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Bull riders charge into Monument Bull riding competition to take place on the Fourth of July By Lisa Collacott

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One owner polishes his 1937 Ford while an admirer checks out the vintage car. It was one of the many cars on display last year at the Tri-Lakes Cruisers benefit car show. Please see more photos and story, page 9. File photo by Lisa Collacott

The town of Monument is the place to be to celebrate the Fourth of July this summer. The annual parade and street fair is always a draw to historic downtown Monument and this year the fireworks will take place at Monument Lake. New this year to the events will be the Monument Bull Bash. TNT Events will host the first bull riding competition that will take place in the afternoon. Ty and Nancy Rinaldo, who grew up competing in rodeos, went before the Monument board of trustees at the May 20 board meeting to talk about their plans for the bull riding competition and seek approval to host the event. There will be 20 riders at the Monument Bull Bash with the top five going on to the finals. The Rinaldo’s raise their own bulls which they take to professional bull riding events all over the country. They recently hosted a bull riding event in Castle Rock in February. “Similar to the one in Castle Rock we plan to have a nice military appreciation. We feel very strongly about the military and their service,” Nancy Rinaldo said. The Rinaldo’s will bring a portable arena and said it’s the same type of arena the professional bull riders use. The location for the bull riding competition will be on the empty lot east of Grace Best Elementary School and west of Beacon Lite Road, south of the former Pankratz Studio. Ty Rinaldo said they will not sell any food or beverages. He said they are okay with people bringing food into their location but will prohibit any alcohol. In addition to the bull fighting the Rinaldo’s will also have two floats in the parade.

Committee for Palmer Lake seeking ideas, members The Awake the Lake committee needs citizens to take an active role in helping to fill lake, raising funds By Lisa Collacott

lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com The Awake the Lake committee in Palmer Lake needs more members and is hoping others step up to serve on sub committees to help with the effort to find ways to fill the lake and keep it

filled. At a committee meeting on May 21, Jeff Hulsmann, owner of O’Malley’s and active member of the board, told those in attendance that people need to take active roles. He said there are two ways to be active and that is to form committees where people can get together and try to find solutions and to join the Awake the Lake board. Hulsmann said that the current condition of the lake is the worst it has ever looked and it is going to take a lot of money to fill it. “Let’s find a way to fill the lake

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and keep it full,” Hulsmann said. Hulsmann briefly talked about the water level of the lake, possible sources of where water can come from, hiring consultants and current fundraising efforts. He explained that Palmer Lake is a water table lake and is spring fed. There is an alluvial fan which is a deposit of sediment that is built up by streams. He said what most likely happened, centuries ago, was that water came down from the mountains into the streams but over time erosion covered those streams and now they’re underground streams. Lake continues on Page 7

Palmer Lake has dried up due to the drought and lack of snowfall. The Awake the Lake committee, which was formed several years ago to restore the lake, is hoping citizens step-up with ideas to fill the lake and keep it full, serve on committees and help with fundraising eﬀorts. Photo by Lisa Collacott

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Tri-Lakes cadet reflects on four years at the academy The 2009 LPHS grad enjoyed his education at the Air Force Academy, will leave for pilot training in a few months By Lisa Collacott

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On May 29 Cadet First Class William LaRivee will join more than 1,000 other cadets as their four years at the United States Air Force Academy comes to an end and they receive their hard-earned diplomas and become officers. For LaRivee graduation is bittersweet. He has thoroughly enjoyed his time at the academy but is looking forward to what his future holds. “I’m excited,” LaRivee said. Going to the academy was a given for the 2009 Lewis-Palmer High School graduate and he knew at times it was going to be really hard. “I always knew I was going to go to end up at the academy. I come from a military family. I was ready for the challenge,” LaRivee said.

Both of LaRivee’s parents were in the Air Force. He is scheduled to go to pilot training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. Until he leaves for training in six months he’ll be casual status at the academy. As he thinks back to his four years LaRivee said he has made some great friends and considers what LaRivee he’s taking away from the academy. “It teaches you to handle all those things like clubs, academics and training and being able to excel at them. Another important thing is that you realize how important other people are. It’s not just about you,” he added. One of the things he liked the most about his time at the academy was the opportunities it afforded him such as traveling. LaRivee spent one semester abroad in Austria and went on a month long language emergent program in Germany. He also spent a week in Tanzania. He had a hard time trying to find anything that he didn’t like about the academy and said it would probably have to be not having

the freedom to leave all the time. Being so close to home helped him get through his freshman year and the fact that he made friends easily and quickly. He said all cadets have those moments when it seems to tough. On his third day of basic training he wasn’t sure if he could go on. “Everyone has those awful days when you think you’re not going to make it. But there are 1,000 other kids going through the same thing and my squadron helped. I made great friendships,” LaRivee said. Now that those four years are behind him LaRivee is taking 60 days of leave and will be heading to Japan and Thailand with another cadet to go backpacking. His sister graduates from Harvard the day after his graduation but he will be unable to attend her graduation. He just recently came back from Boston where he got to spend some time with her. Like many cadets he’s disappointed that there will be no Thunderbird flyover at graduation but he is looking forward to the air show with World War II airplanes. “The academy has some really great people. I’ll remember them for the rest of my life,” LaRivee said.

