the key moves; forehand, backhand, approach, serve, volley, and keeping score while keeping our minds and bodies active. Instructor is Jessee Barlow. Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays (June 10, 12, 17, 19): 10-11 a.m. for 4-8 years; 11 a.m. to noon for 8-12 years; and noon to 1 p.m. for ages 12 and older. Cost is $40 per session.
Pickle ball
Adult are invited to join a pickle ball league. Pickle ball is the fastest-growing sport in the country. All skill levels are welcome. Season runs from 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays fromJune 10 to Aug. 12 at the Meadow Wood Sports Complex, on tennis courts 1 and 2. Pickle balls are provided. Must register by Friday, May 30. Cost is $35. Late registrations will be taken through Wednesday, June 4, and cost will be $0. League meeting is at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5. League format is 10 games.
Tennis league
All skill levels are welcome to join in an adult tennis league. Register by Friday, May 30. Cost is $35 for one league and $30 for a second league. Late registration taken though Wednesday, June 4, with cost of $40/$35. The league meeting is at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5.
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Panthers prepare for soccer postseason The Woodland Park girls will learn their playoff opponent May 4 By Danny Summers
dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com The Colorado High School Activities Association will release its pairings for the upcoming girls’ state soccer playoffs on May 4. Woodland Park will be among the 32 names in the field for Class 4A. “That’s fine, but we’re not concerned with that right now,” said Panthers’ coach Andrew Pappadakis. “We’re still trying to figure some things out and we’re still trying to become a better team.” Woodland Park will likely be a low seed - somewhere between 30 and 32. That is based primarily on where the Panthers finished in league (third) and the overall strength of Metro League - which is not very high in the eyes of coaches on the selection committee. “We’ll meet as a league this week and send our stuff to whoever it goes to,” Pappadakis said. “There’s nothing we can do about it after that.” It’s not that Pappadakis isn’t concerned with where his team falls in the seeding process, but he is all too aware of the bias that can sometimes go into seeding teams for the postseason. The Metro League is not considered a top-tier conference and will only have its top three teams advance based on automatic berths. The Pikes Peak Athletic Conference also only gets three automatic berths, but twice that many teams from the conference could wind up in the playoffs. Cheyenne Mountain, Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge own the top three seeds and will automatically advance, but it’s likely that Sand Creek
Two teams clash on the field during a heated soccer match. Photo by Danny Summers and Air Academy will also advance based on record and strength of schedule. A sixth team from the league, Discovery Canyon, also has a very good chance to move on. In 2013, Woodland Park was the No. 31 seed and played a first-round game against No. 2 Palmer Ridge. The Panthers lost 8-1. “Our goal this year was to win league and guarantee ourselves a better seed, but that didn’t happen so we’ve moved on,” Pappadakis said. “The girls know what they are in for. We’ll tailor a plan to who
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League format is 10 games. Men’s doubles league meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays, and mixed doubles meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Meadow Wood Sports Complex, courts 3 and 4. Season runs from June 10 to Aug. 14. Tennis balls are provided. Cripple Creek Parks and Recreation’s fitness center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Membership is $14 per month. Silver Sneaker memberships are free for qualifying seniors. Call 719-689-3514.
Ongoing
Anti-aging stretch workout for women, 10:30 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednesdays. Cost is $5. Aikido for adults (martial arts), 6-7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Cost is $5.
Aikido for kids (martial arts), 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays. Cost is $5. Zumba (dance exercise), 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with fitness membership. Cub Scouts for boys in kindergarten to fifth grade, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Tuesdays. Free. Women’s Bible study, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Yoga class, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Cost is $7. Free soup Fridays, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays. Everyone welcome. Roller skating, 1-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Cost is $2, skates included. Archery classes, Fridays and Saturdays. Registration required. Call 719-689-3514. Archery open shooting, 6-7:30 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Cost is $2. Call ahead for availability, 719-6893514. Open gym volleyball, 4-6 p.m. Sundays at Cresson Elementary.
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of Divide. Seating is limited. Reservations made by May 4 by calling
MOther’s day Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center presents Mother’s Day with the Wolves, 9-10 a.m. May 11. Cost includes a wolf tour, a rose for mom, and a meet and greet with Keyni, the center’s ambassador wolf. Call 719-687-9742 for cost and reservations.
David Martinek at 719-213-9335 or emailing MidlandDays@yahoo. com.
May 10 MOther GOOse visit Celebrate Mother’s Day with Mother Goose from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Dinosaur Resource Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. Go to http://www.rmdrc. com
thrOuGh May 10 silent auctiOn Ute Pass Elementary silent auction is open from April 23 to May 10. Final bidding takes place during the school’s Pony Run on Saturday, May 10. Proceeds will go to the continued rebuilding of the playground, classroom technology and curriculum. Call 719-684-9821. The school is at 9230 Chipita Park Raod, Chipita Park. May 11 Free adMissiOn Moms will get in free with one paid regular or child admission on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, at the Dinosaur Resource Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Go to http://www.rmdrc.com
May 12-18 BOOk week National Children’s Book Week will be celebrated May 12-18 at the Dinosaur Resource Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. Books will be 15 percent off during the week. Members may use their additional 10 percent discount. Go to http:// www.rmdrc.com. May 13 whOlistic healinG Day is from 10 a.m. to noon May 13. Practitioners from the Wholistic Networking Community invite you to experience the benefits of holistic services on a first come, first served donation basis. Offerings are tuning fork, color, crystal & sound healing, hands on or no touch Reiki, psychic guidance, grief recovery, EFT, gluten free tips. Practitioner information can be found at Facebook page WNC - Wholistic Networking Community. Teller County Safe Harbor, a Woodland Park non-profit will be the Things continues on Page 18
we’re going to play.” Woodland Park (8-5, 4-2) finished third in league behind Mesa Ridge and Coronado. The Panthers played Coronado twice last week, losing 1-0 in the league finale and 7-0 in the first round of the Metro League Tournament. “That tournament doesn’t mean anything so we tried some different things,” Pappadakis said. “We played Jenny (Sells) up front all game and Caitlin (Thorne) at center midfield.”
Sells typically plays center mid. She leads the team in goals with 13 and is tied with Morghan Sieracki for the team lead in assists with seven. Sieracki is second on the team in goals with seven. Pappadakis praised the play of sophomore goalkeeper Samantha Self. “She’s improved her horizontal game a lot,” he said. “She’s found her range.” The Panthers finish the regular season this week with Metro League Tournament games against Mesa Ridge and Widefield.
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are encouraged and can be made at VictorColorado.com. Tickets at the event are by cash only. Be sure to dress appropriately for spring mountain weather (which can include wind, cold temperatures, snow, and rain), wear good hiking shoes or boots, and bring water and sunscreen. There are no restroom facilities at the cemetery. For more information, visit VictorColorado.com, email museum@ victorcolorado.com or call 719-689-2675.
how sound has the exquisite ability to affect us on all levels and how our own sound can enhance our well-being. John, a talented didgeridoo (ancient Australian Aboriginal instrument) enthusiast, will create vibrational fields and attunements with the didgeridoo, ending with a sound meditation. For information, or to RSVP, contact Barbara Royal at 719-687-6823 or miraclesofwellness@ gmail.com.
CoMputer Classes Woodlands Park Public Library offers
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pHysiCs is Phun More than 15 physics demonstrations, many of
CyCling Club The Mountain Top Cycling Club will have its second
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beneficiary of your donations. Venue: Mountain View United Methodist Church, 1101 Rampart Range Road, Woodland Park. Contact Barbara Royal 719-687-6823.
computer basics from 10 a.m. to noon May 13, and Word II from 10 a.m. to noon May 14. To register call 719-687-9281 ext. 106.
May 14 CyCling Club The Mountain Top Cycling Club will be hosting a parent/student meeting for the upcoming Cripple Creek and Victor High School mountain bike team at 4:15 p.m. May 14 at the school cafeteria. This meeting is open to the public. Students ages 13-19 who will be in grades 9-12 in the 2014-15 school year are eligible to participate on the team. Home school students are also welcomed to attend and are eligible to join the team. This high school team will compete in the Colorado Mountain bike league as part of the NICA (National Interscholastic Cycling Association). There will be a Mountain bike camp May 17 -18 in Victor Colorado. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Training will start in August, summer meetings will also be scheduled. Cycling is a life-long sport. May 15 HoMesCHool Meet and greet Homeschool families can meet
with staff at the Florissant Library at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 17, to find out about the resources available at the library and to take a tour. Contact 719-748-3939.
May 17 CeMetery tour Step back in time and learn about Victor’s
1890s cemetery, its residents, and the history that brought them to the gold mining camp. This event is sponsored by the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum and will be Saturday, May 17, as part of Colorado’s Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month. Local historian Veldean Petri will provide insights into the cemetery, its history and some of its residents. The event will be held at the Sunnyside Cemetery which is south of town on Seventh Street. Meet just outside the gate in Pauper’s Field by 10 a.m. Pre-paid reservations
them hands-on, will be presented by the Air Force Academy at the Physics is Phun event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Dinosaur Resource Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. Demonstrations will use both everyday objects such as rotating stools and soda cans, and scientific equipment. Shows are at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Check http://www.rmdrc.com for details.
May 17-18 FisHing tournaMent The 30th annual “No Name Fishing
Tournament,” run by The 11 Mile General Store, will be May 17-18 at Eleven Mile State Park/Reservoir in Lake George. The tournament has a maximum entry of 300 participants. Entry forms are available through the 11 Mile General Store at Eleven Mile State Park in Lake George in mid-March. Call 719-748-3424 or e-mail jccollins.colo@ gmail.com.
