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County Commissioner Glenn to make Senate run in 2016 Popular Republican is the commissioner for the Tri-Lakes area By Danny Summers

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El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, left, was sworn in for his second four-year term during a Jan. 13 ceremony at Centennial Hall in Colorado Springs. Glenn, a Colorado Springs native and Air Force Academy graduate, represents the Tri-Lakes area. He is pictured here with Amy Lathen, who is running for mayor of Colorado Springs. Courtesy photo

Darryl Glenn has made it no secret that he has seriously considered a possible run for the United States Senate. He made it official on Jan. 15. Glenn, 49, the El Paso County Commissioner for the Tri-Lakes area and Black Forest, announced he will run for the Senate in 2016. The popular Republican, who represents District 1, cited issues like the economy, immigration, and veterans issues as among his main concerns, and why he thinks he has a great chance to unseat Democrat Michael Bennet. Bennet was appointed to the position in 2009 after Democrat Ken Salazar was promoted to interior secretary in the Barack Obama administration. Bennet won a six-year term in 2010, defeating Republican Ken Buck, who is now a U.S. representative for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. In a statement, Glenn said his early announcement shows he’s committed to the time and networking necessary to create a “comprehensive strategic plan.” Glenn recently won reelection for an-

other four-year term in last November’s general election. He was sworn into office Jan. 13 at a spiffy ceremony at Centennial Hall in downtown Colorado Springs. Glenn has also served on the Colorado Springs City Council. He was appointed in June 2003, elected to serve a four-year term in April 2005 and re-elected in 2009. He won his first County Commissioners election in 2010, receiving 78 percent of the vote. He was reelected with 79 percent. Glenn is a graduate of Doherty High School and a graduate of the Air Force Academy. He is a lawyer and co-owner of the Glenn Law Firm P.C. He earned his a master’s degree in business administration from Western New England College and a juris doctor degree from New England School of Law. Glenn retired as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force after 21 years on active duty and reserve service. There are no restrictions for Glenn to run for the Senate seat while serving as a county commissioner. “It’s no secret that Darryl has been thinking about making a Senate run,” said Monument mayor Rafael Dominguez. “I think Darryl would make a great senator.” On his newly-launched campaign website, Glenn describes himself as “a Christian constitutional conservative who has run small business and a private law practice.” Glenn has been married to his wife for 26 years and the couple have two daughters.

Smith named Monument interim treasurer By Danny Summers

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Monument Town Manager Pam Smith is doubling her duties as the town’s interim treasurer. “I’m usually doing a couple of jobs,” Smith said with the smile. “That’s just the way it is in a small town. Everybody does multiple jobs here.” Smith was appointed interim treasurer by the town’s board of trustees, who unanimously approved a resolution until a new Town treasurer is appointed. Town clerk Cynthia Sirochman administered the oath to Smith. Monica Harder was previously the town treasurer. According to Town Attorney Gary Shupp, there is not a conflict of interest for Smith to hold both the town manager and treasurer positions, as long as it is just an interim step. A new treasurer is expected to be hired by early spring. “We looking to hire a stable successor,” Smith said. “We hope to have somebody in here by the middle to late March. “This isn’t something you want to rush, so we’ve expanded our search.” This is the second time in two years that Smith, 63, will pull double duty. On Jan. 22, 2013, the trustees unanimously approved a motion to appoint then Town Treasurer Smith to also serve as interim town manager after the resignation of Town Manager Cathy Green. Smith was also sworn in that time by Sirochman. “I’ll be here as long as they want me,” Smith joked. “I plan to retire sometime in the next three to seven years.” Monument has more than doubled in population since Smith was hired in 2005; growing from 2,800 to more than 6,000. According to language on the town of Monument’s website, the town manager is responsible — among other things — for assisting the mayor, Rafael Dominguez, and trustees in establishing and implementing policies for the town; the enforcement of the laws and ordinances of the town; and the coordination be-

Town of Monument Town Manager Pam Smith was recently named the Town’s interim Town Treasurer. A new Town Treasurer is expected to be hired by the spring. Courtesy photo tween the needs of the mayor and trustees with the town departments and other organizations with whom the town interacts. The town manager also coordinates and assists the treasurer (in this case Smith will assist herself) in the preparation of the annual budget for the Town. The town treasurer, according to the website, is responsible for much more; like providing a responsive fiscal and asset management foundation to meet the needs of the community through professional, knowledgeable and ethical services so that maximum value is obtained for its limited financial resources. The finance department for the town of Monument maintains the financial infrastructure of the town. This department oversees the day-to-day activities of utility billing and collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, property management, purchase

orders, revenue collection, sales and use tax audits, budget and other related accounting activities. The finance department provides oversight of fund balances through revenue and expense projections, compliance with state budget law and Colorado state statutes, government accounting standards board standards and approved budget data. Among the objectives are budget coordination, financial reporting, budget and audit preparation, property/sales/use tax ordinance and administration, and daily accounting. In managing the town treasury, finance administration is guided by a written investment policy, Colorado Statutes and GASB standards. The finance administration manages $7 million in cash, bank deposits and securities. Coupled with regular analysis of revenue and expenditures, consistent efforts are made to match investment maturities with obligations.