Commissioners recognize top squadron at USAFA Special to The Tribune At their regularly scheduled meeting on May 21, El Paso County Commissioners adopted an official proclamation recognizing the 2013 “Top Squadron” of the United States Air Force Academy. This year’s winner, as selected by academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, went to Cadet Squadron 22, The Raptors. This is the third consecutive year that the Raptors have won the honor, beating out 39 other squadrons. On hand to receive the proclamation was Col Joseph Sanders, Director of the Center for Character and Leadership Development and Lt. Col. Brandy Walton, Air Officer Commanding, CS-22. Also in attendance were members of Cadet Squadron 22: Cadet First Class William Suys, Cadet Second Class Jaime Ramey, Cadet Third Class Andrew Miller-Bissell and Cadet Fourth Class Anne Von Seggern. Lt. Col. Walton, who has been in command of The Raptors throughout their three year run as top squadron, thanked the commissioners for their recognition and praised the time and effort the squadron has logged in the name of excellence. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of my squadron,” said Lt. Col. Walton, “These cadets behind me epitomize the Air Force core values and have

Members of Squadron 22, The Raptors, received the honors of top squadron at the Air Force Academy for three consecutive years. On May 21 they were recognized by the El Paso Board of County Commissioners when commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing the top squadron. Courtesy photo built a culture of excellence within the Air Force Academy.” District 1 Commissioner Darryl Glenn, who presented the proclamation, spoke to the cadets on a personal level. “It’s unbelievable what you are doing and what you’ve stepped up to do, volunteering to serve this country. I am incredibly proud of you and I want welcome you to the Air Force family.” Commissioner Glenn, who is a 1988 academy graduate, plans to the make the top squadron proclamation an annual presentation of the board.

The proclamation, coincidentally, came on the same day the BOCC adopted a proclamation in honor of Memorial Day. Chair of the Board Dennis Hisey spoke to that connection and thanked the cadets for their current and future service to the nation. Commencement exercises for the newest graduating class at the United States Air Force Academy will be held on May 29 at Falcon Stadium starting 9:40 a.m. with gates open at 7 a.m. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will deliver the commencement address.

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Tri-Lakes Monument welcomes new fire chief Chris Truty takes the reins at fire protection district By Norma Engelberg

nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com When Chris Truty was sworn in as the new Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District chief on May 22, it was just a formality. He had already been officially sworn in at a special meeting on May 13 so that he could get a jump on his new job. The second swearing in was an occasion for the public and the firefighters to meet the new chief, his wife Heidi and his parents and other family members who

already make Colorado their home. Heidi Truty is helping her husband with house hunting but will also be going back and forth to Illinois until she can make the move permanent. “This is my first cross country move,” she said. Once the new chief was sworn in by fire district board President Jake Shirk, Chief Truty in turn swore in all the districts firefighters and emergency medical personnel. “Firefighter is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world,” he said. “They are typically the first on the scene in any disaster and it’s a great honor to be swearing in these dedicated men and women.”

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Colorado planes once topped the world At one time, from 1928 and on into 1929, the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world operated right here in Colorado. Even today, as you wander through Denver International Airport (DIA) you can still see a reminder of the once successful Colorado plane company hanging at the west end of Concourse B. An Alexander Aircraft Company 1930 Model A-14 Eaglerock that the Antique Airplane Association of Colorado took 25 years to restore, resides there in the upper reaches of the airport to greet air travelers from all over the world. “The Eaglerock biplane, made famous by barnstormers during the 1920s, was manufactured in what is now downtown Englewood, Colorado, and later in Colorado Springs, by the Alexander Aircraft Company. Barnstormers landed the Eaglerock in farm fields across rural America in the 1920s and ‘30s, giving rides in these `new flying machines’ to the brave souls willing to take the risk of flight. Ten-minute rides sold for 50 cents to a dollar,” wrote Ronald E. Newberg, exhibits manager at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in SWAviator in 2000. An older Model 24 Alexander Eaglerock aircraft also can be found at the Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum, (also rebuilt by the Antique Airplane Association). The Alexander brothers, J. Don Alexander and S. Don Alexander first business

venture was in selling street advertising, and after a brief detour in the chicken business, they established the Alexander Film Company which focused on big screen advertising. As the business grew, they relocated to Englewood, Colo., from their home state of Washington in order to be more centrally located. “It was J. Don Alexander who came up with the idea of equipping his growing sales force with airplanes. This would serve two purposes: first, it would attract attention, and second, it would expedite distribution of the advertising films. The first plane, purchased by older brother S. Don Alexander, was a 1920 Laird “Swallow,” powered by an OX5. When the Swallow arrived in Denver it landed at Lowry Field, located at 38th and Daliah Streets in Denver. The next additions to the Alexander aircraft fleet were Longren biplanes,” according to Newberg. “J. Don Alexander wanted to purchase

some forty to fifty planes for his salesmen. However, no one, not even the government, was buying that many aircraft in the 1920s, so the existing aircraft manufacturers would not take Mr. Alexander’s proposal seriously. This prompted him start his own aircraft manufacturing company,” Newberg said. The company built more than 900 planes in 1920s and 1930s, and by 1928, it needed to expand again. “Forced out of the Denver area by a landowner’s refusal to sell the land needed for expansion, Alexander Aircraft relocated to Colorado Springs.” “The Alexander Aircraft Company went on to build the unsuccessful “Alexander Transport,” a high wing, seven-passenger monoplane. However, other more successful models followed. In the 1928 - 1929 time frame the Alexander Aircraft Company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, with the capacity of manufacturing eight airplanes a day,” according to Newberg. In 1927, J. Don Alexander wrote “Some fifteen months ago we of Alexander Industries began construction of a new light commercial airplane. The new ship’s performance was exceptional and price quoted in Denver was less than manufacturer’s costs on the first fifty produced. Therefore, as Emerson once said, `the world should have made a beaten path to’

the manufacturer’s door. But careful and expectant watching showed no signs of such a movement. We soon saw that we would have to carefully survey the path, pave it, and put signposts up along its course before the public would even look in this very right direction.” That same year J. Don noted that only a year earlier, the company could only produce one ship per month but now were producing one per day and were still behind. “At this writing, we are forty-one ships behind sales.” But not all reports were positive. “One area manufacturer of planes about that time was the Alexander Company in Colorado Springs, which produced the Eaglerock plane. These aircraft...had more than their share of crashes. It got so bad that people made crude jokes about them such as: They call the planes Eaglerocks because they fly like an eagle and fall like a rock. Their track record finally became so bad that, as I understand, the authorities in charge of flying regulations banned further manufacturing of the Eaglerock,” wrote Robert Esterday in his 1993 book “A Kid’sEye View of Early Greeley.” Unfortunately, because of the depression, the company was forced to liquidate in the early 1930s, though remnants of the company lived on as Air Mechanics Inc., and even designed a five-seat low-wing monoplane in 1934.

Breaking away from relying on social media Does anyone out there ever get days when they feel like giving up social media? I mean, it’s not like we can’t live without it. Before Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and even text messages we sent emails, wrote letters and actually picked up the phone. We would survive without it. I know I just wrote a column telling our graduates that because of social media they can keep in touch with their classmates easier as opposed to those of us who graduated let’s say years ago. And it’s true. But sometimes I find I have to keep myself away from Facebook just because of what everyone else is writing. I wholeheartedly believe in freedom of speech but I really get sick of reading others political views, their complaints and drama. It always seems like the drama is from the same people. I have a second cousin; she’s my cousin’s

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came across one that talked about how many people delete their Facebook accounts and never open them back up for many reasons. The article, from NBC News writer Devin Coldewey, said a study done at Cornell University polled Facebook users and said a third of users polled deactivate their accounts and one-in-10 never activate them again. My brother-n-law deleted his account and never reopened it and my brother and another friend of mine have closed and opened their accounts so many times I can’t keep up. The study said that Facebook users delete their accounts for many reasons. Some people said they use Facebook too much and others felt they should close their accounts for professional reasons or to avoid certain awkward situations. Hmm, I wonder what those awkward situations where? A lot of times I get on Facebook to see

what everyone else is posting but rarely post anything anymore. Some things are fun to learn about like new babies, engagements and even accomplishments. It’s easier to make one announcement about something for everyone to see on Facebook rather than having to contact a bunch of people. But that can go too far. I read awhile back that two parents learned about their college-aged child’s death through the Facebook. Some things are ridiculous. I don’t care to see a picture of what someone had for lunch. Speaking of pictures don’t get me started. You really do learn who is vain. And I’m not talking about family pictures or vacation or a night out on the town pictures. I’m talking about the ones people take of themselves in the mirror or in the car. I hate to lose contact with some but maybe it’s time to take a break.

Weather is weird, especially here This is Colorado, AKA Weird Weather Central, the state you know you’re in when you use the air conditioner and the furnace on the same day. Lately it seems weirder than usual doesn’t it? The Colorado State University’s Colorado Climate Center website, http://ccc. atmos.colostate.edu/, welcomes visitors with a message that pretty much says it all: “The climate of Colorado is fascinating in every way. Being located as a mid-latitude interior continental state (and having the highest average elevation in the United States), combined with complex topography, results in dramatic climate differences from place to place and from year to year. From the Great Plains of eastern Colorado to the high peaks of the Rockies and the Continental Divide, to the valleys, canyons and plateaus of western Colorado, the various climates are each very different.” You might want to add `day to day’ and `hour to hour’ after that part that says “year to year.” Weather in Colorado is a quick-change artist. It doesn’t take long for a beautiful warm sunny day to become cold and stormy and vice-versa. At altitude and in our dry climate, which doesn’t hold heat well, even stepping into a shadow can feel like a 10- or 20-degree drop in temperature. There are a few things Coloradans have learned about climate and weather. For example, we learn a lot about graupel, including how to spell it. Graupel is also called soft hail or snow pellets and it looks like Styrofoam beads. It’s defined by the climate center as “snowflakes that become rounded pellets due to riming.” You experience riming every time you chip frozen fog from your car windshields. If I recall, I was doing that just last month or was it last week? The same thing happens to form graupel but, instead of your car, the nucleus

is a snowflake and the rime ice isn’t thick enough around it to turn it into hail. Another thing we learn is that there is never a good time to pack away your winter things. Even when you no longer need them in the daytime, you’ll probably need them at night. After spending a lot of time traveling across the region to get the story, I’ve also learned that it always pays to carry water in your vehicle to stave off dehydration; you might be a long way from the nearest watering hole. It also never hurts to carry some nonperishable food items, a change of clothing, a first-aid kit and other items of a survival persuasion. You can even make a coffee-can survival kit. You can get lists of the items that you should include at http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/survkit.htm, http://www.dot.wisconsin. gov/safety/motorist/winterdriving/survivalkit.htm (if anyone knows about winter driving it has to be Wisconsin) and http://www. fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/ stelprdb5343128.pdf. Recent storms in the Midwest and last year’s wildfire season and drought show how much damage bad weather can cause. Be careful and be prepared but don’t let the possibility of weather-related disasters keep you from enjoying everything our area has to offer.

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Monument takes part in feasibility study Study includes other water districts and municipalities and looks at partnerships and options for renewable water By Lisa Collacott

lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com The Monument board of trustees voted to authorize the use of 2A funds to take part in a regional feasibility study that would research options for renewable water. The board of trustees was presented with the study, which involves other municipalities and water districts, at the May 20 board meeting and gave approval to use $5,000 towards the study. The purpose of the study is to promote the development of sustainable water supplies for northern and central El Paso County through a shared focus of jointly utilized projects and infrastructure. “The study is really predicated on the idea that regional water solutions make a lot of sense in affordability in terms of how we chase renewable water supplies and how we maximize those supplies and the reuse of those supplies in the future,” Sean Chambers, president of the regional water authority and general manager of Cherokee Water District, said. Chambers said there have been a lot of studies that have gone before this study and said this particular study is really based on a

number of different ideas to deliver renewable water from the Arkansas River or other sources and to reuse them on Fountain Creek. Will Kroeger from Forsgren Associates said more than 400,000 people are very dependent on the Denver Basin Aquifers. He said the aquifers are nonrenewable and are being diminished and everyone in the region is looking at ways to bring in more renewable water. He said that it is projected that by the year 2050 the municipal and industrial water supply gap will exceed 22,000 acre feet. Kroeger said that is made up of more than 13,000 acre feet of water needed just to replace the lost production of the Denver Basin Aquifers plus more than 9,000 acre feet that is anticipated for urban growth in the unincorporated areas of the county to occur by 2050. He said the goals of the study are to identify each of the participant’s infrastructure and supply objectives, identify and analyze joint infrastructure projects and to plan the actions that are needed to implement those projects. “We want this to not be just another study on the shelf but to be an action plan that is an actual usable tool to move forward with,” Kroeger said. The first part of the scope of work for the study would be to have scoping meetings and identify the objectives and put together a preliminary analysis which would include individual entity meetings to discuss the current water supply and infrastructure of the participants as well as what they are planning in the future and identify their priorities. That