May 18 WolFstoCk Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide presents “Wolfstock,” with live music, a beer garden, artist booths, door prizes and wolf pack howls. The event is May 18. Call 719-6879742 for reservations and information about cost. May 20 HolistiC Wellness The Wholistic Networking Community invites you to meet area practitioners and learn about holistic wellness from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at the Rampart Public Library, Woodland Park. “Wholistic” in our name includes all who pursue conscious living, a healthy lifestyle and desire a peaceful, natural world. John Skylark Skrivan, sound practitioner, will take us through an interactive play and excursion time in which we will discover our authentic voice and natural sound. We will learn
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annual Ride of Silence at 7 p.m. May 21 at Woodland Park High School. Arrive 30 minutes before the start of this five mile slow paced bicycle ride. Honoring those cyclists that have been injured or killed while riding their bikes. This event is free and there will be a reception following with guest speakers and light snacks. There will be a police escort and hopefully media coverage. Register at Prerace. com search ride of silence and you will receive a free bicycle angle pin. We want to bring awareness to cyclists and motorists alike about the safety and rights to share the road.
May 21 internet basiCs Woodland Park Public Library presents an Internet basics computer class from 10 a.m. to noon May 21. Call 719-687-9281 ext. 106. May 21 to June 28 yoga Hikes Take a hike with a trained yogi (not the bear type) at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Many hikers suffer from tight hamstrings, calf and quad muscles, while many yoga practitioners could use more aerobic conditioning. These hikes will help with both. Hikes are at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, from May 21 to June 28. Call 719-748-3253 ext. 122 or 202, or visit http:// www.nps.gov/flfo. May 23 Meteor sHoWer This is a night you won’t want to miss. It may be a dark moonless night and we might see the stars in the Milky Way in all their glory. A between-the-seasons chance to see Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn will also be available that evening. And, rarest of all, a never-before-seen meteor shower, courtesy of Comet 209P/ Linear! The comet itself is faint, but astronomers predict this meteor shower to be one of the best shooting-star shows of the year, if not the decade. Meet at the Visitor Center at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Program is from 8:30-10 p.m. Friday, May 23. Visit www.nps.gov/flfo or call 719-748-3253, ext. 202. May 24 yoga instruCtors of Teller County, join us at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at the coffee shop in Gold Hills South for an informal meet and greet. Help us create the foundations for a vibrant yoga community in Teller County. Call Debbie for information, 719-748-3678. May 24
required to sign waivers. Advance reservations are recommended online at VictorColorado.com. Online reservations are by credit card; cash only payments will be accepted at the museum the day of the event. Tickets will also be on sale the museum (cash only) May 17-18. Visit VictorColorado.com, email stcfg@victorcolorado.com, or call 719-689-2675.
May 28 Cruiser’s ride The Mountain Top Cycling Club will host its first Cruiser’s Ride. This non-professional bike ride will start at 6 p.m. May 28 in front of the Ute Pass Cultural Center. This five mile loop is designed to get more families and the casual cyclists out for a fun, laid back five mile ride. A Pro Challenge representative will be on hand at the start to hand out Pro Challenge goodies and a chance to win a VIP pass for the Aug. 22th Pro Challenge--Stage 5 start in Woodland Park. This event will happen every Wednesday from May 28 till Sept. 24. For more information call Debbie 719-687-2489. tHrougH May early drugstores exhibit The Ute Pass Historical Society, in conjunction with the Pikes Peak Regional Medical Foundation, presents “Early Drugstores of the Ute Pass.”The drugstore is a unique American invention. Not only was it a source of drugs and healthrelated items, the American drugstore was also a meeting spot, a lunch place and a community social center. As the population grew in the Ute Pass region, people needed medical preparations that a drugstore or general store could provide. In Green Mountain Falls, the Williams Drugstore was a gathering place for tourists and locals alike. The Harkins store was an integral part of the community in Divide, even serving as a cream station for local dairy farmers. Local residents in Woodland Park recall drugstore proprietors like Jack Embree and the Bonfields, who were respected friends and neighbors. These stories, vintage photographs and medical artifacts will be on exhibit through May in the Pikes Peak Regional Hospital lobby. Contact the Ute Pass Historical Society at 719-686-7512 or email at uphs@peakinter.net. June 7 book Fair Born Again Used Books, 1529 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs, will have its 20th home school book fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Do you have questions concerning homeschooling: laws, sports, music, social activities, curriculum, college and more? Many people will be available answer questions. If you have educational services that you would like to share with home schoolers, plan to attend the fair. Call 719-528-8622. Register at http://www.bornagainusedbooks.com/?page=shop/ disp&pid=page_HomeSchoolSignU tHrougH June 7 geology oF Teller County Do you know that Woodland Park sits inside an enormous fault or that Teller County has produced more gold than the California and Alaska gold rushes combined? Our county enjoys some of the most amazing geology on the planet and some features are found nowhere else. Discover more by joining former U of MD instructor Paul Combs for the 4th iteration of his “Geology of Teller County” course on five Saturday mornings from April 26 to May 24, with a field trip on June 7. Classes meet from 9 a.m. to noon in the Mountain View Methodist Church, 1101 Rampart Range Road. No tests, just fun and info. Learn about our gold & silver, gems, fossils, faults, volcanoes, glaciers, and why those mountains look that way. Great for science teachers, students and rock hounds. Fee: $80. Call 719-686-0488 for information and to register.
Mine tour The Southern Teller County Focus Group plans its 10th annual historic mine tour Saturday, May 24. The tour is of the surface remnants of the El Paso Gold King Mine in Poverty Gulch near Cripple Creek. This 1890s mine and structures are on private land accessible only by hiking. Some hiking (95 percent downhill) will be required. Shuttle buses donated by Cripple Creek Parks & Recreation will be used to transport visitors to the trail where hiking down into the site, and down out of the site will be required. Shuttles will pick up participants below the trail near Silver Street in Cripple June 21 Creek. Those who cannot hike will be transported via a very limited number of four wheel drive vehicles; please note this need when suMMer solstiCe storytelling Celebrate the Summer Solstice, making reservations. Seating in the buses is limited to a maximum the longest day and shortest night of the year! We’ll explore the A Memoir by Vinh of 70 individuals. No children under the age of 5 years should attend importance of theChung, seasons to theMD historical inhabitants of the area, and no pets are allowed. Former hard rock miner Gary Horton will and celebrate by sharing some of the star and constellation stories To say it's remarkable, and present historical information on Poverty Gulch and Cripple Creek told by native peoples. In the telescope, we’ll see Mars, Saturn, and delightfully is treasures & Victor Gold Mining Company Environmental Coordinator Jeff some of the best star clusters, nebulae, and written, other deep-sky understatement: it's anBeds Campbell will make the presentation on the historic mine relocation of the summer. Meet at the Visitor Center at Florissant Fossil emotionally gripping story and preservation project. Meet at the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum National Monument. Program is from 8:30-10 p.m. Saturday, June a rare level ofext. fasci21. Visit www.nps.gov/flfoat or call 719-748-3253, 202. no later than 9:15 a.m. the day of the tour. All participants will be nating detail, much of it about events decades old. A Memoir by Vinh Chung, MD - Huffington Post
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John Paul Geniesse has been hired as the new Woodland Park boys’ basketball coach. Geniesse is currently an assistant at Doane College in Nebraska. He used to coach at Discovery Canyon. Photo by MQTCinemaCOALiTiON
Woodland Park hires new basketball coaches John Paul Geniesse takes over the boys, while Kris Kemp will lead the girls By Danny Summers
dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia. com Woodland Park athletic director Michael DeWall filled one of his basketball coaching vacancies with a candidate from Nebraska. He filled the other with a candidate about 100 feet from his office. John Paul Geniesse, an assistant men’s basketball coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, will take over the Woodland Park boys’ team. Kris Kemp, a physical education teacher and coach at Woodland Park, will take over the school’s girls program. “Not only do John Paul’s credential serve him well, be he came highly recommended,” DeWall said. “He can take on our program and build us to a level that we expect.”
The hire of Kemp was important for a couple of reasons, according to DeWall. “It’s really important to have a teacher in our building that is also a head coach,” he said. “The way she already interacts with the kids and parents and teachers is a big plus.” Geniesse is already a familiar figure in the Pikes Peak region. He coached Discovery Canyon from its inception in 2007 (as a junior varsity program) though the 2012-13 season. He directed the Thunder Geniesse to a school-record 17 wins his final season, including a playoff victory in the first round of the Class 4A state tournament. Woodland Park has won just 14 games the last five seasons. “I’m excited to be coming back to Colorado,” said Geniesse, who will remain at Doane through the end of May. “I’m excited to be leading the Woodland Park program. It’s a great program under the radar.”
Geniesse, who is known for wearing fancy three-piece suits during games, is working with DeWall from afar to set up a summer program for all three levels. “The biggest thing for kids is to develop good habits this summer,” Geniesse said. “I want to get up and down the floor. I want to run. I want to look at our personnel and see what our strengths and weaknesses are. “We have to be committed first. When we open our gym in December we want to see some fans in the stands and generate some excitement.” Geniesse’s coaching resume also includes two seasons as an assistant coach and head JV coach at the University of Great Falls. A native of Colorado where he played for Sheridan in Denver, Geniesse played his college ball at Great Falls and was selected team captain for three years along with being voted defensive MVP his senior season. He and his wife still maintain a home in Colorado Springs. “I want our team to play with heart,
play with passion and play as a family,” Geniesse said. Kemp was Woodland Park’s JV coach last season. She also was a varsity assistant under head coach David Graf. This is her first varsity head coaching position. “I was happy and content being an assistant coach and I loved being part of a good program here at Woodland Park,” she said. “But when Graf said he was going to resign I wondered `Who are they going to hire? The person they’re looking for sounds like me.’” Kemp has great familiarity with the players. Her daughter, Katelyn, played for the varsity last season and will be a senior next fall. Another daughter in the program, Abby, will be a sophomore. Kemp also has another daughter, Nikki, who will be an eight-grader at the middle school. “My hope is to create more of a basketball culture in Woodland Park,” Kemp said. “I want to get the young kids excited to buy into it, and I want to get the parents excited about it.”
