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elects new board of directors
Students given five challenges after seeing Rachel’s Challenge By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Her message to others was to be kind and show compassion but it wasn’t until her death that her message was spread around the world. It was nearly 14 years ago on a warm spring day when Rachel Scott sat outside of Columbine High School having lunch with a friend. Two classmates approached Scott and shot and killed her then made their way into the school where they proceeded to kill 11 other students and one teacher and injure dozens of others before taking their own lives. After Scott’s death her family read her journals and also came across an essay she turned in for a class assignment titled “My Ethics, My Code of Life.” In the essay she wrote, “I have this theory that if one person will go out their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.” Since then her family has been going to schools, colleges and corporations all over the world sharing Rachel’s message. Rachel’s Challenge has a mission to inspire, equip and empower people to create a positive culture in their schools and work places by starting a chain reaction of kindness and compassion. That message was shared with high school students at Discovery Canyon Campus on Jan. 25. Presenter Mike Walker shared Scott’s story and how she wanted to start a chain reaction. She went out of her way to be kind to special needs kids, the new kids at school and kids who were typically bullied. During the assembly at DCC Walker gave the students five challenges. He told the students to look for the best in others, dream big, choose positive influences in
Two new members elected, one member re-elected By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Woodmoor residents have re-elected one board member and two new board members to the Woodmoor Improvement Association. Jim Hale was re-elected to serve on the board of directors for a second term after the annual meeting that took place on Jan. 28. Per Suhr and Tom Schoemaker were elected for the first time. Suhr and Schoemaker will fill the seats held by Nick Oakley and Paul Lambert who decided not to seek re-election. The three will serve three year terms. Ballots were counted by the League of Women Voters.
Rachel Scott was the first student killed in the Columbine school shooting, the worst mass school shooting at the time. After her death her family spread her message of starting a chain reaction showing kindness. They started Rachel’s Challenge which has impacted more than 18 million worldwide. Courtesy photo their lives, speak with kindness and start their own chain reaction. “She would like you to challenge yourself as she challenged herself,” Walker said. Since starting Rachel’s Challenge the Scott family has received more than 500 emails from students that said they were considering suicide but after seeing Rachel’s Challenge they reached out for help. Approximately 78 percent of students surveyed said they would intervene if some-
one was being bullied after seeing Rachel’s Challenge. Scott’s message has definitely had an impact on students worldwide. More than 18 million people have been impacted by Scott. In one of her journals she traced her hands and wrote inside the hands, “These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people’s hearts.” For more information on Rachel’s Challenge visit www.rachelschallenge.org.
I-25 lane closures occur next two weeks lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com Work will begin this spring on widening Interstate 25 between Woodman Road and Monument but prior to the widening project soil and pavement samples will be taken which will result in overnight lane closures. Current soil and pavement samples are taken in order to design the project to the standards it needs to be according to Bob Wilson, spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Transportation. “It’s basically testing what’s
existing to design it (the road) properly,” Wilson said. The closures will result in the interstate being reduced to one lane for approximately one mile and will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. over a two week period. The closures will begin Feb. 3 starting in the northbound lanes just north of Woodmen Road and will continue to move north toward Monument through Feb. 8. On Feb. 10 the lane closures will begin in the southbound lanes just south of Monument and will make its way back to Woodmen Road concluding on Feb. 15. The speed limit will be re-
Hale was elected to the board in 2010 and prior to that served on the Woodmoor Architectural Control Committee for seven years. As a board of director he has served in the position of vice-president and in January 2012 was named president. One of the top con- Hale cerns for Hale is fire safety and making sure what happened in Mountain Shadows doesn’t happen in Woodmoor. “The top priority for Woodmoor is our firewise program. We learned a lot of lessons from the Waldo Canyon Fire, ” Hale said. Hale has lived in Woodmoor for 10 years and retired from the United States Air Force as a colonel. He has worked in the aerospace and defense industry since retiring and holds three master’s degrees.
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Soil and pavement samples will be taken prior to widening project By Lisa Collacott
Jim Hale
Lane closures on north and southbound lanes of I-25 will be in effect from Feb. 3- Feb. 15 so that soil and pavement samples can be taken before the widening project begins. Closures will take place at night from Woodmen Road to Monument. File photo by Lisa Collacott duced to 65 mph in the work zone. The $66.4 million project is scheduled to begin in March and be completed by the end of the year.
Eleven miles of the interstate will be widened to three lanes in both directions. A majority of the lane closures during the project will occur during off-peak hours.
Suhr has been living in Woodmoor for nearly 20 years. He originally moved to Woodmoor in 1985 but in 1990 his job with Lockheed/Martin Corporation took him and his family to England. They returned in 1998. Suhr has served on the Woodmoor Architectural Control Committee for 10 years and ran for a position on the board to “maintain the beauty and integrity of Woodmoor” according to a recent WIA newsletter. “I enjoy volunteering for the good of Woodmoor,” Suhr said. After spending time in the Air Force Suhr spent 27 years with Lockheed where he was a systems test engineer in the space industry. He has a masters degree in space systems management.
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Army spouse found dead in base housing Special to The Tribune Air Force Academy Security Forces discovered the body of a deceased spouse in base housing on the evening of Jan. 29. The body was discovered by airmen of the 10th Security Forces Squadron during a health and welfare inspection. They
were alerted by the husband, a deployed Army soldier assigned to Fort Carson, who expressed concern about not being able to reach his wife. Investigators from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the scene, as well as the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. The investigation is ongoing and foul play is not suspected.
Cadet faces hearing for sexual assault charges Special to The Tribune An Air Force Academy cadet who had sexual misconduct charges preferred against him in September of 2012 faced an Article 32 hearing on Jan. 31. Cadet Second Class Jamil D. Cooks had two charges preferred against him. Charge one has one specification of violating Article 80 for attempted sodomy. Charge two has three specifications of violating Article
120, one for aggravated sexual assault and two for aggravated sexual contact. An Article 32 hearing is equivalent to a civilian grand jury proceeding. An investigating officer, typically a Judge Advocate, presides over an Article 32 hearing and submits his or her report of the proceedings to a convening authority to decide proper disposition of the case. At this time the charges are merely accusations and the accused is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Airman found guilty of distributing Ecstasy Special to The Tribune Airman 1st Class Ralph Day was convicted at a special court martial on Jan. 29 of using and distributing a controlled substance. He was sentenced to six months confinement, forfeiture of $1,000 pay per month for six months and received a reduction in
grade to airman basic. Day pled guilty to two specifications of violating Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A military judge accepted his pleas and found him guilty of wrongfully using a controlled substance commonly referred to as Ecstasy and wrongfully distributing an unknown quantity of the controlled substance.
Clinic set for county fair queen El Paso County schedules Saturday session Special to the Tribune The The El Paso County Fair Queen Clinic is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, at the El Paso County Fairgrounds in Calhan. Anyone interested in participating in the 2013 Fair Queen contest should attend. The clinic, which will provide valuable information and tips in all areas of the contest, is for all potential Fair Queen contest participants. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend, but it is not mandatory. The cost is $20 and includes lunch.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Pam Dawson at (719) 749-2342 before February 7. Fair Queen contest is Saturday, March 9, at the Fairgrounds. The committee is seeking young women between the ages of 18 and 22 to participate in the contest to represent the El Paso County Fair during the year. The four contest categories are horsemanship, application, public speaking and personal interview. Application deadline is February 21. Application packets can be picked up at the Fairgrounds office in Calhan or online at www.elpasocountyfair.com. To participate you must be a single, never married or pregnant female that resides in El Paso County. The contest begins at 9 a.m.
INSIDE THE TRIBUNE THIS WEEK Opinion. Carrigan gives advice on how to recycle newspapers Page 6
Let’s Dance. Dance-aThon to raise money for Tri-Lakes Cares. Page 8 Academy News. Air Force Academy cadet charged with sexual assault. Page 5
History. CCC camp in Monument was the last to close. Page 12
Top Mop. Palmer Ridge wrestlers win Golden Mop. Page 15
Missing pilot academy graduate
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Special to The Tribune A 2003 Air Force Academy graduate has been identified as the pilot of the F-16 that went missing during a night training flight over the Adriatic Sea on Jan 28. Capt. Lucas Gruenther was the chief of flight safety for the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Before being assigned to Aviano Air Base Gruenther was an instructor pilot at Sheppard Air Force Base inTexas.
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vvela@ourcoloradonews.com Yesenya Saucedo fought back tears Thursday as she recalled being laughed at in kindergarten, and feeling “clueless and dumb” because of her struggles to speak English. Now, several years after her family brought Saucedo to the U.S. illegally, she is well on her way to graduating from Denver’s Bruce Randolph Report School this spring — with 23 college credits under her belt, to boot. “What I have done is what I’ve been asked, and even a little bit more,” she said during her testimony before a Colorado General Assembly committee hearing on a bill to which she is tying her college and career hopes. Saucedo wants to go to college, but because she is an undocumented student, she cannot afford to pay the hefty, outof-state tuition rate to attend a Colorado school. But there remains hope for Saucedo, because the Senate bill that’s been dubbed ASSET — Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow — has cleared its first legislative hurdle. The bill — which would allow illegal immigrants to pay the same tuition at state colleges and universities as other students who are residents — passed the ninemember Senate Education Committee Jan. 24. Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, who chairs the Education Committee, was one of five Democrats who voted to move the bill forward. “We’re never better off with fewer educated students,” Hudak said. “When people do not have hope, then it is very difficult to make it from day-to-day — especially children.” Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, who is one of the bill’s sponsors, said that if the bill becomes law, it would bring in about
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Adams County civics teacher Dorian DeLong, left, speaks during a press conference and rally at the Capitol Wednesday Jan. 15. New legislation allows illeagal immigrants to pay in-state tuition costs at Colorado colleges and universities. Photo by Andy Carpenean $2 million in net revenue to the state. Johnson said Colorado is forcing too many young people leave the state to attend colleges at neighboring states that already have laws similar to the one proposed in the ASSET bill. Once they graduate, they remain in those states and contribute to the economies there. “If we don’t stop to help these young people, what will happen to us as a state?”
Johnston told the committee. One Republican committee member, Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, joined all five Democrats in voting to move the legislation forward. Three Republicans voted no. Only one person testified in opposition to the legislation. John Buck of the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform called the bill “illegal,” and said Colorado citizens
“want illegal aliens to self-deport.” “This illegal education bill provides one more incentive for illegal alien families to cross our borders and diminish our resources,” he said. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee, before going to the full Senate for a vote. It is likely that the bill will pass the Democratic-controlled General Assembly.
Perlmutter pushing for federal weapons ban By Darin Moriki
dmoriki@ourcoloradonews.com The issue of gun control took center stage during a Jan. 25 mobile town hall meeting hosted by Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter, where he reiterated his support for an ongoing federal effort to ban some assault rifles, semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. “On one side of the district is Columbine and on the other side of the district is Aurora,” Perlmutter said. “I was going to too many funerals last July and visited with families, first responders, law enforcement officers and medical staff. It was a very horrible, gruesome situation and murders that were done with an assault rifle and some other weapons with high-capacity magazines.”
The mobile town hall meeting came on the heels of his annoucement made just a few hours earlier to become the co-sponsor in the House of Representatives for the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, which would prohibit 157 specific weapons and ammunition magazines that have more than 10 rounds. The bill was introduced to the Senate by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and was expected to be introduced to the House of Representatives early this week as of press time on Jan. 28. “The terrible toll that it takes on individuals, families and communities have to be considered when you’re looking at this,” Perlmutter said. “These 150 types of weapons should really be in the hands of military and law enforcement personnel - they’re not meant for self-defense or hunting. We don’t want to do anything to the Second
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son. Perlmutter said the bill is particularly important because it would close loopholes left in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which barred the future manufacturing of 19 specific semiautomatic firearms and banned the possession of magazines holding more than ten ammunition rounds. But Perlmutter acknowledged that the battle pass the bill through Congress will not be an easy one. “It’s going to be a very difficult bill to pass,” Perlmutter said. “I don’t want any-Fra body to have any illusions about that. There is a lot of work to be done, but I am sup-reac portive of that Perlmutter’s communications and pol-By R icy director Leslie Oliver said that aboutrmoo 11,000 residents in the state’s 7th Congressional District participated in the mobile Pa tity-t town hall meeting. purs Th 18, w a Do said cle to advance on an officer who was reportedly lied to investigators and re-With trying to arrest him. Slade, who was signed on Dec. 5, 2012, before the con-the D treated for his injuries and eventu- clusion of the internal investigation,tion ally faced trial, was found guilty Jan. Spurlock said. Ondrak had been withValle 28 of assault, attempted assault and the sheriff’s office since 2006. the p Deputy Gerritt Kaufman refused tounat menacing charges for his actions during the incident. In the days before his cooperate with the investigation andDran trial began, the sheriff’s office received on Dec. 17, 2012, was terminated fromGarc notice that Slade claimed a backup of- his position, Spurlock said. Kaufmanon fo ficer used excessive force during the was a K-9 officer who had been with In the sheriff’s office since 2002. arrest. repo “The Douglas County Sheriff’s Of- Th The sheriff’s office immediately launched an internal affairs investi- fice doesn’t tolerate untruthfulness,”ing th gation into the allegations, leading Spurlock said. “You are required to co-said. to the departure of two of the office’s operate with an internal investigation.twolong-term deputies, said Undersheriff (Kaufman) chose not to do so and wasAuro Tony Spurlock. Detective Beth Ondrak terminated.” to th
Amendment rights of those who want to hunt or need something for self-defense, but these are for really for military or law enforcement.” During the bill’s introduction, Perlmutter read a letter crafted and signed by 14 relatives of seven moviegoers killed in the Aurora theater shooting that voiced support for the ban. “Our loved ones were gunned down and an entire generation of our families taken away in a matter of seconds,” the letter read in part. “We listened to the 911 tapes played in court and sat in agony as we heard 30 shots fired within 27 seconds, wondering if one of those bullets killed our children.” Under the proposed bill, Perlmutter said gun owners who currently own an assault weapon will be allowed to keep it but will be subject to a background check, if they choose to sell or transfer it to another per-
Internal investigation leads to deputies’ dismissal Man facing trial raises claim of excessive force By Rhonda Moore
rmoore@ourcoloradonews.com Two Douglas County sheriff’s deputies left the department amid an internal affairs investigation into claims of excessive force. The claims were raised by Reese Slade, an Elizabeth man convicted as a habitual offender for a 2010 case that involved officer gunfire. Slade was shot in the head on Feb. 5, 2010, while he was using his vehi-
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l Sheriff announces Citizen’s Academy Special to The Tribune The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for its first Citizen’s Academy for 2013. The Citizens’ Academy will begin on March 26 and will be held from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. The Academy will be conducted over an eight week period culminating in a graduation on May 14.
The academy will offer participants a broad overview and unique insight into the various functions of the sheriff’s office. Participants will be involved in a ride-along with deputies to observe firsthand the variety of calls handled by the sheriff’s office. A tour of the Criminal Justice Center will be conducted to demonstrate the challenges facing our detention staff. Topics of discussion will include the intricacies of a criminal investigation as detectives take them through the investigative process. Ad-
ditionally, participants will learn about use of force, vice and narcotics operations, and emergency services, which includes our Wildland Fire and Search & Rescue teams. The Citizen’s Academy also serves as a pre-requisite for those who are interested in participating in the Sheriff’s Citizen Patrol volunteer program. Citizen Academy attendees interested in this program would be required to complete the SCP Academy for an additional four weeks. Those who are at least 18 years of age
and interested in attending the Citizen’s Academy can download and print an application from the Sheriff’s Office website at http://shr.elpasoco.com/ or may contact the Volunteer Program Coordinator Cathryn Richards at 719-520-7216, to request an application. There is no charge to attend the Citizen’s Academy; however seating will be limited to the first 40 completed applications received. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 1.
Volunteer needed for citizen outreach group Special to The Tribune
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Nearly 1,300 people from the Class of 2008 begin a 7.8 mile march from the Terrazzo here to a tent city in Jacks Valley on July 23 to begin the field portion of basic cadet training. Courtesy photo
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ppro-lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com o the e bill Another United States Air Force AcadeGen-my cadet has been charged with aggravated sexual assault. The cadet was charged on Jan. 31 and the academy cannot release his name until an Article 32 hearing is scheduled. An Article 32 Hearing is equivalent to a civilian grand jury hearing. The case could be dismissed or be recularlyommended for a court martial. holes In a statement by Jocelyn Stewart, the Lawcadet’s attorney, said, “My client is the latest d the emissesn ten
victim in the military’s campaign to combat what outside observers have dubbed an epidemic of sexual assault in its ranks. My client is innocent of this allegation and will avail himself every opportunity to defend against this baseless accusations. He and all who know him well are enormously disappointed in the USAFA’s decision to prefer the charge.” Another cadet, Cadet Second Class Jamil D. Cooks, faced an Article 32 hearing for sexual misconduct charges on Jan. 31 and Cadet Second Class Anthony D. Daniels Jr. had his Article 32 hearing for similar charges on Nov. 7. Daniels case is still pending. Three other cadets faced charges of sexual assault early last year with one of them having the charges dismissed. One cadet graduated in 2011.
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pol-By Rhonda Moore boutrmoore@ourcoloradonews.com gresobile Parker police are investigating an identity-theft case that began with the vehicle pursuit of two women. The incident began around 6 a.m., Jan. 18, with an alert to be on the lookout for a Dodge truck stolen out of Castle Rock, said Parker Detective Penny VanDenBerg. Within minutes of the alert, officers spotted the Dodge being tailed by a Ford Expedition and launched a chase near Crowfoot Valley and Stroh roads. Officers called off the pursuit when the Ford crashed into an unattended parked car near Mainstreet and Dransfeldt. The driver of the Ford, Amber Garcia, 22, of Denver, attempted to escape on foot and was apprehended by police. Investigators later found the Ford was reported stolen out of Commerce City. The unidentified woman who was driving the Dodge eluded capture, VanDenBerg said. Aurora police found the Dodge about two-and-a-half hours later, abandoned in Aurora.A search warrant for the Ford led to the discovery of thousands of pieces of
mail and financial documents, credit card information and prescription medications strewn on the floorboards, backseat and in backpacks. Investigators also found vehicle registrations and documents that indicated the suspects broke into cars throughout the metro area, VanDenBerg said. Personal information recovered points to victims from Castle Rock, Denver, Westminster, Aurora, Evans, Alamosa, Greeley, Colorado Springs and Villa Grove, VanDenBerg said. Police also found handwritten notes with credit card information for individuals from Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, she said. The scope of the suspected identity theft ring could continue to grow as investigators sift through thousands of documents, VanDenBerg said. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” she said. “Unfortunately we deal with identity theft more frequently than not. But something that starts out with stolen vehicles and turns out to be this, there’s definitely more out there that we need to investigate.” VanDenBerg contacted individuals whose prescription medications were recovered and those who appear to be missing a substantial amount of mail. The investigation indicates the prescription medications were sent by mail, VanDenBerg said.
