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A standing-room only crowd of about 125 people crammed the Palmer Lake Town Council chambers Oct. 9 to watch and take part in the great pot debate. Photos by Danny Summers
Voters still hold the fate of legalized pot Palmer Lake town council voted 4 to 2 on Oct. 9 not to repeal Ordinance #2 By Danny Summers
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A dark, wet and windy Oct. 9 night was not about to keep 125-plus Tri-Lakes area residents from jamming the Palmer Lake Town Hall Chambers. The meeting was filled with drama as the main topics of discussion were a “Request to Repeal Ordinance #2, 2014 Sale of Recreational Marijuana,” and whether a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot by an antimarijuana group led by Chris Amenson was even legal. In the end, after the council heard from 28 citizens and discussed things among themselves, the status quo remained intact, thus allowing voters to decide for itself in November. “It is too close to the November vote to not allow people to vote on this again,” said council member Rich Kuester. In April, a ballot measure on whether to allow the sales of legalized recreational marijuana in Palmer Lake lost by 57 votes. “We let the process play out
Dino Salvatori, center with goatee, shares a moment with Chris Amenson, right, after the Palmer Lake Town Hall meeting on Oct. 9. Salvatori is owner of the Palmer Lake Wellness Center and proponent of having legalized sales of marijuana in the town. Amenson and his group are working to keep any measure that has to do with legalized sales of marijuana in the town off the ballot for at least the next three years. Palmer Lake resident Chris Wright, far-left, a pro-marijuana advocate, looks on. and it got changed last November by four people; that was wrong,” said Dino Salvatori, referring to the then Palmer Lake town council to opt out of recreational sales of legalized
marijuana by a 4 to 2 vote. “And then when it went to the other process of a vote in April, there Voters continues on Page 5
The Pike National Forest Ranger District is temporarily opening Forest Service Road (FSR) 300, also known as Rampart Range Road. This popular tourist road is now open between Garden of the Gods and Rampart Reservoir within the Waldo Canyon Burn Area. Forest Order 2014-16 opens the area to day use only. The public may not camp, have campfires or park outside of designated areas. Forest visitors should refer to maps posted at entry points and within the Waldo Burn Area. The restricted area includes the National Forest boundary above Garden of the Gods to Sand Gulch (about 2 miles south of Rampart Reservoir). All of the National Forest System lands between the Highway 24 corridor and Rampart Range Road will remain closed to entry. This closure includes Williams and Waldo canyons and Wellington and Sand gulches. Also closed to entry is an area around Nichols Reservoir in the upper West Monument Creek drainage (below the Rampart Reservoir dam). Most of the area east of Rampart Range Road will be open to public use, but camping and campfires will be prohibited. In that same area, parking will be restricted to designated areas. The U.S. Forest Service has installed signs that identify the designated parking locations and these are generally in locations where use of the adjacent National Forest will not result in resource concerns. There are no designated parking locations between the Garden of the Gods park and the National Forest boundary, and then not until above the closed shooting range. The South Rampart Shooting Range remains closed. Visitors should use extreme caution and expect to encounter falling dead trees and limbs, steep slopes, stump holes and the potential for flooding in this burned area. According to Pikes Peak District Ranger Oscar Martinez, “If you choose to go into the Waldo Canyon area, expect a changed condition. It is not the same forest that many remember prior to the 2012 wildfire. There are many dangers so be very cautious with a plan of escape when the winds increase or it starts to rain. Your safety is our priority.”
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Several other local politicians attended the fun event By Danny Summers
dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn showed up early and stayed late for his meet-and-greet at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on Oct. 8. The former Gleneagle resident and his wife, Jeanie, were the featured guests for the event that was hosted by TLCA president Michael Maddox. “I have such a warm spot in my heart for the Tri-Lakes area,” said Lamborn, who now lives in the Pine Creek area. “This is such a thriving area of (El Paso) County and there are so many interesting people here.” Lamborn maintains three offices in Colorado, as well as his Washington, D.C. office that adjoins the Capitol. When he is in the Tri-Lakes area it is not uncommon for folks to see Lamborn and Jeanie around town. “This is a great tourism area as well,” Lamborn said. “Earlier this week my wife and I were enjoying
the Santa Fe Trail on our bicycles. We started in Monument and came to Palmer Lake, turned around and went back. “I’m hoping the Front Range Trail is eventually extended throughout the full Front Range from Wyoming to New Mexico. That would be fantastic.” As is the style of a meet-andgreet, Lamborn shook hands with his constituents - those for and against him - listened to their concerns and offered his ideas and some solutions. He also addressed the issue of possible legalized sales of marijuana in Palmer Lake. “I was against recreational marijuana two years ago when it was on the ballot and I still feel the same way now,” Lamborn said. “There’s a social cost that comes with it. There are people that don’t handle it well and they go backwards in life when they become so entrenched in their habit of smoking pot. They are not as creative or productive of a person as they can be. “I want to look at the bigger picture. I regret that there are recreational sales in Manitou (Springs) and I hope it doesn’t happen here. I don’t think it helps with our military base. I am not seeing a big Lamborn continues on Page 7
Palmer Lake mayor Nikki McDonald, second from left, is sharing a few laughs with constituents during Congressman Doug Lamborn’s meet-and-greet on Oct. 8. Photos by Danny Summers
Congressman Doug Lamborn, left, shares a moment with Estemere owner Roger Ward, center, and Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts director Michael Maddox during a meet-and-greet Oct. 8 at the TLCA in Palmer Lake.
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Paving done, Ackerman Overlook construction underway Crews focusing on shoulder work, final striping, landscaping For the Tribune Crews completed final paving this week, which means the entire expansion project has a new layer of asphalt. Work on the driving lanes and shoulders now shifts to new permanent striping, which will take
place at night and may involve 2-6 mile long nighttime lane closures. Striping work will begin at 8:30 p.m. and be completed by 5:30 a.m. the next morning. Crews have also begun construction of the new Ackerman Overlook, which is being re-located to the north of the former overlook site. Construction is expected to take about 6-8 weeks. Single lane, shoulder closures continue Drivers will still encounter daytime single lane and shoulder closures as workers continue work near new
guardrail and on landscaping and erosion control. Overnight and daytime closures could be in place: Sunday, 8:30 p.m. - Monday, 4 p.m. Monday, 8:30 p.m. - Tuesday, 4 p.m. Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. - Wednesday, 4 p.m. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. - Thursday, 4 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. - Friday, 3 p.m. LaForet Trail upgrades A portion of the LaForet Trail under I-25 will reopened for up to two weeks as crews have completed the new trail in the tunnel. The trail will close again for up to eight weeks later this month
so crews can complete re-construction work under the bridge. The trail is widely used by employees and residents east of I-25 to access the Santa Fe Trail, which is west of the interstate. To access the Santa Fe Trail, the recommended detour is about three miles. Travel north on Voyager Parkway to North Gate Boulevard. Then go west on North Gate Boulevard to the Santa Fe Trail entrance on the northwest corner of the I-25 interchange. All work is subject to weather and road conditions.
Tri-Lakes, Monument day at Air Force game set For the Tribune Tri-Lakes/Monument Day at the United States Air Force Academy is this Saturday and is against New Mexico. “The weather is looking fantastic for this game! It is a 1:30 p.m. game with tailgating starting at 11:30am. Tailgaiting will take place in Lot 3, space 1 and 2 and is completely free because it is sponsored by
Wells Fargo. It will be a very family friendly tailgate, hot dogs and soda type of tailgate. But participants are welcome to bring their own alcoholic beverages if they choose as they are allowed in the tailgaiting section only,” says Tri-Lakes Chamber Executive Director Terri Hayes. “Tickets are $8, down from $23 regularly. They can by purchased at the chamber, open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Or, if they prefer the convenience of on-line purchasing,
they can do so at GoAirForceFalcons.com and enter promo code TRILAKES. Or call at 719-472-1895 x 203. Both online and phone calls to the Academy will come with a small ticket surcharge,” Hayes said. “We are wanting to encourage Tri-Lakes residents and Chamber members to come out and experience the fun and pagentry that is an Air Force Football Game. There is a fly over for this game, and will have the usual parachuters, falcon fly, and of course
the fun cadet traditions like push-ups for every point. Even though they are a military base, they are our local college team and we should all be proud to wear Air Force Blue! For those who have never been on base, the gates are open to everyone for the game, so getting on base is never a problem,” added Hayes. If you have any questions, they can call the number above or call the Chamber at 719-481-3282.
