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Talk focuses on reusing, recycling water Monument discusses sustainable water for the future at board of trustees meeting By Lisa Collacott

lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Future water for the town of Monument was a topic of discussion during the first board of trustee meeting of the year. Town Manager Cathy Green told trustees at the Jan. 7 meeting that for the last seven years the town has been searching for ways to get renewable water because the aquifers don’t have enough water to sustain the water supply for the future. Green said the town’s plan for water is not more than four shares of water from Twin Lakes. She said in the past that they looked at buying Fountain Mutual Shares but were advised by their water attorney not to and last year they were approached about the Two Rivers Company in southern Colorado in which water would be brought from the Arkansas River to Monument by exchanging water from farm land that was being fallowed. But that idea was nixed. Green said other local water entities are purchasing farms in order to have sustainable water but the town of Monument hasn’t done anything. She said the problem the town of Monument has that other water districts do not have is that they have

Water is a precious commodity in the Tri-Lakes area, and its scarcity has Monument officials considering the cost, and benefits of recycling. Photo by Rob Carrigan an entire town to run and they do not have enough money to try several, expensive plans for obtaining future water. “We really have enough water to do one thing and we really need to try to make that

one thing right,” Green said. In conversations with Betty Konarski, Monument representative to the Pikes Peak Water Authority and Arkansas River Basin Roundtable Chair Gary Barber, Green said

Trustees asked to consider hosting the annual Fourth of July fireworks display this year lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com If the fireworks aren’t cancelled this year due to drought conditions Monument Lake might be the place to watch them. The Palmer Lake Fireworks Committee has approached the Monument Board of Trustees about considering hosting the fireworks display this year. Bill Brown, fireworks committee member, went before the board at the Jan. 7 meeting and asked if the fireworks show could be moved to Monument. Brown said the reason for the possible move is that it would be a better event if held in Monument because the parade and the street fair already take place in Monument. “I think it would be good for the town as well,” Brown said. Traditionally the fireworks have taken place in Palmer Lake but were cancelled last year because of the high fire danger and the lack of water in the lake. The Palmer Lake town council has said they could host the fireworks provided that there is

water in the lake and as long as this summer isn’t another high fire season. However there has been very little snowfall to ease the drought conditions and it looks like the lake will go another summer without any water. The fireworks have taken place in Monument in the past. Brown told the trustees that parking and viewing for the fireworks would be on Ernie Biggs property off of Mitchell Avenue with the fireworks set off over Monument Lake. Monument Police Chief Jake Shirk voiced some concerns about Monument hosting the fireworks. He said if it’s held at the lake there’s only two ways in and out and that would be on Mitchell Avenue going northbound into Palmer Lake on a secondary road and the other one is through Second Street. He said the secondary road isn’t capable of handling thousands of vehicles and exiting on Second Street there is the issue of the train. “There would have to be somebody stationed at the train tracks because I could just imagine hundreds of cars backed up trying to go across

‘I think there’s potential but obviously there are some significant concerns that need to be addressed.’ Mayor Travis Easton

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Monument a potential location for fireworks By Lisa Collacott

they came to the conclusion that the best thing for Monument would be to reuse and recycle water which is something the town

Board of trustees pass two ordinances prohibiting retail sales and public consumption of recreational marijuana By Lisa Collacott

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The Palmer Lake Fireworks Committee has asked the Monument board of Trustees to consider hosting the annual fireworks display in Monument this year. There are a number of safety concerns that were brought up at the Jan. 7 meeting. File photo Second (Street), they’re on the train tracks and now a train comes and there’s nowhere for these folks to get off these train tracks,” Shirk said, adding that it won’t be a police officer stationed at the train track because they will be too busy. Shirk was also concerned about the number of vehicles Biggs property would hold since there is an average of 25,000 people that come out to the fireworks show. “I think there’s potential but

obviously there are some significant concerns that need to be addressed,” Mayor Travis Easton said. Mayor Pro-Tem Jeff Kaiser suggested that the committee sit down and talk with Shirk about the safety concerns and Trustee Raphael Dominguez would like the committee to discuss with the company that handles the fireworks as to whether or not that location is a safe place to shoot the fireworks off.

If anyone should try to sell marijuana for retail purposes or openly consume it in Monument, think again. The Monument board of trustees has passed two ordinances prohibiting both actions. Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 in November legalizing the possession, sale and use of marijuana for recreational purposes. The amendment also allows local municipalities to prohibit the cultivation, manufacturing, testing and sale of marijuana through an ordinance. According to the first ordinances, which was passed unanimously by the Monument board of trustees at the Jan. 7 meeting, the operation of marijuana cultivation, testing and manufacturing facilities and retail stores within the town limits are prohibited. The ordinance also states it is illegal to grow recreational marijuana unless it is in a closed, locked place. The second ordinance, also passed unanimously, prohibits the possession of marijuana for persons under the age of 21 and prohibits those 21 and older to possess, transfer, transport or purchase marijuana, marijuana products or marijuana accessories for any reason other than personal use. It also prohibits the consumption of marijuana openly or publicly or in a Marijuana continues on Page 9

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Second meeting held for BID exploration Monument downtown business/property owners question panel By Norma Engelberg

nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com A small panel of people associated with the formation of business improvement districts in Colorado answered questions from Monument downtown business and property owners at a second exploration meeting. Many but not all of the people in the audience at the Jan. 9 meeting at the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District Office were members of the Historic Monument Merchants Association. The three panelists were Gayle Jetchick, executive director of the Havana Business Improvement District in Aurora; Dan Shah, director of economic development for the West Colfax Business Improvement District; and Cathy Green, Monument town manager who, before coming to Monument, helped form a business improvement district in Pueblo. Vicki Mynhier, Monument’s director of development, began the meeting with the same slide presentation on business improvement districts that was shown at the first exploration meeting in late 2012. That presentation spurred several questions about the involvement of the city in creating such a district. The answer was that, aside from approving the improvement district’s board