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Jeff Smith appointed newest Town of Monument Trustee Smith takes over for Stan Gingrich, who stepped down in December By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com Jeff Smith is a native of Colorado, but it wasn’t until 2012 that he was able to return to the Tri-Lakes area after retiring from a 22-year career in the Air Force. “Quite simply, this is the place we wanted to call home,” said Smith, who has been married for 26 years and has three children, the youngest a senior at Lewis-Palmer High School. Smith was recently appointed as a town of Monument Trustee after Stan Gingrich stepped down Dec. 1. During his time in the military, Smith was a tanker, transport, and trainer pilot, but also served as an aircraft accident investigator and as an advisor for Latin American Affairs. He received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Brigham Young University, an Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Arizona, and an Master of Business Administration from The University of Colorado at Colo-

Jeff Smith, in black hat, was recently appointed the new trustee for the Town of Monument. He replaces Stan Gingrich, who stepped down. Courtesy photo rado Springs. Trustee Jeff Kaiser made a motion to vote on Smith’s appointment. Smith was voted in by a 4-2 margin, with John Howe and

Kelly Elliott voting no. Smith will have to run for office in 2016 if he wants to remain as a Trustee. Gingrich was previously appointed a

Trustee in 2009, and then won election in 2010. He said he stepped down last year because he moved out of the area.

FORTY YEARS AGO Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News. Jan 23, 1975 If you would like to enter the Palmer Lake Flag contest, do the following: Draw your flag design on a 16 by 20 inch piece of paper. In 50 words or less describe your flag design and what it means to you. Drop your design off at the Palmer Lake Public Library by Feb. 21, 1975. ••• The Palmer Lake Public Library has many new adult and children’s books. The library hours are: Monday, 1:30-6:30; Tuesday, 1:30-5:30; Wednesday, 1:30-8:30; Thursday, 3:30-5:30 and Saturday, 9:30-4:30. Come by and check out the new books. ••• The Kiwanis Club meeting on Dec. 18

was held at the Woodmoor County Club. The Woodmoor Wives Chorale performed. There were 54 in attendance. Items discussed at this meeting were the Pikes Peak Regional Science Fair, ways to obtain new members and the birthday gifts donation. Kendra Cross presented a program telling how the boys at Frontier Village were delighted by the Christmas party. She showed slides of the program that the boys put on. ••• An ice skating party is planned on the pond behind the Mine Shopping Center for Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. It will be sponsored by the junior high youth of the Church at Woodmoor. The cost is 50 cents, which will be used for refreshments. ••• The Salvation Army band will play

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at the Vesper Services at the Church at Woodmoor 5 p.m., Jan. 25. Arthur Sparks is director of the band. ••• The N.J. Dalton family thanks everyone for their kindness shown when Dorothy Dalton died. ••• Sig Enterprises is looking for secretarial, sales, printers, fork-lift operators and semi-skilled labor. Pick up an application at 19275 Beacon Lite Road, Monument, CO. Office is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. ••• Call Warren Coffman for income tax in your home. Warren represents Tax Corp. of America. •••

The Fellowship Group met on Jan. 14 for a potluck dinner at the home of Pat Breese. The guests exchanged unusual recipes and craft ideas. The history of Palmer Lake and the founding of the Little Log Church were discussed. Guests in attendance were Mrs. Marie Kile, Margaret Lehl, Maclovia Joyner, Jodie Watkins, Kay Gonser, Iene Havens, Mickey Shumaker and Ethel Engel. This group will meet again on Feb. 11 at the home of Mickey Schumaker. ••• Orville Andrew and Larry Barker are putting in new sewer pipe as theirs are full. — Compiled by Linda Case

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Monument Homemakers announces that they are starting their 105th year of community service in Monument. Monument Homemakers the town’s oldest community service organization. On Feb. 5, Monument Homemakers will start their 105th year beginning their meeting with a luncheon followed by fun and games at the new Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce building at 166 Second St. Monument Homemakers has a long history in the community. The Farmer’s Agriculture Club formed a club in Monument in 1910 and was affiliated with the county in 1912. Both men and women belonged and usually met twice a month in all-day meetings. The men gave livestock demonstrations on pigs, dairy cows, and beef cattle and tested seeds of oats, rye, wheat and corn, which they grew in those days. The women were interested in sewing, gardening and canning. The county had bought a large pressure cooker and the extension agent met with the club to teach them how to can on in meat and vegetables in it. An autumn exhibition sponsored by r be-county communities and the Chamber of Commerce was held in Colorado Springs. The Monument Club won many blue ribbons on potatoes, other vegetables and grains. Around 1930, the men disbanded and the ladies carried on as the Monument Extension Homemakers Club until about 1975 4 for eese. and and were Mrs. yner, s, Glenn was joined by dozens of s other elected officials sworn in

when they decided to no longer be a County Extension Club and became the Monument Homemakers’ Club. The club met in the Inez Johnson Lewis building for several years and later in the Presbyterian C. E. Building — which is now the Chamber of Commerce office. Over the years, the club has had various projects. For many years, it sponsored prizewinning boys’ and girls’ 4-H Clubs of the Community, with several members acting as leaders. They sponsored a county nurse who visited the school to give check-ups, bought Christmas treats for all the school children and helped the seniors when they were short of money for their annual trip. They cleaned the cemetery, installed a heater in the C. E. building and painted and planted trees and shrubs around it. When the war came, the group made donations and garments for the Red Cross, participated in salvage efforts, conservation, war bonds, victory gardens, the blood bank, and made Christmas presents for convalescing soldiers at Camp Carson, as it was called then. To raise money to carry out the projects, the club would hold community dances and card parties and serve lunch at public sales and horse shows. In 1943, then Lt. Gov. Higby gave the club a 50-year old building, which had been the Woodmen’s Hall, and he was using to store hay. Now we really had to make money and labor hard to make the building usable. The town board gave $200 with the stipulation it could hold meetings there.