Ballot questions explored in debate By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A televised debate on Oct. 6 laid out arguments for and against the statewide ballot questions that Colorado voters will begin deciding on this month. The debate, sponsored by KUSA-TV, allowed advocates to argue their positions on the four ballot questions, beginning with the two measures that would alter the state’s Constitution. Amendment 67 is this year’s version of the so-called “personhood” amendment, which would create legal protections for
the unborn and would essentially ban abortion in the state. If passed, the measure would change the state’s criminal code and the Colorado Wrongful Death Act to include unborn human beings. Supporters say the measure protects pregnant women and their unborn children from harm, but opponents argue the effort goes too far. “They say it’s about protecting pregnant women, and in fact, it is not,” said Cathy Alderman of the group No on 67. “It would ban abortion in all cases.” There is no legal or medical definition
of the term “unborn human being,” so Amendment 67 could end up providing legal protections for fertilized eggs, supporters have said. And that could impact the availability of abortions and birth control. Alderman said the changes to the criminal code could result in women and doctors being investigated for miscarriages. Supporters of Amendment 67 were not there to make their case. Similar personhood efforts have failed at the ballot box, going back to 2008. The other proposed constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot, Amendment 68, would allow casino-style gam-
bling at the Arapahoe Park racetrack along the eastern fringe of Aurora, with new gaming tax revenue going toward K-12 education. Supporters say the measure would bring in $114.5 million in public and charter school funding. Supporters say schools could use the funding and it’s a great way to obtain the money without raising taxes. But opponents say the effort would hurt mountain town casinos — which would depress the already-existing gaming tax Ballot continues on Page 3
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Black Forest Community Club invites new, renewal memberships For the Tribune The Black Forest Community Club (BFCC) invites community families to become members of this dynamic, community-focused organization. Previous press releases announced the upcoming line-up of Fall and Winter programs open to the entire Black Forest area community. They include: -Oct. 25, 6 p.m. Oktoberfest Party, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Veterans Day Program, Nov. 29, 6:30 p.m. Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Santa Arrival, Dec 13, 6 p.m., Annual Christmas Pot Luck Dinner. All of these programs take place at the Community Center at 12530 Black Forest
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revenues collected there — and would create casino-style gambling in communities that may not even want it there. Katy Atkinson, who opposes the measure, cited several education advocacy groups that oppose Amendment 68. She also said it is telling that Congressman Mike Coffman and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff — two rivals locked in a heated 6th Congressional District race and who would represent the area where the racetrack sits — agree in their opposition to the measure. “So, candidates who do not agree on much agree that this one’s a bad idea,” Atkinson said. But Becky Brooks of Yes on 68 said 20,000 people in Aurora signed the petition to get the measure on the ballot and that hundreds of teachers statewide are backing the effort. “So, to make a broad statement that this is not wanted by the people around there is just untrue,” Brooks said. Meanwhile, Proposition 104 would require school boards to negotiate collective bargaining agreements in open meetings. Supporters say the public has a right to
Rd. just North of Shoup. There is a wealth of information about BFCC and the Black Forest on the Club’s web site www.bfcommunityclub.org. There are two categories of family memberships open for the Community Club. “Active” memberships are for those families residing in an area generally conforming to the borders of the “Black Forest Preservation Plan”. “Associate” memberships are for those living outside of that area. “Associate” members enjoy all the privileges of “Active” members, (including reduced rental rates), except for voting on Club business. The “Active” membership geography is framed by County Line Road on the north,
by Highway 83 on the west extending south via Shoup and Howells to Old Ranch Road. The southern border extends east from Old Ranch Rd to Black Forest Rd, then south and easterly generally following the Colorado Springs city boundary and encompassing traditional Black Forest neighborhoods north of Woodmen Road and then following the Stapleton Road alignment over to Meridian Rd, but excluding Falcon neighborhoods. The eastern boundary runs north on Meridian Rd, (once again excluding Falcon neighborhoods), jogs over to Eastonville Rd at the Ayers Rd alignment, north on Eastonville to Evans Rd, east to Elbert Rd and north to County Line Road.
know how their local schools districts are spending their money and that the measure provides greater oversight of government spending. “The goal is simply to provide transparency because it’s the basis of good government,” said former state Rep. BJ Nikkel, a Republican. But Tyler Chafee, an opponent, said he the ballot language “could apply to every single conversation that administrator has with a member of a teacher organization.” He also cautioned that school districts could end up seeing a spike in legal fees over confidentiality issues. “If it passes I think there are a number of things or consequences that we may not think of,” Chafee said. The broadcast closed with a debate over Proposition 105, which would require the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organisms. GMOs are found in the vast majority of common food crops, such as soybeans, corn and canola. The scientific consensus is that GMO-based foods are currently not harmful to the public’s health or the environment. But supporters say that consumers have a right to know what’s in their foods and can make better choices about what their families consume if they know what’s in the foods they eat.
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Benny and the Jets 7-year-old survivor Benny Remmer serves as Cadet for a Day at the Academy By Michael Humphreys Contributing writer
The concrete and marble of the Terrazzo shook with the passing overhead of a slow moving F22 as cadet Benjamin “Benny” Remmer led 4000 U.S. Air Force Academy cadets into midday meal in the presence of many distinguished visitors and the class of ’74, gathered for the weekend Navy comes to Air Force. A survivor of Burkitt’s Lymphoma, 7-year-old Benny was Cadet for a Day at the Academy Oct. 3, a wish enhancement, and part of a 12 year relationship between the Academy and Make-A-Wish Colorado. Benny, his parents Lauri and Randy Remmer and brother RJ, returned to their home in Colorado about a year ago, shortly
before Benny became sick. Lauri Remmer said the family chose Monument after working and living in Florida for four years, and that put them easily within eyesight of the Academy. “Of course he is a big fan of the Air Force Academy,” Remmer said. “We moved back here where he can see the parachutists, all the stuff we are always driving by on I-25 and right before he got sick we were having so much fun going to the Air Force basketball games. Ever since then, he’s said he wants to be a cadet.” Benny is in remission now, and he still has a chance to be a full time cadet in 10 years or so, but for this one day, he was living his wish in a standard Air Force flight suit, checking hospital corners on cadet beds, training with Academy firefighters, leading troops in formation, checking the flight line and just being a cadet. Benny’s experience is one of four Cadet for a Day experiences each year planned and executed by Academy juniors and seniors, said cadet in charge junior Konner
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were so many issues with that people didn’t know what to do and it lost by 57 votes. “There’s a bunch of money sitting at the other end of town waiting to be made. I’ve made a $2 million investment to do that. And it will help the town. Salvatori, who owns Palmer Lake Wellness Center, added that Amendment 64 (allowing the legalized sales of recreational marijuana in the state) was passed in the November 2012 general election, and that sales should be allowed in Palmer Lake. Salvatori was the first person to address the council. He spoke for about five minutes and told the folks in the room, among other things, that “this is a not a moral issue. It’s about revenue.” Salvatori went on to say that he estimated he would collect $557,400 in revenue from legalized sales of marijuana for the town in the first 67 days of operation, and more than $3 million a year. He then asked the council to repeal Ordinance No. 2 and vote marijuana in. If so, he would begin sales in 2015, at his new location — the old Pinz bowling alley along Highway 105 near the Monument border. Numerous people lined up to speak after Salvatori. Of the next 27 citizens who addressed council, 22 were anti-marijuana, while four were pro and one was neutral.
Among those who spoke was Amenson, who represents the organization Citizens Against Legalized Marijuana of Palmer Lake. Amenson’s backed bill would, without affecting the medical marijuana protections in the Colorado Constitution, prohibit the operation of retail marijuana stores in Palmer Lake until at least November 7, 2017, and thereafter until repealed by vote of the electorate. Amenson stated that if the town council repealed Ordinance #2 or disallowed his ballot initiative, he and his group “… would make every effort to ensure that appropriate legal review is made of your activity and any appropriate legal actions are taken in the appropriate courts of law.” Early on, several members in the audience cheered one speaker with a loud applause. Palmer Lake mayor Nikki McDonald pounded her gavel on the table and cautioned the audience to refrain from applause. She also put the police officers inside council chambers to be on alert and take action if need be. Finally, after more than 90 minutes of testimony — in which many of the citizens classified the legalization of marijuana sales as a “moral issue” — a question and answer period with Salvatori and discussion among the council took place. Then trustee John Russell put forth a motion not to repeal Ordinance No. 2. Trustee Paul Banta seconded the motion. Eventually the town council voted 4 to 2 not to repeal Ordinance #2. Joining Russell and Banta with no votes were Jennifer Mar-
40 YEARS AGO Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News, Oct. 17, 1974 Don’t forget the Woodmoor Home Tour on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 1 to 5 p.m. The cost for the tour is $2.50. Among the homes on the tour are the William Bradley, Robert Bradley and Charles M. Hall residences. ••• The Christmas Arts and Crafts Festival sponsored by the Palmer
Lake Art Group will be held October 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Palmer Lake Town Hall. There will be a Country Cupboard with baked goods, canned goods, jams, jellies and salad dressings. The Christmas Shop will have things to delight anyone. A most unusual instrument will be available. It resembles the guitar and zither and can be used for modern folk music. The commissions from this holiday
festival will go toward an Art Scholarship Fund for Lewis Palmer High School students. Come do your Christmas shopping early. You should find something for everyone on your list. ••• Universal Storage: Inside heated storage for travel trailers-boats-carsfurniture-what have you. Monument “66” Auto Center.
tin and Kuester. Voting yes for repeal were Cindy Allen and Trish Flake. McDonald was asked by town attorney Larry Gaddis how she would have voted and she said she would vote not to repeal. Before the fireworks even began, Monument mayor Marc Snyder addressed the council regarding the legalized sales of marijuana in his town, which began July 31 of this year. Snyder was invited to speak by Flake and resident Karen Stuth — both proponents of having legalized sales of marijuana in Palmer Lake. “Karen actually called me several weeks ago,” Snyder said. “I called Mayor McDonald and said I would never come up without talking to you first. And she said `You know. I think it would be good to hear about what your experience has been.’” Snyder, who has been mayor of Manitou Springs since 2009 and a former council member of the town, shared with the Palmer Lake town council - and those in the audience - about the huge impact in revenue his town has experienced in the first 67 days since pot began being sold for recreational purposes by a single dispensary in Manitou Springs. “The owner is reporting that the town has made more than 223,000 in tax revenue from July 31 through Oct. 7,” Snyder said. Snyder added that about 490 automobiles a day visit the recreational marijuana location in his town. Snyder also said that he has always supported the vote of the people, but he was
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names of candidates who might be interested in the wish enhancement said cadet junior Danielle Kaufman, from Littleton. She said from there, the cadets discuss who would be the best match for the program and contact the family to make arrangements. “We let them know we want to give back as much as we can. And it’s an awesome opportunity. We do everything we can to
lobbying to help the folks associated with a Peaceful Palmer Lake to urge the Palmer Lake Town Council to repeal Ordinance No. 2. “I actually proposed, motioned for, and voted for an advisory vote last November, but my council shot me down,” Snyder said. “They voted 4 to 2 to not have a vote and move forward with regulations.” Salvatori expressed concern that if the Amenson backed initiative passed it would actually last into the November 2018, stating that election issues related to Amendment 64 could only be voted on in even numbered years. “And then (Amenson’s bill) would have to be voted back in to be voted out,” Salvatori said. Ironically, Salvatori and his pro-marijuana advocates could have their ballot measure pass with a majority in November, yet lose if the Amenson backed initiative receives a larger majority votes. “The one with the most votes trumps the other one if they both pass,” Salvatori said. Salvatori is not the driving force behind a Peaceful Palmer Lake project, but he is the lead spokesman none-the-less. Near the end of the meeting, council member Martin told the audience that she has been followed in her car and harassed and she wants it to stop. Council member Allen added that she also has been harassed.
just give them the best day we can and for us it is really humbling and rewarding,” Kaufman said. In addition to all the activities the cadets planned for Benny and his family, cadets also painted a mural in the cadet dormitory. The mural titled, Chronicles of Benny is based on one of Benny’s favorite things, The Chronicles of Narnia. Benny said he hopes to one day fly jets just like the one that thundered overhead during the midday formation. “I’m doing fun stuff,’ Benny said. “I got to go to the fire station and squirt the hose. I got to pretend to sky dive and now I’m eating lunch.”