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners is seeking a community-minded citizen volunteer to serve as an At-Large member on the Citizen Outreach Group. The Citizen Outreach Group is an advisory board created by the El Paso County Board of Commissioners to reach out to county residents and encourage open communication between citizens and their commissioners. It consists of 11 to 15 citizen representatives, up to 10 citizen commissioner district representatives with a maximum of two representatives from each of the county’s five commissioner districts, with the balance of citizen representatives selected from the community at large. Members are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners for three-year
terms and may not serve more than three consecutive terms. The volunteer application is located at www.elpasoco.com and can be accessed by clicking on the “Volunteer Boards” link. Applicants are asked to reference the board and position they wish to represent and include a mailing address and daytime phone number. Send completed applications and letter of interest and/or résumés to: Board of County Commissioners Attn: Frances St. Germain, County Administration Manager 200 South Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2208 Applications may also be faxed to 719-5206397 or emailed to webmaster@elpasoco. com. For further information call 719-520-6436. Applications for the open position are due by Feb. 22.
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A What you can do with your newspaper OPINIONS / YOURS AND OURS
To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated. Newspapers have a million ways of being useful and some of them have nothing at all to do with being black and white and read all over. Let me give you a few examples. “Fix a flat tire,” advises Michelle Hainer, of the Washington Post. “If you get a tear in your bike tire while riding, fold a quarter page of newspaper into a square big enough (and thick enough) to cover the hole. Slip the paper between tube and tire. Inflate the tube enough to hold the paper in place, then put the tire back on its rim and inflate the tube fully. This quick fix should keep you going for several miles.” Hainer has a few more suggestions for constructive application of newspapers including the following: “Ripen tomatoes. Wrap green tomatoes
individually in a couple of sheets of newspaper. Store in an airtight container in a dark place at room temperature. Check them every three to four days,” she writes. The material can also be used to keep weeds out of your garden. “Layer three to four sheets of newspaper next to your plants (at least two inches away from the stems to prevent rotting) and then
More about February If you’re into odd celebrations, you’ve already missed “Working Naked Day” on Feb.1. It’s not how it sounds; the day is actually dedicated to people who work from home and don’t necessarily have to follow the company dress code. Of course, like every other month in the calendar, there are plenty of odd celebrations and observances in February. For example, the month’s name came from the Latin “februa,” which means cleansing or purification. With that in mind, it’s easy to see why so many February observances have to do with cleaning. February is “Pull your sofa off the Wall Month,” the month people are encouraged to try new furniture arrangements. It’s also “Return Carts to the Supermarket Month” and the second Monday is “Clean Out Your Computer Day.” You’ve also already missed “Hoola in the Coola Day” (Feb. 1); “The Day the Music Died Day” (Feb. 3), based on a phrase in Don McLean’s 1971 song “American Pie” commemorating the day Rock ‘n’ Roll musicians Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in a plane crash in 1959; “Disaster Day” (Feb. 5 and aren’t we all glad we missed that one?); and “Wear Red Day” for cardiovascular disease (first Friday). Oh well, now it’s on “Fly a Kite Day” (Feb. 8), one of my favorites “Read in the Bathtub (but not with your e-reader) Day” (Feb. 9), “White T-shirt Day” and “Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk Day” (Feb. 11 and for obvious-if-you-think-about-it reasons), “Get a Different Name Day” and “Madly in Love With Me Day” (Feb. 13), “Ferris Wheel Day” (Feb. 14, you thought I was going to name that other Feb. 14 observance didn’t you?) and another of my favorites: “SingleTasking Day,” also known as “Do One Thing and Do It Well Day” (Feb. 22). The month ends with “For Pete’s Sake Day” (Feb. 26), “Public Sleeping Day”
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(another favorite at airports , train stations and doctors’ offices) and “National Tooth Fairy Day” (Feb. 28). If we had a leap day this year, we could also celebrate “National Surf and Turf Day,” “Dump Your Significant Jerk Day” and “Weather Person’s Day” (now you can’t say meteorologists “don’t get no respect.”) There are several food-related celebrations in February. It’s “Canned Food Month,” which makes sense considering that nothing much grows during a Northern-Hemisphere February; “National Cherry Month,” “National Snack Food Month” (National Popcorn Day is Super Bowl Sunday), “Great American Pies Month,” “National Grapefruit Month,” National Potato Lovers Month” and “National Hot Breakfast Month.” With the exception of “Homemade Soup Day” (Feb. 4), “National Fettucine Alfredo Day” (Feb. 7), “National Bagels and Lox Day” (Feb. 9) and “National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day” (Feb. 18), most food observance days in February celebrate sweets such as Baked Alaska, carrot cake, chocolate fondue, frozen yogurt, banana bread and chocolate covered peanuts. As you can see, February isn’t as boring as most of us thought. In fact, there’s nothing like boredom to motivate people toward self-entertainment and moving the furniture.
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Shuttle disasters are St etched in our memories It was 10 years ago on Feb. 1 that the nation once again saw another space shuttle tragedy. This time it was the space shuttle Columbia. It was Feb. 1, 2003 and the Columbia was returning after a 16-day mission. They were in the homestretch when the shuttle disintegrated in the earth’s atmosphere upon re-entry. Another 16 minutes and the shuttle it would have safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center but instead it broke apart over Texas. It was a Saturday and I was busy cleaning house and remember thinking how tragic that this could happen to another space shuttle. Myself and along with the rest of the nation was horrified because 17 years before we watched the first space shuttle disaster. That time it was Jan. 28, 1986 and the space shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after it launched. That mission was making history because aboard the Challenger was social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe as part of the NASA Teacher in Space Project. Because McAuliffe was the first teacher to go in space, the launch of Challenger was aired live so students all across the country could watch in their classrooms. I remember that morning clearly. All the classes at my high school were scheduled to watch the launch. Because I was a senior that year I only had two classes in the morning and would go back for an afternoon class so I was not in a classroom to watch the launch. I did however go with my friend to her older brother’s house so she could babysit her nephew and we had plans to watch it there. We turned the television on so we could watch the launch. We were play-
Ed two-p Ev in the lessly food pullin thru witho food As conte ing with her nephew and busy talking, on th being or more like gossiping, when we just happened to turn our attention towards to stu scien the T.V. only to see this huge cloud of smoke. We both sat in silence watching food, and trying to figure out what was hap- ice cr myri pening. Not even the broadcasters knew what W was going on. They said it looked like an explosion but were still not sure and were awaiting word from NASA. On Feb. 1, 2013 NASA observed a day of remembrance for the Challenger and Columbia as well as the Apollo 1. Observances took place at the astronaut memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Complex where there was a wreath laying ceremony. There were five space shuttles in all including Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavor. The space shuttle program brought us into a new era of space exploration with its very first mission on April 12, 1981 with the launch of Columbia until its last on July 21, 2011 when Atlantis returned from the final mission. Even though the shuttle program is gone doesn’t mean that is the end of space exploration. NASA is currently designing and building vehicles that will allow them to explore the solar system. They have Apollo and space shuttle astronauts to thank for paving the way.
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A wet year: The storms of 1894 After this last summer’s dryness, I thought you would like to hear about a wet season! In the Colorado Rockies, snow isn’t uncommon even in May. I have seen Woodland Park 6-inches deep in wet snow. This however was 1894 when Cripple Creek was just getting up to speed. The spring brought 2 feet of wet white stuff! The late spring storm set in on a Sunday but it lasted into Monday. In addition, there was wind. All winter the stage lines had made it, even if not on time, but with this storm they were not doing that well. The stages from Midland were all right but the stages from Florissant and Canon City were missing. One from Canon City had gone over the side just above Canon but all the passengers escaped uninjured. In fact the Canon City and Cripple Creek stage line was already going out of business. The Kuykendall Company was taking
over their business, except for the mail, Swanson and McKissick were doing that. The weather gave them a few weeks break, then hit again! A storm centered around Pikes Peak in June, as many do. In Cripple Creek they got more than 2 feet of snow, again! On the peak, there was much more. I have seen June pictures from the summit showing several feet of snow that year. In doing my research, June 6 was a big one for this rain and snow storm. The storm in early June was mainly rain in the lower elevations.
Fountain Creek flooded from up in Ute pass all the way to Fountain. Monument Creek was running over its banks from below Palmer Lake south! The street car line had a bad break near Colorado City and the cars were at a standstill in many places on account of sand on the track and derailed cars. As to how much damage was done, the news tells us the tracks from about 30th Street to almost downtown Manitou were damaged or gone! The Denver & Rio Grande Railway’s tracks ran closer to Fountain Creek than the street car. A passenger train finally ran over the Manitou Branch of the D&RG for the first time in four weeks. It brought much joy to the people of the resort. The track was but a temporary arrangement, laid sometimes in the bed of the creek, sometimes over the banks quite a way from the right of way. It took several
more weeks to rebuild the old road bed. The D&RG’s management had been kept busy looking after the main line between Pueblo and Florence and came to the rescue of Manitou after that was done. The storm had washed out track and bridges along the Arkansas River, as water from the west and south side of Pike’s Peak rushed into those drainages. In 1894, the Florence and Cripple Creek was almost finished building to its destination. Phantom Canyon was a constant problem but, fortunately, this series of storms did not destroy the construction work up there. Weather would be a factor, though, a couple years later.
theory that, for some people, highly palatable foods stimulate brain receptors that are also linked to alcohol, cocaine and heroin addiction, let’s take a look at some of the signs and symptoms of food addiction. The organization Food Addicts Anonymous, whose mantra is “Recovering together one day at a time from the biochemical disease of food addiction,” says, “Food
addiction manifests itself in the uncontrolled craving for excess food that follows the ingestion of refined carbohydrates, primarily sugar and flour substances that are quickly metabolized and turned into sugar in the bloodstream.” Their website, http://www.foodaddictsanonymous. org/, goes on to address the physical, emotional, social and spiritual symptoms of food addiction. Dr. Pam Peeke, an expert on health, fitness and nutrition from the Peeke Performance Center for Healthy Living, has develop a food addiction quiz based on research done at Yale’s University’s Rudd Center for Food and Science & Policy. Take the quiz at http://www. drpeeke.com/PopQuiz.htm.