On Jan. 9, a panel met with interested members of the downtown Monument business community to answer questions about business improvement districts. Seated at the table in front of the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District meeting room are Monument town manager Cathy Green who, before coming to Monument, helped form a business improvement district in Pueblo; Dan Shah, director of economic development for the West Colfax Business Improvement District; and Gayle Jetchick, executive director of the Havana Business Improvement District in Aurora. Photo by Norma Engelberg of directors, city governments can be as involved or uninvolved as the improvement district’s members want them to be. Questions at the second meeting included: how would a business improvement district help Monument downtown property owners and business owners, what did the districts’ promoters do to sell the concept to constituents and what kinds of things do districts focus on. Panelists said business and property

owners would benefit because collectively they can do more to improve business, property values and marketing than they can individually. A business improvement district gives business owners more clout and lobbying power and a district can leverage its funds by applying for federal Community Development Block Grants, state grants and grants from private foundations. “We’ve been able to leverage our funds

by a five to one ratio,” Shah said. He added that business improvement districts are good for property owners because of increased investment and increased property values allow them to raise rents, improve infrastructure and property maintenance. Business owners see some of these same benefits plus improved marketing and promotion. Customers benefit through better customer support and more events. Business Improvement Districts have to ability to fund projects through a variety of mechanisms including mill levies or flat fees based on a property’s square footage. “BIDs empower owners to stop the downhill skid,” Jetchick said. “You get to improve your image and customers’ impressions of your district.” As for focus, some districts are large, 4.5 miles long in the case of the Havana Avenue district. Others are small; Monument’s district, if formed, would likely cover only a few square blocks. The Havana Avenue district has multiple foci but some districts focus on only one or two items. Shah said Denver’s Fitzsimons redevelopment owners formed a business improvement district for the sole purpose of building a parking facility. Business improvement districts are governed by state statute under the state Department of Local Affairs. Local business and property owners will be notified of future meetings in Monument. Eventually, if owners remain interested, they will have petition the town’s board of trustees and have an election.

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Monument Hill Kiwanis club Despite the Waldo Canyon Fire, super storm Sandy, and a host of other requests for assistance from a wide variety of worthy charities, the Tri-Lakes community stepped up and supported the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club in its annual Red Kettle Campaign service project for the El Paso County Salvation Army. For the past 18-years, members of the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club have been ringing the bell every day from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve, and are joined by Kiwanis sponsored Key Club members from area high schools, Kiwanis Builders Club members from area middle

schools and local Boy Scout and Cub Scout troops. As in previous years, these volunteers give hundreds of hours, in good weather and bad, to support the Salvation Army’s many worthy causes, which includes a major focus on children. The 2012 Red Kettle Campaign brought in over $41,000 which is a record over previous years. The Monument Hill Kiwanis Club thanks the many volunteers for their service and the Tri-Lakes community for their generosity. For additional information about the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, go to www. monumenthillkiwanis.org, or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KiwanisClubMonumentHillCO.

Sheriff’s office makes arrest in shooting in Black Forest Special to The Tribune The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a disturbance in the 8700 block of Shipman Lane in Black Forest at approximately 1:04 a.m. on Jan. 9. When deputies arrived they discovered 22-year-old Anthony DeCarlo had been shot twice. Medical personnel transported him to a local hospital for what was believed to be non-life threatening injuries. During their investigation detectives determined DeCarlo’s father and owner of the residence, 45-year-old Glenn DeCarlo, had a falling out with 24-year-old Matthew Fancher. Fancher is a mutual friend of the DeCarlo’s.

Fancher had been living at the address but due to the recent falling out was told by Glenn DeCarlo to move out. Fancher had come to the home to retrieve personal belongings. As he was picking up those items, Glenn DeCarlo allegDeCarlo edly fired multiple rounds at Fancher but struck his son Anthony by mistake. Glenn DeCarlo has been arrested on charges of Attempted First Degree Murder which is class 2 felony and First Degree Assault which is a class 3 felony. He was booked into the Criminal Justice Center. His bond has been set at $50,000.

Fundraiser scheduled for Dylan Redwine Special to The Tribune A fundraiser for Dylan Redwine will take place on Jan. 17 at Lewis-Palmer High School. The spaghetti dinner and silent auction will take place from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family. All proceeds will go towards Hope for Dylan Redwine. Redwine, 13 and a Lewis-Palmer Middle School student, went missing on Nov. 19 from Vallecito after he went to visit his dad for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Right, Thirteen-year-old Dylan Redwine, an eighth grade student from Lewis-Palmer Middle School, went missing from Vallecito, near Durango, over the Thanksgiving holiday while visiting his dad. Redwine is pictured here in an undated school picture. Courtesy photo

A hit and run accident that occurred in Colorado Springs on Dec. 31 resulted in a police chase on northbound Interstate 25 and ended when the suspect crashed the vehicle he was driving off of County Line Road. CSPD responded to a hit and run involving a 2006 Dodge Ram with Wyoming license plates. Officers observed a vehicle fitting that

description getting on northbound I-25 at the Garden of the Gods Road after they responded to the scene. Officers attempted to pull the driver over at Baptist Road and I-25 where he briefly stopped but he continued northbound on the interstate. CSPD did not continue pursuing Howard because of the road conditions and the Colorado State Patrol took over. CSP caught up with the driver after he exited at County Line Road and crashed the vehicle. Thomas Howard, 28, was arrested on charges of vehicular eluding, driving under the influence and no proof of insurance, reckless driving, not getting information or aid after striking a vehicle, not reporting after a crash and failure to notify police.