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We dropped valuable tools, somewhere along the line It didn’t have anything to do with Second Amendment rights, self-protection, violence, or even the possibility of violence — but when I was little, just about everyone in my Colorado hometown carried a knife around in their pocket, or purse, or hanging from a chain around their neck. I miss those days, not only for their utility, but for their innocence. We all carried pocket knives, or pen knives, key chain knives, or buck knives on our belts in leather scabbards. At noon, at the high school I went to, you would often see half-a-dozen, to 20, playing games with said knives. No expulsions, no zerotolerance, no labels, no fear, and relatively no concern about how we would turn out, as knife-game-playing adults. I know the world is different, but you know, I am nostalgic. We picked up the habit at early age. With our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncle or aunts providing our first one. Sometimes, very early. I think I remember
Mike Edwards sporting a two-blade Case used for digging in ant hills in some of my earliest memories. He was a year older than me but moved from the house across the alley when I was six or seven. Some of us would experiment with different types, or styles during our lives, never being pinned down by convention, or conviction, or commitment. Others would settle on one style distinctly, and early, and carry it for life. My dad had single-blade, locking, bone-handled Case with burn chips in
blade from accidentally hitting still “hot” wires under the dash in automotive wiring puzzles that he carried (as far I am able to figure out) his entire life. Edena Akin flirted for a time dangerously, with a wicked, pearl-handled, switch blade, that she regaled seventhand eighth-grade boys with, in the prime of pubescence. Years later, when in high school, and working at the hardware store that sold any manner of pocket knife, (with Bucks, and Old Timers, Case, Imperials and Schrades, just to name a few,) I came to associate personalities with the knife they carried. Many bought them there at Taylor’s, but even if they didn’t, they often spent a fair amount of time back at the oil stone on top of the bolt counter sharpening them. In the back room, far enough away Carrigan continues on Page 7
I’m going to miss seeing O’Dowd and ‘Geivo’ around the ball park I heard the news the morning of Oct. 8 that Colorado Rockies general manager Dan O’Dowd resigned his post after 15 mostly disastrous - seasons with the club. Following O’Dowd out the door was Bill Geivett, the Rockies’ assistant general manager, who also gave his notice of departure to principal team owner Richard Monfort. I know O’Dowd and Geviett somewhat well and feel a little sad to see them out of a job. Over the years they were always accessible if I called or emailed them for a story, or to just touch base and see how life was treating them. But with any relationship comes a bit of strain at times. I’ve known Geivett, or “Geivo” - as he is referred to by many - for nearly 20 years. We first met when he was working for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1990s and I was a sports writer for the San Bernardino Sun. He was the Dodgers’ assistant general manager in those days and he would often frequent the club’s high Class A minor league team in San Bernardino. I would also run into Geivo at Dodger Stadium when I would cover games. I will never forget the time Geivo brought ex-Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda with him to a minor league game in Lake Elsinore, where San Bernardino was playing one night. For two hours I sat with
Geivo and Lasorda talking baseball. Actually, Lasorda did most of the talking. We just listened to the legend. Geivo and I have a mutual friend in Bill Mahoney, the long-time sports information director at the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara. Mahoney has known Geivo back to his playing days at UCSB in the mid 1980s. Geivo was drafted by the then California Angels as a third baseman and advanced as high as Double-A as a player before calling it quits. One summer in 1988 Mahoney and I traveled around the nation watching baseball games in all sorts of different parks and cities. Geivo’s name came up on more than one occasion. So when I met Geivo 10 years later I felt as if I already knew him. Geivo is a good man. Just so you know, I also think O’Dowd is a good man. Later in
this column I will share a personal O’Dowd story that will blow you away. But I digress. Geivo was/is more personable to talk baseball and life with than O’Dowd. Geivo is like your buddy that you battle each week in fantasy football. You can be real with him, and he will be real back. He was extremely loyal - probably to a fault - to O’Dowd and really did try to do what was best for the Rockies. But the results are what the results are and most of the time over the last 14 years things have been pretty tough to stomach at Coors Field. In 2007 and 2009 the Rockies caught lightning in a bottle and stunned the baseball world with amazing runs to the post season. They advanced all the way to the World Series in 2007, where they were swept in four games by the Red Sox. In 2009, the Rockies lost in the National League Division Series in five games to the Philadelphia Phillies. O’Dowd and Geivo really did try to make the best decisions with player personnel at every level of the Rockies’ organization. The problem is that most of the decisions they made backfired.
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In O’Dowd’s case it was the ill-fated signings of pitchers like Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle. O’Dowd also failed when he tried to sign Matt Holliday to a long-term deal. Holliday flat-out told the Rockies two years before he was a free agent that he would not re-sign with the club when he was first eligible for free agency. He said he had no intention of being a Rockies player any longer than he was forced. To O’Dowd’s credit, he traded Holliday to the Oakland Athletics organization during the 2009 season and got prospect Carlos Gonzalez and closer Huston Street. But, as luck would have it, Gonzalez
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from the red dogs laying on worn Astro-turf, right at armpit level for many folks, the oil stone sat in a foot-long metal case, with a can of 3-in-1 nearby. Usually the stone was smooth side up, but you could flip it to rough, if your piece was really in bad shape. The oil-soaked spongy material would help
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rash of military problems, but if there are that’s going to make the Pentagon think twice about putting more people here. I don’t want to see that happen. I would hate to see a problem with our military personnel because marijuana is more freely available.” Lamborn added that he would like to see the County grow its energy resources. “That’s the one thing we’re missing,” he said. “We have that up north and out west. I’m going to work in Congress to introduce the concept of energy enterprise zones where counties that haven’t participated in the energy boom in this country would have some tax cuts available for companies that produce energy, or just bring headquarters and jobs to an area.” Lamborn was joined at the event by several other local politicians. The list included Colorado State Senator Owen Hill, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, Palmer Lake mayor Nikki McDonald, and Monument mayor Rafael Dominguez. WildWood Station, a local blue grassstyle band, provided the entertainment. Glenn talked about his continued effort of working closely with fire mitigation in the Black Forest region. “Last year’s fire could have been a lot worse,” Glenn said. “We got lucky. “We want to reeducate people on continuing mitigation efforts. Neighbor helping neighbor. Nobody from the government is going to come in and do it. “I think we learned a lot after (the Waldo Canyon Fire of 2012) about coordinating response times and working together. Government’s role even improved there.” Glenn hosted a town hall meeting on Oct. 11 at the Kit Carson Riding Range in Black Forest regarding Equine Care and Protection Concerns in the Black Forest area. Glenn addressed ways to deal with better lines of communication to prevent future incidents like the recent highly publicized situation when 10 horses and several llamas were removed from a Black Forest property and the owner cited for animal cruelty. Glenn, who has been in office since 2010 and is running for reelection, has
When we travel around, we see new work on the roads quite often. But how often do we think about where our roads have been changed? For example north of Colorado Springs the Interstate is now six lanes. Fifty years ago it was not even where it is today. Did you know that? When the Air Force Academy was built they moved the highway east. It was a
pretty new road even then. Just 10 years before that it was only two lanes! You can still see parts of it as you drive south, if you know what to look for, on the Academy. At the north end of the air field, to the right of the highway you can see two strips of highway, slowly taken over by weeds and grass. In 1959 that was the new Interstate 25. Prior to the modernizing of U.S. 85-87 into I-25 it was a strip of two lane concrete.
always seems to be hurt. Meanwhile. Holliday won a World Series with the Cardinals in 2011 and is playing in his fourth consecutive National League Championship Series with the club. Geivo’s biggest mistake was following O’Dowd down the plank. It also didn’t help that his office was basically in the team’s locker room, making players very uncomfortable that he was constantly in their space. Now to my personal O’Dowd story. One of my beats when I was a Gazette reporter was the Sky Sox. I covered every home game for four seasons and also covered dozens of Rockies games. Right before the start of the 2004 season, KOA-850 radio sportscaster Mike Rice was in Colorado Springs to see some of the prospects. I told Rice - confidentially - that the Rockies’ management does not seem to
have the same plan from year to year. Rice - I discovered about a month later - told O’Dowd that I was being critical of him and the organization. O’Dowd showed up at a Sky Sox game in late April 2004. After the eighth inning we both happened to go to the restroom at the same time. While in the confines of the restroom, O’Dowd - in not so pleasant language - told me how disappointed he was with me and how I should never burn a bridge in baseball. He then washed up and stormed out to his automobile to head back to Denver. I walked with him to the parking lot and tried to explain that what Rice told him was not the whole story. O’Dowd slammed his car door in my face and drove off as I stood stunned in the cold dark night. O’Dowd returned to - what was then - Sky Sox Stadium the next night and
apologized to me for his words and behavior. He said the way he treated me and the language he used did not resemble the kind of person he was. I forgave him, of course, and we moved on and had a pleasant relationship. The restroom incident never came up again. One of the most disturbing parts of O’Dowd and Geivo’s departure is that they used the Sky Sox as pawns before turning in their resignations. They ended the player development contract between the Rockies and Sky Sox a few weeks ago, heading to what they believe to be greener pastures in Albuquerque. The 21-year marriage is over. The Sky Sox are now a Milwaukee Brewers affiliate, and I think that is a pretty good thing with all that has happened. As far as O’Dowd and Geivo are concerned, I wish them the best and hope they have peace.
on the flip. I don’t know for sure how many hours were ‘wasted’ badgering Merton over at the check-in stand (or at the Micro Fiche) in the name of “knife sharpening,” but it was substantial. Today, the Labor Department would probably require reporting it in the “under-employed” number. You could tell a lot about a person, by the kind of knife he, or she, carried. Merton himself, always had, and was willing to loan briefly, a very small two-blade Old Timer. It was a common type, carried by many in the area (we probably sold 10 two-blade
Old Timers, for every KA-Bar or lock blade Buck, but we moved a significant number of those around Christmas time,) and was lost or damaged on occasion, requiring replacement. I learned about the possibility of “little man syndrome” as slight fellows, driving huge pickup trucks, regularly sharpened seven-inch spear point Gerber survival knives that would have made Napoleon Bonaparte proud. I learned of utilitarians that had trouble dropping an edge on beat up, disjointed Imperials from the dime store,
and all personalities in between. Today, in a time when I don’t often carry the small, brass-clad, walnut inlaid, singlelock blade I’ve had for more than 30 years, it is because I might need to go to the Court House and don’t want to mess with security, or I’m traveling and would lose it (or create an international incident) at the air port. I still long for the innocence, and utility of those long-gone days gone by. It’s not the knife I care about, but the utility, and especially— the innocence.