The Dinky Train on Pikes Peak So, after I did that last item on the Dinky up Ruxton, I was asked, “What happened after the line closed?” Now usually that is not much of a good story, but this one is. Of the three cars that were used on the line only one is still known. I suspect the other two were scrapped. One car was taken up on the cog track to Minnehaha. The track maintenance crew, commonly known as “section crews” since they were assigned to a maintenance section of the track, lived on the mountain in the summer. They would walk their section to do the repairs. There were three section crews, Minnehaha, Mountain View and Windy Point. The section houses, where they lived, are still at the upper two, most visibly, Windy Point, which is a stone building. Mountain View used one of the cog’s old passenger cars and part of it is still used as a shelter. The Minnehaha building is gone. The Minnehaha section house was a little frame building, but in the 1930s the enclosed dinky was moved up and placed next to it. It was used for more storage. I would not know this had it not been for the Taggart family. Johnny Taggart’s father, Brough Taggart was the Section Boss at the cog for many years. He lived as a kid in the section houses along the line, later working in the shops and as an engineer. He had a collection of old family pictures, a couple of which showed the dinky at Minnehaha. There were stories that it was a car from the Midland Terminal, but once I saw the pictures I knew what it really was. The whole set of buildings there were removed in the early 1960s. The Windy Point building is still used

would lead to a partnering matrix to look for commonalities and ways to bridge the gap and help those entities work together. Kroeger said three main corridors have been identified and those include the Pueblo Reservoir to the south side of Fountain, the south side of Fountain to Black Forest and from Black Forest to a central delivery point in the Palmer Divide area. “We would look at three alignment alternatives to make that jump to the Monument area,” Kroeger added. The study would also look at alternative assessments such as water storage, return flow reuse, interconnections and infrastructure for regional and statewide water projects. Kroeger said once all that is complete there would be a project work session to bring all those potential opportunities together, look at land-use projections and how all the pieces fit together. “That would then give us the discussion of what are the best alternatives to move forward with, which ones offer the most promise. We would then look at in greater detail those alternatives. And that would move us forward with developing the feasibility study whereby we look at the cost estimates, what are the obstacles of each project (and) what’s it going to take to develop those projects,” Kroeger added.

Cost of the study

The cost of the study would be approximately $180,000. Kroeger said they anticipate more than $20,000 of in-kind support from

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for storage. The doors, windows, and wooden floor are now gone. The building got a new roof years ago, and the openings filled in. Plywood covers the doors and windows, but the marmots chew on the wood. A few years ago one door was eaten away up as far as the marmots could stand. The section crew put in a new door cover, but rather than have it just bare wood it was painted. Now if you go by the building it looks like it has nice doors and windows. Those are only “scenery,” actually painted to look like that. The door even has Brough Taggart’s name on it. One end, where the Taggarts lived has a face looking out that is supposed to be Johnny Taggart! The scenery was painted, and is maintained by a local artist, me. It is fun to each spring to touch up the artwork. It gets rather beaten up in the winter winds. Each year it is a bit different, flowers and curtains in the windows for example. It is fun to see a hiker walk up to a door and try to grab the door knob that is only painted on the door!

participants and that will account for staff time, meeting with the regional feasibility study committee and providing support in terms of mapping and reports. They are looking to receive approximately $98,000 from participant funding, $30,000 from the Arkansas Basin grant account and $30,000 from the Colorado Water Conservation Board. They have about $78,000 of the $98,000 needed from participant funding. The grant funding would total approximately 33 percent of the project cost and participant costs and in-kind support would be about 67 percent. Kroeger said they plan to move forward and go before the Arkansas Water Basin in June and meet with the Colorado Water Conservation Board in September. That would put them at preparing all the funding agreements by November and the preliminary analysis alternatives and developing the alternatives next spring. If all goes as scheduled the study would be wrapped up by October of 2014. Woodmoor Water and Sanitation District, the town of Palmer Lake, Donala Water and Sanitation District, Tri-View Metropolitan Water District, Cherokee and the city of Fountain have all committed to participate in the study. Gary Barber, the water consultant the town of Monument hired in March, was at the meeting and said he a cheerleader for this study. Mayor Travis Easton abstained from the vote because of a conflict of interest.

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Pictured is the futuristic cyclogyro, a search and rescue evacuation aircraft, that aeronautical engineering cadets from the Air Force Academy designed. The team took first place in a Boeing competition. Courtesy photo| USAFA

Capstone Cyclogyro Project praised by Boeing Special to The Tribune United States Air Force Academy Cadets were recognized for their award winning design of a search and rescue and medical evacuation aircraft for the year 2045. Nine cadets from the Aeronautical Engineering 482 class designed “The Night Owl,” a futuristic cyclogyro that can direct thrust in any direction, allowing for a hover, forward or backward flight. The team spent a year on the capstone project and took first place May 9 in a Boeing competition against the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy. “This is a very impressive piece of work,” Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s executive vice-president, said to the cadets. “This competition gets tougher every year and you guys knocked it out of the park. Your ability to take ideas, put them into a design and build a working prototype is what differentiated the academy in the competition. Congratulations, this is clearly sophisticated work.” Cadet 1st Class Zachary Adams, chief engineer of the team, said the requirements set forth by Boeing included that the aircraft must have an operational radius of 100 nautical miles and would be able to complete its mission in an hour. “This was the toughest part of the requirements, since the aircraft had to