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Legislators have big issues on their plate Democrats control both houses, governor’s office Staff report Colorado’s General Assembly went into session Jan. 9 with Democrats in control of the House, Senate and the governor’s office. But by most accounts, jobs and the economy remain the No. 1 priority for Colorado’s lawmakers. New Speaker of the House Mark Ferrandino said as much a few days before the session kicked off, stating plans to roll out a series of economic bills. More will be reported on the topic as legislative proposals emerge. What follows is a look at other important and controversial issues legislators are expected to tackle this session, which is scheduled to end May 8. • Gun control: Last summer’s Aurora theater shooting and the more recent Connecticut school shooting have sparked new efforts across the nation to restrict access to certain types of guns and ammunition. But perhaps nowhere will the gun-control debate be more heated than in Colorado, a state that traditionally has shown staunch support for the Second Amendment. Gov. John Hickenlooper has stated that the time is right for the discussion on gun control. The Democratic Legislature appears poised to make that

a priority. State Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, plans to introduce two bills, one that would expand background checks for would-be gun buyers and another that would ban high-capacity magazine clips. Other lawmakers have chosen to focus this debate on treatment of the mentally ill rather than on guns themselves. • Fracking: The popular term for hydraulic fracturing involves pumping millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals deep underground to break up layers of rock and extract oil and natural gas. Noise, air pollution, water consumption and risk to groundwater have all become contentious issues. Changes are already under way, with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission recently approving a rule to require groundwater testing before and after drilling, and giving preliminary approval to increased setbacks from buildings. The panel will make a final setback decision the week of Jan. 21. Limits on noise, emissions and dust and protections against spills also are being considered. • Marijuana: Colorado’s Amendment 64 task force is on the job. And it’s quite a task. The 24 members of the panel are charged with making sense of a multitude of issues related to recreational marijuana use, which voters made legal in the November election. The task force has only until the end of February to compile their recommendations and pass on to the Legislature.

A few among the many questions they will consider: Should marijuana be regulated like alcohol as opposed to the medical marijuana model? Should pot tourism be prevented by allowing only Colorado residents to purchase it? What can be done to ensure those under 21 years of age are not able to purchase and use the plant? • Civil unions: This appeared well on its way to passing during last year’s session before last-minute maneuvering prevented a vote. Having a Democratic majority in both chambers makes it highly likely this will be taken up again and passed. As for the possibility of moving beyond civil unions to gay marriage, Ferrandino, who is openly gay, said in December, “I don’t think we’re there yet as a state.” • Education: Funding for both higher education and K-12 education is expected to draw much attention from lawmakers. House Minority Leader Mark Waller recently said higher-education funding needs to be a priority, while Ferrandino said adequately funding the K-12 system is his party’s No. 2 priority this session behind only jobs and the economy. • The death penalty: Weeks before the session began, state Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, said she was exploring the possibility of introducing legislation to ban the death penalty in Colorado. In December, new Senate President John Morse said, “If it is brought up this year, I will likely vote to repeal it.” The state has not executed a prisoner since 1997.

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El Paso County Commissioner Dennis Hisey was elected to serve as its chair for the upcoming year. The chair of the board not only presides over meetings of the BOCC but also assumes additional administrative responsibilities ranging from final review and signature required on many county documents to the approval of agendas and schedules for BoCC meet-

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ings. Hisey represents District 4 which encompasses neighborhoods from southcentral Colorado Springs extending south and east to include Widefield, Security, Fort Carson and Fountain. He previously served as chair of the Bboard in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Commissioner Amy Lathen was selected to serve as vice-chair and Commissioner Sallie Clark was selected as third commissioner. Under board rules the vicechair assumes the added responsibilities of chair when the chair is unavailable and third commissioner would step in if both the chair and vice-chair are unavailable. Lathen represents District 2 which encompasses a large portion of eastside Colorado Springs and continues east to the Lincoln and Elbert county lines. Clark represents District 3 which includes all of Westside Colorado Springs, south to the Fremont County line, north to the United States Air Force Academy and west to Teller County. Hisey outlined goals for the coming year which included ongoing support

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El Paso County Commissioner Amy Lathen hands over the gavel to Chair Dennis Hisey. Hisey was elected chair and Lathen vice-chair during the BOCC meeting Jan. 8. Lathen was chair in 2012. Courtesy photo of efforts to make El Paso County a business friendly place for employers to locate, expand and prosper. He also listed among his objectives for this year: Development of a long range regional plan for storm water management to include appropriate funding for flood prevention in areas below the Waldo Canyon burn scar. Development and implementation of a program to replace worn out county fleet equipment Making it easier for county residents to conduct business and access records online. There will also be changes in the schedule of BOCCoard meetings in 2013. Land use hearings which have generally been scheduled on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month will now be heard on the second and

fourth Tuesdays. There will be no regularly scheduled board meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. “We expect to concentrate more of the agenda items that tend to bring in members of the public on Tuesdays and reduce the number of meetings they need to attend. We also have a number of local liaison meetings as well as state and national level committee and task force sessions scheduled on those second and fourth Thursdays,” Hisey said. “This will make better use of time for both staff and members of the public and it’ll be easier for commissioners to make sure that the state’s largest county is heard and taken into account as decisions that affect are made on the state and national level.”