never been one to shy away from issues concerning his area of influence in the TriLakes area. “Back in 2010 when I first ran for this seat I spent three weeks walking Palmer Lake; door to door,” said Glenn, a 1988 graduate of the Air Force Academy, where he was a three-time power-lifting champion. “People were looking at me like I’m crazy. But whether we agree or disagree I am here to listen to you and to help you.” Glenn disagrees with those who support legalizing recreational marijuana in Palmer Lake as a last mean’s to save the town from - by some accounts - what appears to be bankruptcy within a few years. “I think that is very narrow,” Glenn said. “You might want to look at your business model if you think the only thing you can do to raise money is to legalize a drug that is illegal federally. “Everybody has their own issues and I worry when people get too stuck on one issue. They need to think about other ways to be creative.” Dominguez also weighed in on the marijuana issue on how it might affect his neighboring town if the drug is made legal in Palmer Lake for recreational use. “Marijuana is available anyway, and if you consider how dangerous that drug may be compared to others, it’s not that big of a deal,” Dominguez said “That’s not to say I would legalize it. “The way Monument is set up, our ordinance makes it so restrictive to have legalized sales of pot I don’t think it will ever happen here.” Dominguez also cited that Palmer Lake and Monument are similar, yet different, in many ways. “What people like about our area is being at peace,” said Dominguez, who attended Palmer Lake’s `Main Street 101’ class on Oct. 11. “You go to Colorado Springs and there’s too much traffic. But you’re at peace here in Palmer Lake or in Monument. It just makes it an easier environment to be a part of. “But Palmer Lake seems to be a little skittish on development. I’m not sure they know where they want to go. My perception is that not a lot of residents of Palmer Lake encourage development. Monument is not afraid of development. We encourage development. It complements the community we already have.” Palmer Lake mayor Nikki McDonald also weighed in on her town’s marijuana issue.
“Even if it gets voted in it doesn’t mean we’re getting any money because TABOR has to be voted on,” she said. “Anything that has to do with taxes has to be voted on in the November election.
“Some of the people on the side of marijuana in our town are over the edge. They make it look nasty.” McDonald added that she attended the meet-and-greet to get know Lamborn.
Just west of the Baptist Road exit a bit of it is visible. The road from there to Monument is on that old concrete. Before the 1950s the road that is now 105 from Monument to Larkspur was the main road. In the 1920s that road was modernized with concrete paving. Prior to that, it was a dirt
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TCA Titans have a festive homecoming The Classical Academy went all out again this year By Danny Summers
dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Classical Academy’s homecoming was as festive event as usual this year with celebrations ranging from a cookout, bonfire and the smashing of an old car with a sledge hammer, to the football game with Evergreen. The events took place the week leading up to the Titans’ football game with Evergreen, which resulted in a 17-14 loss. TCA junior quarterback Austin Bervig completed 10 of 15 passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Bervig’s father, David, is the team’s head coach. TCA’s football team is 2-5 this season, 0-1 in the Class 3A South Central League.
Patrick Gheorghe, No. 35, looks for some running room with Luke Bethany, No. 51, leading the way.
The freshmen float with Brayden Luft, left, and Reagan Bervig.
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Time for some hot dogs and potato salad.
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El Paso County Parks honored with the Colorado Lottery’s Starburst Award Praised for fast work in Black Forest Regional Park after fire, floods For the Tribune El Paso County Parks was honored Tuesday during the regular Board of County Commissioners meeting. The Starburst Award from the Colorado Lottery was given to recognize El Paso County Parks’ efforts to restore Black Forest Regional Park after the fire and subsequent floods. “The County took the initiative to jump start things just one year after the Black Forest Fire,” said Dawna Callahan, Colorado Lottery Community Relations Specialist as she presented the award. The County pursued funding from a variety of sources, including a Great Outdoors Colorado grant, to restore the park. “Restoring the park after such a devastating fire is very important to the Black Forest community,” said Tim Wolken, Director of El Paso County Community Services.
“It’s taken thousands of hours of volunteer work and many donations. I’m pleased to say the park is in pretty good shape all things considered.” Colorado Lottery funds go to parks, recreation and protection of open space. In the past 30 years, El Paso County has received more than $172 million. More than $2.5 billion has been used across Colorado. “I’m grateful for the investment in our communities,” said Commissioner Vice Chair Amy Lathen. The Starburst Awards began in 1992. Nominations are reviewed and winning projects are chosen based on the creativity of the project, economic and social impact to the community, and whether the project achieved its goal. This is not the first time the county has received the award for Excellence in the Use of Lottery Funds. The County received the award in 2011 for The Pineries Open Space Master Plan and in 2010 for development of Stratmoor Valley Community Park. The County also received the award in 2013 the El Paso County Parks Master Plan, a guiding document for management of parks, trails and open space.
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Colorado community college system honors Lambert By Danny Summers
dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado State Senator Kent Lambert, R- Colorado Springs, received the Colorado Community Colleges Champion Star award. The award is presented to legislators who champion the causes of the community college system. “Colorado’s community colleges are vital to the economic future of Colorado,” Lambert said. “They provide an invaluable service to students across the state by providing a high-quality learning environment at reasonable and affordable costs. I am truly honored to be given this presti-
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road that followed the railroad from Palmer Lake to Greenland, and on to Larkspur. In 1926 they surveyed the present two lane road, saving more than a mile between Palmer Lake and Larkspur. The new concrete road was much smoother, and it lasted some eighty years before it was repaved. The old concrete is still under that paving. I-25 from Monument follows an old road up the hill which only served County Line Road. The Interstate from Larkspur to Castle Rock is more or less where the old highway was, but before 1930 much of it was on the other side of the railroad tracks. North of Castle Rock it followed US-85 to Sedalia and Littleton, before going up Broadway and Lincoln into downtown
gious award.” Sen. Lambert was specifically chosen for the award due to his work on the Joint Budget Committee and his works towards securing $10 million for building renovation at Red Rocks Community College. Earlier this year, Lambert also received the Legislator’s Award from the University of Colorado system. Lambert represents Colorado State Senate District 9, which serves the Tri-Lakes area and the Ute Pass area. He serves on the Joint Budget Committee, the Senate Appropriation Committee, the Joint Emergency Flood Committee, and is Chairman of the Joint Legislative Preparation, Response and Recovery Committee. Denver. In north Colorado Springs the old road was quite different too. It wandered around quite a bit, and Nevada was not the way out of town before the 1930’s, it was Cascade. West up Ute Pass has changed a couple times. South out of town changed when I-25 was built, but east of Colorado Springs, US 24 is still pretty much as it was as far back as the 1920’s. Out east through Calhan, Ramah, Simla, and Matheson, the road has been moved. It used to follow the Rock Island railroad to Limon. It now goes around some of the towns, but not Calhan. Businesses on the old highway either closed or moved with it. As traffic has changed, many of the cafes and gas stations have closed, but some of the old buildings can still be seen. If we were not zipping along so fast, many reminders of the old roads can be found here and there, even where you do not expect to see them!
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Anderson to speak on Rankin Scott Kelly Oct. 16 at Palmer Lake Town Hall Event is sponsored by the Palmer Lake Historical Society Staff report Join the Palmer Lake Historical Society on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley Crescent, for an evening with retired former El Paso County
Sheriff John Wesley Anderson. Anderson will be speaking on Rankin Scott Kelly, who was born July 6, 1826 in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. At the age of three, his mother drowned, and he was raised by his father, and an older sister and brother. When Kelly was 14 he got into a fight with his sister’s fiancée, over a boating accident involving his sister, then ran away believing he had killed the man.
On June 5, 1860, at the age of 33, he arrived by wagon train in Colorado City, while it was still part of the Kansas Territory. Like his father, Kelly was a stonemason, and a carpenter, as well as a teamster, and helped haul a sawmill from Johnson County, driving a team of oxen across the Santa Fe Trail, to build El Paso County’s first sawmill. Kelly delivered the first load of cut lumber to Colorado City, which had been established the previous year as a gold mining supply town.
He was described as being tall, slender, with piercing blue eyes, blonde hair, and a dashing manner. On Feb. 28, 1861, the Colorado Territory was established, El Paso County was created as one of the original 17 counties, and Kelly served as its first Sheriff (1861-1867). This program is free. Free refreshments will be served following the program. Visit us at: www.palmerdividehistory.org.