For most of the 1940s, the club was honored as a “master home demonstration club” in both county and state contests. Lucille Lavelett won $25 for her story about the club in the magazine Country Gentlemen and donated her prize to the club. It was used to buy our large coffee maker. The group had as many as 100 members and were recognized as the first El Paso County Home Demonstration Club to provide its members with Blue Cross. Some of the varied programs in those days included: poultry culling, rearranging kitchens to save steps, knife sharpening, repairing of cushion springs, cleaning sewing machines and Bang’s disease in cattle. In 1965, the deed for the Monument Extension homemakers Club building was handed over to Mayor Bodinger with the understanding that we would always have free use of it. When the building was demolished in 1977, we moved back to the C. E. building and met there until this new town hall was built in 1980. It was used by the town of Monument until the new building was built in 2009. Then it was used as administration offices for the Tri-Lakes Fire Department until the end of 2014. The Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce recently moved their offices into the building. Some of the past projects of Monument Homemakers have included: making crafts to send to an Alaska mission, sponsoring a girl at the Deaf & Blind School, donating to the ambulance emergency equipment fund, participating in the July 4th parades, furnishing the refrigerator for the kitchen

in the town hall and making lap robes for former Monument residents in nursing homes. We have sold centennial notepaper and Monument T-shirts to raise money. Some of the more recent projects have included: donations to the Tri-Lakes Cares programs, the Lewis Palmer High School choir program, The Trampled Rose organization that helps women and young girls in Ethiopia, Africa with schooling, career counseling and health related issues, and the South Dakota Indian Reservation with Christmas gifts for all the children and the “shoe box gift” program for the men and women. This past year the club has made donations to One Nation and Tri-Lakes Cares. This year again the group treated the TriLakes Fire Department to a Thanksgiving meal with turkey and all the trimmings. A few members have belonged to the Homemakers Club for around 50 years. It is open to any woman who wishes to join and are growing a little each year. The groups hopes to be of service to the community for another 105 years. Monument Homemakers meets the first Thursday of the month at Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Administration Building, 166 Second St., Monument, CO. (Second Street at Jefferson Street). Arrive at 11:30 am. Meals served at noon. Bring a food dish to pass and dinner service and flatware. The club usually has a luncheon and play games. Call Irene Walters (719) 481-1188 for reservations.

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Duke’s impact and connections to the homeland Rooster Cogburn (played by John Wayne) confronts the four outlaws across the field. Ned Pepper (played by Robert Duvall): What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall? Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which’ll it be? Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man. Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hand, you son of a ...! __ From the 1969 version of True Grit, Directed by Henry Hathaway. Written by Margueritte Roberts, based on the novel by Charles Portis. I just finished Scott Eyman’s 2014 bestseller “John Wayne: The Life and Legend” and I am struck by how much impact a figure from the silver screen can have on a person— namely me. Having grown up in southwestern Colorado, where the actor was almost woven into the fabric of the area, I feel connected, like he was a not-too-distant relative, (maybe great-granddad or something). Part of it, has to do with location. Monument Valley, location for multiple John Ford westerns that molded Duke Morrison from a “B”movie crew member into the larger-than-life John Wayne, and sets him up as an American icon, straddled the Utah and Arizona border. Other films were created near Mexican Hat and it all, was not so terribly far from my boyhood home in Dolores, Colorado. If you followed the streamflows back uphill, to locations of the “Sons of Katie Elder,” “True Grit” and other films, it meandered its way up the Dolores River, over Lizard Head Pass and high into the San Juan Mountains of Ridgway, Ouray, over Dallas Divide and into Montrose, where I was born. Deb’s Meadow, near the summit of Owl Creek Pass, with Chimney Peak and Courthouse Mountain featured in background, is where the film scene above took place. Duke used a trick similar to the one he learned for opening scenes of “The Searchers” of Monument Valley fame, in which a customized, sawed-off

Winchester Model 1892, could be twirled to cock under his arm with just one hand. “For his close-up, with reins between his teeth, twirling and cocking onehanded as he bore down on the outlaws, Wayne was not sitting on a horse, but on a saddle mounted on a camera car,” wrote Eyman, in his recent book. The hanging scene early in the movie was filmed in the Ridgway Town Park and Chin Lee’s Place was on Clinton Street there. A little bit further up in Ouray, at the Court House, some of the court scenes were in the real thing there. The Ross Ranch, where the aging Wayne did his own horse jump for the freeze frame at the end of the movie, is out, off Highway 62, on the Last Dollar Road. The truth of the mater was, that the big star was connected to area in other ways. Today, thanks to the Pauls Family Work, large areas of the forest are accessible, and even that has ties back to Wayne. Glen Pauls said he first came to the area with his family in the 1970s. After decades of planning, purchasing land, and dreaming, Glenn Pauls, his wife Dianne, and the Pauls family have transferred the first phase of the Ophir Mining Roads Public Access Preservation Project to the United States Forest Service. This transfer includes 109 acres and three building sites in the Water Fall Canyon area. These lands can never be developed and can never be closed to public motorized access. “From there we came back nearly every year to motorcycle and jeep the trails, and we began to buy land. I now have approximately 1200 acres, almost all, of the mining claims in and around the Ophir Valley my parents and I have purchased since the mid 80s,” Glen Pauls described how their efforts took shape. “It started when I was told of a deal by realtor Bob Forsberg, where I could