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Using heavenly tools to build faith Monument resident shares story of getting through a traumatic experience in new book By Lisa Collacott

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Flooding in Ute Pass after the Waldo Canyon Fire last summer nearly covered this pick-up truck with mud and debris. Without fire and flood recovery funding, such scenes could be repeated after each heavy rain for the next several years. Colorado counties, municipalities and other organizations are collaborating on requests to the state Congressional delegation to get more disaster relief for the areas affected by the High Park and Waldo Canyon wildfires. Courtesy photo

Deadline looms for fire, flood recovery funding Special to The Tribune and Courier

El Paso County Office of Communications A collaborative effort which includes the Board of the El Paso County Commissioners has sent a letter to all members of the Colorado Congressional delegation urging them to support $19.8 million in requested funding for Colorado Emergency Watershed Protection. The Supplemental Appropriation for Disaster Assistance legislation under consideration in the House of Representatives supports recovery for Super Storm Sandy but does not include funding for mitigation efforts in the disastrous Waldo Canyon and High Park wildfires in Colorado. The letter highlights urgent needs in areas affected by the Waldo Canyon burn scar including: El Paso County is working with private landowners, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), School District 14 and others to protect the City of Manitou Springs and U.S. 24 West from significant erosion and flooding issues which also

threaten lives and property in the Ute Pass areas of Chipita Park and Cascade. City of Colorado Springs and Colorado Springs Utilities need additional funding to reduce flooding, sedimentation and debris flow impacts on facilities critical to collecting, storing and conveying raw drinking water to approximately 70 percent of city residents. Additionally, the Navigators and Flying W Ranch need additional funds to protect public and private facilities, including significant historic structures such as Glen Eyrie Castle. If EWP funding for the Colorado wildfire recovery not included by amendment to Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance the process will become much more difficult and the outcome more uncertain. In addition to the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, the Colorado Springs Mayor’s Office, Colorado Springs City Council, Regional Business Alliance, Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, Larimer County Commissioners, City of Greeley, Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Counties Inc. and the Colorado Municipal League are all signatories on the letter.

Many times in life when faced with adversity people want to crumble and fall but it’s when they persevere through the trials and tribulations that they come out stronger. That is exactly what happened to Holly Sly and her husband Larry when they were faced with a life threatening illness in their family. It was 2006, a week before Christmas when their six-year-old daughter Alexandra became ill with a stomach virus. Alexandra was soon hospitalized with a combination of meningitis and encephalitis that resulted in hearing loss. Sly shares her story of the traumatic events and how the family pulled through in her newly released book “Toolbox from Heaven: Living by Faith in the Midst of Crisis.” “It’s a powerful story that takes the reader on our family’s journey. It was definitely a roller coaster ride,” Sly said. Sly said it was touch and go and once Alexandra was out of the hospital they had to try to adjust to what Sly calls “a new normal.” There were treatment options to consider and they had to figure out how they were going to interact with their daughter. Alexandra now has cochlear implants so she can hear and Sly said most people would never guess her daughter has been through what she has. “It’s a success story,” Sly said. Sly, a Monument resident who is a neuromuscular massage therapist never had any aspirations to write a book and said she wrote it because she felt a prompting from God. In her book she tells of the tools her family used to get through the difficult time. In her book she calls the table of contents the table of tools. By reading the book Sly hopes that the reader will join the journey her family went on and pick up the tools she used when they encounter a crisis. She calls her daughter a hero for beating the

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Monument resident Holly Sly tells a story of her family’s fight with illness and how they persevered in the newly released book “Toolbox from Heaven.”The book is available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com Courtesy photo illness but she calls her son Douglas, who was three-years-old at the time, an unsung hero. “He was the rock. He helped us maintain what we knew as normal,” she said. Sly said it was having faith to get through the tough time. “You have to find the positive along the journey. This has made us better people. We’re more compassionate.” “Toolbox from Heaven” is available for $17.99 at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, www.tatepublishing.com/ bookstore and at Sly’s website www.toolboxfromheaven.com. Sly will also have a book signing at Covered Treasures Bookstore in the coming weeks. Check with the bookstore for dates. Sly would like for people to visit her website and share their tools for getting through a difficult time. Just click on the link “Shared Tools.”

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Cripple Creek a golden impact in history Nearly everyone knows of the impact of Cripple Creek gold on the history and construction of the city of Colorado Springs. Mansions that line “Old North End” streets like Wood, Cascade, and Nevada Avenues owe their existence to the wealth generated in the mines. Public buildings like the Main Post Office, the Mining Exchange, and even the old courthouse that now houses the Pioneer’s Museum were paid for with district dirt. But few realize how deep, pervasive and intertwined that golden vein entangles area influence and origin. An example resides in the coalmines in the northwestern area of the city. “The Pikes Peak Fuel Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Golden Cycle Corp., produced and sold lignite coal at its Pikeview Mine, located just north of Colorado Springs, for many years,” wrote Max W. Bowen in a profile about the Golden Cycle Corp. in the December, 1960 edition of The Mines Magazine. “During the World War II period, the

power plant Pikeview, having capacity in excess of 8,000 kilowatts, served in a standby capacity to the city of Colorado Springs, thereby insuring the city of sufficient power capacity to serve the numerous armed services establishments in the region.” “The Fuel Division also operated a sand, crushed rock and gravel business, supplying most of the concrete aggregate used in the region for the past several years. Prior to abandoning the railroad (Midland) in 1949, crushed rock aggregate was produced in the Cripple Creek District

and shipped to Colorado Springs by rail,” Bowen wrote in 1960. The development of the Woodman Valley area is also very much tied to Golden Cycle Corp. presence as well. The Golden Cycle Corp secured clear title to Monument Park Land Company in 1913. “From 1913 this corporation, or its subsidiary Pikes Peak Fuel, held most of the land from Pikeview into Woodman Valley. From the shaft at Pikeview, tunnels ran north and west through most of the area south of Woodman Road. Although there was also coal north of Woodman Road, the surface rock made the area generally unsuitable for mining,” according John Kitch, Jr. in his 1970 book Woodman Valley. By 1959, the two smaller valleys north of where the Modern Woodman of America Sanatorium had been serving tuberculosis patients for years, were being called Hidden Valley and Red Spring Valley. “Both were slowly being settled by new residents who had purchased homesites

from the Golden Cycle Corporation,” wrote Kitch. The sanatorium closed to patients in 1947 and by 1950, it had been purchased by wealthy financier and philanthropist Blevins Davis. Davis wife was heiress to a fortune originally linked to James Hill railroad money. (Davis at one time was partial owner of The Gold Rush newspaper.) “He promptly sold off the 180 octagonal Gardiner cottages, many of which can still be seen in the Pikes Peak area. A rumor circulated at this time that the property was to be used for a Summer White House, allowing the entire presidential staff to escape the heat of Washington,” Kitch writes. The Sisters of Saint Francis Seraph were eventually the benefactors of that land, more than $2.3 million dollars, and a Broadmoor mansion. Renamed St. Joseph’s Convent, Mount St. Francis, the property was dedicated as the order’s Mother House of the Western Province in 1954. It continues to serve in that capacity.