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October 15, 2014
Evans sets the table for Rangers’ success on volleyball court Junior setter Mariah Evans has verbally committed to North Carolina By Danny Summers dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com The Lewis-Palmer High School volleyball team is nearly perfect this season. A big reason why is the play of junior setter Mariah Evans. Evans is arguably the team’s best allaround player among a group of superstars that includes all-American outside hitter Alexa Smith. Evans has already verbally committed to play for the University of North Carolina, which is ranked seventh in the nation. Smith is committed to Purdue, which is ranked 55th. “Mariah is very competitive and such a strong leader on the court,” said LewisPalmer coach Susan Odenbaugh. “She’s played volleyball for a long time and has a very high volleyball IQ, and she understand the game so well.” With Evans’ help, Lewis-Palmer is 16-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state among all classifications. The Rangers are ranked fifth in the nation by MaxPreps and have lost just one set all season. Lewis-Palmer runs a 5-1 rotation, which means that Evans rarely leaves the court. She leads the team in assists (433), total serves (255) and aces (44), and is third in digs (69). She even has 32 kills. “She has a real deceptive attack from the front row,” Odenbaugh said. “She does a lot of dumping. “And she is very strong as a server.” Odenbaugh cited a match against Northglenn early in the season in which Evans served 24 consecutive points - in-
Mariah Evans, No. 9, is ready to set a teammate for a kill during a recent match. The Lewis-Palmer junior setter has already verbally committed to nationally-ranked North Carolina. Photo by Lisa Reich cluding 11 aces - after Northglenn began the match with a side out. “That was a team thing, too,” Odenbaugh said. “The whole team played the whole set without making a mistake and Mariah just kept serving the ball strong.” Evans, a Gleneagle resident who plays club ball for Monument-based Colorado Juniors, began her high school career at Colorado Springs Christian School. She played for her mother, Jennifer, her freshman year as the Lions went 18-9 and advanced to the second round of the Class 3A state playoffs. Evans started off as a libero with CSCS, but moved to her natural position of setter when her older sister, Morgan, suffered an injury. Morgan now plays for
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Junior setter Mariah Evans is a big reason why the Lewis-Palmer volleyball team is undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the state this season. The Rangers are ranked ninth nationally by MaxPreps. Photo by Danny Summers the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs as a setter. Mariah Evans was second on CSCS in assists and led the team in digs and serve receive as freshman. Evans, who has been setting since she was eight and playing club ball since she was 10, decided to transfer to Lewis-Palmer in the spring of her freshman year, primarily for academic reasons. She finished the school year at CSCS and joined the Lewis-Palmer volleyball team in the summer of 2013, but was forced to sit out the first half of the regular season due to the Colorado High School Activities Association transfer rule. “That was hard, but I was still able to practice with the varsity,” Evans said. Evans stayed in game form by playing for the school’s junior varsity team until she was eligible. “I felt like I was part of the team from the very beginning,” Evans said. “We just gelled right away.” Once Evans was eligible for varsity play she shared setting duties with senior Abi Bartalo. On the evening of Nov. 9, 2013, she joined her teammates in hoisting the golden volleyball at the Denver Coliseum after Lewis-Palmer defeated Air Academy in straight sets for the 4A state championship. “Having Mariah come in has really
helped me in so many aspects of my game because she’s my age and I can always go up and talk to her,” said Tylar Fugate, a defensive specialist for the Rangers. Fugate added that Evans is very vocal on the court. “Mariah calls the plays and sets the hitters and Emily McCurley and I tell the hitters where they should hit and Mariah will tell us if we need to make our passes better,” Fugate said. “Mariah pushes herself and has so much energy and we all just have so much fun.” The Rangers have already played many of the state’s top teams, but on Oct. 16 they host No. 3 Cheyenne Mountain (13-1) in a winner-take-all for the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference championship. “We base our practices on each opponent we have at that time,” Evans said. “We don’t get ahead of ourselves and we know we have so much more that we need to accomplish. “We have so many high-level athletes on this team we don’t need to push ourselves. When I get on the court I know that everybody will give everything they can.” And you can rest assured that Evans is very capable wherever she plays on the court.
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Robinett’s RBI single sends Discovery Canyon back to state softball tournament Thunder advance to state for fifth time in six seasons By Danny Summers
dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com In recent weeks, Discovery Canyon senior second baseman Emily Robinett has endured personal tragedy and adversity within her family. Her Thunder softball teammates have rallied around her to help ease her pain. Robinett paid them back in a big way on Oct. 11 when her bases-loaded single through the right side of the Berthoud infield with two outs in the 11th inning scored senior Emily Selby from third base and ended the marathon that vaulted the Thunder to a 3-2 victory and into the state softball playoffs for a fifth time in six seasons. “Softball has always been my escape from anything outside of softball,” Robinett said with a smile. “It really helps to do it here and be with my girls and with my team.” The Thunder (19-2) had not played an extra inning game all season, so as inning after inning passed into the late afternoon and the temperature dropped, the anticipation that drama could unfold at any time was running through the minds of the 300-plus fans in attendance. “You just go up there every at bat knowing that it’s just another at bat,” said Robinett, who led the Thunder offense with four hits in six at bats in the game. “You just have to get in your routine and get in the habit that you’ve always been in and figure out the pitcher and her pitches. “I was looking to hit the ball on the ground, especially with two outs. Just get it past the infield into the green and make them make the play.” The Thunder opens the 16-team Class 4A state playoffs Oct. 16 at the Aurora Sports Complex. Discovery Canyon hosted the four-team regional and began their day with a 7-4 victory over Mead at Four Diamands Sports Complex at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Robinett was 1 for 4 with a pair of RBIs. Also with two RBIs was Destiny Lackey. Thunder senior right-hander McKenzie Surface pitched the first six innings before giving way to freshman Corah Price in the seventh to close out the game. Surface struck out 13 Mead batters and allowed two runs
Discovery Canyon softball players are all smiles after Emily Robinett’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning propelled the Thunder to a 3-2 victory over Berthoud in a Class 4A regional playoff game on Oct. 11. Photos by Danny Summers and four hits while throwing 73 pitches. Mead ended up defeating Berthoud, 122, later in the day to claim the second spot from regional and advance to the state playoffs. The game with Berthoud took place on Discovery Canyon’s home field. Surface’s two-run single in the first inning gave the Thunder an early lead. Surface allowed solo home runs in the fourth and seventh innings as the game went to extra innings. Surface went the whole way in Game 2, throwing a whopping 161 pitches, while striking out 19 and allowing five hits. “My arm is a little noodly right now,” Surface said with a smile. “But that’s okay. There was no way I was going to come out of this game.” Selby worked her way around the bases to score the winning run in a somewhat interesting way. She singled under the glove of the Berthoud shortstop to begin the inning,
advanced to second when the Berthoud pitcher threw high to second base to try and force her on a sacrifice bunt by Kailee Clark. “The ball hit me in the head,” Selby said with a smile. Selby then moved to third on a close play on a sacrifice fly hit to center field by Lackey, and then easily scored on Robinett’s single. “I saw (Robinett’s) hit to right field and I just ran like a bat,” said Selby, who was mobbed by her teammates after crossing home plate. Thunder coach Tanya Ramsay, who is 32 weeks pregnant with twin girls, said her team is ready to make a strong run at state. “We have the true definition of a team,” said Ramsay, whose husband, Aaron, is the Thunder’s third base coach. “You see a lot of different kids doing a lot of different things. That’s what’s gotten us this far this year. “We have battled all year. We’re just real excited for next weekend and we would love to do something big up there (in Aurora).”
Discovery Canyon senior second baseman Emily Robinett makes a throw to put out a Berthoud runner during the Thunder’s Class 4A regional game against Berthoud on Oct. 11. But it was her RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning that sent the Thunder to the Class 4A state tournament for the 5th time in six seasons.
Walker leading the way for Palmer Ridge field hockey team Ashley Walker leads the team in scoring; the Bears are ranked third in the state By Danny Summers
dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com The Palmer Ridge field hockey team is once again among the top squads in the state. A big reason why is the play - and leadership - of right midfielder Ashley Walker. “She’s just a super athlete,” said Palmer Ridge coach Paul Lewis about Walker. “She’s a physical athlete and she’s much stronger than most of the girls out there.” Walker, a senior, is a three-year starter. The team also includes players from Lewis-Palmer. Walker leads the Bears in goals (10), assists (13) and points (33). Walker is a co-captain with senior Courtney Child and junior Edie Statham. “Our strength is definitely our defense,” Walker said. “I think our midfield line is really strong, too.” Walker said that even though she leads the team in scoring, it’s not necessarily drawn up that way. “There are a few plays that I am more involved in, but not everything revolves around me,” Walker said. “We’re more team oriented, so everyone gets a shot.” Sophomore Emily Munn is second on the team in goals with nine, followed by Shannon Snediker’s eight. Palmer Ridge is 8-3-2 overall, 7-2-2 in the Colorado Field Hockey League. The Bears are ranked third in the state behind Colorado Academy and Kent Denver (both ahead of them in league). That means - as
it stands now - the Bears would host a first round quarterfinals playoff game either Oct. 18 or 20. The Bears have two regular season games remaining against Cheyenne Mountain and Cherry Creek. The Bears played Cheyenne Mountain to a scoreless tie earlier in the season. Walker’s assessment of Palmer Ridge being a defensive oriented team is backed by the club’s eight shutouts. Three other times it allowed just one goal in a match. Palmer Ridge has advanced to the state semifinals three consecutive years. The Bears were state runner-ups in 2012 to Colorado Academy, which has won the last two state championships. “I think we definitely are capable of winning (the state title), we just have to put the ball in the net,” Walker said. “We have to finish our goals.” Walker is also a standout lacrosse player, where she is a four-year starter for the school. She was second on the team in goals (39) as a junior. Walker’s younger sister, Ali, is also a member of the lacrosse team. “In lacrosse you are allowed to be a lot more on the body (of an opponent), but in field hockey you can’t,” she said. “Field hockey is still as aggressive, but not quite as aggressive as lacrosse. “I like lacrosse better, probably because I’ve been playing it longer and I feel more comfortable playing lacrosse.” Lewis believes Walker could be an even better field hockey player if she focused more on the sport. “She’s a workhorse,” Lewis said. “She has the mindset that she’s never going to get beat and she’s going to find a way to win no matter the situation.”
Palmer Ridge senior Ashley Walker, No. 5 in white, battles an opposing player for a ball in a recent field hockey game. Walker leads the Bears in goals and assists. Palmer Ridge is ranked third in the state. Photo by Danny Summers
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October 15, 2014
Fog, mist and cold no problem for Discovery Canyon in 48-7 victory at Woodland Park The No. 1 ranked Thunder improves to 7-0 By Danny Summers
dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com When Discovery Canyon senior fullback Alex Weber went down with a season-ending arm injury a few weeks ago nobody in the Thunder football camp panicked. That’s because talented senior Blake Lawrie was waiting in the wings. Lawrie rushed for a career-high 141 yards and three touchdowns on just eight carries to lead the state’s No. 1 ranked Class 3A team to a 48-7 victory on a damp, foggy and spooky Oct. 10 night in Woodland Park. “I got my chances this time and my team did a great job of blocking perfectly and we all seized the opportunities,” Lawrie said. Lawrie and the Thunder didn’t take long to get on the scoreboard. On its first possession, Lawrie took the handoff from senior quarterback Andrew Hall and scampered 40 yards to the end zone. Lawrie gave the Thunder a two-touchdown lead with four minutes remaining in the quarter when he busted into the end zone on a 1-yard carry. After a Woodland Park turnover on its next possession, Discovery Canyon tailback Scott Betzer scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to put the Thunder up 20-0 with three minutes to go.