be vertical takeoff and landing capable,” Adams said. “Speed was crucial to our design since seconds matter when someone’s life is on the line and it turns out a cyclogyro design is VTOLcapable and can more than double the speeds of current helicopters.” The team also showed attendees a voice control demonstration they designed for aeromedical evacuation and search-and-rescue crew members. “One of the biggest complaints from the (aeromedical evacuation) and SAR personnel is they can’t touch screens because they’ve got gloves on, blood all over the hands and they have to be sanitary for the patients,” said Cadet 1st Class Patrick Waters, who helped with communications and navigation for the project. “What we decided to go for was voice control; a lot of programs already use a similar voice control. While the technician is working they would say something like ‘blood pressure,’ and then it would recognize what’s happening.” John Pletcher, an instructor in the academy’s Aeronautics Department who helped mentor the team, said cadets were excited about working on a real world project rather than simply an academic exercise. “Boeing provided $50,000 in gift funds for the project, which not only paid for the supplies and materials to build two cyclorotors, but also allowed the cadets to travel to meet with Air Force experts in various disciples

to determine Air Force needs, as well as new technology that is being developed in the Air Force Research Labs,” Pletcher said. Adams said the project has been a pioneering effort for everyone on the team. “Not many universities or organizations are conducting research on cyclogyros and by investing so much in a new concept our team has set out to accomplish cyclogyro ‘firsts,’ or in other words achieve something thatBy N has never been done before,” he said.neng “It certainly lends credibility to the academy’s undergraduate research Th programs and simply merits braggingIndu rights.” Winfi Cadet 1st Class Lillian Pryor, pro-artifa gram manager of the team, said the team hopes that flying this unique aircraft will inspire future cadets to attempt the impossible. “It gave us the opportunity to apply everything we learned as aeronautical, systems engineering aeronautical, mechanical and systems engineering management majors,” Pryor said. “We’re very excited that we’re able to show the cyclogyro’s potential and are attempting to achieve forward flight with our model, which would be the first recorded controlled forward flight of a cyclogyro.” The seniors involved in the project are Lillian Pryor, Zach Francis, Wolf Thielmann, Jordan Potterton, Luke Hantla, Kristin Long, Patrick Waters, Trey Cottingham and Zach Adams.

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State ramps up enforcement for Click it or Ticket By Special to The Tribune

The Colorado State Patrol and 63 law enforcement agencies across Colorado are joining the nationwide Click It or Ticket campaign by increasing enforcement of seat belt and child passenger safety laws. The ramped up enforcement began May 20 and continues through June 2. The goal is to get more Coloradans to buckle up and ultimately save lives across the state. In 2012, 159 people who weren’t buckled up lost their lives in traffic crashes on Colorado roadways, which are down from 185 unrestrained fatalities in 2011. The Colorado Department of Transportation is focusing its public awareness campaign on male pickup truck drivers between the ages of 18 and 34 as they have the highest propensity for not wearing their seat belts. Sixty-one men between the ages of 18-34 who died in a crash were not wearing a seat belt. And pickup trucks have a seat belt usage rate of 72%, which is 10% less than the state average usage rate. “Troopers at the Colorado State Patrol are reminded nearly every day of the needless deaths that occur when someone neglects to wear a seat belt. And we are relieved when we respond

to a crash where everyone survives because they took two seconds to buckle up,” said Colonel Scott Hernandez, chief of the Colorado State Patrol. “We would much rather write a seat belt citation than a fatal crash report. That means no excuses and no warnings if you’re not buckled up.” “We’ve made progress over the past year in reducing the number of people killed on Colorado roadways but still far too many motorists aren’t buckling up,” said Darrell Lingk, CDOT’s director of highway safety. “The Click It or Ticket campaign gives us an opportunity to remind everyone that seat belts save lives and that there are serious risks when people don’t buckle up.” High-visibility enforcement such as the Click It or Ticket mobilization is credited with increase seat belt use in Colorado. Since Click It or Ticket started in 2002 seat belt use has increased from 72% to 82% in 2012. There has also been a 58% decline in unrestrained deaths—380 in 2002 and 159 in 2012. During the Click It or Ticket enforcement the Colorado State Patrol also will be asking motorists to buckle up with radio messages as part of its commercial vehicle summerlong safety campaign which reminds motorists to give trucks more room on our roadways.

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It took Winfield Scott Stratton 17 years to find the gold that made him one of Colorado’s richest gold miners. His legacy lives on in the many buildings he left behind and the Myron Stratton Home that, after 100 years, is still helping the disadvantaged in Colorado Springs. Courtesy photos The Myron Stratton Home, still operating after 100 years to help the disadvantaged, is the subject of a new exhibit at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry from June 20-Aug. 15.

Stratton’s philanthropic legacy celebrated Western Museum of Mining & Industry to open new exhibit in June By Norma Engelberg

nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com The Western Museum of Mining & Industry has long been a repository for Winfield Scott Stratton’s papers and other artifacts and Stratton owned some of Colo-

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Water still flows from the mountains to Palmer Lake but Hulsmann said it hits bedrock and looks for the lowest place it can surface and finds the springs so it can fill Palmer Lake. “So in very, very wet years the springs charge and that’s what fills the lake up,” he added. Hulsmann said the railroad built the two reservoirs above Palmer Lake and built a pipeline that goes to the lake, turned a valve on and that subsidized the lake. This offset water that went into the steam engines and water lost to evaporation. The lake continued to be subsidized like that for years. He said there is a railroad right that the town is trying to rekindle but the right is considered obsolete and is in water court right now. He said around 2000 the state found out that Palmer Lake was filling the lake with water from the reservoir as they had been for more than 100 years and put a stop to it. “We feel we have rights (but) the state says we don’t so we feel like we have to find alternatives,” he said. He told attendees that essentially what has happened to the lake has been little snowfall and drought conditions. Hulsmann said the last time the lake was full the group said they need to keep the lake full and there are ways to do that but they all involve money. Currently the committee has a little more than $24,000 in their account and that’s for lake and park developments