In an article published on the Huffpost Healthy Living website last October, Peeke lists six ways to beat food addiction: Take the test. First you need to find out if your relationship with food is a healthy one. Take Peeke’s Food Addiction Quiz mentioned above and find out. Know your staples from your treats. Our brains are rigged to seek out the delicious reward of natural carbs like berries and veggies and healthy fats from avocados and olive oil. You need to be able to ascertain the difference between the taste rewards from those foods and the highly processed “hyper-palatable” foods today’s manufacturers have created.
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.
Strategies to help overcome food addiction
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part series. Ever find yourself with your hand in the bag of chips munching mindlessly as you drive home from the food market or experience your car pulling inexplicitly into the drivethru lane at a local fast-food joint without your help? You just may be a food addict. As America runs away with the contest for being the fattest nation ng, on the planet, millions of dollars are being poured into scientific research t ards to study our relationship with what scientists call “highly palatable” f ing food, cookies, chips, peanut butter, p- ice cream, cheeseburgers, fries and a myriad of candy, you know the list. what While researchers debate the e and
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Anson Keith “AK” Allen, 91 passed away peacefully on November 23, 2012 in Roseville, California. He was the beloved husband of Helen Mae Allen for 71 years. He was the father of two sons, David of Elbert, Colorado, and Bruce of Roseville, California, and three grandsons, James, John and Sean. He was a proud and respected telephone repairman for 37 years in Fresno, California and avid adventurer and outdoors man. After retirement, Anson and Helen moved to Palmer Lake, Colorado for 30 wonderful years. He was a dedicated father who took his family on many camping trips and attended all of his sons and grandsons sporting events, as well as most of their team practices.
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The first Front Range Dance-a-Thon will be Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Marriott Hotel and will benefit Tri-lakes Cares. Stock photo
Dance-a-thon fundraiser to raise money for Tri-Lakes Cares By Lisa Collacott
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ancers whether amateurs or professional can dance the night away and raise money for a good cause. The first ever Front Range Dance-aThon will take place Feb. 9 at the Marriott Hotel and will benefit Tri-Lakes Cares. The idea for the dance-a-thon came from Kelli Rose, TLC board member. Rose has been active volunteering for the Relay for Life and was once a competitive ballroom dancer. She was looking for a fun, unique way to raise money for TLC. “I didn’t want to do something that is already being done,” Rose said.
Prior to the dance-a-thon there will be a health expo to show people how to have a healthy lifestyle and Rose said dancing is one of them. “Dancing brings out our inner child,” Rose added. The health expo will take place from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and will feature vendors who specialize in weight loss, pain management, skin care, nutrition, holistic wellness, healthy cooking, yoga, health insurance, aromatherapy, chiropractic, green products and much more. The health expo will also collect nonperishable food items for the food pantry at TLC. There is no charge to attend the health expo. Rose said the dance-a-thon isn’t a dance contest or a dance until you drop event but
rather a fun night to join other people who like to dance. Music will be provided by a DJ and it will range from the 1940s to the 2000s. There will be prizes for who raises the most money, costume contests, trivia contests, dance lessons and there will also be a performance from a local Exhibition Dance Showcase. Tickets for the dance-a-thon are $25 for a single entry ticket and will get you in the door to watch or dance and there will be food available to order. There is a $200 couple’s package which includes a private hotel room for the night, food throughout the night, breakfast, tshirts and an event booklet. A group or girls night out package for four will cost $250 or for $75 one can purchase an all-inclusive single ticket. Both include everything that comes in the couple’s package. A cash bar and restaurant is open all
night and drink specials will be offered through the decades of music. The Front Range Dance-a-Thon will take place from 5:00 p.m. Feb. 9 to 5:00 a.m. Feb. 10 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. For more information visit www. frontrangedat.com. “I would love to see this become an annual event,” Rose said.
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We, the people, are in this together As President Obama’s words rang out from Capitol Hill into my family room, as the camera panned over the thousands bearing witness to his second inaugural address, I found myself moved. By the significance of the tradition, its symbolism and shout to the world that regardless of who was elected, this transition from one presidential term to another would be a peaceful one. By words that spoke of equality for all. And by faces that seemed at once jubilant and expectant. “We, the people …,” President Obama repeated throughout. “We, the people …” But as I watched and listened, enveloped in the moment’s oneness, a question slipped in: Do we all feel as if we are the people? Those three words have become a mantra of what America represents, taken from the document this country was built on: “We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” It is a lofty ideal that at times has been shoved into the shadows by such abuses as slavery and inequality of rights because of gender, race and religion. That we have amended some of those wrongs is an inspiring tribute to our foundation. But we are, most definitely, a work still in progress. “`We, the people’ is our vision for America,” says Amy Montague, a social studies teacher for 15 years whose passion for history lights her eyes and fills her voice. “`We,
the people’ is what we are always aspiring to be.” Empowered toward unity. Even when it is difficult to achieve. Stephanie Noll is a social worker for Mi Casa Resource Center, which serves the underemployed and unemployed in the Denver area. She works daily with women and men struggling to overcome financial, educational and other challenges in their pursuit of stability. “When people don’t have access to be able to meet their basic needs,” she says, “they don’t feel included as the `we’ who are taken care of in society.” Something as simple as language can exclude people from the circle, says Alejandra Harguth, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Mexico who works with immigrants in Littleton. “Just because you were born somewhere else doesn’t mean you are different from the person next to you” in terms of human value. Moe Keller, a Democrat who championed mental health, child care and developmentally disabled issues during her years in the Colorado House and Senate, believes that, overall, the country’s “general welfare” isn’t being promoted as the Constitution asks.
“We need to invest and believe in ourselves. I don’t think we do that right now,” says Keller, who taught special education for 25 years and remains active in the mental health arena. “Even at the federal level, we don’t,” referring to the legislative fight over Hurricane Sandy disaster relief and other political challenges to civic and social programs. “I believe in economic patriotism,” she says. “We have an obligation and a duty to pay taxes because democracy is not free. Taxes are not evil. They are what keeps us going as a country.” To Bob Beauprez, a buffalo rancher and former Republican congressman who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006, President Obama’s “we, the people” means “we, the government.” John F. Kennedy had it right, Beauprez says, when he proclaimed in his inaugural address, “`Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.’ It’s bigger than us. The cause is bigger than us.” But the elemental essence of “we, the people” as an instrument of cohesion and change gives us the tools — despite differing philosophical views on government — to work toward that dream of unity. The teacher, the social worker, the politician and the community activist see evidence of it every day. Steve Burkholder, a former mayor of Lakewood, talks about the sales tax increase of 2005 that led to the building of a new mall and increased revenue during tough financial times. The city asked its residents, “What type of city do you want?” Burkholder remembers. “We can give you this type of city at
2 percent sales tax or we can give you this type of city at 3 percent sales tax. This is your choice. We had this dialogue about it and we talked about it and we tore down their favorite mall …. The citizens were a part of it. That was `we, the people.’ ” He talks about the importance of establishing inclusivity across all areas, from ethnicity to gender to income level, and excitedly mentions an early intervention educational program that will soon begin in the city. “We have this opportunity to make a major difference.” That kind of empowerment of others, he says, is “we, the people.” Keller highlights community service organizations such as Optimist, Rotary and Kiwanis, which regularly provide scholarships to young people for higher education. One, in particular, recognizes students who have stayed in school despite great adversity. “They want these people to be successful,” Keller says. “This is `we, the people.’ ” Beauprez, although saying he doesn’t agree with all its tenets, points to the Tea Party movement. “The people were saying loud and clear, `Something’s really screwed up here … and we have to get off our couches and do something about it,” he says. “That kind of citizen action … it’s an extremely healthy `we, the people’ kind of statement.” Noll, the social worker, isn’t sure those who are marginalized ever fully feel included in society as a whole. But the success of her program’s participants — representing such a broad diversity — gives her hope. “There is a sense of empowerment in that process,” she acknowledges. “People do regain a sense of belonging.”
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Restaurants needed for taste contest Special to The Tribune Monument Academy is planning its first annual “Eat Your Art Out” celebration. The event will be a fun event for the whole community. It will consist of a taste testing contest with local restaurants and caterers. There will be performances by the Monument Academy Fine Arts band, choir and drama students and a student art gallery. We are now taking applications from restaurants who would like to participate. The event will take place from 1-5 p.m. on April 13. We are expecting over 800 people to attend. There will be a $25 entry fee for
a 10x10 space. This fee will pay for tasting utensils, napkins, and sampling cups. Two first prizes will be awarded, a People’s choice award for $100 and a Celebrity judges Award for $100. If you would like more information or an application please contact Ann Pappas or Tina Swayne at Finearts@monumentacademy.net. Application deadline is March 1. This is a great opportunity for you to promote your business and at the same time help Monument Academy’s fine arts program. All proceeds will go toward Monument Fine Arts Department. We are also looking for artists and businesses who would like to donate to our silent auction.
Monument Pak Mail closes doors Special to The Tribune The Pak Mail, located on Baptist Road, recently closed its doors. The store, which offers packing and shipping services closed on Jan. 31. For customers who use Pak Mail the Centennial Boulevard location off of the
Garden of the Gods Road can assist with any packing and shipping needs. Pak Mail 232 is located at 4419 Centennial Boulevard. Pak Mail also provides crating and freight services. For a complete listing of services visit their website at www.PakMailColorado. com or call them at 719-593-1212.
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CLUBS IN YOUR COMMUNITY EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update your club listing, e-mail calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: Tribune. PROFESSIONAL FRONT RANGE Business Group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at Bella Panini in Palmer Lake. TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking International meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-481-0600 or e-mail ebryson@ farmersagent.com. TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets at 5:30
p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.
TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Networking Group meets
at 7:30 a.m. the first and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www. trilakeschamber.com.
TRI-LAKES NETWORKING Team meets for dinner at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Inn at Palmer Divide. TNT is business women building relationships in a social setting. Visit www.trilakesnetworkingteam.com or call Janine Robertson at 719-266-0246 or e-mail janine@coloradorobertsons.com. WOODMOOR BUSINESS Group Meeting is the second Monday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Woodmoor Barn, 1691 Woodmoor Dr. We are Woodmoor residents offering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more information, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoorbusinessgroup.com. RECREATION
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is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School every Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details.
BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanlegiontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information. BIG RED Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stuff and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Jefferson streets in Monument. The money benefits Lewis-Palmer community schools. FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonprofit organization that works to keep trails rideable and hikeable in the Monument Preserve Area. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at the Monument Fire Center. Trail work is done at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday in the summer months. Contact info@ fomp.org or Chris at 719-488-9850. GLENEAGLE GOLF Club has implemented a Community Advisory Committee. Their mission is to help establish a stronger relationship between the club and the community. They are looking for representatives from all home owners associations. The committee meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30PM at Gleneagle Golf Club. If you can join, give Rick Ebelo a call at the club at 488-0900.
THE VAILE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837. SERVICES FREE GENTLY used clothing is available the second Saturday of every month from 1-3 p.m. at Tri-Lakes Church of Christ, the intersection of County Line Road and Beacon Lite, 20450 Beacon Lite, in Monument. For more information, call 719-4954137. Look for the sign on the corner. SHARE COLORADO, a nonprofit organization, is a monthly food distributor that offers grocery packages at half the retail price to everyone. Call 800-375-4452 or visit www.sharecolorado.com. SOCIAL THE BLACK Forest AARP Chapter meets for a luncheon the second Wednesday of each month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church. Call 719-596-6787 or 719-495-2443. THE CENTURIAN Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329. COALITION OF Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at 719-488-9031 or go to www.CoalitionTLC.org. COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop “I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets at 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Pikes Peak National Bank, in the upstairs conference room. The bank address is 2401 W. Colorado Ave, on the corner of Colorado Ave and 24th Street. The entrance is a single unmarked door on Colorado Avenue between the bank and the bicycle store. Free parking is available in the bank employee parking lot on the south side of the bank’s drive-up facility. Visit http://itroop.coloradoranger.org or e-mail Info@coloradoranger.org. GIRL SCOUTING offers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to make friends, learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-597-8603. GLENEAGLE SERTOMA Club luncheon meeting is every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Garrett Barton at 719-433-5396 or Bob Duckworth at 719-481-4608, or visit www.sertoma.org. HISTORY BUFFS meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month. KIWANIS CLUB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellowship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http://monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail info@monumenthillkiwanis.org LEGACY SERTOMA dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monument Country Club. New members and visitors welcome. Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750. MOMS IN Touch prayer groups meet, by school, throughout the school district for one hour each week to support the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668. THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the first Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Fire Department Administrative Building, 166 Second Street, Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for a noon potluck, program, and business meeting, which ends around 1:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, Co-President, at 719-481-1188 for Jean Sanger, Co-President, at 719-592-9311 for reservations. Clubs continues on Page 11
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he heran Clubs continued from Page 10 MOUNT HERMAN 4-H Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third meets Thursday of each month at Grace Best Elementary. There are meets no meetings in June, July and August. Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model at rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meeting is the third Thursday in October. Call at Chris Bailey at 719-481-1579.
ORDER SONS of Italy in America meets on the first Tuesday at 702 S. Tejon St. in Colorado Springs. Call Tony Rodasta for details or information, 719-260-8773.
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of the month for a luncheon at the Clarion Hotel Downtown, 314 W. Bijou St., Colorado Springs. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m., with luncheon and program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free preschool childcare is available with a reservation; $16 inclusive. Call 719-495-8304 for reservations or information. All women are welcome.
PIKES PEAK Women’s Connection meets the second Thursday
p.m. ROTARY CLUB of Colorado Springs InterQuest meets at 4:45 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights Retirement Center, 12105 ated Ambassador Drive in Colorado Springs. Call Scott Allen at akes 719-590-7460. Divide, SILENT SPRINGS Social Group is a social group for hard of infor- hearing and deaf adults. Sign language users are welcome. Dinto give ing out at local restaurants, potlucks and community activities is.org; are available on an ongoing basis. Call 719-487-9009 or e-mail g silentspringscos@hotmail.com. e sec- TOASTMASTERS FACC Masters Club meets at noon Club. Thursdays at Lockheed Martin, 9975 Federal Drive. Visit http:// 2750. faccmasters.freetoasthost.us or call Kirby at 719-481-3738.
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TRI-LAKES AMERICAN Legion Post 9-11 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Depot Restaurant on hrough Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Contact Ed at 719-481-2750.
TRI-LAKES BARBERSHOP Chapter meets Mondays. Call Phil ursday Zara at 719-481-3197. trative a.m. TRI-LAKES CROP Club meets on the third Saturday of the eting, month. Call Angela at 719-481-9735. all TRI-LAKES CRUISERS Car Club meets at 7 p.m. the first nger, Wednesday of each month at the Tri-Lakes-Monument Fire Station on South Colo. 105. Open to all vehicle makes and models. ge 11Call Dale at 488-2852. TRI-LAKES FRIENDS of the Libraries meets from 10 a.m.
to noon the second Monday of each month from September through June at Monument Library.
U.S. AIR Force Academy Toastmasters meets from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at DeVry University, 1175 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Colorado Springs. Visit www.d26toastmasters.org/airforceacademy or call Angela at 719-494-2777. Guests are welcome. MSGT WILLIAM Crawford Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 7829 will meet on the third Tuesday of each month starting April 19, from 6 -7:30 p.m. at the Sundance Mountain Lodge in Monument. For information, contact Martine Arndt at 719-231-5323 or Martine.Arndt@yahoo.com.
WISDOM AND Wealth Master Mind Group meets from
noon to 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Monument Library. “Change yourself, change your success.” Let’s talk money: how to save it (tips and ideas on how to cut costs), how to invest it (where, when and how), how to make it (build your business or start a new business). For information, or to register, contact Meredith@MeredithBromfield.com or 630-618-9400.
SUPPORT ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at Tri-Lakes Chapel, Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek. Call Greg at 719-648-9495. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Sunlight of the Spirit Women’s
Closed Step Study. Mondays, 6pm. Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 675 E. Baptist Rd. 487-7781.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Beacon Lite Group meets at 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at Tri Lakes Chapel, 1750 Deer Creek Road, at Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek Road. Call Kathleen at 649-1046. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Recovery in Action Group Open Big Book Study. Thursdays, 7pm. Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 675 Baptist Road. 487-7781. AL-ANON FAMILY Group meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Family of Christ Church, 675 Baptist Road. Call Jean at 719-487-8781 or Kay at 719-481-9258. AL-ATEEN GROUP meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Family of
Christ Church, 675 Baptist Road. Call Jean at 719-487-8781.
ALS, LOU Gehrig’s disease support group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Weber St. Center on Weber Street between Kiowa and Bijou streets. in Colorado Springs. Patients, family and caregivers are welcome. Contact Julie Bloom at 719-481-1906. BLACK FOREST Al-Anon meets at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Black Forest Community Church in the East Educational Building to help families and friends of alcoholics. Call 719632-0063. BLACK FOREST Homemakers meets the second Thursday of the month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church. Social time begins at 9 a.m. and is followed with a meeting/program. Newcomers are welcome. Call Cindy at 719-495-3402. COLORADO SPRINGS Shrine Club accepts new members who apply and register for children’s admittance to a Shriner’s Hospital from 10 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of each month. Call 719-632-3881.
THE TRI-LAKES Lions Club meets the first Thursday of every month at Monument Hill Country Club. The social is at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting is at 7 p.m. The International Association of Lions Clubs is the largest service club in the world with over 1.35 million members. The Lions are known as the “Knights of the Blind.” By conducting vision screenings, equipping hospitals and clinics, distributing medicine and raising awareness of eye disease, Lions work toward their mission of providing vision for all. Lions clubs are groups of community minded men and women who are interested in helping serve their communities. For information about the new Tri-Lakes Lions Club, contact the club’s president, Dave Prejean, at 719-492-8274. More information is available at lionsclubs.org.
LEWY BODY Dementia support group meets from 10 a.m. to noon the first Monday of every month, unless that Monday falls on a holiday, then the meetings are the Tuesday that follows that holiday. Meetings are at St. Francis Medical Center, Conference Room 5. Contact Marika Flynn, RNC, at mudflynn@yahoo. com. For information about LBD, visit www.LBDA.org.
TRI-LAKES NONDENOMINATIONAL Men’s Gathering meets at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Pinecrest Lodge in Palmer Lake. Continental breakfast is included. Call Basil Marotta at 719-487-9500.
MACULAR DEGENERATION Support Group for the visually impaired meets from 1-2 p.m. othe third Thursday of each month. Call Tri-Lakes Cares 719 481-4864 ext. 23 for information.
TRI-LAKES PARENTS of Multiples Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Little Log Church in Palmer Lake. Child care is provided for a minimal fee. New members and visitors are welcome. E-mail tlpoms@yahoo.com or call 719-488-6785.