Woodland Park freshman tailback Dominic Roskam, No. 12, tries to turn the corner against Discovery Canyon during the Oct. 10 game between the two teams. Roskam scored Woodland Park’s only touchdown on a 9-yard run with 48 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Photo by Paul Magnuson The Thunder completed its first-quarter barrage when Hall hooked up with senior two-way star Dylan Draper on a 35-yard touchdown with about a min-
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ute to go. It was Draper’s first offensive touchdown of the season. He scored on a pick-6 from his linebacker position earlier this year. “I’d like us to put the ball in the air a little more,” Draper said with as smile. The Thunder scored twice more in the second quarter on a Lawrie 38-yard touchdown run, and a 31-yard touchdown pass from Hall (3 of 6 for 74 yards) to Betzer with about three minutes remaining. At that point the mandatory running clock was implemented. Hall showered Lawrie with complements after the game. “Blake didn’t miss a step,” Hall said. “He’s stepped right in for Alex and has done exactly what we asked him to do. He always gives us 100 percent, and we expect that from Blake. The performance shows how well he’s practicing and how well he’s doing.” Discovery Canyon pulled most of its first string for the second half as Woodland Park (2-5, 1-1) was clearly outmanned. “In inclement weather it’s the team that can react best and keep doing what they know they can do,” Lawrie said. The Thunder is 7-0 overall, and 2-0 in the South Central League. It has scored 40 or more points five times, and 30-plus in its other two games. “There has to be a balance with how we prepare our guys for one week and how you motivate them for the entire season,” said Discovery Canyon coach Shawn Mitchell. “We’ve talked to our guys about three seasons. The non-league season of five games; the regular season of five games, and if we’re fortunate enough the postseason.
“We started off talking to our guys last week about the five opponents coming up and we have to do really well this season. We’re trying to balance preparation for this week as well as preparation for the end of the season.” Mitchell is the only coach Discovery has ever had. He was hired by the school in 2007 from Harrison, where he was the head coach for seven seasons and an assistant for five. After struggling - in terms of wins and losses - in his first few years at Discovery Canyon, the Thunder has been ranked among the best in the state since the start of the 2012 season, compiling an overall record of 25-4. Discovery Canyon also won two of its final three games in 2011. Coincidentally, Discovery Canyon plays at Harrison Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. It will be the first time Mitchell will return to Harrison as the coach of Discovery Canyon. “We’ve played some 7-on-7 games down there, but this will be my first time back since 2006 when I was the head coach,” Mitchell said. “I still have a lot of good friends down there, including the athletic director Dave Hogan. And I’ve gotten to know their head coach Al Melo pretty well over the years. “I still have a connection down there and to that community.” Discovery Canyon and Canon City are both tied atop the league standings. The two schools play Oct. 31 at Canon City in the regular-season finale in what could decide the league champion. Canon City (5-2) has scored 40 or more points six times this season.
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Mainstem to • Additional Fountain Creek Reaches tention Pond Improvements • Falcon Area Middle Tributary Channel Balsam Creek *Knight Riddler Newspaper Study, Long Beach Press Telegram •• Bear • Halleys Court Culvert Improvements A publication of • Rip-rap: Washington Avenue/Sunshine Improvements Black Forest Post Fire Channel dlowe@coloradocommunitymedia.com Stabilization for Kettle Creek • Headwall: Alpine Trail, Cemetery • Falcon Area Swingline Road Culvert Trail and Oak Place • Rockrimmon Neighborhood Channel • Briargate Boulevard Drainage • Highway 85 Bridge Culvert ImproveImprovements Improvements on Dry Creek Improvements ments on Tributary North of Duckwood • Falcon Detention Pond SR4 • Rockrimmon Neighborhood Channel • Briargate South Neighborhood Road • Fountain Creek Bank Channel Improvements on North Rockrimmon Detention Pond Improvements • Jamboree Drive Drainage Improvements Improvements near Fountain Tech Center Creek • Bridge Footers: Ruxton Avenue and • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel along North Bandley Drive • Sand Creek Channel Improvements from Brook Street Improvements at Link Road Bridge • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Platte Avenue to Palmer Park Boulevard • Catamount Creek Channel • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad • Sand Creek Tributary Channel ImproveImprovements Improvements at Ohio Avenue Bridge Bridge ments near Hancock Expressway • Catch Basins: 300 Block Ruxton/Pilot • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Public Notice • Security Neighborhood Channel Knob, Washington Bypass, Pinon Lane/El Improvements at Old Pueblo Road Bridge at Carson Boulevard Bridge • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Improvements Paso Boulevard, Peak View/Beaver Path, • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel Are you in favor of funding emergency at Highway 16 Bridge • Security Neighborhood Culvert Navajo Avenue, Minnehaha Avenue /ManImprovements at Union Pacific Rail Road needs caused by flooding, the plan• Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Improvements itou Avenue, Waltham Avenue /Manitou Bridge and Metcalfe Park ning, designing, and construction of ToCreek advertise yourTrail public• notices call 303-566-4100 at South Highway 85 Bridge near Crest Security Neighborhood Detention Pond Avenue, and Ute Trail/Manitou Avenue • Jimmy Camp Recreational new, competitively bid, stormwater Drive Improvements • Channel Stabilization: Wildcat Gulch Low Water Crossing Improvements capital improvements, and operation • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Security Neighborhood Storm Drain Im• Cottonwood Creek Channel Improve• Little Fountain Creek Tributary Bridge and maintenance of new and existing from Cimarron Interchange to Circle Drive provements ments from Austin Bluffs to Powers Culvert Improvements stormwater systems through the colBridge • Shooks Run - Medium Priority Projects Boulevard • Madison/Wahsatch Area Drainage lection of a fee on real property set by • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Shooks Run Channel and Culvert • Cottonwood Creek Channel Improve• Main Drainage: Pawnee Avenue and a drainage authority to be named the from Crest Drive to Highway 16 Improvements near Bijou Street ments from Union Boulevard to Prospect Parking Lot Pikes Peak Regional Drainage Author• Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Shooks Run Channel Improvements at Monument Creek • Monument Creek Chann el Improveity (“PPRDA”), which would establish an ments at Monument Creek Mobile Home from Fountain Sanitation District TreatNorth Custer Avenue • Cottonwood Creek Medium Priority PUBLIC NOTICE enterprise which by law is not subject to Park ment Plant to Clear Springs Ranch • Cottonwood Creek Park Detention Pond • Shooks Run Channel Improvements at the limitations of Section 20 of Article X of • Monument Creek Channel • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Improvements Patty Jewett Golf Course The Town of Palmer Lake Parks and the Colorado Constitution (The Taxpayers Improvements near Goose Gossage Park in Green Mountain Falls • Cross Creek Community Park Detention • Shooks Run Culverts - Costilla and Recreation Department is now taking Bill of Rights), and which would include • Monument Creek Stabilization • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Pond Improvements Platte to Boulder bids for the replacements and installaparticipation by the City of Colorado Fountain to USAFA near 700 Crest Drive Riverside Mobile • Cross Pans: Sandra Lane, Bevers Place, • Shoring: Burns Road tion of all windows in the Palmer Lake Springs, El Paso County, the City of Man• North Douglas Creek Channel ImproveHome Park Brook Street, Oak Ridge /Sutherland • Shotcrete: Crystal Hills Boulevard/ Vaile Library and Museum. itou Springs, the City of Fountain, and the ments between I-25 and Monument Creek • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Road, Indian Oaks Place/Sutherland Highway 24 Overpass Town of Green Mountain Falls, with col• Norwood Neighborhood Channel Imnear El Pomar Sports Park Road, Sutherland Place /Sutherland • South Douglas Creek Channel ImproveIf interested, please visit the Town of lection of the fee beginning in 2016, with a provements on Cottonwood Creek • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Road, and Clarksley Road. ments near Kissing Camels Neighborhood Palmer Lake Town Office for the informafee rate structure which is fixed for 20 • Culverts: Pawnee/Laguna Point, El • Norwood Neighborhood Detention Pond near Jimmy Camp Creek Confluence • Spring Creek South Tributary Projects tion and specifications packets. Sealed years resulting in a fee for the average Monte Place/ Manitou Avenue, Crystal • Storm Drain Improvements along Airport Improvements • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements bids are due in the Town Office no later residential property of $7.70 per month, Park Road, Serpentine Road, Pawnee DeRoad north of Valley High Golf Course than November 14, 2014 -4pm • Oakwood Drive Channel - Dry Stone to near Missouri Avenue and Fountain Street raising a maximum amount of tention Pond, Lafayette Road, Lucerne • Stratmoor Valley Channel Improvements Powers • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements $39,275,650 for 2016, and guaranteeing Trail, Sandra Lane/ Sutherland Creek, • Swales: Ruxton Avenue Cindy Allen – parks@palmer-lake.org • Park Vista Neighborhood Channel and near Southmoor Drive and Puerta Road not more than 1% of gross revenue for adPlainview Place, Crystal Hills Boulevard, • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at 719-481-2953 Culvert Improvements • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements ministration expenses, with 55% of net Crystal Park Place, and Waltham Avenue Fern Gulch • Peaceful Valley Road at Jimmy Camp upstream of Security Sanitation District revenue used for capital improvements, • Curbs and gutters: Upper Capitol Hill Av• Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at Legal Notice No.: 932381 Creek Crossing Culvert Improvements Treatment Plant 35% for operation and maintenance, and enue, Crystal Hills Boulevard, Manitou Rainbow Falls First Publication: October 15, 2014 • Pebblewood Pinecliff Neighborhood Im• Fountain Mesa Road Culvert Improve10% for emergency and planning needs, Terrace, and Cemetery • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at Last Publication: October 15, 2014 provements ments from Lowe's to Caballero/Fortman with the capital improvement portion, of • Dale, Yampa, and Cedar Storm Rampart Terrace Road Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune • Pikes Peak Avenue Storm Sewer Intersections the fee sunsetting in 20 years, and fund• Glen Eagle/Northgate Neighborhood Improvements • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Pine Creek Neighborhood Detention ing the following recommended project Improvements • Doherty High School Channel/Inlets Sand Gulch/Chipita Park Road Pond Improvements Public Notice list? • Green Mountain Falls Lake Stormwater • Drain Pan: Sheridan Place • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Pine Creek Outfall to Monument Creek Yes or No Improvements • East Cheyenne Road Drainage Upper Fountain Creek Improvements The Town of Palmer Lake will make • Green Mountain Falls Retaining Walls • Edison Neighborhood Templeton Gap • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Platte Avenue and Hancock Avenue available the proposed 2015 Town List of Ballot Projects • Green Mountain Falls Road Culvert Floodway Channel Improvements Wellington Gulch Storm Drain Improvements budget on October 15, 2014 at the Improvements • Fairfax Neighborhood Detention Pond • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements in • Pleasant Valley Channel Improvements Palmer Lake Town Office located at 42 • 14th, 15th, 17th, and 19th Storm Sewer • Green Mountain Falls Stormwater DeImprovements Cascade • Rangewood Channel - Mainstem to Valley Crescent, Palmer Lake CO, • Additional Fountain Creek Reaches tention Pond Improvements • Falcon Area Middle Tributary Channel • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements in Fitz Balsam 80133. • Bear Creek • Halleys Court Culvert Improvements Improvements Gulch • Rip-rap: Washington Avenue/Sunshine • Black Forest Post Fire Channel • Headwall: Alpine Trail, Cemetery • Falcon Area Swingline Road Culvert • Wasson Neighborhood near Palmer Trail and Oak Place Discussion will be heard at the November Stabilization for Kettle Creek • Rockrimmon Neighborhood Channel • Highway 85 Bridge Culvert ImproveImprovements Park Storm Drain Improvements and December 2014 Town Council meet• Briargate Boulevard Drainage Improvements on Dry Creek ments on Tributary North of Duckwood • Falcon Detention Pond SR4 • West Fork Sand Creek - Constitution ings. Call the Town Office for dates and Improvements • Rockrimmon Neighborhood Channel Road • Fountain Creek Bank Channel Bridge times 719-481-2953. • Briargate South Neighborhood Improvements on North Rockrimmon • Jamboree Drive Drainage Improvements Improvements near Fountain Tech Center • Widefield Neighborhoods Channel Detention Pond Improvements Creek • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel along North Bandley Drive Improvements Legal Notice No.: 932382 • Bridge Footers: Ruxton Avenue and • Sand Creek Channel Improvements from Improvements at Link Road Bridge • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Widefield Neighborhoods Channel First Publication: October 15, 2014 Brook Street Platte Avenue to Palmer Park Boulevard • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Improvements at Ceresa Park Last Publication: October 15, 2014 • Catamount Creek Channel • Sand Creek Tributary Channel ImproveImprovements at Ohio Avenue Bridge Bridge • Widefield Neighborhoods Channel Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune Improvements ments near Hancock Expressway • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Improvements on Crews Gulch • Catch Basins: 300 Block Ruxton/Pilot Public Notice • Security Neighborhood Channel Improvements at Old Pueblo Road Bridge at Carson Boulevard Bridge • Widefield Neighborhoods Culvert Knob, Washington Bypass, Pinon Lane/El • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Improvements • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel Improvements Paso Boulevard, Peak View/Beaver Path, Are you in favor of funding emergency at Highway 16 Bridge • Widefield Neighborhoods Detention • Security Neighborhood Culvert Improvements at Union Pacific Rail Road Navajo Avenue, Minnehaha Avenue /Manneeds caused by flooding, the plan• Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Pond Improvements Improvements Bridge and Metcalfe Park itou Avenue, Waltham Avenue /Manitou ning, designing, and construction of at South Highway 85 Bridge near Crest • Widefield Neighborhoods Storm Drain • Security Neighborhood Detention Pond • Jimmy Camp Creek Recreational Trail Avenue, and Ute Trail/Manitou Avenue new, competitively bid, stormwater Drive Improvements Improvements Low Water Crossing Improvements • Channel Stabilization: Wildcat Gulch capital improvements, and operation • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Woodmoor Neighborhood Improvements • Security Neighborhood Storm Drain Im• Little Fountain Creek Tributary Bridge • Cottonwood Creek Channel Improveand maintenance of new and existing from Cimarron Interchange to Circle Drive provements Culvert Improvements ments from Austin Bluffs to Powers stormwater systems through the colBridge Legal Notice No.: 932375 • Shooks Run - Medium Priority Projects • Madison/Wahsatch Area Drainage Boulevard lection of a fee on real property set by • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements First Publication: October 1, 2014 • Shooks Run Channel and Culvert • Main Drainage: Pawnee Avenue and • Cottonwood Creek Channel Improvea drainage authority to be named the from Crest Drive to Highway 16 Last Publication: October 22, 2014 Improvements near Bijou Street Prospect Parking Lot ments from Union Boulevard to Pikes Peak Regional Drainage Author• Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune • Shooks Run Channel Improvements at • Monument Creek Channel ImproveMonument Creek ity (“PPRDA”), which would establish an ments at Monument Creek Mobile Home from Fountain Sanitation District TreatNorth Custer Avenue • Cottonwood Creek Medium Priority enterprise which by law is not subject to Park ment Plant to Clear Springs Ranch • Shooks Run Channel Improvements at • Cottonwood Creek Park Detention Pond the limitations of Section 20 of Article X of • Monument Creek Channel • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Patty Jewett Golf Course Improvements the Colorado Constitution (The Taxpayers Improvements near Goose Gossage Park in Green Mountain Falls • Shooks Run Culverts - Costilla and • Cross Creek Community Park Detention Bill of Rights), and which would include • Monument Creek Stabilization • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Platte to Boulder Pond Improvements participation by the City of Colorado Fountain to USAFA near 700 Crest Drive - Riverside Mobile • Shoring: Burns Road • Cross Pans: Sandra Lane, Bevers Place, Springs, El Paso County, the City of Man• North Douglas Creek Channel ImproveHome Park • Shotcrete: Crystal Hills Boulevard/ Brook Street, Oak Ridge /Sutherland itou Springs, the City of Fountain, and the ments between I-25 and Monument Creek • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Highway 24 Overpass Road, Indian Oaks Place/Sutherland Town of Green Mountain Falls, with col• Norwood Neighborhood Channel Imnear El Pomar Sports Park • South Douglas Creek Channel ImproveRoad, Sutherland Place /Sutherland lection of the fee beginning in 2016, with a provements on Cottonwood Creek • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements ments near Kissing Camels Neighborhood Road, and Clarksley Road. Public Notice fee rate structure which is fixed for 20 • Norwood Neighborhood Detention Pond near Jimmy Camp Creek Confluence • Spring Creek South Tributary Projects • Culverts: Pawnee/Laguna Point, El years resulting in a fee for the average • Drain Improvements along Airport 63.61 percent Improvements • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Monte Place/ Manitou Avenue, Crystal UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE organization and the exempt status for (2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscrip(2)Storm Free or Nominal Rate In-County residential property of $7.70 per month, Road north of Valley High Golf3541 Course • Oakwood Channel - Dry(include Stone to Copies near Missouri Avenue and Fountain Street Park Road, Serpentine Road, Pawnee 9. Full Names and Complete MailingDefederal income tax purposes: tions StatedDrive on PS Form 3541 included on PS Form 61.46 percent r a iStatement s i n g a of m aOwnership, x i m u m aManagement, mount of • Stratmoor Valley Channel Improvements Powers • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements tention Pond, Lafayette Road, Lucerne Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and [ ] Has Not Changed During Preceding paid distribution above nominal rate, 0 $39,275,650 for 2016, guaranteeing • Park Vista proof Neighborhood Channel and 0• Swales: Ruxton Avenue near Southmoor Drive and Puerta Road Sandra Lane/ Sutherland Creek, and Circulation (All and Periodicals Publica- Trail, Managing: 12 Months advertiser’s copies, and exchange 16. Publication of Statement of nottions moreExcept than 1%Requester of gross revenue for ad• Ute Post-Fire Culvert Improvements •[ Fountain CreekDuring Channel Improvements Plainview Place, Hills Boulevard, Publications) Publisher: RobCrystal Carrigan, ] Has Changed Preceding copies) (3) FreePass or Nominal RateImprovements Copies Mailedat Ownership ministration expenses, with 55% of net Fern Gulch • Peaceful Valley Road at Jimmy Camp upstream of Security Sanitation District Crystal Park Place, and Waltham Avenue 1200 E. Highway 24, Woodland Park, 12 Months 460 at other Classes Through The USPS [X] If the publication is a general revenue used forTitle: capital • Ute Pass Post-Fire Creek Crossing Culvert Improvements Treatment Plant • Curbs and80863 gutters: Upper Capitol Hill Av1. Publication Theimprovements, Tribune Colorado 390 (e.g. First-Class Mail) Improvements at publication, publication of this 35% for operation and maintenance, and • Pebblewood Pinecliff Neighborhood Im- 3Rainbow Falls •13. Fountain MesaTitle: RoadThe Culvert Improveenue, Crystal Hills Boulevard, Manitou Editor: Rob Carrigan, Publication Tribune (3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails statement is required. 