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rado’s richest mines so it’s fitting that the museum offer a glimpse into the life of this man in a new exhibit called “Scott Stratton-Gold King of Colorado and His Charitable Legacy: The Myron Stratton Home.” The exhibit will open at 5:30 p.m. on June 20. The opening will be followed by a lecture by Mark Turk, Executive Director of the Myron Stratton Home, at 7 p.m. Stratton struck it rich on July 4, 1891 at the Independence Gold Mine in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. He was not an overnight success. He spent most of 17 summers prospect-

‘We feel we have rights (but) the state says we don’t so we feel like we have to find alternatives.’ Jeff Hulsmann Center Training Wells even drilling into the Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer. “I am open to any new ideas. No matter what we do we have to raise money,” Hulsmann added. Current fundraising efforts include Awake the Lake t-shirts which are available for $15 at local restaurants, an online gift card program where five percent of any gift card sold from local restaurants will go to the lake fund, the annual Taste of Palmer Lake which will take place on Aug. 24 and starting June 23 the Summer Festival 2013 which is a series of outdoor concerts at the Villa. Advance tickets are $10 and available at Palmer Lake restaurants. Included in the line-up will be CS 432, Skin and Bones, Tim Yunker and the Sound Junkies, The Pharaohs, Latigo and FUNction Pro DJ. There will be raffle tickets available soon to win a trip to Mexico. Committees that are forming include grant writing, fundraising, sustainability committee for after the lake is full and committees made up of citizens who will take on the task of talking to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Colorado Division of Water Resources and other governmental entities. For more information or to get involved visit www.AwakePalmerLake.com.

ing for gold, plying his trade as a carpenter during the winters and taking some time off to learn about metallurgy at the Colorado School of Mines. He only lived another 11 years after his big strike but he accomplished much during that period. He was instrumental in the planning and building of Colorado Springs and many of the buildings he planned are still in use. One of those became his legacy: the Myron Stratton Home, which was built with the fortune he left behind when he

died in 1902. The home, named after his father, was dedicated to helping the working poor and their families According to the Myron Stratton Home website, www.myronstratton.org, the home opened in 1913 and has operated continuously since, serving the economically disadvantaged for 100 years. The opening and lecture are free, but reservations are necessary by calling 719488-0880 or email at rsvp@wmmi.org. The exhibit runs through August 15. For ticket prices, visit www.wmmi.org.

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The Air Force Brass Quintet plays a surprise concert for the WW II veterans (red shirts) as they arrive at Baltimore at the start of the Rocky Mountain Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. Photo by Tom Munds

D-38 student take field trip to town hall Special to The Tribune Fifty second-grade students from Palmer Lake Elementary School spent the afternoon of May 14th exploring Monument town hall. Monument board of trustee John Howe explained how local government works as the students experienced a mock board

of trustee meeting. Students played the parts of the mayor, trustees and the public as they officially proclaimed their teachers Linda Wilson and Phyllis Robinette and teacher’s aide Ms. McConnell to be the best teachers. The students representing the public asked very insightful questions of the board such as what they would do to make

Students got to see the inside of a jail cell when Monument Police Officer Sam Griebel opened up a jail cell. As part of their field trip to Monument town hall Palmer Lake Elementary students learned about the police and public works departments. Courtesy photo

Monument a better town. The board unanimously recommended the addition of a water park to the area. Monument police Chief Shirk and Officer Sam Griebel took the students on a tour of the police department and that included the inside of the holding cells, which delighted the students. The students questioned the chief and Griebel on what it’s

like to be a police officer and investigated all the tools of the trade. Public Works Director Tom Tharnish provided the students with an overview of what the public works department is responsible for. The students enjoyed learning about making clean water for the town to drink but they had mixed feelings on snow re-

moval once they learned the correlation between efficient snow removal and fewer snow days at school. Fleet manager Robert Enoch concluded the field trip with a game of show and tell where he displayed the town’s backhoe. The staff at Monument town hall enjoyed hosting the second graders from Palmer Lake Elementary School.

Monument board of trustee John Howe explains to Palmer Lake Elementary School students how local government works as they had a mock board of trustee meeting. Students took the board of trustee seats and acted as mayor and trustees while other students sat in the audience as members of the public. It was all part of a field trip to the Monument town hall on May 14. Photos by Courtesy photo

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Benefit car show cruises into downtown Monument Tri-Lakes Cruisers will host annual car show to benefit Tri-Lakes Cares By Lisa Collacott

lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Once again the streets of historic downtown Monument will be lined up with cars of all makes and models when the annual Tri-Lakes Cruisers Benefit Car Show rolls into town in June. The annual car show is in its 12th year and will take place on June 29. Proceeds from the car show benefit Tri-Lakes Cares. The Tri-Lakes Cruisers have raised more than $22,000 over the past 11 years for TLC and other local charities. The car show will feature trucks and cars of all makes and models including vintage cars, mustangs, corvettes and Camaros and there will even be displays from the Tri-Lakes Fire Protection District and the Monument Police Department. Several of the Tri-Lakes Cruiser Car Club members will have their cars on display as well as non-members. Anyone who wants to enter the car in the show must pay a $20 pre-registration fee. The cost goes up to $25 the day of the car show. Participants will receive a free breakfast from the Coffee Cup Café the morning of the car show at Si Sibell’s barn. “The more cars the more Tri-Lakes Cares benefits,” said Dale Schendzielos, secretary/treasurer of Tri-Lakes Cruisers. Trophies and prizes from local businesses will be given out to the winners. Attendees can vote on their favorite cars. There will also be music and food vendors and the United States Air Force Academy live falcon mascots will be on hand. The cars will line up on Front and Second Streets up to Jefferson Street and there will be some located on a portion of Washington Street. The car show will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 9 and is free. “It’s to show people different cars from different years,” Schendzielos added.