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NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
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Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE (CRS §38-38-103) Foreclosure Sale No. 2014-0012 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On February 12, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records. Original Grantor: JIMMIE SKINNER AND JUDI SKINNER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust: 3/27/2009 Recording Date of Deed of Trust : 3/30/2009 Recorded in Teller County: Reception No. 625176 Original Principal Amount: $235,553.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $200,910.63 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together will all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. LOT 1786 IN COLORADO MOUNTAIN ESTATES NO. 11 CORRECTION PLAT, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO which has the address of: 163 Appian Way Florissant, CO 80816 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of June 4, 2014, at the Teller County Public Trustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
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First Publication: 4/9/2014 Last Publication: 5/7/2014 Published in: Pikes Peak Courier Dated: 2/13/2014 ROBERT W. CAMPBELL Teller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE By: Shirley A. Kint Deputy Public Trustee Attorney: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Attorney Registration #34145 THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney file #: 13-07724 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Legal Notice No.: 2014-0012 First Publication: 4/9/2014 Last Publication: 5/7/2014 Published in: Pikes Peak Courier
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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of June 4, 2014, at the Teller County Public Trustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
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Government Legals Public Notice REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXPAYER REMEDIES The County Assessor appraised all real property for tax years 2013 and 2014 using June 30, 2012 as the date of value. 2014 is an intervening year and, therefore, Notices of Valuation will be sent by May 1 only to owners of real property whose values changed from last year. Any owner of real property may protest the value or classification from May 1 through June 2, even if the owner did not receive a Notice of Valuation. This is the taxpayer’s opportunity to correct values, misclassifications, errors in property descriptions or ownership, or other discrepancies in the property records. The information used to value property is available for review. Protests must be postmarked or presented in person on or before June 2. The Assessor’s Notice of Determination will be mailed on or before the last working day in June. If you disagree with the Assessor’s decision, you may file an appeal with the County Board of Equalization, which must be postmarked or handdelivered no later than July 15. You will be notified by mail of the hearing date, time, and place where you may present evidence to support your case. Evidence includes documentation such as sales of properties similar to yours that sold in the four years preceding June 30, 2012. The County Board will conclude hearings and render decisions by close of business August 5. Owners of taxable personal property may protest their valuation between June 13 and July 1, 2014 by mail or in person. A Notice of Determination will be mailed by July 10. If you failed to file a declaration schedule, value was determined using the “best information available”. A taxpayer’s exclusive remedy for a “best information available” valuation is the protest procedure. If you disagree with the Assessor’s decision, you may file an appeal with the County Board of Equalization, which appeal must be postmarked or hand-delivered no later than July 22. You will be notified by mail of the hearing date, time, and place where you may present evidence to support your case. The County Board must mail its decision within five business days of its decision. Disagreements with the County Board of Equalization’s decision for both real and personal property may be appealed to the State Board of Assessment Appeals or district court, or the taxpayer may request a binding arbitration hearing within 30 days of the decision. Additional information is available online at www.co.Teller.co.us/Assessor or call 719.689.2941. Legal Notice No.: 933380 First Publication: April 30, 2014 Last Publication: April 30, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2014-02 REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDTAXPAYER REMEDIES ING SECTION 18-1-10(a)(6) AND REPEALING AND REENACTING The County Assessor appraised all real CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 9 OF THE Public Notice First Publication: 4/9/2014 property for tax years 2013 and 2014 CRIPPLE CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE Last Publication: 5/7/2014 NOTICE OF SALE using June 30, 2012 as the date of RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL Published in: Pikes Peak Courier The current holder Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed value. 2014 is an intervening year and,of theFIRE CODE, 2012 EDITION. (CRS §38-38-103) Foreclosure Sale No. 2014-0009 of Trust described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Detherefore, Notices of Valuation will be sent Dated: 2/13/2014 mand for sale as provided byITlaw and in saidBY Deed of CITY Trust.COUNby May 1 only to owners of real property BE ORDAINED THE ROBERT W.It CAMPBELL To Whom May Concern: This Notice is given with regard the CIL OF THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK, whose values to changed from last year. Any Teller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE following described Deed of Trust: THEREFORE, Notice Is COLORADO, Hereby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. owner of real property may protest the THAT: By: Shirley A. Kint in theMay forenoon of June 4, 2014, at the Teller County Public value or classification from 1 through Deputy Public Trustee On February 5, 2014, the undersigned PublicJune Trustee caused Trustee’s Bennett Ave., Cripple18-1-10(a)(6) Creek, Colorado, 2, even if the owner did notOffice, receive101 a W. Section 1. Section of the the Notice of Election and Demand relating toNotice the Deed of Trust This sellisatthe public auction to the highest and best bidderCode for cash, the of Valuation. taxpayer’s Cripple Creek Municipal is hereby Attorney: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records. said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ opportunity to correct values, misclassificamended to read as follows: Attorney Registration #34145 ations, errors in property (6)forThe Fire Code, 2012 ediheirsdescriptions and assigns or therein, theInternational purpose of paying the indebtTHE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC or other discrepancies in the tion, promulgated by the Original ALLEN edness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured byInternational the Deed 999 18TH Grantor: STREET,BLAKE SUITEALLEN 2201, AND LINDA ownership, property records. The information used to Code Council, 5360 S. Workman Mill Original Beneficiary: VECTRA BANK COLORADO, N.A. of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other DENVER, COLORADO 80202 value property is available review. Road, Whittier, 90601; and the WestCurrent Holder865-1400 of Evidence of Debt: GREEN TREE SERVICING itemsfor allowed by law, and will issue to theCA purchaser a Certificate Phone: 1 (303) ern Fire Chiefs Association, Palm Brook LLC of Purchase, all as provided by law. Fax: 1 (303) 865-1410 Protests must be postmarked or Corporate Center, 3602 Inland empire Date offile Deed of Trust: 6/4/2003 Attorney #: 13-07724 on or before June Boulevard, Suite B-205, Ontario, CA Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 6/16/2003 presented in person First Publication: 4/9/2014 2. The Assessor’s Notice of Determina91764. Recorded in Teller Reception No. 550458 Last Publication: 5/7/2014 The Attorney aboveCounty: is acting as a debt tion will be mailed onPublished or beforein:the lastPeak Courier Original and Principal Amount: $276,000.00 Pikes collector is attempting to collect a working day in June. If you disagree with Section 2. Article 9 of Chapter 18 of the Outstanding Principal Balance: debt. Any information provided$219,659.08 may be the Assessor’s decision, you 2/7/2014 may file an Cripple Creek Municipal Code is hereby Dated: used for that purpose. the CountyROBERT Board of W. EqualizaPursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you areappeal herebywith notified CAMPBELLrepealed in its entirety and reenacted to tion, which must be postmarked or handread as follows: that Notice the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as Legal No.: 2014-0012 delivered no later thanTeller July 15. You willPUBLIC be follows: COUNTY TRUSTEE First Publication: 4/9/2014 notified by mail of the hearing date, time, ARTICLE 9 By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee Last Publication: 5/7/2014 placewill where International Fire Code Failure toin:pay principal interest when dueand together all you may present evidPublished Pikes Peak and Courier ence to support your case. Evidence inSec. 