THE ART OF CADDYING
July 21, 2016 VOLUME 114 | ISSUE 38 | 75¢
A new generation hits the golf courses and revives the traditional role. PAGE 27.
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New rules would limit growing of marijuana Ordinance would set cap of 12 plants per home By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Michael Hasler, winemaker and owner of Decadent Saint Mulled Wine in Boulder, provides a tasting for eventgoers.
Festival celebrates Colorado wine More than two dozen Colorado wineries set up shop at the 13th annual Castle Rock WineFest hosted by the Castle Rock Chamber. The July 16 event was held at The Grange at The Meadows, and the chamber said ticket sales were up from last year, although they did not have official numbers available. New this year was a beer garden, a VIP area and extended festival hours. The first 2,000 WineFest attendees received a free wine bottle tote and event wine glass.
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ABOVE: This was the 13th year that the Castle Rock Chamber hosted WineFest. LEFT: Lena Kolmanovich says “cheers” before sampling some Colorado wine.
Event highlights hope, love for local boy Reece Rubino is battling spinal muscular atrophy By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Lesa Rubino takes care of her son, Reece, who has spinal muscular atrophy and cannot sit up. Photo by Shanna Fortier
Reece Rubino was diagnosed with Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy when he was 3 months old. He wasn’t supposed to live past 18 months. But now, at 10 years old, Rubino is beating all the odds. “God has gifted me such a miracle to still have him here for 10 years,” said Reece’s mom, Lesa Rubino, while sitting in the kitchen of their Castle Rock home. Reece continues on Page 23
An ordinance being considered by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners would limit the number of marijuana plants being grown at a primary residence. The three commissioners voted unanimously July 12 to put regulations on growing, cultivating and processing marijuana in unincorporated Douglas County. The ordinance will go to second reading Aug. 9 at the 2:30 p.m. public hearing. “I think we’ve come up with a great solution … considering the failure of the Legislature to deal with this issue,” Commissioner Jill Repella said. “(The ordinance) does not strip the rights of people who have the right to use marijuana according to our state constitution, but it puts some reasonable parameters around what people do.” Douglas County has already prohibited commercial marijuana operations, but per state law, the county cannot prohibit noncommercial individual grow operations. The ordinance, which was presented to the board by Chief Deputy Steve Johnson of the Douglas County Sheriffs Office, focuses on several key areas: where marijuana can be grown; plant limits per home; a ban on compressed, flammable gas and flammable liquids; the smell or odor produced; and growing at a rental property. The key element of the ordinance, however, is the regulation on the number of plants allowed at a single residence. Marijuana continues on Page 22
LIFE LESSONS
Children learn to care for animals before taking them to market. PAGE 20
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