Olive oil not just for cooking Life in the waiting room Many people are turning to olive oil because it tastes better than canola or vegetable oil and is supposed to be much healthier. It would seem the use of olive oil is just for cooking but actually I’ve learned the uses are endless. I sauté garlic and onion in olive oil when I’m making pasta sauce and who doesn’t love dipping bread in olive oil and seasonings. Olive oil has been around for centuries and can actually be used for a number of things. It has commonly been used in cooking but has also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps and fuel for oil lamps. But did you know olive oil can be used to polish furniture and wax floors. Just apply a little olive oil to a cloth and polish that table or bookshelf. Mix olive oil with a little bit of lemon juice and vinegar to wax a floor. Olive oil can be used to removes stickers that the kids put on furniture, fix squeaky doors and can be used to condition leather and shine stainless steel and brass. Some people use the oil in place of shaving cream. It’s supposed to provide for a closer shave. Others use it to remove eye make-up and it apparently works great as a lip balm. Olive oil is also used to treat dry skin and to moisturize dry cuticles. It is also known to remove paint from skin. While searching for uses of olive oil I also found that if one puts a little in their dog or cat’s food it will help keep their coat shiny and prevent hair balls in cats. Funny how there are so many uses of an oil that is derived from the fat of the olive. No one is really sure where olive trees first

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came from, certainly not Colorado or from the United States for that matter. There is evidence that olive trees where grown in Crete, Greece in 2,500 BC. However some scholars believe that the olive trees originated in Iran and Turkestan. One thing that is for sure, the tree is native to the Mediterranean basin. According to www.explorecrete.com there are archeological findings that olive oil cultivation took place among the Minoan people in Crete. There is also evidence in Israel of stone mortars and presses used for olive oil extraction that date back to 5,000 BC. The Minoans used olive oil in their everyday lives. They are believed to have used the oil as medicine, in tanning and lighting, as a base for scents and ointments and to protect delicate surfaces. It was also common in ancient Greek and Roman cuisine. Now-a-days the major producers of olive oil are Spain, Italy and Greece. It is also produced in Syria, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Portugal and Algeria. So next time you pick up a bottle of olive oil think about the many uses you can get from it.

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Recently for about two weeks, because of a family member’s serious illness, I and other members of my family spent many quality hours in the Critical Care waiting room at a Colorado Springs hospital. Unlike surgical waiting rooms, in or outpatient, Critical Care waiting becomes a home away from home. We saw the same people every day. We were all waiting for news of our loved ones or chances to visit, hoping to see some sign of recognition: a squeezed hand, a fleeting smile, the nod of a head or even a just the blink of an eye. The other families waiting with us became our family, too. We shared our stories, the good ones and the not-so-good ones. We shared our fears and our hopes; we had plenty of each. When we heard the two-part tone and the voice announcing “Code Blue, Code Blue,” we froze, hoping the next words wouldn’t be your loved one’s room number. When it wasn’t, we breathed a sigh of relief but we also felt the fears of that other family who wasn’t so fortunate. Sometimes, if you’ve been there long enough, a nurse will call before the code and tell you it isn’t your sibling, spouse, child or parent. Everyone waits in a different way. Some stare into space, lost in their own world. Others wait better when their hands are busy. My sister-in-law crocheted animals and dressed dolls for every child who waited in Critical Care during the nearly two weeks we were there. I worked on a crocheted rug, tearing it out and restarting it over and over because I couldn’t concentrate on the pattern. My brother, who usually manned the overnight shift, read 64 books on his

e-reader. Some groups had family members coming in from all over the country to help them with the long wait. When I complimented one Michigan woman on her choice of a Colorado Rockies hoodie, she said, “This is a team?” She thought it advertised the mountain range with the same name; an honest mistake for the non-baseball fan. After a while we grew used to the ebb and flow of waiting-room time. We learned, for example, that the Intensive Care Unit is closed during rounds when everyone is anxiously waiting for news from a doctor they might not know but have probably learned to trust. We also learned that we can’t visit the patient during the twice-daily shift changes and that Critical Care waiting is closed once a day for cleaning. Those are the times when waiting family members go home for a shower or a change of clothing if they live close enough to get back when shift-change or cleaning is over. Otherwise, they wait somewhere else. It’s also good to know that the coffee and tea are usually free and that while the vending machines don’t always give us what we want; the staff is always willing to help us get what we need. That’s life in the waiting room.