18-9-10. Adoption. other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by Attorney: JOAN OLSON Attorney Registration #28078 cludes documentationARONOWITZ such as sales of the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. & MECKLENBURG, LLP properties similar to yours sold in the As, DENVER, set forth in Section 18-1-10 1199that BANNOCK STREET COLORADO 80204 of this four years 30,(303) 2012.813-1177 The Chapter, there is hereby adopted by referTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.preceding June Phone: Fax: County Board will conclude hearings and ence as if set out at length the InternationTHE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE Attorney file #: 1159.100043.F01 render al Fire Code 1012 edition, together with PROPERTY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEdecisions DEED OFby close of business August 5. the IFC appendix chapters A TRUST. The Attorney above is acting as a included debt collector and is attemptJ, asprovided published by be theused InternationATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED ing to collect a debt. Anythrough information may for Owners of taxable personal property may al Code Council, 5360 S. Workman Mill HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. that purpose. protest their valuation between June 13 Road, Whittier, CA 90601. and July 1, 2014 by mail or in person. A which has the address of: 22 Still Forest LaneNotice of Determination Legal No.:by2014-0009 will Notice be mailed Sec. 18-9-20. Amendments to Chapter Woodland Park, CO 80863 First 4/9/2014 July 10. If you failed to filePublication: a declaration 1. Last Publication: 5/7/2014 schedule, value was determined using the (a) Addition to section 101.1, Title: The NOTICE OF SALE Published in: Pikes Peakphrase Courier“The City of Cripple Creek” shall “best information available”. A taxpayer’s exclusive remedy for a “best information be inserted in place of the phrase “(NAME available” valuation is the protest procedOF JURISDICTION).” ure. If you disagree with the Assessor’s (b) Add new Section 102.5.1, Historic decision, you may file an appeal with the Buildings: County Board of Equalization, which ap“All historic buildings, i.e. any commercial peal must be postmarked or hand-destructure built between 1896 and 1911, livered no later than July 22. You will be shall be required to be sprinklered if the notified by mail of the hearing date, time, structure is two or more stories in height and place where you may present evidand has aggregate floor are of 5000 ence to support your case. The County square feet or more, or has one floor in Board must mail its decision within five excess of 2500 square feet aggregate business days of its decision. floor area. Existing commercial historic structures which are not sprinklered at the Disagreements with the County Board of time of the adoption of this code shall be Equalization’s decision for both real and required to be sprinklered upon change of personal property may be appealed to the building ownership, change in building use State Board of Assessment Appeals or or a remodeling of 50% or more of the district court, or the taxpayer may request total aggregate area of floor space of the a binding arbitration hearing within 30 entire structure. days of the decision. (c) Addition to Section 103.2 Fire Code Official, and to Section 202 Definitions: Additional information is available on“Fire Code Official: Whenever the words line at www.co.Teller.co.us/Assessor or Fire Code Official are used throughout the call 719.689.2941. body of the text, they shall be held to mean the Cripple Creek Emergency SerLegal Notice No.: 933380 vices, Cripple Creek Fire Department, Fire First Publication: April 30, 2014 Chief, or the Chief’s authorized representative. Last Publication: April 30, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier (d) Add new Section 105.4.7, Corrected Construction Documents: “Prior to the issuance of a City of Cripple Creek Certificate of Occupancy, corrected construction documents, commonly referred to as “as-built” drawings, for all fire protection systems, shall be submitted to the Fire Code Official for review and approval. (e) Add new Section 106.4.1, Certificate of Compliance in Gaming Establishment: “Prior to occupancy of any gaming establishment, the Colorado Division of Fire Safety shall conduct an inspection of the building to ensure compliance with the provisions of the International Fire Code and the Cripple Creek Building Code. A certificate of compliance shall be issued to those facilities that are in compliance. Said certificate shall be numbered and dated and shall expire one year from the date of issuance. A temporary certificate of compliance may be issued to those buildings that are not in
Notices ception, with employees that are able to allow the fire department access to all areas of the building, shall not be required to have key boxes installed. Sec. 18-9-40. Amendments to Chapter 9.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-02 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-1-10(a)(6) AND REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 9 OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, 2012 EDITION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Section 18-1-10(a)(6) of the Cripple Creek Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: (6) The International Fire Code, 2012 edition, promulgated by the International Code Council, 5360 S. Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601; and the Western Fire Chiefs Association, Palm Brook Corporate Center, 3602 Inland empire Boulevard, Suite B-205, Ontario, CA 91764. Section 2. Article 9 of Chapter 18 of the Cripple Creek Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted to read as follows: ARTICLE 9 International Fire Code Sec. 18-9-10. Adoption. As set forth in Section 18-1-10 of this Chapter, there is hereby adopted by reference as if set out at length the International Fire Code 1012 edition, together with the IFC included appendix chapters A through J, as published by the International Code Council, 5360 S. Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601. Sec. 18-9-20. Amendments to Chapter 1. (a) Addition to section 101.1, Title: The phrase “The City of Cripple Creek” shall be inserted in place of the phrase “(NAME OF JURISDICTION).” (b) Add new Section 102.5.1, Historic Buildings: “All historic buildings, i.e. any commercial structure built between 1896 and 1911, shall be required to be sprinklered if the structure is two or more stories in height and has aggregate floor are of 5000 square feet or more, or has one floor in excess of 2500 square feet aggregate floor area. Existing commercial historic structures which are not sprinklered at the time of the adoption of this code shall be required to be sprinklered upon change of building ownership, change in building use or a remodeling of 50% or more of the total aggregate area of floor space of the entire structure. (c) Addition to Section 103.2 Fire Code Official, and to Section 202 Definitions: “Fire Code Official: Whenever the words Fire Code Official are used throughout the body of the text, they shall be held to mean the Cripple Creek Emergency Services, Cripple Creek Fire Department, Fire Chief, or the Chief’s authorized representative. (d) Add new Section 105.4.7, Corrected Construction Documents: “Prior to the issuance of a City of Cripple Creek Certificate of Occupancy, corrected construction documents, commonly referred to as “as-built” drawings, for all fire protection systems, shall be submitted to the Fire Code Official for review and approval. (e) Add new Section 106.4.1, Certificate of Compliance in Gaming Establishment: “Prior to occupancy of any gaming establishment, the Colorado Division of Fire Safety shall conduct an inspection of the building to ensure compliance with the provisions of the International Fire Code and the Cripple Creek Building Code. A certificate of compliance shall be issued to those facilities that are in compliance. Said certificate shall be numbered and dated and shall expire one year from the date of issuance. A temporary certificate of compliance may be issued to those buildings that are not in compliance with the International Fire Code and the Cripple Creek Building Code. Said temporary certificate shall be numbered and dated and shall bear an expiration date that may be less than one year from the date of issuance. Prior to the renewal of a certificate of compliance or temporary certificate, the Division of Fire Safety shall conduct and inspection of the building to insure continued compliance with the International Fire Code and the Cripple Creek Building Code.” (f) Add new Section 105.1.1.1., City of Cripple Creek Business License: “Prior to the issuance of a City of Cripple Creek business license, whether it be a new application or a renewal, applicants/business owners shall provide the Fire Code Official with documentation that all fire protection systems are current with regard to annual inspections testing and maintenance. If fire protection systems are not current at the time of business license renewal, the fire code official may allow a thirty-day waiver while such work is being completed. Failure to comply with this section may result in the revocation or suspension of business license. Sec. 18-9-30. Amendments to Chapter 5. Addition to Section 506.1, Key Boxes. “All commercial buildings within the City of Cripple Creek requiring a business license issued by the City of Cripple Creek and all City-owned buildings shall be required to install and maintain a key box in a location as approved by the Fire Code Official. Key boxes shall contain at least one key to the main entrance door to allow rapid entry of emergency services personnel and the fire alarm system key code, if applicable, for purposes of silencing or resetting the fire alarm system. Exception: Commercial occupancies that are staffed 24 hours each day, without exception, with employees that are able to allow the fire department access to all areas of the building, shall not be required to have key boxes installed. Sec. 18-9-40. Amendments to Chapter 9. (a) Addition to Section 901.6.1, Standards: “Inspection, testing and maintenance of automatic sprinkler systems shall be performed by a technician certified at no less than NICET Level II or equivalent.” (b) Add new Section 901.9, Fire Department Connection: “All fire department connections for fire protection systems and standpipes shall be capped with a locking device of the fire department’s specification. Failure to comply with this section may require the complete flushing of the fire sprinkler system at the discretion of the Fire Code Official. (c) Add to Section 903.2, Where required: “All buildings which are classified as historic by the City of Cripple Creek’s Historic Preservation Director, that have existing fire sprinkler systems, shall be required to maintain such system in an operable condition regardless of occupancy or use. Inspection, testing and maintenance
installed in all gaming establishments, existing or new, with an occupant load of 100 or more persons. Where a public address system is required, there shall be installed sufficient loudspeakers in all areas of the building that an evacuation message shall be clearly heard and be intelligible regardless of the maximum noise level produced by equipment and occupants during normal operating conditions of occupancy.”