Hot rods are on display outside of La Casa Fiesta on Front Street during the 2012 annual Tri-Lakes Cruisers benefit car show. The car show benefits Tri-Lakes Cares and will take place on June 9. File photo by Lisa Collacott

Pictured are all the trophy winners from last year’s benefit car show put on by the Tri-Lakes Cruisers. More than $22,000 has been raised over the past 11 years for Tri-Lakes Cares and other charities. Courtesy photo

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Palmer Ridge senior Maggie Geolat finished 20th at last week’s Class 4A girls state golf tournament at Broken Tee Golf Course in Engelwood. Photo by Danny Summers

Tri-Lakes area girls golfers score well at State Palmer Ridge’s Maggie Geolat finishes 20th in final state appearance

‘The state tournament is a little intimidating. But at the same time it was fun and exciting.’ Jessica Hedgpeth

By Danny Summers ENGELWOOD – It’s an understatement to say that Jessica Hedgpeth was thrilled to play in last week’s Class 4A girls’ state golf tournament. She just wishes she had another opportunity to go back to the dance. “It’s kind of bittersweet,’ said Hedgpeth, who will attend the University of Saskatchewan to study animal science. “I shot the best round of my life at state, and now it’s over.” Hedgpeth graduated on May 24 – three days after playing her first and only rounds of state competition. She failed to qualify for the state tournament her first three years on the team. “I’m starting to figure things out,” Hedgpeth said. “I wish the season could go longer.” Hedgpeth finished 44th overall among the 83 girls who squared off at Broken Tee

Golf Course in Englewood. Her two-day total of 187 (43 over par) was one shot better than teammate Megan McCutcheon. Palmer Ridge senior Maggie Geolat had the best showing of any Tri-Lakes are golfer. She finished 20th – 38 over par. Other Tri-Lakes area golfers in the tournament were Discovery Canyon sophomore Lizzy Saxer (67th), Discovery Canyon senior Hannah Brigger(69th) and Palmer Ridge junior Teegan Sullivan (83rd). Hedgpeth fired a 91 on Day 1 of the tournament – her best score of the season. Her round included six pars. Hedgpeth shot a 96 the second day. “The state tournament is a little intimidating,” Hedgpeth said. “But at the same time it was fun and

exciting.” McCutcheon was happy to make the state tournament, but felt she could have played much better. “I’m glad I got to go, but I didn’t do as well as I was hoping,” said McCutcheon, a junior, who has qualified for state three times. “It just didn’t come together. I’d have some good holes and then a blowup hole when I’d shoot a nine. McCutcheon shot a 92 on Day 1. Her round included five pars. She had four pars on day 2, including two on par 5s. “When my consistency goes up my scores will go down,” McCutcheonsaid. “I plan to focus on junior golf this summer because they are more focused on college.” Geolat, a fourtime state qualifier who will play golf for Colorado State University-Pueblo next

fall, had rounds of 85 and 87. According to Palmer Ridge coach Paul Gagnon, Geolat never got into a rhythm. “Maggie did not play her best,” Gagnon said. “her short game failed her. Too many bad holes. She’d play real steady, and then have a triple (bogey). “She hung in there, though. Bless her heart. She’s a trooper. She’ll be a great player at Pueblo.” Gagnon announced after the tournament that he is stepping down as the school’s girls coach, but will stay on to coach the boys this fall. He took over the girls program this season after his daughter, Lauren Gagnon, stepped down to focus more on her family. “I wanted to stay on this season to work with Maggie,” said Gagnon, who previously coached the boys and girls teams at Harrison for 26 years. “I assisted Lauren for three years and wanted to stay on so Maggie would have continuity.” Gagnon won’t have much of a break between seasons. His boys’ squad will have its first practice Aug. 5 at 9 a.m. at Monument Hill Country Club. The golf course is scheduled to reopen June 1.

TCA comes up just short in quest for state soccer title By Danny Summers The Classical Academy girls’ soccer team came up short in its bid to win last week’s Class 3A state title game. The Titans fell to Peak to Peak, 1-0, in double overtime of their game played on May 21 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

Peak to Peak got its goal in the 109th minute off of a header by Belle Morel that slipped by Titans goal keeper Claire LaValley. The goal came via a corner kick. The title tilt marked the second the second time the teams had met this season. They played to a scoreless tie on April 3. From that point on, TCAoutscored opponents 57-2. TCA (15-3-1) has played in the state

championship game three of the last four seasons. The Titans won it all in 2011. Senior Meghan Troupe and freshman Mikayla Murphy led TCA in goals this season with 14 apiece, while senior Joanie Jacks was next with 12.

JORDAN SCOTT UPDATE

Recent Lewis-Palmer graduate Jordan Scott is still deciding on where he will

continue his basketball career. According to Rangers athletic director and boys basketball coach Russ McKinstry, Scott is now considering playing for a prep school in Florida for a year before heading onto college. McKinstry added that Scott could make his decision as early as this week. Roundup continues on Page 11

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Scott is still being pursued by South Alabama and Longwood (Va). Scott averaged 18.0 points and 9.8 rebounds this season while helping Lewis-Palmer to a second consecutive 4A state title. His older brother, Josh, led the Rangers to the 2012 state title and is now playing for the University of Colorado.

TRI-LAKES ALL STARS PLAY ON BIG STAGE

Several Tri-Lakes area seniors and juniors got to participate in the 52ndAnnualSouthern Colorado High School All-Star Game May 27 at Security Service Field. The game is the longest running high school all-star event in Colorado. Two games were played; one featuring top juniors from 5A, 4A and 3A schools, and another featuring top seniors from those clas-

sifications. Results of the games were not available at press time. Among the Tri-Lakes area seniors selected to play were Palmer Ridge’s Jake Fishlock, Derek Larson, Bryce Rone and John Swecker; Lewis-Palmer’s Matt Prudhomme; Discovery Canyon’s Isaac Holt, and The Classical Academy’s Kellen McDonald. The Southern Colorado High School All-Star Games have been featuring the top players in the junior and senior class from the Colorado Springs region in a two-game event since 1962. Famous Southern Colorado All-Star Game participants include Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Goose Gossage from Wasson, the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 1986 draft Jeff King from Rampart, as well as current major leaguers Brandon McCarthy (Arizona Diamondbacks) from Cheyenne Mountain and Chase Headley (San Diego Padres) from Fountain-Fort Carson.