Taking a trip to the `mall’ In my last column I mentioned going into town, checking, among other things, mail. A trip into town was like today’s trip to the mall. Have things changed all that much? On their trip into town they bought bulk groceries, animal feed, clothing, tools, parts for their vehicles and, sometimes, ate and had haircuts! Sometimes all in the same store! Now, this was not a mall, it was the town’s general store. Usually going to town wasn’t a long trip; this is what made small towns useful. Occasionally there might be a need to go into a bit larger town. Someone living near Woodland Park might need to go to Colorado Springs but only for some hard-to-get item. A hundred years ago my grandfather and his father would go into town in a wagon maybe once a week. A trip from Monument into Colorado Springs might take all day! Today we might expect to find some of these things in a big box store and go to the store at the drop of a hat, even driving to a store many miles away, even Denver. Many of the commonly used items could be bought down at the general store but, unlike today, they rarely wanted to see a wider variety of items. If there were several general stores in a town, maybe they might each have a different selection; otherwise there were also the Sears & Roebuck or Montgomery Ward’s catalogs! Things ordered in the mail might come in on a train

in two weeks! In Colorado Springs, every Saturday was shopping day! There were a number of stores that specialized in serving those living out in the country. In fact there were many stores in the area along Colorado Avenue between Tejon and Nevada that catered to farmers and ranchers from all over who did this kind of shopping. They carried the basics, in large quantities. There was even a corral in the middle of the block where they bought and sold horses, cows and even sheep. This all ended in the 1950s when things became easier and quicker to do. The trip into town could even be done over the phone, and now on line! Mel McFarland, artist, author, retired teacher and railroader, is a Colorado Springs native who has a strong interest in the events of this area’s past.

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Astronaut seeks childrens’ questions about space Special to The Tribune The United States Air Force Academy is taking questions about space from students in K-12th grade, via e-mail, now through Jan. 18. The best questions on anything related to space will be selected and answered in a video that will

be posted online in February. The questions will be answered by one of the academy’s resident experts on space, former astronaut and retired Col. Jim Dutton. He was the pilot for the NASA STS-131 mission, is an academy graduate and is currently an instructor in the department of Aeronautics. The questions to an astronaut are the latest

in the academy’s STEM efforts, designed to generate and maintain youth interest in tackling coursework in science, engineering, technology and mathematics, to become the next generation’s scientific leaders for the Air Force, nation and world. Questions can be submitted via the STEM@usafa. edu.

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Larkspur student makes university honor roll Special to The Tribune Natalie M. Hurst of Larkspur was listed on the University of Wyoming’s 2012 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 grade point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for

a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. Located in Laramie, the University of Wyoming is the state’s only four-year higher education institution, offering more than 180 programs of study. A low student-faculty ratio allows for individual instruction and attention and undergraduates often participate in cutting-edge research projects. For more information about the University of Wyoming, visit www.uwyo.edu

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Scary Guy visits local students Comes with a message about eliminating hate, prejudice and violence By Lisa Collacott

lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Everyone’s heard the saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.” But just read the headlines and you will find that a young teenager has committed suicide as the result of being teased and called names or that someone has killed another person because they were told something negative, they looked different or because of their religion, race or sexual orientation. “Kids are killing each other over their differences,” The Scary Guy told a group of high school students. It happens around the world every day and The Scary Guy is someone who is trying to spread the message about eliminating hate, prejudice and violence. He takes his message to schools, churches and corporations around the world. The Scary Guy (yes that is his legal name) visited Lewis-Palmer School District 38 high school and middle school students recently. During the two-day assemblies he talked to students about how to eliminate prejudice from their lives and when someone says something negative about them it is really a reflection of the person saying the words. He said people can’t make other people change but they can take control and not become the negative words that are spoken to them. “You create you. You are responsible for all the words you hear. Just because a human being speaks negative words does not mean you have to become them,” The Scary Guy said to students at Lewis-Palmer Middle School. He told high school students during an assembly at Lewis-Palmer High School people call each other names and that leads to slander and if left unchecked it can lead

The Scary Guy, his real name, visited D-38 students recently to talk to them about eliminating hate, prejudice and violence from their lives. He challenged them to take his seven day, seven night challenge in which they have to try not to say anything negative about anyone else for seven days. Covered in tattoos, The Scary Guy knows what it feels like to be judged based on his looks. Photo by Lisa Collacott to violence. The Scary Guy challenged students to take part in his seven day, seven night challenge where they will refrain from saying anything about another human being for seven days. “It might be the most difficult seven days,” he said. The Scary Guy, born Earl Kaufmann, has been on a mission to eliminate hate prejudice and violence for 15 years. The former

tattoo artist knows all about prejudice. At a young age he would say mean things to people to make himself feel better. As the years went by he became the victim of prejudice after having his body, including his face, covered in tattoos and body piercings. People would judge him based on his tattoos. A reporter wrote an article about him and referred to him as The Scary Guy in the article. That left him hurt and offended

and started him on the road to spread his message. Eventually he legally changed his name. Seann O’Connor, principal of LPMS, said the teachers will continue the program with a curriculum from The Scary Guy. “We have to continue to keep (the message) in their minds,” O’Connor said. For more information on The Scary Guy and his programs visit http://thescaryguy. com.

Magic, illusion comes to Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts Dream Masterz set to entertain, amaze entire family By Norma Engelberg

nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com For the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, there’s more to art than visual and tactile media such as paintings, photography and sculpture. Art also includes performance and nothing says “performance” like the Art of Illusion. On Jan. 26, Dream Masterz Theatrical Illusions, with husband and wife team Joe Givan and Carol Massie, will offer entertainment for the entire family. Both Givan and Massie have made critically acclaimed appearances on stages around the world but they call Castle Rock their home. Givan is only the third person in history to win the Gold Cups International Award of Excellence from the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He has created custom illusions for IBM, Zerox, Apple, AT&T and Pepsi and has appeared on TV shows in England and Japan. Givan has been doing magic since the age of 4 when he received his first magic kit. He has won first prize three times in the Olympics of Magic, Massie said. Massie, also a world-class illusionist, started performing in college and worked on cruise ships. She starred in more than 30 production shows from Las Vegas to Korea and has appeared on “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” and on several Canadian TV specials.