MOMS CLUB, Moms Offering Moms Support, offers weekly activities each week for stay-at-home moms and children from birth to 5 years old. Moms living in Monument and Palmer Lake, contact Erin at 719-487-8233 or erin.vineyard@gmail. com. Moms living in ZIP code 80921 and parts of Black Forest can contact Debbie at 719-646-5939 or debdidovic@gmail.com.
TRI-LAKES VFW Post No. 7829 meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at The Sundance Lodge/Oakleys. New members are welcome. Call Darby Kelly at 719-481-4377.
FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT Group meets the second Monday of each month at 3505 Austin Bluffs Parkway at College Pharmacy. A DVD is shown at 5 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Visitors and new participants always are welcome. There is no charge; no products sold. Contact Lorna Searle at 719-481-2230.
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS support group meets the second Saturday of every month. Call Carolyn at 303-360-7080.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. The Alzheimer’s Association seeks two volunteers to facilitate the monthly Saturday morning caregiver support group in Monument. Knowledge of dementia is needed, but facilitator training and support is provided on an ongoing basis. Please email Barbara Caudle at bcaudle@alz.org.
BULLYING CONFERENCE. Building Strong Families National Seminars presents a 3-hour research-based school bullying and violence prevention conference, “Standing Up To Bullying.” Four sessions of the conference are planned, from 9 a.m. to noon and 5-8 p.m. Feb. 27-28 at Sundance Mountain Lodge, 1865 Woodmoor Drive, Monument. The conference is designed to empower and equip school administrators, educators, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and others who work with children with skills and tools designed to recognize, minimize or eradicate school bullying and violence. The strategies, techniques, and interventions cited in this conference equally spans elementary through high school students. The cost to attend this conference is $35. School discounts are available. School purchase orders are also accepted. Seating is limited. Those interested are asked to register by visiting http://www. StandingUpToBullyingConference.com.
THROUGH MARCH 15 GRANT REQUESTS. Continuing its 36-year tradition, the Tri-Lakes Women’s Club will once again consider grant requests for special programs and projects from nonprofit organizations, public service organizations and public schools that significantly serve the Tri-Lakes area defined by School District 38. Applications and instructions for the 2013 grant awards will be available at TLWC.net from Jan. 15 through March 15. Completed applications (which must include certain required documentation) must be postmarked no later than March 15. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Awards will be announced to grant recipients in late May. Please mail completed applications to Tri-Lakes Women’s Club, Grant Committee, P.O. Box 669, Monument, CO 80132. For questions, email Sandi Liston, grant committee chair, at santoliston@comcast.net. THROUGH APRIL 15 AARP TAX-AIDE. Tax preparation services and consulting through the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program is offered from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at Tri-Lakes Cares, 235 Jefferson St., Monument. Appointments are recommended. Call 719-481-4864. On Feb. 21 and March 21, the hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; no services offered on Feb. 18. For more information call John at 719-574-2167. FEB. 11 RUGBY. PIKES Peak Stormers Rugby Club is starting preseason practices from 2-4 p.m. Saturdays starting Jan. 19 at Cheyenne Mountain High School. Open to high school boys including homeschoolers. Regular season practice starts from 4-6 p.m. Saturdays Feb. 11 at Bear Creek Park. No experience necessary; just a great attitude and willingness to have fun. Come try a sport where there is a position for everyone and anyone can score. Contact Woody Woodbury at 719-440-4223 or busdriverwoody@hotmail.com or go to pikespeakstormersrugby.com for more information. FEB. 13 MANNERS CLASSES. Social Survival Skills offers etiquette classes for kids, tweens, teens and adults, including “Proud 2B Polite” for ages 6-11; “Confidence is Cool” for girls ages 12 and older; and “Manners Boot Camp” for boys ages 12 and older. New classes start Feb. 13 at 1650 Moveen Heights, Monument. For information and to register, call 719-440-4949 or go to http://socialsurvivalskills.net.
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MARCH 8 ART FESTIVAL. Visual artists can apply to exhibit and sell work at the 2013 Pikes Peak Arts Fest; the deadline is March 8. Artist applications are available online at www.pikespeakartsfest.com or www.zapplication.org. The festival will be July 5-7 at America the Beautiful Park, 126 Cimino Drive. Email pikespeakartsfest@gmail.com or call 719-851-8386 for more information. MARCH 15-17 PASSION PLAY. First Lutheran Church presents its 19th annual “Gallery of Living Art, a Passion Play.” The Gallery of Living Art tells the story of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection through scripture, music sung by First Lutheran’s choir and live reproductions of fourteen sacred works of art staged by a sixty member cast. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. March 15; 2 and 5 p.m. March 16, and 3 p.m., March 17 at First Lutheran Church, 1515 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs. Admission is free and childcare is provided. Contact Joan Kuehn or Judy Wach at 719-632-8836. APRIL 23 SEMINAR. THE Pikes Peak Chapter, International Association of Administrative Professionals, plans its 2013 Administrative Professionals Day seminar and luncheon on April 23 at the Crowne Plaza, 2886 S. Circle Drive, Colorado Springs. The seminar begins at 8:30 a.m., and the luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m. Open to all administrative professionals and office personnel. Visit www.iaap-pikespeak.org for updates on costs, menu and more. EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: Tribune. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis. Military briefs militarynotes@ourcoloradonews.com General press releases news@ourcoloradonews.com Obituaries obituaries@ourcoloradonews.com Letters to the editor editor@ourcoloradonews.com News tips news@ourcoloradonews.com
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Monument CCC camp one of the last to close In research, what goes around, comes around By Rob Carrigan
rcarrigan@ourcoloradonews.com When looking for information about the CCC Camp in Monument, you may encounter Mike Smith’s extremely valuable blog about the Civilian Conservation Corp titled “Forest Army.” Not only does Smith know about the Monument camp, but his grandfather had spent time there. “In a 1970s newspaper interview, my grandfather William Rutherford stated he went into USFS service with the third CCC camp in Colorado and left the service while at the last CCC camp in Colorado - the last of his USFS letters are from the Monument camp, so I presume that was the last camp. (It may have been the last USFS CCC camp in Colorado - a distinction the uninitiated might miss,)” Smith wrote in a recent email. He explained the information he had available, originally came from here in Monument as the result of an inquiry by him and a 1995 note from the postmaster in Monument, stating that they passed the inquiry along to a local bookstore, Covered Treasures. “Leona Lacroix at Covered Treasures wrote me a note stating that they had passed my inquiry along to “The Tribune” and to the Pike’s Peak Region of the USFS. I did not receive any correspondence from the newspaper but the District Ranger sent me the excerpts from the 1938 district annual, parts of which I’ve passed along to you now. (Neat how research sometimes works.)” Smith asked if any reference to a William I. “Bill” Rutherford from Georgetown, Colorado in the CCC camps was found, and to let him know as that was the aforementioned Grandfather. “He was hired by the USFS in mid-1933 and worked at Wuanita Hot Springs, Norwood, Delta, Gardner, San Isabel, Idaho Springs and Monument - perhaps more,” Smith writes. “He worked on the new divide road, did insect control in the Uncompagre and fence construction out of the Norwood camp. He was at a FERA camp in Florence for a short time, working with transient workers. He fought forest fire in the Hardscrabble Creek area and was in charge of the quarry that
Remnants of the CCC camp near Monument, as it looked this summer. Photo by Rob Carrigan produced all the stone for the dam at San Isabel (on Charles Creek). He was in charge of the Gardner camp for a time and wrote about bad flooding they experienced. I believe he had some involvement in construction near La Veta, including a tunnel project.” But the family was headquartered in Georgetown. “Frankly, he didn’t particularly like Georgetown and wrote often of how much he liked the country down around Gardner and Rye. I think he hoped to bring his whole family down there, but alas they stayed in Georgetown and today one of my uncles still lives there.” The file he received from the district
2013 Mountain View Electric Association BOARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN At MVEA’s Annual Meeting on June 13, 2013 at Falcon High School in Falcon, two directors will be elected to Mountain View Electric Association’s (MVEA) Board of Directors from the following districts: District 3 Elbert and surrounding areas to include a portion of the Black Forest (Current director Allen Gresham is retiring, leaving an open seat for this district) District 5 Ellicott, Fountain, Falcon and surrounding areas (Incumbent Bud Paddock) The procedure for Director Elections & Member Voting is available on MVEA’s website at www.mvea.coop. If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact a member of the nominating committee. A candidate must be a MVEA member and reside in the district where there is a vacancy. Before applying, please contact either MVEA office at 719-775-2861 or 719-495-2283 to verify your district. A member may also petition for nomination. Petitions and procedures are available at 1655 5th St., Limon; 11140 E. Woodmen Rd, Falcon or online at www.mvea. coop. Petitions must be signed by 15 members of MVEA and returned to either MVEA office by 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 29, 2013. A candidate questionnaire must be completed NOMINATING COMMITTEE for either the verbal nomination or the petition. District 3 This application can be found on MVEA’s website Joy Rosburg or you may pick one up at either office. If you 12481 County Road 90 have questions, please contact a member of the Elbert, CO 80106 nominating committee. Candidate applications must 303-648-3342 be received at either office or by the nominating committee by 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, District 5 2013 for the committee’s consideration. If you Carl Alexander are petitioning for nomination, the candidate 25480 Little Springs Road Calhan, CO 80808 application must be submitted with your petition no 719-683-5212 later than 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 29, 2013.