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Sealed bid will be received by OWNER 15843 MapleatHill Road 16055 Old Forest Point, Suite 300, MonuThursday ment, CO 80132 until 2:00 PM May MDST30th on 9am-4pm Friday & Saturday June 10th, 2013. Any bids received after May 31st & this time will not be accepted and will9am-1pm be June 1st returned unopened. Many household items

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Copies of the Bidding Documents are available from the ENGINEER at 545 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Bidding Documents may be obtained from the ENGINEER for a $75.00 non-refundable deposit at the above address during normal working hours on and after 2:00 P.M., May 22, 2013. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at10:00 AM, June 3rd, 2013 at the District Office. The Work to be performed generally includes: construction of a 1-room (805 SF) above grade potable water booster pump station, retaining wall, providing and install two (2) 10 HP pumps/motors with integral VFD’s, (1) 40 HP pump/motor, piping, valves and fittings, connections to existing line, MCC, HVAC, electrical, various site work, and building. The building generally consists of excavation and soil reconditioning, cast-in-place concrete floor slab and foundation, wooden framing and roof supports with sheet metal roof, small amount of HVAC, electrical service, and service plumbing. Basis of award will be the lowest responsive and responsible Bid as determined by OWNER.

The Work to be performed generally includes: construction of a 1-room (805 SF) above grade potable water booster pump station, retaining wall, providing and install two (2) 10 HP pumps/motors with integral VFD’s, (1) 40 HP pump/motor, piping, valves and fittings, connections to existing line, MCC, HVAC, electrical, various site work, and building. The building generally consists of excavation and soil reconditioning, cast-in-place concrete floor slab and foundation, wooden framing and roof supports with sheet metal roof, small amount of HVAC, electrical service, and service plumbing.

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Basis of award will be the lowest responsive and responsible Bid as determined by OWNER. No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that Bid or combination of Bids, if any, which, in its sole and absolute judgment will under all circumstances best serve the OWNER's interest. No Bid will be accepted from any firm, person, or corporation who is a defaulter as to surety or otherwise, or is deemed incompetent, irresponsible or unreliable by the OWNER. A Bid Bond of 5 % of the Bid will be required. TRIVIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Valerie Remington, District Manager Legal Notice No.: 932105 First Publication: May 22, 2013 Last Publication: May 29, 2013 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FY 2013-2014 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ACADEMY SCHOOL DISTRICT 20

The Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget on June 6, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at the District Education and Administration Center, 1110 Chapel Hills Drive. The Board will adopt the budget during its meeting on June 20, 2013.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FY 2013-2014 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ACADEMY SCHOOL DISTRICT 20 Notice is hereby given that the proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Education of Academy School District 20 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and is available for public review at the District Education and Administration Center located at 1110 Chapel Hills Drive and on the District 20 website at: http://www.asd20.org/departments/businessservices/transparency/Pages/default. aspx The Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget on June 6, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at the District Education and Administration Center, 1110 Chapel Hills Drive. The Board will adopt the budget during its meeting on June 20, 2013. Any person paying school taxes in Academy School District 20 may at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget file or register his objections thereto.

Any person paying school taxes in Academy School District 20 may at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget file or register his objections thereto.

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Dated: May 17, 2013 BOARD OF EDUCATION El Paso County School District 20 Jean Opitz, Secretary Legal Notice No.: 932110 First Publication: May 29, 2013 Last Publication: May 29, 2013 Publisher: The Tribune Public Notice Notice of Annual Meeting Mountain View Electric Association Inc.’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Members will be held at Falcon High School, 10255 Lambert Road, Falcon, Colorado 80831, on Thursday, June 13, 2013, with the business portion of the meeting commencing at 7 p.m. for the purposes: To elect two Directors of the Association: One from District 3 and one from District 5, all as provided by the Association’s ByLaws and Articles of Incorporation; To approved and confirm the minutes of the last Annual Meeting of Members;

Public Notice Notice of Annual Meeting Mountain View Electric Association Inc.’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Members will be held at Falcon High School, 10255 Lambert Road, Falcon, Colorado 80831, on Thursday, June 13, 2013, with the business portion of the meeting commencing at 7 p.m. for the purposes: To elect two Directors of the Association: One from District 3 and one from District 5, all as provided by the Association’s ByLaws and Articles of Incorporation;

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To approved and confirm the minutes of the last Annual Meeting of Members; To receive and act upon the report on business transacted since the last Annual Meeting, and to report on financial transactions during calendar year 2012; and To conduct such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. Dated this 15th day of January 2013, at Falcon, Colorado, by Order of the Board of Directors. Milton L. Mathis, Secretary Note: This notice is directed to those who are members of Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. as of the close of business on April 25, 2013; notice is hereby given of the 2013 Annual Meeting of Members and your eligibility to vote in the 2013 Director Elections. Legal Notice No.: 932114 First Publication: May 29, 2013 Last Publication: May 29, 2013 Publisher: The Tribune

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No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that Bid or combination of Bids, if any, which, in its sole and absolute judgment will under all circumstances best serve the OWNER's interest. No Bid will be accepted from any firm, person, or corporation who is a defaulter as to surety or otherwise, or is deemed incompetent, irresponsible or unreliable by the OWNER. A Bid Bond of 5 % of the Bid will be required.

Notice is hereby given that the proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Education of Academy School District 20 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and is available for public review at the District Education and Administration Center located at 1110 Chapel Hills Drive and on the District 20 website at: http://www.asd20.org/departments/businessservices/transparency/Pages/default. aspx

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To receive and act upon the report on business transacted since the last Annual Meeting, and to report on financial transactions during calendar year 2012; and

To conduct such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

Dated this 15th day of January 2013, at Falcon, Colorado, by Order of the Board of Directors. Milton L. Mathis, Secretary Note: This notice is directed to those who

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