buy the entire holdings of John Wayne (the actor) and Donald Koll, who had planned to build a silver mine or ski area. The Hunt brothers and Telski dashed their dreams, and we bought them out. The path to preservation was conceived,” he said. Self professed “cowboy hippie” lawyer Dick Unruh, who still calls Telluride home, represented John Wayne and Ed Smart in a land transaction related to East Ophir when he came to the area in 1972. In 1972, according to Unruh, pre-ski area, only about 400 people lived in Telluride. And and though I have not been able to verify or prove it, I believe I ran into the Duke up there one year at the annual Fourth of July celebration, as military jets from Pete Field preformed a flyover worthy of the star’s enthusiastic military support, and a better-than-average parade snaked down the main street. I think I probably have seen all of his movies, most before his death on June 11, in 1979. Eyeman says John Wayne became not only Hollywood’s most famous and successful actors, but in the process became a symbol of America itself — for better and worse. It has made me wonder about a great number of possible ties of my home ground over the years and speculate about connections to the early film industry. For example, the most-storied bar there being known as the Hollywood, and the three-storied Del Rio Hotel finished in the early 1930s, reportedly being frequented by Clara Bow and perhaps others. But I am also intrigued by the name itself, as Dolores Del Rio was one of the top starlets of the 1920s. With director John Ford (and his biggest star John Wayne) doing a lot of work in Monument Valley in the 1930s, it doesn’t seem to be out of the realm of possibility. At Pacific View Memorial Park, in Newport Beach, California, a stone was placed years after Duke’s death in 1979, on his grave and carrying a quote by the legend himself. “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that The football season is almost over, and while some people are still trying to cope with another Denver Broncos’ early exit from the playoffs, I figure I still have a little time to cover a few things related to the gridiron game. Starting with college football, did you know that Chris Fowler of ESPN is one of our own? Yep, the popular lead announcer for ESPN’s “College GameDay” is a 1981 graduate of Palmer High School. He has been ESPN’s primary college football studio host since 1989. Fowler, 52, who called this year’s Rose Bowl game, graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder and joined ESPN in 1986 - one month before his 24th birthday. Here’s an observation. Unlike New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has not publically whispered a peep about having his nearly $20 million per year contact restructured so the Broncos would have some cap room to get better players. Yes, I realize that Brady’s is basically deferring his millions of dollars owed him by New England down the road, but he understands the importance of being surrounded by a great football family and he buys into the whole “team first” idea. Perhaps that is why Brady and the

Patriots have played in four consecutive AFC Championship Games, five Super Bowls, and why New England coach Bill Belichick is considered - by many - as the second greatest football coach of alltime behind Vince Lombardi. Brady (prior to Sunday’s AFC title game with the Colts) has a career playoffs record of 19-8. Manning has a lifetime playoff record of 11-13, while his teams have lost in the first round of the playoffs nine times. Manning is 2-3 in the playoffs with the Broncos with two first-round exits. By the way, Tim Tebow was 1-1 in the playoffs with the Broncos, with a firstround loss to the Patriots in 2011 after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers the week before in the wild-card round. Now, for those of you that believe I dislike Manning, I think he is a wonderful human being and one of the best

ambassadors of the NFL. He is an amazing talent and one of the top 10 regular season quarterbacks of all-time. He also seems like a great father and husband. Let me take a quick detour from football. Nolan Ryan is my favorite athlete of all time. He is baseball’s all-time leader in strikeouts with an astonishing 5,714. For those of you doing the math, if a pitcher struck out 300 batters for 19 consecutive seasons he would still fall short of Ryan’s mark. Ryan’s seven no-hitters are three more than his next closest rival, Sandy Koufax (four). But for all of Ryan’s accomplishments, he appeared in just one World Series (1969 Miracle Mets) and lost 292 regular season games - the third most all time. Jerry West is my favorite basketball player ever. “Zeke from Cabin Creek” won a grand total of one NBA Championship (1972 Los Angeles Lakers). His Lakers teams lost in the Finals eight times. Did you know that “The Great One” - Wayne Gretzky - did not win a Stanley Cup title after the age of 27? In fact, the Edmonton Oilers won their fifth and final Stanley Cup in 1990 - two seasons after trading Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky appeared in one Stanley

Cup final the last 12 years of his career. He was on the 1992-93 Kings team that lost to the Montreal Canadiens. Now back to football. Did you know that a 30-second television ad for this year’s Super Bowl (played Feb. 1 in Glendale Arizona) costs $4.5 million. The Super Bowl has come a long way since January 1967 when the first game was played at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The game was not even sold out and was broadcast by both NBC and CBS. Contrary to popular belief, the Super Bowl was already hugely popular by the time the second game rolled around in January 1968. Joe Namath and the New York Jets gave the Super Bowl legendary status by January 1969 with he led the AFL’s best team that season to an upset of the mighty Baltimore Colts from the NFL. Did you know that Namath - my second favorite NFL player of all-time behind Joe Montana - never defeated a team that finished the season with a winning record after that Super Bowl? He led the Jets back to the playoffs the following season, but he never reached the postseason the final eight years of his career.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: At this time we feel it is necessary to inform you that the town of Monument is the lone objector in a water change case that would allow Palmer Lake to be filled. Monument is spending your tax dollars on lawyers’ fees to prevent this. We feel Palmer Lake is a beautiful public recreational area open to all. We think it is worth saving. We ask Monument residents and business owners to join us in our request for the Monument Council to withdraw their objection. If you agree please show up next Tuesday night ( Jan 20th) 6:30pm at the Monument Town Hall and let your voice be heard. If you want to see Palmer Lake full forever, we need your support! The issue:

An industrial railroad right had historically kept Palmer Lake full for over 150 years. The State disallowed its use in 2002. Drought and the stoppage of that water flow have dried the lake. Palmer Lake has offered a compromise to change this industrial right to a municipal right. This would be in compliance with the State water authorities and allow the lake to be filled. The State engineers office agreed with this change. All other downstream users have also signed off on this compromise. Only the Town of Monument still objects. Palmer Lake is a beautiful public area that is used by all Tri-Lakes residents. Monument will spend over $40,000 fighting this case. These are your tax dollars. Monument’s water attorney is the “only” attorney involved in the case

that has not stipulated. There is no negative impact on Monument Creek or Monument Lake. A full and vibrant Palmer Lake provides a positive impact on Monument’s economy. This is much more than a “water rights” issue. This is Tri-Lakes community issue. We ask Monument residents and business owners to show their support at a public meeting and to request that the Town to withdraw its objection before the February 3rd court date. This will save considerable tax dollars for both towns and result in a restored, historic, beautiful Palmer Lake for all of us. Sincerely, The Palmer Lake Restoration Committee

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In 1922, they took up the rails of the Colorado Midland west of Divide. The road bed was given to the state of Colorado for use as a new road. It took until 1924 to finish conversion of the road between Divide and Florissant. If you are curious, the old original route is still there, now known as Twin Rock Road. The next section would take a bit longer. In late summer, 1924, the road was finished to Howbert. This was a big change, as it was actually longer than the earlier road, but it was an easier one to travel, as there were no steep hills. Today we know it as Eleven Mile Canyon. No, the dam was not there then. That happened in the 1930s. The hardest part of the job was rebuilding bridges along the way. Many of the railroad bridges were left, but a few newer, steel bridges had been removed. In addition the survivors had to be made wider. The highway wanted bridges wide enough for two cars to pass. This would also be desired for the road too. There were 10 major bridges between Divide and Florissant, and as many between Florissant and Howbert. Grading crews cleaned up the ground where the tracks were located, and blasting crews had to make things wider here and there. Interestingly a few of the original bridges survived in Eleven Mile Canyon until the 1965 flood. Opening the road was a grand event. The Midland Highway extended along what is now U.S. 24 to Leadville and west. It included a tunnel, nearly two miles long under the Continental Divide - long known as the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel - but once it was a road it was

renamed The Carlton Tunnel, in honor of A.E. Carlton, president of the Colorado Midland Railroad. Now you may be asking yourself by now, where was Howbert? It, like several other railroad towns pretty well died when the railroad closed, but it for a wetter reason. You see the site of the town is now under Eleven Mile Reservoir. The early road west from Lake George to Hartsel is also still there, only now it is mainly used to access the lake at Eleven Mile. The road over Wilkerson Pass was redesigned in the 1930’s to shorten the trip. But how about Howbert? Howbert is interesting. It was named for Irving Howbert, one of the original supporters of the building of the Midland. In 1900, he supported building a new railroad to Cripple Creek, upsetting the Midland, and they changed the name of his town to Freshwater. A few years later all was resolved and the town returned to its original name. Once the water started coming up behind the dam, everyone moved away. A few years ago the water level in the lake got almost low enough to see where the remains of the town were. I walked from the west end of the lake on the old railroad until I was walking in water. I only needed a quarter mile more!

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Mike Redmond, the District 20 energy specialist, helps his daughter, Autumn, control a Mars rover that drove on a lifelike surface of the Red planet during the Discovery Canyon Campus open house at the Space Foundation Discovery Center on Jan. 15. Autumn is a first grader at the school. Her younger sister, Easton – far right of the photo – is a kindergartner at DCC. Photos by Danny Summers

Discovery Canyon Campus students have a blast at Space Foundation Jan. 15 was open house for DCC students at the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com An estimated 300 Discovery Canyon Campus students, parents and teachers gathered at the Space Foundation on Jan. 15 and took a trip into the cosmos. The event kicked off DCC’s Fifth Annual Space Day, which took place at the school Jan. 16. “The kids get a lot more hands-on experience here than we can offer at our school in terms of exhibits and things to do, plus the enthusiasm that comes from being in this place with your family,” said Kimberly Neal, a fourth grade teacher at DCC. “This is our second year here. It’s gotten bigger for sure. There are a lot more kids here this year.” The Space Foundation event was well received by students, who took advantage of the many hands-on activities and exhibits. “Since I’m really interested in science it’s really fun for me because I get to learn more,” said seventh-grader Noel Redmond, who spent a lot of time at the Mars Yard rover area with her two younger sisters and father. “It would be really fun for me to go into space.” Redmond, who is taking a bio chemistry

