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WP Council wraps up 2014 Appointments made, ordinances, liquor licenses approved By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer
At its Dec. 4 meeting Woodland Park City Council decided not to reappoint Dan Vogel to the planning commission and instead appointed a fourth applicant, Gerald Penland, to fill one of three vacancies on the commission. However, commissioners Geoff Watson and Tom Rollinger were reappointed to their positions. Vogel missed seven of 16 commissioners’ meetings during his term because of family commitments. He said he made sure he attended the most important meetings and promised to try to do better. Mayor Neil Levy voted for Penland after commenting that it’s ironic to dismiss one person because of his attendance and approve another who didn’t make it to his own appointment hearing. Penland retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is a two-year city resident.
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Jessica Memmer, formerly a Cripple Creek Deputy Clerk, is now the new Woodland Park Deputy Clerk. She replaces Suzanne Leclercq who has moved into the city clerk position following long-time City Clerk Cindy Morse’s retirement.
This Woodland Park Webelos Cub Scout Troop 20 Color Guard opened the Dec. 4 City Council meeting. Photos by Norma Engelberg Levy commended Vogel for his commitment to his family and encouraged him to think about coming back to the commission in the future. Council then approved two liquor license transfers and one ordinance on second reading. The transfers were for the Valero/Diamond Shamrock on U.S. 24 and for the Historic Ute Inn. Almost all Valero/Diamond Shamrock stations in the DenverColorado Springs area have been bought up by Quick Way Retail Associates and the Ute Inn was bought by former employee Elijah Murphy, owner of Never Ending Inc. Approval of Radiant Church’s conditional use permit ordinance will allow it to demolish and replace and existing residence with a modular building to be used for youth ministry services. Prior to approving two budget appropriation ordinances, coun-
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cil finished reviewing the Downtown Development Authority 215 fund and the water enterprise 510
and the wastewater enterprise 520 funds. Mayor Pro Tem Carrol Harvey
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Charis debuts dinner theatre By Pat Hill
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Woodland Park City Council approved the conditional use permit that will allow Radiant Church to demolish this home, built in 1930, to make way for a modular building that will be used by Radiant Church for youth services.
asked if the 215 fund budget reflected the revenue the authority will receive when the city buys land in Woodland Station for the Woodland Aquatic Center. City Manager David Buttery said it didn’t because the $100,000 in cash to be paid to the authority will be immediately turned around to buy vacant land from Vectra Bank. The remaining $369,000 in costs for the aquatic center land will be taken off the $1 million the authority owes the city. Council then approved the city’s property tax mill levy of 16.249 mills as presented by Finance Director Wallie Dingwell. The levy has remained the same since 1991. When asked about lowering the levy in the future, Buttery said that’s easy but raising it back up takes a vote of the people. Finally council approved the 2014 supplemental appropriations ordinance and the 2015 appropriations ordinance.
A theatre debut at Charis Bible College offers entertainment as well as an opportunity to view the expansive college, which opened in January in Woodland Park. With 650 students, some of them professional actors, the college has an in-house foundation for theatre productions. “December seemed like a good time to do the dinner theatre,” said Marcia Alverson, assistant director. “Andrew Wommack (the college founder) loves Christmas as we all do.” Adam Stone, a student from England, wrote the script for “The Gift,” which launched the dinner theatre Dec. 4 and 5. Alverson, whose background is in music, works with the director, Daniel Amstutz, for two of the productions. “One of the things Daniel loves to do is empower people through their gifts. To us, there’s no better way than to watch so many gifts come alive in people,”
she said. “Our students are being trained and are able to express themselves.” The second production, “God with Us,” is written by the husband-wife team, Robert and Elizabeth Muren; the couple is also making a movie titled, “Yeshua.” While most of the cast is from Norway, where the couple lives, the college has provided some of the actors and musicians. “The Murens brought 24 trunks of costuming,” Alverson said. The play revolves around the history of the bible and culminates with the story of Jesus being God with us, Alverson said. The dinner-theatre production, Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, is $100 per person for premier seating and $80 a person for regular seating. The dinner is catered by Three Tomatoes of Denver. The third production, Colorado Cowboy Christmas, features two singers from the Flying W Wranglers and is catered by Rudy’s Barbecue in Colorado Springs. Tickets for this performance Dec. 18 and 19 are $70 per person for premier seating and $50 for
The cast of “The Gift,” a dinner-theatre production at Charis Bible College, clowns around after rehearsal. This month, the college features three productions, all of which are open to the public. Photo by Pat Hill regular. Tickets are available at ChristmasAtCharis.com or by calling 719-635-6029. The doors to Charis open at 5 for all performances. The dinner is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the per-
formances begin at 7:30. All shows include free valet parking. Charis Bible College is part of Andrew Wommack Ministries and is one of 40 extension colleges around the world.