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(a) Addition to Section 901.6.1, Standards: “Inspection, testing and maintenance of automatic sprinkler systems shall be performed by a technician certified at no less than NICET Level II or equivalent.” (b) Add new Section 901.9, Fire Department Connection: (k) Addition to Section 907.2.1.1, System “All fire department connections for fire Initiation in Group A Occupancies with and protection systems and standpipes shall Occupant Load of 1,000 or more: be capped with a locking device of the fire “Where required by this code or NFPA 72, department’s specification. Failure to comall prerecorded and live evacuation mesTo advertise your publicsages notices 303-566-4100 ply with this section may require the comshall call be conducted in the American plete flushing of the fire sprinkler system English and Spanish languages spoken in at the discretion of the Fire Code Official. an intelligible dialect.” (c) Add to Section 903.2, Where required: “All buildings which are classified as his(l) Addition to Section 907.1 Wiring: toric by the City of Cripple Creek’s Histor“All wiring of alarm system components, ic Preservation Director, that have existwith the exception of AC components, ing fire sprinkler systems, shall be reshall only be performed by installers certiquired to maintain such system in an operfied at Level I by the NICET or equivalent. able condition regardless of occupancy or The job superintendent or equivalent shall use. Inspection, testing and maintenance be certified as at least Level II NICET or of such systems shall meet the provisions equivalent. Only a state-licensed electriset forth in NFPA 25, Standard for the cian shall wire AC fire alarm system comTesting, Inspection and Maintenance of ponents in accordance with the National Water-based Fire Protection Systems.” Electric Code and ICC Electric Code. Ap(d) Addition to Section 903.2.1, Gaming propriate credentials shall be presented to Establishments: the code official prior to the issuance of a “The entire building in which limited gamfire protection systems work permit.” ing is allowed shall be provided with an automatic sprinkler system. Such system Sec. 18-9-50. Amendments to Chapter shall be installed in accordance with 10. NFPA Standard 13. (a) Addition to Section 1011.1, Exit Signs, 1. Sprinkler system contractors shall be Where Required: registered with the State of Colorado and “All establishments, regardless of occube certified to perform maintenance on pancy load, shall have EXIT signs insprinkler systems. All requirements of the stalled at required exits and as necessary, fire suppression program administered by to clearly identify the direction of the mean the Colorado Division of Fire Safety shall of egress and maintained in accordance be satisfied. with the International Building Code.” 2. Sprinkler contractors shall obtain a fire (b) Addition to Section 1023.2, Aisle protection system permit from the Cripple Widths for Gaming Establishments: Creek emergency services prior to per“The requirements for aisles in any room forming any work. used wholly or partially for purposes of 3. Double backflow protection shall be ingaming shall be as follows: spected and tested by a certified backflow inspector. Certification of the test shall be 1. MAIN AISLES. At a minimum there provided to the Fire Code Official. shall be provided and maintained one 4. Tamper switches shall be provided on main aisle to all required exits with a minall control valves. imum unobstructed, clear and continuous 5. Water flow alarms shall be connected to width of 44 inches. an exterior visual and audio alarm and shall be marked as a water flow alarm. 2. CROSS AISLES. All cross aisles shall 6. All tamper slow switches and the lowhave a minimum unobstructed, clear and pressure alarm (if applicable) shall be concontinuous width of 36 inches. In aisles nected to, and monitored by, an Underwhere obstructions such as seating, fixed writer’s Laboratory listed central station or otherwise, are placed, aisle minimum fire alarm monitoring company, regardwidth shall be as follows: less of the size of the system. 7. Automatic sprinkler systems shall be ina. Mobile seating on one side: Aisles spected and maintained by a certified fire width shall be 44 inches measured from suppression system inspector in accordcoin tray to coin tray. ance with NFPA Standard 13 and NFPA b. Mobile seating on both sides: Aisle Standard 25. Evidence of inspection and width shall be 52 inches measured from maintenance shall be supplied by the Fire coin tray to coin tray. Code Official. c. Fixed seating on one side: Aisle width 8. Flushing the system before connecshall 36 inches measured from fixed seat tions made to the backflow valves shall be back to coin tray. inspected by the Fire Code Official or the d. Fixed seating on both sides: Aisle City of Cripple Creek Building Official. width shall be 36 inches measured from Once completed, a second inspection to seat back to seat back. ensure proper connection to the valves e. Combination seating both sides where shall be made by the Fire Code Official of there is fixed seating on one side and mothe City of Cripple Creek Building Official.” bile seating on one side: Aisle width shall (e) Addition to Section 903.2.8, Group R: be 44 inches measured from fixed seat “An automatic sprinkler system installed in back to coin tray.” accordance with section 903.3 shall be provided throughout all buildings with a Sec. 18-9-60. Amendments to Chapter Group R fire area. Exception, Group R-3.” 33. (f) Addition to Section 903.3.1, Standards: Addition to Section 3307.1, Storage of Ex“Sprinkler systems requiring a fire departplosives Prohibited. ment connection shall be fitted with a 5” “Storage of explosives within the city limstortz connection with cap and chain and its of Cripple Creek, Colorado is prohiban appropriate escutcheon. Where reited except as allowed by section 3301 or quired by the code official, a 45-degree elas permitted by the Fire Code Official. bow shall be fitted immediately behind the Temporary storage of explosives shall be stortz connection. allowed by permit from the Fire Code Offi“Fire sprinkler systems shall be designed cial and shall be incompliance with applicby a technician certified at no less than able state and federal regulations. A temlevel III by the National Institute for Certiporary storage permit with an expiration fication in Engineering Technologies date not exceeding 30 days from the date (NICET), or equivalent. Fire sprinkler sysof issuance shall be obtained from Cripple tem plans shall bear a stamp indicating Creek Emergency Services prior to the the designer’s certification level.” storage of any explosive materials. Only (g) Add new Section 903.7, Sprinklers in persons holding a valid and current exElevator Hoist Ways/Shafts and Equipplosives permit issued by the State of Colment Rooms: orado may request a temporary storage permit.” “When elevator hoist ways/shafts and equipment rooms are constructed of nonPASSED ON THE FIRST READING AND combustible materials and combustible ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 16th DAY hydraulic materials are not used and conOF APRIL, 2014. struction meets the requirements of ASME A17.1, sprinklers shall be omitted at the Debra Blevins, City Clerk top of the hoist way/shaft and the equipment room. In addition to this requirePASSED ON SECOND READING AND ment, only detection shall be provided in ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS conjunction with the fire alarm system and DAY OF , 2014. heat detection designed for use with electrical shunt trip shall be omitted.” Approved: (h) Addition to Section 907.1.3, Fire Alarm Bruce Brown, Mayor Graphic Enunciator: Attest: “Where required by section 907 of the IFC Debra Blevins, City Clerk and where required by the International Approved as to form: Building Code, all fire alarm systems shall Herbert C. Phillips, City Attorney have at least on graphic enunciator panel with LED indicators with 20 linear feet of Legal Notice No.: 933390 the main building entrance. An ‘as-built’ First Publication: April 30, 2014 floor plan shall be used to accurately repLast Publication: May 7, 2014 resent all floors of the building and LED inPublisher: Pikes Peak Courier dicator lights shall be used to indicate the initiation device(s) that have activated the alarm system. A compass rose or similar notation shall be used to orient the graphPublic Notice ic to true north. The size of the panel will vary depending on the size of the building; ORDINANCE NO. 2014-03 however, the minimum size shall be no A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDless than 250 square inches. The graphic ING SECTION 7-6-10 OF THE MUNICIPrepresenting the floor plan of the building AL CODE OF THE CITY OF CRIPPLE shall be drawn using white with a stroke of CREEK RELATING TO LIVESTOCK no less than 1/16 inch. Labeling indicating RUNNING AT LARGE the floor level or other pertinent information shall be block lettering measuring no BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNless than ½ inch in height with a white CIL OF THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK, stroke of no less than 5/64 inch. LED inCOLORADO, THAT: dicator lights shall be no less than 1/8 inch in diameter.” Section 7-6-10 of the Municipal Code of the City of Cripple Creek is hereby (i) Add new Section 907.4, Elevator Reamended to read as follows: quirements: “When elevator hoist ways/shafts and Sec. 7-6-10. Livestock running at large. equipment rooms meet requirements of (a) It is unlawful for the owner, possessor ASME A17.1, sprinkler heads shall be or keeper of any horses, cattle swine, eliminated in the hoist way/shaft and the sheep, goats, geese and other livestock to equipment room. Therefore, shunt trips permit such livestock to run at large within shall not be used to disconnect power to the City limits. Livestock is deemed to be the elevator. Smoke detection shall be rerunning at large within the City when off or quired in hoist ways/shafts and equipaway from the premises where owned or ment rooms and will flash a red light in the where it belongs, and beyond the immedielevator car indicating smoke detection in ate physical control and supervision of the those areas during firefighter operation of person who has authority over the same. the elevator car.” (b) THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) NOTWITHSTANDING, NOT MORE (j) Addition to Section 907.21, Gaming EsTHAN TWENTY (20) DONKEYS OWNED, tablishments: POSSESSED OR IN THE KEEPING OF “An approved manual and automatic fire THE TWO MILE HIGH CLUB, OR ANY detection system shall be installed SUCCESSOR OF THE TWO MILE HIGH throughout any building containing a gamCLUB, MAY BE ALLOWED TO RUN AT ing establishment when the building conLARGE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF tains two or more stories, the aggregate THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK DURfloor area on any story exceeds 5000 ING THE PERIOD COMMENCING APRIL square feet, or when any of the building is 15 AND ENDING OCTOBER 15 OF classified as a Group R occupancy, or EACH YEAR, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, when otherwise required by the IFC. THAT NO UNALTERED JACK MAY RUN AT LARGE WITHIN TH E CITY OF A public address system to provide live CRIPPLE CREEK. evacuation or other instructions shall be (c) Any and all persons convicted under installed in all gaming establishments, exthis Section shall be fined in accordance isting or new, with an occupant load of with the provisions of Section 1-4-20 of 100 or more persons. Where a public adthis Code. dress system is required, there shall be installed sufficient loudspeakers in all areas PASSED ON THE FIRST READING AND of the building that an evacuation mesORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 16TH DAY sage shall be clearly heard and be intelliOF APRIL, 2014. gible regardless of the maximum noise level produced by equipment and occuDebra Blevins, City Clerk pants during normal operating conditions of occupancy.” PASSED ON SECOND READING AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS (k) Addition to Section 907.2.1.1, System DAY OF , 2014. Initiation in Group A Occupancies with and Occupant Load of 1,000 or more: Approved: “Where required by this code or NFPA 72, Bruce Brown, Mayor all prerecorded and live evacuation mesAttest: sages shall be conducted in the American Debra Blevins, City Clerk English and Spanish languages spoken in Approved as to form: an intelligible dialect.” Herbert C. Phillips, City Attorney (l) Addition to Section 907.1 Wiring: Legal Notice No.: 933391 “All wiring of alarm system components, First Publication: April 30, 2014 with the exception of AC components, Last Publication: May 7, 2014 shall only be performed by installers certiPublisher: Pikes Peak Courier fied at Level I by the NICET or equivalent. The job superintendent or equivalent shall be certified as at least Level II NICET or
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family structures. (A) 21 single 8. ORDINANCES ON INITIAL POSTING:
A. Consider Ordinance No.1215 vacating the portion of Aspen Street between Lot 12, Block 9 and Lot 4, Block 16 Green's Addition to Manitou Park (now Woodland Park), Teller County Colorado on initial posting and set the Public Hearing for May 15, 2014. (QJ) 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Parnell A. Approve Ordinance No. 1213 for a Conditional Use Permit to allow for residential use of the property located at 107 Sundial Drive, legally described as Lot 2, Matthews Subdivision within the Neighborhood Commercial Zone District. for stretching and standing yoga poses (QJ) through Saturday, June 28. Consider using ronmental and ecological health into the Parnell B. Approve Ordinance No. 1214 for all levels. The hike will concentrate on for this program getforsome fresh air, enjoy a mission of public parks and public lands. a Conditional Useto Permit an Arby's to allow for a fast food restaurA walk in the woods has measurable stretching leg muscles while opening hips Restaurant beautiful area and build a atyoga practice. ant with a drive-through window located Florissant Fossil Beds National Monu407 E. Highway legally Health described program as benefits for brain and body. Try a hike and shoulders. Participants are asked to Lots Hikes for24,Your will be ment is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The 1 - 4, Block 9, Bergstrom Addition within in the Community Commercial with a trained yogi at Florissant Fossil wear comfortable clothes that allow for Replat offered partnership with Florissant entrance fee for the park is $3 per adult, Zone District. (QJ) Beds National Monument. Many hik- a wide range of movement, comfortable Riley Fossil Beds Ordinance National the TellC. Approve No. Monument, 1212 ac16 years or older, or free with one of the a permanent public improvement ers suffer from tight hamstrings, calf and flexible soled shoes and bring a water bot- cepting er County Community Partnership Fameasement and temporary construction easement granted tot he City of Woodquad muscles, while many yoga practitio- tle. A mat will not be necessary for these land ily Resource Center, and the Friends of the many federal land passes. Park by Peoples National Bank, a For more information, call the MonuNational Association for roadway improveners could use more aerobic condition- hikes. Florissant Fossil Beds. This hiking proments to add an eastbound, right-turn lane ment at (719) 748-3253, Ext. 122 or 202 or ing. These hikes will help with both. Hikes will be Wednesday and Saturday togram is part of the National Park Service’s US Hwy 24 at Sheridan Avenue. (A) D. Approve Ordinance 1196 for a visit the website at http://www.nps.gov/ The hike will be at a moderate pace for at 9 a.m. and last for one to 1.5 hours start- Riley Healthy Parks, Healthy People US initiaConditional Use Permit, Special Use Perandworking Site Plan Review as requested by human, envione to 1.5 miles with intermittent stops ing Wednesday, May 21, and continuing mit tive to reintegrate flfo. the owner of Teller County Waste, Jay Baker. (QJ) (To be tabled to July 17, 2014.) 10. NEW BUSINESS: Riley A. Consider a development agreement between the City of Woodland Park PUBLIC NOTICE and Woodland Park Associates, LLC to The editor welcomes signed lettersAdvertisement on most any subject. Please limit letters to 300 words. Wecomplete reservethe theconstruction right to edit legality, clarity, civility and the paper’s capacity. Only submisof thefor eastfor Bids bound right turn lane on US Hwy 24 at the Public Notice Forest Glen number Sports Association sions with name, address and telephone will run. Sheridan Avenue Intersection. (A) 845 Forest Glen Trail 11. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT BOARD OF COUNTY Florissant, CO 80816 ON THE AGENDA. MaiL, e-MaiL COMMISSIONERS 12. REPORTS: REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Separate sealed Bids for the construction or fax to: (Public comment not necessary.) Thursday, May 8, 2014 of (briefly describe nature, scope, and maA. Mayor’s Report. TELLER COUNTY CENTENNIAL jor elements of the Work) Colorado Community Newspapers, P.O. Box 340, Woodland Park, CO 80866 B. Council Reports. BUILDING PUBLIC NOTICE C. City Attorney’s Report. rcarrigan@coloradocommunitymedia.com, 719-687-3009 112 North A Street, Construction of a new treatment facilD. City Manager’s and Department ReCripple Creek, CO ity including foundation, building, inCity of Woodland Park ports: Commissioners' Meeting Room terior piping, electrical, HVAC, driveCITY COUNCIL AGENDA Fleer 1. Combined report of Economic way access, installation of a new water May 1, 2014 * 7:00 PM and Downtown Development and Main 1. 9:15 a.m.: Convene in regular session storage tank and associated piping, reStreet update. (A) - Invocation location of existing pumping equip1. CALL TO ORDER. Public Notice 13. COMMENTS ON WRITTEN - Pledge of Allegiance ment, site grading, installation of ap2. ROLL CALL. CORRESPONDENCE. Minutes of Previous Meetings proximately 7,700 LF of 4” water main, 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE (Public comment not necessary.) - Accounts Payable boring approximately 600 LF of 4” waTurley A. Proclamation of Arbor Day. (A) TOWN GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS, 14. ADJOURNMENT. - Board Reports terline, installation of approximately Morse B. Appointments to the Parks and COLORADO WILL HOLD A PUBLIC ** Per Resolution No. 90, Series 1982. - Elected Official's Report 2670 LF of ¾” service line, replaceRecreation Advisory Board. (A) HEARING ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 - Administrator's Report Morse C. Appointments to the Utility Adment of 49 meters, meter pits and rePublic Notice AT 7:00 P.M. TO RECEIVE PUBLIC IN(A) Administrative 2. 9:25 a.m.: Time reserved for Departvisory Committee. (A) mote readers, installation of 1,100 LF of PUT ON ORDINANCE 03-2014 AT THE (QJ) Quasi-Judicial ment Heads and Public without an ap5. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS 2” water line, demolition of existing TELLER COUNTY PLANNING TOWN HALL, 10605 GREEN MOUN(L) Legislative pointment. OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA. building and restoration of existing COMMISSION AGENDA TAIN FALLS ROAD, UNIT A. 3. 9:35 a.m.: Employee Service Awards (Public comment not necessary.) site, soils testing, concrete testing, Regular Meeting Legal Notice No.: 933401 4.: 9:40 a.m.: CDSD-Planning: Consider 6. CONSENT CALENDAR: pressure testing. 7:00 p.m., May 13, 2014 AN ORDINANCE RESCINDING First Publication: April 30, 2014 application for a special use permit by (Public comment may be heard.) City of Woodland Park ORDINANCE 03-2013 Last Publication: April 30, 2014 Quaker Ridge Camp. Morse A. Approve minutes of April 17, Will be received by Forest Glen Sports AsCouncil Chambers Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier 5.: 10:00 a.m.: CDSD-Building Dept.: 2014 Regular Meeting. (A) sociation at the office of JDS-Hydro Con220 W. South Avenue, WHEREAS, the Town Board of Trustees Consider approval of recommended 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: sultants, Inc. until 2:00 pm, May 29th, Woodland Park, CO previously adopted Ordinance amendments to the following Articles, (Public comment may be heard.) 2014, and then at said office publicly No. 03-2013; and Public Notice Sections and Paragraphs of the Teller Riley A. Report on Building Code requireopened and read aloud. I. Order and Roll Call County Building Code: II. Review and Approve Minutes – ments for accessory dwelling units as WHEREAS, the Town Board of Trustees WOODLAND PARK PLANNING - Article II: Add to and amend Sec. 105.g April 8, 2014 single family structures. (A) The Contract Documents may be exreceived a petition for referendum for COMMISSION Mechanical Contractor III. Consider a request by Mary and 8. ORDINANCES ON INITIAL POSTING: amined at the following location(s): Ordinance 03-2013. WOODLAND PARK CITY HALL - Article III: Sec. R313, add Sec. R313.2 Mike Wright (Applicant & Property OwnA. Consider Ordinance No.1215 vacating JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. and the COUNCIL CHAMBERS Design & Installation er) for a Special Review Use Permit for a the portion of Aspen Street between Lot Dodge Report NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED 220 W. SOUTH AVENUE, - Article III: Add Sec. R315, amend Sec. “Campgrounds or Recreational Vehicle 12, Block 9 and Lot 4, Block 16 Green's BY THE TOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOODLAND PARK, CO R315.1 Park” special use in the Agricultural (A-1) Addition to Manitou Park (now Woodland Copies of the Contract Documents may be OF THE TOWN OF GREEN MOUNTAIN REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Article III: Sec. R502, add the following zone and Campground (CG) obsolete Park), Teller County Colorado on initial obtained at the Issuing Office, JDS-Hydro FALLS: MAY 8, 2014 –7:00 PM words to the Teller County Building Code: zone on ±9.96 acres described as Govposting and set the Public Hearing for May Consultants, Inc., located at 545 E. Pikes 1. Ordinance 03-2013 is hereby rescinSec. R502.2.2.3 delete entire section ernment Lots 6 and 43 in Section 33, 15, 2014. (QJ) Peak Ave, Ste 300 Colorado Springs, CO ded. I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Article III: Sec. R905, add and amend 80903 upon payment of $60 for each set. Township 14 South, Range 69 West of the 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2. Severability. If any article, section, paraII. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Sec. R905.7.3.1 6th P.M. with a concurrent zone change Parnell A. Approve Ordinance No. 1213 graph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Article III: Sec. R301.5, delete entire Legal Notice No.: 933396 from CG to A-1 for Government Lot 6, for a Conditional Use Permit to allow for Ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or OF PREVIOUS MEETING section First Publication: April 24, 2014 Section 33, Township 14 South, Range 69 residential use of the property located at invalid for any reason such decision shall Minutes of the regular meeting April 24, - Article VIII: Amend #6 Manufactured Last Publication: April 30, 2014 West of the 6th P.M., Teller County, CO 107 Sundial Drive, legally described as not affect the validity or constitutionality of 2014 (A) Home Installation Code Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier (12458 South State Highway 67) Lot 2, Matthews Subdivision within the the remaining portions of this Ordinance. IV. REQUESTS AND/OR PUBLIC RECESS AS TELLER COUNTY BOARD IV. Other Items Neighborhood Commercial Zone District. The Board of Trustees hereby declares HEARINGS PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A. Notice of Interior Lot Line Vacation (QJ) that it would have passed this ordinance A. Consider an Ordinance amending CONVENE AS TELLER COUNTY Decisions Parnell B. Approve Ordinance No. 1214 and each part or parts thereof irrespective Chapter 18.09 of the Woodland Park MuB O A R D O F H E A L T H City of Woodland Park 1. Cox – Lots 126, 127A, 145, 146, for a Conditional Use Permit for an Arby's of the fact that any one part or parts be nicipal Code to allow for single-family or 6. 10:20 a.m.: Environmental Health: ConHistorical Preservation Committee Restaurant to allow for a fast food restaurBlock 11, Sherwood Forest Estates 2 declared unconstitutional or invalid. two-family residences as a permitted use sider request for a variance to ISDS ReguMonday, May 5, 2014 – 3:30 PM ant with a drive-through window located at 2. Hill – Lots 1416, 1421, Colorado 3. Repeal. Existing ordinances or parts of in the Neighborhood Commercial, Comlations for 31 Wahsatch Road. City Hall – Ground Floor 407 E. Highway 24, legally described as Mountain Estates 10 ordinances covering the same matters munity Commercial, Service Commercial, ADJOURN AS TELLER COUNTY BOARD Conference Room Lots 1 - 4, Block 9, Bergstrom Addition 3. Debane – Lots 46, 47, 48, Cripple embraced in this ordinance are hereby reCentral Business District and Heavy SerOF HEALTH Agenda Replat within the Community Commercial Creek Mountain Estates 22 pealed and all ordinances or parts of orvice Commercial/Light Industrial Zone DisRECONVENE AS TELLER COUNTY Zone District. (QJ) 4. Hasse /Johnson – Lots 4, 5, dinances inconsistent with the provisions tricts. (L) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Riley C. Approve Ordinance No. 1212 acColorado Mountain Estates 2 of this ordinance are hereby repealed exV. REPORTS 2. Approval of Minutes cepting a permanent public improvement 5. Snell – Lot 1646, 1647, Colorado cept that this repeal shall not affect or preA. Chairman’s Report Commissioners Business Items: from April 7, 2014 easement and temporary construction Mountain Estates 8 vent the prosecution or punishment of any B. Commissioners’ Reports 3. Public Hearings None Sheryl Decker, County Administrator easement granted tot he City of Wood6. Davis and Marquardt-Christensen – person for any act done or committed in C. Planning Director’s Report 4. Committee Business Legal Matters: Chris Brandt, land Park by Peoples National Bank, a Lots 14, 23, Tranquil Acres 1 violation of any ordinance hereby reVI. WORK SESSION a. Main Street/Creative Arts Programs County Attorney National Association for roadway improveB. Next Meeting: June 10, 2014 pealed prior to the effective date of this orA. Discussion regarding update of City of b. Cowhand Mural V. Adjourn ments to add an eastbound, right-turn lane dinance. Woodland Park Comprehensive Plan c. SHF Reconnaissance Survey Grant Adjournment to US Hwy 24 at Sheridan Avenue. (A) Action Items. (L) d. Landmark Plaques Legal Notice No.: 933392 Riley D. Approve Ordinance 1196 for a INTRODUCED AND PASSED AT A VII. DISCUSSION AND COMMENT e. Comp Plan Action Items Update The implementation, modification, rescisFirst Publication: April 30, 2014 Conditional Use Permit, Special Use PerREGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD VIII. ADJOURNMENT 5. Reports: sion, or amendment of a restriction on Last Publication: April 30, 2014 mit and Site Plan Review as requested by OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN GREEN a. Committee Members’ Reports open burning in Teller County may be adPublisher: Pikes Peak Courier the owner of Teller County Waste, Jay MOUNTAIN FALLS ON THIS 15TH DAY (A) Administrative Action b. Council Member Liaison’s Report ded to the Agenda of, and considered at, Baker. (QJ) (To be tabled to July 17, OF APRIL, 2014. (QJ) Quasi-Judicial Action c. Planning Director’s Report this meeting. If possible, an Amended 2014.) PUBLIC NOTICE (L) Legislative 6. Public Comment on Items Agenda adding that item will be posted, 10. NEW BUSINESS: ATTEST: TOWN OF GREEN MOUNTAIN Not on the Agenda and placed on the Teller County website, Riley A. Consider a development agreeFALLS, COLORADO Advertisement for Bids Legal Notice No.: 933404 7. Adjournment at least 24 hours before the meeting. ment between the City of Woodland Park BY: Lorrie Worthey, Mayor Forest Glen Sports Association First Publication: April 30, 2014 and Woodland Park Associates, LLC to Chris Frandina, Town Clerk 845 Forest Glen Trail Last Publication: April 30, 2014 Legal Notice No.: 933402 Appointments may vary by 15 minutes complete the construction of the eastFlorissant, CO 80816 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier earlier or later than scheduled depending First Publication: April 30, 2014 bound right turn lane on US Hwy 24 at the PASSED AND ADOPTED ON A SECOND upon cancellations and time required for Last Publication: April 30, 2014 Sheridan Avenue Intersection. (A) READING THIS 6TH DAY OF MAY, 2014. Separate sealed Bids for the construction Public Notice review and/or consideration of an agenda Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier 11. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT of (briefly describe nature, scope, and maitem. ON THE AGENDA. ATTEST: TOWN OF GREEN MOUNTAIN jor elements of the Work) BOARD OF COUNTY 12. REPORTS: FALLS,COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE COMMISSIONERS Legal Notice No.: 933403 (Public comment not necessary.) BY: Lorrie Worthey, Mayor Construction of a new treatment facilREGULAR MEETING AGENDA First Publication: April 30, 2014 A. Mayor’s Report. Chris Frandina, Town Clerk ity including foundation, building, inCity of Woodland Park Thursday, May 8, 2014 Last Publication: April 30, 2014 B. Council Reports. terior piping, electrical, HVAC, driveCITY COUNCIL AGENDA TELLER COUNTY CENTENNIAL Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier C. City Attorney’s Report. Legal Notice No.: 933405 way access, installation of a new water May 1, 2014 * 7:00 PM BUILDING D. City Manager’s and Department ReFirst Publication: April 30, 2014 storage tank and associated piping, re112 North A Street, ports: Last Publication: April 30, 2014 location of existing pumping equip1. CALL TO ORDER. Public Notice Cripple Creek, CO Fleer 1. Combined report of Economic Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier ment, site grading, installation of ap2. ROLL CALL. Commissioners' Meeting Room and Downtown Development and Main proximately 7,700 LF of 4” water main, 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE Street update. (A) boring approximately 600 LF of 4” waTurley A. Proclamation of Arbor Day. (A) TOWN GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS, 1. 9:15 a.m.: Convene in regular session 13. COMMENTS ON WRITTEN terline, installation of approximately Morse B. Appointments to the Parks and COLORADO WILL HOLD A PUBLIC - Invocation CORRESPONDENCE. 2670 LF of ¾” service line, replaceRecreation Advisory Board. (A) HEARING ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 - Pledge of Allegiance (Public comment not necessary.) Morse C. Appointments to the Utility Adment of 49 meters, meter pits and reAT 7:00 P.M. TO RECEIVE PUBLIC IN- Minutes of Previous Meetings 14. ADJOURNMENT. visory Committee. (A) mote readers, installation of 1,100 LF of PUT ON ORDINANCE 03-2014 AT THE Accounts Payable ** Per Resolution No. 90, Series 1982. 5. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS 2” water line, demolition of existing TOWN HALL, 10605 GREEN MOUN- Board Reports OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA. building and restoration of existing TAIN FALLS ROAD, UNIT A. - Elected Official's Report (A) Administrative (Public comment not necessary.) site, soils testing, concrete testing, Administrator's Report (QJ) Quasi-Judicial 6. CONSENT CALENDAR: pressure testing. AN ORDINANCE RESCINDING 2. 9:25 a.m.: Time reserved for Depart(L) Legislative (Public comment may be heard.) ORDINANCE 03-2013 ment Heads and Public without an apMorse A. Approve minutes of April 17, Will be received by Forest Glen Sports Aspointment. Legal Notice No.: 933401 2014 Regular Meeting. (A) sociation at the office of JDS-Hydro ConWHEREAS, the Town Board of Trustees 3. 9:35 a.m.: Employee Service Awards First Publication: April 30, 2014 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: sultants, Inc. until 2:00 pm, May 29th, previously adopted Ordinance 4.: 9:40 a.m.: CDSD-Planning: Consider Last Publication: April 30, 2014 (Public comment may be heard.) 2014, and then at said office publicly No. 03-2013; and application for a special use permit by Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Riley A. Report on Building Code requireopened and read aloud. Quaker Ridge Camp. Public Notice ments for accessory dwelling units as WHEREAS, the Town Board of Trustees 5.: 10:00 a.m.: CDSD-Building Dept.: City of Victor Payments for March single family 2014 structures. (A) The Contract Documents may be exreceived a petition for referendum for Consider approval of recommended 8. ORDINANCES ON INITIAL POSTING: amined at the following location(s): Ordinance 03-2013. Teller County Waste 400.00 Vendor.Name Check.Amt amendments to the following Articles, A. Consider Ordinance No.1215 vacating JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. and the Titan Machinery 674.89 Sections and Paragraphs of the Teller the portion of Aspen Street between Lot Dodge Report NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED County Building Code: Cloud Services 99.00 USA Bluebook 783.38 12, Block 9 and Lot 4, Block 16 Green's BY THE TOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Article II: Add to and amend Sec. 105.g Bank ACH FeeContract Documents may 35.00be Velocity Constructors Inc. 23398.73 Addition to Manitou Park (now Woodland Copies of the OF THE TOWN OF GREEN MOUNTAIN Mechanical Contractor Zirkle Studios Incoming at Wire CWRPDA 10.00 Park), Teller County Colorado725.00 on initial obtained theFee Issuing Office, JDS-Hydro FALLS: Article III: Sec. R313, add Sec. R313.2 The Dependables 840.00 Amazon City Hall Router 197.99 posting and set the Public Hearing for May Consultants, Inc., located at 545 E. Pikes 1. Ordinance 03-2013 is hereby rescinDesign & Installation Payroll 10479.48 Bronco Billy’s 63.90 15, 2014. (QJ) Peak Ave, Ste 300 Colorado Springs, CO ded. - Article III: Add Sec. R315, amend Sec. Aflac 33.00 Colorado Municipal league 302.00 80903 upon payment of $60 for each set. 