class at DCC, added that she would like to work for NASA someday. “I like studying comets and the comet tails, and I also like asteroid belts,” Redmond said. The Space Foundation wasted little time putting the students to work, sending them on a scavenger hunt around the facility as they entered the building. “This is a lot of fun,” said fourth-grader Seth Metzger, who was working closely with his first-grade brother, Ryan. “You get to find out all about space and rockets.” DCC assistant principal Terry Bramschreiber was one of the driving forces behind getting Space Foundation involved with DCC’s Space Day. Bramschreiber is a teacher liaison officer and helps coordinate the National Space Symposium that takes place each year at The Broadmoor. “This is a resource that we have here in Colorado Springs that a lot of these kids don’t know it’s here; a lot of these parents don’t know it’s here,” he said. “You don’t see it advertised much, and we want to open that up. “At DCC, being a science and math campus ourselves, we want to get the kids introduced to science and math and engineering, and this is just a great place to do it.” Bramschreiber was all over the Discovery Center working with kids at various hands-on exhibits. He took time to build his own stomp rocket out of PVC pipe, inner tube and 2-liter plastic soda bottle. “There are activities for all ages,” Bramsch-

Ryan Metzger, left, and his brother Seth, right, are looking for clues during a scavenger hunt that took place during at the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center on Jan. 15. The event was an open house for DCC students of all grade levels. Ryan is a first-grader at DCC, while Seth is in fourth grade.

An estimated 400 Discovery Canyon Campus students, parents and teachers gathered at the Space Foundation on Jan. 15 and took a trip into the cosmos. reiber said. “We have kids doing computer programming, others doing Science on a Sphere, the Mars Rovers. It’s suitable for kids all the way up to adults. “The Space Foundation wants to make sure our young kids understand and appreciate the importance of space.” The Space Foundation staff had a blast working with the students and showing off their impressive facility. Some of them said the open house was a great way to get excited for upcoming events, like the Space Symposium in April. “We do a lot of groups and events here, and a lot of student field trips Monday through Friday,” said Jennifer Picard, the Space Foundation’s volunteer program coordinator. “Hopefully the kids and parents get excited about being here and hopefully they come back.” According to Bernadette Maisel, the Space Foundation’s customer service manager, the most popular exhibits in the Discovery Center are Science on a Sphere and the Mars Yard. “I think this place is so unique and it’s a unique way in which we can teach the kids the concepts of space,” Maisel said. “They come here and then go back to school and do even more hands-on things.” Picard added that 90 percent of the students that visit the facility are in grades kindergarten through sixth. DCC’s Space Day on Jan. 16 included a

variety of events that took place all day at the campus. Some of the specifics include a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Bennett - author of space/science/math books; a “Physics is Phun” session offered by the Air Force Academy; and a Skype session with Fred Haise - one of the astronauts aboard Apollo 13.

Discovery Canyon Campus assistant principal Terry Bramschreiber launches his rocket from a contraption he built using PVC pipe and a plastic 2-liter soda bottle. DCC students were granted the opportunity to construct their own rocket launchers and rockets at the Space Foundation’s Discovery Center DCC open house on Jan. 15.

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Local community donates generously Monument Hill Kiwanis will present $40,000 check to Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign For the Tribune The Monument Hill Kiwanis Club’s support of The 2014 Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign raised over $40,000 for the El Paso County Salvation Army. Generous donations by the local community, combined with the hundreds of hours of Club member volunteer time ringing the bell between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with the support on Sundays by the local high school Kiwanis Key Clubs, resulted in $40,790.00 being raised to help support the programs of the local Salvation Army. A check in that amount will be presented to The Salvation Army at the Club’s meeting on Saturday, Jan. 17, 8 am at the Inn at Palmer Divide. Efforts from volunteers and organizations like the Monument Hill Kiwanis helped The Salvation Army surpass their fundraising goal for the red kettle campaign this year. The successful campaign will help ensure the organization is positioned to meet

the growing need for food, shelter and assistance in the area without having to eliminate or cut programs. As a matter of fact, the increased demand for sheltering the homeless led The Salvation Army to increase their number of shelter beds to 300 by opening a Winter Warming Shelter on South Weber Street in November. The Salvation Army also operates a full service church, the RJ Montgomery Center shelter, 33 Transitional Housing apartments; a structured and licensed After School Program for up to 44 children; offers food, utilities and other emergency services through their Family Services program, and feeds up to 400 meals daily at their Senior Center and two shelters. The Monument Hill Kiwanis Club is a service organization of about 150 men and women that sponsors community events and provides support to groups in need throughout the Tri-Lakes and greater Pikes Peak region. In addition to its on-going partnership with the Salvation Army, the Club sponsors several other charitable events, service projects and local assistance grants for local charitable organizations, with emphasis on helping children in the community. For more information on the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, please visit their website at monumenthillkiwanis.org.

