August 6, 2015 VOLUME 120 | ISSUE 27 | 75¢
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NEWS IN A HURRY Events to help track effort
Two events are scheduled for Aug. 15 to raise money for the Elizabeth High School Track Initiative. The Cardinal Clay Challenge is an opportunity for teams or individuals to shoot clays at the Quail Run Sporting Club in Kiowa. There is a morning session and afternoon session, with lunch included for all participants. To register, go to www.elizabeth.k12. co.us/EHStrackresurfacing.aspx Contact Clay Terry for more information at clay.terry@halliburton.com or 303-565-0335. Volunteers are also needed for the event and those interested can visit http://vols.pt/UeEUSq The 5K Run the Parks is the same day, at 8 a.m. at Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth. To register, go to www.elizabeth5K.com The Elizabeth High School track was put in place when the school was built in 2000. The surface of the track is weathered and there are numerous cracks where water is now entering and causing damage to the underlying pavement. As a result, the school has been forced to suspend hosting invitational track and field events. For more information, go to www. elizabeth.k12.co.us/EHSTrackResurfacing.aspx Briefs continues on Page 7
Don and Wendy Deimling have lived in Kiowa for 25 years, but this year marked the first time they were vendors in the Elbert County Fair. Their business, Frontier Soda, features old-fashioned style beverages made from 1920s recipes. Photos by Ben Wiebesiek
Fair brings new flavors By Ben Wiebesiek
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Don and Wendy Deimling have lived in Kiowa for 25 years, but this year was the first time they brought their business, Frontier Soda, to the Elbert County Fair. “We figured, being from Elbert County, this would be a good place to try it out,” Wendy said. “We actually fix and flip houses, that’s our main job, but we we’re ready to try something new on the side. It’s an old-fashioned recipe from the 1920s. No caffeine or any of that junk. Just sugar and flavor — the good stuff.” The fair wrapped up its 81st year on Aug. 2. The Deimlings Fair continues on Page 7
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2015 Elbert County Fair Queen Kaila Denton, 15, of Elizabeth, explains the rules for a stick horse race to Addie Fritz, 5.
Sharing lessons in law enforcement Q&A with Elizabeth Police Chief Steve Hasler: Part 2 By Ben Wiebesiek
bwiebesiek@colorado communitymedia.com In the first part of our Q&A with Elizabeth Police Chief Steve Hasler last week, he discussed his policing philosophy. In the second part of the interview, Hasler talks about the events in his career that shaped his philosophy toward law enforcement. He was a bobby in England from 1977 to 1991 before coming to the United States. He was the police chief in Erie when his department cracked a large burglary case that extended to the metro area. And he was the first police chief of Lone Tree, creating the department from scratch, but a clash with city administrators led to his ouster in 2012. Hasler also
Elizabeth Police Chief Steve Hasler unloads safety vests for volunteers at the Elizabeth Town Cleanup in May. Photo by Rick Gustafson describes the coming trends for Elizabeth as the growth in Douglas County starts moving into rural areas.
Why did you come to America? I was assigned as a detective to work with the U.S. Air Force on the bases in England in my ju-
risdiction. So I spent a lot of time on the bases, and I fell in love with the American lifestyle. In the 1980s and ’90s, when you were on those bases, it was like being in America (apart from driving on the wrong side of the road). I’d work all week and they’d invite me back for a barbecue. I met my wife and when her father, an Air Force master sergeant, retired and was headed stateside, I asked myself, what do I do? I had a great career in England, but there’s this new country I love. Maybe I can make it and maybe I can’t, but I’m not going to sit in my chair at 95 wishing I had given this a try. I took the chance. I went from being quite a high-ranking detective to the detention deputy handing out toothbrushes to the inmates. And in three years, I was chief of police in Erie. And that’s what I love about this country: not to toot my own horn, but if they see Hasler continues on Page 7