Joe Givan and Carol Massie have been entertaining audiences around the world with their illusions for more than 20 years. They will be bringing their family-friendly show to the stage on Jan. 26 at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. Courtesy photo

“Prepare to be astounded,” he said. “This is a family show but it’s also a Las Vegas style performance like their show at the MGM Grand. Their performances on (David) Letterman and (Jay) Leno also appear in their club in Castle Rock.” Art-center doors will open 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7. Seating is limited to 175 patrons so Maddox encourages people to buy their tickets early. Advanced tickets are $15 for center members and $18 for nonmembers. At the door, if there are any tickets left, they’ll be $17 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Annual memberships are $27 for individuals and $37 for families. The center also offers a $22 special membership to teachers, seniors, active duty military and students. For more information about center events, memberships and to purchase tickets, visit www.trilakesarts.org or call 719481-0475.

IF YOU GO The pair met while performing at Magic Island in Houston. They’re both Colorado natives. They started Dream Masterz in 1991 as a way to bring stories to their illusions and have been entertaining and mystifying crowds ever since. To bring the magic home they opened the 72-seat Theatre of Dreams in Castle Rock in 2003. The teach a Wizards Camp every summer to rave reviews. For more information about their performances, visit them at www.amazingshows.com.

Massie said because of the size of the art center’s stage, they won’t be doing their largest-scale illusions but there will be medium-sized illusions, audience participation, mind-reading and comedy. “This is our full-time job,” she said. “It’s funny to say that and still live in Colorado but we love it here.” Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts Director Michael Maddox said this duo offers the best magic show anyone will ever see in this area.

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studied years ago. “It works whether we ever piped water here or not. It’s something that can work for us now. It would look something like taking our water, taking what we have down below the Monument Sanitation treatment plant, probably bringing it up around Palmer Lake, bringing it back through the creek and starting to use every bit of the water that is ours instead of taking it out of an aquifer and letting it run down to Colorado Springs,” Green said.

Water down the creek

Konarski told trustees that Monument has a lot of water, that they have paid for and that they own, run down the creek because they are not using it. She said for many years when water is pumped it is used, goes through

the system and then goes back into the creek and Monument does not receive credit for it. “So we have been letting water that we have paid to pump go through one use and then we’ve lost it,” Konarski said. Green said they would basically be looking at using their own water to extinction. “We think if we very efficiently use our on water we almost don’t need too much more. Now someday we will but we can get by on that for a long time and when we need outside water we will be more efficient at using that because we will have this plan and reuse infrastructure in place,” Green added. Green said there are two studies that look at reusing and recycling water and would like to retain Barber to work to partner with other water and sanitation districts to put together a

plan on how to reuse and recycle water and he would also put together a finance plan. “No matter what we do we are looking at millions of dollars. So although we have a fund set aside just for water it’s not enough money so the best we can do is leverage it and we are going to have to look at some very creative ways of financing to use that money,” Green said. The town has an Acquisition, Storage and Delivery of New Water Sources fund which Green said currently totals about $700,000. The ASD fund comes from one cent of the sales tax from Tri-View. Discussions will continue at future meetings “I think this board has always been ready to move forward with water. We’ve always been open to changes and ideas that are in front of us,” Mayor Travis Easton said.

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manner that endangers others. Tom Kassawara, director of development services for the town of Monument, said there are a lot of regulations that the state still has to come up with but the passing of the ordinances protect the town for now. “Once new state regulations come out we may have to amend this to abide with those regulations. We may have to add to it, we may have to subtract from it. But for now it’s good to have this on the

Colorado voters legalized the recreational use of marijuana for those 21 and older this year, but area communities individually decide if they want to allow retail sales or commercial growth. File photo books because we can regulate it,” Kassawara said.

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Stauffer comes up big for Thunder Senior a force on boards for 10-1 Disovery Canyon By Danny Summers

sports@ourcoloradonews.com COLORADO SPRINGS - A torn labrum his sophomore year changed the way Andy Stauffer approached his sports career. “I had to make a decision,” Stauffer said. “Baseball was always my first love. But I could no longer do the things I used to do. For one thing, I had to move from shortstop to second base. “I turned my attention more towards basketball and things have worked out pretty nicely.” Stauffer is a 6-foot-3 senior power forward for the Discovery Canyon Campus boys basketball team. He is second on the team in scoring (16.6 points per game) and first in rebounds (8.5). The Thunder has posted a 10-1 record, including a 2-1 mark in the Class 4A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference - its best start in school history. Stauffer is a starting second baseman on the school’s baseball team, but it is basketball that he intends to play in college. He is considering Trinity International (Deerfield, Ill.), Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, Neb.) and Judson University (Elgin, Ill.). “Andy works extremely hard,” said Discovery Canyon coach John Paul Geniesse. “He’s an athletic player and he plays off the athleticism. That helps open him up on the

Discovery Canyon senior Andy Stauffer is second on the team in scoring (16.6 points per game) and first in rebounds (8.5) Photo by Danny Summers exterior and interior. “He plays like he’s 6-5, 6-6. He’s pretty multi-dimensional.” Discovery Canyon was 8-16 in 20112012, including a first-round state playoff

loss to Kennedy. The team was dominated by Stone Hood, who averaged a team-leading 19.8 points per game. Stauffer was next at 11.0, as well as a pulling down a teamleading 8.0 rebounds.