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The Lewis-Palmer High School boys’ basketball team may finally have found its stride after winning four consecutive Pikes Peak Athletic Conference games. The most recent victory was a thrilling 72-64 doubleovertime win over Cheyenne Mountain on Jan. 16. Lewis-Palmer (7-5, 3-1) outscored Cheyenne Mountain (3-7, 0-3) 10-2 in the second overtime. Rangers’ junior guard Jonathan Scott scored a gamehigh 31 points, while teammates Sam Strasburger and Colin Cicere added 11 points each. Lewis-Palmer was on a three-game losing streak before getting hot. The Rangers are second in the PPAC, 1 ½ games back of Sand Creek; the last team to beat Lewis-Palmer. PALMER RIDGE GOES 1-2 IN BOYS’ HOOPS The Palmer Ridge boys’ basketball team defeated Discovery Canyon, 55-49 in overtime on Jan. 16 in a key PPAC game. The Bears outscored the Thunder 10-7 in overtime. Bears’ center George Silvanic scored a game-high 16 points, while Jordan Swango added 13 and Matt Cameron contributed 12. Colin Mcgettigan led the Thunder with 15 points, while senior Andrew Hall added 13. Palmer Ridge lost earlier in the week to Air Academy, 63-37. On Jan. 17, the Bears lost to Sand Creek - a semifinalist in last year’s state playoffs - 65-62. Sand Creek (10-3, 5-0) held on despite Silvanic draining a 3-pointer in the closing seconds as Palmer Ridge (8-3, 2-3) went on a 6-1 run in the final minute to close the deficit to 63-62. THUNDER BOYS PICK UP FIRST LEAGUE VICTORY ON HARDWOOD The Discovery Canyon boys’ basketball team won its first PPAC game with a 64-57 victory over Cheyenne

Mountain on Jan. 17. The Thunder (2-10, 1-3) snapped an eight-game losing streak and won its first home game of the season. Dante Fewell scored 23 points to lead the Thunder, while Jacob Hein added six points and 11 rebounds. Earlier in the week, Discovery Canyon lost to Sand Creek, 61-38. Hall, Matt Call and Hein each scored seven points for the Thunder in that loss. THUNDER DEFEATS CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN IN WRESTLING Discovery Canyon battled Cheyenne Mountain to 31-31 draw on Jan. 14 in a key PPAC match at Discovery Canyon. The Thunder ended up winning the match, however, based on tiebreakers. After 14 matches (weight classes), it came down to the eighth tiebreaker; the team that had the most first points in each match. Each team won seven matches, had three pins and two major decisions. MONARCH SHUTS DOWN RANGERS IN HOCKEY Seven days after shutting out Valor Christian, 10-0, the Lewis-Palmer hockey team lost to Monarch, 6-0, at Boulder Valley. The Rangers (6-5) had won three of four games, but were outshot by the Coyotes, 33-11. Marcus Smith made 27 saves for Lewis-Palmer. OFF TO ROUGH STARTS IN LEAGUE PLAY The Lewis-Palmer, Discovery Canyon and Classical Academy girls’ basketball teams are off to rough starts this season. The Tri-Lakes area schools are a combined 7-29, 0-12 in their respective leagues. Discovery Canyon (4-9, 0-4 in the PPAC) hosts LewisPalmer (1-11, 0-4) on Jan. 21. TCA is 2-9, 0-4 in the Metro League. Earlier this month, Discovery Canyon lost its top player - senior Sophia “Alex” Smith (8.6 points per game) to a wrist injury before league play began.

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County approves burn notice regulation For the Tribune The board of El Paso County Commissioners Thursday gave final approval to a revised county ordinance to regulate open burning activities in unincorporated areas of El Paso County. The open burning ordinance was requested earlier this year by Black Forest residents who were alarmed to see large piles of slash and debris being burned near their homes. For some, it brought back nightmares of the 2013 Black Forest Fire. The ordinance has been discussed during several board work sessions and interested citizens have shared their concerns at BoCC meetings. Effective now, the ordinance requires a county burn permit to assure that the Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Public Health and all appropriate fire protection districts are properly notified in advance and that sufficient safeguards are in place to ensure public health and safety. Open burning air quality permits, which are already required by state law, will continue to be administered by El Paso County Public Health. The ordinance provides that once an open burning air quality permit is obtained from El Paso County Public Health, a request for an El Paso County open burning permit will automatically be sent to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

Those who receive permits shall make reasonable efforts to notify their neighbors before the open burn. When the date and time of an open burn is decided, the permit recipient calls El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch at 719-390-5555, thus notifying responsible fire agencies. Although it is not yet available, the county will maintain a website that lists all addresses with active open burn permits. The county ordinance also establishes restrictions necessary to preserve public safety and procedures to inform residents of planned open burn activities. In addition to the requirements outlined in the county ordinance, open burns must comply with all state and local fire district rules and regulations. They must be at least 50 feet away from any buildings or combustible fences and be directly attended by a competent person with appropriate extinguishing equipment available for immediate use. Open burning of slash is a low-cost and effective way to mitigate wildland fire fuels. The ordinance seeks to strike a balance that protects health and safety but still encourages property owners to get rid of dead wood and brush which is a fire hazard on their land. Open burn permits can be revoked at any time.

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Palmer Ridge basketball coach Dennis Coates talks things over with his team during a timeout against Air Academy on Jan. 14. The Bears lost 50-39. Photos by Danny Summers

Rippley leading Palmer Ridge girls’ basketball team Sophomore Sam Rippley is the lone starter back from last year’s 22-4 team By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com Call it rebuilding or reloading, but the Palmer Ridge High School girls’ basketball team has found a way to stay competitive this season, despite a major turnover in team personnel. The lone returning starter from last season’s Bears’ team that advanced to the Class 4A State Elite Eight is sophomore Sam Rippley. The guard leads the team in scoring (15.1 points per game), steals (5.2), assists (2.9) and free throw percentage (47 of 63 for a 75 percent average). Rippley, who stands about 5-foot-3, scored a teamhigh 14 points in the Bears’ 66-42 victory over Discovery Canyon on Jan. 16 in a Pikes Peak Athletic Conference game. Rippley also had five steals, a pair of assists and was 4 of 6 from the free throw line as the Bears improved to 6-4, 2-2. Basketball continues on Page 11

Sam Rippley is the lone returning starter this season for the Palmer Ridge girls basketball team. Rippley is a four-sport athlete, who also plays on the schools softball and lacrosse teams, and runs the 400 meters in track.