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2. Severability. If any article, section, paraR315.1 Colorado Of Ordinance Revenue 1032.00 Colorado Municipal league 302.00 Parnell Department A. Approve No. 1213 graph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this - Article III: Sec. R502, add the following LogMeln 99.00 Delta of Colorado Legal Notice No.: 933396 for aDental Conditional Use Permit to384.89 allow for Ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or words to the Teller County Building Code: VistaPublication: Print 53.99 Orchard Trustuse Company, 69.24 at First April 24, 2014 residential of theLie property located invalid for any reason such decision shall Sec. R502.2.2.3 delete entire section United Healthcare 8433.72 as VistaPublication: Print 53.99 Last April 30, 2014 107 Sundial Drive, legally described not affect the validity or constitutionality of - Article III: Sec. R905, add and amend CBeyond Vista Print Pikes Peak Courier 3.75 Publisher: Lot 2, Matthews Subdivision 1935.56 within the the remaining portions of this Ordinance. Sec. R905.7.3.1 Century Link Vista Print 29.99 Neighborhood Commercial Zone63.92 District. The Board of Trustees hereby declares Article III: Sec. R301.5, delete entire Colorado Natural Gas 2714.17 Payroll 10468.39 (QJ) that it would have passed this ordinance section Orchard Trust Company, Lie 69.24 The Mountain Jackpot Ordinance 175.00 Parnell B. Approve No. 1214 and each part or parts thereof irrespective - Article VIII: Amend #6 Manufactured Beaty, Larry 600.00 Dirt for Cheap a Conditional Use Permit for 400.00 an Arby's of the fact that any one part or parts be Home Installation Code Davis, Bruce 400.00 Business Ink to allow for a fast food 238.30 Restaurant restaurdeclared unconstitutional invalid. Every day, the or government makes decisions that can affect RECESS AS TELLER COUNTY BOARD Hakes, Byron L 600.00 Colorado Media window located 26.20 at ant with Community a drive-through 3. Repeal. Existing ordinances or parts of OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS your covering life. 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City of Cripple Creek 11916.45 Office Depot Credit Plan 131.96 cepting a permanent public improvement cept that this repeal shallhave not affect or preGovernments relied on newspapers like this one to publish ADJOURN AS TELLER COUNTY BOARD Claim Jumper 77.86 Quill 106.47 easement and temporary construction vent the prosecution or punishment of any OF HEALTH public notices since the birth of the nation. Local newspapers CML Publications 72.00 SGS North America Inc.tot he City 217.25 easement granted of Woodperson for any act done or committed in RECONVENE AS TELLER COUNTY remain theordinance most trusted source of public notice information. 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Consider a development agreeFALLS, COLORADO PITE Creative 750.00 open burning in Teller County may be adLegal Notice No.: 933400 ment between the City of Woodland Park BY: Lorrie Worthey, Mayor Quill 65.76 ded to the Agenda of, and considered at, and Publication: Woodland April Park 30, Associates, LLC to First 2014 Chris Frandina, Town Clerk Sam’s Club BRC/PlCC 45.00 this meeting. If possible, an Amended complete the construction Last Publication: April 30, 2014of the eastTaylor Fence Company 28.54 Agenda adding that item will be posted, bound right turn lane on US Hwy 24 at the PASSED AND ADOPTED ON A SECOND Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier TDS 320.00 and placed on the Teller County website, Sheridan Avenue Intersection. (A) READING THIS 6TH DAY OF MAY, 2014. at least 24 hours before the meeting. 11. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. ATTEST: TOWN OF GREEN MOUNTAIN Appointments may vary by 15 minutes 12. 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Laureen Murray, director of the school-based health center, leads a discussion about how to keep kids engaged in the community. The discussions were part of the Voices of the Future event hosted by Gold Belt Communities Build a Generation April 18 at the Cripple Creek Heritage Center. Photo by Pat Hill
Residents engage in visioning By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com The weather in southern Teller County is an asset. So are the strong relationships, activities at the recreation center and community spirit at the Aspen Mine Center. Oh, and the donkeys roaming around Cripple Creek are a definite distinction. On the other hand, the abuse of alcohol and tobacco are far-reaching and debilitating. In a penetrating look at their communities, more than 80 residents critiqued the good, the bad and the ugly in roundtable discussions April 18 at the Cripple Creek Heritage Center. With the title “Voices of the Future,” the exercise was both an expression of
gratitude and a wish list for making things better. “We’re trying to build relationships,” said Lisa Noble, coordinator of Gold Belt Communities Build a Generation, which sponsored the event. “Have fun and be kind to each other.” In a discussion facilitated by Connie Dodrill, director of Cripple Creek Park and Recreation, the group listed positives such as the Butte Theatre, the school-based health clinic, contributions by the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Co., Head Start for children and a liaison to the city for homeless students. But the negatives, highlighted in a discussion facilitated by Brenda Mayfield, RN, with public health, are glaring. For instance, the use of drugs and alcohol by the youth puts a strain on the county’s Department of Social Services. In many cases, grandparents as-
sume the responsibility of raising children. The residents lamented the increase in crime because of the abuse of substances, which, in turn, affects the user’s ability to hold a job while fostering dependence on the welfare system. Substance abuse also affects a parent’s ability to raise children responsibly and, in many cases, inhibits a child’s ability to cope with problems in a healthy manner. Children whose parents are not involved, or don’t take an interest in them, feel that nobody cares about them, said one member of the group. Some felt that today’s kids don’t have the strength to pull themselves out of the drug/alcohol cycle. In the discussion facilitated by Laureen Murray, director of the schoolbased health clinic, the residents listed the difficulties
of raising and keeping kids in town after they graduate: • Employment opportunities are limited, excluding CC & V, the RE-1 School District and the casinos • Economic development is lacking • There are no technical programs • There is nothing for kids to do To counteract the negatives, the residents put forth ideas to make the community more exciting for the younger generation: • Initiate games such as paint ball, laser tag, gymkhanas, after-school and hiking clubs • Create business opportunities for kids with a summer greenhouse project • Create a beautification project as a business opportunity, with buy-in from the community • Get kids interested in history, as part of a drive to
increase tourism • Fund a large bowling alley • Offer better transportation • Offer a technical vocation program On another issue, Mark Platten, executive director of the Colorado State University extension office, asked his group why more parents don’t get involved in the school and why fewer people volunteer in the community: The responses were varied, some indicating a strained relationship with the RE-1 School District: • Parents don’t feel they have a voice • Parents are uninformed about their children’s progress in school • Schools do not hold parents accountable for their children’s poor grades or study habits • Parents blame teachers for their children’s poor
performance • Parents are too tired after working all day to be involved or volunteer • There are no parentteacher organizations to spur involvement • In rural communities, many parents live on the outskirts, don’t feel a sense of community In addition to citing negatives, the group suggested ideas that might spur volunteering: • Initiate better communication so that people know what’s going on and where they are needed • Ask people to volunteer • Host a communitypride day The group took a break for lunch, catered by the Gold Camp Bakery in Victor , and resumed the exercise in the afternoon.
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Peak Life/Radiant church gets makeover By Pat Hill phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com For Peak Life/Radiant Church in Woodland Park, Earth Day brought landscaping gifts and volunteer laborers. Dozens of people from six landscaping companies in Colorado Springs showed up at the church April 22 to move dirt, plant trees, build a flagstone walkway and intercede in drainage issues. Dustin Hamilton, co-owner of Sunflower Landscapes, designed and worked on the project. The companies are members of the Southern Chapter of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. The project is part of the Professional Landcare Network’s 2014 National Day of Service. “This is a huge blessing for us,” said Pastor Ken Hellmer. The landscape project is the second blessing for the congregation, which struggled financially, until the church became a campus of the Radiant Church, which is based in Colorado Springs. The location, two buildings at 201 N. Boundary, has a history in Woodland Park. Opening in the cabin as the Assemblies of God church in 1936, the church expanded to the adjacent building in
Six landscape companies from Colorado Springs donated materials and provided labor for the Earth Day project at Peak Life/Radiant Church in Woodland Park. Photo by Pat Hill 1940. In 1969, the church was known as the Woodland Park Assemblies of God. Recently, the church either leased
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687-6941
As Always Free Estimates References
WE HAUL
PREP - PLACE - FINISH Driveways, Patios, Walkways Also Demo and Removal
Call Paul 719-200-6754
Need A Dumpster? Free Labor Slash Removal Fire Mitigation Demolition Hot Tub Removal
Home Property & Business Clean UP Save money on roof tearoffs. We recycle shingles.
Call Bob 719-748-8381
Home Improvement
DS Quality Trades, Inc.
Drywall Banister Drywall 40 years exp. No job too small Licensed/Insured
(719)310-5380
Licensed & Insured!
719-687-4122 Roofing/Gutters
Call (719)494-7326
Hauling Service
CONCRETE
Repair, Remodel Boiler Service
winterize • FrOzen PiPeS Handyman
For all of your cleaning needs!
C.W’s Plumbing
Carpentry, Carpet Cleaning, Decks, Drywall/Patching, Electrical, Fences, Hot Water Heaters, Painting, Plumbing, Stairs, Tile, Water Restoration
719.659.2935
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719-210-9235
Roof Leaking? Call now! 687-9645 Complete Roofing Service Serving the community for 48 years www.woodlandroofing.com
WOODLAND ROOFING COMPANY Storage WOODLAND PARK U-STORE-IT 5 locations within city limits Huge Move-in Special & Free Circular Lock Carter Realty Property Mgmt. 719-687-9274 • 303 E. Hwy. 24