10% for emergency and planning needs, provements ments from Lowe's to Caballero/Fortman Terrace, Cemetery 2. Publication Number: 418-960 1200 E. and Highway 24, Woodland Park, including Sales Through Dealers and 0• Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at Will be printed in the 10/16/12 issue of this with the capital improvement portion, of Rampart Terrace Road • Pikes Peak Avenue StormCounter Sewer Sales, (4) Intersections • Dale, Yampa, and Cedar Storm Colorado 80863 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Carriers, Street Vendors, Free or Nominal Rate Distribution publication. the fee sunsetting in 20 years, and fund•Below: Glen Eagle/Northgate Neighborhood • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Pine Creek Detention Outside Improvements Filing Date: 10/7/14 Managing Editor: Rob Carrigan, 09-17-14 and Other PaidNeighborhood Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or other ing3.the following recommended project Improvements Sand Gulch/Chipita Park Road Pond Improvements • Doherty High School Channel/Inlets 1200 E. Highway 24, Woodland Park, USPS® means) 17. Signature and Title of Editor, list? • Green Mountain Falls Lake Stormwater • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Pine Creek Outfall to Monument Creek • Drain Pan: Sheridan Place 4. Issue Frequency: Weekly Colorado 80863 15. Extent and Nature Of Circulation: 171 375 Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner Yes or No Improvements Upper Fountain Creek Improvements • East Cheyenne Road Drainage Average No. Copies of Each Issue 176 370 • Green Mountain Falls Retaining Walls • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at Rob Carrigan • Platte Avenue and Hancock Avenue • Edison Neighborhood Templeton Gap 5. Number of Ballot IssuesProjects Published 10. Owner: Full Name and Complete Preceding 12 Months: (4) PaidDrain Distribution by Other Classes e.Wellington Total Free or Nominal Rate DistribuDate 10/15/14 List of •During Green Mountain Falls Road Culvert Gulch Storm Improvements Floodway Channel Improvements Annually: 52 Mailing Address No. Copies of Single Issue Published of Mail Through USPSImprovements (e.g. First tion (Sum of 15d (1), (2),Improvements (3) and (4) Improvements • Ute Pass Post-Fire in • Pleasant Valley the Channel • Fairfax Neighborhood Detention Pond Gerard Healey, 9137 Ridgeline Blvd., Nearest to Filling Date: Class®) 377 I certify that all information furnished on • 14th, 15th, 17th, and 19th Storm Sewer • Green Mountain Falls Stormwater DeCascade • Rangewood Channel - Mainstem to Improvements 6. AnnualFountain Subscription $30.00 Suite 210, Ranch, Channel a. TotalPond Number of Copies (Net Press 0Balsam 370 • Additional Creek Price: Reaches tention Improvements • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements in Fitz this form is true and complete. I under• Falcon AreaHighlands Middle Tributary Colorado 80129 Run): 0 f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and stand that anyone who furnishes false • Bear Creek • Halleys Court Culvert Improvements Gulch • Rip-rap: Washington Avenue/Sunshine Improvements 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known • Falcon Ann Macari Healey, 9137 Ridgeline c. Total Paid (Sum of 15b 15e) • Black Forest Post Fire Channel Headwall: Alpine Trail, Cemetery • Wasson Neighborhood near Palmer or misleading information on this form Trail and OakDistribution Place Area Swingline Road Culvert Blvd., •1182 Office of Publication (Not Printer): Suite 210, Highlands Ranch, 989 (1), (2), (3). and (4) 1036 or who omits material or information reStabilization for Kettle Creek • Rockrimmon Neighborhood Channel • Highway 85 Bridge Culvert ImprovePark Storm Drain Improvements Improvements 1200 E. Boulevard Highway 24, Woodland Park, Colorado 80129 Pond SR4 b. Paidon Circulation Mail outside 659.00 960 • Briargate Drainage Improvements on Dry Creek ments Tributary (By North of and Duckwood • West Fork Sand Creek - Constitution quested on the form may be subject to • Falcon Detention Colorado 80863 the Mail) 590.00 g. Copies not Distributed (See Instruccriminal sanctions (including fines and Improvements • Rockrimmon Neighborhood Channel Road Bridge • Fountain Creek Bank Channel ContactSouth Person: Shari Martinez 11. Known Bondholders. Mailed Outside-County Paid d. Free or Nominal Distribution (By tions to Publishers #4 (Page #3) imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions • Briargate Neighborhood Improvements on Rate North Rockrimmon • (1) Jamboree Drive Drainage Improvements • Widefield Neighborhoods Channel Improvements near FountainMortgagees, Tech Center Telephone Area Code): and North OtherBandley SecurityDrive Holders Owning or Stated on PS Form 3541 Mail and Outside the Mail) 146 (including civil penalties). Detention Pond(include Improvements Creek • Subscriptions Jimmy Camp Creek Channel Improvements along 303-566-4071 Holding 1 Percent or More of Total (include paid distribution above nomi(1) Free or Nominal Rate Outside29 • Bridge Footers: Ruxton Avenue and • Sand Creek Channel Improvements from Improvements at Link Road Bridge • Widefield Neighborhoods Channel • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements of Bonds, or Other rate,Camp advertiser’s proof copies, and County Copiestoincluded on PS Form h.Improvements Total (Sum ofat15f and g) Brook Street Platte Avenue Palmer Park Boulevard •nal Jimmy Creek Channel Ceresa Park atAmount Burlington NorthernMortgages, Santa Fe Railroad 8. Complete Mailing Address of HeadSecurities. If none, check box exchange copies) 3541 First Publication: October 15, 2014 • Catamount Creek Channel • Sand Creek Tributary Channel Improve- 1182 Improvements at Ohio Avenue Bridge • Widefield Neighborhoods Channel Bridge quarters or General Business Office Of • Fountain [X] None Creek Channel Improvements 0ments near Hancock Expressway 989 Last Publication: October 15, 2014 Improvements •28 Jimmy Camp Creek Channel Improvements on Crews Gulch Publisher (Not300 Printer): 24 0• Security Neighborhood Channel i.•Percent (15c dividedCulvert by 15f times Publisher: The Tribune • Catch Basins: Block Ruxton/Pilot Improvements at Old Pueblo Road Bridge WidefieldPaid Neighborhoods at Carson Boulevard Bridge 1200 E. HighwayBypass, 24, Woodland Park, 12. Tax Status one) The purpose, • Jimmy Camp Creek Channel 100) Knob, Washington Pinon Lane/El Improvements Improvements • Fountain Creek(Check Channel Improvements Colorado 80863Peak View/Beaver Path, nonprofit status of this Paso Boulevard, • Widefield Neighborhoods Detention • Security Neighborhood Culvert Improvements at Union Pacific Rail Road atfunction, Highway and 16 Bridge Navajo Avenue, Minnehaha Avenue /ManPond Improvements Improvements Bridge and Metcalfe Park • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements itou Avenue, Waltham Avenue /Manitou • Widefield Neighborhoods Storm Drain • Security Neighborhood Detention Pond • Jimmy Camp Creek Recreational Trail at South Highway 85 Bridge near Crest Avenue, and Ute Trail/Manitou Avenue Improvements Improvements Low Water Crossing Improvements Drive • Channel Stabilization: Wildcat Gulch • Woodmoor Neighborhood Improvements • Security Neighborhood Storm Drain Im• Little Fountain Creek Tributary Bridge • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Cottonwood Creek Channel Improveprovements Culvert Improvements from Cimarron Interchange to Circle Drive ments from Austin Bluffs to Powers Legal Notice No.: 932375 • Shooks Run - Medium Priority Projects • Madison/Wahsatch Area Drainage Bridge Boulevard First Publication: October 1, 2014 • Shooks Run Channel and Culvert • Main Drainage: Pawnee Avenue and • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements • Cottonwood Creek Channel ImproveLast Publication: October 22, 2014 Improvements near Bijou Street Prospect Parking Lot from Crest Drive to Highway 16 ments from Union Boulevard to Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune • Shooks Run Channel Improvements at • Monument Creek Channel Improve• Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Monument Creek ments at Monument Creek Mobile Home North Custer Avenue from Fountain Sanitation District Treat• Cottonwood Creek Medium Priority Park • Shooks Run Channel Improvements at ment Plant to Clear Springs Ranch • Cottonwood Creek Park Detention Pond • Monument Creek Channel Patty Jewett Golf Course • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Improvements Improvements near Goose Gossage Park • Shooks Run Culverts - Costilla and in Green Mountain Falls • Cross Creek Community Park Detention • Monument Creek Stabilization Platte to Boulder • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Pond Improvements Fountain to USAFA • Shoring: Burns Road near 700 Crest Drive - Riverside Mobile • Cross Pans: Sandra Lane, Bevers Place, • North Douglas Creek Channel Improve• Shotcrete: Crystal Hills Boulevard/ Home Park Brook Street, Oak Ridge /Sutherland ments between I-25 and Monument Creek Highway 24 Overpass Every day, the government newspapers like this one to publish • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Road, Indian Oaks Place/Sutherland • Norwood Neighborhood Channel Im• South Douglas Creek Channel Improvenear El Pomar Sports Park makes decisions that can affect your public notices since the birth of the Road, Sutherland Place /Sutherland provements on Cottonwood Creek ments near Kissing Camels Neighborhood • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Road, and Clarksley Road. • Norwood Neighborhood Detention Pond • Spring Creek South Tributary Projectslife. Whether they are decisions on nation. Local newspapers remain near Jimmy Camp Creek Confluence • Culverts: Pawnee/Laguna Point, El • Storm Drain Improvements along Airport Improvements • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements zoning, taxes, new businesses or the most trusted source of public Monte Place/ Manitou Avenue, Crystal Road north of Valley High Golf Course myriad other issues, governments notice information. This newspaper • Oakwood Drive Channel - Dry Stone to near Missouri Avenue and Fountain Street Park Road, Serpentine Road, Pawnee De• Stratmoor Valley Channel Improvements Powers • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements play a big role in your life. publishes the information you need tention Pond, Lafayette Road, Lucerne • Swales: Ruxton Avenue • Park Vista Neighborhood Channel and near Southmoor Drive and Puerta Road Trail, Sandra Lane/ Sutherland Creek, • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at Governments have relied on to stay involved in your community. Culvert Improvements • Fountain Creek Channel Improvements Plainview Place, Crystal Hills Boulevard, Fern Gulch • Peaceful Valley Road- at Jimmy Camp upstream of Security Sanitation District Aldous Huxley • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at Crystal Park Place, and Waltham Avenue Creek Crossing Culvert Improvements Treatment Plant • Curbs and gutters: Upper Capitol Hill AvRainbow Falls • Pebblewood Pinecliff Neighborhood Im• Fountain Mesa Road Culvert ImproveNotices are meant to be noticed. enue, Crystal Hills Boulevard, Manitou • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at provements ments from Lowe's to Caballero/Fortman Terrace, and Cemetery Rampart Terrace Road • Pikes Peak Avenue Storm Sewer Intersections Read your public notices and get involved! • Dale, Yampa, and Cedar Storm • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Pine Creek Neighborhood Detention • Glen Eagle/Northgate Neighborhood Improvements Sand Gulch/Chipita Park Road Pond Improvements Improvements • Doherty High School Channel/Inlets • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Pine Creek Outfall to Monument Creek • Green Mountain Falls Lake Stormwater • Drain Pan: Sheridan Place Upper Fountain Creek Improvements Improvements • East Cheyenne Road Drainage • Ute Pass Post-Fire Improvements at • Platte Avenue and Hancock Avenue • Green Mountain Falls Retaining Walls • Additional Fountain Creek Reaches
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(West of I-25 & South of Woodmen) SOFA MART (719) 528-2450 • DENVER MATTRESS CO. (719) 266-8383 OAK EXPRESS (719) 266-8388 • BEDROOM EXPRESSIONS (719) 266-8393
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*Offer available on approved single or combined store purchases totaling $1999 ($999 for a Denver Mattress Company only purchase) or more of qualifying merchandise made between 10/16/14 and 10/29/14 on an open and current Furniture Row Express Money® card issued by Capital One, N.A. Subject to credit approval; based on your credit worthiness. The purchase amount is divided into 24 monthly payments. Minimum payments will never be less than $25, but may increase due to failure to make required payments or if late fees are assessed. No Interest Charges for 24 months. Standard APR 24.9%. Penalty APR 28.9%. Minimum Interest Charge $2.
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