Lewis-Palmer girls’ swim team very deep this season Rangers recently defeated Discovery Canyon in a meet By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com Lewis-Palmer and Discovery Canyon Campus may be close in terms of proximity, but the schools’ girls swimming programs remain separated by a great distance. Lewis-Palmer defeated the Thunder 142-44 in a meet Jan. 13 at Monument Hill County Club as the Rangers won all but one of the 12 events. “We have the deepest team we’ve ever had, but we don’t have the strength at the top we used to have,” said Lewis-Palmer coach Alan Arata, who has 34 girls on his squad. “We’ll probably send more girls to state than we ever had. I just don’t how well we’ll do once we’re there. The competition is pretty good.” Lewis-Palmer, a Class 5A program, finished 18th at state in 2014. Discovery Can-

yon swims at 4A. Lewis-Palmer junior Andie Turner won two individual events, taking the 200 individual medley in 2 minutes, 26.09 seconds, and the 500 freestyle in 6:04.50. Hanna Hartel won three events for the Rangers, placing first in the 100 butterfly, and taking part in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Erin McGill won’t the Thunder’s lone event by taking the 100 breast in 1:15.58. McGill also finished third in the 100 fly (1:08.68). The Rangers are 3-0 in dual meets this season with impressive victories over Air Academy and Coronado. Lewis-Palmer swept every event against Coronado, and won seven events vs. Air Academy. The Rangers have been equally impressive at invitationals and relays. They won the eight-team Arapahoe Relays, Pikes Peak Relays (13 teams) and the Mountain View Invite (seven teams). Lewis-Palmer took second at the 17-team Cheyenne Mountain Invite, losing to champion Cheyenne Mountain 584 to 530 points. Cheyenne Mountain is a 4A school.

Discovery Canyon placed 14th with 67 points. “It doesn’t matter in swimming if you’re 4A or 5A; if you have good swimmers you can compete with anybody” Arata sad. “We’re deeper than Rampart, for example, but they may score better than us at state because they have four or five really strong girls at the top.” Lewis-Palmer has 10 girls qualified for the state meet (through Jan. 16); Turner (who won state in the 100 back stroke as a freshman in 2013), Hartel, Leigh Russell, Katie Roh, Julie Day, Jessica Wyman, Faith McAllister, Cori Dech, and divers Becca Hetrick and Morgan Day. Arata is confident that at least five more girls will post qualifying times in the coming weeks. Among them are Natalie Rees, Sara Hartel, Alex Lewis, Cailey Baker and Kailee Sunada. “We’ll have a lot of girls swimming the first day of the state meet, but very few the second day; and that’s when you score points,” Arata said. “The girls are just fast at the state meet.”

Lewis-Palmer High School senior Morgan Day has already qualified for this year’s state swimming and diving championships that will be held in February. Photo by Alan Arata

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“Sam has continued to improve this season and she’s taking on a much larger role with the program,” said Palmer Ridge coach Dennis Coates. “On the floor she’s doing the same thing in terms of being a smart basketball player, but off the court she’s taking on a bigger role of being a team leader.” Rippley had a sensational freshman campaign for Palmer Ridge. She was only non-senior starter on a team that finished with a 22-4 record. Rippley averaged 6.9 points and 2.2 steals per game while playing a supportive role to seniors Ali Meyer, Michelle DeCoud, Rhyley Lane and Laura McCarthy. The Bears’ varsity squad this year is compiled of three juniors, five sophomores, three freshmen and no seniors. The only player other than Rippley to have varsity experience is junior Carley Campbell. “We’re a completely different kind of a team,” Rippley said. “Kind of a new start, but it’s going to be fun growing because it’s such a fun atmosphere. We’re little

and quick and not big and powerful.” Rippley may be the featured player on this year’s squad, but she buys into the team first concept. “Sam is my biggest competition,” joked Palmer Ridge freshman guard McKenzie Siskind, who is third on the team in scoring with 6.7 ppg. “I’m always trying to outdo her, but in a good way. We push each other.” Palmer Ridge’s other top scorers are sophomores Jasmine Sanders (8.7) and Regan Mukpik (5.0), and freshman Kori Woods (4.3). Rippley was more of an outside player last year, but this season she has been driving to the basket more, which has led to her getting fouled quite a bit. “My role on the team is different this year since we don’t have Ali (Meyer) and Michelle (DeCoud),” Rippley said. “My job is to take it in more because we’re short all around.” As good as Rippley is on the court, basketball might be her second-best sport. She is a four-sport athlete who is a top player on the school’s lacrosse team (midfielder) and a state qualifier last year in track in the 400. She also is an outfielder for the school’s softball team. And for good measure, Rippley averages a better

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than 4.0 GPA. “She just studies late at night and doesn’t sleep that much,” Rippley’s father, John, said with a smile. “She puts a lot of effort into everything that she does.” Coates believes it’s an added bonus for his team that Rippley is a multi-sport athlete. “I think multi-sport athletes are the best athletes,” Coates said. “They have to work for different coaches. They have to work in different offensive sets Different defensive sets. They have to communicate with different players.

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