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ranger in 1995 offer insight into the coming and goings of the camp. “I don’t know what was there in 1942 when they liquidated the place but I’d be interested to know what’s still standing today.” “My Monument file is rather thin, but it does include excerpts from a 1938 district annual. The excerpt covers the Woodland Park, Colorado Springs and Monument Camps. I’m attaching the three pages that deal with the Monument Camp.” The information in the district annual is as follows: “In May 1938, 1st Lieut. Alvin C. Jenkins, then commanding Company 3810, CCC, Monument, Colorado, was advised that his Company was to be disbanded, and that the camp was to be reoccupied by a new company from the First Corps Area. Accordingly, the members were sent to three nearby camps: 1st Lieut. C.A. Davis was transferred to the Oklahoma District: and Lieut. Jenkins was attached to Camp SCS-5-C Springfield, Colorado. Adviser J.W. Herrick and Contract Physician H.B. Frosh were retained to function with the incoming company. Meanwhile, at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, many CCC enrollees were gathering. On July 18, 1938, Company 2124 was organized with Lieut. Walter E. Quinlan Commanding, and 2nd Lieut. As Junior Officer. The trip west was begun on July 20, 1938. Of course, all the members were eager to start for the new location because it meant travel, new sights, and perhaps a little adventure. Their enthusiasm dimmed somewhat, however, as the train rolled forward, and the monotonous scenery failed to fulfill expectations. Once their destination was reached, a different feeling took place - a feeling hard to describe. The lasting beauty of the mountains, the magnificence of the vari-colored rocks, ant gorgeous panorama of far-reaching plains studded with tableland made an impressionthat was to last a lifetime. Yes, their new home at the foot of rugged Mt. Herman was indeed a welcome sight.
impl ing, and main man In the m an e nurs Corb their The New Englanders found a well-main-lecte tained camp - one that had been built from Sp the T the ground floor by Company 3810. This Company was formed in July 1935siten and established in Dublin, Texas, as a soilThe conservation project. When the work inby w that vicinity was fulfilled, the companyits g enth moved to Monument, Colorado. The men were accompanied by Captainbe o Paul N. Ivancich Comanding Officer: 1stries w Lieut. J.E. Burch, Company Officer: Captainboxin George A. Ashfraugh, Camp Surgeon: andated Mr. R.G. Stevenson, Educational Adviser. was j The site for the now well developed C camp was overgrown with brush and cov-and func ered with rocks. As the only permanent building com-vens pleted at this time was the mess hall, tents were set up until more permanent buildings could be established. Within three months, the portable barracks had arrived, and their erection gave the camp an appearance of permanency. The buildings were arranged circularly so as to allow convenience in passing from one barrack to another. Superintendent William Brisbane and his competent staff of foreman instructed the new men in the work which they were to carry on. They were told that the primary function of the Camp’s work program was to furnish the necessary labor for raising and shipping of seedlings from the Monument Nursery to the various United State Forests throughout this region. It was pointed out that this process of raising trees consisted of a series of operations that varied with the seasons. Cone collecting, seed extracting, seeding, weeding, cultivating, watering, shading, protecting, transplanting, and stock distributing were given the major divisions for each year’s work. In addition to these regular Nursery operations incidental to the raising of trees, considerable construction work was completed by company 3810. The blacksmith shop, seed extractory,
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implement shed, seed storage building, tree packing shed, garage, barn and two pump houses will long remain as a tribute to the superior workmanship of these enrollees. Interest in the project ran high for the members realized that they had an excellent opportunity to learn the nursery business as a career. Enrollees Corbell and Little were rewarded for their distinguished work by being selected as semi-skilled foreman. Sports were extremely popular with the Texans, and their teams were consitently among the best in the District. The baseball team proved its worth by winning by winning all but one of its games in a difficult schedule. An enthusiastic basketball team, not to be outdone, ran up a score of victories with only two defeats. Swimming, boxing, and tumbling teams also created records of which the Company was justly proud. Classes of study were organized, and the educational program was functioning smoothly when Mr. Stevenson was transferred to Arizona. Mr.
Vern C. Howard was sent to take his place with the disbandment of Camp SP-12-C which was located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He brought with him radio equipment, woodworking tools, and wide assortment of books to strengthen the educational set-up. Recognizing the fact that more adequate teaching space was necessary, Mr. Howard constructed a schoolhouse entirely built from scrap lumber. Assistant Educational Adviser James Leasure, who had learned radio while a member of the Civilian Conservation Corp, established his own station using the call letters W9ZCX. He sent and received messages to and from every part of the world. At the present time well balance educational program is being maintained. Planned courses in academic, vocational and job training subjects are conducted regularly, with determining factors being the needs and desires of members. Unusual interest has been taken in the informal groups of photography, woodwork, dancing, and the various arts and crafts. Weekend trips to the Royal Gorge, the State
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Penitentiary, the coal mines, the Garden of the Gods, and Pikes Peak have already been taken with other scenic spots remaining on the “must see list.” Dr. Samuel Lilienthol, one of the first Camp Surgeons to go on duty in the district, was assigned to Company 2124 in August, 1938. Since his arrival, many significant improvements have been made in the Mess Hall and the Infirmary. The work of the 2124th Company is far from complete. Its actual history still lies in the future. Mr. Donald J. Hodges, present Project Superintendent, has intensive plans for the present and the future. Several new buildings will be erected, a large amount of fence will be installed, roads will be built, and new areas will be developed to further expand the Nursery. Two side camps are in operation this summer. One to locate at Devil’s Head is developing a new campground, and the other situated at Indian Creek is constructing a road, which will make it possible to thin a large area of the forest land to market Christmas trees.
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Basalt, Colo., where there was more irrigation water. “The CCC’s had a large camp at the nursery,” writes Lavelett. “It was established in 1933 and was a camp for young boys who, in the depression, had no work. They were paid for working at the nursery, also given schooling. Most of the boys came from Texas and Massachusetts. The camp was abandoned when WW II was declared.” The nursery, she wrote, was established to reforest 15,000 acres of timberland left by a disastrous Mt. Herman forest fire in the 1880s. That reforestation was completed by 1926. The nursery shipped two million trees a year in its heyday, and 25 million seedlings would be growing at once. In 1938, the nursery required 60 men to operate. After the war broke out, the site was apparently converted for conscientious objectors, according to blogger Michael I. Smith, who produces the blog Forest Army. “My grandfather was working out of the Monument Camp when we entered the war. He wasn’t at the camp in Monument, but at a side camp on Pike’s Peak (working to establish a water supply for Glen Cove). I don’t have any of his letters from after the Monument camp was converted for use as a camp for conscientious objectors at least none of them mention C.O.s. He does mention in a letter from early 1942 that they have finally been allowed to have light bulbs again (a reference to the post December 7, blackout regulations, I would guess). “The Monument camp was one of the last CCC camps to close in Colorado if not the last. Many of the last of his Forest Service letters talk of liquidating equipment and foremen scrambling for the few remaining jobs in the system. Family lore tells that he left the Forest Service shortly after the CCC was disbanded because he didn’t think the conscientious objectors worked as hard as the CCC boys did.”
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said. Dozier himself escaped desperate conditions in Texas. “I was leaving behind a chance to pick cotton, starve to death, and die early.” “The U.S. CCC did an awful lot of good.” For him personally, he was able to improve his situation markedly. After a full two years in the program in which he even improved on the $5 per month disposable income provided by the CCC by becoming an officer’s orderly (bumping earnings by $6 per month), he returned home. “I got lucky and got a job washing dishes and then another as a chuck wagon cook for a construction company because of what I had learned in the CCC.” Then along came WWII and he went in the Army, worked his way up the ranks becoming a mess sergeant and eventually switching with training to a laboratory technician. After the army, he continued on in the medical field. Longtime Monument businessman Bob Kuhlmann, who was 90 at the time of interviews 5 years ago, owned and operated Kuhlmann’s Cash Grocery from 1940 to 1964 but now lives in Albuquerque, N.M., recalled the young guys that visited his store from the Monument CCC camp during their time off, and said, “I think it did a lot of good.” “They worked on the roads and out at the nursery, did a lot of work on Mt. Herman Road and Rampart Range Road, and I think on projects out in the Black Forest.” He said the nursery itself also provided income in tough times to local men that worked there giving the example of Walter Schrader, the first superintendent of the government nursery. Schrader, according to Lucile Lavelett’s book “Through the Years” at Monument, spaded up the first 50foot square patch which became the first seed bed in 1907 and worked for 36 years as superintendent, retiring in 1943, shortly after the CCC camp was closed when war broke out. The nursery closed in 1965, and moved to