“We have three or four guys who can score 20 on any night,” said Stauffer, who is a co-captain along with Peter Call and Jack Trask. “We don’t have a superstar. It’s nice knowing we’re not relying on one guy.” Senior guard Brandon Nachbar is the Thunder’s leading scorer at 17.4 points per game. Nachbar has topped 20 points three times times. Stauffer has gone for 20 or more four times, including a season-high 25 against Wheat Ridge. On Jan. 8 against Lewis-Palmer, Stauffer was the only Thunder player to reach double figures when he scored a team-high 13 points during a lopsided 65-36 loss to Lewis-Palmer. Stauffer did so despite being guarded by the Rangers’ 6-6 guard Jordan Scott. “I just guarded him straight up and let my teammates do the rest,” Scott said of Stauffer. “He’s a talent. He works very hard. He’s got great motion and he’s the kind of player any coach would like to have.” Stauffer also drew Scott and held the Division I recruit to a season-low 10 points. Stauffer may have had his best overall game this season on Jan. 11 when he scored a game-high 24 points (7 of 7 from the free throw line) to go along with a season-high 15 rebounds during a 79-69 victory over Falcon. Four times this season Stauffer has hit double figures in rebounds. “Andy spent a lot of time in the gym over the summer getting better,” Geniesse said. “He’s been here for the long haul and our program is better for it.” Stauffer and the Thunder next play at home Saturday night against Roosevelt in a non-league affair.

State run in reach for Register TCA junior is ranked third in 3A at 138 By Danny Summers

sports@ourcoloradonews.com COLORADO SPRINGS - For the first time in his life, Andrew Register has the wrestling stage all to himself. And he’s enjoying every minute of it. The Classical Academy junior is ranked third in the state in all of Class 3A at 138 pounds in the latest On the Mat poll. He is 14-2 and preparing himself for another run at a state title. “Any of us top eight guys are shooting for that goal,” Register said of the competition. “It’s going to take a lot of hard work and execution. I just have to improve every day to the best of my ability.” Register, a two-time state qualifier, placed fifth in 2012. It was a remarkable tournament run considering he was the No. 16 seed and lost his first match to No. 1 seed Pablo Ortiz at the Pepsi Center. Register was forced to battle back through the loser’s bracket. He won five consecutive matches, including two in overtime and another by a point at the end of regulation. “It’s a razor’s edge between the top eight that place and being at the podium,” said TCA coach Sean Collins. “Andrew has the mental toughness and physical drive to get there. He will work as hard as anyone in the state.” Register (5-feet-7) was not the only member of the family to place at state last year. His older brother, Daniel, took fourth at 182 pounds. Daniel, a 2012 TCA graduate, was a two-time state qualifier and is currently attending the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. “We used to motivate each other,” Andrew Register said. “It’s different not having him around this year, but we see each other all the time and we`re always talking wrestling.” The oldest Register brother, Ben (TCA class of 2008) also

‘It’s going to take a lot of hard work and execution. I just have to improve every day to the best of my ability.’ Andrew Register was a two-time state qualifier. Ben is a senior at the Air Force Academy and was recently accepted into the Navy Seal program. Though wrestling has dominated the Register household, Andrew still devotes time to other activities. He is a member of TCA’s advanced choir (Jubilate) and was a starting tailback and cornerback for the football team. He also returned punts and kickoffs. Register enjoyed a banner season on the gridiron, helping the Titans to a 9-2 record and a No. 4 seed in the 3A playoffs. He rushed for 961 yards on 145 carries (6.6 average) and seven touchdowns. He also caught 25 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown. The Titans had a rather sudden end to their season after losing starting quarterback Jantzen Ryals to a broken collarbone in the regular season finale. They lost their last two games, including a first-round playoff game to Delta. For now, however, Register is focused on attaining his goal of becoming a state wrestling champion and helping his teammates along the way. His usual wrestling partner is 152-pound junior Zach Johns. “He’s super aggressive and he’s definitely a leader,” Johns said of Register. “He’s getting better. I’m getting better.” Register’s losses this season came against Dolores Huerta’s Jared Mestas (ranked No. 1 in 3A) and Palisade’s Justin Ray (ranked 3rd in 4A).

The Classical Academy junior Andrew Register is off to a 14-2 start for the Titans. “It’s great experience to have that kind of tough competition early in the season,” Register said. “I have a goal, and goals are meant to be achieved. I have a coaching staff and teammates who will help me reach that goal.”

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moved, as well as her spleen and gall bladder removed. The mass was detected during a scan she had after finding out she had breast cancer. It turned out to be pre-malignant, but it would have eventually turned up cancerous if it was not detected. Doctors determined that the mass and the breast cancer were not related. Lauer drew a lot of strength and support from students, staff and administrators while she was away. Assistant principal Terry Bramschreiber took over her duties as athletic director while she was on mend. Athletic secretary Paula Marks also picked up the slack. “I had done a lot of prework prior to leaving,” Lauer said. “Things were set up and ready to go. Between Terry and Paula things kept going fantastic.”

The girls swim team has shown its support by wearing pink hats and pink shirts this season. Interestingly, the game against Lewis-Palmer had another meaning for Lauer. She is a 1974 graduate of the school. “When I graduated from Lewis-Palmer there were about 300 kids in the school,” she said. “We had real home-cooked meals in the cafeteria.” Lauer has been a teacher and administrator in District 20 for most of her adult life. She spent 25 years at Air Academy, where she was also the boys swimming coach. She moved over to Discovery Canyon when the school opened in 2007. Lauer has no plans of slowing down. She plans on biking 14 miles in a Race for the Cure triathlon in Denver this summer.

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FOX JOINS MANITOU SPRINGS Former Classical Academy girls soccer coach Mike Fox will return to the sidelines next season as coach of rival Manitou Springs. Fox, who spent six seasons building TCA’s program, last coached in May 2009 when TCA lost in a Class 3A state quarterfinals match to Manitou Springs. TCA won the state title the next season under current coach Blake Galvin. In five seasons of varsity play, Fox led TCA to the state quarterfinals three times. Fox replaces Maurissa Mursch, who led Manitou Springs to a 12-6 record last season, including a loss to St. Mary’s in the state quarterfinals.

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