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November 16, 2017
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Cardinals capture state gymnastics title
New sheriff, treasurer to be chosen in 2018 Term limits stay, improvements get OK as minority of eligible voters cast ballots BY JODI HORNER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
“I am so proud of our girls. It was almost surreal watching our young team be able to bring together so much maturity, grit and determination in the second half of the meet, because the first half of the meet wasn’t our best performance and there were some uncharacteristic mistakes on bars and floor.” She said during the break between first two events and the second two events she and the girls talked about the team’s season focus on what it means to dig deep. “The girls responded in the second half,” she said. “We hit vault which has been our weakest event
With about four in 10 eligible voters taking part in Elbert County’s Nov. 7 election, a bid to lengthen term limits for the sheriff and treasurer were decisively defeated and the Elizabeth School Board saw two newcomers elected along with the board’s current vice president. The tally as of Nov. 10, three days after the election, showed a little under 7,800 votes cast in Elbert County, said Elbert County Election Manager Rhonda Braun. Braun stated that although the low turnout could have been from the offyear election status, voter fatigue may have played a large role. “There’s still a lot of suspicion from last year,” she said. “I got a phone call from someone who asked if we were going to discard their ballot .. . We don’t do that — we’d never throw away ballots.” In contrast, the county is required by law to perform a post-election audit. “We’ve always done post-election audits, but it’s a new system for Colorado this year,” Braun said. “The director of elections for the state called us because we’re doing a new risk-limiting audit,” she said. “We have a lot of people coming to see us even from out of state, even from Harvard’s JFK School of Government, and also from the private business sector.”
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Anastasia Buzalsky carries the state trophy and teammates carry the state Class 4A gymnastics team championship banner as they march in to the Thornton High School gymnasium during the opening ceremonies of the Nov. 4 individual event championships. The Cardinals won the team trophy at the Nov. 3 Class 4A state gymnastics meet. Buzosky also won the state all-around championship at the meet. TOM MUNDS
Elizabeth wins team championship, Buzalsky takes top spot in multiple categories BY BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Elizabeth brought home a number of gymnastics honors as the Cardinals won the Class 4A state team title and Anastasia Buzalsky won the state all-around championship,
plus she won state individual event championships in floor exercise, balance beam and uneven parallel bars. The victories began Nov. 2 at the Class 4A state gymnastics meet at Thornton High School. The state team champion and all-around champion were crowned at the meet, plus the meet was the competition determining which gymnasts advanced to the Nov. 4 state individual event championships. Elizabeth won the team title with a score of 179.150, finishing ahead of Niwot with a score of 176.750. “Winning the team championship was such an exciting event,” Cardinals coach Stacey Folmar said.
THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL
“As we plan and prepare for future success, we need to keep our success bucket available. We need to plan, prepare and expect to win.” Michael Norton, columnist, Page 10 INSIDE
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