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The new president didn’t waste any time. “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance,” went the inaugural address on March 4, 1933. Within the first legendary `hundred days,’ Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a cooperating Congress let loose flurry of legislation that included such bold strokes of the like of a `bankers holiday,’ weakening prohibition by permitting the brewing of 3.2 beer, and the creation of the `forest army.’ Before the end of the first month, in fact, the forest army materialized in the form of the law creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. From 1933 until 1942, Company 2124 CCC Camp F-60-C, Monument, Colorado, operated in the shadow of Monument Rock. The `F’ in the designation stood for forestry and the `C’ for Colorado. Other camps in Colorado tackled such notable projects as building facilities at Red Rock Amphitheater in Morrison, road and dam construction, National Park facilities, early ski areas and much more. “At the end of March the Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act became law,” notes David F. Burg in his 1996 book The Great Depression: An Eye Witness History. “In creating the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the act provided for one of the New Deal’s most popular and memorable programs.” The CCC invited young men between the ages of 17 and 23, to work on projects and learn new skills. “The enrollees had to agree to allot the majority of their pay to their families. The usual enrollment was for a six month term while the maximum term of service was two years,” according to the Colorado State Archive. Standard wage was $30 per month but with $25 sent home to the family. The program was designed to “Save the soil, save the forest, save the young men,” as the motto suggested. “I think it saved the country,” says Farris “Red” Dozier, in interviews 5 years ago when he was 88. Dozier spent two years in the CCC in Oregon and Texas starting April 1, 1937, and is retired from the Army, and St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver and at the time lived in the Old Soldier Home in the Northwest part of Washington, D.C. His daughter, Mary Meyer, lived in Palmer Lake at the time of the interview. “All these different kids learned how to do something, maybe drive a dump truck, or caterpillar, maintainer,” he
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Notice is hereby Given that the Board of Directors of the Palmer Lake Sanitation District will hold a public meeting on February 12, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the District’s offices located at 120 Middle Glenway, Palmer Lake, Colorado, for the purpose of considering the Petition for Inclusion of the following described property into the Palmer Lake Sanitation District:
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Guy, De la Cruz mop up for Palmer Ridge Pins help Bears edge Lewis-Palmer By Danny Summers
sports@ourcoloradonews.com MONUMENT - Erik Guy and Jonathan De la Cruz are two big reasons why the “Golden Mop” will remain at Palmer Ridge High School for at least another year. The standout Bears wrestlers each record pins in their matches against cross town rival Lewis-Palmer on Jan. 30, leading Palmer Ridge to a 40-38 home victory. “I wish it was a trophy instead of a mop,” Guy said with a smile. “The mop was like a last-minute thing. It’s just spray painted gold. It’s a used mop.” Guy and De la Cruz both suggested that a trophy might be a better prize for each year’s winner to display. “Maybe two wrestlers on top of each other,” De la Cruz said. The Bears’ duo is enjoying a banner season. Guy (30-4 with 18 pins) is ranked fourth in Class 4A at 145 pounds in latest On the Mat rankings. De la Cruz is ranked 14th at 220. “You get to be that senior age and you mature a little bit,” said Palmer Ridge coach Paul Gagich about Guy. “He was one match away from placing last year and I think that has given him motivation for this year.” Guy began his wrestling career at Colorado Springs Christian School. He was there through his freshman year when he trans-
ferred to Palmer Ridge. His older brother, Antero, placed third at state last year as a 145-pounder. He did so after losing his first match and battling all the way back through the loser’s bracket. “There’s a lot of pressure on me this year to do well at certain tournaments this year,” Erik Guy said. “You always want to do well against the top guys and 5A guys when you wrestle them.” At practice, Guy usually works out with Tyler Thalhammer (138, ranked eighth by On the Mat) and Adam Bryan (160s). “When Erik’s on top he’s a beast,” De la Cruz said. “He has quick legs. He always gets `em on their back. “I like to pound on their heads and get `em tired, and then shoot `em.” De la Cruz, who has been nicknamed “Flowers” by his teammates, missed most of his freshman year with concussion symptoms suffered in early December at the “Ridge Rage” tournament. “The coaches work with me really harsh,” De la Cruz said. “They pump me up. They encourage me.” De la Cruz’s typical workout partners are Palmer Ridge assistant coaches Aaron Sieracki and John Best, as well as teammates Pheonix Versey (195) and Brendan Oswald (220). Gagich believes De la Cruz has huge upside. “He’s definitely one of the hardest workers in the room,” Gagich said. “He has a motor on him. “And he’s also one of the most coachable guys on the team. Anything you tell him
QUICK HITS SIGNING DAY
Today is college national letter of intent day for high school athletes across the United States. More than two dozen Tri-Lakes area student-athletes are expected to ink their names at school-hosted parties. Palmer Ridge is having its party in the auditorium beginning at 9 a.m. Casey Deeds is signing with Stanford to play field hockey. Winn Howard will attend the Navy Prep School to play football. Holly Weyland is signing with Colorado School of Mines for soccer. Discovery Canyon is hosting its party at 2:45 p.m. in the gym. The Classical Academy has 12 commitments and will host its party at 10:30 a.m. in the main lobby. Those signing include: Daniel Carlson (Auburn, football), Evan Young (Indiana Wesleyan, soccer). Claire LaValley (Taylor, soccer), Caitlyn Troupe (Colorado Christian, soccer), Meghan Troupe (Colorado Christian, soccer), Kierra Mattingly (Oklahoma Baptists, soccer), Sarah Turner (Colorado Chrisian, soccer), Chrissy Lind (Concordia, soccer), Joanie Jacks (Long Island-Brooklyn, soccer), Justin Miller (Gardner-Webb, football), Joshua Gerstenberg (Chadron State, football), Megan Brunette (Wyoming, cross country/track).
RANGERS STREAKING
The Lewis-Palmer boys basketball team upped its winning streak to eight games last week with Class 4A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference victories over Discovery Canyon
(73-57) and Palmer Ridge (56-34). Senior guard Jordan Scott scored a game-high 28 points against Discovery Canyon. The 6-foot-6 Scott leads the Rangers in scoring at 18.0 points per game and has had six games of 20-ormore points this season.
THUNDER WINS OWN INVITE
The Discovery Canyon wrestling team showed why it is a favorite to win the 4A team title this month after winning its own invitational on Feb. 2 against some of the top competition in the state. The Thunder defeated Broomfield (ranked No. 1 in 4A by On the Mat), Ponderosa (No. 3, 5A), Pueblo Central (No. 6, 4A) and Montrose (No. 7, 4A) and a gritty Elizabeth club. Three Thunder wrestlers went 5-0 - returning senior state champions Steve Turner (132 pounds) and AJ Rees (120), as well as freshman Sam Turner (106). Thunder junior Adrian Mack, a state qualifier last year, defeated Broomfield’s Zach Stodden, the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the state, at 170 pounds
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The Discovery Canyon and Pine Creek wrestling teams are having a dual charity meet on Thursday with all proceeds going to benefit the Springs Rescue Mission. The event begins at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Jeane Turner, Discovery Canyon Booster President, at 719-4656532.
Jonathan De la Cruz, left, and Erik Guy display the Golden Mop Palmer Ridge won during last week’s dual meet. Photo by Danny Summers he’ll try.” On Feb. 1, De la Cruz, Guy and the rest of the Palmer Ridge squad were at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs watching the Dave Schultz Memorial International Tournament. Many of the world’s top wrestlers were on hand for the annual event. That night, Palmer Ridge hosted powerhouse Broomfield in a dual meet at the
OTC. Broomfield won 61-15. “This was in the planning stages for a few months,” Gagich said. “It’s a great opportunity for us. Being on a big stage, this is kind of like a warm-up with state.” The logistics were actually coordinated by Broomfield coach Joe Pereira and USA Wrestling’s Pete Isais. USA Wrestling played a role in organizing the recent Colorado Springs Metro League Championships.
Beat up Rangers hockey adapting Injuries force Lewis-Palmer to adjust on the fly By Danny Summers
sports@ourcoloradonews.com MONUMENT - Injuries are a normal part of the game in hockey. But the Lewis-Palmer High School squad has dealt with more than its fair share this season. “I’ve never had so many injuries,” said Rangers coach Steve Fillo. “It made it a challenge for me and the players. I had to ask so many kids to change positions. We had to rely on benchwarmers getting a lot of time. “But I’m pleasantly surprised. I think we’ve battled through it and we’re starting to play a lot better as a team. And I think this will make us a stronger team next year.” Lewis-Palmer split a pair of games over the weekend, defeating Pueblo County, 3-0, on Feb. 1, and losing to Mountain Vista, 3-2, in overtime on Feb. 2. The Rangers are 7-6-1 overall, 5-3-1 in the Peak Conference. Lewis-Palmer’s dominance on the ice is well documented. Since becoming a program in 2006, Fillo’s teams have advanced to at least the Elite Eight each season. The Rangers made four consecutive Frozen Fours, including winning back-to-back state championships in 2010 and 2011. But Fillo never had to deal with so many injuries before this
season. The list includes losing forward D.J. Jones (second line center) and Terrance Cavanaugh (third line wing) to season-ending ACL injuries, defenseman Gage Johnson to concussion symptoms for four weeks, and Casey McMullin - the team leader in assists - to Migraine headaches for practices and games. In addition, Taylor Hill began the season with an injured wrist and was forced to wear a soft cast until January. “D.J. was the best athlete on that line,” Fillo said. Fillo reshuffled his second line, moving junior defenseman cam Fraser into Jones’ spot. “When I first got changed I felt lost as a forward,” said Fraser, who scored the Rangers’ first goal last Saturday against Mountain Vista. “But now that I’ve done it a few games I like it a lot more than defense.” Fillo has been more than pleasantly impressed with how well Fraser has responded. “He’s a smart kid,” Fillo said. “He’s book smart and he has good hockey sense. He can understand things. He can see the big picture.” Senior defenseman and team captain Matt Prudhomme has taken things in stride as the Rangers have worked through the aches and pains. “I look at it as adversity,” said Prudhomme, who also doubles as the school’s Student Body president. “The only way to face adver-
sity is to keep pushing through. “We’re definitely figuring things out. Working out the kinks.” Prudhomme, who scored an unassisted power play goal against Mountain Vista, is supported by three alternate captains - juniors Julian Claudio, Adam Schaefer and McMullin. “We’ve shown a lot of character,” said Claudio, the team’s leading scorer with 14 goals. “We’ve had to switch some lines around and make some other adjustments on defense, but we’re putting things together.” Claudio and McMullin have formed a dynamic duo on the first line. McMullin has a teamleading 10 assists and seven goals. “We’ve been playing hockey together since Bantam Double-A and club,” Claudio said. “We both have a lot of speed. He’s a really great scorer, but he’s really good at getting in the right spot and making great passes.” The Rangers played Doherty on Monday (results of that game were not available at press game) and finish the season with four more conference games. The top eight teams in the Peak Conference and Foothills Conference advance to the state playoffs later this month. “Our goal is to make it at least to the Final Four,” Prudhomme said. “We have the talent. We just have to have the desire to get there. Anything can happen once you get there.”
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