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The wheel deal: Food trucks are more than just a passing fad. See Page 10
Back row, from left: Castle Rock Firefighters Chad Wachs, Matt Rettmer, Kevin Travis, Jason Fritch. Not pictured: Scott McKenna. Front row, from left: The Cline family: Ryder, Ryan, Karys, Kaleb and Kassie. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando
The gift of art: Denver museum poised for further success after strong 2014. See Page 15
Special delivery brings bond
Coach steps down: Castle View football coach Ryan Hollingshead looking for new opportunities. See Page 21
Kassie Cline delivered her daughter Karys on her bedroom floor Jan. 3
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By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Go online for video of the Clines and the firefighters talking about baby Karys’ birth.
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In the three minutes it took for Castle Rock firefighters to make the short drive from the station to his family’s home on Howe Street in the Founders Village area of town, Ryan Cline’s mind ran through all the possibilities. “It only took three minutes for them to get there, but in that three minutes I went into the biggest panic,” Cline said. It was nearly 5 a.m. on Jan. 3. His wife, Kassie, already a week overdue, lay on their bedroom floor — the birthing plan out the window. The couple had originally planned to deliver at Denver Health, where Kassie is a nurse. There was no time for that
now. Even the shorter trip to Castle Rock Adventist Hospital seemed too far a journey now. “I’m trying to get the bag packed and everything ready, and I don’t know where any of the stuff is she wants. There’s 10 shampoo bottles in there, I don’t know which one to grab,” Ryan said. “It had gone from we’re going to make it, to we’re not going to make it.” Kassie told her husband to call 911. The baby was coming. The Castle Rock firefighters at station 153, 5463 E. Sovereign St., normally would have taken longer to arrive in the middle of the night, but were returning from another call and already up when they received the call from the Clines. The firefighters arrived and quickly examined Kassie. Paramedic Scott McKenna made the call and said “we’re going to have this baby right here.” It was fast. Two or three pushes and baby Karys was Delivery continues on Page 9
Town secures funds for park expansion NEWS-PRESS
(ISSN 1067-425X) (USPS 567-060) OFFICE: 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 PHONE: 303-566-4100 A legal newspaper of general circulation in Englewood, Colorado, and the towns of Castle Rock, Parker and Larkspur, the NewsPress is published weekly on Thursday by Colorado Community Media and additional mailing offices. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address change to: 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 DEADLINES: Display: Fri. 11 a.m. Legal: Fri. 11 a.m. | Classified: Mon. 5 p.m. G ET SOCIAL WITH US
$14.5 million added to total of expenditures for 2015 budget By Mike DiFerdinando
mdiferdinando @coloradocommunitymedia.com Castle Rock secured the funds needed to continue the expansion and build-out of Philip S. Miller Park following a 7-0 vote by town council on second reading Feb. 3. The amendment to the 2015 budget calls for an increase in total expenditures for 2015 of approximately $14.5 million. The project, which will include construction of the core plaza (including plaza, pavilions, fire pit, splash pad, permanent restrooms and other amenities), outdoor amphitheater and mill house, is estimated to total $8.4 million. The 2015 budget included $2.3 million toward park improvements, leaving $6.1 million in Park continues on Page 9
PARK EXPANSION FUNDING General Fund: $2.5 million Conservation Trust Fund: $1.6 million P L EA SE R ECYC L E T H I S C OPY
Parks and Recreation Capital Fund: $7.4 million
Community Center Fund: $2.5 million Employee Benefits Fund: $500,000 TOTAL: $ 14.5 MILLION
View of the Miller Activity Complex in Castle Rock from the playing fields. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando